Jentezen Franklin - This Is Your Year

January 6, 2025 | S25:E5

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 - This Is Your Year | January 6, 2025
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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 around
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  • The world, jesus is the answer,
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  • And our mission
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  • Is to 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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  • >> if you have your bibles
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  • >> if you have your bibles i'd like for you
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  • I'd like for you to open them with me, please,
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  • To open them with me, please, to the book of luke chapter 13,
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  • To the book of luke chapter 13, and i have a word
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  • And i have a word from the lord today.
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  • From the lord today. is that all right?
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  • Is that all right? luke chapter 13.
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  • Luke chapter 13. i'll begin reading
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  • I'll begin reading with verse six.
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  • With verse six. "he also spoke this parable:
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  • "he also spoke this parable: a certain man had
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  • A certain man had a fig tree planted
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  • A fig tree planted in his vineyard,
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  • In his vineyard, and he came seeking
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  • And he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
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  • Fruit on it and found none. then he said to the keeper
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  • Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'look,
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  • Of his vineyard, 'look, for three years
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  • For three years i have come seeking fruit
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  • I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree
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  • On this fig tree and found none.
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  • And found none. cut it down.
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  • Cut it down. why does it use up the ground?'
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  • Why does it use up the ground?' but he answered
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  • But he answered and said to him,"
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  • And said to him," listen to these words, "sir,
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  • Listen to these words, "sir, let it alone this year also."
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  • Let it alone this year also." in other words,
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  • In other words, give me one more year.
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  • Give me one more year. give me one more year.
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  • Give me one more year. "let it alone
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  • "let it alone this year also until,"
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  • This year also until," notice the two things,
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  • Notice the two things, "i dig about it and dung it."
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  • "i dig about it and dung it." how many of you know
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  • How many of you know what dung is?
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  • What dung is? and for the young people
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  • And for the young people that are here it goes
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  • That are here it goes with the word bull dung,
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  • With the word bull dung, chicken dung.
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  • Chicken dung. this is in the bible.
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  • This is in the bible. i'm preaching the bible.
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  • I'm preaching the bible. he said, "i'm going
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  • He said, "i'm going to do two things.
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  • To do two things. i'm going to dig it,
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  • I'm going to dig it, and i'm going to dung it."
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  • And i'm going to dung it." for three years
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  • For three years this tree has not produced.
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  • This tree has not produced. it's been in the same rut
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  • It's been in the same rut for three years.
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  • For three years. now, listen to me carefully.
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  • Now, listen to me carefully. the owner planted the tree
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  • The owner planted the tree in the soil that he knew
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  • In the soil that he knew that it need
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  • That it need to produce greatness,
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  • To produce greatness, to produce fruit,
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  • To produce fruit, to produce what he wanted
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  • To produce what he wanted to get out of it.
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  • To get out of it. you don't choose the soil,
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  • You don't choose the soil, the pain, the problems,
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  • The pain, the problems, the difficulties,
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  • The difficulties, the challenges
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  • The challenges that god plants you in,
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  • That god plants you in, but if he planted you
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  • But if he planted you in that particular soil
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  • In that particular soil it is only
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  • It is only because he knows
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  • Because he knows that's what it's going
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  • That's what it's going to require.
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  • To require. not an easy life.
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  • Not an easy life. not luxurious sand.
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  • Not luxurious sand. it may require a pain
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  • It may require a pain and a problem in your life
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  • And a problem in your life to produce greatness
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  • To produce greatness that god wants to come
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  • That god wants to come up out of that,
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  • Up out of that, and the soil
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  • And the soil is not the problem
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  • Is not the problem because all the other trees
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  • Because all the other trees were fruitful
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  • Were fruitful except that one.
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  • Except that one. it was the response
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  • It was the response of the tree to the soil
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  • Of the tree to the soil that it was planted in.
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  • That it was planted in. the pain and the problems
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  • The pain and the problems in our life
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  • In our life cannot stop us
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  • Cannot stop us unless we get in a rut
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  • Unless we get in a rut and we just keep --
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  • And we just keep -- and the thing
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  • And the thing that got me about
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  • That got me about this story
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  • This story is god kept coming.
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  • Is god kept coming. the owner is god in this story.
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  • The owner is god in this story. the tree is you and me,
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  • The tree is you and me, and the tree,
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  • And the tree, instead of producing
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  • Instead of producing in the soil
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  • In the soil that god planted it in,
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  • That god planted it in, because he comes back
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  • Because he comes back and check on it.
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  • And check on it. when he plants you
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  • When he plants you and allows to go through pain,
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  • And allows to go through pain, through problems,
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  • Through problems, circumstances,
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  • Circumstances, adversity he backs of
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  • Adversity he backs of and he comes back.
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  • And he comes back. and in this story,
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  • And in this story, he came back annually.
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  • He came back annually. he came back
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  • He came back at the first of the year,
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  • At the first of the year, and he comes back,
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  • And he comes back, and he's not expecting whining.
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  • And he's not expecting whining. he's not expecting complaining.
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  • He's not expecting complaining. he's not expecting
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  • He's not expecting a dried up tree
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  • A dried up tree that has become puny
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  • That has become puny and weaker and barely hanging
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  • And weaker and barely hanging on to faith,
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  • On to faith, just the roots are alive,
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  • Just the roots are alive, there's no fruit of the spirit.
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  • There's no fruit of the spirit. he's not expecting that.
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  • He's not expecting that. he's expecting you to blossom
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  • He's expecting you to blossom where he has planted you,
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  • Where he has planted you, to prosper where
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  • To prosper where he has planted you.
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  • He has planted you. and the thing about this story
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  • And the thing about this story that got me
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  • That got me is it's been three years
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  • Is it's been three years and god keeps coming back
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  • And god keeps coming back at the beginning of the year,
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  • At the beginning of the year, and you still have
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  • And you still have an unfruitful marriage,
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  • An unfruitful marriage, and last year and the year
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  • And last year and the year before it's not any better,
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  • Before it's not any better, it's not any better?
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  • It's not any better? that could be your family tree.
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  • That could be your family tree. it could be your family,
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  • It could be your family, and the family
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  • And the family has difficult soil
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  • Has difficult soil that it's in.
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  • That it's in. and so, the enemy
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  • And so, the enemy wants you to accept that,
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  • Wants you to accept that, but god comes back
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  • But god comes back and he says,
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  • And he says, "this isn't meant
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  • "this isn't meant to destroy you.
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  • To destroy you. the place that i allowed you
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  • The place that i allowed you to go through
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  • To go through is not meant to wipe you out."
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  • Is not meant to wipe you out." others are going through
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  • Others are going through the same thing,
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  • The same thing, and it forced them
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  • And it forced them to a fruitful relationship
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  • To a fruitful relationship with me going through
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  • With me going through the same rejection,
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  • The same rejection, the same divorce,
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  • The same divorce, the same pain,
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  • The same pain, the same tragedy
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  • The same tragedy of losing a loved one
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  • Of losing a loved one and it didn't wither up
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  • And it didn't wither up their tree.
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  • Their tree. it actually made them blossom
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  • It actually made them blossom and become more fruitful
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  • And become more fruitful in long suffering.
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  • In long suffering. the fruits of the spirit:
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  • The fruits of the spirit: peace, joy, love,
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  • Peace, joy, love, longsuffering, patience,
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  • Longsuffering, patience, kindness, goodness.
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  • Kindness, goodness. it had to come up
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  • It had to come up in the kind of soil
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  • In the kind of soil that was difficult,
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  • That was difficult, not easy.
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  • Not easy. god doesn't need you
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  • God doesn't need you to be with a lot
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  • To be with a lot of friends right now.
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  • Of friends right now. he knows what it's gonna take
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  • He knows what it's gonna take for greatness
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  • For greatness to come out of you.
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  • To come out of you. we always want a happy,
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  • We always want a happy, blessed, wonderful,
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  • Blessed, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful life,
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  • Wonderful, wonderful life, and we don't understand.
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  • And we don't understand. it's usually more to the story
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  • It's usually more to the story than a beautiful tree
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  • Than a beautiful tree that's blossoming.
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  • That's blossoming. somewhere that tree --
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  • Somewhere that tree -- if it's gonna go high,
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  • If it's gonna go high, it's gonna start low.
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  • It's gonna start low. and listen to this,
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  • And listen to this, it's been three years
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  • It's been three years and the owner said,
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  • And the owner said, "we might as well cut it down
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  • "we might as well cut it down and throw it into the fire."
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  • And throw it into the fire." and this is what i came
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  • And this is what i came to preach today,
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  • To preach today, "this is your year,"
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  • "this is your year," "this is our year,"
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  • "this is our year," and the lord told me
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  • And the lord told me to tell you,
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  • To tell you, it might have been three years,
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  • It might have been three years, and some of you
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  • And some of you have been saying,
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  • Have been saying, "i might as well quit.
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  • "i might as well quit. i might as well give up.
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  • I might as well give up. i might as well try
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  • I might as well try something else
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  • Something else because i'm caught
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  • Because i'm caught in this cycle at maintaining
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  • In this cycle at maintaining a deferred dream.
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  • A deferred dream. i tried and here i am
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  • I tried and here i am in the same place
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  • In the same place that i was last year,
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  • That i was last year, and i tried and last year
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  • And i tried and last year and the year before
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  • And the year before and the year before."
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  • And the year before." and the enemy wants you
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  • And the enemy wants you to settle, but god --
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  • To settle, but god -- just when he said it
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  • Just when he said it might be time to cut it down
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  • Might be time to cut it down and throw it in the fire
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  • And throw it in the fire up steps somebody called
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  • Up steps somebody called the dresser of the field.
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  • The dresser of the field. and let me give you
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  • And let me give you a hint his name is jesus.
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  • A hint his name is jesus. because i know he's jesus
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  • Because i know he's jesus because he put himself
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  • Because he put himself between an angry god
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  • Between an angry god and a fruitless,
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  • And a fruitless, puny tree, and he said,
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  • Puny tree, and he said, "leave it alone."
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  • "leave it alone." did you catch those words?
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  • Did you catch those words? "leave it alone."
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  • "leave it alone." in other words,
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  • In other words, he's saying,
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  • He's saying, "if you've got vindication,
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  • "if you've got vindication, if you've got anger,
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  • If you've got anger, if you've got some problem
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  • If you've got some problem with the tree,
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  • With the tree, you don't have to talk
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  • You don't have to talk to the tree anymore.
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  • To the tree anymore. put it on me.
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  • Put it on me. i'll take the tree's place.
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  • I'll take the tree's place. i'll hang on a tree.
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  • I'll hang on a tree. i'll take his curse.
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  • I'll take his curse. i'll take what he deserves.
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  • I'll take what he deserves. i'll take his wasted life.
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  • I'll take his wasted life. i'll take
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  • I'll take the ramifications of that."
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  • The ramifications of that." and jesus in that moment
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  • And jesus in that moment became the middle man
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  • Became the middle man between the tree,
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  • Between the tree, and notice what jesus
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  • And notice what jesus begged for --
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  • Begged for -- and i believe
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  • And i believe that you're listening to me
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  • That you're listening to me at all of our campuses
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  • At all of our campuses and all over the nation
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  • And all over the nation and by television
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  • And by television and those of you here
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  • And those of you here in this room this morning live,
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  • In this room this morning live, you're not is this service
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  • You're not is this service by accident.
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  • By accident. this year, is the year.
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  • This year, is the year. i ask god to bring
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  • I ask god to bring only the people
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  • Only the people who would believe
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  • Who would believe what i'm saying today.
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  • What i'm saying today. this is your year
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  • This is your year of fruitfulness!
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  • Of fruitfulness! this is your year!
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  • This is your year! it's gonna require
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  • It's gonna require some things of you.
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  • Some things of you. you can't just go through
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  • You can't just go through this year like every other year.
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  • This year like every other year. this is the year!
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  • This is the year! shout this is my year!
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  • Shout this is my year! >> this is my year.
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  • >> this is my year. >> turn to somebody
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  • >> turn to somebody on your other side
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  • On your other side and say give it
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  • And say give it one more year.
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  • One more year. >> give it one more year.
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  • >> give it one more year. >> i know you feel
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  • >> i know you feel like quitting.
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  • Like quitting. i know you feel like
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  • I know you feel like it's never gonna change.
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  • It's never gonna change. i know you feel like
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  • I know you feel like you're never gonna get free
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  • You're never gonna get free for that addiction.
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  • For that addiction. i know you feel
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  • I know you feel like you never gonna
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  • Like you never gonna get in shape.
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  • Get in shape. i know you feel like
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  • I know you feel like your marriage
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  • Your marriage is never gon' get better,
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  • Is never gon' get better, but i heard the lord this week
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  • But i heard the lord this week in my spirit say,
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  • In my spirit say, "the enemy is lying
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  • "the enemy is lying to people.
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  • To people. this is the year
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  • This is the year of breakthrough.
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  • Of breakthrough. this is the year
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  • This is the year of fruitfulness.
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  • Of fruitfulness. this is the year of winning,
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  • This is the year of winning, being the head
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  • Being the head and not the tail,
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  • And not the tail, above only and not beneath."
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  • Above only and not beneath." take a praise break
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  • Take a praise break and give god glory.
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  • And give god glory. hallelujah!
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  • Hallelujah! we praise you, lord!
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  • We praise you, lord! c'mon.
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  • C'mon. give him a great praise
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  • Give him a great praise if you still believe in times
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  • If you still believe in times in soil like this.
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  • In soil like this. even in soil like this,
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  • Even in soil like this, and trouble
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  • And trouble everywhere, division,
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  • Everywhere, division, and crime everywhere,
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  • And crime everywhere, but even in soil
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  • But even in soil like this god says,
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  • Like this god says, "that can be your year
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  • "that can be your year 'cause, my people,
  • 00:09:24.809 --> 00:09:25.777
  • 'cause, my people, i know what i'm doing
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  • I know what i'm doing in the vineyard."
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  • In the vineyard." and he said,
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  • And he said, "don't quit this year."
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  • "don't quit this year." he didn't say,
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  • He didn't say, "give it one more year,
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  • "give it one more year, so we can keep doing what
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  • So we can keep doing what we've always done," though.
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  • We've always done," though. we're not talking about
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  • We're not talking about give it one more year
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  • Give it one more year and cross your fingers
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  • And cross your fingers and wish for the best.
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  • And wish for the best. no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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  • No, no, no, no, no, no, no. he said you're gonna have
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  • He said you're gonna have to have two things happen
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  • To have two things happen to you if you'll give me
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  • To you if you'll give me a year.
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  • A year. notice what he said.
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  • Notice what he said. he said, "you gon' have
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  • He said, "you gon' have to let me dig you
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  • To let me dig you and you gon' have
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  • And you gon' have you let me dung you."
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  • You let me dung you." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i'm gon' dig you.
  • 00:10:02.414 --> 00:10:03.481
  • I'm gon' dig you. what does that mean?
  • 00:10:03.548 --> 00:10:06.618
  • What does that mean? i'm gon' tear up the environment
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  • I'm gon' tear up the environment all around you.
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  • All around you. you've become hardened.
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  • You've become hardened. you've become conceited.
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  • You've become conceited. you've become --
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  • You've become -- you're not soft anymore
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  • You're not soft anymore to my spirit.
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  • To my spirit. i can't get
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  • I can't get the spiritual nutrients
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  • The spiritual nutrients through to your soul,
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  • Through to your soul, and you've become hardened
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  • And you've become hardened in your soul.
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  • In your soul. and so what i wanna do
  • 00:10:29.974 --> 00:10:30.975
  • And so what i wanna do is i want to tear up things.
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  • Is i want to tear up things. and a lot of us
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  • And a lot of us know what it is
  • 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:35.613
  • Know what it is to have god dig deep
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  • To have god dig deep and tear up the environment
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  • And tear up the environment all around us.
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  • All around us. what in the world
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  • What in the world is going on?
  • 00:10:42.954 --> 00:10:43.788
  • Is going on? but one thing
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  • But one thing it does is it softens you.
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  • It does is it softens you. it softens you
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  • It softens you where you begin to dig.
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  • Where you begin to dig. god knows and what he intends
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  • God knows and what he intends for you to be
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  • For you to be and that's an overcomer,
  • 00:10:59.037 --> 00:11:00.538
  • And that's an overcomer, but in order for that to happen
  • 00:11:00.605 --> 00:11:02.107
  • But in order for that to happen you've got to dig deep.
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  • God put everything that
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  • God put everything that he needed in this earth.
  • 00:11:07.412 --> 00:11:08.880
  • He needed in this earth. he put oil in the ground,
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  • He put oil in the ground, he put gold in the mountains,
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  • He put gold in the mountains, coal to keep us warm,
  • 00:11:13.051 --> 00:11:14.452
  • Coal to keep us warm, but he put it out of the reach
  • 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:16.554
  • But he put it out of the reach of lazy people.
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  • Of lazy people. and this year will have
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  • And this year will have no change for you unless
  • 00:11:22.227 --> 00:11:23.795
  • No change for you unless you're willing to dig deep
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  • You're willing to dig deep this year and say,
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  • This year and say, "i'm gonna do what i can do
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  • "i'm gonna do what i can do and god will do what i can't do,
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  • And god will do what i can't do, but here we go.
  • 00:11:30.168 --> 00:11:31.436
  • But here we go. i'm not going into
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  • I'm not going into another year of defeat.
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  • Another year of defeat. i'm not going into
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  • I'm not going into another year of being
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  • Another year of being sick and tired of being
  • 00:11:37.575 --> 00:11:39.210
  • Sick and tired of being sick and tired."
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  • [applause]
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  • I'm trying to calm down because
  • 00:11:41.613 --> 00:11:42.947
  • I'm trying to calm down because we have guests here today,
  • 00:11:43.014 --> 00:11:44.149
  • We have guests here today, but i feel like screaming
  • 00:11:44.215 --> 00:11:45.784
  • But i feel like screaming and preaching this morning
  • 00:11:45.850 --> 00:11:47.252
  • And preaching this morning because i know that
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  • Because i know that this is our year
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  • This is our year and we can't play games.
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  • And we can't play games. we've gotta dig deep this year.
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  • We've gotta dig deep this year. dig deep into this book.
  • 00:11:53.691 --> 00:11:55.960
  • Dig deep into this book. dig deep into prayer.
  • 00:11:56.027 --> 00:11:57.762
  • Dig deep into prayer. dig deep into your church.
  • 00:11:57.829 --> 00:11:59.864
  • Dig deep into your church. get in it.
  • 00:11:59.931 --> 00:12:02.100
  • Get in it. give him one year.
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  • Give him one year. you gave hell,
  • 00:12:03.768 --> 00:12:04.702
  • You gave hell, when you were in it,
  • 00:12:04.769 --> 00:12:05.737
  • When you were in it, you were tore up every night.
  • 00:12:05.804 --> 00:12:08.239
  • You were tore up every night. now, god wants to tear you up
  • 00:12:08.306 --> 00:12:09.841
  • Now, god wants to tear you up another way.
  • 00:12:09.908 --> 00:12:10.608
  • Another way. he's gonna tear up
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  • He's gonna tear up everything that is
  • 00:12:11.976 --> 00:12:13.378
  • Everything that is hardened against what
  • 00:12:13.444 --> 00:12:15.113
  • Hardened against what he wants out of your life,
  • 00:12:15.180 --> 00:12:16.948
  • He wants out of your life, fruitfulness.
  • 00:12:17.015 --> 00:12:21.853
  • I found this,
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  • I found this, and i wanna give it to you.
  • 00:12:25.723 --> 00:12:27.725
  • And i wanna give it to you. "what does that digging
  • 00:12:27.792 --> 00:12:29.928
  • "what does that digging thing mean?
  • 00:12:29.994 --> 00:12:30.962
  • Thing mean? what are you talking about?
  • 00:12:31.029 --> 00:12:32.397
  • What are you talking about? make room for growth."
  • 00:12:32.463 --> 00:12:34.199
  • Make room for growth." george "shotgun" shuba
  • 00:12:34.265 --> 00:12:35.800
  • George "shotgun" shuba played seven seasons
  • 00:12:35.867 --> 00:12:37.569
  • Played seven seasons with the dodgers.
  • 00:12:37.635 --> 00:12:38.803
  • With the dodgers. he was the first pinch hitter
  • 00:12:38.870 --> 00:12:40.138
  • He was the first pinch hitter to hit a homerun
  • 00:12:40.205 --> 00:12:41.439
  • To hit a homerun in the world series,
  • 00:12:41.506 --> 00:12:42.807
  • In the world series, and he knocked the homerun
  • 00:12:42.874 --> 00:12:47.011
  • And he knocked the homerun in the world series
  • 00:12:47.078 --> 00:12:47.679
  • In the world series and one of the announcers
  • 00:12:47.745 --> 00:12:49.247
  • And one of the announcers calling the game
  • 00:12:49.314 --> 00:12:50.148
  • Calling the game said these words,
  • 00:12:50.215 --> 00:12:51.416
  • Said these words, "his swing is as natural
  • 00:12:51.482 --> 00:12:53.718
  • "his swing is as natural as a smile."
  • 00:12:53.785 --> 00:12:56.588
  • As a smile." and after the program
  • 00:12:56.654 --> 00:12:58.156
  • And after the program or after the game everybody
  • 00:12:58.223 --> 00:13:00.458
  • Or after the game everybody was using that quote,
  • 00:13:00.525 --> 00:13:02.126
  • Was using that quote, and they asked him about it.
  • 00:13:02.193 --> 00:13:04.395
  • And they asked him about it. he said, "is that what
  • 00:13:04.462 --> 00:13:06.030
  • He said, "is that what he called it?
  • 00:13:06.097 --> 00:13:06.865
  • He called it? is that what he called
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  • Is that what he called that just as natural
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  • That just as natural as a smile?"
  • 00:13:09.701 --> 00:13:12.403
  • As a smile?" he said, "no."
  • 00:13:12.470 --> 00:13:13.204
  • He said, "no." he said, "every day
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  • He said, "every day i swing a weighted bat,
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  • I swing a weighted bat, 44 ounces,
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  • 44 ounces, 600 times a day,
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  • 600 times a day, and that's 4,200 times a week,
  • 00:13:20.712 --> 00:13:23.715
  • And that's 4,200 times a week, and what you think
  • 00:13:23.781 --> 00:13:24.749
  • And what you think was just natural,"
  • 00:13:24.816 --> 00:13:26.117
  • Was just natural," and that's how we feel
  • 00:13:26.184 --> 00:13:26.818
  • And that's how we feel about people who are spiritual
  • 00:13:26.885 --> 00:13:28.319
  • About people who are spiritual and who are fruitful
  • 00:13:28.386 --> 00:13:29.320
  • And who are fruitful in their walk with god,
  • 00:13:29.387 --> 00:13:30.121
  • In their walk with god, "well you're just naturally."
  • 00:13:30.188 --> 00:13:31.789
  • "well you're just naturally." no, no.
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  • No, no. there's nothing
  • 00:13:32.624 --> 00:13:33.157
  • There's nothing natural about it.
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  • Natural about it. you pick this book up,
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  • You pick this book up, and you read it.
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  • And you read it. you get on your knees,
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  • You get on your knees, and you pray.
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  • And you pray. you get you outta the bed,
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  • You get you outta the bed, and you get in church
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  • And you get in church and you'll be amazed
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  • And you'll be amazed at how natural it is
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  • At how natural it is to be blessed
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  • To be blessed and how natural it is
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  • And how natural it is to have a faith
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  • To have a faith that believes no matter what
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  • That believes no matter what the environment
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  • The environment around is doing!
  • 00:13:51.309 --> 00:13:54.178
  • Around is doing! and then lastly, he said,
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  • And then lastly, he said, "not only am i gonna dig,
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  • "not only am i gonna dig, but i'm gonna dung you."
  • 00:13:58.783 --> 00:14:02.887
  • But i'm gonna dung you." and if you still
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  • And if you still haven't figured out
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  • Haven't figured out what that is, it's manure.
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  • What that is, it's manure. it's bad.
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  • It's bad. god can use horrible things
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  • God can use horrible things to bring miracle growth.
  • 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:19.237
  • To bring miracle growth. the one thing
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  • The one thing that is so obnoxious
  • 00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:22.073
  • That is so obnoxious in your life
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  • In your life that you can't hardly stand it
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  • That you can't hardly stand it is the very thing
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  • Is the very thing god takes and throws
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  • God takes and throws on a fruitless tree
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  • On a fruitless tree to make it come alive.
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  • To make it come alive. without fertilizer
  • 00:14:35.286 --> 00:14:36.587
  • Without fertilizer the tree dies,
  • 00:14:36.654 --> 00:14:39.557
  • The tree dies, and fertilizer
  • 00:14:39.624 --> 00:14:41.326
  • And fertilizer is not pleasant.
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  • Is not pleasant. you go through things
  • 00:14:44.295 --> 00:14:45.463
  • You go through things that stink.
  • 00:14:45.530 --> 00:14:47.765
  • That stink. there will always
  • 00:14:47.832 --> 00:14:48.633
  • There will always be in every relationship --
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  • Be in every relationship -- sooner or later
  • 00:14:51.302 --> 00:14:52.003
  • Sooner or later your marriage will stink,
  • 00:14:52.070 --> 00:14:53.271
  • Your marriage will stink, your family will stink,
  • 00:14:53.338 --> 00:14:54.939
  • Your family will stink, your job will stink,
  • 00:14:55.006 --> 00:14:57.575
  • Your job will stink, your finances may stink,
  • 00:14:57.642 --> 00:15:00.311
  • Your finances may stink, you will go through --
  • 00:15:00.378 --> 00:15:01.012
  • You will go through -- maybe your health stinks,
  • 00:15:01.079 --> 00:15:02.680
  • Maybe your health stinks, but god says,
  • 00:15:02.747 --> 00:15:03.815
  • But god says, "i don't waste that,
  • 00:15:03.881 --> 00:15:05.416
  • "i don't waste that, i take it and use it
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  • I take it and use it as fertilizer."
  • 00:15:07.485 --> 00:15:10.254
  • As fertilizer." people give up, they give up
  • 00:15:10.321 --> 00:15:12.323
  • People give up, they give up instead of growing.
  • 00:15:12.390 --> 00:15:14.692
  • Instead of growing. the time that god's gonna do
  • 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.361
  • The time that god's gonna do the greatest things
  • 00:15:16.427 --> 00:15:17.195
  • The greatest things in your life, they give up.
  • 00:15:17.261 --> 00:15:18.830
  • In your life, they give up. because when god starts
  • 00:15:18.896 --> 00:15:19.897
  • Because when god starts tearing up everything
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  • Tearing up everything around you and then
  • 00:15:21.132 --> 00:15:22.667
  • Around you and then he starts throwing
  • 00:15:22.734 --> 00:15:23.634
  • He starts throwing the mess on you, it's just --
  • 00:15:23.701 --> 00:15:26.771
  • The mess on you, it's just -- here's why that's good news.
  • 00:15:26.838 --> 00:15:28.706
  • Here's why that's good news. "well, this is not
  • 00:15:28.773 --> 00:15:29.574
  • "well, this is not an encouraging,
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  • An encouraging, positive word today."
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  • Positive word today." [laughter]
  • 00:15:32.610 --> 00:15:35.646
  • [laughter] yeah, i'm telling you,
  • 00:15:35.713 --> 00:15:36.280
  • Yeah, i'm telling you, god's gon' dig you
  • 00:15:36.347 --> 00:15:37.482
  • God's gon' dig you and god's gon' dung you,
  • 00:15:37.548 --> 00:15:38.549
  • And god's gon' dung you, and you can't do nothing
  • 00:15:38.616 --> 00:15:40.151
  • And you can't do nothing about it.
  • 00:15:40.218 --> 00:15:40.618
  • About it. but here's your last option.
  • 00:15:40.685 --> 00:15:41.886
  • But here's your last option. there's only one
  • 00:15:41.953 --> 00:15:42.553
  • There's only one other option left.
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  • Other option left. remember, he said,
  • 00:15:43.388 --> 00:15:44.589
  • Remember, he said, "i'm coming back
  • 00:15:44.655 --> 00:15:45.156
  • "i'm coming back at the end of the year
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  • At the end of the year and if you hadn't let me
  • 00:15:46.357 --> 00:15:47.558
  • And if you hadn't let me dig you and you haven't
  • 00:15:47.625 --> 00:15:48.993
  • Dig you and you haven't let me dung you,
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  • Let me dung you, throw mess on you
  • 00:15:49.660 --> 00:15:51.062
  • Throw mess on you and it not turn sour
  • 00:15:51.129 --> 00:15:53.031
  • And it not turn sour it actually makes you grow.
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  • It actually makes you grow. i believe it now
  • 00:15:54.365 --> 00:15:55.600
  • I believe it now more than i ever believed it.
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  • More than i ever believed it. now that they're coming
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  • Now that they're coming against me i know
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  • Against me i know that all things
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  • That all things are working together
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  • Are working together for the good.
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  • For the good. i know that i am more
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  • I know that i am more than a conqueror,
  • 00:16:03.708 --> 00:16:04.742
  • Than a conqueror, and i'm not discouraged.
  • 00:16:04.809 --> 00:16:06.344
  • And i'm not discouraged. that's when your tree
  • 00:16:06.411 --> 00:16:07.612
  • That's when your tree begins to blossom!
  • 00:16:07.678 --> 00:16:13.284
  • Begins to blossom! but here's the thing
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  • But here's the thing that we ought to be shouting at.
  • 00:16:14.018 --> 00:16:15.286
  • That we ought to be shouting at. how many of you feel like
  • 00:16:15.353 --> 00:16:16.788
  • How many of you feel like god's just digging
  • 00:16:16.854 --> 00:16:17.688
  • God's just digging all around your little tree?
  • 00:16:17.755 --> 00:16:18.756
  • All around your little tree? let me see your hand.
  • 00:16:18.823 --> 00:16:20.091
  • Let me see your hand. how many of you feel
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  • How many of you feel like god's even thrown
  • 00:16:20.792 --> 00:16:21.659
  • Like god's even thrown some dung on you?
  • 00:16:21.726 --> 00:16:22.493
  • Some dung on you? just be honest.
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  • Just be honest. just be honest.
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  • Just be honest. well, here's the good news.
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  • Well, here's the good news. this why you ought to shout.
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  • This why you ought to shout. 'cause the only thing left
  • 00:16:29.233 --> 00:16:30.068
  • 'cause the only thing left is to cut you down
  • 00:16:30.134 --> 00:16:30.968
  • Is to cut you down and burn you.
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  • And burn you. and since --
  • 00:16:32.370 --> 00:16:33.638
  • And since -- if --
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  • If -- aren't you glad
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  • Aren't you glad that you're getting dug
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  • That you're getting dug and dunged instead
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  • And dunged instead of cut down and thrown away?
  • 00:16:40.211 --> 00:16:42.480
  • Of cut down and thrown away? god's not through with you!
  • 00:16:42.547 --> 00:16:44.348
  • God's not through with you! god hasn't given up on you,
  • 00:16:44.415 --> 00:16:46.284
  • God hasn't given up on you, and he's giving you
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  • And he's giving you one more year.
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  • One more year. what if this was the last,
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  • What if this was the last, what if you knew,
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  • What if you knew, what if god told you,
  • 00:16:53.091 --> 00:16:54.592
  • What if god told you, "this is your last year
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  • "this is your last year to fix this,
  • 00:16:58.696 --> 00:17:00.465
  • To fix this, to get real with me.
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  • To get real with me. i'm giving you one more year
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  • I'm giving you one more year to change things
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  • To change things and enjoy your life
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  • And enjoy your life like it is in the soil
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  • Like it is in the soil that i planted you in,
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  • That i planted you in, and if i come back
  • 00:17:13.244 --> 00:17:14.078
  • And if i come back and you're still discouraged
  • 00:17:14.145 --> 00:17:16.347
  • And you're still discouraged and defeated
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  • And defeated i'mma let you have
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  • I'mma let you have what you complain about."
  • 00:17:19.484 --> 00:17:22.854
  • What you complain about." now i know this isn't popular
  • 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.955
  • Now i know this isn't popular preaching right now,
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  • Preaching right now, and i understand
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  • And i understand that you came for,
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  • That you came for, but sometimes
  • 00:17:27.959 --> 00:17:28.559
  • But sometimes you don't just need blessing,
  • 00:17:28.626 --> 00:17:30.194
  • You don't just need blessing, you need blistering.
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  • You need blistering. and i'm a preacher.
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  • And i'm a preacher. this is what i do
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  • This is what i do for a living.
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  • For a living. i have a license,
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  • I have a license, and i'm up here telling you
  • 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.435
  • And i'm up here telling you and i'm preaching to myself.
  • 00:17:37.502 --> 00:17:38.903
  • And i'm preaching to myself. my cry is this is my year.
  • 00:17:38.970 --> 00:17:41.472
  • My cry is this is my year. dig me.
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  • Dig me. dung me.
  • 00:17:42.373 --> 00:17:43.641
  • Dung me. whatever you wanna do.
  • 00:17:43.708 --> 00:17:44.775
  • Whatever you wanna do. now watch this.
  • 00:17:44.842 --> 00:17:45.443
  • Now watch this. let me close with this.
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  • Let me close with this. the apostle paul said
  • 00:17:46.844 --> 00:17:47.678
  • The apostle paul said in philippians 3:8,
  • 00:17:47.745 --> 00:17:49.647
  • In philippians 3:8, "yea doubtless,
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  • "yea doubtless, and i count all things,"
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  • And i count all things," all things, all things,
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  • All things, all things, all things,
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  • All things, "loss for the excellency
  • 00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:56.120
  • "loss for the excellency of the knowledge of jesus christ
  • 00:17:56.187 --> 00:17:57.054
  • Of the knowledge of jesus christ for whom i have suffered
  • 00:17:57.121 --> 00:17:58.789
  • For whom i have suffered the loss of all things,"
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  • The loss of all things," listen, "and do count them
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  • Listen, "and do count them but dung."
  • 00:18:03.628 --> 00:18:04.362
  • But dung." he said, "you know what?"
  • 00:18:04.428 --> 00:18:05.496
  • He said, "you know what?" he said, "everything
  • 00:18:05.563 --> 00:18:05.963
  • He said, "everything i've been through,
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  • I've been through, i have lost,
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  • I have lost, i have been beaten with rods,
  • 00:18:07.598 --> 00:18:09.767
  • I have been beaten with rods, i have been snake bit,
  • 00:18:09.834 --> 00:18:11.202
  • I have been snake bit, i have been left for dead,
  • 00:18:11.269 --> 00:18:12.737
  • I have been left for dead, i have been stoned,
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  • I have been stoned, i have been falsely imprisoned,
  • 00:18:14.172 --> 00:18:15.373
  • I have been falsely imprisoned, i have been lied on,
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  • I have been lied on, i have been run out of town,
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  • I have been run out of town, i have been tortured,
  • 00:18:19.110 --> 00:18:20.244
  • I have been tortured, but can i just tell you?"
  • 00:18:20.311 --> 00:18:22.613
  • But can i just tell you?" he said, "i counted
  • 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.414
  • He said, "i counted all as dung."
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  • All as dung." he said, "all it is,
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  • He said, "all it is, is fertilizer.
  • 00:18:26.484 --> 00:18:27.985
  • Is fertilizer. god took everything
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  • God took everything i've been through
  • 00:18:29.520 --> 00:18:30.454
  • I've been through and put it on me,
  • 00:18:30.521 --> 00:18:31.689
  • And put it on me, and i wrote half
  • 00:18:31.756 --> 00:18:32.523
  • And i wrote half the new testament
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  • The new testament and i couldn't have done it
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  • And i couldn't have done it in any other soil.
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  • In any other soil. i had to have the mess
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  • I had to have the mess to bring the message!"
  • 00:18:38.062 --> 00:18:40.665
  • To bring the message!" [applause]
  • 00:18:40.731 --> 00:18:42.833
  • The very things
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  • The very things that we wanna hide
  • 00:18:46.170 --> 00:18:47.838
  • That we wanna hide when jesus walked
  • 00:18:47.905 --> 00:18:48.739
  • When jesus walked into the temple and he said,
  • 00:18:48.806 --> 00:18:51.142
  • Into the temple and he said, "stretch forth your hand,"
  • 00:18:51.209 --> 00:18:52.310
  • "stretch forth your hand," the man with the withered hand
  • 00:18:52.376 --> 00:18:53.878
  • The man with the withered hand could have stretch forth
  • 00:18:53.945 --> 00:18:54.979
  • Could have stretch forth his good hand
  • 00:18:55.046 --> 00:18:55.880
  • His good hand that was all manicured
  • 00:18:55.947 --> 00:18:57.181
  • That was all manicured and he perfect,
  • 00:18:57.248 --> 00:18:59.183
  • And he perfect, but he had to reveal
  • 00:18:59.250 --> 00:19:00.418
  • But he had to reveal his weakness
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  • His weakness and the ugly part
  • 00:19:01.786 --> 00:19:02.587
  • And the ugly part of his life.
  • 00:19:02.653 --> 00:19:08.159
  • Of his life. i close with this,
  • 00:19:08.226 --> 00:19:09.026
  • I close with this, but hear me.
  • 00:19:09.093 --> 00:19:10.528
  • But hear me. david said in psalms 83 that,
  • 00:19:10.595 --> 00:19:12.964
  • David said in psalms 83 that, "my enemies," he said,
  • 00:19:13.030 --> 00:19:14.232
  • "my enemies," he said, "they became as dung."
  • 00:19:14.298 --> 00:19:17.101
  • "they became as dung." one translation said,
  • 00:19:17.168 --> 00:19:17.868
  • One translation said, "the very thing trying
  • 00:19:17.935 --> 00:19:20.137
  • "the very thing trying to destroy you
  • 00:19:20.204 --> 00:19:21.405
  • To destroy you god will use as fertilizer."
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  • God will use as fertilizer." i close with this.
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  • I close with this. in luke chapter 11
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  • In luke chapter 11 jesus arrives
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  • Jesus arrives at the tomb of lazarus
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  • At the tomb of lazarus and his sister comes out
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  • And his sister comes out and says, "lord,
  • 00:19:36.921 --> 00:19:38.456
  • And says, "lord, you're too late.
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  • You're too late. you should have come
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  • You should have come three years ago."
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  • Three years ago." but in this case three days ago;
  • 00:19:43.327 --> 00:19:44.929
  • But in this case three days ago; he's four days dead.
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  • He's four days dead. and then she make the statement,
  • 00:19:46.831 --> 00:19:48.466
  • And then she make the statement, "by now he stinks."
  • 00:19:48.532 --> 00:19:54.572
  • "by now he stinks." this is bad.
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  • This is bad. this is dung.
  • 00:19:56.607 --> 00:19:59.877
  • This is dung. and jesus smiles.
  • 00:19:59.944 --> 00:20:00.945
  • And jesus smiles. in my mind, i could see him
  • 00:20:01.012 --> 00:20:02.880
  • In my mind, i could see him smile and say,
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  • Smile and say, "you don't understand, girl.
  • 00:20:04.215 --> 00:20:08.185
  • "you don't understand, girl. this is just fertilizer
  • 00:20:08.252 --> 00:20:09.553
  • This is just fertilizer for the supernatural.
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  • For the supernatural. this kind of environment
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  • This kind of environment is just fertilizer for miracles.
  • 00:20:13.090 --> 00:20:19.463
  • Is just fertilizer for miracles. i'm gonna dig it,
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  • I'm gonna dig it, and i'm gonna take
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  • And i'm gonna take the most obnoxious things
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  • The most obnoxious things that life throws at my people,
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  • That life throws at my people, and if they will stay rooted
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  • And if they will stay rooted and they will submit
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  • And they will submit to the digging
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  • To the digging and the dunging process
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  • And the dunging process and give me one more year.
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  • And give me one more year. don't quit, don't give up,
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  • Don't quit, don't give up, don't throw in the towel.
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  • Don't throw in the towel. give me one more year.
  • 00:20:50.995 --> 00:20:56.267
  • Give me one more year. i will bring fruit
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  • I will bring fruit where the tree
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  • Where the tree is withered and dead.
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  • Is withered and dead. i'll turn the puny
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  • I'll turn the puny into the mighty."
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  • Into the mighty." and you know who said
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  • And you know who said he would do it?
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  • He would do it? the dresser of the field, jesus.
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  • The dresser of the field, jesus. he said, "i'm the one.
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  • He said, "i'm the one. i'll take their shame.
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  • I'll take their shame. i'll take their curse.
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  • I'll take their curse. i'll take their failures."
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  • I'll take their failures." and god says, "i'm gonna take
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  • And god says, "i'm gonna take the mess of your life,
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  • The mess of your life, the wasted years,
  • 00:21:21.625 --> 00:21:23.594
  • The wasted years, the wasted relationships,
  • 00:21:23.661 --> 00:21:26.230
  • The wasted relationships, the terrible decisions.
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  • The terrible decisions. i'll turn it into fertilizer,
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  • I'll turn it into fertilizer, and i'll put it on
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  • And i'll put it on that fruitless tree,
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  • That fruitless tree, and in one year's time --
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  • And in one year's time -- i'm telling you,
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  • I'm telling you, if you'll give god one year.
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  • If you'll give god one year. see, we want the quick-fix,
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  • See, we want the quick-fix, bam, you got it,
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  • Bam, you got it, now go do your thing.
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  • Now go do your thing. that's not how it works
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  • That's not how it works in the kingdom.
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  • In the kingdom. give him some time.
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  • Give him some time. let him give you
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  • Let him give you some miracle growth
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  • Some miracle growth in your life,
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  • In your life, and he'll take everything
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  • And he'll take everything you've been through:
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  • You've been through: the tears, the brokenness,
  • 00:22:03.134 --> 00:22:04.668
  • The tears, the brokenness, the abuse, the hurt,
  • 00:22:04.735 --> 00:22:08.305
  • The abuse, the hurt, the horrible decisions,
  • 00:22:08.372 --> 00:22:09.807
  • The horrible decisions, the failure, the addiction,
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  • The failure, the addiction, the pain, and he'll use it
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  • The pain, and he'll use it as fertilizer.
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  • As fertilizer. if you'd let him
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  • If you'd let him just break you up
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  • Just break you up a little bit,
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  • A little bit, you would leave this place
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  • You would leave this place with a faith that is beginning
  • 00:22:23.187 --> 00:22:26.357
  • With a faith that is beginning to grow again
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  • To grow again and come alive again,
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  • And come alive again, and before this year is over
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  • And before this year is over you're gonna have a one year
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  • You're gonna have a one year turnaround in jesus' name.
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:37.468
  • >> thank you for being a part
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  • Of this program today.
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  • God knows where you are,
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  • He knows what
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  • You're going through.
  • 00:22:44.542 --> 00:22:45.910
  • He feels your hurt,
  • 00:22:45.976 --> 00:22:48.746
  • Your pain today
  • 00:22:48.813 --> 00:22:50.080
  • And he's reaching out to you.
  • 00:22:50.147 --> 00:22:52.883
  • Somebody's been praying for you,
  • 00:22:52.950 --> 00:22:54.819
  • So pray with me
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  • Right where you are.
  • 00:22:55.753 --> 00:22:56.620
  • Just say, “jesus, help me today.
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  • Oh, god, i don't know
  • 00:23:00.357 --> 00:23:02.259
  • What to do,
  • 00:23:02.326 --> 00:23:03.127
  • But i'm turning my life
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  • Completely over to you.
  • 00:23:05.463 --> 00:23:07.398
  • In jesus' name.
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  • Father, i speak healing,
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  • I speak deliverance,
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  • I speak freedom from
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  • Addiction and alcoholism,
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  • And hatred and anger,
  • 00:23:15.606 --> 00:23:16.774
  • And strife in homes.
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  • I plead the blood
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  • Of jesus christ
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  • Over every family,
  • 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.547
  • Every marriage,
  • 00:23:23.614 --> 00:23:24.949
  • And i ask you
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  • For your help today.
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  • Even i see someone like
  • 00:23:27.351 --> 00:23:29.386
  • They're sinking.
  • 00:23:29.453 --> 00:23:30.855
  • They're sinking in addiction,
  • 00:23:30.921 --> 00:23:32.056
  • They're sinking in a hole
  • 00:23:32.122 --> 00:23:33.891
  • Of depression and despair,
  • 00:23:33.958 --> 00:23:35.759
  • And suicidal tendencies,
  • 00:23:35.826 --> 00:23:38.229
  • And lord, you can
  • 00:23:38.295 --> 00:23:39.563
  • Pull them out today
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  • In the mighty name of jesus.”
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  • Boy, i'm feeling that today
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  • And it's no coincidence
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  • As we're fasting and praying,
  • 00:23:46.604 --> 00:23:49.440
  • That god is giving somebody
  • 00:23:49.507 --> 00:23:51.041
  • A specific word.
  • 00:23:51.108 --> 00:23:53.077
  • You're coming up
  • 00:23:53.143 --> 00:23:54.445
  • And you're coming out in 2025.
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  • In our closing moments together,
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  • I don't want you to break
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  • Your concentration because
  • 00:24:02.253 --> 00:24:03.754
  • This is so important.
  • 00:24:03.821 --> 00:24:05.523
  • I went to dallas, texas
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  • To receive from
  • 00:24:08.025 --> 00:24:09.126
  • The jewish national fund
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  • Their highest award,
  • 00:24:11.195 --> 00:24:12.196
  • The shalom award
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  • That they have only given
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  • To a few people.
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  • And i only received it
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  • Because of you.
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  • I only received it
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  • On behalf of you.
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  • God said,
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  • “i'll bless those
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  • That bless israel,
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  • And i'll curse those
  • 00:24:27.711 --> 00:24:28.746
  • That curse it
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  • And out of you will
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  • All the families
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  • Of the earth be blessed.”
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  • When you bless israel,
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  • God will bless your family.
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  • Let this speak to you today.
  • 00:24:37.087 --> 00:24:38.722
  • >> on october 7,
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  • Israel was attacked by
  • 00:24:41.358 --> 00:24:42.326
  • The dark forces of hamas.
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  • It was the worst massacre
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  • The jewish people experienced
  • 00:24:45.529 --> 00:24:46.730
  • Since the holocaust.
  • 00:24:46.830 --> 00:24:48.599
  • The eshkol region
  • 00:24:48.699 --> 00:24:49.667
  • In southern israel
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  • Was attacked directly.
  • 00:24:50.801 --> 00:24:52.570
  • Women faced
  • 00:24:52.670 --> 00:24:53.170
  • Unspeakable atrocities,
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  • Infants were assassinated,
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  • Numerous families
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  • Were burnt alive,
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  • And both mothers
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  • And their babies
  • 00:25:00.644 --> 00:25:01.211
  • And holocaust survivors
  • 00:25:01.312 --> 00:25:02.613
  • Were abducted
  • 00:25:02.713 --> 00:25:03.380
  • To the hamas tunnels in gaza.
  • 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:05.749
  • And now we stand
  • 00:25:05.849 --> 00:25:06.850
  • At a pivotal moment,
  • 00:25:06.951 --> 00:25:08.319
  • Poised to provide a lifeline
  • 00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.920
  • For the people of eshkol,
  • 00:25:10.020 --> 00:25:11.488
  • Who continue to be attacked
  • 00:25:11.589 --> 00:25:12.823
  • By terrorists every day.
  • 00:25:12.923 --> 00:25:15.225
  • Jentezen franklin
  • 00:25:15.326 --> 00:25:16.193
  • Media ministries
  • 00:25:16.293 --> 00:25:17.595
  • Recently committed
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  • The largest amount of funding
  • 00:25:18.295 --> 00:25:19.263
  • Ever towards the initiative,
  • 00:25:19.363 --> 00:25:20.965
  • Phase number one,
  • 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.467
  • Provides physical safety.
  • 00:25:23.567 --> 00:25:25.336
  • That is why we are building
  • 00:25:25.436 --> 00:25:26.503
  • Civil defense centers,
  • 00:25:26.604 --> 00:25:28.072
  • And over 800 safe houses,
  • 00:25:28.172 --> 00:25:30.441
  • Making sure every family
  • 00:25:30.541 --> 00:25:32.109
  • In the region has a safe room,
  • 00:25:32.209 --> 00:25:33.644
  • In case of terrorist attacks.
  • 00:25:33.744 --> 00:25:35.179
  • >> this is home.
  • 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.014
  • Israel is our place.
  • 00:25:37.081 --> 00:25:37.982
  • This is the safest place
  • 00:25:38.048 --> 00:25:38.816
  • We can be,
  • 00:25:38.882 --> 00:25:39.850
  • And this safe room became
  • 00:25:39.917 --> 00:25:41.819
  • Our little safe haven.
  • 00:25:41.885 --> 00:25:42.920
  • It's something that
  • 00:25:42.987 --> 00:25:44.555
  • Every single person
  • 00:25:44.622 --> 00:25:45.489
  • In our area needs.
  • 00:25:45.556 --> 00:25:46.624
  • I can't stress it enough
  • 00:25:46.690 --> 00:25:48.025
  • That it saved our lives,
  • 00:25:48.092 --> 00:25:49.593
  • It saved my husband's family
  • 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:51.128
  • Life on the 7th of october,
  • 00:25:51.195 --> 00:25:52.896
  • And it will continue
  • 00:25:52.963 --> 00:25:54.064
  • To save lives.
  • 00:25:54.131 --> 00:25:54.698
  • >> when you give to
  • 00:25:55.132 --> 00:25:55.633
  • A project like this,
  • 00:25:55.733 --> 00:25:57.234
  • There is a promise for you
  • 00:25:57.334 --> 00:25:58.035
  • Found in genesis 12:3,
  • 00:25:58.135 --> 00:26:00.237
  • “i will bless those
  • 00:26:00.337 --> 00:26:01.105
  • Who bless you israel.”
  • 00:26:01.205 --> 00:26:02.773
  • Together we can demonstrate
  • 00:26:02.873 --> 00:26:04.375
  • That faith combined with
  • 00:26:04.475 --> 00:26:05.576
  • Collective action can
  • 00:26:05.676 --> 00:26:06.610
  • Illuminate the darkest moments
  • 00:26:06.710 --> 00:26:08.846
  • And forge a brighter,
  • 00:26:08.946 --> 00:26:10.381
  • More hopeful future
  • 00:26:10.481 --> 00:26:11.348
  • For the holy land.
  • 00:26:11.448 --> 00:26:12.182
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.487
  • >> in heaven, every prayer
  • 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.656
  • We pray is like snow.
  • 00:26:18.722 --> 00:26:20.858
  • We take the first
  • 00:26:20.924 --> 00:26:21.959
  • Three weeks of a new year
  • 00:26:22.026 --> 00:26:23.794
  • And we fast and we pray,
  • 00:26:23.861 --> 00:26:25.929
  • And we take the word of god
  • 00:26:25.996 --> 00:26:27.831
  • That will not return void,
  • 00:26:27.898 --> 00:26:29.633
  • And we study it and we spend
  • 00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:31.568
  • Extra time in it.
  • 00:26:31.635 --> 00:26:32.803
  • And in doing so,
  • 00:26:32.870 --> 00:26:33.871
  • You're filling up
  • 00:26:33.937 --> 00:26:35.105
  • The treasury of snow.
  • 00:26:35.172 --> 00:26:36.607
  • If you ever start praying
  • 00:26:36.674 --> 00:26:37.508
  • For your family.
  • 00:26:37.574 --> 00:26:39.677
  • Jesus wouldn't have told us
  • 00:26:39.743 --> 00:26:40.644
  • To pray if it didn't work.
  • 00:26:40.711 --> 00:26:41.845
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:42.212 --> 00:26:43.047
  • >> it's what we've been doing
  • 00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.815
  • For the last 21 days
  • 00:26:44.882 --> 00:26:46.650
  • As a church.
  • 00:26:46.717 --> 00:26:47.351
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:47.851 --> 00:26:49.586
  • >> welcome to free chapel
  • 00:26:52.122 --> 00:26:53.290
  • Where everything we do
  • 00:26:53.390 --> 00:26:54.358
  • Is about inspiring people
  • 00:26:54.458 --> 00:26:55.859
  • To live for jesus.
  • 00:26:55.959 --> 00:26:58.062
  • From our uplifting worship
  • 00:26:58.162 --> 00:26:59.463
  • And encouraging messages,
  • 00:26:59.563 --> 00:27:00.964
  • It all points to him
  • 00:27:01.065 --> 00:27:01.932
  • And we'd love for you
  • 00:27:02.032 --> 00:27:02.733
  • And your family to join in.
  • 00:27:02.833 --> 00:27:04.735
  • Head over to our app
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  • Or website to find out more.
  • 00:27:05.469 --> 00:27:06.570
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  • 00:27:06.937 --> 00:27:09.206
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  • 00:27:15.646 --> 00:27:16.413
  • And financial support
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  • Make these programs possible.
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  • For more information
  • 00:27:19.683 --> 00:27:20.350
  • About this message
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  • And other ministry resources,
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  • Visit us online at
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  • Jentezenfranklin.tv.
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