Terry Crist - Rest In Jesus

August 14, 2025 | S25 E206 | 29:15

The pastor and author of “Now You Can Stop Running” shares the truth that delivers us from the exhaustion of searching, striving, and escaping.

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Life Today with James Robison | Terry Crist - Rest In Jesus | August 14, 2025

>> i traveled the world. i preached in 60 nations.
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I climb mountains. i jump out of airplanes.
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I'm not an anxious person.
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But sure enough, it was an anxiety attack.
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And it was through that period of time
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I began to discover that we are really living
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In the anxious generation.
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Learn how to stop running and find the rest your soul
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Desperately needs in the boundless love of god.
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Next on life today!
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James: boy, am i glad
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James: boy, am i glad to see you!
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James: boy, am i glad to see you! and betty at my side,
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To see you! and betty at my side, and talk to you about --
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And betty at my side, and talk to you about -- well, really, we're going
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And talk to you about -- well, really, we're going to talk a whole lot
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Well, really, we're going to talk a whole lot about grace because
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To talk a whole lot about grace because we've got terry crist here
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About grace because we've got terry crist here who is a pastor of
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Grace church, basically
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Grace church, basically its called city of grace
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Grace church, basically its called city of grace in phoenix,
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Its called city of grace in phoenix, downtown phoenix,
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In phoenix, downtown phoenix, and out in the outskirts.
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Downtown phoenix, and out in the outskirts. but he's just written
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And out in the outskirts. but he's just written the book,
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But he's just written the book, now you can stop running .
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The book, now you can stop running . i'm very familiar with
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Now you can stop running . i'm very familiar with the great impact
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I'm very familiar with the great impact this man's making.
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The great impact this man's making. and, you're going
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This man's making. and, you're going to be blessed.
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And, you're going to be blessed. as a matter of fact,
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To be blessed. as a matter of fact, we're going to find out
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As a matter of fact, we're going to find out what he's talking about,
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We're going to find out what he's talking about, stop running.
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What he's talking about, stop running. terry, good to have you
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Stop running. terry, good to have you on life today .
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Terry, good to have you on life today . terry: thank you.
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On life today . terry: thank you. thank you, betty.
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Terry: thank you. thank you, betty. james: i know you've been here
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Thank you, betty. james: i know you've been here with randy and tammy.
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James: i know you've been here with randy and tammy. i know that somehow,
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With randy and tammy. i know that somehow, maybe, you can tell
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I know that somehow, maybe, you can tell our audience how you first
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Terry: well, let me say,
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Terry: well, let me say, before we get in too deep,
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Before we get in too deep, i owe a great debt
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I owe a great debt of gratitude to the both
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Of gratitude to the both of you for your lives,
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I was raised
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I was raised in a pastor's home,
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I was raised in a pastor's home, a good, godly pastor's home.
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In a pastor's home, a good, godly pastor's home. but quite honestly, it was
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A good, godly pastor's home. but quite honestly, it was a very legalistic environment.
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But quite honestly, it was a very legalistic environment. we lived according
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A very legalistic environment. we lived according to performance-based
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We lived according to performance-based christianity.
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To performance-based christianity. do good, get good.
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Christianity. do good, get good. and so that was
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Do good, get good. and so that was my spiritual formation.
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And so that was my spiritual formation. i don't recall ever hearing
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My spiritual formation. i don't recall ever hearing a message preached
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I don't recall ever hearing a message preached about grace.
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A message preached about grace. i was in my late teens,
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About grace. i was in my late teens, probably 19, when someone
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I was in my late teens, probably 19, when someone invited me to the tarrant
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Where you were preaching.
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Where you were preaching. it was a conference, and
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It was a conference, and you were preaching on grace.
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You were preaching on grace. i heard you,
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I heard you, heard dudley hall,
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Heard dudley hall, rick godwin, jack taylor,
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Rick godwin, jack taylor, peter lord.
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A youngster
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A youngster up in the high section
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A youngster up in the high section it changed my life
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Up in the high section it changed my life and really shaped
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It changed my life and really shaped my outcome, my outlook.
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And really shaped my outcome, my outlook. it gave me a revelation
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My outcome, my outlook. it gave me a revelation of god as a good god,
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It gave me a revelation of god as a good god, a loving father,
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Of god as a good god, a loving father, one who extends grace
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A loving father, one who extends grace and compassion and kindness.
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One who extends grace and compassion and kindness. so i want to thank you
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And compassion and kindness. so i want to thank you for that.
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So i want to thank you for that. it was also, a few years
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For that. it was also, a few years later, would have been
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It was also, a few years later, would have been in my early 20s,
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Later, would have been in my early 20s, pastoring a church
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In my early 20s, pastoring a church in kansas city,
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Pastoring a church in kansas city, and you came through
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In kansas city, and you came through with john wimber and
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And you came through with john wimber and put the chair on the stage
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With john wimber and put the chair on the stage and invited us to sit in it,
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Put the chair on the stage and invited us to sit in it, inviting us into freedom --
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And invited us to sit in it, inviting us into freedom -- and i needed freedom.
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Inviting us into freedom -- and i needed freedom. i'd had the revelation
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And i needed freedom. i'd had the revelation of grace, but still had
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I'd had the revelation of grace, but still had some deep areas of bondage
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Of grace, but still had some deep areas of bondage in my life that i needed
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Some deep areas of bondage in my life that i needed to encounter freedom in.
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In my life that i needed to encounter freedom in. so i owe you both for
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To encounter freedom in. so i owe you both for the revelation of grace,
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So i owe you both for the revelation of grace, and also, the invitation
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The revelation of grace, and also, the invitation into living a free life.
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And also, the invitation into living a free life. so it's such an honor
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Into living a free life. so it's such an honor to be here.
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So it's such an honor to be here. thank you for that.
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To be here. thank you for that. james: well, it's an honor
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Thank you for that. james: well, it's an honor to have you because
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James: well, it's an honor to have you because god is using you.
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To have you because god is using you. i'm really curious what
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God is using you. i'm really curious what the title implies:
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I'm really curious what the title implies: now you can stop running .
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The title implies: now you can stop running . so let's talk about whatever
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Now you can stop running . so let's talk about whatever it was that you were
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So let's talk about whatever it was that you were obviously running from.
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It was that you were obviously running from. i don't think
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Obviously running from. i don't think you'd tell someone
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I don't think you'd tell someone to stop running toward god
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You'd tell someone to stop running toward god so you can stop running.
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To stop running toward god so you can stop running. what do you imply here?
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So you can stop running. what do you imply here? what do you want us to get?
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What do you imply here? what do you want us to get? and what are we going
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What do you want us to get? and what are we going to learn in the book?
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And what are we going to learn in the book? terry: well, i think in
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To learn in the book? terry: well, i think in one sense i was born running.
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Terry: well, i think in one sense i was born running. our old vintage family reel,
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One sense i was born running. our old vintage family reel, struggle to keep me in focus
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Our old vintage family reel, struggle to keep me in focus as i'm running here and there
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Struggle to keep me in focus as i'm running here and there and everywhere.
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As i'm running here and there and everywhere. but in a deeper way,
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And everywhere. but in a deeper way, early on in my life,
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But in a deeper way, early on in my life, i went through a traumatic
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Early on in my life, i went through a traumatic experience that formed me
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I went through a traumatic experience that formed me in a way that was
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Experience that formed me in a way that was unhealthy and unhelpful.
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In a way that was unhealthy and unhelpful. it really triggered in me
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Unhealthy and unhelpful. it really triggered in me a sense of running.
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It really triggered in me a sense of running. i've since come to
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A sense of running. i've since come to the conclusion that
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I've since come to the conclusion that most people are either
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The conclusion that most people are either running from something
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Most people are either running from something or to something.
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Running from something or to something. we're running from
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Or to something. we're running from unhealed wounds,
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We're running from unhealed wounds, we're running from
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Unhealed wounds, we're running from unmet needs,
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We're running from unmet needs, or we're running in pursuit
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Unmet needs, or we're running in pursuit of a better life.
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Or we're running in pursuit of a better life. so looking back, i now see,
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Of a better life. so looking back, i now see, the patterns in my life
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So looking back, i now see, the patterns in my life that i couldn't see
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The patterns in my life that i couldn't see at the time,
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That i couldn't see at the time, patterns of being driven
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At the time, patterns of being driven based on trauma,
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Patterns of being driven based on trauma, based on loss,
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Based on trauma, based on loss, based upon unmet expectations,
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Performance in my life
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Performance in my life and the drivenness
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And the drivenness to try and please.
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To try and please. running takes a lot of
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Running takes a lot of different forms in our lives.
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It's rooted in loss.
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It's rooted in loss. for other people, it's abuse.
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It's rooted in loss. for other people, it's abuse. for other people,
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For other people, it's abuse. for other people, it's disappointment.
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For other people, it's disappointment. for other people, it's simply
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It's disappointment. for other people, it's simply religious performance.
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For other people, it's simply religious performance. i want to invite people
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Religious performance. i want to invite people into the reality that
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I want to invite people into the reality that you don't have to run.
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Into the reality that you don't have to run. jesus said, "come to me,
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You don't have to run. jesus said, "come to me, you who are weary
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Jesus said, "come to me, you who are weary and heavy burdened,
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You who are weary and heavy burdened, and i will give you rest."
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And heavy burdened, and i will give you rest." there is a sense of arrival
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And i will give you rest." there is a sense of arrival in our relationship
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There is a sense of arrival in our relationship with jesus, and a peace
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In our relationship with jesus, and a peace that we can find in him
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With jesus, and a peace that we can find in him that is exactly
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That we can find in him that is exactly what our soul longs for.
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That is exactly what our soul longs for. so running is a metaphor
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What our soul longs for. so running is a metaphor for how we seek to escape
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So running is a metaphor for how we seek to escape the pain of life, or we seek
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For how we seek to escape the pain of life, or we seek to find the pleasure that
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The pain of life, or we seek to find the pleasure that we think will satisfy us.
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We all experience that
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We all experience that in our journey sometimes,
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In our journey sometimes, always running from something?
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Always running from something? terry: we are.
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Terry: we are. betty: we do. i'm like you.
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Betty: we do. i'm like you. i ran from
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You know, i thought
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You know, i thought if i was good enough,
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You know, i thought if i was good enough, god would love me
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If i was good enough, god would love me and take care of me
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God would love me and take care of me and accept me.
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And take care of me and accept me. but i never could arrive.
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And accept me. but i never could arrive. that was frustrating to me.
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But i never could arrive. that was frustrating to me. terry: well, that's
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That was frustrating to me. terry: well, that's the real problem because
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Terry: well, that's the real problem because there is no sense of arrival.
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The real problem because there is no sense of arrival. we encounter these
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There is no sense of arrival. we encounter these false refuges that promise
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We encounter these false refuges that promise more than they can deliver.
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False refuges that promise more than they can deliver. so, the businessman
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More than they can deliver. so, the businessman who's trying to find
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So, the businessman who's trying to find his identity
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Who's trying to find his identity in accomplishments,
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His identity in accomplishments, the businesswoman
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In accomplishments, the businesswoman who's trying to find
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The businesswoman who's trying to find a sense of worth and value,
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Who's trying to find a sense of worth and value, and so they're driven.
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A sense of worth and value, and so they're driven. they are constantly
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And so they're driven. they are constantly on the move.
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They are constantly on the move. they've come to believe
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On the move. they've come to believe that this refuge is going
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They've come to believe that this refuge is going to provide what is missing
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That this refuge is going to provide what is missing in their life.
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To provide what is missing in their life. but the fact is, there is
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In their life. but the fact is, there is no simple solution
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But the fact is, there is no simple solution in the universe outside of
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No simple solution in the universe outside of a relationship with jesus,
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In the universe outside of a relationship with jesus, who promises not only
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A relationship with jesus, who promises not only what he can deliver but
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Who promises not only what he can deliver but promises more than we could
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What he can deliver but promises more than we could ever possibly imagine.
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Promises more than we could ever possibly imagine. it's in him that we find
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Ever possibly imagine. it's in him that we find rest for our souls.
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It's in him that we find rest for our souls. in him, we find a place where
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Rest for our souls. in him, we find a place where we're free from striving.
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In him, we find a place where we're free from striving. and in him, we're free to be.
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We're free from striving. and in him, we're free to be. we don't have to earn
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And his approval.
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And his approval. jesus earned that just by
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Jesus earned that just by simply being his beloved son.
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Simply being his beloved son. and now, in christ,
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All that our hearts long for.
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All that our hearts long for. james: why do people
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All that our hearts long for. james: why do people have such a hard time
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James: why do people have such a hard time hearing that?
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Have such a hard time hearing that? terry: well, i think
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Hearing that? terry: well, i think we've been conditioned to run.
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Terry: well, i think we've been conditioned to run. we've been conditioned
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We've been conditioned to run. we've been conditioned by life.
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We've been conditioned by life. we've been conditioned
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By life. we've been conditioned by loss.
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We've been conditioned by loss. i think a lot about
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By loss. i think a lot about the impact of trauma
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I think a lot about the impact of trauma on people's lives.
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The impact of trauma on people's lives. i came of age in a time
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On people's lives. i came of age in a time in life when we didn't have
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I came of age in a time in life when we didn't have a language for what
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In life when we didn't have a language for what we experience today
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A language for what we experience today and what we experienced then.
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We experience today and what we experienced then. i think it is that sense
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And what we experienced then. i think it is that sense of being driven out of pain,
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I think it is that sense of being driven out of pain, out of loss, out of perhaps
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Of being driven out of pain, out of loss, out of perhaps betrayal or disappointment,
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Out of loss, out of perhaps betrayal or disappointment, never quite measuring up
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Betrayal or disappointment, never quite measuring up to the expectations
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Never quite measuring up to the expectations of other people.
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To the expectations of other people. that becomes fuel
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Of other people. that becomes fuel in our lives.
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That becomes fuel in our lives. again, informing us that
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In our lives. again, informing us that if we just do this, that,
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Again, informing us that if we just do this, that, or the other
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If we just do this, that, or the other we'll find the healing
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We're all looking for
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We're all looking for that sense of arrival.
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That sense of arrival. and that sense of arrival
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And that sense of arrival is found in jesus, who is,
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Is found in jesus, who is, in fact, all that
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He is the one that
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He is the one that provides for us
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He is the one that provides for us what we desperately need.
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James: you talked about
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James: you talked about in the book,
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James: you talked about in the book, having anxiety attacks.
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In the book, having anxiety attacks. what do you mean by that?
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Having anxiety attacks. what do you mean by that? how would you expect people
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What do you mean by that? how would you expect people to interpret
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How would you expect people to interpret what you're saying?
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Terry: for me personally,
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Terry: for me personally, i had an anxiety attack,
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Terry: for me personally, i had an anxiety attack, in my middle 40s,
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I had an anxiety attack, in my middle 40s, so i was 45.
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In my middle 40s, so i was 45. at that point of time, i had
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So i was 45. at that point of time, i had no sense of feeling anxiety.
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At that point of time, i had no sense of feeling anxiety. i'm certainly not prone
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No sense of feeling anxiety. i'm certainly not prone to that by
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I'm certainly not prone to that by my natural disposition.
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To that by my natural disposition. and yet i've been through
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My natural disposition. and yet i've been through a lot in life.
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And yet i've been through a lot in life. didn't realize that so often
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A lot in life. didn't realize that so often in life, running doesn't
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Didn't realize that so often in life, running doesn't resolve what we fail
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In life, running doesn't resolve what we fail to address within ourselves.
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Resolve what we fail to address within ourselves. i think when i was younger,
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To address within ourselves. i think when i was younger, i thought, you know,
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I think when i was younger, i thought, you know, i'll just outgrow some things,
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I thought, you know, i'll just outgrow some things, i'll outlive some things.
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I'll just outgrow some things, i'll outlive some things. but i've discovered over time
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I'll outlive some things. but i've discovered over time that running doesn't resolve
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But i've discovered over time that running doesn't resolve the pain in our souls.
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That running doesn't resolve the pain in our souls. we have to intentionally
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The pain in our souls. we have to intentionally address those things,
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We have to intentionally address those things, bringing them into the light
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Address those things, bringing them into the light of christ, bringing them,
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Bringing them into the light of christ, bringing them, to the feet of the father,
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Of christ, bringing them, to the feet of the father, bringing them to the cross
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To the feet of the father, bringing them to the cross and all that
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Bringing them to the cross and all that jesus provided for us.
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And all that jesus provided for us. so, in my own life, i woke up
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Jesus provided for us. so, in my own life, i woke up one day and it actually
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So, in my own life, i woke up one day and it actually came about through a series
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One day and it actually came about through a series of events, i was 45
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Came about through a series of events, i was 45 and our church was
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Of events, i was 45 and our church was being blessed and was growing.
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And our church was being blessed and was growing. i received an invitation
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Being blessed and was growing. i received an invitation to become the pastor
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I received an invitation to become the pastor of another church in phoenix.
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To become the pastor of another church in phoenix. so, through a long,
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Of another church in phoenix. so, through a long, drawn-out process, this large,
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So, through a long, drawn-out process, this large, flourishing church that
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Drawn-out process, this large, flourishing church that had been through a period
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Flourishing church that had been through a period of decline, merged with
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Had been through a period of decline, merged with our church and became
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Of decline, merged with our church and became our third location.
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Our church and became our third location. overnight, i went from
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Our third location. overnight, i went from pastoring a church of
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Overnight, i went from pastoring a church of about 1400 people
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Pastoring a church of about 1400 people to pastoring a church
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About 1400 people to pastoring a church of 4500 people.
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To pastoring a church of 4500 people. i went from preaching
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Of 4500 people. i went from preaching twice on the weekend
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I went from preaching twice on the weekend to preaching five times
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Twice on the weekend to preaching five times on the weekend.
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To preaching five times on the weekend. from leading a staff of 18
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On the weekend. from leading a staff of 18 to a staff of 110.
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From leading a staff of 18 to a staff of 110. there was a lot of criticism
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To a staff of 110. there was a lot of criticism leveled at my leadership,
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There was a lot of criticism leveled at my leadership, because i was stepping in
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Leveled at my leadership, because i was stepping in to follow a founder
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Because i was stepping in to follow a founder who was deeply beloved.
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To follow a founder who was deeply beloved. so there was a lot going on
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Who was deeply beloved. so there was a lot going on at that point in life.
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So there was a lot going on at that point in life. that year, i also had led
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At that point in life. that year, i also had led a recovery team to haiti
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That year, i also had led a recovery team to haiti following the earthquake.
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A recovery team to haiti following the earthquake. and 300,000 people had
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Following the earthquake. and 300,000 people had lost their lives
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And 300,000 people had lost their lives during the earthquake.
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Lost their lives during the earthquake. it was a very
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During the earthquake. it was a very traumatic experience.
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It was a very traumatic experience. so late in the year,
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Traumatic experience. so late in the year, i received an invitation
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So late in the year, i received an invitation from one of the nfl players
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I received an invitation from one of the nfl players in our church to go
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From one of the nfl players in our church to go with he and his wife
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In our church to go with he and his wife to los angeles where
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With he and his wife to los angeles where he was performing on
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To los angeles where he was performing on dancing with the stars.
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He was performing on dancing with the stars. and i thought
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Dancing with the stars. and i thought that isn't my wheelhouse.
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And i thought that isn't my wheelhouse. i'm a bass pro kind of guy.
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That isn't my wheelhouse. i'm a bass pro kind of guy. i'm not a spandex and sequins
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I'm a bass pro kind of guy. i'm not a spandex and sequins kind of guy.
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I'm not a spandex and sequins kind of guy. i don't know where to look,
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Kind of guy. i don't know where to look, i don't know what to do,
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I don't know where to look, i don't know what to do, i don't know that landscape.
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"we've got to go."
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"we've got to go." so the night before
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So the night before we were to fly out,
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We were to fly out, about 2:00 in the morning,
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About 2:00 in the morning, i woke up thinking i was
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I woke up thinking i was having a heart attack.
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Got me to the e.r.,
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Got me to the e.r., and i discovered that i was
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Got me to the e.r., and i discovered that i was having an anxiety attack.
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And i discovered that i was having an anxiety attack. and my first response was,
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Having an anxiety attack. and my first response was, what?
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And my first response was, what? i don't have anxiety.
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What? i don't have anxiety. i travel the world.
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I don't have anxiety. i travel the world. i've preached in 60 nations.
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I travel the world. i've preached in 60 nations. i climb mountains.
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I've preached in 60 nations. i climb mountains. i chase dangerous animals
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I climb mountains. i chase dangerous animals with a bow and arrow.
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I chase dangerous animals with a bow and arrow. i jump out of airplanes.
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With a bow and arrow. i jump out of airplanes. i'm not an anxious person!
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I jump out of airplanes. i'm not an anxious person! but sure enough,
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I'm not an anxious person! but sure enough, it was an anxiety attack.
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But sure enough, it was an anxiety attack. and one was followed
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It was an anxiety attack. and one was followed by another, which was
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And one was followed by another, which was followed by another,
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By another, which was followed by another, and another.
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Followed by another, and another. and over the course of
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And another. and over the course of about seven years,
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And over the course of about seven years, i had more anxiety attacks
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About seven years, i had more anxiety attacks than i can even count.
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I had more anxiety attacks than i can even count. and if you've ever had one,
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Than i can even count. and if you've ever had one, you know you never want
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And if you've ever had one, you know you never want to have another because
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You know you never want to have another because you feel as if you're having
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To have another because you feel as if you're having an actual heart attack.
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You feel as if you're having an actual heart attack. you feel this disembodied,
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An actual heart attack. you feel this disembodied, dissociative state where the
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You feel this disembodied, dissociative state where the world around you seems foggy
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Dissociative state where the world around you seems foggy and you're on the precipice
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World around you seems foggy and you're on the precipice of impending doom.
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And you're on the precipice of impending doom. and so, it was through
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Of impending doom. and so, it was through that process while leading
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And so, it was through that process while leading the church, never sharing
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That process while leading the church, never sharing this story with anyone
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The church, never sharing this story with anyone apart from my wife,
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This story with anyone apart from my wife, that i really learned
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Apart from my wife, that i really learned a couple of critical things.
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That i really learned a couple of critical things. number one, i learned
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A couple of critical things. number one, i learned the importance of
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Number one, i learned the importance of finding rest.
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The importance of finding rest. rest isn't the reward
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Finding rest. rest isn't the reward for hard work.
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Rest isn't the reward for hard work. rest is the provision of god
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For hard work. rest is the provision of god for all of us,
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Rest is the provision of god for all of us, and through finding the
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For all of us, and through finding the importance of sabbath rest,
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And through finding the importance of sabbath rest, and routines.
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Importance of sabbath rest, and routines. james: that rest would
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And routines. james: that rest would be coupled with
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James: that rest would be coupled with supernatural peace.
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Be coupled with supernatural peace. terry: supernatural peace!
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Supernatural peace. terry: supernatural peace! and so, through that,
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Terry: supernatural peace! and so, through that, it was a long season there
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And so, through that, it was a long season there where i spent many nights
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It was a long season there where i spent many nights in the car just outside
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Where i spent many nights in the car just outside of the emergency room,
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In the car just outside of the emergency room, not wanting to go in,
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Of the emergency room, not wanting to go in, but yet wanting to be close
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Not wanting to go in, but yet wanting to be close enough that should i need
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But yet wanting to be close enough that should i need to go in, i could do so.
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Enough that should i need to go in, i could do so. and it was through that
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To go in, i could do so. and it was through that period of time, i began
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And it was through that period of time, i began to discover that we are
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Period of time, i began to discover that we are really living in
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To discover that we are really living in the anxious generation.
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Really living in the anxious generation. we're living in a time
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The anxious generation. we're living in a time where anxiety is epidemic.
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We're living in a time where anxiety is epidemic. i haven't had anxiety --
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Where anxiety is epidemic. i haven't had anxiety -- james: even among children,
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I haven't had anxiety -- james: even among children, young people.
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James: even among children, young people. terry: and especially
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Young people. terry: and especially amongst young people.
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Terry: and especially amongst young people. james: especially among teens.
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Amongst young people. james: especially among teens. terry: i haven't had
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James: especially among teens. terry: i haven't had an anxiety attack in about
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Terry: i haven't had an anxiety attack in about eight years now, because
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An anxiety attack in about eight years now, because of what i've learned both
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Eight years now, because of what i've learned both naturally and spiritually.
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Of what i've learned both naturally and spiritually. but i see the signs in
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Naturally and spiritually. but i see the signs in the lives of so many people.
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But i see the signs in the lives of so many people. this is what dr. haidt calls
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The lives of so many people. this is what dr. haidt calls the most anxious generation
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This is what dr. haidt calls the most anxious generation in the history of the world.
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The most anxious generation in the history of the world. james: is this reality
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In the history of the world. james: is this reality that inspired this
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James: is this reality that inspired this as much as anything?
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That inspired this as much as anything? terry: it is.
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As much as anything? terry: it is. that comes from a place
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Terry: it is. that comes from a place of deep revelation.
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That comes from a place of deep revelation. because for most of us,
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Of deep revelation. because for most of us, our deepest revelations
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Because for most of us, our deepest revelations come from the place of
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Our deepest revelations come from the place of our greatest brokenness.
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Come from the place of our greatest brokenness. i think of paul the apostle
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Our greatest brokenness. i think of paul the apostle who said, "because of
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I think of paul the apostle who said, "because of the abundance of revelations,
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Who said, "because of the abundance of revelations, i encountered a thorn
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The abundance of revelations, i encountered a thorn in the flesh."
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I encountered a thorn in the flesh." so, it's right there
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In the flesh." so, it's right there at the point of our need
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So, it's right there at the point of our need that god reveals his grace.
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At the point of our need that god reveals his grace. and then out of grace,
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That god reveals his grace. and then out of grace, we have a message to share
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James: and this great man
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James: and this great man had three specific tormentors,
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Had three specific tormentors, adding constantly that
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Adding constantly that he couldn't silence.
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He couldn't silence. that would be anxiety.
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That would be anxiety. that would be all kind
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Christian that ever lived.
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Christian that ever lived. so, if he experienced that,
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Christian that ever lived. so, if he experienced that, we can all understand
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So, if he experienced that, we can all understand we can experience it.
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We can all understand we can experience it. but god told him
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We can experience it. but god told him what you discovered,
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But god told him what you discovered, his grace is sufficient.
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What you discovered, his grace is sufficient. he walks us through it
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His grace is sufficient. he walks us through it with the tormentor
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He walks us through it with the tormentor still firing at us.
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With the tormentor still firing at us. he can stop and quench
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Still firing at us. he can stop and quench those arrows.
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Terry: it's amazing how
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Terry: it's amazing how we have to be
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We have to be reminded of that.
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Reminded of that. just over the last couple
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Just over the last couple of days, and trying to find
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Of days, and trying to find language to share with people
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Into rest, i've had
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Into rest, i've had this little metaphor,
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Into rest, i've had this little metaphor, so to speak.
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This little metaphor, so to speak. and of course, a metaphor
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So to speak. and of course, a metaphor is never perfect.
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And of course, a metaphor is never perfect. but imagine that you have
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Is never perfect. but imagine that you have an image of the most peaceful,
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But imagine that you have an image of the most peaceful, tranquil place on the planet.
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An image of the most peaceful, tranquil place on the planet. i think for a lot of people,
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Tranquil place on the planet. i think for a lot of people, that may be tahiti.
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I think for a lot of people, that may be tahiti. i've never been to tahiti,
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That may be tahiti. i've never been to tahiti, but i have an impression
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I've never been to tahiti, but i have an impression of what tahiti is like:
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But i have an impression of what tahiti is like: beautiful, stilted houses
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Of what tahiti is like: beautiful, stilted houses and the beautiful resorts
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Beautiful, stilted houses and the beautiful resorts that are up over the water.
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And the beautiful resorts that are up over the water. let's imagine you buy
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That are up over the water. let's imagine you buy a ticket to tahiti.
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Let's imagine you buy a ticket to tahiti. you're not there, but
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A ticket to tahiti. you're not there, but you're on the journey.
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You're not there, but you're on the journey. you go to the airport.
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You're on the journey. you go to the airport. you're still not there,
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You go to the airport. you're still not there, but you're on the journey.
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You're still not there, but you're on the journey. you board the airplane.
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But you're on the journey. you board the airplane. you're not there,
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You board the airplane. you're not there, but you're a little closer.
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You're not there, but you're a little closer. you land in the capital city.
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But you're a little closer. you land in the capital city. you're not there,
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You land in the capital city. you're not there, but you're closer.
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You're not there, but you're closer. it's only when you're there
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But you're closer. it's only when you're there that you're there.
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It's only when you're there that you're there. so, i think for a lot
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That you're there. so, i think for a lot of christians who have
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So, i think for a lot of christians who have verbally put their faith
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Of christians who have verbally put their faith in jesus and are growing
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Verbally put their faith in jesus and are growing and being formed in grace,
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In jesus and are growing and being formed in grace, that there's still more
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And being formed in grace, that there's still more to the journey.
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That there's still more to the journey. and this journey is one
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To the journey. and this journey is one that he's consistently
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And this journey is one that he's consistently inviting us into.
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Translates matthew 11:28.
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Translates matthew 11:28. he says, "are you tired?
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He says, "are you tired? are you burned out
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Are you burned out on religion?
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On religion? come to me, jesus says,
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Unforced rhythms of grace."
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Unforced rhythms of grace." so, i don't know that
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Unforced rhythms of grace." so, i don't know that we'll ever arrive
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So, i don't know that we'll ever arrive at complete tranquility.
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We'll ever arrive at complete tranquility. i think in this world
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At complete tranquility. i think in this world we'll have tribulation,
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I think in this world we'll have tribulation, we'll have trials.
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We'll have tribulation, we'll have trials. but i think we can grow
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We'll have trials. but i think we can grow in peace, we can grow in rest,
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But i think we can grow in peace, we can grow in rest, we can grow in
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In peace, we can grow in rest, we can grow in the abiding presence of jesus.
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We can grow in the abiding presence of jesus. and as we follow him,
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The abiding presence of jesus. and as we follow him, and we're being formed
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And as we follow him, and we're being formed and reformed and transformed
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And we're being formed and reformed and transformed according to his love,
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And reformed and transformed according to his love, our soul comes to a deeper
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According to his love, our soul comes to a deeper and deeper rest in him.
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Our soul comes to a deeper and deeper rest in him. james: you know, i can tell
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And deeper rest in him. james: you know, i can tell by listening to you
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James: you know, i can tell by listening to you and also reading and knowing
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By listening to you and also reading and knowing the things that you've talked
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And also reading and knowing the things that you've talked about, do you feel like
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The things that you've talked about, do you feel like if people will get the book
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About, do you feel like if people will get the book and get into it, they might
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If people will get the book and get into it, they might find out how, as a fact,
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And get into it, they might find out how, as a fact, they can stop running
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Find out how, as a fact, they can stop running and rest in the lord
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They can stop running and rest in the lord and really find the peace
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And rest in the lord and really find the peace they're looking for?
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And really find the peace they're looking for? terry: i think they can.
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They're looking for? terry: i think they can. i want to invite them
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Terry: i think they can. i want to invite them into that.
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I want to invite them into that. not long ago, i was speaking
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Into that. not long ago, i was speaking about the movie,
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Not long ago, i was speaking about the movie, forrest gump.
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About the movie, forrest gump. remember the movie?
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Forrest gump. remember the movie? i'd watched it.
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Remember the movie? i'd watched it. it didn't really land deeply.
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I'd watched it. it didn't really land deeply. i was in rome a year ago,
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It didn't really land deeply. i was in rome a year ago, meeting with pope francis.
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I was in rome a year ago, meeting with pope francis. and afterwards i was
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Meeting with pope francis. and afterwards i was in a conversation
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And afterwards i was in a conversation with a bulgarian filmmaker.
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In a conversation with a bulgarian filmmaker. he asked me, he said,
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With a bulgarian filmmaker. he asked me, he said, "do you know the greatest
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He asked me, he said, "do you know the greatest movie of all time?"
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"do you know the greatest movie of all time?" and i thought, of all time?
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Movie of all time?" and i thought, of all time? of all genres?
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And i thought, of all time? of all genres? so i thought the safe answer
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Of all genres? so i thought the safe answer was, "i don't know."
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So i thought the safe answer was, "i don't know." and he said, "forrest gump!
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Was, "i don't know." and he said, "forrest gump! it's what every movie
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And he said, "forrest gump! it's what every movie wants to be."
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It's what every movie wants to be." so, i went back
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Wants to be." so, i went back and watched it again.
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So, i went back and watched it again. and of course, coming out
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And watched it again. and of course, coming out of trauma, he starts running.
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And of course, coming out of trauma, he starts running. and he runs three years,
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Of trauma, he starts running. and he runs three years, something like, you know,
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And he runs three years, something like, you know, i don't know, six months,
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Something like, you know, i don't know, six months, 14 days and 12 hours
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I don't know, six months, 14 days and 12 hours until one day he says,
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I think i'll go home now."
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I think i'll go home now." and i want to say
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And i want to say to a lot of people,
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To a lot of people, i know you're tired.
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I know you're tired. you can come home.
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You can come home. you can come home to the one
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The one who has deep rest
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The one who has deep rest for your soul, the one
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The one who has deep rest for your soul, the one whose grace is sufficient
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For your soul, the one whose grace is sufficient for you.
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James: terry, your journey,
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James: terry, your journey, i'm glad i've contributed,
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James: terry, your journey, i'm glad i've contributed, betty and i, and my ministry,
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I'm glad i've contributed, betty and i, and my ministry, in some ways to your life.
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Betty and i, and my ministry, in some ways to your life. i really do believe
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In some ways to your life. i really do believe that terry is used by god
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To really convince you
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To really convince you that you can stop running.
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To really convince you that you can stop running. you will never escape
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That you can stop running. you will never escape the battle.
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You will never escape the battle. and putting on the armor
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The battle. and putting on the armor of god, suiting up in jesus
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And putting on the armor of god, suiting up in jesus and letting him be
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Of god, suiting up in jesus and letting him be the shield and the strength,
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And letting him be the shield and the strength, let him be the helmet
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The shield and the strength, let him be the helmet of salvation.
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Let him be the helmet of salvation. i think you'll learn
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Of salvation. i think you'll learn as you read what terry shared,
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I think you'll learn as you read what terry shared, there really is hope
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As you read what terry shared, there really is hope and help for you.
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There really is hope and help for you. i promise you that.
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And help for you. i promise you that. and you know, betty,
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I promise you that. and you know, betty, you and i have found
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And you know, betty, you and i have found great freedom
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You and i have found great freedom and we know what it is.
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Great freedom and we know what it is. we really do.
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And we know what it is. we really do. here we are in our 80s,
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We really do. here we are in our 80s, can you believe it?
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Here we are in our 80s, can you believe it? terry: i can't.
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Can you believe it? terry: i can't. james: we've been married
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Terry: i can't. james: we've been married 62 years.
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James: we've been married 62 years. she doesn't look
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62 years. she doesn't look that old to me.
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She doesn't look that old to me. she's so beautiful.
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That old to me. she's so beautiful. but we really are at rest
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She's so beautiful. but we really are at rest and at peace.
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But we really are at rest and at peace. and god has told me that
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And at peace. and god has told me that because you've lost your life
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And god has told me that because you've lost your life to see my dream fulfilled,
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Because you've lost your life to see my dream fulfilled, you're going to witness
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To see my dream fulfilled, you're going to witness the power and fullness
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You're going to witness the power and fullness of my grace.
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The power and fullness of my grace. and you're going to be able
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Of my grace. and you're going to be able to share a truth that flows
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And you're going to be able to share a truth that flows like a river of life!
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To share a truth that flows like a river of life! terry, god bless you.
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Like a river of life! terry, god bless you. i want people to hear what
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Terry, god bless you. i want people to hear what god has put on your heart.
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I want people to hear what god has put on your heart. and you can read it here.
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Let me just tell you
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Right now that we are
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Drilling water wells.
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And as i've told you,
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It's a challenge.
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Would you please make
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The best gift you can
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To know that
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We're actually giving life?
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You can't believe
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How much love
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God has put in my heart
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And betty's for those people,
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And for the children
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That they weep over.
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They're not perfect cures
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For every challenge, but for
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A lack of clean water,
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There's a perfect cure.
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We're asking all of you
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Who are watching right now,
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And i know there are people
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Who have never given
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To help us drill a well.
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I mean, when you stop
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And think about it,
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That you make a gift of $48
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And you've literally
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Given ten people water
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The rest of their life.
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You could give $144
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And you give water
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To 30 people.
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That's what happens
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When we drill a $4,800 well.
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And there are people,
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Thank god, every time
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We drill wells
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Who will drill a well.
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There are people who tell us
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They live every year
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So that every time
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We ask for water wells,
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They can drill one.
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Betty and i prayed
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That prayer
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And god answered our prayer.
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So, what we're asking you
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To do right now is make
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The best gift you can.
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You're giving those precious
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People in those villages,
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Those precious mothers
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And family,
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And those children,
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You're giving them
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The greatest miracle
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Of their life,
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You're giving them
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Water for life.
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And we'll point them
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To the water of life,
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Because that's what
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The missionaries
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Are in place to do.
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We can keep them there.
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This could go on and on
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As long as there are people
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Who will say, let's keep
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Drilling those wells.
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Let's even expand it.
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We can do that.
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Go online.
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Make the gift god's leading
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You to make, knowing you are
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Giving the greatest gift,
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The gift of life,
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And ultimately,
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The water of life.
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For thousands of children and their families
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Life-giving water for 30 people
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For a lifetime.
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James: thank you so much
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James: thank you so much for joining with me and betty
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James: thank you so much for joining with me and betty to put god's arms
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For joining with me and betty to put god's arms around people that thought
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To put god's arms around people that thought no one ever noticed.
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Around people that thought no one ever noticed. but we did, didn't we?
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No one ever noticed. but we did, didn't we? thank you so much.
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Kyle: one of the most
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Kyle: one of the most life-changing messages
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Life-changing messages i've ever gotten from god
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I've ever gotten from god came in a movie theatre
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Came in a movie theatre of all places.
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Of all places. i was there to see
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I was there to see another one of those movies
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And as you would expect
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And as you would expect from a story about the cross,
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And as you would expect from a story about the cross, the movie had
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From a story about the cross, the movie had plenty of good lines.
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The movie had plenty of good lines. but what impacted me most
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Plenty of good lines. but what impacted me most didn't come from the movie,
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But what impacted me most didn't come from the movie, it came out of a frustration.
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Didn't come from the movie, it came out of a frustration. the problem was the speakers.
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It came out of a frustration. the problem was the speakers. from the beginning
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The problem was the speakers. from the beginning there was an awful
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From the beginning there was an awful super distracting
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There was an awful super distracting crackle sound from them
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Super distracting crackle sound from them like somebody was
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Crackle sound from them like somebody was wadding up paper slowly.
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Like somebody was wadding up paper slowly. i hoped the noise
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Wadding up paper slowly. i hoped the noise would work itself out
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I hoped the noise would work itself out within a few minutes.
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Would work itself out within a few minutes. it didn't.
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Within a few minutes. it didn't. fifteen minutes in
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It didn't. fifteen minutes in i decided that somebody
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Fifteen minutes in i decided that somebody ought to tell a manager and
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I decided that somebody ought to tell a manager and that somebody would be me.
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Ought to tell a manager and that somebody would be me. i also decided that
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That somebody would be me. i also decided that i would tell them
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I also decided that i would tell them to give me a refund
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I would tell them to give me a refund or a voucher for the trouble.
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To give me a refund or a voucher for the trouble. i never got that far.
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Or a voucher for the trouble. i never got that far. in fact, i only got as far
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I never got that far. in fact, i only got as far as a few seats down
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In fact, i only got as far as a few seats down when in my mind i heard
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As a few seats down when in my mind i heard my story is always told
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When in my mind i heard my story is always told through imperfect speakers.
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My story is always told through imperfect speakers. let's just say
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Through imperfect speakers. let's just say no refund needed.
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Let's just say no refund needed. i sat right back down
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No refund needed. i sat right back down and i shut my mouth.
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I sat right back down and i shut my mouth. think about that.
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And i shut my mouth. think about that. "my story is always told
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Think about that. "my story is always told through imperfect speakers."
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"my story is always told through imperfect speakers." that flies in the face
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Through imperfect speakers." that flies in the face of what i've believed
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That flies in the face of what i've believed since potty training
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Of what i've believed since potty training that god expected of me.
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Since potty training that god expected of me. for years, i believed
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That god expected of me. for years, i believed god desires -
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For years, i believed god desires - demands perfection
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God desires - demands perfection or at the very least,
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Demands perfection or at the very least, he wants to see
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Or at the very least, he wants to see a strong effort toward it.
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He wants to see a strong effort toward it. it turns out that belief
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A strong effort toward it. it turns out that belief was behind all the insecurity
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It turns out that belief was behind all the insecurity i had in my relationship
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Was behind all the insecurity i had in my relationship with god.
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I had in my relationship with god. i felt loved and close
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With god. i felt loved and close to him when i did good
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I felt loved and close to him when i did good or tried hard.
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To him when i did good or tried hard. i felt unloved and distant
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Or tried hard. i felt unloved and distant from him when i didn't
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I felt unloved and distant from him when i didn't do so good.
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From him when i didn't do so good. can you relate?
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Do so good. can you relate? here's what you need to know.
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To feel more loved by god
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To feel more loved by god than ever, closer to him
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Than ever, closer to him than ever, and completely
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Than ever, and completely secure in my relationship
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Secure in my relationship with him.
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Of my book,
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Of my book, permission to be imperfect.
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Of my book, permission to be imperfect. it is this: god knows
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Permission to be imperfect. it is this: god knows that humans can't be perfect.
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It is this: god knows that humans can't be perfect. i mean, adam and eve
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That humans can't be perfect. i mean, adam and eve couldn't even resist
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I mean, adam and eve couldn't even resist a piece of fruit.
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Couldn't even resist a piece of fruit. not a single person
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A piece of fruit. not a single person has been able to uphold
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Not a single person has been able to uphold even one of the
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Has been able to uphold even one of the ten commandments perfectly.
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Even one of the ten commandments perfectly. the total incapacity
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Ten commandments perfectly. the total incapacity of humans to be perfect
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The total incapacity of humans to be perfect is the reason
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Of humans to be perfect is the reason why god sent jesus.
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Is the reason why god sent jesus. do you get that?
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Why god sent jesus. do you get that? if there were even a chance
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Do you get that? if there were even a chance you or i could never fail
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If there were even a chance you or i could never fail or never fall
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You or i could never fail or never fall or never have a flaw,
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Or never fall or never have a flaw, it would have been unnecessary
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Or never have a flaw, it would have been unnecessary for jesus to die.
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It would have been unnecessary for jesus to die. but god knows
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For jesus to die. but god knows there is not a chance.
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But god knows there is not a chance. so he sent jesus
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There is not a chance. so he sent jesus to do it all for us.
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So he sent jesus to do it all for us. and he did.
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To do it all for us. and he did. jesus met god's standards
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And he did. jesus met god's standards for us.
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Jesus met god's standards for us. that's why he's our savior.
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For us. that's why he's our savior. friend, there is so much
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That's why he's our savior. friend, there is so much to what this all means
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Friend, there is so much to what this all means for you.
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To what this all means for you. but for starters, it means
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For you. but for starters, it means that god loves you
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But for starters, it means that god loves you with your imperfections.
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That god loves you with your imperfections. it means he will use you
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With your imperfections. it means he will use you with your imperfections.
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It means he will use you with your imperfections. it also means that you can
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With your imperfections. it also means that you can stop trying to make up
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It also means that you can stop trying to make up for your imperfections.
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Stop trying to make up for your imperfections. your best shot at
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For your imperfections. your best shot at doing better and being better
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Your best shot at doing better and being better doesn't make god
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Doing better and being better doesn't make god any more pleased with you
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Doesn't make god any more pleased with you than he already is.
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Any more pleased with you than he already is. in hebrews 11:6
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Than he already is. in hebrews 11:6 the bible says it is faith
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In hebrews 11:6 the bible says it is faith that pleases god.
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The bible says it is faith that pleases god. that's it!
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That pleases god. that's it! just faith in jesus.
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That's it! just faith in jesus. not perfection.
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Just faith in jesus. not perfection. so take a seat.
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Not perfection. so take a seat. that's easy.
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So take a seat. that's easy. god's story is always told.
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That's easy. god's story is always told. it's always shown.
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God's story is always told. it's always shown. it's always demonstrated
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It's always shown. it's always demonstrated through imperfect people
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It's always demonstrated through imperfect people and he's happy with that.
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You can chart a purposeful path
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Creating a legacy of love and hope
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For future generations.
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Visit life planning services today!
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>> what i gave up does not compare
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With what i gained in jesus christ.
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To follow god's bigger plan.
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Terry Crist - Rest In Jesus

August 14, 2025 | S25 E206 | 29:15

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