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Marcus Mecum - Get Your Mind Right

April 27, 2025 | S25:E17

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Marcus Mecum | Marcus Mecum - Get Your Mind Right | April 27, 2025

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>> hi, i'm marcus mecum,
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>> hi, i'm marcus mecum, and i just wanna take
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And i just wanna take a moment and welcome you
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A moment and welcome you to today's program.
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To today's program. it is a special one.
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It is a special one. today's message
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Today's message is all about how to
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Is all about how to get your mind right.
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Get your mind right. and if you're anything like me,
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And if you're anything like me, you struggle sometimes
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You struggle sometimes in your thoughts,
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In your thoughts, in your mind.
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In your mind. and i think about different
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And i think about different types of messages
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Types of messages over the years that i've done,
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Over the years that i've done, and this is one of those
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And this is one of those that's just deeply personal
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That's just deeply personal because it does give you
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Because it does give you a very simple key.
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A very simple key. if you're struggling
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If you're struggling in your mind,
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In your mind, if you're struggling
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If you're struggling with any type of mental issue,
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With any type of mental issue, this is one of those
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This is one of those that i do believe
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That i do believe will speak to you.
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Will speak to you. even the testimony that
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Even the testimony that i'm gonna encourage you
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I'm gonna encourage you just to watch upfront
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Just to watch upfront before we get to the message
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Before we get to the message is a friend of mine, chris,
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Is a friend of mine, chris, and he struggled
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And he struggled with addiction for
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With addiction for many, many years.
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Many, many years. and then all the consequences,
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And then all the consequences, all the things that happened
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All the things that happened in life as a result
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In life as a result of that addiction.
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Of that addiction. and maybe you're watching today
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And maybe you're watching today and you're struggling with
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And you're struggling with an addiction or you know
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An addiction or you know someone that is,
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Someone that is, you have a family member,
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You have a family member, a friend.
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A friend. and maybe this is
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And maybe this is one of those messages
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One of those messages you need to share with them,
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You need to share with them, invite them to watch
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Invite them to watch this with you.
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This with you. but this testimony
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But this testimony from chris is so special,
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From chris is so special, it's so powerful.
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It's so powerful. god is doing a wonderful,
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God is doing a wonderful, wonderful thing in his life.
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Wonderful thing in his life. so, i want you
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So, i want you to listen to it
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To listen to it and then we'll get
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And then we'll get to the message.
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>> i've struggled since
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>> i've struggled since early 20s with drugs
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Early 20s with drugs and just everything
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And just everything that came with it
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That came with it and that landed me in prison.
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And that landed me in prison. definitely a low
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Definitely a low point in my life.
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Point in my life. did well for several years
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Did well for several years after i got out, and then,
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After i got out, and then, man, i've really went
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Man, i've really went off the rails,
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Off the rails, living reckless,
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Living reckless, like crazy.
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Like crazy. and i had honestly
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And i had honestly been invited to
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Been invited to 7 hills years ago by
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7 hills years ago by my friend at the time.
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My friend at the time. since i started going to
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Since i started going to 7 hills my life has
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7 hills my life has changed drastically.
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Changed drastically. it doesn't even seem
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It doesn't even seem real sometimes.
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Real sometimes. when i look back on it all
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When i look back on it all and think about what god has
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And think about what god has done in my life, it's like
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Done in my life, it's like don't ever underestimate,
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Don't ever underestimate, like anything is possible.
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Like anything is possible. if he could take me from
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If he could take me from where i was at
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Where i was at and bring me back,
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And bring me back, and restore me,
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And restore me, and forgive me, and just,
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And forgive me, and just, if he can do it for me,
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If he can do it for me, he can do it for anybody.
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He can do it for anybody. he's just blessed me
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He's just blessed me in so many ways.
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In so many ways. i feel like god will
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I feel like god will bring you out of places,
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Bring you out of places, but not necessarily
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But not necessarily so you can just walk away,
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So you can just walk away, i think a lot of times
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I think a lot of times just so you can go back
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Just so you can go back and get somebody else.
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And get somebody else. it's insane.
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It's insane. never in my life
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Never in my life would i think that
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Would i think that i would be leading
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I would be leading the celebrate freedom group.
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The celebrate freedom group. but he took me from like
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But he took me from like literally death's doorstep to --
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Literally death's doorstep to -- i get to go to blackburn prison
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I get to go to blackburn prison with the church to witness
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With the church to witness to guys that are just
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To guys that are just like i used to be.
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Like i used to be. and he could change anything.
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>> revelation 1:9, "i, john,
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>> revelation 1:9, "i, john, your brother and companion
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Your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom
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In the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance
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And patient endurance that are ours in jesus,
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He was on the island of patmos
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Because of the word of god
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And the testimony of jesus.
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On the lord's day
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On the lord's day i was in the spirit,"
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I was in the spirit," everybody, say that,
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Everybody, say that, say, "i was in the spirit."
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Say, "i was in the spirit." >> congregation: i was in
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>> congregation: i was in the spirit.
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The spirit. >> it's an important
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>> it's an important part of this message.
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Part of this message. i wasn't --
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"i was in the spirit,
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And i heard behind me
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A loud voice like a trumpet.
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I turned around to see
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I turned around to see the voice that was
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The voice that was speaking to me.
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And when i turned i saw
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The seven golden lampstands,
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Among the lampstands was
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Someone like the son of man."
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Let's get the picture of
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What jesus looks like right now.
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What jesus looks like right now. this is so beautiful.
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This is so beautiful. "he was dressed in a robe
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"he was dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet
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Reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash
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And with a golden sash around his chest.
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Around his chest. the hair on his head
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The hair on his head was white like wool,
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Was white like wool, as white as snow,
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As white as snow, and his eyes were
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And his eyes were like blazing fire.
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Like blazing fire. his feet were like bronze
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His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,
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Glowing in a furnace, his voice was like
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His voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
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His right hand
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He held seven stars,
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And coming out of his mouth
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Was a sharp, double-edged sword.
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And his face was like the sun
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Shining in all its brilliance."
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I wanna talk to you about
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Having the right mind
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Having the right mind in the last days.
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In the last days. you might be saying,
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You might be saying, "well, are we living
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"well, are we living in that last days?"
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In that last days?" and i think that
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And i think that i would say yes we are.
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I would say yes we are. i would know that
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I would know that every generation
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Every generation that's ever lived would
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That's ever lived would sense that, believe that,
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Sense that, believe that, think that.
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Think that. but whether we are or not
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But whether we are or not you are living
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You are living in your last days.
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In your last days. it's always an important
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It's always an important thing to remember
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Thing to remember that understanding end times
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That understanding end times may have to do with
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May have to do with the ultimate era of humanity
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The ultimate era of humanity and the world as we know it,
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And the world as we know it, that chapter closing
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And a new chapter beginning.
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But whether that chapter
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On the world as
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We know it today closes,
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All of us will have
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The book on our life
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The book on our life at some point close.
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At some point close. you don't escape that.
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You don't escape that. you know that, right?
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You know that, right? my point is understanding
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My point is understanding the attitude and the mindset
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The attitude and the mindset for the last days
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For the last days or your last days,
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Or your last days, either way it's helpful
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Either way it's helpful and important for you
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And important for you to realize.
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Of course,
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We don't know for sure,
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No man knows
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The day or the hour.
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And god, of course,
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Works in millennias.
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He'll work in a minute,
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He'll work in an hour,
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He'll work in a day,
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Or a week.
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But ultimately, the plan of god
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Is going to span
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Is going to span or has spanned millennias.
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Or has spanned millennias. so, having the right mindset
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So, having the right mindset in these last days,
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In these last days, john is writing
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John is writing the book of revelation.
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The book of revelation. you might remember
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You might remember that james and john
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That james and john are the sons of thunder.
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Are the sons of thunder. their mom would be the one
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Their mom would be the one that would come to jesus
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That would come to jesus and ask if her two sons
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And ask if her two sons could sit on the right hand
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Could sit on the right hand of jesus' throne
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Of jesus' throne and the left hand.
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And the left hand. so, this is an ambitious family.
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So, this is an ambitious family. they are a goal-oriented family.
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They are a goal-oriented family. they're a success-oriented
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They're a success-oriented family.
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Family. these are not people that are
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These are not people that are just trying to barely
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Just trying to barely do as little as possible.
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Do as little as possible. they have the aspirations
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They have the aspirations for greatness in their life.
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For greatness in their life. of course, jesus told them
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Of course, jesus told them that they didn't know
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That they didn't know what they were asking
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What they were asking and they had to be willing
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And they had to be willing to drink the cup.
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To drink the cup. nonetheless, they wanted to know
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Nonetheless, they wanted to know how it is that they can be
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How it is that they can be important in the kingdom of god.
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Important in the kingdom of god. you might remember that john
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You might remember that john and his brother were the ones,
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And his brother were the ones, after being rejected
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After being rejected by a village,
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By a village, went to jesus and said,
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Went to jesus and said, "let's call down fire on
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"let's call down fire on that village and burn it up.
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That village and burn it up. lord, let's burn that
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Lord, let's burn that town to the ground."
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Town to the ground." so, john is also
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So, john is also a bit vengeful.
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A bit vengeful. he has a temper.
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You don't wanna get
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On his wrong side.
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And jesus said, "you didn't," --
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To them that they didn't know
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What spirit they were of
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And he was letting them
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Know they didn't have
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The right spirit.
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But yet, he saw
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Something in them,
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Something in them, and i think it was their
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And i think it was their desire for action.
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Desire for action. didn't have the spirit,
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Didn't have the spirit, but yet they wanted to be
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But yet they wanted to be in the action.
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In the action. "coach, put me in the game.
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"coach, put me in the game. let me play.
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Let me play. let me get out there
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Let me get out there and hit somebody.
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And hit somebody. let me get out there
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Let me get out there and do something.
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And do something. give me the ball."
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Give me the ball." they didn't wanna just
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They didn't wanna just sit back and watch,
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Sit back and watch, and i think jesus saw that.
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And i think jesus saw that. though it was
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Though it was an unredeemed motive
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An unredeemed motive i believe he did see
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I believe he did see something in them.
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Something in them. they're known again
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They're known again as the sons of thunder.
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As the sons of thunder. john was one of
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John was one of the 12 apostles.
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The 12 apostles. and inside of the 12, jesus had
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And inside of the 12, jesus had three favored apostles
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Three favored apostles that john was a part of.
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That john was a part of. so, you would see john on
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So, you would see john on the mountain of transfiguration
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The mountain of transfiguration with the other three apostles.
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With the other three apostles. you would see john in the room
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You would see john in the room with jairus' daughter
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With jairus' daughter when she was raised
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When she was raised from the dead.
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From the dead. you would see john
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You would see john being one of the three
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Being one of the three that would be called
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That would be called a little bit further in
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A little bit further in the garden of gethsemane.
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The garden of gethsemane. and you would even see john
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And you would even see john at the end begin to have
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At the end begin to have an edge on simon peter,
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An edge on simon peter, the one who would walk on water.
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The one who would walk on water. and we really see
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And we really see the separation happened
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The separation happened at the last supper
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At the last supper when all of the other
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When all of the other apostles are there eating
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Apostles are there eating and there is a dispute
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And there is a dispute that rises among them
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That rises among them similar to what john's mother
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Similar to what john's mother had previously requested.
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Had previously requested. and the dispute is
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And the dispute is who's going to be the greatest?
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Who's going to be the greatest? who is the greatest?
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Who is the greatest? who's the best?
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"i want to know
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Who's number one,
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Who's the top dog,
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Who's the king of the mountain."
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And as all of this
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Dispute is going on,
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John is not found
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In the midst of all of that,
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Though it was in his nature.
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He gets a seat as close
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To jesus as he could find,
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"he reclines next to jesus."
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I love that word.
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I love that word. "he reclines next to him,"
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"he reclines next to him," completely relaxed,
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Completely relaxed, and he puts his head
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And he puts his head on jesus' chest.
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On jesus' chest. he's not involved
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He's not involved in the debate.
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In the debate. he's not involved
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He's not involved in the fight.
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In the fight. he's not competing.
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He's not competing. he's not striving.
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He's not striving. he's not calling down fire.
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He's not calling down fire. he has his head
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He has his head in a very specific place,
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In a very specific place, a place where he could hear
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A place where he could hear something others could not hear.
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Something others could not hear. and this moment is clearly
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And this moment is clearly the turning point for john.
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The turning point for john. this is the moment
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This is the moment he separates from
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He separates from the other apostles.
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The other apostles. when the others soon after
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When the others soon after this would abandon jesus
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This would abandon jesus in his critical hour,
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In his critical hour, john would remain because
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John would remain because he learned how to get
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He learned how to get his mind right.
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He learned where to lay his head
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Where no one else would.
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It might have looked funny,
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A grown man with his head on
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The chest of another grown man,
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But he didn't care
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How it looked.
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He didn't care if he
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Would be subject to ridicule.
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He didn't care what other
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People thought about him.
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John made the decision,
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"i wanna be as close to jesus
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"i wanna be as close to jesus as i can possibly get,
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As i can possibly get, and i want my head to be
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And i want my head to be as close to the heart of
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As close to the heart of god as it possibly can be."
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God as it possibly can be." you hear stories about people
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You hear stories about people donating organs especially
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Donating organs especially life-saving organs like a heart,
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Life-saving organs like a heart, and you read of the families
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And you read of the families the stories after story
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The stories after story that you can find about
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That you can find about a family who has received
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A family who has received the transplant and the rule is
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The transplant and the rule is that a family is not supposed --
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That a family is not supposed -- that has been the donor
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That has been the donor or part of the donor's family
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Or part of the donor's family is not supposed to
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Is not supposed to contact the recipient.
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Contact the recipient. they're to wait one year.
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They're to wait one year. and the recipient,
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And the recipient, if he desires to, can contact
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If he desires to, can contact the donor's family.
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The donor's family. and so, families will wait
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And so, families will wait with great anticipation
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With great anticipation for that year to expire
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For that year to expire that maybe they'll get a letter,
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That maybe they'll get a letter, maybe they'll get a phone call,
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Maybe they'll get a phone call, maybe they'll be contacted
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Maybe they'll be contacted in some ways.
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In some ways. so, a father or a mother
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Can find their way
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To this recipient
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And possibly put their ear
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Next to the chest of
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The recipient that has
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Their son or daughter's
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Beating heart in it.
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They don't care
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What people think.
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They don't care what people
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Would view that like.
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They're not even thinking
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They're not even thinking about any of that kind of stuff.
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About any of that kind of stuff. all they wanna do is be close
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All they wanna do is be close to the heartbeat of
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To the heartbeat of somebody they love.
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Somebody they love. i can relate to wanting
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I can relate to wanting to be desperate, to be close,
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To be desperate, to be close, to the heart of someone
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To the heart of someone that i love.
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That i love. one of the stories that
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One of the stories that i read was of a woman
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I read was of a woman who broke protocol,
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Who broke protocol, found out who the recipient
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Found out who the recipient of her son's heart was,
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Of her son's heart was, found her way through
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Found her way through the security at the hospital,
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The security at the hospital, navigated her way into
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Navigated her way into the room where the person
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The room where the person was recovering --
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Was recovering -- there went to the person
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There went to the person that is recovering,
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That is recovering, and she places her head
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And she places her head and her ear on
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And her ear on the chest of that man.
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The chest of that man. when they found her in there,
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When they found her in there, they removed her.
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They removed her. "lady, you cannot be here.
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"lady, you cannot be here. who are you?
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Who are you? what do you think
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What do you think that you're doing?"
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And she said,
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"i'm the mother.
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I'm the one who my son
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Gave him his heart,
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And i don't care
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What anybody thinks,
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I just wanted to hear
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The heartbeat of my son
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One more time."
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I wonder if god sees us
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I wonder if god sees us that way today.
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That way today. i wonder if god sees a church
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I wonder if god sees a church that wants to hear
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That wants to hear the heartbeat of his son.
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The heartbeat of his son. that's what you find in john.
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That's what you find in john. you find john saying, "i don't
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You find john saying, "i don't wanna just walk with him,
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Wanna just walk with him, i don't wanna just
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I don't wanna just talk with him,
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Talk with him, i appreciate his teaching,
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I appreciate his teaching, and his discipleship,
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And his discipleship, and all the times
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And all the times that i've been there,
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That i've been there, all the miracles,
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All the miracles, but yet it's not enough.
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But yet it's not enough. i want my head
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I want my head next to his heart."
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That's why we open
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The scriptures together.
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That's why we serve.
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That's why we come to church.
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Because i'm not at
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The table of the lord to be
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In a dispute over who's great,
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Or who's this,
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Or who's more important.
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I want to get my head
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I want to get my head right in an evil time.
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Right in an evil time. i need to get my mind right
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I need to get my mind right in a day that is unlike
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In a day that is unlike any other day that of --
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Any other day that of -- that we would know
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That we would know in modern history.
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In modern history. and the only way
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And the only way to get my head right
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To get my head right is i've gotta find my way,
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Is i've gotta find my way, put my head as close
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Put my head as close as i possibly can
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As i possibly can to the beating,
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To the beating, pounding, blood pumping
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Pounding, blood pumping heart of jesus christ.
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Heart of jesus christ. that's why we're here.
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That's why we're here. "i don't wanna be
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"i don't wanna be at the wrong end
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At the wrong end of the table.
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Of the table. i don't wanna be
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I don't wanna be a part of the fights,
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A part of the fights, and the disputes,
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And the disputes, and the mudslinging,
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And the competitiveness,
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And the striving.
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I don't wanna be
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A part of any of that.
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I could go into any
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Sphere with anybody,
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And my guess is i could
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Argue with the best of them.
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My guess, i could plead
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My guess, i could plead my case with the best of them.
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My case with the best of them. whatever their
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Whatever their complaint might be,
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Complaint might be, whatever their
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Whatever their issue might be,
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Issue might be, whatever their
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Whatever their accusation might be,
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Accusation might be, i could sit down and fight
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I could sit down and fight with the best of them,
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With the best of them, argue with the best of them,
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Argue with the best of them, go into all these endless
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Go into all these endless disputes with any --
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Disputes with any -- i can call down fire
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I can call down fire like anybody else.
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Like anybody else. but i don't wanna be at
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But i don't wanna be at the wrong end of the table."
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The wrong end of the table." i don't want you to be at
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The wrong end of the table.
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I want to be right where he is,
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Right where his heartbeat is.
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And that is why it is good
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For you and i to be here.
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[applause]
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I don't care who you are,
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I don't care who you are, you can't think right
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You can't think right if you don't hear his heartbeat.
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If you don't hear his heartbeat. you cannot have peace
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You cannot have peace if you do not
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If you do not hear his heartbeat.
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Hear his heartbeat. you cannot have strength
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You cannot have strength if you do not hear
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If you do not hear his heartbeat.
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His heartbeat. and john teaches us
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And john teaches us we've got to get our heads
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We've got to get our heads where his heart is,
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Where his heart is, and that's the only way
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And that's the only way to get your head right.
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To get your head right. i cannot get my mind right
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I cannot get my mind right if i don't hear his heartbeat.
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If i don't hear his heartbeat. but what i have learned is
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But what i have learned is the devil cannot touch
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The devil cannot touch the type of person
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The type of person who pushes away all the noise,
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Who pushes away all the noise, all the clutter,
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All the clutter, all the other things
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All the other things that people are being
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That people are being distracted by and focused on.
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Distracted by and focused on. and the person that just says,
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"i don't care about any of that.
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I don't know about any of that.
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I don't wanna be the expert.
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I don't want to be
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The know-it-all.
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I don't want to be the critic.
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I don't want to be the critic. i don't wanna be the one
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I don't wanna be the one who knows every problem
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Who knows every problem and judges every issue
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And judges every issue and every per -- i wanna be
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And every per -- i wanna be the one who just gets my head
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The one who just gets my head as close to his heart
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As close to his heart as i possibly can.
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As i possibly can. and as long as i'll do that,
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And as long as i'll do that, the devil cannot win,
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The devil cannot win, hell cannot win.
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My job is to get my head
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Next to his heart."
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Peter seemed to recognize
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Peter seemed to recognize that john had this edge.
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That john had this edge. think about it with
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Think about it with all simon peter's
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All simon peter's great accomplishments
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Great accomplishments and exploits, he recognized
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And exploits, he recognized that john had access
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That john had access that he did not.
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That he did not. and jesus, at the last supper,
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And jesus, at the last supper, announces that one amongst
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Announces that one amongst them will betray him.
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Them will betray him. at this moment,
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At this moment, the apostles start
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The apostles start to go back and forth,
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To go back and forth, "is it i?
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"is it i? is it i?
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Is it i? is it i?
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Is it i? it's not me.
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It's not me. it must be him.
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It must be him. it's not me.
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It's not me. it must be him."
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It must be him." while this was all going on,
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While this was all going on, everybody trying
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Everybody trying to find out who it was,
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To find out who it was, peter wanted to know
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Peter wanted to know but he didn't ask jesus
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But he didn't ask jesus who it would be.
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Who it would be. he said, "john, i can see
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He said, "john, i can see you've got your head
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You've got your head in the right place.
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In the right place. ask him who is it."
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Ask him who is it." so, john asked,
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So, john asked, "who is it, lord?"
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"who is it, lord?" and jesus told him.
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And jesus told him. you know what god does
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You know what god does with someone who puts
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With someone who puts their head on his heart?
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Their head on his heart? he tells them things
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He doesn't tell everybody else.
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That's what jesus does.
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"you wanna know something, john?
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Ask me.
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I'll tell you anything.
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There's nothing
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I will not tell you."
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Because the bible says,
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"the secret of the lord
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"the secret of the lord is revealed to those
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Is revealed to those who fear him."
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Who fear him." if you get your head
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If you get your head in the right place
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In the right place god will tell you anything
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God will tell you anything and everything you need to know.
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And everything you need to know. if there's something
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If there's something you need to know,
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You need to know, if you'll get your head
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If you'll get your head in the right place
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In the right place next to his heart,
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Next to his heart, god will reveal to you
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God will reveal to you everything you need to know
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Everything you need to know to accomplish his best
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To accomplish his best in your life.
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[applause]
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At the writing of our
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At the writing of our text john is 93 years old.
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He writes this book in 95 ad.
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Here's a man that walked
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With jesus in the flesh
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For three years,
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Walked with him in the spirit
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As a faithful bishop
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As a faithful bishop for another 60 years.
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For another 60 years. he's 93 years old.
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He's 93 years old. his bones are aching.
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His bones are aching. his hair is gray.
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His hair is gray. he's been used of god
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He's been used of god in a miraculous way.
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In a miraculous way. he is a special,
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He is a special, special apostle.
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Special apostle. he's the only one
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He's the only one that's not died
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That's not died a martyr's death.
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A martyr's death. he's the only one
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He's the only one that will die of old age.
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That will die of old age. and here he is 93 years of age,
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His best years behind him,
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And the emperor domitian
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In 95 ad, has him arrested
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And taken to rome,
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And there his execution
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Sentence was pronounced.
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And history teaches us
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That john would be thrown
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Into a pot of boiling oil.
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Somehow or another
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Somehow or another the hand of god was on him
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The hand of god was on him and that boiling oil
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And that boiling oil did not kill him.
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Did not kill him. so, the emperor
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So, the emperor had a decree written
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Had a decree written that he would be exiled
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That he would be exiled to the island of patmos.
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To the island of patmos. patmos is not
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Patmos is not a caribbean island.
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A caribbean island. it's not a paradise.
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It's not a paradise. it is a small island
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It is a small island off the coast of turkey
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Off the coast of turkey that's 10 miles long
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That's 10 miles long and 6 miles wide.
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It's made of solid rock.
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It's treeless.
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This is a hard
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And very hot place.
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It's the place that
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They would send
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The most vile criminals.
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The worst of the worst
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The worst of the worst was sent to patmos.
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Was sent to patmos. patmos, when you went there,
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Patmos, when you went there, was a life sentence.
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Was a life sentence. so, here john is,
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So, here john is, 93 years old, he's hurting,
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93 years old, he's hurting, body filled with
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Body filled with third degree burns.
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Third degree burns. he's aged.
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He's aged. he's banished
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He's banished to this island,
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To this island, this godforsaken place,
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This godforsaken place, surrounded by thieves,
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Surrounded by thieves, murderers, rapists.
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He's in this horrific place.
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He should have been
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In comfortable retirement.
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He should've had
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He should've had a nice office with someone else
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A nice office with someone else doing all the dirty work.
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Doing all the dirty work. he had paid the price.
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He had paid the price. that's what john deserved.
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That's what john deserved. maybe be pastor emeritus,
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Maybe be pastor emeritus, walk around and shake
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Walk around and shake people's hands,
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People's hands, tell people they're
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Tell people they're doing a good job.
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Doing a good job. but for the most part,
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But for the most part, though that's
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Though that's what john deserved,
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What john deserved, that's not what he got.
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Ninety-three years old hurting.
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He's getting something
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He does not deserve.
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And it would have been
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Very easy for him to say,
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"lord, i don't deserve this.
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I was the one that took care
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I was the one that took care of your mom after calvary.
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Of your mom after calvary. i was the one that had
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I was the one that had my head next to your heart.
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My head next to your heart. i was the one.
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I was the one. don't you remember?
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Don't you remember? everyone else split,
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Everyone else split, everyone else
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Everyone else turned their back.
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Turned their back. not me, i was right there.
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Not me, i was right there. and this is what i get?
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And this is what i get? i'm gonna die
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I'm gonna die here in this place?
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Here in this place? i'm gonna die here like this?
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Not around saints that love me,
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But i'm gonna die here
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In this hard, horrible,
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Horrific place surrounded
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By people that would rather
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Beat me, kill me, destroy me.
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Beat me, kill me, destroy me. i've served you so long."
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I've served you so long." i could imagine he should've had
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I could imagine he should've had a little chip on his shoulder.
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A little chip on his shoulder. he didn't know why he was there.
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He didn't know why he was there. he didn't know
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He didn't know what was going to happen.
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What was going to happen. he had no concept that god
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He had no concept that god was about to help him
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Was about to help him write the closing book
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Write the closing book of god's holy word.
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He had no idea that god
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Was gonna open up
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The windows of heaven
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And prophetically show him
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Future generations to come,
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That god was gonna show him
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Ages to come,
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That god was gonna show him
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Who the antichrist would be,
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Who the antichrist would be, that god was gonna show him
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That god was gonna show him how jesus was going to return.
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How jesus was going to return. he didn't know any of that.
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He didn't know any of that. all he knew is, "i'm suffering.
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All he knew is, "i'm suffering. i'm struggling.
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I'm struggling. i'm alone.
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I'm alone. i'm on this forsaken island."
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I'm on this forsaken island." but john had learned
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But john had learned something 60 years earlier.
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Something 60 years earlier. he had learned
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He had learned how to get his head right.
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How to get his head right. and he had learned,
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And he had learned, "it doesn't matter where i am.
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"it doesn't matter where i am. it doesn't matter
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It doesn't matter what life looks like.
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What life looks like. if i can get my head
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If i can get my head next to his heart,
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Next to his heart, if i can draw close to him,
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If i can draw close to him, if i can find his heartbeat,
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If i can find his heartbeat, then i can get through
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Then i can get through anything life throws at me.
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Anything life throws at me. so, we get to our text
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So, we get to our text that john was in the spirit
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That john was in the spirit on the lord's day.
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On the lord's day. he's on patmos,
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He's on patmos, but he's in the spirit.
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But he's in the spirit. so, it means it doesn't matter
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So, it means it doesn't matter where he is physically
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Where he is physically or in the natural,
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Or in the natural, that cannot stop him from
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That cannot stop him from getting in the spirit.
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Getting in the spirit. and if john can get
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And if john can get in the spirit on patmos,
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You can get in the spirit
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In your situation
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Whatever yours might be.
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And no matter who you are,
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And no matter who you are, where you are,
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Where you are, what you're facing,
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What you're facing, if john could do it,
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If john could do it, you can do it.
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You can do it. if john could have
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If john could have revival on patmos,
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Revival on patmos, you can have the revival
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You can have the revival that you need right
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That you need right where you are.
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Where you are. you have to get
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You have to get in the spirit, why?
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In the spirit, why? "'cause it's not by might,
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"'cause it's not by might, it's not by power,
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It's not by power, but it is by his spirit."
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But it is by his spirit." you say, "well, how am i going
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You say, "well, how am i going to make it in the last days?
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To make it in the last days? how am i going to
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How am i going to survive my patmos?"
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Survive my patmos?" you get in the spirit.
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You get in the spirit. you get your mind right
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You get your mind right by getting close to his heart
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By getting close to his heart in these last days.
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In these last days. the bible doesn't say
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The bible doesn't say though i walk in the valley.
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It says, "though i walk
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Through the valley
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Of the shadow of death."
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Whatever you're going through,
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You just draw close to him.
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You get his he --
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Your head next to his heart,
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And you just say,
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"we're gonna get through
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This somehow together.
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I don't know what
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I don't know what it's gonna look like.
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It's gonna look like. i don't know what mountain
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I don't know what mountain i just came off of,
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I just came off of, how good it was.
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How good it was. i don't know what mountain
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I don't know what mountain is in the future.
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Is in the future. but i know you're walking
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But i know you're walking through the valley of
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Through the valley of the shadow of death with me
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The shadow of death with me and i will fear no evil
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And i will fear no evil for thou art with me."
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[applause]
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He's with you.
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[applause]
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I remember when i was
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A spiritual orphan.
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I remember when he adopted me,
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When he chose me,
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When he called me.
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I remember when he was
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I remember when he was the father to the fatherless.
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The father to the fatherless. i remember when he drew
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I remember when he drew near to my broken heart.
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Near to my broken heart. i remember all the times
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I remember all the times he was there when no one else
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He was there when no one else could possibly be there.
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Could possibly be there. and i can never,
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And i can never, and you can never,
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And you can never, outgrow your need to lay
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Your head on his heart
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So you can hear that beautiful,
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Wonderful, merciful, gracious,
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Loving, compassionate,
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Never give up on you heartbeat.
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[applause]
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And whatever
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And whatever you're going through,
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You're going through, if you'll get next
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If you'll get next to that heartbeat,
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To that heartbeat, it'll get your head right,
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It'll get your head right, it'll get your mind right,
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It'll get your mind right, it'll give you peace,
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It'll give you peace, it'll give you focus,
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It'll give you discipline,
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It'll give you soundness,
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It'll give you what you need
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To get through your patmos,
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Or your last day,
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Or your last day, or the last days.
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[applause]
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>> what a key to getting
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>> what a key to getting your mind right,
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Your mind right, just making sure
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Just making sure you keep your head
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You keep your head close to his heart.
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Close to his heart. it really does come
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It really does come down sometimes to what
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Down sometimes to what is the heart of god?
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Is the heart of god? what's the heart of
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What's the heart of god for my life?
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God for my life? and maybe you're like chris
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And maybe you're like chris that we shared his testimony
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That we shared his testimony up front and like
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Up front and like so many people,
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So many people, your mind is just not right.
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Your mind is just not right. you're struggling
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You're struggling with addiction.
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With addiction. you're struggling with --
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You're struggling with -- with just a lack of peace.
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With just a lack of peace. maybe your heart is broken.
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Maybe your heart is broken. you know, maybe --
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You know, maybe -- i got this letter this week
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I got this letter this week from corey who is in
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From corey who is in lawrenceburg indiana prison,
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Lawrenceburg indiana prison, and he just said,
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And he just said, "i need prayer,"
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"i need prayer," because he's still
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Because he's still dealing with the demon
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Dealing with the demon he called addiction.
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He called addiction. he called addiction a demon.
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He called addiction a demon. i do think that there is
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I do think that there is a demonic force in the earth
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A demonic force in the earth that wants us to try to find
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That wants us to try to find an easy way to escape
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An easy way to escape the heartbreaks of life.
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The heartbreaks of life. but my prayer for you
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But my prayer for you is to get your mind right.
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Is to get your mind right. whatever you're going through,
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Whatever you're going through, the bible says,
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The bible says, "god has not given us
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"god has not given us a spirit of fear,
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A spirit of fear, but power, love,
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But power, love, and a sound mind."
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And a sound mind." so, father, in the mighty
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So, father, in the mighty name of jesus, i thank you
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Name of jesus, i thank you that through the power
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That through the power of your spirit,
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Of your spirit, you've not given us
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You've not given us a spirit of fear.
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A spirit of fear. and so, father,
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And so, father, thank you for bringing us
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Thank you for bringing us into a place where
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Into a place where we have soundness of mind.
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We have soundness of mind. and the key to that is
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And the key to that is thank you for allowing us
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Thank you for allowing us to know your heart even
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To know your heart even your heartbeat for our life.
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Your heartbeat for our life. you want us to be free.
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You want us to be free. you want us to live
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You want us to live with purpose and hope.
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With purpose and hope. father, and we thank you
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Father, and we thank you for your heart for people
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For your heart for people no matter where they've been
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No matter where they've been or what they've been through.
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Or what they've been through. jesus, your heart for people
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Jesus, your heart for people is good and not evil
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Is good and not evil in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. i wanna encourage you
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I wanna encourage you before we go that like corey,
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Before we go that like corey, that i just mentioned,
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That i just mentioned, we get letters every single week
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We get letters every single week and we just want you to know
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And we just want you to know what they mean to us.
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What they mean to us. we read them.
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We read them. i was just talking to the team
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I was just talking to the team just a second ago
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Just a second ago and we were just talking
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And we were just talking about some of the stories,
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About some of the stories, a man that's on death row
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A man that's on death row sent us a letter
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Sent us a letter and talked about how
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And talked about how he uses the program
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He uses the program to help them with
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To help them with a small group in prison.
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A small group in prison. and you just never know
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And you just never know where people are at.
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Where people are at. so, it just means so much
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So, it just means so much to hear from each of you
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To hear from each of you wherever you're at.
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Wherever you're at. and maybe you're not
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And maybe you're not a letter writer, you know,
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A letter writer, you know, and you wanna send us an email.
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And you wanna send us an email. maybe you need
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Maybe you need prayer personally.
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Prayer personally. i'm sitting here
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I'm sitting here with literally dozens
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With literally dozens of people that call.
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Of people that call. susan is praying
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Susan is praying for direction.
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For direction. cynthia, healing.
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Cynthia, healing. robert, deliverance
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Robert, deliverance from anxiety.
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From anxiety. that's a good one,
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That's a good one, people really do
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People really do struggle from.
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Struggle from. and just so many more here.
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And just so many more here. and each of them
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And each of them we're just believing god
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We're just believing god for amazing things.
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For amazing things. and i just -- i guess
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And i just -- i guess i'm just saying that thank you
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I'm just saying that thank you for being with us today.
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For being with us today. thank you for listening.
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Thank you for listening. thank you for
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Thank you for communicating with us.
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Communicating with us. we're praying for you.
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We're praying for you. we just appreciate so much
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We just appreciate so much your goodness towards us,
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Your goodness towards us, your prayers, your generosity.
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Your prayers, your generosity. and we're believing god
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And we're believing god that he's gonna help you
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That he's gonna help you get your mind right,
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Get your mind right, in jesus' name.
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Marcus Mecum - Get Your Mind Right

April 27, 2025 | S25:E17

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