Marcus Mecum

Marcus Mecum - Grace Is King

June 1, 2025 | S25:E22

Leaving an eternal legacy through the wisdom and life-changing truths from God’s Word.

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Marcus Mecum | Marcus Mecum - Grace Is King | June 1, 2025

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>> hi, thank you so much
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>> hi, thank you so much for hanging out with us today.
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For hanging out with us today. i'm pastor marcus mecum,
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I'm pastor marcus mecum, and today's message is one
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And today's message is one i am so excited about.
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I am so excited about. i know it's one you're gonna
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I know it's one you're gonna wanna hang out for.
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Wanna hang out for. "grace is king."
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"grace is king." i heard someone say
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I heard someone say a long time ago
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A long time ago that grace is a person."
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That grace is a person." it's not a thing,
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It's not a thing, it's a person.
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It's a person. it's the person
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It's the person of jesus christ.
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Of jesus christ. think about grace.
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Think about grace. such a simple idea.
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Such a simple idea. jesus, there hanging
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Jesus, there hanging on a cross for
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On a cross for your sin and for mine.
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Your sin and for mine. man, today's message
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Man, today's message is gonna be one
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Is gonna be one you need to listen to.
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You need to listen to. i want you to first though,
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I want you to first though, hear a testimony from
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Hear a testimony from a woman by the name
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A woman by the name of kimberly.
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Of kimberly. kimberly's life has been
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Kimberly's life has been completely changed
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Completely changed through our prison ministry
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Through our prison ministry via the pando app,
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Via the pando app, which is something
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Which is something you help make happen.
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You help make happen. you help make
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You help make these type of things happen
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These type of things happen every time you love,
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Every time you love, pray, support, give.
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Pray, support, give. and hundreds of thousands
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And hundreds of thousands of prisoners get to watch
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Of prisoners get to watch messages via the pando app,
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Messages via the pando app, and kimberly was one of them.
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And kimberly was one of them. she had all kinds of issues,
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She had all kinds of issues, human trafficking,
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Human trafficking, which is another thing
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Which is another thing together we make a difference
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Together we make a difference in the world at just rescuing
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In the world at just rescuing girls from human trafficking.
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Girls from human trafficking. it's such a blessing to do all
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It's such a blessing to do all these things together with you.
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These things together with you. but that's not the point.
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But that's not the point. the point is i want you to hear
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The point is i want you to hear kimberly's testimony
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Kimberly's testimony because it sets up
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Because it sets up our message today.
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Our message today. and maybe as you watch
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And maybe as you watch her testimony,
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Her testimony, you're gonna be thinking
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You're gonna be thinking about somebody that's
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About somebody that's just in this stronghold
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Just in this stronghold of just some type
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Of just some type of sin or addiction,
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Of sin or addiction, and it's gonna hit you,
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And it's gonna hit you, "i need to text them,
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"i need to text them, call 'em, invite them
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Call 'em, invite them to watch this."
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To watch this." let's check it out,
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Let's check it out, and i'll be right back.
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>> my name's kimberly owens
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>> my name's kimberly owens and i'm from eastern kentucky.
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And i'm from eastern kentucky. i grew up in a small family.
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I grew up in a small family. i grew up with a very abusive --
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I grew up with a very abusive -- in a very abusive household.
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In a very abusive household. as soon as i graduated
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As soon as i graduated high school,
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High school, i was supposed to leave
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I was supposed to leave for basic training.
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For basic training. found out i was pregnant
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Found out i was pregnant with my first son
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With my first son and then got married
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And then got married to a very abusive man.
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To a very abusive man. there was no such thing
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There was no such thing as god at that point.
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As god at that point. i found out that my dad
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I found out that my dad had stage four lung cancer
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Had stage four lung cancer and i lost my dad.
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And i lost my dad. when i lost my dad,
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When i lost my dad, i lost my best friend.
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I lost my best friend. it was such a bad
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It was such a bad slope after that.
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Slope after that. i ended up being trafficked.
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I ended up being trafficked. and in 2018,
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And in 2018, i had a horrific car accident.
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I had a horrific car accident. that was the turning
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That was the turning point for me.
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Point for me. it was the day after
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It was the day after the anniversary
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The anniversary of my dad's death,
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Of my dad's death, and i had a six pack
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And i had a six pack at his grave
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At his grave and ended up
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And ended up in a car accident.
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In a car accident. i pulled out
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I pulled out in front of a car,
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In front of a car, and he passed away,
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And he passed away, and i ended up going to jail
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And i ended up going to jail and then to prison.
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And then to prison. i tried to kill myself
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I tried to kill myself about nine days later.
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About nine days later. and when i woke up,
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And when i woke up, i was so mad.
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I was so mad. i was so mad.
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I was so mad. i could not even die.
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I could not even die. and i knew that
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And i knew that there was a reason.
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There was a reason. so, that day i vowed,
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So, that day i vowed, i was mad at myself,
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I was mad at myself, and i said, "god, do not
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And i said, "god, do not let me run from this.
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Let me run from this. you walk with me,
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You walk with me, i will walk with you."
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I will walk with you." i knew he was with me.
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I knew he was with me. i knew he was for me.
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I knew he was for me. i knew he was not against me.
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I knew he was not against me. i was charged
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I was charged with capital murder.
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With capital murder. i was looking at 25
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I was looking at 25 to 50 to life.
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To 50 to life. i walked outta prison
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I walked outta prison five years later.
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Five years later. we had something
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We had something called the pando app.
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Called the pando app. and on it we had the opportunity
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And on it we had the opportunity to see different churches,
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To see different churches, different sermons.
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Different sermons. and one of the things
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And one of the things that caught my attention
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That caught my attention with 7 hills is the fact
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With 7 hills is the fact that it said florence, kentucky,
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That it said florence, kentucky, and i'm from kentucky.
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And i'm from kentucky. and i went back
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And i went back and started binge watching
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And started binge watching all of the sermons.
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All of the sermons. you can put your ear buds in
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You can put your ear buds in and lose yourself in god's word,
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And lose yourself in god's word, where there is hope,
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Where there is hope, there's truth,
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There's truth, and there's grace,
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And there's grace, and there's love.
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And there's love. even now, like
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Even now, like i'm so grateful for god.
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I'm so grateful for god. some of my freest moments
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Some of my freest moments was inside of those walls,
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Was inside of those walls, and it was literally
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And it was literally because i could take
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Because i could take myself outside of there
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Myself outside of there and be inside of that.
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And be inside of that. and that is a small detail
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And that is a small detail to some people that --
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To some people that -- and to others
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And to others that is lifesaving.
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That is lifesaving. man, there's so many people
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Man, there's so many people that don't have hope in there.
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That don't have hope in there. they don't.
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They don't. some will never see
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Some will never see the light of day again.
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The light of day again. that is their hope.
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That is their hope. some people will never
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Some people will never walk out of those gates.
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Walk out of those gates. some will never hug
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Some will never hug their family again.
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Their family again. they'll never hold
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They'll never hold their children.
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Their children. and without that,
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And without that, they have no hope.
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They have no hope. so, thank you.
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So, thank you. thank you.
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Thank you. thank you.
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>> what an incredible story.
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>> what an incredible story. kimberly's story
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Kimberly's story is like so many
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Is like so many that are out there.
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That are out there. the bottom line is
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The bottom line is no one is too far gone.
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No one is too far gone. god is able to do exceedingly
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God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above anything
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Abundantly above anything we could ask,
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We could ask, think, or imagine.
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Think, or imagine. and so, i just wanna say
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And so, i just wanna say thank you today
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Thank you today for hanging out with us,
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For hanging out with us, for making stories
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For making stories like kimberly's happen.
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Like kimberly's happen. and let's get right
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And let's get right to the message.
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To the message. at any point you need something,
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At any point you need something, call us, communicate with us.
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Call us, communicate with us. we'd love to hear from you,
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We'd love to hear from you, pray with you.
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Pray with you. let's get right
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Let's get right to the message
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To the message and i'll see you in a minute.
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>> i wanna talk to you about
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>> i wanna talk to you about "grace is king"
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"grace is king" for a few moments.
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For a few moments. this is a story about
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This is a story about a woman by the name of rizpah.
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A woman by the name of rizpah. she has seven sons that are
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She has seven sons that are very clearly victims
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Very clearly victims of past sins
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Of past sins and past mistakes.
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And past mistakes. king saul, their father
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King saul, their father had become king over israel,
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Had become king over israel, and god had already made
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And god had already made an arrangement with
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An arrangement with the gibeonites that
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The gibeonites that they were to be at peace.
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They were to be at peace. and saul, in his zeal,
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And saul, in his zeal, the bible says,
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The bible says, kind of crossed the line
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Kind of crossed the line and annihilated the gibeonites.
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And annihilated the gibeonites. and years went by,
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And years went by, and it appeared like
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And it appeared like maybe the gibeonites
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Maybe the gibeonites had let it go,
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Had let it go, like they had forgotten.
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Like they had forgotten. but eventually, the past
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But eventually, the past came looking for revenge.
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Came looking for revenge. eventually, the past said,
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Eventually, the past said, "we want our payback."
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"we want our payback." the gibeonites built
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The gibeonites built some gallows.
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Some gallows. they tied together seven nooses
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They tied together seven nooses for the seven sons of rizpah.
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For the seven sons of rizpah. and there their bodies were
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And there their bodies were hanging for five months.
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Hanging for five months. five months, those lifeless
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Five months, those lifeless bodies are hanging there.
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Bodies are hanging there. but rizpah, their mom,
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But rizpah, their mom, never leaves their side.
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Never leaves their side. took a sackcloth,
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Took a sackcloth, laid it out on a nearby rock,
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Laid it out on a nearby rock, rain or shine.
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Rain or shine. it didn't matter
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It didn't matter what the temperature was,
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What the temperature was, what the heat of the day
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What the heat of the day or what the cool temperatures
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Or what the cool temperatures of night were.
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Of night were. she never left their side.
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She never left their side. when buzzards would circle,
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When buzzards would circle, she would fight
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She would fight the buzzards off.
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The buzzards off. when beast of the field
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When beast of the field would try to come
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Would try to come and rip those bodies down
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And rip those bodies down from those gallows,
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From those gallows, she would fight the beast off.
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She would fight the beast off. and david hears about rizpah,
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And david hears about rizpah, hears about how she's fighting
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Hears about how she's fighting for her sons,
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For her sons, and he intervenes.
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And he intervenes. and his instructions were,
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And his instructions were, "i want you to take
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"i want you to take those bodies down,
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Those bodies down, loose that noose,
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Loose that noose, take the bones down
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Take the bones down and give them a proper burial."
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And give them a proper burial." i love this old testament story
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I love this old testament story because it's a great picture of
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Because it's a great picture of how dangerous your past can be.
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How dangerous your past can be. we all have a past,
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We all have a past, we all have a history.
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We all have a history. some of our histories
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Some of our histories is worse than others.
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Is worse than others. but the past,
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But the past, whether it was a terrible,
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Whether it was a terrible, horrific, horrible past,
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Horrific, horrible past, or maybe you just
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Or maybe you just dabbled here and there,
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Dabbled here and there, a past has a way of hanging on.
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A past has a way of hanging on. it has a way of refusing
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It has a way of refusing to let go.
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To let go. it has a way of saying,
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It has a way of saying, "i'll let you go so far,
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"i'll let you go so far, but i'm never far behind you."
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But i'm never far behind you." it just nips at
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It just nips at the heels in your life.
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The heels in your life. matthew 9:36,
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Matthew 9:36, jesus saw the crowds
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Jesus saw the crowds and he had compassion on them
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And he had compassion on them because they were harassed
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Because they were harassed and helpless like sheep
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And helpless like sheep without a shepherd.
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Without a shepherd. the word harassed
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The word harassed in the english --
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In the english -- greek dictionary means
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Greek dictionary means demons that were born
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Demons that were born from past wrongs
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From past wrongs and they're sent to hound
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And they're sent to hound and harass you.
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And harass you. you try to get up
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You try to get up and those demons
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And those demons from your past wrongdoings
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From your past wrongdoings are there to pull you back down.
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Are there to pull you back down. you get back up and those
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You get back up and those demons from your past
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Demons from your past grab you and they
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Grab you and they pull you back down.
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Pull you back down. and every time you
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And every time you try to get up,
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Try to get up, it's there to pull you back.
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It's there to pull you back. this happens so much
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This happens so much that you get exhausted
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That you get exhausted and you become weary
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And you become weary from the -- even the trying
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From the -- even the trying to get back up.
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To get back up. so, the past here
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So, the past here in the story that we read
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In the story that we read in many ways is like that noose.
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In many ways is like that noose. you try to break free from it
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You try to break free from it and it tightens more and more.
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And it tightens more and more. you try to get away from it,
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You try to get away from it, and it seems to get even
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And it seems to get even a greater grip on you.
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A greater grip on you. proverbs 3:22 says that
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Proverbs 3:22 says that you are to allow grace to be
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You are to allow grace to be around your neck.
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Around your neck. the word neck in hebrew is
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The word neck in hebrew is our english word for trachea.
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Our english word for trachea. it means to be
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It means to be open or vulnerable.
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Open or vulnerable. it comes from the idea
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It comes from the idea that back in the day
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That back in the day when the famous gladiators
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When the famous gladiators would get in romans --
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Would get in romans -- rome's great coliseums,
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Rome's great coliseums, and they would fight
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And they would fight to the death,
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To the death, once the greater,
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Once the greater, stronger gladiator
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Stronger gladiator had overcome his opponent,
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Had overcome his opponent, he would disarm him,
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He would disarm him, take his helmet off,
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Take his helmet off, take the sword,
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Take the sword, put it to his throat,
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Put it to his throat, and then he would look up
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And then he would look up and wait for the king
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And wait for the king to either give a thumbs up
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To either give a thumbs up or a thumbs down
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Or a thumbs down to determine its fate.
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To determine its fate. the point is, that defeated,
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The point is, that defeated, weak, vulnerable moment
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Weak, vulnerable moment is where we get the word
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Is where we get the word trachea or neck from.
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Trachea or neck from. and the bible says you are
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And the bible says you are to allow grace to be
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To allow grace to be around your neck.
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Around your neck. you're to allow grace to be
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You're to allow grace to be there in your most vulnerable,
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There in your most vulnerable, weak moments.
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Weak moments. you're to look at your life,
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You're to look at your life, and when you feel defeated,
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And when you feel defeated, and weak, and vulnerable,
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And weak, and vulnerable, and hopeless, and overwhelmed,
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And hopeless, and overwhelmed, you have to be reminded
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You have to be reminded that you're not down
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That you're not down and out and on your own.
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And out and on your own. that if you'll look up
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That if you'll look up a little bit,
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A little bit, you can be reminded that
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You can be reminded that grace sits on the throne,
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Grace sits on the throne, that grace is king,
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That grace is king, and that grace always
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And that grace always gives you a thumbs up.
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Gives you a thumbs up. that grace has the final say.
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That grace has the final say. your weakness doesn't
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Your weakness doesn't have the final say.
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Have the final say. your past doesn't
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Your past doesn't have the final say.
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Have the final say. where you been doesn't
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Where you been doesn't have the final say.
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Have the final say. god, who is our king,
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God, who is our king, gives you a thumbs up.
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Gives you a thumbs up. and if god be for you,
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And if god be for you, who and what can be against you?
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Who and what can be against you? and so, these seven sons
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And so, these seven sons had seven nooses
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Had seven nooses that were made for each one.
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That were made for each one. the first noose
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The first noose i want us to look at
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I want us to look at is the noose of shame.
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Is the noose of shame. mephibosheth means
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Mephibosheth means the end of shame,
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The end of shame, the one who destroys shame.
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The one who destroys shame. so, when you begin to serve god,
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So, when you begin to serve god, when you give your life
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When you give your life to jesus christ,
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To jesus christ, not only does
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Not only does he forgive your sin,
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He forgive your sin, but he destroys your shame.
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But he destroys your shame. but the enemy has a way
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But the enemy has a way of just bringing shame
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Of just bringing shame back into our life.
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Back into our life. you see, shame is not
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You see, shame is not i feel bad for what i've done,
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I feel bad for what i've done, it's i feel bad for who i am.
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It's i feel bad for who i am. it's not i made a mistake,
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It's not i made a mistake, it's i am a mistake.
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It's i am a mistake. it attaches itself
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It attaches itself to your identity.
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To your identity. it convinces you that you --
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It convinces you that you -- okay, you're serving god now,
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Okay, you're serving god now, but you're still --
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But you're still -- you still got
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You still got all of this history,
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All of this history, all of that past
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All of that past that really defines you
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That really defines you more than god's unmerited,
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More than god's unmerited, undeserved divine
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Undeserved divine enablement in your life.
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Enablement in your life. it's an amazing thing
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It's an amazing thing how shame works.
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How shame works. and shame,
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And shame, if you don't catch it,
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If you don't catch it, produces pain.
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Produces pain. and all pain needs
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And all pain needs to be medicated.
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To be medicated. for example, you grow up
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For example, you grow up in an alcoholic home
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In an alcoholic home and you have shame
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And you have shame because of growing up
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Because of growing up in that type of an environment.
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In that type of an environment. well, that shame produces pain.
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Well, that shame produces pain. so now you're a teenager
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So now you're a teenager and you have to medicate
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And you have to medicate the pain of the shame
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The pain of the shame of growing up with
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Of growing up with an alcoholic father
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An alcoholic father or whatever it was.
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Or whatever it was. now what you do is you medicate
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Now what you do is you medicate that pain by taking a drink.
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That pain by taking a drink. and now you have shame
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And now you have shame because of the choice
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Because of the choice you made to medicate
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You made to medicate the pain of the shame
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The pain of the shame of the environment
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Of the environment that you're raised in.
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That you're raised in. and guess what?
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And guess what? that produces more pain.
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That produces more pain. so, you take another drink,
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So, you take another drink, and you take another drink,
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And you take another drink, and before you know it,
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And before you know it, every night
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Every night you're taking a drink,
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You're taking a drink, and you're in
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And you're in the cycle of addiction.
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The cycle of addiction. but really, you're just
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But really, you're just medicating the pain of the shame
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Medicating the pain of the shame that you grew up
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That you grew up in an alcoholic family.
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In an alcoholic family. we could go into so many
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We could go into so many different areas of our life,
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Different areas of our life, but shame insists
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But shame insists you are powerless.
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You are powerless. yes, god can forgive me,
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Yes, god can forgive me, but can i forgive me?
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But can i forgive me? jesus, on the cross took
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Jesus, on the cross took our sin and our shame.
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Our sin and our shame. one of the evidences
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One of the evidences that you are free
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That you are free is not just that you say,
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Is not just that you say, "god, you forgiven me
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"god, you forgiven me of my sin."
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Of my sin." it's you look at your life
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It's you look at your life and you have no shame.
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And you have no shame. you were there,
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You were there, you lived it,
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You lived it, you did it.
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You did it. you were there.
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You were there. but god has freed you
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But god has freed you from the shame of that.
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From the shame of that. god has revealed to you
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God has revealed to you that grace is king,
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That grace is king, shame is not king.
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Shame is not king. but the enemy,
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But the enemy, even though you're saved,
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Even though you're saved, has a way of getting
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Has a way of getting that noose of shame
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That noose of shame around your neck.
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Around your neck. and he tightens that noose,
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And he tightens that noose, and he tightens that noose,
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And he tightens that noose, and he tightens that noose.
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And he tightens that noose. luke 22: 64.
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Luke 22: 64. i read this this week,
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I read this this week, and i'd never seen it before,
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And i'd never seen it before, and i ask you to forgive me
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And i ask you to forgive me for never seeing this detail
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For never seeing this detail in the crucifixion story.
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In the crucifixion story. it's not a big detail,
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It's not a big detail, but because it was a new detail,
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But because it was a new detail, it spoke to me so much
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It spoke to me so much about the grace of god.
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About the grace of god. and it says that,
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And it says that, "having blindfolded jesus,"
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"having blindfolded jesus," everybody say "blindfolded."
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Everybody say "blindfolded." >> congregation: blindfolded.
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>> congregation: blindfolded. >> i never saw it.
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>> i never saw it. i never saw that before
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I never saw that before jesus went to the cross,
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Jesus went to the cross, they blindfolded him.
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They blindfolded him. and jesus, the bible says,
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And jesus, the bible says, "they struck him on the face
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"they struck him on the face and ask him, 'prophesy!
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And ask him, 'prophesy! who is the one who struck you?'"
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Who is the one who struck you?'" so, we have a god, as part
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So, we have a god, as part of the crucifixion story,
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Of the crucifixion story, who chose to be blindfolded.
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Who chose to be blindfolded. he chose to not see some things.
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He chose to not see some things. and that's what grace is.
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And that's what grace is. grace is the faculty
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Grace is the faculty where god has made the choice
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Where god has made the choice to not know some things
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To not know some things that you know.
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That you know. that's why the bible says
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That's why the bible says he takes your sin
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He takes your sin and he throws it into
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And he throws it into the sea of forgetfulness
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The sea of forgetfulness to remember it no more.
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To remember it no more. you remember,
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You remember, other people remember,
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Other people remember, but god chose
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But god chose to be blindfolded.
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To be blindfolded. god chose to not
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God chose to not see it or know it.
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See it or know it. he created a faculty
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He created a faculty in his character to say,
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In his character to say, "i remember it no more."
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"i remember it no more." not, "i remember,
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Not, "i remember, but i'm not bringing it up."
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But i'm not bringing it up." no, he remembers no more.
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No, he remembers no more. god created in who he is
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God created in who he is a faculty to forget.
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A faculty to forget. so not only are you atoned,
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So not only are you atoned, not only --
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Not only -- so atonement means
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So atonement means god's covered you.
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God's covered you. okay, let me teach you
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Okay, let me teach you for a second.
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For a second. say he -- so he who knew no sin
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Say he -- so he who knew no sin became sin that we might become
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Became sin that we might become the righteousness of god.
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The righteousness of god. so, when god looks at you,
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So, when god looks at you, he sees jesus.
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He sees jesus. that's what he sees.
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That's what he sees. the atonement is the covering.
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The atonement is the covering. standing between you and god
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Standing between you and god is that atonement.
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Is that atonement. that's jesus.
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That's jesus. so, god doesn't see you,
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So, god doesn't see you, he sees jesus.
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He sees jesus. got it?
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Got it? because if he saw you,
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Because if he saw you, you'd fall over and die.
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You'd fall over and die. but because you have sin
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But because you have sin and all sin has to be judged,
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And all sin has to be judged, the wages of sin is death.
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The wages of sin is death. so now, your sin --
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So now, your sin -- you're saying, "well,
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You're saying, "well, what happened to my sin?"
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What happened to my sin?" you look at jesus.
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You look at jesus. your sin was judged.
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Your sin was judged. your sin died on the cross.
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Your sin died on the cross. that's what put jesus to death.
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That's what put jesus to death. not the jews, not the romans.
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Not the jews, not the romans. not that -- your sin
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Not that -- your sin killed the son of god.
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Killed the son of god. and it was judged.
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And it was judged. so, all the anger,
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So, all the anger, all the wrath of god
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All the wrath of god was poured out
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Was poured out on jesus on the cross,
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On jesus on the cross, so all his love could be
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So all his love could be poured out on you.
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Poured out on you. that's the atonement.
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That's the atonement. he who knew no sin became sin,
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He who knew no sin became sin, that we might become righteous
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That we might become righteous or the right standing with god.
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Or the right standing with god. we have right standing with god,
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We have right standing with god, not by what you earn
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Not by what you earn or what you deserve,
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Or what you deserve, because grace,
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Because grace, atonement has covered you.
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Atonement has covered you. so there's the grace
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So there's the grace that covers you,
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That covers you, but there's also the grace
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But there's also the grace that covered god's eyes.
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That covered god's eyes. he's blindfolded.
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He's blindfolded. he made the choice
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He made the choice to not remember.
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To not remember. so, you can lift your hands
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So, you can lift your hands in confidence in god's house.
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In confidence in god's house. you can come to
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You can come to his great throne of grace
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His great throne of grace in your time of need boldly.
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In your time of need boldly. how do you do it?
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How do you do it? because he don't see
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Because he don't see what you see.
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What you see. i can bring up jordan's sin.
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I can bring up jordan's sin. i know a few of them.
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I know a few of them. he could probably
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He could probably bring up my sin.
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Bring up my sin. he's probably got some.
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He's probably got some. he's -- he works for me,
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He's -- he works for me, so he might keep it
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So he might keep it quiet for a little bit
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Quiet for a little bit till i make him mad.
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Till i make him mad. but god doesn't see us
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But god doesn't see us how we see each other.
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How we see each other. you and i are forgiven,
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You and i are forgiven, which means shame,
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Which means shame, the noose of shame should be
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The noose of shame should be broken from your life.
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Broken from your life. the only way you don't
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The only way you don't walk around in shame is if
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Walk around in shame is if you know grace is king.
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You know grace is king. if you know that there
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If you know that there you are defeated,
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You are defeated, vulnerable, weak,
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Vulnerable, weak, the sword of judgment
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The sword of judgment on your throat.
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On your throat. but if you'll look up,
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But if you'll look up, you'll see god is there
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You'll see god is there to give you a thumbs up.
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To give you a thumbs up. grace has determined your fate.
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Grace has determined your fate. god's mercy has
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God's mercy has determined your fate.
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Determined your fate. god's love has
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God's love has determined your fate.
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Determined your fate. your performance,
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Your performance, if that's what it was,
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If that's what it was, up to your fate is
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Up to your fate is you're defeated,
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You're defeated, you're down,
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You're down, thumbs down.
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Thumbs down. but if grace is on the throne,
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But if grace is on the throne, then grace always says
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Then grace always says to you and i, "i'm king,
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To you and i, "i'm king, and i'm not going
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And i'm not going to allow your past,
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To allow your past, your weakness,
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Your weakness, your vulnerable moments
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Your vulnerable moments to have the final say."
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To have the final say." number two, it was the noose
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Number two, it was the noose that was made for armoni.
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That was made for armoni. i wanna call this one
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I wanna call this one the noose of being normal.
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The noose of being normal. armoni means belong to a palace.
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Armoni means belong to a palace. it speaks of royalty and worth
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It speaks of royalty and worth and value to god.
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And value to god. it speaks of your potential.
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It speaks of your potential. the bible says in
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The bible says in 1 peter 2:9 that,
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1 peter 2:9 that, "you are a chosen generation,
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"you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
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A royal priesthood, a holy nation,
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A holy nation, god's own special people."
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God's own special people." and what are you to do?
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And what are you to do? you are to show forth
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You are to show forth praises to him who called
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Praises to him who called you out of darkness
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You out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Into his marvelous light. so, i'm not a subject,
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So, i'm not a subject, i'm a son.
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I'm a son. i'm not a slave,
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I'm not a slave, i'm a friend.
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I'm a friend. the second you give
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The second you give your life to christ,
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Your life to christ, guess what happens?
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Guess what happens? you become uncommon.
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You become uncommon. a normal life is over for you.
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A normal life is over for you. the idea of living
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The idea of living a normal life is gone
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A normal life is gone from this point on.
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From this point on. every single one of us
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Every single one of us have to realize
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Have to realize that you and i,
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That you and i, when god saved us,
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When god saved us, we got completely
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We got completely delivered from normal.
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Delivered from normal. you don't live a common life,
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You don't live a common life, you don't think common thoughts,
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You don't think common thoughts, you don't make common decisions,
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You don't make common decisions, you don't make
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You don't make common relationships,
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Common relationships, you don't live a normal life.
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You don't live a normal life. everything i do,
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Everything i do, everything i say,
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Everything i say, everywhere i go,
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Everywhere i go, i represent the king now.
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I represent the king now. so that's why i dream
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So that's why i dream uncommon dreams.
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Uncommon dreams. that's why i believe
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That's why i believe for uncommon things.
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For uncommon things. that's why we pray
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That's why we pray in a big way,
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In a big way, believe in a big way,
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Believe in a big way, love in a big way,
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Love in a big way, because we're not going to
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Because we're not going to allow the noose of normal
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Allow the noose of normal to rob us of what
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To rob us of what god's called us to do.
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God's called us to do. all of us have
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All of us have voices in our life
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Voices in our life that want to convince us
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That want to convince us some way that just stay normal,
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Some way that just stay normal, conversations that cause you
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Conversations that cause you to wanna stay small,
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To wanna stay small, shrink back,
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Shrink back, things that make
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Things that make you feel inferior,
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You feel inferior, things that make
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Things that make you feel inadequate.
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You feel inadequate. a few years ago,
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A few years ago, i was having a lunch --
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I was having a lunch -- evan and i were having a lunch
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Evan and i were having a lunch with some people that
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With some people that we work with as a church,
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We work with as a church, and one of the people
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And one of the people we'd never met before.
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We'd never met before. and we're talking about
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And we're talking about how we're gonna open
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How we're gonna open a location in cincinnati,
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A location in cincinnati, this is before we had opened
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This is before we had opened the one in cincinnati.
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The one in cincinnati. this is -- which would've been
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This is -- which would've been our first location
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Our first location outside of florence.
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Outside of florence. and in this conversation,
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And in this conversation, we start talking about
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We start talking about what we're gonna do.
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What we're gonna do. and this person that
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And this person that we didn't know speaks up.
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We didn't know speaks up. he starts saying,
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He starts saying, "you guys shouldn't do that.
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"you guys shouldn't do that. i've lived here my whole life."
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I've lived here my whole life." he starts naming all the boards
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He starts naming all the boards that he's on with
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That he's on with all these gazillionaires.
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All these gazillionaires. and he says,
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And he says, "you'll never make it here.
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"you'll never make it here. you'll fail.
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You'll fail. you don't have a chance,
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You don't have a chance, you don't have a shot.
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You don't have a shot. that's that kentucky stuff.
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That's that kentucky stuff. that don't work over here."
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And i looked across
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And i looked across the table and i said,
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The table and i said, "you do what you do,
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"you do what you do, and i do what i do."
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[applause]
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Because -- and i told him,
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Because -- and i told him, "i remember when someone
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"i remember when someone just like you
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Just like you sat across the table
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Sat across the table and told me i couldn't
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And told me i couldn't do what we've done there.
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Do what we've done there. and i looked across the table
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And i looked across the table and told them the same thing
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And told them the same thing i'm gonna tell you.
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I'm gonna tell you. and that is god does
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And that is god does what he wants to do with
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What he wants to do with who he wants to do it.
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Who he wants to do it. and he don't talk
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And he don't talk to you about it,
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To you about it, and he don't talk
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And he don't talk to me about it.
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To me about it. and the same god that's done
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And the same god that's done what he's done there
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What he's done there in florence,
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In florence, can do it anywhere
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Can do it anywhere he wants to do it.
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He wants to do it. and a little 50 foot river
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And a little 50 foot river in no way is gonna
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In no way is gonna build a wall and limit
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Build a wall and limit what god can do."
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[applause]
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And so, i know it's not right,
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And so, i know it's not right, god's gonna have to help me.
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God's gonna have to help me. and you're gonna
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And you're gonna have to understand,
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Have to understand, i still got some flesh.
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I still got some flesh. but the second
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But the second we opened that building,
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We opened that building, i took a picture of it
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I took a picture of it and sent it to the guy
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And sent it to the guy and said, "hey,
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And said, "hey, send this to your friend."
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Send this to your friend." we just bought that land
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We just bought that land in cincinnati,
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In cincinnati, took a picture of it.
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Took a picture of it. i said, "hey,
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I said, "hey, send this one to your friend."
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Send this one to your friend." when we grand opened over there,
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When we grand opened over there, you don't have
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You don't have to be excited about --
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To be excited about -- and it's not me
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And it's not me bragging about me,
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Bragging about me, it's me saying,
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It's me saying, "i know the god i serve.
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"i know the god i serve. and he did not save me
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And he did not save me to be normal."
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To be normal." and he didn't save
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And he didn't save you to be normal.
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You to be normal. he didn't save --
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He didn't save -- ordinary is gone and over.
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Ordinary is gone and over. it's a noose.
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It's a noose. and god's people should be set
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And god's people should be set free from the noose of normal.
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Free from the noose of normal. i'm gonna preach
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I'm gonna preach until you believe it.
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Until you believe it. in those conversations
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In those conversations like that that i have,
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Like that that i have, there's conversations
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There's conversations like that that you have.
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Like that that you have. and by the way,
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And by the way, i didn't need his help
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I didn't need his help to believe i couldn't do it.
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To believe i couldn't do it. because the things
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Because the things i say at myself
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I say at myself when i'm having lunch
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When i'm having lunch with myself are way
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With myself are way worse than what he says.
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Worse than what he says. but you've gotta believe
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But you've gotta believe that grace is king.
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That grace is king. everything god's done here
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Everything god's done here as a result of grace.
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As a result of grace. not talent, not gifting,
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Not talent, not gifting, not intellect, not wisdom.
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Not intellect, not wisdom. grace has done it.
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Grace has done it. the grace of god
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The grace of god has built this church.
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Has built this church. the grace of god
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The grace of god is building this church.
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Is building this church. yeah, it takes some hard work.
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Yeah, it takes some hard work. yeah, it takes some effort
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Yeah, it takes some effort from god's people.
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From god's people. but at the end of the day,
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But at the end of the day, grace is king in jesus' name.
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[applause]
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>> there is no question,
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>> there is no question, we're not to be ignorant
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We're not to be ignorant of the enemy's devices.
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Of the enemy's devices. and he does have a noose
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And he does have a noose with your name on it,
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With your name on it, with my name on it.
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With my name on it. and it's not something
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And it's not something to be afraid of,
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To be afraid of, it's just something
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It's just something to be aware of.
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To be aware of. and to know that
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And to know that we need god's word
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We need god's word to make sure that that noose
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To make sure that that noose is being loose in jesus' name.
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Is being loose in jesus' name. what is it today that
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What is it today that the enemy's got
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The enemy's got a hold on you with?
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A hold on you with? don't let it just stay that way.
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Don't let it just stay that way. let god loose that thing today.
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Let god loose that thing today. let him loose you.
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Let him loose you. let him loose your family.
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Let him loose your family. let him loose you from it.
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Let him loose you from it. and we're gonna pray
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And we're gonna pray in just a moment together.
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We're gonna believe god.
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But if you need
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Personal prayer,
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Please call.
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It means so much.
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I'm looking at so many
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Phone calls every week
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That come in.
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Every time you call.
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It makes a difference,
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Just to hear from you.
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To know that,
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That you're not out there
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Facing things on your own,
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That this message
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Encouraged you.
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The letters that you send,
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The letters that you send, just read one earlier
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Just read one earlier from james hardy
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From james hardy and he literally said this.
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And he literally said this. he said, listening to
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He said, listening to your message ignited
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Your message ignited a fire on the inside of me.
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A fire on the inside of me. sometimes it's need,
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Sometimes it's need, sometimes it's my family
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Sometimes it's my family is facing this,
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Is facing this, i'm facing this in my body.
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I'm facing this in my body. and we hear it.
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And we hear it. sometimes emails,
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Sometimes emails, sometimes letters,
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Sometimes letters, sometimes phone calls.
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Sometimes phone calls. it doesn't really matter
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It doesn't really matter how you find a way
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How you find a way to connect with us,
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To connect with us, but other times it's just,
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But other times it's just, man, god did this
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Man, god did this through the message.
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Through the message. and we just wanna
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And we just wanna say thank you for that.
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Say thank you for that. but this is the key.
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But this is the key. if you're facing something
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If you're facing something that's gotta hold on you,
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That's gotta hold on you, you can make the decision
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You can make the decision to yield, just to give up.
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To yield, just to give up. or you can say,
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Or you can say, no, right now,
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No, right now, i'm making a decision
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I'm making a decision to receive strength
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To receive strength i don't have,
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I don't have, which is what grace?
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Which is what grace? grace.
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Grace. that's what you need.
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That's what you need. you don't -- you don't
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You don't -- you don't need more effort,
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Need more effort, you don't need more striving.
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You don't need more striving. you need grace.
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You need grace. grace is the power of god
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Grace is the power of god for you to say no to
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For you to say no to whatever the enemy's trying
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Whatever the enemy's trying to keep you bound with.
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To keep you bound with. so father, in jesus' name,
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So father, in jesus' name, thank you for grace that frees.
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Thank you for grace that frees. thank you for the grace
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Thank you for the grace of god that forgives,
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Of god that forgives, the grace that teaches,
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The grace that teaches, the grace that trains,
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The grace that trains, the grace that your word
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The grace that your word says enables us,
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Says enables us, enabling grace,
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Enabling grace, saving grace for
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Saving grace for those who need it.
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Those who need it. and we thank you, god.
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And we thank you, god. it is through your grace that
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It is through your grace that we're able to come to know you,
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We're able to come to know you, that we can come to
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That we can come to your throne room
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Your throne room in our time of need
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In our time of need because of your grace.
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Because of your grace. and so, father,
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And so, father, let them know that
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Let them know that grace is king.
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Grace is king. whatever they're
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Whatever they're facing is not king.
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Facing is not king. it has to yield to
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It has to yield to the greater one.
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The greater one. and today we just
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And today we just say thank you,
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Say thank you, jesus, for the cross.
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Jesus, for the cross. thank you for your grace.
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Thank you for your grace. in jesus' name, amen.
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In jesus' name, amen. we'll see you next time.
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Marcus Mecum - Grace Is King

June 1, 2025 | S25:E22

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