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>> let's read zechariah 4:6.
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>> let's read zechariah 4:6. this group of scriptures
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This group of scriptures may be some of the best
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May be some of the best that you can find.
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That you can find. i know that --
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I know that -- all of it's good
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But these are really good.
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But these are really good. "so he answered and said to me,
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"so he answered and said to me, 'this is the word of the lord
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'this is the word of the lord to zerubbabel,
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To zerubbabel, 'not by might nor by power,
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'not by might nor by power, but by my spirit,'
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But by my spirit,' says the lord of hosts.
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Says the lord of hosts. 'who are you, o great mountain?
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'who are you, o great mountain? before zerubbabel
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Before zerubbabel you shall become a plain.
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You shall become a plain. and he shall bring forward
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And he shall bring forward the capstone amid shouts of
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The capstone amid shouts of 'grace, grace to it!'"
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'grace, grace to it!'" why don't you do that
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Why don't you do that with me real quick?
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Why don't you shout,
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Why don't you shout, "grace, grace."
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"grace, grace." >> congregation: grace, grace!
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>> congregation: grace, grace! >> grace is mentioned 125 times
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>> grace is mentioned 125 times in your bible so i think
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In your bible so i think we can agree that
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We can agree that it's an important subject.
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It's an important subject. sixteen of the 21
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Sixteen of the 21 epistles paul would
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Epistles paul would begin by saying,
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Begin by saying, "grace be unto you."
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"grace be unto you." ephesians talks about
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Ephesians talks about the richness, or the riches,
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The richness, or the riches, or the glory of his grace.
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Or the glory of his grace. hebrews says to us that we come
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Hebrews says to us that we come boldly to his throne of grace
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Boldly to his throne of grace in our time of need.
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In our time of need. so grace is an important
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So grace is an important thing to understand.
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Thing to understand. and we're going to look at how
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And we're going to look at how the grace of god was at work
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The grace of god was at work in the story that we just read.
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In the story that we just read. there's four types of grace that
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There's four types of grace that everyone has to grab a hold of.
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Everyone has to grab a hold of. there is, first of all,
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There is, first of all, saving grace.
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Saving grace. we're saved by grace
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We're saved by grace through faith.
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Through faith. you're not saved
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You're not saved through your works,
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Through your works, you're not saved
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You're not saved through your efforts.
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Through your efforts. it's not like you can maybe
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It's not like you can maybe do enough good things,
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Do enough good things, or be a good enough person.
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Or be a good enough person. this is a deception that
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This is a deception that a lot of people buy into
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A lot of people buy into that they think,
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That they think, "well, if i'm good enough
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"well, if i'm good enough in life,
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In life, if i'm a good enough person,
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If i'm a good enough person, then i think that
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Then i think that god's gonna be good with me."
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God's gonna be good with me." but the problem is,
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But the problem is, is there is nothing
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Is there is nothing to your goodness that you
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To your goodness that you can pass that threshold.
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Can pass that threshold. like they're --
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Like they're -- you can't get to this point
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You can't get to this point where you're like,
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Where you're like, "okay, i've put enough good in,
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"okay, i've put enough good in, now god's good with me.
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Now god's good with me. now i'm saved."
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Now i'm saved." your works don't save you,
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Your works don't save you, you're saved by grace
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You're saved by grace that's undeserved, unmerited.
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That's undeserved, unmerited. and the bible is clear
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And the bible is clear that that is the only way
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That that is the only way salvation happens.
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Salvation happens. it does not happen because
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It does not happen because you're righteous enough.
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You're righteous enough. it's not like
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It's not like 99% grace, 1% work.
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99% grace, 1% work. there's nothing you could add
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There's nothing you could add or take away from calvary.
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Or take away from calvary. on the cross,
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On the cross, jesus finished it all.
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Jesus finished it all. that's what he said.
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That's what he said. he said, "it is finished."
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He said, "it is finished." it was a declaration
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It was a declaration that you don't do, do, do,
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That you don't do, do, do, to get right with god.
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To get right with god. it's been done, done, done.
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It's been done, done, done. that's calvary.
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[applause]
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And now, you can be saved
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And now, you can be saved not because you deserved it
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Not because you deserved it but because jesus earned it,
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But because jesus earned it, worked for it, fought for it,
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Worked for it, fought for it, bled for it, was beat for it,
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Bled for it, was beat for it, on calvary.
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On calvary. that's the work that was
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That's the work that was needed for you and i to have
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Needed for you and i to have right standing with god.
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Right standing with god. jesus provided a way
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Jesus provided a way for you to be saved,
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For you to be saved, through grace.
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Through grace. got it?
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Got it? then there's justifying grace.
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Then there's justifying grace. justifying grace is --
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Justifying grace is -- a good way to think about it is,
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A good way to think about it is, just as if i'd never sinned.
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Just as if i'd never sinned. so, you've sinned, i've sinned,
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So, you've sinned, i've sinned, but we can't come
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But we can't come into the presence
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Into the presence of a holy god with sin,
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Of a holy god with sin, we'd die if we come
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We'd die if we come into his presence with sin.
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Into his presence with sin. so, justifying grace allows us
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So, justifying grace allows us to enter god's presence
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To enter god's presence and when he sees us
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And when he sees us he doesn't see our sin,
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He doesn't see our sin, he actually sees grace that was
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He actually sees grace that was purchased when jesus died
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Purchased when jesus died on the cross.
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On the cross. his blood is
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His blood is actually what god sees.
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Actually what god sees. so, we come into
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So, we come into god's throne room
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God's throne room through justifying grace.
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Through justifying grace. now, what happens is,
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Now, what happens is, the enemy whispers in your ear,
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The enemy whispers in your ear, that's the accuser
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That's the accuser of the brethren,
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Of the brethren, and he wants
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And he wants to bring up your sin.
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To bring up your sin. he wants to bring up
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He wants to bring up where you fall short.
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Where you fall short. he wants to bring up that you
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He wants to bring up that you haven't quite deserved to have
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Haven't quite deserved to have that kind of access into
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That kind of access into the presence of a holy god.
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The presence of a holy god. and that's where you have
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And that's where you have to acknowledge that
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To acknowledge that the greatest deception
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The greatest deception is to at any point think that
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Is to at any point think that i earned my way to that place.
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I earned my way to that place. so, grace saves me,
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So, grace saves me, but then it justifies me,
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But then it justifies me, it keeps me, it sustains me,
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It keeps me, it sustains me, and i can walk into
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And i can walk into god's presence and i don't
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God's presence and i don't have to think about
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Have to think about where i've fallen short.
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Where i've fallen short. i don't have to think about
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I don't have to think about where i've missed it.
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Where i've missed it. now, i can repent.
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Now, i can repent. i can say,
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I can say, "god, forgive me, cleanse me."
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"god, forgive me, cleanse me." but i walk into his presence
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But i walk into his presence and god sees me as perfect
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And god sees me as perfect because he doesn't see me
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Because he doesn't see me he actually sees
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He actually sees that justifying grace.
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Then there's teaching grace,
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Then there's teaching grace, titus 2:11 says that
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Titus 2:11 says that god's grace teaches you.
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God's grace teaches you. this is why we ought to be
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This is why we ought to be careful when somebody gets saved
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Careful when somebody gets saved that we don't expect that
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That we don't expect that it's our job to tell 'em
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It's our job to tell 'em everything that they
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Everything that they have to do right before
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Have to do right before they reach the backdoor.
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It's not like they get saved
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It's not like they get saved by grace and then get
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By grace and then get all their teaching before
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All their teaching before they get to the parking lot.
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They get to the parking lot. just like you, they have access
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Just like you, they have access to the teaching grace.
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To the teaching grace. come on, you remember,
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Come on, you remember, little sinner, kept messing up,
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Little sinner, kept messing up, kept tripping up, right.
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Kept tripping up, right. you don't wanna admit it,
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You don't wanna admit it, but you didn't get it
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But you didn't get it all together over night,
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All together over night, but god's grace is there
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But god's grace is there to do what?
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To do what? teach you.
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Teach you. teach you what's acceptable,
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Teach you what's acceptable, what's unacceptable.
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What's unacceptable. it's there to teach you
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It's there to teach you what's right, what's wrong.
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What's right, what's wrong. it's there to teach you
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It's there to teach you how to say no to those things
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How to say no to those things that are not god's best
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That are not god's best for your life.
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For your life. and god's grace is teaching you,
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And god's grace is teaching you, educating you, coaching you,
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Educating you, coaching you, training you, getting you ready
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Training you, getting you ready for whatever it is that god
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For whatever it is that god has in your future.
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Has in your future. and he never stops with
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And he never stops with all long suffering through
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All long suffering through his grace teaching you.
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His grace teaching you. or, is anybody grateful that god
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Or, is anybody grateful that god does not give up on you when you
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Does not give up on you when you don't get it the first time?
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Don't get it the first time? but his grace is there to teach.
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But his grace is there to teach. and then, finally is,
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And then, finally is, what we're reading about here
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What we're reading about here is the enabling grace of god.
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Is the enabling grace of god. this is what paul found when he
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This is what paul found when he prayed three different times
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Prayed three different times for god to remove
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For god to remove the throne from his flesh.
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The throne from his flesh. and the bible says that god
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And the bible says that god answered every time,
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Answered every time, "my grace is
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"my grace is sufficient for you."
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Sufficient for you." so, enabling grace is when god
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So, enabling grace is when god does not remove the problem,
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Does not remove the problem, but he actually enables you
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But he actually enables you to handle it.
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To handle it. zerubbabel here is
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Zerubbabel here is experiencing enabling grace.
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Experiencing enabling grace. he has been sent back by god.
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He has been sent back by god. the door is open for him
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The door is open for him to rebuild, or restore,
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To rebuild, or restore, the temple in jerusalem.
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The temple in jerusalem. you might remember
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You might remember that nebuchadnezzar,
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That nebuchadnezzar, the babylonian king,
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The babylonian king, had broken down
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Had broken down the walls of jerusalem,
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The walls of jerusalem, destroyed the city,
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Destroyed the city, including solomon's temple.
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Including solomon's temple. the bible says, "there was not
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The bible says, "there was not one stone left on another."
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One stone left on another." so, it had been
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So, it had been completely flattened out.
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Completely flattened out. this entire city had been
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This entire city had been completely flattened out,
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Completely flattened out, including god's temple.
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Including god's temple. and now, god wants
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And now, god wants to rebuild the city,
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To rebuild the city, but before he sends nehemiah
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But before he sends nehemiah and ezra to go rebuild
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And ezra to go rebuild the walls he send zerubbabel
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The walls he send zerubbabel back to rebuild and restore
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Back to rebuild and restore the temple first because this is
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The temple first because this is a picture of how god restores.
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A picture of how god restores. he restores everything
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He restores everything or anything,
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Or anything, when we put him first.
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When we put him first. god could not restore
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God could not restore the rebuilding of the walls
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The rebuilding of the walls or the rebuilding of the homes,
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Or the rebuilding of the homes, or the rebuilding
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Or the rebuilding of the businesses until
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Of the businesses until first god was put back in
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First god was put back in his rightful place as first.
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His rightful place as first. so, restoration --
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So, restoration -- the beginning of restoration
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The beginning of restoration is a priority thing.
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Is a priority thing. is god first?
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Is god first? if god's not first,
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If god's not first, then he cannot begin
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Then he cannot begin to restore your life.
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To restore your life. but if you put him first,
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But if you put him first, if you begin to say,
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If you begin to say, "god, i'm going to focus on you
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"god, i'm going to focus on you in this area of my life.
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In this area of my life. i don't know how
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I don't know how you're going to restore,
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You're going to restore, i don't know how
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I don't know how you're gonna rebuild,
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You're gonna rebuild, i don't know how
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I don't know how you're gonna pull all this
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You're gonna pull all this back together but i know
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Back together but i know my response is to put you first,
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My response is to put you first, make you the priority,
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Make you the priority, then god can begin to restore."
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Then god can begin to restore." and so, he does this,
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And so, he does this, zerubbabel puts god first.
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Zerubbabel puts god first. he begins to restore the temple,
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He begins to restore the temple, he lays the foundation.
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He lays the foundation. really, it's just beginning,
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Really, it's just beginning, and all of a sudden,
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And all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a massive,
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Out of nowhere, a massive, the bible calls it
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The bible calls it a great mountain, appears.
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A great mountain, appears. and he's looking at
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And he's looking at this mountain.
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This mountain. he's trying to do what
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He's trying to do what god's called him to do,
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God's called him to do, but he's unable to finish it
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But he's unable to finish it because this mountain,
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Because this mountain, this gigantic obstacle,
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This gigantic obstacle, this great problem
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This great problem that's in front of him,
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That's in front of him, which is a picture of --
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Which is a picture of -- mountains are a picture
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Mountains are a picture of our problems in the bible.
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Of our problems in the bible. they represent things that
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They represent things that many times we deem as immovable.
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Many times we deem as immovable. they stand between us
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They stand between us and god's promise.
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And god's promise. they stand between us
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They stand between us and the places
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And the places that god's calling us.
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That god's calling us. and we know where god's
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And we know where god's calling us we're just not sure
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Calling us we're just not sure we can get there because
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We can get there because of this natural barrier
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Of this natural barrier or obstacle in our life.
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Or obstacle in our life. and so, zerubbabel looks at
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And so, zerubbabel looks at this mountain and he asked it
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This mountain and he asked it a question.
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A question. which, i like the fact
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Which, i like the fact that he talked,
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That he talked, he had a conversation.
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He had a conversation. he had to speak to his mountain.
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He had to speak to his mountain. he had to know,
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He had to know, "mountain, who are you?
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"mountain, who are you? identify yourself?
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Identify yourself? what's your name?
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What's your name? what am i up against?
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What am i up against? who are you?
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Who are you? what's your point?
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What's your point? what are your trying to do?
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What are your trying to do? how are you trying --
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How are you trying -- how do you think that
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How do you think that you're going to stop me?"
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You're going to stop me?" and ezra 4 explains that
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And ezra 4 explains that the mountain was that there were
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The mountain was that there were attacks of people that were
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Attacks of people that were coming against him that
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Coming against him that represented the mountain,
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Represented the mountain, and that's how it works.
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And that's how it works. god begins to do
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God begins to do a work in your life.
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A work in your life. he gives you a dream,
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He gives you a dream, he begins to do
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He begins to do something in your life.
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Something in your life. and then, all of a sudden,
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And then, all of a sudden, you can expect it as --
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You can expect it as -- it's you're a, b, c's with god.
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It's you're a, b, c's with god. it's simple as --
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It's simple as -- you just learn it right away.
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You just learn it right away. it was once
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It was once they were enlightened,
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They were enlightened, afterward they endured
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Afterward they endured a great deal of affliction.
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A great deal of affliction. so, god gives you light,
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So, god gives you light, god gives you a dream,
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God gives you a dream, god gives you a picture
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God gives you a picture of what he wants you to do,
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Of what he wants you to do, and then boom,
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And then boom, the enemy attacks.
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The enemy attacks. he attacks, he attacks.
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He attacks, he attacks. he creates questions, doubts,
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He creates questions, doubts, hesitation, uncertainty.
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Hesitation, uncertainty. all of these things begin
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All of these things begin to rise against zerubbabel
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To rise against zerubbabel and zerubbabel looks at
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And zerubbabel looks at that mountain and says,
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That mountain and says, "who are you, o great mountain?"
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"who are you, o great mountain?" and then, he makes a statement.
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And then, he makes a statement. a question followed by
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A question followed by a statement, he said,
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A statement, he said, "you shall be made
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"you shall be made into a plain."
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Into a plain." in other words, he says,
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In other words, he says, "i can see that
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"i can see that you're this great mountain.
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You're this great mountain. i get that the attack is there,
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I get that the attack is there, i get that this is
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I get that this is all coming against me,
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All coming against me, but i'm seeing how god
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But i'm seeing how god is going to smooth you out.
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Is going to smooth you out. and it's not by my might,
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And it's not by my might, it's not by my power."
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It's not by my power." he's literally saying
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He's literally saying there's not one thing
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There's not one thing i'm gonna have to lift.
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I'm gonna have to lift. this is not gonna cost me
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This is not gonna cost me one thing because this mountain,
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One thing because this mountain, god through his spirit,
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God through his spirit, is going to smooth it out.
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Is going to smooth it out. and every now and then those
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And every now and then those mountains come into your life.
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Mountains come into your life. and your job is not
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And your job is not to stress out over it,
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To stress out over it, not freak out over it,
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Not freak out over it, not worry about it,
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Not worry about it, not strive to change it,
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Not strive to change it, it's just to look at it,
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It's just to look at it, identify what it is.
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And then, mark 11 says
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And then, mark 11 says you say to that mountain,
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You say to that mountain, you've gotta talk
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You've gotta talk to that mountain.
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To that mountain. "i don't care how big you are,
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"i don't care how big you are, how immovable you seem.
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How immovable you seem. you can look down on me
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You can look down on me all you want to,
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All you want to, o, great mountain,
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O, great mountain, but at some point,
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But at some point, i don't know when or how
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I don't know when or how but god is going
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To smooth you out."
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[cheering and applause]
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God can smooth anything out.
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God can smooth anything out. he can smooth any situation out.
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He can smooth any situation out. so, they have outside problems,
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So, they have outside problems, and then, if that's not enough,
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And then, if that's not enough, they have inside problems.
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They have inside problems. the samaritans who are half-jew,
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The samaritans who are half-jew, half-gentile, so they're a part
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Half-gentile, so they're a part of them kinda, they're saying,
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Of them kinda, they're saying, "we're a part of you,
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"we're a part of you, but we're not with you
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But we're not with you this time."
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This time." the bibles says
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The bibles says the samaritans rose up and said,
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The samaritans rose up and said, "we don't think this
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"we don't think this can be done.
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Can be done. we think that this
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We think that this is an impossibility."
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Is an impossibility." samaritans are the people that
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Samaritans are the people that have a half-hearted spirit.
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Have a half-hearted spirit. you cannot reach a city,
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You cannot reach a city, you cannot do anything great
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You cannot do anything great for god if all you have
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For god if all you have is a half-hearted spirit.
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Is a half-hearted spirit. i could go back over the years
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I could go back over the years and walk you into the rooms,
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And walk you into the rooms, i wish i could take you there,
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I wish i could take you there, and i could introduce you
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And i could introduce you to the people along the way
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To the people along the way who anything that god
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Who anything that god has done over the years,
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Has done over the years, they said it couldn't be done.
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They said it couldn't be done. they were sophisticated
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They were sophisticated about their explanation.
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About their explanation. they were, you know,
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They were, you know, very much so the spiritually
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Very much so the spiritually mature at the time.
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Mature at the time. how you can't and you won't,
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How you can't and you won't, and they had their mountains
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And they had their mountains that they spoke about.
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That they spoke about. "and this is why and this --
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"and this is why and this -- this is why you can't,
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This is why you can't, and this is why it will never."
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And this is why it will never." but the good news is now
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But the good news is now i've got some years behind me.
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I've got some years behind me. so, what that means is i've got
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So, what that means is i've got this long line of people
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This long line of people over the course of my life.
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Over the course of my life. that's one thing
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That's one thing that years gives you.
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That years gives you. you ca look back and now
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You ca look back and now it's not a new thing.
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It's not a new thing. now i'm like, "yup,
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Now i'm like, "yup, i've heard that before."
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I've heard that before." now, you can just get in line
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Now, you can just get in line with the rest of them.
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With the rest of them. because at some point
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Because at some point when god does something,
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When god does something, he reminds you of all
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He reminds you of all those half-hearted people
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Those half-hearted people along the way who said
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Along the way who said it could never happen.
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It could never happen. "you'll never.
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"you'll never. you can't be.
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You can't be. oh, you better not try,
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Oh, you better not try, you better not put the ef --
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You better not put the ef -- you better be careful,
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You better be careful, you better watch out.
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You better watch out. you better not believe
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You better not believe for great things.
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For great things. you better not really
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You better not really go after god in a big way."
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Go after god in a big way." i can't tell you how many times
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I can't tell you how many times i've stood in the middle
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I've stood in the middle of nothing but the incomplete.
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Of nothing but the incomplete. all around me the unfinished.
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All around me the unfinished. how is this gonna happen?
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How is this gonna happen? looking at that mountain
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Looking at that mountain staring down at me.
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Staring down at me. and i say this because we can
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And i say this because we can all relate of god giving us
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All relate of god giving us something but we're not sure
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Something but we're not sure how is he going to finish it?
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How is he going to finish it? will he finish it?
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Will he finish it? will this thing ever happen?
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Will this thing ever happen? how is it possible, how long?
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How is it possible, how long? if he's going to do it,
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If he's going to do it, how much longer do i have to
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How much longer do i have to wait for this thing to happen?
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Wait for this thing to happen? and i love that the prophet
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And i love that the prophet says to zerubbabel,
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Says to zerubbabel, "this is how you're going
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"this is how you're going to get it done."
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To get it done." he says, "i want you to go
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He says, "i want you to go get the cornerstone,
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Get the cornerstone, or the capstone,"
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Or the capstone," which in jewish culture is
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Which in jewish culture is the final stone that you put
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The final stone that you put in the building project.
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In the building project. you have
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You have the ribbon cutting ceremony,
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The ribbon cutting ceremony, and then you put
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And then you put the finishing stone
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The finishing stone in the project.
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In the project. so, god says,
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So, god says, "i know right now we barely
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"i know right now we barely even started the project.
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Even started the project. there's all kinds of reasons
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There's all kinds of reasons it's never going to happen.
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It's never going to happen. you got problems on the outside,
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You got problems on the outside, problems on the inside,
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Problems on the inside, but i want you to go
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But i want you to go grab the finishing stone,
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Grab the finishing stone, and i want you to take that --"
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And i want you to take that --" in other words, god's saying,
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In other words, god's saying, "i want you to get
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"i want you to get a picture of it finished.
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A picture of it finished. i want you to get --"
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I want you to get --" god's saying,
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God's saying, "i'm gonna show you
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"i'm gonna show you what's in my mind,
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What's in my mind, so you can by faith
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So you can by faith take a picture of it being
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Take a picture of it being finished so as you're going
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Finished so as you're going along the way and these
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Along the way and these mountains show up,
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Mountains show up, you're not surprised by it
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You're not surprised by it and you've got that picture."
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And you've got that picture." you're not living
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You're not living in the finished yet.
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In the finished yet. you're not there,
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You're not there, you've not arrived,
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You've not arrived, but you've got
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But you've got the finishing picture
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The finishing picture for god to pull you
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For god to pull you through all that stuff.
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Through all that stuff. when you don't feel like
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When you don't feel like you can make it,
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You can make it, you get that picture
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You get that picture back in your head.
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Back in your head. you get that picture
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You get that picture in your mind.
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In your mind. and so, god says,
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And so, god says, "get the finishing stone,
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"get the finishing stone, zerubbabel, and i want you
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Zerubbabel, and i want you to shout at the cornerstone,
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To shout at the cornerstone, 'grace, grace!'
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'grace, grace!' i don't want you to whisper it,
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I don't want you to whisper it, i don't want you to talk
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I don't want you to talk about it.
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About it. i want you to shout,
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I want you to shout, not one time but two times.
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Not one time but two times. i want you to shout,
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I want you to shout, 'grace, grace!"
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'grace, grace!" come on, one more time, shout,
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Come on, one more time, shout, "grace, grace."
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"grace, grace." >> congregation: grace, grace!
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>> congregation: grace, grace! >> i say this because, again,
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>> i say this because, again, over ten years ago,
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Over ten years ago, they're gonna
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They're gonna show you a picture,
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I had this last service.
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I had this last service. but i took this because
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But i took this because right now that same rock that
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Right now that same rock that we anointed when we dedicated
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We anointed when we dedicated the property that this
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The property that this building is sitting on,
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Building is sitting on, we anointed that rock
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We anointed that rock and we shouted, "grace, grace,"
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And we shouted, "grace, grace," over now the finished that
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Over now the finished that you are sitting in.
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You are sitting in. and i can promise you
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And i can promise you when i stood in the middle
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When i stood in the middle of that field and anointed
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Of that field and anointed that finishing stone,
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That finishing stone, there was no way
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There was no way we could've accomplished what
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We could've accomplished what we've accomplished right now.
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We've accomplished right now. it was impossible.
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I was just out there
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I was just out there doing something i saw
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Doing something i saw as a 20 something year old
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As a 20 something year old youth pastor.
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Youth pastor. that's all i was doing.
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That's all i was doing. i was so foolish.
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I was so foolish. i thought,
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I thought, "well, i don't know
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"well, i don't know what else to do.
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What else to do. i guess we do this now."
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I guess we do this now." no money to build.
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No money to build. not even enough money
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Not even enough money to get finance to build.
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To get finance to build. all we had was this sermon
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All we had was this sermon and that rock.
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And that rock. that's all we had.
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[applause]
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But we got a picture
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But we got a picture of it being finished.
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Of it being finished. and not just a picture
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And not just a picture of it being finished,
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Of it being finished, but it being full.
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But it being full. and we anointed it
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And we anointed it and we shouted,
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And we shouted, "grace, grace."
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[applause]
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My kids --
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My kids -- and we taught this church this.
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And we taught this church this. we would drive by the property
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We would drive by the property and we would stretch our hands
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And we would stretch our hands towards what then was just
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Towards what then was just a field, and we would say,
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A field, and we would say, "grace, grace."
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"grace, grace." when we would forget,
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When we would forget, my little girls in their
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My little girls in their car seats would say,
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Car seats would say, "grace, grace."
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"grace, grace." i kept that stone on my desk,
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I kept that stone on my desk, and every service before
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And every service before i would go preach --
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I would go preach -- and back then we had
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And back then we had 18 million services.
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[laughter]
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And i would touch that rock
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And i would touch that rock with the anointing oil
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With the anointing oil that was on it and i'd touch
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That was on it and i'd touch my head and i'd touch my lips
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My head and i'd touch my lips and i'd say, "grace, grace,"
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And i'd say, "grace, grace," and i'd go preach
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And i'd go preach to the unfinished,
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To the unfinished, to the incomplete.
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[applause]
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And you say,
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And you say, "marcus, you're talking
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"marcus, you're talking about a building."
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About a building." i'm not talking
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I'm not talking about a building.
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About a building. we're the temple
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We're the temple of the holy spirit.
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Of the holy spirit. god doesn't --
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God doesn't -- it's living stones is what
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It's living stones is what the bible calls it --
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The bible calls it -- calls us, right.
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Calls us, right. jesus is the chief cornerstone.
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Jesus is the chief cornerstone. he's the chief living stone.
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He's the chief living stone. what i'm trying to say
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What i'm trying to say is that when god wants
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Is that when god wants to build something,
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To build something, he builds people.
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He builds people. he --
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He -- anything we see happening
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Anything we see happening on earth is less about the land
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On earth is less about the land and less about the bricks,
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And less about the bricks, and mortar, and it's about
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And mortar, and it's about our faith to say,
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Our faith to say, "god, we want you to use us.
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"god, we want you to use us. we want you to do
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We want you to do something with us.
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Something with us. we're having faith."
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We're having faith." we have a picture of
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We have a picture of young people coming to christ.
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Young people coming to christ. we have a picture of prisons,
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We have a picture of prisons, we have a picture of god
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We have a picture of god doing in another region
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Doing in another region what he's done in this reg --
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What he's done in this reg -- in this area.
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In this area. we get a picture of it.
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We get a picture of it. we don't know how.
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We don't know how. there's the mountain
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There's the mountain that's there,
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That's there, but we have that stone
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But we have that stone that tells us that god has
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That tells us that god has made things plain one time
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Made things plain one time and now we're saying,
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And now we're saying, "god, you can make it plain
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"god, you can make it plain a second time."
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A second time." it's not just grace one time,
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It's not just grace one time, it's grace two times.
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It's grace two times. it's a double portion
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It's a double portion of his grace and we shout,
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Of his grace and we shout, "grace, grace."
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[applause and cheering]
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And that's the same stone
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And that's the same stone because i thought we would put
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Because i thought we would put it somewhere in this building
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It somewhere in this building to announce that we're
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To announce that we're finished and we're done.
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Finished and we're done. and yesterday god told me,
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And yesterday god told me, "get that thing out of a closet
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"get that thing out of a closet because that was not
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Because that was not the finishing stone
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The finishing stone for this project.
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For this project. that thing won't be put to rest
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That thing won't be put to rest until you're put to rest
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Until you're put to rest because god is not done.
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[applause]
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He's not finished.
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He's not finished. there's more buildings to build.
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There's more buildings to build. you say,
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You say, "what is it about a building?"
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"what is it about a building?" it's about the people.
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It's about the people. this place filled with
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This place filled with young people every week.
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Young people every week. oh, you don't
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Oh, you don't have to care about it,
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Have to care about it, but i remember when it was
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But i remember when it was incomplete and nothing,
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Incomplete and nothing, but we had faith to picture
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But we had faith to picture that god by his grace would
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That god by his grace would finish the work that he's begun.
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[applause]
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Look at your dream,
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Look at your dream, look at the marriage,
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Look at the marriage, look at that body
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Look at that body that's filled with disease,
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That's filled with disease, your finances, and involve
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Your finances, and involve the grace of god today,
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The grace of god today, involve grace, enabling grace.
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Involve grace, enabling grace. i don't know how he'll do it,
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I don't know how he'll do it, but by his grace
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But by his grace he'll enable you.
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He'll enable you. so, zechariah went on to say,
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So, zechariah went on to say, "the hands of zerubbabel
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"the hands of zerubbabel began this,
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Began this, and the hands of zerubbabel
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And the hands of zerubbabel will finish it."
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Will finish it." so, he said, "this is how you
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So, he said, "this is how you get a picture of god finishing
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Get a picture of god finishing the work that he's began
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The work that he's began in your life,
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In your life, you look at your hand,"
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You look at your hand," everybody look at your hands.
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Everybody look at your hands. and now, we're gonna replace
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And now, we're gonna replace zerubbabel with your name.
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Zerubbabel with your name. so, by the hand, let's, blank,
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So, by the hand, let's, blank, has started it,
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Has started it, and the hands of, blank,
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And the hands of, blank, will finish it.
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Will finish it. look at your hands.
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Look at your hands. and when i get to that place,
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And when i get to that place, that blank, i want you
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That blank, i want you to put your name in there,
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To put your name in there, your family's name.
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Your family's name. by the hands of marcus,
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By the hands of marcus, by the hands
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By the hands of the mecum family.
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Of the mecum family. say it.
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Say it. by the hands of,
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By the hands of, put your name in there,
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Put your name in there, i've started the work.
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I've started the work. look at your hand,
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Look at your hand, you started the work.
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You started the work. and by these hands
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And by these hands he's going to finish it.
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He's going to finish it. your end is not going to be
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Your end is not going to be one that's incomplete.
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One that's incomplete. your end is not going to be one
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Your end is not going to be one where you talked about it,
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Where you talked about it, but you never saw it finished.
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But you never saw it finished. in jesus' name we speak
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In jesus' name we speak the grace of god over
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The grace of god over the work of your hands.
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The work of your hands. let everything your hands touch
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Let everything your hands touch prosper and succeed.
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Prosper and succeed. let that business,
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Let that business, let that dream,
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Let that dream, let that career,
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Let that career, let that family,
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Let that family, every area the enemy's raised
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Every area the enemy's raised a great mountain in your life,
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A great mountain in your life, we declare god is going
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We declare god is going to make that thing plain.
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To make that thing plain. he's gonna smooth it out.
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He's gonna smooth it out. and we shout, "grace, grace."
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And we shout, "grace, grace." come on, one more time,
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Come on, one more time, can you shout,
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Can you shout, "grace, grace," with me?
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"grace, grace," with me? >> congregation: grace, grace!
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>> thank you so much
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>> thank you so much for spending some time
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For spending some time with us today.
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With us today. we're trusting that
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We're trusting that god's word, as it does,
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God's word, as it does, made a difference
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Made a difference in your life today.
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In your life today. and we're just here
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And we're just here to be a blessing to you.
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To be a blessing to you. we're here to serve
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We're here to serve however we can.
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However we can. if we can pray with you,
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If we can pray with you, they'll communicate that.
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They'll communicate that. if you wanna share with us
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If you wanna share with us your story.
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Your story. it always means so much
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It always means so much when we get the letters,
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When we get the letters, when we hear about what
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When we hear about what god's doing in your life
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God's doing in your life so we can begin to think about
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So we can begin to think about you and pray with you,
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You and pray with you, more specifically.
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More specifically. and so, please, call us
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And so, please, call us if you need prayer today,
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If you need prayer today, and know that you are
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And know that you are very important to us.
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Very important to us. more importantly,
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More importantly, you matter to god.
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You matter to god. we'll see you next time.
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ mountains move ♪
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♪ and get outta your way ♪
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♪ darkness trembles at ♪
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♪ the sound of your name ♪
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♪ nothing is ♪
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♪ impossible for you ♪
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♪ there's no ocean ♪
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♪ that can't be stilled ♪
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♪ broken body ♪
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♪ that can't be healed ♪
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♪ nothing is ♪
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♪ impossible for you ♪
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♪ nothing is ♪
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♪ nothing is impossible ♪
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♪ and only you could ♪
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♪ live up to the stories ♪
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♪ the miracles and wonders ♪
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♪ that you do ♪
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♪ and i believe ♪
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♪ before my story's over ♪
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♪ i will see them too ♪
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♪ yeah ♪
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♪ mountains move ♪
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♪ and get outta your way ♪
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♪ darkness trembles at ♪
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♪ the sound of your name ♪
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♪ nothing is ♪
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♪ impossible for you ♪
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♪ there's no ocean that ♪
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♪ can't be stilled ♪
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♪ broken body ♪
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♪ that can't be healed ♪
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♪ nothing is ♪
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♪ impossible for you ♪
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♪ nothing is ♪
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♪ impossible for you ♪
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Come on, do you serve
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A god of impossible things
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Tonight, church?
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Come on we know
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There's no mountain
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Too high for him.
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Hallelujah!
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♪ ♪
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♪ no matter the way ♪
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♪ no matter how long ♪
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♪ it's never too late ♪
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♪ or too far gone ♪
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♪ no matter how hard ♪
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♪ no matter how lost ♪
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♪ it's never too late ♪
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♪ or too far gone ♪
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♪ there's nothing we ask ♪
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♪ that you can't do ♪
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♪ there's nothing we face ♪
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♪ that's bigger than you ♪
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♪ if you conquered the grave ♪
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♪ and everything ♪
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♪ hell could give ♪
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♪ and you did then ♪
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♪ nothing is impossible ♪
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♪ impossible ♪
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♪ then nothing is impossible ♪
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♪ impossible ♪
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♪ then nothing is ♪
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♪ impossible ♪
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♪ then nothing is impossible ♪
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