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Marcus Mecum - Starve Your Mistakes

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Marcus Mecum | Marcus Mecum - Starve Your Mistakes | August 10, 2025

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>> welcome to today's broadcast,
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>> welcome to today's broadcast, i cannot wait to open up
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I cannot wait to open up the scriptures with you.
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The scriptures with you. there is nothing,
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There is nothing, and i mean nothing,
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And i mean nothing, more powerful than
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More powerful than the word of god
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The word of god when we open it together,
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When we open it together, when we open our hearts
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When we open our hearts and our minds to receive it,
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And our minds to receive it, so let's do that together.
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So let's do that together. and i want you to stay tuned
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And i want you to stay tuned because at the very end
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Because at the very end i've got a very special project
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I've got a very special project that we're going to be
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That we're going to be looking into this season,
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Looking into this season, and you're gonna wanna
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And you're gonna wanna be a part of it.
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Be a part of it. let's get right to the message.
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>> we live in a world
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>> we live in a world that's filled with mistakes.
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That's filled with mistakes. everywhere you look
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Everywhere you look there's some type of mistake
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There's some type of mistake in the -- the bottom line
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In the -- the bottom line is most people will also
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Is most people will also just say we live in
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Just say we live in a world void of miracles.
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A world void of miracles. but when you focus
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But when you focus too much on the mistakes,
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Too much on the mistakes, whether they're
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Whether they're personal mistakes
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Personal mistakes or just the mistakes of others,
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Or just the mistakes of others, you can fail to see
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You can fail to see the miracles that are
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The miracles that are all around you.
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All around you. the bible here talks
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The bible here talks about the story,
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About the story, and most of you have
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And most of you have heard the story,
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Heard the story, but god had promised
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But god had promised abraham and sarah that
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Abraham and sarah that they would have a child.
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They would have a child. and many years go by
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And many years go by and after their efforts
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And after their efforts of trying they come up,
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Of trying they come up, they fall short and so
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They fall short and so they come up with the idea
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They come up with the idea that instead of abraham
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That instead of abraham and sarah having this child
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And sarah having this child that god had promised them
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That god had promised them he's gonna go in and sleep
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He's gonna go in and sleep with his slave woman, hagar.
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With his slave woman, hagar. and, he does that
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And, he does that and nine months later
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And nine months later a child is born.
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A child is born. and for many years
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And for many years this child is growing up
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This child is growing up in the household of
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In the household of abraham and sarah
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Abraham and sarah and the bible says that
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And the bible says that sarah and hagar become rivals,
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Sarah and hagar become rivals, that they begin to compete
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That they begin to compete with one another,
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With one another, that they begin to be
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That they begin to be at odds with on another.
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At odds with on another. and so, after many years
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And so, after many years god reminds sarah
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God reminds sarah that he had told them
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That he had told them that she was the one
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That she was the one that's gonna have the baby
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That's gonna have the baby and she laughs at god.
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And she laughs at god. she begins to laugh.
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She begins to laugh. "there's no way, at this age,
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"there's no way, at this age, at this stage,
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At this stage, i could ever have a child."
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I could ever have a child." but as god said,
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But as god said, after 25 years of waiting,
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After 25 years of waiting, finally sarah gets pregnant.
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She gives birth to isaac.
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She gives birth to isaac. some years go by
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And the bible says isaac
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And the bible says isaac is weaned from his mother sarah
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Is weaned from his mother sarah and finally, as far as we know,
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And finally, as far as we know, isaac, the promised child,
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Isaac, the promised child, the miracle child,
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The miracle child, and ishmael,
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And ishmael, which is the mistake,
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Which is the mistake, finally meet one another.
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Finally meet one another. and you find out at this feast
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And you find out at this feast that they're having,
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That they're having, at this great celebration,
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At this great celebration, the miracle and the mistake
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The miracle and the mistake are at the same table.
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Are at the same table. and the mistake begins to be
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And the mistake begins to be hostile towards the miracle.
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Hostile towards the miracle. the mistake begins
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The mistake begins to harass the miracle,
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To harass the miracle, begins to torment the miracle.
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Begins to torment the miracle. you know, it's amazing how
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You know, it's amazing how when you begin to try
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When you begin to try to serve god or do something
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To serve god or do something for god the mistakes,
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For god the mistakes, or the shortcomings,
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Or the shortcomings, or the areas that
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Or the areas that you have failed,
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You have failed, are never far from your mind.
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Are never far from your mind. they're never far from
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They're never far from trying to rise up
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Trying to rise up and maybe humiliate you,
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And maybe humiliate you, or embarrass you,
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Or embarrass you, or speak down to you.
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Or speak down to you. you try to pray
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You try to pray and the mistakes have
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And the mistakes have a way of showing up
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A way of showing up and say,
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And say, "you can't really pray.
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"you can't really pray. i mean, i know what you've done,
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I mean, i know what you've done, i know where you've been.
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I know where you've been. you try to worship,
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You try to worship, but this week
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But this week you haven't really been,
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You haven't really been, you know,
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You know, like you should be."
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Like you should be." and maybe you've just
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And maybe you've just kinda been a little off
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Kinda been a little off in the last season
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In the last season and the mistakes
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And the mistakes are just there saying,
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Are just there saying, "oh, you can lift your hands
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"oh, you can lift your hands in church on a sunday,
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In church on a sunday, but i know you're not
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But i know you're not real about i because
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Real about i because you didn't worship
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You didn't worship one time all week."
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One time all week." every time you make
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Every time you make a fresh commitment,
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A fresh commitment, every time you say,
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Every time you say, "god, i'm going all in,
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"god, i'm going all in, i'm gonna quit living
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I'm gonna quit living for the temporary.
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For the temporary. i'm gonna quit living
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I'm gonna quit living this low level type stuff,
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This low level type stuff, just what i can see and feel.
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Just what i can see and feel. i'm gonna go after
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I'm gonna go after the high call of god,"
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The high call of god," that mistake is there to mock
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That mistake is there to mock and haunt those
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And haunt those times of commitment.
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Times of commitment. the mistakes rob us of joy,
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The mistakes rob us of joy, they rob us of
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They rob us of our peace of mind.
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Our peace of mind. they rob us of god's
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They rob us of god's best in our life.
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Best in our life. constantly there
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Constantly there like ishmael and isaac
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Like ishmael and isaac mocking, provoking
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Mocking, provoking the miracle in our life.
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The miracle in our life. so, we understand that
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So, we understand that during this confrontation
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During this confrontation where the mistake
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Where the mistake and the miracle
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And the miracle are coming up together
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Are coming up together the mistake is
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The mistake is mocking the miracle.
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Mocking the miracle. sarah notices what's going on
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Sarah notices what's going on and she says, "i want you
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And she says, "i want you to get rid of ishmael,
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To get rid of ishmael, i want you to get rid of hagar,
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I want you to get rid of hagar, the one who gave birth to him.
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The one who gave birth to him. so, i not only want you
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So, i not only want you to get rid of the mistake,
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To get rid of the mistake, i want you to get rid of
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I want you to get rid of everything that brought
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Everything that brought the mistake into our world.
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The mistake into our world. i want you to get rid of
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I want you to get rid of the one who carried it,
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The one who carried it, birthed it, nourished it,
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Birthed it, nourished it, raised it.
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Raised it. i want you to go right
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I want you to go right to the root of what brought
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To the root of what brought this mis -- i don't want you
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This mis -- i don't want you to just get rid of the fruit,
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To just get rid of the fruit, i want you to go
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I want you to go after the root."
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After the root." so he says, or she says,
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So he says, or she says, "i don't want you to
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"i don't want you to just deal with the mistake,
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Just deal with the mistake, i want you to take measures
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I want you to take measures to eliminate the source
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To eliminate the source of the mistake."
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Of the mistake." so, if you go back to
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So, if you go back to genesis 12 in this story,
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Genesis 12 in this story, the bible talks about
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The bible talks about how abraham was in canaan,
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How abraham was in canaan, he's in the promise land,
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He's in the promise land, he's in the place that
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He's in the place that god had taken him.
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God had taken him. this is the place he had
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This is the place he had built his altars.
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Built his altars. he has four unique
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He has four unique altars that he had built,
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Altars that he had built, four places that
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Four places that he had met with god,
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He had met with god, four places that god
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Four places that god had showed up in a powerful
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Had showed up in a powerful way in his life.
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Way in his life. and a famine hits canaan
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And a famine hits canaan and the first thing that
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And the first thing that abraham does is he says,
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Abraham does is he says, "well, we've gotta leave
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"well, we've gotta leave this place where god's
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This place where god's been meeting with us
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Been meeting with us and we've gotta find
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And we've gotta find another way to take
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Another way to take care of ourselves."
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Care of ourselves." and so, he goes to egypt
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And so, he goes to egypt and he leaves to this place
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And he leaves to this place where god had instructed them
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Where god had instructed them to never go, back to egypt.
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To never go, back to egypt. isaiah 31:1 says,
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"woe to them that
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"woe to them that go down to egypt,
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Go down to egypt, they do not seek the lord."
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They do not seek the lord." we know that egypt is a mark
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We know that egypt is a mark of the world
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Of the world or a picture of the world.
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Or a picture of the world. it's a picture of bondage,
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It's a picture of bondage, it's a picture of living
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In your flesh or your past.
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In your flesh or your past. and he bible says
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And he bible says abraham is in canaan,
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Abraham is in canaan, he's in the place
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He's in the place where the altars were,
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Where the altars were, he's in the place
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He's in the place that god met him,
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That god met him, he's in the place that god
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He's in the place that god had moved in his life.
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Had moved in his life. he's there living
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He's there living in the promise,
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In the promise, that's where he's at.
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That's where he's at. but a dry season hits
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But a dry season hits and he starts saying,
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And he starts saying, "you know what, i don't know
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"you know what, i don't know if i wanna kinda do
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If i wanna kinda do this thing anymore,
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This thing anymore, maybe i'm gonna kinda
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Maybe i'm gonna kinda go back to egypt.
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Go back to egypt. i'm gonna go back
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I'm gonna go back to where i come from."
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To where i come from." and he goes back to egypt,
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And he goes back to egypt, and while he's there,
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And while he's there, they're still living
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They're still living under some stress,
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Under some stress, there's still some pressure.
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There's still some pressure. things aren't still
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Things aren't still going right in their life
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Going right in their life and so sarah and abraham
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And so sarah and abraham start talking about, you know,
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Start talking about, you know, things are hard,
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Things are hard, things have been difficult.
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Things have been difficult. it was a dry season
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It was a dry season over here in canaan.
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Over here in canaan. and it's not just
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And it's not just a dry season over there.
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A dry season over there. here we are in egypt things
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Here we are in egypt things aren't really working out.
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Aren't really working out. maybe we can do something
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Maybe we can do something to take the edge off.
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To take the edge off. maybe we can introduce
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Maybe we can introduce something to our life
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Something to our life that will bring
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That will bring the stress levels down.
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The stress levels down. i know it's probably
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I know it's probably a compromise,
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A compromise, i know it's probably
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I know it's probably not god's best.
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Not god's best. i know we probably
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I know we probably shouldn't be here
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Shouldn't be here but maybe we could go out
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But maybe we could go out and find a servant,
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And find a servant, a slave girl that could come in
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A slave girl that could come in and help take the weight
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And help take the weight off a little bit.
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Off a little bit. and she could help, you know,
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And she could help, you know, make sure the dishes are done
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Make sure the dishes are done and she could make sure that,
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And she could make sure that, you know, the house
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You know, the house is cleaned up.
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Is cleaned up. she could make life
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She could make life a little bit easier,
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A little bit easier, a little bit more
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A little bit more bearable, you know.
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Bearable, you know. you know, after a long day
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You know, after a long day at work you just can't
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At work you just can't wait to get home
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Wait to get home 'cause you need that thing,
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'cause you need that thing, it's just gonna take
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It's just gonna take the edge off.
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The edge off. you know, 'cause it's just
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You know, 'cause it's just dry over here in canaan.
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Dry over here in canaan. it's dry over here
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It's dry over here with my altars and, you know,
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With my altars and, you know, it's not explicit
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It's not explicit i just wanna make things
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I just wanna make things a little bit more bearable.
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A little bit more bearable. and we introduce these things
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And we introduce these things along the way that whether
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Along the way that whether we like it or not
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We like it or not we think it's going
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We think it's going to be our slave,
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To be our slave, we think it's going
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We think it's going to serve us,
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To serve us, but it ends up enslaving us
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But it ends up enslaving us and we end up serving it.
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And we end up serving it. the thing that you thought
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The thing that you thought would make life bearable,
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Would make life bearable, the thing you thought
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The thing you thought would make life easier
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Would make life easier now all of a sudden
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Now all of a sudden is the very thing
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Is the very thing that's complicating
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That's complicating everything in your life.
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Everything in your life. and this could deal with some
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And this could deal with some type of substance, addiction.
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Type of substance, addiction. it could be an attitude,
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It could be an attitude, it can be a wrong relationship.
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It can be a wrong relationship. come on, that misery
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Come on, that misery loves company
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Loves company and you keep running
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And you keep running around going for the lot --
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Around going for the lot -- connecting with people
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Connecting with people in the lowest possible
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In the lowest possible common denominator.
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Common denominator. i mean, you're connecting
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I mean, you're connecting with people that, man,
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With people that, man, it's like, you can't get
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It's like, you can't get any worse for the reason
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Any worse for the reason you connect with that person.
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You connect with that person. and, every time
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And, every time you get around 'em
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You get around 'em it's just another gossip fest,
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It's just another gossip fest, it's just another
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It's just another complain fest.
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Complain fest. it's just -- what your
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It's just -- what your husband's not doing
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Husband's not doing or what your wife's not doing,
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Or what your wife's not doing, or what the church isn't doing,
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Or what the church isn't doing, or what your boss isn't doing.
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Or what your boss isn't doing. oh, it feels good at first,
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Oh, it feels good at first, just makes things
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Just makes things just a little bit easier
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Just a little bit easier to whine about it.
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To whine about it. the problem with retreating
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The problem with retreating to the ways of the world
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To the ways of the world when you're spiritually dry
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When you're spiritually dry is you pick up things
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Is you pick up things that end up being detrimental
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That end up being detrimental to the miracle that god
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To the miracle that god has promised.
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Has promised. it didn't take long
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It didn't take long before hagar and sarah
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Before hagar and sarah become great rivals.
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Become great rivals. abraham realizes,
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Abraham realizes, "oh my god,
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"oh my god, i've made a mistake.
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I've made a mistake. this mistake is growing up,
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This mistake is growing up, this mistake is getting bigger.
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This mistake is getting bigger. this mistake is gonna turn into
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This mistake is gonna turn into a teenager at some point."
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A teenager at some point." right, isn't that what
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Right, isn't that what the bible says,
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The bible says, that sin, at first,
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Is just conceived.
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Is just conceived. it's just an --
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It's just an -- james said it.,
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James said it., just ends up in the womb.
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Just ends up in the womb. it's not that big of a deal,
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It's not that big of a deal, it's manageable.
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It's manageable. but eventually you give
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But eventually you give birth to it, is what he says.
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Birth to it, is what he says. and then he says it ends up
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And then he says it ends up producing death in your life.
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Producing death in your life. in other words, it grows up
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In other words, it grows up and becomes a teenager
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That stabs you in the back.
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That stabs you in the back. abraham is now living
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Abraham is now living his whole life managing
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His whole life managing the chaos of the mistake
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The chaos of the mistake that he's made.
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That he's made. his living his whole life
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His living his whole life trying to deal with
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Trying to deal with here's the miracle
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Here's the miracle and here's the mistake.
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And here's the mistake. he's not spending any time
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He's not spending any time talking about the vision
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Talking about the vision and the dream that god
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And the dream that god had given him many years ago.
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Had given him many years ago. the dream where he's in the tent
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The dream where he's in the tent and god speaks to him and says,
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And god speaks to him and says, "abraham, i want you to go
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"abraham, i want you to go outside the tent
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Outside the tent and look up at the sky
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And look up at the sky and you're gonna see the stars.
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And you're gonna see the stars. and if you'll just start
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And if you'll just start counting the stars
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Counting the stars i'm gonna talk to you
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I'm gonna talk to you about how great i'm going
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About how great i'm going to work in your life."
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To work in your life." and abraham goes out there
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And abraham goes out there and he starts counting
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And he starts counting the stars, one, two,
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The stars, one, two, three, four.
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Three, four. he loses count at some point,
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He loses count at some point, he comes back in and says,
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He comes back in and says, "god, it's impossible.
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"god, it's impossible. the stars are innumerable,"
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The stars are innumerable," and god says, "exactly,
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And god says, "exactly, that was the point.
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That was the point. what i wanna do in your life
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What i wanna do in your life you cannot measure,
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You cannot measure, you cannot count it.
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You cannot count it. it is immeasurable."
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[applause]
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So abraham's left the dre --
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So abraham's left the dre -- he's many years removed
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He's many years removed from that but
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From that but he's not thinking about
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He's not thinking about the vision that god gave him.
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The vision that god gave him. he's not talking about
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He's not talking about the stars in the sky
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The stars in the sky and the nation that god
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And the nation that god wants to bring from his life.
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Wants to bring from his life. instead, he goes down to egypt,
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Instead, he goes down to egypt, he finds hagar.
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He finds hagar. hagar ends up bringing
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Hagar ends up bringing ishmael into the scene
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Ishmael into the scene and two you have
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And two you have a house of faith filled
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A house of faith filled with the presence of a mistake.
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With the presence of a mistake. and finally god says
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And finally god says to abraham, "listen,
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To abraham, "listen, i know you made a mistake,
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I know you made a mistake, i know you are spiritually dry,
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I know you are spiritually dry, i know you went to egypt.
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I know you went to egypt. i know you looked
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I know you looked for a shortcut,
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For a shortcut, i know you were trying
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I know you were trying to find the easy way
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To find the easy way around things, i get it.
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Around things, i get it. i know that that life choice
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I know that that life choice has now produced this mistake
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Has now produced this mistake in your home but, abraham,
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In your home but, abraham, the mistake is not your legacy.
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The mistake is not your legacy. that mistake doesn't
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That mistake doesn't have to be final.
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Have to be final. that mistake does not
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That mistake does not have to be, in the end,
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Have to be, in the end, what your whole life
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What your whole life is known for.
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Is known for. i have a miracle
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I have a miracle for you, abraham.
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For you, abraham. sarah, i have
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Sarah, i have a miracle for you.
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A miracle for you. i know chaos is in the home,
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I know chaos is in the home, i know rivalry is in the home,
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I know rivalry is in the home, i know you're at
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I know you're at each other in the home.
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Each other in the home. i know there's bitterness
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I know there's bitterness in the home.
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In the home. i know there's unforgiveness.
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I know there's unforgiveness. i understand that you're mad
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I understand that you're mad at the shortcomings
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At the shortcomings of the other person.
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Of the other person. i get that that's going on,
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I get that that's going on, but there's still a miracle."
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But there's still a miracle." and you know what sarah does?
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And you know what sarah does? she starts laughing
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She starts laughing at the idea that this mistake
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At the idea that this mistake could ever be reconciled,
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Could ever be reconciled, that the mistake
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That the mistake can ever be overcome.
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Can ever be overcome. in her mind the whole
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In her mind the whole rest of their life,
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Rest of their life, they're old, they've lived
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They're old, they've lived a lot of years now.
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A lot of years now. there's this mistake
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There's this mistake in their life.
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In their life. there's no getting away
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There's no getting away from the mistake.
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From the mistake. every single day
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Every single day they wake up and look at it
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They wake up and look at it and there that mistake is
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And there that mistake is just looking at them,
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Just looking at them, laughing at them.
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Laughing at them. it's become the rival
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It's become the rival of their future.
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Of their future. and this is what
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And this is what i would say to you,
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I would say to you, what if god showed up
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What if god showed up and said that one
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And said that one area of your life,
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Area of your life, that one choice,
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That one choice, that one decision,
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That one decision, that one event,
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That one event, that one season,
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That one season, that one mistake,
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That one mistake, that one failure,
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That one failure, what if that thing no longer
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What if that thing no longer defined the rest of your life.
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Defined the rest of your life. "but i was hurt.
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"but i was hurt. but i was devastated.
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But i was devastated. but i'm heartbroken.
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But i'm heartbroken. but you don't know
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But you don't know what it's like to live
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What it's like to live with this kinda loss
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With this kinda loss or this kinda failure,
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Or this kinda failure, or this kinda thing
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Or this kinda thing that's been ripped out of my --
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That's been ripped out of my -- you don't know what it's like
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You don't know what it's like to look in the eyes of
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To look in the eyes of great disappointment
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Great disappointment or betrayal, or whatever.
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Or betrayal, or whatever. you don't know
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You don't know what that's like."
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What that's like." but what if i said
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But what if i said that the same way
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That the same way that god came to sarah
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That god came to sarah and abraham and said,
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And abraham and said, "that's not going
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"that's not going to be your end,
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To be your end, that one thing's not
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That one thing's not going to define the --"
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Going to define the --" what if what god wanted to do
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What if what god wanted to do in your life would be so great
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In your life would be so great the only reaction
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The only reaction you could have is,
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You could have is, "there's no way.
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"there's no way. there's no way you could
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There's no way you could turn this around.
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Turn this around. there -- there's no way
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There -- there's no way you can redeem this.
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You can redeem this. it's -- there's no way
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It's -- there's no way you could ever heal my heart.
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You could ever heal my heart. there's no way i could ever
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There's no way i could ever live with a sense of promise
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Live with a sense of promise after all the mistakes
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After all the mistakes or the misses i've had."
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Or the misses i've had." but isaac does come along.
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But isaac does come along. the miracle does show up,
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The miracle does show up, and the bible says the miracle
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And the bible says the miracle starts getting the attention.
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Starts getting the attention. i mean, imagine starts crying.
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I mean, imagine starts crying. need some attention.
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Need some attention. now, ishmael,
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Now, ishmael, he's not getting
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He's not getting the attention no more.
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The attention no more. you gotta go
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You gotta go take care of yourself.
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Take care of yourself. isaac the miracle starts
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Isaac the miracle starts getting the attention.
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Getting the attention. he eventually grows up.
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He eventually grows up. his presence begins to be more
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His presence begins to be more and more a part of their house.
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And more a part of their house. he begins to take up more space.
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He begins to take up more space. he begins to require
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He begins to require more time from abraham,
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More time from abraham, more attention from abraham.
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More attention from abraham. he eventually learns
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He eventually learns how to talk,
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How to talk, say some words,
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Say some words, some point he has a voice.
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Some point he has a voice. now the miracle
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Now the miracle can actually talk.
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Can actually talk. the miracle can
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The miracle can actually connect.
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Actually connect. the miracle can actually
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The miracle can actually say what it needs,
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Say what it needs, say what it wants.
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Say what it wants. and the bible says
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And the bible says that ishmael would mock isaac,
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That ishmael would mock isaac, that the mistake would
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That the mistake would torment the miracle,
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Torment the miracle, that the mistake
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That the mistake would badger the miracle,
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Would badger the miracle, harass the miracle.
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Harass the miracle. and how many of us
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And how many of us can relate to living
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Can relate to living a life where the miracle
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A life where the miracle and the mistake are growing up
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And the mistake are growing up in the same space?
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In the same space? and they just don't
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And they just don't seem to get along, do they?
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Seem to get along, do they? you wanna grab
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You wanna grab ahold of the miracle,
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Ahold of the miracle, but the mistake's
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But the mistake's over here saying,
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Over here saying, "don't you grab ahold
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"don't you grab ahold that too tightly,
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That too tightly, i'm still here.
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I'm still here. don't you remember me?
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Don't you remember me? i was in your life before
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I was in your life before the miracle showed up.
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The miracle showed up. you sure you can count
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You sure you can count on that miracle?
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On that miracle? you can sure count on me.
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You can sure count on me. you can always come back to me.
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You can always come back to me. you can always turn back to me.
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You can always turn back to me. i'll always be here waiting."
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I'll always be here waiting." the mistake realizes
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The mistake realizes in the story, that it's not
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In the story, that it's not a part of the future.
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A part of the future. the mistake starts
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The mistake starts to realize that miracle
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To realize that miracle is gonna take over.
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Is gonna take over. that miracle is not gonna
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That miracle is not gonna sit back forever and take it.
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Sit back forever and take it. and your future has
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And your future has a miracle attached to it,
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A miracle attached to it, you've just gotta choose
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You've just gotta choose to starve the mistake
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To starve the mistake and feed the miracle.
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And feed the miracle. but a lot of you showed up
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But a lot of you showed up at church today and you are
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At church today and you are starving the miracle
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Starving the miracle and you're feeding that mistake.
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And you're feeding that mistake. three quick thoughts
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Three quick thoughts and we'll get out of here today.
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And we'll get out of here today. number one, the mistake
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Number one, the mistake couldn't stop the miracle
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Couldn't stop the miracle from being born.
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From being born. in other words, the dream
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In other words, the dream is still possible
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Is still possible in spite of the mistake.
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In spite of the mistake. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. it's not over for you.
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It's not over for you. the mistake does not have
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The mistake does not have to have the final say.
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To have the final say. you have a choice
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You have a choice which one you feed
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Which one you feed and which one you starve.
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And which one you starve. i know this is basic,
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I know this is basic, but i'm just telling you
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But i'm just telling you i've been doing this a long time
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I've been doing this a long time and it comes down to
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And it comes down to the same things, pretty much.
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The same things, pretty much. i'm just going to choose
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I'm just going to choose what to feed
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What to feed and choose what to starve.
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And choose what to starve. no matter how much
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No matter how much faith you have,
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Faith you have, you'll have to learn
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You'll have to learn to handle your mistakes.
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To handle your mistakes. no matter how much
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No matter how much promise you have,
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Promise you have, no matter how much
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No matter how much of the miraculous
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Of the miraculous god's done in your life,
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God's done in your life, you will still have to learn
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You will still have to learn to come to terms
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To come to terms with your mistakes.
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With your mistakes. you'll still have to come
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You'll still have to come to terms with the human
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To terms with the human side of who you are.
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Side of who you are. the mistake could not stop
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The mistake could not stop the miracle from being born.
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The miracle from being born. all of us have things
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All of us have things in our life we would do
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In our life we would do anything to go back
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Anything to go back and change it,
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And change it, but we cannot go back
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But we cannot go back and change it.
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And change it. are you here?
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Are you here? >> congregation: yes.
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>> congregation: yes. it's just what it is.
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It's just what it is. it's been born, it exists,
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It's been born, it exists, but it does not have
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But it does not have to stop the new thing
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To stop the new thing from beginning to grow
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From beginning to grow and mature and develop
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And mature and develop and be fed and nurtured as well.
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And be fed and nurtured as well. number two, the mistakes
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Number two, the mistakes and the miracles,
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And the miracles, both of them will require
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Both of them will require that you feed them.
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That you feed them. in other words,
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In other words, that mistake is hungry,
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That mistake is hungry, it's thirsty,
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It's thirsty, it wants your time,
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It wants your time, it wants your energy,
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It wants your energy, it wants your attention.
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It wants your attention. the mistake wants
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The mistake wants as much affection
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As much affection from you as it can get.
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From you as it can get. but eventually you decide,
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But eventually you decide, which one am i going to feed?
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Which one am i going to feed? because all the resources,
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Because all the resources, all the energy,
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All the energy, all the effort
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All the effort you're giving the mistake,
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You're giving the mistake, you could be giving
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You could be giving that to the miracle.
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That to the miracle. the time, the effort, the focus,
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The time, the effort, the focus, you can be giving
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You can be giving that to the miracle.
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That to the miracle. and number three,
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And number three, you have to evict the mistake.
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You have to evict the mistake. mistake or miracle?
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Mistake or miracle? which one do you wanna live with
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Which one do you wanna live with for the rest of your life?
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For the rest of your life? sarah said to abraham,
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Sarah said to abraham, "i'm done.
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"i'm done. we've been through
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We've been through this long enough.
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This long enough. i want that woman,
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I want that woman, and i want that mistake gone.
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And i want that mistake gone. i'm not living with it
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I'm not living with it one day longer."
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One day longer." abraham, the bible says,
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Abraham, the bible says, was distressed.
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Was distressed. he was conflicted on the inside.
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He was conflicted on the inside. and the bible literally says
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And the bible literally says he's sitting there knowing
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He's sitting there knowing what sarah has said.
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What sarah has said. because sarah's basically
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Because sarah's basically said to abraham, "hey,
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Said to abraham, "hey, you better make a choice
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You better make a choice which one you wanna live with.
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Which one you wanna live with. it's me or her.
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It's me or her. it's isaac or it's ishmael.
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It's isaac or it's ishmael. it's the miracle
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It's the miracle or it's the mistake.
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Or it's the mistake. it's egypt and bondage,
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It's egypt and bondage, or it's canaan
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Or it's canaan and the promised land.
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And the promised land. abraham, you choose."
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Abraham, you choose." but the bible is clear that
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But the bible is clear that abraham is conflicted
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Abraham is conflicted because in his mind,
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Because in his mind, he's responsible
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He's responsible for the mistake.
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For the mistake. he caused it, he created it,
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He caused it, he created it, he brought it into the world.
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He brought it into the world. how is he supposed
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How is he supposed to just let it go?
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To just let it go? but the bible says abraham
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But the bible says abraham takes hagar and ishmael
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Takes hagar and ishmael and he gives 'em --
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And he gives 'em -- leads them away.
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Leads them away. you see, abraham really
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You see, abraham really believed that he had to
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Believed that he had to live with that mistake.
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Live with that mistake. he believed that his life
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He believed that his life would always be feeding
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Would always be feeding and nurturing that mistake,
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And nurturing that mistake, which is what guilt is.
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Which is what guilt is. guilt to the believer
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Guilt to the believer is the feeling of
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Is the feeling of "i understand that
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"i understand that god forgives me,
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God forgives me, but i'm not really ready
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But i'm not really ready to let it go."
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To let it go." i -- it's just been
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I -- it's just been with us so long, huh?
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With us so long, huh? that guilt has been
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That guilt has been with you so long
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With you so long and you think that because
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And you think that because you are a part of creating it,
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You are a part of creating it, you have to live with it
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You have to live with it for the rest of your life.
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For the rest of your life. but god told abraham,
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But god told abraham, "abraham, i know you
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"abraham, i know you feel responsible,
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Feel responsible, and you're right,
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And you're right, you did this.
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You did this. you were there.
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You were there. i saw every step of it.
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I saw every step of it. i know exactly what's brought
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I know exactly what's brought this into your world.
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This into your world. but abraham, it's not
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But abraham, it's not your responsibility."
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Your responsibility." and god tells abraham,
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And god tells abraham, "abraham, will you
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"abraham, will you give it to me?
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Give it to me? will you give me ishmael?
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Will you give me ishmael? will you give me hagar?
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Will you give me hagar? will you give me the mistake?
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Will you give me the mistake? will you give me your failure?
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Will you give me your failure? will you give me?
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Will you give me? would you --
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Would you -- would you give it to me?
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Would you give it to me? would you --
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Would you -- would you trust that
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Would you trust that i can care for it?
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I can care for it? i can deal with it.
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I can deal with it. i can handle it way better
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I can handle it way better than you can, abraham."
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Than you can, abraham." the very mistake you feel
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The very mistake you feel like you'll live
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Like you'll live with your whole life,
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With your whole life, that you'll never
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That you'll never mistake -- escape,
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Mistake -- escape, that you'll never get over,
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That you'll never get over, that you'll never heal from
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That you'll never heal from there comes times
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There comes times where god will say,
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Where god will say, will you give it to me?
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Will you give it to me? will you give it to me?
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>> hey, i'm hoping that
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>> hey, i'm hoping that the message spoke to you
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The message spoke to you in a very special
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In a very special and personal way.
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And personal way. i mentioned at the top
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I mentioned at the top of our time together
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Of our time together i had a special project
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I had a special project i wanted to talk to you about.
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I wanted to talk to you about. this project, i believe,
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This project, i believe, is a big one that
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Is a big one that we're gonna invite you
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We're gonna invite you to help us tackle.
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To help us tackle. i am a product of
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I am a product of a local church that cared
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A local church that cared about the public school system.
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About the public school system. i would've never met
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I would've never met the lord jesus christ
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The lord jesus christ if a local church
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If a local church had not abandoned,
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Had not abandoned, like most of the local churches
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Like most of the local churches have done across america.
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Have done across america. we've abandoned
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We've abandoned the public school system.
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The public school system. we have our christian schools,
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We have our christian schools, i love them, we support them.
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I love them, we support them. home schools, we --
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Home schools, we -- me and my wife have done that
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Me and my wife have done that with our children before
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With our children before but there are many families
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But there are many families and we know that there is --
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And we know that there is -- the greatest harvest field
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The greatest harvest field in america is still
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In america is still the public school system.
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The public school system. as far as kids that are ready
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As far as kids that are ready and ripened to harvest
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And ripened to harvest it is still
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It is still the public school system
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The public school system and the devil is fighting
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And the devil is fighting for our kids like never before.
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For our kids like never before. i remember a scripture
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I remember a scripture where israel is being attacked
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Where israel is being attacked in jeremiah 49
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In jeremiah 49 and they're trying
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And they're trying to figure out
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To figure out how to turn the battle,
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How to turn the battle, and this is what the lord said.
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And this is what the lord said. he said, "where are your sons?
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He said, "where are your sons? where are your --"
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Where are your --" in other words,
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In other words, where are your children.
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Where are your children. so a key to winning america
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So a key to winning america is us asking the question,
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Is us asking the question, have we given up
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Have we given up on our children?
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On our children? and so, i wanna invite you
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And so, i wanna invite you to be a part of what
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To be a part of what we're calling
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We're calling and inviting you to be
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And inviting you to be a "project backpack" missionary.
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A "project backpack" missionary. this is simply you help us
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This is simply you help us buy a backpack
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Buy a backpack and we give it to a student.
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And we give it to a student. and this student has real needs.
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And this student has real needs. these backpacks are anointed,
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These backpacks are anointed, they are prayed for,
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They are prayed for, and you're sending us to go
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And you're sending us to go reach the public high schools.
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Reach the public high schools. let's check this video out
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Let's check this video out and it'll tell you
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And it'll tell you how you can help.
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>> announcer: for some kids
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The first day of school
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Feels more like a setback
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Than a new start,
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That's why
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"project backpack" exists,
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To meet a need
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And to show the love of jesus
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In a real and personal way.
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Because every backpack says,
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"you matter, you're seen.
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You're not alone."
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>> we have a lot of kids
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>> we have a lot of kids because they don't have
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Because they don't have their basic needs beyond,
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Their basic needs beyond, like i said, the school supplies
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Like i said, the school supplies that they have
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That they have a hard time regulating.
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They are lashing out,
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They are lashing out, they are emotionally distressed
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They are emotionally distressed because of the lack of resources
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Because of the lack of resources that some families have.
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That some families have. no one knows what's going on
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No one knows what's going on when these kids
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When these kids leave this building
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Leave this building what their home life
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What their home life looks like.
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Looks like. and if we can help them
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And if we can help them just by giving them a backpack
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Just by giving them a backpack and supplies, why wouldn't we?
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And supplies, why wouldn't we? every year, it's one of
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Every year, it's one of my favorite things
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My favorite things where we have all the supplies
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Where we have all the supplies and the parents
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And the parents bring their kids in,
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Bring their kids in, and they get to see
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And they get to see their backpacks
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Their backpacks and they -- and all the things
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And they -- and all the things that they are getting
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That they are getting for the year
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For the year and they are just so excited.
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And they are just so excited. you can take that kiddo
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You can take that kiddo that is feeling worthless
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That is feeling worthless to feeling like they matter
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To feeling like they matter and that they can do
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And that they can do anything that they wanna do,
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Anything that they wanna do, if they just put
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If they just put their mind to it.
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>> let's be the hands
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And feet of jesus,
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Because this isn't
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Just about backpacks,
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It's about expanding heaven,
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One student at a time.
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Call or go online
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To donate now.
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♪ ♪
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>> hey, thank you so much
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>> hey, thank you so much for helping us.
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For helping us. we love you so much,
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We love you so much, we'll see you next week.
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Marcus Mecum - Starve Your Mistakes

August 10, 2025 | 27:42

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