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Marcus Mecum | Marcus Mecum - Stay Here | July 20, 2025

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>> i wanna welcome you
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>> i wanna welcome you to our broadcast today,
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To our broadcast today, i'm marcus mecum.
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I'm marcus mecum. and if you've ever
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And if you've ever felt inadequate,
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Felt inadequate, if you've ever felt
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If you've ever felt like you don't measure up,
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Like you don't measure up, like you keep falling short,
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Like you keep falling short, today's message is one
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Today's message is one you're gonna wanna listen to
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You're gonna wanna listen to without any question.
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Without any question. the people that god
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The people that god seems to use the most
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Seems to use the most are not the super spiritual
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Are not the super spiritual ones that we think,
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Ones that we think, as a matter of fact,
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As a matter of fact, we're gonna see that god
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We're gonna see that god actually is looking
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Actually is looking for broken people.
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For broken people. let's check this message out
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Let's check this message out and i'll see you
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And i'll see you in a little bit.
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>> i wanna give you
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>> i wanna give you the prequel to pentecost.
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The prequel to pentecost. this is just a question,
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This is just a question, how did they know,
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How did they know, on what we would call
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On what we would call the day of pentecost,
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The day of pentecost, in acts 2, how did they know --
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In acts 2, how did they know -- simon peter said it like this,
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Simon peter said it like this, "this is that which was spoken
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"this is that which was spoken by the prophet joel
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By the prophet joel that in the last days
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That in the last days god will pour out his spirit
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God will pour out his spirit on all flesh."
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On all flesh." how did they know that
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How did they know that that rushing wind,
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That rushing wind, how did they know that
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How did they know that that fire that sat
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That fire that sat upon each of them,
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Upon each of them, how did they know that
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How did they know that that was the holy spirit?
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That was the holy spirit? how did they immediately know?
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How did they immediately know? i mean, we could see john 14-17
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I mean, we could see john 14-17 which would be
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Which would be the upper room discourse
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The upper room discourse where jesus would walk
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Where jesus would walk his disciples through
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His disciples through how to have a relationship
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How to have a relationship with the holy spirit.
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With the holy spirit. of course, we would know
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Of course, we would know he introduces the bread
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He introduces the bread and the wine,
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And the wine, that's his body and his blood.
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That's his body and his blood. we would know that
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We would know that he washes the disciples feet.
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He washes the disciples feet. that the night before he died
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That the night before he died he took his disciples with him
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He took his disciples with him to the garden of gethsemane
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To the garden of gethsemane and he would talk to them
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And he would talk to them in those three chapters
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In those three chapters on the holy spirit
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On the holy spirit but he never says,
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But he never says, "there's just gonna be
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"there's just gonna be a rushing mighty wind."
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A rushing mighty wind." he never says, "there's going
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He never says, "there's going to be divided tongues
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To be divided tongues as of fire setting on them."
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As of fire setting on them." he never says that
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He never says that there's gonna be a language
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There's gonna be a language that they're given,
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That they're given, a language of the spirit,
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A language of the spirit, a language that
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A language that the spirit of god
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The spirit of god gives them the utterance,
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Gives them the utterance, that they may not know
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That they may not know what they're praying,
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What they're praying, but god is praying through them.
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But god is praying through them. this heavenly language,
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This heavenly language, this beautiful language from it.
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This beautiful language from it. he -- god -- jesus never
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He -- god -- jesus never discusses that with them
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Discusses that with them so how did they know?
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So how did they know? well, i think one of the ways
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Well, i think one of the ways that we could consider it
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That we could consider it is by looking at the back story.
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Is by looking at the back story. before i get to that let's just,
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Before i get to that let's just, again, look at acts 2,
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Again, look at acts 2, some of the things
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Some of the things that were going on
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That were going on and then we'll go back
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And then we'll go back for just a little bit.
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For just a little bit. jesus has just risen
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Jesus has just risen from the dead,
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From the dead, he had appeared for 40 days
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He had appeared for 40 days "with many infallible proofs"
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"with many infallible proofs" is what the bible says.
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Is what the bible says. so he appeared, i think,
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So he appeared, i think, well over ten times.
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Well over ten times. there's different
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There's different appearance accounts
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Appearance accounts or considerations,
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Or considerations, but over ten times
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But over ten times he appeared we would know.
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He appeared we would know. he walks through the room
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He walks through the room to his apostles without simon
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To his apostles without simon or without thomas,
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Or without thomas, doubting thomas.
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Doubting thomas. he appeared to thomas,
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He appeared to thomas, touches the hands,
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Touches the hands, his wounds in his hands
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His wounds in his hands and the wounds in his side.
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And the wounds in his side. he showed up on
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He showed up on the road to emmaus,
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The road to emmaus, he showed up to his brother,
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He showed up to his brother, james, most believe,
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James, most believe, who was not a believer
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Who was not a believer that jesus was the son of god.
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That jesus was the son of god. so he appeared many times.
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So he appeared many times. he ends by showing up
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He ends by showing up to the 500 as he ascends
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To the 500 as he ascends to the right hand of the father.
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To the right hand of the father. and before his ascension
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And before his ascension he gave instructions in acts 1
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He gave instructions in acts 1 to go wait and tarry
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To go wait and tarry in jerusalem until the gift,
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In jerusalem until the gift, the promise of the father,
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The promise of the father, would be given.
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Would be given. and so, they go to
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And so, they go to the upper room
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The upper room and they're there
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And they're there and they're waiting,
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And they're waiting, and tarrying
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And tarrying there in jerusalem.
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There in jerusalem. now, what they would've been
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Now, what they would've been doing as good jewish people
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Doing as good jewish people is they would have been
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Is they would have been celebrating the feast of weeks.
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Celebrating the feast of weeks. is a jewish holiday, shavuot,
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Is a jewish holiday, shavuot, which is the time that
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Which is the time that they celebrate,
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They celebrate, jewish people celebrate
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Jewish people celebrate the giving of the torah.
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The giving of the torah. so, you could look at pentecost
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So, you could look at pentecost and know that it's 50 or --
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And know that it's 50 or -- the feast of weeks is
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The feast of weeks is seven weeks after passover,
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Seven weeks after passover, for us that's seven weeks
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For us that's seven weeks after jesus died on the cross.
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After jesus died on the cross. that's pentecost,
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That's pentecost, so that's how
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So that's how that parallel's going on.
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That parallel's going on. so, they would've, of course,
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So, they would've, of course, not had acts,
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Not had acts, they would've not
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They would've not have had the bible,
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Have had the bible, but they would've
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But they would've had the scripture that
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Had the scripture that we're going to look at
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We're going to look at in the book of exodus.
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In the book of exodus. so, they would have there
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So, they would have there been celebrating
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Been celebrating what you could call
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What you could call the first pentecost,
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The first pentecost, the first time that god --
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The first time that god -- as moses went up mount sinai
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As moses went up mount sinai and he was given the word,
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And he was given the word, the scriptures, the law,
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The scriptures, the law, the torah, if you will.
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The torah, if you will. so, let's look at exodus 24,
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So, let's look at exodus 24, and i'll walk you through
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And i'll walk you through what i believe is the back story
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What i believe is the back story that they would've been
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That they would've been thinking about as they
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Thinking about as they gathered there in
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Gathered there in the upper room for ten days.
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The upper room for ten days. and i want you to see this
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And i want you to see this before i read, that pentecost
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Before i read, that pentecost as i see it in both
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As i see it in both of these texts that
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Of these texts that we're going to look at,
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We're going to look at, acts 2 and exodus 24,
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Acts 2 and exodus 24, is not for the spiritual giants.
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Is not for the spiritual giants. i know that -- we know them
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I know that -- we know them as spiritual giants, the 120,
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As spiritual giants, the 120, or the apostles, or moses.
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Or the apostles, or moses. it's -- pentecost
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It's -- pentecost really is not for --
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Really is not for -- i'm not saying it
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I'm not saying it does not include people
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Does not include people that love to run the aisles
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That love to run the aisles and shout and scream,
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And shout and scream, and pray in tongues
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And pray in tongues and all that kind stuff,
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And all that kind stuff, i'm for all that.
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I'm for all that. none of that stuff bothers me,
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None of that stuff bothers me, it might bother you,
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It might bother you, it might bother your friends,
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It might bother your friends, but it does not
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But it does not bother me at all.
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Bother me at all. but what i want you to know
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But what i want you to know is that pentecost really,
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Is that pentecost really, at its core,
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At its core, was for broken people
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Was for broken people that have come to a place
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That have come to a place that they have no other
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That they have no other alternative in their life,
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Alternative in their life, they need god.
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They need god. without god,
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Without god, they have no future,
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They have no future, without god, there's no way
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Without god, there's no way they can make it.
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They can make it. and that level of desperation
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And that level of desperation is what you see
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Is what you see on the day of pentecost
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On the day of pentecost which to me is good news.
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Which to me is good news. because there's many people here
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Because there's many people here that you feel like
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That you feel like you're in a desperate place,
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You're in a desperate place, a failed place, a broken place,
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A failed place, a broken place, a lonely place.
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A lonely place. and i want you to know
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And i want you to know that pentecost,
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That pentecost, the day that we're celebrating,
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The day that we're celebrating, the day that god poured
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The day that god poured out his spirit,
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Out his spirit, it had you in mind.
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It had you in mind. this day is a day
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This day is a day that was appointed by god
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That was appointed by god for broken people.
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For broken people. verse 12 of exodus 24,
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Verse 12 of exodus 24, we'll look at the screen
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We'll look at the screen for those of you who can't
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For those of you who can't read the small print
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Read the small print in your bible.
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In your bible. "the lord said to moses,
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'come up to me on the mountain
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'come up to me on the mountain and stay here,'"
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And stay here,'" everybody say, "stay here."
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Everybody say, "stay here." >> congregation: stay here.
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>> congregation: stay here. >> "'and i will give you
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>> "'and i will give you the tablets of stone and the law
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The tablets of stone and the law and the commandments
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And the commandments i have written
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I have written for their instruction.'"
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For their instruction.'" so again, remember they're
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So again, remember they're gonna be celebrating this,
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Gonna be celebrating this, right here,
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Right here, the giving of the torah
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The giving of the torah in acts 2.
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In acts 2. that's what they would've all --
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That's what they would've all -- all the different people
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All the different people would've been gathering in
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Would've been gathering in the city of jerusalem,
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The city of jerusalem, that's why all the different
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That's why all the different nations are there,
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Nations are there, because they're celebrating
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Because they're celebrating the giving of the torah,
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The giving of the torah, or the feast of weeks.
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Or the feast of weeks. "then moses set out
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"then moses set out with joshua his aide,
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With joshua his aide, and moses went up
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And moses went up the mountain of god
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The mountain of god and he said to the elders,
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And he said to the elders, 'wait here for us until
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'wait here for us until we come back to you.
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We come back to you. aaron and hur are with you,
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Aaron and hur are with you, and anyone involved
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And anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.'"
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In a dispute can go to them.'" verse 15, "and moses went up
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Verse 15, "and moses went up the mountain but noticed
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The mountain but noticed a cloud covered it,
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A cloud covered it, and the glory of the lord
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And the glory of the lord settled there on mount sinai.
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Settled there on mount sinai. for six days the cloud
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For six days the cloud covered the mountain.
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Covered the mountain. on the 7th day the lord
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On the 7th day the lord called to moses
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Called to moses from within the cloud."
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From within the cloud." now, the bible talks about
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Now, the bible talks about different kinds of days.
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You and i don't live a life
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You and i don't live a life where every day is the same.
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Where every day is the same. it talks about days of love,
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It talks about days of love, it talks about evil days,
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It talks about evil days, days of your youth,
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Days of your youth, or old days, or days of old.
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Or old days, or days of old. talks about days of famine,
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Talks about days of famine, days of renewal.
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Days of renewal. we have days of life
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We have days of life and we have days of death.
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And we have days of death. we have days where we labor
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We have days where we labor and we work and then
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And we work and then we have sabbath days
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We have sabbath days where we rest.
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Where we rest. you have losing days
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You have losing days and you have winning days.
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And you have winning days. the bible talks about
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The bible talks about the last days
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The last days and the former days.
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And the former days. the bible says in those days
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The bible says in those days giants roamed the earth
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Giants roamed the earth so there's those days.
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So there's those days. there's the days of herod,
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There's the days of herod, there's the days of
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There's the days of john the baptist.
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John the baptist. there's all kinds
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There's all kinds of different days that
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Of different days that we read about in the bible.
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We read about in the bible. we have the last days
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We have the last days and the former days.
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And the former days. what we do know is that
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What we do know is that the bible introduces
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The bible introduces there are different
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There are different types of days.
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Types of days. there are days that
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There are days that are unexplainable.
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Are unexplainable. what we have for sure
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What we have for sure is there is no promise,
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Is there is no promise, no matter how spiritual you are,
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No matter how spiritual you are, that you will have
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That you will have trouble-free life,
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Trouble-free life, or trouble-free days
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Or trouble-free days in your life.
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In your life. people say all the time
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People say all the time life is not fair.
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Life is not fair. that's not true,
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That's not true, it's fair because
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It's fair because it's unfair to everybody.
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It's unfair to everybody. there's no such thing
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There's no such thing as a fair shake,
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As a fair shake, everyone faces different
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Everyone faces different types of days.
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Types of days. everyone has challenges.
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Everyone has challenges. one of the biggest mistakes
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One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to
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You can make is to compare your challenges
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Compare your challenges to somebody else.
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To somebody else. it leads to two different
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It leads to two different types of things,
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Types of things, one of them is it can lead
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One of them is it can lead to great pride because
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To great pride because you would think,
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You would think, “they haven't been through
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“they haven't been through what i've been through,
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What i've been through, how could they possibly be
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How could they possibly be feeling that way?”
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Feeling that way?” the other thing is
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The other thing is it could lead to isolation
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It could lead to isolation because you would think,
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Because you would think, “no one can relate to me
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“no one can relate to me because no one's been through
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Because no one's been through the kind of hardships
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The kind of hardships i've been through.”
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I've been through.” either way,
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Either way, what you need to know
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What you need to know is that we all have
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Is that we all have different types of days.
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Different types of days. god promises no one
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God promises no one a trouble-free life.
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A trouble-free life. paul said, “i am persuaded
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Paul said, “i am persuaded of all this, though,
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Of all this, though, no matter what
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No matter what my days look like,
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My days look like, that he is able to keep
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That he is able to keep that which he's committed to me
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That which he's committed to me against that day.”
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Against that day.” so you're going to have
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So you're going to have good days and bad days.
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Good days and bad days. the disciples are clear
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The disciples are clear that when you're having
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That when you're having a really bad day --
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A really bad day -- they're in the middle of a storm
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They're in the middle of a storm and jesus is sleeping
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And jesus is sleeping in the storm
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In the storm and they go and wake him up.
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And they go and wake him up. and their indictment to god
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And their indictment to god is this, “you don't care
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Is this, “you don't care that we're up here
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That we're up here about to perish.”
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About to perish.” and that's what happens
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And that's what happens when you have some
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When you have some really bad days.
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Really bad days. “god, what is going on?
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“god, what is going on? you can't possibly care.
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You can't possibly care. i can't possibly matter to you.
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I can't possibly matter to you. you can't possibly be
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You can't possibly be aware of this situation.
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Aware of this situation. i'm about to perish.
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I'm about to perish. i'm about to die,
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I'm about to die, and you're sleeping.”
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And you're sleeping.” so you can characterize
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So you can characterize whatever your days are
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Whatever your days are into three different categories:
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Into three different categories: number one, a normal day.
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Number one, a normal day. nothing special,
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Nothing special, nothing distinguishes that day.
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Nothing distinguishes that day. it's an ordinary, predictable,
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It's an ordinary, predictable, average, just blah, boring day.
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Average, just blah, boring day. you have dark days,
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You have dark days, that's days of the valley,
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That's days of the valley, where you're in the valley,
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Where you're in the valley, you're discouraged,
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You're discouraged, you're disappointed,
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You're disappointed, david said, “though
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David said, “though i walk through
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I walk through the valley of the shadows,”
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The valley of the shadows,” so there's just shadowy days,
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So there's just shadowy days, lonely days.
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Lonely days. the valley is
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The valley is the valley of dry bones,
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The valley of dry bones, so dry days.
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So dry days. there's ravens that come
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There's ravens that come and visit the valley.
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And visit the valley. so, it's just --
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So, it's just -- spiritually, it's dark,
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Spiritually, it's dark, spiritually, you're being
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Spiritually, you're being surrounded by the enemy.
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Surrounded by the enemy. days of isolation,
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Days of isolation, the bible calls it
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The bible calls it the “valley of baca”
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The “valley of baca” or the valley
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Or the valley of tears or weeping.
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Of tears or weeping. and when you've had
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And when you've had enough dark days,
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Enough dark days, you learn to enjoy
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You learn to enjoy the normal days.
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The normal days. when you're young you say,
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When you're young you say, “this is a boring day,
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“this is a boring day, nothing exciting is happening,
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Nothing exciting is happening, i hate this day,
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I hate this day, there's nothing to do today.”
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There's nothing to do today.” but as you go through
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But as you go through some painful days,
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Some painful days, some dark days,
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Some dark days, you just look forward
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You just look forward to the day where
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To the day where it's not painful anymore.
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It's not painful anymore. then you have your
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Then you have your mountain top days,
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Mountain top days, the days of breakthrough,
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The days of breakthrough, the days where you have
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The days where you have high expectations,
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High expectations, the days of miracles,
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The days of miracles, the days where god's
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The days where god's presence is manifest,
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Presence is manifest, the days where you believe
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The days where you believe you can do anything,
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You can do anything, all things are possible.
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All things are possible. you know those days
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You know those days your faith is strong,
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Your faith is strong, those days where you feel
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Those days where you feel like you could soar
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Like you could soar like the mighty eagle,
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Like the mighty eagle, your victory days,
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Your victory days, your vision days,
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Your vision days, the exciting days.
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The exciting days. well, in our text,
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Well, in our text, we read about god
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We read about god calling to the man moses,
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Calling to the man moses, the creator of the universe,
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The creator of the universe, saying, “hey, moses, i've got
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Saying, “hey, moses, i've got a mountain top day for you.”
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A mountain top day for you.” and i believe like any of us,
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And i believe like any of us, when you're called to
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When you're called to a mountain top experience,
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A mountain top experience, his heart was probably racing.
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His heart was probably racing. he was excited.
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He was excited. i'm guessing he was fired up
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I'm guessing he was fired up in some way because there --
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In some way because there -- again, we all like
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Again, we all like the mountain top days.
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The mountain top days. we all think about
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We all think about this is really what god
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This is really what god wants us --
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Wants us -- where god wants to --
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Where god wants to -- he wants us all to live
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He wants us all to live in this mountain top place.
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In this mountain top place. peter on the mountain
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Peter on the mountain of transfiguration,
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Of transfiguration, what did he say?
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What did he say? he said, “it's good for us
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He said, “it's good for us to be here,”
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To be here,” in other words,
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In other words, he didn't want to leave.
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He didn't want to leave. he said, “we should build
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He said, “we should build three different tabernacles
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Three different tabernacles right here on this mountain
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Right here on this mountain and let everybody come
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And let everybody come to this mountain like we are.
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To this mountain like we are. this is good.
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This is good. we don't wanna go
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We don't wanna go down the mountain.
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Down the mountain. we don't wanna go
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We don't wanna go back to real life,
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Back to real life, normal life.
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Normal life. we don't wanna go back
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We don't wanna go back to dark days,
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To dark days, we don't wanna go back
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We don't wanna go back to normal days,
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To normal days, we wanna stay on
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We wanna stay on this mountain top.”
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This mountain top.” he wanted to build
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He wanted to build a church on the mountain top.
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A church on the mountain top. no one wants to build
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No one wants to build a church in the valley,
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A church in the valley, david said, “though i walk
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David said, “though i walk through the valley,”
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Through the valley,” he's planning on
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He's planning on walking through it,
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Walking through it, he don't wanna build
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He don't wanna build a church in it.
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A church in it. so the bible says,
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So the bible says, “the lord calls out to moses,
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“the lord calls out to moses, ‘come up this mountain,'”
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‘come up this mountain,'” and he gives them two words,
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And he gives them two words, “stay here.”
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“stay here.” when he gets there
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When he gets there the bible says that a cloud
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The bible says that a cloud covered the mountain top
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Covered the mountain top and there he is for six days.
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And there he is for six days. six days the cloud
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Six days the cloud covered the mountain.
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Covered the mountain. six days he's there.
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Six days he's there. he's exactly where god
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He's exactly where god said to be but god appears
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Said to be but god appears to not be there.
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To not be there. he obeys the command of god,
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He obeys the command of god, he goes up the mountain
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He goes up the mountain yet god does not show up.
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Yet god does not show up. he's there,
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He's there, but god is not there.
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But god is not there. so where is god?
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So where is god? what's going on?
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What's going on? where are you at?
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Where are you at? and so, sometimes
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And so, sometimes what's worse than even
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What's worse than even a valley day or a dark day
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A valley day or a dark day is a day that you're
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Is a day that you're on the mountain top,
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On the mountain top, things are supposed to be good.
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Things are supposed to be good. life is really, in many ways,
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Life is really, in many ways, the way you hoped it would be.
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The way you hoped it would be. you look around and life's good,
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You look around and life's good, but then all of a sudden
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But then all of a sudden on the mountain top
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On the mountain top you find out that
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You find out that it's cloudy and god's not there.
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It's cloudy and god's not there. you're exactly where god told
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You're exactly where god told you to go but it's cloudy.
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You to go but it's cloudy. god's not there, i'm there.
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God's not there, i'm there. i'm doing what he said to do.
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I'm doing what he said to do. i'm on this mountain.
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I'm on this mountain. and for six days
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And for six days the bible says that moses
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The bible says that moses is there and god is not.
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Is there and god is not. it's dark, it's cloudy,
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It's dark, it's cloudy, it's gloomy, no god,
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It's gloomy, no god, no voice, no sign,
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No voice, no sign, no miracles, no wonders
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No miracles, no wonders from heaven.
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From heaven. and the point is sometimes
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And the point is sometimes the mountain is not like
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The mountain is not like you thought it would be
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You thought it would be and sometimes you might
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And sometimes you might even find yourself
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Even find yourself cloudy on the mountain
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Cloudy on the mountain but god sends us
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But god sends us to those places.
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To those places. and if we look at
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And if we look at the back story of pentecost
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The back story of pentecost the instructions are,
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The instructions are, "stay there."
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"stay there." don't leave.
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Don't leave. sometimes all you have from god
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Sometimes all you have from god are those two words,
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Are those two words, "stay there."
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"stay there." stay there
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Stay there when your heartbroken,
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When your heartbroken, stay there when
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Stay there when you're disappointed,
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You're disappointed, stay there when you understand
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Stay there when you understand and when you don't understand.
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And when you don't understand. stay there in the dark days,
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Stay there in the dark days, stay there in the valley days,
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Stay there in the valley days, stay there in the painful days.
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Stay there in the painful days. six days moses is there
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Six days moses is there dealing with his emotions,
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Dealing with his emotions, dealing with his doubts,
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Dealing with his doubts, dealing with the wondering,
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Dealing with the wondering, "god, what are you up to?"
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"god, what are you up to?" dealing with the sense
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Dealing with the sense of hopelessness and loneliness,
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Of hopelessness and loneliness, and isolation saying to himself,
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And isolation saying to himself, "i'm not really sure
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"i'm not really sure i'm cut out for this,
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I'm cut out for this, that i can do all this."
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That i can do all this." but his job was to stay there.
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But his job was to stay there. finally, on the seventh day
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Finally, on the seventh day god calls out to moses.
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God calls out to moses. this is the back story
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This is the back story of pentecost.
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Of pentecost. god calls out to moses,
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God calls out to moses, "hey moses, you still there?
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"hey moses, you still there? hey moses, you given up yet?
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Hey moses, you given up yet? moses, you quit?
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Moses, you quit? hey moses, are you like
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Hey moses, are you like all those other people down
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All those other people down at the bottom of the mountain,
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At the bottom of the mountain, they're already worshipping
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They're already worshipping golden calves,
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Golden calves, they're doing
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They're doing all kinds of cru --
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All kinds of cru -- they've already given up.
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They've already given up. they couldn't stay the course.
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They couldn't stay the course. moses, are you mad at me?
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Moses, are you mad at me? are you disappointed in me?"
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Are you disappointed in me?" nothing worse than
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Nothing worse than you're on the mountain,
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You're on the mountain, but it's not what you
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But it's not what you thought it would be.
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Thought it would be. that's the first pentecost.
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That's the first pentecost. we would know that god
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We would know that god calls out on day seven
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Calls out on day seven and that god would give
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And that god would give moses the scriptures,
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Moses the scriptures, the torah, the law,
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The torah, the law, and god gives that to him.
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And god gives that to him. and the bible says that
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And the bible says that there was a consuming fire
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There was a consuming fire that called out.
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That called out. so, now you have acts 2
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So, now you have acts 2 where god's instructions are
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Where god's instructions are similar to what moses received.
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Similar to what moses received. "go to the upper room,
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"go to the upper room, go to jerusalem,
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Go to jerusalem, go wait and tarry,
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Go wait and tarry, i want you to stay there.
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I want you to stay there. don't leave, don't move.
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Don't leave, don't move. i want you to go
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I want you to go and i want you to stay there."
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And i want you to stay there." now, they're experiencing,
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Now, they're experiencing, in many ways,
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In many ways, a mountain top experience.
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A mountain top experience. jesus has just been
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Jesus has just been raised from the dead,
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Raised from the dead, he's just been resurrected,
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He's just been resurrected, they've all seen this.
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They've all seen this. the tomb is empty.
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The tomb is empty. they've all had
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They've all had their encounters,
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Their encounters, they've watched him ascend to
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They've watched him ascend to the right hand of the father.
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The right hand of the father. and so, in many ways
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And so, in many ways they're on the mountain top.
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They're on the mountain top. but on the other side
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But on the other side he's gone, he's ascended.
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He's gone, he's ascended. they're there
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They're there and he's not there.
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And he's not there. and as they're
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And as they're in the upper room
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In the upper room they're going back to
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They're going back to the very first,
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The very first, if you will, pentecost.
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If you will, pentecost. how god said to moses,
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How god said to moses, "stay there,"
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"stay there," and how jesus said to them,
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And how jesus said to them, "stay there.
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"stay there. don't move, don't leave,
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Don't move, don't leave, wait and tarry."
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Wait and tarry." and like moses they had
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And like moses they had their experience with god.
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Their experience with god. they were in the upper room
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They were in the upper room for ten days.
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For ten days. we don't know what
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We don't know what they prayed for,
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They prayed for, we don't know what they said.
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We don't know what they said. we don't have the details
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We don't have the details of what they said,
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Of what they said, but i kinda feel like
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But i kinda feel like i know what was going on.
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I know what was going on. they're there, god isn't.
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They're there, god isn't. he's ascended to
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He's ascended to the right hand of the father.
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The right hand of the father. they're there
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They're there but the conditions outside
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But the conditions outside of the upper room are hostile.
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Of the upper room are hostile. they just watched jesus
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They just watched jesus be crucified 40 days earlier,
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Be crucified 40 days earlier, 50 days earlier
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50 days earlier in that timeframe.
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In that timeframe. they've just watched
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They've just watched the same enemies of jesus
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The same enemies of jesus as they're out looking for them.
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As they're out looking for them. he's told them to go
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He's told them to go reach the world,
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Reach the world, go preach the gospel
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Go preach the gospel in all the earth
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In all the earth making disciples of all men.
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Making disciples of all men. how are they supposed
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How are they supposed to do that?
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To do that? how are they supposed
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How are they supposed to go into all the world
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To go into all the world to preach the gospel,
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To preach the gospel, they're not preachers.
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They're not preachers. how are they supposed
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How are they supposed to go make disciples,
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To go make disciples, they're not rabbis
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They're not rabbis they're just fishermen,
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They're just fishermen, they're just --
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They're just -- they're tax collectors,
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They're tax collectors, they're normal, average people.
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They're normal, average people. they have no ability to do
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They have no ability to do the things --
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The things -- they're supposed to go
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They're supposed to go into all the world,
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Into all the world, none of them had even
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None of them had even been to the point --
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Been to the point -- the furthest point
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The furthest point they had ever gone
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They had ever gone is the sea of galilee.
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Is the sea of galilee. how are they supposed
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How are they supposed to do these things?
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To do these things? what they're being
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What they're being asked to accomplish
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Asked to accomplish is an impossible task.
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Is an impossible task. on day seven,
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On day seven, out of the consuming fire,
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Out of the consuming fire, god took his finger and wrote
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God took his finger and wrote on the tablets of stone
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On the tablets of stone and gave the torah
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And gave the torah and the scriptures to moses.
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And the scriptures to moses. and now you have the 120
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And now you have the 120 who are there as well
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Who are there as well in many ways,
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In many ways, in their own cloudy,
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In their own cloudy, dark, gloomy, not sure what
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Dark, gloomy, not sure what the future looks like place.
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The future looks like place. and we have on day ten
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And we have on day ten the mighty rushing wind
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The mighty rushing wind fills that upper room
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Fills that upper room and divided tongues
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And divided tongues as a fire set on them.
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As a fire set on them. and simon peter says,
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And simon peter says, "i know exactly what this is,
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"i know exactly what this is, i've seen the prequel.
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I've seen the prequel. i know exactly what's going on."
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I know exactly what's going on." he saw the fire and he said,
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He saw the fire and he said, "this is the pre --
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"this is the pre -- i've seen the prequel,
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I've seen the prequel, i've seen god" --
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I've seen god" -- so, he knew that
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So, he knew that it was the holy spirit.
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It was the holy spirit. and he said, "this is exactly
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And he said, "this is exactly what was spoken by
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What was spoken by the prophet joel."
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The prophet joel." so day seven, god gave
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So day seven, god gave moses the scriptures.
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Moses the scriptures. that's the first pentecost.
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That's the first pentecost. we're here celebrating
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We're here celebrating how on day ten
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How on day ten god gave the holy spirit.
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God gave the holy spirit. and so, there's two things
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And so, there's two things that you need to live
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That you need to live a purposeful life.
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A purposeful life. not a pain free life,
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Not a pain free life, not pain free days.
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Not pain free days. two things that we hear
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Two things that we hear on the 1st pentecost
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On the 1st pentecost and then acts 2 on pentecost
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And then acts 2 on pentecost and it's that you need the word
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And it's that you need the word and you need the spirit.
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And you need the spirit. you need the word
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You need the word and you need the spirit.
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And you need the spirit. the word in the spirit,
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The word in the spirit, and you just stay there.
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And you just stay there. you're just -- you stay
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You're just -- you stay faithful to the word
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Faithful to the word and the spirit.
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And the spirit. now, how does this work?
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Now, how does this work? most of us approach
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Most of us approach god wanting him to do
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God wanting him to do something for us.
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Something for us. "do a miracle.
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"do a miracle. i want you to --
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I want you to -- i want -- i want you to do
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I want -- i want you to do something for me."
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Something for me." and the reason that
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And the reason that we're like this is
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We're like this is because on a human level,
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Because on a human level, that's how you learn whether
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That's how you learn whether or not someone really means
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Or not someone really means what they say
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What they say is by what they do, right?
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Is by what they do, right? have you learned that
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Have you learned that if you just listen to
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If you just listen to what somebody says
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What somebody says and you don't watch
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And you don't watch what they do,
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What they do, you can get really
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You can get really messed up with a person?
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Messed up with a person? because somebody could
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Because somebody could say all the right things and do
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Say all the right things and do the exact opposite, right?
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The exact opposite, right? you've learned that?
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You've learned that? so with people, you don't
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So with people, you don't listen to what they say,
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Listen to what they say, you watch what they do, right?
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You watch what they do, right? right?
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Right? you didn't know that.
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You didn't know that. there you go, that's free.
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There you go, that's free. learn to tell yourself
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Learn to tell yourself the truth about a person
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The truth about a person not by the words
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Not by the words that they speak,
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That they speak, but by the actions.
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But by the actions. they're saying very
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They're saying very clearly who they are,
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Clearly who they are, what they're about
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What they're about through their actions.
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Through their actions. right?
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Right? okay.
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Okay. but with god it's the opposite.
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But with god it's the opposite. with god, you can't
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With god, you can't approach him by what he does.
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Approach him by what he does. people get deceived
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People get deceived when they say,
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When they say, "god, you should be --
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"god, you should be -- you did this for them,
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You did this for them, you should be doing this for me.
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You should be doing this for me. i don't know why
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I don't know why you did it for them
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You did it for them and why you're not
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And why you're not doing it for me.
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Doing it for me. if you love me
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If you love me like you love them,
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Like you love them, you'd be doing for me
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You'd be doing for me what you did for them."
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What you did for them." and in the same way
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And in the same way that you can get messed up
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That you can get messed up with people by listening
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With people by listening to their words,
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To their words, with god you get messed up
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With god you get messed up by looking at what
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By looking at what he does or does not do.
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He does or does not do. so with god,
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So with god, you have to listen
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You have to listen to what he says.
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To what he says. his word is what
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His word is what you're looking for.
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You're looking for. stay here.
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Stay here. his word.
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His word. what does god say?
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What does god say? because god may not do
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Because god may not do anything about the situation,
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Anything about the situation, he may not change the situation,
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He may not change the situation, it may not --
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It may not -- nothing may ever look
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Nothing may ever look any different about it
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Any different about it but what you're looking for
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But what you're looking for is for god to give you
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Is for god to give you a word for the situation.
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A word for the situation. this is gonna help you,
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This is gonna help you, just real quick,
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Just real quick, if i'm praying,
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If i'm praying, "god change this,
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"god change this, deliver me from this,
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Deliver me from this, why are you letting me
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Why are you letting me go through this?
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Go through this? why aren't you doing
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Why aren't you doing something about this?
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Something about this? why aren't you changing this?"
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Why aren't you changing this?" wrong.
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Wrong. don't do it,
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Don't do it, that's what you do with people,
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That's what you do with people, with god, "god, i'm in
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With god, "god, i'm in this situation...
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This situation... i need you to speak to me.
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I need you to speak to me. i need you to give me
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I need you to give me a word for this."
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A word for this." and if god gives you a word
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And if god gives you a word nothing may change
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Nothing may change about the situation.
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About the situation. think about it,
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Think about it, nothing changed about
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Nothing changed about the book of acts,
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The book of acts, all the conditions
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All the conditions were still hostile,
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Were still hostile, all their fears were still real,
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All their fears were still real, all their inadequacies
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All their inadequacies were still going on,
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Were still going on, but they received
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But they received what they needed
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What they needed as far as instructions.
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As far as instructions. and though the situation
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And though the situation didn't change they changed.
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Didn't change they changed. so god can give you a word.
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So god can give you a word. it don't matter what
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It don't matter what the circumstance is.
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The circumstance is. you could be looking
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You could be looking at the darkest day imaginable,
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At the darkest day imaginable, the most hopeless day
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The most hopeless day imaginable.
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Imaginable. you could be looking at
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You could be looking at something that destroys
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Something that destroys most people, but somehow
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Most people, but somehow you're able to endure it,
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You're able to endure it, and go through it,
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And go through it, and face it,
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And face it, and be courageous
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And be courageous and strong in the middle of it.
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And strong in the middle of it. not because anything about
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Not because anything about the situation changes,
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The situation changes, but because god gives you a word
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But because god gives you a word to know how to go through it.
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To know how to go through it. just speaks to you about it.
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[applause]
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>> i can relate so much
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>> i can relate so much to that feeling
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To that feeling of not measuring up,
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Of not measuring up, or not being enough.
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Or not being enough. i don't know if i've ever
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I don't know if i've ever really felt that,
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Really felt that, that "man i've got it together.
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That "man i've got it together. i've got what i need."
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I've got what i need." but, the good news is
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But, the good news is that's what pentecost,
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That's what pentecost, that's what the upper room
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That's what the upper room is all about is god knows how
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Is all about is god knows how to make up the difference,
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To make up the difference, god knows how to say,
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God knows how to say, "well this -- this is maybe
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"well this -- this is maybe even a weakness in your life
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Even a weakness in your life but that's alright,
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But that's alright, i'll turn it
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I'll turn it into your strength."
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Into your strength." and so, for all of us
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And so, for all of us that are out there
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That are out there that feel like we're broken,
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That feel like we're broken, that we don't measure up,
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That we don't measure up, pentecost in
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Pentecost in the upper room is for you.
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The upper room is for you. and so, father,
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And so, father, in jesus name thank you
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In jesus name thank you for the outpouring
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For the outpouring of your spirit on all of us
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Of your spirit on all of us that feel like we're not enough
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That feel like we're not enough in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. as we end our time together,
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As we end our time together, i want you to listen
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I want you to listen to this new song,
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To this new song, "you stay the same."
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"you stay the same." and you can find it,
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And you can find it, you can get it anywhere
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You can get it anywhere music is streamed.
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Music is streamed. i know it'll be
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I know it'll be a blessing to you.
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A blessing to you. during the course of this song,
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During the course of this song, you wanna call for prayer,
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You wanna call for prayer, we would love to hear from you.
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We would love to hear from you. let's check this out.
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>> ♪ oh yesterday ♪
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♪ today and tomorrow ♪
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♪ you stay the same ♪
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♪ the world may move ♪
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♪ like shifting shadows ♪
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♪ but you never change ♪
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♪ jesus you stay the same ♪
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♪ oh you stay the same ♪
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♪ oh yesterday ♪
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♪ today and tomorrow ♪
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♪ you stay the same ♪
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♪ the world may move ♪
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♪ like shifting shadows ♪
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♪ but you never change ♪
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♪ jesus you stay the same ♪
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♪ oh he stays the same ♪
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♪ all praise ♪
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♪ all praise to him ♪
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♪ who was and is ♪
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♪ he's the one ♪
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♪ who is to come ♪
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♪ all the praise ♪
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♪ all praise to him ♪
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♪ who was and is ♪
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♪ he's the one ♪
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♪ who is to come ♪
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Marcus Mecum - Stay Here

July 20, 2025 | 27:42

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