Savior - Louie Giglio

December 1, 2024 | S

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Savior - Louie Giglio | December 1, 2024
  • We needed a savior.
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  • We didn't need just someone
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  • To give us a nudge.
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  • We needed a savior.
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  • We needed someone who could
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  • Bring us from spiritual death
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  • To spiritual life.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> i wanna kick off our
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  • >> i wanna kick off our christmas season with a story
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  • Christmas season with a story that probably everyone
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  • In this room could
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  • In this room could almost say from memory.
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  • Almost say from memory. "and there were shepherds
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  • "and there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby,
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  • Living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their
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  • Keeping watch over their flocks at night.
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  • Flocks at night. an angel of the lord
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  • An angel of the lord appeared to them,
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  • Appeared to them, and the glory of the lord
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  • And the glory of the lord shone around them,
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  • Shone around them, and they were terrified.
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  • And they were terrified. but the angel said to them,
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  • But the angel said to them, 'do not be afraid.
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  • 'do not be afraid. i bring you good news
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  • I bring you good news that will cause great joy
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  • That will cause great joy for all the people.
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  • For all the people. today in the town of david
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  • Today in the town of david a savior has been born to you;
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  • A savior has been born to you; he is the messiah, the lord.
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  • He is the messiah, the lord. this will be a sign to you,
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  • This will be a sign to you, you find a baby wrapped in
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  • You find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.'
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  • Cloths and lying in a manger.' suddenly a great company
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  • Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared."
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  • Of the heavenly host appeared." so, we got an angel,
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  • So, we got an angel, now we got a great company
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  • Now we got a great company of the heavenly host.
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  • Of the heavenly host. "and they appeared
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  • "and they appeared with the angel,
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  • With the angel, praising god and saying,
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  • Praising god and saying, 'glory to god in the highest.'"
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  • 'glory to god in the highest.'" let's say that together.
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  • Let's say that together. "they appeared saying,
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  • "they appeared saying, 'glory to god in the highest.
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  • 'glory to god in the highest. glory to god
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  • Glory to god in the highest heaven,
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  • In the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those
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  • And on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.'"
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  • On whom his favor rests.'" they showed us the main meaning
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  • They showed us the main meaning of christmas,
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  • Of christmas, which is the glory of god.
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  • Which is the glory of god. no other god is gonna send
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  • No other god is gonna send his son into human flesh.
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  • No other god is gonna begin a
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  • No other god is gonna begin a rescue mission for lost rebels.
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  • Rescue mission for lost rebels. no other god is gonna give his
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  • No other god is gonna give his very best for our very worst.
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  • Very best for our very worst. and so, christmas, this manger,
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  • And so, christmas, this manger, this baby, this sleep in
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  • This baby, this sleep in heavenly peace, this is about
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  • Heavenly peace, this is about putting god on display.
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  • Putting god on display. but right in the story,
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  • But right in the story, the very beginning,
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  • The very beginning, the first thing we know
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  • The first thing we know about christmas is that
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  • There is going to be
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  • There is going to be the possibility of peace.
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  • The possibility of peace. not peace in the circumstances,
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  • Not peace in the circumstances, but peace in the spirit.
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  • And that's what god is wanting
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  • And that's what god is wanting to invite you into
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  • To invite you into in this advent season.
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  • In this advent season. not necessarily a change
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  • Not necessarily a change of all the circumstances,
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  • Of all the circumstances, but a change in you.
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  • But a change in you. and how do we get peace
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  • And how do we get peace in the midst of the crazy
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  • And the circumstances
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  • And the circumstances of our lives?
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  • Of our lives? we find that peace
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  • We find that peace by going back 700 years.
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  • By going back 700 years. say we did that,
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  • Say we did that, we just did one little swipe.
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  • We just did one little swipe. in the scripture you just
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  • In the scripture you just turn a few pages back
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  • Turn a few pages back to the prophet isaiah.
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  • To the prophet isaiah. but when you do that,
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  • But when you do that, you turned back seven centuries.
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  • You turned back seven centuries. and when you turn back
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  • And when you turn back seven centuries you see
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  • Seven centuries you see the prophets saying,
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  • The prophets saying, "therefore the lord himself
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  • "therefore the lord himself will give you a sign."
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  • Will give you a sign." so, the angel came and said,
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  • So, the angel came and said, "and this will be
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  • "and this will be a sign to you."
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  • A sign to you." and the prophet
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  • And the prophet seven centuries before said,
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  • "this will be a sign to you."
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  • "this will be a sign to you." and if i were to say
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  • And if i were to say that today that would be
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  • That today that would be encouraging possibly.
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  • Encouraging possibly. if i just said something like,
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  • If i just said something like, "hey, today god's gonna
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  • "hey, today god's gonna give you a sign.
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  • Give you a sign. watch out today.
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  • Watch out today. i don't know if it's gonna be
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  • In a friend talking to you,
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  • In a friend talking to you, or somebody texts you,
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  • Or somebody texts you, or a billboard you pass
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  • Or a billboard you pass on the side of the road,
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  • On the side of the road, or a song that you hear.
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  • Or a song that you hear. i don't know where
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  • I don't know where it's gonna come,
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  • It's gonna come, but god's got a sign
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  • But god's got a sign for you today.
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  • For you today. and somehow today, something
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  • And somehow today, something would happen and you'd be,
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  • Would happen and you'd be, "i think that might be
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  • "i think that might be the sign right there."
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  • But what if i specified
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  • But what if i specified the sign?
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  • The sign? what if i got down to
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  • What if i got down to the particulars of the sign?
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  • The particulars of the sign? then the odds would become
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  • Then the odds would become greater and the prophecy,
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  • Greater and the prophecy, if fulfilled would be
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  • If fulfilled would be pretty amazing.
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  • Pretty amazing. and that's what isaiah is doing.
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  • And that's what isaiah is doing. he's not just saying god's
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  • Gonna give you a sign.
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  • Gonna give you a sign. he says, "let me tell you
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  • He says, "let me tell you about this sign.
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  • About this sign. this sign is gonna
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  • This sign is gonna involve a virgin.
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  • Involve a virgin. let me tell you
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  • Let me tell you about this sign.
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  • About this sign. this virgin is gonna
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  • This virgin is gonna conceive a child.
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  • Conceive a child. let me tell you
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  • Let me tell you about this child.
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  • About this child. this child is going to be born.
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  • This child is going to be born. and let me tell you something
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  • And let me tell you something else about the child.
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  • Else about the child. it's gonna be a boy.
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  • It's gonna be a boy. and let me tell you something
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  • And let me tell you something else about this child.
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  • Else about this child. they're gonna name him
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  • They're gonna name him immanuel, god with us."
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  • Immanuel, god with us." seven hundred years before
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  • Jesus is in that manger
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  • Jesus is in that manger a prophecy came from god.
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  • A prophecy came from god. there is 300 prophesies in
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  • There is 300 prophesies in the old testament about jesus.
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  • The old testament about jesus. not only that
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  • Not only that he's gonna be a boy,
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  • He's gonna be a boy, gonna be born to a virgin,
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  • Gonna be born to a virgin, that his name
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  • Is gonna be immanuel,
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  • Is gonna be immanuel, but that he's gonna be
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  • But that he's gonna be born in bethlehem.
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  • Born in bethlehem. where he's gonna live,
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  • Where he's gonna live, how he's gonna live,
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  • How he's gonna live, how he's gonna die,
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  • That someone's gonna sell him
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  • That someone's gonna sell him out for 30 pieces of silver.
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  • Out for 30 pieces of silver. all these prophesies had been
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  • All these prophesies had been given over time by god
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  • Given over time by god and now they're coming
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  • And now they're coming to fruition in this manger.
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  • To fruition in this manger. so, what is that saying to you
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  • So, what is that saying to you and what is that saying to me?
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  • And what is that saying to me? it's saying, well, the obvious
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  • Message of christmas which
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  • Message of christmas which we're gonna celebrate is that
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  • We're gonna celebrate is that a savior has been born.
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  • A savior has been born. that is the obvious
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  • That is the obvious message of christmas.
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  • Message of christmas. and something else
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  • And something else about that savior.
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  • About that savior. he's not just somebody
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  • He's not just somebody who gets you to heaven.
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  • Who gets you to heaven. he is lord of all.
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  • He is lord of all. so, we're not just wanting
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  • So, we're not just wanting to trust jesus to be our savior
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  • To trust jesus to be our savior because that's not an option.
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  • Because that's not an option. he's savior and lord.
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  • He's savior and lord. that means we trust him
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  • For our salvation
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  • For our salvation to make us right with god,
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  • To make us right with god, but then we yield to him
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  • But then we yield to him our lives.
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  • Our lives. we yield our plans.
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  • We yield our plans. we yield our way,
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  • We yield our way, our initiative.
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  • Our initiative. we yield to him our desire
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  • We yield to him our desire to be in charge of us.
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  • To be in charge of us. we yield all of that to him.
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  • We yield all of that to him. and so, footnote in
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  • And so, footnote in the middle of our message
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  • The middle of our message kicking off advent today,
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  • Kicking off advent today, i wanna invite you
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  • I wanna invite you to trust jesus 'cause
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  • To trust jesus 'cause he's savior and lord.
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  • He's savior and lord. it's time for the world
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  • It's time for the world to come alive to trust jesus
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  • To come alive to trust jesus as savior and lord.
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  • As savior and lord. you hear all these rumblings.
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  • You hear all these rumblings. "is it this end?
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  • "is it this end? is jesus coming?
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  • Is jesus coming? is the craziness in our world --
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  • Is the craziness in our world -- is --
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  • Is -- are the these
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  • Are the these the final birth pains?
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  • The final birth pains? is the whole thing
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  • Is the whole thing coming into a close?
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  • Coming into a close? well, if it is, we gotta get out
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  • Well, if it is, we gotta get out in the streets
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  • In the streets and we gotta proclaim,
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  • And we gotta proclaim, "if jesus is coming,
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  • "if jesus is coming, do you know him?
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  • Do you know him? if jesus is coming,
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  • If jesus is coming, have you trusted him?
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  • Have you trusted him? if jesus is coming,
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  • If jesus is coming, are you saved?"
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  • [applause]
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  • Can't just be
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  • Can't just be stock piling food.
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  • Stock piling food. we're gonna be shining
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  • We're gonna be shining a savior to the world.
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  • A savior to the world. and the darker the world comes,
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  • And the darker the world comes, the brighter the savior shines.
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  • The brighter the savior shines. this is the message
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  • This is the message of christmas.
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  • Of christmas. it is about a savior and a lord.
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  • But there's an overlooked
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  • But there's an overlooked message in christmas
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  • Message in christmas and it is this,
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  • And it is this, that god has plans...
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  • That god has plans... that cannot...
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  • That cannot... be stopped...
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  • Be stopped... and he's got plans for you.
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  • It is not just that his plans
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  • It is not just that his plans to save the world were on
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  • To save the world were on a 700-year timeline from
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  • A 700-year timeline from isaiah's prophecy
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  • Isaiah's prophecy into the moment that jesus
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  • Into the moment that jesus was born in that cave.
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  • Was born in that cave. but god's got plans for you.
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  • But god's got plans for you. god created you on purpose
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  • God created you on purpose and he created you
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  • And he created you for a purpose.
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  • For a purpose. a few years ago, in 2019
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  • About this time of year,
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  • About this time of year, we were on our way to israel.
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  • We were on our way to israel. and just, you know,
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  • To the birthplace of the story
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  • To the birthplace of the story that we're talking about today.
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  • That we're talking about today. and just remembering --
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  • And just remembering -- and it all --
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  • And it all -- this passage in isaiah
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  • This passage in isaiah which talks about
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  • Which talks about god's faithfulness.
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  • It says, "remember this
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  • It says, "remember this and keep it in mind,
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  • And keep it in mind, take it to heart.
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  • Take it to heart. remember the former things,
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  • Remember the former things, those of long ago.
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  • Those of long ago. i am god,
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  • I am god, and there is no other.
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  • And there is no other. i am god,
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  • I am god, and there is none like me.
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  • And there is none like me. i make known the end
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  • I make known the end from the beginning,
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  • From the beginning, from ancient times,
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  • From ancient times, what is still to come.
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  • What is still to come. and i say,
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  • And i say, 'my purpose will stand,
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  • 'my purpose will stand, and i will do
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  • And i will do all that i please.'"
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  • All that i please.'" this is our god.
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  • This is our god. his plans are gonna
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  • His plans are gonna come to fruition.
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  • And so, we're on a plane,
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  • And so, we're on a plane, we're headed to israel.
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  • We're headed to israel. and while we're headed
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  • And while we're headed to israel, another plane
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  • To israel, another plane is on its way to israel.
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  • Is on its way to israel. this plane has taken off from
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  • This plane has taken off from lawrenceville, georgia.
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  • Lawrenceville, georgia. and it's a small jet,
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  • And it's a small jet, which is a gift to us
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  • Which is a gift to us from some people who helped
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  • From some people who helped start passion city church
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  • Start passion city church and they're now involved
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  • And they're now involved in this crazy idea
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  • In this crazy idea that our production team had
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  • That our production team had of opening passion
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  • Of opening passion 2020 at mercedes-benz stadium
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  • 2020 at mercedes-benz stadium with a flame and lit lantern.
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  • With a flame and lit lantern. the flame being lit in jerusalem
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  • The flame being lit in jerusalem where jesus was raised
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  • Where jesus was raised from the dead.
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  • From the dead. so, we would go to jerusalem.
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  • So, we would go to jerusalem. we would light a flame nearby
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  • We would light a flame nearby where jesus was raised
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  • Where jesus was raised from the dead.
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  • From the dead. we would bring that flame
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  • To atlanta, georgia.
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  • To atlanta, georgia. we would bring it
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  • We would bring it to mercedes-benz stadium.
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  • To mercedes-benz stadium. and as we gathered
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  • And as we gathered to open passion 2020,
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  • To open passion 2020, this lantern would come into
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  • This lantern would come into the stadium signifying that
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  • The stadium signifying that jesus is alive and his light
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  • Jesus is alive and his light is the light of the world.
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  • Now, that seemed like
  • 00:09:21.653 --> 00:09:22.654
  • Now, that seemed like a pretty good idea, right?
  • 00:09:22.721 --> 00:09:23.588
  • A pretty good idea, right? but how do you get
  • 00:09:23.655 --> 00:09:24.422
  • But how do you get a fire on a plane?
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  • A fire on a plane? and we don't have time
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  • And we don't have time to come on a boat.
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  • To come on a boat. and then, i think to myself,
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  • And then, i think to myself, "well, i'm an old guy.
  • 00:09:33.832 --> 00:09:36.101
  • "well, i'm an old guy. and i remembered back in
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  • And i remembered back in the old, old days of flying,
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  • The old, old days of flying, people smoked on planes."
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  • People smoked on planes." anybody old enough
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  • Anybody old enough to remember that?
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  • To remember that? and the armrests were ash trays.
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  • And the armrests were ash trays. imagine that now,
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  • Imagine that now, you gotta turn your phone
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  • You gotta turn your phone on airplane mode now.
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  • On airplane mode now. back then you just
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  • Back then you just lighting one up and talking
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  • Lighting one up and talking to your friend,
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  • To your friend, "how is it going?"
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  • "how is it going?" "yeah, alright.
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  • "yeah, alright. great."
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  • Great." "buckle your seatbelts."
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  • "buckle your seatbelts." "okay.
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  • "okay. got mine buckled."
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  • [laughter]
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  • And so, i think to myself,
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  • And so, i think to myself, "you can take fire on a plane."
  • 00:10:01.693 --> 00:10:06.731
  • "you can take fire on a plane." and we figured it out.
  • 00:10:06.798 --> 00:10:09.634
  • And we figured it out. but to do that, these amazing
  • 00:10:09.701 --> 00:10:11.803
  • But to do that, these amazing people have to fly
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  • People have to fly from lawrenceville, georgia
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  • From lawrenceville, georgia to gooseneck, canada.
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  • To gooseneck, canada. gotta refuel.
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  • Gotta refuel. they fly from
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  • They fly from gooseneck, canada
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  • Gooseneck, canada to reykjavik, iceland.
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  • To reykjavik, iceland. refuel.
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  • Refuel. fly from reykjavik, iceland
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  • Fly from reykjavik, iceland to essex right outside
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  • To essex right outside london, england.
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  • London, england. fly from there
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  • Fly from there to sicily, catania,
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  • To sicily, catania, gotta get my people involved.
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  • Gotta get my people involved. i'm part sicilian, it's free.
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  • I'm part sicilian, it's free. and then, we took off
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  • And then, we took off from catania and they
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  • From catania and they flew into tel aviv.
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  • Flew into tel aviv. once they got to tel aviv,
  • 00:10:55.714 --> 00:10:56.715
  • Once they got to tel aviv, we went to dinner
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  • We went to dinner and the pilots were saying,
  • 00:10:59.451 --> 00:11:02.053
  • And the pilots were saying, "this is the greatest miracle
  • 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:03.655
  • "this is the greatest miracle we've ever seen in our lives."
  • 00:11:03.722 --> 00:11:06.024
  • We've ever seen in our lives." apparently in lawrenceville
  • 00:11:06.091 --> 00:11:07.559
  • Apparently in lawrenceville there was a piece of equipment
  • 00:11:07.625 --> 00:11:08.560
  • There was a piece of equipment that was necessary
  • 00:11:08.626 --> 00:11:09.427
  • That was necessary for radio transmission
  • 00:11:09.494 --> 00:11:10.929
  • For radio transmission on international flights,
  • 00:11:10.995 --> 00:11:12.330
  • On international flights, which this plane had not
  • 00:11:12.397 --> 00:11:13.565
  • Which this plane had not needed before,
  • 00:11:13.631 --> 00:11:14.466
  • Needed before, which somehow had
  • 00:11:14.532 --> 00:11:15.333
  • Which somehow had to get there, get switched in.
  • 00:11:15.400 --> 00:11:17.001
  • To get there, get switched in. a lot of complicated things
  • 00:11:17.068 --> 00:11:18.369
  • A lot of complicated things were going on,
  • 00:11:18.436 --> 00:11:19.237
  • Were going on, and it wasn't gonna happen
  • 00:11:19.304 --> 00:11:20.105
  • And it wasn't gonna happen and the whole thing was
  • 00:11:20.171 --> 00:11:21.106
  • And the whole thing was gonna get scrapped.
  • 00:11:21.172 --> 00:11:21.873
  • Gonna get scrapped. until the very last second,
  • 00:11:21.940 --> 00:11:23.374
  • Until the very last second, before weather situation
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  • Before weather situation was coming, or some kind
  • 00:11:25.143 --> 00:11:26.377
  • Was coming, or some kind of clearance that the plane
  • 00:11:26.444 --> 00:11:27.345
  • Of clearance that the plane had to take off
  • 00:11:27.412 --> 00:11:28.246
  • Had to take off at this exact time,
  • 00:11:28.313 --> 00:11:29.214
  • At this exact time, and, like, minutes before
  • 00:11:29.280 --> 00:11:30.949
  • And, like, minutes before that happened, the thing
  • 00:11:31.015 --> 00:11:32.917
  • That happened, the thing got worked out.
  • 00:11:32.984 --> 00:11:34.486
  • Got worked out. they take off and all the way
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  • They take off and all the way across the journey,
  • 00:11:36.121 --> 00:11:37.222
  • Across the journey, there are moments like that,
  • 00:11:37.288 --> 00:11:38.356
  • There are moments like that, and then they leave from sicily
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  • And then they leave from sicily on their way to tel aviv.
  • 00:11:40.458 --> 00:11:41.693
  • On their way to tel aviv. and something about
  • 00:11:41.760 --> 00:11:42.293
  • And something about the flight manifest had gotten
  • 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:44.095
  • The flight manifest had gotten switched or changed,
  • 00:11:44.162 --> 00:11:45.029
  • Switched or changed, and they were told in the air,
  • 00:11:45.096 --> 00:11:46.498
  • And they were told in the air, "you're not gonna land
  • 00:11:46.564 --> 00:11:47.165
  • "you're not gonna land in tel aviv, sorry."
  • 00:11:47.232 --> 00:11:49.033
  • In tel aviv, sorry." and that all got
  • 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:49.567
  • And that all got worked out somehow
  • 00:11:49.634 --> 00:11:50.368
  • Worked out somehow over the next few hours,
  • 00:11:50.435 --> 00:11:51.636
  • Over the next few hours, and the plane lands.
  • 00:11:51.703 --> 00:11:52.537
  • And the plane lands. and they're just saying,
  • 00:11:52.604 --> 00:11:53.238
  • And they're just saying, "this is the biggest miracle
  • 00:11:53.304 --> 00:11:54.139
  • "this is the biggest miracle we've ever been
  • 00:11:54.205 --> 00:11:55.106
  • We've ever been a part of in life.
  • 00:11:55.173 --> 00:11:56.407
  • A part of in life. it is crazy that we are here."
  • 00:11:56.474 --> 00:11:57.976
  • It is crazy that we are here." and i'm like, "well, it's about
  • 00:11:58.042 --> 00:11:59.444
  • And i'm like, "well, it's about to get crazier,
  • 00:11:59.511 --> 00:12:00.145
  • To get crazier, because cammilo and i
  • 00:12:00.211 --> 00:12:01.412
  • Because cammilo and i are going in a cave over
  • 00:12:01.479 --> 00:12:02.514
  • Are going in a cave over where near jesus was
  • 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:03.815
  • Where near jesus was raised from the dead.
  • 00:12:03.882 --> 00:12:04.649
  • Raised from the dead. and we're gonna light a lantern
  • 00:12:04.716 --> 00:12:06.484
  • And we're gonna light a lantern and then we're gonna have
  • 00:12:06.551 --> 00:12:07.519
  • And then we're gonna have a couple backup lanterns.
  • 00:12:07.585 --> 00:12:09.087
  • A couple backup lanterns. so, we got a whole thing with
  • 00:12:09.154 --> 00:12:10.054
  • So, we got a whole thing with six lanterns in it lit and they
  • 00:12:10.121 --> 00:12:11.923
  • Six lanterns in it lit and they gotta back on your plane."
  • 00:12:11.990 --> 00:12:14.526
  • Gotta back on your plane." but we worked it out.
  • 00:12:14.592 --> 00:12:15.360
  • But we worked it out. we had a contact and finally,
  • 00:12:15.426 --> 00:12:17.529
  • We had a contact and finally, at the last minute,
  • 00:12:17.595 --> 00:12:18.196
  • At the last minute, we got permission to do it from
  • 00:12:18.263 --> 00:12:19.964
  • We got permission to do it from people way up in the system.
  • 00:12:20.031 --> 00:12:22.600
  • People way up in the system. but when the people got
  • 00:12:22.667 --> 00:12:24.869
  • But when the people got to the airplane with the flames,
  • 00:12:24.936 --> 00:12:26.471
  • To the airplane with the flames, the person who was
  • 00:12:26.538 --> 00:12:27.338
  • The person who was the one person that knew
  • 00:12:27.405 --> 00:12:28.506
  • The one person that knew that we could take these
  • 00:12:28.573 --> 00:12:29.274
  • That we could take these things on this plane
  • 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:30.508
  • Things on this plane wasn't at work that day
  • 00:12:30.575 --> 00:12:32.443
  • Wasn't at work that day for some personal reason.
  • 00:12:32.510 --> 00:12:34.946
  • For some personal reason. so, they're just like, "no, go.
  • 00:12:35.013 --> 00:12:35.947
  • So, they're just like, "no, go. not happening.
  • 00:12:36.014 --> 00:12:36.614
  • Not happening. those aren't going on
  • 00:12:36.681 --> 00:12:37.348
  • Those aren't going on that plane.
  • 00:12:37.415 --> 00:12:37.949
  • That plane. i'm sorry.
  • 00:12:38.016 --> 00:12:39.017
  • I'm sorry. not gonna work."
  • 00:12:39.083 --> 00:12:40.652
  • Not gonna work." and then, god just
  • 00:12:40.718 --> 00:12:41.486
  • And then, god just stepped in again
  • 00:12:41.553 --> 00:12:42.520
  • Stepped in again and a connection happened,
  • 00:12:42.587 --> 00:12:44.956
  • And a connection happened, and a miracle happened,
  • 00:12:45.023 --> 00:12:46.858
  • And a miracle happened, and the flames went
  • 00:12:46.925 --> 00:12:48.426
  • And the flames went on the plane.
  • 00:12:48.493 --> 00:12:49.694
  • On the plane. and the plane took off
  • 00:12:49.761 --> 00:12:51.796
  • And the plane took off and flew to athens, greece.
  • 00:12:51.863 --> 00:12:54.199
  • And flew to athens, greece. short stop there.
  • 00:12:54.265 --> 00:12:55.133
  • Short stop there. flew back to london.
  • 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:58.770
  • Flew back to london. flew back to reykjavik.
  • 00:12:58.837 --> 00:13:01.973
  • Flew back to reykjavik. this time it flew into
  • 00:13:02.040 --> 00:13:03.741
  • This time it flew into teterboro, new york city.
  • 00:13:03.808 --> 00:13:06.544
  • Teterboro, new york city. the flame went to times square,
  • 00:13:06.611 --> 00:13:10.248
  • The flame went to times square, then the flame came to atlanta,
  • 00:13:10.315 --> 00:13:12.016
  • Then the flame came to atlanta, to lawrenceville, and then
  • 00:13:12.083 --> 00:13:14.018
  • To lawrenceville, and then the flame came to this building.
  • 00:13:14.085 --> 00:13:16.921
  • The flame came to this building. and then, from that flame
  • 00:13:16.988 --> 00:13:18.122
  • And then, from that flame that was lit in a cave
  • 00:13:18.189 --> 00:13:19.757
  • That was lit in a cave near where jesus was raised
  • 00:13:19.824 --> 00:13:21.025
  • Near where jesus was raised from the dead,
  • 00:13:21.092 --> 00:13:23.228
  • From the dead, all of the flames
  • 00:13:23.294 --> 00:13:24.028
  • All of the flames from christmas --
  • 00:13:24.095 --> 00:13:26.164
  • From christmas -- for christmas eve were lighted.
  • 00:13:26.231 --> 00:13:28.933
  • For christmas eve were lighted. and then, the young adults
  • 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:29.534
  • And then, the young adults of passion city church
  • 00:13:29.601 --> 00:13:30.568
  • Of passion city church took that flame out the door
  • 00:13:30.635 --> 00:13:32.337
  • Took that flame out the door and marched the flame down
  • 00:13:32.403 --> 00:13:33.705
  • And marched the flame down the streets of atlanta
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  • The streets of atlanta to mercedes-benz stadium,
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  • To mercedes-benz stadium, in through the tunnel,
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  • In through the tunnel, out into the middle
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  • Out into the middle of the stadium,
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  • Of the stadium, and the flame was taken up
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  • And the flame was taken up onto a pedestal in the midst
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  • Onto a pedestal in the midst of 60,000 people to say,
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  • Of 60,000 people to say, "jesus is the light
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  • "jesus is the light of the world."
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  • [applause]
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  • And i'm thinking
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  • And i'm thinking a few days ago,
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  • A few days ago, that right about now in 2019
  • 00:13:53.858 --> 00:13:56.928
  • That right about now in 2019 i'm getting on a plane
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  • I'm getting on a plane to go to israel to be a part
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  • To go to israel to be a part of this miraculous journey
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  • Of this miraculous journey and then it just comes
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  • And then it just comes smashing into my thinking,
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  • Smashing into my thinking, "what kind of journey
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  • "what kind of journey do you have to take
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  • Do you have to take if you're the son of god
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  • If you're the son of god and you're coming to a manger?
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  • And you're coming to a manger? how many miracles
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  • How many miracles have to happen?
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  • Have to happen? how many connections
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  • How many connections have to happen?
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  • Have to happen? how many --
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  • How many -- there's no way
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  • There's no way that can happens --
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  • That can happens -- have to happen.
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  • Have to happen. for the son of god,
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  • For the son of god, the creator of the cosmos,
  • 00:14:24.022 --> 00:14:25.490
  • The creator of the cosmos, to get in a human body
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  • To get in a human body and then to get into
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  • And then to get into a teenager's womb
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  • A teenager's womb and to journey on earth
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  • And to journey on earth for nine months in the womb.
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  • For nine months in the womb. and then, to be laid down
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  • And then, to be laid down in a trough in bethlehem.
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  • In a trough in bethlehem. how long does it take
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  • How long does it take to make that journey?"
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  • To make that journey?" and when the scripture says
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  • Jesus didn't count
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  • Jesus didn't count quality with god,
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  • Quality with god, it's something to be grasped.
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  • It's something to be grasped. but he --
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  • But he -- you know the word?
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  • You know the word? he emptied himself.
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  • He emptied himself. how long does it take
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  • How long does it take the empty oneself of god?
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  • God has plans
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  • God has plans that cannot be stopped.
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  • That cannot be stopped. and he's got plans for you,
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  • And he's got plans for you, and he wants you to come
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  • And he wants you to come to christmas this year
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  • To christmas this year and he wants you
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  • And he wants you to think about
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  • To think about the miracle that it is,
  • 00:15:29.988 --> 00:15:31.289
  • The miracle that it is, and he wants you to find
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  • And he wants you to find in that peace in your spirit.
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  • In that peace in your spirit. "if you can do that,
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  • "if you can do that, then i'm gonna trust you
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  • Then i'm gonna trust you and i'm gonna trust
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  • And i'm gonna trust your plans for my life."
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  • Your plans for my life." i don't know if you've seen
  • 00:15:46.971 --> 00:15:48.006
  • I don't know if you've seen this graph or not.
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  • If you've seen it,
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  • You've probably
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  • Read the caption and kind
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  • Of understand what it is.
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  • But if not, this was
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  • The attempt of a --
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  • I wanna say
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  • Computer science genius,
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  • But he's more than that,
  • 00:15:57.915 --> 00:15:59.784
  • And a pastor who spent years
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  • Together trying to visualize
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  • The cross references
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  • In the bible.
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  • You say, "well,
  • 00:16:07.258 --> 00:16:07.892
  • What's a cross reference?"
  • 00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:08.693
  • Well, sometimes those little
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  • Letters down in the footnotes
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  • Of a page on your scripture
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  • That show you
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  • That there's another verse
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  • That there's another verse somewhere in the bible
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  • Somewhere in the bible that's connected in the same
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  • That's connected in the same thought to this verse.
  • 00:16:19.470 --> 00:16:20.705
  • Thought to this verse. like, one of those would be
  • 00:16:20.772 --> 00:16:22.974
  • Like, one of those would be isaiah 7 going over
  • 00:16:23.041 --> 00:16:24.375
  • Isaiah 7 going over to the christmas story where
  • 00:16:24.442 --> 00:16:26.677
  • To the christmas story where they called his name immanuel.
  • 00:16:26.744 --> 00:16:28.246
  • They called his name immanuel. so, there would be a little
  • 00:16:28.312 --> 00:16:29.047
  • So, there would be a little footnote here saying,
  • 00:16:29.113 --> 00:16:29.947
  • Footnote here saying, "the immanuel thing appears
  • 00:16:30.014 --> 00:16:31.783
  • "the immanuel thing appears also over here in scripture."
  • 00:16:31.849 --> 00:16:33.951
  • Also over here in scripture." and it gives you confidence,
  • 00:16:34.018 --> 00:16:35.253
  • And it gives you confidence, and the continuity,
  • 00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:36.687
  • And the continuity, and the unity
  • 00:16:36.754 --> 00:16:38.523
  • And the unity of the word of god.
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  • Of the word of god. well, in scripture, there are
  • 00:16:40.258 --> 00:16:41.426
  • Well, in scripture, there are 63,779 cross references,
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  • 63,779 cross references, and these guys visualized that.
  • 00:16:47.865 --> 00:16:49.300
  • And these guys visualized that. so, beginning on the one end
  • 00:16:49.367 --> 00:16:52.503
  • So, beginning on the one end over here is genesis
  • 00:16:52.570 --> 00:16:53.704
  • Over here is genesis and the little bars
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  • And the little bars are all the chapters
  • 00:16:54.705 --> 00:16:55.640
  • Are all the chapters of the bible,
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  • Of the bible, not the books of the bible,
  • 00:16:56.841 --> 00:16:57.809
  • Not the books of the bible, but the chapters.
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  • But the chapters. and you can see
  • 00:16:58.643 --> 00:16:59.477
  • And you can see they're shaded by book.
  • 00:16:59.544 --> 00:17:01.312
  • They're shaded by book. and the short, little bars
  • 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.580
  • And the short, little bars are short chapters,
  • 00:17:02.647 --> 00:17:03.614
  • Are short chapters, and the longer ones
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  • And the longer ones are longer chapters.
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  • Are longer chapters. and so, you can tell the longest
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  • And so, you can tell the longest chapter in the bible, class,
  • 00:17:07.318 --> 00:17:08.853
  • Chapter in the bible, class, is psalm 119 which is
  • 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.589
  • Is psalm 119 which is right there in the middle.
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  • Right there in the middle. and then, all of the arcs
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  • And then, all of the arcs are the connecting points
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  • Are the connecting points colored by how far away
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  • Colored by how far away they are on the timeline
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  • They are on the timeline of scripture.
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  • Of scripture. and i have just been
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  • And i have just been mesmerized by
  • 00:17:24.869 --> 00:17:27.371
  • Mesmerized by an overwhelming picture
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  • An overwhelming picture of the plans and the handy work
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  • Of the plans and the handy work of a god who is
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  • Of a god who is weaving together,
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  • Weaving together, not only a story,
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  • Not only a story, but weaving together lives
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  • But weaving together lives and weaving together his plans.
  • 00:17:41.486 --> 00:17:45.356
  • And weaving together his plans. and i thought,
  • 00:17:45.423 --> 00:17:45.990
  • And i thought, "if god can do that,
  • 00:17:46.057 --> 00:17:52.130
  • "if god can do that, then surely god has got me."
  • 00:17:52.196 --> 00:17:58.636
  • Then surely god has got me." i mean, it would be one thing
  • 00:17:58.703 --> 00:17:59.637
  • I mean, it would be one thing if there was an author,
  • 00:17:59.704 --> 00:18:01.339
  • If there was an author, one human author of the bible.
  • 00:18:01.405 --> 00:18:02.907
  • One human author of the bible. you would go, "okay, i see how
  • 00:18:02.974 --> 00:18:04.575
  • You would go, "okay, i see how the cross references work
  • 00:18:04.642 --> 00:18:05.510
  • The cross references work 'cause the author was
  • 00:18:05.576 --> 00:18:06.344
  • 'cause the author was thinking the whole time,
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  • Thinking the whole time, 'i'm gonna bring this back
  • 00:18:07.278 --> 00:18:08.279
  • 'i'm gonna bring this back in chapter 9.
  • 00:18:08.346 --> 00:18:09.480
  • In chapter 9. and i'm gonna bring this back in
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  • And i'm gonna bring this back in after this happens.
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  • After this happens. and i'm gonna bring
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  • And i'm gonna bring this character back in
  • 00:18:12.783 --> 00:18:13.718
  • This character back in at this point.'"
  • 00:18:13.784 --> 00:18:14.719
  • At this point.'" but the bible is written by
  • 00:18:14.785 --> 00:18:15.720
  • But the bible is written by 40 people over 1,500 years
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  • 40 people over 1,500 years writing on three continents.
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  • Writing on three continents. and you get
  • 00:18:21.993 --> 00:18:22.560
  • And you get 63,779 cross references?
  • 00:18:22.627 --> 00:18:27.632
  • 63,779 cross references? you can trust this book
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  • You can trust this book especially when you realize
  • 00:18:30.902 --> 00:18:32.470
  • Especially when you realize it did just have one author
  • 00:18:32.537 --> 00:18:35.640
  • It did just have one author and his name is
  • 00:18:35.706 --> 00:18:36.274
  • And his name is the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:38.442
  • The holy spirit of god. and through human instruments,
  • 00:18:38.509 --> 00:18:39.877
  • And through human instruments, he wrote this story.
  • 00:18:39.944 --> 00:18:41.479
  • He wrote this story. and that's why it's woven
  • 00:18:41.546 --> 00:18:42.713
  • And that's why it's woven together because god knows
  • 00:18:42.780 --> 00:18:44.949
  • Together because god knows the beginning and the end,
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  • The beginning and the end, from the oldest times
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  • From the oldest times to what is still to come.
  • 00:18:52.557 --> 00:18:54.025
  • To what is still to come. and he says,
  • 00:18:54.091 --> 00:18:54.859
  • And he says, "my plans will come true,
  • 00:18:54.926 --> 00:18:58.763
  • "my plans will come true, and i will do everything
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  • And i will do everything that i please.
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  • That i please. and what he's wanting you
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  • And what he's wanting you to know this advent season
  • 00:19:04.435 --> 00:19:06.637
  • To know this advent season is he got --
  • 00:19:06.704 --> 00:19:07.838
  • Is he got -- he's got cross references
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  • He's got cross references all over the place in your
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  • All over the place in your story happening right now.
  • 00:19:11.342 --> 00:19:13.344
  • Story happening right now. there are people,
  • 00:19:13.411 --> 00:19:14.212
  • There are people, there are places,
  • 00:19:14.278 --> 00:19:15.313
  • There are places, circumstances, situations,
  • 00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:17.048
  • Circumstances, situations, that god is working out
  • 00:19:17.114 --> 00:19:19.650
  • That god is working out right now.
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  • Right now. you can sleep
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  • You can sleep in heavenly peace.
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  • In heavenly peace. god's got you.
  • 00:19:25.289 --> 00:19:29.860
  • God's got you. you're like,
  • 00:19:29.927 --> 00:19:30.628
  • You're like, "well, that sounds great, louie,
  • 00:19:30.695 --> 00:19:31.562
  • "well, that sounds great, louie, but i just got diversions
  • 00:19:31.629 --> 00:19:34.966
  • But i just got diversions in my story right now.
  • 00:19:35.032 --> 00:19:36.133
  • In my story right now. thank you very much for your
  • 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:37.401
  • Thank you very much for your beautiful graph and all
  • 00:19:37.468 --> 00:19:39.704
  • Beautiful graph and all the sweet encouragement."
  • 00:19:39.770 --> 00:19:42.974
  • The sweet encouragement." we have got a, excuse me,
  • 00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:44.175
  • We have got a, excuse me, death in our story.
  • 00:19:44.242 --> 00:19:50.281
  • Death in our story. you could keep going.
  • 00:19:50.348 --> 00:19:51.682
  • You could keep going. and maybe somebody's
  • 00:19:51.749 --> 00:19:52.450
  • And maybe somebody's got distractions,
  • 00:19:52.516 --> 00:19:53.784
  • Got distractions, you got a big decision looming,
  • 00:19:53.851 --> 00:19:55.253
  • You got a big decision looming, somebody's gotten dinged
  • 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:57.955
  • Somebody's gotten dinged by life a little bit,
  • 00:19:58.022 --> 00:19:59.857
  • By life a little bit, somebody is deflated,
  • 00:19:59.924 --> 00:20:01.559
  • Somebody is deflated, somebody is in a desert,
  • 00:20:01.626 --> 00:20:02.660
  • Somebody is in a desert, somebody is desperate.
  • 00:20:02.727 --> 00:20:09.667
  • Somebody is desperate. god is cross-referencing the
  • 00:20:09.734 --> 00:20:15.239
  • God is cross-referencing the story right now in this moment.
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  • Story right now in this moment. god isn't gonna
  • 00:20:20.411 --> 00:20:20.978
  • God isn't gonna give you the plan,
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  • Give you the plan, never promised you that.
  • 00:20:23.314 --> 00:20:25.016
  • Never promised you that. he has a plan, but he's not
  • 00:20:25.082 --> 00:20:27.084
  • He has a plan, but he's not giving it to you.
  • 00:20:27.151 --> 00:20:28.085
  • Giving it to you. you're like,
  • 00:20:28.152 --> 00:20:28.619
  • You're like, "well, that sounds very terrible
  • 00:20:28.686 --> 00:20:29.720
  • "well, that sounds very terrible and like a mean, old god."
  • 00:20:29.787 --> 00:20:33.291
  • And like a mean, old god." no, that is a loving god.
  • 00:20:33.357 --> 00:20:36.994
  • No, that is a loving god. because there would be
  • 00:20:37.061 --> 00:20:37.862
  • Because there would be no sleeping in heavenly peace
  • 00:20:37.928 --> 00:20:40.998
  • No sleeping in heavenly peace if he gave you the whole plan.
  • 00:20:41.065 --> 00:20:43.701
  • If he gave you the whole plan. the sleeping in heavenly peace
  • 00:20:43.768 --> 00:20:45.169
  • The sleeping in heavenly peace comes from taking hold
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  • Comes from taking hold of his hand.
  • 00:20:47.672 --> 00:20:51.609
  • Of his hand. "for i am the lord your god
  • 00:20:51.676 --> 00:20:55.046
  • "for i am the lord your god who takes hold
  • 00:20:55.112 --> 00:20:57.315
  • Who takes hold of your right hand."
  • 00:20:57.381 --> 00:20:59.016
  • Of your right hand." now, we have a tendency
  • 00:20:59.083 --> 00:21:01.686
  • Now, we have a tendency to wanna edit god's word and so,
  • 00:21:01.752 --> 00:21:04.388
  • To wanna edit god's word and so, we'd probably edit this.
  • 00:21:04.455 --> 00:21:05.323
  • We'd probably edit this. "for i am the lord your god
  • 00:21:05.389 --> 00:21:07.625
  • "for i am the lord your god who gives you the plan."
  • 00:21:07.692 --> 00:21:16.367
  • Who gives you the plan." and he says,
  • 00:21:16.434 --> 00:21:17.335
  • And he says, "no, i'm not gonna do that.
  • 00:21:17.401 --> 00:21:24.909
  • "no, i'm not gonna do that. but i will do this,
  • 00:21:24.975 --> 00:21:27.178
  • But i will do this, "i am willing and would love
  • 00:21:27.244 --> 00:21:30.281
  • "i am willing and would love to take hold of your hand
  • 00:21:30.348 --> 00:21:37.555
  • To take hold of your hand and say to you,"
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  • And say to you," just like the angel is gonna
  • 00:21:40.291 --> 00:21:42.860
  • Just like the angel is gonna say to the shepherds,
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  • Say to the shepherds, "do not fear."
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  • "do not fear." and i would like
  • 00:21:47.565 --> 00:21:48.132
  • And i would like to assure you,
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  • To assure you, "i will help you."
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  • "i will help you." god knows if he gives us
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  • God knows if he gives us the plan, we're gone.
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  • The plan, we're gone. and what he created us for,
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  • And what he created us for, primarily, is a relationship
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  • Primarily, is a relationship with him and so he says,
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  • With him and so he says, "take my hand."
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  • "take my hand." can we just get an amen
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  • Can we just get an amen for that today?
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  • For that today? it's kinda quiet in the room,
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  • It's kinda quiet in the room, but yahweh...
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  • [applause]
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  • The immortal one
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  • The immortal one is reaching out his hand,
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  • Is reaching out his hand, and we're like,
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  • And we're like, "that's great,
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  • "that's great, but the plan.
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  • But the plan. could you help me
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  • Could you help me with the plan?"
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  • With the plan?" he's like,
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  • He's like, "i am holding out my hand.
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  • "i am holding out my hand. just take hold of my hand."
  • 00:22:36.714 --> 00:22:43.020
  • Just take hold of my hand." you're like, "but i'm afraid
  • 00:22:43.087 --> 00:22:43.888
  • You're like, "but i'm afraid i'm gonna make
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  • I'm gonna make the wrong decision.
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  • The wrong decision. and, you know,
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  • And, you know, this talk is all great,
  • 00:22:46.323 --> 00:22:47.324
  • This talk is all great, but it's so impractical.
  • 00:22:47.391 --> 00:22:50.461
  • But it's so impractical. i have to let him know
  • 00:22:50.528 --> 00:22:51.228
  • I have to let him know by next friday.
  • 00:22:51.295 --> 00:22:54.799
  • By next friday. i need the plan
  • 00:22:54.865 --> 00:22:57.468
  • I need the plan by next friday."
  • 00:22:57.535 --> 00:22:59.470
  • "no, you don't.
  • 00:22:59.570 --> 00:23:01.372
  • "no, you don't. you need the hand next friday."
  • 00:23:01.439 --> 00:23:05.309
  • You need the hand next friday." you're like, "impractical,
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  • You're like, "impractical, not helping me."
  • 00:23:08.446 --> 00:23:10.548
  • Not helping me." what if god said,
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  • What if god said, "internship.
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  • Grad school.
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  • Grad school. choose which one
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  • Choose which one you're really feeling."
  • 00:23:18.689 --> 00:23:24.395
  • You're really feeling." gotta be more complicated
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  • Gotta be more complicated than that.
  • 00:23:25.396 --> 00:23:27.064
  • Than that. "well, the guy i'm supposed
  • 00:23:27.131 --> 00:23:27.932
  • "well, the guy i'm supposed to marry is in internship
  • 00:23:27.998 --> 00:23:29.266
  • To marry is in internship and i go to grad school,
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  • And i go to grad school, and i don't meet him.
  • 00:23:30.067 --> 00:23:30.734
  • And i don't meet him. then i have to marry
  • 00:23:30.801 --> 00:23:31.602
  • Then i have to marry some second-rate dude
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  • Some second-rate dude that wasn't the guy for me.
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  • That wasn't the guy for me. and this guy is a veterinarian,
  • 00:23:38.676 --> 00:23:39.543
  • And this guy is a veterinarian, and i love animals, and we're
  • 00:23:39.610 --> 00:23:40.778
  • And i love animals, and we're supposed to live on a farm.
  • 00:23:40.845 --> 00:23:41.812
  • Supposed to live on a farm. and his family has property
  • 00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:43.180
  • And his family has property in west virginia.
  • 00:23:43.247 --> 00:23:44.849
  • In west virginia. but i married this guy,
  • 00:23:44.915 --> 00:23:48.919
  • But i married this guy, he has a snow cone stand."
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  • [laughter]
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  • You think a god who's got
  • 00:23:57.661 --> 00:23:58.562
  • You think a god who's got 63,779 cross references
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  • 63,779 cross references in scripture is gonna
  • 00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:04.435
  • In scripture is gonna let you mess up your entire
  • 00:24:04.502 --> 00:24:08.539
  • Let you mess up your entire purposed story because
  • 00:24:08.606 --> 00:24:10.708
  • Purposed story because you choose the internship
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  • You choose the internship and not grad school?
  • 00:24:12.243 --> 00:24:18.849
  • And not grad school? here is where the peace comes.
  • 00:24:18.916 --> 00:24:20.584
  • Here is where the peace comes. it comes, yes,
  • 00:24:20.651 --> 00:24:22.620
  • It comes, yes, by asking smart people,
  • 00:24:22.686 --> 00:24:23.687
  • By asking smart people, yes, by making a wise decision,
  • 00:24:23.754 --> 00:24:25.055
  • Yes, by making a wise decision, yes, by praying about it
  • 00:24:25.122 --> 00:24:26.323
  • Yes, by praying about it and getting in god's word,
  • 00:24:26.390 --> 00:24:27.458
  • And getting in god's word, and getting good counsel,
  • 00:24:27.525 --> 00:24:28.759
  • And getting good counsel, in all of that.
  • 00:24:28.826 --> 00:24:29.326
  • In all of that. but at the end of the day,
  • 00:24:29.393 --> 00:24:30.394
  • But at the end of the day, i made a decision.
  • 00:24:30.461 --> 00:24:31.428
  • I made a decision. and when i made a decision,
  • 00:24:31.495 --> 00:24:32.530
  • And when i made a decision, guess what?
  • 00:24:32.596 --> 00:24:33.030
  • Guess what? i was holding on
  • 00:24:33.097 --> 00:24:34.164
  • I was holding on to the hand of yahweh.
  • 00:24:34.231 --> 00:24:36.166
  • To the hand of yahweh. so, my story now is i don't
  • 00:24:36.233 --> 00:24:37.902
  • So, my story now is i don't know yet if i'm gonna
  • 00:24:37.968 --> 00:24:38.869
  • Know yet if i'm gonna go to the internship
  • 00:24:38.936 --> 00:24:39.904
  • Go to the internship or to grad school.
  • 00:24:39.970 --> 00:24:40.738
  • Or to grad school. i don't know.
  • 00:24:40.804 --> 00:24:41.705
  • I don't know. but i'll tell you one thing,
  • 00:24:41.772 --> 00:24:42.873
  • But i'll tell you one thing, wherever i go, i'm gonna be
  • 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:44.108
  • Wherever i go, i'm gonna be holding the hand of yahweh
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  • Holding the hand of yahweh when i get there."
  • 00:24:45.075 --> 00:24:45.676
  • [applause]
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  • And there are a lot of people
  • 00:24:48.212 --> 00:24:49.280
  • And there are a lot of people i've watched over my lifetime
  • 00:24:49.346 --> 00:24:50.714
  • I've watched over my lifetime agonize over the decision,
  • 00:24:50.781 --> 00:24:52.416
  • Agonize over the decision, choose the deal,
  • 00:24:52.483 --> 00:24:53.617
  • Choose the deal, and they got there without
  • 00:24:53.684 --> 00:24:55.252
  • And they got there without the hand of yahweh.
  • 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:58.222
  • The hand of yahweh. and they're like, "i think
  • 00:24:58.289 --> 00:24:58.822
  • And they're like, "i think i made the right decision."
  • 00:24:58.889 --> 00:25:00.124
  • I made the right decision." and i say it doesn't matter
  • 00:25:00.190 --> 00:25:01.926
  • And i say it doesn't matter if you made the right decision
  • 00:25:01.992 --> 00:25:03.327
  • If you made the right decision because you're not in
  • 00:25:03.394 --> 00:25:04.028
  • Because you're not in relationship with yahweh.
  • 00:25:04.094 --> 00:25:08.332
  • Relationship with yahweh. so, go to the internship.
  • 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:11.468
  • So, go to the internship. it doesn't matter.
  • 00:25:11.535 --> 00:25:13.504
  • It doesn't matter. god's purpose for your life
  • 00:25:13.571 --> 00:25:14.672
  • God's purpose for your life wasn't to make
  • 00:25:14.738 --> 00:25:15.205
  • Wasn't to make the right decision about
  • 00:25:15.272 --> 00:25:16.607
  • The right decision about the internship or grad school,
  • 00:25:16.674 --> 00:25:18.475
  • The internship or grad school, it was to hold the hand
  • 00:25:18.542 --> 00:25:19.743
  • It was to hold the hand of almighty god and say,
  • 00:25:19.810 --> 00:25:21.545
  • Of almighty god and say, "i'm gonna take
  • 00:25:21.612 --> 00:25:22.346
  • "i'm gonna take the next step with you.
  • 00:25:22.413 --> 00:25:24.481
  • The next step with you. i'm going to walk with you.
  • 00:25:24.548 --> 00:25:26.483
  • I'm going to walk with you. i'm going to arrive with you.
  • 00:25:26.550 --> 00:25:29.119
  • I'm going to arrive with you. i wanna do the internship
  • 00:25:29.186 --> 00:25:30.754
  • I wanna do the internship with you.
  • 00:25:30.821 --> 00:25:31.855
  • With you. i'm going through
  • 00:25:31.922 --> 00:25:32.523
  • I'm going through the grad school program
  • 00:25:32.590 --> 00:25:33.691
  • The grad school program with you."
  • 00:25:33.757 --> 00:25:34.959
  • With you." i don't need the plan,
  • 00:25:35.025 --> 00:25:36.860
  • I don't need the plan, but i am definitely in need
  • 00:25:36.927 --> 00:25:38.862
  • But i am definitely in need of the hand of almighty god.
  • 00:25:38.929 --> 00:25:43.300
  • Of the hand of almighty god. and when i take hold
  • 00:25:43.367 --> 00:25:44.201
  • And when i take hold of that hand,
  • 00:25:44.268 --> 00:25:47.104
  • Of that hand, i find the heavenly peace.
  • 00:25:47.171 --> 00:25:55.045
  • I find the heavenly peace. and i know
  • 00:25:55.112 --> 00:25:57.114
  • And i know that if i simply trust god...
  • 00:25:57.181 --> 00:25:58.849
  • If i just right here
  • 00:26:20.804 --> 00:26:23.273
  • If i just right here and now trust god,
  • 00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:27.578
  • And now trust god, the rest will come.
  • 00:26:27.645 --> 00:26:32.750
  • The rest will come. the rest will come.
  • 00:26:32.816 --> 00:26:40.791
  • The heavenly peace will come.
  • 00:26:40.891 --> 00:26:48.198
  • The heavenly peace will come. god's got a plan
  • 00:26:48.265 --> 00:26:50.768
  • God's got a plan and he's working on it
  • 00:26:50.834 --> 00:26:51.969
  • And he's working on it right now.
  • 00:26:52.036 --> 00:26:55.005
  • Right now. and he's gotta hand
  • 00:26:55.072 --> 00:26:57.174
  • And he's gotta hand that he's extending to you
  • 00:26:57.241 --> 00:26:59.777
  • That he's extending to you and he's saying, "come.
  • 00:26:59.843 --> 00:27:03.480
  • And he's saying, "come. walk with me."
  • 00:27:03.547 --> 00:27:04.348
  • ♪ ♪
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