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Praise | James Brown: Step Off the Sidelines | Praise | May 6, 2026
- So it's not a matter of either
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- So it's not a matter of either or faith or works. it's having
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- Or faith or works. it's having a faith that works.
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- A faith that works. >> tonight on praise.
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- >> tonight on praise. >> with us for one hour. james
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- >> with us for one hour. james brown, host of nfl today.
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- Brown, host of nfl today. record setting host of the
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- Record setting host of the super bowl.
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- Super bowl. >> i'm in the world of sports.
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- >> i'm in the world of sports. my desire was always to use
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- My desire was always to use that as a platform for kingdom
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- That as a platform for kingdom building purposes in the nfl.
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- Building purposes in the nfl. when the players get together
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- When the players get together in the huddle and they get to
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- In the huddle and they get to play, they run the play. but
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- Play, they run the play. but many times when we come to
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- Many times when we come to church and god gives us a play
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- Church and god gives us a play to run straight from his
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- To run straight from his playbook, we know it's from him.
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- Playbook, we know it's from him. but you know what? we might
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- Never break the huddle. james
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- Never break the huddle. james essentially says, you've got to
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- Essentially says, you've got to break the huddle and run the
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- Break the huddle and run the play, move into action, action,
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- Action. if we run the play that
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- Action. if we run the play that god has given us, the good news,
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- God has given us, the good news, god himself will block for you
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- God himself will block for you and me.
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- And me. >> break the huddle and run the
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- >> break the huddle and run the play with us for one hour.
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- Play with us for one hour. james brown, host of nfl today.
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- James brown, host of nfl today. record setting host of the
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- Record setting host of the super bowl. you were voted by
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- Super bowl. you were voted by sports illustrated as the best
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- Sports illustrated as the best in studio host of the decade.
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- In studio host of the decade. wow. so we're going to we're
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- Wow. so we're going to we're going to make you do some work
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- Going to make you do some work here. you're going to have to
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- Here. you're going to have to prepare some questions for lori
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- Prepare some questions for lori and me. we're going to have to
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- And me. we're going to have to go back and forth. you're going
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- Go back and forth. you're going to have to do some work. you're
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- To have to do some work. you're going to bring it and you're
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- Going to bring it and you're going to bring it the other way.
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- Going to bring it the other way. is that fair? you ready to go?
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- Is that fair? you ready to go? >> first of all, i'm thrilled
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- >> first of all, i'm thrilled that your wife is here because
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- That your wife is here because you are one of the best. it's
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- You are one of the best. it's not fluff. it's true with the
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- Not fluff. it's true with the range of guests that the two of
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- Range of guests that the two of you have had on the program.
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- You have had on the program. it's always an exercise in
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- It's always an exercise in intellectual gymnastics.
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- Intellectual gymnastics. >> come on.
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- >> come on. >> now, spiritual gymnastics to
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- >> now, spiritual gymnastics to elicit the best out of them.
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- Elicit the best out of them. but i'm so thankful that your
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- But i'm so thankful that your wife is here to soften the
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- Wife is here to soften the approach.
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- Approach. >> okay, well, can i say one
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- >> okay, well, can i say one thing before. you start talking
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- Thing before. you start talking football and stuff? jb is one
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- Football and stuff? jb is one of the funniest people i get to
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- Of the funniest people i get to watch on tv. wow. and what i
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- Watch on tv. wow. and what i what i see. all the time. what
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- What i see. all the time. what is so fun though, is that
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- Is so fun though, is that you'll text him while he's on
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- You'll text him while he's on and during a commercial break.
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- And during a commercial break. >> absolutely right back at him.
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- >> absolutely right back at him. >> take my hand, i love you, i
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- >> take my hand, i love you, i love dorothy.
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- Love dorothy. >> okay, ready? stand up. no!
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- >> okay, ready? stand up. no! >> oh!
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- >> oh! >> ready? break, break.
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- >> ready? break, break. >> okay. oh, break the huddle.
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- >> okay. oh, break the huddle. okay, i love that. one. two.
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- Okay, i love that. one. two. three. hey, hey, pastor dee on
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- Three. hey, hey, pastor dee on staff here knows better about
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- Staff here knows better about that because believe it or not,
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- That because believe it or not, despite the size and girth, i
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- Despite the size and girth, i play basketball.
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- Play basketball. >> yes you did.
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- >> yes you did. >> so you know what? unlike
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- >> so you know what? unlike pastor dee, who played football,
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- Pastor dee, who played football, who reminds me a lot of mel
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- Who reminds me a lot of mel blount, the hall of fame
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- Blount, the hall of fame football player with the
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- Football player with the pittsburgh steelers. i mean,
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- Pittsburgh steelers. i mean, pastor dee is solidly built. i
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- Pastor dee is solidly built. i mean, yeah, let's not even talk
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- Mean, yeah, let's not even talk about me.
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- About me. >> yeah. mel blount but fluffy
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- >> yeah. mel blount but fluffy i think is i think is the you
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- I think is i think is the you know a little bit of a fluffy
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- Know a little bit of a fluffy you know no no no no. he's
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- You know no no no no. he's you're a.
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- You're a. >> little rock solid. look at
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- >> little rock solid. look at that suit. that suit is fitting
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- That suit. that suit is fitting him perfectly. so he is rock
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- Him perfectly. so he is rock solid. but actually we were
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- Solid. but actually we were talking about a couple of
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- Talking about a couple of biblical points before we came
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- Biblical points before we came out here because i was
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- Out here because i was whispering to him about the
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- Whispering to him about the subject matter, break the
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- Subject matter, break the huddle and run the play. right.
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- Huddle and run the play. right. and because he's an ex-football
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- And because he's an ex-football player, right. i was asking him
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- Player, right. i was asking him about the relevancy of the
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- Message, break the huddle and
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- Message, break the huddle and run the play to what's
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- Run the play to what's happening in society right now.
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- Happening in society right now. and he absolutely endorsed that,
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- And he absolutely endorsed that, saying, this is relevant. this
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- Saying, this is relevant. this is real. does that make sense?
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- Is real. does that make sense? >> jb break the huddle, run the
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- >> jb break the huddle, run the play. you know, you're a
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- Play. you know, you're a football guy. you played
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- Football guy. you played basketball. you're all about
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- This kind of stuff. love the
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- This kind of stuff. love the analogy, but you're about jesus
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- Analogy, but you're about jesus more than about anybody i've
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- More than about anybody i've ever been with. so what? where
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- Ever been with. so what? where do you want to start this?
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- Do you want to start this? let's let's kind of let's break
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- Let's let's kind of let's break the huddle, run the play.
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- The huddle, run the play. there's a bunch of, you know,
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- There's a bunch of, you know, going on there, but you, you
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- Going on there, but you, you just need to kind of get into
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- Just need to kind of get into you. bible study point number
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- You. bible study point number one.
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- One. >> absolutely, absolutely,
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- >> absolutely, absolutely, absolutely.
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- Absolutely. >> point number one, if you're
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- >> point number one, if you're in the huddle, you never make
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- In the huddle, you never make any yards.
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- Any yards. >> correct.
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- >> correct. >> what does that mean?
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- >> what does that mean? >> meaning no progress is made.
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- >> meaning no progress is made. and maybe to go back to the
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- And maybe to go back to the very beginning of the point,
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- Very beginning of the point, although i'm in the world of
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- Although i'm in the world of sports, one of your other good
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- Sports, one of your other good guests that you've had here
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- Guests that you've had here many a time, doctor tony evans,
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- Many a time, doctor tony evans, he influenced coach tony dungy.
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- He influenced coach tony dungy. hearing tony dungy heard him
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- Hearing tony dungy heard him deliver a chapel service. okay.
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- Deliver a chapel service. okay. and the point that doctor evans
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- And the point that doctor evans was making, there's no
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- Was making, there's no separation between christian
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- Separation between christian and whatever your avocation is.
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- And whatever your avocation is. that's right. whatever the
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- That's right. whatever the descriptor you use to describe
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- Descriptor you use to describe yourself. christian is first in
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- Yourself. christian is first in everything a christian husband,
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- Everything a christian husband, a christian wife, a christian
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- A christian wife, a christian teacher, a.
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- Teacher, a. >> christian grandparent.
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- >> christian grandparent. >> oh my gosh, i'm seeing the
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- >> oh my gosh, i'm seeing the light all over her right now.
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- Light all over her right now. she started to show that way
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- She started to show that way before we went on the air. so
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- Before we went on the air. so that's what it is. so even
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- That's what it is. so even though i'm in the world of
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- Though i'm in the world of sports, my desire was always to
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- Sports, my desire was always to use that as a platform for
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- Use that as a platform for kingdom building purposes. i
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- Kingdom building purposes. i remember asking one of the
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- Remember asking one of the sportscasters, a seasoned guy
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- Sportscasters, a seasoned guy in the washington, dc area,
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- In the washington, dc area, when he was looking to hire me
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- When he was looking to hire me as his weekend guy. i said, do
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- As his weekend guy. i said, do you think i can use that
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- You think i can use that platform to be influential and
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- Platform to be influential and impactful in other areas? and
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- Impactful in other areas? and he said, no, you're going to
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- He said, no, you're going to have to focus solely on that.
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- Have to focus solely on that. he meant well. i'm glad i
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- He meant well. i'm glad i didn't embrace that as the only
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- Didn't embrace that as the only truth, because you can use that
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- Truth, because you can use that platform. and the fact of the
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- Platform. and the fact of the matter is, as i've learned in
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- Matter is, as i've learned in the world of sports, those on
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- The world of sports, those on any platform with any degree of
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- Any platform with any degree of visibility have a
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- Visibility have a responsibility that's beyond
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- Responsibility that's beyond that which they do in their
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- That which they do in their avocation. we are christ first.
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- Avocation. we are christ first. so this break the huddle and
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- So this break the huddle and run the play. first of all, who
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- Run the play. first of all, who was it? it was jim rohn. do you
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- Was it? it was jim rohn. do you remember that name? jim rohn,
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- Remember that name? jim rohn, the christian motivational
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- The christian motivational speaker. he said, it's always
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- Speaker. he said, it's always important to give credit where
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- Important to give credit where credit is due. so if you got
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- Credit is due. so if you got the message from someone else,
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- The message from someone else, he said, that's okay.
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- He said, that's okay. acknowledge that it shows that
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- Acknowledge that it shows that it's the right thing to do. two,
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- It's the right thing to do. two, it shows you've done your
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- It shows you've done your homework and three, if there is
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- Homework and three, if there is something erroneous that you're
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- Something erroneous that you're sharing that that person shared,
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- Sharing that that person shared, you can say, you know what? jim
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- You can say, you know what? jim rohn should have known better
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- Rohn should have known better than to say that, you know, so
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- Than to say that, you know, so i have that doctor, kevin cosby,
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- I have that doctor, kevin cosby, saint stephen's baptist church
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- Saint stephen's baptist church in louisville, kentucky. come
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- In louisville, kentucky. come on now, the home of muhammad
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- On now, the home of muhammad ali. and he spoke at muhammad
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- Ali. and he spoke at muhammad ali's homegoing service funeral.
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- Ali's homegoing service funeral. he was the one that i heard
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- He was the one that i heard deliver this message many years
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- Deliver this message many years ago. you guys know los angeles
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- Ago. you guys know los angeles well, west angeles church of
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- Well, west angeles church of god in christ, bishop blake.
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- God in christ, bishop blake. >> blake.
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- >> blake. >> charles blake. look at you
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- >> charles blake. look at you guys. i heard the message
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- Guys. i heard the message delivered there, and it touched
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- Delivered there, and it touched my heart. so i called pastor
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- My heart. so i called pastor cosby. i said it touched my
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- Cosby. i said it touched my heart. may i use that message,
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- Heart. may i use that message, but tweak it the way the lord
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- But tweak it the way the lord has me designed to tweak it for
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- Has me designed to tweak it for the audience i'll be dealing
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- The audience i'll be dealing with. and he said, absolutely.
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- With. and he said, absolutely. so do you know it was less than
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- So do you know it was less than a year ago i finally got a
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- A year ago i finally got a chance to meet him in person in
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- Chance to meet him in person in louisville doing a story for
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- Louisville doing a story for cbs news. and i said, finally,
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- Cbs news. and i said, finally, i get the guy whose message
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- I get the guy whose message i've been using because it
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- I've been using because it touched my heart. and that's
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- Touched my heart. and that's what i've been doing in the
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- What i've been doing in the world of sports, is breaking
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- World of sports, is breaking the huddle and running the play
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- The huddle and running the play for the kingdom. if you don't
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- For the kingdom. if you don't know anything about football,
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- Know anything about football, perhaps you do know this. in
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- Perhaps you do know this. in between each play, the players
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- Between each play, the players come together, 11 of them in a
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- Come together, 11 of them in a little small, closed in group.
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- Little small, closed in group. and we call that no, no, no.
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- And we call that no, no, no. it's a prayer service that
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- It's a prayer service that they're getting together in.
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- They're getting together in. that's what they're doing. it's
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- That's what they're doing. it's called the huddle. but what
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- Called the huddle. but what they do in that huddle, they
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- They do in that huddle, they get a plan of action, a play to
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- Get a plan of action, a play to run, and the purpose of the
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- Run, and the purpose of the huddle, the purpose of that
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- Huddle, the purpose of that little worship group, that
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- Little worship group, that little prayer meeting, is to
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- Little prayer meeting, is to discuss a plan of action. they
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- Discuss a plan of action. they get a play from the quarterback
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- Get a play from the quarterback that comes in, and the purpose
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- That comes in, and the purpose of it is to advance the ball
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- Of it is to advance the ball down the field. coming to
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- Down the field. coming to church, it's just like playing
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- Church, it's just like playing football because we huddle up
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- Football because we huddle up at various times during the
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- At various times during the week and of course, on sunday,
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- Week and of course, on sunday, all for the purpose of getting
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- All for the purpose of getting a new play to run. last week's
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- A new play to run. last week's play may not work. you had a
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- Play may not work. you had a different issue to deal with
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- Different issue to deal with last week. so when you come in
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- Last week. so when you come in this week, if you're paying
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- This week, if you're paying rapt attention to the pastor,
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- Rapt attention to the pastor, the preacher, you will get a
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- The preacher, you will get a play to run. so therefore, we
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- Play to run. so therefore, we come to church for the purpose
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- Come to church for the purpose of getting a play to run. and
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- Of getting a play to run. and while we're in the huddle, if
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- While we're in the huddle, if you are attentive, check this
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- You are attentive, check this out. we absolutely will get a
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- Out. we absolutely will get a customized, specialized play
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- Customized, specialized play for you to run in your life.
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- For you to run in your life. but what we see in the huddles
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- But what we see in the huddles at church can actually be
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- At church can actually be different than what we see
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- Different than what we see taking place in the game of
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- Taking place in the game of football. and here's the
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- Football. and here's the difference. it is absolutely
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- Difference. it is absolutely simple. in the nfl, when the
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- Simple. in the nfl, when the players get together in the
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- Players get together in the huddle and they get to play,
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- Huddle and they get to play, they run the play. but many
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- They run the play. but many times when we come to church
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- Times when we come to church and god gives us a play to run
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- And god gives us a play to run straight from his playbook, we
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- Straight from his playbook, we know it's from him. but you
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- Know it's from him. but you know what? we might never break
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- Know what? we might never break the huddle. we might just stay
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- In the huddle and not run the
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- In the huddle and not run the play. and if quietness is kept,
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- Some of us have been in the
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- Some of us have been in the huddle for two years, five
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- Huddle for two years, five years, ten years, 15 years and
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- Years, ten years, 15 years and never have ever broken the
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- Never have ever broken the huddle and run the play. james
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- Huddle and run the play. james essentially says, you've got to
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- Essentially says, you've got to break the huddle and run the
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- Break the huddle and run the play, move into action, action,
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- Play, move into action, action, action.
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- Action. >> so give me the analogy. so
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- >> so give me the analogy. so we're saying my my dad was from
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- We're saying my my dad was from missouri, so he would say
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- Missouri, so he would say something like this. he would
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- Something like this. he would have said, you know, if you
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- Have said, you know, if you still got your rear end in the
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- Still got your rear end in the pew and you're not outside the
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- Pew and you're not outside the four walls of the church
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- Four walls of the church talking about and sharing your
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- Talking about and sharing your faith in christ and telling
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- Faith in christ and telling your story, then you haven't
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- Your story, then you haven't broken the huddle and you're
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- Broken the huddle and you're not running the play. you have
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- Not running the play. you have to be basically a emissary for
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- To be basically a emissary for the for the kingdom. is that
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- The for the kingdom. is that kind of what you're talking
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- Kind of what you're talking about?
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- About? >> you're so good. and netting
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- >> you're so good. and netting it out because what he was
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- It out because what he was saying, in essence, you know
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- Saying, in essence, you know him better because you've been
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- Him better because you've been married to him so long. jb, can
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- Married to him so long. jb, can you help me out and get to the
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- You help me out and get to the essence of what this message is?
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- Essence of what this message is? so it's based on the book of
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- So it's based on the book of james chapter two, verses 14
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- James chapter two, verses 14 through 26, which basically
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- Through 26, which basically says, which we know faith
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- Says, which we know faith without works is dead. okay?
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- Without works is dead. okay? and while the audience was
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- And while the audience was jewish, christians, if you will,
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- Jewish, christians, if you will, of the diaspora in the
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- Of the diaspora in the greco-roman world, to let them
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- Greco-roman world, to let them know that your faith really
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- Know that your faith really isn't significant if you're not
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- Isn't significant if you're not doing something with it to
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- Doing something with it to bring people into the fold. now,
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- Bring people into the fold. now, there were great scholars and
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- There were great scholars and historians and church reformers
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- Historians and church reformers like martin luther back in the
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- Like martin luther back in the 16th century, who said he
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- 16th century, who said he thought the book of james was
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- Thought the book of james was the epistle of straw, because
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- The epistle of straw, because it seemed to focus on works
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- It seemed to focus on works where martin luther was
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- Where martin luther was focusing on faith.
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- Focusing on faith. >> grace.
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- >> grace. >> and grace. we understand
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- >> and grace. we understand that we're saved by faith
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- That we're saved by faith through grace, but we are his
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- Through grace, but we are his workmanship, made unto good
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- Workmanship, made unto good works. so it's not a matter of
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- Works. so it's not a matter of either or faith or works. it's
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- Either or faith or works. it's having a faith that works.
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- Having a faith that works. >> there you go.
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- >> there you go. >> so good faith is the root
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- >> so good faith is the root fruit. the fruit is the works.
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- Fruit. the fruit is the works. so i love the way doctor cosby
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- So i love the way doctor cosby did it. he would take that
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- Did it. he would take that scripture and in the
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- Scripture and in the congregation he would have
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- Congregation he would have everybody go through, read each
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- Everybody go through, read each of the verses. and everywhere
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- Of the verses. and everywhere you saw the word works,
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- You saw the word works, substitute the word action.
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- Substitute the word action. james, who wrote it, clearly
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- James, who wrote it, clearly had something heavily on his
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- Had something heavily on his mind because in 13 verses, 12
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- Times he mentioned the word
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- Times he mentioned the word works or action. so that's what
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- Works or action. so that's what i'm attempting to do, is to
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- Tell people, yeah, you know
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- Tell people, yeah, you know what? this is the great
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- What? this is the great commission. we must do this. we
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- Commission. we must do this. we can't sit around because if we
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- Can't sit around because if we sit around and just continue to
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- Sit around and just continue to grow on our own and not going
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- Grow on our own and not going out and doing something with it,
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- Out and doing something with it, that is antithetical to the
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- That is antithetical to the great commission to go out and
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- Great commission to go out and make disciples. so you set me
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- Make disciples. so you set me up with point number one. you
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- Up with point number one. you said you make no progress in
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- Said you make no progress in the huddle in the game of
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- The huddle in the game of football. it would be pretty
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- Football. it would be pretty boring. and i still have pastor
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- Boring. and i still have pastor d in my mind here because i see
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- D in my mind here because i see him out on the football field.
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- Him out on the football field. if we went to a game to watch
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- If we went to a game to watch pastor d play and all those
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- Pastor d play and all those guys did on the football field
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- Guys did on the football field were to stay in the huddle.
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- Were to stay in the huddle. that's boring. you make no
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- That's boring. you make no progress in the huddle. you
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- Progress in the huddle. you can't kick a field goal from
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- Can't kick a field goal from the huddle. you can't score a
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- The huddle. you can't score a touchdown from the huddle. you
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- Touchdown from the huddle. you can't do anything in the huddle
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- Can't do anything in the huddle but discuss the play that is
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- But discuss the play that is not moving forward with
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- Not moving forward with progress, because the game in
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- Progress, because the game in football is to matriculate the
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- Football is to matriculate the ball down the field, move it
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- Ball down the field, move it down the field for the ultimate
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- Down the field for the ultimate purpose of scoring a touchdown.
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- Purpose of scoring a touchdown. and are we not trying to score
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- And are we not trying to score a touchdown in the game of life?
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- A touchdown in the game of life? and that means bringing as many
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- And that means bringing as many people as possible into the
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- People as possible into the fold with the saving knowledge
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- Fold with the saving knowledge of jesus christ before time is
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- Of jesus christ before time is up. look at the times that
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- Up. look at the times that we're in right now. very
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- We're in right now. very challenging out here in society.
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- Challenging out here in society. it was talked about in the book
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- It was talked about in the book of revelation ad nauseam. don't
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- Of revelation ad nauseam. don't be surprised. but as opposed to
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- Be surprised. but as opposed to getting discouraged because
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- Getting discouraged because even in the book of revelation
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- Even in the book of revelation in the front, it says there's a
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- In the front, it says there's a blessing for those who read and
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- Blessing for those who read and study and understand revelation,
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- Study and understand revelation, those whose names are in the
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- Those whose names are in the book of life. got it. that's
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- Book of life. got it. that's what's important.
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- What's important. >> so you were impacted by this
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- >> so you were impacted by this sermon the first time you heard
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- Sermon the first time you heard it. so give me an example of
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- It. so give me an example of how j. b would have heard this
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- How j. b would have heard this first point. you never make any
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- First point. you never make any progress if you don't break the
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- Progress if you don't break the huddle and get out there
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- Huddle and get out there without there's without moving
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- Without there's without moving the ball down the field. but in
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- The ball down the field. but in this case, without faith and
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- This case, without faith and without works, you got to have
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- Without works, you got to have a little a little of both. how
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- A little a little of both. how did that change who you are?
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- Did that change who you are? what might you not have done
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- What might you not have done prior to hearing it? and what
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- Prior to hearing it? and what might you have done after you
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- Might you have done after you heard that?
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- Heard that? >> great question, matt. what i
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- >> great question, matt. what i would have done was just to get
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- Would have done was just to get as much information, as much
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- As much information, as much knowledge about the word of god,
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- Knowledge about the word of god, understanding the bible, all 66
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- Understanding the bible, all 66 books. what was the theme and
- 00:15:24.478 --> 00:15:26.480
- Books. what was the theme and the point of each of the books?
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- The point of each of the books? how they all pointed to jesus
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- How they all pointed to jesus christ. the old testament, we
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- Christ. the old testament, we know, is jesus christ concealed.
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- Know, is jesus christ concealed. the new testament is jesus
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- The new testament is jesus christ revealed. but so what?
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- Christ revealed. but so what? are you looking to get all this
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- Are you looking to get all this information to sit around and
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- Information to sit around and indulge in intellectual
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- Indulge in intellectual gymnastics to sound like, you
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- Gymnastics to sound like, you know, what's going on and how
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- Know, what's going on and how many people do that on this
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- Many people do that on this program that the lord has
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- Program that the lord has blessed you to, to be taken to
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- Blessed you to, to be taken to the next level as you are. you
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- The next level as you are. you talk with some phenomenal
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- Talk with some phenomenal people, brilliant people. but
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- People, brilliant people. but what good is it if all folks
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- What good is it if all folks are doing is just feeling
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- Are doing is just feeling puffed up because they know a
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- Puffed up because they know a lot, but they're not doing
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- Lot, but they're not doing anything with it? we understand
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- Anything with it? we understand that church leadership is to
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- That church leadership is to train and make disciples for
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- Train and make disciples for them to go out, and in fact, to
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- Them to go out, and in fact, to bring souls into the kingdom,
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- Bring souls into the kingdom, but to just sit there and get
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- But to just sit there and get information for information
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- Information for information purposes only was nothing. and
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- Purposes only was nothing. and that first point about there's
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- That first point about there's no progress made when you're in
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- No progress made when you're in the huddle, if in fact you're
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- The huddle, if in fact you're not doing something with it.
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- Not doing something with it. >> so you're saying, stop
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- >> so you're saying, stop sitting on your blessed
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- Sitting on your blessed assurance and get outside the
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- Assurance and get outside the church and get something done.
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- Church and get something done. is is that kind of what you're
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- Is is that kind of what you're saying?
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- Saying? >> can i reference you? if i
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- >> can i reference you? if i use that one? i would say
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- Use that one? i would say laurie didn't necessarily
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- Laurie didn't necessarily approve of that. but yes, just
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- Approve of that. but yes, just no, no, absolutely.
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- No, no, absolutely. >> that's what we're saying.
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- >> that's what we're saying. >> hey, because you know what?
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- >> hey, because you know what? >> that's better than some.
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- >> that's better than some. >> yeah.
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- >> yeah. >> one of the points that
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- >> one of the points that doctor cosby made is that in
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- Doctor cosby made is that in the huddle, the church has
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- The huddle, the church has huddles throughout the week.
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- Huddles throughout the week. yeah. bible study, choir
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- Yeah. bible study, choir rehearsal, small group meetings
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- Rehearsal, small group meetings on sunday with the sermon. all
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- On sunday with the sermon. all of those are huddles. and if we
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- Of those are huddles. and if we go to church with an expectant
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- Go to church with an expectant ear and heart and spirit, we
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- Ear and heart and spirit, we will hear the lord have a
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- Will hear the lord have a customized, specialized message
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- Customized, specialized message just for you. that's true. it
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- Just for you. that's true. it could be group. it could be the
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- Could be group. it could be the small group. it could be the
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- Small group. it could be the church. when i say the church,
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- Church. when i say the church, i think about cathedral
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- I think about cathedral international. i've been
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- International. i've been blessed to go around and meet
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- Blessed to go around and meet some wonderful people and speak
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- Some wonderful people and speak at their churches. cathedral
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- At their churches. cathedral international and perth amboy,
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- International and perth amboy, new jersey. bishop donald
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- New jersey. bishop donald hilliard, his church he started
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- Hilliard, his church he started was in a pornography theater in
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- Was in a pornography theater in the hood, turned it around. but
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- The hood, turned it around. but around the neighborhood were
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- Around the neighborhood were all kinds of influences that
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- All kinds of influences that will pull you off the track.
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- Will pull you off the track. nightclubs, liquor stores,
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- Nightclubs, liquor stores, strip clubs. so the lord spoke
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- Strip clubs. so the lord spoke to the leadership there and
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- To the leadership there and told them to go around and buy
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- Told them to go around and buy up all of those properties that
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- Up all of those properties that they shared with the
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- They shared with the congregation. this is what the
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- Congregation. this is what the lord has instructed us to do.
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- Lord has instructed us to do. gave them a play to run, to go
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- Gave them a play to run, to go and buy up all of those places
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- And buy up all of those places in the hood that their kids
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- In the hood that their kids would have to walk by every day
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- Would have to walk by every day and see those influences. so
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- And see those influences. so what he, in essence, did, he
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- What he, in essence, did, he told them to go and buy those
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- Told them to go and buy those buildings, buy those businesses,
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- Buildings, buy those businesses, and turn them into building
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- And turn them into building buildings and buildings for
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- Buildings and buildings for redemptive purposes. so one
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- Redemptive purposes. so one could get cute and say, so
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- Could get cute and say, so basically, what he told them to
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- Basically, what he told them to do is to go buy out all the
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- Do is to go buy out all the land of the hittites and the
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- Land of the hittites and the and hivites and the bud lights,
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- And hivites and the bud lights, and turn them into buildings
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- And turn them into buildings with redemptive purposes. now
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- With redemptive purposes. now he's got 4 or 5 different
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- He's got 4 or 5 different locations that's running the
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- Locations that's running the play. there weren't just
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- Play. there weren't just sitting around discussing it.
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- Sitting around discussing it. they weren't debating it. they
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- They weren't debating it. they weren't pontificating about it.
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- Weren't pontificating about it. they got the message from god.
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- They got the message from god. that was the play sent in for
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- That was the play sent in for them and run the play, and they
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- Them and run the play, and they have done remarkably well.
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- Have done remarkably well. >> and you started by saying,
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- >> and you started by saying, you know, faith without works
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- You know, faith without works is dead. so you can have all
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- Is dead. so you can have all the knowledge about who jesus
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- The knowledge about who jesus is. you can hear his voice. but
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- Is. you can hear his voice. but if that doesn't translate into,
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- If that doesn't translate into, you mentioned bishop blake
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- You mentioned bishop blake earlier.
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- Earlier. >> or blake. yes, yes. and
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- >> or blake. yes, yes. and excellent job.
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- Excellent job. >> you start, you know, coming
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- >> you start, you know, coming towards the big cathedral there
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- Towards the big cathedral there in in los angeles. and they've
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- In in los angeles. and they've bought up half of that whole
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- Bought up half of that whole street there. you know, you
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- Street there. you know, you start. and when you're meeting
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- Start. and when you're meeting with bishop blake, you don't
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- With bishop blake, you don't even know what building to go
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- Even know what building to go to because there's about 14 of
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- To because there's about 14 of them that, you know, he could
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- Them that, you know, he could be in up and down that street.
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- Be in up and down that street. same kind of thing.
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- Same kind of thing. transforming areas with the
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- Transforming areas with the gospel, buying them up, turn
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- Gospel, buying them up, turn them into, you know, other
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- Them into, you know, other places for the church and, and
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- Places for the church and, and running the play.
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- Running the play. >> absolutely.
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- >> absolutely. >> okay. point two, we're all
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- >> okay. point two, we're all on the clock. what do you mean
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- On the clock. what do you mean by that?
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- By that? >> i think it was in. it's in.
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- >> i think it was in. it's in. it's in genesis, genesis six, i
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- It's in genesis, genesis six, i think where it talks about, you
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- Think where it talks about, you know, we could have 120 years,
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- Know, we could have 120 years, which is so much less than what
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- Which is so much less than what was the case back in biblical
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- Was the case back in biblical times. but today, it seems like
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- Times. but today, it seems like based on all the studies i've
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- Based on all the studies i've had, the average lifespan. if
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- Had, the average lifespan. if you combine all the ethnic
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- You combine all the ethnic groups together, it's about age
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- Groups together, it's about age 78. okay, okay. bottom line is,
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- 78. okay, okay. bottom line is, even if it were longer, we're
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- Even if it were longer, we're all on the clock. there will be
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- All on the clock. there will be a time when that stopwatch is
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- A time when that stopwatch is pressed in. time's up. what
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- Pressed in. time's up. what have we done during that time?
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- Have we done during that time? are we carrying out that which
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- Are we carrying out that which the lord told us to do? are we
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- The lord told us to do? are we living fulsome lives? but the
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- Living fulsome lives? but the principal focus is to bring as
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- Principal focus is to bring as many as possible into the fold.
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- Many as possible into the fold. and there's only a certain
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- And there's only a certain amount of time to do that in
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- Amount of time to do that in the nfl. you have 40s after the
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- The nfl. you have 40s after the previous play ends to run your
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- Previous play ends to run your next play. unless there's been
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- Next play. unless there's been an administrative stoppage,
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- An administrative stoppage, then it's 25 seconds. if you
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- Then it's 25 seconds. if you don't run a play in your
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- Don't run a play in your allotted time, if you don't run
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- Allotted time, if you don't run your play in the allotted time,
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- Your play in the allotted time, the referee will do what? he'll
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- The referee will do what? he'll throw a flag and the flag is
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- Throw a flag and the flag is because. thank you. penalty
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- Because. thank you. penalty delay of game. that's a penalty
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- Delay of game. that's a penalty flag that he throws. if you
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- Flag that he throws. if you don't run the play in time. and
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- Don't run the play in time. and you know what? there are many
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- You know what? there are many of us. as you go to church and
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- Of us. as you go to church and look around on the floor, god
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- Look around on the floor, god has thrown a bunch of penalty
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- Has thrown a bunch of penalty flags at the feet of a whole
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- Flags at the feet of a whole lot of saints because they have
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- Lot of saints because they have delayed the action. and when
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- Delayed the action. and when you ask them, why haven't you
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- You ask them, why haven't you run the play? here's the common
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- Run the play? here's the common refrain that you get. well, one
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- Refrain that you get. well, one of these days, a penalty flag
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- Of these days, a penalty flag flag being thrown on you from
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- Flag being thrown on you from heaven. keep in mind we are all
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- Heaven. keep in mind we are all on the clock. time is passing.
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- On the clock. time is passing. we don't have as much time as
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- We don't have as much time as we used to. stop and think
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- We used to. stop and think about that. the finish line.
- 00:22:09.083 --> 00:22:10.551
- About that. the finish line. for most of us who are of some
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- For most of us who are of some age, it's in the horizon. we
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- Age, it's in the horizon. we can see it. folk. let's be
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- Can see it. folk. let's be about god's business. so we've
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- About god's business. so we've got to maximize that time in
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- Got to maximize that time in the game of life. four quarters
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- The game of life. four quarters in the game of life. let's make
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- In the game of life. let's make it easy for the math challenge
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- It easy for the math challenge here and just say 72 is the
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- Here and just say 72 is the average life span. that means
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- Average life span. that means by the time you turn 18, you're
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- By the time you turn 18, you're at the end of the first quarter
- 00:22:35.476 --> 00:22:36.810
- At the end of the first quarter in your life. wow. 18 years of
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- In your life. wow. 18 years of age. wow. and i know it's more
- 00:22:38.712 --> 00:22:40.314
- Age. wow. and i know it's more 78 and i would have to use
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- 78 and i would have to use fractions. so i'm not going to
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- Fractions. so i'm not going to try to deal with the fractions
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- Try to deal with the fractions here. although it's b 1919.5.
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- Here. although it's b 1919.5. so that means by the time you
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- So that means by the time you turn 36 you're at half time
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- Turn 36 you're at half time half time in your life at age
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- Half time in your life at age 36.
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- 36. >> my goodness.
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- >> my goodness. >> i have shoes that are older
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- >> i have shoes that are older than 36 years of age. dorothy
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- Than 36 years of age. dorothy won't let me wear them. laurie.
- 00:22:59.233 --> 00:23:01.568
- Won't let me wear them. laurie. okay, that's another story.
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- Okay, that's another story. that means by the time you turn
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- That means by the time you turn 54, you have to end of the
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- 54, you have to end of the third quarter. wow. so work
- 00:23:06.173 --> 00:23:07.207
- Third quarter. wow. so work with me. that means by the time
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- With me. that means by the time he turns 72, that means what?
- 00:23:09.209 --> 00:23:11.311
- He turns 72, that means what? games over end of regulation.
- 00:23:11.378 --> 00:23:14.381
- Games over end of regulation. and i always have some people
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- And i always have some people say, wait a minute, i'm 78. i'm
- 00:23:15.616 --> 00:23:17.317
- Say, wait a minute, i'm 78. i'm not. if i say, hold on, i'll be
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- Not. if i say, hold on, i'll be there in the game of football.
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- There in the game of football. if you live past 72 or in the
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- If you live past 72 or in the game of football, if the game
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- Game of football, if the game is tied at the end of
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- Is tied at the end of regulation, you go into.
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- Regulation, you go into. >> overtime.
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- >> overtime. >> overtime, in the game of
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- >> overtime, in the game of life and in the way football
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- Life and in the way football was originally structured,
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- Was originally structured, overtime ends, how in sudden
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- Overtime ends, how in sudden death. so that means we don't
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- Death. so that means we don't have any time to play. we need
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- Have any time to play. we need to maximize the fact that all
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- To maximize the fact that all of us are on the clock. we
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- Of us are on the clock. we don't have time to be
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- Don't have time to be lollygagging and caught up in
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- Lollygagging and caught up in things that are insignificant.
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- Things that are insignificant. we need to be kingdom focused
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- We need to be kingdom focused and everything that we're doing,
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- And everything that we're doing, because we don't know when that
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- Because we don't know when that stopwatch will be stopped.
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- Stopwatch will be stopped. >> so i want to make a i want
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- >> so i want to make a i want to make a point on what you
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- To make a point on what you just said. kingdom focused. yes.
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- Just said. kingdom focused. yes. let's say you would almost have
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- Let's say you would almost have to have a conversation with
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- To have a conversation with somebody to even kind of ask
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- Somebody to even kind of ask them what they mean by kingdom.
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- Them what they mean by kingdom. now we have the opportunity to
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- Now we have the opportunity to be on the phone every once in a
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- Be on the phone every once in a while. and we had a pretty long
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- While. and we had a pretty long conversation the other day. and,
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- Conversation the other day. and, and our common friend, doctor
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- And our common friend, doctor ed young, former southern
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- Ed young, former southern baptist convention guy, head of
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- Baptist convention guy, head of the southern baptist and former
- 00:24:23.116 --> 00:24:25.752
- The southern baptist and former pastor of second baptist
- 00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.654
- Pastor of second baptist houston, said something to me
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- Houston, said something to me the other day that that made a
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- The other day that that made a lot of sense. kingdom is
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- Lot of sense. kingdom is everything. and what do you
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- Everything. and what do you mean by that? what scripture do
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- Mean by that? what scripture do you land that on? and it's the
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- You land that on? and it's the earth is the lord's, the
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- Earth is the lord's, the fullness thereof, and all they
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- Fullness thereof, and all they that dwell therein. so the
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- Kingdom is everything. and the
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- Kingdom is everything. and the church sometimes has called the
- 00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:49.142
- Church sometimes has called the church the kingdom. and you
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- Church the kingdom. and you know, again, you have to sit
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- With somebody and get their
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- With somebody and get their definition of things that that
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- Definition of things that that doesn't technically have to be
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- Doesn't technically have to be wrong. but for this analogy,
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- Wrong. but for this analogy, it's we're talking about
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- It's we're talking about football. we're talking about,
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- Football. we're talking about, you know, the, the guy that's
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- You know, the, the guy that's hosted more super bowls,
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- Hosted more super bowls, anybody, you know, football,
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- Anybody, you know, football, television, hall of fame,
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- Television, hall of fame, you're in the world according
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- You're in the world according to some people's definition.
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- To some people's definition. you share your faith, you
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- You share your faith, you interview people about jesus,
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- Interview people about jesus, even right here on tbn. and you
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- Even right here on tbn. and you and you've done a lot of that
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- And you've done a lot of that kind of stuff. so some people
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- Kind of stuff. so some people would say you are outside the
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- Would say you are outside the church, and unless you're a
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- Church, and unless you're a pastor or preaching from a
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- Pastor or preaching from a sermon that, that, that you're
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- Sermon that, that, that you're not even in the kingdom. and
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- Not even in the kingdom. and boy, i think the church has had
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- Boy, i think the church has had that wrong. i like ed's
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- That wrong. i like ed's definition. the kingdom is
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- Definition. the kingdom is everything. god. god thinks he
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- Everything. god. god thinks he owns it all. the earth is the
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- Owns it all. the earth is the lord's. okay? and so the idea
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- Lord's. okay? and so the idea that we should basically have
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- That we should basically have influence everywhere is, is the
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- Influence everywhere is, is the key, i think that you're
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- Key, i think that you're talking about if we have a
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- Talking about if we have a short time, and if we got to
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- Short time, and if we got to break a huddle and get
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- Break a huddle and get something done, we've got to
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- Something done, we've got to get influence felt everywhere,
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- Get influence felt everywhere, even broadcasting of football
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- Even broadcasting of football and sports and this kind of
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- And sports and this kind of thing. and so if you're there
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- Thing. and so if you're there at cbs and if you're there
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- At cbs and if you're there inside of all the different
- 00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:20.400
- Inside of all the different things you're doing, the church
- 00:26:20.467 --> 00:26:24.137
- Things you're doing, the church is in essence, filtering and
- 00:26:24.204 --> 00:26:27.074
- Is in essence, filtering and expanding inside of your world
- 00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:28.875
- Expanding inside of your world because you're there, see? and
- 00:26:28.942 --> 00:26:31.378
- Because you're there, see? and again, you're not sitting on a
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- Again, you're not sitting on a pew 24 over seven on your
- 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:35.382
- Pew 24 over seven on your blessed assurance. you're in
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- Blessed assurance. you're in the broadcast booth and your
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- The broadcast booth and your light is shining because god
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- Light is shining because god thinks everything belongs to
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- Thinks everything belongs to him. and he's right. and it
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- Him. and he's right. and it does. and you're expanding the
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- Does. and you're expanding the church inside of the kingdom.
- 00:26:49.763 --> 00:26:52.099
- Church inside of the kingdom. the kingdom's everything, the
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- The kingdom's everything, the kingdom's everybody. and it's
- 00:26:54.167 --> 00:26:56.570
- Kingdom's everybody. and it's hard to grasp that because you
- 00:26:56.637 --> 00:26:58.305
- Hard to grasp that because you think, well, that dirty, rotten
- 00:26:58.372 --> 00:26:59.873
- Think, well, that dirty, rotten set of scoundrels over there
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- Set of scoundrels over there and that other country that are
- 00:27:01.308 --> 00:27:03.076
- And that other country that are picking on this country, or
- 00:27:03.143 --> 00:27:04.111
- Picking on this country, or they're doing this or they're
- 00:27:04.177 --> 00:27:05.212
- They're doing this or they're doing that, how could they?
- 00:27:05.278 --> 00:27:06.980
- Doing that, how could they? well, you know, good, bad and
- 00:27:07.047 --> 00:27:09.182
- Well, you know, good, bad and ugly. they're all in the
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- Ugly. they're all in the kingdom. the earth is the lord.
- 00:27:10.651 --> 00:27:12.352
- Kingdom. the earth is the lord. we are all created in his image.
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- We are all created in his image. now. we're not all living it.
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- Now. we're not all living it. and so we're talking about
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- And so we're talking about getting expanding outside the
- 00:27:17.924 --> 00:27:19.993
- Getting expanding outside the four walls of the church. and
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- Four walls of the church. and that's what you do every single
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- That's what you do every single day.
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- Day. >> so the point is, we need to
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- >> so the point is, we need to be about bringing as many
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- Be about bringing as many people into the kingdom,
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- People into the kingdom, because the kingdom is his. but
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- Because the kingdom is his. but everybody isn't in the kingdom
- 00:27:29.803 --> 00:27:31.204
- Everybody isn't in the kingdom because they haven't embraced
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- Because they haven't embraced jesus christ as lord and savior.
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- Jesus christ as lord and savior. and unless your name is in the
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- And unless your name is in the lamb's book of life, you will
- 00:27:37.110 --> 00:27:38.745
- Lamb's book of life, you will not spend eternity with him. we
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- Not spend eternity with him. we know how death is defined in
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- Know how death is defined in the bible. death is not the
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- The bible. death is not the first death. when we pass, we
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- First death. when we pass, we are to be concerned about the
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- Are to be concerned about the second death, and the second
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- Second death, and the second death is eternal separation
- 00:27:50.323 --> 00:27:52.426
- Death is eternal separation from god. eternity for
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- From god. eternity for everybody who's born there is
- 00:27:54.928 --> 00:27:56.697
- Everybody who's born there is an eternity. the question is,
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- An eternity. the question is, are you going to spend eternity
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- Are you going to spend eternity in nonsmoking or smoking?
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- In nonsmoking or smoking? that's it. period. i go back to
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- That's it. period. i go back to deuteronomy 30 and 19. i mean,
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- Deuteronomy 30 and 19. i mean, even when the word is being
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- Even when the word is being delivered that i call heaven
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- Delivered that i call heaven and earth to record or record
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- And earth to record or record this day your choice. love is a
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- This day your choice. love is a choice. jesus is a choice. many
- 00:28:18.885 --> 00:28:20.687
- Choice. jesus is a choice. many people think that we're trying
- 00:28:20.754 --> 00:28:21.655
- People think that we're trying to beat people over the head. i
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- To beat people over the head. i wasn't hired by any of the
- 00:28:23.457 --> 00:28:25.425
- Wasn't hired by any of the companies with whom i've worked
- 00:28:25.492 --> 00:28:27.027
- Companies with whom i've worked to proselytize, right? but
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- To proselytize, right? but that's who i am. it doesn't
- 00:28:30.263 --> 00:28:31.431
- That's who i am. it doesn't mean that i'm not a christian,
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- Mean that i'm not a christian, i am. but even as the
- 00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:35.235
- I am. but even as the expression goes, i know there's
- 00:28:35.302 --> 00:28:36.770
- Expression goes, i know there's a poet who's written a poem
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- A poet who's written a poem about it. some will ascribe it
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- About it. some will ascribe it to saint francis of assisi. but
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- To saint francis of assisi. but i love this expression. many
- 00:28:44.010 --> 00:28:45.312
- I love this expression. many people would prefer to see a
- 00:28:45.378 --> 00:28:47.781
- People would prefer to see a good sermon before they hear a
- 00:28:47.848 --> 00:28:51.551
- Good sermon before they hear a good sermon, and that would be
- 00:28:51.618 --> 00:28:53.553
- Good sermon, and that would be most convicting and convincing
- 00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:56.423
- Most convicting and convincing as we share the message, our
- 00:28:56.490 --> 00:28:59.292
- As we share the message, our lives radiate that. so my job?
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- Lives radiate that. so my job? yes, i am a sportscaster, but
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- Yes, i am a sportscaster, but i'm a christian sportscaster.
- 00:29:03.830 --> 00:29:05.499
- I'm a christian sportscaster. i'm a husband, but i'm a
- 00:29:05.565 --> 00:29:07.200
- I'm a husband, but i'm a christian husband. i'm a
- 00:29:07.267 --> 00:29:08.301
- Christian husband. i'm a grandfather, but i'm a
- 00:29:08.368 --> 00:29:09.503
- Grandfather, but i'm a christian grandfather. that is
- 00:29:09.569 --> 00:29:10.971
- Christian grandfather. that is who i am first, foremost and
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- Who i am first, foremost and always.
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- Always. >> preach always. and if you
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- >> preach always. and if you have to use words.
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- Have to use words. >> use words. absolutely.
- 00:29:17.377 --> 00:29:18.979
- >> use words. absolutely. that's exactly right.
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- That's exactly right. >> okay. point three. because
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- >> okay. point three. because of where the play comes from.
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- Of where the play comes from. okay. offensive coordinator
- 00:29:24.985 --> 00:29:26.753
- Okay. offensive coordinator sits high. god sits high.
- 00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:28.522
- Sits high. god sits high. isaiah 4022. what do you mean
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- Isaiah 4022. what do you mean by all that?
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- By all that? >> i know it's in the book of
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- >> i know it's in the book of isaiah that says, the lord sits
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- Upon the circle of the earth.
- 00:29:35.061 --> 00:29:38.932
- Upon the circle of the earth. yeah, that's in the bible.
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- Yeah, that's in the bible. >> for all you flat earthers,
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- >> for all you flat earthers, right?
- 00:29:42.602 --> 00:29:42.969
- Right? >> have they referenced the
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- >> have they referenced the bible even back during the time
- 00:29:44.404 --> 00:29:46.039
- Bible even back during the time when they were saying, no, if
- 00:29:46.106 --> 00:29:47.174
- When they were saying, no, if you go out, you know you're
- 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:49.042
- Going to fall off. it's in the
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- Going to fall off. it's in the word. he sits on the circle of
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- Word. he sits on the circle of the earth. so in in football
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- The earth. so in in football terms, most people think that
- 00:29:54.881 --> 00:29:56.383
- Terms, most people think that the offensive coordinator is
- 00:29:56.449 --> 00:29:58.418
- The offensive coordinator is down on the field. he may be,
- 00:29:58.485 --> 00:29:59.953
- Down on the field. he may be, but the offensive staff and
- 00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:02.022
- But the offensive staff and many of the offensive and
- 00:30:02.088 --> 00:30:03.523
- Many of the offensive and offensive coordinators
- 00:30:03.590 --> 00:30:04.524
- Offensive coordinators themselves, they're up in the
- 00:30:04.591 --> 00:30:06.693
- Themselves, they're up in the booth. why are they in the
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- Booth. why are they in the booth?
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- Booth? >> i don't know.
- 00:30:09.062 --> 00:30:09.896
- >> i don't know. >> because they can see the
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- >> because they can see the whole field of play, and they
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- Whole field of play, and they can see what the defense is
- 00:30:13.033 --> 00:30:14.267
- Can see what the defense is doing to try to stop the
- 00:30:14.334 --> 00:30:16.102
- Doing to try to stop the offense from scoring, moving
- 00:30:16.169 --> 00:30:18.038
- Offense from scoring, moving the ball down the field for the
- 00:30:18.104 --> 00:30:20.040
- The ball down the field for the purpose of scoring a touchdown.
- 00:30:20.106 --> 00:30:22.075
- Purpose of scoring a touchdown. i just reinforced that. for
- 00:30:22.142 --> 00:30:23.577
- I just reinforced that. for those who might just be tuning
- 00:30:23.643 --> 00:30:25.312
- Those who might just be tuning in to get the touchdown, all
- 00:30:25.378 --> 00:30:27.314
- In to get the touchdown, all truth is parallel. what's true
- 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.748
- Truth is parallel. what's true in the natural is true in the
- 00:30:28.815 --> 00:30:30.817
- In the natural is true in the supernatural because often what
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- Supernatural because often what has happened for us in the
- 00:30:32.018 --> 00:30:34.020
- Has happened for us in the kingdom, it's being shown to us.
- 00:30:34.087 --> 00:30:36.189
- Kingdom, it's being shown to us. it has been shown to us.
- 00:30:36.256 --> 00:30:37.991
- It has been shown to us. shadows and types. yeah, in the
- 00:30:38.058 --> 00:30:40.126
- Shadows and types. yeah, in the natural first. but the natural
- 00:30:40.193 --> 00:30:41.595
- Natural first. but the natural is a reflection of what is in
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- Is a reflection of what is in the supernatural. all right, jb,
- 00:30:43.530 --> 00:30:45.131
- The supernatural. all right, jb, get back to the norm. so the
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- Get back to the norm. so the offensive coordinators are up
- 00:30:46.766 --> 00:30:48.101
- Offensive coordinators are up in the offensive booth looking
- 00:30:48.168 --> 00:30:49.970
- In the offensive booth looking at the whole field, sending in
- 00:30:50.036 --> 00:30:52.372
- At the whole field, sending in plays that will are designed to
- 00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:56.076
- Plays that will are designed to minimize what the defense is
- 00:30:56.142 --> 00:30:57.244
- Minimize what the defense is trying to do to keep them from
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- Trying to do to keep them from scoring a touchdown. well, as
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- Scoring a touchdown. well, as the old folks used to say.
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- The old folks used to say. >> come on now.
- 00:31:02.249 --> 00:31:03.650
- >> come on now. >> our god sits high and looks
- 00:31:03.717 --> 00:31:07.888
- >> our god sits high and looks low. our god is jesus christ
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- Low. our god is jesus christ who sits upon the circle of the
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- Who sits upon the circle of the earth. he sees the end from the
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- Earth. he sees the end from the beginning. so who better to
- 00:31:17.030 --> 00:31:19.165
- Beginning. so who better to take direction from? if jesus
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- Take direction from? if jesus himself and he is our offensive
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- Himself and he is our offensive coordinator, if he sends a play
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- Coordinator, if he sends a play into us, why do we waste time
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- Into us, why do we waste time in the huddle discussing,
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- In the huddle discussing, pontificating, dissecting. it
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- Pontificating, dissecting. it came from jesus. we only have
- 00:31:32.545 --> 00:31:34.881
- Came from jesus. we only have so much time. run the play that
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- So much time. run the play that jesus gave us. god says, i will
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- Jesus gave us. god says, i will instruct you in the way you
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- Instruct you in the way you should go, instruct and teach
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- Should go, instruct and teach you in the way you should go. i
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- You in the way you should go. i will guide you with mine. eye.
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- Will guide you with mine. eye. whose eye is better to. follow
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- Whose eye is better to. follow than jesus christ? they use the
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- Than jesus christ? they use the example. if you were in a given
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- Example. if you were in a given city and say, it's in
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- City and say, it's in washington, d.c. you got the
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- Washington, d.c. you got the washington monument. those
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- Washington monument. those people who are lined along the
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- People who are lined along the streets looking at the parade
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- Streets looking at the parade coming along, they only have
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- Coming along, they only have the viewpoint of what's right
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- The viewpoint of what's right in front of them. whoever's
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- In front of them. whoever's sitting on top of the monument
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- Sitting on top of the monument can see where the play, where
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- Can see where the play, where the parade starts and where
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- The parade starts and where it's going to end. that's our
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- It's going to end. that's our jesus. so why are we debating?
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- Jesus. so why are we debating? why are we pontificating? why
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- Why are we pontificating? why are we trying to tear apart the
- 00:32:21.661 --> 00:32:23.430
- Are we trying to tear apart the bible and what it has said when
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- Bible and what it has said when it's so true? speaking of that,
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- It's so true? speaking of that, before we get to point number
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- Before we get to point number four, it's amazing because i
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- Four, it's amazing because i know in the in the body of
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- Know in the in the body of christ today, i understand that
- 00:32:31.104 --> 00:32:32.272
- Christ today, i understand that there's this new term, excuse
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- There's this new term, excuse the vernacular, please. my mom
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- The vernacular, please. my mom in heaven will get on me, but
- 00:32:35.809 --> 00:32:37.377
- In heaven will get on me, but lori and matt ain't nothing new
- 00:32:37.444 --> 00:32:39.279
- Lori and matt ain't nothing new under the sun. the term
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- Under the sun. the term deconstruction, where a lot of
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- Deconstruction, where a lot of young people are having
- 00:32:43.683 --> 00:32:45.085
- Young people are having problems because their faith is
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- Problems because their faith is being challenged as people are
- 00:32:46.553 --> 00:32:48.288
- Being challenged as people are asking them to explain it. i
- 00:32:48.355 --> 00:32:50.156
- Asking them to explain it. i haven't done my homework on
- 00:32:50.223 --> 00:32:51.524
- Haven't done my homework on this, but even if you were just
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- This, but even if you were just to use a simple intellectual
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- To use a simple intellectual understanding of the word
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- Understanding of the word deconstruction, it means to
- 00:32:56.663 --> 00:32:57.597
- Deconstruction, it means to take apart, well, okay, if
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- Take apart, well, okay, if you're taking apart by a
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- You're taking apart by a biblical definition, you come
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- Biblical definition, you come to the foundation. there's no
- 00:33:02.869 --> 00:33:04.471
- To the foundation. there's no other foundation that can be
- 00:33:04.537 --> 00:33:06.206
- Other foundation that can be laid other than that which is
- 00:33:06.272 --> 00:33:08.074
- Laid other than that which is christ jesus the rock. he's the
- 00:33:08.141 --> 00:33:10.677
- Christ jesus the rock. he's the cornerstone. so people should
- 00:33:10.744 --> 00:33:11.644
- Cornerstone. so people should not get fearful about having to
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- Not get fearful about having to deconstruct their faith to help
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- Deconstruct their faith to help people understand, because
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- People understand, because god's word is true. please.
- 00:33:17.550 --> 00:33:20.053
- God's word is true. please. he's already said in the word
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- He's already said in the word numbers 23 and 19. i'm not a
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- Numbers 23 and 19. i'm not a man that i can lie, nor the son
- 00:33:23.723 --> 00:33:25.425
- Man that i can lie, nor the son of man that i should repent.
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- Have i not spoken? it will not
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- Have i not spoken? it will not occur if i've mentioned it. it
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- Occur if i've mentioned it. it will manifest titus one and two
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- Will manifest titus one and two in hope of eternal life. god,
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- In hope of eternal life. god, who cannot lie no greater force
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- Who cannot lie no greater force than him to talk about, because
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- He can't lie. that's who we
- 00:33:40.306 --> 00:33:43.043
- He can't lie. that's who we base our life upon. it's based
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- Base our life upon. it's based upon the character and
- 00:33:44.878 --> 00:33:46.613
- Upon the character and integrity of god himself.
- 00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.714
- Integrity of god himself. there's no other faith that i'm
- 00:33:47.781 --> 00:33:49.182
- There's no other faith that i'm aware of that has prophecy as
- 00:33:49.249 --> 00:33:52.719
- Aware of that has prophecy as an integral part of it. some
- 00:33:52.786 --> 00:33:54.888
- An integral part of it. some may have had one prophecy that
- 00:33:54.954 --> 00:33:57.057
- May have had one prophecy that they have uttered, that they
- 00:33:57.123 --> 00:33:58.258
- They have uttered, that they had to go back and revise when
- 00:33:58.324 --> 00:34:00.427
- Had to go back and revise when it didn't happen. christianity.
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- It didn't happen. christianity. let jesus, let god the father
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- Let jesus, let god the father be wrong about one prophecy
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- Be wrong about one prophecy that he's ever spoken and
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- That he's ever spoken and uttered through the bible. and
- 00:34:10.870 --> 00:34:12.572
- Uttered through the bible. and people have a reason to pull
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- People have a reason to pull the rug from up under the
- 00:34:13.807 --> 00:34:15.575
- The rug from up under the foundation of christianity. but
- 00:34:15.642 --> 00:34:16.876
- Foundation of christianity. but from the little bit of studying
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- From the little bit of studying that i've done and asking, how
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- That i've done and asking, how many prophecies have there been
- 00:34:20.213 --> 00:34:21.881
- Many prophecies have there been that god has spoken about that
- 00:34:21.948 --> 00:34:23.516
- That god has spoken about that have come true? the number is
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- Have come true? the number is somewhere between 7 and 8 000
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- Somewhere between 7 and 8 000 prophecies. most scholars
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- Prophecies. most scholars settle on 7487 prophecies.
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- Settle on 7487 prophecies. that's a pretty good track
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- That's a pretty good track record, but check this out in
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- Record, but check this out in the world, when we go for a job
- 00:34:35.028 --> 00:34:37.397
- The world, when we go for a job interview, we take our resume
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- Interview, we take our resume to give it to matt and laurie
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- To give it to matt and laurie to work at tbn, and you guys
- 00:34:41.301 --> 00:34:43.603
- To work at tbn, and you guys review the resume to see what
- 00:34:43.670 --> 00:34:45.672
- Review the resume to see what that candidate has done, to
- 00:34:45.738 --> 00:34:48.241
- That candidate has done, to give them some inkling of what
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- Give them some inkling of what they can do. is jesus's track
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- They can do. is jesus's track record good with 7487
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- Record good with 7487 prophecies that have been true,
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- Prophecies that have been true, i asked my good friend, pastor
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- I asked my good friend, pastor dale o'shields, head of a
- 00:35:02.689 --> 00:35:05.825
- Dale o'shields, head of a church of the redeemer in
- 00:35:05.892 --> 00:35:07.293
- Church of the redeemer in gaithersburg, maryland. i
- 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.994
- Gaithersburg, maryland. i called him up and he's
- 00:35:08.061 --> 00:35:09.762
- Called him up and he's evangelizing over in panama. i
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- Evangelizing over in panama. i said, what one prophecy has
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- Said, what one prophecy has jesus mentioned that hasn't
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- Jesus mentioned that hasn't come true yet? and the first
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- Come true yet? and the first one off of his lips was his
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- One off of his lips was his return.
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- Return. >> his return?
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- >> his return? >> well, don't you think if
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- >> well, don't you think if you've got a candidate who's
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- You've got a candidate who's got 7487 things that he said is
- 00:35:23.376 --> 00:35:26.412
- Got 7487 things that he said is going to happen, don't you
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- Going to happen, don't you think his track record is
- 00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:29.282
- Think his track record is pretty good to believe that he
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- Pretty good to believe that he is returning? does that make
- 00:35:30.783 --> 00:35:31.718
- Is returning? does that make sense?
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- Sense? >> it does. if you would just
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- >> it does. if you would just take this football and spike it
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- Take this football and spike it for.
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- For. >> a.
- 00:35:36.022 --> 00:35:36.422
- >> a. >> second, the the end of the
- 00:35:36.489 --> 00:35:38.358
- >> second, the the end of the third quarter.
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- Third quarter. >> yes, sir.
- 00:35:38.791 --> 00:35:39.659
- >> yes, sir. >> you scored the touchdown
- 00:35:39.726 --> 00:35:41.227
- >> you scored the touchdown even before we got to the
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- Even before we got to the fourth quarter. if you spike
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- Fourth quarter. if you spike that just.
- 00:35:43.796 --> 00:35:44.564
- That just. >> but i don't want to i don't
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- >> but i don't want to i don't want to ruin.
- 00:35:46.633 --> 00:35:46.900
- Want to ruin. >> anything right there.
- 00:35:46.966 --> 00:35:47.934
- >> anything right there. >> pastor dee would be better
- 00:35:48.001 --> 00:35:49.669
- >> pastor dee would be better over here. here. now pastor is
- 00:35:49.736 --> 00:35:50.803
- Over here. here. now pastor is going to grade whether or not i
- 00:35:50.870 --> 00:35:52.672
- Going to grade whether or not i do this right. you can tell i
- 00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:54.607
- Do this right. you can tell i didn't play football, i played
- 00:35:54.674 --> 00:35:55.708
- Didn't play football, i played basketball, but i would.
- 00:35:55.775 --> 00:35:56.709
- Basketball, but i would. >> there it is. come on. yeah,
- 00:35:56.776 --> 00:35:58.645
- >> there it is. come on. yeah, i like it. that's all right.
- 00:35:58.711 --> 00:35:59.846
- I like it. that's all right. >> yes, sir.
- 00:35:59.913 --> 00:36:00.713
- >> yes, sir. >> point four. let's settle
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- >> point four. let's settle down.
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- Down. >> did that make sense?
- 00:36:02.615 --> 00:36:03.683
- >> did that make sense? >> yeah.
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- >> yeah. >> totally beautiful.
- 00:36:03.983 --> 00:36:04.884
- >> totally beautiful. >> if you don't run a play, he
- 00:36:04.951 --> 00:36:06.719
- >> if you don't run a play, he will get somebody else to run
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- Will get somebody else to run that play. run the play. some
- 00:36:08.621 --> 00:36:10.256
- That play. run the play. some of you might say, okay, you
- 00:36:10.323 --> 00:36:11.724
- Of you might say, okay, you know what, i got it. i hear you
- 00:36:11.791 --> 00:36:13.693
- Know what, i got it. i hear you loud and clear. i know i'm
- 00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.827
- Loud and clear. i know i'm supposed to run this play, but
- 00:36:14.894 --> 00:36:16.696
- Supposed to run this play, but you just have no idea. there's
- 00:36:16.763 --> 00:36:17.931
- You just have no idea. there's so much opposition against me
- 00:36:17.997 --> 00:36:19.632
- So much opposition against me out there. i can't get it done
- 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:22.869
- Out there. i can't get it done in the game of football. every
- 00:36:22.936 --> 00:36:25.772
- In the game of football. every play that comes in already
- 00:36:25.838 --> 00:36:29.075
- Play that comes in already recognizes that there is
- 00:36:29.142 --> 00:36:30.410
- Recognizes that there is opposition against you. we know
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- Opposition against you. we know that satan is like a roaring
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- That satan is like a roaring lion going about daily, seeking
- 00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:36.916
- Lion going about daily, seeking whom he can destroy. god
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- Whom he can destroy. god recognizes that he's given us
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- Recognizes that he's given us the game plan, but it's on us
- 00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:43.456
- The game plan, but it's on us to be obedient to his game plan
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- To be obedient to his game plan and run it. when he sends the
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- And run it. when he sends the play in, i'll play comes
- 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:49.862
- Play in, i'll play comes directly from god. if we run
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- Directly from god. if we run the play that god has given us
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- The play that god has given us the good news, god himself will
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- The good news, god himself will block for you and me.
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- Block for you and me. >> god will block for you. yes.
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- >> god will block for you. yes. okay. so we're we're in the
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- Okay. so we're we're in the fourth quarter now. we're
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- Fourth quarter now. we're getting down to the to the end
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- Getting down to the to the end of the game. biblical examples.
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- Of the game. biblical examples. abraham, moses, david, what do
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- Abraham, moses, david, what do you mean by all that? as we're
- 00:37:18.124 --> 00:37:20.927
- You mean by all that? as we're settling in on our sermon here,
- 00:37:20.994 --> 00:37:22.996
- Settling in on our sermon here, break the huddle, run the play.
- 00:37:23.062 --> 00:37:25.565
- Break the huddle, run the play. >> so when i say god will block
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- >> so when i say god will block for you, i'm using it maybe
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- For you, i'm using it maybe some degree metaphorically
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- Some degree metaphorically using abraham. abraham. the
- 00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:35.675
- Using abraham. abraham. the prophecy was that he was going
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- Prophecy was that he was going to be the father of many
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- To be the father of many nations, right? he's i'm your
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- Nations, right? he's i'm your announcer years old. sarah is
- 00:37:40.046 --> 00:37:41.447
- Announcer years old. sarah is 90. so what happened? did the
- 00:37:41.514 --> 00:37:43.483
- 90. so what happened? did the promise happened for abraham?
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- Promise happened for abraham? how god came and blocked for
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- How god came and blocked for him and sarah. okay. and look
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- Him and sarah. okay. and look at what happens. what was the
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- At what happens. what was the second example?
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- Second example? >> moses?
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- >> moses? >> moses, my gosh, he's leading
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- >> moses, my gosh, he's leading the israelites out of captivity.
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- And they go and they get to a
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- And they go and they get to a dead end. from our perspective,
- 00:38:04.804 --> 00:38:08.775
- Dead end. from our perspective, because he's got the red sea in
- 00:38:08.841 --> 00:38:10.376
- Because he's got the red sea in front of him. he's got a
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- Front of him. he's got a mountain on either side, and
- 00:38:12.011 --> 00:38:14.080
- Pharaoh's coming up hot and
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- Pharaoh's coming up hot and heavy from behind to recapture
- 00:38:15.281 --> 00:38:18.051
- Heavy from behind to recapture the israelites. and what does
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- The israelites. and what does god do? yeah, pharaoh can't go
- 00:38:21.087 --> 00:38:24.524
- God do? yeah, pharaoh can't go any further because god's
- 00:38:24.590 --> 00:38:26.025
- Any further because god's blocking him. god moved from in
- 00:38:26.092 --> 00:38:28.194
- Blocking him. god moved from in front where he was leading them
- 00:38:28.261 --> 00:38:30.763
- Front where he was leading them to behind. i think it's in
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- To behind. i think it's in isaiah 54 and 12 where he says,
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- Isaiah 54 and 12 where he says, i will be your rear guard. he
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- I will be your rear guard. he went behind to protect them.
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- Went behind to protect them. well, god did his thing with
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- Well, god did his thing with the red sea, led them across to
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- Safety. and when pharaoh and
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- Safety. and when pharaoh and the egyptians tried to come
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- The egyptians tried to come behind him to recapture what
- 00:38:48.014 --> 00:38:49.716
- Behind him to recapture what happened to them, covered up,
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- Happened to them, covered up, killed a blessing that is
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- Killed a blessing that is intended for you is a blessing
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- Intended for you is a blessing that is intended for you.
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- That is intended for you. anybody else who tries to walk
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- Anybody else who tries to walk in your blessing, it ain't
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- In your blessing, it ain't going to happen. so he blocked
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- Going to happen. so he blocked for moses at the red sea. who
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- Else? david, david and goliath.
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- Else? david, david and goliath. my gosh, you know i'm loving it.
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- My gosh, you know i'm loving it. when? when what? king saul
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- When? when what? king saul tried to give david all of his
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- Tried to give david all of his armor. he said, man, i can't
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- Armor. he said, man, i can't use this. you know, let me use
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- Use this. you know, let me use what i've got god on my side.
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- What i've got god on my side. this is just a james brown
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- This is just a james brown version as i'm trying to
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- Version as i'm trying to truncate this. so, and he's
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- Truncate this. so, and he's looking at all of these grown
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- Looking at all of these grown men who are intimidated by this
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- Men who are intimidated by this nine foot giant. and he's like,
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- Nine foot giant. and he's like, what? and when he goes into
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- What? and when he goes into battle saying, no, i'll take
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- Battle saying, no, i'll take him out because i've got god on
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- Him out because i've got god on my side. and he doesn't go
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- My side. and he doesn't go walking timidly towards goliath.
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- Walking timidly towards goliath. he runs at him and he has the
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- He runs at him and he has the nerve to say, who is this
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- Nerve to say, who is this uncircumcised philistine that
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- Uncircumcised philistine that would dare defy the army of the
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- Would dare defy the army of the lord? and he takes them out.
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- Lord? and he takes them out. god blocked for him as well.
- 00:39:49.909 --> 00:39:53.479
- God blocked for him as well. god is a big dude. and if god
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- God is a big dude. and if god comes down to block for you,
- 00:39:56.048 --> 00:39:57.750
- Comes down to block for you, you got to cover it. the only
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- You got to cover it. the only thing that we need to be
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- Thing that we need to be mindful of, just like in a game
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- Mindful of, just like in a game of football, laurie and matt,
- 00:40:02.822 --> 00:40:05.391
- Of football, laurie and matt, we need to stay behind god.
- 00:40:05.458 --> 00:40:07.527
- We need to stay behind god. many people would try to get
- 00:40:07.593 --> 00:40:09.095
- Many people would try to get cocky and think they can get in
- 00:40:09.162 --> 00:40:10.596
- Cocky and think they can get in front of god, know the dangers
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- Front of god, know the dangers in front of us, let god block
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- In front of us, let god block for us. and when we score the
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- For us. and when we score the touchdown in the game of life
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- Touchdown in the game of life and we stop and look back over
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- And we stop and look back over the terrain that god brought us
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- The terrain that god brought us through pitfalls, valleys,
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- Through pitfalls, valleys, enemy laying in the dark
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- Enemy laying in the dark looking to take us out, and all
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- Looking to take us out, and all that god has blocked for us and
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- That god has blocked for us and carried us through. now we can
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- Carried us through. now we can act like the football players
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- Act like the football players if you want to, and get up and
- 00:40:39.425 --> 00:40:41.327
- If you want to, and get up and do your little stupid dance or
- 00:40:41.394 --> 00:40:42.528
- Do your little stupid dance or whatever. okay? but hey, be
- 00:40:42.595 --> 00:40:44.363
- Whatever. okay? but hey, be careful, be mindful, give god
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- Careful, be mindful, give god the credit. because when the
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- The credit. because when the world figuratively comes up to
- 00:40:48.334 --> 00:40:49.936
- World figuratively comes up to you, matt laurie, how did you
- 00:40:50.002 --> 00:40:51.471
- You, matt laurie, how did you do it? it ain't because of me.
- 00:40:51.537 --> 00:40:53.673
- Do it? it ain't because of me. it's because of what he did.
- 00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:56.209
- It's because of what he did. give him the credit. romans 828.
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- Give him the credit. romans 828. all things work together for
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- All things work together for good to those who love god and
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- Are called according to all
- 00:41:01.080 --> 00:41:02.315
- Are called according to all those. ephesians three, all of
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- Those. ephesians three, all of those scriptures. so proverbs
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- Those scriptures. so proverbs three five and six, one of the
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- Three five and six, one of the first ones i remembered, you
- 00:41:08.688 --> 00:41:09.689
- First ones i remembered, you know, god will take care of us.
- 00:41:09.755 --> 00:41:11.657
- Know, god will take care of us. joshua one eight and nine, god
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- Joshua one eight and nine, god will do what he says because he
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- Will do what he says because he can't lie. does that make sense?
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- Can't lie. does that make sense? >> so good.
- 00:41:18.898 --> 00:41:19.565
- >> so good. >> let me tell you how i'm
- 00:41:19.632 --> 00:41:22.068
- >> let me tell you how i'm remembering a version of this
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- Remembering a version of this story, even when it pertains to
- 00:41:25.338 --> 00:41:28.174
- Story, even when it pertains to the 53 year history of tbn.
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- We're sitting here continuing
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- We're sitting here continuing the mission of paul and jan
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- The mission of paul and jan crouch. and how do you how do
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- Crouch. and how do you how do you do the impossible? how do
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- You do the impossible? how do you become an abraham, a moses,
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- You become an abraham, a moses, a david? how do you do
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- A david? how do you do something amazing? you respond
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- Something amazing? you respond to the voice of the lord. so
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- To the voice of the lord. so when god tells you to do
- 00:41:52.031 --> 00:41:53.799
- When god tells you to do something, you can do the
- 00:41:53.866 --> 00:41:55.201
- Something, you can do the impossible. when he tells you
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- Impossible. when he tells you to go and create a nation out
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- To go and create a nation out of a group of slaves and the
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- Of a group of slaves and the most powerful country in the
- 00:42:01.307 --> 00:42:03.175
- Most powerful country in the world at the time. okay, moses,
- 00:42:03.242 --> 00:42:06.712
- World at the time. okay, moses, how do you how do you do that?
- 00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:08.714
- How do you how do you do that? the burning bush said, go do it.
- 00:42:08.781 --> 00:42:10.750
- The burning bush said, go do it. he was afraid. god hath chosen
- 00:42:10.816 --> 00:42:12.818
- He was afraid. god hath chosen the foolish to confound the
- 00:42:12.885 --> 00:42:14.620
- The foolish to confound the wise. and you go and you do it.
- 00:42:14.687 --> 00:42:16.889
- Wise. and you go and you do it. how do you do the impossible.
- 00:42:16.956 --> 00:42:18.891
- How do you do the impossible. you respond to the voice of the
- 00:42:18.958 --> 00:42:20.693
- You respond to the voice of the lord. so it feels like what
- 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.862
- Lord. so it feels like what we're saying is that, yeah, god
- 00:42:22.929 --> 00:42:24.630
- We're saying is that, yeah, god blocks for you. and my daddy
- 00:42:24.697 --> 00:42:29.068
- Blocks for you. and my daddy came to, you know, my brother
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- Came to, you know, my brother and i, you know, when we were
- 00:42:31.003 --> 00:42:32.939
- And i, you know, when we were little kids and he goes, kids,
- 00:42:33.005 --> 00:42:34.140
- Little kids and he goes, kids, we're going to either buy a tv
- 00:42:34.206 --> 00:42:36.809
- We're going to either buy a tv station or we're going to buy a
- 00:42:36.876 --> 00:42:38.144
- Station or we're going to buy a vending machine business. and
- 00:42:38.210 --> 00:42:40.346
- Vending machine business. and we said, you know, we'll get
- 00:42:40.413 --> 00:42:42.114
- We said, you know, we'll get the vending machine business.
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- The vending machine business. duh. you know, i mean, candy
- 00:42:43.382 --> 00:42:45.484
- Duh. you know, i mean, candy coins. i mean, why not? you
- 00:42:45.551 --> 00:42:46.919
- Coins. i mean, why not? you know, and, and so i'll forever
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- Know, and, and so i'll forever be grateful that he, that he
- 00:42:49.155 --> 00:42:50.456
- Be grateful that he, that he chose correctly and went into
- 00:42:50.523 --> 00:42:52.391
- Chose correctly and went into tv. but my parents for 40 years,
- 00:42:52.458 --> 00:42:55.094
- Tv. but my parents for 40 years, my dad was chairman of trinity
- 00:42:55.161 --> 00:42:56.596
- My dad was chairman of trinity for 40 years and four months.
- 00:42:56.662 --> 00:42:58.764
- For 40 years and four months. and he put a satellite signal
- 00:42:58.831 --> 00:43:00.166
- And he put a satellite signal everywhere. there's electricity
- 00:43:00.232 --> 00:43:01.434
- Everywhere. there's electricity in the world. how do you do
- 00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:03.836
- In the world. how do you do something like that now? you
- 00:43:03.903 --> 00:43:05.304
- Something like that now? you know, 30 partner networks, 17
- 00:43:05.371 --> 00:43:07.740
- Know, 30 partner networks, 17 language networks. we're on 65
- 00:43:07.807 --> 00:43:10.242
- Language networks. we're on 65 full power tv stations. you
- 00:43:10.309 --> 00:43:12.244
- Full power tv stations. you know, how does something like
- 00:43:12.311 --> 00:43:13.980
- Know, how does something like that happen? you respond to the
- 00:43:14.046 --> 00:43:16.482
- That happen? you respond to the voice of the lord. my mom and
- 00:43:16.549 --> 00:43:18.351
- Voice of the lord. my mom and dad were sitting in the car. my
- 00:43:18.417 --> 00:43:20.419
- Dad were sitting in the car. my dad looked at my mom and said,
- 00:43:20.486 --> 00:43:22.121
- Dad looked at my mom and said, jan, you're not going to
- 00:43:22.188 --> 00:43:23.189
- Jan, you're not going to believe what the lord just said
- 00:43:23.255 --> 00:43:24.390
- Believe what the lord just said to me. she said, no, i will. he
- 00:43:24.457 --> 00:43:26.325
- To me. she said, no, i will. he just said the same thing to me.
- 00:43:26.392 --> 00:43:28.260
- Just said the same thing to me. he's released us from our work
- 00:43:28.327 --> 00:43:30.129
- He's released us from our work here. they quit the job they
- 00:43:30.196 --> 00:43:31.631
- Here. they quit the job they were in and a few months later
- 00:43:31.697 --> 00:43:33.499
- Were in and a few months later the lord said, call angel irma.
- 00:43:33.566 --> 00:43:36.602
- The lord said, call angel irma. my dad called angel lerma. his
- 00:43:36.669 --> 00:43:39.872
- My dad called angel lerma. his secretary picked up the phone.
- 00:43:39.939 --> 00:43:41.641
- Secretary picked up the phone. paul, he's in an important
- 00:43:41.707 --> 00:43:43.109
- Paul, he's in an important meeting down at the end of the
- 00:43:43.175 --> 00:43:44.710
- Meeting down at the end of the hall. can't be disturbed.
- 00:43:44.777 --> 00:43:46.312
- Hall. can't be disturbed. didn't know what to. okay, well,
- 00:43:46.379 --> 00:43:48.180
- Didn't know what to. okay, well, tell him i called and she said,
- 00:43:48.247 --> 00:43:49.682
- Tell him i called and she said, hang on a second. i might hear
- 00:43:49.749 --> 00:43:51.584
- Hang on a second. i might hear him coming down the hallway.
- 00:43:51.651 --> 00:43:52.752
- Him coming down the hallway. why don't you just hold a
- 00:43:52.818 --> 00:43:53.786
- Why don't you just hold a second? sure enough, he picks
- 00:43:53.853 --> 00:43:55.588
- Second? sure enough, he picks up the phone. my dad said,
- 00:43:55.655 --> 00:43:56.756
- Up the phone. my dad said, angel called you a couple of
- 00:43:56.822 --> 00:43:58.591
- Angel called you a couple of months ago. you had no
- 00:43:58.658 --> 00:43:59.659
- Months ago. you had no intention to sell your channel.
- 00:43:59.725 --> 00:44:01.460
- Intention to sell your channel. but i wanted to call you again
- 00:44:01.527 --> 00:44:03.562
- But i wanted to call you again today, see if anything's
- 00:44:03.629 --> 00:44:05.398
- Today, see if anything's changed. long pause. paul, i
- 00:44:05.464 --> 00:44:10.436
- Changed. long pause. paul, i just finished a board meeting.
- 00:44:10.503 --> 00:44:12.371
- Just finished a board meeting. we just officially voted to
- 00:44:12.438 --> 00:44:14.407
- We just officially voted to sell this channel. did you know
- 00:44:14.473 --> 00:44:16.575
- Sell this channel. did you know that? he said, no, sir. but
- 00:44:16.642 --> 00:44:18.377
- That? he said, no, sir. but based on that, i'd like to come
- 00:44:18.444 --> 00:44:20.212
- Based on that, i'd like to come see you by the end of that
- 00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:22.982
- See you by the end of that afternoon. the deal was
- 00:44:23.049 --> 00:44:25.217
- Afternoon. the deal was constructed for the first tv
- 00:44:25.284 --> 00:44:26.652
- Constructed for the first tv station. that was 1973. we sit
- 00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:29.555
- Station. that was 1973. we sit here 53 coming up on 54 years
- 00:44:29.622 --> 00:44:33.159
- Here 53 coming up on 54 years later, 7 million miracles later.
- 00:44:33.225 --> 00:44:36.495
- Later, 7 million miracles later. you bet. god blocks for you.
- 00:44:36.562 --> 00:44:38.497
- You bet. god blocks for you. you bet he does. through thick,
- 00:44:38.564 --> 00:44:41.033
- You bet he does. through thick, thin litigation. this that
- 00:44:41.100 --> 00:44:44.336
- Thin litigation. this that attacks, you know, all the
- 00:44:44.403 --> 00:44:45.371
- Attacks, you know, all the different things that my dad
- 00:44:45.438 --> 00:44:47.573
- Different things that my dad fought a lawsuit with the
- 00:44:47.640 --> 00:44:50.009
- Fought a lawsuit with the federal government for nine
- 00:44:50.076 --> 00:44:51.911
- Federal government for nine years. nine years. okay. the
- 00:44:51.977 --> 00:44:55.081
- Years. nine years. okay. the idea that that god will which
- 00:44:55.147 --> 00:44:57.283
- Idea that that god will which was dismissed at the appellate
- 00:44:57.349 --> 00:44:59.385
- Was dismissed at the appellate court in the fourth circuit.
- 00:44:59.452 --> 00:45:01.187
- Court in the fourth circuit. three to nothing decision. and
- 00:45:01.253 --> 00:45:02.955
- Three to nothing decision. and the whole matter was vacated at
- 00:45:03.022 --> 00:45:05.624
- The whole matter was vacated at the at the fcc. so you bet god
- 00:45:05.691 --> 00:45:08.828
- The at the fcc. so you bet god will be with you. so if you
- 00:45:08.894 --> 00:45:10.563
- Will be with you. so if you don't ever break the huddle and
- 00:45:10.629 --> 00:45:12.798
- Don't ever break the huddle and run the play, you're never
- 00:45:12.865 --> 00:45:15.301
- Run the play, you're never going to get anything done. god
- 00:45:15.367 --> 00:45:17.136
- Going to get anything done. god hath chosen the foolish to
- 00:45:17.203 --> 00:45:19.205
- Hath chosen the foolish to confound the wise. so we all
- 00:45:19.271 --> 00:45:20.639
- Confound the wise. so we all qualify, you know we can. we,
- 00:45:20.706 --> 00:45:23.242
- Qualify, you know we can. we, you know, i can be the i can be
- 00:45:23.309 --> 00:45:24.944
- You know, i can be the i can be the least likely of anybody to,
- 00:45:25.010 --> 00:45:27.246
- The least likely of anybody to, to do something. but when you
- 00:45:27.313 --> 00:45:29.315
- To do something. but when you hear god do it, you better like
- 00:45:29.381 --> 00:45:32.184
- Hear god do it, you better like a coach. you know, i, i played
- 00:45:32.251 --> 00:45:35.020
- A coach. you know, i, i played football in high school and my
- 00:45:35.087 --> 00:45:37.623
- Football in high school and my coach had a habit of swinging
- 00:45:37.690 --> 00:45:39.225
- Coach had a habit of swinging his whistle. and when he didn't
- 00:45:39.291 --> 00:45:40.760
- His whistle. and when he didn't like what you were doing,
- 00:45:40.826 --> 00:45:41.861
- Like what you were doing, sometimes that whistle hit you
- 00:45:41.927 --> 00:45:43.262
- Sometimes that whistle hit you in the helmet and that got your
- 00:45:43.329 --> 00:45:45.097
- In the helmet and that got your attention. and i'm talking
- 00:45:45.164 --> 00:45:47.333
- Attention. and i'm talking about the analogy now. break
- 00:45:47.399 --> 00:45:49.368
- About the analogy now. break the huddle, run the play. god's
- 00:45:49.435 --> 00:45:52.638
- The huddle, run the play. god's saying, when you hear my voice,
- 00:45:52.705 --> 00:45:54.807
- Saying, when you hear my voice, get after it. god hath chosen
- 00:45:54.874 --> 00:45:57.810
- Get after it. god hath chosen the foolish to confound the
- 00:45:57.877 --> 00:45:59.545
- The foolish to confound the wise, no matter if you don't
- 00:45:59.612 --> 00:46:01.614
- Wise, no matter if you don't have the right connections, if
- 00:46:01.680 --> 00:46:02.681
- Have the right connections, if you don't have the right. my
- 00:46:02.748 --> 00:46:03.849
- You don't have the right. my dad didn't have any money.
- 00:46:03.916 --> 00:46:05.618
- Dad didn't have any money. nobody had any money, no one
- 00:46:05.684 --> 00:46:06.752
- Nobody had any money, no one around him, any money. my mom's
- 00:46:06.819 --> 00:46:08.621
- Around him, any money. my mom's family didn't have money.
- 00:46:08.687 --> 00:46:09.622
- Family didn't have money. nobody had money. okay. but
- 00:46:09.688 --> 00:46:11.857
- Nobody had money. okay. but they got after it and god was
- 00:46:11.924 --> 00:46:13.726
- They got after it and god was with them. and you bet he
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- With them. and you bet he blocked for him.
- 00:46:14.994 --> 00:46:17.196
- Blocked for him. >> you know what? i can get
- 00:46:17.263 --> 00:46:18.898
- >> you know what? i can get pretty animated, and people may
- 00:46:18.964 --> 00:46:21.801
- Pretty animated, and people may shout, i'm ready! i'm ready to
- 00:46:21.867 --> 00:46:25.037
- Shout, i'm ready! i'm ready to holler. i'm doing it quietly on
- 00:46:25.104 --> 00:46:28.007
- Holler. i'm doing it quietly on the inside, listening to what
- 00:46:28.073 --> 00:46:30.176
- The inside, listening to what you just shared. and can i say
- 00:46:30.242 --> 00:46:32.678
- You just shared. and can i say i would never violate yours and
- 00:46:32.745 --> 00:46:34.780
- I would never violate yours and lori's trust people. i don't
- 00:46:34.847 --> 00:46:38.884
- Lori's trust people. i don't know why the word ain't is in
- 00:46:38.951 --> 00:46:40.786
- Know why the word ain't is in my vocabulary, but people ain't
- 00:46:40.853 --> 00:46:42.488
- My vocabulary, but people ain't seen nothing yet. thank you.
- 00:46:42.555 --> 00:46:44.190
- Seen nothing yet. thank you. because you guys shared
- 00:46:44.256 --> 00:46:45.991
- Because you guys shared something with me. and you know
- 00:46:46.058 --> 00:46:47.426
- Something with me. and you know what? i can't wait to see it
- 00:46:47.493 --> 00:46:50.996
- What? i can't wait to see it manifest because you're
- 00:46:51.063 --> 00:46:52.031
- Manifest because you're listening. and can i also say,
- 00:46:52.097 --> 00:46:53.833
- Listening. and can i also say, i so love the fact that you and
- 00:46:53.899 --> 00:46:56.669
- I so love the fact that you and lori together, when the 98% of
- 00:46:56.735 --> 00:46:59.371
- Lori together, when the 98% of the shows that i see the two of
- 00:46:59.438 --> 00:47:01.407
- The shows that i see the two of you are together, you know what?
- 00:47:01.473 --> 00:47:03.909
- You are together, you know what? when two get married, they
- 00:47:03.976 --> 00:47:04.977
- When two get married, they become one and it is strong and
- 00:47:05.044 --> 00:47:07.213
- Become one and it is strong and i love it. love her. i'm better
- 00:47:07.279 --> 00:47:09.381
- I love it. love her. i'm better together too, i must admit. so
- 00:47:09.448 --> 00:47:10.749
- Together too, i must admit. so you know, love her.
- 00:47:10.816 --> 00:47:11.851
- You know, love her. >> he doesn't want to be on
- 00:47:11.917 --> 00:47:13.586
- >> he doesn't want to be on that one, i don't know.
- 00:47:13.652 --> 00:47:15.421
- That one, i don't know. >> for some reason. yeah, i
- 00:47:15.487 --> 00:47:18.757
- >> for some reason. yeah, i don't have any pink ties. i
- 00:47:18.824 --> 00:47:20.125
- Don't have any pink ties. i just got.
- 00:47:20.192 --> 00:47:20.860
- Just got. >> lori can buy you some pink
- 00:47:20.926 --> 00:47:22.728
- >> lori can buy you some pink ties. that's not an issue.
- 00:47:22.795 --> 00:47:24.797
- Ties. that's not an issue. >> okay, jb?
- 00:47:24.864 --> 00:47:25.197
- >> okay, jb? >> hey, but can i just say
- 00:47:25.264 --> 00:47:26.932
- >> hey, but can i just say thank you guys?
- 00:47:26.999 --> 00:47:27.867
- Thank you guys? >> no, you're not done yet. you
- 00:47:27.933 --> 00:47:29.768
- >> no, you're not done yet. you got some more work to do. okay.
- 00:47:29.835 --> 00:47:31.003
- Got some more work to do. okay. i need you to to look into the
- 00:47:31.070 --> 00:47:33.005
- I need you to to look into the camera and and jb i know that
- 00:47:33.072 --> 00:47:34.940
- Camera and and jb i know that you're not real comfortable.
- 00:47:35.007 --> 00:47:36.075
- You're not real comfortable. >> no.
- 00:47:36.141 --> 00:47:36.775
- >> no. >> i'm not stuff. you know, if
- 00:47:36.842 --> 00:47:38.010
- >> i'm not stuff. you know, if you find a red light.
- 00:47:38.077 --> 00:47:39.778
- You find a red light. >> okay. there it is.
- 00:47:39.845 --> 00:47:40.846
- >> okay. there it is. >> all right.
- 00:47:40.913 --> 00:47:42.114
- >> all right. >> and i want you to kind of
- 00:47:42.181 --> 00:47:46.352
- >> and i want you to kind of finish this, you know, like a
- 00:47:46.418 --> 00:47:48.220
- Finish this, you know, like a coach, you know, debriefs a
- 00:47:48.287 --> 00:47:50.723
- Coach, you know, debriefs a team. when you win. when you
- 00:47:50.789 --> 00:47:52.491
- Team. when you win. when you lose, there's there's, there's
- 00:47:52.558 --> 00:47:54.627
- Lose, there's there's, there's a little bit of application
- 00:47:54.693 --> 00:47:57.463
- A little bit of application that i think the audience and
- 00:47:57.529 --> 00:47:59.765
- That i think the audience and i'd love for you to pray for
- 00:47:59.832 --> 00:48:01.700
- I'd love for you to pray for our audience. this has been a
- 00:48:01.767 --> 00:48:03.669
- Our audience. this has been a joy. we love you on cbs. we
- 00:48:03.736 --> 00:48:07.673
- Joy. we love you on cbs. we love you on inside the nfl. cbs
- 00:48:07.740 --> 00:48:11.710
- Love you on inside the nfl. cbs this morning. every once in a
- 00:48:11.777 --> 00:48:12.845
- This morning. every once in a while we see you there. and
- 00:48:12.912 --> 00:48:14.880
- While we see you there. and sometimes, you know, 60 minutes
- 00:48:14.947 --> 00:48:16.115
- Sometimes, you know, 60 minutes and you're doing a lot of and
- 00:48:16.181 --> 00:48:18.517
- And you're doing a lot of and and everyone knows you and
- 00:48:18.584 --> 00:48:19.652
- And everyone knows you and loves you. but we've sat here
- 00:48:19.718 --> 00:48:21.420
- Loves you. but we've sat here and got to listen to who you
- 00:48:21.487 --> 00:48:23.188
- And got to listen to who you are today. that's who you are.
- 00:48:23.255 --> 00:48:26.125
- Are today. that's who you are. you know.
- 00:48:26.191 --> 00:48:26.525
- You know. >> he's always like.
- 00:48:26.592 --> 00:48:27.860
- >> he's always like. >> he's always like that. i'm,
- 00:48:27.927 --> 00:48:29.428
- >> he's always like that. i'm, you know, i talk to him on the
- 00:48:29.495 --> 00:48:31.397
- You know, i talk to him on the phone every once in a while. i
- 00:48:31.463 --> 00:48:33.332
- Phone every once in a while. i was on the phone with you the
- 00:48:33.399 --> 00:48:34.566
- Was on the phone with you the other day and you preached at
- 00:48:34.633 --> 00:48:36.402
- Other day and you preached at me till, you know, about 5:00
- 00:48:36.468 --> 00:48:37.636
- Me till, you know, about 5:00 in the afternoon. you know, i
- 00:48:37.703 --> 00:48:39.371
- In the afternoon. you know, i mean, tony dungy was late for a
- 00:48:39.438 --> 00:48:41.340
- Mean, tony dungy was late for a plane, and you're sitting there
- 00:48:41.407 --> 00:48:42.441
- Plane, and you're sitting there preaching on and on and on. it
- 00:48:42.508 --> 00:48:44.343
- Preaching on and on and on. it just went on forever. i love it,
- 00:48:44.410 --> 00:48:45.544
- Just went on forever. i love it, but that's who you are. you,
- 00:48:45.611 --> 00:48:47.446
- But that's who you are. you, when you get into that mode.
- 00:48:47.513 --> 00:48:50.582
- When you get into that mode. and we hadn't done that on tbn
- 00:48:50.649 --> 00:48:53.052
- And we hadn't done that on tbn yet. we love this. we want more
- 00:48:53.118 --> 00:48:55.955
- Yet. we love this. we want more jb, we want more tony dungy.
- 00:48:56.021 --> 00:48:58.824
- Jb, we want more tony dungy. and when we when we met, we
- 00:48:58.891 --> 00:49:01.727
- And when we when we met, we were at legal seafood in
- 00:49:01.794 --> 00:49:03.529
- Were at legal seafood in washington.
- 00:49:03.595 --> 00:49:04.630
- Washington. >> and is lori going to let you.
- 00:49:04.697 --> 00:49:06.632
- >> and is lori going to let you. >> tell tell the audience, tell
- 00:49:06.699 --> 00:49:07.933
- >> tell tell the audience, tell tell the audience what what
- 00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:09.335
- Tell the audience what what happened there in the in the
- 00:49:09.401 --> 00:49:10.769
- Happened there in the in the booth at legal seafood. what
- 00:49:10.836 --> 00:49:12.905
- Booth at legal seafood. what happened?
- 00:49:12.972 --> 00:49:13.205
- Happened? >> well, the net net was. i
- 00:49:13.272 --> 00:49:15.374
- >> well, the net net was. i have been very prayerful for a
- 00:49:15.441 --> 00:49:16.875
- Have been very prayerful for a while asking the lord what my
- 00:49:16.942 --> 00:49:19.378
- While asking the lord what my next is to either add to or
- 00:49:19.445 --> 00:49:24.016
- Next is to either add to or however he sees fit. and when
- 00:49:24.083 --> 00:49:26.285
- However he sees fit. and when the two of you said, well, we'd
- 00:49:26.352 --> 00:49:27.987
- The two of you said, well, we'd like to have you do some work
- 00:49:28.053 --> 00:49:30.589
- Like to have you do some work for us. big boy is known as the
- 00:49:30.656 --> 00:49:35.127
- For us. big boy is known as the weeping minister. no matter
- 00:49:35.194 --> 00:49:37.429
- Weeping minister. no matter what church. this is
- 00:49:37.496 --> 00:49:39.765
- What church. this is grammatically incorrect at.
- 00:49:39.832 --> 00:49:41.667
- Grammatically incorrect at. >> yeah.
- 00:49:41.734 --> 00:49:42.735
- >> yeah. >> i cried like a baby.
- 00:49:42.801 --> 00:49:44.136
- >> i cried like a baby. >> yes you did.
- 00:49:44.203 --> 00:49:45.637
- >> yes you did. >> and lori leaned over like,
- 00:49:45.704 --> 00:49:47.706
- >> and lori leaned over like, are you sure you want to sit
- 00:49:47.773 --> 00:49:49.541
- Are you sure you want to sit here a little longer.
- 00:49:49.608 --> 00:49:50.676
- Here a little longer. >> like this? let me tell you
- 00:49:50.743 --> 00:49:52.478
- >> like this? let me tell you that that because the spirit of
- 00:49:52.544 --> 00:49:53.645
- That that because the spirit of the lord was with us, that was
- 00:49:53.712 --> 00:49:55.814
- The lord was with us, that was a divine appointment.
- 00:49:55.881 --> 00:49:57.016
- A divine appointment. >> a.
- 00:49:57.082 --> 00:49:57.416
- >> a. >> long time ago. and that was
- 00:49:57.483 --> 00:49:58.650
- >> long time ago. and that was a long time ago. and, but.
- 00:49:58.717 --> 00:50:00.519
- A long time ago. and, but. >> but get after it.
- 00:50:00.586 --> 00:50:01.587
- >> but get after it. >> you're pretty well known guy,
- 00:50:01.653 --> 00:50:03.422
- >> you're pretty well known guy, especially there in, you know,
- 00:50:03.489 --> 00:50:04.690
- Especially there in, you know, kind of dc area, you know,
- 00:50:04.757 --> 00:50:06.959
- Kind of dc area, you know, you're, you're part of the
- 00:50:07.026 --> 00:50:09.061
- You're, you're part of the nationals and you know, you're
- 00:50:09.128 --> 00:50:10.162
- Nationals and you know, you're pretty well known, dude. so
- 00:50:10.229 --> 00:50:11.563
- Pretty well known, dude. so when you were sitting in the
- 00:50:11.630 --> 00:50:13.165
- When you were sitting in the booth with us crying, you know,
- 00:50:13.232 --> 00:50:16.201
- Booth with us crying, you know, there were people that were
- 00:50:16.268 --> 00:50:17.236
- There were people that were actually concerned about you in
- 00:50:17.302 --> 00:50:19.071
- Actually concerned about you in the other booths. and, and he,
- 00:50:19.138 --> 00:50:23.075
- The other booths. and, and he, he finally had to kind of
- 00:50:23.142 --> 00:50:24.843
- He finally had to kind of literally.
- 00:50:24.910 --> 00:50:25.277
- Literally. >> tell him he could have held
- 00:50:25.344 --> 00:50:26.545
- >> tell him he could have held that story, you know, but.
- 00:50:26.612 --> 00:50:28.280
- That story, you know, but. >> he kind of had to.
- 00:50:28.347 --> 00:50:29.415
- >> he kind of had to. >> yeah, yeah.
- 00:50:29.481 --> 00:50:30.382
- >> yeah, yeah. >> standing up. hey, hey,
- 00:50:30.449 --> 00:50:31.483
- >> standing up. hey, hey, everybody.
- 00:50:31.550 --> 00:50:31.750
- Everybody. >> it's all good.
- 00:50:31.817 --> 00:50:32.751
- >> it's all good. >> okay. you know, i, you know,
- 00:50:32.818 --> 00:50:34.453
- >> okay. you know, i, you know, it's okay. these folks.
- 00:50:34.520 --> 00:50:36.221
- It's okay. these folks. >> had a little pollen in my
- 00:50:36.288 --> 00:50:37.356
- >> had a little pollen in my eyes, you know? yeah.
- 00:50:37.423 --> 00:50:38.390
- Eyes, you know? yeah. >> ugly to me.
- 00:50:38.457 --> 00:50:40.959
- >> ugly to me. >> you know what? that's the
- 00:50:41.026 --> 00:50:42.161
- >> you know what? that's the only thing. lori, you got to be
- 00:50:42.227 --> 00:50:44.029
- Only thing. lori, you got to be careful what he sees or knows
- 00:50:44.096 --> 00:50:45.197
- Careful what he sees or knows about you, but. yeah. hey, it's
- 00:50:45.264 --> 00:50:47.066
- About you, but. yeah. hey, it's true, but because it touched my
- 00:50:47.132 --> 00:50:48.200
- True, but because it touched my heart, but it was a reflection
- 00:50:48.267 --> 00:50:50.235
- Heart, but it was a reflection of my mother and father. god
- 00:50:50.302 --> 00:50:51.870
- Of my mother and father. god bless him. hard working high
- 00:50:51.937 --> 00:50:53.605
- Bless him. hard working high school graduates. but i like to
- 00:50:53.672 --> 00:50:55.407
- School graduates. but i like to say they have phds and drive
- 00:50:55.474 --> 00:50:57.209
- Say they have phds and drive and determination. and my
- 00:50:57.276 --> 00:50:58.710
- And determination. and my mother was like jacob wrestling
- 00:50:58.777 --> 00:51:00.846
- Mother was like jacob wrestling the angel, okay? and my mother
- 00:51:00.913 --> 00:51:03.749
- The angel, okay? and my mother became saved. that was it. my
- 00:51:03.816 --> 00:51:05.217
- Became saved. that was it. my father had my father had a
- 00:51:05.284 --> 00:51:07.252
- Father had my father had a deathbed conversion at the age
- 00:51:07.319 --> 00:51:08.687
- Deathbed conversion at the age of 46. but my mother, boy, she
- 00:51:08.754 --> 00:51:11.690
- Of 46. but my mother, boy, she was awesome. and when mama
- 00:51:11.757 --> 00:51:14.159
- Was awesome. and when mama brown became saved, we had no
- 00:51:14.226 --> 00:51:16.662
- Brown became saved, we had no shot at not being saved. but
- 00:51:16.728 --> 00:51:19.932
- Shot at not being saved. but her whole point was, don't let
- 00:51:19.998 --> 00:51:22.401
- Her whole point was, don't let anybody tell you what you can't
- 00:51:22.468 --> 00:51:24.203
- Anybody tell you what you can't accomplish. perspiration and
- 00:51:24.269 --> 00:51:26.772
- Accomplish. perspiration and inspiration. but jesus has to
- 00:51:26.839 --> 00:51:29.675
- Inspiration. but jesus has to be first. a high school coach.
- 00:51:29.741 --> 00:51:31.643
- Be first. a high school coach. i played for morgan wootten,
- 00:51:31.710 --> 00:51:33.645
- I played for morgan wootten, the greatest high school
- 00:51:33.712 --> 00:51:34.780
- The greatest high school basketball coach many say ever.
- 00:51:34.847 --> 00:51:36.915
- Basketball coach many say ever. he was the first high school
- 00:51:36.982 --> 00:51:38.283
- He was the first high school basketball coach inducted into
- 00:51:38.350 --> 00:51:39.885
- Basketball coach inducted into the naismith basketball hall of
- 00:51:39.952 --> 00:51:41.186
- The naismith basketball hall of fame, simply because of what he
- 00:51:41.253 --> 00:51:43.021
- Did in high school only, and
- 00:51:43.088 --> 00:51:44.823
- Did in high school only, and was considered to be the best
- 00:51:44.890 --> 00:51:46.258
- Was considered to be the best high school coach of the 20th
- 00:51:46.325 --> 00:51:47.593
- High school coach of the 20th century. his priorities for us,
- 00:51:47.659 --> 00:51:49.995
- Century. his priorities for us, who played for him god first,
- 00:51:50.062 --> 00:51:53.332
- Who played for him god first, family second, school third,
- 00:51:53.398 --> 00:51:56.668
- Family second, school third, then your sport because he was
- 00:51:56.735 --> 00:51:58.570
- Then your sport because he was a man of god, never uttered a
- 00:51:58.637 --> 00:52:01.306
- A man of god, never uttered a profanity. many people know
- 00:52:01.373 --> 00:52:02.341
- That about tony dungy. there's
- 00:52:02.407 --> 00:52:03.609
- That about tony dungy. there's a colleague of tony dungy. he's
- 00:52:03.675 --> 00:52:04.776
- A colleague of tony dungy. he's a reporter. he's been going
- 00:52:04.843 --> 00:52:06.478
- A reporter. he's been going around for 6 or 7 years asking
- 00:52:06.545 --> 00:52:07.880
- Around for 6 or 7 years asking all the ex-players, have you
- 00:52:07.946 --> 00:52:09.581
- All the ex-players, have you ever heard coach utter one word?
- 00:52:09.648 --> 00:52:11.750
- Ever heard coach utter one word? he's never, ever cursed. it's
- 00:52:11.817 --> 00:52:13.218
- He's never, ever cursed. it's doing things the right way. hey.
- 00:52:13.285 --> 00:52:14.620
- Doing things the right way. hey. and the only thing that i can
- 00:52:14.686 --> 00:52:15.954
- And the only thing that i can say with respect to those out
- 00:52:16.021 --> 00:52:17.856
- Say with respect to those out there who haven't made a
- 00:52:17.923 --> 00:52:18.891
- There who haven't made a decision for jesus christ, you
- 00:52:18.957 --> 00:52:20.392
- Decision for jesus christ, you know what? he is the real deal.
- 00:52:20.459 --> 00:52:25.030
- Know what? he is the real deal. i just gave you those stats
- 00:52:25.097 --> 00:52:26.598
- I just gave you those stats about how many promises he's
- 00:52:26.665 --> 00:52:28.700
- About how many promises he's kept. how many promises are you
- 00:52:28.767 --> 00:52:31.203
- Kept. how many promises are you asking to be kept? there's only
- 00:52:31.270 --> 00:52:32.771
- Asking to be kept? there's only one that's most important, and
- 00:52:32.838 --> 00:52:34.840
- One that's most important, and that is to be able to spend
- 00:52:34.907 --> 00:52:36.642
- That is to be able to spend eternity with him. because
- 00:52:36.708 --> 00:52:38.443
- Eternity with him. because eternity is real, one place or
- 00:52:38.510 --> 00:52:41.713
- Eternity is real, one place or the other. and god has made it
- 00:52:41.780 --> 00:52:44.583
- The other. and god has made it clear in his word. there's only
- 00:52:44.650 --> 00:52:46.418
- Clear in his word. there's only one way to him, and that is
- 00:52:46.485 --> 00:52:48.854
- One way to him, and that is through jesus christ. i would
- 00:52:48.921 --> 00:52:50.989
- Through jesus christ. i would certainly encourage you to do
- 00:52:51.056 --> 00:52:52.824
- Certainly encourage you to do your homework. time is short.
- 00:52:52.891 --> 00:52:56.428
- Your homework. time is short. study the word of god. ask him
- 00:52:56.495 --> 00:52:58.630
- Study the word of god. ask him into your heart and you will
- 00:52:58.697 --> 00:53:01.433
- Into your heart and you will never fail, because eternity is
- 00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:04.736
- Never fail, because eternity is yours. i love you, i pray you
- 00:53:04.803 --> 00:53:06.872
- Yours. i love you, i pray you would take this seriously and
- 00:53:06.939 --> 00:53:08.674
- Would take this seriously and don't sit around and just
- 00:53:08.740 --> 00:53:10.776
- Don't sit around and just dissecting the play, discussing
- 00:53:10.842 --> 00:53:12.211
- Dissecting the play, discussing the play. staying in the huddle
- 00:53:12.277 --> 00:53:15.113
- The play. staying in the huddle won't get it. break the huddle
- 00:53:15.180 --> 00:53:17.583
- Won't get it. break the huddle and run the play for jesus
- 00:53:17.649 --> 00:53:20.219
- And run the play for jesus christ.
- 00:53:20.285 --> 00:53:21.520
- Christ. >> so good.
- 00:53:21.587 --> 00:53:22.688
- >> so good. >> love you.
- 00:53:22.754 --> 00:53:23.488
- >> love you. >> love you, love you jb.
- 00:53:23.555 --> 00:53:25.958
- >> love you, love you jb. >> absolutely.
- 00:53:26.024 --> 00:53:26.592
- >> absolutely. >> we'll see you next time. bye
- 00:53:26.658 --> 00:53:28.026
- >> we'll see you next time. bye bye.
- 00:53:28.093 --> 00:53:39.010