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Praise | Mark Batterson | January 19, 2020

January 19, 2021

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Praise | Mark Batterson | January 19, 2020

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- TONIGHT ON PRAISE,FROM DALLAS, NEW YORK TIMES
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BEST-SELLINGAUTHOR, LEAD PASTOR OF
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NATIONAL COMMUNITYCHURCH, MARK BATTERSON.
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♪♪
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- AND NOW MATTAND LAURIE CROUCH.
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- MATT CROUCH: PRAISECOMES TO YOU FROM DALLAS,
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TEXAS AND WASHINGTON DC.
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TONIGHT MARK BATTERSONIS JOINING US FROM DC.
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MARK, WE'RE ON THE EVE OFKIND OF AN IMPORTANT DAY.
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WE'RE TALKINGABOUT WIN THE DAY.
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TOMORROW, I HOPE WEWIN THE DAY TOMORROW.
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THERE'S A BIG EVENTHAPPENING IN WASHINGTON DC.
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WHERE DO YOU WANT TOSTART THIS INTERVIEW?
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WE WANT TO GET INTO THIS,BUT YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT
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OF A CHALLENGE EVENGETTING TO THE
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STUDIO TODAY.
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- MARK BATTERSON: YEAH.
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MATT AND LAURIE, IT'SGOOD TO SEE YOU.
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YOU KNOW THAT OUR LOCALNEWS IS NATIONAL NEWS.
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I LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL,AND LET'S JUST SAY THAT
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WITH THE EVENTS OF JANUARY6, HELICOPTERS, SIRENS,
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ARMORED VEHICLES GOINGDOWN RESIDENTIAL STREETS,
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SO EVEN NOW IT'S VERYHARD TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE
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OF THE PERIMETER THAT'SBEEN SET UP AROUND
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THE CAPITOL.
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I AM HERE AT EBENEZER'S.
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YOU'VE BEEN HERE FIVEBLOCKS FROM THE CAPITOL.
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IT'S OUR COFFEE HOUSE.
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AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOSTHARD TO BELIEVE THAT I'M
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IN THE EPICENTER OFDEMOCRACY IN THE FREE
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WORLD BECAUSE IT FEELSA LITTLE SURREAL, AND I
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WILL SAY THIS, WE AREPRAYING FOR PEACE AND
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WE'RE STANDING IN THE GAPAS PEACE MAKERS, AS GRACE
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GIVERS, AS TONE SETTERSTHOSE OF US WHO
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FOLLOW CHRIST.
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SO APPRECIATE YOURPRAYERS AND YOUR LOVE.
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- SO WE WOULD HAVE NEVERTHOUGHT IN OUR LIFETIME
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WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THESWEARING IN OF A
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PRESIDENT OF THE UNITEDSTATES WITH A PERIMETER
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THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHINGIN A WAR ZONE, OKAY.
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WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT,AND YOU HAD TO BREACH
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THROUGH THAT EVEN TO GETFIVE BLOCKS FROM
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THE CAPITOL.
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THE PERIMETER IS EVENBEYOND THAT, SO YOU KNOW,
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WHAT WAS 2020 LIKE FORTHE CHURCH, FOR NATIONAL
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COMMUNITY CHURCH, YOURCHURCH THERE, AND AS WE
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ARE TRYING TO PROCESSEVEN THE EVENTS OF 2021
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--BY THE WAY, WE THOUGHTEVERYTHING WAS JUST GOING
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TO STOP IN 2020, RIGHT?
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SO 2021 IS HARDERTO PROCESS SO FAR.
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- HERE'S TO 2022.
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[LAUGHTER]
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- YEAH.
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WE'RE ALREADY LOOKINGFORWARD TO 2024, 25, 26.
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- YES.
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- SO WE'RE HOPING TO PUTA LOT OF THIS IN THE
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REARVIEW MIRROR REAL QUICK.
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2020 WAS A CRAZY THINGFOR YOU AND YOUR
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CHURCH THERE.
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WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
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- YEAH, IT REALLY WAS.
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YOU KNOW, WE FLIPPED THECALENDAR, BUT WE NEED TO
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DO HABIT NUMBER ONE, WENEED TO FLIP THE SCRIPT,
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MATT AND LAURIE.
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- YEAH.
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- I WILL SAY THIS, ICHUCKLE AT THE LITTLE
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MEME THAT HAS CIRCULATED,2020 DUMPSTER FIRE.
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AND I FIND IT FUNNY, BUTI DO WANT TO ON A SERIOUS
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NOTE SAY NO, IT'SA REFINER'S FIRE.
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- COME ON NOW.
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- AND WHAT COMES OUT OFTHE REFINER'S FIRE IS
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MORE PURE AND MOREPRECIOUS AND MORE VALUABLE.
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SO 18% OF LEADERS IN ASURVEY I SAW NOT LONG AGO
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SAID THEY FEEL QUALIFIEDTO LEAD RIGHT NOW, AND
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I'M WONDERING WHOSETHOUGHT 18% ARE BECAUSE
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ALL OF US ARE A LITTLEPAST OUR PAY GRADE, A
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LITTLE OUT OF OUR DEPTH.
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I FEEL LIKE IT'S AHEBREWS 12: 27 MOMENT,
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THAT EVERYTHING THAT CANBE SHAKEN WILL BE SHAKEN
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SO THAT THE UNSHAKABLETHINGS REMAIN.
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I THINK GOD IS SHAKINGFALSE SECURITIES, FALSE
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NARRATIVES, FALSE IDOLS,AND BELIEVING THAT WE'RE
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GOING TO COME OUT OF THISIN A WAY THAT SEES HIS
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KINGDOM ADVANCE.
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SO TOUGH, TOUGH YEARBETWEEN COVID CRISIS,
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RACIAL TENSION,POLITICAL POLARIZATION.
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WE FELT IT SO ACUTELYRIGHT HERE, BUT I AM
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HOPEFUL AND I'M REMINDED,MATT AND LAURIE, WE ARE
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HERE FOR SUCHA TIME AS THIS.
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WE ARE HERE FOR SUCH APLACE AS THIS, AND SO
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LET'S STAND IN THAT GAPAS THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
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- AMEN.
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- VERY SPECIFICALLY,THIS IS A UNIQUE EVENING.
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TOMORROW WE PRAY THATTHERE IS A SIMPLE
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SWEARING IN OFA PRESIDENT.
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YOU KNOW, THE 46THPRESIDENT OF THE
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UNITED STATES.
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WE PRAY THAT ISA SLOW NEWS DAY.
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LET'S SAY IT THAT WAY.
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BUT TBN IS PREPARED.
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WE HAVE ESTABLISHED LIVEFEEDS OUT OF WASHINGTON
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DC FROM MULTIPLELOCATIONS, AND WE ARE
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PREPARED TOMORROW TOSTART BROADCASTING LIVE,
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AND SO WE PRAY THATWE SAY HEY, LOOK.
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAYAND EVERYTHING IS WELL.
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LOOK, WE SPEAK THATINTO EXISTENCE.
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WE PRAY THATINTO EXISTENCE.
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AND THERE'S NOTHING GOODTHAT COULD COME FROM, YOU
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KNOW, THE PERIMETERTHAT HAS BEEN SET UP.
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IT'S A SAD THING TO THINKTHAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING
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MILITARY PERIMETERSAROUND THE US CAPITOL.
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JUST KIND OF WEIRD.
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OKAY.
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NOW, 2020, YOU WEREIN WASHINGTON DC.
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YOUR CHURCH IS THERE,NATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH
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IS JUST AN AMAZING --YOUKNOW, YOU'VE GOT A
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DREAM CENTER.
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LOOK, ALL THE GREAT STUFFTHAT YOU DO THERE, BUT
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YOU WERE PROBABLY THEMOST LOCKED DOWN AREA
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IN THE NATION.
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YOU KNOW, CONCEIVABLYCALIFORNIA IS A
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CLOSE SECOND.
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- HOW DO YOUFEEL ABOUT THAT?
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- BUT OUT OF THE DRAMAOF 2020, OUT OF THE
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CLOSURE, OUT OF, YOUKNOW, CHANGING EVERYTHING
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WE KNOW ABOUT CHURCHCOMES A VERY UNIQUELY
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AGGRESSIVE MARK BATTERSONSAYING WIN THE DAY.
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OKAY.
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YOU GOTTA EXPLAINYOURSELF, MARK, BECAUSE
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YOU KNOW, YOU WERE GOINGTHROUGH MOST LIKELY THE
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MOST UNIQUELY WEIRD YEAROF YOUR PASTORAL LIFE,
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AND OUT OF THAT COMESTHIS AMAZING, AGGRESSIVE,
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GO MAKE THINGSHAPPEN BOOK.
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HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
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- WELL, I'LLSTART RIGHT HERE.
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2.000 YEARS AGO JESUSSAID, I WILL BUILD MY
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CHURCH, AND THE GATES OFHELL WILL NOT PREVAIL
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AGAINST IT.
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NOW, HE DIDN'T SAY IWILL BUILD YOUR CHURCH.
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HE DIDN'T SAY YOUWILL BUILD MY CHURCH.
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HE SAID I, I WILL BUILDMY, MY CHURCH, AND THE
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GATES OF HELL WON'TPREVAIL, SO MATT AND
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LAURIE, I THINK WE'RECALLED TO PLAY OFFENSE
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ALWAYS TO SEE HISKINGDOM ADVANCE.
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SO EVEN IN A YEAR LIKELAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, OUR
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DREAM CENTER, WESERVED 55.000 MEALS.
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WE CREATED SOMETHING,YOU'LL LOVE THIS, CALLED
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THE UPPER ZOOM, KIND OF APLAY ON THE UPPER ROOM,
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AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OFPEOPLE GATHERING AND
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PRAYING ONWEEKDAY MORNINGS.
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- BEAUTIFUL.
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- AND WE'RE SEEING, YOUKNOW, HIS KINGDOM ADVANCE
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IN A UNIQUE WAY.
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I FEEL LIKE THISIS A RESET MOMENT.
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IT'S A MOMENT FOR USTO GO BACK TO BASICS.
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WELL, WHAT ARETHOSE BASICS?
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WELL, I'LL SHARE ACOUPLE OF THINGS.
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THIS IS THE DAY THATTHE LORD HAS MADE.
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- COME ON NOW.
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- THIS IS -AND I WILLREJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.
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GIVE US THIS DAY,OUR DAILY BREAD.
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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS DAILY.
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HIS MERCIES ARENEW EVERY MORNING.
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DON'T LET THE SUN GODOWN ON YOUR ANGER.
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DON'T WORRYABOUT TOMORROW.
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IT'S THIS THREAD THAT ISWOVEN THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE.
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YESTERDAY IS HISTORY.
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TOMORROW IS MYSTERY.
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WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WINTHE DAY, SO THAT'S THE
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HEARTBEATBEHIND THE BOOK.
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- NICE.
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- LOVE IT.
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- I LOVE WHAT YOU SAIDABOUT LAST YEAR, 2020,
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BEING A PROVING.
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I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLEARE GOING OH, WE'RE BEING
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TESTED OR WE'REBEING JUDGED.
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I THINK IT WAS A PROVINGOF PEOPLE AND OUR FAITH
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AND THE SHAKING.
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AND I THINK THE PEOPLETHAT HAVE STOOD THE
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STRONGEST IN FAITH, ASMUCH AS FAITH AS YOU
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COULD MUSTER, NO PUNINTENDED, MUSTARD
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SEED, [LAUGHTER] BUTSTANDING IS GOING TO
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PROVE AND REAP A HARVESTTHIS YEAR THAT MAYBE WE
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SOWED LAST YEAR, IN ALLTHE WORRY AND ALL THE
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CHAOS STANDING ANDTELLING GOD WHO HE WAS
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EVEN IN THE MIDST OF ALLOF IT, ALWAYS, ALWAYS
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KNOWING GOD WAS YOURPROVISION AND YOUR HOPE
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AND YOUR STRENGTH ANDYOUR JOY AND ALL THAT.
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I THINK THIS YEAR ISGOING TO CARRY US THROUGH
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THIS YEAR IN APOWERFUL WAY.
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- YES.
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WE DO NOT TRUST INHORSES AND CHARIOTS.
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- I KNOW.
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I WAS JUST THINKINGOF THAT SCRIPTURE.
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TRUST IN THE NAMEOF THE LORD OUR GOD.
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YEAH.
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- YES, WE DO SO WE FOUNDOURSELVES SAYING SO
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OFTEN, GOD'S GOT THIS,AND GOD'S GOT YOU.
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AND SO DON'T LOSE FAITHIN THE END OF THE STORY.
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THE KINGDOMS OF THISWORLD ARE BECOMING THE
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KINGDOM OF OUR LORDAND OF HIS CHRIST.
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SO I THINK IN ANINAUGURATION EVE, MATT
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AND LAURIE, IT'S SOTIMELY FOR US TO REMIND
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OURSELVES WHATEVER,WHEREVER YOU ARE ON THE
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POLITICAL SPECTRUM,PLEASE HEAR ME,
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ADMINISTRATIONSCOME AND GO.
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- YEAH.
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- THE KINGDOM OFGOD IS FOREVER.
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AND OUR PRIMARY CITIZENSHIP ISIN THIS THING CALLED THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD.
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NOW, I AM GRATEFUL FOROUR DEMOCRACY, BUT I ALSO
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KNOW WHERE MY PRIMARYLOYALTY IS AND IT IS TO
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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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- AMEN. BEAUTIFUL.
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- OKAY.
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2020 IS UPON YOU, MARKBATTERSON, AND OUT OF
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THAT WHERE IS THE SEEDFOR THIS BOOK, WIN THE DAY?
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- YES, WELL, I THINK ITCOMES FROM THIS PLACE
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OF STEWARDSHIP.
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POTENTIAL ISGOD'S GIFT TO US.
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WHAT WE DO WITH IT ISOUR GIFT BACK TO HIM.
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AND YOU KNOW, I THINKIT'S TIME, IT'S TALENT,
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AND IT'S TREASURE.
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HOW DO WE STEWARDTHOSE THINGS?
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ONE GOOD EXAMPLE,LET'S TALK ABOUT TIME.
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TIME IS MEASURED INMINUTES, BUT LIFE IS
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MEASURED IN MOMENTS.
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HOW DO WE STEWARDBOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
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THOSE ARE 2 VERYDIFFERENT THINGS, AND SO
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THE BOOK IS REALLY ABOUTTHE ART AND SCIENCE OF
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LIVING IN DAY-TIGHTCOMPARTMENTS.
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YOU ALMOST HAVE TOAPPROACH IT AS IF EVERY
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DAY IS THE FIRST DAY ANDTHE LAST DAY OF
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YOUR LIFE.
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AND WHEN YOU LIVE YOURLIFE THAT WAY, WELL, NOW
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YOU ARE STEWARDINGTIME IN A WAY THAT
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GOD INTENDED.
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I THINK IT GOES BACK TOTHIS IDEA OF NUMBERING
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OUR DAYS, AND IF YOU WANTEVERY DAY TO COUNT,
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COUNT THE DAYS.
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WELL, MARK, WHAT AREYOU TALKING ABOUT?
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I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE,AND MATT AND LAURIE, YOU
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KNOW THIS STORY.
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JULY 2, 2016, I HADSEVERE ASTHMA FOR MORE
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THAN 40 YEARS, ANDGOD HEALED MY LUNGS.
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AND SO THAT'S ONE1660 DAYS AGO AS OF
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THIS RECORDING.
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HOW DO I KNOW THAT?
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WELL, I'M COUNTING THEDAYS BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH
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A MIRACLE THAT I DON'TWANT THAT TO BE LOST ON
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ME, SO I THINK IT'S ABOUTAN APPROACH TO LIFE THAT
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MAKES THE MOST OFEVERY SINGLE DAY.
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- BEAUTIFUL.
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- THE THING THAT YOUMENTIONED A FEW MINUTES
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AGO, I THINK I WANT YOUTO CIRCLE BACK TO BECAUSE
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SOME PEOPLE COULD BESITTING AT HOME SAYING IN
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2020, I LOST MY JOB.
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IN 2020, I GOTSENT HOME FROM MY JOB.
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AT LEAST I STILL HAVEONE, BUT I HAVE TO DO IT
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IN THE BACK BEDROOM, ANDTHE DOG BARKS AND THE
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KIDS ARE HERE, ANDTHEY'RE NOT OFF TO SCHOOL
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YET AND THEY'RE NOTEVEN -YOU KNOW, OKAY.
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EVERYTHING THAT WEKNEW KIND OF CHANGED.
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SO YOU'RE EITHER GOING TOTHINK 2020 JOKINGLY OR
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REALISTICALLY AS THEDUMPSTER FIRE OR
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REFINING FIRE.
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SO IT'S THE PERSPECTIVEIN WHICH YOU SEE THIS.
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IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE,THERE WAS CHALLENGES THAT
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WE FACED CORPORATELY ANUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND
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I SWEAR TO YOU EVERYPERSON ON THE PLANET
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WOULD HAVE LOOKED ATIT AND SAID THAT'S A
00:13:29.088 --> 00:13:31.056
DUMPSTER FIRE, BUT WHATIT FELT LIKE TO ME WAS A
00:13:31.156 --> 00:13:34.827
REFINING FIRE.
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SO I NOW -THAT'S WHY ITTOUCHED ME SO WHEN YOU
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SAID WHEN YOU SAID AMINUTE AGO BECAUSE YOU'RE
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EITHER GOING TO BE ABLETO THINK, HAS THIS --LOOK,
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WHEREVER YOU THINK ITCAME FROM, WHETHER IT WAS
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SOME HORRIBLE CONSPIRACYTHEORY THAT SOME PUPPET
00:13:52.745 --> 00:13:57.516
MASTER CREATED THISTHING AND UNLEASHED IT
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ON THE EARTH,
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IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEREIT CAME FROM AT THIS POINT.
00:14:01.553 --> 00:14:03.389
IT'S HERE.
00:14:03.489 --> 00:14:04.490
SO THE IDEA THAT YOUEITHER PERCEIVE WHAT'S
00:14:04.590 --> 00:14:09.395
HAPPENING IN YOURLIFE AS REFINING IT.
00:14:09.495 --> 00:14:12.531
MAYBE YOU NEEDED YOURPRIORITIES CHANGED.
00:14:12.631 --> 00:14:15.267
MAYBE YOU NEEDED A WHOLEBUNCH OF STUFF, BUT CAN
00:14:15.367 --> 00:14:19.238
YOU VIEW THINGSTHROUGH THE LENS OF A
00:14:19.338 --> 00:14:22.808
REFINING FIRE.
00:14:22.908 --> 00:14:23.943
HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTANDTHAT CONCEPT REALLY WELL
00:14:24.043 --> 00:14:26.912
BECAUSE I'M SURE A LOT OFPEOPLE ARE GOING, I CAN'T
00:14:27.012 --> 00:14:29.748
WIN THE DAY WITH THE DOGAND THE KIDS AND THE
00:14:29.848 --> 00:14:32.851
WHOLE THING.
00:14:32.952 --> 00:14:34.019
I'VE GOT A REPORT DUE.
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YOU KNOW, OKAY.
00:14:35.521 --> 00:14:36.655
- YEAH.
00:14:36.755 --> 00:14:37.957
WELL, MATT, YOU AREGETTING RIGHT INTO THOSE
00:14:38.057 --> 00:14:40.960
FIRST 2 HABITS, AND THEYARE THE 2 HABITS THAT ARE
00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:44.196
ABOUT BURYINGDEAD YESTERDAYS.
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ONE IS FLIP THE SCRIPT.
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IF YOU WANT TO CHANGEYOUR LIFE, YOU HAVE TO
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CHANGE YOUR STORY.
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I DON'T KNOW THERE'SANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT
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THAN THE STORIES THATWE'RE TELLING OURSELVES.
00:14:54.573 --> 00:14:56.275
AND BY THE WAY, EVERYONEIS BORN INTO SOMEONE
00:14:56.375 --> 00:15:00.012
ELSE'S STORY.
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IN FACT, MATT, I'MTHINKING ABOUT YOUR STORY
00:15:02.247 --> 00:15:04.984
AND THE FAMILY THAT YOUWERE BORN INTO, AND WE
00:15:05.084 --> 00:15:07.853
WERE TALKING ABOUTIT BEFORE WE
00:15:07.953 --> 00:15:09.388
STARTED RECORDING.
00:15:09.488 --> 00:15:10.689
EVERYBODY IS BORN INTOSOMEONE ELSE'S STORY FOR
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BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
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- RIGHT.
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- HERE'S THEBEAUTIFUL THING.
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ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
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WHEN YOU GET ADOPTED INTOTHE FAMILY OF GOD, YOU
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GET GRAFTED INTOGOD'S STORY.
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YOU GIVE COMPLETEEDITORIAL CONTROL SO THE
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AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF YOURFAITH, AND NOW HE BEGINS
00:15:27.706 --> 00:15:31.810
TO WRITE HIS STORYTHROUGH YOUR LIFE.
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SO I THINK FLIP THESCRIPT IS A CRITICAL
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HABIT, AND THEN I'LLTEASE THE SECOND ONE IF
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THAT'S OKAY.
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- PLEASE.
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- THE SECOND HABITIS KISS THE WAVE.
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AND IT WAS CHARLESSPURGEON, THE FAMOUS
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PREACHER AND PASTOR FROMTHE 19TH CENTURY IN
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LONDON WHO SAID, I HAVELEARNED TO KISS THE WAVE
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THAT THOSE ME AGAINSTTHE ROCK OF AGES.
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- WOW.
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- NOW, MATT AND LAURIE,THEY DIDN'T HAVE
00:16:03.742 --> 00:16:05.377
MICROPHONES BACK THEN BUTIF HE HAD, HE WOULD HAVE
00:16:05.477 --> 00:16:07.413
DROPPED IT, RIGHT?
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- ABSOLUTELY.
00:16:08.647 --> 00:16:10.416
- THAT IS A POWERFULSTATEMENT, NO DOUBT.
00:16:10.516 --> 00:16:13.719
- YEAH. LOVE IT.
00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:15.354
- WE ARE BREAKINGDOWN WINNING THE DAY.
00:16:15.454 --> 00:16:18.924
WE NEED TO WIN THE DAY.
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7 HABITS THAT HELPYOU STRESS LESS AND
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ACCOMPLISH MORE.
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FLIP THE SCRIPT.
00:16:25.564 --> 00:16:26.632
KISS THE WAVE.
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WE MIGHT AS WELL JUSTGO TO KISS THE FROG
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AT SOME POINT.
00:16:29.201 --> 00:16:30.969
LET'S JUSTKEEP MOVING ON.
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[LAUGHTER]
00:16:32.538 --> 00:16:33.338
HOW DO WE KISSTHE FROG AND WHY?
00:16:33.439 --> 00:16:34.573
- I LOVE IT.
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WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUTKISSING THE FROG, BUT EAT
00:16:36.375 --> 00:16:38.377
THE FROG.
00:16:38.477 --> 00:16:39.278
EAT THE FROG.
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- OH, SORRY.
00:16:40.412 --> 00:16:41.447
- I LOVE IT.
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- I JUST WAS THINKINGOF KISSING MY WIFE.
00:16:43.916 --> 00:16:44.983
SORRY, I READ THAT WRONG.
00:16:45.084 --> 00:16:45.918
IT'S EAT THE FROG.
00:16:46.018 --> 00:16:46.885
- [LAUGHTER] I LOVE IT.
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NOW WE'RE HAVINGFUN, AREN'T WE?
00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.688
AND BY THE WAY ON THATNOTE, WITH ALL OF THE
00:16:49.788 --> 00:16:53.826
SERIOUSNESS OF EVERYTHINGTHAT'S HAPPENING IN
00:16:53.926 --> 00:16:56.595
CULTURE, JUST A LITTLEREMINDER THAT A SMILE AND
00:16:56.695 --> 00:17:00.933
A LAUGH GO A LONGWAYS THESE DAYS.
00:17:01.033 --> 00:17:03.869
- EXACTLY.
00:17:03.969 --> 00:17:05.070
- JUST THAT'S ANOTHERSERMON FOR ANOTHER DAY.
00:17:05.170 --> 00:17:08.340
MARK TWAIN IS PURPORTEDTO HAVE SAID, IF YOU EVER
00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:13.645
HAVE TO EAT A LIVE FROG,DO IT FIRST THING IN THE
00:17:13.745 --> 00:17:17.249
MORNING BECAUSE THENYOU WILL KNOW THAT THE
00:17:17.349 --> 00:17:19.685
HARDEST THINGIS BEHIND YOU.
00:17:19.785 --> 00:17:21.587
[LAUGHTER]
00:17:21.687 --> 00:17:22.921
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELYRIDICULOUS, RIGHT?
00:17:23.021 --> 00:17:24.990
LIKE I LOVE IT.
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MATT, I LOVEMAKING YOU LAUGH.
00:17:26.158 --> 00:17:27.860
AND I MEAN, IT'S KIND OFHILARIOUS TO THINK ABOUT,
00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:31.063
BUT IT'S TRUE.
00:17:31.163 --> 00:17:32.965
YOU'VE GOT TOEAT THE FROG.
00:17:33.065 --> 00:17:34.933
YOU'VE GOTTA DO THATTHING THAT'S THE HARDEST
00:17:35.033 --> 00:17:37.035
THING TO CHECK ONYOUR TO-DO BOX.
00:17:37.136 --> 00:17:39.138
IT'S THE DREAM THATIS GATHERING DUST.
00:17:39.238 --> 00:17:42.207
IT'S THE GOAL THAT YOUARE PROCRASTINATING.
00:17:42.307 --> 00:17:46.011
YOU CANNOT FINISH WHATYOU DO NOT START.
00:17:46.111 --> 00:17:50.682
- WOW.
00:17:50.782 --> 00:17:51.984
- SO YOU ALMOST NEED ASTART DATE AS MUCH AS YOU
00:17:52.084 --> 00:17:54.820
NEED A DEADLINE TO GOAFTER SOME OF THE GOALS
00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.923
THAT YOU HAVE.
00:17:58.023 --> 00:17:59.224
- OKAY.
00:17:59.324 --> 00:18:00.559
SO WE NEED TO FLIP THESCRIPT, KISS THE WAVE,
00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:03.862
EAT THE FROG.
00:18:03.962 --> 00:18:06.198
WE NEED TO FLY A KITE.
00:18:06.298 --> 00:18:07.299
OKAY. [LAUGHTER]
00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:08.800
WHY AM I SAYING THAT?
00:18:08.901 --> 00:18:10.269
- I LOVE IT.
00:18:10.369 --> 00:18:12.337
WELL, YOU KNOW I LOVEHISTORY SO THERE'S A
00:18:12.437 --> 00:18:14.840
LITTLE STORY BEHIND THAT.
00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:16.642
WHEN CHARLES ELLET JUNIORWAS COMMISSIONED TO BUILD
00:18:16.742 --> 00:18:20.112
A BRIDGE ACROSS THENIAGARA GORGE, WE'RE
00:18:20.212 --> 00:18:23.448
TALKING ABOUT LIKESOMEWHERE AROUND I THINK 1847,
00:18:23.549 --> 00:18:29.221
THEY HAD NO IDEA HOWTO DO IT BECAUSE IT
00:18:29.321 --> 00:18:30.856
WAS AN 825 FOOT CHASMWITH 225 FOOT CLIFFS ON
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EITHER SIDE, SO WHAT THEYDID MATT AND LAURIE IS A
00:18:35.527 --> 00:18:40.632
KITE FLYING CONTEST. WHAT?
00:18:40.732 --> 00:18:44.736
THEY FLEW A KITE FROMONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
00:18:44.836 --> 00:18:48.807
IT WAS A FIFTEEN YEAR OLDBOY NAMED HOMAN WALSH,
00:18:48.907 --> 00:18:51.810
WHO WON THE TEN DOLLARPRIZE, AND THEN WHAT THEY
00:18:51.910 --> 00:18:54.580
DID IS THEY ATTACHED AROPE TO THAT STRING, THEN
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THEY ATTACHED A CABLE TOTHAT ROPE, EVENTUALLY IT
00:18:58.383 --> 00:19:02.254
WOULD BECOME A RAILWAYSUSPENSION BRIDGE THAT
00:19:02.354 --> 00:19:05.657
COULD SUPPORT 170TON LOCOMOTIVE.
00:19:05.757 --> 00:19:10.162
THE BIG IDEA IS THIS.
00:19:10.262 --> 00:19:12.531
IF YOU DO LITTLE THINGSLIKE THEY'RE BIG THINGS,
00:19:12.631 --> 00:19:15.234
GOD WILL DO BIG THINGSLIKE THEY'RE LITTLE
00:19:15.334 --> 00:19:17.502
THINGS, BUT YOU HAVE TOFLY THE KITE AND THEN LET
00:19:17.603 --> 00:19:20.906
GOD BUILD THE BRIDGE.
00:19:21.006 --> 00:19:22.608
- WOW.
00:19:22.708 --> 00:19:24.009
- I LOVE IT.
00:19:24.109 --> 00:19:25.377
- THAT'S FANTASTIC.
00:19:25.477 --> 00:19:26.645
- WE'VE GOT TO DO WHATWE CAN DO SO GOD CAN DO
00:19:26.745 --> 00:19:28.213
WHAT HE ONLY CAN DO.
00:19:28.313 --> 00:19:30.415
- YES. IT'S SO TRUE.
00:19:30.515 --> 00:19:32.718
- YOU'RE NOT ONLY NEWYORK TIMES BESTSELLING
00:19:32.818 --> 00:19:35.454
AUTHOR, YOU'RE SENIORPASTOR OF NATIONAL
00:19:35.554 --> 00:19:38.023
COMMUNITY CHURCHIN WASHINGTON DC.
00:19:38.123 --> 00:19:41.660
AND THE IDEA THAT YOU'REA COMMUNICATOR IS NOT
00:19:41.760 --> 00:19:48.000
LOST ON ALL OF US.
00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:49.668
I MEAN, CIRCLE MAKER WASONE OF YOUR BOOKS WAY
00:19:49.768 --> 00:19:53.071
BACK IN THE DAY.
00:19:53.171 --> 00:19:54.640
IN A PIT, WITH ALION, ON A SNOWY DAY.
00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:57.876
THIS IS, THESE ARE THETITLES THAT YOU WALK BY
00:19:57.976 --> 00:20:02.948
IN THE BOOK STORES, THEBIG SECULAR BOOK STORES
00:20:03.048 --> 00:20:07.219
AND YOU STILL SEETHOSE UNIQUE TITLES
00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:11.423
SITTING ON THE SHELVES.
00:20:11.523 --> 00:20:12.891
YOU ARE WRITINGPERENNIAL BOOKS.
00:20:12.991 --> 00:20:15.360
BY THE WAY THE NEW BOOK,WHEN THE DAY, BIRTHED OUT
00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:19.064
OF THE SEASON OF 2020.
00:20:19.164 --> 00:20:23.302
YOU WERE MODIFYING THEEND OF THIS BOOK AND
00:20:23.402 --> 00:20:27.039
MODIFYING CERTAIN THINGSIN IT IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:31.543
WE FLIPPED INTO 2021,
00:20:31.643 --> 00:20:36.748
SIX DAYS INTO THE NEWYEAR IT GOT WORSE.
00:20:36.848 --> 00:20:40.519
WE ARE NOW HOPING THATTOMORROW IS A NORMAL NEWS
00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:46.725
DAY. LET'S PRAY SO.
00:20:46.825 --> 00:20:49.861
YOUR THOUGHTS JUST IN CASESOMEBODY JUST JOINED US.
00:20:49.961 --> 00:20:55.534
YOU'RE SITTING NOWINSIDE A PERIMETER.
00:20:55.634 --> 00:21:00.172
WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
00:21:00.272 --> 00:21:03.075
- WELL, THERE ARE MOREPOLICE THAN I HAVE MAYBE
00:21:03.175 --> 00:21:06.511
EVER SEEN IN THENATION'S CAPITAL.
00:21:06.611 --> 00:21:09.381
WE LIVE LESS THAN AMILE FROM THE CAPITOL.
00:21:09.481 --> 00:21:11.883
EBENEZERS COFFEE HOUSEIS ABOUT FIVE BLOCKS, SIX
00:21:11.983 --> 00:21:14.920
BLOCKS FROM THE CAPITOL,AND I COULD NOT DRIVE TO
00:21:15.020 --> 00:21:19.558
EBENEZERS TODAY BECAUSETHE POLICE HAD SET UP,
00:21:19.658 --> 00:21:23.528
BLOCKING OFF ROADS ANDALLEYS AND, YOU KNOW,
00:21:23.628 --> 00:21:29.000
THERE'S A FENCEALL THE WAY.
00:21:29.101 --> 00:21:31.937
WE WENT OUT AND WALKEDOUR DOG THE OTHER DAY, A
00:21:32.037 --> 00:21:34.005
FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUNDSUPREME COURT, THE CAPITOL.
00:21:34.106 --> 00:21:38.210
AND YOU KNOW THIS IS THEPLACE, MATT AND LAURIE,
00:21:38.310 --> 00:21:40.278
THAT WE CALL HOME, SO ITFEELS LIKE WE'RE LIVING
00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:45.183
IN A LITTLE BIT OF A WARZONE, BUT I WANT TO SAY
00:21:45.283 --> 00:21:49.254
IN THE SAME BREATH THATTHIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE
00:21:49.354 --> 00:21:53.125
THOSE OF US WHO FOLLOWCHRIST, I THINK, STAY
00:21:53.225 --> 00:21:56.328
CALM AND CARRY ON. IN FACT,
00:21:56.428 --> 00:21:58.096
CAN I JUST, CANI GIVE US A PROMISE.
00:21:58.196 --> 00:22:00.265
THERE IS THIS MOMENT INEXODUS 14:13, IT'S ONE OF
00:22:00.365 --> 00:22:05.604
MY FAVORITE VERSESIN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:22:05.704 --> 00:22:07.606
THE ISRAELITES ARE STUCKBETWEEN THE EGYPTIAN ARMY
00:22:07.706 --> 00:22:10.876
AND THE RED SEA. ITIS FIGHT OR FLIGHT.
00:22:10.976 --> 00:22:15.347
AND GOD SAYS FEAR NOT,STAND STILL, AND YOU WILL
00:22:15.447 --> 00:22:22.320
SEE THE DELIVERANCEOF THE LORD.
00:22:22.421 --> 00:22:24.990
WHAT WOULD BE THE HARDESTTHING TO DO IF YOU'VE GOT
00:22:25.090 --> 00:22:28.093
THE EGYPTIAN ARMY COMINGAT YOU FULL THROTTLE?
00:22:28.193 --> 00:22:30.695
I THINK IT'S STAND STILL.
00:22:30.796 --> 00:22:32.731
BUT THESE ARE THE MOMENTSWHERE HAVING DONE ALL
00:22:32.831 --> 00:22:35.834
TO STAND, WE STAND,
00:22:35.934 --> 00:22:38.537
WE FIGHT THE FIGHT OFFAITH AND GUESS WHAT?
00:22:38.637 --> 00:22:42.607
WE DON'T WRESTLE WITHFLESH AND BLOOD BUT
00:22:42.707 --> 00:22:44.576
AGAINST POWERS ANDPRINCIPALITIES.
00:22:44.676 --> 00:22:46.645
AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVENWEAPONS THAT HAVE THE
00:22:46.745 --> 00:22:49.347
DIVINE POWER TODEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS.
00:22:49.448 --> 00:22:53.318
SO I SAY LET'S UNDERSTANDOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST,
00:22:53.418 --> 00:22:58.123
AND THEN LET'S EXERCISEOUR SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY,
00:22:58.223 --> 00:23:01.159
AND LET'S DO IT WITHHUMILITY, AND DO IT IN A
00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:06.231
WAY THAT WHERE THEREIS HEY, WE SHOW LOVE.
00:23:06.331 --> 00:23:11.203
WHERE THERE IS RACISM,WE BRING RECONCILIATION.
00:23:11.303 --> 00:23:16.074
WHERE THERE IS CANCELCULTURE, WE BRING GRACE.
00:23:16.174 --> 00:23:19.244
WHERE THERE'S PRIDE, WEOPERATE IN HUMILITY.
00:23:19.344 --> 00:23:22.280
WHERE THERE'S FEAR,WE EXPRESS FAITH.
00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:26.518
SO WE ARE THE PEOPLEWHO STAND IN THAT GAP.
00:23:26.618 --> 00:23:30.188
- BEAUTIFUL.
00:23:30.288 --> 00:23:31.423
- YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER,I REMEMBER YEARS AGO--
00:23:31.523 --> 00:23:37.229
YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHINGSO IMPORTANT.
00:23:37.329 --> 00:23:38.930
I REMEMBER YEARS AGOMY DAD DEVELOPED A
00:23:39.030 --> 00:23:42.133
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEAMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
00:23:42.234 --> 00:23:46.538
STATES FROM CHINA, ANDWHAT I MEAN, A REAL
00:23:46.638 --> 00:23:50.876
RELATIONSHIP MEANINGDINNER, YOU KNOW THOSE
00:23:50.976 --> 00:23:54.646
TYPES OF THINGS,PRIVATELY HELD DINNERS AT
00:23:54.746 --> 00:23:58.583
THE AMBASSADOR'S HOME,THIS TYPE OF THING THAT
00:23:58.683 --> 00:24:01.686
MY FATHER WAS DEVELOPINGA REAL RELATIONSHIP.
00:24:01.786 --> 00:24:05.557
THAT RELATIONSHIP STARTEDIN CHINA WHEN MY DAD
00:24:05.657 --> 00:24:10.862
HANDED HIM A BIBLE, ANDHE SAID I DON'T WANT TO
00:24:10.962 --> 00:24:16.968
GIVE THIS TO YOU UNLESSYOU'LL MAKE A COMMITMENT
00:24:17.068 --> 00:24:19.738
TO ME THAT YOU WON'TJUST SET THIS ON A SHELF
00:24:19.838 --> 00:24:22.073
SOMEWHERE AS A TOKEN ORA GIFT FROM A FOREIGN
00:24:22.173 --> 00:24:24.976
NATIONAL BUT THAT YOU'LLACTUALLY OPEN IT.
00:24:25.076 --> 00:24:28.380
AND HE AT THAT TIME, YOUKNOW, GAVE LIP SERVICE TO
00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:33.818
IT. WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLYWHAT HAPPENED, BUT OVER A
00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:38.390
SEVERAL YEAR PERIOD, MYDAD COULD SEE THAT THIS
00:24:38.490 --> 00:24:43.762
AMBASSADOR FROM CHINA WASACTUALLY READING THE BIBLE.
00:24:43.862 --> 00:24:47.766
AND MY DAD WOULD ALWAYSENCOURAGE HIM BY SAYING
00:24:47.866 --> 00:24:51.903
CHINA SHOULD WISH, SHOULDWISH, AND I'M SAYING THIS
00:24:52.003 --> 00:24:57.842
TO AMERICA, AMERICASHOULD WISH THAT ALL OF
00:24:57.943 --> 00:25:01.479
ITS CITIZENS WEREBELIEVERS BECAUSE IF WE
00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:05.050
ACTED THE WAY WE'RESUPPOSED TO, YOU WERE
00:25:05.150 --> 00:25:07.953
JUST DESCRIBING WHATWE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
00:25:08.053 --> 00:25:10.855
ON THE SIXTH OF JANUARY2021 THERE WAS SOME
00:25:10.956 --> 00:25:15.226
PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T DOTHAT, ANGRY, THEY THOUGHT
00:25:15.327 --> 00:25:19.664
THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKESOME KIND OF A STATEMENT
00:25:19.764 --> 00:25:21.766
THAT WOULD WORK.
00:25:21.866 --> 00:25:23.101
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKETHAT STATEMENT WORKED.
00:25:23.201 --> 00:25:25.403
AND THE WAY OF CHRISTSHOWS HUMILITY
00:25:25.503 --> 00:25:31.943
IN REGARD TO THIS.
00:25:32.043 --> 00:25:34.212
MY DAD WOULD POINT OUTSCRIPTURES, CHRISTIANS
00:25:34.312 --> 00:25:36.982
SHOULD PAY THEIR TAXES,WE SHOULD PRAY FOR OUR
00:25:37.082 --> 00:25:39.784
LEADERS, WE SHOULD, ALLOF THIS STUFF THAT WE
00:25:39.884 --> 00:25:42.754
REALLY SHOULD BE DOINGAND SOMETIMES WE DON'T,
00:25:42.854 --> 00:25:46.291
YOU KNOW, ALMOST YOUKNOW, IT FELT LIKE RECENT
00:25:46.391 --> 00:25:51.196
EVENTS AT THE CAPITOLSTARTED TO PICK UP THE
00:25:51.296 --> 00:25:56.368
MIND SET OF WHAT WE READABOUT FROM THE 10TH, 11TH,
00:25:56.468 --> 00:25:59.571
12TH CENTURIES OF CRUSADES.IN OTHER WORDS, WE,
00:25:59.671 --> 00:26:02.440
JESUS NEVER OVERTHREWA GOVERNMENT.
00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:06.244
HIS KINGDOM WAS NOT OFTHIS WORLD SO NEITHER IS
00:26:06.344 --> 00:26:09.414
OURS, AND SO THE TRUMPCARD THAT WE HAVE,
00:26:09.514 --> 00:26:13.118
NO PUN INTENDED. OH MYGOSH, I DIDN'T EVEN
00:26:13.218 --> 00:26:14.552
THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:26:14.653 --> 00:26:15.920
THE TRUMP CARD THAT WEHAVE IS JESUS, AND HE
00:26:16.021 --> 00:26:19.924
CARES, AND HE RULES ANDREIGNS, AND HIS KINGDOM
00:26:20.025 --> 00:26:24.195
IS REAL AND WE AREREPRESENTATIVES OF IT.
00:26:24.295 --> 00:26:28.566
SO THE KINGDOMS OF THISWORLD ARE NOT WHAT WE
00:26:28.667 --> 00:26:33.405
SHOULD BE IN ESSENCEFIGHTING FOR BUT TO MAKE
00:26:33.505 --> 00:26:36.708
THOSE THINGS IN HEAVENON EARTH, YOU KNOW.
00:26:36.808 --> 00:26:40.178
OKAY, SO YOU'RE RIGHT INTHE MIDDLE OF THAT, MARK,
00:26:40.278 --> 00:26:43.815
AND SO THAT IS LITERALLYWHAT DID YOU SEE
00:26:43.915 --> 00:26:49.487
IN REGARD TO THAT?
00:26:49.587 --> 00:26:50.789
YOUR COMMENTS OVER THELAST TWO OR THREE
00:26:50.889 --> 00:26:52.991
WEEKS IN WASHINGTON.
00:26:53.091 --> 00:26:57.696
- WELL, ALL I KNOW ISIT'S MUCH EASIER TO ACT
00:26:57.796 --> 00:27:02.333
LIKE A CHRISTIAN THAN ITIS TO REACT LIKE ONE.
00:27:02.434 --> 00:27:06.004
- HELLO.
00:27:06.104 --> 00:27:07.172
- I'LL JUST KIND OF PUTTHAT OUT THERE AND SAY
00:27:07.272 --> 00:27:09.808
THESE ARE MOMENTS WHEREOUR REACTIONS ARE
00:27:09.908 --> 00:27:12.944
REVEALING AN AWFULLOT ABOUT US.
00:27:13.044 --> 00:27:15.346
BY THE WAY, ONE OF MYFAVORITE REACTIONS IS
00:27:15.447 --> 00:27:18.049
THIS STORM ON THE SEAOF GALILEE, AND I LOVE
00:27:18.149 --> 00:27:21.853
JESUS' REACTION.
00:27:21.953 --> 00:27:23.621
HE STANDS UP IN THE BOATAND REBUKES THE WIND AND
00:27:23.722 --> 00:27:30.628
SAYS TO THE WAVESPEACE, BE STILL.
00:27:30.729 --> 00:27:34.332
AND IT'S SUCH A POWERFUL,POWERFUL MOMENT.
00:27:34.432 --> 00:27:37.702
AS YOU WERE TALKING,MATT, JUST TWO
00:27:37.802 --> 00:27:40.572
THOUGHTS I WOULD SHARE.
00:27:40.672 --> 00:27:42.307
ONE IS HISTORICAL IN THATJOHN ADAMS HIMSELF SAID
00:27:42.407 --> 00:27:46.811
THAT OUR CONSTITUTION WASCRAFTED FOR A MORAL
00:27:46.911 --> 00:27:51.549
AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
00:27:51.649 --> 00:27:54.018
WITHOUT THAT,IT DOESN'T WORK.
00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:57.589
SO I AM REALLY PRAYING,AND I MAKE NO APOLOGIES
00:27:57.689 --> 00:28:01.025
FOR THIS, PRAYING FORREVIVAL IN AMERICA AND
00:28:01.126 --> 00:28:04.829
PRAYING FOR REFORMATIONAND RENAISSANCE TOO.
00:28:04.929 --> 00:28:07.966
AND THEN I WOULD ADD ONELITTLE PIECE OF HISTORY.
00:28:08.066 --> 00:28:11.736
I THINK IN SOME WAYSHISTORY IS PROPHECY THAT
00:28:11.836 --> 00:28:14.806
SOMETIMES WHAT'S HAPPENEDIN THE PAST GOD WANTS TO
00:28:14.906 --> 00:28:17.609
THEN RESURRECT ANDDO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
00:28:17.709 --> 00:28:20.645
SO JANUARY 20, 1953DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
00:28:20.745 --> 00:28:26.417
IS BEING SWORN IN AS THE,I THINK THE 34TH PRESIDENT
00:28:26.518 --> 00:28:32.056
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND HEACTUALLY PUT HIS HAND
00:28:32.157 --> 00:28:35.827
ON TWO BIBLES,MATT AND LAURIE.
00:28:35.927 --> 00:28:38.296
ONE WAS HIS WEST POINTBIBLE, AND IT WAS OPENED
00:28:38.396 --> 00:28:42.200
TO PSALM 33:12,"BLESSED IS THE NATION
00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:45.069
WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD."
00:28:45.170 --> 00:28:49.140
GOD, BRING US BACK.BRING US BACK.
00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.676
AND THE OTHER BIBLE WASGEORGE WASHINGTON'S
00:28:51.776 --> 00:28:54.445
BIBLE, 2 CHRONICLES 7:14,IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:28:54.546 --> 00:29:00.485
CALLED BY MY NAME WILLHUMBLE THEMSELVES, ONE,
00:29:00.585 --> 00:29:04.189
AND TWO, PRAY, AND THREE,SEEK MY FACE, AND FOUR,
00:29:04.289 --> 00:29:07.625
TURN FROM THEIR WICKEDWAYS, THEN I WILL, ONE,
00:29:07.725 --> 00:29:10.728
HEAR FROM HEAVEN, TWO,FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND
00:29:10.829 --> 00:29:13.531
THREE, HEAL THEIR LAND.
00:29:13.631 --> 00:29:16.367
WE GATHER AS A CHURCH INSOMETHING WE CALL THE
00:29:16.467 --> 00:29:19.370
UPPER ZOOM AT 7:14 A.M.
00:29:19.470 --> 00:29:22.140
AND THAT TIME IS FOR AVERY SPECIFIC REASON.
00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:26.077
WE ARE PRAYING FORREVIVAL, PRAYING THAT WE
00:29:26.177 --> 00:29:29.247
WOULD EXPERIENCE ONE OFTHOSE MOMENTS AND THAT
00:29:29.347 --> 00:29:33.251
IT WOULD BE BIBLICALPROPORTIONS.
00:29:33.351 --> 00:29:35.286
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE SAYING AMEN
00:29:35.386 --> 00:29:38.389
TO THAT RIGHT NOW,AND SO TO THAT END,
00:29:38.489 --> 00:29:42.260
I THINK WE PRAY LIKEIT DEPENDS ON GOD,
00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:44.362
AND WE WORK LIKEIT DEPENDS ON US.
00:29:44.462 --> 00:29:47.198
- WE ARE SITTINGWITH MARK BATTERSON.
00:29:47.298 --> 00:29:49.634
MARK, YOUR NEWBOOK, WIN THE DAY.
00:29:49.734 --> 00:29:52.937
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
00:29:53.037 --> 00:29:54.138
GO TO AMAZON AND I'MSURE IT'S AVAILABLE
00:29:54.239 --> 00:29:56.274
EVERYWHERE, BUT AMAZONWOULD BE KIND OF QUICK.
00:29:56.374 --> 00:29:59.377
AND WE WANT YOUTO WIN THE DAY.
00:29:59.477 --> 00:30:02.847
SO WE TALKED ABOUT"FLIPPING THE SCRIPT" IN
00:30:02.947 --> 00:30:06.484
KIND OF GOING BACKOVER IT A LITTLE BIT.
00:30:06.584 --> 00:30:11.222
FLIP THE SCRIPT IS YOUCAN LOOK AT 2020 AS A
00:30:11.322 --> 00:30:13.758
DUMPSTER FIRE ORA REFINING FIRE.
00:30:13.858 --> 00:30:17.061
"KISS THE WAVE" ISULTIMATELY KIND OF WHAT
00:30:17.161 --> 00:30:23.668
YOU SAY HERE THE OBSTACLEIS NOT THE ENEMY.
00:30:23.768 --> 00:30:26.404
THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY.
00:30:26.504 --> 00:30:28.406
"EAT THE FROG," DO THEWORST THING YOU HAVE TO
00:30:28.506 --> 00:30:30.775
DO THAT DAY FIRST."FLY THE KITE."
00:30:30.875 --> 00:30:34.078
DON'T, IN ESSENCE IS THEIDEA DON'T DESPISE SMALL
00:30:34.178 --> 00:30:40.118
BEGINNINGS, INESSENCE IS KIND OF.
00:30:40.218 --> 00:30:42.987
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING INYOUR HEART TO ACCOMPLISH,
00:30:43.087 --> 00:30:46.357
DO IT IN MICROFORM.
00:30:46.457 --> 00:30:48.459
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYI'D LOVE TO HAVE AN
00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:51.930
ORGANIZATION THATFEEDS THE HUNGRY.
00:30:52.030 --> 00:30:54.032
WELL, GO GET A CAN OFFOOD FROM YOUR CUPBOARD
00:30:54.132 --> 00:30:56.501
AND GO FIND SOMEBODY THATLOOKS HUNGRY AND HAND IT
00:30:56.601 --> 00:30:58.202
TO THEM. NOW YOU'REIN THE FOOD MINISTRY.
00:30:58.303 --> 00:31:00.305
SO BASICALLY OKAY,"CUT THE ROPE."
00:31:00.405 --> 00:31:05.977
LET'S GET BACK, WE'RE ATNUMBER FIVE OF SEVEN.
00:31:06.077 --> 00:31:09.914
CUT THE ROPE.
00:31:10.014 --> 00:31:11.115
WHY ARE WE CUTTINGROPES HERE IN 2021?
00:31:11.215 --> 00:31:14.552
- ABSOLUTELY.
00:31:14.652 --> 00:31:16.888
WELL, JUST ANOTHERFUN PIECE OF HISTORY.
00:31:16.988 --> 00:31:19.991
IT WAS ELISHA OTIS,
00:31:20.091 --> 00:31:22.660
AND THAT LAST NAME MAYRING A BELL, OTIS.
00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:25.630
HE WAS THE INVENTOR OFTHE ELEVATOR SAFETY
00:31:25.730 --> 00:31:28.333
BRAKE, BUT HE COULDN'TSELL THEM BECAUSE
00:31:28.433 --> 00:31:30.601
EVERYBODY WAS SKEPTICAL.
00:31:30.702 --> 00:31:33.037
AND SO AT THE WORLD'SFAIR IN 1853, HE GETS ON
00:31:33.137 --> 00:31:39.911
A PLATFORM AT THE CRYSTALPALACE AND HE HAS AN AXE
00:31:40.011 --> 00:31:43.748
MAN POSITIONED ABOVE THISELEVATOR SHAFT AND
00:31:43.848 --> 00:31:46.484
HE SAYS CUT THE ROPE.
00:31:46.584 --> 00:31:49.320
AND THE ELEVATOR FALLS AFEW FEET, AND IT IS LIKE
00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:54.726
ONE OF THE GREATEST SALESPITCHES IN HISTORY.
00:31:54.826 --> 00:31:58.029
AT THE TIME, AT THE TIMEMATT AND LAURIE, THERE
00:31:58.129 --> 00:32:00.531
WERE ONLY FIVE BUILDINGSIN NEW YORK CITY TALLER
00:32:00.631 --> 00:32:03.067
THAN FIVE STORIES BECAUSENO ONE WANTED TO TAKE THE
00:32:03.167 --> 00:32:06.170
STAIRS. FAST FORWARD 1908,538 BUILDINGS THAT
00:32:06.270 --> 00:32:11.142
QUALIFY AS SKY SCRAPERS.
00:32:11.242 --> 00:32:13.277
DID YOU KNOW THATACCORDING TO THE OTIS
00:32:13.378 --> 00:32:16.481
ELEVATOR COMPANY, THEEQUIVALENT OF THE WORLD'S
00:32:16.581 --> 00:32:20.351
POPULATION RIDES ON THEIRELEVATORS EVERY THREE DAYS.
00:32:20.451 --> 00:32:25.089
I THINK YOU COULD SAYTHAT ELISHA OTIS TURNED
00:32:25.189 --> 00:32:27.658
THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.HOW DID HE DO IT?
00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:30.962
HE CUT THE ROPE. PLAYINGIT SAFE IS RISKY.
00:32:31.062 --> 00:32:33.965
I THINK THERE COMES AMOMENT WHERE, AND I TALK
00:32:34.065 --> 00:32:37.035
ABOUT THIS IDEA OF AGRAND GESTURE, AND THAT'S
00:32:37.135 --> 00:32:42.006
MAYBE MORE MODERNLANGUAGE, BUT IT'S AS
00:32:42.106 --> 00:32:45.009
OLD AS THE OLDTESTAMENT ALTAR.
00:32:45.109 --> 00:32:47.211
NOAH BUILDING A BIG BOAT.THAT'S GO BIG OR GO HOME.
00:32:47.311 --> 00:32:50.581
THAT'S A GRAND GESTURE.IT'S ISAAC PUTTING--
00:32:50.681 --> 00:32:55.019
ABRAHAM PUTTINGISAAC ON THE ALTAR,
00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:57.288
OR DAVID'S DUALWITH GOLIATH,
00:32:57.388 --> 00:33:00.324
OR ELIJAH AND THE PROPHETSOF BAAL, OR EVEN ELISHA,
00:33:00.425 --> 00:33:05.263
THE OLD TESTAMENT ELISHABURNING HIS PLOWING EQUIPMENT.
00:33:05.363 --> 00:33:08.666
THERE COMES A MOMENT, ANDTHOSE WHO ARE LISTENING
00:33:08.766 --> 00:33:11.536
RIGHT NOW, THE HOLYSPIRIT MAY EVEN BE
00:33:11.636 --> 00:33:13.805
QUICKENING SOMETHINGTO YOU RIGHT NOW.
00:33:13.905 --> 00:33:16.474
THERE COMES A MOMENTWHERE IT'S NOW OR NEVER,
00:33:16.574 --> 00:33:18.876
WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO TAKEONE SMALL STEP OF FAITH,
00:33:18.976 --> 00:33:22.680
AND IT CREATES THISDOMINO EFFECT IN YOUR LIFE.
00:33:22.780 --> 00:33:25.616
IT BECOMES A TIPPINGPOINT OR A TURNING POINT,
00:33:25.716 --> 00:33:28.686
AND SO MY HOPE AND PRAYERIN WRITING THE BOOK IS
00:33:28.786 --> 00:33:31.789
THAT IT WOULD CREATESOME OF THOSE MOMENTS
00:33:31.889 --> 00:33:34.459
IN THE LIVES OF READERS.
00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.094
- BEAUTIFUL.
00:33:36.194 --> 00:33:37.462
- I LOVE IT.
00:33:37.562 --> 00:33:38.830
- WIND THE CLOCK.
00:33:38.930 --> 00:33:40.898
TIME IS MEASUREDIN MINUTES,
00:33:40.998 --> 00:33:42.800
LIFE IS MEASURED IN MOMENTS.
00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:44.669
YOU MENTIONED THAT EARLIER,
00:33:44.769 --> 00:33:46.170
BUT BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US.
00:33:46.270 --> 00:33:48.940
THIS IS NUMBER SIX OFSEVEN IN WIN THE DAY.
00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:53.678
- YEAH, WELL, I'LL SHAREA LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS
00:33:53.778 --> 00:33:56.481
RIGHT HERE. LET'S HAVEA LITTLE BIT OF FUN.
00:33:56.581 --> 00:34:00.218
IF YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR,MATT AND LAURIE, DO YOU
00:34:00.318 --> 00:34:02.587
KNOW HOW THAT DOCTORDISCERNS YOUR AGE?
00:34:02.687 --> 00:34:06.491
AND I'LL JUST LEAVEIT HANGING OUT THERE.
00:34:06.591 --> 00:34:08.192
I'LL ANSWER IT MYSELF.THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY.
00:34:08.292 --> 00:34:13.531
THEY ASK YOUYOUR BIRTHDAY.
00:34:13.631 --> 00:34:15.733
THEY HAVE NO OTHER WAYOF DISCERNING YOUR AGE.
00:34:15.833 --> 00:34:18.936
NOW, IF YOU GO TO A CLASSREUNION, SAY 20,
00:34:19.036 --> 00:34:21.706
30 YEARS, WOULD YOU AGREEWITH ME DIFFERENT PEOPLE
00:34:21.806 --> 00:34:24.675
AGE AT DIFFERENT RATES.
00:34:24.775 --> 00:34:27.311
THERE IS CHRONOLOGICALAGE, BUT HERE'S WHERE IT
00:34:27.411 --> 00:34:30.381
GETS FUN. IF YOU HAVEA VISION FROM GOD,
00:34:30.481 --> 00:34:34.252
YOU ARE NEVER PAST YOURPRIME. YOU NEVER AGE OUT.
00:34:34.352 --> 00:34:38.756
WITHOUT A VISION,THE PEOPLE PERISH.
00:34:38.856 --> 00:34:41.392
THE HEBREW WORDMEANS TO ROT.
00:34:41.492 --> 00:34:44.095
BUT IF YOU HAVE A VISION,COME ON, NOW YOU'RE LIKE
00:34:44.195 --> 00:34:47.231
CALEB, RIGHT? HE WASTHE CHUCK NORRIS
00:34:47.331 --> 00:34:50.735
BY THE WAY OF THEOLD TESTAMENT.
00:34:50.835 --> 00:34:54.105
HE WAS AS STRONG AT 85 ASHE WAS AT 40, AND HERE
00:34:54.205 --> 00:34:58.075
HE IS SAYING GIVE METHE HILL COUNTRY.
00:34:58.176 --> 00:35:01.712
SO I THINK THE WAY THAT WEWIND THE CLOCK IS WITH FAITH.
00:35:01.812 --> 00:35:05.783
AND I MIGHT ADD ONE MORETHING, I BELIEVE IN LONG
00:35:05.883 --> 00:35:09.153
OBEDIENCE IN THESAME DIRECTION.
00:35:09.253 --> 00:35:11.022
YOU OVERESTIMATE WHAT YOUCAN DO IN A YEAR OR TWO,
00:35:11.122 --> 00:35:13.224
BUT YOU UNDERESTIMATE WHATGOD CAN DO IN 10 OR 20.
00:35:13.324 --> 00:35:17.028
- MY GOODNESS.
00:35:17.128 --> 00:35:18.229
- I LOVE SETTING THEGOALS FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:35:18.329 --> 00:35:22.433
AND WE WERE READING THISMORNING ABOUT HOW YOU
00:35:22.533 --> 00:35:26.404
WERE SAYING SET THE GOALSTHAT WILL TAKE YOUR
00:35:26.504 --> 00:35:28.339
LIFETIME TO FULFILL,
00:35:28.439 --> 00:35:30.575
AND THAT'S WHAT YOUWERE JUST SAYING.
00:35:30.675 --> 00:35:32.310
- YOU KNOW, I THINK YOUNEED SOME GOALS THAT WILL
00:35:32.410 --> 00:35:34.345
TAKE A LIFETIME TOACHIEVE, AND SO SHOW ME
00:35:34.445 --> 00:35:39.116
THE SIZE OF YOUR DREAMSAND I'LL SHOW YOU THE
00:35:39.217 --> 00:35:40.952
SIZE OF YOUR GOD.
00:35:41.052 --> 00:35:42.687
BUT THEN I WOULD FLIPTHAT AS WELL AND SAY
00:35:42.787 --> 00:35:45.423
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THOSEGOALS AND TURN THEM INTO
00:35:45.523 --> 00:35:48.593
DAILY HABITS. YOU HAVE TOREVERSE ENGINEER THEM.
00:35:48.693 --> 00:35:51.062
SO WHEN I RAN THE CHICAGOMARATHON IN 2017,
00:35:51.162 --> 00:35:56.267
I DIDN'T JUST GO OUTAND RUN 26.2 MILES.
00:35:56.367 --> 00:35:59.604
I WOULD HAVE PULLED MYHAMSTRING IN A HURRY.
00:35:59.704 --> 00:36:02.440
I DOWNLOADED A TRAININGPLAN, I DID 72 TRAINING
00:36:02.540 --> 00:36:05.977
RUNS, 475 MILES, THEN ANDONLY THEN WAS I READY
00:36:06.077 --> 00:36:10.948
TO RUN THAT MARATHON.
00:36:11.048 --> 00:36:13.918
SO MATT AND LAURIE, ITHINK I'M A BIG BELIEVER
00:36:14.018 --> 00:36:18.089
IN DREAMING BIG, BUT YOUALSO HAVE TO START SMALL.
00:36:18.189 --> 00:36:22.159
SO JUST TO PUT IT IN VERYPRACTICAL TERMS, I BET
00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:25.863
THERE'S A FEW PEOPLELISTENING THAT MAYBE
00:36:25.963 --> 00:36:28.065
STRUGGLE WITH NEGATIVITYOR PERHAPS ON AN HONEST
00:36:28.165 --> 00:36:32.270
MOMENT THEY WOULD ADMITTO BEING A COMPLAINER.
00:36:32.370 --> 00:36:36.040
HOW DO YOU FLIPTHAT SCRIPT?
00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:39.710
WELL, I CAN DO ITWITH ONE HABIT.
00:36:39.810 --> 00:36:41.912
YOU START KEEPING AGRATITUDE JOURNAL AND YOU
00:36:42.013 --> 00:36:45.850
HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN.
00:36:45.950 --> 00:36:47.184
IN PSYCHOLOGY, IT'S THEGENERATION EFFECT THAT WE
00:36:47.285 --> 00:36:50.454
HAVE A BETTER MEMORY FORTHINGS THAT WE'VE WRITTEN
00:36:50.554 --> 00:36:52.957
THAN FOR THINGS THATWE'VE READ, AND THERE'S
00:36:53.057 --> 00:36:55.660
SOMETHING ABOUTWRITING IT DOWN THAT
00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.361
FORCES YOU TO OWN IT.
00:36:57.461 --> 00:36:59.597
WRITE DOWN ONE GRATITUDEEVERY SINGLE DAY AND GIVE
00:36:59.697 --> 00:37:03.634
IT A WEEK OR A MONTH,MAYBE A FEW MONTHS,
00:37:03.734 --> 00:37:06.437
YOU AREN'T ACOMPLAINER ANYMORE.
00:37:06.537 --> 00:37:08.172
NOW YOU ARE SOMEONEWHO IS GRATEFUL FOR
00:37:08.272 --> 00:37:11.442
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
00:37:11.542 --> 00:37:13.277
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENINGNEUROLOGICALLY.
00:37:13.377 --> 00:37:16.947
THE RETICULAR ACTIVATINGSYSTEM IN THE BASE OF
00:37:17.048 --> 00:37:19.984
YOUR BRAIN STEM ISBEING SANCTIFIED.
00:37:20.084 --> 00:37:22.820
IT'S THE PART OF THEBRAIN THAT DETERMINES WHAT
00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:25.289
GETS NOTICED ANDWHAT GOES UNNOTICED.
00:37:25.389 --> 00:37:27.058
AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHYGOAL SETTING IS SO IMPORTANT
00:37:27.158 --> 00:37:29.860
BECAUSE YOU CREATE ACATEGORY, AND NOW YOU
00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:33.030
RECOGNIZE THE THINGS THATARE GOING TO
00:37:33.130 --> 00:37:34.999
HELP YOU GET THERE.
00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:36.467
THIS IS WHY PRAYER IS SOIMPORTANT BECAUSE NOW YOU
00:37:36.567 --> 00:37:38.669
NOTICE THE THINGS THATYOU'RE PRAYING FOR.
00:37:38.769 --> 00:37:41.772
- WOW, YOU KNOW-- IT'S LIKEYOU HAVE TO KIND OF GO MAKE
00:37:41.872 --> 00:37:48.746
SURE WE GOT THAT BECAUSE IDON'T WANT THIS BROADCAST TO
00:37:48.846 --> 00:37:53.451
SLIDE BY WHERE, YOU KNOW,SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING TO
00:37:53.551 --> 00:37:58.289
SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE, ORTHE PHONE JUST RANG, OR THE
00:37:58.389 --> 00:38:00.991
DOG JUST WALKED THROUGH,AND THEY DIDN'T CATCH THAT.
00:38:01.092 --> 00:38:04.829
BECAUSE WITHOUT DEVELOPINGA PLACE TO PUT GRATITUDE BY
00:38:04.929 --> 00:38:12.269
WRITING IT DOWN, IN THISCASE, YOUR BRAIN
00:38:12.370 --> 00:38:16.240
ISN'T GOING TO NOTICE IT.
00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:18.275
SO YOU'RE GOING TO MISS ITUNLESS YOU HAVE A PLACE IN
00:38:18.376 --> 00:38:20.978
YOUR BRAIN TO PUT IT.
00:38:21.078 --> 00:38:23.647
THAT'S WHAT YOU'REREALLY TALKING ABOUT.
00:38:23.748 --> 00:38:25.916
MAN, I BET THERE'S A WHOLETON OF SCRIPTURES THAT APPLY
00:38:26.016 --> 00:38:28.452
TO THAT THAT WE COULD SITHERE AND KIND OF FIND.
00:38:28.552 --> 00:38:32.523
BUT MAKE SURE WE GET THAT.
00:38:32.623 --> 00:38:34.258
THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:38:34.358 --> 00:38:35.793
- YEP, YEP, MATT, AND IWILL SHARE A SCRIPTURE.
00:38:35.893 --> 00:38:38.996
II CORINTHIANS 10:5, "TAKEEVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE, AND
00:38:39.096 --> 00:38:42.500
MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST."IN JUDAISM, YOU WOULD
00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:46.604
PRONOUNCE A HUNDREDBLESSINGS A DAY.
00:38:46.704 --> 00:38:49.106
NOW, I'M NOT TELLING YOU YOUHAVE TO START THERE, BUT
00:38:49.206 --> 00:38:52.777
YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TOTAKE IT CAPTIVE, AND THAT'S
00:38:52.877 --> 00:38:55.846
WHERE I WOULD SAY THESHORTEST PENCIL IS LONGER
00:38:55.946 --> 00:38:58.182
THAN THE LONGEST MEMORY.
00:38:58.282 --> 00:39:00.384
SO I KEEP A GRATITUDEJOURNAL, PRAYER JOURNAL, AND
00:39:00.484 --> 00:39:03.621
DREAM JOURNAL, AND IT'SALL KIND OF IN ONE PLACE.
00:39:03.721 --> 00:39:06.957
AND ONCE THAT JOURNAL GETSFILLED UP, WHAT I DO IS I GO
00:39:07.057 --> 00:39:11.362
BACK AND I READ THROUGH IT,AND I DOUBLE JOURNAL; WHY?
00:39:11.462 --> 00:39:15.933
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURETHAT I AM LEARNING THE
00:39:16.033 --> 00:39:18.736
LESSONS THAT GODIS TEACHING ME.
00:39:18.836 --> 00:39:21.238
AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO FIND AWAY TO REALLY
00:39:21.338 --> 00:39:24.909
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE.
00:39:25.009 --> 00:39:26.844
YOU KNOW, GOALS AND HABITS,THEY HAVE TO BE MEASURABLE,
00:39:26.944 --> 00:39:31.115
MEANINGFUL MAINTAINABLE;3-M, IF YOU WILL.
00:39:31.215 --> 00:39:35.753
AND THE MEASURABLE PEACE ISWHERE OFTEN I THINK
00:39:35.853 --> 00:39:38.722
WE GET TRIPPED UP.
00:39:38.823 --> 00:39:40.391
YOU KNOW, LISTEN, MAYBE YOUWANT TO GET IN SHAPE OR LOSE
00:39:40.491 --> 00:39:45.863
WEIGHT OR WHATEVER, ANDTHOSE ARE FINE, BUT THOSE
00:39:45.963 --> 00:39:49.867
AREN'T HABITS,THOSE ARE HOPES.
00:39:49.967 --> 00:39:52.570
YOU HAVE TO MAKE ITMEASURABLE SO IT'S MANAGEABLE.
00:39:52.670 --> 00:39:56.273
WHETHER IT'S COUNTING STEPSOR COUNTING CALORIES, YOU
00:39:56.373 --> 00:39:59.477
HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO REALLYKEEP TRACK OF IT, AND ONE
00:39:59.577 --> 00:40:05.883
WAY TO DO THAT, CERTAINLY,IS VIA A JOURNAL.
00:40:05.983 --> 00:40:11.455
- SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ISA DULL PENCIL IS BETTER THAN
00:40:11.555 --> 00:40:15.926
A SHARP MIND, WRITE IT DOWN.
00:40:16.026 --> 00:40:17.795
[LAUGHTER]
00:40:17.895 --> 00:40:19.630
- OH, MAN, BAM, YOU'REGOING TO GET QUOTED, MATT.
00:40:19.730 --> 00:40:21.599
[LAUGHTER]
00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:24.435
- I LOVE THAT, I LOVE IT.
00:40:24.535 --> 00:40:26.103
- I HAVE TO GIVETHAT TO ORAL ROBERTS.
00:40:26.203 --> 00:40:27.638
HE WAS CONSTANTLYSAYING THAT.
00:40:27.738 --> 00:40:29.073
- WRITE IT DOWN, MATT.
00:40:29.173 --> 00:40:30.474
- YEAH, SO HE WAS SAYING ITA LITTLE GRUFFER THAN
00:40:30.574 --> 00:40:31.942
I SAID IT, YOU KNOW.
00:40:32.042 --> 00:40:33.577
[LAUGHTER]
00:40:33.677 --> 00:40:35.646
OKAY, WE'VE GOT ABOUT15 MINUTES LEFT IN THE
00:40:35.746 --> 00:40:39.783
BROADCAST, THERE'S ALAUNDRY LIST OF THING.
00:40:39.884 --> 00:40:43.087
WHENEVER I GET YOU ON THEAIR, I WANT YOU TO
00:40:43.187 --> 00:40:45.422
DO A COUPLE OF THING.
00:40:45.523 --> 00:40:47.424
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THATWE STRUCTURE THE END OF THE
00:40:47.525 --> 00:40:50.094
BROADCAST RIGHT.
00:40:50.194 --> 00:40:51.829
FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE INWASHINGTON D.C.
00:40:51.929 --> 00:40:53.597
TOMORROW IS A HUGE DAY.
00:40:53.697 --> 00:40:55.633
TBN IS PLANNING EVERYTHINGFROM THREE LIVE EVENTS,
00:40:55.733 --> 00:41:02.206
INFORMATION IS ON THESCREEN, FOR TOMORROW, ALL
00:41:02.306 --> 00:41:06.343
THE WAY UP TOGOING LIVE ALL DAY.
00:41:06.443 --> 00:41:10.548
IF WE NEED TO, WE HAVEPEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
00:41:10.648 --> 00:41:13.350
WE HAVE FEEDS COMING OUT OFWASHINGTON D.C. TOMORROW.
00:41:13.450 --> 00:41:15.386
BIG DAY TOMORROW, ANDWE PRAY FOR PEACE.
00:41:15.486 --> 00:41:21.191
OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE THING,AND YOUR FINAL COMMENTS
00:41:21.292 --> 00:41:25.930
ON ANY AND ALL OF THAT.
00:41:26.030 --> 00:41:28.699
BUT I WANT YOU TO GET, FIRSTOF ALL, TO SEED THE CLOUDS.
00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:33.671
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ISWE'RE BREAKING DOWN "WIN
00:41:33.771 --> 00:41:37.074
THE DAY -- 7 DAILY HABITSTO HELP YOU STRESS LESS
00:41:37.174 --> 00:41:40.444
AND ACCOMPLISH MORE."
00:41:40.544 --> 00:41:43.314
- HE ALSO HAS A THING ONYOU VERSION,
00:41:43.414 --> 00:41:46.317
WHICH I LOVE, YOURDAILY DEVOTIONAL ON YOU
00:41:46.417 --> 00:41:48.752
VERSION RIGHT NOW.
00:41:48.852 --> 00:41:50.854
- YES, THE READING PLAN.- GOOD.
00:41:50.955 --> 00:41:52.923
- GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
00:41:53.023 --> 00:41:55.759
- THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO MAYBETASTE THE APPETIZER OR HORS
00:41:55.859 --> 00:42:01.565
D' OUEVRES, IF YOU WILL,GET A LITTLE SAMPLE.
00:42:01.665 --> 00:42:07.738
I WILL, JUST TO KIND OFSPEAK TO THE MOMENT ONE,
00:42:07.838 --> 00:42:09.940
MATT, ONE MORE TIME.
00:42:10.040 --> 00:42:12.076
AGAIN, WE ARE HERE FOR SUCHA TIME AS THIS,
00:42:12.176 --> 00:42:14.912
FOR SUCH A PLACE AS THIS.
00:42:15.012 --> 00:42:17.314
I'M GOING TO SHARE JUST APASTORAL CONCERN AND JUST ASK
00:42:17.414 --> 00:42:21.552
AN HONEST QUESTION, ANDMAYBE ASK LISTENERS
00:42:21.652 --> 00:42:25.189
VIEWERS TO DO A LITTLEHONEST EVALUATION.
00:42:25.289 --> 00:42:30.861
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OURWORDS, THOUGHTS, ACTIONS ARE
00:42:30.961 --> 00:42:35.232
A REGURGITATION OF THE NEWSMEDIA THAT WE LISTEN TO AND
00:42:35.332 --> 00:42:39.903
THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WEFOLLOW, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE
00:42:40.004 --> 00:42:44.441
OF OUR THOUGHTS, WORDS, ANDACTIONS, COME ON, ARE AN
00:42:44.541 --> 00:42:50.114
EXPRESSION OF THE REVELATIONTHAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE
00:42:50.214 --> 00:42:53.684
WORD OF GOD AND FROMTHE SPIRIT OF GOD?
00:42:53.784 --> 00:42:57.454
I HAVE A PROFOUND CONCERN,AND I ADDRESS IT IN THE BOOK.
00:42:57.554 --> 00:43:01.392
THE AVERAGE PERSON SPENDS142 MINUTES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:43:01.492 --> 00:43:05.629
THAT'S TWO HOURS AND 22 MINUTES.
00:43:05.729 --> 00:43:08.065
THAT REPRESENTS 15% OF OURWAKING HOURS, AND MY CONCERN
00:43:08.165 --> 00:43:13.303
IS THIS: MATT AND LAURIE,I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WERE
00:43:13.404 --> 00:43:17.274
DESIGNED WITH THE CAPACITYTO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT
00:43:17.374 --> 00:43:20.344
EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME.
00:43:20.444 --> 00:43:21.879
- WOW.
00:43:21.979 --> 00:43:23.013
- AND SO WHERE I'M GOINGWITH THIS IS I SOMETIMES
00:43:23.113 --> 00:43:25.783
THINK THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS ALITTLE LIKE THE TREE OF THE
00:43:25.883 --> 00:43:29.620
KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD EVIL.
00:43:29.720 --> 00:43:31.722
AND YOU KNOW, KARL BARTH SAID,READ THE NEWSPAPER, AND READ
00:43:31.822 --> 00:43:36.427
YOUR BIBLE, BUT MAKE SURETHAT YOU'RE FILTERING THE
00:43:36.527 --> 00:43:39.229
NEWS THROUGH YOUR BIBLE.
00:43:39.329 --> 00:43:42.433
AND IF YOU GET THATBACKWARDS, THEN YOUR
00:43:42.533 --> 00:43:46.537
IDEOLOGY CAN BECOME A FORMOF IDOLATRY AS OPPOSED TO
00:43:46.637 --> 00:43:52.242
REALLY EXPRESSINGOUR TRUE THEOLOGY.
00:43:52.342 --> 00:43:55.679
AND SO I HOPE THAT MEANSSOMETHING TO SOMEONE, AND
00:43:55.779 --> 00:44:00.084
ONE LAST THOUGHT: WITH WINDTHE CLOCK, YOU'LL NEVER FIND
00:44:00.184 --> 00:44:04.888
TIME, YOU HAVE TO MAKE TIME.
00:44:04.988 --> 00:44:07.558
AND SO WHEN SOMEONE SAYS,WELL, I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME.
00:44:07.658 --> 00:44:11.628
WELL, IF YOU'RE SPENDINGTWO HOURS AND 22 MINUTES ON
00:44:11.729 --> 00:44:15.399
SOCIAL MEDIA, I BET YOUCOULD BUY BACK A LITTLE BIT
00:44:15.499 --> 00:44:18.535
OF THAT TIME AND MAYBE PUTIT TOWARDS A GOAL
00:44:18.635 --> 00:44:23.040
THAT YOU'RE PURSUING.
00:44:23.140 --> 00:44:24.308
SO WHENEVER I FEEL LIKEI'M GETTING IN PEOPLE'S
00:44:24.408 --> 00:44:27.044
BUSINESS, I ALWAYS LIKESAYING, I LOVE YOU.
00:44:27.144 --> 00:44:30.581
I LOVE YOU, AND THAT'S WHYI'M PUSHING THE
00:44:30.681 --> 00:44:33.350
ENVELOPE A LITTLE BIT.
00:44:33.450 --> 00:44:34.752
- OKAY, I WANT TO GET INTOSEED THE CLOUDS, I ALSO WANT
00:44:34.852 --> 00:44:37.621
YOU TO MAYBE END THISBROADCAST WITH SOMETHING YOU
00:44:37.721 --> 00:44:41.959
MENTIONED WAY EARLIER WHEREYOU SAID YOU RAN A MARATHON.
00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:46.797
THAT WOULD HAVE BEENPHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR
00:44:46.897 --> 00:44:49.967
YOU SHORT OF A MIRACULOUSEVENT, AND I DON'T REMEMBER
00:44:50.067 --> 00:44:56.573
THE ADJECTIVE YOU USED. WAS ITPRAY A BOLD PRAYER?
00:44:56.673 --> 00:45:00.377
WAS THAT IT? WAS IT PRAYA BOLD PRAYER?
00:45:00.477 --> 00:45:03.447
- YEAH, A BRAVE PRAYER.
00:45:03.547 --> 00:45:05.349
- OKAY, A BRAVE PRAYER.
00:45:05.449 --> 00:45:06.984
SO I WANT TO KINDOF END WITH THAT.
00:45:07.084 --> 00:45:10.754
THAT'S REVELATION TO YOU.
00:45:10.854 --> 00:45:13.423
YOU LIVED IT, SO YOU PRAYEDA BRAVE PRAYER IN REGARD TO
00:45:13.524 --> 00:45:18.061
YOUR OWN PERSONAL HEALTH,AND THEN ENDED
00:45:18.162 --> 00:45:21.365
UP RUNNING A MARATHON.
00:45:21.465 --> 00:45:23.100
AND SO I WANT YOU TO ENDTHERE, BUT SEED THE CLOUDS I
00:45:23.200 --> 00:45:27.638
THINK WORK ITS WAY INTOTHAT PRETTY NICELY.
00:45:27.738 --> 00:45:29.940
SO AGAIN, MARK, GO INTO YOURFINAL HABIT, AS IT WERE, AND
00:45:30.040 --> 00:45:36.847
THEN INTO THAT MINISTER TOTHE FOLKS,
00:45:36.947 --> 00:45:39.349
IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.
00:45:39.449 --> 00:45:40.684
- YEAH, PERFECT.
00:45:40.784 --> 00:45:42.286
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BETTERWAY TO SEED THE
00:45:42.386 --> 00:45:44.688
CLOUDS THAN WITH PRAYER.
00:45:44.788 --> 00:45:46.323
IN FACT, THAT'SWHAT ELIJAH DOES.
00:45:46.423 --> 00:45:48.458
SEVEN TIMES, HE PRAYS FORRAIN, AND THEN HE FINALLY
00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:51.361
SEES THIS CLOUD THESIZE OF A MAN'S HAND.
00:45:51.461 --> 00:45:54.665
DON'T YOU LOVE THAT,MATT AND LAURIE?
00:45:54.765 --> 00:45:56.700
HE'S LOOKING OFF IN THEDISTANCE, AND IT'S SO SMALL,
00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:59.703
BUT JUST WAIT. IT'S GOING TO BEA DOWN POUR.
00:45:59.803 --> 00:46:03.473
AND SO YOU HAVE TO SOWTODAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
00:46:03.574 --> 00:46:07.244
TOMORROW, AND IT MIGHT TAKELONGER THAN YOU THINK, AND
00:46:07.344 --> 00:46:10.781
IT MIGHT BE HARDER THAN YOUWANT, BUT I PROMISE YOU IF
00:46:10.881 --> 00:46:14.818
YOU DO THE RIGHT THING DAYIN DAY OUT, GOD IS GOING TO
00:46:14.918 --> 00:46:18.088
SHOW UP SHOW OFF.
00:46:18.188 --> 00:46:20.290
AND SO JULY SECOND, 2016,I PRAYED A BRAVE PRAYER.
00:46:20.390 --> 00:46:26.096
NOW, MY FIRST MEMORYWAS AN ASTHMA ATTACK.
00:46:26.196 --> 00:46:29.399
I WENT TO THE EMERGENCYROOM, GOT A
00:46:29.499 --> 00:46:30.901
SHOT OF EPINEPHRINE.
00:46:31.001 --> 00:46:32.502
I MEAN THERE WEREN'T 40 DAYSIN 40 YEARS THAT I DIDN'T
00:46:32.603 --> 00:46:35.172
HAVE TO TAKE A PUFFOF MY RESCUE INHALER.
00:46:35.272 --> 00:46:37.741
I SLEPT WITH ITUNDER MY PILLOW.
00:46:37.841 --> 00:46:40.177
I PLAYED BASKETBALL WITH ITIN MY SOCK,
00:46:40.277 --> 00:46:43.447
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:46:43.547 --> 00:46:44.781
I BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ABLE,AND HE'S NOT JUST ABLE, HE'S
00:46:44.882 --> 00:46:48.719
ABLE TO DO IMMEASURABLYMORE THAN ALL WE
00:46:48.819 --> 00:46:50.787
CAN ASK OR IMAGINE.
00:46:50.888 --> 00:46:52.723
AND SO I PRAYED A BRAVEPRAYER, AND GOD
00:46:52.823 --> 00:46:56.660
HEALED MY LUNGS.
00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:58.662
I MEAN, IT'S STILLUNBELIEVABLE TO ME.
00:46:58.762 --> 00:47:01.965
AND I FELT LIKEYOU KNOW WHAT?
00:47:02.065 --> 00:47:04.167
I NEED TO CELEBRATE THISMIRACLE BY DOING SOMETHING
00:47:04.268 --> 00:47:09.072
THAT I COULD NOT HAVE DONE.
00:47:09.172 --> 00:47:11.074
IN FACT, ONE OF THEHABITS, EAT THE FROG.
00:47:11.174 --> 00:47:14.678
IF YOU WANT GOD TO DO THESUPER, YOU HAVE
00:47:14.778 --> 00:47:17.147
TO DO THE NATURAL.
00:47:17.247 --> 00:47:18.682
SO YOU DO HAVE TO CONTRIBUTETO YOUR OWN HEALING.
00:47:18.782 --> 00:47:21.785
YOU HAVE TO BE A PART OF THESOLUTION, NOT
00:47:21.885 --> 00:47:25.088
PART OF THE PROBLEM.
00:47:25.188 --> 00:47:26.223
AND SO LONG STORY SHORT, IRAN THE CHICAGO MARATHON.
00:47:26.323 --> 00:47:31.728
AND YOU KNOW, LISTEN,NEWS FLASH:
00:47:31.828 --> 00:47:35.265
I DIDN'T WIN THE RACE...[LAUGHTER]
00:47:35.365 --> 00:47:37.834
BUT LISTEN, IDID WIN THE DAY. I WON THE DAY.
00:47:37.935 --> 00:47:42.806
I WILL NEVER FORGET OCTOBER8TH, 2017, CROSSING THAT
00:47:42.906 --> 00:47:47.678
FINISH LINE AND PRAISING GODFOR A MIRACLE THAT NO HUMAN
00:47:47.778 --> 00:47:54.484
COULD TELL ME OTHERWISE.
00:47:54.584 --> 00:47:56.653
AND SO PRAYER IS THEDIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST
00:47:56.753 --> 00:47:59.189
WE CAN TO AND THEBEST GOD CAN DO.
00:47:59.289 --> 00:48:02.025
AND TODAY, WHOEVER YOU ARE,WHEREVER YOU ARE, WOULD YOU
00:48:02.125 --> 00:48:06.563
PRAY THAT BRAVE PRAYER?
00:48:06.663 --> 00:48:08.799
WOULD YOU BELIEVE GOD ONCEAGAIN TO DO THE
00:48:08.899 --> 00:48:11.868
MIRACULOUS IN YOUR LIFE?
00:48:11.969 --> 00:48:14.171
- MARK, YOU TOLD US ONETIME YOU WERE BEFORE YOUR
00:48:14.271 --> 00:48:19.176
CROWD, YOU WERESTARTING TO MINISTER.
00:48:19.276 --> 00:48:22.446
YOU CHALLENGED YOUR CROWDTO PRAY THIS
00:48:22.546 --> 00:48:27.017
BRAVE, BOLD PRAYER.
00:48:27.117 --> 00:48:30.220
IT SEEMED LIKE -- TAKE USINTO THAT MOMENT THAT YOU
00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:35.192
WERE EXPLAINING TO US.
00:48:35.292 --> 00:48:37.394
- YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT HOWMANY TIMES HAD YOU
00:48:37.494 --> 00:48:40.297
PRAYED THAT SAME PRAYER?
00:48:40.397 --> 00:48:42.532
- YES, HUNDREDSOF TIMES, LAURIE.
00:48:42.632 --> 00:48:44.634
- THERE IT IS.
00:48:44.735 --> 00:48:45.902
- AND THE BRAVE PRAYER ISPRAYING IT ONE MORE TIME.
00:48:46.003 --> 00:48:49.740
IF GOD HAS NOT RELEASED YOU,THEN YOU NEED TO CONTINUE
00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:53.910
TO PRESS IN AND PRAY.
00:48:54.011 --> 00:48:56.680
AND YOU KNOW, I'VEEXPERIENCED TOO MANY
00:48:56.780 --> 00:48:59.082
MIRACLES NOT TO CONTINUE TOBELIEVE, AND I THINK THE WAY
00:48:59.182 --> 00:49:02.419
YOU STEWARD A MIRACLE IS YOUBELIEVE GOD FOR EVEN BIGGER
00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:06.223
AND BETTER MIRACLES.
00:49:06.323 --> 00:49:07.858
AND SO MATT AND LAURIE, I'MGRATEFUL THAT YOU ASKED ME
00:49:07.958 --> 00:49:11.595
TO SHARE THAT STORY FOR ASIMPLE REASON:
00:49:11.695 --> 00:49:14.664
TESTIMONY IS PROPHECY.
00:49:14.765 --> 00:49:17.734
IF GOD DID IT BEFORE,HE CAN DO IT AGAIN.
00:49:17.834 --> 00:49:20.170
IF GOD DID IT FOR ME,HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU.
00:49:20.270 --> 00:49:24.007
AND THE LAST TIME I CHECKED,WE OVERCOME BY THE BLOOD OF
00:49:24.107 --> 00:49:28.645
THE LAMB AND BY THEWORD OF OUR TESTIMONY.
00:49:28.745 --> 00:49:32.616
YOU CAN'T SPELL TESTIMONYWITHOUT THOSE
00:49:32.716 --> 00:49:35.485
FIRST FOUR LETTERS, TEST.
00:49:35.585 --> 00:49:37.120
YOU GOTTA PASS THE TEST,AND IF YOU TO, YOU GET A
00:49:37.220 --> 00:49:41.725
TESTIMONY OUT OF THE MIX,AND IT'S GOING TO
00:49:41.825 --> 00:49:44.995
BRING GOD GLORY.
00:49:45.095 --> 00:49:47.631
- SO YOU'RE CHALLENGINGUS, THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE
00:49:47.731 --> 00:49:51.368
PRAYED A THOUSAND TIMES FORAND FEEL LIKE IS -- YOU
00:49:51.468 --> 00:49:56.239
JUSTIFY IT BY SAYING, PAULHAD A THORN IN THE FLESH, SO
00:49:56.339 --> 00:50:00.243
WHATEVER HIS WAS, AND PEOPLESPECULATE PAUL COULDN'T SEE
00:50:00.343 --> 00:50:03.847
VERY WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS.
00:50:03.947 --> 00:50:07.451
SO BASICALLY, WE GIVE UP.
00:50:07.551 --> 00:50:10.921
YOUR CHALLENGE TO YOURCHURCH THAT DAY AND
00:50:11.021 --> 00:50:14.024
TO OUR AUDIENCE NOW, DOIT ONE MORE TIME.
00:50:14.124 --> 00:50:16.626
PRAY A BRAVE PRAYER, THE ONETHAT YOU GAVE UP
00:50:16.726 --> 00:50:18.895
ON, AS IT WERE.
00:50:18.995 --> 00:50:21.231
JUST MAKE SURE OURAUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS THAT.
00:50:21.331 --> 00:50:23.567
- WELL, MATT AND LAURIE,I WOULD SAY THIS UP FRONT:
00:50:23.667 --> 00:50:26.203
EVERY PRAYER HAS TO PASSA TWO-FOLD LITMUS TEST.
00:50:26.303 --> 00:50:29.239
IT HAS TO BE IN THE WILL OFGOD AND FOR
00:50:29.339 --> 00:50:31.408
THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:50:31.508 --> 00:50:32.542
THIS ISN'T ABOUT USOUTLINING OUR AGENDA TO GOD.
00:50:32.642 --> 00:50:36.613
IT'S ABOUT THOSECIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
00:50:36.713 --> 00:50:39.182
GOD CAN REVEAL HIS GLORYAND HIS POWER.
00:50:39.282 --> 00:50:42.419
NOW, EVERYBODYWANTS A MIRACLE.
00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:44.955
NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN ASITUATION THAT NECESSITATES
00:50:45.055 --> 00:50:47.791
ONE, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVEONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
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SO MAYBE THE IMPOSSIBLECIRCUMSTANCE THAT YOU FIND
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YOURSELF IN TODAY IS THE VERYCIRCUMSTANCE THAT GOD'S
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GOING TO USE TO PUTHIS GLORY ON DISPLAY.
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- THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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- NOW I KNOW A LOT OFPEOPLE THAT NEED A GOOD
00:51:05.509 --> 00:51:07.310
MIRACLE IN THEIRLIFE TODAY, MARK.
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COULD YOU JUST PRAYFOR EVERYONE WATCHING?
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THE POWER OF THE HOLYSPIRIT TO JUST INVADE THEIR
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SITUATIONS BECAUSE I KNOWOUR COUNTRY, I KNOW OUR
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WORLD, NEEDS IT TODAY.
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- ABSOLUTELY.
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THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE PASTYEAR HAVE KEPT US ON OUR
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KNEES, AND MAYBE THAT'SA VERY GOOD THING.
00:51:30.033 --> 00:51:33.470
AND SO I WANT TO PRAY FORYOU, AND WHEN WE PRAY, WE
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ARE JUST PRAYING INAGREEMENT WITH
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THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
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BEFORE YOU WOKE UP THISMORNING, AFTER YOU GO TO
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SLEEP TONIGHT, INTERCEDINGFOR US WITH GROANINGS
00:51:44.181 --> 00:51:48.018
THAT CAN'T EVEN BEPUT INTO WORDS.
00:51:48.118 --> 00:51:50.086
SO RIGHT NOW WE AGREE WITHTHOSE PRAYERS THAT ARE BEING
00:51:50.187 --> 00:51:55.158
PRAYED BY THE SPIRITOF GOD HIMSELF.
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LORD, RIGHT NOW I DECLAREYOUR LOVE AND YOUR GOODNESS
00:51:59.162 --> 00:52:03.466
AND YOUR GRACEAND YOUR PEACE.
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LORD, I KNOW A THIRD OFAMERICANS STRUGGLING WITH
00:52:06.002 --> 00:52:09.206
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.
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I PRAY THE PEACE THAT PASSESUNDERSTANDING, THAT IT WOULD
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GUARD OUR HEARTS AND OURMIND IN CHRIST JESUS.
00:52:14.778 --> 00:52:19.416
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD REMINDUS TODAY THAT THE GOD WHO
00:52:19.516 --> 00:52:22.552
BEGAN A GOOD WORK IS GOINGTO CARRY IT TO COMPLETION.
00:52:22.652 --> 00:52:25.889
YOU ARE WATCHING OVERYOUR WORD TO PERFORM IT.
00:52:25.989 --> 00:52:30.493
SO WE LOOK TO YOU.
00:52:30.594 --> 00:52:31.861
WE FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS,THE AUTHOR AND THE
00:52:31.962 --> 00:52:35.699
PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH.
00:52:35.799 --> 00:52:38.268
AND WE PRAY THY KINGDOMCOME, THY WILL BE DONE ON
00:52:38.368 --> 00:52:43.306
EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. INJESUS' NAME, AMEN.
00:52:43.406 --> 00:52:50.046
- AMEN, WOW. MARK BATTERSON,IT'S ALWAYS A RICH AND
00:52:50.146 --> 00:52:57.220
REWARDING TIME WITH YOU.
00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:59.956
MARK JOINS US TODAY FROMWASHINGTON D.C., AND THANK
00:53:00.056 --> 00:53:05.462
YOU FOR BEING WITH US.I WANT TO JUST END.
00:53:05.562 --> 00:53:07.664
WE'VE GOT ABOUT A MINUTE.
00:53:07.764 --> 00:53:09.899
IF SOMEBODY'S BEEN WATCHINGHALFWAY THROUGH, AND THEY
00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:14.471
DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING, WHATDO YOU WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE
00:53:14.571 --> 00:53:18.341
AWAY HAVING READTHIS ENTIRE BOOK?
00:53:18.441 --> 00:53:23.313
YOU GOT ABOUT A MINUTE TOKIND OF LAND THE PLANE HERE
00:53:23.413 --> 00:53:27.284
AND GIVE US YOUR KINDOF FINAL THOUGHTS.
00:53:27.384 --> 00:53:30.687
BEFORE MARK AGREES TO ANINTERVIEW, ALL HE EVER ASKS
00:53:30.787 --> 00:53:33.690
FOR IS THE FINAL WORD, SOWE'RE GOING TO GIVE
00:53:33.790 --> 00:53:35.392
YOU THE FINAL WORD.
00:53:35.492 --> 00:53:37.060
[LAUGHTER]
00:53:37.160 --> 00:53:39.029
- I'M SO HIGH MAINTENANCE,AREN'T I GUYS?
00:53:39.129 --> 00:53:40.930
- EXACTLY [LAUGHTER]
00:53:41.031 --> 00:53:44.167
- I LOVE IT, HERE IS THEBIG IDEA: ALMOST ANYONE CAN
00:53:44.267 --> 00:53:49.372
DO ANYTHING IF THEY WORK ATIT LONG ENOUGH, HARD ENOUGH,
00:53:49.472 --> 00:53:53.343
AND SMART ENOUGH.
00:53:53.443 --> 00:53:54.878
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GOALYOU'RE GOING AFTER, WHAT
00:53:54.978 --> 00:53:57.514
PROBLEM YOU'RE TRYING TOSOLVE, WHAT HABIT YOU'RE
00:53:57.614 --> 00:53:59.349
TRYING TO BREAK OR BUILD,BUT I KNOW EXACTLY
00:53:59.449 --> 00:54:02.052
HOW IT WILL HAPPEN.
00:54:02.152 --> 00:54:03.186
IT WILL HAPPENONE DAY AT A TIME.
00:54:03.286 --> 00:54:06.456
SO I WANT TO ASKYOU A QUESTION.
00:54:06.556 --> 00:54:09.726
CAN YOU DO IT FOR A DAY?
00:54:09.826 --> 00:54:12.128
I'VE NEVER HADANYBODY SAY NO.
00:54:12.228 --> 00:54:14.864
ANYBODY CAN DOANYTHING FOR A DAY.
00:54:14.964 --> 00:54:18.101
THEN WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GETUP THE NEXT DAY, AND YOU DO
00:54:18.201 --> 00:54:21.571
IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
00:54:21.671 --> 00:54:23.206
AND I THINK THAT'SCALLED A WINNING STREAK.
00:54:23.306 --> 00:54:26.209
AND SO I WOULD SAY JUST ONCEAGAIN, YESTERDAY IS HISTORY,
00:54:26.309 --> 00:54:31.448
TOMORROW IS MYSTERY,WIN THE DAY.
00:54:31.548 --> 00:54:35.418
- BEAUTIFUL, MARKBATTERSON, THANK YOU FOR
00:54:35.518 --> 00:54:37.854
BEING WITH US FROM D.C.THE NATION'S CAPITOL.
00:54:37.954 --> 00:54:40.857
TOMORROW, A BIG DAY.
00:54:40.957 --> 00:54:43.593
IF EVENTS WARRANT, WE'LL BELIVE ALL DAY
00:54:43.693 --> 00:54:46.262
RIGHT HERE ON TRINITY.
00:54:46.363 --> 00:54:47.564
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH USFROM THE NATION'S CAPITOL.
00:54:47.664 --> 00:54:50.300
WE LOVE YOU,THANK YOU, MARK.
00:54:50.400 --> 00:54:51.334
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
00:54:51.434 --> 00:54:52.569
- HEY, WE COVETYOUR PRAYERS.
00:54:52.669 --> 00:54:54.804
MUCH LOVE, SOGRATEFUL, GOD BLESS.
00:54:54.904 --> 00:54:57.540
- BYE BYE.
00:54:57.640 --> 00:54:58.508
♪♪
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