Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - All Those Times You Didn't See (Part 1)

August 27, 2025 | S25 E239 | 28:0

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - All Those Times You Didn't See (Part 1) | August 27, 2025

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> today i wanna take us
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>> today i wanna take us to one verse, to start out,
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To one verse, to start out, and it's 1 samuel 3:10
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And it's 1 samuel 3:10 for the final sermon
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For the final sermon in my "called" series.
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In my "called" series. and i'm so glad you made it
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And i'm so glad you made it out for this today.
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Out for this today. the word of the lord says,
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1 samuel 3:10,
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1 samuel 3:10, "and the lord came and stood,
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"and the lord came and stood, calling as at other times,
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Calling as at other times, 'samuel! samuel!'
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'samuel! samuel!' and samuel said, 'speak,
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And samuel said, 'speak, for your servant hears.'"
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For your servant hears.'" isn't that a cool scripture?
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"and the lord came."
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"and the lord came." how many want the lord
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How many want the lord to come today?
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[cheering and applause]
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How many want the lord
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How many want the lord to come today into your home?
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To come today into your home? how many want the lord
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How many want the lord to come today into
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To come today into your emotions?
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Your emotions? how many want the lord to come?
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"and the lord came and stood,
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"and the lord came and stood, calling as at other times,
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Calling as at other times, 'samuel! samuel!'
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'samuel! samuel!' and samuel said, 'speak,
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And samuel said, 'speak, for your servant hears.'"
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For your servant hears.'" and today i wanna talk to you,
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Here's my subject,
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Here's my subject, about "all those times
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About "all those times you didn't see."
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You didn't see." all those times you didn't see.
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All those times you didn't see. father, open your word that
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Father, open your word that we might behold your wonder
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We might behold your wonder and your glory.
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And your glory. and perhaps show us
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And perhaps show us something today
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Something today that would be so specific
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That would be so specific that we would not miss
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That we would not miss your presence in this moment.
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Your presence in this moment. we thank you for being god
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We thank you for being god in every season of our life,
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In every season of our life, and i thank you now
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And i thank you now for the right now word
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For the right now word that you are going to speak
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That you are going to speak in jesus' name, amen.
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In jesus' name, amen. you may be seated.
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You may be seated. and why don't y'all bring out
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And why don't y'all bring out my screen today so i can do
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My screen today so i can do a little teachy-preachy.
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[cheering and applause]
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Preachy-teachy.
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Preachy-teachy. any country music fans
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Any country music fans in the house?
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[cheering]
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I heard a country songwriter
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I heard a country songwriter say something the other day
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Say something the other day that i thought was
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That i thought was an appropriate opening
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An appropriate opening for our sermon time together.
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For our sermon time together. alright, so he's
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Alright, so he's a grammy winning
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A grammy winning country song writer,
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Country song writer, he's written many
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He's written many number one hits.
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Number one hits. he's about 57 years old,
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He's about 57 years old, he's been at it a long time.
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He's been at it a long time. and he was in an interview
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And he was in an interview and he started explaining
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And he started explaining to the younger songwriter
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To the younger songwriter who was interviewing him
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Who was interviewing him why he still cuts his own
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Why he still cuts his own grass with a push lawnmower.
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Grass with a push lawnmower. he said, "i still
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He said, "i still cut my own grass.
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Cut my own grass. i've won all these grammys
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I've won all these grammys and billboard awards,
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And billboard awards, and cma awards,
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And cma awards, but i still cut my own
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But i still cut my own grass with a push mower.
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Grass with a push mower. i go out there and i sweat,
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I go out there and i sweat, and i cut the grass.
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And i cut the grass. and my neighbor
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And my neighbor said to me one day,
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Said to me one day, 'why do you still cut
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'why do you still cut your own grass,
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Your own grass, surely you can afford
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Surely you can afford somebody to do that for you
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Somebody to do that for you and do something more valuable
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And do something more valuable with your time like
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With your time like write another hit song
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Write another hit song or win another grammy.'"
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Or win another grammy.'" and he said, "no,
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And he said, "no, i definitely could,
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I definitely could, but the reason that i still
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But the reason that i still cut my grass myself is
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Cut my grass myself is because it is one of the only,
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Because it is one of the only, if not the only thing left
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If not the only thing left in my life that i can do
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In my life that i can do and see and immediate
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And see and immediate return on with my eyes."
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Return on with my eyes." it's one of the only
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It's one of the only things left,
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Things left, if not the only thing left
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If not the only thing left in my life that the grass
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In my life that the grass can look bad one minute
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And better the next.
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And better the next. songwriting isn't like that,"
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Songwriting isn't like that," he said.
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He said. "i might write a song today
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"i might write a song today and five years later
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And five years later somebody records it
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Somebody records it on their album,
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On their album, and that's assuming
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It even gets recorded.
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It even gets recorded. cutting the grass,
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Cutting the grass, i can cut row right now,
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I can cut row right now, and smell it, and see it,
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And smell it, and see it, and bask in it."
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And bask in it." every man who likes
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Every man who likes to cut your own grass
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To cut your own grass say, "i did that."
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Say, "i did that." >> congregation: i did that.
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>> congregation: i did that. >> i did that.
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>> i did that. that grass might grow back
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That grass might grow back in three days,
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In three days, but for the next three days
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But for the next three days let the devil know,
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Let the devil know, and let those grass blades know,
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And let those grass blades know, you can't grow back yet
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You can't grow back yet 'cause i just cut you down,
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'cause i just cut you down, i did that.
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I did that. you know, in songwriting,
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You know, in songwriting, the most successful
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The most successful songwriters of all time
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Songwriters of all time who end up in
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Who end up in the songwriting hall of fame
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The songwriting hall of fame don't get every song
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Don't get every song that they wrote recorded.
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That they wrote recorded. that means they'll go in
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That means they'll go in and write a song,
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And write a song, the best they can,
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The best they can, and it will never, ever
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And it will never, ever even see the light of day.
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Even see the light of day. in fact, keep this statistic
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In fact, keep this statistic in your mind the next time
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In your mind the next time you hear a song on the radio
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You hear a song on the radio that for the professional
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That for the professional songwriter who writes
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Songwriter who writes a song every day,
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A song every day, monday through friday,
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Monday through friday, that's about 200 songs per year,
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That's about 200 songs per year, which most of these professional
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Which most of these professional writers will write.
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Writers will write. two hundred songs a year,
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Two hundred songs a year, only one of those will end up
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Only one of those will end up being on the radio,
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Being on the radio, if they're lucky.
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If they're lucky. that is a successful statistic.
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That is a successful statistic. of course, many more
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Of course, many more write thousands
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Write thousands and they're never heard.
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And they're never heard. but for every one
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But for every one that you hear on the radio,
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That you hear on the radio, a hundred and ninety-nine
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A hundred and ninety-nine were written, but they
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Were written, but they didn't get recorded.
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Didn't get recorded. not even did they
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Not even did they not get released
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Not get released or on the radio,
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Or on the radio, they didn't even get recorded.
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They didn't even get recorded. a hundred and ninety-nine
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A hundred and ninety-nine times out of 200.
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Times out of 200. so that means that 199 times
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So that means that 199 times that a songwriter shows up
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That a songwriter shows up to work they know
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To work they know they're gonna fail that year,
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They're gonna fail that year, hoping for the one time
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Hoping for the one time that maybe something
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That maybe something will happen that's special
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Will happen that's special and we can see the result of it.
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And we can see the result of it. so he said, "the way i deal
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So he said, "the way i deal with this failure rate
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With this failure rate is i cut my grass,
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Is i cut my grass, 'cause i don't have
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'cause i don't have to wait five years
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To wait five years for the grass to go down.
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For the grass to go down. i cut it, i look at it,
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I cut it, i look at it, i cut another row, i look at it.
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I cut another row, i look at it. it is one of the only things
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It is one of the only things left in my life that has
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Left in my life that has a visible and immediate return,
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A visible and immediate return, so no matter how many grammys
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So no matter how many grammys i win i'm always going
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I win i'm always going to cut my own grass."
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To cut my own grass." "why are you talking
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"why are you talking about this, pastor steven?"
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About this, pastor steven?" 'cause wish serving god
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'cause wish serving god was like cutting grass,
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Was like cutting grass, that's what i wish.
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That's what i wish. i wish serving god,
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I wish serving god, preaching sermons,
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Preaching sermons, was like cutting grass.
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Was like cutting grass. i wish i could watch sin
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I wish i could watch sin go down lower while
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Go down lower while i was preaching to you today.
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I was preaching to you today. you know how powerful
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You know how powerful that would be?
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That would be? if i could see your shame
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If i could see your shame going down like grass,
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Going down like grass, just cutting it down,
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Just cutting it down, just mowing down
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Just mowing down all of the bad mindsets
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All of the bad mindsets as you're cutting grass.
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As you're cutting grass. don't some of you wish that
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Don't some of you wish that parenting and raising kids
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Parenting and raising kids was more like cutting grass?
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Was more like cutting grass? come on, where i could see
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Come on, where i could see that i took that bad attitude
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That i took that bad attitude and i cut it down.
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And i cut it down. and it might grow back,
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And it might grow back, but i can cut it again
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But i can cut it again in a week and at least
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In a week and at least for three days you're not
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For three days you're not gonna talk back to me.
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[cheering]
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But kids aren't like that
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But kids aren't like that so in the mean time
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So in the mean time you gotta buy a lawnmower
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You gotta buy a lawnmower and cut the grass,
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And cut the grass, because most of the efforts
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Because most of the efforts that you make in your life
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That you make in your life that will be the most valuable
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That will be the most valuable will be the least visible,
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Will be the least visible, at first.
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Most of the efforts
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Most of the efforts that you make in your life
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That you make in your life that are the most valuable
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That are the most valuable will be the least visible,
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Will be the least visible, at first.
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At first. this is contradictory
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This is contradictory to every cultural impulse
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To every cultural impulse that we have that encourages us
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That we have that encourages us to post very time we workout.
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If you post every time
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If you post every time you work out as proof
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You work out as proof that you work out
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That you work out i don't think you're
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I don't think you're working out right.
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[laughter]
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'cause the proof that
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'cause the proof that you work out should be
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You work out should be you when you don't work out.
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You when you don't work out. we will see it when
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We will see it when you're not working out,
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You're not working out, but if you're only posting
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But if you're only posting to show is that you work out
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To show is that you work out i'm afraid that
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I'm afraid that you're distracted
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You're distracted from the real benefit
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From the real benefit of the workout.
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Of the workout. that is a side rant.
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That is a side rant. in the text that i read you
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In the text that i read you from 1 samuel 3:10,
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From 1 samuel 3:10, it is one of those amazing
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It is one of those amazing moments in the life of
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Moments in the life of a prophet named samuel.
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A prophet named samuel. samuel, of course, would go on
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Samuel, of course, would go on to be prophet that would anoint
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To be prophet that would anoint the first king of israel
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The first king of israel whose name was saul.
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Whose name was saul. he would also anoint
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He would also anoint the replacement for saul
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The replacement for saul whose name was david.
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Whose name was david. because while saul was
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Because while saul was the people's choice,
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The people's choice, david was god's choice.
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David was god's choice. and when saul was
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And when saul was anointed to be a king
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Anointed to be a king he didn't even wanna be a king,
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He didn't even wanna be a king, in fact god didn't even want
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In fact god didn't even want his people to have a king,
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His people to have a king, he wanted to be their king.
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He wanted to be their king. he was their king,
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He was their king, but they wanted a king
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But they wanted a king like the other nations.
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Like the other nations. samuel would go on
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Samuel would go on to anoint not only david,
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To anoint not only david, but he would go on
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But he would go on to administer justice
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To administer justice all throughout the kingdom
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All throughout the kingdom of israel in his reign.
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Of israel in his reign. he would go from
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He would go from dan to beersheba
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Dan to beersheba yearly and seasonally
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Yearly and seasonally in a circuit in order
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In a circuit in order to administer justice.
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To administer justice. see, in the time
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See, in the time before the kings they had judges
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Before the kings they had judges who were appointed by god,
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Who were appointed by god, seasonally.
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Seasonally. in other words,
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In other words, they were not necessarily
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They were not necessarily going to be there for long,
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Going to be there for long, but they were given a job to do,
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But they were given a job to do, to bring the people back to god
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To bring the people back to god in the way that they
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In the way that they could as deliverers.
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Could as deliverers. samuel was the last judge,
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Samuel was the last judge, and he anointed the first king.
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And he anointed the first king. so, we begin to see
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So, we begin to see that his life is a very
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That his life is a very transitional moment
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Transitional moment in the nation.
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In the nation. but the bible says
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But the bible says in 1 samuel 3:10
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In 1 samuel 3:10 that one night as he was
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That one night as he was sleeping in the temple,
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Sleeping in the temple, at his usual place,
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The lord came
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The lord came and called to samuel.
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And called to samuel. and he said his name,
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And he said his name, "samuel! samuel!"
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"samuel! samuel!" now, reading this on the surface
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It's a really good story about
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It's a really good story about a man who hears god's voice
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A man who hears god's voice and responds.
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And responds. on the surface of this story
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On the surface of this story we see samuel as somebody
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We see samuel as somebody who really gets it right
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Who really gets it right the first time.
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The first time. you can't do much
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You can't do much better than that.
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Better than that. "and the lord came and stood,
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"and the lord came and stood, calling as at other times,
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Calling as at other times, 'samuel! samuel!'
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'samuel! samuel!' and samuel said, 'speak,
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And samuel said, 'speak, for your servant hears.'"
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For your servant hears.'" by the way,
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By the way, interesting side note,
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Interesting side note, the name samuel sounds
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The name samuel sounds like the hebrew
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Like the hebrew for "heard by god."
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For "heard by god." heard by god.
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Heard by god. the reason he was named samuel
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The reason he was named samuel was because his mother
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Was because his mother had trouble getting pregnant,
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And when she finally
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And when she finally got her baby she named him
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Got her baby she named him samuel because she felt like
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Samuel because she felt like god heard me, finally.
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God heard me, finally. so she named him
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So she named him as an answer to her prayer.
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And he becomes the answer
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And he becomes the answer to the entire nation's prayer
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To the entire nation's prayer for somebody who can bring
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For somebody who can bring the presence of god back.
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The presence of god back. the thing that you're praying
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The thing that you're praying about is bigger than
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About is bigger than the prayer that you're praying.
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The prayer that you're praying. she's praying on one level
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She's praying on one level for a baby and god is thinking
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For a baby and god is thinking on another level
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On another level to raise up a prophet.
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To raise up a prophet. she's praying that
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She's praying that she might have a son,
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She might have a son, but god's preparing to send
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But god's preparing to send someone to anoint a king,
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Someone to anoint a king, and it all starts right here
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And it all starts right here when "the lord came and stood
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When "the lord came and stood calling as at other times,
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Calling as at other times, 'samuel! samuel!'"
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'samuel! samuel!'" what got my attention
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What got my attention about this was how it said
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About this was how it said the lord was calling
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The lord was calling as at other times.
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As at other times. and i don't know if you noticed
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And i don't know if you noticed that but when it says,
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That but when it says, "he called as at other times,"
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"he called as at other times," it made me wanna back up
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It made me wanna back up and see what was happening
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And see what was happening in the rest of 1 samuel 3.
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In the rest of 1 samuel 3. if you go all the way
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If you go all the way back to the beginning
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Back to the beginning of 1 samuel 3, you get
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Of 1 samuel 3, you get a pretty great story
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A pretty great story that i wanna share
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That i wanna share with you today
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With you today about what was happening
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About what was happening at the moment that
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At the moment that god called samuel.
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God called samuel. and i believe there are
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And i believe there are some people here
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Some people here that god has brought
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That god has brought and he is calling you
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And he is calling you and he has been calling you,
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And he has been calling you, but you do not yet recognize
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But you do not yet recognize that he's calling you
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That he's calling you so you are calling
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So you are calling it something else.
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It something else. god is calling you
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God is calling you to a deeper level of faith.
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To a deeper level of faith. you don't yet recognize
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You don't yet recognize that god is calling you
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That god is calling you to a deeper level of faith
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To a deeper level of faith so you just call it
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So you just call it "the devil is attacking me."
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"the devil is attacking me." god is calling some of us
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God is calling some of us in this season to
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In this season to increase our service,
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Increase our service, but we don't recognize
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But we don't recognize that god is calling us
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That god is calling us to increase our service
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To increase our service so we call it,
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So we call it, "people are taking us
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"people are taking us for granted."
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For granted." when you don't know
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When you don't know that it's god calling you,
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That it's god calling you, you call it what it's not.
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You call it what it's not. when you can't
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When you can't see it immediately
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See it immediately you call it what it's not.
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You call it what it's not. so you do something
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So you do something and you think it was worthless.
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And you think it was worthless. what if it was not worthless,
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What if it was not worthless, what you did,
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What you did, what if it was just
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What if it was just in the womb getting
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In the womb getting ready to come forth?
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Ready to come forth? i will show you this
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I will show you this from 1 samuel 3:1.
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From 1 samuel 3:1. the bible says,
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The bible says, "now the boy samuel
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"now the boy samuel was ministering to the lord
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Was ministering to the lord in the presence of eli,"
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In the presence of eli," what does that mean?
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What does that mean? it means that he was in
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It means that he was in a place where
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A place where a man was in charge.
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A man was in charge. "and the word of the lord
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"and the word of the lord was rare in those days.
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Was rare in those days. there was no frequent vision,"
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There was no frequent vision," but he was doing what he was
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But he was doing what he was supposed to do even though
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Supposed to do even though the place where he was
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The place where he was was not reflective of
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Was not reflective of the values that he believed.
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The values that he believed. the bibles says
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The bibles says that eli was a very --
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That eli was a very -- a very bad priest
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A very bad priest who had two sons named
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Who had two sons named hophni and phinehas
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Hophni and phinehas who were doing all kinds
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Of things in the temple
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Of things in the temple that they shouldn't have done.
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That they shouldn't have done. not only were they taking
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Not only were they taking the sacrifices that the people
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The sacrifices that the people brought for themselves,
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Brought for themselves, but they would sleep with
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But they would sleep with some of the women who came
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Some of the women who came to volunteer at the temple.
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To volunteer at the temple. and eli, their father,
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Was more concerned about
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Was more concerned about his sons being happy than
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His sons being happy than he was about god being holy.
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He was about god being holy. he was more concerned about
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He was more concerned about not ruffling them than he was
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Not ruffling them than he was about being right with god.
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About being right with god. and all of this happening
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And all of this happening in the temple, which is,
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In the temple, which is, of course, not the temple
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Of course, not the temple that would later be built
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That would later be built it was a tabernacle.
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It was a tabernacle. it was a portable structure
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It was a portable structure that was set up until
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That was set up until the temple would be built.
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The temple would be built. but samuel was there ministering
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But samuel was there ministering to the lord as a boy
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To the lord as a boy in the presence of eli.
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In the presence of eli. "and the word of the lord
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"and the word of the lord was rare in those days;
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Was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision."
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There was no frequent vision." so, notice this,
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So, notice this, and you have to notice this,
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And you have to notice this, that before samuel went on to do
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That before samuel went on to do all of the great things
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All of the great things that we would see him do
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That we would see him do he was doing stuff
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He was doing stuff that nobody saw
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That nobody saw in a situation that
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In a situation that he didn't want to be in.
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He didn't want to be in. and because he was
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And because he was ministering to the lord
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Ministering to the lord in the presence of eli, god was
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In the presence of eli, god was able to honor his service
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Able to honor his service even though the situation
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Even though the situation he was in was not the situation
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He was in was not the situation he would have chosen
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He would have chosen to serve in.
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To serve in. i'm saying this just
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I'm saying this just in case you hate your job.
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In case you hate your job. i'm saying this just in case
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I'm saying this just in case you hate your apartment
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You hate your apartment and your landlord.
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And your landlord. i'm saying this
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I'm saying this just in case you hate
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Just in case you hate having to go to chemo right now
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Having to go to chemo right now but you still have to go.
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But you still have to go. i'm saying this
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I'm saying this just in case you are in
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Just in case you are in a season that
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A season that you did not select,
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You did not select, but to know that samuel
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But to know that samuel was able to mister to the lord
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Was able to mister to the lord and the lord was able
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And the lord was able to mature him because
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To mature him because as he ministered to god,
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As he ministered to god, god matured him.
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God matured him. and sometimes where you wanna be
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And sometimes where you wanna be and where you are don't match
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And where you are don't match but there is a ministry
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But there is a ministry where i am if i will do
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Where i am if i will do what i'm called to do
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What i'm called to do where i am.
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Where i am. and i know what
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And i know what i'm talking about.
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[applause]
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Because this is not
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Because this is not the first church
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The first church that i served in.
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That i served in. i served in a church
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I served in a church before this church
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Before this church that was falling apart.
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That was falling apart. and as the church
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And as the church was falling apart
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Was falling apart a group of men came to me
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A group of men came to me and said, "you should
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And said, "you should be our pastor,"
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Be our pastor," because they wanted
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Because they wanted their pastor gone.
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Their pastor gone. and when he said it to me
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And when he said it to me a part of me thought,
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A part of me thought, "that could be cool."
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"that could be cool." and they start saying
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And they start saying all this nice stuff like,
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All this nice stuff like, "when you preach,
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"when you preach, it reminds us of billy graham."
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It reminds us of billy graham." wow.
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Wow. talk about an exaggeration,
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Talk about an exaggeration, talk about a sales job.
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[laughter]
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But it sounded kinda good,
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But it sounded kinda good, and i listened to 'em
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And i listened to 'em for about 20 minutes
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For about 20 minutes and i was driving home.
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And i was driving home. and when i got home holly
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And when i got home holly was home from teaching school,
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Was home from teaching school, she was teaching 7th grade
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She was teaching 7th grade at the time, and she was
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At the time, and she was waiting in the porch.
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Waiting in the porch. and we were newlyweds, you know,
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And we were newlyweds, you know, second year of marriage,
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Second year of marriage, third year of marriage,
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Third year of marriage, something like that.
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Something like that. and still working
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And still working through all of this,
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Through all of this, and as soon as a i saw her
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And as soon as a i saw her on the porch the lord spoke
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On the porch the lord spoke to my heart and said,
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To my heart and said, "you go on that porch
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"you go on that porch and you make a vow
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And you make a vow with your wife, right now,
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With your wife, right now, that you will not do anything
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That you will not do anything that will dishonor this pastor.
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You do not skip any
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You do not skip any of the steps that
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Of the steps that i wanna use to develop you.
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I wanna use to develop you. you do not sow anything
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You do not sow anything that you do not want
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That you do not want to later reap in your life
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To later reap in your life in the situation."
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[applause]
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And i'm gonna tell you this,
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And i'm gonna tell you this, i think the first
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I think the first important ceremony
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Important ceremony that i did with holly
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That i did with holly was our wedding day,
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Was our wedding day, and i think the second most
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And i think the second most important ceremony
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Important ceremony i did with her was
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I did with her was on our porch that day.
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On our porch that day. where i decided that as
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Where i decided that as we are planted in this church,
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We are planted in this church, we will make a decision
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We will make a decision that while we were here,
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That while we were here, even if we hate it here
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Even if we hate it here in certain ways,
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In certain ways, even if there are people
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Even if there are people trying to get in our heads
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Trying to get in our heads and get in our ears
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And get in our ears and tell us that, you know,
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And tell us that, you know, if we just angle
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If we just angle and position like this.
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And position like this. i think that was our moment
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I think that was our moment with god where god was seeing
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With god where god was seeing could he trust us with you.
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[cheering and applause]
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And i'm not saying
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And i'm not saying i'm perfect, baby,
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I'm perfect, baby, but i got that one right.
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But i got that one right. i got that one right.
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I got that one right. can you imagine if i woulda
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Can you imagine if i woulda got stuck in scheming?
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Got stuck in scheming? can you imagine if i had
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Can you imagine if i had gotten stuck in trying
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Gotten stuck in trying to steal something
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To steal something that wasn't even mine?
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That wasn't even mine? can you imagine if i would've
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Can you imagine if i would've let that affect me?
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Let that affect me? and i'm not saying this
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And i'm not saying this because i don't think that you
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Because i don't think that you should leave this church,
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Should leave this church, i'm saying this 'cause
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I'm saying this 'cause i wouldn't have been able
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I wouldn't have been able to start this church
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To start this church if i had listened
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If i had listened to what they said.
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To what they said. so, when i look at
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So, when i look at the camera and say,
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The camera and say, "welcome our e-fam
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"welcome our e-fam all around the world
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All around the world i am very well aware
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I am very well aware that the ministry that we have
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That the ministry that we have today is largely connected
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Today is largely connected to all those times you didn't
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To all those times you didn't see where we could've done
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See where we could've done something that we shouldn't
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Something that we shouldn't have done and didn't do.
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[applause]
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All that from verse one
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All that from verse one and samuel isn't even
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And samuel isn't even in the lion's den yet.
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[laughter]
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He's just "ministering
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He's just "ministering to the lord in
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To the lord in the presence of eli.
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The presence of eli. and the word of the lord,"
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And the word of the lord," watch this,
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Watch this, "was rare in those days."
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"was rare in those days." you're like, "not anymore
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You're like, "not anymore we got the word of god,
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We got the word of god, i got it on my phone,
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I got it on my phone, i got it in english,
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I got it in english, i got it in spanish.
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I got it in spanish. i'm learning a little spanish,
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I'm learning a little spanish, a little duo --
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A little duo -- what's it called,
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What's it called, duo li, dua lipa?
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[laughter]
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I know, i'm just trying
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I know, i'm just trying to make you cringe.
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To make you cringe. i know it's duolingo, abbey.
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I know it's duolingo, abbey. but the bible says,
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"the word of the lord
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"the word of the lord was rare in those days."
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Was rare in those days." not because he wasn't
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Not because he wasn't willing to speak,
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Willing to speak, but because he couldn't
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But because he couldn't find people who were
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Find people who were willing to listen.
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Willing to listen. when god finds one person
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When god finds one person who will listen to him,
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Really listen to him,
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Really listen to him, watch what he can do.
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Watch what he can do. "the boy samuel was
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"the boy samuel was ministering to the lord
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Ministering to the lord in the presence of eli.
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In the presence of eli. and the word of the lord
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And the word of the lord was rare in those days;
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Was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision."
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There was no frequent vision." you know, in those times
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You know, in those times they didn't have great
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They didn't have great bible books like galatians
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Bible books like galatians or the gospel of john.
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Or the gospel of john. jesus had not yet come.
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Jesus had not yet come. and it was like god
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And it was like god stopped showing up.
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Stopped showing up. it was like god stopped
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It was like god stopped showing up to meet with them.
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Showing up to meet with them. they were still doing sacrifices
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They were still doing sacrifices but it was rare that
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But it was rare that they really heard from god.
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They really heard from god. and i think it's rare
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And i think it's rare that we really do,
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That we really do, not because of the lack
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Not because of the lack of access to god's word,
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Of access to god's word, but because of
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But because of the lack of attention
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The lack of attention that we give to him.
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That we give to him. it's never been easier to have
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It's never been easier to have the bible in your ear, right?
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Like right now i could be
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Like right now i could be listening to 1 samuel 3
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Listening to 1 samuel 3 and you wouldn't even know it.
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And you wouldn't even know it. but it's what's
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But it's what's in your other ear.
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In your other ear. i had that on
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I had that on noise cancellation,
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That was a really weird
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That was a really weird experience just now.
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[laughter]
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I couldn't hear anything.
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I couldn't hear anything. isn't it like that,
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Isn't it like that, got the word of god in one ear,
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Got the word of god in one ear, the world in another?
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The world in another? the word of god in one ear
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The word of god in one ear and a constant feeding frenzy
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And a constant feeding frenzy on my phone in the other.
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On my phone in the other. and this isn't a message
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And this isn't a message about put down your phone
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About put down your phone but i just wanna point out
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But i just wanna point out some similarities that
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Some similarities that the word of the lord
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The word of the lord was rare and there
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Was rare and there was no frequent vision.
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Was no frequent vision. now look, the bible says
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Now look, the bible says at that time,
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At that time, "at that time eli whose eyesight
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"at that time eli whose eyesight had begun to grow dim
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Had begun to grow dim so that he could not see,
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So that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.
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Was lying down in his own place. the lamp of god had
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The lamp of god had not yet gone out,
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Not yet gone out, and samuel was lying down
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And samuel was lying down in the temple of the lord
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In the temple of the lord where the ark of god was.
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Where the ark of god was. and then the lord
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And then the lord called to samuel."
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Called to samuel." wait a minute, verse 10 says
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Wait a minute, verse 10 says he called to samuel
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He called to samuel as at other times.
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As at other times. so watch this, for everybody
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So watch this, for everybody who is frustrated because
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Who is frustrated because you feel like you didn't
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You feel like you didn't get it right the first time
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Get it right the first time watch what god is willing
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Watch what god is willing to do to call samuel.
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To do to call samuel. "the lord called samuel
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"the lord called samuel and said -- and he said,
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And said -- and he said, 'here i am!'
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'here i am!' and ran to eli,"
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And ran to eli," who was the priest
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Who was the priest who was his authority,
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Who was his authority, who's the only one
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Who's the only one he knew to go to and said,
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He knew to go to and said, "'here i am, for you called me.'
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"'here i am, for you called me.' but eli said i didn't call you.
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But eli said i didn't call you. lie down again.
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Lie down again. go back to bed.
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Go back to bed. you need some melatonin boy?
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You need some melatonin boy? get some sleep."
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Get some sleep." it says the lamp had not yet
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It says the lamp had not yet gone out so this is in
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Gone out so this is in the middle of the night.
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The middle of the night. "so he went lay down
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"so he went lay down and the lord called again,
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And the lord called again, 'samuel.'
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'samuel.' and samuel arose
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And samuel arose and went to eli and said,
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And went to eli and said, 'here i am, for you called me.'
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'here i am, for you called me.' but he said, 'i didn't
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But he said, 'i didn't call my son, lie down again.'
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Call my son, lie down again.' now samuel did not yet
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Now samuel did not yet know the lord, and the word
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Know the lord, and the word of the lord had not yet
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Of the lord had not yet been revealed to him."
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Been revealed to him." so, what i see here
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So, what i see here in this passage,
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In this passage, if we could bring
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If we could bring it together for a moment,
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It together for a moment, is a man who would
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Is a man who would go on to preach god's word
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Go on to preach god's word to the entire nation.
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To the entire nation. 1 samuel 4:1,
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1 samuel 4:1, put it on the screen,
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Says that, "samuel's word
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Says that, "samuel's word in the fullness of time,"
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In the fullness of time," 1 samuel 4:1,
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1 samuel 4:1, "came to all israel."
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"came to all israel." look at that.
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Look at that. "in the fullness of time,
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"in the fullness of time, samuel's word came
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Samuel's word came to all israel."
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The entire nation
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The entire nation heard his words.
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Heard his words. he spoke for god.
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He spoke for god. he spoke of righteousness,
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He spoke of righteousness, he spoke of repentance.
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He spoke of repentance. the entire nation
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The entire nation heard his words.
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Heard his words. but before the nation
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But before the nation could hear him,
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Could hear him, he had to learn to hear god.
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He had to learn to hear god. and there are some things
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And there are some things in your life right now
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In your life right now that before god
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That before god can do externally
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Can do externally what you wanna see
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What you wanna see him do externally,
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Him do externally, there are some things that
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There are some things that you have to learn internally
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You have to learn internally so that you can hear god,
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So that you can hear god, so that they can hear you,
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So that they can hear you, so that you can get it
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So that you can get it on the inside,
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On the inside, so that god can do it
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So that god can do it on the outside.
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On the outside. there are some things
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There are some things that we are waiting
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That we are waiting for god to manifest,
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For god to manifest, and god is waiting
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And god is waiting for us to mature.
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>> i don't want you to be
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>> i don't want you to be so confused by the noise
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So confused by the noise that's surrounding you
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That's surrounding you that you never know
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That you never know the god who made you
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The god who made you and never know his voice.
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>> when god calls
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>> when god calls your name once,
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Your name once, that's personal.
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That's personal. when he calls
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When he calls your name twice,
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Your name twice, that's pivotal.
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>> in pastor steven furtick's
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New seven-part series,
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"called,"
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Discover the power of god's
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Personal interruption.
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Learn to hear his voice
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Above doubt and step into
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The purpose he has for you.
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"called," is available
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For your gift of any amount.
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Just call or visit us online
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To get your copy today.
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>> if you like the sermon
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>> if you like the sermon that you just heard
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That you just heard from pastor steven today,
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From pastor steven today, i wanna invite you to call
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I wanna invite you to call or go online right now
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Or go online right now to request your copy
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To request your copy of today's message.
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Of today's message. it's part of his brand-new
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It's part of his brand-new series, "called,"
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And it's available for
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And it's available for your gift of any amount.
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Your gift of any amount. when you give, you're not just
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When you give, you're not just requesting a resource,
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Requesting a resource, you are helping us
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You are helping us reach people with the gospel.
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Reach people with the gospel. this ministry exists
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This ministry exists so that people far from god
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So that people far from god will be raised
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Will be raised to life in christ.
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To life in christ. every time you give,
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Every time you give, you are helping get god's word
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You are helping get god's word into someone else's heart.
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Into someone else's heart. your support makes it possible
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Your support makes it possible for us to share messages
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For us to share messages like this one through broadcasts
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Like this one through broadcasts and online outreach
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And online outreach and ministry partners
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And ministry partners all around the world.
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All around the world. so, if today's message
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So, if today's message spoke to you,
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Spoke to you, we wanna invite you
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We wanna invite you to respond with a gift
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To respond with a gift that helps someone
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That helps someone else hear it too.
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Else hear it too. so, call the number
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So, call the number on your screen
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On your screen or go online now to give.
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Or go online now to give. no gift is too small
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No gift is too small when it's placed
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When it's placed in the hands of our god.
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In the hands of our god. thank you for being
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Thank you for being a part of what god
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A part of what god is doing through
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Is doing through this ministry.
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This ministry. we are so grateful to
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We are so grateful to be able to partner with you.
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♪ ♪
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>> i don't think
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We're finished yet, come on.
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I think he's turning
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Some things over tonight.
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>> yeah!
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>> you turned my mourning
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Into dancing, come on.
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>> ♪ you turn mourning ♪
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♪ to dancing ♪
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♪ yeah ♪
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♪ you give beauty ♪
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♪ for ashes ♪
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♪ shame into glory ♪
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>> ♪ you turn shame ♪
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♪ into glory ♪
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>> ♪ tell 'em ♪
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♪ the only name ♪
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>> ♪ you're the only ♪
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♪ one who can ♪
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>> ♪ he's turning my graves ♪
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>> ♪ you turn graves ♪
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♪ into gardens ♪
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♪ you turn bones ♪
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♪ into armies ♪
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>> ♪ he's making ways ♪
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♪ through the sea ♪
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>> ♪ you turn seas ♪
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♪ into highways ♪
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>> ♪ cause he only ♪
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>> ♪ you're the only one ♪
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>> come on ♪
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♪ one more time ♪
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♪ you turn my grave ♪
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♪ into a garden ♪
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>> ♪ you turn graves ♪
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♪ into gardens ♪
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>> ♪ resurrect some bone ♪
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>> ♪ you turn bones ♪
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♪ into armies ♪
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>> ♪ he's making ways ♪
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♪ through my seas ♪
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>> ♪ you turn seas ♪
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♪ into highways ♪
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>> ♪ you're the only ♪
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♪ one who can ♪
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>> ♪ you're the only ♪
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♪ one who can ♪
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>> ♪ you're the only ♪
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♪ one who can ♪
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♪ jesus ♪
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♪ you're the only one ♪
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♪ come on give him ♪
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♪ one more shout of praise ♪
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[cheering and applause]
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>> ♪ oh my god ♪
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♪ you've sure ♪
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♪ been good to me ♪
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Steven Furtick - All Those Times You Didn't See (Part 1)

August 27, 2025 | S25 E239 | 28:0

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