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Steven Furtick - Been Here Before (Part 2)

December 3, 2025 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - Been Here Before (Part 2)
Pastor Steven Furtick encourages his congregation to face their fears and challenges head-on, drawing inspiration from the Biblical story of the Israelites encountering the Anakites. Through his powerful messages, he ignites a spirit of resilience and trust in God, urging listeners to confront their fears with courage and conviction. With dynamic storytelling and passionate delivery, Pastor Steven emboldens his audience to embrace their divine purpose and overcome obstacles with faith and determination. Through his ministry, lives are transformed, hope is restored, and God's power is magnified.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Been Here Before (Part 2) | December 3, 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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  • >> now, here's the message,
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  • >> now, here's the message, here's the message.
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  • Here's the message. anakites, anakites, anakites.
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  • Anakites, anakites, anakites. just the name alone strikes fear
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  • Just the name alone strikes fear into every israelite's heart.
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  • Into every israelite's heart. like when they used to say,
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  • Like when they used to say, "mufasa" on the lion king.
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  • "mufasa" on the lion king. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] that's what that
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  • That's what that sounded like to them.
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  • Sounded like to them. they came from the nephilim.
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  • They came from the nephilim. genesis 6, look it up,
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  • Genesis 6, look it up, it's creepy, it's weird,
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  • It's creepy, it's weird, it's strange, it's twisted.
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  • It's strange, it's twisted. it said that, "the sons of god
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  • It said that, "the sons of god came to the daughters of men
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  • Came to the daughters of men and the nephilim were born."
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  • And the nephilim had descendants
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  • And the nephilim had descendants called the anakites.
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  • Called the anakites. and when they went into
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  • And when they went into the land to spy it out,
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  • The land to spy it out, they came back 40 years
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  • They came back 40 years earlier saying,
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  • Earlier saying, "there's anakites."
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  • "there's anakites." so, as moses says it,
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  • It is an accusation against
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  • It is an accusation against his generation for what
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  • His generation for what kept them out of what god
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  • Kept them out of what god was bringing them into
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  • Was bringing them into and he said,
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  • And he said, "they're still there."
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  • "they're still there." ain't that a shame?
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  • Ain't that a shame? those anakites
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  • Those anakites should be long gone.
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  • Should be long gone. you should've killed him
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  • You should've killed him 40 years ago.
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  • 40 years ago. god would've helped you,
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  • God would've helped you, he wanted to help you,
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  • He wanted to help you, he was helping you,
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  • He was helping you, but you wouldn't do it,
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  • But you wouldn't do it, 'cause you got in that moment,
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  • 'cause you got in that moment, you got the wrong voices
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  • You got the wrong voices and the ten spies that said,
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  • And the ten spies that said, "we can't do it,"
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  • "we can't do it," and you stayed
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  • And you stayed in the wilderness.
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  • But look at this,
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  • But look at this, this is the good part.
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  • This is the good part. everything i said
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  • Everything i said was so i could say this,
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  • Was so i could say this, don't you hate when a
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  • Don't you hate when a preacher says that?
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  • Preacher says that? you're like, "did you just waste
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  • You're like, "did you just waste 35 minutes of my life saying
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  • 35 minutes of my life saying stuff that you didn't need?"
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  • Stuff that you didn't need?" no, no, no, i want you
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  • No, no, no, i want you to hear what they said.
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  • To hear what they said. anakites.
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  • Anakites. everybody say, "anakites."
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  • Everybody say, "anakites." >> congregation: anakites.
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  • >> congregation: anakites. >> that's 33% participation.
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  • >> that's 33% participation. i need the whole
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  • I need the whole community to say it.
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  • Community to say it. anakites.
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  • Anakites. >> congregation: anakites.
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  • >> congregation: anakites. >> say it like you're scared,
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  • >> say it like you're scared, "anakites."
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  • "anakites." >> congregation: anakites.
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  • >> congregation: anakites. >> lions, and tigers,
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  • And bears, and anakites.
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  • [laughter]
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  • [laughter] "you know about them,"
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  • "you know about them," that's what moses said,
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  • That's what moses said, "you know about them,
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  • "you know about them, and have heard it said,
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  • And have heard it said, 'who can stand up
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  • 'who can stand up against the anakites?'
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  • Against the anakites?' now, that's a weird
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  • Now, that's a weird saying when he says,
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  • "you have heard it said,"
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  • "you have heard it said," that means it was in
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  • That means it was in their vernacular.
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  • Their vernacular. that doesn't mean you
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  • That doesn't mean you heard it once or twice,
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  • Heard it once or twice, that means it's a common saying.
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  • That means it's a common saying. my dad had a bunch of sayings
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  • My dad had a bunch of sayings growing up, my mom had a bunch
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  • Growing up, my mom had a bunch of saying growing up.
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  • Of saying growing up. in the south,
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  • In the south, we have a bunch of sayings
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  • We have a bunch of sayings that we really can't explain
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  • That we really can't explain to you exactly what
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  • To you exactly what they mean but we've been
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  • They mean but we've been hearing them all our life.
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  • Hearing them all our life. my dad used to say when he saw
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  • My dad used to say when he saw somebody stuck up, he'd go,
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  • Somebody stuck up, he'd go, "i wish i could buy them
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  • "i wish i could buy them for what they're worth,
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  • For what they're worth, and sell them for what
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  • And sell them for what they think they're worth."
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  • They think they're worth." oh, that's cold, that's cold,
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  • Oh, that's cold, that's cold, that's cold.
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  • That's cold. my mom used to --
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  • My mom used to -- we'd watch the news
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  • We'd watch the news and they'd be talking about
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  • And they'd be talking about injustice or murder something,
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  • Injustice or murder something, she'd say, "god's gonna cut
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  • She'd say, "god's gonna cut a hole in the middle
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  • A hole in the middle of the earth and swallow
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  • This whole world up,
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  • This whole world up, and he's gonna start
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  • And he's gonna start in california."
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  • In california." [laughter and applause]
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  • [laughter and applause] why y'all clapping?
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  • Why y'all clapping? [laughter]
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  • [laughter] that's so funny,
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  • That's so funny, you said that all the time.
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  • You said that all the time. "god's gonna cut a hole,"
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  • "god's gonna cut a hole," that's terrifying
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  • That's terrifying for a six year old.
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  • For a six year old. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] oh man, the first time
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  • Oh man, the first time i went to california,
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  • I went to california, i had a little ptsd.
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  • I had a little ptsd. i was 30 years old
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  • I was 30 years old and i was still scared.
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  • I heard all my life,
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  • I heard all my life, i heard all my life,
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  • I heard all my life, i heard all my life.
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  • I heard all my life. now, now, isn't that a weird
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  • Now, now, isn't that a weird thing to have as a saying?
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  • Thing to have as a saying? "who can stand up
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  • Against the anakites?"
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  • Against the anakites?" put it back on the screen.
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  • Put it back on the screen. "who can stand up
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  • "who can stand up against the anakites?"
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  • Against the anakites?" i guess you had to, kinda,
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  • I guess you had to, kinda, be from there to get it.
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  • 'cause this doesn't sound
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  • 'cause this doesn't sound like something you
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  • Like something you just say unprovoked.
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  • Just say unprovoked. you know, like we say,
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  • You know, like we say, "what's up,"
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  • "what's up," or "how are you doing?"
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  • Or "how are you doing?" which doesn't mean
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  • Which doesn't mean how are you doing?
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  • How are you doing? i really don't want you
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  • I really don't want you to answer that question.
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  • To answer that question. i'm just saying
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  • I'm just saying something polite,
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  • Something polite, i'm just saying how you doing?
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  • I'm just saying how you doing? but if you actually answer me,
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  • But if you actually answer me, i'm gonna be bored, okay?
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  • I'm gonna be bored, okay? so, i don't really mean
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  • So, i don't really mean how are you.
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  • How are you. this is not casual
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  • This is not casual and this is not unprovoked.
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  • And this is not unprovoked. this is an answer to
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  • This is an answer to a question that must
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  • A question that must have been asked at some point.
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  • Have been asked at some point. put it back up,
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  • It's so important,
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  • It's so important, i must have you see this.
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  • I must have you see this. "who can stand up
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  • "who can stand up against the anakites?"
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  • Against the anakites?" you don't just
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  • You don't just say that randomly.
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  • You know, "how you doing?"
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  • You know, "how you doing?" "who can stand up
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  • "who can stand up against the anakites?"
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  • Against the anakites?" that's not something
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  • That's not something you say unprovoked, right?
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  • You say unprovoked, right? like, something came
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  • Like, something came before that, what was it?
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  • Before that, what was it? why is this such a common saying
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  • Why is this such a common saying that before moses dies --
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  • That before moses dies -- y'all, he's weeks away
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  • Y'all, he's weeks away from dying.
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  • From dying. well, he's gonna be buried.
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  • Well, he's gonna be buried. god's gonna take him up,
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  • God's gonna take him up, hide him from the israelites
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  • Hide him from the israelites so they won't go back
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  • So they won't go back to where moses was,
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  • To where moses was, so that they'll move forward.
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  • So that they'll move forward. because god will do whatever
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  • Because god will do whatever he has to do in your life
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  • He has to do in your life to get you to move forward
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  • To get you to move forward into what he is
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  • Into what he is bringing you into.
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  • Bringing you into. he'll do that.
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  • He'll do that. and moses says,
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  • And moses says, "you have heard it said,
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  • "you have heard it said, 'who can stand up
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  • 'who can stand up against the anakites?'"
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  • Why would you say that
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  • Why would you say that unless you were asked,
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  • Unless you were asked, "hey, why didn't we go into
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  • "hey, why didn't we go into the promised land?"
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  • The promised land?" gotta imagine that a
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  • Gotta imagine that a conversation happened
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  • Conversation happened at some point between
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  • These children who were very
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  • These children who were very little when they originally
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  • Little when they originally had the opportunity
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  • Had the opportunity and the generation that died
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  • And the generation that died in the wilderness because they
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  • In the wilderness because they did not have the faith to enter.
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  • Did not have the faith to enter. and maybe, your kid
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  • And maybe, your kid ask you one day,
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  • Ask you one day, "hey, didn't god tell
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  • "hey, didn't god tell abraham, and isaac, and jacob
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  • Abraham, and isaac, and jacob that he was gonna bring us
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  • That he was gonna bring us into a land flowing
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  • Into a land flowing with milk ad honey?"
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  • With milk ad honey?" yes, he did, son.
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  • Yes, he did, son. "then why aren't we there?"
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  • "then why aren't we there?" anakites.
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  • Anakites. "well, why didn't you
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  • "well, why didn't you fight the anakites?
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  • Fight the anakites? isn't god greater
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  • Isn't god greater than any other enemy?"
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  • Than any other enemy?" and maybe they would've said,
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  • And maybe they would've said, "who can stand up
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  • "who can stand up against the anakites?"
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  • Against the anakites?" it had become
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  • It had become an engrained answer
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  • An engrained answer for a faithless generation.
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  • For a faithless generation. it had become such an
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  • It had become such an embedded excuse that
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  • Embedded excuse that it was now a popular saying.
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  • It was now a popular saying. well, i mean, "who can
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  • Well, i mean, "who can stand up against the anakites?"
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  • Stand up against the anakites?" who can stand up against
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  • Who can stand up against these giants?
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  • These giants? it's too big, it's too strong,
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  • It's too big, it's too strong, it's too crazy.
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  • It's too crazy. nobody can do it.
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  • Nobody can do it. y'all, i wanna say something
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  • Y'all, i wanna say something from a pastoral heart,
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  • From a pastoral heart, so lean in when i say this
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  • So lean in when i say this like if we were talking
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  • Like if we were talking one on one.
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  • I'm very concerned
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  • I'm very concerned that we slap label on things
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  • That we slap label on things to avoid having to work
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  • To avoid having to work toward overcoming them,
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  • Toward overcoming them, especially in this
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  • Especially in this day we live in.
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  • Day we live in. it's like, just because we
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  • It's like, just because we give it a name or a diagnosis,
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  • Give it a name or a diagnosis, we give it permission to stop us
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  • We give it permission to stop us from becoming the person
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  • From becoming the person god made us to be.
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  • God made us to be. [applause]
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  • [applause] and i apologize to you because
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  • And i apologize to you because many times in this pulpit,
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  • Many times in this pulpit, i have refrained from
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  • I have refrained from saying things like what
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  • Saying things like what i'm about to say because
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  • Of people who would say,
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  • Of people who would say, "well, you don't know
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  • "well, you don't know what i'm struggling with.
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  • What i'm struggling with. you know, you preach about this,
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  • You know, you preach about this, but you don't know that
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  • But you don't know that i'm going through that.
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  • I'm going through that. so, don't tell me this
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  • So, don't tell me this when i'm going through that."
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  • When i'm going through that." that's fine.
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  • That's fine. there's no place in the family
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  • There's no place in the family of god to shame people for what
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  • Of god to shame people for what they struggle with, right?
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  • They struggle with, right? you know me better than that.
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  • You know me better than that. i am not one of these preachers
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  • I am not one of these preachers who teaches you that if
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  • Who teaches you that if you have a dark day,
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  • You have a dark day, it's because there's an
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  • It's because there's an unconfessed sin in your life.
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  • Unconfessed sin in your life. if i would preach that to you,
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  • If i would preach that to you, god would smack me,
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  • God would smack me, i'd fall off this stage
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  • I'd fall off this stage and die --
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  • And die -- i'd have a cracked, open skull
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  • I'd have a cracked, open skull on the floor 'cause god knows
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  • On the floor 'cause god knows i've had dark days,
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  • I've had dark days, god knows that i've had
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  • God knows that i've had seasons that i couldn't
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  • Seasons that i couldn't figure out.
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  • Figure out. god knows sometimes
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  • God knows sometimes i'd done exactly what
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  • I'd done exactly what i thought he wanted me
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  • I thought he wanted me to do, and it failed
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  • To do, and it failed and i wondered why,
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  • And i wondered why, so i will never do that to you.
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  • So i will never do that to you. i would never accuse you
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  • I would never accuse you of saying, like,
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  • Of saying, like, if you struggle with anxiety,
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  • If you struggle with anxiety, you don't trust god.
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  • You don't trust god. that's just not what i believe.
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  • That's just not what i believe. i don't believe that if you
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  • I don't believe that if you struggle with anxiety,
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  • Struggle with anxiety, you don't trust god.
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  • You don't trust god. but i am concerned that you
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  • But i am concerned that you will accept anxiety as
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  • Will accept anxiety as the norm of your life just
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  • The norm of your life just because you can name it that.
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  • Because you can name it that. and it's becoming really
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  • And it's becoming really popular for us to just say,
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  • Popular for us to just say, "oh, i have anxiety,
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  • "oh, i have anxiety, i can't go there."
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  • I can't go there." well, if you do have anxiety,
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  • Well, if you do have anxiety, let's get treatment,
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  • Let's get treatment, let's get help,
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  • Let's get help, let's get therapy,
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  • Let's get therapy, let's learn mechanisms,
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  • Let's learn mechanisms, let's start studying,
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  • Let's start studying, let's get through it
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  • Let's get through it little by little,
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  • Little by little, bit by bit.
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  • Bit by bit. i'll be here for you,
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  • I'll be here for you, i'll talk you through it.
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  • I'll talk you through it. you can cry to me about it,
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  • You can cry to me about it, but that's not gonna stop me
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  • But that's not gonna stop me from possessing the peace
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  • From possessing the peace that god promised me
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  • That god promised me just 'cause i can say
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  • Just 'cause i can say i struggle with it.
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  • I struggle with it. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] struggle is not surrender.
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  • Struggle is not surrender. struggle means
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  • I'm coming up out of this,
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  • I'm coming up out of this, i'm moving forward from this,
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  • I'm moving forward from this, i'm gonna do this for my kids,
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  • I'm gonna do this for my kids, for their kids.
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  • For their kids. i'm gonna break it
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  • I'm gonna break it in the name of jesus.
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  • In the name of jesus. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] that's where the power is
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  • That's where the power is in that process.
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  • In that process. when you get down in it and say,
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  • When you get down in it and say, "no, i won't die in this.
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  • "no, i won't die in this. if god didn't bring it to me,
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  • If god didn't bring it to me, he must wanna bring me to it
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  • And in the name
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  • And in the name of the living god,
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  • Of the living god, go down, goliath, anakite.
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  • Go down, goliath, anakite. [applause]
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  • [applause] i go it, i got it.
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  • I go it, i got it. you're anointed
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  • You're anointed for the anakites.
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  • For the anakites. that's what the spirit is for.
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  • That's what the spirit is for. that's what the grace is for.
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  • That's what the prophecy is for.
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  • That's what the prophecy is for. that's what the word is for.
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  • That's what the word is for. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] surrendering to something just
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  • Surrendering to something just cause you struggle with it.
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  • Cause you struggle with it. i talked to a guy one time,
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  • I talked to a guy one time, he said, "i just like porn."
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  • He said, "i just like porn." y'all sit down.
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  • [laughter]
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  • [laughter] "i just like it."
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  • "i just like it." like, who wouldn't begin
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  • Like, who wouldn't begin to love something that was
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  • To love something that was planted in their life,
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  • Planted in their life, that short circuited their
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  • That short circuited their brain to a pleasure center
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  • Brain to a pleasure center tapped in to dopamine,
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  • Tapped in to dopamine, unknown amounts of dopamine
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  • Unknown amounts of dopamine and flooded with hormones?
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  • And flooded with hormones? who wouldn't just like it?
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  • Who wouldn't just like it? that does not give you
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  • That does not give you permission to lose to it
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  • Permission to lose to it for the rest of your life.
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  • For the rest of your life. you can beat it,
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  • You can beat it, you can do it, you can.
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  • You can do it, you can. [applause]
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  • [applause] there are certain things, man,
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  • There are certain things, man, we just give ourself permission.
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  • We just give ourself permission. young couple was telling me,
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  • Young couple was telling me, i'm just telling you what people
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  • I'm just telling you what people tell me but i won't tell you who
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  • Tell me but i won't tell you who they are so it'll be alright.
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  • They are so it'll be alright. just, you know, i'll just
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  • Just, you know, i'll just protect the names to --
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  • Protect the names to -- what's it --
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  • What's it -- how'd you say?
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  • How'd you say? change the names
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  • Change the names to protect the guilty.
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  • [laughter]
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  • [laughter] said, preaching like this
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  • Said, preaching like this is old fashion.
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  • Is old fashion. sexual purity.
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  • Sexual purity. "you can't stay sexually pure
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  • "you can't stay sexually pure in this day and age,
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  • In this day and age, it's too much.
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  • It's too much. you know, we see too much
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  • You know, we see too much on tiktok and this and that
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  • On tiktok and this and that and it's just not even --
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  • And it's just not even -- these values don't even
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  • These values don't even apply anymore."
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  • Apply anymore." anakites.
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  • Anakites. "who can stand up
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  • "who can stand up against the anakites?
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  • Against the anakites? i mean, come on, you can't
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  • I mean, come on, you can't possibly expect me to stay
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  • Possibly expect me to stay sexually pure, can you?"
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  • Well, that depends, whose power
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  • Well, that depends, whose power are we tapping into?
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  • Are we tapping into? [applause]
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  • [applause] is it you or is it him?
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  • Is it you or is it him? is he god or is he not?
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  • Is he god or is he not? is he faithful or is he not?
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  • Is he faithful or is he not? does he break chains,
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  • Does he break chains, or did he get tired?
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  • Or did he get tired? does he make ways,
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  • Does he make ways, or does he stand still?
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  • Or does he stand still? he is still god.
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  • He is still god. [applause]
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  • [applause] i don't care what
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  • I don't care what culture says, you can do it.
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  • Culture says, you can do it. i don't care what your
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  • I don't care what your parents said, you can do it.
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  • Parents said, you can do it. i don't care what your
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  • I don't care what your friends say, you can do it.
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  • Friends say, you can do it. i don't care what
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  • I don't care what you've been saying to yourself.
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  • You've been saying to yourself. sometimes you gotta
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  • Sometimes you gotta stand up to yourself.
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  • Stand up to yourself. [applause]
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  • [applause] anakites, anakites.
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  • Anakites, anakites. "who can stand against
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  • "who can stand against the anakites?"
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  • The anakites?" i asked abby one time,
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  • I asked abby one time, you won't remember this,
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  • You won't remember this, you were f --
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  • You were f -- very small.
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  • Very small. precocious as you are now.
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  • Precocious as you are now. she said --
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  • She said -- i said, "how'd you get
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  • I said, "how'd you get so beautiful?"
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  • So beautiful?" she goes, "uh, god."
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  • She goes, "uh, god." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i almost wanted to call
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  • I almost wanted to call this message, "uh, god."
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  • This message, "uh, god." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] 'cause i was trying to answer
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  • 'cause i was trying to answer that question that they had.
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  • "who can stand up
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  • "who can stand up against the anakites?"
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  • Against the anakites?" uh...
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  • Uh... >> congregation: god.
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  • >> congregation: god. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] [applause]
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  • [applause] try it real quick.
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  • Try it real quick. try it real quick
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  • Try it real quick try it real quick.
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  • Try it real quick. who can set you free
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  • Who can set you free from this body of death?
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  • From this body of death? uh...
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  • Uh... >> congregation: god.
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  • >> congregation: god. >> who can take the prejudices
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  • >> who can take the prejudices that have been in you
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  • That have been in you all your life and show you
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  • All your life and show you a new way to be human?
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  • A new way to be human? uh, god.
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  • Who can make sure
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  • Who can make sure no matter what recession,
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  • No matter what recession, depression, oppression
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  • Depression, oppression is coming next that god's people
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  • Is coming next that god's people always have a place to eat?
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  • Always have a place to eat? uh, god.
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  • Uh, god. i feel the spirit
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  • I feel the spirit of a breakthrough
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  • Of a breakthrough coming through this room.
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  • Coming through this room. you've been looking at anakites,
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  • You've been looking at anakites, but you need to get back
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  • But you need to get back to the promise.
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  • To the promise. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] god can do that for me.
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  • God can do that for me. god can do that for me.
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  • God can do that for me. god can do it through me.
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  • God can do it through me. yes, he can.
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  • Yes, he can. [applause]
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  • [applause] you know,
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  • You know, as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, that's the wrong question,
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  • That's the wrong question, "who can stand up
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  • "who can stand up against the anakites?"
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  • Against the anakites?" especially when we have
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  • Especially when we have romans 8:31 where
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  • Romans 8:31 where the apostle paul suggest
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  • An infinitely superior question.
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  • An infinitely superior question. if god is for us,
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  • If god is for us, who can be against us?
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  • Who can be against us? if god is for...
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  • If god is for... who can stand against god?
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  • Who can stand against god? who can fight against god?
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • [applause] so, that's why
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  • So, that's why i'm going toward it,
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  • I'm going toward it, that's why i'm moving
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  • That's why i'm moving through it,
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  • Through it, that's why i'm progressing
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  • That's why i'm progressing through this season,
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  • Through this season, because i have
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  • A better question.
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  • A better question. not, “who can stand up
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  • Not, “who can stand up against the anakites?”
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  • Against the anakites?” "who can stand against
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  • "who can stand against the purpose of almighty god who
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  • The purpose of almighty god who spoke nothing into something,
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  • Spoke nothing into something, who multiplied something
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  • Who multiplied something into something else,
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  • Into something else, and who is touching
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  • And who is touching and revealing every life that
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  • And revealing every life that has surrendered to him today?
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  • Has surrendered to him today? who can take five loaves
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  • Who can take five loaves and two fish and feed an entire
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  • And two fish and feed an entire smorgasbord in the wilderness?
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  • Smorgasbord in the wilderness? who can bring manna to the tent?
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  • Who can bring water
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  • From the rug?
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  • Uh, god.
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  • [applause]
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  • Here's what he said
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  • I'm gonna do,
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  • Here's what he said
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  • I'm gonna do, you ready?
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  • You've been intimidated,
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  • You've been intimidated, you've been insecure,
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  • You've been insecure, you've been going
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  • Round and round in this
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  • Round and round in this wilderness talking ‘bout,
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  • Wilderness talking ‘bout, “well, who can possibly
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  • “well, who can possibly overcome this?
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  • Overcome this? how could i possibly do it?”
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  • How could i possibly do it?” he said, “it's not your
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  • He said, “it's not your righteousness that brought
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  • Righteousness that brought you here to begin with.
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  • You here to begin with. it's never been about you.
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  • It's never been about you. i didn't choose you,
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  • I didn't choose you, i didn't put my hand
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  • I didn't put my hand on you because of
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  • On you because of something good in you.
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  • Something good in you. i put my hand on you
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  • I put my hand on you because of something that
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  • Because of something that i purposed for your life
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  • I purposed for your life that you didn't
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  • That you didn't even understand.”
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  • Even understand.” you see, this is your
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  • You see, this is your first time being here,
  • 00:15:58.177 --> 00:15:59.311
  • First time being here, but this is not god's.
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  • But this is not god's. for the bible said that,
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  • For the bible said that, “god will go before you.”
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  • “god will go before you.” so, when i wake up
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  • So, when i wake up tomorrow morning,
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  • Tomorrow morning, i got a lot of stuff
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  • I got a lot of stuff i'm stressed about.
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  • I'm stressed about. i'm gonna be honest with you,
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  • I'm gonna be honest with you, i got some challenges
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  • I got some challenges i can't figure out,
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  • I can't figure out, i got some questions
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  • I got some questions i can't answer,
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  • I can't answer, i've got dome difficulties
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  • I've got dome difficulties that i haven't overcome yet,
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  • That i haven't overcome yet, but god says, “when you
  • 00:16:21.066 --> 00:16:22.301
  • But god says, “when you wake up tomorrow morning,
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  • Wake up tomorrow morning, don't think i'm waking up
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  • Don't think i'm waking up when you do.”
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  • When you do.” because the bible says that,
  • 00:16:27.506 --> 00:16:29.341
  • Because the bible says that, “he that watcheth israel
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  • “he that watcheth israel does not sleep nor slumber.”
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  • Does not sleep nor slumber.” so, when you wake up,
  • 00:16:34.613 --> 00:16:36.181
  • So, when you wake up, god has been awake.
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  • God has been awake. god goes before you.
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  • God goes before you. say it, "god goes before me."
  • 00:16:40.219 --> 00:16:43.555
  • Say it, "god goes before me." so, god doesn't follow me
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  • Into challenges,
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  • Into challenges, god doesn't follow me
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  • God doesn't follow me into situations,
  • 00:16:48.827 --> 00:16:50.229
  • Into situations, god doesn't follow me
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  • God doesn't follow me into seasons.
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  • Into seasons. he says, “when you get there,
  • 00:16:53.866 --> 00:16:55.367
  • He says, “when you get there, i've been waiting for you,
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  • I've been waiting for you, i've been preparing
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  • I've been preparing a place for you.
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  • A place for you. i will prepare the table
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  • I will prepare the table for you in the presence
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  • For you in the presence of your enemies,
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  • Of your enemies, even if you walk
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  • Even if you walk through the valley
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  • Through the valley of the shadow of death.”
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  • Of the shadow of death.” when you got to church
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  • When you got to church this morning,
  • 00:17:09.648 --> 00:17:10.249
  • This morning, god was already here.
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  • God was already here. you don't have to
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  • You don't have to ask him to show up,
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  • Ask him to show up, he was waiting to hover
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  • He was waiting to hover and break like a wave,
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  • And break like a wave, and move like a wind,
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  • And move like a wind, and speak like a voice
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  • From the mountain.
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  • From the mountain. god was already here.
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  • God was already here. when you get to this next
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  • When you get to this next season that you keep
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  • Season that you keep trying to plan,
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  • Trying to plan, but you're worried
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  • But you're worried about tomorrow so
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  • About tomorrow so you're not trusting today,
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  • You're not trusting today, realize god is already
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  • Realize god is already in your tomorrow.
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  • In your tomorrow. god is already in it.
  • 00:17:35.874 --> 00:17:38.077
  • God is already in it. he said, “i'm gonna go
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  • He said, “i'm gonna go before you and i'm gonna
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  • Before you and i'm gonna take those anakites,
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  • Take those anakites, and i'm gonna,
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  • And i'm gonna, like a devouring fire,”
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  • Like a devouring fire,” watch this,
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  • Watch this, “subdue them.”
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  • “subdue them.” give me verse 3,
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  • Verse 3 is the juice.
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  • Verse 3 is the juice,
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  • I gotta give you this
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  • Juice right here.
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  • God said, “i'm gonna go
  • 00:17:53.258 --> 00:17:54.560
  • God said, “i'm gonna go before you, across,
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  • Before you, across, ahead of you like
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  • Ahead of you like a devouring fire,”
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  • A devouring fire,” watch what god will do,
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  • Watch what god will do, “he will destroy them.”
  • 00:18:00.332 --> 00:18:02.501
  • “he will destroy them.” who?
  • 00:18:02.568 --> 00:18:03.502
  • Who? he.
  • 00:18:03.569 --> 00:18:04.369
  • He. who?
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  • Who? he.
  • 00:18:05.304 --> 00:18:06.505
  • He. “he will subdue them
  • 00:18:06.572 --> 00:18:07.506
  • “he will subdue them before you.”
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  • Before you.” who?
  • 00:18:08.507 --> 00:18:09.174
  • Who? he.
  • 00:18:09.241 --> 00:18:10.275
  • He. “and you...
  • 00:18:10.342 --> 00:18:12.878
  • “and you... [applause]
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  • [applause] and you will drive them out.”
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  • "i thought you were
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  • "i thought you were gonna do it.”
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  • Gonna do it.” [laughter]
  • 00:18:23.122 --> 00:18:25.657
  • [laughter] the word of the lord says,
  • 00:18:25.724 --> 00:18:27.693
  • The word of the lord says, “he will go before you,
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  • “he will go before you, but he won't do it for you.”
  • 00:18:29.761 --> 00:18:34.032
  • But he won't do it for you.” you will drive them out.
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  • You will drive them out. not in your own strength
  • 00:18:35.667 --> 00:18:37.836
  • Not in your own strength and not in your own power,
  • 00:18:37.903 --> 00:18:39.605
  • And not in your own power, but in this process.
  • 00:18:39.671 --> 00:18:42.207
  • But in this process. i decree and declare today,
  • 00:18:42.274 --> 00:18:43.542
  • I decree and declare today, tonight, tonight, today.
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  • Tonight, tonight, today. i don't know when
  • 00:18:46.778 --> 00:18:47.312
  • I don't know when you're watching this.
  • 00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:48.514
  • You're watching this. [laughter]
  • 00:18:48.580 --> 00:18:49.114
  • [laughter] y'all watch my sermons
  • 00:18:49.181 --> 00:18:49.982
  • Y'all watch my sermons in the middle of
  • 00:18:50.048 --> 00:18:50.682
  • In the middle of the night sometimes.
  • 00:18:50.749 --> 00:18:51.783
  • You can't get
  • 00:18:51.884 --> 00:18:52.484
  • You can't get anything else going on,
  • 00:18:52.551 --> 00:18:53.552
  • Anything else going on, you press play on that sermon
  • 00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.586
  • You press play on that sermon and you listen to it,
  • 00:18:54.653 --> 00:18:56.822
  • And you listen to it, and i'll wake you up screaming
  • 00:18:56.889 --> 00:18:57.723
  • And i'll wake you up screaming after about 20 minutes.
  • 00:18:57.789 --> 00:19:01.059
  • After about 20 minutes. because god said,
  • 00:19:01.126 --> 00:19:04.096
  • Because god said, “i'm not gonna always
  • 00:19:04.163 --> 00:19:05.063
  • “i'm not gonna always bring it to you.
  • 00:19:05.130 --> 00:19:08.901
  • Bring it to you. i will bring you to it,
  • 00:19:08.967 --> 00:19:12.771
  • And now you must decide,
  • 00:19:12.871 --> 00:19:14.840
  • And now you must decide, you must decide
  • 00:19:14.907 --> 00:19:17.709
  • You must decide whether to go forward.
  • 00:19:17.776 --> 00:19:19.411
  • Whether to go forward. and when your kids
  • 00:19:19.478 --> 00:19:20.245
  • And when your kids ask you about your anakites,
  • 00:19:20.312 --> 00:19:24.149
  • Ask you about your anakites, how will you answer?
  • 00:19:24.216 --> 00:19:27.519
  • How will you answer? when your kids say,
  • 00:19:27.586 --> 00:19:29.788
  • When your kids say, “how did you stay alive
  • 00:19:29.855 --> 00:19:30.756
  • “how did you stay alive and keep trusting god through
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  • And keep trusting god through what you went through?”
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  • What you went through?” how will you answer
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  • How will you answer the question about
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  • The question about your anakites?
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  • Your anakites? “well, you know,
  • 00:19:37.729 --> 00:19:38.397
  • “well, you know, i just gave up.
  • 00:19:38.463 --> 00:19:40.165
  • I just gave up. it was too hard.
  • 00:19:40.232 --> 00:19:41.833
  • It was too hard. i just quit going to church
  • 00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:43.035
  • I just quit going to church because they hurt me
  • 00:19:43.101 --> 00:19:43.835
  • Because they hurt me at that church.
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  • At that church. i just quit trying
  • 00:19:46.738 --> 00:19:47.472
  • I just quit trying because i felt so unworthy.
  • 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:50.976
  • Because i felt so unworthy. i just quit trying because
  • 00:19:51.043 --> 00:19:52.611
  • I just quit trying because everybody else was stronger
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  • Everybody else was stronger and taller and better than me.”
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  • And taller and better than me.” or are you gonna
  • 00:19:58.917 --> 00:19:59.651
  • Or are you gonna tell them a story that,
  • 00:19:59.718 --> 00:20:01.853
  • Tell them a story that, “he brought me manna
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  • “he brought me manna in the wilderness,
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  • In the wilderness, water from a rock,
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  • Water from a rock, and he led me to a promise
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  • And he led me to a promise and i had to fight for it.
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  • And i had to fight for it. i had to fight for it.
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  • I had to fight for it. i had to fight
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  • I had to fight everyday to have joy,
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  • Everyday to have joy, i had to fight to put
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  • I had to fight to put food on the table,
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  • Food on the table, i had to fight to overcome
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  • I had to fight to overcome what was spoken about me,
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  • What was spoken about me, i had to fight to overcome
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  • I had to fight to overcome the diagnosis.
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  • The diagnosis. i had to fight
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  • I had to fight by the hospital bed,
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  • By the hospital bed, i had to fight for
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  • I had to fight for every inch we got,”
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  • But we're living in it
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  • But we're living in it because if god is for you,
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  • Because if god is for you, who can be against you?
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  • Who can be against you? [applause]
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  • [applause] for the giants
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  • For the giants that you're facing,
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  • That you're facing, there is a god who is greater.
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  • There is a god who is greater. i impart the faith of the living
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  • I impart the faith of the living god to your soul today.
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  • God to your soul today. lift your hands and receive it.
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  • Lift your hands and receive it. who can stand against
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  • Who can stand against depression?
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  • Depression? who can stand against
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  • Who can stand against the record of sin and shame?
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  • Who can stand against the grave?
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  • Who can stand against the grave? who can stand against defeat?
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  • Who can stand against defeat? who can stand?
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  • Who can stand? god can and you can do
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  • God can and you can do all things through christ
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  • All things through christ who strengthens you.
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  • Who strengthens you. [applause]
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  • [applause] ‘cause you've been here
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  • ‘cause you've been here before, baby.
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  • Before, baby. you've been here before.
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  • You've been here before. you've had to trust god before.
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  • You've had to trust god before. you've wondered if it
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  • You've wondered if it would work out before,
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  • Would work out before, you felt this before
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  • You felt this before and your faith
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  • And your faith only got stronger.
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  • Only got stronger. you're not dying in this.
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  • You're not dying in this. you've been here before and when
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  • You've been here before and when you get to your future,
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  • You get to your future, god is gonna say,
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  • God is gonna say, “i got here before you did.”
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  • “i got here before you did.” for he knows the plans
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  • For he knows the plans he has for you.
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  • He has for you. the lord has directed me
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  • The lord has directed me to pray for those who are
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  • To pray for those who are in a wilderness season.
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  • In a wilderness season. it is a time of sifting from
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  • It is a time of sifting from what you thought you wanted
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  • And what god really promised.
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  • And what god really promised. it is a time that
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  • It is a time that you learn to trust,
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  • You learn to trust, it is a time that
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  • It is a time that god gets you ready,
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  • God gets you ready, or as one preacher said,
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  • Or as one preacher said, he prepares you for what
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  • He prepares you for what he is preparing for you.
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  • He is preparing for you. thank you, lord,
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  • Thank you, lord, for the tables that you set.
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  • For the tables that you set. thank you, lord,
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  • Thank you, lord, for the victories
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  • For the victories that you planned.
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  • That you planned. you said you're gonna
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  • You said you're gonna drive ‘em out quickly.
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  • Oh, it's been a long time
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  • Oh, it's been a long time since some of us
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  • Since some of us quicken our faith, god.
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  • Quicken our faith, god. today, i thank you that you
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  • Today, i thank you that you gave me a word that you
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  • Gave me a word that you will go before him,
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  • Will go before him, you will go before her.
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  • You will go before her. put your hand on
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  • Put your hand on the shoulder of the person
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  • The shoulder of the person on either side of you,
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  • On either side of you, and just say very softly,
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  • And just say very softly, “god...
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  • “god... >> congregation: god...
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  • >> congregation: god... >> will go...
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  • >> will go... >> congregation: will go...
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  • >> congregation: will go... >> before you...
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  • >> before you... >> congregation: "before you.”
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  • >> congregation: "before you.” >> say it again, “god...
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  • >> say it again, “god... >> congregation: god...
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  • >> congregation: god... >> will go...
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  • >> will go... >> congregation: will go...
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  • >> congregation: will go... >> before you...
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  • >> before you... >> congregation: before you.”
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  • >> congregation: before you.” >> tell ‘em, “don't worry...
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  • >> tell ‘em, “don't worry... >> congregation: don't worry...
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  • >> congregation: don't worry... >> he's already there.”
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  • >> he's already there.” >> congregation: he's already
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  • >> congregation: he's already there.
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  • There. >> oh, to believe this, god.
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  • >> oh, to believe this, god. to believe it,
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  • To believe it, to receive it,
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  • To receive it, to live like it,
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  • To live like it, to step in it,
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  • To step in it, to walk in it.
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  • To walk in it. if i delight myself in you,
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  • If i delight myself in you, you will give me the desires
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  • You will give me the desires of my heart.
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  • Of my heart. that means you'll put
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  • That means you'll put the new desires in,
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  • The new desires in, the you desires in.
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  • The you desires in. so, we thank you for
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  • So, we thank you for the wilderness where
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  • The wilderness where you sifted some stuff.
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  • You sifted some stuff. you sifted relationships,
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  • You sifted relationships, you sifted priorities,
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  • You sifted priorities, you sifted beliefs
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  • You sifted beliefs and we thank you for that,
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  • And we thank you for that, ‘cause if we didn't
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  • ‘cause if we didn't go through it,
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  • Go through it, we wouldn't be ready.
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  • We wouldn't be ready. now lord, as we stand on
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  • Now lord, as we stand on the precipice of the promises
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  • The precipice of the promises that you've made that we have
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  • That you've made that we have not yet possessed in our life,
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  • Not yet possessed in our life, we want you to have your good
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  • We want you to have your good and perfect work in us
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  • And perfect work in us that we may trust you.
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  • That we may trust you. your promise, your word,
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  • Your promise, your word, it shall come to pass.
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  • >> thank you so much for
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  • >> thank you so much for joining us today.
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  • Joining us today. to find more messages like
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  • To find more messages like the one you just heard
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  • The one you just heard from pastor steven,
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  • From pastor steven, i want to encourage you
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  • I want to encourage you to visit the steven furtick
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  • To visit the steven furtick youtube channel or
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  • Youtube channel or just scan the qr code on your
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  • Uploaded weekly. now, if today's message
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  • Now, if today's message spoke to your heart
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  • Spoke to your heart i also want to invite you
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  • I also want to invite you to partner with us
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  • To partner with us and make it possible
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  • And make it possible for someone else to hear
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  • For someone else to hear the message too.
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  • The message too. your generosity really
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  • Your generosity really does make a difference.
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  • Does make a difference. every time you give you're
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  • Every time you give you're helping us take the gospel
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  • Helping us take the gospel further and get god's word
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  • Further and get god's word into someone's heart.
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  • Into someone's heart. this ministry exists so that
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  • This ministry exists so that people far from god will
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  • People far from god will be raised to life in christ
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  • Be raised to life in christ and you're a part of that story.
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  • And you're a part of that story. because of you,
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  • Because of you, messages just like the one
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  • Messages just like the one you heard today will go out
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  • You heard today will go out to people who need hope.
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  • To people who need hope. people who are wrestling
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  • People who are wrestling with anxiety and disappointment,
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  • With anxiety and disappointment, or the weight of wrong
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  • Or the weight of wrong assumptions about their future,
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  • Assumptions about their future, even wrong assumptions
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  • Even wrong assumptions about god.
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  • About god. through broadcasts,
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  • Through broadcasts, online outreach,
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  • Online outreach, and ministry partners
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  • And ministry partners all over the world,
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  • All over the world, your support is opening
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  • Your support is opening the door for them to hear
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  • The door for them to hear the truth that can
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  • The truth that can change everything.
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  • Change everything. so, please, call the number
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  • So, please, call the number on your screen or go online
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  • On your screen or go online right now to give.
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  • Right now to give. your gift of any amount
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  • Your gift of any amount makes a difference.
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  • Makes a difference. thank you for being a part
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  • Thank you for being a part of what god is doing.
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  • Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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  • >> hey guys, i just wanted
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  • >> hey guys, i just wanted to give you a quick update.
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  • To give you a quick update. i was able to fly in this
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  • I was able to fly in this helicopter and take some
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  • Helicopter and take some supplies into the mountains
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  • Supplies into the mountains of western north carolina
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  • Of western north carolina because of generous
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  • Because of generous people like you.
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  • People like you. you sent in your donations,
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  • You sent in your donations, and because of that,
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  • And because of that, we have given over $500,000
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  • We have given over $500,000 this year alone to relief
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  • This year alone to relief organizations and $200,000
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  • Organizations and $200,000 of that has gone straight
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  • Of that has gone straight to the victims
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  • To the victims of hurricane helene.
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  • Of hurricane helene. and so, i just wanna say
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  • And so, i just wanna say thank you for giving
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  • Thank you for giving and thank you most
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  • And thank you most of all for praying.
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  • Of all for praying. our outreach efforts are
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  • Our outreach efforts are gonna continue for months
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  • Gonna continue for months to come because of
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  • To come because of the generous people like you.
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  • The generous people like you. pastor steven and i
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  • Pastor steven and i are so grateful for you.
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  • Are so grateful for you. thank you for what you do
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  • Thank you for what you do and we're gonna keep
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  • And we're gonna keep doing the work.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ there's no other god ♪
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  • ♪ like jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ belongs to him ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ belongs to him yeah ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • All right, let's call on him.
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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