Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Bent Knees Break Chains (Part 2)

July 30, 2025 | S25 E211 | 28:0

Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Bent Knees Break Chains (Part 2) | July 30, 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 to
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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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>> y'all won't like this,
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>> y'all won't like this, traffic is an event.
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Traffic is an event. [laughter]
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[laughter] what time you leave
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What time you leave the house...
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The house... [laughing]
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[laughing] got 'em, got 'em,
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Got 'em, got 'em, like traffic is the red sea,
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Like traffic is the red sea, like you didn't
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Like you didn't know it was there,
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Know it was there, like it ain't there
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Like it ain't there every morning.
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Every morning. i'm sorry the traffic was bad,
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I'm sorry the traffic was bad, the traffic's always bad.
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The traffic's always bad. it's 485, they're going to be
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It's 485, they're going to be building it for
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Building it for the next 485 years.
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The next 485 years. [applause]
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[applause] and you knew that when you
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And you knew that when you pushed it to the last minute
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Pushed it to the last minute and hit snooze
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And hit snooze for the third time.
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For the third time. and leaving early is a decision,
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And leaving early is a decision, and the decision to leave
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And the decision to leave a little early might affect
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A little early might affect your decision to road rage.
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Your decision to road rage. see, we got to stop blaming
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See, we got to stop blaming so much stuff in our life.
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So much stuff in our life. joseph as a model.
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Joseph as a model. we got to stop blaming
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We got to stop blaming the events and start making
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The events and start making the decisions that god
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The decisions that god is calling us to make within
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Is calling us to make within the events,
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The events, that can empower us
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That can empower us to move forward.
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To move forward. or else you will always be
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Or else you will always be a slave to what happened.
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Joseph has a decision
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Joseph has a decision to make now, and i think it's
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To make now, and i think it's such an emotional moment
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Such an emotional moment for him because,
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For him because, his father loved him a little
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His father loved him a little too much, because he was
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Too much, because he was born of rachel, who was the wife
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Born of rachel, who was the wife that jacob really wanted,
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That jacob really wanted, not leah.
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Not leah. and because he was the
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And because he was the first-born son of rachel,
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First-born son of rachel, jacob's favorite wife -
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Jacob's favorite wife - holly you're my favorite
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Holly you're my favorite wife, by the way.
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Wife, by the way. [laughter]
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[laughter] and that gave him
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And that gave him a little extra status, right,
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A little extra status, right, but he's going
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But he's going through this shift.
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Through this shift. a lot of people will tell you
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A lot of people will tell you joseph's life is,
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Joseph's life is, about going from the pit
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About going from the pit to the palace.
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To the palace. i don't see it that way at all,
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I don't see it that way at all, although that geographically
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Although that geographically describes his position,
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Describes his position, because he ended up
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Because he ended up being promoted when he
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Being promoted when he interpreted pharaoh's dream
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Interpreted pharaoh's dream about the famine
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About the famine to a position of responsibility
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To a position of responsibility where he could prepare
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Where he could prepare the people for the famine,
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The people for the famine, even his own family.
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Even his own family. although that's true,
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Although that's true, it's really not the heart.
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It's really not the heart. he's really going from status
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He's really going from status to service and god brings him
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To service and god brings him from a place of great status
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From a place of great status to a place of great service.
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To a place of great service. or you could see it this way,
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Or you could see it this way, too, he's going from a place
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Too, he's going from a place where he's got to get
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Where he's got to get from pain to purpose.
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From pain to purpose. and the position that you're in,
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And the position that you're in, determines a lot
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Determines a lot of the decisions that you make
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Of the decisions that you make and a lot of the decisions
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And a lot of the decisions that you make will determine
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That you make will determine the position you're in.
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The position you're in. because if at any point
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Because if at any point in joseph's life he would
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In joseph's life he would have decided, this isn't fair,
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Forget it god.
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Forget it god. if he hadn't served
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If he hadn't served with excellence in small
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With excellence in small positions, he could not have
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Positions, he could not have been trusted in a bigger one.
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Been trusted in a bigger one. [applause]
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[applause] all along the way,
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All along the way, there were little decisions
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That he was making,
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That he was making, that you're making.
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That you're making. to do it with your whole heart
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To do it with your whole heart or to only do it when someone
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Or to only do it when someone else is looking.
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Else is looking. little decisions, that you make,
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Little decisions, that you make, corners that you cut
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Corners that you cut or you don't.
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Or you don't. words that you speak and times
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Words that you speak and times you bite your tongue
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You bite your tongue because it's not going
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Because it's not going to help anything anyway.
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To help anything anyway. little decisions.
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Little decisions. where would you be financially,
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Where would you be financially, if you had made
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If you had made little decisions along
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Little decisions along the way differently,
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The way differently, where would you be?
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Where would you be? well, now i don't have any money
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Well, now i don't have any money and i'm doing like
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And i'm doing like what pastor said,
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What pastor said, i'm in a bad position,
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I'm in a bad position, so i'm taking
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So i'm taking desperate measures.
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Desperate measures. but would you have to take
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But would you have to take desperate measures,
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Desperate measures, if you made some
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If you made some different decisions?
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Different decisions? and could it change
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And could it change from this point forward that
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From this point forward that your future is not chained
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Your future is not chained to your past?
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To your past? we talked a lot about the chain
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We talked a lot about the chain of events that led
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Of events that led to joseph's moment of decision,
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To joseph's moment of decision, but how about the chain
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But how about the chain of decisions that put
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Of decisions that put him in this place?
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Him in this place? the chain of decisions.
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The chain of decisions. think about that,
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Think about that, it's a lot more interesting
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It's a lot more interesting than giving me a list
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Than giving me a list of everything that life
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Of everything that life did to you.
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Did to you. [laughing]
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[laughing] i told somebody one time,
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I told somebody one time, i said, when i first
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I said, when i first got married,
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Got married, i got fat and i did.
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I got fat and i did. i was turning into a big old boy
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I was turning into a big old boy and the way i explained
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And the way i explained it was like, how adam explained
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It was like, how adam explained why he ate the apple
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Why he ate the apple in the garden.
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In the garden. this woman you gave me, lord,
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This woman you gave me, lord, she's a wonderful cook.
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She's a wonderful cook. i was actually, like,
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I was actually, like, perverting the gift that god
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Perverting the gift that god had given her as a cook,
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Had given her as a cook, to explain the situation
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To explain the situation of my cellulite.
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Of my cellulite. you all know the canaanites,
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You all know the canaanites, the hittites, the jebusites,
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The hittites, the jebusites, the cellulites.
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The cellulites. well, they were all coming
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Well, they were all coming against me, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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Against me, yeah, yeah, yeah, they were all coming against me.
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They were all coming against me. and somewhere in that,
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And somewhere in that, i had to own the fact that
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I had to own the fact that i ate what she put on the plate
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I ate what she put on the plate and then went and filled
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And then went and filled the plate three more times
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The plate three more times to get this way.
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To get this way. so, it's not exactly true
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So, it's not exactly true to say i got fat.
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To say i got fat. like it's something that
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Like it's something that just crashed into the earth,
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Just crashed into the earth, like it was a meteor shower,
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Like it was a meteor shower, like it was a snow day.
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Like it was a snow day. i ate food, i didn't exercise,
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I ate food, i didn't exercise, i got fat.
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I got fat. that's the event,
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That's the event, the number on the scale
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The number on the scale screamed at me.
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Screamed at me. i rebuked it, it didn't change.
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I rebuked it, it didn't change. i prayed about it;
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I prayed about it; it didn't change.
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It didn't change. i've quoted genesis 50:20,
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I've quoted genesis 50:20, "what, you mean for evil,
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"what, you mean for evil, god means for good."
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God means for good." i reversed the curse,
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I reversed the curse, it didn't change, all right.
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It didn't change, all right. and then i decided,
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And then i decided, i decided i didn't get
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I decided i didn't get to decide once,
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To decide once, i got to decide daily.
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I got to decide daily. i got to decide daily.
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I got to decide daily. now, now, is this good to you?
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Joseph has a decision to make
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Joseph has a decision to make in this moment because now
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In this moment because now his dad is dead
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His dad is dead and the only thing
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And the only thing that can keep him being kind
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That can keep him being kind to his brothers,
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Is how he views his
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Is how he views his relationship with god,
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Relationship with god, because his relationship
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Because his relationship with them is obviously
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With them is obviously never going to change.
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Never going to change. they lied about him when
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They lied about him when he was 17 and they are lying
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He was 17 and they are lying about him as he's 56.
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About him as he's 56. he's been playing with it,
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He's been playing with it, he's been playing with whether
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He's been playing with whether or not he wants
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Or not he wants to pay them back.
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To pay them back. he's been doing it for decades
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He's been doing it for decades you know when they
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You know when they first came to him, he was 39.
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First came to him, he was 39. the famine had only been
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The famine had only been going on two years.
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Going on two years. and when they came to him,
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And when they came to him, he pretended like he didn't
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He pretended like he didn't know who they were,
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Know who they were, because i think he was
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Because i think he was trying to decide, how am i going
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Trying to decide, how am i going to move forward?
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To move forward? he was already
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He was already in a position of power.
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In a position of power. he was already in a position
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He was already in a position of authority.
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Of authority. he was already in
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He was already in a position of influence.
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A position of influence. and the position that you're in,
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And the position that you're in, influences the decisions
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Influences the decisions that you make.
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That you make. so, he didn't tell 'em
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So, he didn't tell 'em for a little while,
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For a little while, he'd go cry in private,
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He'd go cry in private, and then he'd come back out
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And then he'd come back out and be strong in public.
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And be strong in public. he even stuffed their bags
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He even stuffed their bags with silver and then sent
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With silver and then sent his own men to arrest them
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His own men to arrest them and throw simeon in prison,
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And throw simeon in prison, that's how bad it felt to him.
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That's how bad it felt to him. so, i want you to think about
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So, i want you to think about when something bad happens
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When something bad happens to you, the event.
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To you, the event. i wish i could draw this,
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I wish i could draw this, i am not a good artist.
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I am not a good artist. you can draw it and post
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You can draw it and post it online later, okay.
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It online later, okay. something bad happens when
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Something bad happens when joseph says god meant it
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Joseph says god meant it for good, he does not call
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For good, he does not call their abuse, neglect
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Their abuse, neglect and betrayal good.
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And betrayal good. he's moving past that,
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He's moving past that, but something bad
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But something bad happens, right?
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Happens, right? many bad things happen to
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Many bad things happen to joseph, and that's almost,
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Joseph, and that's almost, that's almost a disservice
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That's almost a disservice to what he's been through
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To what he's been through to call it something bad
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To call it something bad happened, but let's just
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Happened, but let's just call it that.
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Call it that. this thing happens and it's bad,
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This thing happens and it's bad, and it's bad,
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And it's bad, but now the decision
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But now the decision that joseph has to make,
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That joseph has to make, because remember,
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Because remember, the event is not the decision.
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The event is not the decision. so now he says, "that was bad,
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So now he says, "that was bad, what you did to me.
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What you did to me. that was bad, how you sold me.
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That was bad, how you sold me. that was bad,
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That was bad, what i went through.
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What i went through. i'm not sugarcoating
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I'm not sugarcoating anything or spiritualizing,
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Anything or spiritualizing, your decisions.
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Your decisions. it was bad!
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It was bad! it was bad.
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It was bad. sometimes the first step
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Sometimes the first step to getting to god is good,
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To getting to god is good, is to say, it was bad.
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Is to say, it was bad. it was bad.
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It was bad. it was bad and it hurt
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It was bad and it hurt and it harmed,
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And it harmed, and it set me back,
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And it set me back, and i wish it hadn't happened.
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And i wish it hadn't happened. and if i got to write
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And if i got to write the script, i wouldn't have
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The script, i wouldn't have put that in it.
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Put that in it. it was bad.
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It was bad. you know, we do god
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You know, we do god is good all the time.
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Is good all the time. all the time, god is good,
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All the time, god is good, but it is bad a lot
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But it is bad a lot of the times.
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Of the times. and a lot of the times,
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And a lot of the times, it is bad, but god is good
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It is bad, but god is good all the time.
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All the time. and all the time, god is good,
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And all the time, god is good, but it is bad.
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But it is bad. a lot of the -- that's bad.
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A lot of the -- that's bad. read the news, that's bad,
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Read the news, that's bad, that's horrible,
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That's horrible, that's unthinkable,
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That's humane.
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That's humane. and a lot of us, a lot of us
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And a lot of us, a lot of us in this room,
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In this room, we know somebody like joseph.
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We know somebody like joseph. everybody in this room
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Everybody in this room knows a joseph.
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Knows a joseph. you watched what happened
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You watched what happened to them, and you could not
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To them, and you could not believe how they
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Responded to it.
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Responded to it. my joseph that i think about
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My joseph that i think about all the time is my buddy,
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All the time is my buddy, levi lusko.
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Levi lusko. he's a pastor in montana,
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He's a pastor in montana, foreign country.
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Foreign country. [laughter]
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[laughter] he's an international missionary
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He's an international missionary to the state of montana
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To the state of montana and i love him for many reasons,
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And i love him for many reasons, but y'all, i put my hand
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But y'all, i put my hand on his chest to pray for him
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On his chest to pray for him the other night
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The other night because he turned 40.
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Because he turned 40. and i was praying and god
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And i was praying and god anointed me and i was speaking
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Anointed me and i was speaking stuff over his life
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Stuff over his life that i couldn't even understand
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That i couldn't even understand where it was coming from.
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Where it was coming from. but when graham was five
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But when graham was five and his daughter was five
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And his daughter was five and his daughter died
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And his daughter died of an asthma attack while
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Of an asthma attack while he was out of the house
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He was out of the house and he stood over her
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And he stood over her and prayed that god would make
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And prayed that god would make the sun stand still
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The sun stand still and save his daughter's life
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And save his daughter's life and she died, that would have
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And she died, that would have broken me and i had
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Broken me and i had a context for it, because i
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A context for it, because i had a boy who was five.
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Had a boy who was five. and i thought if i was in
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And i thought if i was in that position, i think i
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That position, i think i would be tempted to stand up
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Would be tempted to stand up and tell you all i quit.
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And tell you all i quit. cause how can i speak this
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Cause how can i speak this faith over you?
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Faith over you? how can i trust a god who
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How can i trust a god who would let me go through that?
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Would let me go through that? so now, standing on ten years
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So now, standing on ten years later and watching him turn
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Later and watching him turn 40 and seeing i hope
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40 and seeing i hope he watches this message,
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He watches this message, text him and tell
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Text him and tell him to watch it.
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Him to watch it. he can watch it right now.
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He can watch it right now. he's on a different time zone
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He's on a different time zone out there in montana.
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Out there in montana. i think it's like 1843
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I think it's like 1843 in montana, it's like a
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In montana, it's like a different year zone in montana.
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Different year zone in montana. [laughter]
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[laughter] but i prayed over him
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But i prayed over him and he's, he's a powerful man.
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And he's, he's a powerful man. he wrote a book, he wrote
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He wrote a book, he wrote a book, it was bad.
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A book, it was bad. he wrote a book to let
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He wrote a book to let the devil know that my daughter
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The devil know that my daughter linea will live on
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Linea will live on even if there's no breath
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Even if there's no breath in her lungs.
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In her lungs. you follow me?
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You follow me? this is my joseph,
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This is my joseph, i think about him all the time
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I think about him all the time when i go into a pity party,
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When i go into a pity party, because i think about
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Because i think about if he can decide that to keep
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If he can decide that to keep preaching in the middle
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Preaching in the middle of what he --
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Of what he -- if he can decide that,
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If he can decide that, that's why i love lifting
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That's why i love lifting these bible characters up
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These bible characters up to you on sunday, right?
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To you on sunday, right? because even if you don't know
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Because even if you don't know somebody like that personally,
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Somebody like that personally, you get to be with joseph
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You get to be with joseph for a little while,
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For a little while, and you get to think about
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And you get to think about the fact that at the moment,
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The fact that at the moment, i mean, most of us
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I mean, most of us would have been waiting
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Would have been waiting for this moment to pay
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For this moment to pay our brothers back.
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Our brothers back. oh, i'm just waiting
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Oh, i'm just waiting till jacob dies.
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Till jacob dies. when jacob dies, i'm about
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When jacob dies, i'm about to let you all have it.
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To let you all have it. and jacob lived to be over 140.
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And jacob lived to be over 140. do you know how long jacob
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Do you know how long jacob held on, until he had put
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A blessing on all the kids?
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A blessing on all the kids? and then he dies.
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And then he dies. and they walk.
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And they walk. they walk.
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They walk. they walk for eleven days
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They walk for eleven days to bury him.
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To bury him. they walk eleven days back.
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They walk eleven days back. and then his brother sends
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And then his brother sends some weak message talking
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Some weak message talking about before he died, dad said,
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Trying to relay a message
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Trying to relay a message showing him the evidence
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Showing him the evidence that there has been no change
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That there has been no change in their heart.
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In their heart. and they bowed before him
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And they bowed before him and he has to decide what
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And he has to decide what he's going to do, because
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He's going to do, because he can't control what they do.
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He can't control what they do. you can't change them,
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You can't change them, stop trying.
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They're on their knees
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They're on their knees before joseph, but not for
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Before joseph, but not for the right reasons.
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The right reasons. forgive us, forgive us,
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Forgive us, forgive us, forgive us, we are your slaves.
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Forgive us, we are your slaves. we'll do whatever you say.
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We'll do whatever you say. we're sorry.
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We're sorry. you're not sorry,
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You're not sorry, you're still lying and he wept
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You're still lying and he wept and he came out and showed
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And he came out and showed us something, that right
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Us something, that right after he got done weeping,
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After he got done weeping, he still made
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He still made the right decision.
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The right decision. because your emotions
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Because your emotions don't determine your decisions.
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Don't determine your decisions. not when you've seen
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Not when you've seen the goodness of god.
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The goodness of god. these brothers,
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These brothers, what they did was evil,
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What they did was evil, but i'm not going to let what
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But i'm not going to let what they did be the final word
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They did be the final word on what i do, because i still
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On what i do, because i still have life to live.
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Have life to live. [applause]
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[applause] so, if i look at them
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So, if i look at them and i say, "reuben, simeon,
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And i say, "reuben, simeon, judah" and start calling them
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Judah" and start calling them by name and i say,
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By name and i say, "this is the moment
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"this is the moment i've been waiting for,
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I've been waiting for, y'all want to throw me in a pit,
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Y'all want to throw me in a pit, let me show --
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Let me show -- i'm in the palace now.
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I'm in the palace now. if i use this moment
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If i use this moment of my power to put you in
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Of my power to put you in your place, then i am putting
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Your place, then i am putting myself in god's place."
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Myself in god's place." [clapping]
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[clapping] that's what he said.
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That's what he said. he said, "no, no, no, no, no,
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He said, "no, no, no, no, no, they're on their knees."
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They're on their knees." he says, "wait, wait,
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He says, "wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
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Wait, wait, wait, i'm not god.
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I'm not god. am i in the place of god?"
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Am i in the place of god?" verse 19.
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Verse 19. you've got to go through
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You've got to go through verse 19 to get to verse 20.
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Verse 19 to get to verse 20. all things work together
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All things work together for the good, for the --
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For the good, for the -- all things work together.
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All things work together. god uses what the enemy
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God uses what the enemy meant for evil.
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Meant for evil. we kind of skip to that verse.
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We kind of skip to that verse. no, no, no, get to this
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No, no, no, get to this verse first.
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Verse first. am i put it to verse 19.
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Am i put it to verse 19. "am i in the place of god?"
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"am i in the place of god?" not only are they
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Not only are they on their knees, but joseph,
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On their knees, but joseph, after everything he's been
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After everything he's been through, in the moment of
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Through, in the moment of decision, you are at the moment
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Decision, you are at the moment of decision right now.
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Of decision right now. am i going to stay chained
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Am i going to stay chained to my past?
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To my past? am i going to live in this
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Am i going to live in this resentment toward others
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Resentment toward others and this regret toward myself?
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And this regret toward myself? some of you are angry
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Some of you are angry at yourself.
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At yourself. you think you're god.
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You think you're god. you think you can make
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You think you can make a big enough mess that god
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A big enough mess that god can't clean you up,
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Can't clean you up, but it's not true.
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But it's not true. you're not god.
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You're not god. if he died for you,
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If he died for you, and if he calls you
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And if he calls you and if he comes for you,
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And if he raises you,
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And if he raises you, even you yourself can't change
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Even you yourself can't change his mind because the gifts
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His mind because the gifts of god are without repentance.
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And joseph has
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And joseph has a decision to make.
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A decision to make. and he does it like this,
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And he does it like this, "i'm not god."
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"i'm not god." and in the moment of decision,
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And in the moment of decision, he takes a posture
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He takes a posture as the second most powerful
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As the second most powerful man in the land.
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Man in the land. he takes his posture to say,
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He takes his posture to say, god, has been -- i wonder
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God, has been -- i wonder what it looks like for you
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What it looks like for you to have this mentality to say,
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To have this mentality to say, "god, put me here for a purpose
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"god, put me here for a purpose and i'm submitting everything
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And i'm submitting everything that's happened to me to god."
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That's happened to me to god." i'm gonna do -
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I'm gonna do - i'm gonna put myself
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I'm gonna put myself in a position on my knees
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In a position on my knees before god.
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Before god. i never come to preach to you
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I never come to preach to you if i can help it,
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If i can help it, that i don't do this,
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That i don't do this, even if it's for 10 seconds
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Even if it's for 10 seconds before i -- around the corner,
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Before i -- around the corner, because a lot of times the way
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Because a lot of times the way that i preach,
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That i preach, stuff will be just be coming
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Stuff will be just be coming to me to the last minute
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To me to the last minute and i'm literally like but
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And i'm literally like but i try, i try every time to take
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I try, i try every time to take one minute by myself and say,
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One minute by myself and say, "god, when i get out there
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"god, when i get out there today, and there's people
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Today, and there's people out there whose parents
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Out there whose parents abandoned them.
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Abandoned them. there's people out there
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There's people out there who were molested.
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Who were molested. there's people out there who
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There's people out there who are going through the most
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Are going through the most scary medical situation
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Scary medical situation in their life or their kids are.
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In their life or their kids are. there's people out there
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There's people out there who have no idea how they're
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Who have no idea how they're going to catch up on
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Going to catch up on four months' worth of mortgage.
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Four months' worth of mortgage. there are people out there today
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There are people out there today who need you and i can only
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Who need you and i can only meet that need on my knees."
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Meet that need on my knees." [applause]
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[applause] and it reminds me that
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And it reminds me that if i do this, i can do this.
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If i do this, i can do this. [applause]
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[applause] because, see, the power that
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Because, see, the power that you need is not in me.
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You need is not in me. but if i go to the one
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But if i go to the one who has all power and all
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Who has all power and all authority and i get down
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Authority and i get down low and i say, "god, i lift
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Low and i say, "god, i lift my eyes to the hills,
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My eyes to the hills, where does my help come from?"
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Where does my help come from?" my help comes from you.
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My help comes from you. i know bent knees
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I know bent knees can break chains.
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Can break chains. i know one word
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I know one word from almighty god.
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From almighty god. one breath from the spirit of --
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One breath from the spirit of -- i feel chains breaking
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I feel chains breaking right now.
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Right now. i feel burdens lifting,
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I feel burdens lifting, right now.
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Right now. i feel shackles shaking
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I feel shackles shaking on prison floors and prison
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On prison floors and prison doors flying open right now.
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Doors flying open right now. [applause]
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[applause] because when you do this,
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Because when you do this, god does that.
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God does that. [applause]
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[applause] what you did to me was bad.
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What you did to me was bad. what happened to me is bad.
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What happened to me is bad. what i'm going through is bad.
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What i'm going through is bad. but if i blame you,
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But if i blame you, then my blame will become
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Then my blame will become bitterness and my
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Bitterness and my bitterness will become bondage.
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Bitterness will become bondage. not your bondage,
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It will be my bondage.
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It will be my bondage. so, i either get to stay
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So, i either get to stay chained to the events,
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Chained to the events, or i get to make a decision.
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Or i get to make a decision. this is where god brought
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This is where god brought you to.
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This is why you logged on.
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This is why you logged on. this is why they sent you
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This is why they sent you the link.
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The link. this is why you came to church.
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This is why you came to church. you thought you decided
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You thought you decided to come to church, you're crazy.
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To come to church, you're crazy. god sovereignly brought
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God sovereignly brought you to church.
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You to church. you had ten excuses
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You had ten excuses not to come.
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Not to come. what didn't fit,
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What didn't fit, and i have nothing to wear.
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And i have nothing to wear. but here you are.
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But here you are. it's a size too small,
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It's a size too small, but you came, why?
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But you came, why? for this moment.
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For this moment. god wanted you to know you
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God wanted you to know you are in an important moment
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Are in an important moment of your life
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Of your life and if you do this.
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And if you do this. come on, every athlete knows
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Come on, every athlete knows you can't hit a golf ball
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You can't hit a golf ball good if you don't
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Good if you don't bend your knees,
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Bend your knees, that's where your
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That's where your power comes from.
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Power comes from. you can't shoot a basketball
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You can't shoot a basketball right if you don't
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Right if you don't bend your knees,
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Bend your knees, that's where your accuracy
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That's where your accuracy comes from.
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Comes from. you can't do a takedown
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You can't do a takedown standing up straight.
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Standing up straight. there's no division one
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There's no division one wrestling champions
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Wrestling champions that stand up straight.
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That stand up straight. why are you fighting your
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Why are you fighting your battles like this?
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Battles like this? when god gave you this.
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When god gave you this. this is how i fight
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This is how i fight my battles, devil.
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My battles, devil. watch me surrender to god.
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Cause bent knees, breaks --
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Cause bent knees, breaks -- you can't do it in your
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You can't do it in your own strength.
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Own strength. if you could, you would
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If you could, you would have by now, but god brought
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Have by now, but god brought you to your knees,
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You to your knees, cause he's breaking some
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Cause he's breaking some generational chains.
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Generational chains. i feel the holy ghost.
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I feel the holy ghost. come, lord.
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Come, lord. come, lord.
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Come, lord. break those chains.
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Break those chains. break it.
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Break it. break it.
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Break it. the past has no power over you.
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The past has no power over you. the blood of jesus
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The blood of jesus makes it better.
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Makes it better. i break it in the name of jesus.
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I break it in the name of jesus. [applause]
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[applause] cause you still have so much
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Cause you still have so much life to live.
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Life to live. joseph lived to be a 110,
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Joseph lived to be a 110, he was 56.
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He was 56. it's only halftime.
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It's only halftime. [applause]
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[applause] it's on.
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It's on. it's on.
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It's on. high five somebody say
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High five somebody say this your halftime speech.
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This your halftime speech. this is your halftime speech.
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This is your halftime speech. come on, let's turn
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Come on, let's turn this into a locker room.
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This into a locker room. i'm down by 20,
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I'm down by 20, but i got time on.
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But i got time on. watch me bend my knees,
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Watch me bend my knees, watch me hit this song,
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Watch me hit this song, watch me, watch me, watch me,
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Watch me, watch me, watch me, watch me worship,
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Watch me worship, watch me trust god.
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Watch me trust god. cause i have a decision to make,
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Cause i have a decision to make, what to do with the time
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What to do with the time and the life i have left,
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And the life i have left, and so, bent knees,
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And so, bent knees, break chains.
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Break chains. long as you rehearse
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Long as you rehearse what happened, you can never
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What happened, you can never reverse what happened.
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Reverse what happened. will y'all drive nice
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Will y'all drive nice if i keep you a little long
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If i keep you a little long and you run into other people
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And you run into other people that are coming in the ser...
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That are coming in the ser... i won't do too much.
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I won't do too much. what makes this verse great?
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What makes this verse great? genesis 50:20.
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Genesis 50:20. what makes this verse great?
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What makes this verse great? if rick vitto were here,
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If rick vitto were here, he would tell you this,
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He would tell you this, it's not what you think.
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It's not what you think. verse 20 of genesis could be
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Verse 20 of genesis could be the worst verse in the bible.
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The worst verse in the bible. it could be when it says,
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It could be when it says, you got it,
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You got it, "you intended to harm me."
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"you intended to harm me." it's what comes after the comma.
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It's what comes after the comma. [applause]
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[applause] god brought you here
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God brought you here so you can make a decision,
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So you can make a decision, what comes after your comma.
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>> you're at the moment
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>> you're at the moment of decision right now.
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>> i wonder what it looks
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>> i wonder what it looks like for you to have
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Like for you to have this mentality to say,
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This mentality to say, "god put me here for a purpose,
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"god put me here for a purpose, and i'm submitting everything
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And i'm submitting everything that's happened to me to god."
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That's happened to me to god." i trust you, not my dream.
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I trust you, not my dream. i trust you, not my idea.
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I trust you, not my idea. i will not make my ideas
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I will not make my ideas my idol.
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My idol. i'm worshiping you.
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I'm worshiping you. i'm serving you.
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I'm serving you. it's not about position,
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It's not about position, it's about purpose.
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It's about purpose. are you going to be
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Are you going to be defined by what stood against
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Defined by what stood against you or how you got over it?
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>> do you feel trapped
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By your past or blocked
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From pursuing the purpose
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God has for you?
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Our latest series from
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A promise for your future.
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It's in the midst
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It's in the midst of our struggles
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Of our struggles that we find our true purpose,
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That we find our true purpose, and it's through our trials
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And it's through our trials that we're refined
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That we're refined and made new.
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Of your continued support that we're able to reach people
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That we're able to reach people around the world
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Around the world with the gospel.
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With the gospel. thank you, we couldn't
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Thank you, we couldn't do this without you.
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>> ♪ you would cross an ocean ♪
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♪ so i wouldn't drown ♪
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>> ♪ you've never been closer ♪
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♪ than you are right now ♪
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♪ jireh ♪
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♪ you are enough ♪
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♪ jireh ♪
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♪ you are enough ♪
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♪ i will be content ♪
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♪ in every circumstance ♪
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♪ jireh ♪
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♪ you are enough ♪
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♪ forever enough ♪
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♪ always enough ♪
00:26:26.103 --> 00:26:27.838
♪ more than enough ♪
00:26:27.905 --> 00:26:31.041
♪ forever enough ♪
00:26:31.108 --> 00:26:32.910
♪ always enough ♪
00:26:32.977 --> 00:26:34.678
♪ more than enough ♪
00:26:34.745 --> 00:26:39.350
>> ♪ i don't wanna forget ♪
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♪ how i feel right now ♪
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♪ on the mountaintop ♪
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♪ i can see so clear ♪
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♪ what it's all about ♪
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♪ stay by my side ♪
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♪ when the sun goes down ♪
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♪ oh my god ♪
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♪ you've sure been ♪
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♪ good to me ♪
00:27:28.198 --> 00:27:29.999

Steven Furtick - Bent Knees Break Chains (Part 2)

July 30, 2025 | S25 E211 | 28:0

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