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Steven Furtick - Challenge The Shadow (Part 3)

July 5, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - Challenge The Shadow (Part 3)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Challenge The Shadow (Part 3) | July 5, 2026
  • 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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  • >> and i believe that's what
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  • >> and i believe that's what happens in our life
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  • Happens in our life when we really make
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  • When we really make the shift into faith.
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  • The shift into faith. is that god shows us
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  • Is that god shows us that what we've called
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  • That what we've called an ending is a beginning.
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  • An ending is a beginning. do you believe that?
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  • Do you believe that? >> congregation: yes.
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  • >> congregation: yes. >> 'cause if you don't,
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  • >> 'cause if you don't, you're not a christian
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  • You're not a christian because that's all
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  • Because that's all the resurrection was,
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  • The resurrection was, was a redefinition of what
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  • Was a redefinition of what men call endings.
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  • Men call endings. i know that you've been
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  • I know that you've been worried about it.
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  • Worried about it. i know that you've been
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  • I know that you've been burdened by it,
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  • Burdened by it, bothered by it,
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  • Bothered by it, broken by it.
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  • Broken by it. that is not the question.
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  • That is not the question. the question isn't,
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  • The question isn't, "will you cry?"
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  • "will you cry?" it's, "what will you
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  • It's, "what will you confess as you do?"
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  • Confess as you do?" because i think there are
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  • Because i think there are times in all of our life
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  • Times in all of our life when the shadow comes
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  • When the shadow comes to announce it's over,
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  • To announce it's over, but the shadow
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  • But the shadow is not the source.
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  • Is not the source. will you challenge
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  • Will you challenge the shadow?
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  • The shadow? imagine this.
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  • Imagine this. they rub this ointment
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  • They rub this ointment all over hezekiah's body,
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  • All over hezekiah's body, and he says, "okay,
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  • And he says, "okay, i need a sign that
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  • I need a sign that this is gonna work."
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  • This is gonna work." and isaiah --
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  • And isaiah -- you gotta get in this,
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  • You gotta get in this, get in this image.
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  • Get in this image. it's so cool.
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  • It's so cool. isaiah goes, "alright,
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  • Isaiah goes, "alright, you want a sign?
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  • You want a sign? i'll give you a sign,
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  • I'll give you a sign, 'cause you don't really
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  • 'cause you don't really believe it yet.
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  • Believe it yet. so, the shadow is going
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  • So, the shadow is going to move so god can show you
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  • To move so god can show you that you've got more time.
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  • That you've got more time. shall it go forward 10 steps
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  • Shall it go forward 10 steps or shall it go back 10 steps?"
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  • Or shall it go back 10 steps?" now, let's work this out
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  • Now, let's work this out real quickly.
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  • Real quickly. the sun comes up
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  • The sun comes up over the temple.
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  • Over the temple. the shadow goes down
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  • The shadow goes down the steps.
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  • The steps. that is the natural
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  • That is the natural pattern of things.
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  • Pattern of things. hezekiah said, "if the shadow
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  • Hezekiah said, "if the shadow keeps going down the steps,
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  • Keeps going down the steps, that's what's supposed
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  • That's what's supposed to happen.
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  • To happen. how will i know that
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  • How will i know that god can do it if it
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  • God can do it if it goes exactly how
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  • Goes exactly how it's supposed to?"
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  • It's supposed to?" maybe this is why certain
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  • Maybe this is why certain things in our lives
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  • Things in our lives don't go exactly how
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  • Don't go exactly how they're supposed to.
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  • They're supposed to. because how would you know
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  • Because how would you know that it was god if it just
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  • That it was god if it just went how it's supposed to?
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  • Went how it's supposed to? if people just recognized you
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  • If people just recognized you like they were supposed to,
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  • Like they were supposed to, how would you know that it
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  • How would you know that it is god that promotes you?
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  • Is god that promotes you? if everybody supported you,
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  • If everybody supported you, and endorsed you that was
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  • And endorsed you that was supposed to support
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  • Supposed to support and endorse you,
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  • And endorse you, how would i know
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  • How would i know it was god if the shadow
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  • It was god if the shadow just did what shadows do?
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  • Just did what shadows do? i got another one for you.
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  • I got another one for you. if it happened when
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  • If it happened when you wanted it to,
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  • You wanted it to, you would have
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  • You would have thought it was you.
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  • Thought it was you. [applause]
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  • [applause] so, god said, "i gotta do
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  • So, god said, "i gotta do something really quick.
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  • Something really quick. i gotta make the shadow
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  • I gotta make the shadow stretch out so that you
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  • Stretch out so that you get in a position
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  • Get in a position where you won't say,
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  • Where you won't say, 'oh, i was really smart.
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  • 'oh, i was really smart. oh, i was really clever.
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  • Oh, i was really clever. oh, i was really faithful.'"
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  • Oh, i was really faithful.'" notice, while hezekiah was
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  • Notice, while hezekiah was talking about his faithfulness,
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  • Talking about his faithfulness, isaiah kept walking.
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  • Isaiah kept walking. but when he cried
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  • But when he cried a tear and said,
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  • A tear and said, "god, if you don't do it,
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  • "god, if you don't do it, it will not get done,"
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  • It will not get done," isaiah said,
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  • Isaiah said, "whoa, that's faith.
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  • "whoa, that's faith. whoa, that's trust.
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  • Whoa, that's trust. whoa, that's somebody
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  • Whoa, that's somebody who has come to
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  • Who has come to the end of themselves.
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  • The end of themselves. that's somebody who has
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  • That's somebody who has seen the shadow,
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  • Seen the shadow, but will still come back
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  • But will still come back to the source."
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  • To the source." what are you all looking at?
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  • What are you all looking at? he loves good preaching.
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  • He loves good preaching. you see people stand up
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  • You see people stand up at a football game?
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  • At a football game? this is better than
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  • This is better than a football game.
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  • A football game. this is the church
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  • This is the church of the living god.
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  • Of the living god. [applause]
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  • [applause] thank you, jesus.
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  • Thank you, jesus. [applause]
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  • [applause] they think it's crazy
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  • They think it's crazy when we get excited
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  • When we get excited about the word of god.
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  • About the word of god. i see people get excited about
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  • I see people get excited about somebody in some mesh shorts
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  • Somebody in some mesh shorts running up and down
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  • Running up and down some hardwood floors,
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  • Some hardwood floors, bouncing a ball into a hoop.
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  • Bouncing a ball into a hoop. i think i can get excited when
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  • I think i can get excited when the word of the lord comes
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  • The word of the lord comes to me and starts telling me,
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  • To me and starts telling me, "this shadow is not
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  • "this shadow is not gonna consume you."
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  • Gonna consume you." [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] yes, lord.
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  • Yes, lord. [applause]
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  • [applause] why are you scared
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  • Why are you scared to praise god?
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  • To praise god? why are you scared
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  • Why are you scared to give him glory?
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  • To give him glory? why are you quiet
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  • Why are you quiet when you come in here?
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  • When you come in here? you better get radical
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  • You better get radical about this thing.
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  • About this thing. time's running out, baby.
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  • Time's running out, baby. you can't afford to sit there
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  • You can't afford to sit there and wait for a feeling.
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  • And wait for a feeling. this is more than a feeling.
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  • This is more than a feeling. this is the word
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  • This is the word of almighty god!
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  • Of almighty god! if you don't cry out,
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  • If you don't cry out, the rocks will.
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  • The rocks will. if you don't cry out,
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  • If you don't cry out, isaiah keeps walking.
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  • Isaiah keeps walking. somebody release the sound
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  • Somebody release the sound of worship that will stop
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  • Of worship that will stop the prophet in his tracks
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  • The prophet in his tracks and say, "get back here.
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  • And say, "get back here. i will live!"
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  • I will live!" [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] glory!
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  • Glory! glory!
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  • Glory! high-five somebody and say,
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  • High-five somebody and say, "i'm back, i'm back."
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  • "i'm back, i'm back." now, watch the shadow,
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  • Now, watch the shadow, watch the shadow,
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  • Watch the shadow, watch the shadow, verse 11.
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  • Watch the shadow, verse 11. isaiah said,
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  • Isaiah said, "okay, you need a sign?
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  • "okay, you need a sign? the shadow is going
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  • The shadow is going to stop going forward,
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  • To stop going forward, and it's gonna do something
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  • And it's gonna do something that will always prove
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  • That will always prove the presence of god."
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  • The presence of god." get ready to shout over this.
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  • Get ready to shout over this. you're going to love this.
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  • You're going to love this. verse 11, it said,
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  • Verse 11, it said, "he made the shadow
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  • "he made the shadow go back up the steps."
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  • Go back up the steps." again, for everybody who's
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  • Again, for everybody who's looking at something right now
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  • Looking at something right now that looks like it's over,
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  • That looks like it's over, watch what god did for hezekiah
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  • Watch what god did for hezekiah when hezekiah called on him.
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  • When hezekiah called on him. he made the shadow
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  • He made the shadow go back up the steps.
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  • Go back up the steps. and i thought, "god,
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  • And i thought, "god, this doesn't make sense.
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  • This doesn't make sense. shadows don't climb stairs."
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  • Shadows don't climb stairs." exactly.
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  • Exactly. not until
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  • Not until you challenge them.
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  • You challenge them. [applause]
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  • [applause] see, as long as we just
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  • See, as long as we just let it be whatever
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  • Let it be whatever way it is and go,
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  • Way it is and go, "okay, well,
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  • "okay, well, that's just how it is"
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  • That's just how it is" or "that's just how i am"
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  • Or "that's just how i am" and we never challenge
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  • And we never challenge the shadow by coming back
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  • The shadow by coming back to the source,
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  • To the source, it's just going to keep
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  • It's just going to keep going down, down, down.
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  • Going down, down, down. have you been depressed?
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  • Have you been depressed? have you been discouraged?
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  • Have you been discouraged? have you given up on your dream
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  • Have you given up on your dream that god put inside of you?
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  • That god put inside of you? is the shadow going down
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  • Is the shadow going down the steps in your life?
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  • The steps in your life? challenge it.
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  • Challenge it. challenge it.
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  • Challenge it. whatever that
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  • Whatever that looks like for you,
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  • Looks like for you, god will reveal it
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  • God will reveal it by his spirit.
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  • By his spirit. i hear god saying,
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  • I hear god saying, "challenge that."
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  • "challenge that." i wish i had a flag like
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  • I wish i had a flag like they have on football,
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  • They have on football, so i could throw
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  • So i could throw the challenge flag on some
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  • The challenge flag on some situations in your life,
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  • Situations in your life, some stuff you're
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  • Some stuff you're complaining about.
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  • Complaining about. hey, stop complaining
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  • Hey, stop complaining about stuff you can change.
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  • About stuff you can change. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] stop complaining about
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  • Stop complaining about stuff you can change.
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  • Stuff you can change. [applause]
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  • [applause] alright, alright, alright.
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  • Alright, alright, alright. let's do it.
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  • Let's do it. let's do it.
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  • Let's do it. let's get practical.
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  • Let's get practical. let's get practical.
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  • Let's get practical. holly loves it when
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  • Holly loves it when i get practical.
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  • I get practical. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] she's very literal.
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  • She's very literal. i'm very figurative.
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  • I'm very figurative. i am a song writer.
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  • I am a song writer. she is a teacher.
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  • She is a teacher. she taught school while
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  • She taught school while i was learning to write songs.
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  • I was learning to write songs. so, i'm like,
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  • So, i'm like, "challenge the shadow,"
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  • "challenge the shadow," and she's like,
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  • And she's like, "hallelujah, how?"
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  • "hallelujah, how?" [laughter]
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  • [laughter] how many of y'all need some
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  • How many of y'all need some help with hallelujah, how?
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  • Help with hallelujah, how? like, i feel y'all believe --
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  • Like, i feel y'all believe -- okay, okay, okay.
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  • Okay, okay, okay. "what are you saying?
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  • "what are you saying? the shadow came back, like,
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  • The shadow came back, like, what does that mean?
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  • What does that mean? does that mean,
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  • Does that mean, you want me to go up
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  • You want me to go up to the graveyard and my --
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  • To the graveyard and my -- i've had a family member
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  • I've had a family member that's been dead and pray
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  • That's been dead and pray for the person to get up from
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  • For the person to get up from the dead and stuff like that?"
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  • The dead and stuff like that?" no, i've never done that
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  • No, i've never done that in my life.
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  • In my life. that's not the kind
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  • That's not the kind of faith that i have.
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  • Of faith that i have. but i do have this
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  • But i do have this kind of faith,
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  • Kind of faith, and this is a practical faith,
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  • And this is a practical faith, it is the ability for me
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  • It is the ability for me to see that sometimes in life
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  • To see that sometimes in life when i am complaining that
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  • When i am complaining that i don't have something,
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  • I don't have something, it is a product of the way
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  • It is a product of the way that i see something.
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  • That i see something. so, challenging the shadow
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  • So, challenging the shadow could be as simple as this.
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  • Could be as simple as this. in the last week,
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  • In the last week, raise your hand if
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  • Raise your hand if in the last week --
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  • In the last week -- and i would have you
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  • And i would have you close you eyes and just,
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  • Close you eyes and just, like, for privacy sake,
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  • Like, for privacy sake, but we're gonna do it
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  • But we're gonna do it looking all around.
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  • Looking all around. you have said, "i do not
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  • You have said, "i do not have enough time."
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  • Have enough time." say it.
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  • Say it. raise your hand.
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  • "i don't have enough time,
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  • "i don't have enough time, but warren buffett did."
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  • But warren buffett did." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i don't have enough time,
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  • I don't have enough time, but jesus only lived to be
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  • But jesus only lived to be 33 and saved the world.
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  • 33 and saved the world. [applause]
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  • [applause] "yeah, but that's different.
  • 00:09:06.998 --> 00:09:07.832
  • "yeah, but that's different. it was jesus."
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  • It was jesus." yeah, it's different.
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  • Yeah, it's different. jesus didn't even have
  • 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:09.834
  • Jesus didn't even have a car and he still did it."
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  • A car and he still did it." jesus couldn't even get
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  • Jesus couldn't even get an airplane and he did it.
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  • An airplane and he did it. you don't have time.
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  • You don't have time. no, we just compress
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  • No, we just compress so much stress into
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  • So much stress into a shorter time span
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  • A shorter time span that we have no ability
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  • That we have no ability to prioritize.
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  • To prioritize. so, sometimes challenging
  • 00:09:25.684 --> 00:09:26.918
  • So, sometimes challenging the shadow is this mentality
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  • The shadow is this mentality that you have when you wake up
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  • That you have when you wake up any given day and you go,
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  • Any given day and you go, "i'm not gonna be able
  • 00:09:31.623 --> 00:09:32.524
  • "i'm not gonna be able to get it all done."
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  • To get it all done." no, not with everything
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  • No, not with everything that you do that nobody
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  • That you do that nobody told you to do.
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  • Told you to do. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] you do not have
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  • You do not have enough time to do your job,
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  • Enough time to do your job, and bob's job, and god's job.
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  • And bob's job, and god's job. as long as you keep running
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  • As long as you keep running around with the 's' on
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  • Around with the 's' on your chest that you think
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  • Your chest that you think stands for savior,
  • 00:09:54.813 --> 00:09:55.547
  • Stands for savior, but it really stands
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  • But it really stands for stressed.
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  • For stressed. the shadow goes down
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  • The shadow goes down the steps and so you
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  • The steps and so you end each day going,
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  • End each day going, "i don't have enough time."
  • 00:10:03.888 --> 00:10:05.824
  • "i don't have enough time." i need to check your
  • 00:10:05.890 --> 00:10:06.858
  • I need to check your netflix queue...
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  • Netflix queue... [laughter]
  • 00:10:07.792 --> 00:10:09.461
  • [laughter] to see if god really
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  • To see if god really accidentally skipped some time
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  • Accidentally skipped some time he was supposed to give you.
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  • He was supposed to give you. challenge the shadow.
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  • Challenge the shadow. do you see what i mean?
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  • Do you see what i mean? it sounds so big, like, wow,
  • 00:10:18.703 --> 00:10:20.138
  • It sounds so big, like, wow, we're reading this passage
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  • We're reading this passage about this king who was
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  • About this king who was about to die, and god said,
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  • About to die, and god said, "i'mma give him 15 more years."
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  • "i'mma give him 15 more years." sometimes, it's not
  • 00:10:26.478 --> 00:10:27.145
  • Sometimes, it's not about 15 years.
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  • About 15 years. it's about 15 minutes.
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  • It's about 15 minutes. i learned if i take 15 minutes
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  • I learned if i take 15 minutes and seek god first in my day,
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  • And seek god first in my day, the whole day gets longer.
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  • The whole day gets longer. [applause]
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  • [applause] it's almost like the shadow
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  • It's almost like the shadow goes up the steps
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  • Goes up the steps if i seek him first.
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  • If i seek him first. but if i'm not focused
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  • But if i'm not focused then i'm gonna end the day
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  • Then i'm gonna end the day not enough time.
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  • Not enough time. i'm gonna start the day
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  • I'm gonna start the day not enough sleep,
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  • Not enough sleep, and the shadow will swallow me.
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  • And the shadow will swallow me. how about this one while
  • 00:10:59.377 --> 00:11:02.013
  • How about this one while we're at it?
  • 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:02.781
  • We're at it? [laughter]
  • 00:11:02.847 --> 00:11:04.616
  • [laughter] feel like i need to pull
  • 00:11:04.683 --> 00:11:05.350
  • Feel like i need to pull out some rubber gloves,
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  • Out some rubber gloves, so i go in this deep, alright.
  • 00:11:06.151 --> 00:11:07.752
  • So i go in this deep, alright. this is crazy stuff right here.
  • 00:11:07.819 --> 00:11:08.987
  • This is crazy stuff right here. [laughter]
  • 00:11:09.054 --> 00:11:13.391
  • [laughter] this is a -- this is
  • 00:11:13.458 --> 00:11:14.225
  • This is a -- this is a big one for a lot of us.
  • 00:11:14.292 --> 00:11:15.960
  • A big one for a lot of us. it's the idea that
  • 00:11:16.027 --> 00:11:18.229
  • It's the idea that it's too late for me now.
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  • It's too late for me now. how about that one?
  • 00:11:22.434 --> 00:11:23.334
  • How about that one? anybody?
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  • Anybody? anybody?
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  • Anybody? he said, "that's real."
  • 00:11:25.904 --> 00:11:26.871
  • He said, "that's real." no, it's a shadow.
  • 00:11:26.938 --> 00:11:30.875
  • No, it's a shadow. it feels real.
  • 00:11:30.942 --> 00:11:32.911
  • It feels real. it feels real especially
  • 00:11:32.977 --> 00:11:33.745
  • It feels real especially in this day and time, man,
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  • In this day and time, man, because they are trying
  • 00:11:34.913 --> 00:11:35.547
  • Because they are trying to wheel us to the nursing
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  • To wheel us to the nursing home when we're 45.
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  • Home when we're 45. am i right?
  • 00:11:41.286 --> 00:11:43.421
  • Am i right? abbey said the other day,
  • 00:11:43.488 --> 00:11:44.756
  • Abbey said the other day, "mom, if you die,
  • 00:11:44.823 --> 00:11:45.690
  • "mom, if you die, can you write down
  • 00:11:45.757 --> 00:11:46.624
  • Can you write down to the boys and let them know
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  • To the boys and let them know i'll take care of your closet?"
  • 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:49.327
  • I'll take care of your closet?" [laughter]
  • 00:11:49.394 --> 00:11:52.931
  • [laughter] she is killing my wife...
  • 00:11:52.997 --> 00:11:54.466
  • She is killing my wife... [laughter]
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  • [laughter] in the prime of her life.
  • 00:11:57.268 --> 00:12:00.438
  • In the prime of her life. i mean, well, i'm still --
  • 00:12:00.505 --> 00:12:01.372
  • I mean, well, i'm still -- i'm still buying holly clothes
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  • I'm still buying holly clothes and jewelry and abbey
  • 00:12:02.874 --> 00:12:03.942
  • And jewelry and abbey is already claiming it.
  • 00:12:04.008 --> 00:12:05.143
  • Is already claiming it. [laughter]
  • 00:12:05.210 --> 00:12:06.344
  • [laughter] 'cause she's right on
  • 00:12:06.411 --> 00:12:07.378
  • 'cause she's right on the doorstep of death.
  • 00:12:07.445 --> 00:12:08.913
  • The doorstep of death. i tell you what --
  • 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:09.514
  • I tell you what -- [laughter]
  • 00:12:09.581 --> 00:12:12.717
  • [laughter] and that's funny until it's not.
  • 00:12:12.784 --> 00:12:15.687
  • And that's funny until it's not. i remember a guy
  • 00:12:15.754 --> 00:12:16.421
  • I remember a guy told me one time,
  • 00:12:16.488 --> 00:12:17.856
  • Told me one time, "song writing is
  • 00:12:17.922 --> 00:12:18.423
  • "song writing is a young man's game."
  • 00:12:18.490 --> 00:12:19.524
  • A young man's game." he was 40.
  • 00:12:19.591 --> 00:12:21.526
  • He was 40. and in a sense,
  • 00:12:21.593 --> 00:12:22.193
  • And in a sense, he right because most people
  • 00:12:22.260 --> 00:12:23.228
  • He right because most people who write pop songs and all
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  • Who write pop songs and all different kinds of music
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  • Different kinds of music they write it when they're
  • 00:12:26.030 --> 00:12:26.598
  • They write it when they're in their 20's or even
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  • In their 20's or even younger than that.
  • 00:12:27.732 --> 00:12:28.867
  • Younger than that. and he had kind of resigned
  • 00:12:28.933 --> 00:12:30.268
  • And he had kind of resigned himself to the fact that
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  • Himself to the fact that he wasn't gonna write
  • 00:12:31.102 --> 00:12:31.603
  • He wasn't gonna write anymore good songs.
  • 00:12:31.669 --> 00:12:34.038
  • Anymore good songs. he went on to write
  • 00:12:34.105 --> 00:12:34.672
  • He went on to write a few good ones.
  • 00:12:34.739 --> 00:12:36.307
  • A few good ones. but i bet you somewhere
  • 00:12:36.374 --> 00:12:37.809
  • But i bet you somewhere in him dealing with that,
  • 00:12:37.876 --> 00:12:38.743
  • In him dealing with that, 'cause he was saying that
  • 00:12:38.810 --> 00:12:39.577
  • 'cause he was saying that out of his fear.
  • 00:12:39.644 --> 00:12:40.145
  • Out of his fear. he was over 40.
  • 00:12:40.211 --> 00:12:41.546
  • He was over 40. i bet somewhere
  • 00:12:41.613 --> 00:12:42.380
  • I bet somewhere in his fear of that,
  • 00:12:42.447 --> 00:12:44.616
  • In his fear of that, he had to turn his face
  • 00:12:44.682 --> 00:12:45.416
  • He had to turn his face to the wall and ask god,
  • 00:12:45.483 --> 00:12:47.652
  • To the wall and ask god, "is that really true?
  • 00:12:47.719 --> 00:12:50.488
  • "is that really true? 'cause normally, yeah,
  • 00:12:50.555 --> 00:12:51.222
  • 'cause normally, yeah, people do their
  • 00:12:51.289 --> 00:12:51.956
  • People do their best work early."
  • 00:12:52.023 --> 00:12:54.793
  • Best work early." but this is not the nba.
  • 00:12:54.859 --> 00:12:58.563
  • But this is not the nba. why have we let our
  • 00:12:58.630 --> 00:13:00.331
  • Why have we let our culture turn into this?
  • 00:13:00.398 --> 00:13:03.168
  • Culture turn into this? "once you're over 30
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  • "once you're over 30 you're worthless."
  • 00:13:05.236 --> 00:13:08.473
  • You're worthless." the devil is a liar.
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  • The devil is a liar. [applause]
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  • [applause] y'all, care so much.
  • 00:13:11.810 --> 00:13:13.344
  • Y'all, care so much. i don't believe that.
  • 00:13:13.411 --> 00:13:14.512
  • I don't believe that. i wouldn't let my --
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  • I wouldn't let my -- i wouldn't even let them
  • 00:13:15.513 --> 00:13:16.247
  • I wouldn't even let them put my sermons on line
  • 00:13:16.314 --> 00:13:17.549
  • Put my sermons on line that i preached when i was 30
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  • That i preached when i was 30 'cause i did not know
  • 00:13:19.717 --> 00:13:20.585
  • 'cause i did not know anything when i was 30.
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  • Anything when i was 30. and i'll probably take
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  • And i'll probably take this one down when i'm 60
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  • This one down when i'm 60 'cause i intend to keep
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  • 'cause i intend to keep living and i intend
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  • Living and i intend to keep learning.
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  • To keep learning. [applause]
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  • [applause] and i intend to keep
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  • And i intend to keep contradicting myself
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  • Contradicting myself as long as it takes to grow.
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  • As long as it takes to grow. [applause]
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  • [applause] so, if god shows me
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  • So, if god shows me something different,
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  • Something different, the shadow can roll back.
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  • The shadow can roll back. i can admit my ignorance and go,
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  • I can admit my ignorance and go, "i didn't know that then."
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  • "i didn't know that then." i'm growing now.
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  • I'm growing now. why have we given ourselves
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  • Why have we given ourselves no grace to grow?
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  • No grace to grow? why do we define what
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  • Why do we define what can come next by what
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  • Can come next by what has already been?
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  • Has already been? is that not a step?
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  • Is that not a step? was it every mistake that
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  • Was it every mistake that you made up to this point in
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  • You made up to this point in your life a step toward wisdom?
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  • Your life a step toward wisdom? so, watch this
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  • So, watch this if you can receive it.
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  • If you can receive it. everything you thought was a
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  • Everything you thought was a step down from god's vantage
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  • Step down from god's vantage point, it was a step up.
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  • Point, it was a step up. [applause]
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  • [applause] that's what it means
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  • That's what it means when god makes
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  • When god makes the shadow go backward.
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  • The shadow go backward. but you've gotta challenge it.
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  • But you've gotta challenge it. you've got to get in the face
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  • You've got to get in the face of your failure and say,
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  • Of your failure and say, "oh, guess what
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  • "oh, guess what you are, failure.
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  • You are, failure. you are a foundation."
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  • You are a foundation." i saw something online
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  • I saw something online the other day it said,
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  • The other day it said, "you're not starting over,
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  • "you're not starting over, you're starting
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  • You're starting from experience."
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  • From experience." [applause]
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  • [applause] how about that, young people?
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  • How about that, young people? [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] all my 43 year old
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  • All my 43 year old senior citizens make
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  • Senior citizens make some noise with me.
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  • Some noise with me. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] "i'mma praise him with no
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  • "i'mma praise him with no teeth in my mouth."
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  • Teeth in my mouth." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] it's so crazy how quick
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  • It's so crazy how quick we give up on what might
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  • We give up on what might have been the greatest
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  • Have been the greatest season of your life.
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  • Season of your life. i declare your grandkids
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  • I declare your grandkids need you to grow into it.
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  • Need you to grow into it. if for nobody else, do it for
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  • If for nobody else, do it for what's coming after you.
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  • What's coming after you. [applause]
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  • [applause] a girl that worked
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  • A girl that worked for me turned 30.
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  • For me turned 30. i said, "congratulations."
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  • I said, "congratulations." she said, "oh no,
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  • She said, "oh no, please don't speak of it."
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  • Please don't speak of it." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i said, "speak of what?"
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  • I said, "speak of what?" she said, "i can't stand to
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  • She said, "i can't stand to think about it, turning 30."
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  • Think about it, turning 30." imagine that.
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  • Imagine that. imagine that the enemy is so
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  • Imagine that the enemy is so good at getting us to die
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  • Good at getting us to die that we just stay stupid.
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  • That we just stay stupid. we won't learn.
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  • We won't learn. we won't challenge anything.
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  • We won't challenge anything. we won't challenge a prejudice.
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  • We won't challenge a prejudice. we won't challenge
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  • We won't challenge a preconceived notion
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  • A preconceived notion of ourselves.
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  • Of ourselves. we won't challenge
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  • We won't challenge an insecurity.
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  • An insecurity. we won't challenge a hobby.
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  • We won't challenge a hobby. we won't challenge an interest.
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  • We won't challenge an interest. we're just living.
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  • We're just living. 'cause hezekiah called
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  • 'cause hezekiah called the prophet back with his tears.
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  • The prophet back with his tears. i reckon you can rebuke
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  • I reckon you can rebuke the enemy off of your
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  • The enemy off of your life with yours.
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  • Life with yours. [applause]
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  • [applause] it changed my life when
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  • It changed my life when i realize that god said,
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  • I realize that god said, "let there be light,"
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  • "let there be light," first, also points to the fact
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  • First, also points to the fact that the god who said,
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  • That the god who said, "let there be light,"
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  • "let there be light," also controls the shadows.
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  • The author of truth
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  • The author of truth is the controller of time.
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  • Is the controller of time. and i just speak this message
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  • And i just speak this message today from my heart to yours.
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  • Today from my heart to yours. that sometimes you need
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  • That sometimes you need to stand in the shadows
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  • To stand in the shadows and speak to the source.
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  • And speak to the source. [applause]
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  • [applause] isaiah said, "i can make it
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  • Isaiah said, "i can make it keep going down which is
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  • Keep going down which is what it naturally does,
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  • What it naturally does, or if you really wanna see
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  • Or if you really wanna see what god spoke come to pass,
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  • What god spoke come to pass, here's what's gonna happen.
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  • Here's what's gonna happen. what was supposed to stay down
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  • What was supposed to stay down is gonna go back up.
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  • Is gonna go back up. [applause]
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  • [applause] now, i don't know what
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  • Now, i don't know what brought you down in your
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  • Brought you down in your life and i can't know what's
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  • Life and i can't know what's bringing you down in your soul,
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  • Bringing you down in your soul, but the promise of god
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  • But the promise of god is not just limited to some
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  • Is not just limited to some obscure old testament king.
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  • Obscure old testament king. as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, this whole story
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  • This whole story isn't really a story.
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  • Isn't really a story. it's a shadow.
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  • It's a shadow. the prophet said,
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  • The prophet said, “in three days you will rise.”
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  • “in three days you will rise.” i read my bible,
  • 00:17:56.260 --> 00:17:58.763
  • I read my bible, i seem to remember another
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  • I seem to remember another thing about three days...
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  • Thing about three days... [applause]
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  • [applause] and rise.
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  • And rise. you remember anything
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  • You remember anything in that bible about
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  • In that bible about three days and rising?
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  • Three days and rising? you remember in john 2
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  • You remember in john 2 where jesus came through
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  • Where jesus came through the temple and he was like,
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  • The temple and he was like, “this is all out of order?”
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  • “this is all out of order?” and i feel god going through
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  • And i feel god going through somebody's temple today
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  • Somebody's temple today and clearing out everything
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  • And clearing out everything that doesn't belong,
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  • That doesn't belong, and wiping out every shadow
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  • And wiping out every shadow that has tried to eliminate
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  • That has tried to eliminate your purpose and your peace.
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  • Your purpose and your peace. [applause]
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  • [applause] and those gathered
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  • And those gathered that day said,
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  • That day said, “what will be,”--
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  • “what will be,”-- look at this in john 2:8.
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  • Look at this in john 2:8. you're gonna love this verse.
  • 00:18:41.973 --> 00:18:43.274
  • You're gonna love this verse. he said, “what sign can you
  • 00:18:43.341 --> 00:18:46.644
  • He said, “what sign can you show us to prove your
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  • Show us to prove your authority to do this?”
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  • Authority to do this?” 19 has all the answer i need.
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  • 19 has all the answer i need. “jesus answered them,
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  • “jesus answered them, ‘destroy this temple
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  • ‘destroy this temple and i will raise it,'” --
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  • And i will raise it,'” -- y'all ready?
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  • Y'all ready? there's about to be
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  • There's about to be a resurrection.
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  • A resurrection. [applause]
  • 00:19:05.296 --> 00:19:06.797
  • [applause] “destroy this temple,
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  • “destroy this temple, take away my good name.”
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  • Take away my good name.” jesus said, “hang me up
  • 00:19:13.437 --> 00:19:14.805
  • Jesus said, “hang me up on a cross, call me the king
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  • On a cross, call me the king of the jews as you mock me
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  • Of the jews as you mock me with a crown of thorns.
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  • With a crown of thorns. plunge a roman spear
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  • Plunge a roman spear into my side.
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  • Into my side. you can destroy it,
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  • You can destroy it, but if you do,
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  • But if you do, you should know,
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  • You should know, i will raise it again
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  • I will raise it again in three days.”
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  • In three days.” [applause]
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  • [applause] that's why he died,
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  • That's why he died, to challenge the shadow.
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  • To challenge the shadow. that's why he rose,
  • 00:19:40.498 --> 00:19:43.034
  • That's why he rose, to challenge the shadow.
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  • To challenge the shadow. that's why he ascended
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  • That's why he ascended to the right hand of god
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  • To the right hand of god to let you know that
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  • To let you know that even the grave,
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  • Even the grave, and even the keys
  • 00:19:57.748 --> 00:20:00.518
  • And even the keys of death and hell
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  • Of death and hell are in his hands.
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  • Are in his hands. [cheering and applause]
  • 00:20:04.188 --> 00:20:08.259
  • [cheering and applause] why would i die in the shadows
  • 00:20:08.326 --> 00:20:11.295
  • Why would i die in the shadows when i know the source?
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  • When i know the source? he is the source of my strength.
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  • He is the source of my strength. he is the strength of my life.
  • 00:20:16.334 --> 00:20:18.569
  • He is the strength of my life. “and hezekiah you shall not die.
  • 00:20:18.636 --> 00:20:23.174
  • “and hezekiah you shall not die. you shall live.
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  • You shall live. live, live, live.
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  • Live, live, live. out of the shadows
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  • Out of the shadows into the light.
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  • Into the light. out of the past
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  • Out of the past into the promise.
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  • Into the promise. you shall live.”
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  • You shall live.” [applause]
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  • [applause] ‘cause the one who controls
  • 00:20:47.565 --> 00:20:48.466
  • ‘cause the one who controls the sun and spoke it into
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  • The sun and spoke it into its place can certainly
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  • Its place can certainly bring the shadows back.
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  • Bring the shadows back. the one who sees you in that
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  • The one who sees you in that pit can certainly pull you out.
  • 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:58.943
  • Pit can certainly pull you out. the one who gave you your unique
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  • The one who gave you your unique composition as a child of god
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  • Composition as a child of god can certainly bring you
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  • Can certainly bring you into your purpose no matter
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  • Into your purpose no matter how much time has passed.
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  • How much time has passed. even isaiah had to turn
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  • Even isaiah had to turn around what hezekiah cried.
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  • Around what hezekiah cried. even the prophet had to
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  • Even the prophet had to turn around and say,
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  • Turn around and say, “there is a better word.”
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  • “there is a better word.” even god waits for your faith.
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  • Even god waits for your faith. [applause]
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  • [applause] no challenge, no change.
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  • No challenge, no change. if the shadow just went down
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  • If the shadow just went down the steps and it was easy,
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  • The steps and it was easy, you wouldn't know he was god.
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  • You wouldn't know he was god. you are in this moment and this
  • 00:21:35.846 --> 00:21:36.681
  • You are in this moment and this season of your life not only
  • 00:21:36.747 --> 00:21:37.715
  • Season of your life not only because life is hard.
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  • Because life is hard. that's one reason.
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  • That's one reason. not only because
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  • Not only because bad things happen.
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  • Bad things happen. that's another reason.
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  • That's another reason. but because god
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  • But because god is using this as a sign.
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  • Is using this as a sign. i pictured all week that shadow
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  • I pictured all week that shadow coming back up the steps.
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  • Coming back up the steps. i thought, “what would that be
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  • I thought, “what would that be like to watch something
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  • Like to watch something that looked like it was
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  • That looked like it was over and all of a sudden,
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  • Over and all of a sudden, step by step --
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  • Step by step -- come on, get your feet moving.
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  • Come on, get your feet moving. onward, christian soldiers.
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  • Onward, christian soldiers. step-by-step.
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  • Step-by-step. wait a minute.
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  • Wait a minute. shadows don't walk up steps.
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  • Shadows don't walk up steps. they do when god speaks.
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  • They do when god speaks. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] stones don't roll
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  • Stones don't roll from before graves.
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  • From before graves. they do when jesus speaks.
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  • They do when jesus speaks. sins can be forgiven,
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  • Sins can be forgiven, the past can't be undone,
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  • The past can't be undone, the record can't be erased,
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  • The record can't be erased, it can when the blood speaks.
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  • It can when the blood speaks. i need everybody who's believing
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  • I need everybody who's believing for a better word to stop
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  • For a better word to stop the prophet in his tracks right
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  • The prophet in his tracks right now and begin to praise god.
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  • Now and begin to praise god. when you praise him,
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  • When you praise him, the shadow falls back.
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  • The shadow falls back. when you praise him,
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  • When you praise him, the chains fall off.
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  • The chains fall off. when you praise him,
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  • When you praise him, the darkness starts
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  • The darkness starts to scatter and disintegrate
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  • To scatter and disintegrate and disappear.
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  • And disappear. i declare it's coming back.
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  • I declare it's coming back. it's coming back.
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  • It's coming back. it's coming back to you now.
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  • It's coming back to you now. those who wait on the lord
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  • Those who wait on the lord shall renew their strength.
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  • Shall renew their strength. it's coming back right now.
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  • It's coming back right now. it's coming back with
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  • It's coming back with every step.
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  • Every step. it's coming back
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  • It's coming back with every praise.
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  • With every praise. it's coming back
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  • It's coming back with every breath.
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  • With every breath. it's coming back
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  • It's coming back with every tear.
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  • With every tear. come back.
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  • Come back. come back.
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  • Come back. get back here, isaiah,
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  • Get back here, isaiah, and speak the word
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  • And speak the word that they may listen.
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  • >> before we go,
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  • >> before we go, i want to take a moment
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  • I want to take a moment to show you what your giving
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  • To show you what your giving is helping make possible
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  • Is helping make possible through a special initiative
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  • Through a special initiative that we call love week.
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  • That we call love week. love week is a time each year
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  • Love week is a time each year where we intentionally come
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  • Where we intentionally come together to serve, to give,
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  • Together to serve, to give, and to love people in
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  • And to love people in communities around the world.
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  • Communities around the world. throughout the year,
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  • Throughout the year, we consistently
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  • We consistently serve and support
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  • Serve and support our outreach partners,
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  • Our outreach partners, but this week is a dedicated
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  • But this week is a dedicated week where we unify
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  • Week where we unify our time and our efforts
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  • Our time and our efforts to make a significant impact.
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  • To make a significant impact. this looks like families
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  • This looks like families packing meals together,
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  • Packing meals together, teams serving in local
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  • Teams serving in local schools and neighborhoods,
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  • Schools and neighborhoods, and volunteers coming alongside
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  • And volunteers coming alongside people in some of their most
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  • People in some of their most difficult moments.
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  • Difficult moments. this is a week dedicated
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  • This is a week dedicated to bringing support
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  • To bringing support and encouragement and care.
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  • And encouragement and care. this is the heart
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  • This is the heart of our outreach ministry,
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  • Of our outreach ministry, meeting practical needs
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  • Meeting practical needs so that people can experience
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  • So that people can experience the love of jesus.
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  • The love of jesus. and it's possible because
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  • And it's possible because of your generosity.
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  • Of your generosity. your giving allows us
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  • Your giving allows us to link arms with people
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  • To link arms with people who are already
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  • Who are already faithfully serving
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  • Faithfully serving their communities every day
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  • Their communities every day and strengthen the work that
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  • And strengthen the work that god is doing through them.
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  • God is doing through them. it helps meet real needs while
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  • It helps meet real needs while opening hearts to lasting hope.
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  • Opening hearts to lasting hope. this is your giving in action,
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  • This is your giving in action, and it's making a difference
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  • And it's making a difference in more lives than we could
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  • In more lives than we could ever reach alone.
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  • Ever reach alone. if you'd like
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  • If you'd like to partner with us,
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  • To partner with us, you can call the number
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  • You can call the number on your screen or go
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  • On your screen or go online to give.
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  • Online to give. every gift matters,
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  • Every gift matters, because together,
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  • Because together, we can continue reaching
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  • We can continue reaching people with hope and truth
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  • People with hope and truth right when they need it.
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  • >> what does it mean
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  • >> what does it mean to be blessed?
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  • To be blessed? is it to have a certain
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  • Is it to have a certain set of circumstances?
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  • Set of circumstances? is it to have your world
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  • Is it to have your world just the way you want it,
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  • Just the way you want it, or is it something else?
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  • Or is it something else? today i wanna offer you
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  • Today i wanna offer you a free resource
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  • That is all about that,
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  • How to find the blessings that
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  • Are already all around you.
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  • And if we can begin
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  • To shift our perspective
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  • And see the things that god
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  • Has already given we'll be
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  • Able to say with confidence,
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  • Able to say with confidence, "i am blessed."
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  • I want you to call
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  • Right now and request
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  • Your free copy of "blessed"
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  • As our gift to you.
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  • >> ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ on the mountain ♪
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  • ♪ i call god in the valley ♪
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  • ♪ i call god on the good days ♪
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  • ♪ i call god when ♪
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  • ♪ the enemy surrounds me ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ just to thank him ♪
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  • ♪ just to tell him ♪
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  • ♪ that i love him ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ cause he saved me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm so glad ♪
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  • ♪ he didn't leave me ♪
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  • ♪ like he found me ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ on the mountain ♪
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  • ♪ i call god in the valley ♪
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  • ♪ i call god on the good days ♪
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  • ♪ i call god when ♪
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  • ♪ the enemy surrounds me ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ just to thank him ♪
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  • ♪ just to tell him ♪
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  • ♪ that i love him ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ cause he saved me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm so glad ♪
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  • ♪ he didn't leave me ♪
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  • ♪ like he found me ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ on the mountain ♪
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  • ♪ i call god in the valley ♪
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  • ♪ i call god on the good days ♪
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  • ♪ i call god when ♪
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  • ♪ the enemy surrounds me ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ just to thank him ♪
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  • ♪ just to tell him ♪
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  • ♪ that i love him ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ cause he saved me ♪
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  • ♪ i'm so glad ♪
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  • ♪ he didn't leave me ♪
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  • ♪ like he found me ♪
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  • ♪ i can call you faithful ♪
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  • ♪ savior ♪
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  • ♪ there is only one ♪
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  • ♪ i can call you holy ♪
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  • ♪ worthy ♪
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  • ♪ beside you there is none ♪
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  • ♪ every time i call your name ♪
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  • ♪ you come running ♪
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  • ♪ what's his name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ you're the only one ♪
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  • ♪ i call god ♪
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  • ♪ on the mountain ♪
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  • ♪ i call god in the valley ♪
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