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Steven Furtick - Concealed But Not Canceled (Part 2)

July 27, 2025 | S25 E207 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - Concealed But Not Canceled (Part 2)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Concealed But Not Canceled (Part 2) | July 27, 2025
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking to strengthen
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  • Your faith and shift your
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  • Perspective stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> i think the biggest factor
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  • >> i think the biggest factor that determines whether
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  • That determines whether you're under attack from
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  • You're under attack from the enemy is whether
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  • The enemy is whether you're alive.
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  • You're alive. so, if the answer
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  • So, if the answer to that is yes,
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  • To that is yes, you're under attack
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  • You're under attack in some way, shape, or form.
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  • In some way, shape, or form. and it may be
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  • And it may be a long-range attack
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  • A long-range attack or it may be something
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  • Or it may be something that's happening immediately.
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  • That's happening immediately. but watch what happened
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  • But watch what happened in verse 14.
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  • In verse 14. "the israelites were subject
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  • "the israelites were subject to eglon king of moab
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  • To eglon king of moab for eighteen years."
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  • For eighteen years." now, you see why i picked
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  • Now, you see why i picked this passage.
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  • This passage. that got my attention.
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  • That got my attention. eighteen years.
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  • Eighteen years. and i'm like, "yeah, but, lord,
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  • And i'm like, "yeah, but, lord, we hadn't been subject
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  • We hadn't been subject to eglon for 18 years."
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  • To eglon for 18 years." 'cause they were having
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  • 'cause they were having to pay tribute.
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  • To pay tribute. and they were having to bring
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  • And they were having to bring all this extra taxation
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  • All this extra taxation to the king,
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  • To the king, and they were
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  • And they were oppressed by him.
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  • Oppressed by him. and it was causing them
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  • And it was causing them great hardship.
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  • Great hardship. now, we're here today
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  • Now, we're here today celebrating, of course,
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  • Celebrating, of course, 18 years of blessing,
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  • 18 years of blessing, but let's see before
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  • But let's see before we finish this celebration
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  • We finish this celebration if there's a parallel
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  • If there's a parallel for this 18 years of oppression
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  • For this 18 years of oppression that israel suffered
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  • That israel suffered and the victory god gave them
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  • And the victory god gave them and the 18 years of victory
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  • And the 18 years of victory he's given us.
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  • He's given us. watch this.
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  • Watch this. verse 15, "again the israelites
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  • Verse 15, "again the israelites cried out to the lord,
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  • Cried out to the lord, and he gave them
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  • And he gave them a deliverer-ehud,
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  • A deliverer-ehud, a left-handed man,
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  • A left-handed man, the son of gera the benjamite."
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  • The son of gera the benjamite." and now, we have
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  • And now, we have a completely confusing situation
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  • A completely confusing situation where god gives his people
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  • Where god gives his people a gift that makes no sense.
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  • A gift that makes no sense. the tribe of benjamin,
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  • The tribe of benjamin, larry brey will tell you,
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  • Larry brey will tell you, is literally known as,
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  • Is literally known as, "the right-handed tribe,"
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  • "the right-handed tribe," because, evan, the name benjamin
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  • Because, evan, the name benjamin literally means
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  • Literally means son of my right hand.
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  • Son of my right hand. that's what it means.
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  • That's what it means. so, when god wanted
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  • So, when god wanted to deliver his people,
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  • To deliver his people, he sent them
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  • He sent them a left-handed warrior
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  • A left-handed warrior from a right-handed tribe.
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  • From a right-handed tribe. this makes no sense.
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  • This makes no sense. repeat after me, "this makes...
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  • Repeat after me, "this makes... >> congregation: this makes...
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  • >> congregation: this makes... >> no sense."
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  • >> no sense." >> congregation: no sense.
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  • >> congregation: no sense. >> how many have been feeling
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  • >> how many have been feeling like that about a situation
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  • Like that about a situation in your life right now?
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  • In your life right now? now, this makes no sense.
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  • Now, this makes no sense. why would god sharpen an arrow,
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  • Why would god sharpen an arrow, polish an arrow,
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  • Polish an arrow, and then conceal it
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  • And then conceal it in a quiver?
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  • In a quiver? did you notice that
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  • Did you notice that isaiah 49:2 said that
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  • Isaiah 49:2 said that "god hid me in the quiver"?
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  • "god hid me in the quiver"? did you know that
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  • Did you know that god has a quiver?
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  • God has a quiver? the quiver is the pouch
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  • The quiver is the pouch where the archer
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  • Where the archer keeps his arrows
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  • Keeps his arrows so that he can carry them
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  • So that he can carry them to the place so that when
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  • To the place so that when the time is right
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  • The time is right the arrow can be launched,
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  • The arrow can be launched, but until the arrow
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  • But until the arrow is ready to be launched
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  • Is ready to be launched the arrow is kept in the quiver.
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  • The arrow is kept in the quiver. and if you judge your potential
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  • And if you judge your potential by the quiver, you'll think,
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  • By the quiver, you'll think, "i'm never going anywhere."
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  • "i'm never going anywhere." if you judge, watch this,
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  • If you judge, watch this, the potential of your child
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  • The potential of your child by what they're struggling
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  • By what they're struggling through in adolescence,
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  • Through in adolescence, you'll be preparing
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  • You'll be preparing to give them money
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  • To give them money for a homeless ministry
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  • For a homeless ministry named after them.
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  • Named after them. but what if it is not
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  • But what if it is not a destination where
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  • A destination where they are right now?
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  • They are right now? what if you have been cursing
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  • What if you have been cursing something in your life
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  • Something in your life and what you call a curse,
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  • And what you call a curse, god calls a quiver?
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  • [cheering]
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  • So i came
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  • So i came with a challenge church.
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  • With a challenge church. let me smile at you
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  • Let me smile at you while i say it,
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  • While i say it, don't curse your quiver
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  • Don't curse your quiver that's where god keeps
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  • That's where god keeps his most valuable weapons,
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  • His most valuable weapons, his secret weapons,
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  • His secret weapons, his special weapons,
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  • His special weapons, his sharp weapons,
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  • His sharp weapons, his ready weapons,
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  • His ready weapons, his capable weapons.
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  • His capable weapons. his weapons that
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  • His weapons that no one will see coming.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Now the bible seems
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  • Now the bible seems kinda brilliant
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  • Kinda brilliant 'cause i understand that it is
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  • 'cause i understand that it is the shameful things that god
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  • The shameful things that god uses to shame the strong.
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  • Uses to shame the strong. that it is the foolishness
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  • That it is the foolishness of the cross that god
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  • Of the cross that god used to save the world.
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  • Used to save the world. when it got ready
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  • When it got ready to redeem us from our sin
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  • To redeem us from our sin he found a virgin womb.
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  • He found a virgin womb. why?
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  • Why? this makes no sense.
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  • This makes no sense. when he got ready to
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  • When he got ready to take down a philistine giant
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  • Take down a philistine giant he chose a shepherd boy
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  • He chose a shepherd boy who was hidden in a field
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  • Who was hidden in a field 'cause this makes no sense.
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  • 'cause this makes no sense. when he got ready to use
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  • When he got ready to use somebody to liberate
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  • Somebody to liberate the israelites from egypt,
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  • The israelites from egypt, he chose a murderer
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  • He chose a murderer who was a fugitive.
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  • Who was a fugitive. why?
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  • Why? 'cause this makes no sense.
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  • 'cause this makes no sense. and when this makes no sense
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  • And when this makes no sense that's where god can get
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  • That's where god can get the greatest glory so he said,
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  • The greatest glory so he said, "i gotta get
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  • "i gotta get a left handed warrior."
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  • [cheering]
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  • Jesus.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Are you feeling this
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  • Are you feeling this like i'm feeling this?
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • 'cause somebody in here
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  • 'cause somebody in here has felt left-handed
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  • Has felt left-handed all your life
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  • All your life in a right-handed tribe.
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  • In a right-handed tribe. and you've never really fit in
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  • And you've never really fit in and you've never really been
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  • And you've never really been what you thought you
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  • What you thought you were supposed to be.
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  • Were supposed to be. and you've never really had what
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  • And you've never really had what you felt like you were
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  • You felt like you were supposed to have,
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  • Supposed to have, and what other people
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  • And what other people do easily you struggle for.
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  • Do easily you struggle for. you're a left-handed warrior
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  • You're a left-handed warrior from a right-handed tribe.
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  • From a right-handed tribe. and god looks across 50,000
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  • And god looks across 50,000 benjamite soldiers,
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  • Benjamite soldiers, they had about 47,000
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  • They had about 47,000 swordsmen and only 700 lefties
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  • Swordsmen and only 700 lefties and god said,
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  • And god said, "i need a leftie for this."
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  • "i need a leftie for this." god is looking for lefties
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  • God is looking for lefties and you're about
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  • And you're about to find out why.
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  • To find out why. if you wanna hear the rest
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  • If you wanna hear the rest of this message make some
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  • Of this message make some holy ghost noise
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  • Holy ghost noise in this 18 year old church.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Eighteen year old church.
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  • Eighteen year old church. and you know what happens
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  • And you know what happens when you turn 18?
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  • When you turn 18? you can go to war
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  • You can go to war when you turn 18.
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  • When you turn 18. i believe god's about
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  • I believe god's about to raise up a warrior
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  • To raise up a warrior as i preach this word today.
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  • As i preach this word today. as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, what's that in your hand?
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  • What's that in your hand? what's that in your hand?
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  • What's that in your hand? what's that in your hand?
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  • What's that in your hand? you look like a weapon.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Yeah.
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  • [applause]
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  • Isaiah said,
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  • Isaiah said, "he had me in the shadows
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  • "he had me in the shadows but he wasn't punishing me,
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  • But he wasn't punishing me, he was polishing me."
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  • He was polishing me." i'm not being punished,
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  • I'm not being punished, i'm being polished.
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  • I'm being polished. that's his hand working on me.
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  • That's his hand working on me. that's his hand sanding me down,
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  • That's his hand sanding me down, that's his hand, too,
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  • That's his hand, too, hiding me for the right time
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  • Hiding me for the right time and when the right time comes,
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  • And when the right time comes, i'm gonna be the right one
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  • I'm gonna be the right one for the right time
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  • For the right time 'cause he hid me in his quiver.
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  • 'cause he hid me in his quiver. it's not a curse,
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  • It's not a curse, it's a quiver.
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  • It's a quiver. loneliness sometimes is
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  • Loneliness sometimes is because you feel left-handed.
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  • Because you feel left-handed. one of my best friends
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  • One of my best friends said that three words --
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  • Said that three words -- or they're not words,
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  • Or they're not words, they're phrases,
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  • They're phrases, but he said three words
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  • But he said three words but he should've
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  • But he should've said three phrases,
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  • Said three phrases, describe how he's
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  • Describe how he's felt his whole life,
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  • Felt his whole life, left out,
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  • Left out, looked over,
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  • Looked over, and less than.
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  • And less than. now understand this church
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  • Now understand this church for the historical context,
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  • For the historical context, that if you are left-handed
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  • That if you are left-handed in a right-handed tribe
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  • In a right-handed tribe they didn't let you serve
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  • They didn't let you serve in the military except
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  • In the military except in a special position.
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  • In a special position. and it wasn't the best position.
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  • And it wasn't the best position. so imagine all the times that
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  • So imagine all the times that ehud got looked over, left out,
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  • Ehud got looked over, left out, and felt less than.
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  • And felt less than. "and the israelites cried out
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  • "and the israelites cried out to the lord, and he gave them,"
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  • To the lord, and he gave them," verse 15 please.
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  • Verse 15 please. "he gave them a deliverer,"
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  • "he gave them a deliverer," from a place they
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  • From a place they weren't looking.
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  • Weren't looking. he gave them what
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  • He gave them what they had looked over.
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  • They had looked over. he gave them someone
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  • He gave them someone who had been left out.
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  • Who had been left out. he gave them what they
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  • He gave them what they considered less than.
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  • Considered less than. and we regard christ
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  • And we regard christ according to the flesh
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  • According to the flesh we miss his glory because god
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  • We miss his glory because god will always wrap
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  • Will always wrap his favor in flesh.
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  • His favor in flesh. and when we look for god
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  • And when we look for god to do something only
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  • To do something only from the right hand
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  • From the right hand of what we consider a blessing,
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  • Of what we consider a blessing, we miss what's on
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  • We miss what's on the left every time.
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  • The left every time. i'm trying to say,
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  • I'm trying to say, god's trying to give you
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  • God's trying to give you stuff but you're
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  • Stuff but you're watching the wrong hand.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • You're waiting for everything
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  • You're waiting for everything to go right but sometimes
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  • To go right but sometimes god wants to bless
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  • God wants to bless you from the left.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Now do you see why
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  • Now do you see why i invited myself
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  • I invited myself to preach this message?
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  • To preach this message? 'cause it's been 18 years
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  • 'cause it's been 18 years they've been struggling,
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  • They've been struggling, and 18 years they've
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  • And 18 years they've been suffering,
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  • Been suffering, and for 18 years
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  • And for 18 years god has been blessing
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  • God has been blessing this ministry,
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  • This ministry, and for 18 years
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  • And for 18 years it was nothing but his hand
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  • It was nothing but his hand that kept us going.
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  • That kept us going. for 18 years and then
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  • For 18 years and then they cried out
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  • They cried out and god sent them
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  • And god sent them a blessing from the left.
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  • A blessing from the left. so watch what happens
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  • So watch what happens when he goes.
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  • When he goes. "the israelites sent him
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  • "the israelites sent him with tribute to eglon
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  • With tribute to eglon king of moab,"
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  • King of moab," and i want you to picture this
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  • And i want you to picture this in your head because this loner,
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  • In your head because this loner, called a loser,
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  • Called a loser, looked over and left out.
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  • Looked over and left out. this loner, called a loser,
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  • This loner, called a loser, looked over and left out.
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  • Looked over and left out. that's not always just the way
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  • That's not always just the way people talk about you,
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  • People talk about you, sometimes that's the way
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  • Sometimes that's the way you talk to yourself.
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  • You talk to yourself. this left-handed warrior.
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  • This left-handed warrior. this left-handed judge.
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  • This left-handed judge. he takes the tribute
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  • He takes the tribute to the enemy king
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  • To the enemy king but verse 16 says something
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  • But verse 16 says something kinda interesting.
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  • Kinda interesting. "now ehud,"
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  • "now ehud," the left-handed deliverer,
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  • The left-handed deliverer, "had made a double-edged sword
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  • "had made a double-edged sword about a cubit long," uh huh.
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  • About a cubit long," uh huh. "which he strapped to his right
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  • "which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing."
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  • Thigh under his clothing." so we call this conceal
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  • So we call this conceal and carry, alright.
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  • And carry, alright. not making a political statement
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  • Not making a political statement this is just --
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  • This is just -- you know they woulda
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  • You know they woulda canceled the bible.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Isaiah woulda got canceled,
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  • Isaiah woulda got canceled, paul would got canceled,
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  • Paul would got canceled, jeremiah definitely
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  • Jeremiah definitely woulda got canceled.
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  • Woulda got canceled. some of the profits were
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  • Some of the profits were walking around naked.
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  • Walking around naked. cancel, cancel, cancel, cancel.
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  • Cancel, cancel, cancel, cancel. some of us have cancel culture
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  • Some of us have cancel culture in our heart,
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  • In our heart, and anything that
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  • And anything that doesn't look like,
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  • Doesn't look like, "oh yeah, i'm coming for 'em
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  • "oh yeah, i'm coming for 'em this morning momma.
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  • This morning momma. i'm coming for 'em
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  • I'm coming for 'em on my 18th birthday."
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  • On my 18th birthday." i didn't come here
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  • I didn't come here just to blow a kazoo,
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  • Just to blow a kazoo, i came here to break a chain
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  • I came here to break a chain 'cause every once in a while
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  • 'cause every once in a while you have canceled out
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  • You have canceled out something that god
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  • Something that god came to give you
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  • Came to give you and you keep canceling.
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  • [applause]
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  • He carried a weapon
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  • He carried a weapon in to deliver his people
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  • In to deliver his people and it was --
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  • And it was -- first of all, it was concealed.
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  • First of all, it was concealed. everybody say, "concealed."
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  • Everybody say, "concealed." >> congregation: concealed.
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  • >> congregation: concealed. >> he put it under his clothing.
  • 00:11:07.830 --> 00:11:09.365
  • >> he put it under his clothing. watch what he did.
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  • Watch what he did. verse 17,
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  • Verse 17, "he presented the tribute
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  • "he presented the tribute to eglon king of moab,
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  • To eglon king of moab, who was a very fat man."
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  • Who was a very fat man." i didn't call him that,
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  • I didn't call him that, the bible did.
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  • The bible did. don't cancel me, cancel judges.
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  • [laughter]
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  • He was a fat man.
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  • He was a fat man. you couldn't even read
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  • You couldn't even read the bible if
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  • The bible if it was written today.
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  • It was written today. he was a fat man.
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  • He was a fat man. so ehud presented the tribute,
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  • So ehud presented the tribute, "here's your stuff,
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  • "here's your stuff, we hate you.
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  • We hate you. eighteen years of slavery --"
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  • Eighteen years of slavery --" keep going,
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  • Keep going, "and he sent the rest
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  • "and he sent the rest of them on their way,"
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  • Of them on their way," 'cause sometimes you gotta do
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  • 'cause sometimes you gotta do what god gave you
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  • What god gave you to do and nobody's gonna
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  • To do and nobody's gonna get it but you've
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  • Get it but you've still got to do it.
  • 00:11:43.099 --> 00:11:44.166
  • Still got to do it. so he sent 'em away
  • 00:11:44.233 --> 00:11:45.434
  • So he sent 'em away and they carried it out.
  • 00:11:45.501 --> 00:11:46.602
  • And they carried it out. "but on reaching the stone
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  • "but on reaching the stone images near gilgal he himself
  • 00:11:47.770 --> 00:11:49.638
  • Images near gilgal he himself went back to eglon and said,
  • 00:11:49.705 --> 00:11:51.507
  • Went back to eglon and said, 'your majesty, i have
  • 00:11:51.574 --> 00:11:52.808
  • 'your majesty, i have a secret message for you.'
  • 00:11:52.875 --> 00:11:54.310
  • A secret message for you.' and the king said
  • 00:11:54.376 --> 00:11:54.977
  • And the king said to his attendants,
  • 00:11:55.044 --> 00:11:55.611
  • To his attendants, 'leave us!'
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  • 'leave us!' and they all left.
  • 00:11:57.813 --> 00:11:58.714
  • And they all left. and ehud then approached him
  • 00:11:58.781 --> 00:12:00.082
  • And ehud then approached him while he was sitting
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  • While he was sitting alone in the upper room
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  • Alone in the upper room of his palace and said,
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  • Of his palace and said, 'i have a message
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  • 'i have a message from god for you.'
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  • From god for you.' and the king gets up
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  • And the king gets up from his seat," stop.
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  • From his seat," stop. knowing nothing.
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  • Knowing nothing. because, if they came in
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  • Because, if they came in from the tribe of benjamin
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  • From the tribe of benjamin they were probably
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  • They were probably searched for weapons.
  • 00:12:14.296 --> 00:12:17.833
  • Searched for weapons. but the warriors always carried
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  • But the warriors always carried their weapon on the opposite leg
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  • Their weapon on the opposite leg that they intended
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  • That they intended to draw it from.
  • 00:12:23.105 --> 00:12:25.674
  • To draw it from. so if you come in here
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  • So if you come in here from a right-handed tribe
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  • From a right-handed tribe we're gonna check
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  • We're gonna check your left thigh.
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  • Your left thigh. but god told him to strap
  • 00:12:33.182 --> 00:12:34.083
  • But god told him to strap it to the right one,
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  • It to the right one, that was the unchecked leg.
  • 00:12:36.619 --> 00:12:39.054
  • That was the unchecked leg. that was the one nobody
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  • That was the one nobody thought to look for.
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  • Thought to look for. that was the thing that they
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  • That was the thing that they didn't even see as a threat.
  • 00:12:43.159 --> 00:12:45.394
  • Didn't even see as a threat. that was the thing
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  • That was the thing that snuck in unexpected.
  • 00:12:46.162 --> 00:12:48.230
  • That snuck in unexpected. there are some of you
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  • There are some of you who are in here today
  • 00:12:49.431 --> 00:12:51.333
  • Who are in here today and you are checking
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  • And you are checking the wrong leg.
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  • The wrong leg. you are checking
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  • You are checking the wrong source.
  • 00:12:55.271 --> 00:12:56.839
  • The wrong source. you are checking
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  • You are checking the circumstance.
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  • The circumstance. but god, when he gets ready
  • 00:12:59.809 --> 00:13:02.411
  • But god, when he gets ready to deliver his people
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  • To deliver his people from 18 years of captivity,
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  • From 18 years of captivity, he uses somebody
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  • He uses somebody who can conceal.
  • 00:13:08.851 --> 00:13:10.653
  • Who can conceal. everybody say, "conceal."
  • 00:13:10.719 --> 00:13:12.288
  • Everybody say, "conceal." >> congregation: conceal.
  • 00:13:12.354 --> 00:13:13.255
  • >> congregation: conceal. >> the weapon on his right leg.
  • 00:13:13.322 --> 00:13:15.825
  • >> the weapon on his right leg. why his right leg?
  • 00:13:15.891 --> 00:13:18.294
  • Why his right leg? verse 21 tells us because
  • 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.629
  • Verse 21 tells us because when the moment came,
  • 00:13:20.696 --> 00:13:22.097
  • When the moment came, "ehud reached with his,"
  • 00:13:22.164 --> 00:13:26.969
  • "ehud reached with his," rejected hand,
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  • Rejected hand, with his weak hand,
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  • With his weak hand, with his left out hand,
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  • With his left out hand, with his looked over hand,
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  • With his looked over hand, with his less than hand.
  • 00:13:40.649 --> 00:13:43.986
  • With his less than hand. you keep thinking god
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  • You keep thinking god is going to use
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  • Is going to use your special strength,
  • 00:13:47.556 --> 00:13:49.558
  • Your special strength, he's going to use your secret
  • 00:13:49.625 --> 00:13:51.627
  • He's going to use your secret weakness as a secret weapon.
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  • [applause]
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  • And old fat eglon
  • 00:14:00.469 --> 00:14:02.037
  • And old fat eglon never saw it coming.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:03.405 --> 00:14:04.573
  • Oh eglon --
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  • Oh eglon -- he didn't check that
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  • He didn't check that right leg did he?
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  • Right leg did he? and verse 21 says he took
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  • And verse 21 says he took that sword that he made
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  • That sword that he made himself from his right thigh.
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  • Himself from his right thigh. boom!
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  • Boom! plunged it into the king's big
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  • Plunged it into the king's big ol' king hippo belly.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Walked out, blew a trumpet,
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  • Walked out, blew a trumpet, got 10,000 moabites
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  • Got 10,000 moabites dead and the land
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  • Dead and the land had rest for 80 years.
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  • Had rest for 80 years. why?
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  • Why? why did god give them
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  • Why did god give them the victory?
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  • The victory? how?
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  • How? how did god give
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  • How did god give them the victory?
  • 00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:38.841
  • Them the victory? it was from something concealed.
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  • It was from something concealed. not only was it concealed,
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  • Not only was it concealed, it was crossed.
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  • It was crossed. it came from the other side,
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  • It came from the other side, which was the right side.
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  • Which was the right side. you don't get it.
  • 00:14:52.788 --> 00:14:54.323
  • You don't get it. you are the right one for this.
  • 00:14:54.390 --> 00:14:56.759
  • You are the right one for this. and what you think is wrong
  • 00:14:56.825 --> 00:14:58.160
  • And what you think is wrong with you is what makes you
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  • With you is what makes you right for this.
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  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:15:01.297 --> 00:15:03.198
  • Hey, work on yourself,
  • 00:15:04.533 --> 00:15:05.901
  • Hey, work on yourself, get yourself better,
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  • Get yourself better, do what you can do to increase
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  • Do what you can do to increase your strengths but know
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  • Your strengths but know in the meantime that you serve
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  • In the meantime that you serve a god who gave a victory
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  • A god who gave a victory to a nation over
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  • To a nation over an 18 year problem
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  • An 18 year problem and he used a left handed
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  • And he used a left handed warrior that nobody saw coming.
  • 00:15:20.582 --> 00:15:23.786
  • Warrior that nobody saw coming. so turn to your neighbor
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  • So turn to your neighbor and say, "look to the left."
  • 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:26.088
  • And say, "look to the left." >> congregation: look
  • 00:15:26.155 --> 00:15:26.588
  • >> congregation: look to the left.
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  • To the left. >> because it's going
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  • >> because it's going to come from,
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  • To come from, in this season,
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  • In this season, an unexpected place.
  • 00:15:30.092 --> 00:15:31.961
  • An unexpected place. it's going to come from,
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  • It's going to come from, in this season,
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  • In this season, an unexpected blessing.
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  • An unexpected blessing. it's going to come from in this
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  • It's going to come from in this season an unexpected experience.
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  • Season an unexpected experience. it's coming from the left.
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  • [applause and cheering]
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  • It's a concealed weapon.
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  • It's a concealed weapon. everybody say, "concealed."
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  • Everybody say, "concealed." >> congregation: concealed.
  • 00:15:47.943 --> 00:15:48.877
  • >> congregation: concealed. >> and he crossed it.
  • 00:15:48.944 --> 00:15:49.945
  • >> and he crossed it. everybody say, "crossed."
  • 00:15:50.012 --> 00:15:51.347
  • Everybody say, "crossed." >> congregation: crossed.
  • 00:15:51.413 --> 00:15:52.348
  • >> congregation: crossed. >> but i gotta show
  • 00:15:52.414 --> 00:15:53.015
  • >> but i gotta show you one more thing.
  • 00:15:53.082 --> 00:15:55.050
  • You one more thing. not only was it concealed,
  • 00:15:55.117 --> 00:15:58.887
  • Not only was it concealed, and not only was it crossed
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  • And not only was it crossed where it came
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  • Where it came from the other side,
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  • From the other side, but the bible says
  • 00:16:03.726 --> 00:16:05.461
  • But the bible says that this dagger,
  • 00:16:05.527 --> 00:16:07.229
  • That this dagger, this sword,
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  • This sword, in verse 16,
  • 00:16:09.198 --> 00:16:11.667
  • In verse 16, was about a cubit.
  • 00:16:11.734 --> 00:16:15.404
  • Was about a cubit. and i had to look up...
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:17.973 --> 00:16:19.441
  • I'm just being honest,
  • 00:16:19.842 --> 00:16:20.442
  • I'm just being honest, i don't remember.
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  • I don't remember. they taught it to me probably
  • 00:16:21.377 --> 00:16:22.244
  • They taught it to me probably in seminary but i forgot.
  • 00:16:22.311 --> 00:16:23.812
  • In seminary but i forgot. i had to look up
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  • I had to look up how big is a cubit?
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:27.449 --> 00:16:28.417
  • Actually what i googled was
  • 00:16:28.650 --> 00:16:29.685
  • Actually what i googled was how big is a cubit in american?
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  • [laughter]
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  • I don't want no meters.
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  • I don't want no meters. what do i look like
  • 00:16:34.490 --> 00:16:35.090
  • What do i look like international anointing?
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  • International anointing? no.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:36.725 --> 00:16:39.495
  • How big was the instrument
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  • How big was the instrument that ended 18 years
  • 00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:45.634
  • That ended 18 years of oppression?
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  • Of oppression? and google told me something
  • 00:16:47.503 --> 00:16:50.039
  • And google told me something and god told me something.
  • 00:16:50.105 --> 00:16:52.441
  • And god told me something. and google told me
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  • And google told me that a cubit is 18 inches.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:16:57.846 --> 00:16:58.981
  • I said, "what now?"
  • 00:16:59.748 --> 00:17:01.083
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:01.383 --> 00:17:02.684
  • We're celebrating 18 years,
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  • We're celebrating 18 years, 18 years,
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  • 18 years, and on his 18th bir --
  • 00:17:07.923 --> 00:17:09.158
  • And on his 18th bir -- no, that's another bible verse.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:10.793 --> 00:17:11.393
  • Eighteen years of captivity
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  • Eighteen years of captivity ended with 18 inches of faith.
  • 00:17:16.098 --> 00:17:23.372
  • Ended with 18 inches of faith. so you mean to tell me that
  • 00:17:23.439 --> 00:17:25.674
  • So you mean to tell me that for every year they
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  • For every year they were oppressed ehud made
  • 00:17:27.609 --> 00:17:30.579
  • Were oppressed ehud made a weapon an inch bigger.
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  • A weapon an inch bigger. an inch for every year.
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  • An inch for every year. an inch for every year.
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  • An inch for every year. do you know how
  • 00:17:40.556 --> 00:17:41.023
  • Do you know how long 18 years is?
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  • Long 18 years is? that's as long as my oldest
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  • That's as long as my oldest son has been alive.
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  • Son has been alive. do you know how
  • 00:17:47.529 --> 00:17:48.130
  • Do you know how long 18 years is?
  • 00:17:48.197 --> 00:17:50.899
  • Long 18 years is? eighteen years is 72 summer,
  • 00:17:50.966 --> 00:17:54.403
  • Eighteen years is 72 summer, springs, winter, and falls.
  • 00:17:54.470 --> 00:17:57.139
  • Springs, winter, and falls. that's 18 years.
  • 00:17:57.206 --> 00:17:59.775
  • That's 18 years. eighteen years is a long time,
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  • Eighteen years is a long time, it's 6,574 days,
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  • It's 6,574 days, that's 18 years.
  • 00:18:06.748 --> 00:18:08.617
  • That's 18 years. that's 157,788 hours,
  • 00:18:08.684 --> 00:18:14.590
  • That's 157,788 hours, that's 18 years.
  • 00:18:14.656 --> 00:18:16.658
  • That's 18 years. that's 9,463,280 minutes.
  • 00:18:16.725 --> 00:18:26.301
  • That's 9,463,280 minutes. and all of a sudden,
  • 00:18:26.368 --> 00:18:28.637
  • And all of a sudden, 10 million minutes
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  • 10 million minutes of oppression ended,
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  • Of oppression ended, 18 years of oppression
  • 00:18:33.242 --> 00:18:36.979
  • 18 years of oppression ended because of 18 inches
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  • Ended because of 18 inches in the left hand
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  • In the left hand not the right hand.
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  • Not the right hand. so god said,
  • 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:45.487
  • So god said, "on this 18th year anniversary
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  • "on this 18th year anniversary of elevation church
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  • Of elevation church what do you have in your hand?
  • 00:18:50.726 --> 00:18:53.195
  • What do you have in your hand? it's enough."
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  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:18:54.730 --> 00:19:00.702
  • Eighteen years is long,
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  • Eighteen years is long, 18 inches is short,
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  • 18 inches is short, but isn't this what god
  • 00:19:05.607 --> 00:19:06.875
  • But isn't this what god always does to use the small
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  • Always does to use the small thing to take down
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  • Thing to take down the big thing?
  • 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:14.183
  • Isn't this what he always does,
  • 00:19:14.283 --> 00:19:17.085
  • Isn't this what he always does, taking the mystery of the gospel
  • 00:19:17.152 --> 00:19:20.255
  • Taking the mystery of the gospel to mystify the scholar
  • 00:19:20.322 --> 00:19:21.823
  • To mystify the scholar in the wisdom of this age
  • 00:19:21.890 --> 00:19:23.192
  • In the wisdom of this age to confound it to be
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  • To confound it to be brought to naught?
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  • Brought to naught? so i came to remind this church
  • 00:19:26.728 --> 00:19:28.797
  • So i came to remind this church that god called me
  • 00:19:28.864 --> 00:19:30.199
  • That god called me to pastor this year.
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  • To pastor this year. this is a church that believes
  • 00:19:32.668 --> 00:19:35.504
  • This is a church that believes in 18 inch miracles.
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  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:19:39.007 --> 00:19:40.809
  • Hallelujah jesus.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:19:43.245 --> 00:19:45.847
  • Eighteen inches is all it took
  • 00:19:46.481 --> 00:19:51.286
  • Eighteen inches is all it took for 18 years to come to an end.
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  • For 18 years to come to an end. eighteen inches.
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  • Eighteen inches. they say,
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  • They say, they say,
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  • They say, that the greatest journey
  • 00:20:01.496 --> 00:20:03.198
  • That the greatest journey and the longest trip
  • 00:20:03.265 --> 00:20:04.666
  • And the longest trip in human experience
  • 00:20:04.733 --> 00:20:07.236
  • In human experience is 18 inches,
  • 00:20:07.302 --> 00:20:09.571
  • Is 18 inches, from the head to the heart.
  • 00:20:09.638 --> 00:20:15.978
  • From the head to the heart. these numbers are approximate
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  • These numbers are approximate but the truth is very relevant
  • 00:20:18.347 --> 00:20:21.016
  • But the truth is very relevant because some you are 18 inches
  • 00:20:21.083 --> 00:20:25.387
  • Because some you are 18 inches away from faith.
  • 00:20:25.454 --> 00:20:29.491
  • Away from faith. isaiah said,
  • 00:20:29.558 --> 00:20:30.158
  • Isaiah said, "i know he called me in my head.
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  • "i know he called me in my head. i know he chose me
  • 00:20:33.528 --> 00:20:34.997
  • I know he chose me before i was born,
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  • Before i was born, but sometimes my heart gets
  • 00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:38.400
  • But sometimes my heart gets discouraged and i say to myself,
  • 00:20:38.467 --> 00:20:43.171
  • Discouraged and i say to myself, 'i spent my strength in vain.
  • 00:20:43.238 --> 00:20:46.908
  • 'i spent my strength in vain. it was all for nothing.'
  • 00:20:46.975 --> 00:20:50.579
  • It was all for nothing.' have you ever felt that way?
  • 00:20:50.646 --> 00:20:53.915
  • Have you ever felt that way? i feel that way sometimes
  • 00:20:53.982 --> 00:20:54.916
  • I feel that way sometimes talking to you.
  • 00:20:54.983 --> 00:20:55.617
  • [laughter]
  • 00:20:56.151 --> 00:20:59.655
  • But i have to remember now
  • 00:21:00.255 --> 00:21:01.056
  • But i have to remember now and you have to remember
  • 00:21:01.123 --> 00:21:03.058
  • And you have to remember 18 inches takes time.
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  • 18 inches takes time. and some of the things that you
  • 00:21:06.461 --> 00:21:07.529
  • And some of the things that you believe in your head haven't
  • 00:21:07.596 --> 00:21:08.797
  • Believe in your head haven't made it to your heart yet
  • 00:21:08.864 --> 00:21:10.065
  • Made it to your heart yet and when they do,
  • 00:21:10.132 --> 00:21:12.668
  • And when they do, when you really believe
  • 00:21:12.734 --> 00:21:14.736
  • When you really believe that i'm not less than,
  • 00:21:14.803 --> 00:21:16.638
  • That i'm not less than, i'm left-handed.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:21:18.407 --> 00:21:21.376
  • They say i'm weird,
  • 00:21:21.810 --> 00:21:23.512
  • They say i'm weird, god says i'm wired by him,
  • 00:21:23.578 --> 00:21:28.183
  • God says i'm wired by him, the master workman.
  • 00:21:28.250 --> 00:21:30.752
  • The master workman. and if i can find a way
  • 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:32.020
  • And if i can find a way to preach to you over
  • 00:21:32.087 --> 00:21:33.655
  • To preach to you over the next few weeks
  • 00:21:33.722 --> 00:21:35.457
  • The next few weeks as i launch my book,
  • 00:21:35.524 --> 00:21:37.092
  • As i launch my book, "do the new you,"
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  • "do the new you," i'm gonna try to get you
  • 00:21:38.894 --> 00:21:40.562
  • I'm gonna try to get you to see that god has brought you
  • 00:21:40.629 --> 00:21:44.399
  • To see that god has brought you to this moment of your life
  • 00:21:44.466 --> 00:21:47.402
  • To this moment of your life because you are a weapon
  • 00:21:47.469 --> 00:21:49.137
  • Because you are a weapon in his hand to do good
  • 00:21:49.204 --> 00:21:52.007
  • In his hand to do good for his kingdom.
  • 00:21:52.074 --> 00:21:54.710
  • For his kingdom. so the next time
  • 00:21:54.776 --> 00:21:56.645
  • So the next time you feel like isaiah
  • 00:21:56.712 --> 00:21:59.581
  • You feel like isaiah and you feel concealed
  • 00:21:59.648 --> 00:22:00.749
  • And you feel concealed and you say, "god,
  • 00:22:00.816 --> 00:22:01.650
  • And you say, "god, i can't see how it's
  • 00:22:01.717 --> 00:22:02.484
  • I can't see how it's gonna work out and i don't
  • 00:22:02.551 --> 00:22:03.585
  • Gonna work out and i don't see how it's gonna happen.
  • 00:22:03.652 --> 00:22:04.653
  • See how it's gonna happen. and i don't see why
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  • And i don't see why i have to go through this."
  • 00:22:05.721 --> 00:22:06.421
  • I have to go through this." remember, it's concealed
  • 00:22:06.488 --> 00:22:09.358
  • Remember, it's concealed but it's not canceled.
  • 00:22:09.424 --> 00:22:12.094
  • But it's not canceled. it is still active in your life.
  • 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:15.097
  • It is still active in your life. and this weapon
  • 00:22:15.163 --> 00:22:16.098
  • And this weapon of the double-edged sword
  • 00:22:16.164 --> 00:22:17.132
  • Of the double-edged sword of the word of god
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  • Of the word of god is in your hand today.
  • 00:22:18.166 --> 00:22:20.502
  • Is in your hand today. for isaiah said and i echo,
  • 00:22:20.569 --> 00:22:23.205
  • For isaiah said and i echo, "yet what is due me
  • 00:22:23.271 --> 00:22:26.675
  • "yet what is due me is in the lord's hand."
  • 00:22:26.742 --> 00:22:28.910
  • Is in the lord's hand." stop looking at how small
  • 00:22:28.977 --> 00:22:30.746
  • Stop looking at how small it is in your hand,
  • 00:22:30.812 --> 00:22:32.614
  • It is in your hand, and start realizing
  • 00:22:32.681 --> 00:22:34.449
  • And start realizing how powerful his hand is.
  • 00:22:34.516 --> 00:22:37.419
  • How powerful his hand is. he's got you in his hand.
  • 00:22:37.486 --> 00:22:39.654
  • He's got you in his hand. church, he's got us in his hand.
  • 00:22:39.721 --> 00:22:42.157
  • Church, he's got us in his hand. i've seen it in
  • 00:22:42.224 --> 00:22:43.358
  • I've seen it in the baptism tent,
  • 00:22:43.425 --> 00:22:44.826
  • The baptism tent, i've seen it in the boardroom,
  • 00:22:44.893 --> 00:22:47.129
  • I've seen it in the boardroom, i've seen it at the bottom,
  • 00:22:47.195 --> 00:22:49.231
  • I've seen it at the bottom, i've seen it in
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  • I've seen it in the breakthrough.
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  • The breakthrough. i'm still in his hand
  • 00:22:51.666 --> 00:22:53.935
  • I'm still in his hand and if you know
  • 00:22:54.002 --> 00:22:55.270
  • And if you know you're in his hand,
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  • You're in his hand, lift your hands
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  • Lift your hands and give him praise.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • >> if you were encouraged
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  • >> if you were encouraged by this sermon you just
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  • By this sermon you just watched from pastor steven,
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  • Watched from pastor steven, i wanna invite you to call
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  • "battle ready,"
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  • And standing firm in god's strength.
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  • God's strength. maybe you've felt
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  • Maybe you've felt like giving up,
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  • Like giving up, like the enemy's attacks
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  • Like the enemy's attacks just keep coming
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  • Just keep coming and you don't wanna
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  • And you don't wanna fight anymore.
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  • Fight anymore. but god hasn't brought you
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  • But god hasn't brought you this far to leave you now.
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  • This far to leave you now. he's equipping you,
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  • He's equipping you, he's strengthening you
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  • He's strengthening you and he's positioning you
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  • And he's positioning you for something greater.
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  • For something greater. so, you don't have to fight
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  • That god is with you in every battle
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  • In every battle and i'll see you
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  • >> this brand-new dvd
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  • >> the lord sent
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  • >> the lord sent a special word for somebody
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  • A special word for somebody and i can't wait to find out
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  • And i can't wait to find out who it is that he sent it for.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ whatever you speak is ♪
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  • >> ♪ so come on in ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • >> ♪ this is ♪
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  • ♪ this is the moment ♪
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  • ♪ when wind meets fire ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ our hearts are burning ♪
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  • ♪ for fresh revival ♪
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  • ♪ blow again ♪
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  • ♪ our god is ♪
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  • ♪ consuming fire ♪
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  • ♪ our god is ♪
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  • ♪ a holy wind ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you speak ♪
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  • ♪ is done ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • >> ♪ our god is ♪
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  • ♪ consuming fire ♪
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  • ♪ our god is ♪
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  • ♪ a holy wind ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you speak ♪
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  • ♪ is done ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • >> ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • ♪ whatever ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • >> ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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  • ♪ will live ♪
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  • >> ♪ mm-mm-mm ♪
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  • ♪ lord let my life ♪
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  • ♪ be an altar ♪
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  • >> yes lord
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  • >> ♪ light up my lungs ♪
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  • ♪ with your praise ♪
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  • >> yes hallelujah
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  • ♪ 'cause i can't breathe ♪
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  • ♪ until you breathe ♪
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  • ♪ so breathe on me ♪
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  • >> yes lord
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