Steven Furtick - Devil You've Held Me Long Enough (Part 1)

May 28, 2025 | 27:29

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Devil You've Held Me Long Enough (Part 1) | May 28, 2025
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> john 8:31.
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  • >> john 8:31. now, listen to this crazy
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  • Now, listen to this crazy confrontation between jesus
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  • Confrontation between jesus and the crowd of people,
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  • And the crowd of people, who have gathered
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  • Who have gathered to hear him teach.
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  • To hear him teach. john 8:31, "to the jews
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  • John 8:31, "to the jews who had believed him,
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  • Who had believed him, jesus said, 'if you hold
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  • Jesus said, 'if you hold to my teaching,
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  • To my teaching, you really are my disciples.
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  • You really are my disciples. then you will know the truth,
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  • Then you will know the truth, and the truth
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  • And the truth will set you free.'
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  • Will set you free.' and they answered him,
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  • And they answered him, 'we are abraham's descendants
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  • 'we are abraham's descendants and have never been
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  • And have never been slaves of anyone.
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  • Slaves of anyone. how can you say that
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  • How can you say that we shall be set free?'
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  • We shall be set free?' jesus replied, 'very truly
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  • Jesus replied, 'very truly i tell you, everyone who sins
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  • I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
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  • Is a slave to sin. now a slave has no
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  • Now a slave has no permanent place in the family,
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  • Permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
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  • But a son belongs to it forever. so, if the son sets you free,
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  • So, if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed.'
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  • You will be free indeed.' i know that you're
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  • I know that you're abraham's descendants.
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  • Abraham's descendants. yet you are looking for
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  • Yet you are looking for a way to kill me,
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  • A way to kill me, because you have
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  • Because you have no room for my word."
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  • No room for my word." whoo!
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  • Whoo! you thought it was just your
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  • You thought it was just your closet that was cluttered.
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  • Closet that was cluttered. no, it's more than just
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  • No, it's more than just physical spaces that
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  • Physical spaces that we have to clear out.
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  • We have to clear out. he said, "you have
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  • He said, "you have no room for my word."
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  • No room for my word." wow, this is getting
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  • Wow, this is getting intense here, jesus.
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  • Intense here, jesus. "i'm telling you
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  • "i'm telling you what i have seen
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  • What i have seen in the father's presence,
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  • In the father's presence, and you are doing what you
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  • And you are doing what you have heard from your father.
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  • Have heard from your father. 'abraham is our father,'
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  • 'abraham is our father,' they answered.
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  • They answered. 'if you were
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  • 'if you were abraham's children,' said jesus,
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  • Abraham's children,' said jesus, 'then you would do
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  • 'then you would do what abraham did.
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  • What abraham did. as it is, you are looking
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  • As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,
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  • For a way to kill me, a man who has told you
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  • A man who has told you the truth that i heard from god.
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  • The truth that i heard from god. abraham didn't do such things.
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  • Abraham didn't do such things. you are doing the works
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  • You are doing the works of your own father.'
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  • Of your own father.' 'we are not
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  • 'we are not illegitimate children,'
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  • Illegitimate children,' they protested.
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  • They protested. can you feel a fight
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  • Can you feel a fight fixing to break out?
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  • Fixing to break out? kinda wanna sneak out
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  • Kinda wanna sneak out the room before
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  • The room before this gets violent.
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  • This gets violent. "the only father we have
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  • "the only father we have is god himself.'
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  • Is god himself.' and jesus said to them,
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  • And jesus said to them, 'if god were your father,
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  • 'if god were your father, you would love me,
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  • You would love me, for i have come here from god.
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  • For i have come here from god. i have not come on my own,
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  • I have not come on my own, god sent me.
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  • God sent me. why is my language
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  • Why is my language not clear to you?
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  • Not clear to you? because you are unable
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  • Because you are unable to hear what i say.
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  • To hear what i say. you belong to your father,
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  • You belong to your father, the devil.'"
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  • The devil.'" jesus, let's think this through
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  • Jesus, let's think this through before we say something
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  • Before we say something we can't take back.
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  • We can't take back. this is not good for
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  • This is not good for your popularity rating,
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  • Your popularity rating, you know what i'm saying, jesus?
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  • You know what i'm saying, jesus? little baby jesus.
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  • Little baby jesus. little, gentle jesus.
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  • Little, gentle jesus. oh man, the truth
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  • Oh man, the truth is confrontational.
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  • Is confrontational. he said, "you belong
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  • He said, "you belong to your father, the devil,
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  • To your father, the devil, and you want to carry out
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  • And you want to carry out your father's desires.
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  • Your father's desires. he was a murderer
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  • He was a murderer from the beginning,
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  • From the beginning, not holding to the truth,
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  • Not holding to the truth, for there is truth in him.
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  • For there is truth in him. when he lies, he speaks
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  • When he lies, he speaks his native language, for,"
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  • His native language, for," everybody say this out loud,
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  • Everybody say this out loud, "he is a liar."
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  • "he is a liar." who is?
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  • Who is? >> congregation: the devil.
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  • >> congregation: the devil. >> yeah, so this is the message
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  • >> yeah, so this is the message god said to give you
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  • God said to give you for the first sunday sermon
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  • For the first sunday sermon of this year, you ready?
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  • Of this year, you ready? he told me to tell you
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  • He told me to tell you just like this, "the devil
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  • Just like this, "the devil has held you long enough."
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  • Has held you long enough." [applause]
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  • [applause] they didn't believe it
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  • They didn't believe it when i said it.
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  • When i said it. maybe if you say it to 'em...
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  • Maybe if you say it to 'em... look at the person
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  • Look at the person next to you right
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  • Next to you right in their eyeballs,
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  • In their eyeballs, right in their pupils.
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  • Right in their pupils. tell 'em, "the devil...
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  • Tell 'em, "the devil... >> congregation: the devil...
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  • >> congregation: the devil... >> "has held you...
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  • >> "has held you... >> congregation: has held you.
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  • >> congregation: has held you. >> "long enough."
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  • >> "long enough." >> congregation: long enough.
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  • >> congregation: long enough. >> they didn't
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  • >> they didn't believe you either.
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  • Believe you either. maybe you need to
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  • Maybe you need to say it for yourself,
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  • Say it for yourself, let's try it like this.
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  • Let's try it like this. say this out loud, "devil...
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  • Say this out loud, "devil... >> congregation: devil...
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  • >> congregation: devil... >> "you've held me...
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  • >> "you've held me... >> congregation: you've held me!
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  • >> congregation: you've held me! >> "long enough!"
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  • >> "long enough!" >> congregation: long enough!
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  • >> congregation: long enough! >> that sounds better.
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  • >> that sounds better. [applause]
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  • [applause] and the truth will set you free.
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  • And the truth will set you free. be seated, if you can.
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  • Be seated, if you can. stand up, shout, you got
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  • Stand up, shout, you got something inside of you.
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  • Something inside of you. truth inside of you.
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  • Truth inside of you. it's an amazing thing you know,
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  • It's an amazing thing you know, the way that the devil
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  • The way that the devil gets us in these tight spaces,
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  • Gets us in these tight spaces, and makes us think that
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  • And makes us think that the best part of our life
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  • The best part of our life is over and there's
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  • Is over and there's nothing we can do,
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  • Nothing we can do, and we might as well
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  • And we might as well not even try.
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  • Not even try. when we say, "the devil
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  • When we say, "the devil is a liar," of course
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  • Is a liar," of course we don't mean that he
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  • We don't mean that he runs around with a
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  • Runs around with a plastic pitch fork,
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  • Plastic pitch fork, telling you stuff that
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  • Telling you stuff that you know on the surface
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  • You know on the surface to be untrue.
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  • To be untrue. the way that he operates
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  • The way that he operates is by deception,
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  • Is by deception, which means that the devil
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  • Which means that the devil specializes in saying things
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  • Specializes in saying things that sound true.
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  • That sound true. he's slick with it.
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  • He's slick with it. he says it in such a way,
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  • He says it in such a way, watch this, that you don't even
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  • Watch this, that you don't even know it's him saying it.
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  • Know it's him saying it. because when the devil talks,
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  • Because when the devil talks, it sounds like your voice,
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  • It sounds like your voice, doesn't it?
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  • Doesn't it? when the devil talks,
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  • When the devil talks, it sounds the same way
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  • It sounds the same way as when god talks because
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  • As when god talks because it's happening inside of you.
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  • It's happening inside of you. god doesn't speak to me
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  • God doesn't speak to me through out loud voices,
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  • Through out loud voices, neither does the devil.
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  • Neither does the devil. except sometimes when
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  • Except sometimes when i'm watching the news and stuff
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  • I'm watching the news and stuff then i hear him just like
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  • Then i hear him just like right out loud, okay.
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  • Right out loud, okay. but apart from that,
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  • But apart from that, it's the devil's job to
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  • It's the devil's job to keep you from even knowing.
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  • Keep you from even knowing. you know, i used to read
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  • You know, i used to read this verse, i'mma give you
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  • This verse, i'mma give you an example of this okay?
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  • An example of this okay? we take the bible and we want
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  • We take the bible and we want a verse of the day.
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  • A verse of the day. and then, we don't even read
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  • And then, we don't even read the whole verse of the day,
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  • The whole verse of the day, we just want the half verse
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  • We just want the half verse of the day.
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  • Of the day. and we start going through
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  • And we start going through scripture like it's salad bars,
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  • Scripture like it's salad bars, and i don't like radishes.
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  • And i don't like radishes. the problem with that is,
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  • The problem with that is, you'll hear a verse
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  • You'll hear a verse and think it's true.
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  • And think it's true. and it is true,
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  • And it is true, but it's not totally true
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  • But it's not totally true because it said, "the truth
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  • Because it said, "the truth will set you free."
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  • Will set you free." how many have heard that before?
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  • How many have heard that before? just --
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  • Just -- yeah, raise your hand.
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  • Yeah, raise your hand. and it didn't just say,
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  • And it didn't just say, "the truth will set you free."
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  • "the truth will set you free." i noticed some of you
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  • I noticed some of you were with me when
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  • Were with me when i was reading my passage.
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  • I was reading my passage. he said, "you will know
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  • He said, "you will know the truth, and the truth
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  • The truth, and the truth will set you free."
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  • Will set you free." but you have to watch culture,
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  • But you have to watch culture, because the enemy
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  • Because the enemy will use language that
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  • Will use language that is common in culture,
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  • Is common in culture, in order to get you to think
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  • In order to get you to think you understand the concept
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  • You understand the concept that really you have become
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  • That really you have become blind to the reality of.
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  • I told my kids the other day,
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  • I told my kids the other day, "stop saying that
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  • "stop saying that certain celebrities
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  • Certain celebrities got canceled in my house."
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  • Got canceled in my house." i don't like
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  • I don't like the word, "canceled."
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  • The word, "canceled." because the fact of
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  • Because the fact of the matter is,
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  • The matter is, you use that term all the time
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  • You use that term all the time interchangeably to mean
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  • People are saying
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  • People are saying something bad about them.
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  • Something bad about them. i've had people say
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  • I've had people say bad things about me,
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  • Bad things about me, but i'm not canceled,
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  • But i'm not canceled, i'm still called.
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  • I'm still called. [applause]
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  • [applause] so, i don't know if they're
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  • So, i don't know if they're annoyed with this or not,
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  • Annoyed with this or not, but i don't let them say that
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  • But i don't let them say that in my house anymore.
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  • In my house anymore. i mean, they still say it
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  • I mean, they still say it 'cause like, what am i
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  • 'cause like, what am i gonna do about it?
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  • Gonna do about it? but i tell 'em to stop, alright.
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  • But i tell 'em to stop, alright. just being real.
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  • Just being real. "i told them they shall not
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  • "i told them they shall not and they did not. "
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  • And they did not. " no, no, they still do it,
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  • No, no, they still do it, but i tell 'em,
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  • But i tell 'em, "stop saying that."
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  • "stop saying that." a few years ago, i start
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  • A few years ago, i start hearing this phrase,
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  • Hearing this phrase, this cultural phrase.
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  • This cultural phrase. i didn't know why at first
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  • I didn't know why at first that it --
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  • That it -- it sounded good.
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  • It sounded good. it sounded good on the surface.
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  • It sounded good on the surface. but to me it felt like
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  • But to me it felt like there was something about
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  • There was something about this phrase that while
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  • This phrase that while it sounded very good,
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  • It sounded very good, and even scriptural
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  • And even scriptural on the surface --
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  • On the surface -- i first heard it from somebody,
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  • I first heard it from somebody, they said, "i've got to
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  • They said, "i've got to live my truth."
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  • Live my truth." i didn't know why
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  • I didn't know why i didn't like it,
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  • I didn't like it, 'cause it sounds good, right?
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  • 'cause it sounds good, right? be true to my values,
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  • Be true to my values, i've got to, you know,
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  • I've got to, you know, i've got to do what
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  • I've got to do what i'm supposed to do.
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  • I'm supposed to do. the more i thought about it,
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  • The more i thought about it, i started hearing it
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  • I started hearing it more and more.
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  • More and more. how many of you
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  • How many of you have heard this before?
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  • Have heard this before? like, "i've gotta
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  • Like, "i've gotta speak my truth."
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  • Speak my truth." i think that's good
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  • I think that's good if what we mean by that is,
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  • If what we mean by that is, "i've got to share
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  • "i've got to share the experiences that
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  • The experiences that i've had in an honest way.
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  • I've had in an honest way. i've got to face things
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  • I've got to face things that i've been through
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  • That i've been through and sometimes in sharing
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  • And sometimes in sharing what i've been through,
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  • What i've been through, that i used to be ashamed of,
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  • That i used to be ashamed of, somebody else can be set free."
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  • Somebody else can be set free." i think that's awesome.
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  • I think that's awesome. and if that's what you mean
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  • And if that's what you mean when you say, you know,
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  • When you say, you know, "live my truth,"
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  • "live my truth," or, "speak my truth,"
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  • Or, "speak my truth," i think it's good.
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  • I think it's good. i think what bothered me
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  • I think what bothered me about it was john 8:32
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  • About it was john 8:32 where jesus did not say,
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  • Where jesus did not say, "your truth will set you free."
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  • "your truth will set you free." put it back up,
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  • Put it back up, let's check just to make sure.
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  • Let's check just to make sure. "then you will know your truth."
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  • "then you will know your truth." i think why i didn't
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  • I think why i didn't like the phrase,
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  • Like the phrase, is because it made truth
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  • Is because it made truth sound like shoes.
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  • Sound like shoes. it made truth sound like
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  • It made truth sound like something that you can try on.
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  • Something that you can try on. it's too early
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  • It's too early in the year for this.
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  • In the year for this. i should be preaching
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  • I should be preaching something like,
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  • Something like, "you can make it.
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  • "you can make it. keep your head up.
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  • Keep your head up. do it.
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  • Do it. don't stop."
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  • Don't stop." it bothers me because
  • 00:10:05.457 --> 00:10:07.459
  • It bothers me because truth is not choosable.
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  • Truth is not choosable. really when we say,
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  • Really when we say, "oh, this is my truth,"
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  • "oh, this is my truth," what we're talking about
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  • What we're talking about is our belief.
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  • Is our belief. there's a big difference
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  • There's a big difference between a belief and a truth.
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  • Between a belief and a truth. you don't believe me?
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  • You don't believe me? that doesn't make it untrue.
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  • That doesn't make it untrue. what if i believe that all
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  • What if i believe that all tall people are arrogant?
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  • Tall people are arrogant? 'cause i met this tall guy
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  • 'cause i met this tall guy one time and he was kinda
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  • One time and he was kinda prideful and cocky.
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  • Prideful and cocky. that's an experience.
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  • That's an experience. it's a personal experience,
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  • It's a personal experience, but that doesn't make it
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  • But that doesn't make it an absolute truth.
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  • An absolute truth. and what i'm noticing
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  • And what i'm noticing a lot of in my own life --
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  • A lot of in my own life -- i'm not just talking about
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  • I'm not just talking about people or culture or others.
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  • People or culture or others. i'm not just talking about
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  • I'm not just talking about magazines or books.
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  • Magazines or books. i'm not talking about
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  • I'm not talking about you and your house.
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  • You and your house. i'm talking about
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  • I'm talking about me and my heart.
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  • Me and my heart. a lot of times,
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  • A lot of times, it seems like i'm tempted
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  • It seems like i'm tempted to turn a personal experience
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  • To turn a personal experience into an absolute truth.
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  • Into an absolute truth. have you ever had a bad haircut?
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  • Have you ever had a bad haircut? now, y'all be careful
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  • Now, y'all be careful about this one
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  • About this one 'cause my dad was a barber
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  • 'cause my dad was a barber and he's in heaven,
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  • And he's in heaven, so be nice.
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  • So be nice. are barbers bad?
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  • Are barbers bad? and you're like,
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  • And you're like, "this is really stupid, man.
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  • "this is really stupid, man. we did not come all the way
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  • We did not come all the way out here with the virus
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  • Out here with the virus going around to hear you
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  • Going around to hear you tell us this."
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  • Tell us this." no, you've done it
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  • No, you've done it with church before,
  • 00:11:38.550 --> 00:11:39.651
  • With church before, "oh, church people
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  • "oh, church people are hypocrites."
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  • Are hypocrites." no, no, no, no,
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  • No, no, no, no, charley was a hypocrite.
  • 00:11:45.323 --> 00:11:53.231
  • Charley was a hypocrite. "all men are dogs."
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  • "all men are dogs." no, mike was a dog.
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  • No, mike was a dog. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] not you.
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  • Not you. mike, tell my security,
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  • I gotta watch how i say that.
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  • I gotta watch how i say that. no, it wasn't church people.
  • 00:12:04.242 --> 00:12:07.445
  • No, it wasn't church people. but now, watch what you did,
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  • But now, watch what you did, you went to a restaurant,
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  • You went to a restaurant, you had a bad server,
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  • You had a bad server, and now you decided
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  • And now you decided to stop eating.
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  • To stop eating. you went to one church,
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  • You had a bad experience
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  • You had a bad experience and then you stop.
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  • And then you stop. not you, you're here,
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  • Not you, you're here, you're here,
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  • You're here, i'm not talking to you.
  • 00:12:25.263 --> 00:12:26.030
  • I'm not talking to you. i'm talking to them.
  • 00:12:26.097 --> 00:12:29.634
  • I'm talking to them. you had one experience
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  • You had one experience with failure.
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  • With failure. you set out to do something
  • 00:12:32.403 --> 00:12:34.305
  • You set out to do something and it didn't work, so then
  • 00:12:34.372 --> 00:12:36.975
  • And it didn't work, so then you turned the event,
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  • You turned the event, the failure, into an identity,
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  • The failure, into an identity, i'm a failure.
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  • I'm a failure. so, what i wanna know today,
  • 00:12:42.947 --> 00:12:45.283
  • So, what i wanna know today, is it a truth?
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  • Is it a truth? or is it a trap?
  • 00:12:47.318 --> 00:12:50.155
  • Or is it a trap? because when jesus said,
  • 00:12:50.221 --> 00:12:53.958
  • Because when jesus said, "the truth will set you free, "
  • 00:12:54.025 --> 00:12:55.860
  • "the truth will set you free, " he wasn't talking
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  • He wasn't talking to drug lords.
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  • To drug lords. when jesus said,
  • 00:13:00.632 --> 00:13:01.699
  • When jesus said, "the truth will set you free."
  • 00:13:01.766 --> 00:13:03.334
  • "the truth will set you free." he wasn't talking
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  • He wasn't talking to gang bangers.
  • 00:13:04.269 --> 00:13:06.371
  • To gang bangers. when jesus said,
  • 00:13:06.437 --> 00:13:06.971
  • When jesus said, "the truth will set you free."
  • 00:13:07.038 --> 00:13:08.640
  • "the truth will set you free." he wasn't talking to
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  • He wasn't talking to evil, wicked.
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  • Evil, wicked. he wasn't talking to pagans.
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  • He wasn't talking to pagans. he was talking --
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  • He was talking -- put verse 31 back there
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  • Put verse 31 back there it's gon' blow your mind,
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  • It's gon' blow your mind, this blew my mind.
  • 00:13:16.447 --> 00:13:17.315
  • This blew my mind. "to the jews
  • 00:13:17.382 --> 00:13:19.584
  • "to the jews who had believed him."
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  • Who had believed him." he's talking to people
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  • He's talking to people that believe him,
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  • That believe him, and he's telling 'em
  • 00:13:27.492 --> 00:13:28.660
  • And he's telling 'em they don't have the truth.
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  • They don't have the truth. they only have
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  • They only have a certain level of belief,
  • 00:13:33.031 --> 00:13:37.101
  • A certain level of belief, and there's a big difference
  • 00:13:37.168 --> 00:13:38.102
  • And there's a big difference between belief and truth.
  • 00:13:38.169 --> 00:13:42.373
  • Between belief and truth. belief is based on
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  • Belief is based on your experience,
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  • Your experience, truth come from god.
  • 00:13:46.044 --> 00:13:49.380
  • Truth come from god. beliefs can be altered.
  • 00:13:49.447 --> 00:13:51.783
  • Beliefs can be altered. beliefs can grow
  • 00:13:51.850 --> 00:13:52.483
  • Beliefs can grow and expand and should.
  • 00:13:52.550 --> 00:13:53.718
  • And expand and should. i mean, there was a time
  • 00:13:53.785 --> 00:13:54.619
  • I mean, there was a time in your life --
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  • In your life -- let's talk about this.
  • 00:13:55.353 --> 00:13:55.920
  • Let's talk about this. there was a time in your life
  • 00:13:55.987 --> 00:13:57.155
  • There was a time in your life where most of you believed
  • 00:13:57.222 --> 00:13:58.590
  • Where most of you believed that somebody came
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  • That somebody came in your house and gave you
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  • In your house and gave you money for your teeth
  • 00:14:00.425 --> 00:14:01.759
  • Money for your teeth when they fell out.
  • 00:14:01.826 --> 00:14:02.627
  • When they fell out. [laughter]
  • 00:14:02.694 --> 00:14:05.196
  • [laughter] that made perfect sense to you.
  • 00:14:05.263 --> 00:14:07.632
  • That made perfect sense to you. "yeah, it's probably worth
  • 00:14:07.699 --> 00:14:08.800
  • "yeah, it's probably worth about $5," and put it
  • 00:14:08.867 --> 00:14:10.201
  • About $5," and put it under your pillow.
  • 00:14:10.268 --> 00:14:10.835
  • Under your pillow. [laughter]
  • 00:14:10.902 --> 00:14:13.004
  • [laughter] holly got abbey up to $10
  • 00:14:13.071 --> 00:14:13.972
  • Holly got abbey up to $10 and i cut the tooth fairy out.
  • 00:14:14.038 --> 00:14:16.341
  • And i cut the tooth fairy out. i just pulled her aside
  • 00:14:16.407 --> 00:14:17.008
  • I just pulled her aside and said, "it's not real."
  • 00:14:17.075 --> 00:14:18.109
  • And said, "it's not real." [laughter]
  • 00:14:18.176 --> 00:14:20.511
  • [laughter] they're getting too expensive.
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  • They're getting too expensive. it got too expensive for me
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  • It got too expensive for me not to tell her the truth.
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  • Not to tell her the truth. and have you come
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  • And have you come to the point yet,
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  • To the point yet, where it has cost you enough
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  • Where it has cost you enough to be stuck in a belief
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  • To be stuck in a belief about who you are
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  • About who you are and what life is
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  • And what life is and what they did?
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  • And what they did? has the devil
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  • Has the devil held you long enough?
  • 00:14:48.072 --> 00:14:53.011
  • Held you long enough? because for some of us,
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  • Because for some of us, nothing in our life
  • 00:14:55.246 --> 00:14:57.015
  • Nothing in our life will change this year
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  • Will change this year because we are not sick enough
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  • Because we are not sick enough of the way it was last year.
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  • Of the way it was last year. we are not sick enough
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  • We are not sick enough of it yet.
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  • Of it yet. we are like the israelites,
  • 00:15:10.028 --> 00:15:11.663
  • We are like the israelites, wandering in the wilderness.
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  • Wandering in the wilderness. now, i studied all about
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  • This scripture today
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  • That i'm sharing with you.
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  • About these jews who
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  • Believed in jesus enough
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  • To know that they were not
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  • Immoral, ungodly addicts.
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  • Immoral, ungodly addicts. this was not a case of them
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  • This was not a case of them needing to give up their sin,
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  • Needing to give up their sin, it was a case of them needing
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  • It was a case of them needing to give up their story.
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  • To give up their story. there's a confluence in
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  • There's a confluence in the text of what
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  • The text of what jesus is teaching about
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  • Jesus is teaching about and when he's teaching it.
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  • And when he's teaching it. and i really wanna
  • 00:15:46.431 --> 00:15:47.065
  • And i really wanna teach more this year, okay.
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  • Teach more this year, okay. i'm fine to inspire you,
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  • I'm fine to inspire you, but i sure don't wanna
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  • But i sure don't wanna get up here and just give you
  • 00:15:54.272 --> 00:15:57.175
  • Get up here and just give you christian cocaine
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  • Christian cocaine that makes you feel high
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  • That makes you feel high for an hour and a half,
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  • For an hour and a half, and then just drops you off.
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  • And then just drops you off. i wanna give you something
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  • I wanna give you something that you can carry outta here
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  • That you can carry outta here and be strengthened in faith.
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  • And be strengthened in faith. and i wanna give you
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  • And i wanna give you food that you can
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  • Food that you can live off of for days.
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  • Live off of for days. you can go back and study.
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  • You can go back and study. so, one thing about
  • 00:16:22.433 --> 00:16:24.569
  • So, one thing about the cliches that we quote
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  • The cliches that we quote is that when we
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  • Is that when we understand the context.
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  • Understand the context. in this passage jesus
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  • In this passage jesus is talking to the jews
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  • Is talking to the jews who believed him,
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  • Who believed him, and he is challenging
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  • And he is challenging their belief that it
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  • Their belief that it doesn't go deep enough.
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  • Doesn't go deep enough. which means they believed
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  • Which means they believed in his signs, but they did not
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  • In his signs, but they did not commit to his teaching.
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  • Commit to his teaching. they liked listening
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  • They liked listening to his message,
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  • To his message, but it wasn't made flesh
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  • But it wasn't made flesh in their life.
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  • In their life. the people he was talking to
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  • The people he was talking to are people like me and you
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  • Are people like me and you who believe in him,
  • 00:17:04.175 --> 00:17:05.910
  • Who believe in him, but he is telling them that,
  • 00:17:05.977 --> 00:17:08.179
  • But he is telling them that, "it is possible to believe
  • 00:17:08.246 --> 00:17:11.115
  • "it is possible to believe and still not be free indeed."
  • 00:17:11.182 --> 00:17:17.455
  • And still not be free indeed." it is impossible for you.
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  • It is impossible for you. this is one thing that
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  • This is one thing that we all have to understand.
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  • We all have to understand. it is impossible for you
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  • It is impossible for you to live in a sustainable way
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  • To live in a sustainable way above the level that you are
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  • Above the level that you are willing to believe god at.
  • 00:17:28.666 --> 00:17:31.402
  • Willing to believe god at. because eventually,
  • 00:17:31.469 --> 00:17:33.471
  • Because eventually, you will either shrink
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  • You will either shrink your belief down to
  • 00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:37.208
  • Your belief down to the level of your experience.
  • 00:17:37.275 --> 00:17:39.510
  • The level of your experience. or allow god to expand
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  • Or allow god to expand your belief to the level
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  • Your belief to the level of his promise.
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  • Of his promise. which one is happening in
  • 00:17:46.751 --> 00:17:47.852
  • Which one is happening in your heart so far this year?
  • 00:17:47.919 --> 00:17:50.621
  • Your heart so far this year? "i don't know yet, pastor,
  • 00:17:50.688 --> 00:17:51.856
  • "i don't know yet, pastor, it's only been a week."
  • 00:17:51.923 --> 00:17:52.590
  • It's only been a week." that's long enough.
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  • That's long enough. you'll know it by the weekend.
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  • You'll know it by the weekend. are you shrinking
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  • Are you shrinking what you think god can do,
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  • What you think god can do, will do, is gonna do?
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  • Will do, is gonna do? are you shrinking your belief
  • 00:18:01.232 --> 00:18:05.002
  • Are you shrinking your belief to the level of your experience?
  • 00:18:05.069 --> 00:18:07.004
  • To the level of your experience? or are you allowing god,
  • 00:18:07.071 --> 00:18:09.073
  • Or are you allowing god, watch this, to raise your
  • 00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:10.575
  • Watch this, to raise your experience up to the level
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  • Experience up to the level of his power?
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  • Of his power? jesus talking to the jews
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  • Jesus talking to the jews who believed in him and he said,
  • 00:18:20.718 --> 00:18:22.887
  • Who believed in him and he said, "if you hold to my teaching,
  • 00:18:22.954 --> 00:18:27.992
  • "if you hold to my teaching, you'd be my disciples.
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  • You'd be my disciples. and then, you'll know the truth
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  • And then, you'll know the truth and the truth
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  • And the truth will set you free."
  • 00:18:32.530 --> 00:18:35.299
  • Will set you free." i remember one january
  • 00:18:35.366 --> 00:18:36.767
  • I remember one january when i was a little boy,
  • 00:18:36.834 --> 00:18:37.702
  • When i was a little boy, i walked in on my mom and dad --
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  • Oh, hold on.
  • 00:18:39.871 --> 00:18:40.605
  • Oh, hold on. i walked in,
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  • I walked in, my mom and dad were.
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  • My mom and dad were. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] can we edit this?
  • 00:18:49.080 --> 00:18:52.083
  • Can we edit this? they were watching --
  • 00:18:52.150 --> 00:18:54.018
  • How many of y'all remembered
  • 00:18:54.118 --> 00:18:55.786
  • How many of y'all remembered jane fonda vhs workout tapes?
  • 00:18:55.853 --> 00:18:58.356
  • Jane fonda vhs workout tapes? [laughter]
  • 00:18:58.422 --> 00:19:00.725
  • [laughter] they were watching jane fonda,
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  • They were watching jane fonda, vhs workout tapes --
  • 00:19:04.095 --> 00:19:05.830
  • Vhs workout tapes -- and this is the kicker,
  • 00:19:05.897 --> 00:19:07.398
  • And this is the kicker, eating a bowl of ice-cream.
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  • Eating a bowl of ice-cream. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] it scarred me for life.
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  • It scarred me for life. i walked in and saw them
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  • I walked in and saw them watching jane fonda,
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  • Watching jane fonda, eating ice cream.
  • 00:19:16.474 --> 00:19:17.675
  • Eating ice cream. will never forget that.
  • 00:19:17.742 --> 00:19:19.644
  • Will never forget that. can't remember my kid's names
  • 00:19:19.710 --> 00:19:21.078
  • Can't remember my kid's names most days in the correct order,
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  • Most days in the correct order, but i will never forget
  • 00:19:23.314 --> 00:19:25.016
  • But i will never forget watching them watch a
  • 00:19:25.082 --> 00:19:27.118
  • Watching them watch a workout eating ice-cream.
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  • Workout eating ice-cream. 'cause now i think about it
  • 00:19:29.187 --> 00:19:31.255
  • 'cause now i think about it every time i preach.
  • 00:19:31.322 --> 00:19:34.258
  • Every time i preach. 'cause i wonder,
  • 00:19:34.325 --> 00:19:38.396
  • 'cause i wonder, "will this work,
  • 00:19:38.462 --> 00:19:41.098
  • "will this work, if you just watch me do it?"
  • 00:19:41.165 --> 00:19:44.268
  • If you just watch me do it?" and i don't even look
  • 00:19:44.335 --> 00:19:45.469
  • And i don't even look as good as jane fonda.
  • 00:19:45.536 --> 00:19:47.538
  • As good as jane fonda. i'm not even that attractive.
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  • I'm not even that attractive. i'm not wearing
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  • I'm not wearing tights for y'all.
  • 00:19:49.907 --> 00:19:50.908
  • Tights for y'all. and yet, there is a sense
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  • And yet, there is a sense in which we li --
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  • In which we li -- now, this is the lie.
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  • Now, this is the lie. this is how crafty the devil is.
  • 00:19:57.915 --> 00:19:59.984
  • This is how crafty the devil is. if you knew more,
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  • If you knew more, you could do more.
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  • You could do more. hmm-mm.
  • 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.656
  • Hmm-mm. he didn't say, "if you
  • 00:20:05.723 --> 00:20:07.592
  • He didn't say, "if you would know more truth
  • 00:20:07.658 --> 00:20:09.460
  • Would know more truth it would set you free."
  • 00:20:09.527 --> 00:20:11.262
  • It would set you free." he said, "if you hold
  • 00:20:11.329 --> 00:20:12.763
  • He said, "if you hold to my teaching,
  • 00:20:12.830 --> 00:20:14.765
  • To my teaching, you will be my disciples.
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  • You will be my disciples. then you will know the truth
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  • Then you will know the truth and the truth will
  • 00:20:19.370 --> 00:20:19.837
  • And the truth will then set you free."
  • 00:20:19.904 --> 00:20:20.438
  • Then set you free." so, "if i knew i would do."
  • 00:20:20.504 --> 00:20:21.606
  • So, "if i knew i would do." no, no, no, if you would do,
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  • No, no, no, if you would do, you would know.
  • 00:20:24.008 --> 00:20:26.043
  • You would know. if you would do, you would know.
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  • If you would do, you would know. how many of you
  • 00:20:29.013 --> 00:20:29.447
  • How many of you have had the thought
  • 00:20:29.513 --> 00:20:30.414
  • Have had the thought in the last two years?
  • 00:20:30.481 --> 00:20:31.449
  • In the last two years? "i just don't know what to do."
  • 00:20:31.515 --> 00:20:34.652
  • "i just don't know what to do." you've thought that.
  • 00:20:34.719 --> 00:20:35.586
  • You've thought that. "i don't know what to do."
  • 00:20:35.653 --> 00:20:38.789
  • "i don't know what to do." everybody who's hand
  • 00:20:38.856 --> 00:20:39.490
  • Everybody who's hand didn't go up when
  • 00:20:39.557 --> 00:20:40.458
  • Didn't go up when i asked that question,
  • 00:20:40.524 --> 00:20:41.826
  • I asked that question, i need to have a me --
  • 00:20:41.892 --> 00:20:43.160
  • I need to have a me -- a consultation with you.
  • 00:20:43.227 --> 00:20:45.062
  • A consultation with you. either to cast out that devil
  • 00:20:45.129 --> 00:20:46.964
  • Either to cast out that devil of lying or to pay you
  • 00:20:47.031 --> 00:20:48.866
  • Of lying or to pay you to tell me the future.
  • 00:20:48.933 --> 00:20:50.001
  • To tell me the future. i'mma ask again, 'cause i think
  • 00:20:50.067 --> 00:20:51.302
  • I'mma ask again, 'cause i think y'all are asleep on me.
  • 00:20:51.369 --> 00:20:52.336
  • Y'all are asleep on me. how many of y'all have had
  • 00:20:52.403 --> 00:20:53.804
  • How many of y'all have had the thought in the la --
  • 00:20:53.871 --> 00:20:54.839
  • The thought in the la -- "i just don't know what to do."
  • 00:20:54.905 --> 00:20:58.009
  • "i just don't know what to do." raise your hand.
  • 00:20:58.075 --> 00:20:59.777
  • Raise your hand. raise it online.
  • 00:20:59.844 --> 00:21:01.279
  • Raise it online. alright, yes you do.
  • 00:21:01.345 --> 00:21:03.848
  • Alright, yes you do. yes, you do.
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  • Yes, you do. you know what to do
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  • You know what to do with the truth that
  • 00:21:09.787 --> 00:21:12.156
  • With the truth that you have been given,
  • 00:21:12.223 --> 00:21:15.259
  • You have been given, but we don't wanna hold
  • 00:21:15.326 --> 00:21:17.495
  • But we don't wanna hold to the teaching that jesus
  • 00:21:17.561 --> 00:21:19.830
  • To the teaching that jesus gave us when it's hard to hear,
  • 00:21:19.897 --> 00:21:23.567
  • Gave us when it's hard to hear, or when it makes us
  • 00:21:23.634 --> 00:21:24.835
  • Or when it makes us confront ourselves.
  • 00:21:24.902 --> 00:21:27.905
  • Confront ourselves. he said to the jews
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  • He said to the jews who believed in him,
  • 00:21:28.906 --> 00:21:30.508
  • Who believed in him, "you are so addicted
  • 00:21:30.574 --> 00:21:32.276
  • "you are so addicted to the lies that you don't
  • 00:21:32.343 --> 00:21:34.478
  • To the lies that you don't wanna hold on to the truth."
  • 00:21:34.545 --> 00:21:36.814
  • Wanna hold on to the truth." and you know a lot of times
  • 00:21:36.881 --> 00:21:37.682
  • And you know a lot of times when i'm asking god
  • 00:21:37.748 --> 00:21:38.582
  • When i'm asking god to change me and my life,
  • 00:21:38.649 --> 00:21:40.251
  • To change me and my life, and god is telling me
  • 00:21:40.318 --> 00:21:41.619
  • And god is telling me to hold on to the teaching,
  • 00:21:41.686 --> 00:21:43.120
  • To hold on to the teaching, a lot of times
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  • A lot of times i picture myself --
  • 00:21:43.788 --> 00:21:44.855
  • I picture myself -- come here, elijah.
  • 00:21:44.922 --> 00:21:46.023
  • Come here, elijah. i picture it like this,
  • 00:21:46.090 --> 00:21:47.091
  • I picture it like this, simple picture god gave me.
  • 00:21:47.158 --> 00:21:48.426
  • Simple picture god gave me. simplest picture in the world,
  • 00:21:48.492 --> 00:21:49.960
  • Simplest picture in the world, i pictured it like --
  • 00:21:50.027 --> 00:21:50.795
  • I pictured it like -- this is my oldest son
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  • This is my oldest son i was telling you about,
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  • I was telling you about, how we workout together
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  • How we workout together in the pound.
  • 00:21:54.632 --> 00:21:55.333
  • In the pound. and now, listen, i could
  • 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:57.101
  • And now, listen, i could still out bench him,
  • 00:21:57.168 --> 00:21:57.735
  • Still out bench him, out squat him
  • 00:21:57.802 --> 00:21:58.436
  • Out squat him and all that stuff.
  • 00:21:58.502 --> 00:21:59.437
  • And all that stuff. he's taller than me,
  • 00:21:59.503 --> 00:22:00.438
  • He's taller than me, but that doesn't mean
  • 00:22:00.504 --> 00:22:01.105
  • But that doesn't mean he can take me, alright.
  • 00:22:01.172 --> 00:22:02.239
  • He can take me, alright. the devil is a liar.
  • 00:22:02.306 --> 00:22:03.174
  • The devil is a liar. father of lies.
  • 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.874
  • Father of lies. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] when we go in the gym,
  • 00:22:05.776 --> 00:22:07.144
  • When we go in the gym, i try to train him.
  • 00:22:07.211 --> 00:22:08.746
  • I try to train him. not only in weights, but i try
  • 00:22:08.813 --> 00:22:11.015
  • Not only in weights, but i try to train him in truth.
  • 00:22:11.082 --> 00:22:13.217
  • To train him in truth. "hey, man there's some stuff
  • 00:22:13.284 --> 00:22:15.720
  • "hey, man there's some stuff god has put in you.
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  • God has put in you. and the lies that you believe
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  • And the lies that you believe can become a lid on your life,
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  • Can become a lid on your life, they can become a limitation.
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  • They can become a limitation. but the first thing i gotta
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  • But the first thing i gotta teach you is, lie detection.
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  • Teach you is, lie detection. so you'll even know
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  • So you'll even know it's happening 'cause it'll
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  • It's happening 'cause it'll sound so true, right."
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  • Sound so true, right." and yet all the time
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  • And yet all the time jesus is saying,
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  • Jesus is saying, "you will know the truth,
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  • "you will know the truth, hold to the truth
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  • Hold to the truth and the truth
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  • And the truth will set you free."
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  • Will set you free." so, here's how it --
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  • So, here's how it -- let's stand over here
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  • Let's stand over here where everybody can see us.
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  • Where everybody can see us. you stand there.
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  • You stand there. i'll stand here.
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  • I'll stand here. just picture this.
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  • Just picture this. this is the truth,
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  • This is the truth, this is the word of god,
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  • This is the word of god, this is the bible, 66 books.
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  • This is the bible, 66 books. it's all true from
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  • It's all true from the book of genesis
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  • The book of genesis to the maps in the back.
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  • To the maps in the back. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] the truth --
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  • The truth -- and i saw it like this.
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  • And i saw it like this. he said --
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  • He said -- give me verse 32 again.
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  • Give me verse 32 again. the part of the verse
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  • The part of the verse that's so important.
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  • That's so important. "if you hold."
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  • "if you hold." sorry, verse 31,
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  • Sorry, verse 31, "if you hold to my teaching,
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  • "if you hold to my teaching, you really are my disciples."
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  • You really are my disciples." 32, "and then you will know."
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  • 32, "and then you will know." so, you have to hold it,
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  • So, you have to hold it, to know it.
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  • To know it. not hear it, hold it.
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  • Not hear it, hold it. that means, it is not
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  • That means, it is not the word that i preach
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  • The word that i preach that sets you free,
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  • That sets you free, it is the word
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  • It is the word that you practice.
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  • >> well, i hope you enjoyed
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  • >> well, i hope you enjoyed that message as much as i did.
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  • That message as much as i did. it really made me wonder
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  • It really made me wonder what lies and labels from
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  • What lies and labels from the enemy am i holding on to,
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  • The enemy am i holding on to, that i might not
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  • That i might not even realize it?
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  • Even realize it? it could be lies about myself,
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  • It could be lies about myself, or about god, or about
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  • Or about god, or about my circumstances.
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  • My circumstances. the devil uses this
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  • The devil uses this to hold us back from
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  • To hold us back from what god has for us.
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  • What god has for us. so, i am so excited
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  • So, i am so excited to share, that we've put
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  • To share, that we've put together a new series called,
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  • "devil you've held
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  • "devil you've held me long enough."
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  • Me long enough." >> alright, so you know
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  • >> alright, so you know you need to get this.
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  • You need to get this. 'cause, there are
  • 00:24:06.430 --> 00:24:07.364
  • 'cause, there are some things in your life
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  • Some things in your life that honestly,
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  • That honestly, you just need to say,
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  • You just need to say, "enough is changing right now."
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  • "enough is changing right now." and then, there's the decision
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  • And then, there's the decision to say, "that's enough,"
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  • To say, "that's enough," but then sometimes
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  • But then sometimes we need the details.
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  • We need the details. we need a process
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  • We need a process to take us through.
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  • To take us through. that's what this series is.
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  • That's what this series is. how to think differently,
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  • How to think differently, how to look at scriptures
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  • How to look at scriptures so that we can know
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  • So that we can know the truth and the truth
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  • The truth and the truth can set you free.
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  • Can set you free. i wanna walk you through this,
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  • I wanna walk you through this, step-by-step in this season.
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  • Step-by-step in this season. i don't want you to miss out.
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  • I don't want you to miss out. >> yeah, so don't miss out
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  • >> yeah, so don't miss out on the promises that god
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  • On the promises that god has spoken over your life.
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  • Has spoken over your life. you can call or go online
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  • "devil you've held me long enough."
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  • Long enough"
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  • >> hey, my name is chad zollo. i'm the online pastor
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  • I'm the online pastor here at elevation church.
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  • Here at elevation church. did you know that there is
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ that's who he is yeah ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • ♪ woah-oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ rapha heal your body ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ yes sir ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • >> ♪ shalom be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • ♪ hey ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • >> ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ belongs to him yeah ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • >> ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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