Steven Furtick - Don't Let The Funeral Fool You (Part 3)

December 10, 2025 | 28:0

Pastor Steven Furtick's powerful message challenges them to let go of their preconceived notions and embrace God's grace. As they navigate through grief and setbacks, a transformative revelation awaits -- a shift in perspective that unlocks a path to resilience and renewed faith. Through powerful storytelling and relatable insights, this series inspires viewers to trade their expectations for God's promises, paving the way for redemption and a fresh start.

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Don't Let The Funeral Fool You (Part 3) | December 10, 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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  • [applause]
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  • >> i wanna show you a word
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  • >> i wanna show you a word from the lord that came to me,
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  • From the lord that came to me, and i'm not preaching this
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  • And i'm not preaching this text in order to give you
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  • Text in order to give you all of the details of it.
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  • All of the details of it. but today, just as a backdrop,
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  • But today, just as a backdrop, i want to tell you, don't let
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  • I want to tell you, don't let the funeral fool you.
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  • The funeral fool you. don't let this season
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  • Don't let this season of your life,
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  • Of your life, this season
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  • This season of the relationship,
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  • Of the relationship, this season of your struggle
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  • This season of your struggle with the thing inside
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  • With the thing inside of yourself become a stop sign
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  • Of yourself become a stop sign that causes you to quit growing
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  • That causes you to quit growing and coming toward god.
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  • And coming toward god. so, then if we were
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  • So, then if we were to make this on the screen
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  • To make this on the screen and i was to tell you,
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  • And i was to tell you, "don't let
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  • "don't let the funeral fool you,"
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  • The funeral fool you," first thing i wanna show
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  • First thing i wanna show you in the scripture
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  • You in the scripture what happened after jesus
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  • What happened after jesus followed these boys,
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  • Followed these boys, 'cause this is the best part.
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  • 'cause this is the best part. all the way down here where
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  • All the way down here where he said, "what things?"
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  • He said, "what things?" and they said about
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  • Jesus of nazareth.
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  • Jesus of nazareth. and then, this part i love,
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  • And then, this part i love, when he said,
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  • When he said, "how foolish you are."
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  • "how foolish you are." and then, he said,
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  • And then, he said, "you're slow to believe."
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  • "you're slow to believe." and then, he said,
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  • And then, he said, "did not the messiah have
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  • To suffer these things,"
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  • To suffer these things," these things,
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  • These things, "and then enter his glory?"
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  • "and then enter his glory?" and beginning with moses
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  • And beginning with moses and all the prophets,
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  • And all the prophets, he explained to them what was
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  • He explained to them what was said in all the scriptures
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  • Said in all the scriptures concerning himself.
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  • Concerning himself. so, jesus told them about jesus.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Forget what you heard,
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  • Forget what you heard, forget what you thought.
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  • Forget what you thought. forget the fact that you were
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  • Forget the fact that you were taught that god will only
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  • Taught that god will only be with you if you're
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  • Be with you if you're following him faithfully.
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  • Following him faithfully. forget what you heard,
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  • Forget what you heard, forget what you thought,
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  • Forget what you thought, forget what you told
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  • Forget what you told yourself at the funeral,
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  • Yourself at the funeral, forget the story that you
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  • Forget the story that you have been telling yourself,
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  • Have been telling yourself, because when jesus died,
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  • Because when jesus died, it was a part of the story.
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  • It was a part of the story. now, let me break
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  • Now, let me break this down real good.
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  • This down real good. things happen in our lives
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  • Things happen in our lives that become a part of our story
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  • That become a part of our story and we can't change those.
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  • And we can't change those. so, you step outside of your
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  • So, you step outside of your integrity and now you realize
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  • Integrity and now you realize this changed my story forever.
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  • This changed my story forever. jesus didn't step outside
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  • Jesus didn't step outside of his integrity,
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  • Of his integrity, the people who killed
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  • The people who killed him did, he did it.
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  • Him did, he did it. but now even their sin became
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  • But now even their sin became a part of the story.
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  • A part of the story. now, it was the part
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  • Of the story that was
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  • Of the story that was the most redemptive,
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  • The most redemptive, but it was the hardest
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  • But it was the hardest to recognize as redemptive.
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  • To recognize as redemptive. so the part of the gospel story
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  • So the part of the gospel story where our sin was being paid for
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  • Where our sin was being paid for was the part of the story that
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  • Was the part of the story that discouraged these men and made
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  • Discouraged these men and made them wanna walk away.
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  • Them wanna walk away. in other words, the moment
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  • In other words, the moment that jesus was dying,
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  • That jesus was dying, he was doing the most.
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  • He was doing the most. when he was teaching,
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  • When he was teaching, that was good.
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  • That was good. when he was healing,
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  • When he was healing, that was good.
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  • That was good. when he was opening blind eyes,
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  • When he was opening blind eyes, that was good.
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  • That was good. when he was raising lazarus,
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  • When he was raising lazarus, that was good,
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  • That was good, but when he was dying,
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  • But when he was dying, it wasn't just a good thing,
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  • It wasn't just a good thing, it was the thing.
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  • That was the thing
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  • That was the thing that he came to do.
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  • That he came to do. and while he was doing
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  • And while he was doing the thing that he came to do,
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  • The thing that he came to do, they were interpreting the thing
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  • They were interpreting the thing that would bring them redemption
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  • That would bring them redemption as being the thing that
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  • As being the thing that made it all worthless.
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  • Made it all worthless. when you're hurting,
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  • When you're hurting, your interpretations
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  • Your interpretations become distorted.
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  • Become distorted. when you are hurting,
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  • When you are hurting, your interpretations
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  • Your interpretations cannot be trusted.
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  • Cannot be trusted. when you are hurting,
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  • When you are hurting, you will see the best thing
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  • You will see the best thing as the worst thing.
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  • As the worst thing. when you are hurting,
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  • When you are hurting, you will be attracted
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  • You will be attracted to unhealthy people who
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  • To unhealthy people who will enable you rather
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  • Will enable you rather than healthy friends
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  • Than healthy friends who can help heal you.
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  • Who can help heal you. when you are hurting,
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  • When you are hurting, you will run to things
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  • You will run to things that will numb you,
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  • That will numb you, rather than running to things
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  • Rather than running to things that can set you free.
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  • [applause]
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  • When you are hurting,
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  • When you are hurting, your interpretation
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  • Your interpretation of events cannot be trusted,
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  • Of events cannot be trusted, and that's when we need jesus.
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  • And that's when we need jesus. i need jesus to walk with me.
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  • I need jesus to walk with me. i need jesus to wake up with me.
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  • I need jesus to wake up with me. i need jesus to lay down
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  • I need jesus to lay down beside me when i lay down
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  • Beside me when i lay down and i'm tossing
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  • And i'm tossing and turning about
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  • And turning about the storms that i'm facing.
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  • The storms that i'm facing. i need jesus to help me know
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  • I need jesus to help me know which door is him because
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  • Which door is him because every open door is not god.
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  • Every open door is not god. i need jesus to let me know
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  • I need jesus to let me know which calls to pick up.
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  • Which calls to pick up. i need jesus to let me know
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  • I need jesus to let me know which texts to send.
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  • Which texts to send. i'm trying to say that
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  • I need him every hour.
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  • I need him every hour. let me tell a story
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  • Let me tell a story before i break this all
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  • Before i break this all the way down into scripture.
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  • The way down into scripture. am i breaking this down good is?
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  • Am i breaking this down good is? well, man, it's good to me.
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  • [applause]
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  • So graham,
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  • So graham, i didn't ask permission,
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  • I didn't ask permission, so i asked for
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  • So i asked for future forgiveness
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  • Future forgiveness for telling this story.
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  • For telling this story. he was fussing at us
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  • He was fussing at us the other day because
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  • The other day because we were leaving and we had
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  • We were leaving and we had just left for tour,
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  • Just left for tour, but we needed to leave
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  • But we needed to leave and get a few days
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  • And get a few days away after tour to recover.
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  • Away after tour to recover. and graham said something very
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  • And graham said something very funny and he's 17 years old now,
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  • Funny and he's 17 years old now, but he said,
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  • But he said, "i still need parents!"
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  • [laughter]
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  • You would think
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  • You would think he would be happy
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  • He would be happy we were going out of town,
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  • We were going out of town, but he is such a good kid.
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  • But he is such a good kid. there's nothing that he wanted
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  • There's nothing that he wanted to do that he couldn't do
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  • To do that he couldn't do when we were there
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  • When we were there and he wanted parents.
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  • And he wanted parents. and holly said,
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  • And holly said, "you have parents.
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  • "you have parents. we flew you out for four days
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  • We flew you out for four days of tour and you had all
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  • Of tour and you had all your friends over this weekend
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  • Your friends over this weekend and we were here the whole time,
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  • And we were here the whole time, we're just leaving
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  • We're just leaving for three days."
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  • For three days." and he said,
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  • And he said, "well, i don't need you
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  • "well, i don't need you on the weekend."
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  • [laughter]
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  • What a phrase.
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  • [laughter]
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  • What a confession.
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  • What a confession. i don't need you on the weekend.
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  • I don't need you on the weekend. i just need you when i want you.
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  • I just need you when i want you. i just need you when
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  • I just need you when it's convenient.
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  • It's convenient. i'm not saying he's a bad kid,
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  • I'm not saying he's a bad kid, he's a great kid,
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  • He's a great kid, but what if that's
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  • But what if that's our attitude toward god?
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  • Our attitude toward god? what if we need him
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  • What if we need him for all of it?
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  • For all of it? what if we need him
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  • What if we need him for every single bit of it?
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  • For every single bit of it? what if he wants
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  • What if he wants to be in all of it?
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  • To be in all of it? what if god is waiting for you
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  • What if god is waiting for you to pray his presence into
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  • To pray his presence into your panic attack?
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  • [applause]
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  • What if he wants to be
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  • What if he wants to be in that with you too?
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  • In that with you too? what if he will follow you
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  • What if he will follow you down an emmaus road,
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  • Down an emmaus road, going the wrong way?
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  • Going the wrong way? when you say, "i'm spiraling
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  • When you say, "i'm spiraling out of control here, god.
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  • Out of control here, god. i'm spiraling out of control
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  • I'm spiraling out of control again and i'm tempted to
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  • Sabotage because i'm spiraling."
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  • Sabotage because i'm spiraling." and what if jesus is just
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  • And what if jesus is just waiting to be more than
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  • Waiting to be more than your weekday savior?
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  • Your weekday savior? more than just the one that
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  • More than just the one that you need when things go wrong?
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  • And the bible says that
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  • And the bible says that he began to expound.
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  • He began to expound. don't you wish you could have
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  • Don't you wish you could have heard this sermon, tim?
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  • Heard this sermon, tim? everything that was
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  • Everything that was in the scriptures
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  • In the scriptures concerning himself.
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  • Concerning himself. that would be an amazing sermon.
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  • That would be an amazing sermon. and it would take two or three
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  • And it would take two or three hours to walk these 7 miles
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  • Hours to walk these 7 miles because it said it was
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  • Because it said it was a 7 mile road.
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  • A 7 mile road. so, over the course
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  • So, over the course of two or three hours,
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  • Of two or three hours, this man gives a whole series
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  • This man gives a whole series where he tells them
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  • Where he tells them who he is and they still
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  • Who he is and they still don't get it.
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  • Don't get it. that's the irony of the text.
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  • That's the irony of the text. "as they approached the village
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  • "as they approached the village to which they were going,
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  • To which they were going, jesus continued on as
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  • Jesus continued on as if he were going farther."
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  • If he were going farther." keyword, well two words,
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  • Keyword, well two words, "as if."
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  • "as if." and you say,
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  • And you say, "why would jesus continue on
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  • "why would jesus continue on as if he were going farther?"
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  • As if he were going farther?" because sometimes god
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  • Because sometimes god delights to be invited.
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  • Delights to be invited. to be invited.
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  • To be invited. you say, "well, isn't he
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  • You say, "well, isn't he present everywhere?"
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  • Present everywhere?" yeah, but he permeates you
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  • Yeah, but he permeates you when you ask him to.
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  • When you ask him to. he's present, but he permeates
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  • He's present, but he permeates when you give permission.
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  • When you give permission. because, watch this,
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  • Because, watch this, this is more than
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  • This is more than just hospitality, y'all.
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  • Just hospitality, y'all. he acted like he was
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  • Going farther, he was like,
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  • Going farther, he was like, "well, good chat,
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  • "well, good chat, hope you learned something."
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  • Hope you learned something." they still
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  • They still don't know it's jesus.
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  • Don't know it's jesus. how do they not know it's jesus?
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  • How do they not know it's jesus? they're still at the funeral.
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  • They're still at the funeral. he's supposed to be
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  • He's supposed to be in the ground.
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  • In the ground. they don't believe the angel,
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  • They don't believe the angel, they don't believe the report,
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  • They don't believe the report, they don't believe the women.
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  • They don't believe the women. they don't believe
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  • They don't believe what they heard.
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  • What they heard. and they can't even believe
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  • And they can't even believe what they're seeing,
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  • What they're seeing, they don't recognize him.
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  • They don't recognize him. but they urged him, strongly,
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  • "stay with us for
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  • "stay with us for it is nearly evening."
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  • It is nearly evening." stay with us for it
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  • Stay with us for it is nearly evening.
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  • Is nearly evening. "'the day is almost over.'
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  • "'the day is almost over.' so he," watch this,
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  • So he," watch this, "went in to stay with them."
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  • "went in to stay with them." and my favorite thing
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  • And my favorite thing about the text is not even
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  • About the text is not even that he followed them going
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  • That he followed them going the wrong way down the road.
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  • The wrong way down the road. my favorite thing about the text
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  • My favorite thing about the text is not even that he gave them
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  • Is not even that he gave them an amazing summary,
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  • An amazing summary, an entire semester's worth
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  • An entire semester's worth of education in
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  • Of education in how he was the rock in
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  • How he was the rock in the wilderness and how he was
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  • The wilderness and how he was the -- he was the rod of aaron
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  • The -- he was the rod of aaron and how he fulfilled
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  • And how he fulfilled everything that moses
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  • Everything that moses spoke of and how he was
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  • Spoke of and how he was the cloud by day
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  • The cloud by day and the fire by night.
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  • And the fire by night. not only do i love the fact that
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  • Not only do i love the fact that he talked to them along the way,
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  • He talked to them along the way, i love verse 30 and 31,
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  • I love verse 30 and 31, because once he got inside
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  • Because once he got inside the house with them,
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  • The house with them, the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "when he was
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  • "when he was at the table with them,
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  • At the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks."
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  • He took bread, gave thanks." he took a bojangles biscuit,
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  • He took a bojangles biscuit, gave thanks, "and he broke it
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  • Gave thanks, "and he broke it and began to give it to them."
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  • And began to give it to them." everybody shout this word.
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  • Everybody shout this word. >> congregation: then.
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  • >> congregation: then. >> then.
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  • "then, and only then."
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  • "then, and only then." you mean they heard
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  • You mean they heard a master's level class
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  • A master's level class from the master and they
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  • From the master and they still didn't get it?
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  • Still didn't get it? no, then, and only then,
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  • No, then, and only then, after the bread had been broken,
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  • "then their eyes were opened."
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  • [applause]
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  • I'll say it again, in case
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  • I'll say it again, in case there's been a breaking
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  • There's been a breaking in your life lately.
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  • In your life lately. after the bread had been broken,
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  • After the bread had been broken, then their eyes had been opened.
  • 00:10:27.747 --> 00:10:31.017
  • Then their eyes had been opened. but not before the bread
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  • But not before the bread had been broken,
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  • Had been broken, not when he spoke it,
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  • Not when he spoke it, when he broke it.
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  • When he broke it. something about the breaking
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  • Something about the breaking of the bread helped them
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  • Of the bread helped them to see who he really was.
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  • To see who he really was. because now they realized he
  • 00:10:44.363 --> 00:10:46.866
  • Because now they realized he wasn't just killed on the cross,
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  • Wasn't just killed on the cross, he gave his life on the cross.
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  • He gave his life on the cross. he wasn't just
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  • He wasn't just hung there by humans,
  • 00:10:52.938 --> 00:10:54.840
  • Hung there by humans, he was sent there by god.
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  • He was sent there by god. he wasn't just dying physically,
  • 00:10:57.710 --> 00:10:59.779
  • He wasn't just dying physically, he was paying
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  • He was paying the price spiritually.
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  • The price spiritually. and it was only
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  • And it was only after the breaking
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  • After the breaking that the revelation came.
  • 00:11:05.184 --> 00:11:07.153
  • That the revelation came. there are some revelations that
  • 00:11:07.219 --> 00:11:09.422
  • There are some revelations that only come after the breaking.
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  • Only come after the breaking. they don't come before,
  • 00:11:12.258 --> 00:11:14.026
  • They don't come before, they only come after.
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  • They only come after. they don't come
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  • They don't come before you go through,
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  • Before you go through, they only come after.
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  • They only come after. but for everybody
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  • But for everybody who's been broken lately,
  • 00:11:21.133 --> 00:11:22.535
  • Who's been broken lately, i've got good news,
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  • I've got good news, after the breaking
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  • After the breaking comes an opening.
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  • Comes an opening. may your eyes be open,
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  • May your ears be open,
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  • May your ears be open, may your road be open.
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  • May your road be open. may your red sea part.
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  • [applause]
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  • Say it out loud,
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  • Say it out loud, "this...
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  • "this... >> congregation: this...
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  • >> congregation: this... >> is...
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  • >> is... >> congregation: is...
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  • >> congregation: is... >> not...
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  • >> not... >> congregation: not...
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  • >> congregation: not... >> the...
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  • >> the... >> congregation: the...
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  • >> congregation: the... >> end."
  • 00:11:44.523 --> 00:11:45.091
  • >> end." >> congregation: end.
  • 00:11:45.157 --> 00:11:45.558
  • >> congregation: end. >> give god praise for it,
  • 00:11:45.624 --> 00:11:46.659
  • >> give god praise for it, this is not the end.
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  • [applause]
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  • For a moment it looked like
  • 00:11:53.966 --> 00:11:55.367
  • For a moment it looked like it was over but this is --
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  • Maybe i should write it
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  • Maybe i should write it on the board, y'all.
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  • On the board, y'all. seem like you need
  • 00:12:02.041 --> 00:12:02.708
  • Seem like you need some extra help.
  • 00:12:02.775 --> 00:12:03.409
  • Some extra help. this is not the end.
  • 00:12:03.476 --> 00:12:10.049
  • This is not the end. say it to your neighbor.
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  • Say it to your neighbor. "this...
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  • "this... >> congregation: this...
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  • >> congregation: this... >> is...
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  • >> is... >> congregation: is...
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  • >> congregation: is... >> not...
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  • >> not... >> congregation: not...
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  • >> congregation: not... >> the...
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  • >> the... >> congregation: the...
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  • >> congregation: the... >> end."
  • 00:12:15.588 --> 00:12:16.155
  • >> end." >> congregation: end.
  • 00:12:16.222 --> 00:12:16.655
  • >> congregation: end. >> tell 'em, "you can do better
  • 00:12:16.722 --> 00:12:17.389
  • >> tell 'em, "you can do better than him anyway."
  • 00:12:17.456 --> 00:12:19.091
  • Than him anyway." "this...
  • 00:12:19.158 --> 00:12:19.692
  • "this... >> congregation: this...
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  • >> congregation: this... >> is...
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  • >> is... >> congregation: is...
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  • >> congregation: is... >> not...
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  • >> not... >> congregation: not...
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  • >> congregation: not... >> the...
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  • >> the... >> congregation: the...
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  • >> congregation: the... >> end."
  • 00:12:23.729 --> 00:12:24.263
  • >> end." >> congregation: end.
  • 00:12:24.330 --> 00:12:24.764
  • >> congregation: end. >> tell 'em, "you are bigger
  • 00:12:24.830 --> 00:12:25.798
  • >> tell 'em, "you are bigger than that place anyway."
  • 00:12:25.865 --> 00:12:27.032
  • Than that place anyway." this is not the end.
  • 00:12:27.099 --> 00:12:31.670
  • This is not the end. it wasn't ready for you anyway.
  • 00:12:31.737 --> 00:12:33.272
  • It wasn't ready for you anyway. this is not the end.
  • 00:12:33.339 --> 00:12:37.376
  • This is not the end. you couldn't
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  • You couldn't handle it back then,
  • 00:12:38.010 --> 00:12:38.677
  • Handle it back then, but this is not the end.
  • 00:12:38.744 --> 00:12:43.883
  • But this is not the end. now, put my scripture back
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  • Now, put my scripture back on the screen and i'mma bring
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  • On the screen and i'mma bring this thing full circle today.
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  • This thing full circle today. for somebody who has been
  • 00:12:49.188 --> 00:12:50.990
  • For somebody who has been standing at a funeral,
  • 00:12:51.056 --> 00:12:52.591
  • Standing at a funeral, and weeping over a loss,
  • 00:12:52.658 --> 00:12:54.260
  • And weeping over a loss, and weeping over a regret,
  • 00:12:54.326 --> 00:12:56.195
  • And weeping over a regret, and weeping over a mistake,
  • 00:12:56.262 --> 00:12:57.930
  • And weeping over a mistake, and punishing yourself
  • 00:12:57.997 --> 00:12:59.265
  • And punishing yourself over a mistake,
  • 00:12:59.331 --> 00:13:00.166
  • Over a mistake, and saying that
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  • And saying that this is the end,
  • 00:13:01.233 --> 00:13:02.101
  • This is the end, and thinking that
  • 00:13:02.168 --> 00:13:03.002
  • And thinking that this is the end.
  • 00:13:03.068 --> 00:13:03.936
  • This is the end. and the enemy has been telling
  • 00:13:04.003 --> 00:13:05.204
  • And the enemy has been telling you that this is the end,
  • 00:13:05.271 --> 00:13:06.505
  • You that this is the end, and you will never
  • 00:13:06.572 --> 00:13:07.306
  • And you will never recover from this,
  • 00:13:07.373 --> 00:13:08.207
  • Recover from this, and nobody will ever
  • 00:13:08.274 --> 00:13:09.208
  • Love you after this,
  • 00:13:09.308 --> 00:13:10.276
  • Love you after this, and there is no way
  • 00:13:10.342 --> 00:13:11.243
  • And there is no way back from this,
  • 00:13:11.310 --> 00:13:12.111
  • Back from this, and you cannot
  • 00:13:12.178 --> 00:13:12.845
  • And you cannot climb out of this,
  • 00:13:12.912 --> 00:13:13.846
  • Climb out of this, and you cannot
  • 00:13:13.913 --> 00:13:14.647
  • And you cannot recover from this,
  • 00:13:14.713 --> 00:13:15.981
  • Recover from this, and there is
  • 00:13:16.048 --> 00:13:16.515
  • And there is no redemption in this,
  • 00:13:16.582 --> 00:13:17.616
  • No redemption in this, and there is no light coming,
  • 00:13:17.683 --> 00:13:19.118
  • And there is no light coming, and there is no help coming.
  • 00:13:19.185 --> 00:13:20.786
  • And there is no help coming. for everybody who the enemy has
  • 00:13:20.853 --> 00:13:23.255
  • Been telling you it's the end,
  • 00:13:23.355 --> 00:13:25.524
  • Give me verse 31, please.
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  • Give me verse 31, please. then.
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  • Then. "then the lord
  • 00:13:32.464 --> 00:13:34.600
  • Spoke to me and said,
  • 00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:36.135
  • Spoke to me and said, 'this is not the end.'"
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  • [applause]
  • 00:13:46.946 --> 00:13:48.280
  • Because then --
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  • [applause]
  • 00:13:49.949 --> 00:13:54.720
  • 'cause there's
  • 00:13:55.221 --> 00:13:55.688
  • 'cause there's gonna be a then.
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  • Gonna be a then. there's gonna be a then.
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  • There's gonna be a then. there's gonna be a then.
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  • There's gonna be a then. you hear me today?
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  • You hear me today? i can't put my faith
  • 00:14:04.530 --> 00:14:05.865
  • I can't put my faith on this word for you.
  • 00:14:05.931 --> 00:14:07.366
  • On this word for you. i can preach it,
  • 00:14:07.433 --> 00:14:08.267
  • I can preach it, but it's gonna take
  • 00:14:08.334 --> 00:14:08.868
  • But it's gonna take your faith because
  • 00:14:08.934 --> 00:14:10.903
  • Your faith because there's gonna be a then.
  • 00:14:10.970 --> 00:14:13.772
  • There's gonna be a then. when their eyes were open,
  • 00:14:13.839 --> 00:14:14.807
  • When their eyes were open, there's gonna be a then.
  • 00:14:14.874 --> 00:14:17.409
  • There's gonna be a then. there's gonna be a then.
  • 00:14:17.476 --> 00:14:19.845
  • There's gonna be a then. laid down in grief,
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  • Laid down in grief, then got up with the keys.
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  • Then got up with the keys. there's gonna be a then.
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  • There's gonna be a then. there's gonna be a then.
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  • There's gonna be a then. when god gets
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  • When god gets finished with this,
  • 00:14:29.722 --> 00:14:31.223
  • Finished with this, it won't be a funeral,
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  • It won't be a funeral, it will be a celebration day.
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  • Hey!
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  • [applause]
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  • Shout now like
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  • Shout now like it's already there.
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  • [cheering]
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  • Hey!
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  • Hey! hey!
  • 00:14:53.178 --> 00:14:56.749
  • Hey! and then, you get
  • 00:14:56.815 --> 00:15:04.290
  • And then, you get to make the decision now,
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  • What's on the other side
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  • What's on the other side of then.
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  • Of then. they left me,
  • 00:15:10.496 --> 00:15:11.230
  • They left me, then i went into isolation
  • 00:15:11.297 --> 00:15:12.965
  • Then i went into isolation and died alone,
  • 00:15:13.032 --> 00:15:14.967
  • And died alone, or they left me,
  • 00:15:15.034 --> 00:15:16.869
  • Or they left me, then i went to work on
  • 00:15:16.936 --> 00:15:18.304
  • Then i went to work on what was inside of me that
  • 00:15:18.370 --> 00:15:19.772
  • What was inside of me that made me feel like i wasn't
  • 00:15:19.838 --> 00:15:21.073
  • Made me feel like i wasn't a person without 'em.
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  • A person without 'em. then.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:15:23.475 --> 00:15:26.645
  • It got so bad
  • 00:15:27.012 --> 00:15:27.446
  • It got so bad we could barely speak,
  • 00:15:27.513 --> 00:15:28.447
  • We could barely speak, but then i slapped 'em
  • 00:15:28.514 --> 00:15:32.451
  • But then i slapped 'em and cussed 'em out
  • 00:15:32.518 --> 00:15:32.952
  • And cussed 'em out and spit in their face.
  • 00:15:33.018 --> 00:15:34.053
  • And spit in their face. or then i decided i would
  • 00:15:34.119 --> 00:15:36.755
  • Or then i decided i would try to find a way in that
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  • Try to find a way in that didn't involve my ego,
  • 00:15:38.190 --> 00:15:39.425
  • Didn't involve my ego, which was too big to fit
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  • Which was too big to fit through the door.
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  • Through the door. and then.
  • 00:15:41.727 --> 00:15:43.696
  • And then. you can't die in this because
  • 00:15:43.762 --> 00:15:51.337
  • You can't die in this because there will be a then.
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  • [applause]
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  • Then, then.
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  • [applause]
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  • I don't even know
  • 00:16:02.815 --> 00:16:03.248
  • I don't even know if you remember,
  • 00:16:03.315 --> 00:16:03.816
  • If you remember, but you gave me the sermon.
  • 00:16:03.882 --> 00:16:06.518
  • But you gave me the sermon. holly was talking to me
  • 00:16:06.585 --> 00:16:07.987
  • Holly was talking to me the other day and i was
  • 00:16:08.053 --> 00:16:09.221
  • The other day and i was telling her something.
  • 00:16:09.288 --> 00:16:10.122
  • Telling her something. so such a -- such a...
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  • [laughter]
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  • Sad story.
  • 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.062
  • Sad story. like cleopas and his companion
  • 00:16:17.129 --> 00:16:20.566
  • Like cleopas and his companion about the sad things
  • 00:16:20.632 --> 00:16:21.266
  • That had happened,
  • 00:16:21.367 --> 00:16:21.800
  • And they were real.
  • 00:16:21.867 --> 00:16:22.534
  • Y'all, we must say they were
  • 00:16:22.601 --> 00:16:24.603
  • Disappointed and devastated
  • 00:16:24.670 --> 00:16:27.006
  • Because of real life events.
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  • It wasn't that
  • 00:16:29.141 --> 00:16:29.775
  • That didn't happen,
  • 00:16:29.842 --> 00:16:30.442
  • It was just that
  • 00:16:30.509 --> 00:16:31.343
  • The then was in progress.
  • 00:16:31.410 --> 00:16:36.582
  • Then their eyes were open
  • 00:16:36.682 --> 00:16:38.517
  • Then their eyes were open when he broke the bread.
  • 00:16:38.584 --> 00:16:41.987
  • When he broke the bread. only what is broken
  • 00:16:42.054 --> 00:16:43.155
  • Only what is broken can be really blessed.
  • 00:16:43.222 --> 00:16:48.260
  • Can be really blessed. so, after the breaking,
  • 00:16:48.327 --> 00:16:50.129
  • So, after the breaking, expect a revelation.
  • 00:16:50.195 --> 00:16:53.365
  • Expect a revelation. after i got done telling
  • 00:16:53.432 --> 00:16:54.400
  • After i got done telling holly my story, she said,
  • 00:16:54.466 --> 00:16:58.170
  • Holly my story, she said, "yeah, but then,"
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  • "yeah, but then," because i was going through
  • 00:17:00.906 --> 00:17:01.440
  • Because i was going through a part of our history where
  • 00:17:01.507 --> 00:17:03.475
  • A part of our history where somebody had really hurt us,
  • 00:17:03.542 --> 00:17:06.345
  • Somebody had really hurt us, i mean, really hurt us.
  • 00:17:06.412 --> 00:17:08.747
  • I mean, really hurt us. she said, "yeah, but then."
  • 00:17:08.814 --> 00:17:11.050
  • She said, "yeah, but then." and she told me the thing that
  • 00:17:11.116 --> 00:17:11.917
  • And she told me the thing that happened after they hurt us
  • 00:17:11.984 --> 00:17:13.185
  • Happened after they hurt us that wouldn't have
  • 00:17:13.252 --> 00:17:13.919
  • That wouldn't have happened if they didn't.
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  • Happened if they didn't. and just when she reminded me
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  • And just when she reminded me of that, she said,
  • 00:17:17.956 --> 00:17:18.690
  • Of that, she said, "but then it gave me faith
  • 00:17:18.757 --> 00:17:21.226
  • "but then it gave me faith for my future,
  • 00:17:21.293 --> 00:17:24.329
  • For my future, because i realized that just
  • 00:17:24.396 --> 00:17:25.664
  • Because i realized that just like farmers plant seeds
  • 00:17:25.731 --> 00:17:28.767
  • Like farmers plant seeds and don't cry about losing them,
  • 00:17:28.834 --> 00:17:33.372
  • And don't cry about losing them, there are certain things in
  • 00:17:33.439 --> 00:17:34.239
  • There are certain things in your life and in my life
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  • Your life and in my life that are waiting for
  • 00:17:36.542 --> 00:17:37.676
  • That are waiting for the appropriate time
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  • The appropriate time to come forth."
  • 00:17:39.078 --> 00:17:42.448
  • To come forth." don't let the funeral fool you.
  • 00:17:42.514 --> 00:17:45.951
  • Don't let the funeral fool you. you keep saying, "this is it,
  • 00:17:46.018 --> 00:17:47.019
  • You keep saying, "this is it, this is the end."
  • 00:17:47.086 --> 00:17:47.786
  • This is the end." it's not the end.
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  • It's not the end. it's just pre-then.
  • 00:17:50.289 --> 00:17:54.359
  • It's just pre-then. because one day maybe
  • 00:17:54.426 --> 00:17:56.228
  • You'll be talking to somebody
  • 00:17:56.328 --> 00:17:57.229
  • You'll be talking to somebody and you'll say,
  • 00:17:57.296 --> 00:17:58.464
  • And you'll say, "i was about ready
  • 00:17:58.530 --> 00:17:59.331
  • "i was about ready to give up, but then."
  • 00:17:59.398 --> 00:18:02.868
  • To give up, but then." and i think
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  • And i think the real skill of living,
  • 00:18:03.535 --> 00:18:04.636
  • The real skill of living, austin, is to be able
  • 00:18:04.703 --> 00:18:06.772
  • Austin, is to be able to trust god enough that you
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  • To trust god enough that you leave the then with him.
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  • [applause]
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  • Because maybe what was
  • 00:18:18.217 --> 00:18:19.952
  • Because maybe what was most significant about
  • 00:18:20.018 --> 00:18:21.186
  • Most significant about the bread was not just
  • 00:18:21.253 --> 00:18:22.321
  • The bread was not just the fact that he broke it,
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  • But whose hands it was in.
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  • But whose hands it was in. jesus was supposed
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  • Jesus was supposed to be the guest,
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  • To be the guest, what is he doing
  • 00:18:30.796 --> 00:18:31.497
  • What is he doing serving the bread?
  • 00:18:31.563 --> 00:18:33.499
  • Serving the bread? it is the moment you let him
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  • It is the moment you let him take over that you see
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  • Take over that you see who he really is.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, i thought with
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  • So, i thought with everyone standing across
  • 00:18:42.941 --> 00:18:44.176
  • Everyone standing across every location,
  • 00:18:44.243 --> 00:18:46.512
  • Every location, this is one of the most
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  • This is one of the most anointed moments that
  • 00:18:47.346 --> 00:18:48.113
  • Anointed moments that i've preached all year.
  • 00:18:48.180 --> 00:18:49.648
  • I've preached all year. i don't know if you
  • 00:18:49.715 --> 00:18:50.315
  • I don't know if you can feel it or not.
  • 00:18:50.382 --> 00:18:51.016
  • Can feel it or not. and you don't have to feel it.
  • 00:18:51.083 --> 00:18:52.784
  • And you don't have to feel it. even if all you feel is grief,
  • 00:18:52.851 --> 00:18:54.887
  • Even if all you feel is grief, don't let the funeral fool you.
  • 00:18:54.953 --> 00:18:57.456
  • Don't let the funeral fool you. there will be a then.
  • 00:18:57.523 --> 00:19:01.693
  • There will be a then. there will be a then,
  • 00:19:01.760 --> 00:19:02.594
  • There will be a then, and you get to make a decision
  • 00:19:02.661 --> 00:19:04.163
  • And you get to make a decision about this then
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  • About this then when you are relaying
  • 00:19:06.331 --> 00:19:07.432
  • When you are relaying this story in the future.
  • 00:19:07.499 --> 00:19:09.968
  • This story in the future. if you want to tell about
  • 00:19:10.035 --> 00:19:10.736
  • If you want to tell about the time that you were
  • 00:19:10.802 --> 00:19:11.703
  • The time that you were walking away from god down
  • 00:19:11.770 --> 00:19:12.738
  • Walking away from god down in a road called emmaus
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  • In a road called emmaus seven miles and you kept going,
  • 00:19:14.273 --> 00:19:18.410
  • Seven miles and you kept going, and you stayed home because
  • 00:19:18.477 --> 00:19:19.211
  • And you stayed home because you were disappointed or do
  • 00:19:19.278 --> 00:19:21.547
  • You were disappointed or do you want to talk about
  • 00:19:21.613 --> 00:19:22.147
  • You want to talk about how the bread was broken
  • 00:19:22.214 --> 00:19:23.182
  • How the bread was broken and then your eyes were open?
  • 00:19:23.248 --> 00:19:25.150
  • And then your eyes were open? and watch verse 32.
  • 00:19:25.217 --> 00:19:25.751
  • And watch verse 32. i got to give you this.
  • 00:19:25.817 --> 00:19:27.419
  • It says they recognized him
  • 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:29.655
  • It says they recognized him in the breaking of the bread
  • 00:19:29.721 --> 00:19:30.622
  • In the breaking of the bread and they asked each other,
  • 00:19:30.689 --> 00:19:31.423
  • And they asked each other, "'were not our hearts
  • 00:19:31.490 --> 00:19:32.257
  • "'were not our hearts burning within us while
  • 00:19:32.324 --> 00:19:33.091
  • Burning within us while he talked with us
  • 00:19:33.158 --> 00:19:34.059
  • He talked with us on the road and opened
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  • On the road and opened the scriptures to us?'
  • 00:19:34.927 --> 00:19:36.395
  • The scriptures to us?' then they got up at once
  • 00:19:36.461 --> 00:19:40.299
  • Then they got up at once and returned to jerusalem,"
  • 00:19:40.365 --> 00:19:43.368
  • And returned to jerusalem," where they were supposed
  • 00:19:43.435 --> 00:19:44.536
  • Where they were supposed to be all along.
  • 00:19:44.603 --> 00:19:45.938
  • To be all along. i believe god's calling
  • 00:19:46.004 --> 00:19:47.239
  • Some of you back to where
  • 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:48.140
  • Some of you back to where you belong today.
  • 00:19:48.207 --> 00:19:49.841
  • You belong today. back to the kind
  • 00:19:49.908 --> 00:19:50.909
  • Back to the kind of person you really are,
  • 00:19:50.976 --> 00:19:52.377
  • Of person you really are, back to the kind
  • 00:19:52.444 --> 00:19:53.078
  • Back to the kind of hope you really possess,
  • 00:19:53.145 --> 00:19:54.546
  • Of hope you really possess, back to the role that
  • 00:19:54.613 --> 00:19:57.349
  • Back to the role that you occupy so brilliantly
  • 00:19:57.416 --> 00:19:59.117
  • You occupy so brilliantly with integrity when
  • 00:19:59.184 --> 00:20:01.019
  • Your faith is engaged.
  • 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:02.454
  • Your faith is engaged. they went back to jerusalem.
  • 00:20:02.521 --> 00:20:05.123
  • They went back to jerusalem. "there they found the eleven
  • 00:20:05.190 --> 00:20:05.991
  • "there they found the eleven and those with them
  • 00:20:06.058 --> 00:20:06.925
  • And those with them assembled together.
  • 00:20:06.992 --> 00:20:07.626
  • Assembled together. ain't it crazy how god
  • 00:20:07.693 --> 00:20:08.894
  • Ain't it crazy how god already had the party getting
  • 00:20:08.961 --> 00:20:09.962
  • Started while they were
  • 00:20:10.062 --> 00:20:11.263
  • Started while they were still in the funeral?
  • 00:20:11.330 --> 00:20:13.365
  • Still in the funeral? don't let the funeral fool you,
  • 00:20:13.432 --> 00:20:14.499
  • Don't let the funeral fool you, you might miss the party.
  • 00:20:14.566 --> 00:20:17.703
  • You might miss the party. and there was a prayer meeting
  • 00:20:17.769 --> 00:20:19.171
  • And there was a prayer meeting happening in jerusalem
  • 00:20:19.238 --> 00:20:21.039
  • And verse 34 says they said,
  • 00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:22.941
  • And verse 34 says they said, "'it's true, the lord has risen
  • 00:20:23.008 --> 00:20:24.209
  • "'it's true, the lord has risen and appeared to simon.'
  • 00:20:24.276 --> 00:20:26.645
  • And appeared to simon.' and then, the two told
  • 00:20:26.712 --> 00:20:30.015
  • And then, the two told what had happened on the way
  • 00:20:30.082 --> 00:20:32.284
  • What had happened on the way and how jesus was recognized
  • 00:20:32.351 --> 00:20:34.987
  • And how jesus was recognized by them when he broke
  • 00:20:35.053 --> 00:20:37.089
  • By them when he broke the bread."
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  • The bread." then, then.
  • 00:20:37.856 --> 00:20:40.792
  • This is your then, baby,
  • 00:20:40.892 --> 00:20:44.162
  • This is your then, baby, this is your then.
  • 00:20:44.229 --> 00:20:46.598
  • You will even be grateful
  • 00:20:46.698 --> 00:20:48.934
  • You will even be grateful for the breaking if you
  • 00:20:49.001 --> 00:20:50.569
  • For the breaking if you put it in his hands.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:20:52.170 --> 00:20:52.938
  • So, i wanna pray for you
  • 00:20:53.472 --> 00:20:56.375
  • Because i started this sermon
  • 00:20:56.441 --> 00:20:58.443
  • Saying we have to have
  • 00:20:58.510 --> 00:20:59.611
  • A funeral for our expectations,
  • 00:20:59.678 --> 00:21:01.280
  • Our funeral for the way that we
  • 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.914
  • Our funeral for the way that we thought things would turn out,
  • 00:21:02.981 --> 00:21:03.982
  • Thought things would turn out, our funeral for the way
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  • Our funeral for the way we thought people should
  • 00:21:05.050 --> 00:21:05.751
  • We thought people should appreciate us,
  • 00:21:05.817 --> 00:21:06.685
  • Appreciate us, our funeral for --
  • 00:21:06.752 --> 00:21:07.686
  • Our funeral for -- our funeral for our path
  • 00:21:07.753 --> 00:21:09.087
  • Our funeral for our path that we thought we would be on
  • 00:21:09.154 --> 00:21:10.322
  • That we thought we would be on at this point in our life.
  • 00:21:10.389 --> 00:21:12.090
  • At this point in our life. but don't have the funeral
  • 00:21:12.157 --> 00:21:13.959
  • But don't have the funeral and bury your faith.
  • 00:21:14.026 --> 00:21:18.063
  • And bury your faith. have the funeral for
  • 00:21:18.130 --> 00:21:20.032
  • Have the funeral for your expectations and watch
  • 00:21:20.098 --> 00:21:23.268
  • Your expectations and watch god resurrect your faith.
  • 00:21:23.335 --> 00:21:26.805
  • God resurrect your faith. and so, i'm trading,
  • 00:21:26.872 --> 00:21:28.373
  • And so, i'm trading, you see it?
  • 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.141
  • You see it? i am trading my expectation
  • 00:21:29.207 --> 00:21:32.711
  • I am trading my expectation of others for faith in god
  • 00:21:32.778 --> 00:21:36.915
  • Of others for faith in god to let me know there is a then
  • 00:21:36.982 --> 00:21:39.584
  • To let me know there is a then and it's in his hands.
  • 00:21:39.651 --> 00:21:42.321
  • And it's in his hands. put your hands just like this,
  • 00:21:42.387 --> 00:21:43.822
  • Put your hands just like this, like you're receiving something
  • 00:21:43.889 --> 00:21:45.490
  • Like you're receiving something from somebody you trust
  • 00:21:45.557 --> 00:21:47.926
  • From somebody you trust and just tell the lord,
  • 00:21:47.993 --> 00:21:49.494
  • And just tell the lord, "it's in your hands."
  • 00:21:49.561 --> 00:21:50.395
  • "it's in your hands." >> congregation: it's in
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  • >> congregation: it's in your hands.
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  • Your hands. >> put that in the comments,
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  • >> put that in the comments, say it out loud
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  • Say it out loud if you're in the room,
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  • If you're in the room, "it's in your hands."
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  • "it's in your hands." >> congregation: it's in
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  • >> congregation: it's in your hands.
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  • Your hands. >> that is what is significant
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  • >> that is what is significant about the breaking bread
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  • About the breaking bread in luke 24.
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  • In luke 24. that is what's
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  • That is what's significant about your future.
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  • Significant about your future. that is what is significant
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  • That is what is significant about this moment,
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  • About this moment, it's in his hands.
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  • It's in his hands. and so now, father,
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  • And so now, father, i place these people that
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  • I place these people that i've preached this message
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  • I've preached this message to into your hands.
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  • To into your hands. the one who was handed over for
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  • The one who was handed over for death but rose again in life.
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  • Death but rose again in life. in your hands are the keys
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  • In your hands are the keys of death, hell, and the grave.
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  • Of death, hell, and the grave. god, today, whatever it is that
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  • God, today, whatever it is that we need to let go of in order
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  • We need to let go of in order to go forward, we do that now.
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  • To go forward, we do that now. and we might have to do it
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  • 100 times again today,
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  • 100 times again today, but that's all right,
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  • But that's all right, because we have learned
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  • Because we have learned the difference between
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  • The difference between the end and a next step
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  • The end and a next step waiting to happen.
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  • Waiting to happen. so, we stand before you today
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  • So, we stand before you today empty hands, full hearts.
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  • I want to thank you for
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  • The person that you met today
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  • On the road away from you.
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  • I want to thank you
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  • I want to thank you for the person today
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  • For the person today who was running full speed
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  • Who was running full speed from your love,
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  • From your love, but you tracked them down.
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  • But you tracked them down. i wanna thank you today
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  • I wanna thank you today for the person whose eyes
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  • For the person whose eyes were opened to see
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  • Were opened to see your presence in their life.
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  • Your presence in their life. "oh, that's how god is working.
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  • "oh, that's how god is working. oh, that's how god is moving.
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  • Oh, that's how god is moving. oh, that's how
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  • Oh, that's how it's coming to pass.
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  • It's coming to pass. oh, this is where
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  • Oh, this is where god wanted me to be.
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  • God wanted me to be. oh, this is what god
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  • Oh, this is what god is wanting me to learn."
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  • Is wanting me to learn." i thank you for this,
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  • I thank you for this, and i thank you for then.
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  • >> suppose that god brought
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  • >> suppose that god brought you here today to have
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  • You here today to have a funeral for the way
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  • A funeral for the way you thought it was
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  • You thought it was supposed to go.
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  • Supposed to go. when you have a funeral
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  • When you have a funeral for your expectations,
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  • For your expectations, god replaces them with grace.
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  • God replaces them with grace. when you have a funeral
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  • When you have a funeral for your expectations of how
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  • For your expectations of how your kids need to turn out,
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  • Your kids need to turn out, god will give you grace
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  • God will give you grace to raise them and stop
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  • To raise them and stop comparing to others.
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  • Comparing to others. when you have a funeral
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  • When you have a funeral for your expectations
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  • For your expectations of where you're supposed to be
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  • Of where you're supposed to be at this point in your life,
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  • At this point in your life, god will give you grace to
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  • God will give you grace to accept where you are
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  • Accept where you are on the way
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  • On the way to where you're going.
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  • >> when life doesn't go the way
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  • You thought it would,
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  • Disappointment can feel
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  • Like the end.
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  • But what if god is inviting you
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  • To have a funeral
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  • For your expectations
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  • And replace them
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  • With his grace?
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  • In pastor steven furtick's
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  • Newest series,
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  • "it's not over,"
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  • You'll discover how to let go
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  • Of what you thought
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  • Should be and step into
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  • What god has for you.
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  • >> ♪ yes it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ prophesy ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ so darkness bow down ♪
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  • ♪ to the day ♪
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  • >> ♪ mountains get up ♪
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  • ♪ out my way ♪
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  • ♪ breaking out of yesterday ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ so tell this giant ♪
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  • ♪ in my face ♪
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  • ♪ you're not greater ♪
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  • ♪ than my faith ♪
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  • ♪ best believe me when i say ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ something's on the way ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ sing i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ come on and step into it ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ sing i got ♪
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  • ♪ a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ prophesy ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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