Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Don't Tap Out, Tap In (Part 1)

July 24, 2025 | 28:0

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

#Focus #Fruitful #SeekGod #HandofGod #PresenceofGod #SpiritualWarfare #Struggle #Enemy #Temptation #Distractions

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Don't Tap Out, Tap In (Part 1) | July 24, 2025

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking to strengthen
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Your faith and shift
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Your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> god says, "i see what's going
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>> god says, "i see what's going on in your life.
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On in your life. i know what's dragging
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I know what's dragging you down in your spirit.
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You down in your spirit. i hear the cries
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I hear the cries of your depression.
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Of your depression. i see the trembling hands
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I see the trembling hands that your anxiety are causing.
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That your anxiety are causing. i see the trauma that
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I see the trauma that you buried deep enough
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You buried deep enough to get it past people."
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To get it past people." but man looks on
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But man looks on the outward appearance
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The outward appearance and god looks on the heart.
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And god looks on the heart. and god sees past the struggle
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And god sees past the struggle and god sees the source.
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And god sees the source. and god looks past
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And god looks past your weakness and god
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Your weakness and god gives more strength.
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Gives more strength. what shall we say then in
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What shall we say then in response to these things?
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Response to these things? if god is for us,
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If god is for us, who can be against us?
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Who can be against us? shall not he who delivered
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Shall not he who delivered his son freely give us
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His son freely give us all these things?
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[applause and cheering]
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I came to announce
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I came to announce it's his fight.
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It's his fight. high five three people,
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High five three people, say, "it's his fight."
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♪ ♪
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Okay, you don't get it yet.
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Okay, you don't get it yet. let me help you get it.
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Let me help you get it. god is not at the mercy
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God is not at the mercy of anything or anyone
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Of anything or anyone or anywhere to do what
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Or anywhere to do what you're asking him
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You're asking him to do in your life.
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To do in your life. his sword is fierce,
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His sword is fierce, his sword is great,
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His sword is great, his sword is powerful.
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His sword is powerful. his sword is fierce,
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His sword is fierce, his sword is great,
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His sword is great, his sword is powerful.
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His sword is powerful. i know three things,
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I know three things, his sword is fierce,
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His sword is fierce, his sword is great,
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His sword is great, his sword is powerful.
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His sword is powerful. and guess what
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And guess what that means for me?
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That means for me? it means that i don't
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It means that i don't have to focus on what
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Have to focus on what i'm fighting with,
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I'm fighting with, i can focus on the one who
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I can focus on the one who is fighting with me
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Is fighting with me in the battle
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In the battle any time i choose.
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[applause]
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So, if i could break
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So, if i could break it down for you i'd say,
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It down for you i'd say, "there is a fight
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"there is a fight and there is a sword,
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And there is a sword, but the sword is in
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But the sword is in god's hand not yours."
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[applause]
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This is why all of our efforts
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This is why all of our efforts to try to fight in our flesh
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To try to fight in our flesh fail eventually,
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Fail eventually, 'cause you're not
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'cause you're not bigger than it.
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Bigger than it. you're like graham trying
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You're like graham trying to arm bar vitor and wondering,
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To arm bar vitor and wondering, "why does this
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"why does this keep happening to me?"
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Keep happening to me?" it's because you haven't really
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It's because you haven't really understood your responsibility
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Understood your responsibility in this relationship with god.
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In this relationship with god. he said, "the fight is mine,
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He said, "the fight is mine, the sword is his."
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The sword is his." but watch this,
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But watch this, verse 2,
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Verse 2, "in that day,
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"in that day, 'sing about
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'sing about a fruitful vineyard.'"
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A fruitful vineyard.'" the sword is his,
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The sword is his, the song is mine.
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[applause]
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And i will help you
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And i will help you with this in any way
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With this in any way that i can because
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I believe that your song
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I believe that your song is god's sword.
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Is god's sword. i believe that our worship
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I believe that our worship of jesus christ is a powerful
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Of jesus christ is a powerful weapon against whatever has
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Wrapped itself around your life.
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Wrapped itself around your life. and when i say worship
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And when i say worship i am not confined to the first
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I am not confined to the first 20 minutes of church
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20 minutes of church when i think about worship.
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When i think about worship. worship for me is a way
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Worship for me is a way of looking at my life.
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Of looking at my life. when i praise his name something
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When i praise his name something miraculous happens,
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Miraculous happens, my problems get smaller.
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My problems get smaller. i can't explain it but when
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I can't explain it but when i praise his name stuff starts
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I praise his name stuff starts shrinking and strength
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Shrinking and strength starts growing.
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Starts growing. so my question is,
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So my question is, have you been more focused
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Have you been more focused lately on your fight
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Lately on your fight or your fruit?
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Or your fruit? i want you to focus more on your
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I want you to focus more on your fruit and less on your fight.
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Fruit and less on your fight. i want you to focus more
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I want you to focus more on where god is growing you
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On where god is growing you and less on how the enemy
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And less on how the enemy is grabbing you.
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Is grabbing you. you know,
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You know, that's happening right now.
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That's happening right now. the enemy is grabbing
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The enemy is grabbing for you soul,
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For you soul, grabbing for your peace,
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Grabbing for your peace, grabbing for your family,
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Grabbing for your family, grabbing for your right mind,
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Grabbing for your right mind, grabbing for your destiny,
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Grabbing for your destiny, grabbing for your advance,
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Grabbing for your advance, grabbing for your maturity,
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Grabbing for your maturity, grabbing for your discipleship,
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Grabbing for your discipleship, grabbing for your prayer life,
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Grabbing for your prayer life, grabbing for your worship.
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Grabbing for your worship. but while he's grabbing, watch,
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But while he's grabbing, watch, god is growing.
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God is growing. very practically.
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Very practically. let's run it back real
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Let's run it back real quick and walk it out.
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Quick and walk it out. there's a fight and there's
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There's a fight and there's fruit, and my question is,
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Fruit, and my question is, which one are you
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Which one are you focused on more?
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Focused on more? because the one that you look
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Because the one that you look at more and the one that you
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At more and the one that you speak about more will have
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Speak about more will have the leverage in your life.
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The leverage in your life. understand this,
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Understand this, god is telling them to sing
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God is telling them to sing about a vineyard that
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About a vineyard that isn't even there yet.
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Isn't even there yet. sometimes you sing
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Sometimes you sing over the fruit,
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Over the fruit, sometimes you sing
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Sometimes you sing over the seed.
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Over the seed. that's when god has given you
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That's when god has given you the potential for something.
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The potential for something. oh, this is so prophetic,
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Oh, this is so prophetic, i'm gonna get a email
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I'm gonna get a email about it from somebody.
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About it from somebody. it's gon' be like,
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It's gon' be like, "pastor steven i was that
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"pastor steven i was that guy on the 8th row
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Guy on the 8th row in the 2nd seat.
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In the 2nd seat. do you remember me?"
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Do you remember me?" no i don't but i'm glad
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No i don't but i'm glad god's given it to you.
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[laughter]
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Because god will cause you
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Because god will cause you sometime to sing over a seed.
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Sometime to sing over a seed. remember the nation of israel
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Remember the nation of israel was facing captivity and yet
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Was facing captivity and yet in the chaos of captivity comes
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In the chaos of captivity comes forth the beauty of creation.
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Forth the beauty of creation. i see it happen
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I see it happen in your life as i preach
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In your life as i preach it to you that out of the chaos,
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It to you that out of the chaos, leviathan, the chaos monster,
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Leviathan, the chaos monster, out of the chaos
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Out of the chaos of this season,
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Of this season, out of the chaos
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Out of the chaos of the mistake that you made,
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Of the mistake that you made, out of the chaos
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Out of the chaos of what was passed down
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Of what was passed down to you that you've
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To you that you've been dealing with,
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Been dealing with, out of the chaos
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Out of the chaos of a failed business,
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Of a failed business, out of the chaos
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Out of the chaos of a failed relationship,
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Of a failed relationship, out of the chaos
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Out of the chaos of the distraction that
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Of the distraction that you've been dealing with
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You've been dealing with comes a new creation.
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Comes a new creation. and the lord says,
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And the lord says, "i want you to start singing."
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"i want you to start singing." one thing i realize
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One thing i realize when we're worshipping
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When we're worshipping together is there are things
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That i'm dealing with back home
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That i'm dealing with back home that god is doing because
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That god is doing because of what's happening in here.
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Of what's happening in here. when i look around
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When i look around and i see you at church,
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And i see you at church, i know that your
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I know that your decision to be here,
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Doing this,
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Doing this, is waging war against whatever
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Is waging war against whatever is waiting for you when
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Is waiting for you when you leave this place.
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[applause]
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Do you believe that?
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[applause]
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One time somebody wanted
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One time somebody wanted healing from jesus
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Healing from jesus and jesus said,
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And jesus said, "go, they're already healed."
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"go, they're already healed." and at the exact time
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And at the exact time he spoke the word the child
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He spoke the word the child was healed back home.
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Was healed back home. you want god
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You want god to fight your battles?
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To fight your battles? start focusing more on your
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Start focusing more on your fruit than you focus
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Fruit than you focus on the fight.
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On the fight. when you call people
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When you call people it's alright to vent,
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It's alright to vent, but don't vent so much
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But don't vent so much that you ruin your vineyard.
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That you ruin your vineyard. the bible says in
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The bible says in song of solomon 2:15,
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Song of solomon 2:15, "you gotta catch
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"you gotta catch the little foxes that spoil
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The little foxes that spoil the vine."
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The vine." isn't it the little foxes?
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Isn't it the little foxes? isn't it the little thoughts
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Isn't it the little thoughts that you allow to repeat
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That you allow to repeat in your head?
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In your head? isn't it the little things
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Isn't it the little things that build up till you go,
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That build up till you go, "where the --"
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[laughter]
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'cause leviathan is what?
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'cause leviathan is what? he's a gliding serpent,
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He's a gliding serpent, he don't make a lot of noise.
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He don't make a lot of noise. he's a coiling serpent,
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He's a coiling serpent, he doesn't say,
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He doesn't say, "hey, i'm the devil!
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"hey, i'm the devil! wanna ruin your life?
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Wanna ruin your life? come along with me,
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Come along with me, we'll get it done together.
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We'll get it done together. it'll be a lot of fun.
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It'll be a lot of fun. you'll end up in rehab,
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You'll end up in rehab, you'll have deep debt,
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You'll have deep debt, you'll be crippled in debt,
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You'll be crippled in debt, you'll never be able
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You'll never be able to afford to send
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To afford to send your kids to college.
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Your kids to college. come on over here!"
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Come on over here!" gliding serpent.
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Gliding serpent. he's a coiling serpent.
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He's a coiling serpent. he is a silent strategist.
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He is a silent strategist. i'm real glad that my dad talked
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I'm real glad that my dad talked to me about our family's genetic
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To me about our family's genetic predisposition to alcoholism
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Predisposition to alcoholism when i was young.
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When i was young. i think it's a brilliant
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I think it's a brilliant thing that he did for me.
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Thing that he did for me. now, because he's took me
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Now, because he's took me aside and talked to me,
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Aside and talked to me, he kinda got in my head
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He kinda got in my head and he convinced me,
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And he convinced me, "if you ever start
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"if you ever start drinking you will love it."
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Drinking you will love it." he's like,
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He's like, "trust me, i do it.
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"trust me, i do it. i'm being honest with you son,
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I'm being honest with you son, i'm telling you this will
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I'm telling you this will be hard for you to beat."
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Be hard for you to beat." he's like,
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He's like, "what i think would be cool
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"what i think would be cool is if you just never do it."
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Is if you just never do it." i'm like, "dang man.
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I'm like, "dang man. that's -- all my friends --
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That's -- all my friends -- you know."
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You know." but he started this
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But he started this when i was like five...
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[laughter]
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And then about every year --
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And then about every year -- because my friends weren't
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Because my friends weren't drinking when i was five.
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[laughter]
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And then every year he would,
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And then every year he would, like, renew the conversation.
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Like, renew the conversation. "you know, if you ever start
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"you know, if you ever start doing it you're gonna
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Doing it you're gonna be homeless and probably end up
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Be homeless and probably end up on heroin if you
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On heroin if you start drinking alcohol."
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Start drinking alcohol." he had me so scared because
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He had me so scared because he had seen what it did
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He had seen what it did because it was all
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Because it was all in his family.
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In his family. now, i use this as an example,
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Now, i use this as an example, but we could substitute
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But we could substitute a lot of things here,
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A lot of things here, but i'm gonna tell you
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But i'm gonna tell you about my journey with this.
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About my journey with this. for years of my life,
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For years of my life, when i was an adult,
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When i was an adult, i would explain
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I would explain to people sometimes,
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To people sometimes, they'd go,
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They'd go, "do you want a glass of wine?
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"do you want a glass of wine? do you want a drink?
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Do you want a drink? do you want this?"
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Do you want this?" and i'd be like,
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And i'd be like, "nah thanks, i don't drink.
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"nah thanks, i don't drink. i don't drink."
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I don't drink." and i'm telling y'all,
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And i'm telling y'all, they would look at me like
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They would look at me like i said i don't brush my teeth,
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I said i don't brush my teeth, i don't shower,
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I don't pray.
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I don't pray. they'd look at me so
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They'd look at me so crazy like i was an alien.
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Crazy like i was an alien. and me and holly,
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And me and holly, we would be around
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We would be around lot of people --
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Lot of people -- and no judgement
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And no judgement on any of it,
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On any of it, i don't think it's
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I don't think it's a sin to drink,
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A sin to drink, but it was just my --
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But it was just my -- my dad had told me,
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"just so you know,
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"just so you know, this leviathan has ruined
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This leviathan has ruined a lot of my life."
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A lot of my life." he didn't call it leviathan
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He didn't call it leviathan but that's what he
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But that's what he was telling me about.
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Was telling me about. he didn't give me
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He didn't give me isaiah 27:1,
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Isaiah 27:1, he just said,
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He just said, "if you ever start drinking
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"if you ever start drinking it's a bad boy."
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It's a bad boy." so, we're 25 years old now,
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So, we're 25 years old now, 30 years old now,
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30 years old now, sitting around --
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Sitting around -- sometimes we'd be sitting
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Sometimes we'd be sitting around with preachers,
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Around with preachers, "hey, you want
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"hey, you want something to drink?"
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Something to drink?" "nah, we -- nah it's cool.
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"nah, we -- nah it's cool. you go ahead."
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You go ahead." "you don't drink?
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"you don't drink? why don't you drink?
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Why don't you drink? would you like a hi-c?
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Would you like a hi-c? would you like a capri sun?"
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[laughter]
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I'm telling you,
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I'm telling you, we have been mocked
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We have been mocked over this more --
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Over this more -- and we've been mocked
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And we've been mocked over a lot of stuff.
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Over a lot of stuff. this one ranks up
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This one ranks up there with all of 'em.
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There with all of 'em. and i would never say,
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And i would never say, "and you shouldn't,"
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"and you shouldn't," and i don't think that.
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And i don't think that. i don't even believe that,
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I don't even believe that, but what i would say is,
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But what i would say is, "this is something in my
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"this is something in my life that i feel
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Life that i feel very predisposed --"
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Very predisposed --" in fact, most of my disciplines
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In fact, most of my disciplines are a result of my weakness,
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Are a result of my weakness, not my strength.
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[cheering and applause]
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If you saw how many diet cokes
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If you saw how many diet cokes i drink a day you would
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I drink a day you would be glad i don't drink alcohol
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Be glad i don't drink alcohol 'cause it could get ugly.
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'cause it could get ugly. and don't email me
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And don't email me about cancer and diet cokes,
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About cancer and diet cokes, everybody needs something
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Everybody needs something in their life to look
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In their life to look forward to.
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[laughter]
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Do not take my aspartame away.
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Do not take my aspartame away. fight you like...
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[laughter]
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Put you in a armbar.
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[laughter]
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And watch me,
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And watch me, watch me, watch me.
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Watch me, watch me. i said -- i said,
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I said -- i said, "we don't drink,
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"we don't drink, we don't drink."
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We don't drink." and i realized,
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And i realized, one day i realized,
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One day i realized, that if i had lost my family
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That if i had lost my family to alcoholism and i told 'em,
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To alcoholism and i told 'em, "hey i don't drink.
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"hey i don't drink. i'm in recovery,
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I'm in recovery, i lost my family."
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I lost my family." they'd go, "that's great.
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They'd go, "that's great. good for you.
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Good for you. you should write
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You should write a book about that."
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A book about that." so i spoke to our youth
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So i spoke to our youth at youth x in orlando
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At youth x in orlando this summer and i told
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This summer and i told them about leviathan,
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Them about leviathan, and i said,
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And i said, "everybody in here
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"everybody in here has a leviathan.
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Has a leviathan. your parents have one,
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Your parents have one, your preacher has one,
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Your preacher has one, some of them we know
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Some of them we know the name and some
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The name and some of them we don't.
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Of them we don't. but one thing i do know
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But one thing i do know right now is that you
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Right now is that you have permission from god
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Have permission from god to become very intentional about
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To become very intentional about living your life
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Living your life in a way that protects you
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In a way that protects you from whatever threatens
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From whatever threatens your destiny.
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[applause]
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So i told the youth,
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So i told the youth, i'm not in recovery
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I'm not in recovery i'm in pre-covery.
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I'm in pre-covery. i made that up.
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I made that up. you like it?
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You like it? i'mma trademark that,
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I'mma trademark that, pre-covery.
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Pre-covery. i know i am such a mess,
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I know i am such a mess, i know i am such a goof ball,
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I know i am such a goof ball, i know i am such a dork
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I know i am such a dork there are certain things
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There are certain things i can't handle or play with,
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I can't handle or play with, so why not make a decision
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Today that i'm not gonna play
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Today that i'm not gonna play with something that i'm gonna
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With something that i'm gonna have to pray for god to take
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Have to pray for god to take away ten years from now.
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Away ten years from now. who the son sets free
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Who the son sets free is free indeed.
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[applause]
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I got other stuff,
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I got other stuff, i got road rage,
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I got road rage, but i can't stop driving.
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[laughter]
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I got food issues,
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I got food issues, but i can't go on
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But i can't go on a 10,000 day fast.
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A 10,000 day fast. what i'm trying
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What i'm trying to get you to say is,
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"this fruit in my
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"this fruit in my life is valuable,
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Life is valuable, and where there is fruit
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And where there is fruit there needs to be a fence."
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[applause and cheering]
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And i've got good news for you,
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And i've got good news for you, you know how you got
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You know how you got a fence for your dog,
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A fence for your dog, but it's buried
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But it's buried under the ground?
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Under the ground? and so, the dog knows it's there
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And so, the dog knows it's there but nobody else necessarily
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But nobody else necessarily knows it's there.
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Knows it's there. and it's not a big fence
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And it's not a big fence 'cause it would be ugly,
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'cause it would be ugly, and it wouldn't --
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And it wouldn't -- your hoa would kick you out
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Your hoa would kick you out and fine you and all of that
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And fine you and all of that so you can't put a fence,
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So you can't put a fence, so you had to get one of those
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So you had to get one of those fences that goes underground.
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Fences that goes underground. this is what the lord says,
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This is what the lord says, he says,
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He says, "i'm your underground fence."
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"i'm your underground fence." thank you jesus.
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Thank you jesus. i receive this revelation.
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[applause]
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He said,
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He said, "i the lord watch over it.
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"i the lord watch over it. i water it continually."
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I water it continually." and watch what god does.
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And watch what god does. i know you been fighting,
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I know you been fighting, i know it feels
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I know it feels stronger than you,
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Stronger than you, i know you don't
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I know you don't see how to defeat it.
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See how to defeat it. i know it runs in your family.
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I know it runs in your family. i know you've been dealing
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I know you've been dealing with it a long time.
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With it a long time. i know you wanna tap out,
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I know you wanna tap out, i know it seems pointless,
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I know it seems pointless, i know it seems fruitless, ah,
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I know it seems fruitless, ah, but in that day,
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But in that day, sing about a fruitful vineyard.
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Sing about a fruitful vineyard. and i announce over your life
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And i announce over your life child of god,
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Child of god, you are god's garden
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You are god's garden and god guards his garden.
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And god guards his garden. and god will not just allow
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And god will not just allow anything to come into your life.
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Anything to come into your life. and god will not allow just
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And god will not allow just anything to stay in your life.
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Anything to stay in your life. and god will not just allow
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And god will not just allow the enemy to run ransack in your
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The enemy to run ransack in your life anytime he wants to.
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Life anytime he wants to. not forever.
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Not forever. for the lord says,
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For the lord says, "in that day,
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"in that day, i the lord will water it
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I the lord will water it and i the lord
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And i the lord will watch over it
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Will watch over it and i guard it day
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And i guard it day and night so that
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And night so that no one may harm it."
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No one may harm it." don't you see that you
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Don't you see that you have a promise in the scripture
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Have a promise in the scripture that you have a fight,
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That you have a fight, but you also have a fence,
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But you also have a fence, and you are not in this fight
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And you are not in this fight by yourself but there
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By yourself but there is a fence around your life?
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Is a fence around your life? and no, you can't always
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And no, you can't always see the proof of it,
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See the proof of it, but it is an underground fence.
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But it is an underground fence. see, i believe all your life
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See, i believe all your life god has had you fenced in.
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God has had you fenced in. there were times
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There were times where you tried to go farther,
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Where you tried to go farther, you couldn't go farther
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You couldn't go farther 'cause you got a fence.
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'cause you got a fence. there were times where you tried
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There were times where you tried to run away but you couldn't run
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To run away but you couldn't run away 'cause you had a fence.
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Away 'cause you had a fence. and i need you
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And i need you to know today that
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To know today that you walked in here
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You walked in here with an invisible
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With an invisible fence around you,
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Fence around you, and it doesn't mean
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And it doesn't mean that nothing bad is ever
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That nothing bad is ever gonna happen to you,
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Gonna happen to you, but it means that whatever
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But it means that whatever comes against you
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Comes against you has to go through god.
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Has to go through god. and by the time he gets
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And by the time he gets done using this in your life
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Done using this in your life i declare that goliath's sword
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Will cut off his own head,
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Will cut off his own head, baby, 'cause i got a fence.
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[applause]
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Somebody throw your hands up,
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Somebody throw your hands up, say, "i got a fence."
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Say, "i got a fence." >> congregation: i got a fence.
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>> congregation: i got a fence. >> i'm hemmed in,
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>> i'm hemmed in, i'm lock down,
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I'm lock down, i'm spoken for,
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I'm spoken for, i'm sold out,
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I'm wrapped up,
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I'm wrapped up, i'm tied up,
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I'm tied up, i'm tangled up
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I'm tangled up by the word of god.
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[applause]
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I've got a fence,
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I've got a fence, a fence to keep
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A fence to keep me in his love,
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Me in his love, a fence to keep
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A fence to keep me in his grace.
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Me in his grace. nothing can separate me
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Nothing can separate me from the love of god
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From the love of god that is in christ jesus.
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That is in christ jesus. shall death, shall life,
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Shall death, shall life, shall angels,
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Shall angels, shall demons,
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Shall demons, shall principalities,
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Shall principalities, shall any power be able
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Shall any power be able to separate us
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To separate us from the love of god?
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From the love of god? no, because god will not allow
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No, because god will not allow you to be separated from what
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You to be separated from what you are spoken for,
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You are spoken for, and he has put his word
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And he has put his word inside of you.
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[applause]
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There's a fence around you.
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There's a fence around you. there's a fence around you.
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There's a fence around you. you have got to start
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You have got to start recognizing in your life
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Recognizing in your life the tremendous value
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The tremendous value of the fruit that
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Of the fruit that you have been given.
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You have been given. after all, y'all,
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After all, y'all, that's what
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That's what the fight is about,
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The fight is about, it's about the fruit.
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It's about the fruit. and not just the fruit
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And not just the fruit that you already have,
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That you already have, the fruit that's coming forth
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The fruit that's coming forth in your future.
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[applause]
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Oh, it's coming.
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Oh, it's coming. it's coming.
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It's coming. is my mic not on?
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Is my mic not on? i feel like they don't
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I feel like they don't hear this.
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Hear this. it's coming.
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It's coming. tell your neighbor --
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Tell your neighbor -- i don't think my mic
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I don't think my mic is working properly.
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Is working properly. tell 'em, "it's coming."
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Tell 'em, "it's coming." it's coming.
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It's coming. it's coming.
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It's coming. that's why i'm getting this
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That's why i'm getting this fence built, it's coming.
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Fence built, it's coming. that's why i'm getting
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That's why i'm getting tik tok off my phone,
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Tik tok off my phone, it's coming.
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It's coming. that's why i'm getting
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That's why i'm getting out of this, it's coming.
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Out of this, it's coming. that's why i'm protecting
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That's why i'm protecting and guarding my heart
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And guarding my heart for from it flow
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For from it flow the issues of life.
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The issues of life. it's coming.
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It's coming. it's coming.
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[cheering and applause]
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When the fight is
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When the fight is going down that means
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Going down that means the fruit is coming forth.
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The fruit is coming forth. i speak not by cliché
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I speak not by cliché but by the spirit of god.
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But by the spirit of god. did he not say in the text,
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Did he not say in the text, "in days to come jacob
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"in days to come jacob will take root."
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Will take root." you know, i think a lot
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You know, i think a lot of times we assume that if it's
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Of times we assume that if it's not seen it's not happening.
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Not seen it's not happening. but my bible says that just
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But my bible says that just like the enemy hides
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Like the enemy hides so does god sometimes.
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So does god sometimes. it isn't always a feeling,
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It isn't always a feeling, it isn't always
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It isn't always provable or verifiable.
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Provable or verifiable. yeah.
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Yeah. sometimes it's roots.
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Sometimes it's roots. and you know what you
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And you know what you can't do with roots?
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Can't do with roots? you can't rush them.
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You can't rush them. the more i thought about it
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The more i thought about it i realized that just like
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I realized that just like my roots are wrestling,
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My roots are wrestling, so are yours.
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So are yours. i mean, maybe i'm taking
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I mean, maybe i'm taking it a little too far,
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It a little too far, sometimes i do,
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Sometimes i do, but i think it's significant
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But i think it's significant that the lord is fighting
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That the lord is fighting leviathan and he mentions
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Leviathan and he mentions jacob who was the father
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Of the whole nation of israel.
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Of the whole nation of israel. and while god
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And while god is wrestling leviathan,
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Is wrestling leviathan, jacob is wrestling
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Jacob is wrestling with himself.
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With himself. you must understand and bring
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You must understand and bring into visibility that jacob was
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Wrestling inside
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Wrestling inside of his mother's womb,
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Of his mother's womb, in the dark.
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In the dark. that one night jacob was going
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That one night jacob was going to meet his brother esau
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To meet his brother esau and he wrestled
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And he wrestled with an angel all night long
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With an angel all night long in the dark.
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In the dark. and now here he is again
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And now here he is again mentioned in scripture,
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Mentioned in scripture, verse 6,
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Verse 6, "in days to come jacob
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"in days to come jacob will take root."
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Will take root." one thing i know about roots
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One thing i know about roots is that they don't do anything
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Is that they don't do anything significant until
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Significant until they are unseen.
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'cause, i keep hearing you
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'cause, i keep hearing you say i can't feel god right now.
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Say i can't feel god right now. i keep hearing you say i don't
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I keep hearing you say i don't know where god is,
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Know where god is, i don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do. i keep hearing you pretend
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I keep hearing you pretend like he went away.
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Like he went away. but he didn't go away,
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But he didn't go away, you're taking root.
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You're taking root. you're taking root.
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You're taking root. and your roots are wresting.
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And your roots are wresting. see, in mma they have something
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See, in mma they have something called tap out,
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Called tap out, but in agriculture
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But in agriculture there's something
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There's something called a tap root.
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Called a tap root. okay.
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Okay. okay, okay, okay, okay.
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Okay, okay, okay, okay. what does an oak tree
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What does an oak tree and a walnut tree
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And a walnut tree and a carrot and a beet
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And a carrot and a beet and you have in common?
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And you have in common? they all have a tap root.
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They all have a tap root. not just any root,
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Not just any root, the tap root is the first root
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The tap root is the first root that comes from the seed.
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That comes from the seed. it goes directly down,
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It goes directly down, and it goes down deep.
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And it goes down deep. it goes down deep enough that it
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It goes down deep enough that it can reach water that a surface
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Can reach water that a surface root cannot reach.
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Root cannot reach. it goes down deep enough
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It goes down deep enough that should this plant
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That should this plant encounter a drought
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Encounter a drought at any point in the future
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At any point in the future it will hold the water
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It will hold the water that it has because
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That it has because it went to the depth
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It went to the depth that it needed to go to receive
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That it needed to go to receive the nutrient and even store
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The nutrient and even store it in its own root.
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It in its own root. what does that have
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What does that have to do with you?
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To do with you? that's fine for a carrot,
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That's fine for a carrot, that's fine for a beet,
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That's fine for a beet, that's fine for a tree.
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That's fine for a tree. what does that have
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What does that have to do with me?
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To do with me? you have a tap root named jesus.
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You have a tap root named jesus. now, i'm not preaching
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Now, i'm not preaching about jacob,
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About jacob, i'm not preaching
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I'm not preaching about monsters,
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About monsters, i'm not preaching about mma,
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I'm not preaching about mma, i'm talking about jesus.
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I'm talking about jesus. i'm talking about my tap root,
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I'm talking about my tap root, i'm talking about
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I'm talking about my inner witness,
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My inner witness, i'm talking about greater
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I'm talking about greater is he that is in me than
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Is he that is in me than he that is in the world.
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[applause and cheering]
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And any time you decide
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And any time you decide to you can tap into it.
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To you can tap into it. or you can tap out.
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Or you can tap out. but if you tap out know this,
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But if you tap out know this, the enemy is not gonna
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The enemy is not gonna leave you alone.
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Leave you alone. he doesn't respect that tap.
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He doesn't respect that tap. but if you tap in,
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But if you tap in, if you get bold
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If you get bold enough today to say,
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Enough today to say, "my savior bled
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"my savior bled and died for me,
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And died for me, how shall i live
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How shall i live any longer in sin?"
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Any longer in sin?" if you get bold enough
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If you get bold enough to say today,
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To say today, "i know a name that
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"i know a name that is greater than leviathan,
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Is greater than leviathan, i know a name that
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I know a name that is greater than disease,
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Is greater than disease, i know a name that
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I know a name that is greater than depression.
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Is greater than depression. his name is jesus."
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[cheering]
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>> if you were encouraged
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>> if you were encouraged by this sermon you just
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By this sermon you just watched from pastor steven,
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Watched from pastor steven, i wanna invite you to call
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I wanna invite you to call or go online right now
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Or go online right now to request your copy
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To request your copy of today's message on dvd.
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Of today's message on dvd. it's part of his series
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"battle ready,"
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"battle ready," and it's available for
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And it's available for your gift of any amount.
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Your gift of any amount. this series is about preparing
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This series is about preparing for the battle's you're facing
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For the battle's you're facing and standing firm in
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And standing firm in god's strength.
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God's strength. maybe you've felt
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Maybe you've felt like giving up,
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Like giving up, like the enemy's attacks
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Like the enemy's attacks just keep coming and you don't
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Just keep coming and you don't wanna fight anymore.
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Wanna fight anymore. but god hasn't brought you
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But god hasn't brought you this far to leave you now.
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This far to leave you now. he's equipping you,
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He's equipping you, he's strengthening you
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He's strengthening you and he's positioning you
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And he's positioning you for something greater.
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For something greater. so, you don't have to fight
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So, you don't have to fight in your own strength.
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In your own strength. call the number on your screen
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Call the number on your screen or visit us online to request
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>> ♪ and you are enough ♪
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♪ so i am enough ♪
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♪ you are enough ♪
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♪ so i am enough ♪
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♪ you are enough ♪
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♪ so i am enough ♪
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>> ♪ we sing jireh ♪
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>> ♪ jireh you are enough ♪
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♪ jireh you are enough ♪
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>> ♪ so i will be content ♪
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♪ in every circumstance ♪
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♪ jireh you are enough ♪
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ oooh yes ♪
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ you are enough ♪
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>> ♪ sing this tonight ♪
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♪ and if he dresses the lilies ♪
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♪ with beauty and splendor ♪
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♪ how much more ♪
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♪ will he clothe you ♪
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♪ how much more ♪
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♪ will he clothe you ♪
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♪ if he watches over ♪
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♪ every sparrow ♪
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♪ how much more ♪
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♪ does he love you ♪
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♪ how much more ♪
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♪ sing it tonight ♪
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♪ if he dresses the lilies ♪
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♪ with beauty and splendor ♪
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♪ how much more ♪
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♪ will he clothe you ♪
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♪ how much more ♪
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♪ will he clothe you ♪
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♪ if he watches over ♪
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♪ every sparrow ♪
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Steven Furtick - Don't Tap Out, Tap In (Part 1)

July 24, 2025 | 28:0

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