Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Fix Your Focus (Part 1)

February 17, 2025 | S25:E47

Pastor Steven Furtick shares important tools needed to build healthier relationships.

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Fix Your Focus (Part 1) | February 17, 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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>> turn in your bible
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>> turn in your bible to matthew 6:31.
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To matthew 6:31. and we want to get
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And we want to get into this series today
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Into this series today called "the other half".
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Called "the other half". if i were to ask you
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If i were to ask you the question are you
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The question are you in a relationship
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In a relationship and your hand didn't go up
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And your hand didn't go up you misunderstand
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You misunderstand the very nature of what
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The very nature of what we intend to communicate.
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We intend to communicate. this series is for everyone.
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This series is for everyone. would you touch your neighbor
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Would you touch your neighbor and say this is totally for you.
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And say this is totally for you. >> congregation: this is
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>> congregation: this is totally for you.
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Totally for you. >> when we do it, we'll talk
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>> when we do it, we'll talk a little bit about if you're
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A little bit about if you're married that's important.
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Married that's important. but there is half
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But there is half of the church
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Of the church that isn't married,
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That isn't married, statistics say half
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Statistics say half of marriages end in divorce.
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Of marriages end in divorce. lets be honest,
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Lets be honest, if we don't have
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If we don't have our relationship with god right,
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Our relationship with god right, our relationship
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Our relationship with ourself right,
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With ourself right, we're never gonna have
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We're never gonna have a relationship
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A relationship with others right.
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With others right. so i hope you'll just listen
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So i hope you'll just listen with an open mind today
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With an open mind today and let me pick up
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And let me pick up in matthew 6:31.
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In matthew 6:31. i'm probably partial
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I'm probably partial to this scripture,
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To this scripture, my dad loved
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My dad loved the sermon on the mount
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The sermon on the mount and he would read it
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And he would read it every morning
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Every morning so he'd challenge me
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So he'd challenge me to memorize it
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To memorize it and i memorized some of it
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And i memorized some of it but, he memorized
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But, he memorized the whole thing, i didn't
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The whole thing, i didn't memorize the whole thing.
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Memorize the whole thing. but i like this part
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But i like this part in matthew 6:31
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In matthew 6:31 and i never really saw it
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And i never really saw it as a relationship scripture
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As a relationship scripture but now that i read it
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But now that i read it in this season of my life
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In this season of my life i see that its nothing
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I see that its nothing if not a relationship scripture.
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If not a relationship scripture. it is all about intimacy
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It is all about intimacy and provision
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And provision and you'll see what i mean.
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And you'll see what i mean. jesus speaking says
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Jesus speaking says "so do not worry.
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"so do not worry. saying what shall we eat,
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Saying what shall we eat, or what shall we drink,
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Or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear.
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Or what shall we wear. for the pagans,
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For the pagans, people who don't even know god
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People who don't even know god run after all these things
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Run after all these things and your heavenly father knows
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And your heavenly father knows that you need them."
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That you need them." somebody say god knows.
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Somebody say god knows. >> congregation: god knows.
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>> congregation: god knows. >> what i need.
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>> what i need. >> congregation: what i need.
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>> congregation: what i need. >> and tell your neighbor
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>> and tell your neighbor too incase they been
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Too incase they been staying up stressing about
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Staying up stressing about things that are outside
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Things that are outside their control,
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Their control, tell them god knows
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Tell them god knows what you need.
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What you need. >> congregation: god knows
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>> congregation: god knows what you need.
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What you need. >> god knows what you need
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>> god knows what you need and that's a good thing to say
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And that's a good thing to say anytime in your life
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Anytime in your life that you feel like you don't
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That you feel like you don't have enough,
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Have enough, or you don't have what you want,
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Or you don't have what you want, or you don't have
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Or you don't have what others have.
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What others have. just remind yourself over
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Just remind yourself over and over again that
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And over again that god knows what i need.
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God knows what i need. now sometimes the reason
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Now sometimes the reason that we can't receive
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That we can't receive his provision in some areas
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His provision in some areas of our life is because
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Of our life is because we don't have
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We don't have our priorities aligned.
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Our priorities aligned. and sometimes what we interpret
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And sometimes what we interpret as a lack of provision
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As a lack of provision on god's part is a lack
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On god's part is a lack of prioritization on ours.
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Of prioritization on ours. can i go further?
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Can i go further? >> congregation: yes.
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>> congregation: yes. >> so he says "seek first."
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>> so he says "seek first." 33 "his kingdom
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33 "his kingdom and his righteousness
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And his righteousness and all these things
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And all these things will be given to you as well."
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Will be given to you as well." god says when you
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God says when you align your heart
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Align your heart with my heart and your plans
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With my heart and your plans with my purposes i will give you
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With my purposes i will give you the things the rest
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The things the rest of the world has to grasp for.
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Of the world has to grasp for. i will give you the peace
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I will give you the peace that millionaires can't buy.
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That millionaires can't buy. i will give you,
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I will give you, come on somebody.
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Come on somebody. every good and perfect gift
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Every good and perfect gift comes from above, and because
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Comes from above, and because i'm in a relationship with god
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I'm in a relationship with god i have access to everything
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I have access to everything that i need.
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That i need. to be who he's called me to be,
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To be who he's called me to be, to do what
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To do what he's called me to do.
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He's called me to do. and so knowing these things
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And so knowing these things i seek first his kingdom
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I seek first his kingdom and his righteousness
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And his righteousness and all these other factors
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And all these other factors will be taken care of
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Will be taken care of by my father.
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By my father. amen.
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Amen. sometimes when i'm preaching
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Sometimes when i'm preaching i just get into it myself
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I just get into it myself and i forget you're there.
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And i forget you're there. [laughter]
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[laughter] therefore, do not worry
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Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow,
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About tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
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For tomorrow will worry about itself.
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About itself. each day has trouble of its own.
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Each day has trouble of its own. now the people that wrote
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Now the people that wrote the scriptures didn't put
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The scriptures didn't put a chapter marker here
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A chapter marker here so i'm gonna keep
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So i'm gonna keep right going on in to chapter 7.
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Right going on in to chapter 7. it says here this is
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It says here this is a new chapter, but to me
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A new chapter, but to me its the same thought.
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Its the same thought. this verse that comes next,
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This verse that comes next, this is the verse that everybody
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This is the verse that everybody who smokes weed likes to quote.
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Who smokes weed likes to quote. "do not judge."
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"do not judge." [laughter]
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[laughter] "or you too will be judged.
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"or you too will be judged. for in the same way
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For in the same way you judge others."
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You judge others." i just woke em up uptown.
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I just woke em up uptown. "in the same way you judge
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"in the same way you judge others you will be judged
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Others you will be judged and with the measure you use
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And with the measure you use will be measured to you."
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Will be measured to you." will you look at the speck
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Will you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye
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Of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention
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And pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
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To the plank in your own eye? how can you say
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How can you say to your brother,
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To your brother, or your wife or your husband,
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Or your wife or your husband, whoever, your boss, your kid.
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Whoever, your boss, your kid. how can you say let me
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How can you say let me take the speck out of your eye
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Take the speck out of your eye when all the time
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When all the time there's a plank
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There's a plank in your own eye you hypocrite.
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In your own eye you hypocrite. first take the plank out
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First take the plank out your own eye,
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Your own eye, then you'll see clearly
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Then you'll see clearly to remove the speck
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To remove the speck from your brother's eye.
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From your brother's eye. do not give dogs
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Do not give dogs what is sacred i'm speaking
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What is sacred i'm speaking to somebody right now
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To somebody right now who is selling yourself short
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Who is selling yourself short and lowering and compromising
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And lowering and compromising your standard.
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Your standard. jesus said "do not throw
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Jesus said "do not throw your pearls to pigs."
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Your pearls to pigs." [cheers]
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[cheers] maybe you need to send a text
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Maybe you need to send a text to that guy before you
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To that guy before you leave church today
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Leave church today and say gimmie my pearls back.
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And say gimmie my pearls back. don't even explain it
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Don't even explain it or put a verse by it
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Or put a verse by it but you'll know what it means.
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But you'll know what it means. [applause]
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[applause] "if you do, they may trample
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"if you do, they may trample them under their feet and turn
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Them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces."
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And tear you to pieces." i'll finish with verse 7
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I'll finish with verse 7 cause we gotta stop somewhere,
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Cause we gotta stop somewhere, "ask and it will be given
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"ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find,
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To you, seek and you will find, knock [knocking]
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Knock [knocking] and the door will
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And the door will be opened to you."
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Be opened to you." i wanna call this message
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I wanna call this message "fix your focus"
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"fix your focus" because i believe the only thing
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Because i believe the only thing you are ever always in control
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You are ever always in control of is your focus.
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Of is your focus. so many factors in your life
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So many factors in your life are beyond your control,
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Are beyond your control, but one thing
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But one thing you can always control,
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You can always control, if you learn how to do it,
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If you learn how to do it, and if you're committed to it
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And if you're committed to it is your focus.
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Is your focus. i think that many relationships
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I think that many relationships fail not because
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Fail not because of a loss of love,
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Of a loss of love, but because of a loss of focus.
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But because of a loss of focus. that would be one
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That would be one of the reasons a church fails
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Of the reasons a church fails as well while we're at it.
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As well while we're at it. is that you lose your focus
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Is that you lose your focus when you stop caring
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When you stop caring about what god cares about.
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About what god cares about. god will no longer
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God will no longer back you in your endeavor.
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Back you in your endeavor. and so, sometimes what we call
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And so, sometimes what we call failure is really
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Failure is really just broken focus.
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Just broken focus. its the reason why the passion
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Its the reason why the passion that exists in some parts
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That exists in some parts of relationships
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Of relationships when its getting started
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When its getting started tends to leak
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Tends to leak and you wonder where it went.
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And you wonder where it went. it wasn't necessarily
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It wasn't necessarily that you lost the love,
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That you lost the love, you lost the focus.
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You lost the focus. its very difficult
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Its very difficult to keep that first love focus
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To keep that first love focus in any relationship.
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In any relationship. i think jesus is
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I think jesus is calling us back to focus.
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Calling us back to focus. if you'll notice the bread
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If you'll notice the bread on the sandwich
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On the sandwich from the little passage
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From the little passage that we just read,
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That we just read, both of them start with seeking.
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Both of them start with seeking. seek first his kingdom,
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Seek first his kingdom, ask and it will be given to you,
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Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find.
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Seek and you will find. on both ends of this passage
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On both ends of this passage where jesus is speaking
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Where jesus is speaking on several different subjects
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On several different subjects is this idea of focus.
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Is this idea of focus. especially in our culture
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Especially in our culture the focus when it comes
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The focus when it comes to our relationship tends
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To our relationship tends to be a little broken.
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To be a little broken. when i say that its broken
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When i say that its broken i mean that its misplaced
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I mean that its misplaced and misleading.
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And misleading. sometimes we're so focused on
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Sometimes we're so focused on falling in love,
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Falling in love, that we're uneducated about
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That we're uneducated about the process of staying in love.
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The process of staying in love. talk to me anytime you want to.
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Talk to me anytime you want to. and there's a romantic notion
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And there's a romantic notion that is reinforced
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That is reinforced with every romantic comedy
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With every romantic comedy that the falling part
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That the falling part is where the excitement is.
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Is where the excitement is. i was looking at an article
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I was looking at an article getting ready for this series
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Getting ready for this series where the author said
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Where the author said "there's a reason that
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"there's a reason that fairytales end in marriage,
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Fairytales end in marriage, because nobody wants
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Because nobody wants to see what happens next."
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To see what happens next." nobody wants to talk
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Nobody wants to talk about the other half.
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About the other half. so today as i open this series,
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So today as i open this series, and it really will
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And it really will get better every week.
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Get better every week. i hope that you'll bear
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I hope that you'll bear with me as i lay a sort
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With me as i lay a sort of foundation, i wanna talk
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Of foundation, i wanna talk about four decisions of focus
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About four decisions of focus that you are making every
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That you are making every in your life and i know
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In your life and i know that some of you should be
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That some of you should be teaching the marriage seminar,
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Teaching the marriage seminar, all of you patron
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All of you patron saints of marriage,
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Saints of marriage, been doing 30 and 40 years
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Been doing 30 and 40 years and all of that.
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And all of that. i'm not quite on your level yet,
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I'm not quite on your level yet, i just celebrated my 14th year.
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I just celebrated my 14th year. [applause]
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[applause] and while somebody's clapping
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And while somebody's clapping for that somebody else
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For that somebody else is like "pshhh ain't nothin."
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Is like "pshhh ain't nothin." [laughter]
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[laughter] been married longer
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Been married longer than you been alive boy."
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Than you been alive boy." [laughter]
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[laughter] not gonna let
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Not gonna let some whippersnapper
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Some whippersnapper in some skinny motocross jeans
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In some skinny motocross jeans talk to me about --
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Talk to me about -- [laughter]
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[laughter] tight jeans up here
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Tight jeans up here trying to tell me
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Trying to tell me how to be married.
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How to be married. [laughter]
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[laughter] but regardless of the stage
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But regardless of the stage of the relationship, it requires
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Of the relationship, it requires a certain kind of focus.
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A certain kind of focus. that's what i want
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That's what i want to talk about today.
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To talk about today. so i wanna lay out four areas,
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So i wanna lay out four areas, i want you to take notes.
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I want you to take notes. everybody write something down,
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Everybody write something down, if your neighbor isn't writing
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If your neighbor isn't writing anything down its because
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Anything down its because they don't love god
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They don't love god and don't care about his word.
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And don't care about his word. [laughter]
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[laughter] now watch this, the first area
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Now watch this, the first area you gotta decide,
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You gotta decide, you gotta decide your focus
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You gotta decide your focus cause you can always decide
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Cause you can always decide your focus,
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Your focus, you can't always decide
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You can't always decide about all the factors.
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About all the factors. you can't always decide
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You can't always decide if somebody is gonna stay
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If somebody is gonna stay with you or leave you.
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With you or leave you. you can't always decide
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You can't always decide if somebody's gonna ask you out,
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If somebody's gonna ask you out, you can't decide
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You can't decide if they're gonna text you back,
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If they're gonna text you back, but you can always decide
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But you can always decide your focus.
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Your focus. so is your focus, number 1,
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So is your focus, number 1, on finding or becoming?
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On finding or becoming? finding or becoming?
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Finding or becoming? jesus said seek first
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Jesus said seek first the kingdom and the other stuff
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The kingdom and the other stuff will move into position.
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Will move into position. but if you seek first
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But if you seek first the other stuff
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The other stuff then you will have no center
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Then you will have no center of gravity for the stuff
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Of gravity for the stuff to revolve around.
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To revolve around. so its important
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So its important that your focus is not,
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That your focus is not, i been teaching this for years.
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I been teaching this for years. i used to go around
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I used to go around to youth camps and i would teach
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To youth camps and i would teach dating seminar and i would say,
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Dating seminar and i would say, you know its not
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You know its not an original quote from me
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An original quote from me but i'd say it all the time
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But i'd say it all the time cause i think its true.
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Cause i think its true. happiness isn't finding
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Happiness isn't finding the right person,
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The right person, happiness is being
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Happiness is being the right person.
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The right person. [applause]
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[applause] i'll take it further since
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I'll take it further since you're applause is so tepid.
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You're applause is so tepid. [laughter]
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[laughter] if you find the right person,
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If you find the right person, and you are not
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And you are not the right person,
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The right person, what do you think
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What do you think you're gonna do to that
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You're gonna do to that poor right person?
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Poor right person? now i'm not suggesting,
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Now i'm not suggesting, please, i'm not suggesting
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Please, i'm not suggesting that if you're not married
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That if you're not married or something like that
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Or something like that its cause you're not ready yet,
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Its cause you're not ready yet, cause all we have to do
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Cause all we have to do to disprove that stupid theory
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To disprove that stupid theory is to look at some
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Is to look at some of the people who are married.
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Of the people who are married. [laughter]
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[laughter] so married doesn't
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So married doesn't equal ready, okay?
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Equal ready, okay? i could offer you many examples
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I could offer you many examples of that, starting with myself.
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Of that, starting with myself. but what i am saying is
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But what i am saying is that it is important to god.
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That it is important to god. its important to god
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Its important to god that you have the right people
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That you have the right people in your life,
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In your life, but the only way you're gonna
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But the only way you're gonna have the right people
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Have the right people in your life is if you will be
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In your life is if you will be the right person in your heart.
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The right person in your heart. that's the only way
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That's the only way you're gonna attract them
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You're gonna attract them to begin with,
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To begin with, and that's the only thing
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And that's the only thing you can control.
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You can control. i can't always control
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I can't always control whether this person
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Whether this person comes into my life,
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Comes into my life, but i can control the kind
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But i can control the kind of person that i am.
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Of person that i am. you know how you have
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You know how you have little memories
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Little memories from your childhood
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From your childhood that are so random
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That are so random that you wonder
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That you wonder how they're still up there
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How they're still up there from all these years
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From all these years and you kinda wish you could
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And you kinda wish you could delete them cause honestly
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Delete them cause honestly you need that space
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You need that space for more important things
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For more important things like your children's names
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Like your children's names and stuff that
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And stuff that you forget sometimes.
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You forget sometimes. but i have a memory,
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But i have a memory, i don't know why, i remember
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I don't know why, i remember in 6th grade they gave us
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In 6th grade they gave us the berkeley county
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The berkeley county writing test.
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Writing test. i remember the prompt
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I remember the prompt of the berkeley county
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Of the berkeley county writing test
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Writing test when i was in the 6th grade
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When i was in the 6th grade almost word for word.
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Almost word for word. pretend that you are
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Pretend that you are on an adventure, they called it
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On an adventure, they called it a journey with your friends,
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A journey with your friends, and on this adventure or journey
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And on this adventure or journey you come across a valuable,
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You come across a valuable, unusual object.
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Unusual object. describe the object.
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Describe the object. a couple weeks later
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A couple weeks later the teacher walked
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The teacher walked in with all of our writing tests
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In with all of our writing tests and made an announcement.
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And made an announcement. she said "i've never had
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She said "i've never had this happen before
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This happen before in however many years
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In however many years of teaching, but every
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Of teaching, but every single one of you failed
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Single one of you failed the berkeley county
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The berkeley county writing test."
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Writing test." we laughed.
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We laughed. she said "its not a joke."
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She said "its not a joke." [laughter]
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[laughter] she said "you wrote
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She said "you wrote beautiful essays,
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Beautiful essays, you went into great detail,
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You went into great detail, elaborating on the journey
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Elaborating on the journey with your friends
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With your friends but that was not
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But that was not the writing prompt.
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The writing prompt. the writing prompt was
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The writing prompt was not to describe the journey,
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Not to describe the journey, the writing prompt was
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The writing prompt was to describe the object.
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To describe the object. all of you wrote essays
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All of you wrote essays about writing through
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About writing through the woods with your friends.
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The woods with your friends. some of you traveled across
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Some of you traveled across the seas with your friends,
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The seas with your friends, some of you flew through space
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Some of you flew through space with your friends,
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With your friends, it was highly entertaining.
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It was highly entertaining. but none of you
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But none of you described the object."
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Described the object." the object of relationship,
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The object of relationship, the object of love,
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The object of love, is not that somebody else
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Is not that somebody else would complete you.
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Would complete you. i'm sorry renee zellweger,
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I'm sorry renee zellweger, but you got it wrong.
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But you got it wrong. your line was touching,
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Your line was touching, it just wasn't true.
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It just wasn't true. jerry didn't complete you.
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Jerry didn't complete you. touch your neighbor say
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Touch your neighbor say you can't complete me.
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You can't complete me. >> congregation: you can't
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>> congregation: you can't complete me.
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Complete me. >> see, we teach this stuff;
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>> see, we teach this stuff; no wonder single people
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No wonder single people have their fists up ready
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Have their fists up ready to fight me when i wanna
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To fight me when i wanna preach about marriage,
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Preach about marriage, cause the way we preach it
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Cause the way we preach it and teach it we teach it
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And teach it we teach it like until you get married
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Like until you get married your life hasn't started.
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Your life hasn't started. i only got one question
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I only got one question to ask you, if that's true,
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To ask you, if that's true, how can you worship jesus?
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How can you worship jesus? [applause]
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[applause] we worship a guy
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We worship a guy who stayed single
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Who stayed single till they killed him.
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Till they killed him. [laughter]
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[laughter] now i'm not saying
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Now i'm not saying you have to say single
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You have to say single and be like jesus,
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And be like jesus, i would be a hypocrite
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I would be a hypocrite to say that, but i'm saying,
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To say that, but i'm saying, i'm saying if paul would have
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I'm saying if paul would have waited to fulfill his purpose
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Waited to fulfill his purpose until he had somebody
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Until he had somebody to complete him we wouldn't
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To complete him we wouldn't have 23% of the new testament.
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Have 23% of the new testament. [applause]
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[applause] and we teach it wrong,
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And we teach it wrong, we teach it wrong.
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We teach it wrong. i've taught it wrong,
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I've taught it wrong, we teach it wrong.
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We teach it wrong. in the book of genesis,
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In the book of genesis, god's describing marriage
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God's describing marriage talking about adam and eve
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Talking about adam and eve and says that you know
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And says that you know the man shall leave his father
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The man shall leave his father and mother and go be
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And mother and go be with his wife and it says
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With his wife and it says that the two will become one.
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That the two will become one. let me tell you
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Let me tell you what it doesn't say,
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What it doesn't say, it doesn't say the halves
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It doesn't say the halves will become whole.
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Will become whole. but yet we teach it,
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But yet we teach it, and we treat it,
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And we treat it, and we expect it,
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And we expect it, like the halves
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Like the halves are gonna become whole.
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Are gonna become whole. but i found out
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But i found out if you go into a marriage half,
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If you go into a marriage half, the two halves
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The two halves are gonna make hell,
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Are gonna make hell, not whole.
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Not whole. [laughter]
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[laughter] straight teaching pastor steven.
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Straight teaching pastor steven. that's very true pastor.
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That's very true pastor. so, what is your focus?
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So, what is your focus? eric my best friend,
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Eric my best friend, my best friend
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My best friend in the world is here.
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In the world is here. i mean, holly's my best friend,
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I mean, holly's my best friend, but my best friend
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But my best friend that's a guy,
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That's a guy, other than my sons.
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Other than my sons. one of my friends eric is here.
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One of my friends eric is here. [laughter]
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[laughter] he's been my buddy
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He's been my buddy since high school,
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Since high school, really since middle school.
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Really since middle school. we got in trouble together
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We got in trouble together and eric's still saved
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And eric's still saved most days.
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Most days. and he came over to my house
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And he came over to my house the other day,
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The other day, we were gonna work out
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We were gonna work out and he was all grumpy
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And he was all grumpy and sluggish and everything.
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And sluggish and everything. i said what's
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I said what's "wrong with you man?"
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"wrong with you man?" he said well, these,
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He said well, these, "i've been up since 4:00 a.m.",
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"i've been up since 4:00 a.m.", i said "why?"
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I said "why?" he said "these kids,
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He said "these kids, these punk kids
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These punk kids in my neighborhood
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In my neighborhood been ringing my doorbell
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Been ringing my doorbell in the middle of the night.
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In the middle of the night. they've done it 10 times."
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They've done it 10 times." [laughter]
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[laughter] he said "i'm gonna catch em
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He said "i'm gonna catch em though, i'm gonna catch em.
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Though, i'm gonna catch em. i got a camera
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I got a camera on my doorbell,
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On my doorbell, i put a camera in my doorbell
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I put a camera in my doorbell and i'ma catch em
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And i'ma catch em but these kids are smart man.
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But these kids are smart man. smart punks, they came up,
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Smart punks, they came up, they covered the camera
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They covered the camera on the doorbell and then when,
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On the doorbell and then when, from the side
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From the side and i'ma catch em."
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And i'ma catch em." but i stopped and asked him
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But i stopped and asked him a question, i think
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A question, i think its a good question,
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Its a good question, i said
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I said "and what will you do
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"and what will you do when you catch them?"
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When you catch them?" isn't that a good question
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Isn't that a good question if somebody's looking
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If somebody's looking for a woman or looking
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For a woman or looking for a man?
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For a man? what will you do?
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What will you do? if you catch them?
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If you catch them? but we are so focused
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But we are so focused on the catching
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On the catching that we don't even pay attention
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That we don't even pay attention to the commitment
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To the commitment that is required.
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That is required. [applause]
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[applause] so what is your focus?
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So what is your focus? is it what you what you
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Is it what you what you can control which is
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Can control which is what god is doing in your life
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What god is doing in your life or is it finding, you know?
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Or is it finding, you know? gotta find a woman,
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Gotta find a woman, then you gotta find a ring,
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Then you gotta find a ring, then you gotta find some money,
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Then you gotta find some money, and you gotta find a date
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And you gotta find a date to get married,
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To get married, and a place to get married
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And a place to get married that everybody can come
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That everybody can come to all on the same day.
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To all on the same day. working out continents,
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Working out continents, different continents people
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Different continents people coming together
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Coming together from all these different places
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From all these different places in the world and you gotta
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In the world and you gotta find the dresses
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Find the dresses for the bridesmaids,
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For the bridesmaids, something that they'll all wear
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Something that they'll all wear and won't complain about,
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And won't complain about, and look good against
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And look good against their skin tone.
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Their skin tone. and you gotta find a house,
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And you gotta find a house, and find a job and finding,
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And find a job and finding, finding, finding, finding,
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Finding, finding, finding, finding, finding,
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Finding, finding, finding, finding.
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Finding, finding. do you see the pattern here?
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Do you see the pattern here? but god said,
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But god said, while all of that has its place
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While all of that has its place if you will focus on becoming,
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If you will focus on becoming, remember he said
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Remember he said the two will become one.
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The two will become one. that's the focus.
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That's the focus. what are you becoming?
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What are you becoming? its a good question to ask.
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Its a good question to ask. another thing that jesus
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Another thing that jesus mentions is our tendency
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Mentions is our tendency to live in another time.
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To live in another time. so let me ask my second focus
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So let me ask my second focus question, are you focused
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Question, are you focused on then or now?
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On then or now? then or now?
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Then or now? he said don't worry
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He said don't worry about tomorrow,
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About tomorrow, not because you don't have
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Not because you don't have the tendency to or not
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The tendency to or not because it isn't reasonable to,
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Because it isn't reasonable to, just because it doesn't work.
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Just because it doesn't work. you know the corrie ten
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You know the corrie ten boom quote, you may not know
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Boom quote, you may not know that she said it,
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That she said it, but she said that
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But she said that "worry does not empty tomorrow
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"worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow,
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Of its sorrow, but only empties today
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But only empties today of its strength."
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Of its strength." and i believe that.
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And i believe that. while we've talked so much
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While we've talked so much about the importance
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About the importance of not living in your past
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Of not living in your past and the danger of living
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And the danger of living in yesterday,
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In yesterday, i certainly think a lot
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I certainly think a lot of relationships are sabotaged
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Of relationships are sabotaged by things that happened
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By things that happened before they ever began.
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Before they ever began. that weren't deal with.
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That weren't deal with. and so we project
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And so we project onto other people trust issues
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Onto other people trust issues that were developed
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That were developed because of another person's
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Because of another person's actions, and start saying
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Actions, and start saying things to somebody
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Things to somebody that we just me like
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That we just me like who's texting you?
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Who's texting you? [laughter]
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[laughter] and its not that
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And its not that you ever caught him
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You ever caught him doing anything its just that
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Doing anything its just that its been done to you before.
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Its been done to you before. and so now you're worried,
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And so now you're worried, you're bringing
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You're bringing the past into present
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The past into present and that's dangerous.
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And that's dangerous. you gotta deal with that stuff.
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You gotta deal with that stuff. however, because my texts
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However, because my texts led me here i was a little bit
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Led me here i was a little bit more fascinated with this idea
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More fascinated with this idea of how many of us live not
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Of how many of us live not in the past, but the future.
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In the past, but the future. jesus said don't worry
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Jesus said don't worry about tomorrow,
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About tomorrow, and it is equally important
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And it is equally important that we don't wish away today,
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That we don't wish away today, waiting for tomorrow to come.
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Waiting for tomorrow to come. tomorrow is a sexy place
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Tomorrow is a sexy place to vacation in your mind,
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To vacation in your mind, because its totally imaginary.
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Because its totally imaginary. tomorrow is a wonderful place
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Tomorrow is a wonderful place to visit in your mind,
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To visit in your mind, it brings hope into the present,
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It brings hope into the present, i think its cool to have
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I think its cool to have a vision for the future,
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A vision for the future, you know i think its cool
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You know i think its cool to think ahead, plan ahead
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To think ahead, plan ahead iras and all of that,
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Iras and all of that, i'm a big fan.
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I'm a big fan. but i do think at the same time
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But i do think at the same time you can't live there.
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You can't live there. but its so nice to, you know?
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But its so nice to, you know? it is so freeing from
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It is so freeing from the constraints
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The constraints of my current struggle,
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Of my current struggle, which is so real,
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Which is so real, to just shuttle myself to --
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To just shuttle myself to -- ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow ♪
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♪ tomorrow, tomorrow ♪ ♪ i'll love you tomorrow ♪
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♪ i'll love you tomorrow ♪ see how good it sounds?
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See how good it sounds? and it feels?
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And it feels? ♪ i'll love you tomorrow ♪
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♪ i'll love you tomorrow ♪ you never hear anybody saying...
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You never hear anybody saying... ♪ today ♪
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♪ today ♪ see it doesn't even sound
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See it doesn't even sound as good, does it?
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As good, does it? it doesn't have
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It doesn't have the same cadence.
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The same cadence. ♪ today, today ♪
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♪ i hate you, today ♪
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♪ i wish you would go away ♪
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♪ i wish you would go away ♪ ♪ but tomorrow, tomorrow ♪
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♪ but tomorrow, tomorrow ♪ ♪ its gonna be better ♪
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♪ its gonna be better ♪ ♪ tomorrow ♪
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♪ tomorrow ♪ ♪ cause my kids aren't ♪
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♪ cause my kids aren't ♪ ♪ gonna be in diapers tomorrow ♪
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♪ gonna be in diapers tomorrow ♪ ♪ my kids are gonna be ♪
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♪ my kids are gonna be ♪ ♪ out of high school tomorrow ♪
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♪ out of high school tomorrow ♪ ♪ i'm gonna be an empty ♪
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♪ i'm gonna be an empty ♪ ♪ nester tomorrow ♪
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♪ nester tomorrow ♪ ♪ i built my identity ♪
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♪ i built my identity ♪ ♪ around my kids tomorrow ♪
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♪ around my kids tomorrow ♪ ♪ tomorrow ♪
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Its about focus.
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Its about focus. its about focus.
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Its about focus. and the only way to tomorrow
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And the only way to tomorrow is through today
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Is through today so you gotta live there,
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So you gotta live there, you gotta live there.
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You gotta live there. you can't do it like,
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You can't do it like, well, you know if i had a man.
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Well, you know if i had a man. and i know that's easy
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And i know that's easy for me to say,
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For me to say, i know its whatever its easy
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I know its whatever its easy for me to say.
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For me to say. but its kind of easy
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But its kind of easy for you single people
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For you single people to tell us what marriage
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To tell us what marriage is like too, alright?
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Is like too, alright? so we can all have
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So we can all have a decent conversation.
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A decent conversation. and by the way, i would just
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And by the way, i would just put it out there to any of us
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Put it out there to any of us who are married or single,
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Who are married or single, lets talk in the realm
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Lets talk in the realm of what we know,
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Of what we know, not in the realm of
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Not in the realm of what we think somebody.
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What we think somebody. have you ever noticed
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Have you ever noticed how easy it is for you
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How easy it is for you to give advice
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To give advice when you're looking at
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When you're looking at what's in somebody else's eye?
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What's in somebody else's eye? jesus shifts gears
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Jesus shifts gears in this teaching
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In this teaching and he's going from comfort
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And he's going from comfort to challenge
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To challenge and god is good at both
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And god is good at both so he says hey i got you,
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So he says hey i got you, i know what you need,
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I know what you need, you don't need somebody
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You don't need somebody to complete you, you are
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To complete you, you are already the total package.
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Already the total package. you don't need clothes or food
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You don't need clothes or food any of these things.
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Any of these things. i know what you need
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I know what you need and you're good in my sight
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And you're good in my sight and your life doesn't begin
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And your life doesn't begin when the next stage starts.
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When the next stage starts. it starts right now
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It starts right now so don't worry about it.
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So don't worry about it. now don't judge!
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Now don't judge! just outta nowhere.
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Just outta nowhere. what's your focus?
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Is your focus on what is not,
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Is your focus on what is not, or what you've got?
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>> i'm so excited
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>> i'm so excited to share something special
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To share something special with you that i believe
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With you that i believe will have a big impact
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Will have a big impact on your life.
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On your life. it's called,
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It's called, "relationship essentials."
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"relationship essentials." and this set combines
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And this set combines two of my absolute favorite
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Series from my husband.
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Series from my husband. we all know that relationships
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We all know that relationships can be complicated.
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Can be complicated. navigating love,
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Navigating love, and friendships,
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And friendships, and family can sometimes
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And family can sometimes leave us feeling
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Leave us feeling lost and confused.
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Lost and confused. and you could be surrounded
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And you could be surrounded by friends and family yet
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By friends and family yet feel completely alone.
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Feel completely alone. that's why this
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That's why this set is so important.
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Set is so important. it offers real insights
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It offers real insights and practical tools to help
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And practical tools to help you strengthen your connections
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You strengthen your connections and heal from past hurts.
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And heal from past hurts. each sermon provides guidance
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Each sermon provides guidance on building healthier
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On building healthier relationships that are grounded
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Relationships that are grounded in biblical principles.
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In biblical principles. the bible shows us that god
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The bible shows us that god intended for you to have people
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Intended for you to have people in your life,
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In your life, people who support you,
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People who support you, and challenge you,
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And challenge you, and help you
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And help you to grow in your faith.
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To grow in your faith. you were not meant
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You were not meant to live life alone.
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To live life alone. i truly believe that
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I truly believe that "relationship essentials,"
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"relationship essentials," will be a game changer
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Will be a game changer for you and your relationships.
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For you and your relationships. to receive this set,
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To receive this set, all you have to do
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All you have to do is call or go online.
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Is call or go online. it's available
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It's available for your gift of any amount.
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For your gift of any amount. together, we can get
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Together, we can get our relationships back
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Our relationships back on track and make sure
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On track and make sure that they stay strong.
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That they stay strong. so, don't wait,
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So, don't wait, call or go online right
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Call or go online right now and i'll see you
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Now and i'll see you back here next time.
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>> "relationship essentials"
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Features two
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Of pastor steven furtick's
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Most requested series,
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"meant to be,"
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And "the other half."
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"meant to be,"
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Is a powerful five-part series
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Uncovering the bible's
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Best kept secrets about sex,
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Marriage, and being single.
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And, "the other half,"
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Is a four-part series
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That provides practical steps
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To shift your focus
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In relationships and prioritize
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What matters most.
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Together these two series
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Provide the tools you need
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For healthier relationships
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God's way.
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"relationship essentials"
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Is available for your gift
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Of any amount.
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Call or visit us online now
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To request your copy.
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>> if you love watching sermons
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>> if you love watching sermons from pastor steven furtick,
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From pastor steven furtick, there's more for you.
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There's more for you. you can join us sundays live
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You can join us sundays live online where you can watch
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Online where you can watch the sermon and also
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The sermon and also worship with us,
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Worship with us, and find a community
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And find a community of believers.
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Of believers. go to stevenfurtick.com/live
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Go to stevenfurtick.com/live for times.
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>> ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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♪ heavy with rain ♪
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♪ and it looks like revival ♪
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♪ is headed our way ♪
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♪ i can see a cloud ♪
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♪ heavy with rain ♪
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♪ and it looks ♪
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♪ like salvation ♪
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♪ salvation ♪
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♪ is headed our way ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ he shames every idol ♪
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♪ he reigns without rival ♪
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♪ he goes by ♪
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♪ the name of jehovah ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ he speaks into nothing ♪
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♪ and darkness goes running ♪
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♪ yeah ♪
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♪ he goes by the name ♪
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♪ of jehovah ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ belongs to him ♪
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♪ all the praise is his ♪
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♪ let's go ♪
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♪ his foes will be ♪
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♪ silenced ♪
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♪ he's fighting for zion ♪
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♪ oh oh oh oh oh ♪
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♪ there's no other god ♪
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♪ like jehovah ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ his arm never tires ♪
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♪ his eyes are like fire ♪
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♪ oh oh oh oh ♪
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♪ there's no other god ♪
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♪ like jehovah ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ belongs to him ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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Steven Furtick - Fix Your Focus (Part 1)

February 17, 2025 | S25:E47

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