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Steven Furtick - The Gift of Victory (Part 1)

December 4, 2025 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - The Gift of Victory (Part 1)
A powerful and engaging message from Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church, centered on the theme of "The Gift of Victory." Pastor Furtick delves into the concept of receiving victory from God, not just as a one-time event, but as a continual process of overcoming sin and living in righteousness. Through personal anecdotes and vivid illustrations, he challenges listeners to move beyond mere forgiveness to actively engage in the daily battle against sin, reminding them that true victory comes from standing firm in God's promises and fully committing themselves to His work.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The Gift of Victory (Part 1) | December 4, 2025
  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> announcer: up next,
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  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • [applause] >> god brought a scripture
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  • >> god brought a scripture to my memory
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  • To my memory from 1 corinthians 15.
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  • From 1 corinthians 15. i'll read from verse 54,
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  • I'll read from verse 54, 1 corinthians 15:54.
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  • 1 corinthians 15:54. "when the perishable
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  • "when the perishable has been clothed
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  • Has been clothed with the imperishable,
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  • With the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality,
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  • And the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written
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  • Then the saying that is written will come true:
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  • Will come true: 'death has been swallowed
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  • 'death has been swallowed up in victory.'"
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  • Up in victory.'" [applause]
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  • [applause] mhm.
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  • Mhm. "'where, o death,
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  • "'where, o death, is your victory?
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  • Is your victory? where, o death, is your sting?'
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  • Where, o death, is your sting?' the sting of death is sin
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  • The sting of death is sin and the power of sin
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  • And the power of sin is the law,
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  • Is the law, but thanks be to god
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  • But thanks be to god he gives us the victory
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  • He gives us the victory through our lord jesus christ.
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  • Through our lord jesus christ. therefore, my dear
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  • Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters,
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  • Brothers and sisters, stand firm.
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  • Stand firm. let nothing move you.
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  • Let nothing move you. always give yourselves fully
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  • Always give yourselves fully to the work of the lord,
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  • To the work of the lord, because you know
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  • Because you know that your labor
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  • That your labor in the lord is not in vain."
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  • In the lord is not in vain." [applause]
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  • [applause] what a word.
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  • What a word. [applause]
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  • [applause] today i wanna talk to you
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  • Today i wanna talk to you from an unusual topic,
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  • From an unusual topic, i wanna speak about
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  • I wanna speak about the gift of victory.
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  • The gift of victory. i wanna give you --
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  • I wanna give you -- go up, put your hands out
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  • Go up, put your hands out 'cause i wanna give you
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  • 'cause i wanna give you your first christmas gift.
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  • Your first christmas gift. you haven't opened anything yet,
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  • You haven't opened anything yet, have you?
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  • Have you? alright, well get
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  • Alright, well get ready for this,
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  • Ready for this, the gift of victory.
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  • The gift of victory. somebody shout,
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  • Somebody shout, "it's mine,
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  • "it's mine, it's mine,
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  • It's mine, it's mine.
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  • It's mine. i want it,
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  • I want it, i'll take it,
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  • I'll take it, i receive it,
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  • I receive it, it's mine.
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  • It's mine. it's got my name on it."
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  • It's got my name on it." huh?
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  • Huh? let's unwrap this
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  • Let's unwrap this together today.
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  • Together today. you be seated in god's presence.
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  • You be seated in god's presence. the gift of victory.
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  • The gift of victory. i think my oldest son, elijah,
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  • I think my oldest son, elijah, put it best one time.
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  • Put it best one time. i don't remember how many
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  • I don't remember how many years ago this was,
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  • Years ago this was, but he was having a hard
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  • But he was having a hard time in school because
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  • Time in school because they were dividing up
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  • They were dividing up and playing this certain game
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  • And playing this certain game with this certain team
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  • With this certain team at recess and they kept losing,
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  • At recess and they kept losing, and one of the girls
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  • And one of the girls in his class said,
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  • In his class said, "elijah, quit having
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  • "elijah, quit having such a bad attitude.
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  • Such a bad attitude. it's not if you win or lose,
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  • It's not if you win or lose, it's if you're having fun."
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  • It's if you're having fun." so, he came home mad every day,
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  • So, he came home mad every day, "you know, we lost again,
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  • "you know, we lost again, and whatever her
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  • And whatever her name was said,
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  • Name was said, 'it's not whether you
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  • 'it's not whether you win or lose,
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  • Win or lose, it's whether or not
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  • It's whether or not you have fun.'"
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  • You have fun.'" after about three
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  • After about three days of this,
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  • Days of this, he comes home,
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  • He comes home, this is the most brilliant thing
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  • This is the most brilliant thing that has ever been said
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  • That has ever been said in the furtick household.
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  • In the furtick household. listen what he said,
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  • Listen what he said, he said,
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  • He said, "dad, today i got her."
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  • "dad, today i got her." i said, "you got who?
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  • I said, "you got who? you won?"
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  • You won?" he said,
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  • He said, "no, we still lost.
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  • "no, we still lost. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] but when she said
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  • But when she said that after we lost,"
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  • That after we lost," his teammate who kept saying,
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  • His teammate who kept saying, "it's not whether
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  • "it's not whether you win or lose,
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  • You win or lose, it's whether you have fun."
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  • It's whether you have fun." he said,
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  • He said, "i was ready and this time
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  • "i was ready and this time when she said it,
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  • When she said it, she said,
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  • She said, "elijah, it's not if
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  • "elijah, it's not if you win or lose,
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  • You win or lose, it's whether you have fun,'
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  • It's whether you have fun,' i said,
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  • I said, 'well, i'm not having
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  • 'well, i'm not having fun if i'm not winning."
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  • Fun if i'm not winning." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] that's my boy.
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  • That's my boy. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] that's my boy.
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  • That's my boy. he's got that anointing
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  • He's got that anointing of antagonism,
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  • Of antagonism, that anointing of counterattack
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  • That anointing of counterattack based in sound logic.
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  • Based in sound logic. that's the truth, man.
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  • That's the truth, man. i'm not having fun
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  • I'm not having fun if i'm not winning.
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  • If i'm not winning. and maybe
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  • And maybe you're not competitive,
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  • You're not competitive, you little pollyanna positive,
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  • You little pollyanna positive, it's not whether
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  • It's not whether you win or lose,
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  • You win or lose, that's fine.
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  • That's fine. but our family
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  • But our family is very different.
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  • Is very different. our family does not
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  • Our family does not have game nights.
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  • Have game nights. oh, we tried.
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  • Oh, we tried. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] they were too bloody
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  • They were too bloody and traumatic.
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  • And traumatic. i figured if i kept having
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  • I figured if i kept having game nights with my kids,
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  • Game nights with my kids, the therapy bill would
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  • The therapy bill would be through the roof
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  • Be through the roof when they get older because
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  • When they get older because it just always,
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  • It just always, it always ended poorly.
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  • It always ended poorly. and y'all pray for holly because
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  • And y'all pray for holly because she has this competitive spirit
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  • She has this competitive spirit that would come out
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  • That would come out at game night.
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  • At game night. y'all believe that?
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  • Y'all believe that? y'all believe she
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  • Y'all believe she was the problem?
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  • Was the problem? [laughter]
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  • [laughter] you must be a first-time guest
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  • You must be a first-time guest if you believe that.
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  • If you believe that. no, it was all of us, really.
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  • No, it was all of us, really. every single one of us.
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  • Every single one of us. now, we had a lot of good
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  • Now, we had a lot of good a lot of good family traditions,
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  • A lot of good family traditions, i mean,
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  • I mean, i think that our family
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  • I think that our family is pretty cool.
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  • Is pretty cool. really cool,
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  • Really cool, i'm real proud of our family.
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  • I'm real proud of our family. we got --
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  • We got -- we had a family lunch club
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  • We had a family lunch club when the kids were smaller.
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  • When the kids were smaller. we had a pixar challenge.
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  • We had a pixar challenge. you know what's funny though?
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  • You know what's funny though? even when we set out
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  • Even when we set out a few summers ago
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  • A few summers ago to watch every pixar movie
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  • To watch every pixar movie as a family,
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  • As a family, we made it a competition
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  • We made it a competition of which pixar movie
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  • Of which pixar movie was the best.
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  • Was the best. oh man,
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  • Oh man, we got issues.
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  • We got issues. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] and monopoly?
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  • And monopoly? no.
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  • No. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] mmm-hm.
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  • Mmm-hm. i can't even say, "monopoly"
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  • I can't even say, "monopoly" without my family
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  • Without my family feeling some ptsd.
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  • Feeling some ptsd. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] but i think --
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  • But i think -- the reason i wanted
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  • The reason i wanted to use that,
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  • To use that, kind of as an example
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  • Kind of as an example before i get to this scripture
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  • Before i get to this scripture that i read you
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  • That i read you in 1 corinthians,
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  • In 1 corinthians, i really wanna illustrate,
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  • I really wanna illustrate, isolate, and hopefully
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  • Isolate, and hopefully the holy spirit will illuminate
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  • The holy spirit will illuminate the principle and the contrast
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  • The principle and the contrast that paul is giving
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  • That paul is giving here in 1 corinthians.
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  • Here in 1 corinthians. because he speaks about
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  • Because he speaks about the victory that god gives,
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  • The victory that god gives, put up verse 56 again
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  • Put up verse 56 again or verse 57 rather
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  • Or verse 57 rather where he says,
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  • Where he says, "thanks be to god,
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  • "thanks be to god, he gives us
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  • He gives us the victory through our lord,
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  • The victory through our lord, jesus christ."
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  • Jesus christ." that's a wonderful scripture.
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  • That's a wonderful scripture. it's the kind of scripture
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  • It's the kind of scripture that you'll often
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  • That you'll often see hanging up,
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  • See hanging up, like, in a wait room
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  • Like, in a wait room or football locker room.
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  • Or football locker room. god gives us the victory,
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  • God gives us the victory, 'cause he doesn't
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  • 'cause he doesn't like the other team,
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  • Like the other team, his favor is on us
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  • His favor is on us so we're gonna win
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  • So we're gonna win 'cause god is with
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  • 'cause god is with us mighty warrior.
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  • Us mighty warrior. and other scriptures that
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  • And other scriptures that are taken out of context.
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  • Are taken out of context. but it's good,
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  • But it's good, it's good scripture
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  • It's good scripture to put up in a locker room,
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  • To put up in a locker room, it's an amazing scripture
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  • It's an amazing scripture to put up anywhere.
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  • To put up anywhere. i just wanna point out
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  • I just wanna point out that in this particular passage,
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  • That in this particular passage, paul is not so much concerned
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  • Paul is not so much concerned about external victories
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  • About external victories as he is about
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  • As he is about the internal victory
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  • The internal victory that god has promised
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  • That god has promised us over sin.
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  • Us over sin. it is no good to win in every
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  • It is no good to win in every other area of your life
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  • Other area of your life if the victory over sin
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  • If the victory over sin in your life is theoretical
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  • In your life is theoretical and abstract.
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  • And abstract. in other words,
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  • In other words, paul is saying that there
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  • Paul is saying that there will come a day where
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  • Will come a day where the perishable will put
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  • The perishable will put on imperishable,
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  • On imperishable, where the corruptible
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  • Where the corruptible will put on incorruptible.
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  • Will put on incorruptible. he's talking about
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  • He's talking about the resurrection
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  • The resurrection of the righteous
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  • Of the righteous which will come
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  • Which will come in the last days.
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  • In the last days. he's basing this expectation
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  • He's basing this expectation in the example
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  • In the example of jesus christ
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  • Of jesus christ who did exactly
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  • Who did exactly that when he got
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  • That when he got up out of the grave.
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  • Up out of the grave. i mean, that's a pretty
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  • I mean, that's a pretty big win when you beat death.
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  • Big win when you beat death. floyd mayweather
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  • Floyd mayweather is still undefeated,
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  • Is still undefeated, but death isn't.
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  • But death isn't. death got its first loss after
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  • Death got its first loss after jesus hung on the cross, said,
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  • Jesus hung on the cross, said, "it's finished but i'm not done
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  • "it's finished but i'm not done 'cause after i get the keys
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  • 'cause after i get the keys to death, hell and the grave,
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  • To death, hell and the grave, i'm gonna go tell my brothers,
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  • I'm gonna go tell my brothers, 'you get up too.'"
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  • 'you get up too.'" [applause]
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  • [applause] that's awesome.
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  • That's awesome. there is a principle in the text
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  • There is a principle in the text of already and not yet.
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  • Of already and not yet. that is, as paul is giving them
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  • That is, as paul is giving them an expectation of a future event
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  • An expectation of a future event of resurrection in their life,
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  • Of resurrection in their life, he is giving them
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  • He is giving them an exhortation,
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  • An exhortation, which simply means to urge
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  • Which simply means to urge in a very determined fashion.
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  • In a very determined fashion. it's a expectation
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  • It's a expectation and an exhortation.
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  • And an exhortation. he says that
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  • He says that "god has given us the victory,"
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  • "god has given us the victory," or more specifically,
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  • Or more specifically, "he gives us the victory."
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  • "he gives us the victory." and i make that distinction
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  • And i make that distinction because it's something
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  • Because it's something that continues to happen,
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  • That continues to happen, not something that happens once
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  • Not something that happens once and then just stays that way.
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  • And then just stays that way. he gives us the victory.
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  • He gives us the victory. every day i wake up is a choice,
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  • Every day i wake up is a choice, will i win this day?
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  • Will i win this day? every time that the sin
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  • Every time that the sin in my life that rears its head
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  • In my life that rears its head and says,
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  • And says, "you belong to me,"
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  • "you belong to me," tries to defy the righteousness
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  • Tries to defy the righteousness of god that jesus christ
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  • Of god that jesus christ imparted through
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  • Imparted through the holy spirit into my life,
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  • The holy spirit into my life, it is an opportunity
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  • It is an opportunity for me to either
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  • For me to either defy the sin that claims
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  • Defy the sin that claims to have mastery over me
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  • To have mastery over me or to deny the power that lives
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  • Or to deny the power that lives in me because of what jesus
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  • In me because of what jesus already did for me.
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  • Already did for me. he gives us the victory.
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  • He gives us the victory. you see what i'm saying?
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  • You see what i'm saying? and it doesn't happen
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  • And it doesn't happen all at once,
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  • All at once, it doesn't happen all at once,
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  • It doesn't happen all at once, it happens incrementally,
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  • It happens incrementally, it happens gradually.
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  • It happens gradually. oh yeah, it's a victory
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  • Oh yeah, it's a victory that you can depend on,
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  • That you can depend on, but it is not a victory
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  • But it is not a victory that you can deposit and forget
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  • That you can deposit and forget about it and live
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  • About it and live off of the dividends.
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  • Off of the dividends. it is a victory that is given
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  • It is a victory that is given to be received
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  • To be received with every rising
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  • With every rising of the sun.
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  • Of the sun. and nothing feels worse in life,
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  • And nothing feels worse in life, i'm telling you right now,
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  • I'm telling you right now, especially for a
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  • Especially for a competitive person,
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  • Competitive person, nothing feels worse in life
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  • Nothing feels worse in life than to give yourself
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  • Than to give yourself to something that
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  • To something that you can't win at.
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  • You can't win at. nothing feels worse.
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  • Nothing feels worse. that's why i quit tennis.
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  • That's why i quit tennis. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i was going out
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  • I was going out there all the time.
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  • There all the time. and larry hubacka beat me
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  • And larry hubacka beat me and he had not played
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  • And he had not played in six years but he played
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  • In six years but he played in middle school.
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  • In middle school. and once i figured out
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  • And once i figured out i couldn't win, i quit.
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  • I couldn't win, i quit. that was my last tennis lesson,
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  • That was my last tennis lesson, that day he beat me.
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  • That day he beat me. still feel bad about it,
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  • Still feel bad about it, i'm thinking about
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  • I'm thinking about challenging him
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  • Challenging him to a wrestling match
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  • To a wrestling match 'cause that's what
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  • 'cause that's what i did in middle school.
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  • I did in middle school. let's see who wins on the mat.
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  • Let's see who wins on the mat. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] how 'bout that?
  • 00:09:38.331 --> 00:09:41.067
  • How 'bout that? i came across a term
  • 00:09:41.133 --> 00:09:41.934
  • I came across a term in harvard business review
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  • In harvard business review recently that was
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  • Recently that was describing what the author
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  • Describing what the author claimed was a social phenomenon,
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  • Claimed was a social phenomenon, yet the bible has been clear
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  • Yet the bible has been clear about long before they
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  • About long before they got a hold of it in
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  • Got a hold of it in the business community.
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  • The business community. he was talking about how
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  • He was talking about how employees are now,
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  • Employees are now, rather than leaving their jobs,
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  • Rather than leaving their jobs, withdrawing their hearts
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  • Withdrawing their hearts and he called it
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  • And he called it "the quiet quit."
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  • "the quiet quit." if you feel underappreciated
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  • If you feel underappreciated and undervalued
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  • And undervalued in the workplace,
  • 00:10:11.864 --> 00:10:14.567
  • In the workplace, don't leave your paycheck
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  • Don't leave your paycheck or your benefits,
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  • Or your benefits, don't walk in the office,
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  • Don't walk in the office, stand up on the desk,
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  • Stand up on the desk, burn something,
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  • Burn something, throw it in the trash can,
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  • Throw it in the trash can, light the place on fire
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  • Light the place on fire and go to jail.
  • 00:10:23.709 --> 00:10:25.945
  • And go to jail. just show up, but not really.
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  • Just show up, but not really. just come at the last minute
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  • Just come at the last minute and leave at
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  • And leave at the first opportunity.
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  • The first opportunity. don't stay late,
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  • Don't stay late, don't offer to do
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  • Don't offer to do anything that's gonna
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  • Anything that's gonna inconvenience you in any way.
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  • Inconvenience you in any way. it's called
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  • It's called "the quiet quit."
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  • "the quiet quit." that's what he said.
  • 00:10:46.999 --> 00:10:48.868
  • That's what he said. he said that this is not only
  • 00:10:48.934 --> 00:10:51.203
  • He said that this is not only a trend that we now have
  • 00:10:51.270 --> 00:10:53.339
  • A trend that we now have a cute name for
  • 00:10:53.406 --> 00:10:54.840
  • A cute name for but it is a human instinct
  • 00:10:54.907 --> 00:10:58.411
  • But it is a human instinct that when i am giving
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  • That when i am giving to something where
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  • To something where i do not feel i'm winning,
  • 00:11:01.981 --> 00:11:04.250
  • I do not feel i'm winning, that it may not happen
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  • That it may not happen all at once
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  • All at once and i may not announce it,
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  • And i may not announce it, i may not throw a party
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  • I may not throw a party that says,
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  • That says, "my last day,
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  • "my last day, y'all can kiss my ring finger."
  • 00:11:11.624 --> 00:11:13.192
  • Y'all can kiss my ring finger." [laughter]
  • 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:14.894
  • [laughter] this is going online,
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  • This is going online, so i just say things
  • 00:11:15.828 --> 00:11:16.595
  • So i just say things in a certain way
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  • In a certain way so it can be acceptable.
  • 00:11:17.463 --> 00:11:18.330
  • So it can be acceptable. [laughter]
  • 00:11:18.397 --> 00:11:21.834
  • [laughter] it's called a "quiet quit."
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  • It's called a "quiet quit." a quiet quit.
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  • A quiet quit. when paul says
  • 00:11:27.540 --> 00:11:28.207
  • When paul says in 1 corinthians --
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  • In 1 corinthians -- and i'm gonna illustrate
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  • And i'm gonna illustrate this in just a moment,
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  • This in just a moment, but first,
  • 00:11:31.177 --> 00:11:31.644
  • But first, let me preach the principle,
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  • Let me preach the principle, that "god gives us
  • 00:11:33.746 --> 00:11:35.448
  • That "god gives us the victory through our lord,
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  • The victory through our lord, jesus christ,"
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  • Jesus christ," that's the expectation.
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  • That's the expectation. when he says
  • 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:41.754
  • When he says in verse 58,
  • 00:11:41.821 --> 00:11:44.223
  • In verse 58, "therefore, stand firm.
  • 00:11:44.290 --> 00:11:45.357
  • "therefore, stand firm. let nothing move you.
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  • Let nothing move you. always give yourselves
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  • Always give yourselves fully to the work of the lord,"
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  • Fully to the work of the lord," that is the exhortation.
  • 00:11:50.963 --> 00:11:53.232
  • That is the exhortation. and i wonder did god give me
  • 00:11:53.299 --> 00:11:54.800
  • And i wonder did god give me this word today called
  • 00:11:54.867 --> 00:11:56.502
  • This word today called "the gift of victory"
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  • "the gift of victory" to someone who is in
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  • To someone who is in the middle of a quiet quit
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  • The middle of a quiet quit in your life.
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  • In your life. you have not announced that
  • 00:12:06.479 --> 00:12:07.747
  • You have not announced that you are an atheist,
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  • You are an atheist, and you don't plan to.
  • 00:12:09.815 --> 00:12:11.650
  • And you don't plan to. you didn't change
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  • You didn't change your bio on instagram
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  • Your bio on instagram to "i hate god.com,"
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  • To "i hate god.com," but deep down in your heart,
  • 00:12:17.256 --> 00:12:20.559
  • But deep down in your heart, since you're not winning,
  • 00:12:20.626 --> 00:12:25.331
  • Since you're not winning, it seems like the only logical
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  • It seems like the only logical response is to quietly
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  • Response is to quietly quit trying.
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  • Quit trying. 'cause if i quit trying
  • 00:12:32.471 --> 00:12:35.007
  • 'cause if i quit trying then when i don't win,
  • 00:12:35.074 --> 00:12:36.809
  • Then when i don't win, i'll understand why.
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  • I'll understand why. if i quit trying,
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  • If i quit trying, if i completely give
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  • If i completely give into the sin,
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  • Into the sin, i will no longer have
  • 00:12:43.582 --> 00:12:44.550
  • I will no longer have to resist it so i won't
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  • To resist it so i won't feel weak because
  • 00:12:46.385 --> 00:12:47.953
  • Feel weak because i won't be fighting.
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  • I won't be fighting. if i lay down and die
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  • If i lay down and die and quit trying to be a joyful,
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  • And quit trying to be a joyful, positive person and completely
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  • Positive person and completely give into the cynicism
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  • Give into the cynicism that tries to run
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  • That tries to run the operating system
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  • The operating system of my life,
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  • Of my life, i won't lose 'cause
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  • I won't lose 'cause i didn't show up,
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  • I didn't show up, and if i take my ball
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  • And if i take my ball and go home,
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  • And go home, if i take my belief
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  • If i take my belief and go home,
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  • And go home, the devil can't whip me
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  • The devil can't whip me because if he can't find me,
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  • Because if he can't find me, he can't beat me,
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  • He can't beat me, so i'm going to hide behind
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  • So i'm going to hide behind excuses and pretend like
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  • Excuses and pretend like i don't want it and settle
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  • I don't want it and settle for stuff that i used
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  • For stuff that i used to struggle against,
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  • To struggle against, and i'm not gonna announce it
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  • And i'm not gonna announce it 'cause if i announce it,
  • 00:13:23.255 --> 00:13:24.757
  • 'cause if i announce it, somebody might come get me
  • 00:13:24.824 --> 00:13:26.392
  • Somebody might come get me and pull me out of it.
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  • And pull me out of it. so, what i'll do rather
  • 00:13:27.726 --> 00:13:28.794
  • So, what i'll do rather than announcing it,
  • 00:13:28.861 --> 00:13:29.962
  • Than announcing it, rather than quitting
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  • Rather than quitting in a way that people
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  • In a way that people can perceive,
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  • Can perceive, i will just show up in my body,
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  • I will just show up in my body, but i will not be present
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  • But i will not be present in my mind,
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  • In my mind, i will not bring my best,
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  • I will not bring my best, i will not bring my heart,
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  • I will not bring my heart, i will not bring my ideas,
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  • I will not bring my ideas, i will not bring my playfulness,
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  • I will not bring my playfulness, i will not bring
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  • I will not bring who i really am,
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  • Who i really am, because if i don't bring
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  • Because if i don't bring who i really am,
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  • Who i really am, then you can't beat
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  • Then you can't beat who i really am.
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  • Who i really am. i will hide behind the excuse
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  • I will hide behind the excuse that i don't want it anymore.
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  • That i don't want it anymore. [applause]
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  • [applause] what could be more miserable
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  • What could be more miserable than to live as a christian
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  • Than to live as a christian with the promise that
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  • With the promise that god gives you the victory,
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  • God gives you the victory, but to live far
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  • But to live far beneath the reality
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  • Beneath the reality of that promise,
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  • Of that promise, to know that you are forgiven
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  • To know that you are forgiven but to live without
  • 00:14:25.551 --> 00:14:26.318
  • But to live without victory over sin?
  • 00:14:26.385 --> 00:14:28.888
  • Victory over sin? i saw a bumper sticker one time,
  • 00:14:28.954 --> 00:14:30.489
  • I saw a bumper sticker one time, it said,
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  • It said, "christians aren't perfect,
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  • "christians aren't perfect, just forgiven."
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  • Just forgiven." i'm like,
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  • I'm like, "dang, that's good.
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  • "dang, that's good. and that's kinda not true."
  • 00:14:36.829 --> 00:14:39.031
  • And that's kinda not true." okay, we're not perfect,
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  • Okay, we're not perfect, that part is true,
  • 00:14:40.099 --> 00:14:41.233
  • That part is true, but just forgiven?
  • 00:14:41.300 --> 00:14:45.104
  • But just forgiven? like, that's
  • 00:14:45.170 --> 00:14:45.571
  • Like, that's the whole goal right?
  • 00:14:45.638 --> 00:14:47.473
  • The whole goal right? like, "hey man,
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  • Like, "hey man, we run around, we lie,
  • 00:14:48.974 --> 00:14:51.310
  • We run around, we lie, we talk just
  • 00:14:51.377 --> 00:14:51.977
  • We talk just like everybody else,
  • 00:14:52.044 --> 00:14:53.112
  • Like everybody else, we're hateful just
  • 00:14:53.178 --> 00:14:53.879
  • We're hateful just like everybody else,
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  • Like everybody else, we don't really have
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  • We don't really have any different standard,
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  • Any different standard, we're just forgiven."
  • 00:14:57.049 --> 00:14:59.818
  • We're just forgiven." the world definitely wants
  • 00:14:59.885 --> 00:15:01.253
  • The world definitely wants to join our team.
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  • To join our team. "hey, come to church with me.
  • 00:15:02.922 --> 00:15:04.356
  • "hey, come to church with me. my life sucks just like yours,
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  • My life sucks just like yours, i make the same
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  • I make the same excuses you make,
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  • Excuses you make, i have the same old broken
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  • I have the same old broken patterns you have,
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  • Patterns you have, come to church with me,
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  • Come to church with me, get some of this."
  • 00:15:12.464 --> 00:15:13.265
  • Get some of this." [laughter]
  • 00:15:13.332 --> 00:15:17.069
  • [laughter] you know --
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  • You know -- [laughing]
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  • [laughing] to be forgiven but not to live
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  • To be forgiven but not to live in victory is misery.
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  • In victory is misery. 'cause i know i'm supposed
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  • 'cause i know i'm supposed to be able to get over this,
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  • To be able to get over this, i know i'm supposed
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  • I know i'm supposed to be able to forgive this,
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  • To be able to forgive this, i know i'm supposed to be able
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  • I know i'm supposed to be able to say no to this,
  • 00:15:37.156 --> 00:15:38.257
  • To say no to this, i know i'm supposed
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  • I know i'm supposed to be able to pray this away,
  • 00:15:39.425 --> 00:15:41.060
  • To be able to pray this away, i know i'm supposed
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  • I know i'm supposed to be better than this,
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  • To be better than this, i know i'm bigger
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  • I know i'm bigger than this petty offence,
  • 00:15:44.730 --> 00:15:48.300
  • Than this petty offence, but i'm forgiven.
  • 00:15:48.367 --> 00:15:51.637
  • But i'm forgiven. so, you think the whole goal
  • 00:15:51.704 --> 00:15:52.738
  • So, you think the whole goal for life is for god
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  • For life is for god to just get you to fall
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  • To just get you to fall into forgiveness
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  • Into forgiveness and never get back up?
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  • And never get back up? and live in victory?
  • 00:16:00.913 --> 00:16:02.915
  • And live in victory? i see a lot of people in culture
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  • I see a lot of people in culture these days who are really good,
  • 00:16:05.050 --> 00:16:06.518
  • These days who are really good, even in christianity,
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  • Even in christianity, i'm not talking
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  • I'm not talking about the world,
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  • About the world, i'm talking about us.
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  • I'm talking about us. who are really good
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  • Who are really good at falling into forgiveness.
  • 00:16:10.322 --> 00:16:11.290
  • At falling into forgiveness. and hey, i have to do it too.
  • 00:16:11.357 --> 00:16:12.992
  • And hey, i have to do it too. i had to do it friday.
  • 00:16:13.058 --> 00:16:14.326
  • I had to do it friday. friday, i saw myself doing
  • 00:16:14.393 --> 00:16:15.728
  • Friday, i saw myself doing something so dumb, i'm like,
  • 00:16:15.794 --> 00:16:16.862
  • Something so dumb, i'm like, "oh god, if i was gonna
  • 00:16:16.929 --> 00:16:18.430
  • "oh god, if i was gonna do something this dumb,
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  • Do something this dumb, why didn't i do it on monday
  • 00:16:19.164 --> 00:16:19.999
  • Why didn't i do it on monday so i'd have time before
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  • So i'd have time before i preach to get this
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  • I preach to get this out of my system?
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  • Out of my system? that's too close to preaching
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  • That's too close to preaching to be messing up like that."
  • 00:16:24.837 --> 00:16:26.305
  • To be messing up like that." and i had to ask him,
  • 00:16:26.372 --> 00:16:27.272
  • And i had to ask him, "god help me, help me.
  • 00:16:27.339 --> 00:16:28.507
  • "god help me, help me. i got people coming
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  • I got people coming to hear me talk
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  • To hear me talk and i'm an idiot.
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  • And i'm an idiot. god help me."
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  • God help me." i have to do that too.
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  • I have to do that too. but is that all that
  • 00:16:32.711 --> 00:16:35.047
  • But is that all that he died for?
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  • He died for? just so i could fall
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  • Just so i could fall into the same pit
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  • Into the same pit over and over again?
  • 00:16:40.886 --> 00:16:42.254
  • Over and over again? and i'm just forgiven,
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  • And i'm just forgiven, and i'm just frustrated,
  • 00:16:45.791 --> 00:16:48.093
  • And i'm just frustrated, 'cause it's no fun
  • 00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:50.162
  • 'cause it's no fun if i'm not winning.
  • 00:16:50.229 --> 00:16:52.164
  • If i'm not winning. it's no fun to come in church
  • 00:16:52.231 --> 00:16:54.566
  • It's no fun to come in church and sing songs about victory
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  • And sing songs about victory and go back to defeat
  • 00:16:57.436 --> 00:16:59.204
  • And go back to defeat over and over and over again.
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  • Over and over and over again. [applause]
  • 00:17:02.474 --> 00:17:04.043
  • [applause] and that's why some people
  • 00:17:04.109 --> 00:17:05.277
  • And that's why some people just watch online
  • 00:17:05.344 --> 00:17:06.378
  • Just watch online every six weeks now
  • 00:17:06.445 --> 00:17:09.348
  • Every six weeks now 'cause they did
  • 00:17:09.415 --> 00:17:09.982
  • 'cause they did a quiet quit.
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  • A quiet quit. 'cause i didn't stop
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  • 'cause i didn't stop believing in god
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  • Believing in god but i did stop
  • 00:17:13.786 --> 00:17:14.420
  • But i did stop coming to church.
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  • Coming to church. i'm not talking about those
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  • I'm not talking about those who are our e-fam
  • 00:17:17.389 --> 00:17:18.157
  • Who are our e-fam who are giving,
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  • Who are giving, and contributing,
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  • And contributing, and serving,
  • 00:17:19.491 --> 00:17:19.992
  • And serving, and praying,
  • 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.459
  • And praying, that's wonderful.
  • 00:17:20.526 --> 00:17:21.293
  • That's wonderful. i'm talking about
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  • I'm talking about the quiet quit,
  • 00:17:22.294 --> 00:17:23.929
  • The quiet quit, i'm talking about when you
  • 00:17:23.996 --> 00:17:24.963
  • I'm talking about when you keep on watching sermons
  • 00:17:25.030 --> 00:17:26.465
  • Keep on watching sermons in the background
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  • In the background if you don't have anything
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  • If you don't have anything more important,
  • 00:17:27.966 --> 00:17:28.667
  • More important, the quiet quit.
  • 00:17:28.734 --> 00:17:30.235
  • The quiet quit. i'm talking about picking
  • 00:17:30.302 --> 00:17:31.370
  • I'm talking about picking the scriptures that align
  • 00:17:31.437 --> 00:17:32.438
  • The scriptures that align with your lifestyle
  • 00:17:32.504 --> 00:17:33.705
  • With your lifestyle and never the ones
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  • And never the ones that challenge you
  • 00:17:34.673 --> 00:17:35.641
  • That challenge you and only quoting
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  • And only quoting the ones that make
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  • The ones that make you feel good,
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  • You feel good, the cute ones,
  • 00:17:38.477 --> 00:17:39.578
  • The cute ones, i'm talking about
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  • I'm talking about the quiet quit.
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  • The quiet quit. [applause]
  • 00:17:41.313 --> 00:17:42.614
  • [applause] but thanks be to god
  • 00:17:42.681 --> 00:17:44.450
  • But thanks be to god who gives us the victory.
  • 00:17:44.516 --> 00:17:47.019
  • Who gives us the victory. he didn't die just so
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  • He didn't die just so i could be forgiven,
  • 00:17:48.787 --> 00:17:50.089
  • I could be forgiven, he didn't die
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  • He didn't die just so i could fall,
  • 00:17:51.190 --> 00:17:52.758
  • Just so i could fall, he died so i can
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  • He died so i can rise with him,
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  • Rise with him, and i expect resurrection
  • 00:17:55.627 --> 00:17:57.963
  • And i expect resurrection 'cause his death promised it.
  • 00:17:58.030 --> 00:17:59.932
  • 'cause his death promised it. [applause]
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  • [applause] he gave me an iou.
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  • He gave me an iou. [applause]
  • 00:18:03.569 --> 00:18:09.975
  • [applause] with him we rise,
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  • With him we rise, with him we rise.
  • 00:18:12.077 --> 00:18:13.145
  • With him we rise. say it,
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  • Say it, "with him i rise."
  • 00:18:13.745 --> 00:18:14.680
  • "with him i rise." >> congregation: with him
  • 00:18:14.746 --> 00:18:15.214
  • >> congregation: with him i rise.
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  • I rise. >> just like he did.
  • 00:18:15.848 --> 00:18:16.582
  • >> just like he did. so, so, there's an example
  • 00:18:16.648 --> 00:18:18.684
  • So, so, there's an example of an expectation
  • 00:18:18.750 --> 00:18:20.052
  • Of an expectation that the perishable
  • 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.320
  • That the perishable will be swallowed up
  • 00:18:21.386 --> 00:18:23.055
  • Will be swallowed up and imperishable and he uses
  • 00:18:23.122 --> 00:18:23.889
  • And imperishable and he uses the best example,
  • 00:18:23.956 --> 00:18:27.359
  • The best example, if jesus beat the grave,
  • 00:18:27.426 --> 00:18:31.763
  • If jesus beat the grave, what do you have permission
  • 00:18:31.830 --> 00:18:32.998
  • What do you have permission to stay down in?
  • 00:18:33.065 --> 00:18:38.070
  • To stay down in? 'cause that's
  • 00:18:38.137 --> 00:18:38.670
  • 'cause that's the ultimate, right?
  • 00:18:38.737 --> 00:18:41.140
  • The ultimate, right? if i bench 300,
  • 00:18:41.206 --> 00:18:43.308
  • If i bench 300, you better get this 155,
  • 00:18:43.375 --> 00:18:45.844
  • You better get this 155, and i did do that one time.
  • 00:18:45.911 --> 00:18:47.746
  • And i did do that one time. i'm not gonna tell you
  • 00:18:47.813 --> 00:18:48.380
  • I'm not gonna tell you how long ago it was,
  • 00:18:48.447 --> 00:18:49.381
  • How long ago it was, but i did do it one time.
  • 00:18:49.448 --> 00:18:50.682
  • But i did do it one time. jesus said,
  • 00:18:50.749 --> 00:18:51.416
  • Jesus said, "if i got up out of this,
  • 00:18:51.483 --> 00:18:55.687
  • "if i got up out of this, do not use forgiveness
  • 00:18:55.754 --> 00:18:58.390
  • Do not use forgiveness as permission for failure."
  • 00:18:58.457 --> 00:19:02.127
  • As permission for failure." [applause]
  • 00:19:02.194 --> 00:19:04.129
  • [applause] am i preaching a good
  • 00:19:04.196 --> 00:19:05.731
  • Am i preaching a good christmas sermon or what?
  • 00:19:05.797 --> 00:19:07.466
  • Christmas sermon or what? [cheering]
  • 00:19:07.533 --> 00:19:08.333
  • [cheering] y'all are like,
  • 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:08.901
  • Y'all are like, "where's the manger?"
  • 00:19:08.967 --> 00:19:09.902
  • "where's the manger?" [applause]
  • 00:19:09.968 --> 00:19:12.704
  • [applause] all that little baby
  • 00:19:12.771 --> 00:19:13.906
  • All that little baby christianity that just
  • 00:19:13.972 --> 00:19:15.007
  • Christianity that just wants to keep jesus
  • 00:19:15.073 --> 00:19:16.175
  • Wants to keep jesus quiet and cute
  • 00:19:16.241 --> 00:19:17.342
  • Quiet and cute the little lord je --
  • 00:19:17.409 --> 00:19:18.610
  • The little lord je -- what's the hymn that says,
  • 00:19:18.677 --> 00:19:19.945
  • What's the hymn that says, "the little lord jesus,
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  • "the little lord jesus, no crying he makes?"
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  • No crying he makes?" well, not only did he sweat
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  • Well, not only did he sweat drops of great blood
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  • Drops of great blood when he went to the cross,
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  • When he went to the cross, but the bible says --
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  • But the bible says -- because if we wanna
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  • Because if we wanna take jesus like that,
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  • Take jesus like that, it's just a symbol
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  • It's just a symbol of our salvation,
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  • Of our salvation, but he does not become
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  • But he does not become the spiritual dynamic
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  • The spiritual dynamic by which we overcome
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  • By which we overcome temptation in our life,
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  • Temptation in our life, then what are we to do
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  • Then what are we to do with the fact that when jesus
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  • With the fact that when jesus was dying on the cross,
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  • Was dying on the cross, it said,
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  • It said, "he endured it despising
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  • "he endured it despising it shame for the joy
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  • It shame for the joy set before him?"
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  • Set before him?" he wasn't just dying up there --
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  • He wasn't just dying up there -- and i know how this kind
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  • And i know how this kind of message can sound.
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  • Of message can sound. it can sound super baptist,
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  • It can sound super baptist, it's like,
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  • It's like, "stop sinning."
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  • "stop sinning." i'm not saying stop sinning,
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  • I'm not saying stop sinning, i'm saying stop stopping.
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  • I'm saying stop stopping. that's what i'm saying.
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  • That's what i'm saying. 'cause if i were gonna say
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  • 'cause if i were gonna say "stop sinning"
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  • "stop sinning" then i would have had to reach
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  • Then i would have had to reach a state of sinless perfection,
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  • A state of sinless perfection, and i would be jesus,
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  • And i would be jesus, and i would not be here
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  • And i would not be here if i was jesus.
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  • If i was jesus. i would be in heaven
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  • I would be in heaven with the angels getting
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  • With the angels getting ready to have my birthday party
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  • Ready to have my birthday party on december 25th.
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  • On december 25th. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] but thanks be to god.
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  • But thanks be to god. don't you love the way
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  • Don't you love the way he frames that?
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  • He frames that? he said, "the sting,"
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  • He said, "the sting," how'd he say it?
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  • How'd he say it? i wanna get it right.
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  • I wanna get it right. verse 56, verse 56,
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  • Verse 56, verse 56, "the sting of death is sin
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  • "the sting of death is sin and the power
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  • And the power of sin is the law."
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  • Of sin is the law." oh no, what am i gonna do?
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  • Oh no, what am i gonna do? if the power of sin is the law
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  • If the power of sin is the law that god gave so that i would
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  • That god gave so that i would know how to live,
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  • Know how to live, but that very law that
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  • But that very law that had the power to show me
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  • Had the power to show me how to live,
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  • How to live, i was powerless to do it
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  • I was powerless to do it because of my sinful nature,
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  • Because of my sinful nature, then what?
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  • Then what? "but thanks be to god."
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  • "but thanks be to god." and this phrase
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  • And this phrase is very paradoxical,
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  • Is very paradoxical, "who gives us the victory."
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  • "who gives us the victory." which doesn't even seem
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  • Which doesn't even seem to be a real thing
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  • To be a real thing because a victory is
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  • Because a victory is not something that
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  • Not something that is typically given,
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  • Is typically given, it's something that is won.
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  • It's something that is won. think about, think about,
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  • Think about, think about, think about, think about.
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  • Think about, think about. when he said,
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  • When he said, give me the verse again,
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  • Give me the verse again, "he gives us the victory."
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  • "he gives us the victory." that in itself is a miracle
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  • That in itself is a miracle because a victory --
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  • Because a victory -- again, again, if somebody
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  • Again, again, if somebody wants to give you socks
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  • Wants to give you socks this christmas,
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  • This christmas, they can give you socks.
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  • They can give you socks. if somebody wants to give you
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  • If somebody wants to give you this christmas --
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  • This christmas -- i mean, what are you hoping
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  • I mean, what are you hoping for for this christmas?
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  • For for this christmas? a microwave oven?
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  • A microwave oven? well, they can give that.
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  • Well, they can give that. if oprah wants to give you
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  • If oprah wants to give you a trip to australia,
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  • A trip to australia, she can give you a trip
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  • She can give you a trip to australia.
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  • To australia. i can't do that,
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  • I can't do that, i'm not on the oprah level.
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  • I'm not on the oprah level. but when we said,
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  • But when we said, "he gives us the victory,"
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  • "he gives us the victory," it's almost confusing because
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  • It's almost confusing because it almost sounds as if god
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  • It almost sounds as if god is co-opting a participation
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  • Is co-opting a participation trophy mentality
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  • Trophy mentality of salvation.
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  • Of salvation. like, he's just gonna give you
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  • Like, he's just gonna give you stuff without you having
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  • Stuff without you having to go for it.
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  • To go for it. that's why i'm really excited
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  • That's why i'm really excited about the exhortation
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  • About the exhortation that follows the expectation.
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  • That follows the expectation. he said,
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  • He said, "he gives us the victory,"
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  • "he gives us the victory," verse 58,
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  • Verse 58, "therefore, stand firm.
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  • "therefore, stand firm. let nothing move you.
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  • Let nothing move you. always give yourselves
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  • Always give yourselves fully to the work of the lord."
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  • Fully to the work of the lord." so, here's what
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  • So, here's what i wanna ask you today,
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  • I wanna ask you today, brothers and sisters,
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  • Brothers and sisters, like paul asked
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  • Like paul asked the church at corinth,
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  • The church at corinth, i wanna ask you on behalf
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  • I wanna ask you on behalf of the holy spirit,
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  • Of the holy spirit, are you more
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  • Are you more committed to verse 57
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  • Committed to verse 57 than you are verse 58?
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  • Than you are verse 58? 'cause verse 57 talks about
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  • 'cause verse 57 talks about what god gives,
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  • What god gives, the victory,
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  • The victory, verse 58 talks about
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  • Verse 58 talks about what you give, yourself.
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  • What you give, yourself. and if you don't give
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  • And if you don't give yourself to it
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  • Yourself to it and expect god
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  • And expect god to give it to you,
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  • To give it to you, you are gonna live
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  • You are gonna live your whole life frustrated,
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  • Your whole life frustrated, wondering why i'm still
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  • Wondering why i'm still staying down in stuff
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  • Staying down in stuff that christ gave me
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  • That christ gave me the power to rise from.
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  • >> thank you so much for
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  • Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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  • >> the mission of
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  • Steven furtick ministries
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  • Has always been
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  • Getting god's word
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  • Into people's hearts.
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  • In 2022 we launched
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  • Our prison ministry
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  • And god has been moving.
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  • Today our volunteers
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  • Bring church to
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  • 14 facilities nation wide
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  • And reach thousands more online
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  • Through outreach partners
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  • And an app called pando.
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  • We've seen over 700 baptisms,
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  • Over 3000 decisions for christ
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  • And we're believing that we will
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  • Have a consistent presence in
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  • 20 prisons by the end of 2026,
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  • Because we know that no place
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  • Is out of reach for the gospel
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  • And it's your partnership
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  • That makes it possible.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ i searched the world ♪
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  • >> ♪ i searched the world ♪ ♪ but it couldn't fill me ♪
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  • ♪ but it couldn't fill me ♪ ♪ man's empty praise ♪
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  • ♪ man's empty praise ♪ ♪ and treasures that fade ♪
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  • ♪ and treasures that fade ♪ ♪ are never enough ♪
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  • ♪ then you came along ♪
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  • ♪ then you came along ♪ ♪ and put me back together ♪
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  • ♪ and put me back together ♪ ♪ and every desire ♪
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  • ♪ and every desire ♪ ♪ is now satisfied ♪
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  • ♪ is now satisfied ♪ ♪ here in your love hey ♪
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  • ♪ here in your love hey ♪ ♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ oh there's nothing ♪ ♪ better than you ♪
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  • ♪ better than you ♪ ♪ there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ there's nothing ♪ ♪ better than you ♪
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  • ♪ better than you ♪ ♪ lord there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ lord there's nothing ♪ ♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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  • ♪ nothing is better than you ♪ ♪ yes i know it's true ♪
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  • ♪ yes i know it's true ♪ come on, tell em.
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  • Come on, tell em. ♪ i'm not afraid ♪
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  • ♪ i'm not afraid ♪ ♪ to show you my weakness ♪
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  • ♪ to show you my weakness ♪ ♪ my failures and flaws ♪
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  • ♪ my failures and flaws ♪ ♪ lord you've seen 'em all ♪
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  • ♪ lord you've seen 'em all ♪ ♪ and you still call me friend ♪
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  • ♪ and you still call me friend ♪ ♪ 'cause the god ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause the god ♪ ♪ of the mountain ♪
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  • ♪ of the mountain ♪ ♪ is the god of the valley ♪
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  • ♪ is the god of the valley ♪ ♪ there's not a place ♪
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  • ♪ there's not a place ♪ ♪ your mercy and grace ♪
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  • ♪ your mercy and grace ♪ ♪ won't find me again ♪
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