Steven Furtick - The God of After (Part 2)

July 17, 2025 | S25 E198 | 28:0

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

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The God of After (Part 2) | July 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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  • >> now, i want in my life,
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  • >> now, i want in my life, not only to get better
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  • Not only to get better at tracking back and noticing
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  • At tracking back and noticing what happens in those moments
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  • What happens in those moments where i feel under attack.
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  • Where i feel under attack. i mean, if you will look
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  • I mean, if you will look at your life,
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  • At your life, and i did it this week,
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  • And i did it this week, you'll find patterns of,
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  • You'll find patterns of, "this is the times
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  • "this is the times where the enemy attacks me
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  • Where the enemy attacks me that if i build
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  • That if i build some different things
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  • Some different things into these rhythms of my life,
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  • Into these rhythms of my life, i can be more ready
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  • I can be more ready and i think our rhythms
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  • And i think our rhythms and our readiness
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  • And our readiness go hand in hand.
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  • Go hand in hand. the rhythm of your life
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  • The rhythm of your life cannot be marked by isolation
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  • Cannot be marked by isolation and still be flowing in victory.
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  • And still be flowing in victory. the rhythm of you life
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  • The rhythm of you life cannot be marked
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  • Cannot be marked by constant chronic complaining
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  • By constant chronic complaining and still have an outcome
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  • And still have an outcome of overflowing joy.
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  • Of overflowing joy. and the enemy is,
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  • And the enemy is, look at this phrase,
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  • Look at this phrase, he's looking for
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  • He's looking for someone to devour.
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  • Someone to devour. he's looking for someone
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  • He's looking for someone who's not paying attention.
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  • Who's not paying attention. he's looking for someone
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  • He's looking for someone who just took family pictures
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  • Who just took family pictures and is just a little thankful
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  • And is just a little thankful for their family
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  • For their family and just a little bit triggered
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  • And just a little bit triggered by the whole experience,
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  • By the whole experience, 'cause it really went good,
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  • 'cause it really went good, everybody was good,
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  • Everybody was good, i don't even know
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  • I don't even know why i was in a bad mood,
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  • Why i was in a bad mood, it went great.
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  • It went great. the photographers were great,
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  • The photographers were great, it was happy.
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  • It was happy. it's just something about it.
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  • It's just something about it. and then i look at it
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  • And then i look at it and i'm like, "okay,
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  • And i'm like, "okay, okay, okay, next year
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  • Okay, okay, next year when we take family pictures,
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  • When we take family pictures, i am not gonna back up my car
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  • I am not gonna back up my car and almost fight
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  • And almost fight any rednecks, okay?
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  • Any rednecks, okay? next year.
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  • Next year. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] no, no, no, next time.
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  • No, no, no, next time. next time i find
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  • Next time i find myself susceptible,
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  • Myself susceptible, i am going to feed my spirit
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  • I am going to feed my spirit and talk to myself
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  • And talk to myself and be a little bit
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  • And be a little bit more ready for that.
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  • More ready for that. and all of that you can do
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  • And all of that you can do if you will just take some time
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  • If you will just take some time in your life
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  • In your life and especially do it
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  • And especially do it after you're --
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  • After you're -- only two times
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  • Only two times you need to do this.
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  • You need to do this. after you win,
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  • After you win, and after you lose.
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  • And after you lose. when you win over a victory,
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  • When you win over a victory, say, "what was it that got me
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  • Say, "what was it that got me ready for that?"
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  • Ready for that?" y'all, i got certain friends
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  • Y'all, i got certain friends that i found out
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  • That i found out when i talk to them,
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  • When i talk to them, i win more.
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  • I win more. you got anybody like
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  • You got anybody like that in your life?
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  • That in your life? [applause]
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  • [applause] now, let me turn around
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  • Now, let me turn around so you can have
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  • So you can have a private moment.
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  • A private moment. i have other friends...
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  • I have other friends... [laughter]
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  • [laughter] who when i talk to them
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  • Who when i talk to them and spend time with them,
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  • And spend time with them, it puts me in
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  • It puts me in this spin cycle
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  • This spin cycle and i don't know why,
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  • And i don't know why, but i've end up more cynical
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  • But i've end up more cynical on the other side.
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  • On the other side. pay attention to all of that.
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  • Pay attention to all of that. because sometimes in your life,
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  • Because sometimes in your life, you'll notice, oh,
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  • You'll notice, oh, when this happens,
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  • When this happens, it is the consequence
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  • It is the consequence of something that
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  • Of something that came before it.
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  • Came before it. and a lot of times,
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  • And a lot of times, that is a relational consequence
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  • That is a relational consequence of who you are spending
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  • Of who you are spending the most time around.
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  • The most time around. here's another thing
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  • Here's another thing about since you asked me
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  • About since you asked me about instagram.
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  • About instagram. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] sometimes you feel
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  • Sometimes you feel sick to your stomach,
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  • Sick to your stomach, but it's not your stomach,
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  • But it's not your stomach, it's what you scrolled through
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  • 15 minutes ago
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  • 15 minutes ago that made you judge something,
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  • That made you judge something, feel something, see something
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  • Feel something, see something that triggered
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  • That triggered a response in you,
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  • A response in you, but at the moment
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  • But at the moment that it was triggered,
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  • That it was triggered, it didn't show up,
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  • It didn't show up, it doesn't show up
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  • It doesn't show up in the moment that you see it,
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  • In the moment that you see it, it shows up...
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  • >> congregation: after.
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  • >> congregation: after. [clapping]
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  • [clapping] >> after, after.
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  • >> after, after. if the moment you were looking
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  • If the moment you were looking at this stuff you were like,
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  • At this stuff you were like, "this is making me
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  • "this is making me more judgmental
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  • More judgmental and less content
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  • And less content and this is causing me to kill
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  • And this is causing me to kill my own appreciation
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  • My own appreciation for my own life
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  • For my own life and only aspire to things
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  • And only aspire to things that aren't even apart
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  • That aren't even apart of my calling,"
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  • Of my calling," if you thought that
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  • If you thought that while you were looking at it,
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  • While you were looking at it, you would stop looking at it
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  • You would stop looking at it but the devil hides the hook.
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  • But the devil hides the hook. [clapping]
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  • [clapping] the devil hides the hook.
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  • The devil hides the hook. the devil hides the hook.
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  • The devil hides the hook. somebody say, "the devil
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  • Somebody say, "the devil hides the hook."
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  • Hides the hook." now, touch somebody and say,
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  • Now, touch somebody and say, "stop biting."
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  • "stop biting." >> congregation: stop biting.
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  • >> congregation: stop biting. >> how many times
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  • >> how many times is he gonna have to reel you in
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  • Is he gonna have to reel you in before you resist him?
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  • Before you resist him? before you can see it coming
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  • Before you can see it coming and say, "no,
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  • And say, "no, i'm not even gonna
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  • I'm not even gonna take the bait.
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  • Take the bait. i don't even get paid
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  • I don't even get paid to argue with you,
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  • To argue with you, i don't need --
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  • I don't need -- nobody is worth that
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  • Nobody is worth that in my life.
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  • In my life. i'm not coming down there
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  • I'm not coming down there for this anymore."
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  • For this anymore." because if you don't see it,
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  • Because if you don't see it, he will eat you alive.
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  • He will eat you alive. he's looking
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  • He's looking for someone to devour.
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  • For someone to devour. and the one he can
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  • And the one he can devour the most
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  • Devour the most is the one who is vulnerable
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  • Is the one who is vulnerable and doesn't know it.
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  • And doesn't know it. when you know you're vulnerable,
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  • When you know you're vulnerable, it gives you an opportunity
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  • It gives you an opportunity to be vigilant.
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  • To be vigilant. when you know
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  • When you know where you're vulnerable.
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  • Where you're vulnerable. and so, this great apostle
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  • And so, this great apostle writes a letter to the church
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  • Writes a letter to the church that's being persecuted
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  • That's being persecuted somewhere between
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  • Somewhere between a.d. 60 and 70
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  • A.d. 60 and 70 and he's writing to them about
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  • And he's writing to them about their sufferings in their time,
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  • Their sufferings in their time, but it also applies to ours.
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  • But it also applies to ours. he says, "be alert
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  • He says, "be alert and sober minded
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  • And sober minded because the enemy is looking
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  • Because the enemy is looking for someone to devour."
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  • For someone to devour." is it you?
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  • Is it you? is it you?
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  • Is it you? have you trained him
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  • Have you trained him that anytime he tries
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  • That anytime he tries that you'll lie down
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  • That you'll lie down and go with it?
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  • And go with it? that anytime he takes you
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  • That anytime he takes you down that dark path,
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  • Down that dark path, all he has to do
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  • All he has to do is lure you out there.
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  • Is lure you out there. is it you?
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  • Is it you? is it you that every time
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  • Is it you that every time he can even suggest
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  • He can even suggest an anxious thought to you,
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  • An anxious thought to you, the enemy can get you
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  • The enemy can get you to go down so deep in it
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  • To go down so deep in it that it's gonna take you
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  • That it's gonna take you three days to recover?
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  • Three days to recover? is it you
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  • Is it you that if he can make you
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  • That if he can make you a little uncomfortable
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  • A little uncomfortable about something,
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  • About something, you will reach for something
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  • You will reach for something to feel instant relief
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  • To feel instant relief that is going to bring you
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  • That is going to bring you an after effect
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  • An after effect that's gonna cause you
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  • That's gonna cause you to be in captivity.
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  • To be in captivity. is it you?
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  • Is it you? is it you?
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  • Is it you? if you're not paying attention
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  • If you're not paying attention to the patterns in your life,
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  • To the patterns in your life, you are easy prey for the enemy.
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  • You are easy prey for the enemy. you gotta get into
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  • You gotta get into spirit led reflection
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  • Spirit led reflection where the holy spirit
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  • Where the holy spirit takes you back through your day
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  • Takes you back through your day and shows you ways that you can
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  • And shows you ways that you can handle things next time.
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  • Handle things next time. not so you can blame
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  • Not so you can blame what happened in your day
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  • What happened in your day or in your life
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  • Or in your life but so you can beat it
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  • But so you can beat it next time,
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  • Next time, 'cause there will be
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  • 'cause there will be a next time.
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  • A next time. there will be a next time.
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  • There will be a next time. if the devil hadn't
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  • If the devil hadn't messed with you, good news,
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  • Messed with you, good news, you can practice
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  • You can practice this message very soon.
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  • This message very soon. he'll mess with you again.
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  • He'll mess with you again. you're like,
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  • You're like, "i don't really know,
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  • "i don't really know, he's just been
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  • He's just been leaving me alone,
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  • Leaving me alone, i don't really
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  • I don't really need this message."
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  • [laughter]
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  • [laughter] keep this message right there,
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  • Keep this message right there, like, don't put it in the fridge
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  • Like, don't put it in the fridge 'cause it's just --
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  • 'cause it's just -- you gonna need it,
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  • You gonna need it, you can leave it right there,
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  • You can leave it right there, it's gonna be right there.
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  • It's gonna be right there. so, he's looking
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  • For someone to devour.
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  • For someone to devour. he's looking for somebody,
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  • He's looking for somebody, somebody who's vulnerable.
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  • Somebody who's vulnerable. you gotta ask the question,
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  • You gotta ask the question, don't you,
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  • Don't you, what came before
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  • What came before this attack
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  • This attack that caused me to be
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  • That caused me to be in a vulnerable position?
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  • In a vulnerable position? that's a great question to ask
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  • That's a great question to ask and the more you ask it,
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  • And the more you ask it, i believe the more that god
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  • I believe the more that god will show you
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  • Will show you and give you an awareness
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  • And give you an awareness and an alertness
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  • And an alertness because you can't prevent
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  • Because you can't prevent the attack,
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  • The attack, but you can plan for it after.
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  • But you can plan for it after. i don't usually respond right
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  • I don't usually respond right in the moment,
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  • In the moment, but it's when i go back
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  • But it's when i go back and ask the question,
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  • And ask the question, "god, what do you want me
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  • "god, what do you want me to see about that
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  • To see about that that i can know next time?"
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  • That i can know next time?" and that's how i grow.
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  • And that's how i grow. it's not fancy,
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  • It's not fancy, i know it's not amazing,
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  • I know it's not amazing, it's not sexy,
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  • It's not sexy, but it's what peter said.
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  • But it's what peter said. he said, "be alert
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  • He said, "be alert and of sober mind,
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  • And of sober mind, your enemy, the devil,
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  • Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like
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  • Prowls around like a roaring lion
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  • A roaring lion looking for someone."
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  • Looking for someone." who's he looking for?
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  • Who's he looking for? someone, someone
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  • Someone, someone he can devour.
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  • He can devour. and you gotta ask
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  • And you gotta ask the question, don't you?
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  • The question, don't you? if the enemy
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  • If the enemy is attacking me right now,
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  • Is attacking me right now, how is he attacking me?
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  • How is he attacking me? when does he tend to attack me?
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  • When does he tend to attack me? i wanna be alert to this.
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  • I wanna be alert to this. i don't wanna be ignorant
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  • I don't wanna be ignorant of his schemes.
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  • Of his schemes. when does he attack me?
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  • When does he attack me? how does he attack me?
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  • How does he attack me? what are those access points
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  • What are those access points where i let him get to me?
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  • Where i let him get to me? what are the things?
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  • What are the things? and that is a valid question,
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  • And that is a valid question, and we have to ask it,
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  • And we have to ask it, or we'll keep repeating
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  • Or we'll keep repeating the same patterns.
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  • The same patterns. but there's another question
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  • But there's another question i want you to start asking,
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  • I want you to start asking, and i want you
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  • And i want you to ask this question
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  • To ask this question right after you ask,
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  • Right after you ask, "where is the enemy
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  • "where is the enemy attacking me?"
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  • Attacking me?" 'cause you can mention
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  • 'cause you can mention a few areas today,
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  • A few areas today, i know you could.
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  • I know you could. if we passed the mic around
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  • If we passed the mic around and you were honest
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  • And you were honest and weren't scared
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  • And weren't scared of being judged,
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  • Of being judged, you could name a few places
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  • You could name a few places he attacks you.
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  • He attacks you. there might be some areas
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  • There might be some areas that are more
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  • That are more socially acceptable
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  • Socially acceptable or there might be some areas
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  • Or there might be some areas that cause shame,
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  • That cause shame, but you could answer
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  • But you could answer the question
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  • The question if i asked it,
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  • If i asked it, where is it that
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  • Where is it that the enemy attacks you?
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  • The enemy attacks you? and what usually comes before it
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  • And what usually comes before it that causes you to give into it?
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  • That causes you to give into it? that makes you weak for it,
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  • That makes you weak for it, what is that?
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  • What is that? but there's another question
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  • But there's another question that i want you to learn to ask
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  • That i want you to learn to ask and i think this is
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  • And i think this is also very powerful.
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  • Also very powerful. if the enemy is attacking you
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  • If the enemy is attacking you as much as he's attacking you
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  • As much as he's attacking you in your life,
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  • In your life, i wanna ask the question,
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  • I wanna ask the question, what is it about you
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  • What is it about you that he knows
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  • That he knows that is causing him
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  • That is causing him to attack you like that?"
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  • To attack you like that?" if he's looking for
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  • If he's looking for someone to devour
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  • Someone to devour and he's picking on you,
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  • And he's picking on you, then what is it about you
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  • Then what is it about you that causes you to be a target?
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  • That causes you to be a target? in other words,
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  • In other words, how many of you
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  • How many of you feel like the devil
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  • Has just really been after you
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  • Has just really been after you or someone that you love
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  • Or someone that you love in this last season?
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  • In this last season? and this is not
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  • And this is not a trick question,
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  • A trick question, i really wanna see
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  • I really wanna see who to aim this spit at
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  • Who to aim this spit at when i preach it.
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  • When i preach it. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i wanna know if the enemy
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  • I wanna know if the enemy is attacking you like that,
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  • What is he after?
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  • What is he after? what is it that god
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  • What is it that god has inside of you...
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  • Has inside of you... [applause]
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  • [applause] that may even be
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  • That may even be unknown to you right now
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  • Unknown to you right now that he sees about your future
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  • That he sees about your future that is causing him
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  • That is causing him to fight you so hard like that?
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  • To fight you so hard like that? what is this spirit of heaviness
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  • What is this spirit of heaviness that's been on you lately
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  • That's been on you lately really about?
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  • Really about? see, 'cause i know
  • 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:44.206
  • See, 'cause i know on the surface,
  • 00:10:44.273 --> 00:10:44.840
  • On the surface, we tell ourselves,
  • 00:10:44.907 --> 00:10:45.841
  • We tell ourselves, "well, the reason i'm depressed
  • 00:10:45.908 --> 00:10:47.576
  • "well, the reason i'm depressed is because i just suck,
  • 00:10:47.643 --> 00:10:49.178
  • Is because i just suck, because i'm not much,
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  • Because i'm not much, because i don't have
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  • Because i don't have the resilience,
  • 00:10:51.547 --> 00:10:52.248
  • The resilience, i don't have the fortitude,
  • 00:10:52.314 --> 00:10:53.416
  • I don't have the fortitude, i don't have
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  • I don't have the moral character,
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  • The moral character, that's why i'm dealing
  • 00:10:55.251 --> 00:10:56.252
  • That's why i'm dealing with this insecurity."
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  • With this insecurity." is it?
  • 00:10:57.386 --> 00:10:59.689
  • Is it? is that why you're dealing
  • 00:10:59.755 --> 00:11:01.190
  • Is that why you're dealing with the insecurity,
  • 00:11:01.257 --> 00:11:02.358
  • With the insecurity, because you're really a nobody
  • 00:11:02.425 --> 00:11:05.628
  • Because you're really a nobody or is the devil looking
  • 00:11:05.695 --> 00:11:06.962
  • Or is the devil looking for someone,
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  • For someone, someone who has something,
  • 00:11:10.266 --> 00:11:13.069
  • Someone who has something, something that they don't see
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  • Something that they don't see the true value of yet...
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  • The true value of yet... [applause]
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  • [applause] so that he can catch you
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  • So that he can catch you in your vulnerability,
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  • In your vulnerability, so that you never see
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  • So that you never see your true value,
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  • Your true value, so that you never do
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  • So that you never do what god gave you to do
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  • What god gave you to do in the earth.
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  • In the earth. [applause]
  • 00:11:31.787 --> 00:11:35.291
  • [applause] what's he after?
  • 00:11:35.357 --> 00:11:38.260
  • What's he after? what's he after?
  • 00:11:38.327 --> 00:11:40.629
  • What's he after? if you've been discouraged,
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  • If you've been discouraged, really discouraged
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  • Really discouraged and down in your soul lately
  • 00:11:42.798 --> 00:11:44.734
  • And down in your soul lately and you've been thinking,
  • 00:11:44.800 --> 00:11:45.835
  • And you've been thinking, "that must mean
  • 00:11:45.901 --> 00:11:46.335
  • "that must mean that my best is behind me,"
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  • That my best is behind me," is that really true?
  • 00:11:48.537 --> 00:11:50.840
  • Is that really true? or is there something,
  • 00:11:50.906 --> 00:11:53.709
  • Or is there something, i'm just curious,
  • 00:11:53.776 --> 00:11:55.611
  • I'm just curious, is there something
  • 00:11:55.678 --> 00:11:57.847
  • Is there something so significant
  • 00:11:57.913 --> 00:12:00.249
  • So significant in the next stage of your life
  • 00:12:00.316 --> 00:12:05.521
  • In the next stage of your life and you can't see it,
  • 00:12:05.588 --> 00:12:08.657
  • And you can't see it, but maybe the enemy has
  • 00:12:08.724 --> 00:12:10.226
  • But maybe the enemy has more vision for your life
  • 00:12:10.292 --> 00:12:11.994
  • More vision for your life than you do
  • 00:12:12.061 --> 00:12:13.429
  • Than you do because he sees something
  • 00:12:13.496 --> 00:12:15.397
  • Because he sees something that's in you in a seed form,
  • 00:12:15.464 --> 00:12:18.267
  • That's in you in a seed form, and if it ever comes forth,
  • 00:12:18.334 --> 00:12:21.337
  • And if it ever comes forth, if it ever gets watered,
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  • If it ever gets watered, if it ever gets light,
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  • If it ever gets light, if it ever gets full grown,
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  • If it ever gets full grown, it's gonna spread out,
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  • It's gonna spread out, and bear fruit,
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  • And bear fruit, and touch lives,
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  • And touch lives, and change the world.
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  • And change the world. [applause]
  • 00:12:33.149 --> 00:12:36.185
  • [applause] what's he after?
  • 00:12:36.252 --> 00:12:37.286
  • What's he after? [applause]
  • 00:12:37.353 --> 00:12:40.656
  • [applause] get real good at answering
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  • Get real good at answering how the enemy's attacking.
  • 00:12:42.057 --> 00:12:43.325
  • How the enemy's attacking. "well, he give me
  • 00:12:43.392 --> 00:12:44.059
  • "well, he give me these headaches.
  • 00:12:44.126 --> 00:12:45.060
  • These headaches. well, he's giving me
  • 00:12:45.127 --> 00:12:45.728
  • Well, he's giving me these problems on my job.
  • 00:12:45.795 --> 00:12:47.163
  • These problems on my job. well, he's surrounding me
  • 00:12:47.229 --> 00:12:48.230
  • Well, he's surrounding me with these people.
  • 00:12:48.297 --> 00:12:49.331
  • With these people. well, nobody gives me credit."
  • 00:12:49.398 --> 00:12:51.066
  • Well, nobody gives me credit." okay, we can focus on
  • 00:12:51.133 --> 00:12:52.868
  • Okay, we can focus on how he's attacking you
  • 00:12:52.935 --> 00:12:54.737
  • How he's attacking you or we could spend a minute
  • 00:12:54.804 --> 00:12:55.938
  • Or we could spend a minute and think about why.
  • 00:12:56.005 --> 00:12:59.141
  • And think about why. what is he after?
  • 00:12:59.208 --> 00:13:01.043
  • What is he after? in my life,
  • 00:13:01.110 --> 00:13:03.012
  • In my life, the greatest seasons
  • 00:13:03.078 --> 00:13:04.413
  • The greatest seasons of temptation to quit
  • 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:06.882
  • Of temptation to quit were just before
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  • The most significant
  • 00:13:08.417 --> 00:13:10.052
  • The most significant moments of breakthrough.
  • 00:13:10.119 --> 00:13:12.555
  • Moments of breakthrough. but i came to prophesy
  • 00:13:12.621 --> 00:13:14.256
  • But i came to prophesy to somebody today...
  • 00:13:14.323 --> 00:13:16.025
  • To somebody today... [cheering]
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  • [cheering] i don't care what
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  • I don't care what it's been before,
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  • I didn't come to preach about
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  • I didn't come to preach about the god that you knew before,
  • 00:13:22.798 --> 00:13:25.367
  • The god that you knew before, i didn't come to preach about
  • 00:13:25.434 --> 00:13:26.802
  • I didn't come to preach about the time you wasted last year,
  • 00:13:26.869 --> 00:13:29.338
  • The time you wasted last year, i didn't come to preach about
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  • I didn't come to preach about how your week went last week.
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  • How your week went last week. it's sunday morning
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  • It's sunday morning and i came with a message
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  • And i came with a message about the god of after.
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  • About the god of after. [applause]
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  • [applause] it's just a question.
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  • It's just a question. ask your neighbor,
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  • Ask your neighbor, "what's he after?"
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  • "what's he after?" >> congregation: what's
  • 00:13:49.658 --> 00:13:50.092
  • >> congregation: what's he after?
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  • He after? >> what's he after?
  • 00:13:50.826 --> 00:13:51.961
  • >> what's he after? because the enemy doesn't
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  • Because the enemy doesn't have unlimited artillery.
  • 00:13:53.028 --> 00:13:54.864
  • Have unlimited artillery. so, if he's coming at you
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  • So, if he's coming at you and he's shooting at you,
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  • And he's shooting at you, that must mean you have
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  • That must mean you have something that he wants.
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  • Something that he wants. that must mean that you
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  • That must mean that you have something of value.
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  • Have something of value. i've been to ten
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  • I've been to ten carolina panther's games
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  • Carolina panther's games since i lived in charlotte,
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  • Since i lived in charlotte, nobody ever tackled me.
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  • Nobody ever tackled me. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i guess i didn't have
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  • I guess i didn't have anything they wanted.
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  • Anything they wanted. i bet if i had that ball
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  • I bet if i had that ball and i was on that field
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  • And i was on that field and i was headed
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  • And i was headed towards something
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  • Towards something that could actually
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  • That could actually inflict damage on the opponent,
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  • Inflict damage on the opponent, i'd get tackled,
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  • I'd get tackled, i'd get hit.
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  • I'd get hit. some of us aren't getting hit
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  • Some of us aren't getting hit 'cause we're not heading
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  • 'cause we're not heading toward anything,
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  • Toward anything, but if you're headed
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  • But if you're headed towards something...
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  • Towards something... i need three people and a band.
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  • I need three people and a band. if you're headed
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  • If you're headed towards something,
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  • Towards something, if you're headed
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  • If you're headed towards something.
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  • Towards something. maybe that's why
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  • Maybe that's why he's been on your heels,
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  • He's been on your heels, maybe that's why it's been,
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  • Maybe that's why it's been, kinda, rough,
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  • Kinda, rough, maybe that's why it's been,
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  • Maybe that's why it's been, kinda, rocky,
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  • Kinda, rocky, maybe that's why
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  • Maybe that's why that storm has been blowing,
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  • That storm has been blowing, 'cause when i get to that shore,
  • 00:14:52.688 --> 00:14:55.891
  • 'cause when i get to that shore, i got somebody whose life
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  • I got somebody whose life needs my life.
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  • Needs my life. [applause]
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  • [applause] i wonder what he's after.
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  • I wonder what he's after. i wonder what you're carrying
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  • I wonder what you're carrying that you're not even
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  • That you're not even aware of yet,
  • 00:15:09.505 --> 00:15:10.839
  • Aware of yet, i wonder what you're
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  • I wonder what you're gonna be talking about
  • 00:15:11.974 --> 00:15:12.708
  • Gonna be talking about a year from now
  • 00:15:12.775 --> 00:15:14.043
  • A year from now that you don't even know
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  • That you don't even know how to ask him for yet.
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  • How to ask him for yet. [applause]
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  • [applause] woo.
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  • Woo. [cheering]
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  • [cheering] it's powerful, y'all.
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  • It's powerful, y'all. [cheering]
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  • [cheering] it's powerful.
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  • It's powerful. has that devil been
  • 00:15:32.995 --> 00:15:33.662
  • Has that devil been after you?
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  • After you? well, get happy
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  • Well, get happy 'cause that means
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  • 'cause that means you have something
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  • You have something worth attacking,
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  • Worth attacking, that means it's not
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  • That means it's not over for you.
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  • Over for you. that means it's a --
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  • That means it's a -- oh!
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  • Oh! oh!
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  • Oh! i got something!
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  • I got something! [applause]
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  • [applause] the devil should've took you out
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  • The devil should've took you out before you heard this sermon
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  • Before you heard this sermon 'cause after this road,
  • 00:16:03.359 --> 00:16:05.194
  • 'cause after this road, you're back on track,
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  • You're back on track, you're back in the fight,
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  • You're back in the fight, go back in there.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Hey, hey, hey, hey.
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  • We should've took a selfie
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  • We should've took a selfie before i started preaching
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  • Before i started preaching so you could have
  • 00:16:28.417 --> 00:16:29.018
  • So you could have a before picture.
  • 00:16:29.084 --> 00:16:32.621
  • A before picture. 'cause when you leave
  • 00:16:32.688 --> 00:16:33.155
  • 'cause when you leave this church today --
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  • No, no, i gotta preach it
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  • No, no, i gotta preach it like god gave it to me,
  • 00:16:37.626 --> 00:16:38.560
  • Like god gave it to me, i can't mess it up,
  • 00:16:38.627 --> 00:16:39.862
  • I can't mess it up, i can't mess it up.
  • 00:16:39.928 --> 00:16:41.163
  • I can't mess it up. "and the god of all grace
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  • "and the god of all grace who called you
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  • Who called you to eternal glory in christ
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  • To eternal glory in christ after you have
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  • After you have suffered a little while."
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  • Suffered a little while." set your timer
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  • Set your timer for a minute, fly tie.
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  • For a minute, fly tie. set your timer for a minute.
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  • Set your timer for a minute. one minute, one minute,
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  • One minute, one minute, on the timer.
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  • On the timer. one minute on your phone.
  • 00:17:00.983 --> 00:17:02.017
  • One minute on your phone. one minute on the timer.
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  • One minute on the timer. somebody say, "after."
  • 00:17:03.552 --> 00:17:04.486
  • Somebody say, "after." >> congregation: after.
  • 00:17:04.553 --> 00:17:05.320
  • >> congregation: after. >> after, after.
  • 00:17:05.387 --> 00:17:06.922
  • >> after, after. tell me when you got it set
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  • Tell me when you got it set for one minute, for one minute,
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  • For one minute, for one minute, i want one minute,
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  • I want one minute, i want one minute.
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  • I want one minute. peter uses a very,
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  • Peter uses a very, very significant phrase,
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  • Very significant phrase, he says, "after you have
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  • He says, "after you have suffered a little while,"
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  • Suffered a little while," somebody say, "a little while."
  • 00:17:16.465 --> 00:17:17.399
  • Somebody say, "a little while." >> congregation: a little while.
  • 00:17:17.466 --> 00:17:18.267
  • >> congregation: a little while. >> a little while.
  • 00:17:18.333 --> 00:17:18.767
  • >> a little while. how many of you been suffering
  • 00:17:18.834 --> 00:17:19.535
  • How many of you been suffering for a little while?
  • 00:17:19.601 --> 00:17:21.503
  • For a little while? oh, it's been a while,
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  • Oh, it's been a while, it's been a while
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  • It's been a while i've been dealing with this,
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  • I've been dealing with this, it's been a while
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  • It's been a while i've been dealing with this,
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  • I've been dealing with this, it's been a while that
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  • It's been a while that i felt like this.
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  • I felt like this. he still hadn't
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  • He still hadn't started his timer yet,
  • 00:17:28.210 --> 00:17:29.511
  • Started his timer yet, he's 'bout to start it
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  • He's 'bout to start it in a minute.
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  • In a minute. sometimes it's
  • 00:17:31.780 --> 00:17:32.381
  • Sometimes it's prolonged suffering, right?
  • 00:17:32.448 --> 00:17:34.516
  • Prolonged suffering, right? sometimes you ask
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  • Sometimes you ask the question, like,
  • 00:17:35.184 --> 00:17:36.218
  • The question, like, i asked the lord one time
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  • I asked the lord one time i read that scripture,
  • 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:38.320
  • I read that scripture, it said, "in a little while,
  • 00:17:38.387 --> 00:17:40.022
  • It said, "in a little while, after you've suffered
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  • After you've suffered a little while."
  • 00:17:40.989 --> 00:17:41.590
  • A little while." i asked god,
  • 00:17:41.657 --> 00:17:42.691
  • I asked god, "how long is a little while?"
  • 00:17:42.758 --> 00:17:46.361
  • "how long is a little while?" so, i want one minute
  • 00:17:46.428 --> 00:17:47.329
  • So, i want one minute on the timer,
  • 00:17:47.396 --> 00:17:48.831
  • On the timer, that's an hour,
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  • That's an hour, i need a minute.
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  • I need a minute. [laughter]
  • 00:17:50.999 --> 00:17:51.700
  • [laughter] we have a different definition
  • 00:17:51.767 --> 00:17:53.535
  • We have a different definition of "a little while."
  • 00:17:53.602 --> 00:17:55.070
  • Of "a little while." i need the countdown timer,
  • 00:17:55.137 --> 00:17:57.072
  • I need the countdown timer, not the count up timer,
  • 00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:58.307
  • Not the count up timer, i need the alarm
  • 00:17:58.373 --> 00:17:59.408
  • I need the alarm where it's gonna go off
  • 00:17:59.475 --> 00:18:01.009
  • Where it's gonna go off in a minute
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  • In a minute because god gave me
  • 00:18:02.411 --> 00:18:03.212
  • Because god gave me something to say to somebody
  • 00:18:03.278 --> 00:18:04.880
  • Something to say to somebody and i don't know who it is.
  • 00:18:04.947 --> 00:18:06.515
  • And i don't know who it is. we got 50 seconds left.
  • 00:18:06.582 --> 00:18:08.250
  • We got 50 seconds left. now, not all suffering ends
  • 00:18:08.317 --> 00:18:10.219
  • Now, not all suffering ends in a short time,
  • 00:18:10.285 --> 00:18:12.054
  • In a short time, but there is a decision
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  • But there is a decision that you can make in a moment
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  • That you can make in a moment where you can say,
  • 00:18:15.891 --> 00:18:16.492
  • Where you can say, "you know what,
  • 00:18:16.558 --> 00:18:17.292
  • "you know what, i have stayed stuck
  • 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.927
  • I have stayed stuck in this season long enough,
  • 00:18:18.994 --> 00:18:22.464
  • In this season long enough, i have replayed
  • 00:18:22.531 --> 00:18:23.966
  • I have replayed this memory long enough.
  • 00:18:24.032 --> 00:18:27.503
  • This memory long enough. i have laid down and died,"
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  • I have laid down and died," twenty-eight, "long enough."
  • 00:18:30.172 --> 00:18:33.108
  • Twenty-eight, "long enough." and peter says that
  • 00:18:33.175 --> 00:18:34.409
  • And peter says that "after you have suffered
  • 00:18:34.476 --> 00:18:36.512
  • "after you have suffered a little while,"
  • 00:18:36.578 --> 00:18:38.413
  • A little while," just a little while,
  • 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:40.015
  • Just a little while, it's just a little while.
  • 00:18:40.082 --> 00:18:41.817
  • It's just a little while. it's only for now.
  • 00:18:41.884 --> 00:18:43.051
  • It's only for now. i know it seems like forever
  • 00:18:43.118 --> 00:18:44.486
  • I know it seems like forever when you're going through it,
  • 00:18:44.553 --> 00:18:46.088
  • When you're going through it, but ten seconds, nine seconds,
  • 00:18:46.155 --> 00:18:48.891
  • But ten seconds, nine seconds, eight seconds, seven seconds,
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  • Eight seconds, seven seconds, six, five, hold on,
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  • Six, five, hold on, be real quiet,
  • 00:18:53.629 --> 00:18:54.429
  • Be real quiet, be real quiet.
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  • Be real quiet. oh.
  • 00:18:59.535 --> 00:19:00.402
  • Oh. [laughter]
  • 00:19:00.469 --> 00:19:01.837
  • [laughter] his ringer is off.
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  • His ringer is off. [laughter]
  • 00:19:02.804 --> 00:19:06.308
  • [laughter] you were the worst
  • 00:19:06.375 --> 00:19:06.808
  • You were the worst illustration partner.
  • 00:19:06.875 --> 00:19:07.776
  • Illustration partner. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] alright.
  • 00:19:12.214 --> 00:19:13.815
  • Alright. so, since his alarm failed,
  • 00:19:13.882 --> 00:19:15.117
  • So, since his alarm failed, i need you to help me,
  • 00:19:15.184 --> 00:19:16.251
  • I need you to help me, i'mma need you to help me.
  • 00:19:16.318 --> 00:19:17.519
  • I'mma need you to help me. since his ringer was on silent,
  • 00:19:17.586 --> 00:19:19.421
  • Since his ringer was on silent, i'mma need you to be
  • 00:19:19.488 --> 00:19:20.255
  • I'mma need you to be the alarm for your neighbor,
  • 00:19:20.322 --> 00:19:22.357
  • The alarm for your neighbor, i'mma need you to be
  • 00:19:22.424 --> 00:19:23.292
  • I'mma need you to be the alarm for your neighbor.
  • 00:19:23.358 --> 00:19:24.393
  • The alarm for your neighbor. stand up, stand up, stand up,
  • 00:19:24.459 --> 00:19:26.929
  • Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up.
  • 00:19:26.995 --> 00:19:28.297
  • Stand up, stand up, stand up. we're getting ready now,
  • 00:19:28.363 --> 00:19:28.830
  • We're getting ready now, we're getting ready now.
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  • We're getting ready now. 'cause it's been a minute
  • 00:19:30.165 --> 00:19:31.066
  • 'cause it's been a minute for some of you,
  • 00:19:31.133 --> 00:19:32.267
  • For some of you, it's been a minute
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  • It's been a minute since you felt
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  • Since you felt the joy of the lord,
  • 00:19:33.468 --> 00:19:34.636
  • The joy of the lord, it's been a minute since
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  • It's been a minute since you've seen yourself
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  • You've seen yourself in the future,
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  • In the future, it's been a minute
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  • It's been a minute since you've opened yourself up
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  • Since you've opened yourself up to a new possibility,
  • 00:19:39.741 --> 00:19:41.210
  • To a new possibility, but i want you
  • 00:19:41.276 --> 00:19:41.910
  • But i want you to look at your neighbor,
  • 00:19:41.977 --> 00:19:42.711
  • To look at your neighbor, when i say "three,"
  • 00:19:42.778 --> 00:19:44.079
  • When i say "three," i want you to look
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  • I want you to look at your neighbor and say,
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  • At your neighbor and say, "it's been a minute."
  • 00:19:46.048 --> 00:19:47.015
  • "it's been a minute." one, two, three.
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  • One, two, three. >> congregation: it's been
  • 00:19:48.016 --> 00:19:48.517
  • >> congregation: it's been a minute.
  • 00:19:48.584 --> 00:19:49.284
  • >> it's been a minute,
  • 00:19:49.384 --> 00:19:50.452
  • >> it's been a minute, but guess what?
  • 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.887
  • But guess what? look back at 'em and say,
  • 00:19:51.954 --> 00:19:52.988
  • Look back at 'em and say, "it has been a minute."
  • 00:19:53.055 --> 00:19:54.156
  • "it has been a minute." >> congregation: it has
  • 00:19:54.223 --> 00:19:54.656
  • >> congregation: it has been a minute.
  • 00:19:54.723 --> 00:19:55.357
  • Been a minute. >> tell 'em, "it's been,
  • 00:19:55.424 --> 00:19:56.058
  • >> tell 'em, "it's been, kinda, hard...
  • 00:19:56.124 --> 00:19:56.959
  • Kinda, hard... >> congregation: it's been,
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  • >> congregation: it's been, kinda, hard...
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  • Kinda, hard... >> i've been crying about it...
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  • >> i've been crying about it... >> congregation: i've been
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  • >> congregation: i've been crying about it...
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  • Crying about it... >> i've been
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  • >> i've been stressing about it...
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  • >> congregation: i've been
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  • >> congregation: i've been stressing about it...
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  • Stressing about it... >> i got a lot of
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  • >> i got a lot of questions about it...
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  • Questions about it... >> congregation: i got a lot
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  • >> congregation: i got a lot of questions about it...
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  • Of questions about it... >> and i'm not expecting
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  • >> and i'm not expecting a quick fix."
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  • A quick fix." >> congregation: and i'm not
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  • >> congregation: and i'm not expecting a quick fix.
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  • Expecting a quick fix. >> but tell 'em,
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  • >> but tell 'em, "it's been a minute...
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  • "it's been a minute... >> congregation: it's been
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  • >> congregation: it's been a minute...
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  • A minute... >> and this...
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  • >> and this... >> congregation: and this...
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  • >> congregation: and this... >> is...
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  • >> is... >> congregation: is...
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  • >> congregation: is... >> my...
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  • >> my... >> congregation: my...
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  • >> congregation: my... >> after...
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  • >> after... >> congregation: after...
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  • >> congregation: after... >> this...
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  • >> this... >> congregation: this...
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  • >> congregation: this... >> is,"
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  • >> is," oh god, "my after.
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  • Oh god, "my after. this is my after."
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  • This is my after." watch though,
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  • Watch though, the problem's not over yet,
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  • The problem's not over yet, but my eyes are set!
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  • But my eyes are set! my eyes are set!
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  • My eyes are set! my eyes are set!
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • [cheers and applause] this is my after.
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  • This is my after. not when i'm perfect,
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  • Not when i'm perfect, but i've suffered enough
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  • But i've suffered enough to know now
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  • To know now that he's the god of...
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  • That he's the god of... >> congregation: after.
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  • >> congregation: after. >> who better to teach us
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  • >> who better to teach us this that peter?
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  • This that peter? [applause]
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  • [applause] peter.
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  • Peter. why would the enemy
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  • Why would the enemy pick on peter?
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  • Pick on peter? he wasn't anything
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  • He wasn't anything but a fisherman.
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  • But a fisherman. the devil never attacks
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  • The devil never attacks what you are right now.
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  • What you are right now. [applause]
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  • [applause] he attacks
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  • He attacks what you're gonna be.
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  • What you're gonna be. that's what he's after
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  • That's what he's after because wait till you see
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  • Because wait till you see what your kids are gonna be,
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  • What your kids are gonna be, that's what he's after.
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  • That's what he's after. wait till you see
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  • Wait till you see what they're gonna do,
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  • What they're gonna do, that's what he's after.
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  • That's what he's after. wait till you see
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  • Wait till you see how the grace of god flows
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  • How the grace of god flows through you generationally,
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  • Through you generationally, that's what he's after.
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  • That's what he's after. the bible says that,
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  • The bible says that, "a righteous man
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  • "a righteous man walks in his integrity."
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  • Walks in his integrity." you gotta see this
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  • You gotta see this from proverbs 27.
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  • From proverbs 27. i saw this, "and his children
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  • I saw this, "and his children are blessed after him."
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  • Are blessed after him." you didn't get it.
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  • You didn't get it. some of the stuff
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  • Some of the stuff you're fighting right now
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  • You're fighting right now is not about
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  • Is not about what you are right now,
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  • What you are right now, it's about what's
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  • It's about what's coming after you.
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  • Coming after you. [applause]
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  • [applause] shout, "after."
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  • Shout, "after." >> congregation: after.
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  • >> congregation: after. >> so, even as peter
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  • >> so, even as peter was warming himself
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  • Was warming himself by the fire denying christ,
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  • By the fire denying christ, even as peter was denying
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  • Even as peter was denying that he even knew jesus,
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  • That he even knew jesus, even as peter was doubting
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  • Even as peter was doubting that he wanted to be a disciple,
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  • That he wanted to be a disciple, the enemy was after him.
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  • 'cause if he can kill peter
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  • 'cause if he can kill peter and take his faith
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  • And take his faith by the fire,
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  • By the fire, peter never preaches
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  • Peter never preaches on the day of pentecost.
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  • On the day of pentecost. three thousand
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  • Three thousand were saved that day...
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  • Were saved that day... [applause]
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  • [applause] after the suffering.
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  • After the suffering. a little while
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  • A little while after you suffer.
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  • After you suffer. a little while.
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  • A little while. that's what the attack is about.
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  • That's what the attack is about. stop thinking that the things
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  • Stop thinking that the things that you struggle with
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  • That you struggle with prove your insignificance,
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  • Prove your insignificance, they actually point
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  • They actually point to your value.
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  • To your value. [applause]
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  • >> if you were encouraged
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  • >> if you were encouraged by this sermon you just
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh my god ♪
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  • ♪ you've sure been good to me ♪
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  • >> ♪ so this is my story ♪
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  • ♪ and this is my song ♪
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  • ♪ i'm praising my risen ♪
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  • ♪ king and savior ♪
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  • ♪ all the day long ♪
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  • ♪ i trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ my savior ♪
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  • ♪ the one who will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ he will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ i trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ my savior ♪
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  • ♪ the one who will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ he will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ he didn't ♪
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  • ♪ fail you then ♪
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  • ♪ he won't ♪
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  • ♪ fail you now oh ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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