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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The God of After (Part 2) | July 14, 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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- 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 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,
- 00:10:12.408 --> 00:10:14.977
- What is he after?
- 00:10:15.077 --> 00:10:17.980
- 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]
- 00:10:22.852 --> 00:10:26.555
- [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
- 00:10:30.493 --> 00:10:33.295
- 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?
- 00:10:34.397 --> 00:10:38.668
- To fight you so hard like that? what is this spirit of heaviness
- 00:10:38.734 --> 00:10:40.703
- What is this spirit of heaviness that's been on you lately
- 00:10:40.770 --> 00:10:41.637
- That's been on you lately really about?
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- Really about? see, 'cause i know
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- 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,
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- 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
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- That's why i'm dealing with this insecurity."
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- With this insecurity." is it?
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- Is it? is that why you're dealing
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- Is that why you're dealing with the insecurity,
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- With the insecurity, because you're really a nobody
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- Because you're really a nobody or is the devil looking
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- Or is the devil looking for someone,
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- For someone, someone who has something,
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- 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?
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- 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,
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- 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,"
- 00:11:46.402 --> 00:11:48.471
- 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,
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- I'm just curious, is there something
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- Is there something so significant
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- So significant in the next stage of your life
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- In the next stage of your life and you can't see it,
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- And you can't see it, but maybe the enemy has
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- But maybe the enemy has more vision for your life
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- More vision for your life than you do
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- Than you do because he sees something
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- Because he sees something that's in you in a seed form,
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- That's in you in a seed form, and if it ever comes forth,
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- 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,
- 00:12:25.775 --> 00:12:27.843
- 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
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- 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
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- 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]
- 00:13:16.091 --> 00:13:18.060
- [cheering] i don't care what
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- I don't care what it's been before,
- 00:13:19.028 --> 00:13:21.397
- I didn't come to preach about
- 00:13:21.497 --> 00:13:22.731
- 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
- 00:13:29.405 --> 00:13:30.940
- 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,
- 00:13:48.057 --> 00:13:48.657
- Ask your neighbor, "what's he after?"
- 00:13:48.724 --> 00:13:49.592
- "what's he after?" >> congregation: what's
- 00:13:49.658 --> 00:13:50.092
- >> congregation: what's he after?
- 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:50.759
- He after? >> what's he after?
- 00:13:50.826 --> 00:13:51.961
- >> what's he after? because the enemy doesn't
- 00:13:52.027 --> 00:13:52.962
- 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
- 00:13:54.930 --> 00:13:56.065
- So, if he's coming at you and he's shooting at you,
- 00:13:56.131 --> 00:13:57.333
- And he's shooting at you, that must mean you have
- 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:58.734
- That must mean you have something that he wants.
- 00:13:58.801 --> 00:14:01.270
- Something that he wants. that must mean that you
- 00:14:01.337 --> 00:14:02.037
- That must mean that you have something of value.
- 00:14:02.104 --> 00:14:04.840
- Have something of value. i've been to ten
- 00:14:04.907 --> 00:14:06.075
- I've been to ten carolina panther's games
- 00:14:06.141 --> 00:14:07.376
- Carolina panther's games since i lived in charlotte,
- 00:14:07.443 --> 00:14:08.911
- Since i lived in charlotte, nobody ever tackled me.
- 00:14:08.978 --> 00:14:10.512
- Nobody ever tackled me. [laughter]
- 00:14:10.579 --> 00:14:13.048
- [laughter] i guess i didn't have
- 00:14:13.115 --> 00:14:14.083
- I guess i didn't have anything they wanted.
- 00:14:14.149 --> 00:14:16.552
- Anything they wanted. i bet if i had that ball
- 00:14:16.619 --> 00:14:18.254
- 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,
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- '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,
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- Aware of yet, i wonder what you're
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- I wonder what you're gonna be talking about
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- Gonna be talking about a year from now
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- 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
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- 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]
- 00:15:55.050 --> 00:15:59.221
- [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,
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- '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
- 00:16:24.747 --> 00:16:25.681
- We should've took a selfie before i started preaching
- 00:16:25.748 --> 00:16:28.350
- Before i started preaching so you could have
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- So you could have a before picture.
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- A before picture. 'cause when you leave
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- '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,
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- Like god gave it to me, i can't mess it up,
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- 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.
- 00:16:57.312 --> 00:16:58.113
- 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.
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- One minute on your phone. one minute on the timer.
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- One minute on the timer. somebody say, "after."
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- Somebody say, "after." >> congregation: after.
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- >> congregation: after. >> after, after.
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- >> 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,
- 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.193
- 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."
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- Somebody say, "a little while." >> congregation: a little while.
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- >> congregation: a little while. >> a little while.
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- >> a little while. how many of you been suffering
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- How many of you been suffering for a little while?
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- 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,
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- 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
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- 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,
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- The question, like, i asked the lord one time
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- I asked the lord one time i read that scripture,
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- I read that scripture, it said, "in a little while,
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- It said, "in a little while, after you've suffered
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- After you've suffered a little while."
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- A little while." i asked god,
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- 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
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- So, i want one minute on the timer,
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- 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]
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- [laughter] we have a different definition
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- We have a different definition of "a little while."
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- Of "a little while." i need the countdown timer,
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- I need the countdown timer, not the count up timer,
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- 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
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- Where it's gonna go off in a minute
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- In a minute because god gave me
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- Because god gave me something to say to somebody
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- Something to say to somebody and i don't know who it is.
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- And i don't know who it is. we got 50 seconds left.
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- 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,
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- 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,
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- In this season long enough, i have replayed
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- I have replayed this memory long enough.
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- This memory long enough. i have laid down and died,"
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- I have laid down and died," twenty-eight, "long enough."
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- Twenty-eight, "long enough." and peter says that
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- And peter says that "after you have suffered
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- "after you have suffered a little while,"
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- A little while," just a little while,
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- Just a little while, it's just a little while.
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- It's just a little while. it's only for now.
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- It's only for now. i know it seems like forever
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- I know it seems like forever when you're going through it,
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- When you're going through it, but ten seconds, nine seconds,
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- 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,
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- Be real quiet, be real quiet.
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- Be real quiet. oh.
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- Oh. [laughter]
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- [laughter] his ringer is off.
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- His ringer is off. [laughter]
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- [laughter] you were the worst
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- You were the worst illustration partner.
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- Illustration partner. [laughter]
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- [laughter] alright.
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- Alright. so, since his alarm failed,
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- So, since his alarm failed, i need you to help me,
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- I need you to help me, i'mma need you to help me.
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- I'mma need you to help me. since his ringer was on silent,
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- Since his ringer was on silent, i'mma need you to be
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- I'mma need you to be the alarm for your neighbor,
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- The alarm for your neighbor, i'mma need you to be
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- I'mma need you to be the alarm for your neighbor.
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- The alarm for your neighbor. stand up, stand up, stand up,
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- Stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up.
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- Stand up, stand up, stand up. we're getting ready now,
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- 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
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- 'cause it's been a minute for some of you,
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- 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,
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- 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,
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- To a new possibility, but i want you
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- But i want you to look at your neighbor,
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- To look at your neighbor, when i say "three,"
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- 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."
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- "it's been a minute." one, two, three.
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- One, two, three. >> congregation: it's been
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- >> congregation: it's been a minute.
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- >> it's been a minute,
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- >> it's been a minute, but guess what?
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- But guess what? look back at 'em and say,
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- Look back at 'em and say, "it has been a minute."
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- "it has been a minute." >> congregation: it has
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- >> congregation: it has been a minute.
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- Been a minute. >> tell 'em, "it's been,
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- >> tell 'em, "it's been, kinda, hard...
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- Kinda, hard... >> congregation: it's been,
- 00:19:57.025 --> 00:19:57.526
- >> 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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- ♪ ♪
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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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