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Steven Furtick - The God of Already (Part 1)

October 20, 2025 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - The God of Already (Part 1)
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 Already (Part 1) | October 20, 2025
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking to
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  • 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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  • >> today, i wanna talk to you
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  • >> today, i wanna talk to you about how he's not only
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  • About how he's not only the god of also
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  • The god of also and not only the god of again,
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  • And not only the god of again, but he's the god of already.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Woo.
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  • Woo. i feel glory in this room.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, real quick,
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  • So, real quick, shake three hands and say,
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  • Shake three hands and say, "it's on the way."
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  • "it's on the way." and you may be seated.
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  • And you may be seated. the god of already.
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  • The god of already. you may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. you're here for a reason today.
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  • You're here for a reason today. you are here for a reason today.
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  • You are here for a reason today. god has something for you today.
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  • God has something for you today. in the spirit of --
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  • In the spirit of -- thank you so much.
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  • Thank you so much. in the spirit of
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  • In the spirit of last week's message
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  • Last week's message about the god of again,
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  • About the god of again, i'm gonna use the same passage
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  • I'm gonna use the same passage from last week again.
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  • From last week again. john 21:4-9.
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  • John 21:4-9. we'll select a little
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  • We'll select a little different passage this time
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  • Different passage this time but from the same story.
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  • But from the same story. and time permitting,
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  • And time permitting, i wanna also hit that luke 15
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  • I wanna also hit that luke 15 again from the prodigal son.
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  • Again from the prodigal son. one was the story jesus told
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  • One was the story jesus told a parable to teach
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  • A parable to teach and one was a miracle
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  • And one was a miracle that he performed,
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  • That he performed, but they share
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  • But they share a similar lesson,
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  • A similar lesson, the god of already.
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  • The god of already. verse 4, "early in the morning,
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  • Jesus stood on the shore,
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  • Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not
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  • But the disciples did not realize that it was jesus.
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  • Realize that it was jesus. he called out to them,
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  • He called out to them, 'friends, haven't you any fish?'
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  • 'friends, haven't you any fish?' 'no,' they answered.
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  • 'no,' they answered. he said, 'throw your net
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  • He said, 'throw your net on the right side of the boat
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  • On the right side of the boat and you will find some.'
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  • And you will find some.' and when they did,
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  • And when they did, they were unable to haul in
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  • They were unable to haul in the net because of
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  • The net because of the large number of fish.
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  • The large number of fish. then the disciple
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  • Then the disciple whom jesus loved said to peter,
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  • Whom jesus loved said to peter, 'it is the lord!'
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  • 'it is the lord!' as soon as simon peter
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  • As soon as simon peter heard him say,
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  • Heard him say, 'it is the lord,'
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  • 'it is the lord,' he wrapped his outer
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  • He wrapped his outer garment around him
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  • Garment around him (for he had taken it off)
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  • (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.
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  • And jumped into the water. the other disciples
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  • The other disciples followed in the boat,
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  • Followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish,
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  • Towing the net full of fish, for they were not
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  • For they were not far from shore,"
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  • Far from shore," they were not far.
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  • They were not far. put it in the chat,
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  • Put it in the chat, "not far."
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  • "not far." and tell your neighbor,
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  • And tell your neighbor, "not far."
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  • "not far." >> congregation: not far.
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  • >> congregation: not far. >> not far from shore.
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  • >> not far from shore. "about a hundred yards."
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  • "about a hundred yards." makes me get ready
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  • Makes me get ready for football season.
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  • For football season. about a hundred yards.
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  • About a hundred yards. "when they landed, they saw
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  • "when they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals
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  • A fire of burning coals there with fish on it,
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  • There with fish on it, and some bread."
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  • And some bread." when they landed, they saw
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  • When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals
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  • A fire of burning coals there with fish on it,
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  • There with fish on it, and some bread.
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  • And some bread. the god of already.
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  • The god of already. and this message has
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  • And this message has a subtitle, "let him cook."
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  • [cheering]
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  • I thought i'd tell you
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  • I thought i'd tell you a little story.
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  • A little story. i couldn't remember
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  • I couldn't remember if i shared it.
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  • If i shared it. my oldest son said
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  • My oldest son said he had never heard it.
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  • He had never heard it. when i was in high school,
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  • When i was in high school, right after i got really
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  • Right after i got really fired up for jesus christ,
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  • Fired up for jesus christ, i was running around
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  • I was running around telling everybody
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  • Telling everybody that they needed to be saved
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  • That they needed to be saved and they were going to hell
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  • And they were going to hell and i wasn't.
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  • And i wasn't. and...
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  • [laughter]
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  • So, be like me.
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  • So, be like me. i was burning all my motley crue
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  • I was burning all my motley crue and guns n' roses cds
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  • And guns n' roses cds and listening to stryper.
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  • And listening to stryper. i burned my pantera
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  • I burned my pantera and went over to petra.
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  • And went over to petra. if you're in the subculture,
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  • If you're in the subculture, you know.
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  • You know. if you don't know,
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  • If you don't know, you don't know.
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  • You don't know. you don't need to know.
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  • You don't need to know. and so, i would just
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  • And so, i would just tell people all the time.
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  • Tell people all the time. i was very, very bold.
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  • I was very, very bold. some would say zeal
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  • Some would say zeal without knowledge,
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  • Without knowledge, but i was excited, fired up.
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  • But i was excited, fired up. my dad, he wasn't
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  • My dad, he wasn't in church at the time.
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  • In church at the time. he had been in church
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  • He had been in church when i was a little boy.
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  • When i was a little boy. my mom always took us to church,
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  • My mom always took us to church, but my dad wasn't in
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  • But my dad wasn't in church at the time.
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  • Church at the time. he would go out
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  • He would go out and play golf on sundays
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  • And play golf on sundays at a little
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  • At a little par three golf course,
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  • Par three golf course, get drunk with my uncle.
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  • Get drunk with my uncle. and i think as sort
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  • And i think as sort of an atonement,
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  • Of an atonement, when i was getting ready
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  • When i was getting ready to go to church,
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  • To go to church, he would wake up early
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  • He would wake up early and cook us breakfast.
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  • And cook us breakfast. so, he'd be over there making
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  • So, he'd be over there making some scrambled eggs and grits.
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  • Some scrambled eggs and grits. if you don't like grits,
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  • If you don't like grits, i don't need you as
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  • I don't need you as a member of elevation church.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And then he would make,
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  • And then he would make, on occasion,
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  • On occasion, some corned beef hash,
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  • Some corned beef hash, some fried bologna,
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  • Some fried bologna, but it was all because
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  • But it was all because he felt bad 'cause
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  • He wasn't going to church.
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  • He wasn't going to church. so, he'd wake up early
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  • So, he'd wake up early and cook for us,
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  • And cook for us, and then he'd go to --
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  • And then he'd go to -- off to the golf course
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  • Off to the golf course and we'd go to church.
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  • And we'd go to church. and that was going on
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  • And that was going on for a little while.
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  • For a little while. one sunday morning,
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  • One sunday morning, i remember it really clearly,
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  • I remember it really clearly, whatever came over me,
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  • Whatever came over me, i looked at him and said,
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  • I looked at him and said, "dad, this breakfast is great.
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  • "dad, this breakfast is great. thank you for making it.
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  • Thank you for making it. but i want
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  • But i want to tell you something."
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  • To tell you something." now i'm only 16 or 17 years old,
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  • Now i'm only 16 or 17 years old, something like that.
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  • Something like that. i said, "it's not gonna be
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  • I said, "it's not gonna be long before god's gonna
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  • Long before god's gonna get a hold of your life.
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  • Get a hold of your life. i've been praying for you,
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  • I've been praying for you, and god answers my prayers.
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  • And god answers my prayers. and pretty soon,
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  • And pretty soon, you're gonna turn to the lord,
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  • You're gonna turn to the lord, and it's gonna be crazy.
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  • And it's gonna be crazy. and you're going to be reading
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  • And you're going to be reading the bible all the time,
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  • The bible all the time, you're going to church.
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  • You're going to church. no' gon be just cooking
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  • No' gon be just cooking breakfast and going off.
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  • Breakfast and going off. you can cook this breakfast
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  • You can cook this breakfast today but eventually,
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  • Today but eventually, soon and very soon
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  • Soon and very soon you'll be going
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  • You'll be going to church with us."
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  • To church with us." and i don't remember
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  • And i don't remember if he said anything.
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  • If he said anything. he didn't go to church that day.
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  • He didn't go to church that day. he kept cooking,
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  • He kept cooking, and i ate and went to church.
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  • And i ate and went to church. it was about a year
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  • It was about a year or more later,
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  • Or more later, when i had gone off to college,
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  • When i had gone off to college, and i came back home to preach
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  • And i came back home to preach at santee circle
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  • At santee circle community church
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  • Community church for a weekend.
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  • For a weekend. and after i preached the sermon,
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  • And after i preached the sermon, my dad came down
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  • My dad came down for the altar call.
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  • For the altar call. when i went down
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  • When i went down to pray with him, he said,
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  • To pray with him, he said, "never stop preaching."
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  • [applause]
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  • Well...
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  • [applause]
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  • You know, we had many bumps
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  • You know, we had many bumps and bruises after that.
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  • And bruises after that. he wasn't raptured up to heaven.
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  • He wasn't raptured up to heaven. he didn't become the next pope,
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  • He didn't become the next pope, billy graham, or bill gates,
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  • Billy graham, or bill gates, for that matter,
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  • For that matter, but it really was
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  • But it really was a change in his life.
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  • A change in his life. he started memorizing
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  • He started memorizing the bible and stuff like that.
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  • The bible and stuff like that. he told me something.
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  • He told me something. he said, "remember that day
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  • He said, "remember that day when you told me,
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  • When you told me, when i was cooking breakfast,
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  • When i was cooking breakfast, that god was gonna get
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  • That god was gonna get a hold of my life,
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  • A hold of my life, and all this stuff
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  • And all this stuff you were saying to me?"
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  • You were saying to me?" i said, "yeah,"
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  • I said, "yeah," because i was proud
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  • Because i was proud of my prophecy
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  • Of my prophecy having come to pass.
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  • [laughter]
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  • He said, "what i didn't tell you
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  • He said, "what i didn't tell you is i felt so sorry for you
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  • Is i felt so sorry for you when you were saying all that,
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  • When you were saying all that, because i thought,
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  • Because i thought, 'he's gonna be so disappointed.
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  • 'he's gonna be so disappointed. he has no idea.'
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  • He has no idea.' and i felt so sorry for you
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  • And i felt so sorry for you that you didn't know
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  • That you didn't know how low i was
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  • How low i was and how far i was from god,
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  • And how far i was from god, and how i'd stand in the shower
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  • And how i'd stand in the shower every morning before
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  • Every morning before i'd go open the barbershop
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  • I'd go open the barbershop and just think, 'god,
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  • And just think, 'god, if you give me the strength
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  • If you give me the strength to get through this day,
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  • To get through this day, i promise i'll change,'
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  • I promise i'll change,' but i couldn't change.
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  • But i couldn't change. and so, i sat there
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  • And so, i sat there and listened to you,
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  • And listened to you, and i felt so bad
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  • And i felt so bad that you were that crazy
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  • That you were that crazy and that naive to think
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  • And that naive to think that i could change,
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  • That i could change, because you didn't know
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  • Because you didn't know how far away i was."
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  • How far away i was." will you do me a favor?
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  • Will you do me a favor? will you look at your neighbor
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  • Will you look at your neighbor really quick and say,
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  • Really quick and say, "you're not as far
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  • "you're not as far as you think you are?"
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  • As you think you are?" >> congregation: you're not
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  • >> congregation: you're not as far as you think you are.
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  • As far as you think you are. >> that's what god knows
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  • >> that's what god knows that you don't.
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  • That you don't. that's what the devil
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  • That's what the devil knows that you don't.
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  • Knows that you don't. that from that life god
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  • That from that life god has called you to live
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  • Has called you to live and from that victory
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  • And from that victory he has called you to
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  • He has called you to accomplish in his name,
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  • Accomplish in his name, from that freedom
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  • From that freedom that to you feels like
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  • That to you feels like some sort of dream right now,
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  • Some sort of dream right now, you're not as far
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  • You're not as far as you think you are,
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  • As you think you are, because the god of
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  • Because the god of already is in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • I tell you that story
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  • Not to impress you but,
  • 00:08:06.339 --> 00:08:07.540
  • Not to impress you but, as the motivational speakers
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  • As the motivational speakers would say, to impress upon you
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  • Would say, to impress upon you or, rather, to reflect myself
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  • Or, rather, to reflect myself on these moments that
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  • On these moments that we have in our lives,
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  • We have in our lives, like i had with my dad,
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  • Like i had with my dad, where you know something.
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  • Where you know something. you don't know how you know it.
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  • You sense it, even though
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  • You sense it, even though your senses are
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  • Your senses are telling you differently.
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  • Telling you differently. your spirit says it.
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  • Your spirit says it. it actually just came to me
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  • It actually just came to me this morning to tell you
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  • This morning to tell you that story as i was asking god,
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  • That story as i was asking god, "how can i bring them
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  • "how can i bring them into this text?"
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  • Into this text?" which is a story about
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  • Which is a story about a fisherman named peter
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  • A fisherman named peter who was called to be a shepherd
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  • Who was called to be a shepherd and had to make a transition
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  • And had to make a transition because he had been through
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  • Because he had been through an experience where
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  • An experience where he had let himself down
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  • He had let himself down and, he thought,
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  • And, he thought, let jesus down.
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  • Let jesus down. now he's out there fishing,
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  • Now he's out there fishing, and jesus is on the shore.
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  • And jesus is on the shore. i was wondering
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  • I was wondering what was happening
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  • What was happening in that moment with my dad.
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  • In that moment with my dad. what's happening in those
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  • What's happening in those moments of our lives
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  • Moments of our lives where one thing is seen
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  • Where one thing is seen to be already in progress?
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  • To be already in progress? do y'all remember back
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  • Do y'all remember back when they used to interrupt
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  • When they used to interrupt your regularly
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  • Your regularly scheduled programming
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  • Scheduled programming to give you a news report
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  • To give you a news report or a weather report?
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  • Or a weather report? you used to be watching
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  • You used to be watching family matters
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  • Family matters on friday night...
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  • [laughter]
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  • Watching urkel try to get
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  • Watching urkel try to get laura winslow one more time
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  • Laura winslow one more time on friday night,
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  • On friday night, and the news would come on.
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  • And the news would come on. "there's a storm."
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  • "there's a storm." they'd just interrupt your
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  • They'd just interrupt your regularly scheduled programming.
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  • Regularly scheduled programming. and then when they would get
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  • And then when they would get back to the program
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  • Back to the program after they had said
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  • After they had said whatever they needed to say
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  • Whatever they needed to say and just broke in
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  • And just broke in on your program, they'd say,
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  • On your program, they'd say, "we now return to your
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  • "we now return to your regularly scheduled programming
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  • Regularly scheduled programming already in progress,"
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  • Already in progress," and then it would
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  • And then it would just go right back.
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  • Just go right back. no dvr.
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  • No dvr. you couldn't rewind.
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  • You couldn't rewind. so, urkel still isn't
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  • So, urkel still isn't with laura, like always,
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  • With laura, like always, and you just dropped right back
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  • And you just dropped right back into the middle of it because
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  • Into the middle of it because it's already in progress.
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  • It's already in progress. now, that's the challenge
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  • Now, that's the challenge with the text i read you,
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  • With the text i read you, because i just jumped right
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  • Because i just jumped right into something where, you know,
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  • Into something where, you know, peter has denied
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  • Peter has denied jesus three times.
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  • Jesus three times. he's out fishing.
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  • He's out fishing. who knows how bad he felt?
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  • Who knows how bad he felt? who knows how far he felt?
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  • Who knows how far he felt? he has already seen jesus,
  • 00:10:03.990 --> 00:10:05.925
  • He has already seen jesus, but jesus shows up again.
  • 00:10:05.992 --> 00:10:09.228
  • But jesus shows up again. and i love verse 4.
  • 00:10:09.295 --> 00:10:10.630
  • And i love verse 4. this really touched me
  • 00:10:10.696 --> 00:10:12.431
  • This really touched me because i related to it.
  • 00:10:12.498 --> 00:10:14.333
  • It said, "early in the morning,
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  • It said, "early in the morning, jesus stood on the shore,
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  • Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not
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  • But the disciples did not realize that it was jesus."
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  • Realize that it was jesus." you know, kind of far off
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  • You know, kind of far off in the distance.
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  • They're tired.
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  • They're tired. they've been fishing all night,
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  • They've been fishing all night, caught nothing, frustrated
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  • Caught nothing, frustrated probably a little discouraged.
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  • Probably a little discouraged. and they did not realize
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  • And they did not realize that it was jesus,
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  • That it was jesus, but that doesn't mean
  • 00:10:34.654 --> 00:10:35.187
  • But that doesn't mean he wasn't there.
  • 00:10:35.254 --> 00:10:38.758
  • He wasn't there. in seminary, they taught me
  • 00:10:38.824 --> 00:10:39.859
  • In seminary, they taught me this term that stuck with me.
  • 00:10:39.925 --> 00:10:41.527
  • This term that stuck with me. it's called the already/not yet
  • 00:10:41.594 --> 00:10:44.130
  • It's called the already/not yet view of scripture.
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  • View of scripture. and it sounds
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  • And it sounds like a contradiction,
  • 00:10:46.365 --> 00:10:47.800
  • But it's not.
  • 00:10:47.900 --> 00:10:48.234
  • But it's not. it's just the tension
  • 00:10:48.300 --> 00:10:49.068
  • It's just the tension that we all live in.
  • 00:10:49.135 --> 00:10:51.003
  • That we all live in. everybody say, "already."
  • 00:10:51.070 --> 00:10:52.204
  • Everybody say, "already." >> congregation: already.
  • 00:10:52.271 --> 00:10:53.305
  • >> congregation: already. >> now say, "not yet."
  • 00:10:53.372 --> 00:10:54.306
  • >> now say, "not yet." >> congregation: not yet.
  • 00:10:54.373 --> 00:10:55.641
  • >> congregation: not yet. >> this side,
  • 00:10:55.708 --> 00:10:56.042
  • >> this side, you can be already.
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  • You can be already. y'all ready?
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  • Y'all ready? y'all don't sound ready.
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  • How 'bout y'all be already.
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  • [cheering]
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  • Y'all get to be not yet.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Already.
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  • Already. >> congregation: already.
  • 00:11:09.822 --> 00:11:10.856
  • >> congregation: already. not yet.
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  • Not yet. >> not yet.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:13.426
  • They taught me that in seminary.
  • 00:11:14.126 --> 00:11:16.095
  • They taught me that in seminary. the kingdom of god came
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  • The kingdom of god came when jesus came to earth.
  • 00:11:17.263 --> 00:11:19.598
  • When jesus came to earth. and he said,
  • 00:11:19.665 --> 00:11:20.166
  • And he said, "the kingdom of god is at hand,"
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  • "the kingdom of god is at hand," and he inaugurated that kingdom
  • 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:23.135
  • And he inaugurated that kingdom with miracles, signs,
  • 00:11:23.202 --> 00:11:23.736
  • With miracles, signs, and wonders.
  • 00:11:23.803 --> 00:11:24.437
  • And wonders. he did amazing things.
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  • He did amazing things. he was crucified, dead,
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  • He was crucified, dead, and buried, risen from the dead.
  • 00:11:27.740 --> 00:11:29.275
  • And buried, risen from the dead. he ascended to
  • 00:11:29.341 --> 00:11:29.709
  • He ascended to the right hand of god,
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  • The right hand of god, and he's coming again
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  • And he's coming again to establish his kingdom
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  • To establish his kingdom once and for all.
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  • Once and for all. he already died for
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  • He already died for the sins of all who
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  • The sins of all who will believe on him.
  • 00:11:36.982 --> 00:11:37.883
  • Will believe on him. he already rose to life
  • 00:11:37.950 --> 00:11:39.385
  • He already rose to life and he's risen with all power,
  • 00:11:39.452 --> 00:11:40.453
  • And he's risen with all power, and the keys of death, hell,
  • 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:41.654
  • And the keys of death, hell, and grave are in his hand.
  • 00:11:41.721 --> 00:11:44.490
  • And grave are in his hand. he's interceding
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  • He's interceding for you right now.
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  • For you right now. he's already paid the price.
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  • He's already paid the price. he's already won the victory.
  • 00:11:50.429 --> 00:11:53.032
  • He's already won the victory. but as the bible talks
  • 00:11:53.099 --> 00:11:54.200
  • But as the bible talks about these realities,
  • 00:11:54.266 --> 00:11:56.302
  • About these realities, there is a sense in which
  • 00:11:56.368 --> 00:11:58.270
  • There is a sense in which they are already fulfilled
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  • They are already fulfilled and a sense in which
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  • And a sense in which they are not yet.
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  • They are not yet. y'all still aren't ready?
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:12:05.544 --> 00:12:07.780
  • Maybe next week i'll do,
  • 00:12:08.180 --> 00:12:10.549
  • Maybe next week i'll do, "again, again,"
  • 00:12:10.616 --> 00:12:11.951
  • "again, again," and y'all can try it again.
  • 00:12:12.017 --> 00:12:13.486
  • And y'all can try it again. but the picture here is that
  • 00:12:13.552 --> 00:12:16.922
  • But the picture here is that if the bible says,
  • 00:12:16.989 --> 00:12:18.023
  • If the bible says, "you are saved,"
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  • "you are saved," it will also say,
  • 00:12:19.692 --> 00:12:21.127
  • It will also say, "you will be saved."
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  • "you will be saved." and so, it's talking about
  • 00:12:23.429 --> 00:12:24.563
  • And so, it's talking about something that happened
  • 00:12:24.630 --> 00:12:25.397
  • Something that happened and something that will happen.
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  • And something that will happen. and it's like,
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  • And it's like, i am saved right now
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  • I am saved right now from the penalty of my sin,
  • 00:12:32.438 --> 00:12:34.840
  • From the penalty of my sin, but i am still not
  • 00:12:34.907 --> 00:12:35.975
  • But i am still not completely set free
  • 00:12:36.041 --> 00:12:36.909
  • Completely set free from the pattern of sin.
  • 00:12:36.976 --> 00:12:40.179
  • From the pattern of sin. and that's why i can say,
  • 00:12:40.246 --> 00:12:41.647
  • And that's why i can say, "i'm already a child of god,
  • 00:12:41.714 --> 00:12:45.651
  • "i'm already a child of god, but i'm not yet well behaved."
  • 00:12:45.718 --> 00:12:48.487
  • But i'm not yet well behaved." i'm not yet grown up
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  • I'm not yet grown up like i want to be.
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  • Like i want to be. it's the "already, not yet."
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  • It's the "already, not yet." and i think if you'll look
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  • And i think if you'll look at the bible that way,
  • 00:12:54.927 --> 00:12:56.095
  • At the bible that way, it'll help you understand why
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  • It'll help you understand why sometimes you see things
  • 00:12:57.229 --> 00:12:58.731
  • Sometimes you see things in the bible,
  • 00:12:58.798 --> 00:12:59.331
  • In the bible, and you're like, "oh!
  • 00:12:59.398 --> 00:13:00.566
  • And you're like, "oh! am i even a christian?
  • 00:13:00.633 --> 00:13:02.134
  • Am i even a christian? "pray without ceasing."
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  • "pray without ceasing." i don't live that way."
  • 00:13:03.068 --> 00:13:04.303
  • I don't live that way." well, you already pray some,
  • 00:13:04.370 --> 00:13:06.705
  • Well, you already pray some, but the "without ceasing" part,
  • 00:13:06.772 --> 00:13:08.507
  • But the "without ceasing" part, that's the "not yet."
  • 00:13:08.574 --> 00:13:10.042
  • That's the "not yet." or the bible even says
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  • Or the bible even says we have been adopted
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  • We have been adopted into god's family.
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  • Into god's family. then it says that we are
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  • Then it says that we are awaiting our adoption.
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  • Awaiting our adoption. which one is it?
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  • Which one is it? well, it's already
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  • Well, it's already technically true,
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  • Technically true, but i have not yet fully
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  • But i have not yet fully understood all of
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  • Understood all of the implications of it.
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  • The implications of it. it would be like if they
  • 00:13:28.894 --> 00:13:29.562
  • It would be like if they switched cameras right now.
  • 00:13:29.628 --> 00:13:31.597
  • Switched cameras right now. you know, there's somebody back
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  • You know, there's somebody back there who's on the other camera.
  • 00:13:32.731 --> 00:13:34.667
  • There who's on the other camera. let's just switch to this one.
  • 00:13:34.733 --> 00:13:37.203
  • Let's just switch to this one. he had to be ready to do it,
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  • He had to be ready to do it, and i gave him no preparation.
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  • And i gave him no preparation. that's why he had to be there.
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  • That's why he had to be there. he was already there...
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  • [applause]
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  • Waiting for a word
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  • Waiting for a word in order to do what
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  • He was there to do.
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  • So, you find yourself
  • 00:14:02.061 --> 00:14:02.962
  • So, you find yourself in moments in your life
  • 00:14:03.028 --> 00:14:05.197
  • In moments in your life where you get the sense
  • 00:14:05.264 --> 00:14:06.365
  • Where you get the sense that you are dealing
  • 00:14:06.432 --> 00:14:09.101
  • That you are dealing with the "not-yetness" of you,
  • 00:14:09.168 --> 00:14:13.239
  • And you're hearing about
  • 00:14:13.339 --> 00:14:14.173
  • And you're hearing about the "alreadyness" of god,
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  • The "alreadyness" of god, and it can be hard to reconcile.
  • 00:14:17.243 --> 00:14:19.545
  • And it can be hard to reconcile. so, i think that's the scene
  • 00:14:19.612 --> 00:14:20.779
  • So, i think that's the scene here with peter and jesus
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  • Here with peter and jesus having breakfast on the shore.
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  • Having breakfast on the shore. i think that was the scene
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  • I think that was the scene that day with me having
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  • That day with me having breakfast with my dad.
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  • Breakfast with my dad. i think that's the scene
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  • I think that's the scene in your life as well,
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  • In your life as well, and i invite you into it
  • 00:14:31.624 --> 00:14:32.825
  • And i invite you into it for all of your "not-yetness."
  • 00:14:32.892 --> 00:14:36.428
  • For all of your "not-yetness." one scripture i really love,
  • 00:14:36.495 --> 00:14:38.497
  • One scripture i really love, i honestly had never really
  • 00:14:38.564 --> 00:14:40.199
  • I honestly had never really paid attention to it,
  • 00:14:40.266 --> 00:14:41.133
  • Paid attention to it, just skimmed right over it,
  • 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:42.334
  • Just skimmed right over it, but paul is describing this
  • 00:14:42.401 --> 00:14:43.802
  • But paul is describing this in 2 corinthians 6:10.
  • 00:14:43.869 --> 00:14:46.405
  • In 2 corinthians 6:10. so, he kind of describes it,
  • 00:14:46.472 --> 00:14:47.840
  • So, he kind of describes it, and it sounds
  • 00:14:47.907 --> 00:14:48.440
  • And it sounds a little schizophrenic,
  • 00:14:48.507 --> 00:14:49.608
  • A little schizophrenic, but i think
  • 00:14:49.675 --> 00:14:50.242
  • But i think he's just being real.
  • 00:14:50.309 --> 00:14:51.277
  • He's just being real. he says, 2 corinthians 6:10,
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  • He says, 2 corinthians 6:10, "we are sorrowful,
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  • Yet always rejoicing."
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  • Yet always rejoicing." doesn't that sound...
  • 00:14:59.118 --> 00:15:01.787
  • Doesn't that sound... paul, do you need some
  • 00:15:01.854 --> 00:15:02.388
  • Paul, do you need some medicine or something, man?
  • 00:15:02.454 --> 00:15:03.822
  • Medicine or something, man? you kind of can't decide.
  • 00:15:03.889 --> 00:15:04.523
  • You kind of can't decide. i'm serious.
  • 00:15:04.590 --> 00:15:05.257
  • I'm serious. like, "sorrowful,
  • 00:15:05.324 --> 00:15:06.759
  • Like, "sorrowful, yet always rejoicing."
  • 00:15:06.825 --> 00:15:08.594
  • Yet always rejoicing." and when it gets better.
  • 00:15:08.661 --> 00:15:09.628
  • And when it gets better. he says, "poor, yet making
  • 00:15:09.695 --> 00:15:11.096
  • He says, "poor, yet making many rich, having nothing,
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  • Many rich, having nothing, yet possessing everything."
  • 00:15:15.868 --> 00:15:21.106
  • Yet possessing everything." he's showing us this shift,
  • 00:15:21.173 --> 00:15:23.042
  • Just a little shift.
  • 00:15:23.142 --> 00:15:23.842
  • Just a little shift. he's like, "we're sorrowful,
  • 00:15:23.909 --> 00:15:26.445
  • He's like, "we're sorrowful, yet rejoicing.
  • 00:15:26.512 --> 00:15:28.380
  • Yet rejoicing. we're poor,
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  • We're poor, we're counted poor,
  • 00:15:29.415 --> 00:15:31.050
  • We're counted poor, but out of our poverty,
  • 00:15:31.116 --> 00:15:33.018
  • But out of our poverty, it's creating
  • 00:15:33.085 --> 00:15:34.019
  • It's creating a spiritual richness
  • 00:15:34.086 --> 00:15:35.421
  • A spiritual richness on the earth,
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  • On the earth, and i'm glad about that."
  • 00:15:35.988 --> 00:15:37.756
  • And i'm glad about that." and then that last
  • 00:15:37.823 --> 00:15:38.424
  • And then that last part really got me, 'cause i
  • 00:15:38.490 --> 00:15:39.425
  • Part really got me, 'cause i taught you this last week,
  • 00:15:39.491 --> 00:15:40.526
  • Taught you this last week, and i wanna go a little deeper.
  • 00:15:40.592 --> 00:15:41.827
  • He said, "having," --
  • 00:15:41.927 --> 00:15:43.329
  • He said, "having," -- put it back up.
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  • Put it back up. "having nothing,
  • 00:15:43.963 --> 00:15:47.099
  • "having nothing, yet possessing everything."
  • 00:15:47.166 --> 00:15:51.704
  • Yet possessing everything." so, this is where i showed you
  • 00:15:51.770 --> 00:15:52.871
  • So, this is where i showed you my trick last week.
  • 00:15:52.938 --> 00:15:54.473
  • My trick last week. when i start getting entitled,
  • 00:15:54.540 --> 00:15:56.575
  • When i start getting petty,
  • 00:15:56.675 --> 00:15:58.644
  • When i start getting petty, when i start forgetting
  • 00:15:58.711 --> 00:15:59.878
  • When i start forgetting what god has given me,
  • 00:15:59.945 --> 00:16:02.281
  • What god has given me, it's a little trick that
  • 00:16:02.348 --> 00:16:03.215
  • It's a little trick that i've learned to do to realize
  • 00:16:03.282 --> 00:16:05.117
  • I've learned to do to realize that i have everything.
  • 00:16:05.184 --> 00:16:07.186
  • That i have everything. oh, yeah.
  • 00:16:07.252 --> 00:16:07.853
  • Oh, yeah. you're looking at
  • 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:08.487
  • You're looking at a blessed man,
  • 00:16:08.554 --> 00:16:10.889
  • A blessed man, a very blessed man.
  • 00:16:10.956 --> 00:16:13.258
  • A very blessed man. i've got it all.
  • 00:16:13.325 --> 00:16:15.094
  • I've got it all. i have everything.
  • 00:16:15.160 --> 00:16:16.895
  • I have everything. and here's how i get everything.
  • 00:16:16.962 --> 00:16:17.963
  • And here's how i get everything. i'mma teach you
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  • I'mma teach you how to get everything
  • 00:16:18.430 --> 00:16:19.431
  • How to get everything in five seconds, alright?
  • 00:16:19.498 --> 00:16:21.767
  • In five seconds, alright? 'cause i can really
  • 00:16:21.834 --> 00:16:24.069
  • 'cause i can really convince myself,
  • 00:16:24.136 --> 00:16:25.270
  • Convince myself, "nobody loves me.
  • 00:16:25.337 --> 00:16:26.872
  • "nobody loves me. everybody hates me.
  • 00:16:26.939 --> 00:16:28.374
  • Everybody hates me. i guess i'll go eat worms.
  • 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:30.743
  • I guess i'll go eat worms. i guess i'll just go
  • 00:16:30.809 --> 00:16:31.910
  • I guess i'll just go over in my corner
  • 00:16:31.977 --> 00:16:32.711
  • Over in my corner and write one of
  • 00:16:32.778 --> 00:16:33.212
  • And write one of my other little sermons.
  • 00:16:33.278 --> 00:16:34.146
  • My other little sermons. and nobody loves me."
  • 00:16:34.213 --> 00:16:35.481
  • And nobody loves me." and then i go, "no.
  • 00:16:35.547 --> 00:16:36.148
  • And then i go, "no. oh, this is ridiculous.
  • 00:16:36.215 --> 00:16:37.282
  • Oh, this is ridiculous. what are you talking about?"
  • 00:16:37.349 --> 00:16:38.851
  • What are you talking about?" not only have i been blessed
  • 00:16:38.917 --> 00:16:39.785
  • Not only have i been blessed with so many things
  • 00:16:39.852 --> 00:16:40.652
  • With so many things but i do an exercise
  • 00:16:40.719 --> 00:16:42.988
  • But i do an exercise where i imagine the loss of
  • 00:16:43.055 --> 00:16:47.659
  • Where i imagine the loss of someone that i love the most.
  • 00:16:47.726 --> 00:16:50.696
  • Someone that i love the most. i imagine the loss --
  • 00:16:50.763 --> 00:16:51.864
  • I imagine the loss -- you're like,
  • 00:16:51.930 --> 00:16:52.264
  • You're like, "that's very negative."
  • 00:16:52.331 --> 00:16:53.132
  • "that's very negative." no.
  • 00:16:53.198 --> 00:16:53.399
  • No. watch where it's gonna get me,
  • 00:16:53.465 --> 00:16:54.533
  • Watch where it's gonna get me, 'cause it's very, very powerful.
  • 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:56.835
  • 'cause it's very, very powerful. i imagine,
  • 00:16:56.902 --> 00:16:57.936
  • I imagine, "what if i lost holly?
  • 00:16:58.003 --> 00:17:01.073
  • "what if i lost holly? what would i give
  • 00:17:01.140 --> 00:17:02.908
  • What would i give to have her back?"
  • 00:17:02.975 --> 00:17:06.745
  • To have her back?" two hundred dollars?
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:07.846 --> 00:17:09.748
  • Come on, man.
  • 00:17:10.382 --> 00:17:11.717
  • Come on, man. everything!
  • 00:17:11.784 --> 00:17:13.986
  • Everything! i'll kill you
  • 00:17:14.053 --> 00:17:14.820
  • I'll kill you and take yours, if i have to,
  • 00:17:14.887 --> 00:17:15.821
  • And take yours, if i have to, to get her back. everything.
  • 00:17:15.888 --> 00:17:19.224
  • To get her back. everything. whatever it takes.
  • 00:17:19.291 --> 00:17:21.160
  • Whatever it takes. i'll be --
  • 00:17:21.226 --> 00:17:22.394
  • I'll be -- what's the movie, ransom?
  • 00:17:22.461 --> 00:17:23.495
  • What's the movie, ransom? i'll be mel gibson.
  • 00:17:23.562 --> 00:17:24.563
  • I'll be mel gibson. i'll be liam neeson.
  • 00:17:24.630 --> 00:17:26.865
  • I'll be liam neeson. i will storm through
  • 00:17:26.932 --> 00:17:27.966
  • I will storm through the gates of hell.
  • 00:17:28.033 --> 00:17:29.234
  • The gates of hell. i would give everything
  • 00:17:29.301 --> 00:17:31.537
  • I would give everything to have her back,
  • 00:17:31.603 --> 00:17:33.572
  • To have her back, and i have her now.
  • 00:17:33.639 --> 00:17:37.476
  • And i have her now. so what do i have?
  • 00:17:37.543 --> 00:17:38.911
  • So what do i have? >> congregation: everything.
  • 00:17:38.977 --> 00:17:40.179
  • >> congregation: everything. >> everything.
  • 00:17:40.245 --> 00:17:42.014
  • >> everything. see how quick that was?
  • 00:17:42.081 --> 00:17:44.316
  • See how quick that was? i went from, like,
  • 00:17:44.383 --> 00:17:44.917
  • I went from, like, being annoyed,
  • 00:17:44.983 --> 00:17:45.984
  • Being annoyed, being perturbed,
  • 00:17:46.051 --> 00:17:46.819
  • Being perturbed, just being all --
  • 00:17:46.885 --> 00:17:48.153
  • You know how stupid
  • 00:17:48.253 --> 00:17:49.054
  • You know how stupid we can get when we get adjusted
  • 00:17:49.121 --> 00:17:51.723
  • We can get when we get adjusted to something that we've had
  • 00:17:51.790 --> 00:17:54.159
  • To something that we've had access to too long.
  • 00:17:54.226 --> 00:17:58.764
  • Access to too long. we get acclimated
  • 00:17:58.831 --> 00:18:00.699
  • We get acclimated to what's available,
  • 00:18:00.766 --> 00:18:02.434
  • To what's available, and then we become unaware
  • 00:18:02.501 --> 00:18:04.803
  • And then we become unaware of how valuable it is because
  • 00:18:04.870 --> 00:18:06.772
  • We become too acclimated
  • 00:18:06.872 --> 00:18:08.674
  • We become too acclimated to what's available.
  • 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:10.309
  • To what's available. so, when it says in verse 4 --
  • 00:18:10.375 --> 00:18:12.311
  • So, when it says in verse 4 -- oh, i gotta give you
  • 00:18:12.377 --> 00:18:12.978
  • Oh, i gotta give you a little bit more about this.
  • 00:18:13.045 --> 00:18:13.979
  • "early in the morning,
  • 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:14.780
  • "early in the morning, jesus stood on the shore,
  • 00:18:14.847 --> 00:18:15.647
  • Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not
  • 00:18:15.714 --> 00:18:16.548
  • But the disciples did not realize that it was jesus."
  • 00:18:16.615 --> 00:18:18.717
  • Realize that it was jesus." i realized that their awareness
  • 00:18:18.784 --> 00:18:21.820
  • I realized that their awareness had not caught up
  • 00:18:21.887 --> 00:18:22.754
  • With his thereness yet.
  • 00:18:22.855 --> 00:18:27.893
  • With his thereness yet. he was there.
  • 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:29.828
  • He was there. they weren't aware yet.
  • 00:18:29.895 --> 00:18:32.030
  • They weren't aware yet. he was no less there because
  • 00:18:32.097 --> 00:18:34.900
  • He was no less there because they weren't aware of it.
  • 00:18:34.967 --> 00:18:36.768
  • They weren't aware of it. he's standing on the shore,
  • 00:18:36.835 --> 00:18:38.837
  • He's standing on the shore, cooking fish,
  • 00:18:38.904 --> 00:18:40.472
  • Cooking fish, getting ready for them
  • 00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.573
  • Getting ready for them to haul in some more fish.
  • 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.941
  • To haul in some more fish. they got plenty of fish.
  • 00:18:43.008 --> 00:18:44.143
  • They got plenty of fish. there's going to be fish today.
  • 00:18:44.209 --> 00:18:45.911
  • There's going to be fish today. but the one thing they couldn't
  • 00:18:45.978 --> 00:18:47.513
  • But the one thing they couldn't know in that moment was that
  • 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:50.149
  • Know in that moment was that he was already there
  • 00:18:50.215 --> 00:18:53.819
  • He was already there where they were headed for,
  • 00:18:53.886 --> 00:18:54.920
  • Where they were headed for, but there was something
  • 00:18:54.987 --> 00:18:55.954
  • But there was something he wanted to show them
  • 00:18:56.021 --> 00:18:56.889
  • He wanted to show them before they got there too.
  • 00:18:56.955 --> 00:18:59.658
  • Before they got there too. and so, i look at
  • 00:18:59.725 --> 00:19:01.760
  • And so, i look at jesus in this passage,
  • 00:19:01.827 --> 00:19:03.795
  • Jesus in this passage, and i realize it's one thing
  • 00:19:03.862 --> 00:19:05.297
  • And i realize it's one thing to look back over my life.
  • 00:19:05.364 --> 00:19:06.632
  • To look back over my life. i feel like teaching,
  • 00:19:06.698 --> 00:19:07.432
  • I feel like teaching, and preaching,
  • 00:19:07.499 --> 00:19:08.033
  • And preaching, and shouting,
  • 00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.634
  • And shouting, and praising today.
  • 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:10.502
  • And praising today. and i see almost like
  • 00:19:10.569 --> 00:19:13.071
  • And i see almost like a sign hanging over
  • 00:19:13.138 --> 00:19:15.040
  • A sign hanging over every open door in my life:
  • 00:19:15.107 --> 00:19:17.843
  • Every open door in my life: "jesus was here."
  • 00:19:17.910 --> 00:19:20.412
  • "jesus was here." you know, like almost
  • 00:19:20.479 --> 00:19:21.246
  • You know, like almost i think of jesus
  • 00:19:21.313 --> 00:19:22.114
  • I think of jesus as a graffiti artist.
  • 00:19:22.181 --> 00:19:23.348
  • As a graffiti artist. you know how they have a tag,
  • 00:19:23.415 --> 00:19:24.650
  • You know how they have a tag, and they tag when they do it?
  • 00:19:24.716 --> 00:19:26.218
  • And they tag when they do it? jesus does it legally.
  • 00:19:26.285 --> 00:19:27.753
  • Jesus does it legally. but they tag it.
  • 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:29.955
  • But they tag it. i studied a little bit.
  • 00:19:30.022 --> 00:19:31.423
  • I studied a little bit. the first graffiti artist
  • 00:19:31.490 --> 00:19:32.457
  • The first graffiti artist that was recognized for
  • 00:19:32.524 --> 00:19:33.692
  • That was recognized for his tag was named cornbread.
  • 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:35.427
  • His tag was named cornbread. and he was really cool.
  • 00:19:35.494 --> 00:19:36.828
  • And he was really cool. he was in philadelphia.
  • 00:19:36.895 --> 00:19:38.063
  • He was in philadelphia. he hopped over the fence
  • 00:19:38.130 --> 00:19:39.298
  • He hopped over the fence at the philadelphia zoo
  • 00:19:39.364 --> 00:19:40.432
  • At the philadelphia zoo one time when he was 17
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  • One time when he was 17 and spray painted
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  • And spray painted the side of an elephant,
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  • The side of an elephant, and he tagged it
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  • And he tagged it "cornbread lives."
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  • [laughter]
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  • And i look back
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  • And i look back over my life now,
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  • Over my life now, and i see all of these tags
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  • And i see all of these tags over not just the open doors
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  • Over not just the open doors and the opportunities
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  • And the opportunities god gave me,
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  • God gave me, but even some of
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  • But even some of the closed doors that god
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  • The closed doors that god didn't let me go through.
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  • [applause]
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  • And now i look back
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  • And now i look back and i see a tag that says,
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  • And i see a tag that says, "jesus was here."
  • 00:20:06.758 --> 00:20:08.927
  • "jesus was here." i look back over some of
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  • I look back over some of the relationships that god
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  • The relationships that god brought into my life
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  • Brought into my life and some of the ones
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  • And some of the ones i asked him for
  • 00:20:20.405 --> 00:20:21.273
  • I asked him for and he said, "not yet, not yet."
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  • And he said, "not yet, not yet." i look back over
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  • I look back over some of the "already"
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  • Some of the "already" blessings in my life,
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  • Blessings in my life, and i see that, hey,
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  • And i see that, hey, god has already been
  • 00:20:31.617 --> 00:20:32.684
  • God has already been working on this
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  • Working on this for a long time for me.
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  • For a long time for me. i mean, he's already done
  • 00:20:35.721 --> 00:20:36.488
  • I mean, he's already done so much more for me.
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  • So much more for me. and the more i access
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  • The "already" blessings
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  • The "already" blessings in my life,
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  • In my life, the more aware i am,
  • 00:20:46.565 --> 00:20:49.201
  • The more aware i am, note takers get ready.
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  • Note takers get ready. the more aware i am of
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  • The more aware i am of the "already" blessings,
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  • The "already" blessings, the better i can deal with
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  • The "not yet" questions.
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  • [applause]
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  • "preach furtick!"
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  • "preach furtick!" i already am.
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  • [applause]
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  • Isn't this good?
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  • Isn't this good? to get in a space
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  • To get in a space where you go,
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  • Where you go, "wait a minute.
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  • "wait a minute. wait a minute."
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  • Wait a minute." yeah, there are some things that
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  • Yeah, there are some things that i want god to add to my life,
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  • I want god to add to my life, but being blessed is not about
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  • But being blessed is not about what he might or might not add,
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  • What he might or might not add, it's about what i access
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  • It's about what i access that i already have.
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  • [applause]
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  • And learning to access
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  • And learning to access what i already have is
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  • What i already have is the process of gratitude.
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  • The process of gratitude. and gratitude is
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  • And gratitude is the access point to joy.
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  • The access point to joy. that's why i love
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  • That's why i love my little exercise.
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  • My little exercise. because when i am unaware
  • 00:21:49.628 --> 00:21:51.897
  • Because when i am unaware of a blessing,
  • 00:21:51.963 --> 00:21:52.831
  • Of a blessing, i feel like it's not
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  • I feel like it's not there even though it is.
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  • There even though it is. read the scripture.
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  • Read the scripture. jesus was on the shore.
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  • Jesus was on the shore. they didn't know it.
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  • They didn't know it. he's there, they're not aware.
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  • He's there, they're not aware. he can be there,
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  • He can be there, but until you are aware
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  • But until you are aware that he is there,
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  • That he is there, it will feel as if he's not.
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  • It will feel as if he's not. so, the challenge of
  • 00:22:09.047 --> 00:22:10.782
  • So, the challenge of this season of my life,
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  • This season of my life, as a grown man,
  • 00:22:12.551 --> 00:22:14.319
  • As a grown man, is not to look back and say,
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  • Is not to look back and say, "jesus was there,"
  • 00:22:16.588 --> 00:22:19.024
  • "jesus was there," but to stand in the middle
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  • But to stand in the middle of my "not yet"
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  • Of my "not yet" and declare "jesus is here."
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  • [applause]
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  • I've got to tag it
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  • I've got to tag it while i'm going through it
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  • While i'm going through it so i can hold to the truth
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  • So i can hold to the truth in this situation that what
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  • In this situation that what i will look back on
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  • I will look back on in my life in the next
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  • In my life in the next season and say,
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  • Season and say, "god was there,"
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  • "god was there," he's here in it right now.
  • 00:22:44.616 --> 00:22:48.620
  • He's here in it right now. but his thereness always
  • 00:22:48.687 --> 00:22:50.355
  • But his thereness always outpaces your awareness,
  • 00:22:50.422 --> 00:22:51.923
  • Outpaces your awareness, which is how you end up
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  • Which is how you end up like my dad, and you go,
  • 00:22:52.791 --> 00:22:54.359
  • Like my dad, and you go, "i felt sorry for you."
  • 00:22:54.426 --> 00:22:57.429
  • "i felt sorry for you." "you felt sorry for me?
  • 00:22:57.496 --> 00:22:59.831
  • "you felt sorry for me? i feel sorry for you.
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  • I feel sorry for you. god was working
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  • God was working on your dumb butt,
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  • On your dumb butt, and you were too
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  • And you were too blind to see it.
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  • Blind to see it. god sent an arrogant
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  • God sent an arrogant little 17-year-old punk
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  • Little 17-year-old punk wearing some doc martens...
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  • [laughter]
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  • To tell you god's gonna
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  • To tell you god's gonna turn your life around
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  • Turn your life around and you couldn't see it.
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  • And you couldn't see it. he was there,
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  • He was there, you just weren't aware of it.
  • 00:23:20.285 --> 00:23:23.054
  • >> even if i'm stuck in this
  • 00:23:24.923 --> 00:23:26.958
  • >> even if i'm stuck in this narrative in my life,
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  • Narrative in my life, that, you know,
  • 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.560
  • That, you know, i'm really no one special,
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  • I'm really no one special, i'm really no one,
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  • I'm really no one, and i have no one,
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  • And i have no one, it's a lie.
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  • It's a lie. if i believe that,
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  • If i believe that, that i am no one
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  • That i am no one and that i have no one,
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  • And that i have no one, as so many of us do,
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  • As so many of us do, i think that's the thing
  • 00:23:40.138 --> 00:23:41.039
  • I think that's the thing the devil just tries to get you
  • 00:23:41.106 --> 00:23:42.607
  • The devil just tries to get you to believe over and over again
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  • To believe over and over again in different ways.
  • 00:23:44.042 --> 00:23:44.543
  • >> have you found yourself
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  • Believing lies from the enemy?"
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  • That's how loneliness
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  • Begins to creep in.
  • 00:23:48.947 --> 00:23:49.614
  • >> i think it's the loneliest
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  • >> i think it's the loneliest thing in the world to have
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  • Thing in the world to have people around you,
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  • People around you, but you can't really touch them
  • 00:23:52.851 --> 00:23:54.085
  • But you can't really touch them and connect with them
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  • And connect with them for who you really are.
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  • For who you really are. because you just keep trying
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  • Because you just keep trying to give 'em who you think
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  • To give 'em who you think you're supposed to be.
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  • >> willing to meet you
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  • In that place.
  • 00:24:04.262 --> 00:24:04.996
  • >> and so, some of you
  • 00:24:05.497 --> 00:24:06.264
  • >> and so, some of you are sitting in loneliness
  • 00:24:06.331 --> 00:24:08.033
  • Are sitting in loneliness that was not chosen
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  • That was not chosen in this season of your life.
  • 00:24:09.367 --> 00:24:11.002
  • In this season of your life. before god can get you out,
  • 00:24:11.069 --> 00:24:13.605
  • Before god can get you out, he has to get in.
  • 00:24:13.672 --> 00:24:14.906
  • He has to get in. he's getting in.
  • 00:24:14.973 --> 00:24:16.274
  • He's getting in. god said to tell you,
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  • God said to tell you, he'll meet you in
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  • He'll meet you in your lonely place.
  • 00:24:17.742 --> 00:24:18.677
  • >> in pastor steven furtick's
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  • New series, "never alone",
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  • Discover the freedom
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  • Of being truly known by god,
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  • And learn to recognize
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  • That with him,
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  • You are never alone.
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  • >> i hope today's message from pastor steven
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  • Encouraged you and reminded you that
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  • And reminded you that god is always with you.
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  • >> ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ and it's heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like joy ♪
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  • ♪ and it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ prophesy ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ it's headed our way ♪
  • 00:26:03.915 --> 00:26:06.151
  • >> ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's coming ♪
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  • ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ darkness bow down ♪
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  • ♪ to the day ♪
  • 00:26:23.702 --> 00:26:25.036
  • >> ♪ mountains get up ♪
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  • ♪ out my way ♪
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  • ♪ breaking out of yesterday ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ tell this giant in my face ♪
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  • ♪ you're not greater ♪
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  • ♪ than my faith ♪
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  • ♪ best believe me ♪
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  • ♪ when i say ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ something to great ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ sing i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ this is the moment ♪
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  • ♪ when wind meets fire ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ our hearts are burning ♪
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  • ♪ for fresh revival ♪
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  • ♪ blow again ♪
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  • ♪ our god is consuming fire ♪
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