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Steven Furtick - The Great Emoti Con (Part 1)

June 3, 2026 | 27:29

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The Great Emoti Con (Part 1) | June 3, 2026

Turned 20 years old this year,
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Turned 20 years old this year, and we thought that it would be
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And we thought that it would be fun to look back at some
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Fun to look back at some of our favorite sermons
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Of our favorite sermons through the years.
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Through the years. pastor steven might look
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Pastor steven might look a little different,
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A little different, but i promise that these
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But i promise that these sermons are just as impactful
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Sermons are just as impactful now as they were then.
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Now as they were then. so lean in and be expectant for
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So lean in and be expectant for what god wants to speak to you
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What god wants to speak to you through today's episode of
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Through today's episode of elevation with steven furtick.
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>> announcer: up next,
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An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> we're going to be studying
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>> we're going to be studying from one verse primarily today,
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From one verse primarily today, and i have several other verses
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And i have several other verses i'll mention.
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I'll mention. but i want to put
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But i want to put on the screen john 15.
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On the screen john 15. you ever heard
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You ever heard of this scripture?
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Of this scripture? we can't let it go.
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We can't let it go. i'm just saying i want
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I'm just saying i want to drain a little bit more
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To drain a little bit more out of john 15.
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Out of john 15. such a rich passage.
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Such a rich passage. we've been concentrating
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We've been concentrating on jesus is speaking
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On jesus is speaking to his disciples,
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To his disciples, preparing them to face
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Preparing them to face great sorrow,
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Great sorrow, but to keep their joy.
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But to keep their joy. and that's our goal
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And that's our goal of the series.
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Of the series. in fact, you might say
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In fact, you might say this is not a theme verse,
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This is not a theme verse, what i'm going to show you,
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What i'm going to show you, for our series;
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For our series; it's our goal verse.
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It's our goal verse. it's our statement of intention
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It's our statement of intention of what we want to happen
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Of what we want to happen in our lives
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In our lives over the next four weeks,
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Over the next four weeks, where jesus said,
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Where jesus said, john 15:11 --
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John 15:11 -- and i'm going to put it in
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And i'm going to put it in a different translation
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A different translation than we usually read --
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Than we usually read -- but he said, "i have told you
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But he said, "i have told you these things so that
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These things so that you will be filled with my joy."
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You will be filled with my joy." jesus and joy are not opposites.
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Jesus and joy are not opposites. in fact, they are intertwined.
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In fact, they are intertwined. jesus and joy are not opposites.
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Jesus and joy are not opposites. god and happiness are
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God and happiness are not opposites.
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Not opposites. he said, "i told you
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He said, "i told you these things, the commands
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These things, the commands that i gave you,
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That i gave you, so that you will be
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So that you will be filled with my joy;
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Filled with my joy; yes, your joy will overflow."
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Yes, your joy will overflow." tell somebody next to you,
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Tell somebody next to you, "i'm going to spill on you.
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"i'm going to spill on you. i've overflowing."
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I've overflowing." "i was glad when
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"i was glad when they said unto me, let us go
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They said unto me, let us go to the house of the lord."
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To the house of the lord." i was glad.
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I was glad. i didn't go begrudgingly.
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I didn't go begrudgingly. i went gladly.
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I went gladly. that's why i like
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That's why i like to have fun in church,
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To have fun in church, even if my humor is
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Even if my humor is corny sometimes.
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Corny sometimes. i figure if i'm going
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I figure if i'm going to endure in ministry,
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To endure in ministry, i've got to enjoy my ministry.
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I've got to enjoy my ministry. you can't endure
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You can't endure what you never enjoy.
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What you never enjoy. it's true.
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It's true. you can't endure what you...
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You can't endure what you... i know it because
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I know it because the writer of hebrews,
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The writer of hebrews, when he was talking about
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When he was talking about how jesus endured the cross,
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How jesus endured the cross, he said, "he endured
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He said, "he endured the cross for the joy
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The cross for the joy set before him."
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Set before him." how about that?
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How about that? in order to endure
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In order to endure what he didn't want
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What he didn't want to go through,
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To go through, because jesus prayed,
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Because jesus prayed, "if there's any other way,
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"if there's any other way, let this cup pass from me;
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Let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not my will
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Nevertheless, not my will but yours be done,"
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But yours be done," and it was because
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And it was because he set joy before him
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He set joy before him that he was able to endure
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That he was able to endure what he suffered.
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What he suffered. you can't just endure
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You can't just endure a marriage year after year
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A marriage year after year if you never learn
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If you never learn how to enjoy one another.
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How to enjoy one another. that's why i'm building a church
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That's why i'm building a church that hopefully our children
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That hopefully our children will enjoy coming to.
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Will enjoy coming to. i want them to not just endure
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I want them to not just endure it until they hit college
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It until they hit college and then split.
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And then split. but i figure for them
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But i figure for them to keep coming
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To keep coming when it's their choice,
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When it's their choice, they've got to enjoy it.
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They've got to enjoy it. they've got to
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They've got to look forward to it.
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Look forward to it. amen.
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Amen. and so you ought to bring
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And so you ought to bring joy with you to church
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Joy with you to church because jesus said
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Because jesus said your joy should be overflowing.
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Your joy should be overflowing. now, transitionally speaking,
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Now, transitionally speaking, how many of you remember
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How many of you remember your first time
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Your first time that you used an emoticon
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That you used an emoticon in a conversation
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In a conversation on text messaging?
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On text messaging? how many of you remember
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How many of you remember the first time that you...
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The first time that you... how many of you have
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How many of you have never used an emoticon
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Never used an emoticon in conversation on text --
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In conversation on text -- you know, the little symbols
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You know, the little symbols that you use; how many of you
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That you use; how many of you have never used it?
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Have never used it? raise your hand.
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Raise your hand. okay.
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Okay. how many of you are silently
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How many of you are silently judging my masculinity
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Judging my masculinity and calling in the... yeah,
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And calling in the... yeah, 'cause the first time
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'cause the first time i used an emoticon, i remember,
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I used an emoticon, i remember, it was like a big deal.
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It was like a big deal. i wouldn't say
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I wouldn't say i was an early adopter,
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I was an early adopter, but i saw all these people
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But i saw all these people using all these cool symbols,
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Using all these cool symbols, texting me,
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Texting me, so i went to london gatch
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So i went to london gatch and asked her,
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And asked her, "how do you get those stupid
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"how do you get those stupid little things on your phone
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Little things on your phone that you always have
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That you always have and the little stupid cats
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And the little stupid cats that you send out;
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That you send out; i don't want the cats
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I don't want the cats but i just want like
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But i just want like the smiley faces and stuff".
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The smiley faces and stuff". and so she was like, "oh yeah,"
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And so she was like, "oh yeah," and she showed me how.
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And she showed me how. and i thought the first test
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And i thought the first test market to use one,
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Market to use one, somebody who wouldn't judge me
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Somebody who wouldn't judge me for it, i sent it to holly.
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For it, i sent it to holly. and so my first emoticon
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And so my first emoticon text was to holly,
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Text was to holly, and i figured
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And i figured she's appreciate it.
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She's appreciate it. and she said --
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And she said -- for all of you
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For all of you that are judging me --
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That are judging me -- when you said that
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When you said that she sent me back one of these,
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She sent me back one of these, and i was like,
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And i was like, "oh yeah... emoti-come on."
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"oh yeah... emoti-come on." try to enjoy my job.
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Try to enjoy my job. but then it was like,
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But then it was like, "well, i want to branch out.
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"well, i want to branch out. i don't just want
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I don't just want to send these to holly.
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To send these to holly. i want to see if
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I want to see if i can send them to like one
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I can send them to like one of my guy friends."
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Of my guy friends." and so i sent one to my pastor,
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And so i sent one to my pastor, pastor craig groeschel.
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Pastor craig groeschel. he was the first man
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He was the first man that i sent an emoticon to,
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That i sent an emoticon to, because i'm very
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Because i'm very emoti-comfortable
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Emoti-comfortable in our relationship.
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In our relationship. i've got a lot of these.
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I've got a lot of these. and so i was like,
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And so i was like, "i'll send him one;
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"i'll send him one; he won't judge me either."
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He won't judge me either." but i wanted to send him
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But i wanted to send him something safe.
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Something safe. i didn't want
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I didn't want to send him that guy.
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To send him that guy. so i found this
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So i found this and i was like, "well,
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And i was like, "well, that's totally acceptable
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That's totally acceptable for one man
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For one man to send to another man,"
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To send to another man," so i sent him that.
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So i sent him that. and it was weird,
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And it was weird, 'cause he sent me that back.
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'cause he sent me that back. not really; just kidding.
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Not really; just kidding. that would have been... tragic.
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That would have been... tragic. but i found out, you know,
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But i found out, you know, after you practice a little bit,
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After you practice a little bit, you can actually have an entire,
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You can actually have an entire, let's see, emoti-conversation.
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Let's see, emoti-conversation. you can actually now communicate
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You can actually now communicate without being bothered
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Without being bothered by those pesky words
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By those pesky words in the english language
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In the english language if you are creative enough.
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If you are creative enough. you can have
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You can have an entire emoti-conversation.
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An entire emoti-conversation. sometimes it's
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Sometimes it's a little emoti-confusing
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A little emoti-confusing to figure out exactly
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To figure out exactly what's going on
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What's going on in the emoti-conversation,
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In the emoti-conversation, but it can be done.
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But it can be done. and if you follow me just
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And if you follow me just a little bit longer,
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A little bit longer, i only have a few more
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I only have a few more of these little screens.
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Of these little screens. i found out that it's very...
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I found out that it's very... i trip myself up sometimes.
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I trip myself up sometimes. it's very emoti-convenient
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It's very emoti-convenient when you communicate this way
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When you communicate this way because you can actually express
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Because you can actually express more emotion
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More emotion than you really feel.
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Than you really feel. it's awesome.
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It's awesome. so a friend can send me
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So a friend can send me something they think is funny,
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Something they think is funny, and if i'm on my game,
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And if i'm on my game, i can send 'em one
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I can send 'em one of these guys back.
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Of these guys back. now, for the record,
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Now, for the record, i've probably only laughed
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I've probably only laughed until i cried twice in my life,
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Until i cried twice in my life, but i send these out daily
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But i send these out daily because it makes the other
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Because it makes the other person feel so good about
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Person feel so good about themselves and it costs me
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Themselves and it costs me so little.
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So little. come on.
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Come on. you know when you
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You know when you send these out,
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Send these out, you do it with a straight face.
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You do it with a straight face. you're not even smiling.
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You're not even smiling. but they don't know.
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But they don't know. so i want to speak to you today
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So i want to speak to you today for a few moments on the subject
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For a few moments on the subject "the great emoti-con".
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"the great emoti-con". hello.
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Hello. hello.
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Hello. "the great emoti-con".
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"the great emoti-con". and on a more serious level,
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And on a more serious level, i want to talk about
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I want to talk about how your emotions play tricks
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How your emotions play tricks on you, how your mind plays
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On you, how your mind plays tricks on you, how your heart
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Tricks on you, how your heart plays tricks on you.
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Plays tricks on you. the old testament prophet
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The old testament prophet jeremiah said "the heart is
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Jeremiah said "the heart is deceitfully wicked above
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Deceitfully wicked above all else; who can trust it,"
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All else; who can trust it," he said.
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He said. and yet, the scripture gives us
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And yet, the scripture gives us this promise that in jesus
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This promise that in jesus our joy should overflow.
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Our joy should overflow. in this series,
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In this series, i believe god wants us to go
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I believe god wants us to go from a state of emoti-confusion
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From a state of emoti-confusion to -- watch this --
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To -- watch this -- emoti-control,
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Emoti-control, and we're going to do it
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And we're going to do it with some help
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With some help from the wisdom writer
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From the wisdom writer in the book of proverbs.
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In the book of proverbs. proverbs 4 gives us
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Proverbs 4 gives us some instruction
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Some instruction for how to get control
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For how to get control of our emotions, how to...
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Of our emotions, how to... you know, somebody was
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You know, somebody was telling me that
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Telling me that this sermon series title
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This sermon series title didn't sound very deep.
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Didn't sound very deep. it sounds gimmicky.
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It sounds gimmicky. what do moods have
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What do moods have to do with god?
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To do with god? well, if what you believe
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Well, if what you believe about god doesn't affect
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About god doesn't affect the way you feel about life,
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The way you feel about life, do you really believe in god?
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Do you really believe in god? if what you believe about god
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If what you believe about god doesn't start to affect
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Doesn't start to affect the internal hard drive,
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The internal hard drive, do you really even have
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Do you really even have the program?
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The program? it's important.
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It's important. moods matter.
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Moods matter. moods matter.
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Moods matter. you can do something
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You can do something that's completely contrary
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That's completely contrary to your goals because
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To your goals because you were in a mood.
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You were in a mood. you can do something
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You can do something that you spend the next 18 years
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That you spend the next 18 years paying for because
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Paying for because of a mood you were in.
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Of a mood you were in. now, i won't be
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Now, i won't be any more specific than that.
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Any more specific than that. fill in the blanks, bro,
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Fill in the blanks, bro, "'cause i was in the mood."
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"'cause i was in the mood." and yet, the writer
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And yet, the writer of proverbs says --
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Of proverbs says -- look at verse 18.
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Look at verse 18. it's not supposed to be
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It's not supposed to be that way.
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That way. he says, proverbs 4:18,
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He says, proverbs 4:18, "the path of the righteous is
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"the path of the righteous is like the morning sun,
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Like the morning sun, shining ever brighter
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Shining ever brighter till the full light of day."
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Till the full light of day." it says that god's word will
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It says that god's word will give you a sense
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Give you a sense of inner illumination.
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Of inner illumination. it says that
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It says that it will light up the path.
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It will light up the path. now, it doesn't say
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Now, it doesn't say that it will always light up
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That it will always light up the finish line;
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The finish line; it says it will
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It says it will light up the path,
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Light up the path, which means that happiness is
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Which means that happiness is not a destination
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Not a destination but happiness is a path
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But happiness is a path that is connected to god's word,
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That is connected to god's word, and convergent with god's word.
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And convergent with god's word. he said the path grows brighter.
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He said the path grows brighter. on the contrary though, he says,
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On the contrary though, he says, "the way of the wicked is
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"the way of the wicked is like deep darkness:
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Like deep darkness: they do not know
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They do not know what makes them stumble."
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What makes them stumble." see, when i read that verse,
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See, when i read that verse, everybody's like, "yeah,
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Everybody's like, "yeah, the christians have the light
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The christians have the light and the non-christians don't."
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And the non-christians don't." it says "the way of the wicked".
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It says "the way of the wicked". you know, you can be
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You know, you can be a righteous person
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A righteous person but take the wrong route
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But take the wrong route and go down the way
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And go down the way of the wicked.
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Of the wicked. so you can have a position
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So you can have a position that i'm in christ,
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That i'm in christ, but you can be on a path
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But you can be on a path that leads you away
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That leads you away from his joy.
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From his joy. i'm preaching.
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I'm preaching. i'm preaching in
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I'm preaching in my introductory remarks.
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My introductory remarks. this is just the introduction.
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This is just the introduction. and he says, he says
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And he says, he says it's supposed to grow brighter.
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It's supposed to grow brighter. in other words,
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In other words, your moods aren't supposed to be
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Your moods aren't supposed to be so mysterious that
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So mysterious that they lead you around.
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They lead you around. and he goes on,
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And he goes on, he gives some sound teaching,
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He gives some sound teaching, some sound advice,
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Some sound advice, like a father to a son.
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Like a father to a son. he says, "my son, pay attention
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He says, "my son, pay attention to what i say.
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To what i say. turn your ear to my words.
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Turn your ear to my words. do not let them
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Do not let them out of your sight.
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Out of your sight. keep them within your heart,
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Keep them within your heart, for they are life to those
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For they are life to those who find them
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Who find them and health to one's whole body.
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And health to one's whole body. our god is a holistic god.
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Our god is a holistic god. he's not only interested
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He's not only interested in saving you spiritually;
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In saving you spiritually; he wants the new life
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He wants the new life in your spirit to give you
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In your spirit to give you a new lease on life
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A new lease on life in your body and your mind,
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In your body and your mind, in your countenance.
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In your countenance. he wants it to spread
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He wants it to spread to every part of you
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To every part of you from your spirit
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From your spirit when he touches you
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When he touches you in your soul.
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In your soul. and so he says --
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And so he says -- and this may be one of the most,
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And this may be one of the most, i think it's the most
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I think it's the most profound verse in all
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Profound verse in all of the proverbs;
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Of the proverbs; there's 31 of 'em
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There's 31 of 'em and i think this is
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And i think this is the skeleton key
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The skeleton key to the whole book of proverbs,
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To the whole book of proverbs, and maybe to life.
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And maybe to life. wisdom for life.
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Wisdom for life. he says, "above all else" --
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He says, "above all else" -- that's why i think
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That's why i think it's important, because
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It's important, because he started it like that;
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He started it like that; i want to hear
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I want to hear what comes next --
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What comes next -- "above all else" --
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"above all else" -- if all else fails...
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If all else fails... sometimes a preacher will say,
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Sometimes a preacher will say, "if you don't hear anything
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"if you don't hear anything else i say today..."
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Else i say today..." why'd you say
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Why'd you say all the other stuff, idiot?
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All the other stuff, idiot? but he's saying, "look,
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But he's saying, "look, supreme importance,
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Supreme importance, top priority, get this right.
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Top priority, get this right. above all else,
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Above all else, guard your heart."
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Guard your heart." guard your heart.
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Guard your heart. how do i go from emoti-confusion
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How do i go from emoti-confusion to emoti-control?
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To emoti-control? above all else,
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Above all else, guard your heart.
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Guard your heart. why?
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Why? why is this
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Why is this the most important thing?
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The most important thing? for everything you do
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For everything you do flows from it.
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Flows from it. above all else,
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Above all else, guard your heart.
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Guard your heart. he could have said,
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He could have said, "above all else,
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"above all else, watch your money;
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Watch your money; above all else,
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Above all else, take care of your body,"
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Take care of your body," but he said,
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But he said, "above those things --
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"above those things -- they're important --
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They're important -- but above that, guard this."
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But above that, guard this." and see, i think we get it
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And see, i think we get it backwards and that's
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Backwards and that's why we're so confused
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Why we're so confused in our emotions
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In our emotions and are led by our feelings,
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And are led by our feelings, because instead
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Because instead of "above all else,
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Of "above all else, guarding our heart,"
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Guarding our heart," we guard all else
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We guard all else above our heart.
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Above our heart. now, think about it.
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Now, think about it. we're a culture that is obsessed
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We're a culture that is obsessed with nutritional labels.
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With nutritional labels. you know, we count calories,
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You know, we count calories, we count carbs --
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We count carbs -- sometimes...
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Sometimes... for a few weeks out
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For a few weeks out of every year --
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Of every year -- we count that stuff.
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We count that stuff. but do we measure
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But do we measure what matters the most?
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What matters the most? you know, we avoid gluten
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You know, we avoid gluten in our diet --
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In our diet -- some people do,
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Some people do, weird people do...
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Weird people do... i'm just kidding.
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I'm just kidding. it's totally cool.
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It's totally cool. but, you know, it's crazy.
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But, you know, it's crazy. we'll avoid gluten in our diet
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We'll avoid gluten in our diet but we'll let grumbling
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But we'll let grumbling get into our heart,
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Get into our heart, which is much more toxic
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Which is much more toxic to the ultimate outcome
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To the ultimate outcome of our life,
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Of our life, for everything you do
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For everything you do flows from it.
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Flows from it. caucasians will
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Caucasians will lather themselves with sunscreen
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Lather themselves with sunscreen to go and sunbathe, see,
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To go and sunbathe, see, "'cause i want to be
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"'cause i want to be in the sun for seven hours
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In the sun for seven hours but i want to put cream
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But i want to put cream on my body that makes it
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On my body that makes it as if i wasn't."
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As if i wasn't." and so we've got spf 30
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And so we've got spf 30 for our skin,
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For our skin, but spf for the soul,
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But spf for the soul, we don't even think about that;
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We don't even think about that; we just go out
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We just go out into the elements,
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Into the elements, just go out into the world,
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Just go out into the world, not covered,
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Not covered, not even thinking about it.
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Not even thinking about it. we won't even send our kids
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We won't even send our kids through the parking lot
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Through the parking lot at target in january
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At target in january without putting sunscreen...
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Without putting sunscreen... and speaking of our kids,
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And speaking of our kids, we guard our kids -- i think --
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We guard our kids -- i think -- a little too much these days,
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A little too much these days, just a little too...
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Just a little too... i mean, we need to protect
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I mean, we need to protect our kids, i understand that,
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Our kids, i understand that, but we might be
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But we might be a little overprotective.
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A little overprotective. in fact,
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In fact, the most dangerous thing
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The most dangerous thing about the way we're raising
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About the way we're raising our kids these days
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Our kids these days might be our overprotection
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Might be our overprotection of them, of just coddling them
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Of them, of just coddling them 'til they never have
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'til they never have to experience anything.
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To experience anything. i mean, good lord.
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I mean, good lord. i mean, look out
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I mean, look out for your kids but, good grief.
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For your kids but, good grief. it's amazing
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It's amazing what we'll do to guard our kids,
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What we'll do to guard our kids, try to make sure
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Try to make sure they never experience any pain.
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They never experience any pain. you can only guard 'em so much.
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You can only guard 'em so much. you can only keep 'em
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You can only keep 'em in the car seat
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In the car seat until they're 17.
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Until they're 17. have you noticed this?
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Have you noticed this? we're keeping our kids
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We're keeping our kids in the car seat until
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In the car seat until they're old enough to drive.
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They're old enough to drive. it's the law.
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It's the law. it's crazy.
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It's crazy. it's madness.
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It's madness. and what's madness about it
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And what's madness about it is we protect our skin,
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Is we protect our skin, we protect our diet;
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We protect our diet; some of us protect our lawns
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Some of us protect our lawns better than
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Better than we protect our hearts.
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We protect our hearts. we guard all else.
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We guard all else. we've got proverbs 4:23 down --
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We've got proverbs 4:23 down -- we've just got it backwards.
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We've just got it backwards. we guard all else.
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We guard all else. if we would start guarding
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If we would start guarding our attitudes and start guarding
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Our attitudes and start guarding our minds and start guarding
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Our minds and start guarding our thoughts like we guard
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Our thoughts like we guard some of our other stuff,
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Some of our other stuff, well, we'd have a better flow.
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Well, we'd have a better flow. we'd have a better attitude.
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We'd have a better attitude. and let me tell you something
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And let me tell you something about attitude, incidentally.
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About attitude, incidentally. an attitude is
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An attitude is not that complicated.
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Not that complicated. the attitude of your heart
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The attitude of your heart simply reflects
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Simply reflects the activity of your mind.
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The activity of your mind. "for as a man thinketh
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"for as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."
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In his heart, so is he." you hear sometimes people
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You hear sometimes people trying to separate.
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Trying to separate. "well, don't make
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"well, don't make decisions with your heart;
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Decisions with your heart; make decisions with your head."
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Make decisions with your head." the two can't be separated, see,
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The two can't be separated, see, because if it's in your head,
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Because if it's in your head, it'll eventually get
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It'll eventually get in your heart.
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In your heart. and if it's in your heart,
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And if it's in your heart, it'll eventually get
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It'll eventually get in your head.
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In your head. there is no such thing
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There is no such thing as a non-emotional decision.
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As a non-emotional decision. every decision that you
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Every decision that you end up doing is the result
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End up doing is the result of something
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Of something that you started out thinking.
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That you started out thinking. everything that you were
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Everything that you were thinking was contributing
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Thinking was contributing to how you were feeling.
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To how you were feeling. your faith either effects
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Your faith either effects your feelings
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Your feelings or your feeling
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Or your feeling effect your faith,
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Effect your faith, but you cannot separate
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But you cannot separate your feelings from your faith,
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Your feelings from your faith, for everything you do flows
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For everything you do flows from what happens in your heart.
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From what happens in your heart. i read an article in, i think,
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I read an article in, i think, rolling stone magazine.
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Rolling stone magazine. i'm not sure.
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I'm not sure. but i read an article
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But i read an article about john mayer.
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About john mayer. to me, he's like the best --
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To me, he's like the best -- this generation --
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This generation -- he's the best
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He's the best songwriter/guitarist.
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Songwriter/guitarist. i think the guy is
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I think the guy is brilliant on the guitar.
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Brilliant on the guitar. i really do.
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I really do. i think he's
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I think he's like one of the best.
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Like one of the best. but what happened to john mayer
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But what happened to john mayer is he let all of the noise...
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Is he let all of the noise... he was explaining
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He was explaining how all of the critics
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How all of the critics and the bloggers and the haters
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And the bloggers and the haters and the craziness of celebrity,
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And the craziness of celebrity, it was so loud that it started
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It was so loud that it started to come out in his life
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To come out in his life and he became
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And he became somebody he didn't like.
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Somebody he didn't like. so a few years ago, he left l.a.
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So a few years ago, he left l.a. to move to montana
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To move to montana so that he could do some work
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So that he could do some work on himself because
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On himself because he was in a state
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He was in a state of arrested development.
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Of arrested development. and it was fascinating for me
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And it was fascinating for me to hear him talk about it
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To hear him talk about it because one of the things
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Because one of the things he said -- this is so profound;
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He said -- this is so profound; i don't know anything about
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I don't know anything about john mayer's spiritual beliefs
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John mayer's spiritual beliefs but i've never heard
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But i've never heard a more profound statement
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A more profound statement about our inability
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About our inability to guard our hearts.
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To guard our hearts. he said, "celebrities will
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He said, "celebrities will pay hundreds of thousands
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Pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for security.
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Of dollars for security. they'll hire bodyguards.
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They'll hire bodyguards. they'll put the most elaborate
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They'll put the most elaborate security systems in their home.
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Security systems in their home. hundreds of thousands
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Hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on security,
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Of dollars spent on security, but then they'll wake up
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But then they'll wake up every morning
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Every morning and get on their computer
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And get on their computer to read the most horrible things
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To read the most horrible things that everybody was
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That everybody was saying about them overnight."
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Saying about them overnight." he said, "and when you do that,
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He said, "and when you do that, you forfeited all that money
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You forfeited all that money you spent on security
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You spent on security because you let 'em get in."
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Because you let 'em get in." you had bodyguards, you had cpi,
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You had bodyguards, you had cpi, but you let 'em in.
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But you let 'em in. you didn't let 'em
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You didn't let 'em in your house,
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In your house, but you let 'em in your heart.
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But you let 'em in your heart. you didn't let 'em
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You didn't let 'em touch your body,
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Touch your body, but you let 'em
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But you let 'em mess with your heart.
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Mess with your heart. and it's not just celebrities.
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And it's not just celebrities. we'll do all kinds of stuff
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We'll do all kinds of stuff to try to protect our lives
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To try to protect our lives and we'll be very guarded
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And we'll be very guarded in certain ways
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In certain ways and we'll be very careful
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And we'll be very careful in certain ways,
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In certain ways, but we let stuff in our heart.
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But we let stuff in our heart. we let our guard down
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We let our guard down and then we let our thoughts
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And then we let our thoughts run wild and then we wonder
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Run wild and then we wonder "why am i miserable,
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"why am i miserable, why am i selfish,
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Why am i selfish, why am i irritable,
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Why am i irritable, why am i so annoyed,
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Why am i so annoyed, why am i so touchy,
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Why am i so touchy, why can't i get happy,
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Why can't i get happy, why can't i make enough".
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Why can't i make enough". it's 'cause you let 'em
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It's 'cause you let 'em get in your heart.
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Get in your heart. you let your guard down.
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You let your guard down. touch somebody;
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Touch somebody; say, "keep your guard up."
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Say, "keep your guard up." you've got to keep your guard up
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You've got to keep your guard up where it matters.
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Where it matters. we've got heart rate monitors
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We've got heart rate monitors that we can wear now
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That we can wear now to see if we're exercising
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To see if we're exercising hard enough, but i wish
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Hard enough, but i wish i had a monitor
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I had a monitor for my other heart,
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For my other heart, for that proverbs 4:23 heart,
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For that proverbs 4:23 heart, the one that the writers said
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The one that the writers said i'm supposed to be
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I'm supposed to be guarding above all else.
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Guarding above all else. that one's harder to monitor.
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That one's harder to monitor. you know the other heart
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You know the other heart i'm talking about?
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I'm talking about? do you?
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Do you? the one that is always beating,
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The one that is always beating, the one that is telling you
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The one that is telling you to do stuff so crazy
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To do stuff so crazy and you wonder where did
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And you wonder where did that thought come from.
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That thought come from. i wish i had a monitor
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I wish i had a monitor for that heart,
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For that heart, the one that makes me
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The one that makes me trust people i shouldn't be
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Trust people i shouldn't be trusting and be skeptical
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Trusting and be skeptical of people that i should trust.
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Of people that i should trust. i want a monitor
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I want a monitor for that heart,
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For that heart, for the heart that makes me
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For the heart that makes me want to lay down and die
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Want to lay down and die when i should be getting up
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When i should be getting up to try again.
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To try again. let me read you this
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Let me read you this from a commentary
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From a commentary that i read this week.
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That i read this week. "the heart, of course,
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"the heart, of course, is the central organ
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Is the central organ of the body;
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Of the body; but in the wisdom literature,
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But in the wisdom literature, it is the central organ
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It is the central organ of spirituality.
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Of spirituality. it's often paraphrased
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It's often paraphrased as mind since it does have
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As mind since it does have an intellectual component,
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An intellectual component, but it's also the basic
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But it's also the basic orientation of a person."
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Orientation of a person." this is what we're talking
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This is what we're talking about for four weeks --
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About for four weeks -- embracing desires,
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Embracing desires, emotions, and attitude.
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Emotions, and attitude. that's what we mean by heart.
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That's what we mean by heart. that's what we're addressing
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That's what we're addressing in this series "moodswingers".
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In this series "moodswingers". "if the teacher's words are
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"if the teacher's words are in the heart, they are life
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In the heart, they are life and healing, hence the need
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And healing, hence the need to guard the heart
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To guard the heart for it is the source
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For it is the source of the surges of life,
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Of the surges of life, literally from it,
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Literally from it, the goings out of life,
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The goings out of life, the heart is imaged
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The heart is imaged as a water source
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As a water source from which life erupts."
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From which life erupts." everything you do flows from it.
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Everything you do flows from it. now, we started the year saying
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Now, we started the year saying we were going to find our flow.
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We were going to find our flow. but everything that you do flows
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But everything that you do flows from who you are.
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From who you are. guard your heart.
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Guard your heart. you know, you've got to be
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You know, you've got to be a little guarded
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A little guarded to make it in the world.
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To make it in the world. people use that as an insult.
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People use that as an insult. a guy came up to me one time
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A guy came up to me one time and said,
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And said, "you seem pretty guarded."
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"you seem pretty guarded." and i said, "well, i hope so.
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And i said, "well, i hope so. you know, i need to be.
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You know, i need to be. i need to be a little guarded."
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I need to be a little guarded." you can't just let everybody in.
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You can't just let everybody in. you can't just
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You can't just let everything in.
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Let everything in. you can't just
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You can't just believe everything you think.
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Believe everything you think. don't believe
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Don't believe everything you think.
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Everything you think. guard your heart.
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Guard your heart. you're crazy.
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You're crazy. you will tell yourself lies.
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You will tell yourself lies. that's why he said in verse 20,
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That's why he said in verse 20, "my son, pay attention
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"my son, pay attention to what i say."
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To what i say." he's saying, "pay attention
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He's saying, "pay attention to my assessment more
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To my assessment more than your opinion
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Than your opinion and guard your heart."
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And guard your heart." i always thought this verse was
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I always thought this verse was all about what you let in
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All about what you let in your heart, and it is.
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Your heart, and it is. if you spend all your time
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If you spend all your time seeing stuff
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Seeing stuff and letting stuff in,
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And letting stuff in, it eventually comes out.
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It eventually comes out. that's why you've got to be
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That's why you've got to be careful what you see
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Careful what you see and what you hear.
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And what you hear. you really do have
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You really do have to be careful.
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To be careful. you spend enough time around it,
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You spend enough time around it, it's eventually going
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It's eventually going to come within you.
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To come within you. if it's within you,
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If it's within you, it's eventually going
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It's eventually going to burst forth out of you.
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To burst forth out of you. from it flow
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From it flow all the issues of life.
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All the issues of life. you've got to be careful.
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You've got to be careful. but you know,
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But you know, i read a verse where jesus
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I read a verse where jesus was having a dispute one time
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Was having a dispute one time and they were criticizing
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And they were criticizing his disciples
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His disciples for the food they ate
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For the food they ate and they were saying
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And they were saying they shouldn't be
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They shouldn't be eating that food.
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Eating that food. it was ceremonially unclean.
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It was ceremonially unclean. listen to what jesus said.
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Listen to what jesus said. he said, "what goes into
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He said, "what goes into someone's mouth
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Someone's mouth does not defile them,
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Does not defile them, but what comes out
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But what comes out of their mouth,
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Of their mouth, that is what defiles them;"
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That is what defiles them;" matthew 15:11,
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Matthew 15:11, if you want to look that up.
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If you want to look that up. what comes out of your mouth
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What comes out of your mouth gets into your heart.
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Gets into your heart. see, it works like that.
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See, it works like that. what's in your heart
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What's in your heart comes out your mouth;
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Comes out your mouth; what's out your mouth
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What's out your mouth comes in your heart;
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Comes in your heart; what's in your heart
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What's in your heart comes out your mouth;
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Comes out your mouth; what comes out your mouth
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What comes out your mouth goes in your heart --
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Goes in your heart -- and so you're sabotaging
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And so you're sabotaging yourself by what you speak,
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Yourself by what you speak, by what you see,
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By what you see, and what you believe.
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And what you believe. "well, i just say what i feel."
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"well, i just say what i feel." that's fine.
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That's fine. go ahead and do that,
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Go ahead and do that, just as long as you realize
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Just as long as you realize that you're going to feel
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That you're going to feel what you say.
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What you say. i'm going to say it again
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I'm going to say it again 'til it registers on the level
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'til it registers on the level that it registered
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That it registered when i wrote it in my notes.
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When i wrote it in my notes. i pictured
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I pictured this big light bulb moment.
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This big light bulb moment. it didn't quite happen,
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It didn't quite happen, so i want to back up
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So i want to back up and hit it again,
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And hit it again, 'cause apparently
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'cause apparently you're too busy writing it down,
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You're too busy writing it down, so i want to say that again.
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So i want to say that again. if you insist on saying
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If you insist on saying what you feel,
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What you feel, eventually you're going to feel
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Eventually you're going to feel what you say.
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What you say. so if you say, "well,
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So if you say, "well, it's just not fair,"
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It's just not fair," if you say that --
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If you say that -- what comes out
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What comes out of your mouth defiles you --
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Of your mouth defiles you -- guess what's going to go back
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Guess what's going to go back in to your heart
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In to your heart that came out of your mouth.
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That came out of your mouth. you're going to feel
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You're going to feel like a victim.
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Like a victim. so you said what you felt
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So you said what you felt and now you're feeling
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And now you're feeling what you said.
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What you said. and if you don't like
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And if you don't like how you feel,
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How you feel, you might need to look
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You might need to look at what you said 'cause
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At what you said 'cause what you feel is
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What you feel is a result of what you said.
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A result of what you said. from the heart flow
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From the heart flow the issues of life.
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The issues of life. is your heart guarded?
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Is your heart guarded? is your heart guarded?
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Is your heart guarded? i know you wear bug spray,
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I know you wear bug spray, but is your heart guarded.
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But is your heart guarded. i know you've
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I know you've got insurance on your house,
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Got insurance on your house, but is your heart guarded?
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But is your heart guarded? i know you've
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I know you've got insurance on your car,
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Got insurance on your car, but is your heart guarded?
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But is your heart guarded? you've got to have
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You've got to have a guarded heart.
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>> i hope you enjoyed
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>> i hope you enjoyed that message.
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That message. as elevation church
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As elevation church celebrates 20 years,
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Celebrates 20 years, we've been looking back at
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We've been looking back at some of our favorite sermons.
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Some of our favorite sermons. now, pastor steven might look
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Now, pastor steven might look a little bit different,
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A little bit different, but one thing has never changed.
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But one thing has never changed. from the beginning,
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From the beginning, he has boldly preached
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He has boldly preached the word of god.
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The word of god. it's always been his mission
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It's always been his mission to put god's word into
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To put god's word into people's hearts.
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People's hearts. when you support this ministry,
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When you support this ministry, you help us continue sharing
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You help us continue sharing these powerful messages with
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These powerful messages with people all around the world,
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People all around the world, not just on television,
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Not just on television, but through social media
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But through social media and youtube, and even on
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And youtube, and even on tablets in prisons,
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Tablets in prisons, and now on our 24/7 network.
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And now on our 24/7 network. that kind of reach is only
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That kind of reach is only possible because of people like
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Possible because of people like you who choose to partner
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You who choose to partner with us and give.
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With us and give. if you're not currently a part
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If you're not currently a part of what god is doing through
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Of what god is doing through steven furtick ministries,
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Steven furtick ministries, i want to invite you
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I want to invite you to give today.
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To give today. together, we can reach more
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Together, we can reach more people than ever before
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People than ever before with the hope and truth
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With the hope and truth of god's word.
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Of god's word. so, thank you for watching,
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So, thank you for watching, thank you for giving,
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Thank you for giving, and i'll see you back here
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And i'll see you back here next time.
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>> when a kit is packed
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At elevation church,
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It starts small,
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Putting hygiene products
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Together or packaging
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Ingredients for a meal.
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But that's just
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The beginning of the journey.
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Once put together in boxes,
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They travel by train,
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By boat, by truck.
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That kit is being positioned
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For the moment it's needed,
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When disaster happens.
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When hunger rises
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Locally and globally,
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That kit is there to provide
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For an immediate need.
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When you give,
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This is what you're giving for.
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♪ ♪
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>> that's who you are, lord,
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>> that's who you are, lord, so faithful.
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♪ not for a minute ♪
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♪ was i forsaken ♪
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♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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♪ come holy spirit ♪
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♪ dry bones awaken ♪
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♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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♪ oh not for a minute ♪
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♪ was i forsaken ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness ♪
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♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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>> ♪ you're here ♪
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♪ you're here ♪
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>> ♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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>> ♪ you're here lord ♪
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♪ so come holy spirit ♪
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♪ dry bones awaken ♪
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♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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>> ♪ i invite you in lord ♪
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♪ not for a minute ♪
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♪ was i forsaken ♪
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♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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♪ so come holy spirit ♪
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♪ dry bones awaken ♪
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>> ♪ be encouraged today ♪
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>> ♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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>> ♪ invite him in ♪
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♪ not for a minute ♪
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♪ was i forsaken ♪
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♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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>> ♪ so come ♪
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>> ♪ come holy spirit ♪
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♪ dry bones awaken ♪
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♪ the lord is in this place ♪
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>> ♪ the lord ♪
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>> ♪ the lord is in ♪
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Steven Furtick - The Great Emoti Con (Part 1)

June 3, 2026 | 27:29

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