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Steven Furtick - Hand Him The Plan (Part 2)

January 20, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - Hand Him The Plan (Part 2)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Hand Him The Plan (Part 2) | January 20, 2026
  • 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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  • >> when we say,
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  • >> when we say, "god has a plan,
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  • "god has a plan, and i want god's plan,
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  • And i want god's plan, and i just want god's plan
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  • And i just want god's plan for my life."
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  • For my life." notice the bible didn't
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  • Notice the bible didn't talk about one plan.
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  • Talk about one plan. it talked about many plans.
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  • It talked about many plans. plans, plural,
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  • Plans, plural, purpose, singular.
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  • Purpose, singular. plans, plural
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  • Plans, plural purpose, singular.
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  • Purpose, singular. one purpose, many plans.
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  • One purpose, many plans. it has taken david all of his
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  • It has taken david all of his life to get to this point.
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  • Life to get to this point. it has taken your entire life
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  • It has taken your entire life all of the experiences,
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  • All of the experiences, the good ones, the bad ones,
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  • The good ones, the bad ones, the blah ones, the epic ones,
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  • The blah ones, the epic ones, the painful ones,
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  • The painful ones, the exhilarating ones.
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  • The exhilarating ones. it has taken all that
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  • It has taken all that to bring you
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  • To bring you to this point in your life
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  • To this point in your life so that when he stands
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  • So that when he stands before for the people
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  • Before for the people and talks about the temple,
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  • And talks about the temple, he says, "all this,
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  • He says, "all this, i have in writing as
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  • I have in writing as a result of," watch this,
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  • A result of," watch this, "the lord's hand on me."
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  • "the lord's hand on me." you've been in your head,
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  • You've been in your head, but the answer is not
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  • But the answer is not in your head.
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  • In your head. it's in the lord's hand.
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  • It's in the lord's hand. i feel like i can go home on
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  • I feel like i can go home on that and i'm only on point two.
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  • That and i'm only on point two. that's the problem with you.
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  • That's the problem with you. i figured it out,
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  • I figured it out, i figured out your problem.
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  • I figured out your problem. you've been praying about it,
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  • You've been praying about it, i figured it out.
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  • I figured it out. you're a person
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  • You're a person in a person's heart.
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  • In a person's heart. i mean, david was amazing,
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  • I mean, david was amazing, don't get me wrong.
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  • Don't get me wrong. he was the kind of guy
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  • He was the kind of guy that god knew when i wanna
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  • That god knew when i wanna get something done i can
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  • Get something done i can hand him the plan.
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  • Hand him the plan. somebody say my title,
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  • Somebody say my title, "hand him the plan."
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  • "hand him the plan." >> congregation: hand him
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  • >> congregation: hand him the plan.
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  • The plan. >> like if god had
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  • >> like if god had a committee meeting
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  • A committee meeting with angels and he's like,
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  • With angels and he's like, "we need somebody
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  • "we need somebody to fight goliath,
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  • To fight goliath, who's gonna do it?
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  • Who's gonna do it? we got a whole army
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  • We got a whole army out there standing there
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  • Out there standing there not doing anything."
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  • Not doing anything." but god would say
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  • But god would say to the angels,
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  • To the angels, "hey, there's david,
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  • "hey, there's david, if i hand him the plan
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  • If i hand him the plan he'll do it without needing
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  • He'll do it without needing to know the details.
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  • To know the details. he'll encourage, he'll bless,
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  • He'll encourage, he'll bless, he'll go, he'll obey,
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  • He'll go, he'll obey, he'll embrace.
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  • He'll embrace. he'll do it
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  • He'll do it without the details."
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  • Without the details." as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, when david was sent
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  • When david was sent to fight goliath he was
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  • To fight goliath he was not sent as a fighter,
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  • Not sent as a fighter, he was sent as
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  • He was sent as a servant carrying food.
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  • A servant carrying food. many are the plans
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  • Many are the plans in a person's heart.
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  • In a person's heart. david's heart was so after god
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  • David's heart was so after god that he had a kind of courage
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  • That he had a kind of courage that we rarely see today,
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  • That we rarely see today, a kind of courage i rarely
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  • A kind of courage i rarely see in my own life.
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  • See in my own life. a kind of courage that
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  • A kind of courage that would stand before a giant
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  • Would stand before a giant with a shepherd's tool
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  • With a shepherd's tool in his hand and say,
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  • In his hand and say, "i got something for you."
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  • "i got something for you." the kind of courage that
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  • The kind of courage that will stand before the devil
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  • Will stand before the devil of spiritual oppression
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  • Of spiritual oppression in your life with nothing
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  • In your life with nothing but a prayer and a faith
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  • But a prayer and a faith and a belief and say,
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  • And a belief and say, "i got something for you."
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  • "i got something for you." that kind of faith is rare,
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  • That kind of faith is rare, it's in a person's heart.
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  • It's in a person's heart. and i taught you last week that
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  • And i taught you last week that the place where god gives you
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  • The place where god gives you the blueprint will always be
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  • The blueprint will always be the place where the enemy
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  • The place where the enemy brings the battle.
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  • Brings the battle. so, give me my camera,
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  • So, give me my camera, if you are fighting hell
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  • If you are fighting hell right now in your mind
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  • Right now in your mind there is something heaven
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  • There is something heaven is trying to download that hell
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  • Is trying to download that hell is trying to interfere with.
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  • Is trying to interfere with. i'll say it again, if you are
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  • I'll say it again, if you are fighting panic attacks,
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  • Fighting panic attacks, anxiety, temptations,
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  • Anxiety, temptations, if you are fighting
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  • If you are fighting hell in your mind,
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  • Hell in your mind, there is something that god
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  • There is something that god is trying to download
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  • Is trying to download into your mind that hell
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  • Into your mind that hell is trying to interfere with.
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  • Is trying to interfere with. it is in a person's heart that
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  • It is in a person's heart that you can receive a word from god.
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  • You can receive a word from god. it is in your heart that
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  • It is in your heart that god can speak to you
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  • God can speak to you the details of his plan.
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  • The details of his plan. it is in your heart
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  • It is in your heart that god can speak to you
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  • The assurance of his love.
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  • The assurance of his love. it is in your heart that
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  • It is in your heart that god can speak to you how
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  • God can speak to you how to have that conversation.
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  • To have that conversation. it is in your heart that god
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  • It is in your heart that god can speak to you who you need
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  • Can speak to you who you need to reach out that has been
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  • To reach out that has been through what you're going
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  • Through what you're going through that can show
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  • Through that can show you a few things so that
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  • You a few things so that you don't have to be dealing
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  • You don't have to be dealing with this next time --
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  • With this next time -- this time next year.
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  • This time next year. it is in your heart that
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  • It is in your heart that the enemy will also tell you
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  • If you reach out to them
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  • If you reach out to them you can't trust them.
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  • You can't trust them. it is also in your heart that
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  • It is also in your heart that the enemy will remind you
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  • The enemy will remind you so much of your past that you
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  • So much of your past that you can't even hear what god is
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  • Can't even hear what god is speaking in your present.
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  • Speaking in your present. it is in your heart
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  • It is in your heart that god gives plans.
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  • That god gives plans. it is in your heart
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  • It is in your heart that you harbor pain.
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  • That you harbor pain. your pain and god's plans
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  • Your pain and god's plans are in the same heart.
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  • Are in the same heart. just like there are multiple
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  • Just like there are multiple apps on your phone right now
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  • Apps on your phone right now and you choose which one
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  • And you choose which one to open there is a plan
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  • To open there is a plan that god has for you,
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  • That god has for you, it is in your heart.
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  • It is in your heart. there is a plan that
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  • There is a plan that the enemy is speaking over you,
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  • The enemy is speaking over you, it is hatching in your heart.
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  • It is hatching in your heart. the plan that the enemy wants
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  • The plan that the enemy wants to hatch in your heart
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  • To hatch in your heart has to bow its knee
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  • Has to bow its knee to the purpose that god
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  • To the purpose that god speaks into your life.
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  • [applause]
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  • Many are the plans.
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  • You know, when david got up
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  • You know, when david got up to tell the people about
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  • To tell the people about the temple and how god gave him
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  • The temple and how god gave him all the details it was
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  • All the details it was a magnificent announcement,
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  • A magnificent announcement, "man, this temple is not going
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  • "man, this temple is not going to be a store front temple.
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  • To be a store front temple. this temple is not going
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  • This temple is not going to be a garage band temple.
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  • To be a garage band temple. we've had the ark of god
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  • We've had the ark of god in a tent for too long,"
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  • In a tent for too long," david said, "and we are
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  • David said, "and we are gonna build a temple
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  • Gonna build a temple for the lord."
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  • For the lord." but i wanna take you
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  • But i wanna take you back to something very
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  • Back to something very powerful in verse 2 and 3
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  • Powerful in verse 2 and 3 because i think there's
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  • Something that god is trying
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  • Something that god is trying to download into your mind
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  • To download into your mind and your heart but
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  • And your heart but you can't receive it because
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  • You can't receive it because of your disappointments.
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  • Of your disappointments. and david had a disappointment,
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  • And david had a disappointment, a disappointment that had
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  • A disappointment that had he chosen to allow it would've
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  • He chosen to allow it would've interrupted the download.
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  • Interrupted the download. remember, the battle always
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  • Remember, the battle always happens in the place
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  • Happens in the place of a blueprint.
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  • Of a blueprint. "pastor steven, this is
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  • "pastor steven, this is a lot of alliteration,
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  • A lot of alliteration, can you break it down
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  • Can you break it down for me?"
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  • For me?" yeah.
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  • Yeah. when god is trying
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  • When god is trying to do something the devil
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  • To do something the devil starts saying something.
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  • Starts saying something. and you hear from both of them,
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  • And you hear from both of them, not out loud but in your mind,
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  • Not out loud but in your mind, in your heart.
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  • In your heart. that's why --
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  • That's why -- that's why it's a battle.
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  • That's why it's a battle. maybe you're not going crazy,
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  • Maybe you're not going crazy, maybe you're called.
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  • [applause]
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  • That's all y'all wanna
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  • That's all y'all wanna say about what i just said is...
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  • Say about what i just said is... [mumbling]
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  • [mumbling] i said maybe
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  • I said maybe you're not going crazy,
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  • You're not going crazy, maybe you're called.
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  • Maybe you're called. tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "i might be called."
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  • "i might be called." >> congregation: i might
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  • >> congregation: i might be called.
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  • Be called. >> look at them with
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  • >> look at them with real big eyes and say,
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  • Real big eyes and say, "i thought i was crazy...
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  • "i thought i was crazy... >> congregation:: i thought
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  • >> congregation:: i thought i was crazy...
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  • I was crazy... >> but i might be called."
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  • >> but i might be called." >> congregation:: but i might
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  • >> congregation:: but i might be called.
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  • Be called. >> i might be called
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  • >> i might be called and i might crazy!
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  • And i might crazy! but i gotta deal with my crazy
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  • But i gotta deal with my crazy so i can hear god calling me
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  • So i can hear god calling me because i do not intend
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  • Because i do not intend to just let him just
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  • To just let him just continue to disrupt my destiny
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  • Continue to disrupt my destiny without dysfunction and despair.
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  • Without dysfunction and despair. high five your neighbor, say,
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  • High five your neighbor, say, "i might be called."
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  • "i might be called." >> congregation: i might
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  • >> congregation: i might be called.
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  • Be called. >> so -- i'm just teaching,
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  • >> so -- i'm just teaching, boys, calm down.
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  • [laughter]
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  • David gets up --
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  • David gets up -- imagine the occasion, right?
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  • Imagine the occasion, right? he's getting ready to tell them,
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  • He's getting ready to tell them, and this is how big
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  • And this is how big that the holy of holies
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  • That the holy of holies is going to be,
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  • And this is the kind of wood
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  • And this is the kind of wood that you need to put
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  • That you need to put in the doorway and this
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  • In the doorway and this is the kind of gold.
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  • Is the kind of gold. and he's not just
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  • And he's not just talking about it,
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  • Talking about it, he stored it up.
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  • He stored it up. i mean, this man spent
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  • I mean, this man spent his whole life building up
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  • His whole life building up for this moment
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  • For this moment and he's giving the plans
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  • And he's giving the plans for the temple where god
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  • For the temple where god is going to live,
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  • Is going to live, where god is going to dwell,
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  • Where god is going to dwell, and god gave him the plan.
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  • But watch what he says before
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  • But watch what he says before this just 17 verses earlier
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  • This just 17 verses earlier in 1 chronicles 28:2.
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  • He started this way,
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  • He started this way, "king david rose
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  • "king david rose to his feet and said:
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  • To his feet and said: 'listen to me, my fellow
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  • 'listen to me, my fellow israelites, my people.
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  • Israelites, my people. i had it in my heart to build
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  • I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for
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  • A house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant
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  • The ark of the covenant of the lord,'"
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  • Of the lord,'" now, that represents
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  • Now, that represents god's presence.
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  • God's presence. so, he said, "i had it
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  • So, he said, "i had it in my heart to do something.
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  • In my heart to do something. i had it in my heart to build
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  • I had it in my heart to build a place for god's presence."
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  • A place for god's presence." let me just stop
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  • Let me just stop and take a quiz,
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  • Is that a good desire
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  • Is that a good desire or a bad desire?
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  • Or a bad desire? i mean, you could argue about,
  • 00:08:18.150 --> 00:08:19.085
  • I mean, you could argue about, "well, jesus is ultimately
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  • "well, jesus is ultimately the temple,"
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  • The temple," but jesus isn't here yet,
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  • But jesus isn't here yet, we got a couple hundred years
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  • We got a couple hundred years so let's build a temple, right?
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  • So let's build a temple, right? now, that temple was
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  • Now, that temple was eventually destroyed
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  • Eventually destroyed as all human things are,
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  • As all human things are, but at that point david
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  • But at that point david wants to do a good thing.
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  • Wants to do a good thing. i came to speak to somebody,
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  • I came to speak to somebody, your dream is a good thing.
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  • Your dream is a good thing. it's a good thing.
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  • What you want is a good thing.
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  • What you want is a good thing. "i had it in my heart to build
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  • "i had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for
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  • A house as a place of rest for the ark of covenant of the lord,
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  • The ark of covenant of the lord, for the footstool of our god."
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  • For the footstool of our god." circle this next part, justin.
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  • Circle this next part, justin. "and i made plans to build it."
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  • "and i made plans to build it." now, pause for a moment.
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  • You're gonna hate verse 3.
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  • [laughter]
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  • "i made plans to build it,"
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  • "i made plans to build it," watch this, "and here they are!"
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  • Watch this, "and here they are!" no, no, no, no.
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  • No, no, no, no. no, no, no, no,
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  • No, no, no, no, not that quick, not that quick.
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  • Not that quick, not that quick. see, david was sitting around
  • 00:09:17.343 --> 00:09:18.411
  • See, david was sitting around years earlier and he
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  • Years earlier and he turned to the prophet,
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  • Turned to the prophet, who was nathan at the time,
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  • Who was nathan at the time, and said, "i wanna build
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  • And said, "i wanna build the lord a house."
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  • The lord a house." and nathan said, "all right,
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  • And nathan said, "all right, go ahead and do it.
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  • Go ahead and do it. the lord's with you,
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  • The lord's with you, do whatever you
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  • Do whatever you have in your mind."
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  • Have in your mind." but then the lord stopped nathan
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  • But then the lord stopped nathan and nathan turned around
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  • And nathan turned around and the lord said,
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  • And the lord said, "not david,
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  • "not david, somebody else is gonna do it.
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  • Somebody else is gonna do it. what he wants to do is good,
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  • What he wants to do is good, but it's not in my purpose
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  • But it's not in my purpose for him to do it."
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  • For him to do it." when you start making
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  • When you start making your plans off of a picture
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  • Your plans off of a picture that is not specific
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  • That is not specific to your purpose.
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  • To your purpose. is that why
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  • Is that why you're so worn out?
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  • You're so worn out? is that why you're so tried?
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  • Is that why you're so tried? are you building something
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  • Are you building something for a blueprint that does not
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  • For a blueprint that does not pertain to your purpose?
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  • [applause]
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  • All right.
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  • All right. i'll give you an example.
  • 00:10:08.761 --> 00:10:10.529
  • I'll give you an example. why is my instagram
  • 00:10:10.596 --> 00:10:11.864
  • Why is my instagram or my youtube shorts feed
  • 00:10:11.931 --> 00:10:13.499
  • Or my youtube shorts feed so full of so many people who
  • 00:10:13.566 --> 00:10:16.736
  • So full of so many people who are so much fitter than me?
  • 00:10:16.802 --> 00:10:21.073
  • Are so much fitter than me? i'll tell you why,
  • 00:10:21.140 --> 00:10:22.308
  • I'll tell you why, i searched a bunch of videos
  • 00:10:22.375 --> 00:10:23.409
  • I searched a bunch of videos on youtube talking about how
  • 00:10:23.476 --> 00:10:25.244
  • On youtube talking about how to do the perfect pull up,
  • 00:10:25.311 --> 00:10:27.246
  • To do the perfect pull up, how to do
  • 00:10:27.313 --> 00:10:27.880
  • How to do the perfect tricep workout,
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  • The perfect tricep workout, how to do
  • 00:10:29.949 --> 00:10:30.750
  • How to do the perfect chest workout,
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  • The perfect chest workout, and so my youtube said,
  • 00:10:32.151 --> 00:10:33.519
  • And so my youtube said, “oh, you want perfect?
  • 00:10:33.586 --> 00:10:35.087
  • “oh, you want perfect? we'll give you perfect.”
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  • We'll give you perfect.” now, everybody
  • 00:10:36.889 --> 00:10:38.691
  • In my youtube shorts feed
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  • In my youtube shorts feed looks perfect and i look
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  • Looks perfect and i look the same as i did.
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  • The same as i did. and now, i get a picture
  • 00:10:45.431 --> 00:10:46.899
  • And now, i get a picture of perfect but i'm living
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  • Of perfect but i'm living with me and now all
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  • With me and now all i'm seeing is people who
  • 00:10:52.271 --> 00:10:53.739
  • I'm seeing is people who look so much different, why?
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  • Because they're on steroids
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  • Because they're on steroids and they're 19.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:10:59.612 --> 00:10:59.812
  • So, i'm not supposed to be
  • 00:11:00.513 --> 00:11:01.380
  • So, i'm not supposed to be either of those things.
  • 00:11:01.447 --> 00:11:03.249
  • Either of those things. i'm not supposed to be 19
  • 00:11:03.315 --> 00:11:05.151
  • I'm not supposed to be 19 and i'm not supposed
  • 00:11:05.217 --> 00:11:06.152
  • And i'm not supposed to be juicing,
  • 00:11:06.218 --> 00:11:07.620
  • To be juicing, so i'm not gonna look like you
  • 00:11:07.687 --> 00:11:09.388
  • So i'm not gonna look like you if i don't have your juice.
  • 00:11:09.455 --> 00:11:11.123
  • If i don't have your juice. but i'm looking at a picture
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  • But i'm looking at a picture of your temple...
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  • [cheering]
  • 00:11:17.930 --> 00:11:19.565
  • And i fail to realize that i am
  • 00:11:19.932 --> 00:11:21.600
  • And i fail to realize that i am a temple that god is building,
  • 00:11:21.667 --> 00:11:23.636
  • A temple that god is building, i am a master piece that
  • 00:11:23.703 --> 00:11:25.705
  • I am a master piece that god has in his mind.
  • 00:11:25.771 --> 00:11:27.139
  • God has in his mind. i am a poem that god
  • 00:11:27.206 --> 00:11:28.874
  • I am a poem that god is speaking in the earth today.
  • 00:11:28.941 --> 00:11:30.876
  • Is speaking in the earth today. i am the one was supposed to be
  • 00:11:30.943 --> 00:11:33.145
  • I am the one was supposed to be preaching this word today.
  • 00:11:33.212 --> 00:11:34.780
  • Preaching this word today. i can't preach it
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  • I can't preach it like billy graham,
  • 00:11:35.881 --> 00:11:36.982
  • Like billy graham, i can't preach it like
  • 00:11:37.049 --> 00:11:38.084
  • I can't preach it like charles haddon spurgeon.
  • 00:11:38.150 --> 00:11:39.452
  • Charles haddon spurgeon. i could preach it like
  • 00:11:39.518 --> 00:11:40.753
  • I could preach it like larry stevens furtick junior.
  • 00:11:40.820 --> 00:11:42.621
  • Larry stevens furtick junior. i can preach it like i meant
  • 00:11:42.688 --> 00:11:43.823
  • I can preach it like i meant to preach it and you can do it
  • 00:11:43.889 --> 00:11:45.324
  • To preach it and you can do it like you're built to do it,
  • 00:11:45.391 --> 00:11:46.625
  • Like you're built to do it, and you can build it like
  • 00:11:46.692 --> 00:11:47.593
  • And you can build it like you're built to build it,
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  • You're built to build it, and you can say it like
  • 00:11:48.728 --> 00:11:49.895
  • And you can say it like you're graced to say it,
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  • You're graced to say it, and you can move it like
  • 00:11:51.197 --> 00:11:52.264
  • And you can move it like you know to move it,
  • 00:11:52.331 --> 00:11:53.365
  • You know to move it, and you can lead it
  • 00:11:53.432 --> 00:11:54.266
  • And you can lead it like you know to lead it,
  • 00:11:54.333 --> 00:11:55.468
  • Like you know to lead it, and you can win it if you use
  • 00:11:55.534 --> 00:11:58.104
  • And you can win it if you use the weapon god gave you.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:12:00.106 --> 00:12:03.342
  • Point number three,
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  • Say it out loud,
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  • Say it out loud, “but it is the lord's.”
  • 00:12:05.611 --> 00:12:06.846
  • “but it is the lord's.” >> congregation: but it is
  • 00:12:06.912 --> 00:12:07.546
  • >> congregation: but it is the lord's.
  • 00:12:07.613 --> 00:12:08.147
  • The lord's. >> say it again,
  • 00:12:08.214 --> 00:12:08.814
  • >> say it again, “but it is the lord's.”
  • 00:12:08.881 --> 00:12:10.049
  • “but it is the lord's.” >> congregation: but it is
  • 00:12:10.116 --> 00:12:10.649
  • >> congregation: but it is the lord's.
  • 00:12:10.716 --> 00:12:11.383
  • The lord's. >> “many are the plans
  • 00:12:11.450 --> 00:12:12.651
  • >> “many are the plans in a person's heart.”
  • 00:12:12.718 --> 00:12:14.320
  • In a person's heart.” david's just a person,
  • 00:12:14.386 --> 00:12:15.988
  • He's a good person
  • 00:12:16.088 --> 00:12:16.856
  • He's a good person but he's a person,
  • 00:12:16.922 --> 00:12:17.590
  • But he's a person, he's an anointed person
  • 00:12:17.656 --> 00:12:19.058
  • He's an anointed person but he's a person,
  • 00:12:19.125 --> 00:12:20.092
  • But he's a person, he's a strong person
  • 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:21.293
  • He's a strong person but he's a person.
  • 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:22.061
  • But he's a person. he's a faithful person
  • 00:12:22.128 --> 00:12:23.596
  • He's a faithful person but he's a person
  • 00:12:23.662 --> 00:12:25.097
  • But he's a person and he gets it wrong.
  • 00:12:25.164 --> 00:12:27.032
  • And he gets it wrong. just like samuel got it wrong
  • 00:12:27.099 --> 00:12:29.235
  • Just like samuel got it wrong and he thought god wanted him
  • 00:12:29.301 --> 00:12:30.736
  • And he thought god wanted him to do something and now
  • 00:12:30.803 --> 00:12:32.071
  • To do something and now he has the disappointment.
  • 00:12:32.138 --> 00:12:34.073
  • Watch this in 1 chronicles 28:3.
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  • Watch this in 1 chronicles 28:3. he said, “i had it in my heart
  • 00:12:38.577 --> 00:12:39.512
  • He said, “i had it in my heart and i made plans but god said.”
  • 00:12:39.578 --> 00:12:43.582
  • And i made plans but god said.” now, let's put those
  • 00:12:43.649 --> 00:12:44.116
  • Now, let's put those two verses together.
  • 00:12:44.183 --> 00:12:46.352
  • Two verses together. “i made plans,”
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  • “i made plans,” verse 2, “but god said.”
  • 00:12:48.354 --> 00:12:54.360
  • Verse 2, “but god said.” that's where some
  • 00:12:54.426 --> 00:12:55.027
  • That's where some of y'all are today.
  • 00:12:55.094 --> 00:12:57.696
  • Of y'all are today. i made plans, verse three,
  • 00:12:57.763 --> 00:13:00.800
  • I made plans, verse three, and god butted in.
  • 00:13:00.866 --> 00:13:04.236
  • Oh, we love to shout about
  • 00:13:04.336 --> 00:13:05.671
  • Oh, we love to shout about “but god” in church.
  • 00:13:05.738 --> 00:13:07.273
  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:07.606 --> 00:13:08.407
  • “we were dead in trespassers
  • 00:13:10.643 --> 00:13:11.844
  • “we were dead in trespassers and sins, but god.”
  • 00:13:11.911 --> 00:13:13.946
  • And sins, but god.” you don't even have to try,
  • 00:13:14.013 --> 00:13:14.780
  • You don't even have to try, if you say “but god” in church
  • 00:13:14.847 --> 00:13:16.849
  • If you say “but god” in church it is and instant reaction.
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  • It is and instant reaction. i mean, this one.
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  • “i had plans but god said to me,
  • 00:13:23.389 --> 00:13:26.158
  • “i had plans but god said to me, ‘you are not to build
  • 00:13:26.225 --> 00:13:26.959
  • ‘you are not to build a house for my name,
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  • A house for my name, because you are a warrior
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  • Because you are a warrior and have shed blood.'”
  • 00:13:28.494 --> 00:13:32.398
  • And have shed blood.'” and in this moment
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  • Of disappointment,
  • 00:13:33.165 --> 00:13:34.233
  • Of disappointment, david has a decision.
  • 00:13:34.300 --> 00:13:37.136
  • David has a decision. many are the plans in a persons
  • 00:13:37.203 --> 00:13:39.405
  • Many are the plans in a persons heart but it is the lord's.
  • 00:13:39.471 --> 00:13:45.010
  • Heart but it is the lord's. can we just minister
  • 00:13:45.077 --> 00:13:46.078
  • Can we just minister to our hearts for a moment?
  • 00:13:46.145 --> 00:13:48.180
  • To our hearts for a moment? “but it is the lord's,”
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  • “but it is the lord's,” just that.
  • 00:13:51.116 --> 00:13:53.452
  • Just that. just that will get you
  • 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:54.153
  • Just that will get you set free from anxiety,
  • 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:56.055
  • Set free from anxiety, but it is the lord's.
  • 00:13:56.121 --> 00:13:58.457
  • But it is the lord's. come on, say it to the thing
  • 00:13:58.524 --> 00:13:59.758
  • Come on, say it to the thing that you're stressed about,
  • 00:13:59.825 --> 00:14:00.860
  • That you're stressed about, “but it is the lord's.”
  • 00:14:00.926 --> 00:14:02.127
  • “but it is the lord's.” >> congregation: but it is
  • 00:14:02.194 --> 00:14:02.761
  • >> congregation: but it is the lord's.
  • 00:14:02.828 --> 00:14:03.929
  • The lord's. >> say it over the battle
  • 00:14:03.996 --> 00:14:05.731
  • >> say it over the battle that you're fighting
  • 00:14:05.798 --> 00:14:06.398
  • That you're fighting in your life right now, say,
  • 00:14:06.465 --> 00:14:07.933
  • In your life right now, say, “but it is the lord's.”
  • 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.634
  • “but it is the lord's.” >> congregation: but it is
  • 00:14:08.701 --> 00:14:09.301
  • >> congregation: but it is the lord's.
  • 00:14:09.368 --> 00:14:11.036
  • The lord's. >> say it over the plans that
  • 00:14:11.103 --> 00:14:12.271
  • >> say it over the plans that you're making right now,
  • 00:14:12.338 --> 00:14:13.038
  • You're making right now, the plan that you're making
  • 00:14:13.105 --> 00:14:14.039
  • The plan that you're making for your life that you're
  • 00:14:14.106 --> 00:14:15.241
  • For your life that you're asking god to bless.
  • 00:14:15.307 --> 00:14:17.743
  • Asking god to bless. the plan that you're making
  • 00:14:17.810 --> 00:14:18.978
  • The plan that you're making for your life that you're
  • 00:14:19.044 --> 00:14:20.045
  • For your life that you're asking god to bless,
  • 00:14:20.112 --> 00:14:22.014
  • Asking god to bless, that you just want him to kick
  • 00:14:22.081 --> 00:14:23.182
  • That you just want him to kick in a little funding...
  • 00:14:23.249 --> 00:14:24.750
  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:25.117 --> 00:14:25.317
  • As if god
  • 00:14:25.517 --> 00:14:26.118
  • As if god is a venture capitalist
  • 00:14:26.185 --> 00:14:26.852
  • Is a venture capitalist and not the sovereign god
  • 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.853
  • And not the sovereign god of heaven and earth.
  • 00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:28.888
  • Of heaven and earth. as if he --
  • 00:14:28.954 --> 00:14:29.588
  • As if he -- as if god wants a percentage
  • 00:14:29.655 --> 00:14:32.124
  • As if god wants a percentage back over your life.
  • 00:14:32.191 --> 00:14:34.860
  • Back over your life. any parents in the room?
  • 00:14:34.927 --> 00:14:35.761
  • Any parents in the room? wave at me.
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  • Wave at me. say this over --
  • 00:14:37.529 --> 00:14:38.597
  • Say this over -- say this over your family,
  • 00:14:38.664 --> 00:14:39.398
  • Say this over your family, “but it is the lord's.”
  • 00:14:39.465 --> 00:14:40.666
  • “but it is the lord's.” >> congregation: but it is
  • 00:14:40.733 --> 00:14:41.433
  • >> congregation: but it is the lord's.
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  • The lord's. >> i'm worried about my family,
  • 00:14:42.067 --> 00:14:43.002
  • >> i'm worried about my family, i'm trying to take care
  • 00:14:43.068 --> 00:14:44.069
  • I'm trying to take care of my family,
  • 00:14:44.136 --> 00:14:44.737
  • Of my family, i'm doing the best i can for
  • 00:14:44.803 --> 00:14:45.704
  • I'm doing the best i can for my family but you know one
  • 00:14:45.771 --> 00:14:46.805
  • My family but you know one thing about this family?
  • 00:14:46.872 --> 00:14:47.773
  • Thing about this family? i'm giving it back
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  • Because it is the lord's.
  • 00:14:48.941 --> 00:14:51.844
  • Because it is the lord's. he gave it to me,
  • 00:14:51.911 --> 00:14:52.811
  • He gave it to me, he knew i would need
  • 00:14:52.878 --> 00:14:53.712
  • He knew i would need the wisdom that i need
  • 00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.713
  • The wisdom that i need right now so i might
  • 00:14:54.780 --> 00:14:56.048
  • Right now so i might as well as him for it.
  • 00:14:56.115 --> 00:14:56.949
  • As well as him for it. and he said if i ask him
  • 00:14:57.016 --> 00:14:58.017
  • And he said if i ask him of wisdom i can ask it from god,
  • 00:14:58.083 --> 00:14:59.718
  • Of wisdom i can ask it from god, “and he giveth to all men
  • 00:14:59.785 --> 00:15:00.920
  • “and he giveth to all men liberally and upgraded not,
  • 00:15:00.986 --> 00:15:01.887
  • Liberally and upgraded not, but he that asks must not
  • 00:15:01.954 --> 00:15:03.455
  • But he that asks must not doubt in his heart for
  • 00:15:03.522 --> 00:15:04.256
  • Doubt in his heart for he that doubteth is like
  • 00:15:04.323 --> 00:15:05.391
  • A wave of the sea tossed
  • 00:15:05.491 --> 00:15:06.558
  • A wave of the sea tossed and driven with the man --
  • 00:15:06.625 --> 00:15:07.293
  • And driven with the man -- wind.”
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  • Wind.” he is an unstable man,
  • 00:15:07.793 --> 00:15:09.094
  • He is an unstable man, he is a double minded man,
  • 00:15:09.161 --> 00:15:10.529
  • He is a double minded man, and he will be unstable
  • 00:15:10.596 --> 00:15:11.730
  • And he will be unstable in all he does.
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  • In all he does. but when you believe
  • 00:15:12.598 --> 00:15:13.265
  • But when you believe that wisdom belongs to god,
  • 00:15:13.332 --> 00:15:15.601
  • That wisdom belongs to god, power belongs to god,
  • 00:15:15.668 --> 00:15:17.536
  • Power belongs to god, answers belong to god,
  • 00:15:17.603 --> 00:15:19.204
  • Answers belong to god, solutions and strategies
  • 00:15:19.271 --> 00:15:21.206
  • Solutions and strategies belong to god,
  • 00:15:21.273 --> 00:15:22.174
  • Belong to god, peace belongs to god.
  • 00:15:22.241 --> 00:15:24.009
  • Peace belongs to god. and i just
  • 00:15:24.076 --> 00:15:24.610
  • And i just wanna ask a question,
  • 00:15:24.677 --> 00:15:25.811
  • Wanna ask a question, are you trying to ask god
  • 00:15:25.878 --> 00:15:28.080
  • Are you trying to ask god to give you peace
  • 00:15:28.147 --> 00:15:29.148
  • To give you peace but you will not give him
  • 00:15:29.214 --> 00:15:30.449
  • But you will not give him your plans?
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  • [applause]
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  • It is the lord's.
  • 00:15:36.455 --> 00:15:38.991
  • It is the lord's. it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. get in your car today
  • 00:15:41.827 --> 00:15:43.562
  • Get in your car today and when you sit down in it
  • 00:15:43.629 --> 00:15:45.597
  • And when you sit down in it just make a confession
  • 00:15:45.664 --> 00:15:46.498
  • Just make a confession over your car,
  • 00:15:46.565 --> 00:15:47.399
  • Over your car, it is the lord's.
  • 00:15:47.466 --> 00:15:49.835
  • It is the lord's. and you're like,
  • 00:15:49.902 --> 00:15:50.269
  • And you're like, “well, the lord is not
  • 00:15:50.336 --> 00:15:50.869
  • “well, the lord is not picking up the car note,
  • 00:15:50.936 --> 00:15:51.570
  • Picking up the car note, apparently he didn't get
  • 00:15:51.637 --> 00:15:52.504
  • Apparently he didn't get the memo that we have joint
  • 00:15:52.571 --> 00:15:53.238
  • The memo that we have joint ownership over this vehicle.”
  • 00:15:53.305 --> 00:15:55.274
  • Ownership over this vehicle.” that is not the point,
  • 00:15:55.341 --> 00:15:56.241
  • That is not the point, the point is you wouldn't have
  • 00:15:56.308 --> 00:15:57.710
  • The point is you wouldn't have it if it weren't for him,
  • 00:15:57.776 --> 00:16:00.012
  • It if it weren't for him, so get grateful.
  • 00:16:00.079 --> 00:16:02.214
  • So get grateful. and it's junky,
  • 00:16:02.281 --> 00:16:03.849
  • And it's junky, but it's not a bicycle.
  • 00:16:03.916 --> 00:16:04.883
  • But it's not a bicycle. it is the lord's.
  • 00:16:04.950 --> 00:16:06.418
  • It is the lord's. and if it's a bicycle,
  • 00:16:06.485 --> 00:16:08.087
  • And if it's a bicycle, it is the lord's.
  • 00:16:08.153 --> 00:16:09.388
  • It is the lord's. and if it's cheese and bread
  • 00:16:09.455 --> 00:16:10.990
  • And if it's cheese and bread that god put in david's hand
  • 00:16:11.056 --> 00:16:12.858
  • That god put in david's hand it is the lord's.
  • 00:16:12.925 --> 00:16:14.393
  • It is the lord's. and if it's an assignment
  • 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.427
  • And if it's an assignment that he gave you in a season
  • 00:16:15.494 --> 00:16:17.329
  • That he gave you in a season it is the lord's,
  • 00:16:17.396 --> 00:16:19.064
  • It is the lord's, it is the lords.
  • 00:16:19.131 --> 00:16:19.965
  • It is the lords. david is disappointed,
  • 00:16:20.032 --> 00:16:21.867
  • David is disappointed, he wanted to build a temple
  • 00:16:21.934 --> 00:16:23.702
  • He wanted to build a temple but god said, “not you.
  • 00:16:23.769 --> 00:16:25.904
  • But god said, “not you. this is not the job for you,
  • 00:16:25.971 --> 00:16:27.573
  • This is not the job for you, it does not align with
  • 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.741
  • It does not align with your background,
  • 00:16:28.807 --> 00:16:29.641
  • Your background, it does not align
  • 00:16:29.708 --> 00:16:30.709
  • It does not align with your identity,
  • 00:16:30.776 --> 00:16:31.777
  • With your identity, it does not align
  • 00:16:31.844 --> 00:16:32.845
  • It does not align with your timing.
  • 00:16:32.911 --> 00:16:33.846
  • With your timing. i know it is your plan, david,
  • 00:16:33.912 --> 00:16:36.048
  • I know it is your plan, david, but you are a person,
  • 00:16:36.115 --> 00:16:37.549
  • But you are a person, and not every plan
  • 00:16:37.616 --> 00:16:38.751
  • And not every plan that is in a person's heart
  • 00:16:38.817 --> 00:16:40.052
  • That is in a person's heart comes from the lord.
  • 00:16:40.119 --> 00:16:41.553
  • Comes from the lord. many are the plans,
  • 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.721
  • Many are the plans, some come from him
  • 00:16:42.788 --> 00:16:44.089
  • Some come from him some come from others.
  • 00:16:44.156 --> 00:16:45.424
  • Some come from others. and i'm tired of you being in
  • 00:16:45.491 --> 00:16:47.292
  • And i'm tired of you being in needless pain because you are
  • 00:16:47.359 --> 00:16:49.395
  • Needless pain because you are holding so tightly to your plan.
  • 00:16:49.461 --> 00:16:51.597
  • Holding so tightly to your plan. your life is blessed,
  • 00:16:51.663 --> 00:16:52.931
  • Your life is blessed, you don't feel blessed
  • 00:16:52.998 --> 00:16:54.433
  • You don't feel blessed because you're looking at
  • 00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.567
  • Because you're looking at a blueprint that has
  • 00:16:55.634 --> 00:16:56.502
  • A blueprint that has nothing to do with your life.
  • 00:16:56.568 --> 00:16:58.137
  • Nothing to do with your life. but stop comparing,
  • 00:16:58.203 --> 00:17:00.139
  • But stop comparing, stop complaining about it,
  • 00:17:00.205 --> 00:17:01.907
  • Stop complaining about it, it is the lord's.
  • 00:17:01.974 --> 00:17:03.442
  • It is the lord's. “the lord giveth
  • 00:17:03.509 --> 00:17:04.877
  • “the lord giveth and the lord taketh away.
  • 00:17:04.943 --> 00:17:06.645
  • And the lord taketh away. blessed be the name
  • 00:17:06.712 --> 00:17:07.946
  • Blessed be the name of the lord."
  • 00:17:08.013 --> 00:17:08.547
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:08.947 --> 00:17:10.282
  • It is the lord's.
  • 00:17:10.582 --> 00:17:11.083
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:11.417 --> 00:17:12.618
  • But it is the lord's.
  • 00:17:13.318 --> 00:17:15.220
  • But it is the lord's. david said, “i wanted to,
  • 00:17:15.287 --> 00:17:16.522
  • David said, “i wanted to, i had it in my heart to.
  • 00:17:16.588 --> 00:17:18.190
  • I had it in my heart to. i bought the software
  • 00:17:18.257 --> 00:17:19.925
  • I bought the software to design the temple.
  • 00:17:19.992 --> 00:17:21.427
  • To design the temple. i was drawing up plans,
  • 00:17:21.493 --> 00:17:23.395
  • I was drawing up plans, but god said to me,
  • 00:17:23.462 --> 00:17:24.663
  • ‘no, not this david,
  • 00:17:24.763 --> 00:17:25.664
  • ‘no, not this david, i've done a lot in your life
  • 00:17:25.731 --> 00:17:27.299
  • I've done a lot in your life and i'm not done with you.
  • 00:17:27.366 --> 00:17:28.400
  • And i'm not done with you. and there is going
  • 00:17:28.467 --> 00:17:29.301
  • And there is going to be a temple,
  • 00:17:29.368 --> 00:17:30.002
  • To be a temple, but you are not the one
  • 00:17:30.069 --> 00:17:31.103
  • But you are not the one to build it.'”
  • 00:17:31.170 --> 00:17:31.837
  • To build it.'” and david continues
  • 00:17:31.904 --> 00:17:32.871
  • And david continues to explain to the people on
  • 00:17:32.938 --> 00:17:34.573
  • To explain to the people on that day how god spoke to him,
  • 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:36.775
  • That day how god spoke to him, how what he thought was not
  • 00:17:36.842 --> 00:17:38.444
  • How what he thought was not what god had that in mind,
  • 00:17:38.510 --> 00:17:39.945
  • What god had that in mind, how what was in his heart was
  • 00:17:40.012 --> 00:17:41.613
  • How what was in his heart was not what god had in his plan.
  • 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:44.116
  • Not what god had in his plan. for i know the plans
  • 00:17:44.183 --> 00:17:44.716
  • For i know the plans i have for you.
  • 00:17:44.783 --> 00:17:46.085
  • I have for you. and he rose to his feet
  • 00:17:46.151 --> 00:17:47.052
  • And he rose to his feet and said, "i made plans,
  • 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:48.253
  • And said, "i made plans, but god said you are
  • 00:17:48.320 --> 00:17:49.621
  • Not to build it."
  • 00:17:49.721 --> 00:17:50.656
  • Not to build it." verse 4.
  • 00:17:50.722 --> 00:17:51.323
  • Verse 4. "yet the lord,
  • 00:17:51.390 --> 00:17:53.125
  • "yet the lord, the god of israel, chose me,"
  • 00:17:53.192 --> 00:17:56.228
  • The god of israel, chose me," chose me, chose me.
  • 00:17:56.295 --> 00:17:58.897
  • Chose me, chose me. now, here's what
  • 00:17:58.964 --> 00:17:59.398
  • Now, here's what i think is happening,
  • 00:17:59.465 --> 00:18:00.332
  • I think is happening, i think david is dealing
  • 00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:02.067
  • With the disappointment that
  • 00:18:02.167 --> 00:18:03.268
  • With the disappointment that i'm not gonna get to build this,
  • 00:18:03.335 --> 00:18:04.837
  • I'm not gonna get to build this, what i want to build,
  • 00:18:04.903 --> 00:18:05.971
  • What i want to build, i'm not gonna get it exactly
  • 00:18:06.038 --> 00:18:07.506
  • I'm not gonna get it exactly like i wanna get it.
  • 00:18:07.573 --> 00:18:08.740
  • Like i wanna get it. i'm not gonna be able to do
  • 00:18:08.807 --> 00:18:10.042
  • I'm not gonna be able to do the thing i thought
  • 00:18:10.109 --> 00:18:10.809
  • The thing i thought i was able to do.
  • 00:18:10.876 --> 00:18:12.111
  • I was able to do. and he deals with that
  • 00:18:12.177 --> 00:18:13.479
  • And he deals with that disappointment by
  • 00:18:13.545 --> 00:18:14.580
  • Disappointment by getting a bigger picture
  • 00:18:14.646 --> 00:18:16.348
  • Of his entire life.
  • 00:18:16.448 --> 00:18:17.749
  • Of his entire life. "yet the lord,
  • 00:18:17.816 --> 00:18:19.017
  • "yet the lord, the god of israel,
  • 00:18:19.084 --> 00:18:20.719
  • The god of israel, chose me from all my family
  • 00:18:20.786 --> 00:18:25.023
  • Chose me from all my family to be the king over israel."
  • 00:18:25.090 --> 00:18:27.025
  • To be the king over israel." there were seven brothers
  • 00:18:27.092 --> 00:18:28.160
  • There were seven brothers bigger than me, and god
  • 00:18:28.227 --> 00:18:29.695
  • Bigger than me, and god chose little, old me.
  • 00:18:29.761 --> 00:18:32.397
  • Chose little, old me. "he chose judah as leader."
  • 00:18:32.464 --> 00:18:34.500
  • "he chose judah as leader." that was the tribe that
  • 00:18:34.566 --> 00:18:36.068
  • Was least expected for
  • 00:18:36.168 --> 00:18:37.369
  • Was least expected for the king to come from.
  • 00:18:37.436 --> 00:18:38.604
  • The king to come from. benjamin was the kingly tribe,
  • 00:18:38.670 --> 00:18:40.672
  • Benjamin was the kingly tribe, not judah.
  • 00:18:40.739 --> 00:18:41.940
  • Not judah. this is not the right tribe,
  • 00:18:42.007 --> 00:18:43.509
  • This is not the right tribe, this is not the right son,
  • 00:18:43.575 --> 00:18:45.344
  • This is not the right son, this is not the right anything,
  • 00:18:45.410 --> 00:18:47.212
  • This is not the right anything, but it's still god's plan.
  • 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.881
  • But it's still god's plan. this is not the human anything,
  • 00:18:48.947 --> 00:18:50.949
  • This is not the human anything, but it's still
  • 00:18:51.016 --> 00:18:51.683
  • Heaven's strategy.
  • 00:18:51.783 --> 00:18:53.118
  • Heaven's strategy. he chose me.
  • 00:18:53.185 --> 00:18:54.286
  • He chose me. i was small.
  • 00:18:54.353 --> 00:18:55.053
  • I was small. he chose judah,
  • 00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:56.255
  • He chose judah, we were the wrong tribe.
  • 00:18:56.321 --> 00:18:57.523
  • We were the wrong tribe. he chose from the tribe of judah
  • 00:18:57.589 --> 00:18:59.558
  • He chose from the tribe of judah my family out of 400,000.
  • 00:18:59.625 --> 00:19:02.561
  • My family out of 400,000. he picked jesse's family
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  • He picked jesse's family and from my father's sons
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  • And from my father's sons he was pleased to make me
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  • He was pleased to make me king over all israel,
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  • King over all israel, and he is my king over
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  • All my life.
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  • All my life. and god has given me this
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  • And god has given me this opportunity and god has given
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  • Opportunity and god has given me this breath and god has
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  • Me this breath and god has given me this stewardship.
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  • Given me this stewardship. god has given me this influence
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  • God has given me this influence and i wanted to do it
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  • And i wanted to do it and i really still wanna do it
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  • And i really still wanna do it and i don't like it,
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  • And i don't like it, but it is the lord's.
  • 00:19:28.120 --> 00:19:31.657
  • But it is the lord's. it's not mine, it's the lords.
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  • It's not mine, it's the lords. say it, "it's not mine...
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  • Say it, "it's not mine... >> congregation: it's not
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  • >> congregation: it's not mine...
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  • Mine... >> it's the lord's."
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  • >> it's the lord's." >> congregation: it's
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  • >> congregation: it's the lord's.
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  • The lord's. >> tell your neighbor,
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  • >> tell your neighbor, "it's not yours...
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  • "it's not yours... >> congregation: it's not
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  • >> congregation: it's not yours."
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  • Yours." >> come on, tell them,
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  • >> come on, tell them, convince them, you gotta say
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  • Convince them, you gotta say that with some umphs.
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  • That with some umphs. say, "it's not yours...
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  • Say, "it's not yours... >> congregation: it's not
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  • >> congregation: it's not yours...
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  • Yours... >> it's the lord's."
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  • >> it's the lord's." >> congregation: it's
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  • >> congregation: it's the lord's.
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  • The lord's. >> it's not yours...
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  • >> it's not yours... >> congregation: it's not
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  • >> congregation: it's not yours...
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  • Yours... >> it's the lord's."
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  • >> it's the lord's." >> congregation: it's
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  • >> congregation: it's the lord's.
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  • The lord's. >> where have we
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  • >> where have we heard this before?
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  • Heard this before? in the valley of elah,
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  • In the valley of elah, when a shepherd boy showed up
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  • When a shepherd boy showed up with a lunch and there was
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  • With a lunch and there was a giant named goliath that he
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  • A giant named goliath that he did not plan for, but god did.
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  • Did not plan for, but god did. he planned to bring lunch,
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  • He planned to bring lunch, god planned to bring freedom.
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  • God planned to bring freedom. he showed up on
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  • He showed up on the battle lines.
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  • The battle lines. some of the best stuff that
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  • Some of the best stuff that happens is not in your plan.
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  • Happens is not in your plan. start looking around for god
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  • Start looking around for god to do purposes that don't
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  • To do purposes that don't fit in your plan.
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  • Fit in your plan. and when he got
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  • And when he got to the battle lines --
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  • To the battle lines -- can i preach about when
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  • Can i preach about when he got to the battle lines?
  • 00:20:20.706 --> 00:20:22.507
  • He got to the battle lines? can i preach about the first
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  • Can i preach about the first significant moment that made
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  • Significant moment that made david recognized by saul
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  • David recognized by saul and that elevated him
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  • And that elevated him to the position
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  • To the position that god had for him?
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  • That god had for him? and i'm not saying that god
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  • And i'm not saying that god wants to make you a king
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  • Wants to make you a king or the president
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  • Or the president or i don't even know
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  • Or i don't even know if god wants to make you
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  • If god wants to make you the principal
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  • The principal of a middle school.
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  • Of a middle school. he may, he may not,
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  • He may, he may not, but the principle applies.
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  • But the principle applies. david got to the valley of elah
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  • And 1 samuel 17:47 says thus,
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  • And 1 samuel 17:47 says thus, "all those gathered here,
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  • "all those gathered here, this what david said
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  • This what david said as a young man,
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  • As a young man, all those gathered
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  • All those gathered here will know
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  • Here will know that it is not by sword,
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  • That it is not by sword, it is not by sphere.
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  • Everything you brought
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  • To this fight is not
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  • What god is gonna use.
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  • Everything you thought
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  • It was gonna take is not
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  • What it's gonna take.
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  • It is not by sword,
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  • It is not by sphere
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  • That the lord saves,
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  • For the battle is not mine,
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  • But it is the lord's.
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  • But it is the lord's. i need to find
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  • I need to find a pentecostal church
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  • I can preach this in tonight.
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  • I showed up at
  • 00:21:24.803 --> 00:21:25.504
  • I showed up at the episcopalian baptist
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  • The episcopalian baptist first church
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  • First church of the frozen chosen,
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  • Of the frozen chosen, but i came to tell somebody,
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  • But i came to tell somebody, this battle, this battle,
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  • This battle, this battle, it's not yours.
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  • It's not yours. stop stressing, stop stressing,
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  • Stop freaking out.
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  • Stop freaking out. tell your neighbor
  • 00:21:46.625 --> 00:21:47.959
  • Tell your neighbor it's not yours
  • 00:21:48.026 --> 00:21:50.662
  • It's not yours but it is the lord's.
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  • But it is the lord's. but it is the lord's.
  • 00:21:54.533 --> 00:21:57.703
  • But it is the lord's. and if it is his battle,
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  • And if it is his battle, he's got my back in this battle.
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  • He's got my back in this battle. if it is.
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  • If it is. i wanna high five
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  • I wanna high five my neighbor.
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  • My neighbor. it is the lord's.
  • 00:22:09.548 --> 00:22:11.350
  • It is the lord's. it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. it is his breath in my lungs.
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  • It is his breath in my lungs. so, i ought to praise them.
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  • So, i ought to praise them. but it is the lord's.
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  • But it is the lord's. stop trying to do it alone,
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  • Stop trying to do it alone, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. tag your partner,
  • 00:22:23.862 --> 00:22:25.130
  • Tag your partner, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. call on heaven,
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  • Call on heaven, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. pray in the spirit,
  • 00:22:30.102 --> 00:22:32.637
  • Pray in the spirit, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. it's his house,
  • 00:22:33.572 --> 00:22:34.439
  • It's his house, it's his plan,
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  • It's his plan, it's his hand.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Many are the plans
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  • Many are the plans in a person's heart,
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  • In a person's heart, but it is the lord's,
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  • But it is the lord's, david said i got
  • 00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:48.854
  • David said i got to thinking about my life
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  • To thinking about my life and i realized that i didn't
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  • And i realized that i didn't get this far by planning.
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  • Get this far by planning. i didn't get this far
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  • I didn't get this far on my plans.
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  • On my plans. they didn't even plan
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  • They didn't even plan to have me in the house
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  • To have me in the house when they came through for
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  • When they came through for the king auditions.
  • 00:22:59.898 --> 00:23:01.133
  • The king auditions. i didn't get
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  • I didn't get this far on my plans,
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  • This far on my plans, so i'm gonna hand him the plan.
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  • >> thank you so much
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  • Makes a difference. thank you for being a part
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  • Thank you for being a part of what god is doing.
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  • Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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  • >> scripture tells us
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  • >> scripture tells us that when we give,
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  • That when we give, we're reflecting
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  • We're reflecting the heart of god,
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  • The heart of god, meeting needs and spreading
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  • Meeting needs and spreading his love in real, tangible ways.
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  • These kits may look simple,
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  • A blanket, a hat,
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  • A pair of gloves,
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  • But they carry hope.
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  • They remind someone
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  • That god sees them,
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  • That they matter,
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  • And that love still shows up.
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  • Thank you for being the kind
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  • Thank you for being the kind of church that gives generously,
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  • Of church that gives generously, because when we give together,
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  • Because when we give together, we're sharing more than warmth.
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  • We're sharing more than warmth. we're sharing the love of jesus.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> elevation nights is back
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  • >> elevation nights is back on tour in 2026!
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  • On tour in 2026! let's go!
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  • >> ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ that gets all the glory ♪
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  • >> ♪ jesus ♪
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  • >> ♪ i know a name ♪
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  • ♪ it's the only name ♪
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  • ♪ that saves ♪
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  • ♪ and it's worthy ♪
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  • ♪ of all praise ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you healer ♪
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  • ♪ risen and reigning ♪
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  • ♪ in power ♪
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  • ♪ something comes ♪
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  • ♪ out of the grave ♪
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  • ♪ every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you savior ♪
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  • ♪ worthy of glory forever ♪
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  • ♪ something comes ♪
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  • ♪ out of the grave ♪
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  • ♪ oh every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call your name ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ and i have a king ♪
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  • ♪ with dominion over death ♪
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  • ♪ he holds the keys ♪
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  • ♪ yes he does ♪
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  • ♪ in his holy ♪
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  • ♪ nail-scarred hands ♪
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  • ♪ and he is the heel ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ that has crushed ♪
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  • ♪ the serpent's head ♪
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  • ♪ our resurrected great i am ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you healer ♪
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  • ♪ risen and reigning ♪
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  • ♪ in power ♪
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  • ♪ something comes ♪
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  • ♪ out of the grave ♪
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  • ♪ oh every time ♪
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  • >> ♪ every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • >> ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you savior ♪
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  • ♪ you're worthy ♪
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  • ♪ of glory forever ♪
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  • ♪ something comes ♪
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  • ♪ out of the grave ♪
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  • ♪ oh every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call your name ♪
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  • ♪ chains break ♪
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  • ♪ dry bones wake ♪
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  • ♪ every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call your name ♪
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  • ♪ the gates ♪
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  • ♪ of hell shake ♪
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