Steven Furtick - Hand Him The Plan (Part 3)

January 21, 2026 | 27:29

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 3) | January 21, 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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  • >> are you trying to ask god
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  • >> are you trying to ask god to give you peace,
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  • To give you peace, but you will not
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  • But you will not give him your plans?
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  • [applause]
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  • It is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. get in your car today
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  • Get in your car today and when you sit down in it,
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  • And when you sit down in it, just make a confession
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  • Just make a confession over your car,
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  • Over your car, "it is the lord's."
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  • "it is the lord's." and you're like,
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  • And you're like, "well, the lord is not
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  • "well, the lord is not picking up the car note.
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  • Picking up the car note. apparently he didn't get
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  • Apparently he didn't get the memo that we have joint
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  • The memo that we have joint ownership over this vehicle."
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  • Ownership over this vehicle." that is not the point.
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  • That is not the point. the point is you wouldn't have
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  • The point is you wouldn't have it if it weren't for him.
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  • It if it weren't for him. so get grateful.
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  • So get grateful. and it's junkie,
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  • And it's junkie, but it's not a bicycle,
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  • But it's not a bicycle, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. and if it's a bicycle,
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  • And if it's a bicycle, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. and if it's cheese and bread
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  • And if it's cheese and bread that god put in david's hand,
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  • That god put in david's hand, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. and if it's an assignment
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  • And if it's an assignment that he gave you in a season,
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  • That he gave you in a season, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. david -- david is disappointed.
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  • David -- david is disappointed. he wanted to build a temple,
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  • He wanted to build a temple, but god said, "not you.
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  • But god said, "not you. this is not the job for you.
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  • This is not the job for you. it does not align
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  • It does not align with your background.
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  • With your background. it does not align
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  • It does not align with your identity.
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  • With your identity. it does not align
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  • It does not align with your timing.
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  • With your timing. i know it is your plan, david,
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  • I know it is your plan, david, but you are a person
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  • But you are a person and not every plan
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  • And not every plan that is in a person's
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  • That is in a person's heart comes from the lord."
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  • Heart comes from the lord." many are the plans.
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  • Many are the plans. some come from him,
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  • Some come from him, some come from others.
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  • Some come from others. and i'm tired of you
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  • And i'm tired of you being in needless pain
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  • Being in needless pain because you are holding
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  • Because you are holding so tightly to your plan.
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  • So tightly to your plan. your life is blessed.
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  • Your life is blessed. you don't feel blessed
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  • You don't feel blessed because you're looking
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  • Because you're looking at a blueprint that has
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  • At a blueprint that has nothing to do with your life.
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  • Nothing to do with your life. but stop comparing,
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  • But stop comparing, stop complaining about it.
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  • Stop complaining about it. it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. the lord giveth
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  • The lord giveth and the lord taketh away.
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  • And the lord taketh away. blessed be the name of the lord.
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  • [applause]
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  • It is the lord's,
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  • It is the lord's, but it is the lord's.
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  • But it is the lord's. david said, "i wanted to.
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  • David said, "i wanted to. i had it in my heart to.
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  • I had it in my heart to. i bought the software
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  • I bought the software to design the temple.
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  • To design the temple. i was drawing up plans,
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  • I was drawing up plans, but god said to me,
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  • But god said to me, 'no, not this david,
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  • 'no, not this david, i've done a lot in your life
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  • I've done a lot in your life and i'm not done with you.
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  • And i'm not done with you. and there is gonna be a temple,
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  • And there is gonna be a temple, but you are not the one
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  • But you are not the one to build it.'"
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  • To build it.'" and david continues to
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  • And david continues to explain to the people on
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  • Explain to the people on that day how god spoke to him,
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  • That day how god spoke to him, how what he thought
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  • How what he thought was not what god had in mind,
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  • Was not what god had in mind, how what was in his heart
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  • How what was in his heart was not what god
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  • Was not what god had in his plan.
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  • Had in his plan. "for i know the plans
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  • "for i know the plans i have for you."
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  • I have for you." and he rose to his feet
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  • And he rose to his feet and said, "i made plans,
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  • And said, "i made plans, but god said you are
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  • But god said you are not to build it."
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  • Verse 4, "yet the lord...
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  • [clapping]
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  • The god of israel chose me,"
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  • The god of israel chose me," chose me, chose me.
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  • Chose me, chose me. now here's what
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  • Now here's what i think is happening.
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  • I think is happening. i think david is dealing
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  • With the disappointment
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  • With the disappointment that i'm not gonna get
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  • That i'm not gonna get to build this,
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  • To build this, what i want to build.
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  • What i want to build. i'm not gonna get it exactly
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  • I'm not gonna get it exactly like i want to get it.
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  • Like i want to get it. i'm not gonna be able to do
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  • I'm not gonna be able to do the thing i thought
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  • The thing i thought i was able to do."
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  • I was able to do." and he deals with that
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  • And he deals with that disappointment by getting
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  • Disappointment by getting a bigger picture of
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  • A bigger picture of his entire life.
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  • "yet the lord,
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  • "yet the lord, the god of israel,
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  • The god of israel, chose me from all my family
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  • Chose me from all my family to be the king over israel.
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  • To be the king over israel. there were seven brothers
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  • There were seven brothers bigger than me,
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  • Bigger than me, and god chose little old me.
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  • And god chose little old me. he chose judah as leader."
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  • He chose judah as leader." that was the tribe that was
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  • Least expected for
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  • Least expected for the king to come from.
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  • The king to come from. benjamin was the kingly tribe,
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  • Benjamin was the kingly tribe, not judah.
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  • Not judah. this is not the right tribe.
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  • This is not the right tribe. this is not the right son.
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  • This is not the right son. this is not the right anything,
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  • This is not the right anything, but it's still god's plan.
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  • But it's still god's plan. this is not the human anything,
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  • This is not the human anything, but it's still
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  • Heaven's strategy.
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  • Heaven's strategy. he chose me.
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  • He chose me. i was small.
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  • I was small. he from judah,
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  • He from judah, we were the wrong tribe.
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  • We were the wrong tribe. he chose from
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  • He chose from the tribe of judah,
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  • The tribe of judah, my family out of 400,000,
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  • 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
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  • He was pleased to make me king over all,
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  • Make me king over all, all israel.
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  • All israel. and he is my king
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  • And he is my king over all my life.
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  • And god has given me
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  • And god has given me this opportunity,
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  • This opportunity, and god has given me
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  • And god has given me this breath, and god has
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  • 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 want to do it
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  • And i don't like it,
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  • And i don't like it, but it is the lord's.
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  • But it is the lord's. it's not mine,
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  • It's not mine, it's the lord's.
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  • It's the lord's. 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 him,
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  • >> come on, tell him, convince 'em.
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  • You got to say that
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  • You got to say that with some oomph.
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  • With some oomph. 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 heard
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  • >> where have we heard this before?
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  • This before? in the valley of elah,
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  • In the valley of elah, when a shepherd boy
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  • When a shepherd boy showed up with a lunch
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  • Showed up with a lunch and there was a giant named
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  • And there was a giant named goliath that he did not
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  • Goliath that he did not plan for, but god did.
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  • 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
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  • To do purposes that don't fit in your plan.
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  • That don't fit in your plan. and when he got to
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  • And when he got to the battle lines --
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  • The battle lines -- can i preach about when
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  • Can i preach about when he got to the battle lines?
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  • He got to the battle lines? can i preach about
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  • Can i preach about the first significant moment
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  • The first significant moment that made david recognized
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  • That made david recognized by saul and that elevated him
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  • By saul and that elevated him to the position that god
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  • To the position that god had for him?
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  • Had for him? and i'm not saying
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  • And i'm not saying that god wants to
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  • That god wants to make you a king
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  • 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 here
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  • All those gathered here will know that it is
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  • Will know that it is not by sword,
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  • Not by sword, it is not by spear."
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  • It is not by spear." everything you brought
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  • Everything you brought to this fight is not
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  • To this fight is not what god is gonna use.
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  • What god is gonna use. everything you thought it was
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  • Everything you thought it was going to take is not
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  • Going to take is not what it's gonna take.
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  • What it's gonna take. it is not by sword,
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  • It is not by sword, it is not by spear
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  • It is not by spear that the lord saves,
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  • That the lord saves, for the battle is not mine,
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  • For the battle is not mine, but it is the lords.
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  • But it is the lords. i need to find a
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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 can preach this in tonight. i showed up at
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  • I showed up at the episcopalian baptist
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  • The episcopalian baptist first church of
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  • First church of the frozen chosen,
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  • 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 stressing, stop stressing, stop freaking out,
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  • Stop freaking out, tell your neighbor
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  • Tell your neighbor it's not yours
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  • It's not yours but it is the lords.
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  • But it is the lords. but it is the lords.
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  • But it is the lords. 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 my neighbor.
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  • I wanna high-five my neighbor. it is the lords.
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  • It is the lords. it is the lords.
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  • It is the lords. 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,
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  • 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,
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  • Pray in the spirit, it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. it's his house,
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  • It's his house, it's his plan,
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  • It's his plan, it's his hand.
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  • It's his hand. 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 to thinking
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  • David said, i got to thinking about my life and i realized
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  • About my life and i realized that i didn't get
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  • That i didn't get this far by planning.
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  • This far by planning. i didn't get this
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  • I didn't get this far on my plans.
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  • Far 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
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  • When they came through for the king auditions.
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  • For the king auditions. i didn't get this
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  • I didn't get this far on my plans,
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  • Far on my plans, so i'm gonna hand him the plan.
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  • The word of the lord,
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  • The word of the lord, hand him the plan.
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  • Hand him the plan. oh, you're gonna sleep
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  • Oh, you're gonna sleep so good like you had
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  • So good like you had three glasses of warm cookies
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  • Three glasses of warm cookies and cold milk with the ice
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  • And cold milk with the ice all around the rim of the glass.
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  • All around the rim of the glass. just drink that down
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  • Just drink that down like a big switch.
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  • Many of the plans, i know --
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  • Many of the plans, i know -- i know you got some plans
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  • I know you got some plans that aren't working out.
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  • That aren't working out. and i know you feel behind,
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  • And i know you feel behind, and i know you feel frustrated,
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  • And i know you feel frustrated, and i know there's some things
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  • And i know there's some things that god is allowing others
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  • That god is allowing others to do, feel, and experience
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  • To do, feel, and experience that you're not getting
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  • To feel, do, and experience.
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  • To feel, do, and experience. many of the plans
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  • Many of 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. point four and i close.
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  • Point four and i close. i want to tell you about
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  • I want to tell you about a purpose that prevails.
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  • A purpose that prevails. prevails is just
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  • Fancy way to say wins.
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  • Fancy way to say wins. so maybe we could say
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  • So maybe we could say god's will wins.
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  • God's will wins. maybe we could say
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  • Maybe we could say god will win.
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  • God will win. if god is for me,
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  • If god is for me, whew, whew, whew.
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  • Whew, whew, whew. you think i'm trying
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  • You think i'm trying to be ric flair?
  • 00:08:57.089 --> 00:08:57.523
  • To be ric flair? i'm quoting the bible.
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  • I'm quoting the bible. who can be against me?
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  • Who can be against me? but it is the lord's.
  • 00:09:05.431 --> 00:09:06.165
  • But it is the lord's. it's too big for me,
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  • It's too big for me, but it is the lord's.
  • 00:09:07.133 --> 00:09:09.302
  • But it is the lord's. he said that about goliath,
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  • He said that about goliath, and he said that
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  • And he said that about the temple.
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  • About the temple. it is the lord's
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  • It is the lord's purpose that prevails.
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  • Purpose that prevails. so i got up on my feet today
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  • So i got up on my feet today to tell you something that
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  • To tell you something that david wanted you to know.
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  • David wanted you to know. that even if you feel like
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  • That even if you feel like you're in your plan b
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  • You're in your plan b of your life,
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  • Of your life, let me keep preaching,
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  • Let me keep preaching, plan c, plan d e f g,
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  • Plan c, plan d e f g, plan l m n o p...
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  • [laughter]
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  • His purpose prevails.
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  • His purpose prevails. even if you thought,
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  • Even if you thought, "we'll be in here five years,"
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  • "we'll be in here five years," you know what god likes
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  • You know what god likes to do for entertainment?
  • 00:09:50.710 --> 00:09:52.645
  • To do for entertainment? god likes stand up comedy.
  • 00:09:52.712 --> 00:09:53.913
  • God likes stand up comedy. so he listens to you
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  • So he listens to you make your plans.
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  • [laughter]
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  • He likes that.
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  • He likes that. that's a good night
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  • That's a good night for the lord.
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  • For the lord. the lord pops popcorn
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  • The lord pops popcorn and sits back and laughs,
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  • And sits back and laughs, "i like a good comedy.
  • 00:10:05.358 --> 00:10:06.759
  • "i like a good comedy. listen to where they think
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  • Listen to where they think they're gonna be in three years.
  • 00:10:07.660 --> 00:10:09.895
  • They're gonna be in three years. i got stuff for them
  • 00:10:09.962 --> 00:10:10.696
  • I got stuff for them along the way that they
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  • Along the way that they don't even know about."
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  • [applause]
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  • I want to talk to you
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  • I want to talk to you about purpose that prevails,
  • 00:10:16.602 --> 00:10:18.904
  • About purpose that prevails, and i need to give you
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  • And i need to give you one more detail.
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  • One more detail. can i give you one more detail?
  • 00:10:20.406 --> 00:10:22.642
  • Can i give you one more detail? i know technically
  • 00:10:22.708 --> 00:10:23.643
  • I know technically you have reached
  • 00:10:23.709 --> 00:10:24.243
  • You have reached the satiation point
  • 00:10:24.310 --> 00:10:25.645
  • The satiation point where you probably have had
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  • Where you probably have had enough of this word,
  • 00:10:26.846 --> 00:10:28.047
  • Enough of this word, but i will not sleep good
  • 00:10:28.114 --> 00:10:29.715
  • But i will not sleep good if i don't tell you
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  • If i don't tell you this last point.
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  • This last point. the lord told david,
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  • The lord told david, "i'm gonna use one of your sons
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  • "i'm gonna use one of your sons to build the temple, not you.
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  • To build the temple, not you. i'm gonna use you,
  • 00:10:41.093 --> 00:10:41.661
  • I'm gonna use you, but i'm not gonna do it
  • 00:10:41.727 --> 00:10:43.496
  • But i'm not gonna do it through you.
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  • Through you. i'm gonna do it
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  • I'm gonna do it through solomon, solomon."
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  • Through solomon, solomon." verse 5.
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  • "of all my sons,"
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  • "of all my sons," he had many sons.
  • 00:10:55.074 --> 00:10:58.644
  • He had many sons. "of all my sons,
  • 00:10:58.711 --> 00:10:59.612
  • "of all my sons, and the lord
  • 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:00.012
  • And the lord has given me many.
  • 00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:04.550
  • Has given me many. he has chosen my son solomon
  • 00:11:04.617 --> 00:11:05.718
  • He has chosen my son solomon to sit on the throne
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  • To sit on the throne of the kingdom
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  • Of the kingdom of the lord over israel."
  • 00:11:07.053 --> 00:11:07.620
  • Of the lord over israel." verse 6, "he said to me,
  • 00:11:07.687 --> 00:11:09.855
  • Verse 6, "he said to me, 'solomon, your son
  • 00:11:09.922 --> 00:11:10.389
  • 'solomon, your son is the one who will build
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  • Is the one who will build my house and my courts,
  • 00:11:11.190 --> 00:11:13.959
  • My house and my courts, for i've chosen him
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  • For i've chosen him to be my son.
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  • To be my son. i'll be his father.'"
  • 00:11:19.899 --> 00:11:20.599
  • I'll be his father.'" and you say, "well, of course
  • 00:11:20.666 --> 00:11:21.333
  • And you say, "well, of course he chose solomon.
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  • Solomon was the wisest man
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  • Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived, right?"
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  • By the way,
  • 00:11:26.005 --> 00:11:26.939
  • By the way, in our family bible club
  • 00:11:27.006 --> 00:11:27.773
  • In our family bible club right now we're reading
  • 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.709
  • Right now we're reading the song of solomon.
  • 00:11:29.775 --> 00:11:32.578
  • The song of solomon. let me tell you,
  • 00:11:32.645 --> 00:11:34.814
  • Let me tell you, you don't know- awkward unless
  • 00:11:34.880 --> 00:11:35.848
  • You don't know- awkward unless you've been in a bible club
  • 00:11:35.915 --> 00:11:36.782
  • You've been in a bible club with your 14 year old daughter
  • 00:11:36.849 --> 00:11:37.717
  • With your 14 year old daughter trying to text about
  • 00:11:37.783 --> 00:11:38.484
  • Trying to text about the song of solomon in
  • 00:11:38.551 --> 00:11:39.318
  • The song of solomon in a group chat with your wife.
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  • A group chat with your wife. it's a whole situation.
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  • [applause]
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  • But the song of solomon
  • 00:11:48.694 --> 00:11:51.030
  • But the song of solomon is not the only book
  • 00:11:51.097 --> 00:11:53.365
  • Is not the only book that solomon wrote.
  • 00:11:53.432 --> 00:11:55.668
  • That solomon wrote. he also wrote
  • 00:11:55.735 --> 00:11:56.168
  • He also wrote a book called proverbs.
  • 00:11:56.235 --> 00:12:00.473
  • A book called proverbs. and one of those proverbs,
  • 00:12:00.539 --> 00:12:02.742
  • And one of those proverbs, of all the many that he wrote,
  • 00:12:02.808 --> 00:12:05.511
  • Of all the many that he wrote, was proverbs 19:21.
  • 00:12:05.578 --> 00:12:08.347
  • Was proverbs 19:21. and proverbs 19:21 says,
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  • "many are the plans
  • 00:12:10.883 --> 00:12:12.651
  • "many are the plans in a person's heart,
  • 00:12:12.718 --> 00:12:14.787
  • In a person's heart, but it is the lord's
  • 00:12:14.854 --> 00:12:17.156
  • But it is the lord's purpose that prevails."
  • 00:12:17.223 --> 00:12:19.625
  • Purpose that prevails." i wonder when he wrote that,
  • 00:12:19.692 --> 00:12:20.626
  • Did he think back to the moment
  • 00:12:20.726 --> 00:12:23.329
  • Did he think back to the moment where his father david said,
  • 00:12:23.395 --> 00:12:25.531
  • Where his father david said, "i had it in my heart to do it?"
  • 00:12:25.598 --> 00:12:31.237
  • "i had it in my heart to do it?" and i wonder, was it even more
  • 00:12:31.303 --> 00:12:32.171
  • And i wonder, was it even more powerful for solomon,
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  • Powerful for solomon, considering the circumstances
  • 00:12:35.207 --> 00:12:36.475
  • Considering the circumstances of his birth?
  • 00:12:36.542 --> 00:12:40.613
  • Of his birth? solomon was born
  • 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:41.580
  • Solomon was born in a very strange circumstance,
  • 00:12:41.647 --> 00:12:43.182
  • In a very strange circumstance, in a very sorrowful time.
  • 00:12:43.249 --> 00:12:46.352
  • In a very sorrowful time. you see, david's brilliant mind
  • 00:12:46.418 --> 00:12:48.187
  • You see, david's brilliant mind that conceived the temple
  • 00:12:48.254 --> 00:12:50.222
  • That conceived the temple was a mind that was
  • 00:12:50.289 --> 00:12:50.856
  • Was a mind that was also very tempted.
  • 00:12:50.923 --> 00:12:53.359
  • Also very tempted. he built the temple,
  • 00:12:53.425 --> 00:12:54.960
  • He built the temple, but he was tempted,
  • 00:12:55.027 --> 00:12:56.695
  • But he was tempted, a person's heart.
  • 00:12:56.762 --> 00:12:58.497
  • A person's heart. let me stop.
  • 00:12:58.564 --> 00:12:59.465
  • Let me stop. that's what's going on
  • 00:12:59.532 --> 00:13:00.299
  • That's what's going on in you right now.
  • 00:13:00.366 --> 00:13:01.867
  • In you right now. you are a temple
  • 00:13:01.934 --> 00:13:02.568
  • You are a temple that god is building,
  • 00:13:02.635 --> 00:13:03.536
  • That god is building, but you are tempted
  • 00:13:03.602 --> 00:13:05.971
  • But you are tempted not because there's
  • 00:13:06.038 --> 00:13:06.639
  • Not because there's something wrong with you,
  • 00:13:06.705 --> 00:13:07.773
  • Something wrong with you, but because there's something
  • 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:08.641
  • But because there's something god is gonna release
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  • God is gonna release through you.
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  • Through you. and david and all of
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  • And david and all of his creativity could cause
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  • His creativity could cause himself real problems
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  • Himself real problems because many are the plans.
  • 00:13:18.217 --> 00:13:20.486
  • Because many are the plans. he had plans to do good.
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  • He had plans to do good. he had plans to do bad.
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  • He had plans to do bad. many are the plans.
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  • Many are the plans. don't look at me like
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  • Don't look at me like the only word you said
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  • The only word you said this week was, "hallelujah.
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  • This week was, "hallelujah. thank you jesus."
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  • Thank you jesus." many are the plans.
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  • Many are the plans. and david when it was springtime
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  • And david when it was springtime decided not to go
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  • Decided not to go fight the battle.
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  • Fight the battle. and he walked around
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  • And he walked around his rooftop and he saw
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  • His rooftop and he saw a beautiful woman bathing
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  • A beautiful woman bathing and her name is bathsheba.
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  • And her name is bathsheba. and he said, "go and get her,
  • 00:13:42.408 --> 00:13:43.209
  • And he said, "go and get her, i want her."
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  • I want her." and the same mind that
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  • And the same mind that was able to conceive something
  • 00:13:45.845 --> 00:13:47.046
  • Was able to conceive something as beautiful as a temple
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  • As beautiful as a temple conceived a sin
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  • Conceived a sin that he committed
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  • That he committed that was very grievous
  • 00:13:50.950 --> 00:13:51.951
  • That was very grievous in the spite of --
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  • In the spite of -- in the sight of the lord.
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  • In the sight of the lord. in fact, in fact,
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  • In fact, in fact, the lord never even calls
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  • The lord never even calls bathsheba david's wife.
  • 00:13:58.557 --> 00:14:00.860
  • Bathsheba david's wife. it calls him the wife
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  • It calls him the wife of uriah the hittite.
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  • Of uriah the hittite. that was the man that
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  • That was the man that david stole her from,
  • 00:14:05.965 --> 00:14:07.633
  • David stole her from, and the lord didn't like it.
  • 00:14:07.700 --> 00:14:09.735
  • And the lord didn't like it. the lord didn't like it one bit.
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  • The lord didn't like it one bit. many are the plans
  • 00:14:12.104 --> 00:14:13.939
  • Many are the plans in a person's heart.
  • 00:14:14.006 --> 00:14:16.308
  • In a person's heart. the same mind that built
  • 00:14:16.375 --> 00:14:17.509
  • The same mind that built the temple was tempted.
  • 00:14:17.576 --> 00:14:18.878
  • The temple was tempted. it's a struggle of
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  • It's a struggle of flesh and spirit
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  • Flesh and spirit in your life right now.
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  • In your life right now. you understand that
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  • You understand that in the student section?
  • 00:14:23.716 --> 00:14:24.783
  • In the student section? it is a struggle in the spirit
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  • It is a struggle in the spirit for your life right now.
  • 00:14:26.652 --> 00:14:28.320
  • For your life right now. and in one season,
  • 00:14:28.387 --> 00:14:29.355
  • And in one season, david was very courageous.
  • 00:14:29.421 --> 00:14:31.123
  • David was very courageous. and in one season,
  • 00:14:31.190 --> 00:14:31.857
  • And in one season, he was the kind of coward
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  • He was the kind of coward that slept with another
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  • That slept with another man's wife and had
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  • Man's wife and had that man killed on
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  • That man killed on the front lines of battle.
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  • The front lines of battle. and the lord didn't like it.
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  • And the lord didn't like it. and he sent nathan,
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  • And he sent nathan, the same prophet
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  • The same prophet who turned around and said,
  • 00:14:42.268 --> 00:14:43.202
  • Who turned around and said, "hey, you don't get
  • 00:14:43.269 --> 00:14:43.969
  • "hey, you don't get to build the temple,"
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  • To build the temple," years earlier.
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  • Years earlier. he turned around and said,
  • 00:14:45.504 --> 00:14:46.372
  • He turned around and said, "you shouldn't have done that.
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  • "you shouldn't have done that. and there's gonna
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  • And there's gonna be a consequence."
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  • Be a consequence." in fact, the child that was --
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  • The child that was conceived
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  • The child that was conceived from that act died.
  • 00:14:53.612 --> 00:14:56.548
  • From that act died. and david fasted and wept
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  • And david fasted and wept and prayed and wouldn't eat,
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  • And prayed and wouldn't eat, and it still didn't
  • 00:15:00.753 --> 00:15:01.287
  • And it still didn't change the consequence.
  • 00:15:01.353 --> 00:15:04.256
  • Change the consequence. so now in this moment,
  • 00:15:04.323 --> 00:15:05.291
  • So now in this moment, david is very depressed,
  • 00:15:05.357 --> 00:15:08.627
  • Disappointed, and guilty.
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  • Disappointed, and guilty. he probably wrote psalm 51.
  • 00:15:10.562 --> 00:15:12.531
  • He probably wrote psalm 51. he was a man of many songs.
  • 00:15:12.598 --> 00:15:14.800
  • He was a man of many songs. he was also a man of many sins,
  • 00:15:14.867 --> 00:15:17.903
  • He was also a man of many sins, and many sons.
  • 00:15:17.970 --> 00:15:18.604
  • And many sons. many of the plans
  • 00:15:18.671 --> 00:15:20.506
  • Many of the plans in a person's heart.
  • 00:15:20.572 --> 00:15:22.374
  • In a person's heart. but it is the lord's
  • 00:15:22.441 --> 00:15:23.075
  • But it is the lord's purpose that prevails.
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  • Purpose that prevails. and that child was given
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  • And that child was given no name because that
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  • No name because that child never lived.
  • 00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:30.482
  • Child never lived. and after david wept,
  • 00:15:30.549 --> 00:15:32.651
  • And after david wept, he got up and washed
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  • He got up and washed his face and they said,
  • 00:15:33.319 --> 00:15:34.987
  • His face and they said, "have you lost your mind?
  • 00:15:35.054 --> 00:15:36.889
  • "have you lost your mind? the child died
  • 00:15:36.956 --> 00:15:38.924
  • The child died and you're getting up
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  • And you're getting up and eating.
  • 00:15:39.959 --> 00:15:40.492
  • And eating. when the child was still alive,
  • 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:43.095
  • When the child was still alive, you were fasting and praying."
  • 00:15:43.162 --> 00:15:44.229
  • You were fasting and praying." and david said, "well,
  • 00:15:44.296 --> 00:15:45.297
  • And david said, "well, i thought the lord
  • 00:15:45.364 --> 00:15:46.031
  • I thought the lord was gonna heal him,
  • 00:15:46.098 --> 00:15:46.832
  • Was gonna heal him, but now that he didn't,
  • 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:47.499
  • But now that he didn't, i have to move on."
  • 00:15:47.566 --> 00:15:50.235
  • I have to move on." david goes into bathsheba
  • 00:15:50.302 --> 00:15:53.505
  • David goes into bathsheba and he takes his wife
  • 00:15:53.572 --> 00:15:54.340
  • And he takes his wife and he comforts her,
  • 00:15:54.406 --> 00:15:56.542
  • And he comforts her, and he makes love to her,
  • 00:15:56.608 --> 00:15:58.510
  • And he makes love to her, and they conceive a child
  • 00:15:58.577 --> 00:16:01.413
  • And they conceive a child and they named him solomon.
  • 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:05.851
  • And they named him solomon. now decades later,
  • 00:16:05.918 --> 00:16:10.022
  • Now decades later, david had it in his heart
  • 00:16:10.089 --> 00:16:12.191
  • David had it in his heart to build a temple for the lord,
  • 00:16:12.257 --> 00:16:15.194
  • To build a temple for the lord, and he has a plan that god
  • 00:16:15.260 --> 00:16:16.128
  • And he has a plan that god gave him for the temple,
  • 00:16:16.195 --> 00:16:19.131
  • Gave him for the temple, and he has a son that god
  • 00:16:19.198 --> 00:16:20.432
  • And he has a son that god gave him named solomon
  • 00:16:20.499 --> 00:16:22.301
  • Gave him named solomon after the worst
  • 00:16:22.368 --> 00:16:23.068
  • After the worst failure of his life.
  • 00:16:23.135 --> 00:16:26.138
  • Failure of his life. and 1 chronicles 28:11 says
  • 00:16:26.205 --> 00:16:30.275
  • And 1 chronicles 28:11 says that he made a decision.
  • 00:16:30.342 --> 00:16:32.544
  • "then david gave
  • 00:16:32.644 --> 00:16:34.313
  • "then david gave his son solomon the plans."
  • 00:16:34.380 --> 00:16:39.485
  • And isn't it just like god
  • 00:16:39.585 --> 00:16:42.221
  • And isn't it just like god and just like grace
  • 00:16:42.287 --> 00:16:44.757
  • And just like grace that the son that was born
  • 00:16:44.823 --> 00:16:46.258
  • That the son that was born after his worst sin
  • 00:16:46.325 --> 00:16:48.560
  • After his worst sin was the one that god
  • 00:16:48.627 --> 00:16:49.728
  • Was the one that god chose to build the temple
  • 00:16:49.795 --> 00:16:51.497
  • Chose to build the temple that he would live in?
  • 00:16:51.563 --> 00:16:53.899
  • That he would live in? and i want you to begin
  • 00:16:53.966 --> 00:16:54.867
  • And i want you to begin to clap your hands today...
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  • [applause]
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  • Because it doesn't matter
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  • Because it doesn't matter what mistakes you've made...
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  • [applause]
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  • Because it doesn't matter
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  • Because it doesn't matter how much time you've lost...
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  • [applause]
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  • Because it doesn't matter
  • 00:17:06.945 --> 00:17:08.047
  • How bleak it has looked.
  • 00:17:08.147 --> 00:17:09.782
  • How bleak it has looked. it doesn't matter what
  • 00:17:09.848 --> 00:17:10.449
  • It doesn't matter what weapon has been
  • 00:17:10.516 --> 00:17:11.316
  • Weapon has been formed against you.
  • 00:17:11.383 --> 00:17:12.584
  • Formed against you. it doesn't matter
  • 00:17:12.651 --> 00:17:13.719
  • It doesn't matter what the enemy is sowing
  • 00:17:13.786 --> 00:17:14.820
  • What the enemy is sowing in your heart to try
  • 00:17:14.887 --> 00:17:15.988
  • In your heart to try to discourage you.
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  • To discourage you. hand him the plans.
  • 00:17:18.590 --> 00:17:21.160
  • Hand him the plans. hand him the plans.
  • 00:17:21.226 --> 00:17:24.029
  • Hand him the plans. the same son that
  • 00:17:24.096 --> 00:17:25.464
  • Was born of the wife
  • 00:17:25.564 --> 00:17:26.665
  • Was born of the wife that david never
  • 00:17:26.732 --> 00:17:27.800
  • That david never should have even had.
  • 00:17:27.866 --> 00:17:29.034
  • Should have even had. god said, "i will
  • 00:17:29.101 --> 00:17:30.135
  • God said, "i will redeem that too,
  • 00:17:30.202 --> 00:17:32.371
  • Redeem that too, and i will use the mistake
  • 00:17:32.438 --> 00:17:34.206
  • And i will use the mistake that you made," --
  • 00:17:34.273 --> 00:17:35.541
  • That you made," -- i'm preaching to somebody
  • 00:17:35.607 --> 00:17:36.341
  • I'm preaching to somebody and i don't know who it is yet.
  • 00:17:36.408 --> 00:17:38.043
  • And i don't know who it is yet. "i will use the thing that
  • 00:17:38.110 --> 00:17:39.344
  • "i will use the thing that you thought i couldn't use.
  • 00:17:39.411 --> 00:17:41.713
  • You thought i couldn't use. i will take the plans
  • 00:17:41.780 --> 00:17:42.881
  • I will take the plans that i gave you.
  • 00:17:42.948 --> 00:17:44.049
  • That i gave you. i will take the purpose
  • 00:17:44.116 --> 00:17:45.317
  • I will take the purpose that i put in you
  • 00:17:45.384 --> 00:17:46.518
  • That i put in you if you will hand him the plans."
  • 00:17:46.585 --> 00:17:49.922
  • If you will hand him the plans." i'll picture solomon
  • 00:17:49.988 --> 00:17:50.823
  • I'll picture solomon years later sitting down
  • 00:17:50.889 --> 00:17:52.224
  • Years later sitting down with his pen and writing
  • 00:17:52.291 --> 00:17:53.959
  • Proverbs 19:21,
  • 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:56.061
  • Proverbs 19:21, "many are the plans
  • 00:17:56.128 --> 00:17:58.130
  • "many are the plans in a person's heart,
  • 00:17:58.197 --> 00:17:59.965
  • In a person's heart, but it is the lord's
  • 00:18:00.032 --> 00:18:01.433
  • But it is the lord's purpose that prevail."
  • 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:04.603
  • Purpose that prevail." solomon knew, "i wasn't
  • 00:18:04.670 --> 00:18:05.804
  • Solomon knew, "i wasn't even supposed to be here."
  • 00:18:05.871 --> 00:18:07.372
  • Solomon knew, "i wasn't
  • 00:18:07.473 --> 00:18:08.807
  • Solomon knew, "i wasn't even supposed to be born."
  • 00:18:08.874 --> 00:18:10.776
  • Even supposed to be born." solomon knew, "i wasn't born
  • 00:18:10.843 --> 00:18:12.578
  • Solomon knew, "i wasn't born in the best circumstance."
  • 00:18:12.644 --> 00:18:15.047
  • In the best circumstance." but romans 8:28 says,
  • 00:18:15.114 --> 00:18:16.815
  • "all things, all things
  • 00:18:16.915 --> 00:18:21.353
  • "all things, all things mistakes and major successes,
  • 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:23.889
  • Mistakes and major successes, all things.
  • 00:18:23.956 --> 00:18:25.924
  • All things. failures and --
  • 00:18:25.991 --> 00:18:27.126
  • Failures and -- all things work together
  • 00:18:27.192 --> 00:18:31.396
  • All things work together for the good of them
  • 00:18:31.463 --> 00:18:33.265
  • For the good of them that love god and are called
  • 00:18:33.332 --> 00:18:35.467
  • That love god and are called according to his purpose."
  • 00:18:35.534 --> 00:18:37.870
  • According to his purpose." so i am preaching
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  • To somebody today
  • 00:18:39.004 --> 00:18:40.472
  • To somebody today that is not
  • 00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.073
  • That is not living in your plan,
  • 00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:42.908
  • Living in your plan, but you're still in his purpose.
  • 00:18:42.975 --> 00:18:45.010
  • But you're still in his purpose. i'm preaching to somebody today
  • 00:18:45.077 --> 00:18:46.678
  • I'm preaching to somebody today who didn't even follow his plan.
  • 00:18:46.745 --> 00:18:49.047
  • Who didn't even follow his plan. but the lord is so good
  • 00:18:49.114 --> 00:18:50.949
  • But the lord is so good that if you hand him the plan.
  • 00:18:51.016 --> 00:18:53.986
  • That if you hand him the plan. god said, "hand me the plan.
  • 00:18:54.052 --> 00:18:56.455
  • God said, "hand me the plan. if you got ten years left,
  • 00:18:56.522 --> 00:18:58.257
  • If you got ten years left, hand me ten years.
  • 00:18:58.323 --> 00:19:00.025
  • Hand me ten years. if you don't have
  • 00:19:00.092 --> 00:19:00.926
  • If you don't have many brain cells left,
  • 00:19:00.993 --> 00:19:02.794
  • Many brain cells left, hand me the ones you got left.
  • 00:19:02.861 --> 00:19:04.897
  • Hand me the ones you got left. if you got nothing
  • 00:19:04.963 --> 00:19:05.664
  • If you got nothing left to offer me
  • 00:19:05.731 --> 00:19:06.598
  • Left to offer me but a broken heart,"
  • 00:19:06.665 --> 00:19:08.000
  • But a broken heart," lift your hands
  • 00:19:08.066 --> 00:19:08.667
  • Lift your hands with a broken heart
  • 00:19:08.734 --> 00:19:10.269
  • With a broken heart and bless the name
  • 00:19:10.335 --> 00:19:11.069
  • And bless the name of the lord
  • 00:19:11.136 --> 00:19:12.304
  • Of the lord and hand him the plan.
  • 00:19:12.371 --> 00:19:16.041
  • [applause]
  • 00:19:16.275 --> 00:19:20.078
  • Stand to your feet
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  • Stand to your feet and do just like this
  • 00:19:22.648 --> 00:19:24.249
  • And do just like this and hand him the plan.
  • 00:19:24.316 --> 00:19:29.788
  • And hand him the plan. hand him the plan
  • 00:19:29.855 --> 00:19:34.126
  • Hand him the plan where you thought
  • 00:19:34.193 --> 00:19:34.626
  • Where you thought you'd be by now.
  • 00:19:34.693 --> 00:19:36.962
  • You'd be by now. you're thinking too small,
  • 00:19:37.029 --> 00:19:39.498
  • You're thinking too small, what you thought you
  • 00:19:39.565 --> 00:19:40.165
  • What you thought you were supposed to be.
  • 00:19:40.232 --> 00:19:41.200
  • Were supposed to be. you're looking at
  • 00:19:41.266 --> 00:19:41.633
  • You're looking at the wrong blueprint.
  • 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.769
  • The wrong blueprint. hand him the plan.
  • 00:19:43.835 --> 00:19:45.370
  • Hand him the plan. you are his temple.
  • 00:19:45.437 --> 00:19:48.974
  • You are his temple. hand him the plan.
  • 00:19:49.041 --> 00:19:51.109
  • Hand him the plan. let him build it
  • 00:19:51.176 --> 00:19:52.010
  • Let him build it how he knows to build it.
  • 00:19:52.077 --> 00:19:53.879
  • How he knows to build it. let him bring who
  • 00:19:53.946 --> 00:19:54.746
  • Let him bring who he wants to bring.
  • 00:19:54.813 --> 00:19:55.814
  • He wants to bring. let him remove
  • 00:19:55.881 --> 00:19:56.415
  • Let him remove who he wants to remove.
  • 00:19:56.481 --> 00:19:57.716
  • Who he wants to remove. let him do what
  • 00:19:57.783 --> 00:19:58.584
  • Let him do what he wants to do.
  • 00:19:58.650 --> 00:19:59.418
  • He wants to do. many are the plans
  • 00:19:59.484 --> 00:20:01.653
  • Many are the plans in a person's heart
  • 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.387
  • In a person's heart but it is the lord's
  • 00:20:02.454 --> 00:20:04.456
  • But it is the lord's purpose that prevails.
  • 00:20:04.523 --> 00:20:07.859
  • Purpose that prevails. now if you take your hands
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  • Now if you take your hands and just put them like this,
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  • And just put them like this, just like that,
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  • Just like that, i think what the lord wants us
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  • I think what the lord wants us to take away from this message
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  • To take away from this message that holly can cover
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  • That holly can cover in highlights.
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  • In highlights. hand me my tight shot please.
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  • Hand me my tight shot please. is you need to be
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  • Is you need to be open-handed with the plan,
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  • Open-handed with the plan
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  • Open-handed with the plan but keep a firm grip
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  • But keep a firm grip on the purpose.
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  • On the purpose. open-handed with the plan,
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  • Open-handed with the plan, but i'm certain
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  • But i'm certain about the purpose.
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  • About the purpose. i know god wants to get
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  • I know god wants to get glory out of my life.
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  • I know he wants to get
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  • I know he wants to get glory out of my life.
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  • Glory out of my life. i know god wants to fill
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  • I know god wants to fill this temple with glory.
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  • This temple with glory. i know god wants to work
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  • I know god wants to work all things together for good.
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  • [applause]
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  • So i'mma ask you
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  • So i'mma ask you one more thing.
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  • One more thing. was bathsheba part of
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  • Was bathsheba part of the blueprint too?
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  • The blueprint too? if he works all things together,
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  • If he works all things together, do you really think there's
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  • Do you really think there's anything about you that would
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  • Anything about you that would stop him from building?
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  • Stop him from building? stop letting the enemy
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  • Stop letting the enemy cut you off at the place
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  • Cut you off at the place of your last mistake.
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  • [applause]
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  • Fast, pray, repent, do better,
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  • Fast, pray, repent, do better, and move on because it is
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  • And move on because it is the lord's purpose
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  • The lord's purpose that prevails.
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  • That prevails. and this is a strong word.
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  • And this is a strong word. it is a strong word.
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  • It is a strong word. it is hard to hand him the plan.
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  • It is hard to hand him the plan. it's hard to say, "okay, god,
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  • It's hard to say, "okay, god, you know my kids aren't
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  • You know my kids aren't turning out like
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  • Turning out like i think they should."
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  • I think they should." wait, stop and think
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  • Wait, stop and think about that for a minute.
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  • About that for a minute. my kids aren't turning out
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  • My kids aren't turning out how i think they should.
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  • How i think they should. i can't get them to do
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  • I can't get them to do what i want them to do.
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  • What i want them to do. you can't even get you to do
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  • You can't even get you to do what you want you to do.
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  • What you want you to do. hand him the plan.
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  • Hand him the plan. clap those hands real quick
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  • Clap those hands real quick or i'mma keep prophesying.
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  • Or i'mma keep prophesying. open-handed.
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  • Open-handed. so when you go to lunch today,
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  • So when you go to lunch today, realize that you not
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  • Realize that you not only heard four points,
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  • Only heard four points, but you learned a proverb.
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  • You learned that
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  • You learned that many are the plans.
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  • Many are the plans. and watch this plans.
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  • And watch this plans. if the first one didn't work,
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  • If the first one didn't work, god's already got
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  • God's already got another one cooking.
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  • [clapping]
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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. that's where
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  • That's where the battleground is.
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  • The battleground is. that's where the fight is.
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  • That's where the fight is. god's looking for a person
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  • God's looking for a person after his own heart,
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  • After his own heart, but it is the lord's.
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  • But it is the lord's. open your hands
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  • Open your hands one more time.
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  • One more time. it is the lord's.
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  • It is the lord's. whatever you need
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  • Whatever you need to give him today.
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  • To give him today. you know what it is.
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  • You know what it is. i don't know what it is.
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  • I don't know what it is. i don't live with you.
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  • I don't live with you. you know what it is.
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  • You know what it is. say, "it is the lord's."
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  • Say, "it is the lord's." >> congregation: it is
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  • >> congregation: it is the lord's.
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  • The lord's. >> purpose that prevails.
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  • >> purpose that prevails. god, i thank you that
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  • In spite of everything
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  • In spite of everything that i've gone through,
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  • That i've gone through, all things are working together
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  • All things are working together for the good of those
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  • For the good of those who love you and are called
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  • Who love you and are called according to your purpose.
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  • According to your purpose. and now, lord,
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  • And now, lord, we hand you the plan.
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  • We hand you the plan. we hand you the plan
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  • We hand you the plan for what it looks like to be us
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  • For what it looks like to be us in this season of our life.
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  • In this season of our life. we hand you the plan
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  • We hand you the plan for the space we think
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  • For the space we think we're supposed to occupy.
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  • We're supposed to occupy. we offer ourselves to you.
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  • >> thank you so much
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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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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ who am i ♪
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  • ♪ that you keep me ♪
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  • ♪ on your mind ♪
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  • ♪ god i'm just ♪
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  • ♪ grateful for you ♪
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  • ♪ i'm just grateful for you ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ o rock o rock of ages ♪
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  • ♪ i'm standing on ♪
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  • ♪ your faithfulness ♪
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  • ♪ on your faithfulness ♪
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  • ♪ oh we call your name lord ♪
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  • ♪ i'm calling on ♪
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  • ♪ the god of mary ♪
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  • ♪ whose favor rests ♪
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  • ♪ upon the lowly ♪
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  • ♪ i know with you ♪
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  • ♪ all things are possible yes ♪
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  • ♪ i'm calling on ♪
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  • ♪ the god of david ♪
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  • ♪ yes lord ♪
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  • ♪ who made a shepherd boy ♪
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  • ♪ courageous ♪
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  • ♪ i may not face goliath ♪
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  • ♪ but i've got my own giants ♪
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  • ♪ o god my god ♪
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  • ♪ i need you ♪
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  • ♪ o god my god ♪
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  • ♪ i need you now ♪
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  • ♪ how i need you now yes ♪
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  • ♪ o rock o rock of ages ♪
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  • ♪ i'm standing on ♪
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  • ♪ your faithfulness ♪
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  • ♪ on your faithfulness ♪
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  • ♪ oh yes ♪
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  • ♪ o god my god ♪
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  • ♪ i need you ♪
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  • ♪ o god my god ♪
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  • ♪ i need you now ♪
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  • ♪ how i need you now yeah ♪
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  • ♪ o rock o rock of ages ♪
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  • ♪ i'm standing on ♪
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