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Steven Furtick - The Hardest Part Is Behind You (Part 1)

January 12, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - The Hardest Part Is Behind You (Part 1)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The Hardest Part Is Behind You (Part 1) | January 12, 2026
  • >> announcer: up next,
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  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor stephen furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking to strengthen
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  • Your faith and shift your
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  • Perspective, stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> 1 corinthians 13,
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  • >> 1 corinthians 13, which is normally a scripture
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  • Which is normally a scripture you only hear at a wedding.
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  • You only hear at a wedding. i don't know if somebody
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  • I don't know if somebody is getting married today
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  • Is getting married today or if the lord
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  • Or if the lord sent me to prophesy,
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  • Sent me to prophesy, but i'm preaching
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  • But i'm preaching from 1 corinthians 13
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  • From 1 corinthians 13 and specifically
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  • And specifically from verse 8-11,
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  • From verse 8-11, which is not commonly
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  • Which is not commonly what they read
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  • What they read at the weddings but this
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  • At the weddings but this is one of the most powerful
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  • Is one of the most powerful i thought's in the bible.
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  • I thought's in the bible. i taught last week about
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  • I taught last week about a god thought
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  • A god thought and an i thought,
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  • And an i thought, and an i thought can
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  • And an i thought can sometimes lead you
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  • Sometimes lead you in isolation,
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  • In isolation, it can lead you to do things
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  • It can lead you to do things that are impulsive,
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  • That are impulsive, it can lead you to insecurity.
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  • It can lead you to insecurity. i.
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  • I. all those start
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  • All those start with the letter "i".
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  • With the letter "i". so we're exchanging
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  • So we're exchanging that now for god thoughts.
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  • That now for god thoughts. and, the most famous i thought
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  • And, the most famous i thought in the bible is
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  • In the bible is in 1 corinthians 13.
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  • In 1 corinthians 13. let me start with verse 8
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  • Let me start with verse 8 to give context.
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  • To give context. and we don't stand
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  • And we don't stand the whole time,
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  • The whole time, we're just standing for
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  • We're just standing for the reading of god's word
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  • The reading of god's word 'cause it's his word
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  • 'cause it's his word and he's holy
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  • And he's holy and he's amazing,
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  • And he's amazing, and he deserves it.
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  • And he deserves it. we give him our full attention.
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  • We give him our full attention. so everyone standing to your
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  • So everyone standing to your feet listen to the word of god.
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  • "love never fails.
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  • "love never fails. but where there are prophecies,
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  • But where there are prophecies, they will cease;
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  • They will cease; where there are tongues,
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  • Where there are tongues, they will be stilled;
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  • They will be stilled; where there is knowledge,
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  • Where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
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  • It will pass away. for we know in part
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  • For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
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  • And we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes,
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  • But when completeness comes, what is in part disappears."
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  • What is in part disappears." here's the verse
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  • Here's the verse i wanna read you.
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  • I wanna read you. "when i was a child,
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  • "when i was a child, i talked like a child,
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  • I talked like a child, i thought like a child,
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  • I thought like a child, i reasoned like a child.
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  • I reasoned like a child. when i became a man,"
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  • When i became a man," and got this hair on my chest.
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  • And got this hair on my chest. when i became a man and got
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  • When i became a man and got these grays in my beard.
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  • These grays in my beard. "when i became a man i put
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  • "when i became a man i put the ways of childhood
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  • The ways of childhood behind me."
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  • Behind me." and the title of this message
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  • Is a declaration today.
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  • Is a declaration today. so, turn to your neighbor
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  • So, turn to your neighbor and say,
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  • And say, "i don't know what
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  • "i don't know what you're going through."
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  • You're going through." >> congregation: i don't know
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  • >> congregation: i don't know what you're going through.
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  • What you're going through. >> look right at 'em
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  • >> look right at 'em and say, "but the hardest part.
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  • And say, "but the hardest part. >> congregation: but the
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  • >> congregation: but the hardest part.
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  • Hardest part. >> is behind you."
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  • >> is behind you." >> congregation: is behind you.
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  • [applause]
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  • >> mm-hmm.
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  • >> mm-hmm. mm-hmm.
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  • Mm-hmm. i knew it.
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  • I knew it. i knew that was
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  • I knew that was the word of the lord.
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  • [applause]
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  • The devil fought me
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  • The devil fought me all night last night telling me,
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  • All night last night telling me, "you can't stand up
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  • "you can't stand up and preach that.
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  • And preach that. what if they have something
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  • What if they have something negative in their
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  • Negative in their future this week?
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  • Future this week? what if they have something
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  • What if they have something disappointing in their
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  • Disappointing in their future this week?
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  • Future this week? you don't know what
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  • You don't know what they're going through."
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  • They're going through." but the word of the lord
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  • But the word of the lord is the hardest part.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Is behind you.
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  • [applause]
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  • Tell three people,
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  • Tell three people, "it's behind you."
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  • "it's behind you." put it in the chat.
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  • Put it in the chat. on your way to your
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  • On your way to your seat tell 'em,
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  • Seat tell 'em, "it's behind you,
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  • "it's behind you, it's behind you.
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  • It's behind you. it's behind you."
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  • It's behind you." credit where credit is due,
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  • Credit where credit is due, i stole that title from holly.
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  • [laughter]
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  • It's something that she says
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  • It's something that she says when we go out
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  • When we go out on elevation nights,
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  • On elevation nights, which we are coming
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  • Which we are coming to a city near you soon
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  • To a city near you soon in october so go
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  • In october so go to elevationnights.com.
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  • To elevationnights.com. and usually after
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  • And usually after a few songs holly
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  • A few songs holly and i will take the stage
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  • And i will take the stage and welcome the people,
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  • And welcome the people, and greet them
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  • And greet them and it's always
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  • And it's always so exciting.
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  • So exciting. and we thank them,
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  • And we thank them, for coming and we make
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  • For coming and we make a few little jokes.
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  • A few little jokes. and then she always tells
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  • And then she always tells the people something like this,
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  • The people something like this, i may not get
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  • I may not get the wording exactly right,
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  • The wording exactly right, she's like,
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  • She's like, "i don't know what you
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  • "i don't know what you had to go through
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  • Had to go through to get here tonight,
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  • To get here tonight, i don't know
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  • I don't know if the parking deck was a mess,
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  • If the parking deck was a mess, i don't know if your
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  • I don't know if your babysitter canceled,
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  • Babysitter canceled, i don't know if you had
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  • I don't know if you had the stomach flu earlier
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  • The stomach flu earlier this week,
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  • This week, but you decided to come
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  • But you decided to come contagious anyway.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But just relax now because
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  • But just relax now because the hard part is behind you.
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  • The hard part is behind you. you're here."
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  • And i can kinda see
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  • And i can kinda see when people sit down after
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  • When people sit down after she says that that maybe
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  • She says that that maybe they're glad to hear that
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  • They're glad to hear that or maybe they're
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  • Or maybe they're a little skeptical because
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  • A little skeptical because you can't really say that
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  • You can't really say that to them because they still
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  • To them because they still have to get out of the parking
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  • Have to get out of the parking garage after the concert.
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  • Garage after the concert. so they know, like,
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  • "okay, well the hardest
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  • "okay, well the hardest part is not behind me,
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  • Part is not behind me, technically because i have
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  • Technically because i have to actually,
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  • To actually, like, leave and then
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  • Like, leave and then i have to go back home
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  • I have to go back home where i don't have an amazing
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  • Where i don't have an amazing worship team singing songs
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  • Worship team singing songs of praise to me,
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  • Of praise to me, and where everybody
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  • And where everybody is not a christian.
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  • Is not a christian. i have to go back to a job
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  • I have to go back to a job where not everybody
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  • Where not everybody believes like i believe."
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  • Believes like i believe." but yet there's something
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  • But yet there's something about when she says it
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  • About when she says it i think it's so important.
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  • I think it's so important. she's just letting them know
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  • She's just letting them know that everything that the enemy
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  • That everything that the enemy could have done to keep you
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  • Could have done to keep you from getting here tonight,
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  • From getting here tonight, you made it,
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  • You made it, and now just take it in
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  • And now just take it in and just receive it.
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  • And just receive it. and i wanna say that
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  • And i wanna say that to those of you
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  • To those of you at elevation today.
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  • At elevation today. you got here,
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  • You got here, you got here.
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  • [applause]
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  • You got here.
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  • You got here. bought a plane ticket
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  • Bought a plane ticket or took a scooter
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  • Or took a scooter but you got here.
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  • But you got here. bummed a ride,
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  • Bummed a ride, paid for an uber,
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  • Paid for an uber, but you got here.
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  • But you got here. it's something encouraging
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  • It's something encouraging about when she says that,
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  • About when she says that, the hardest part
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  • The hardest part is behind you.
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  • Is behind you. now, just receive,
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  • Now, just receive, just sing,
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  • Just sing, just worship god
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  • Just worship god where you're like,
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  • Where you're like, "yeah that's so good to hear."
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  • "yeah that's so good to hear." whether you're in the middle
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  • Whether you're in the middle of a worship service
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  • Of a worship service or a workout.
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  • Or a workout. i used to do this thing
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  • I used to do this thing called p90x with dvd's
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  • Called p90x with dvd's and the man would tell
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  • And the man would tell you about 40 minutes
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  • You about 40 minutes through the workout,
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  • Through the workout, "now the hardest part
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  • "now the hardest part is behind you.
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  • Is behind you. it's all down hill from here."
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  • It's all down hill from here." and it was good that
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  • And it was good that he said that because
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  • He said that because i was just about to hit stop
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  • I was just about to hit stop on the dvd and get a partial
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  • On the dvd and get a partial credit for the day.
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  • Credit for the day. but there's something
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  • But there's something about hearing that, like,
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  • About hearing that, like, "the hardest part is behind."
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  • "the hardest part is behind." you're done with
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  • You're done with the hardest part,
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  • The hardest part, everything from here
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  • Everything from here on out is just to cool down.
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  • On out is just to cool down. everything from here on out
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  • Everything from here on out is gonna be fine.
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  • Is gonna be fine. the hardest part is behind you.
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  • The hardest part is behind you. of course, there are parts
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  • Of course, there are parts of your life
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  • Of your life and parts of my life that
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  • And parts of my life that the other one doesn't know,
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  • The other one doesn't know, you know.
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  • You know. i'm not sure what all the parts
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  • I'm not sure what all the parts of your life that you are
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  • Of your life that you are considering today or the parts
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  • Considering today or the parts of your life that have led you
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  • Of your life that have led you to this moment have been,
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  • To this moment have been, but i do know that
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  • But i do know that the apostle paul says
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  • The apostle paul says something so profound
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  • Something so profound in 1 corinthians 13:8 which is
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  • In 1 corinthians 13:8 which is a wedding scripture, remember.
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  • A wedding scripture, remember. and then the people getting
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  • And then the people getting married after they read
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  • Married after they read 1 corinthians 13
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  • 1 corinthians 13 and the wedding is over
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  • And the wedding is over they think that when the wedding
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  • They think that when the wedding is over the hard part is
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  • Is over the hard part is over of the relationship
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  • Over of the relationship after they have sailed
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  • After they have sailed in bliss to their honeymoon.
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  • In bliss to their honeymoon. so, it's kind of ironic that
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  • So, it's kind of ironic that i'm using this chapter
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  • I'm using this chapter to teach this principle.
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  • But he says something
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  • But he says something about love never failing
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  • About love never failing and then he says,
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  • And then he says, "where there are prophesies
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  • "where there are prophesies they will cease,
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  • They will cease, where there are tongues
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  • Where there are tongues they will be stilled,
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  • They will be stilled, where there is knowledge
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  • Where there is knowledge it will pass away."
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  • It will pass away." verse 9,
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  • Verse 9, "for we know in part."
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  • "for we know in part." everybody say, "we know.
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  • Everybody say, "we know. >> congregation: we know.
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  • >> in part."
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  • >> in part." >> congregation: in part.
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  • >> congregation: in part. >> use your mouth and say it,
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  • >> use your mouth and say it, "we know.
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  • "we know. >> congregation: we know.
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  • >> congregation: we know. >> in part."
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  • >> in part." >> congregation: in part.
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  • >> congregation: in part. >> and to me,
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  • >> and to me, that scripture keeps me humble.
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  • That scripture keeps me humble. to me,
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  • To me, that scripture keeps me open,
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  • That scripture keeps me open, that scripture keeps me aware
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  • That scripture keeps me aware that there are some things
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  • That there are some things that i know about god,
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  • That i know about god, but i know in part.
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  • But i know in part. in part.
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  • In part. and anything that i know about
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  • And anything that i know about god is a thing that is a part
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  • God is a thing that is a part of a thing that is
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  • Of a thing that is a part of a thing,
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  • That is a part of a thing
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  • That is a part of a thing that is a part of a thing,
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  • That is a part of a thing, that is a part of a thing
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  • That is a part of a thing that encompasses all things.
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  • That encompasses all things. so for example,
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  • So for example, i like to use musical examples.
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  • I like to use musical examples. "e," -- turn the guitar
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  • "e," -- turn the guitar volume up and just
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  • Volume up and just play really quickly --
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  • Play really quickly -- and i may do this illustration
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  • More in depth next week,
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  • More in depth next week, but just to set the table,
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  • But just to set the table, play the high "e" string
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  • Play the high "e" string of that guitar.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • That string is a thing.
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  • That string is a thing. it's a thing.
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  • It's a thing. play it again,
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  • Play it again, the high "e" string.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Now, i want you to play
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  • Now, i want you to play an entire "e" chord,
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  • An entire "e" chord, including the high "e" string,
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  • Including the high "e" string, but not limited to.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Play the high "e" string.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • That's a thing.
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  • That's a thing. play the" e" chord.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • It's a thing
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  • It's a thing that's a part of a thing.
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  • That's a part of a thing. it's a string that's a part
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  • It's a string that's a part of a guitar, okay?
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  • Of a guitar, okay? now, the guitar is a thing
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  • Now, the guitar is a thing that's a part of a thing.
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  • That's a part of a thing. zoom out and get
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  • Zoom out and get the whole band real quick.
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  • The whole band real quick. i want the whole band
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  • I want the whole band to swell like the majesty
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  • To swell like the majesty and glory and the holiness
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  • And glory and the holiness of the lord is about
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  • Of the lord is about to enter the room
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  • To enter the room and i want the whole band,
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  • And i want the whole band, when i say three,
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  • When i say three, play a beautiful "e" chord
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  • Play a beautiful "e" chord with symbol swells,
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  • With symbol swells, but not too much symbols
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  • But not too much symbols because it'll get tinny
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  • Because it'll get tinny and it'll be unbearable
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  • And it'll be unbearable to our ears and it'll ruin
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  • To our ears and it'll ruin my illustration.
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  • My illustration. but just on the count of three,
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  • But just on the count of three, everybody swell
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  • Everybody swell on the "e" chord.
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  • On the "e" chord. one, two, three, and.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Beautiful.
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  • Beautiful. i felt very powerful doing
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  • I felt very powerful doing that by the way.
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  • That by the way. you should try it sometimes.
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  • You should try it sometimes. that's amazing.
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  • That's amazing. the string is a thing,
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  • The string is a thing, that's a part of a thing,
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  • That's a part of a thing, the guitar.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • And the guitar is a part
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  • And the guitar is a part of a thing that's called a band.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • And the thing that's a
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  • And the thing that's a part of a thing
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  • Part of a thing that's a part of a thing
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  • That's a part of a thing is a part of a thing
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  • Is a part of a thing called elevation worship.
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  • Called elevation worship. and elevation worship is part
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  • And elevation worship is part of a thing called
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  • Of a thing called the body of christ.
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  • The body of christ. and the body of christ
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  • And the body of christ is part of a thing called
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  • Is part of a thing called the kingdom of god.
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  • The kingdom of god. it's a thing that's
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  • It's a thing that's a part of a thing,
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  • A part of a thing, that's a part of a thing,
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  • That's a part of a thing, that's a part of a thing,
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  • That's a part of a thing, that's a part of a thing.
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  • That's a part of a thing. i'm preaching this week
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  • I'm preaching this week about a thing that's
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  • About a thing that's a part of a thing that's
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  • A part of a thing that's a part of a thing
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  • A part of a thing that's a part
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  • That's a part of a thing in your life.
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  • Of a thing in your life. and it may be a hard thing
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  • And it may be a hard thing or it may be a good thing,
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  • Or it may be a good thing, but if it's a hard thing,
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  • But if it's a hard thing, i wanna remind you that even
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  • I wanna remind you that even a hard thing is just a thing
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  • A hard thing is just a thing that's a part of a thing
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  • That's a part of a thing that's a part of a thing
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  • That's a part of a thing that's a part of a thing.
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  • [applause]
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  • Tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "it's a part of a thing.
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  • "it's a part of a thing. >> congregation: it's a part
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  • >> congregation: it's a part of a thing.
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  • Of a thing. >> that's a part of a thing.
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  • >> that's a part of a thing. >> congregation: that's
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  • >> congregation: that's a part of a thing.
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  • A part of a thing. >> that's a part of a thing."
  • 00:10:13.532 --> 00:10:14.367
  • >> that's a part of a thing." >> congregation: that's a part
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  • >> congregation: that's a part of a thing.
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  • Of a thing. >> so never judge an incidence
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  • >> so never judge an incidence in isolation because it may
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  • In isolation because it may be a bad thing that's serving
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  • Be a bad thing that's serving a bigger purpose.
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  • A bigger purpose. we know in part.
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  • We know in part. we prophesy in part.
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  • We prophesy in part. and so we can never judge
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  • And so we can never judge a god who has purpose,
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  • A god who has purpose, that is eternal,
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  • That is eternal, by the part that we know
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  • By the part that we know that is not permanent.
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  • That is not permanent. 1 corinthians 13 is not really
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  • 1 corinthians 13 is not really a chapter about love,
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  • A chapter about love, it uses love as an example,
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  • It uses love as an example, but it's really
  • 00:10:43.162 --> 00:10:44.196
  • But it's really a chapter about pride.
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  • A chapter about pride. the corinthian church that paul
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  • The corinthian church that paul is writing to has not yet
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  • Is writing to has not yet learned the lesson that
  • 00:10:52.738 --> 00:10:54.273
  • Learned the lesson that the gifts god gives you
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  • The gifts god gives you are for service, not status.
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  • Are for service, not status. so they are running around
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  • Trying to impress others
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  • Trying to impress others with gifts that god gave
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  • With gifts that god gave them to edify others.
  • 00:11:05.818 --> 00:11:07.787
  • Them to edify others. sometimes we misuse
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  • Sometimes we misuse and don't steward what god
  • 00:11:09.755 --> 00:11:11.057
  • And don't steward what god gave us in service.
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  • Gave us in service. and not only is paul correcting
  • 00:11:13.192 --> 00:11:14.593
  • And not only is paul correcting their sexual immorality,
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  • Their sexual immorality, but he is correcting
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  • But he is correcting their vision and their
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  • Perspective on their priorities.
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  • Perspective on their priorities. they are tending to prioritize
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  • They are tending to prioritize things that are temporary
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  • Things that are temporary over things that are eternal.
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  • Over things that are eternal. now i want to lay this
  • 00:11:28.274 --> 00:11:28.941
  • Now i want to lay this foundation and we're going
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  • Foundation and we're going to get very practical,
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  • To get very practical, but go back with me
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  • But go back with me real quick to verse 8
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  • Where it says,
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  • Where it says, "love never fails.
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  • "love never fails. where there are prophecies,
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  • Where there are prophecies, they will cease.
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  • They will cease. where there are tongues,
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  • Where there are tongues, they will be still,
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  • They will be still, and where there is knowledge,
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  • And where there is knowledge, it will pass away."
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  • It will pass away." there's coming a time when
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  • You'll go to heaven
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  • You'll go to heaven and you won't need knowledge.
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  • And you won't need knowledge. you won't even
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  • You won't even really need faith.
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  • Really need faith. you'll have sight.
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  • You'll have sight. you'll be complete in jesus.
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  • You'll be complete in jesus. and when what
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  • And when what is complete has come,
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  • Is complete has come, everything that is imperfect
  • 00:11:59.905 --> 00:12:01.574
  • Everything that is imperfect or partial disappears.
  • 00:12:01.640 --> 00:12:03.843
  • Or partial disappears. until then, we
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  • Until then, we walk by faith.
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  • Walk by faith. but what paul is doing
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  • But what paul is doing is far deeper than getting
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  • Is far deeper than getting us to wait on a future day
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  • Us to wait on a future day when we're going to see
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  • When we're going to see jesus face to face.
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  • Jesus face to face. and we won't need someone
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  • And we won't need someone to interpret tongues
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  • To interpret tongues because we'll hear
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  • Because we'll hear his voice directly.
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  • His voice directly. and we won't need someone
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  • And we won't need someone to be able to prophesy
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  • To be able to prophesy in our future because
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  • In our future because we will be seated with
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  • We will be seated with the one who holds the future.
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  • The one who holds the future. he's far beyond that
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  • He's far beyond that and he's trying to get you
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  • And he's trying to get you to see the difference between
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  • To see the difference between what is permanent
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  • What is permanent and what is passing.
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  • And what is passing. what is permanent
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  • What is permanent and what is passing.
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  • And what is passing. let's read verse 8 again.
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  • "where there are prophecies,
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  • "where there are prophecies, they will cease."
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  • They will cease." that's foretelling
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  • That's foretelling or forth telling about
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  • Or forth telling about the future by the spirit of god.
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  • The future by the spirit of god. we'll need that in heaven.
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  • We'll need that in heaven. "where there are tongues,
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  • "where there are tongues, they will be still."
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  • They will be still." that's a heavenly language,
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  • That's a heavenly language, but if you're in heaven,
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  • But if you're in heaven, you already speak heaven
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  • You already speak heaven as your first language.
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  • As your first language. it's your native language,
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  • It's your native language, so you won't need it anymore.
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  • So you won't need it anymore. love never fails,
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  • Love never fails, love never goes away.
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  • Love never goes away. "but prophecies will cease
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  • "but prophecies will cease and tongues will be
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  • And tongues will be still and even knowledge,"
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  • Still and even knowledge," i wanna get this verse up
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  • I wanna get this verse up there in verse 8,
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  • There in verse 8, "will pass away."
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  • "will pass away." it will pass away.
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  • It will pass away. circle the phrase
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  • Circle the phrase for me, justin.
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  • For me, justin. it will pass.
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  • It will pass. it will pass.
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  • It will pass. and that's what paul
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  • And that's what paul is trying to get you to see
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  • Is trying to get you to see about some of the things
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  • That you think are
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  • That you think are so important in your life,
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  • So important in your life, it will pass.
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  • It will pass. paul is trying to get us
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  • Paul is trying to get us to understand in 1 corinthians,
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  • To understand in 1 corinthians, which is a letter to a church
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  • Which is a letter to a church that was confused about
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  • That was confused about priorities and was carnal
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  • Priorities and was carnal in their understanding,
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  • In their understanding, that some of the things
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  • That some of the things that you're busy toning up
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  • And some of the things that
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  • And some of the things that you're busy tightening
  • 00:13:49.014 --> 00:13:50.716
  • You're busy tightening and some of the tricks
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  • And some of the tricks that you're busy
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  • That you're busy perfecting on this earth
  • 00:13:52.585 --> 00:13:54.954
  • Perfecting on this earth are just solving temporary
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  • Are just solving temporary problems that really
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  • Problems that really have no eternal value.
  • 00:13:57.556 --> 00:14:00.125
  • Have no eternal value. and although they matter,
  • 00:14:00.192 --> 00:14:01.160
  • They are not supreme,
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  • They are not supreme, it cannot be the priority.
  • 00:14:02.461 --> 00:14:05.865
  • It cannot be the priority. i wanna stop prioritizing things
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  • I wanna stop prioritizing things that are going to pass away.
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  • That are going to pass away. don't you?
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  • Don't you? >> congregation: yes.
  • 00:14:10.970 --> 00:14:11.737
  • >> congregation: yes. >> i wanna stop putting things
  • 00:14:11.804 --> 00:14:13.005
  • >> i wanna stop putting things first that are going
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  • First that are going to fade in the end.
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  • To fade in the end. i wanna stop giving all of my
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  • I wanna stop giving all of my attention to things that
  • 00:14:18.043 --> 00:14:19.044
  • Attention to things that are not assets
  • 00:14:19.111 --> 00:14:20.212
  • Are not assets but liabilities spiritually.
  • 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.915
  • But liabilities spiritually. so the difference between what
  • 00:14:22.982 --> 00:14:24.717
  • So the difference between what is permanent and what is passing
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  • Is permanent and what is passing is to me the essence
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  • Is to me the essence of 1 corinthians 13.
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  • Of 1 corinthians 13. you came in this morning
  • 00:14:31.757 --> 00:14:32.725
  • You came in this morning and said,
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  • And said, "pastor steven,
  • 00:14:33.359 --> 00:14:34.026
  • "pastor steven, what is the essence
  • 00:14:34.093 --> 00:14:34.927
  • What is the essence of 1 corinthians 13?"
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  • Of 1 corinthians 13?" i would say to you,
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  • I would say to you, with much confidence,
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  • With much confidence, the difference between
  • 00:14:40.232 --> 00:14:42.001
  • The difference between what is passing
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  • What is passing and what is permanent.
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  • And what is permanent. write those two words down
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  • Write those two words down in your notebook:
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  • In your notebook: passing and permanent.
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  • Passing and permanent. passing and permanent.
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  • And paul says that
  • 00:14:55.114 --> 00:14:55.714
  • And paul says that love never fails,
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  • Love never fails, but everything else
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  • But everything else will pass away.
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  • Will pass away. it will pass.
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  • It will pass. maybe the lord is saying that
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  • About a storm that you're
  • 00:15:09.028 --> 00:15:10.229
  • About a storm that you're going through in your life.
  • 00:15:10.296 --> 00:15:11.196
  • Going through in your life. it will pass.
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  • It will pass. i just wanna stop and minister
  • 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.700
  • I just wanna stop and minister this to somebody today.
  • 00:15:14.767 --> 00:15:16.702
  • This to somebody today. maybe it's about the sadness
  • 00:15:16.769 --> 00:15:18.337
  • Maybe it's about the sadness that you feel and the grief
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  • That you feel and the grief in the season that
  • 00:15:20.172 --> 00:15:20.806
  • In the season that you're going through.
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  • You're going through. it will pass.
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  • It will pass. that's why we've got to get you,
  • 00:15:23.909 --> 00:15:25.210
  • That's why we've got to get you, somehow, to keep going through
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  • Somehow, to keep going through this valley that you're going
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  • This valley that you're going through right now
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  • Through right now because it will pass.
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  • Because it will pass. tell your neighbor tenderly,
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  • Tell your neighbor tenderly, "it will pass."
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  • "it will pass." >> congregation: it will pass.
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  • >> congregation: it will pass. >> put it in the chat,
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  • >> put it in the chat, "it will pass."
  • 00:15:35.454 --> 00:15:36.355
  • "it will pass." >> congregation: it will pass.
  • 00:15:36.422 --> 00:15:37.256
  • >> congregation: it will pass. >> whether it's a valley
  • 00:15:37.323 --> 00:15:38.223
  • >> whether it's a valley you don't wanna go through
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  • You don't wanna go through or a mountain that you
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  • Or a mountain that you really like standing on top of,
  • 00:15:40.025 --> 00:15:42.027
  • Really like standing on top of, it will pass.
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  • It will pass. that trophy isn't going
  • 00:15:44.129 --> 00:15:45.564
  • That trophy isn't going last forever, it will pass.
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  • Last forever, it will pass. even the greatest relationship
  • 00:15:48.734 --> 00:15:50.569
  • Even the greatest relationship in your life,
  • 00:15:50.636 --> 00:15:51.303
  • In your life, humanly speaking,
  • 00:15:51.370 --> 00:15:52.338
  • Humanly speaking, has a time limit
  • 00:15:52.404 --> 00:15:53.305
  • Has a time limit to it called death.
  • 00:15:53.372 --> 00:15:54.440
  • To it called death. it will pass.
  • 00:15:54.506 --> 00:15:56.008
  • It will pass. and i don't mean to depress you,
  • 00:15:56.075 --> 00:15:57.209
  • And i don't mean to depress you, but i think it is very
  • 00:15:57.276 --> 00:15:58.410
  • But i think it is very perspective giving for me
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  • Perspective giving for me to just realize that everything
  • 00:15:59.778 --> 00:16:01.513
  • To just realize that everything i'm worried about
  • 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:02.381
  • I'm worried about and everything i'm concerned
  • 00:16:02.448 --> 00:16:03.315
  • And everything i'm concerned about and everything that
  • 00:16:03.382 --> 00:16:04.450
  • About and everything that i'm going through right now
  • 00:16:04.516 --> 00:16:05.584
  • I'm going through right now that feels like it's never gonna
  • 00:16:05.651 --> 00:16:06.719
  • That feels like it's never gonna end, the word of the lord
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  • End, the word of the lord is it will pass.
  • 00:16:08.387 --> 00:16:10.656
  • Is it will pass. one of the greatest bible verses
  • 00:16:10.723 --> 00:16:12.091
  • One of the greatest bible verses you could ever memorize
  • 00:16:12.157 --> 00:16:13.359
  • You could ever memorize would be,
  • 00:16:13.425 --> 00:16:13.959
  • Would be, "and it came to pass."
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  • "and it came to pass." take the good times,
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  • Take the good times, hold them, cherish them,
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  • Hold them, cherish them, hold them up high,
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  • Hold them up high, hold them up like
  • 00:16:20.366 --> 00:16:21.367
  • Hold them up like the lion king talking 'bout,
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  • The lion king talking 'bout, "this is what god gave me."
  • 00:16:23.068 --> 00:16:24.436
  • "this is what god gave me." but just know it will pass.
  • 00:16:24.503 --> 00:16:27.006
  • But just know it will pass. it won't always be like that.
  • 00:16:27.072 --> 00:16:28.974
  • It won't always be like that. it will pass.
  • 00:16:29.041 --> 00:16:30.075
  • It will pass. when our kids were very small,
  • 00:16:30.142 --> 00:16:32.111
  • When our kids were very small, i was so sick of people
  • 00:16:32.177 --> 00:16:33.545
  • I was so sick of people telling me that the days
  • 00:16:33.612 --> 00:16:34.947
  • Telling me that the days are long but
  • 00:16:35.014 --> 00:16:36.048
  • Are long but the years are short.
  • 00:16:36.115 --> 00:16:37.349
  • The years are short. and i was like,
  • 00:16:37.416 --> 00:16:38.117
  • And i was like, "but if they
  • 00:16:38.183 --> 00:16:38.717
  • "but if they don't stop screaming,
  • 00:16:38.784 --> 00:16:39.685
  • Don't stop screaming, i'mma cut their years short.
  • 00:16:39.752 --> 00:16:41.387
  • I'mma cut their years short. don't give me a little cliche
  • 00:16:41.453 --> 00:16:42.721
  • Don't give me a little cliche right now."
  • 00:16:42.788 --> 00:16:43.589
  • Right now." but it's true,
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  • But it's true, it will pass.
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  • It will pass. it will pass that these carpets
  • 00:16:46.625 --> 00:16:48.327
  • It will pass that these carpets are gonna be dirty
  • 00:16:48.394 --> 00:16:49.228
  • Are gonna be dirty and you're fussing
  • 00:16:49.294 --> 00:16:49.828
  • And you're fussing about cleaning them up.
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  • About cleaning them up. it'll pass.
  • 00:16:51.063 --> 00:16:51.797
  • It'll pass. one day the carpets
  • 00:16:51.864 --> 00:16:52.531
  • One day the carpets will be so clean,
  • 00:16:52.598 --> 00:16:53.599
  • Will be so clean, you might just track
  • 00:16:53.665 --> 00:16:54.533
  • You might just track something in just to remember
  • 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.701
  • Something in just to remember the days when you
  • 00:16:55.768 --> 00:16:56.535
  • The days when you had kids to track 'em.
  • 00:16:56.602 --> 00:16:57.603
  • Had kids to track 'em. and i'm in that
  • 00:16:57.669 --> 00:16:58.437
  • And i'm in that season right now.
  • 00:16:58.504 --> 00:16:59.538
  • Season right now. this year i had one boy who
  • 00:16:59.605 --> 00:17:01.340
  • This year i had one boy who turned 20 and graduated college.
  • 00:17:01.407 --> 00:17:04.543
  • Turned 20 and graduated college. i have another boy who's going
  • 00:17:04.610 --> 00:17:05.744
  • I have another boy who's going into high school senior year
  • 00:17:05.811 --> 00:17:07.479
  • Into high school senior year this year and he's
  • 00:17:07.546 --> 00:17:08.380
  • This year and he's about to graduate.
  • 00:17:08.447 --> 00:17:09.915
  • About to graduate. and i've got a daughter,
  • 00:17:09.982 --> 00:17:11.383
  • And i've got a daughter, this is so sad, y'all.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Who just this last week,
  • 00:17:14.286 --> 00:17:15.354
  • Who just this last week, shout out dr. hall,
  • 00:17:15.421 --> 00:17:16.455
  • Shout out dr. hall, greatest orthodontist in
  • 00:17:16.522 --> 00:17:17.656
  • Greatest orthodontist in the charlotte area,
  • 00:17:17.723 --> 00:17:19.525
  • The charlotte area, just this week,
  • 00:17:19.591 --> 00:17:20.392
  • Just this week, show 'em the picture guys,
  • 00:17:20.459 --> 00:17:22.127
  • Show 'em the picture guys, got her braces taken off.
  • 00:17:22.194 --> 00:17:26.065
  • Got her braces taken off. congratulations abbey.
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  • [applause]
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  • Eat all the popcorn you want.
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  • [laughter]
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  • She's just gonna
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  • She's just gonna be eating popcorn.
  • 00:17:35.541 --> 00:17:36.208
  • "my braces are off."
  • 00:17:38.410 --> 00:17:42.114
  • "my braces are off." "when i was a child,
  • 00:17:42.181 --> 00:17:44.716
  • "when i was a child, i talked like a child."
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  • I talked like a child." thank you so much
  • 00:17:45.984 --> 00:17:46.785
  • Thank you so much for the picture.
  • 00:17:46.852 --> 00:17:47.286
  • For the picture. i think they got the point.
  • 00:17:47.352 --> 00:17:48.020
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:48.454 --> 00:17:49.988
  • I talked like a child.
  • 00:17:51.023 --> 00:17:53.659
  • I talked like a child. i thought like a child.
  • 00:17:53.725 --> 00:17:56.762
  • I thought like a child. now follow me.
  • 00:17:56.829 --> 00:17:57.763
  • Now follow me. paul is saying there's a
  • 00:17:57.830 --> 00:17:59.131
  • Paul is saying there's a difference between what is
  • 00:17:59.198 --> 00:18:00.165
  • Difference between what is permanent and what is passing,
  • 00:18:00.232 --> 00:18:03.068
  • Permanent and what is passing, and to illustrate that principle
  • 00:18:03.135 --> 00:18:04.736
  • And to illustrate that principle he gives a picture.
  • 00:18:04.803 --> 00:18:06.071
  • He gives a picture. "when i was a child,
  • 00:18:06.138 --> 00:18:07.873
  • "when i was a child, i talked like a child.
  • 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:10.576
  • I talked like a child. i thought like a child.
  • 00:18:10.642 --> 00:18:13.078
  • I thought like a child. i reasoned like a child.
  • 00:18:13.145 --> 00:18:14.947
  • I reasoned like a child. when i became a man,
  • 00:18:15.013 --> 00:18:17.316
  • When i became a man, i put the ways of
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  • I put the ways of childhood behind me."
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  • Childhood behind me." and wouldn't it be wonderful
  • 00:18:20.853 --> 00:18:22.855
  • And wouldn't it be wonderful if that process was as automatic
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  • If that process was as automatic and as simple and as summarized
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  • And as simple and as summarized as paul makes it sound
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  • As paul makes it sound in 1 corinthians 13:11?
  • 00:18:33.031 --> 00:18:35.334
  • In 1 corinthians 13:11? i don't know what age it is,
  • 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.268
  • I don't know what age it is, maybe when you turn 20,
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  • Maybe when you turn 20, maybe when you turn 25,
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  • Maybe when you turn 25, maybe when you turn 18.
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  • Maybe when you turn 18. but this verse happens when
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  • But this verse happens when you reach a certain birthday.
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  • You reach a certain birthday. the ways of childhood
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  • The ways of childhood are behind you.
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  • Are behind you. because i became a woman,
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  • Because i became a woman, i became a man.
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  • I became a man. i guess what i'm trying
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  • I guess what i'm trying to say is,
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  • To say is, isn't it awesome to think
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  • Isn't it awesome to think of the process of spiritual
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  • Of the process of spiritual transformation that
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  • Transformation that paul describes,
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  • Paul describes, like getting
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  • Like getting your braces off?
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  • Your braces off? like i went one day,
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  • Like i went one day, i had crooked teeth.
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  • I had crooked teeth. they put braces on
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  • They put braces on to get my teeth straight.
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  • To get my teeth straight. one day after monitoring
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  • One day after monitoring my teeth for several years,
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  • My teeth for several years, they said,
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  • They said, "you're ready to have
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  • "you're ready to have your braces off."
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  • Your braces off." and they took
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  • And they took my braces off.
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  • My braces off. i had crooked teeth,
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  • I had crooked teeth, i had braces,
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  • I had braces, i don't have crooked
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  • I don't have crooked teeth anymore.
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  • Teeth anymore. my teeth are straight.
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  • My teeth are straight. my teeth are straight,
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  • My teeth are straight, my braces are off.
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  • My braces are off. it all happened one day.
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  • It all happened one day. wouldn't it be wonderful if you
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  • Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could get your truth straight
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  • Could get your truth straight like you get your
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  • Like you get your teeth straight?
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  • Teeth straight? and that one day
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  • And that one day you can just announce
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  • You can just announce to everybody in your life,
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  • To everybody in your life, "great news,
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  • "great news, i'm getting my braces off.
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  • I'm getting my braces off. i'm getting my behaviors
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  • I'm getting my behaviors off from the past.
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  • Off from the past. i'm getting my selfishness
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  • I'm getting my selfishness off today.
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  • Off today. yeah, it's been about
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  • Yeah, it's been about three years the lord's been
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  • Three years the lord's been working with me.
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  • Working with me. i joined one of those e groups
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  • I joined one of those e groups and i met some people and it was
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  • And i met some people and it was awesome and he sanctified me.
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  • Awesome and he sanctified me. so today you might notice
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  • So today you might notice my smile is a little different
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  • My smile is a little different 'cause i got my selfishness
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  • 'cause i got my selfishness removed today.
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  • Removed today. it took a while,
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  • It took a while, but i got it straight."
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  • But i got it straight." wouldn't it be awesome
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  • Wouldn't it be awesome if the bible could just
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  • If the bible could just take your braces off?
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  • Take your braces off? that's how paul
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  • That's how paul made it sound.
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  • Made it sound. he said,
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  • He said, "when i became a man,
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  • "when i became a man, i put the ways
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  • I put the ways of childhood behind me."
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  • Of childhood behind me." like you just went in
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  • Like you just went in and had an appointment
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  • And had an appointment with jesus,
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  • With jesus, and you said,
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  • And you said, it's time for me
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  • It's time for me to stop complaining now.
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  • To stop complaining now. it's time for me to stop being
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  • It's time for me to stop being afraid of what
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  • Afraid of what other people think
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  • Other people think right now.
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  • Right now. it's time for me
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  • It's time for me to stop lusting now.
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  • To stop lusting now. i'm married now.
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  • I'm married now. i need to be devoted
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  • I need to be devoted to one woman right now.
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  • To one woman right now. and then orthodontist,
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  • And then orthodontist, holy ghost says,
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  • Holy ghost says, "yeah, let me just
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  • "yeah, let me just take those lust off
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  • Take those lust off of your teeth.
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  • Of your teeth. let me just take the...
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  • I'mma take those brackets
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  • I'mma take those brackets off of --
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  • Off of -- let me take those brackets
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  • Let me take those brackets out of your brain so
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  • Out of your brain so that you will only be attracted
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  • That you will only be attracted to your wife ever again
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  • To your wife ever again because you gotta put
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  • Because you gotta put the ways of childhood
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  • The ways of childhood behind you."
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  • Behind you." wouldn't it be awesome
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  • Wouldn't it be awesome if all of a sudden one day
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  • If all of a sudden one day you just went
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  • You just went to the orthodontist
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  • To the orthodontist called the holy spirit
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  • Called the holy spirit and said, "i need this thing
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  • And said, "i need this thing that happened to me
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  • That happened to me when i was 12,
  • 00:20:57.476 --> 00:20:58.210
  • When i was 12, it became trauma in my life,
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  • It became trauma in my life, but i need you to take
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  • But i need you to take the trauma off of me
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  • The trauma off of me so i can live in the truth."
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  • So i can live in the truth." "oh, no problem,
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  • "oh, no problem, let's put you through a program.
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  • Let's put you through a program. if we can get you
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  • If we can get you through a 18 month program.
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  • Through a 18 month program. here, memorize these
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  • Here, memorize these 20 scriptures.
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  • 20 scriptures. these are the top 20
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  • These are the top 20 scriptures for trauma.
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  • Scriptures for trauma. and when you have memorized
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  • And when you have memorized these 20 scriptures,
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  • These 20 scriptures, you will no longer feel
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  • You will no longer feel the effects of trauma."
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  • The effects of trauma." but the trauma stays
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  • But the trauma stays trapped in the body sometimes
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  • Trapped in the body sometimes even when the spirit
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  • Even when the spirit has been set free
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  • Has been set free by the blood of christ.
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  • By the blood of christ. wouldn't it be wonderful
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  • Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was an orthodontist,
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  • If there was an orthodontist, spiritually speaking,
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  • Spiritually speaking, just to sit you down in a chair?
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  • Just to sit you down in a chair? i wish i could get you in a
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  • I wish i could get you in a chair today and lean you back
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  • Chair today and lean you back and numb you up and just yank
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  • And numb you up and just yank stuff off of your life.
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  • Stuff off of your life. i mean, just take it off
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  • I mean, just take it off so you could smile again.
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  • So you could smile again. so you could say,
  • 00:21:40.118 --> 00:21:40.719
  • So you could say, "i was depressed
  • 00:21:40.786 --> 00:21:41.653
  • "i was depressed for the last year,
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  • For the last year, but i went to evolution --
  • 00:21:43.488 --> 00:21:44.556
  • But i went to evolution -- elevation church
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  • Elevation church and that preacher lead me back,
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  • And that preacher lead me back, and yanked it off,
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  • And yanked it off, and i'm smiling now.
  • 00:21:49.294 --> 00:21:50.629
  • And i'm smiling now. i'm singing now,
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  • I'm singing now, i'm dancing now.
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  • I'm dancing now. i'm a man now.
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  • I'm a man now. i'm a woman now."
  • 00:21:55.033 --> 00:21:56.468
  • I'm a woman now." wouldn't it be good
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  • Wouldn't it be good if you could graduate
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  • If you could graduate from grief?
  • 00:21:58.303 --> 00:21:59.237
  • From grief? wouldn't it be good if you
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  • Wouldn't it be good if you could graduate from greed?
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  • Could graduate from greed? "i used to be stingy,
  • 00:22:02.007 --> 00:22:03.408
  • "i used to be stingy, but god didn't work in my life.
  • 00:22:03.475 --> 00:22:05.444
  • But god didn't work in my life. and now all of a sudden all i
  • 00:22:05.510 --> 00:22:06.712
  • And now all of a sudden all i wanna do is give money away.
  • 00:22:06.778 --> 00:22:08.280
  • Wanna do is give money away. i don't even let my boss pay me.
  • 00:22:08.347 --> 00:22:09.781
  • I don't even let my boss pay me. i just give the check back
  • 00:22:09.848 --> 00:22:11.016
  • I just give the check back and tell him to use it
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  • And tell him to use it to fight cancer.
  • 00:22:11.850 --> 00:22:12.884
  • To fight cancer. just one day i went in the chair
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  • Just one day i went in the chair and the preacher preaching
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  • And the preacher preaching the truth came
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  • The truth came and now i got
  • 00:22:16.521 --> 00:22:17.155
  • And now i got my truth straight."
  • 00:22:17.222 --> 00:22:18.056
  • My truth straight." but see, it is a fight
  • 00:22:18.123 --> 00:22:21.026
  • But see, it is a fight for alignment in your life.
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  • For alignment in your life. that takes time
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  • That takes time to get it straight.
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  • >> thank you so much
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  • >> thank you so much for joining us today.
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  • For joining us today. to find more messages like
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  • Pastor steven, i want to encourage you
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  • Spoke to your heart, i also want to invite you
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  • To partner with us and make it possible
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  • And make it possible for someone else to hear
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  • For someone else to hear the message too.
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  • You're helping us take the gospel further and get
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  • The gospel further and get god's word into someone's heart.
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  • God's word into someone's heart. this ministry exists so that
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  • People far from god will be raised to life in christ,
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  • Raised to life in christ, and you're a part of that story.
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  • You heard today will go out to people who need hope,
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  • To people who need hope, people who are wrestling
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  • People who are wrestling with anxiety and disappointment
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  • Even wrong assumptions about god.
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  • Your support is opening the door for them to hear the truth that
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  • For them to hear the truth that can change everything.
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  • Can change everything. so, please call the number
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  • So, please call the number on your screen or go online
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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
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  • >> elevation nights is back on tour in 2026.
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  • Is back on tour in 2026. let's go!
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  • >> ♪ 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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  • >> ♪ and by your spirit ♪
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  • ♪ i will rise ♪
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  • ♪ the ashes ♪
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  • ♪ of defeat ♪
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  • ♪ the resurrected king ♪
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  • ♪ is resurrecting me ♪
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  • ♪ in your name ♪
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  • ♪ i come alive ♪
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  • ♪ to declare your victory ♪
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  • ♪ the resurrected king ♪
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  • ♪ is resurrecting me ♪
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  • ♪ by your spirit i will rise ♪
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  • ♪ from the ashes of defeat ♪
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  • ♪ the resurrected king ♪
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  • ♪ is resurrecting me ♪
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  • ♪ in your name i come alive ♪
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  • ♪ to declare your victory ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ the resurrected king ♪
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  • ♪ is resurrecting ♪
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  • ♪ by your spirit ♪
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  • ♪ by your spirit i will rise ♪
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  • ♪ from the ashes of defeat ♪
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  • ♪ the resurrected king ♪
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  • ♪ is resurrecting me ♪
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  • ♪ in your name i come alive ♪
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  • ♪ to declare your victory ♪
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  • ♪ the resurrected king ♪
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  • ♪ is resurrecting me ♪
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  • ♪ resurrected king ♪
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  • >> ♪ the resurrected king ♪
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  • >> ♪ whoa ♪
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  • ♪ your name ♪
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  • ♪ is victory ♪
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  • ♪ all praise ♪
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  • ♪ will rise ♪
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  • ♪ to christ our king ♪
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  • ♪ let it rise ♪
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  • >> ♪ your name ♪
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  • ♪ your name ♪
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  • >> ♪ is victory ♪
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  • ♪ all praise will rise ♪
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  • ♪ to christ our king ♪
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  • ♪ your name ♪
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  • >> ♪ your name ♪
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  • ♪ your name ♪
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  • ♪ is victory ♪
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  • ♪ all praise will rise ♪
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  • ♪ to christ our king ♪
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  • ♪ your name ♪
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  • ♪ is victory ♪
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  • ♪ let it rise ♪
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  • >> ♪ all praise ♪
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  • ♪ will rise ♪
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  • ♪ to christ our king ♪
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  • >> ♪ and all praise ♪
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  • ♪ will rise ♪
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  • ♪ to christ our king ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ will rise ♪
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  • ♪ to christ our king ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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