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Steven Furtick - He Answered (Part 1)

February 2, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - He Answered (Part 1)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - He Answered (Part 1) | February 2, 2026
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> today, i wanna share
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  • >> today, i wanna share with you from a psalm,
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  • With you from a psalm, psalm 114.
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  • Psalm 114. we read it in
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  • We read it in our family bible club.
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  • Our family bible club. we don't stand the whole time
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  • We don't stand the whole time in our church in case you're
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  • In our church in case you're wondering did you
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  • Wondering did you wear the wrong shoes?
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  • [laughter]
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  • I'll let you use that seat
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  • I'll let you use that seat to its fullest in just a moment,
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  • To its fullest in just a moment, but please stand
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  • But please stand for the reading of god's word.
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  • For the reading of god's word. and if you're watching
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  • And if you're watching this somewhere else,
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  • This somewhere else, you may wanna stand too.
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  • You may wanna stand too. there's something about
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  • There's something about respecting and reverencing
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  • Respecting and reverencing god's words because
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  • God's words because his words are eternal.
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  • [applause]
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  • Everything else
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  • Everything else everybody says,
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  • Everybody says, it comes and it goes.
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  • It comes and it goes. god's word lasts forever.
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  • God's word lasts forever. psalm 114,
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  • Psalm 114, i pick up in verse 5.
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  • I pick up in verse 5. you're gonna like this one.
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  • You're gonna like this one. wow.
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  • "why was it, sea, that you fled?
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  • "why was it, sea, that you fled? why, jordan, did you turn back?
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  • Why, jordan, did you turn back? why mountains,
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  • Why mountains, did you leap like rams,
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  • Did you leap like rams, you hills like lambs?"
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  • You hills like lambs?" to us, that's kind
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  • Of strange imagery.
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  • Of strange imagery. first of all, he's talking
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  • About the things that god
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  • Did in israel's past.
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  • Did in israel's past. this is a passover psalm
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  • This is a passover psalm that they would use
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  • That they would use to remember how god brought
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  • To remember how god brought them out of egypt.
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  • Them out of egypt. how many of you remember when
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  • How many of you remember when god brought you out
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  • God brought you out of something in your own life?
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  • [applause]
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  • So now he's taunting
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  • So now he's taunting their trauma.
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  • "why is it, sea, that you fled?
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  • "why is it, sea, that you fled? why, jordan, did you turn --"
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  • Why, jordan, did you turn --" i gotta say something
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  • I gotta say something about that verse.
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  • About that verse. did you know you have a god who
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  • When he speaks to the sea,
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  • When he speaks to the sea, it sprints to obey him?
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  • It sprints to obey him? if god says to the red sea,
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  • If god says to the red sea, "right, left,"
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  • "right, left," the sea doesn't dawdle,
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  • The sea doesn't dawdle, the sea doesn't walk,
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  • The sea doesn't walk, the sea doesn't crawl,
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  • The sea doesn't crawl, the sea doesn't think about it.
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  • The sea doesn't think about it. when god says, "sea split,"
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  • When god says, "sea split," the sea sprints
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  • The sea sprints to obey his word.
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  • To obey his word. that's how powerful he is.
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  • That's how powerful he is. i gotta go faster
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  • I gotta go faster that's only one verse.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Verse 6, "why, mountains,
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  • Verse 6, "why, mountains, did you leap like rams?"
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  • Did you leap like rams?" did you know you have a god who,
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  • Did you know you have a god who, when he speaks,
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  • When he speaks, mountains leap?
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  • Mountains leap? i know we're used to talking
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  • About mountains moving,
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  • About mountains moving, but this is a different picture.
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  • But this is a different picture. he said not only do they move,
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  • He said not only do they move, the mountains leap
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  • The mountains leap when he speaks,
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  • When he speaks, the obstacle moves
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  • The obstacle moves when he speaks.
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  • When he speaks. it can happen quickly
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  • It can happen quickly and suddenly and irreversibly
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  • And suddenly and irreversibly and dramatically.
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  • And dramatically. when he speaks, mountains leap.
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  • When he speaks, mountains leap. when he speaks, seas split.
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  • When he speaks, seas split. and i'm trying to read
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  • And i'm trying to read my scripture,
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  • My scripture, but i'm excited because he's
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  • But i'm excited because he's been doing it for a long time.
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  • Been doing it for a long time. verse 7,
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  • "tremble, earth, at the presence
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  • "tremble, earth, at the presence of the lord,
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  • Of the lord, at the presence of the god
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  • At the presence of the god of jacob who turned
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  • Of jacob who turned the rock into a pool,
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  • The rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs
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  • The hard rock into springs of water."
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  • Of water." one verse from matthew 4:4.
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  • One verse from matthew 4:4. matthew 4:4.
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  • Matthew 4:4. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "jesus answered:
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  • "jesus answered: it is written,
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  • It is written, 'man shall not live
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  • 'man shall not live on bread alone,
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  • On bread alone, but on every word that
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  • But on every word that comes from the mouth of god.'"
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  • Comes from the mouth of god.'" say amen to that somebody.
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  • Say amen to that somebody. >> congregation: amen.
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  • >> congregation: amen. >> yeah.
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  • [applause]
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  • I wanna take those
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  • I wanna take those two words from verse 4,
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  • Two words from verse 4, put it up again, please.
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  • Put it up again, please. jesus answered.
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  • Jesus answered. the title i'd like to preach
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  • To you from today is two words,
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  • To you from today is two words, "he answered."
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  • "he answered." he answered.
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  • [applause]
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  • Yeah, he answered.
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  • Yeah, he answered. turn around and hug five people
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  • Turn around and hug five people on your way to your seat.
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  • On your way to your seat. say, "i'm so glad he answered.'
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  • Say, "i'm so glad he answered.' >> congregation: i'm so glad
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  • >> congregation: i'm so glad he answered.
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  • He answered. >> i'm glad he picked up
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  • >> i'm glad he picked up my call, my collect call.
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  • My call, my collect call. i'm glad he paid the price
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  • I'm glad he paid the price for me,
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  • For me, he answered.
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  • He answered. i'm grateful because
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  • I'm grateful because he answered.
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  • He answered. i'm standing here
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  • I'm standing here today because he answered.
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  • Today because he answered. he answered.
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  • He answered. i asked him for another day
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  • I asked him for another day and he gave it.
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  • And he gave it. he answered.
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  • He answered. i asked him to help me
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  • I asked him to help me keep my mind together.
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  • Keep my mind together. somebody put it in the chat say,
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  • Somebody put it in the chat say, "he answered."
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  • "he answered." >> congregation: he answered.
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  • >> congregation: he answered. >> say it out loud
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  • >> say it out loud at every location,
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  • At every location, "he answered."
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  • "he answered." >> congregation: he answered.
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  • >> congregation: he answered. >> aren't you glad you have
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  • >> aren't you glad you have a god who answers prayers?
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  • A god who answers prayers? >> congregation: yes.
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  • >> congregation: yes. >> come on it's not
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  • >> come on it's not a rhetorical question.
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  • A rhetorical question. aren't you glad you have
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  • Aren't you glad you have a god --
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  • A god -- put it in the chat,
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  • Put it in the chat, say, "i'm glad.
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  • Say, "i'm glad. >> congregation: i'm glad.
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  • >> congregation: i'm glad. >> he answers."
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  • >> he answers." >> congregation: he answers.
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  • >> congregation: he answers. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  • >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. sometimes other people don't.
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  • Sometimes other people don't. he answered.
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  • He answered. sometimes other
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  • Sometimes other people turned away.
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  • People turned away. he answered.
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  • He answered. now, speaking
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  • Now, speaking of rhetorical questions,
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  • Of rhetorical questions, i love the way psalm 114 puts
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  • I love the way psalm 114 puts the truth across.
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  • The truth across. it was fresh to me.
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  • It was fresh to me. and again,
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  • And again, we have a family bible club,
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  • We have a family bible club, and we landed in this just
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  • And we landed in this just at the time that my message
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  • At the time that my message was coming together.
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  • Was coming together. thank you, lord, for speaking
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  • Thank you, lord, for speaking to me in my personal life
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  • To me in my personal life so i could share it with others.
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  • So i could share it with others. i wanna give it to you
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  • I wanna give it to you like he gave it to me.
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  • It's a rhetorical question,
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  • It's a rhetorical question, "why was it, sea, that you fled?
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  • "why was it, sea, that you fled? why jordan, did you turn back?
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  • Why jordan, did you turn back? why, mountains, did
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  • Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
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  • You leap like rams, you, hills, like lambs?"
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  • You, hills, like lambs?" we know the answer,
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  • Because god told it to.
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  • But in framing it rhetorically,
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  • But in framing it rhetorically, it invites us into the story
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  • It invites us into the story and it invites this
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  • And it invites this truth into our story as well.
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  • Truth into our story as well. the story of your why's
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  • The story of your why's and what ifs.
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  • And what ifs. the loops and lies that
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  • The loops and lies that the enemy has you
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  • The enemy has you in imagining worst case
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  • In imagining worst case scenarios and replaying
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  • Past hurts to the point
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  • Past hurts to the point that you cannot see god
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  • That you cannot see god who is your present help.
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  • Who is your present help. into this the psalmist speaks
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  • Into this the psalmist speaks and i wonder what melody was
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  • And i wonder what melody was attached to this meditation.
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  • Attached to this meditation. "why was it, sea,
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  • "why was it, sea, that you fled?"
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  • That you fled?" it's a rhetorical question.
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  • It's a rhetorical question. now you know the phrase
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  • Now you know the phrase rhetorical question, right?
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  • Rhetorical question, right? a rhetorical question is
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  • A rhetorical question is a question that you ask,
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  • A question that you ask, but you really don't
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  • But you really don't expect an answer, right?
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  • Expect an answer, right? like somebody says,
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  • Like somebody says, "what were you thinking?"
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  • [laughter]
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  • All they're saying
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  • All they're saying is you're stupid,
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  • Is you're stupid, but they're framing
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  • But they're framing it with a question,
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  • It with a question, but don't answer.
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  • But don't answer. it's rhetorical.
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  • It's rhetorical. it means you weren't, right?
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  • It means you weren't, right? or -- there's other ones too.
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  • Or -- there's other ones too. i don't know, just thinking
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  • I don't know, just thinking of a few before i came out.
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  • Of a few before i came out. oh, here's one.
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  • Oh, here's one. one time elijah did something
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  • One time elijah did something that holly kept telling him
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  • That holly kept telling him not to do,
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  • Not to do, and she kept telling him,
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  • And she kept telling him, kept telling him.
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  • Kept telling him. and she finally goes,
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  • And she finally goes, "how many times
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  • "how many times do i have to tell you?"
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  • Do i have to tell you?" and he goes, "three times."
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  • [laughter]
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  • That was a rhetorical question
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  • That was a rhetorical question it wasn't a literal question.
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  • It wasn't a literal question. it was a rhetorical question.
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  • It was a rhetorical question. and by framing this question
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  • And by framing this question as rhetorical about the red sea
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  • As rhetorical about the red sea or the mountains that god
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  • Or the mountains that god moved for his people,
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  • Moved for his people, god is not only asking
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  • God is not only asking a rhetorical question,
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  • A rhetorical question, but he's asking
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  • But he's asking a historical question.
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  • A historical question. what did god do for you
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  • What did god do for you in your past that when
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  • In your past that when you remember it,
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  • You remember it, it reveals to you how powerful
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  • It reveals to you how powerful he is in your now?
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  • He is in your now? go ahead and get ready
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  • Go ahead and get ready to write down some notes.
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  • To write down some notes. i'm gonna give you
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  • I'm gonna give you three points today.
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  • Three points today. somebody say, "he answered."
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  • Somebody say, "he answered." >> congregation: he answered.
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  • >> congregation: he answered. >> put the title
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  • >> put the title of my sermon right
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  • Of my sermon right there in the comments, please.
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  • There in the comments, please. just put he answered
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  • Just put he answered in all caps.
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  • In all caps. and of course,
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  • And of course, when he answers in psalm 114,
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  • He says, "tremble, earth,
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  • He says, "tremble, earth, at the presence of the lord."
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  • At the presence of the lord." now that's how it happened,
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  • Now that's how it happened, the presence of the lord.
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  • The presence of the lord. let me put all this
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  • Together really quickly.
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  • Together really quickly. why did the sea sprint
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  • Why did the sea sprint when god's people
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  • When god's people were passing through?
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  • Were passing through? that's a historical event,
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  • That's a historical event, a rhetorical question.
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  • A rhetorical question. why did the mountain move
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  • Why did the mountain move when god told it to?
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  • What about those impossible
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  • What about those impossible things that he did in your life?
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  • Things that he did in your life? it's rhetorical,
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  • It's rhetorical, it's also historical,
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  • It's also historical, and if you look back
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  • And if you look back over your life,
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  • Over your life, you'll see that his presence
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  • You'll see that his presence was everywhere.
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  • Was everywhere. you didn't always recognize
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  • You didn't always recognize it because you were hurting
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  • Too bad,
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  • Too bad, but his presence
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  • But his presence was there with you.
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  • Was there with you. you couldn't quite see it
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  • You couldn't quite see it because there were enemies
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  • Because there were enemies surrounding your table,
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  • Surrounding your table, but he prepared a table
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  • But he prepared a table for you in the presence
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  • For you in the presence of your enemies.
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  • [applause]
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  • Who was it that told the sea
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  • Who was it that told the sea to split, the mountain to move?
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  • To split, the mountain to move? it was god.
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  • It was god. it's a rhetorical question,
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  • It's a rhetorical question, it's a historical question.
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  • It's a historical question. i'd like them to bring my
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  • I'd like them to bring my teaching screen out, please.
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  • Teaching screen out, please. everybody clap to give me
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  • Everybody clap to give me the courage to draw
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  • The courage to draw a little bit today.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • See how supportive the ladies
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  • See how supportive the ladies are when i --
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  • Are when i -- i think i'm gonna preach
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  • I think i'm gonna preach reflect myself next year.
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  • Reflect myself next year. it looks so fun.
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  • [cheering]
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  • It looks so fun.
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  • It looks so fun. okay, i heard you.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I heard you.
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  • I heard you. i am not gonna answer that.
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  • I am not gonna answer that. you hear what they said?
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  • You hear what they said? "no.
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  • "no. we want holly.
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  • We want holly. we want holly."
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  • We want holly." i know, me too.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Just to get you back
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  • Just to get you back in the mindset of this message,
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  • In the mindset of this message, i drew a loop and i talked
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  • I drew a loop and i talked about how the enemy
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  • About how the enemy is always speaking
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  • Is always speaking and so is god.
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  • And so is god. same lies, let's abbreviate,
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  • Same lies, let's abbreviate, new loops.
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  • New loops. this is the process
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  • This is the process of transformation.
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  • Of transformation. does that kind of look like
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  • Does that kind of look like a brain a little bit?
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  • A brain a little bit? like... not really?
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  • Like... not really? the renewal of your mind to stop
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  • The renewal of your mind to stop repeating the same stuff over
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  • Repeating the same stuff over and over again that leads you
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  • And over again that leads you to defeat and start repeating
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  • To defeat and start repeating what leads you to victory.
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  • [applause]
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  • Victory and defeat are both
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  • Victory and defeat are both found in the repeat.
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  • Found in the repeat. that doesn't only rhyme,
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  • That doesn't only rhyme, that's really good.
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  • That's really good. the victories you experience
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  • The victories you experience in your life or even
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  • In your life or even in your physical body,
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  • In your physical body, the victories of losing weight,
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  • The victories of losing weight, the victories
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  • The victories of building strength,
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  • Of building strength, it's found in the repeat.
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  • It's found in the repeat. so are the defeats.
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  • So are the defeats. you lift weight --
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  • You lift weight -- you lift weight
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  • You lift weight one time every four months,
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  • One time every four months, and you only lift one
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  • And you only lift one weight four time every --
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  • Weight four time every -- one time every four months,
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  • One time every four months, we will see that result.
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  • We will see that result. if you lift it
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  • If you lift it every day 40 times,
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  • Every day 40 times, we will see that.
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  • We will see that. if you get the right thing
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  • If you get the right thing on repeat --
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  • On repeat -- oh god,
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  • Oh god, i feel like somebody's
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  • I feel like somebody's about to get set free.
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  • About to get set free. if you get the right thing
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  • If you get the right thing on repeat in your life,
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  • On repeat in your life, you're gonna get stronger.
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  • You're gonna get stronger. you're gonna say like
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  • You're gonna say like the prophet isaiah said,
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  • The prophet isaiah said, "they that wait on the lord
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  • "they that wait on the lord will renew their strength."
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  • Will renew their strength." i'm renewing my strength
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  • I'm renewing my strength by what i do every day.
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  • By what i do every day. i am renewing my strength
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  • I am renewing my strength every time i come to church.
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  • Every time i come to church. give yourself a hand
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  • Give yourself a hand for coming to your class today,
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  • For coming to your class today, for tuning into
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  • This message today,
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  • This message today, because this for me
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  • Because this for me is not just a church service,
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  • Is not just a church service, this is a new loop.
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  • This is a new loop. this for me is retraining
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  • This for me is retraining my brain to move away
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  • My brain to move away from the lies and believe
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  • From the lies and believe what god says about me.
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  • What god says about me. not only is your victory found
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  • In your repeats though,
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  • In your repeats though, but your defeat is often
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  • But your defeat is often found in your repeats.
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  • Found in your repeats. what you say to yourself over
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  • What you say to yourself over and over again that disagrees
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  • And over again that disagrees with what god already spoke
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  • With what god already spoke about you before you were ever
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  • About you before you were ever born will leave
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  • Born will leave you feeling weak.
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  • You feeling weak. you're not really weak,
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  • You're not really weak, you just are repeating
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  • You just are repeating the wrong thing.
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  • The wrong thing. repeat the right thing,
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  • Repeat the right thing, you'll be stronger.
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  • You'll be stronger. this is not to say that our
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  • This is not to say that our praise and pursuit of god will
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  • Praise and pursuit of god will preclude all of our
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  • Preclude all of our proclivities towards sin.
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  • Proclivities towards sin. in other words,
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  • In other words, i'm not saying
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  • I'm not saying it's gon' be easy.
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  • It's gon' be easy. think about it this way,
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  • Think about it this way, i read to you what seemed
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  • I read to you what seemed to be a random verse
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  • To be a random verse from matthew 4
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  • Where jesus answered and said,
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  • Where jesus answered and said, "it is written:
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  • "it is written: 'man will not live
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  • 'man will not live on bread alone,
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  • On bread alone, but every word that comes
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  • But every word that comes from the mouth of god.'"
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  • From the mouth of god.'" you know where jesus
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  • Was when he said that?
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  • Was when he said that? the wilderness.
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  • The wilderness. the wilderness.
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  • The wilderness. i wanna show this to you,
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  • I wanna show this to you, you're not gonna believe
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  • You're not gonna believe this is in the bible.
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  • This is in the bible. in matthew 4:1,
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  • In matthew 4:1, turn there if you'd like or,
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  • Turn there if you'd like or, just, we'll put it up
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  • Just, we'll put it up on the screen for you.
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  • On the screen for you. matthew 4:1.
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  • The bible says this,
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  • The bible says this, "then jesus was led
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  • "then jesus was led by the spirit into
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  • By the spirit into the wilderness.'
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  • The wilderness.' that's the part i thought
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  • That's the part i thought would shock you
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  • Would shock you 'cause i thought the spirit
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  • 'cause i thought the spirit would lead jesus
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  • Would lead jesus to an easy place,
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  • To an easy place, but it gets worse.
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  • But it gets worse. "then jesus was led by
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  • "then jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness
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  • The spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil."
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  • To be tempted by the devil." i have got all kinds
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  • Of questions about that verse
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  • Of questions about that verse and none of them are rhetorical,
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  • And none of them are rhetorical, i really need to know.
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  • I really need to know. why would the spirit lead
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  • Why would the spirit lead him into the wilderness?
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  • Him into the wilderness? and i thought about
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  • And i thought about that over and over again,
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  • That over and over again, and i realized the more
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  • And i realized the more i read it that it was a repeat,
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  • I read it that it was a repeat, because i remembered how israel
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  • Because i remembered how israel in the old testament went
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  • In the old testament went through the wilderness too.
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  • Through the wilderness too. not for 40 days and 40 nights,
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  • Not for 40 days and 40 nights, but for 40 years.
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  • But for 40 years. here's what the enemy did
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  • Here's what the enemy did to them when they were
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  • To them when they were coming out of egypt.
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  • Coming out of egypt. god was bringing them out
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  • God was bringing them out of egypt to the promised land,
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  • Of egypt to the promised land, and on their way out of egypt
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  • And on their way out of egypt into the promised land,
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  • Into the promised land, the devil told them
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  • The devil told them a lie that they could not
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  • A lie that they could not do what god had
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  • Do what god had called them to do.
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  • Called them to do. the devil has been telling
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  • The devil has been telling you that same lie, hasn't he?
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  • You that same lie, hasn't he? that you are not enough
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  • That you are not enough and that you are not loved.
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  • And that you are not loved. you are not enough,
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  • You are not enough, you are not loved.
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  • You are not loved. i said this last week
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  • I said this last week but victory is found
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  • But victory is found in the repeat.
  • 00:13:49.949 --> 00:13:51.917
  • In the repeat. and when you begin to understand
  • 00:13:51.984 --> 00:13:53.619
  • And when you begin to understand that's all the devil
  • 00:13:53.686 --> 00:13:54.520
  • That's all the devil ever says to you:
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  • Ever says to you: you're not enough,
  • 00:13:55.788 --> 00:13:56.589
  • You're not enough, it's not enough,
  • 00:13:56.655 --> 00:13:57.389
  • It's not enough, they're not enough,
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  • They're not enough, you're not loved.
  • 00:13:58.257 --> 00:13:59.225
  • You're not loved. it's not enough,
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  • It's not enough, you're not loved.
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  • You're not loved. unless you do this,
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  • Unless you do this, you can't be that.
  • 00:14:02.127 --> 00:14:03.128
  • You can't be that. they won't love you
  • 00:14:03.195 --> 00:14:03.963
  • They won't love you if they only love you because.
  • 00:14:04.029 --> 00:14:05.564
  • If they only love you because. you're not enough,
  • 00:14:05.631 --> 00:14:06.398
  • You're not enough, you're not loved,
  • 00:14:06.465 --> 00:14:07.132
  • You're not loved, you're not even enough
  • 00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:08.033
  • You're not even enough for god to love you unless
  • 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:09.268
  • For god to love you unless you act a certain way.
  • 00:14:09.335 --> 00:14:10.269
  • You act a certain way. you're not enough for god
  • 00:14:10.336 --> 00:14:11.437
  • You're not enough for god to hear you unless you reach
  • 00:14:11.503 --> 00:14:12.638
  • To hear you unless you reach a certain level of spirituality
  • 00:14:12.705 --> 00:14:14.073
  • A certain level of spirituality and scale yourself up
  • 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:15.074
  • And scale yourself up to the highest height
  • 00:14:15.140 --> 00:14:16.275
  • To the highest height of the best christian.
  • 00:14:16.342 --> 00:14:17.343
  • Of the best christian. it's not enough.
  • 00:14:17.409 --> 00:14:18.510
  • It's not enough. you tried but it's not enough
  • 00:14:18.577 --> 00:14:19.945
  • You tried but it's not enough and you're not loved.
  • 00:14:20.012 --> 00:14:21.180
  • And you're not loved. now those two lies play
  • 00:14:21.247 --> 00:14:22.748
  • Now those two lies play on the loop in our mind
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  • On the loop in our mind but in the case of israel
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  • But in the case of israel going through the wilderness,
  • 00:14:25.351 --> 00:14:26.252
  • Going through the wilderness, i wanna tell you something
  • 00:14:26.318 --> 00:14:27.086
  • I wanna tell you something it was actually true,
  • 00:14:27.152 --> 00:14:28.153
  • It was actually true, they were not enough
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  • They were not enough for their enemies without god.
  • 00:14:29.788 --> 00:14:34.326
  • For their enemies without god. but they were not without god
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  • But they were not without god and that's what you forget.
  • 00:14:36.962 --> 00:14:39.265
  • And that's what you forget. you forget that he's with
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  • You forget that he's with you in the wilderness.
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  • [applause]
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  • He's with you in the wilderness.
  • 00:14:44.904 --> 00:14:46.906
  • He's with you in the wilderness. he's with you in your weakness.
  • 00:14:46.972 --> 00:14:49.141
  • He's with you in your weakness. he's with you as you fight
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  • He's with you as you fight through this addiction.
  • 00:14:50.276 --> 00:14:52.111
  • Through this addiction. he's with you
  • 00:14:52.177 --> 00:14:52.811
  • He's with you as you resist temptation.
  • 00:14:52.878 --> 00:14:54.947
  • As you resist temptation. he's with you for that hard
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  • He's with you for that hard conversation you need to have.
  • 00:14:56.148 --> 00:14:58.550
  • Conversation you need to have. he's with you as you care
  • 00:14:58.617 --> 00:14:59.919
  • He's with you as you care for somebody who doesn't
  • 00:14:59.985 --> 00:15:00.920
  • For somebody who doesn't appreciate you.
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  • Appreciate you. he is with you as you work
  • 00:15:02.087 --> 00:15:03.722
  • He is with you as you work through those bills and try
  • 00:15:03.789 --> 00:15:04.823
  • Through those bills and try to get yourself back on some
  • 00:15:04.890 --> 00:15:06.425
  • To get yourself back on some financial stable ground.
  • 00:15:06.492 --> 00:15:07.993
  • Financial stable ground. he's with you as
  • 00:15:08.060 --> 00:15:09.128
  • He's with you as you try to consider,
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  • You try to consider, how am i gonna mention this
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  • How am i gonna mention this so i can begin to deal
  • 00:15:11.463 --> 00:15:12.431
  • So i can begin to deal with it because
  • 00:15:12.498 --> 00:15:13.232
  • With it because i'm tired of carrying.
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  • I'm tired of carrying. he is with you in the dry place
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  • He is with you in the dry place where you haven't felt him
  • 00:15:16.068 --> 00:15:17.169
  • Where you haven't felt him for a really long time.
  • 00:15:17.236 --> 00:15:18.737
  • For a really long time. and you're starting
  • 00:15:18.804 --> 00:15:19.338
  • And you're starting to feel like,
  • 00:15:19.405 --> 00:15:19.972
  • To feel like, "well, maybe something's
  • 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:20.806
  • "well, maybe something's wrong with me.
  • 00:15:20.873 --> 00:15:21.507
  • Wrong with me. maybe god has left me."
  • 00:15:21.573 --> 00:15:22.975
  • Maybe god has left me." but the bible says that
  • 00:15:23.042 --> 00:15:24.343
  • But the bible says that jesus was led into
  • 00:15:24.410 --> 00:15:26.111
  • Jesus was led into the wilderness by the spirit.
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  • The wilderness by the spirit. it says that the spirit led him,
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  • It says that the spirit led him, but it doesn't say the spirit
  • 00:15:31.183 --> 00:15:32.818
  • But it doesn't say the spirit left him.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • The spirit led
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  • The spirit led him to a hard place,
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  • Him to a hard place, but the spirit did not
  • 00:15:42.428 --> 00:15:43.462
  • But the spirit did not leave him in the hard place.
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  • Leave him in the hard place. the same spirit that led him
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  • The same spirit that led him in the wilderness was there
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  • In the wilderness was there all 40 days and 40 nights.
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  • All 40 days and 40 nights. and i know you need some things
  • 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:55.274
  • And i know you need some things in your life to get better.
  • 00:15:55.341 --> 00:15:56.642
  • In your life to get better. and i know you need some chains
  • 00:15:56.709 --> 00:15:58.243
  • And i know you need some chains and shackles to fall
  • 00:15:58.310 --> 00:15:59.478
  • And shackles to fall off your feet.
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  • Off your feet. and i know you need god
  • 00:16:00.312 --> 00:16:01.647
  • And i know you need god to turn some stones
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  • To turn some stones into rivers of water.
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  • Into rivers of water. and i know you need god
  • 00:16:04.383 --> 00:16:05.584
  • And i know you need god to do some things,
  • 00:16:05.651 --> 00:16:06.552
  • To do some things, and he can,
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  • And he can, and he will,
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  • And he will, but even until he does,
  • 00:16:08.020 --> 00:16:10.255
  • But even until he does, he's with you
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  • He's with you in this wilderness.
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  • In this wilderness. he's with you
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  • He's with you in this in between.
  • 00:16:13.459 --> 00:16:14.727
  • In this in between. he didn't drop you off
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  • He didn't drop you off in the middle
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  • In the middle of your adversity.
  • 00:16:17.096 --> 00:16:18.330
  • Of your adversity. he didn't leave you
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  • He didn't leave you to figure this out by yourself.
  • 00:16:19.365 --> 00:16:21.600
  • To figure this out by yourself. he did not abandon
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  • He did not abandon you when you got attacked.
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  • You when you got attacked. he's not waiting for you
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  • He's not waiting for you to get it together to come
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  • To get it together to come down and rescue you.
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  • Down and rescue you. he picks up the phone
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  • He picks up the phone and if you call him,
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  • And if you call him, he'll come.
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  • He'll come. if you call him,
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  • If you call him, he'll come.
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  • He'll come. if you say, "jesus?"
  • 00:16:35.047 --> 00:16:36.248
  • If you say, "jesus?" he'll say, "yes."
  • 00:16:36.315 --> 00:16:37.750
  • He'll say, "yes." i've done it a thousand times.
  • 00:16:37.816 --> 00:16:39.752
  • I've done it a thousand times. i didn't feel
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  • I didn't feel like calling on him,
  • 00:16:40.652 --> 00:16:41.820
  • Like calling on him, but i lifted my hands
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  • But i lifted my hands by faith not sight,
  • 00:16:43.255 --> 00:16:45.124
  • By faith not sight, by faith not feeling,
  • 00:16:45.190 --> 00:16:46.959
  • By faith not feeling, and i called on the lord,
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  • And i called on the lord, and i sought the lord,
  • 00:16:48.894 --> 00:16:50.963
  • And i sought the lord, and he heard and he answered.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:57.202
  • So i wanna give you
  • 00:16:58.103 --> 00:16:59.138
  • So i wanna give you three truths today to remember
  • 00:16:59.204 --> 00:17:01.473
  • Three truths today to remember for new loops in your life,
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  • For new loops in your life, and the first one is this.
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  • And the first one is this. i want you to shout it out.
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  • I want you to shout it out. everybody say, "he's here."
  • 00:17:06.278 --> 00:17:07.646
  • Everybody say, "he's here." >> congregation: he's here!
  • 00:17:07.713 --> 00:17:10.416
  • >> congregation: he's here! >> say that again, "he's here."
  • 00:17:10.482 --> 00:17:12.751
  • >> say that again, "he's here." >> congregation: he's here!
  • 00:17:12.818 --> 00:17:14.853
  • >> congregation: he's here! >> now in the verse i read you,
  • 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:18.590
  • >> now in the verse i read you, he's not the only one here.
  • 00:17:18.657 --> 00:17:25.764
  • It's the devil talking --
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  • It's the devil talking -- i'm not even gon'
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  • I'm not even gon' write out his whole name
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  • Write out his whole name i'mma just put that "d"
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  • I'mma just put that "d" right there and y'all know
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  • Right there and y'all know who i'm talking about.
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  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:36.308
  • And then there's jesus.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Hold up,
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  • Hold up, i'mma do that in all caps.
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  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:46.385 --> 00:17:47.986
  • I can't draw but i can do that.
  • 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:51.290
  • I can't draw but i can do that. now listen to me and listen
  • 00:17:51.356 --> 00:17:52.891
  • Now listen to me and listen to me close about this,
  • 00:17:52.958 --> 00:17:54.860
  • To me close about this, it's a conversation going back
  • 00:17:54.927 --> 00:17:56.428
  • It's a conversation going back and forth in the wilderness
  • 00:17:56.495 --> 00:17:59.198
  • And forth in the wilderness and the spirit is with jesus
  • 00:17:59.264 --> 00:18:00.866
  • And the spirit is with jesus to defeat the enemy.
  • 00:18:00.933 --> 00:18:02.201
  • To defeat the enemy. the spirit is with you
  • 00:18:02.267 --> 00:18:03.469
  • The spirit is with you to defeat the enemy.
  • 00:18:03.535 --> 00:18:05.571
  • To defeat the enemy. yeah.
  • 00:18:05.637 --> 00:18:06.672
  • Yeah. yeah.
  • 00:18:06.738 --> 00:18:09.174
  • Yeah. i love how we make it seem
  • 00:18:09.241 --> 00:18:12.444
  • I love how we make it seem like jesus as our perfect
  • 00:18:12.511 --> 00:18:14.713
  • Like jesus as our perfect risen savior,
  • 00:18:14.780 --> 00:18:15.681
  • Risen savior, and he is,
  • 00:18:15.747 --> 00:18:17.483
  • And he is, never experienced difficulty,
  • 00:18:17.549 --> 00:18:20.052
  • Never experienced difficulty, or at least, you know,
  • 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.886
  • Or at least, you know, we may not say that about
  • 00:18:20.953 --> 00:18:21.720
  • We may not say that about jesus because we know
  • 00:18:21.787 --> 00:18:22.554
  • Jesus because we know he went to the cross.
  • 00:18:22.621 --> 00:18:24.523
  • He went to the cross. but sometimes we act like that
  • 00:18:24.590 --> 00:18:25.390
  • But sometimes we act like that was the only time that
  • 00:18:25.457 --> 00:18:26.325
  • Was the only time that jesus's life was hard.
  • 00:18:26.391 --> 00:18:28.760
  • Jesus's life was hard. jesus's life was hard
  • 00:18:28.827 --> 00:18:29.895
  • Jesus's life was hard the whole time.
  • 00:18:29.962 --> 00:18:32.064
  • The whole time. it was hard.
  • 00:18:32.131 --> 00:18:32.764
  • It was hard. this is the brink
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  • This is the brink of his ministry.
  • 00:18:34.066 --> 00:18:35.601
  • Of his ministry. he's 30 years old
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  • He's 30 years old and the spirit leads him
  • 00:18:36.768 --> 00:18:37.669
  • And the spirit leads him in the wilderness to be tempted
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  • In the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
  • 00:18:39.304 --> 00:18:40.873
  • By the devil. that's his
  • 00:18:40.939 --> 00:18:41.406
  • That's his ministry apprenticeship.
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  • Ministry apprenticeship. that's what the lord gave him,
  • 00:18:43.675 --> 00:18:44.543
  • That's what the lord gave him, that's what his father
  • 00:18:44.610 --> 00:18:45.244
  • That's what his father gave him to prepare him.
  • 00:18:45.310 --> 00:18:48.046
  • Gave him to prepare him. and so i have recognized every
  • 00:18:48.113 --> 00:18:49.448
  • And so i have recognized every time in my life that god was
  • 00:18:49.515 --> 00:18:50.616
  • Time in my life that god was about to do something huge,
  • 00:18:50.682 --> 00:18:51.683
  • About to do something huge, i had to go through hell
  • 00:18:51.750 --> 00:18:52.684
  • I had to go through hell before i got there.
  • 00:18:52.751 --> 00:18:54.920
  • Before i got there. every time.
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  • Every time. and i pass that along to you in
  • 00:18:56.221 --> 00:18:58.190
  • And i pass that along to you in case you're going through hell,
  • 00:18:58.257 --> 00:19:00.392
  • Case you're going through hell, you might be on the brink
  • 00:19:00.459 --> 00:19:01.326
  • You might be on the brink of something huge.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:19:02.761 --> 00:19:03.562
  • And the devil might know
  • 00:19:04.163 --> 00:19:04.730
  • And the devil might know that and he might be deploying
  • 00:19:04.796 --> 00:19:07.866
  • That and he might be deploying extra resources to try
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  • Extra resources to try to get you to choke before
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  • To get you to choke before you arrive at your destiny.
  • 00:19:11.436 --> 00:19:12.571
  • [applause]
  • 00:19:12.938 --> 00:19:15.774
  • Everything i ever
  • 00:19:16.308 --> 00:19:16.975
  • Everything i ever released for god faced
  • 00:19:17.042 --> 00:19:18.343
  • Released for god faced tremendous resistance.
  • 00:19:18.410 --> 00:19:19.444
  • Tremendous resistance. i just say that in case
  • 00:19:19.511 --> 00:19:20.646
  • I just say that in case it's been difficult for you.
  • 00:19:20.712 --> 00:19:22.247
  • It's been difficult for you. now, with that note made:
  • 00:19:22.314 --> 00:19:23.415
  • "then jesus was led
  • 00:19:23.515 --> 00:19:24.783
  • "then jesus was led by the spirit into
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  • By the spirit into the wilderness to be
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  • The wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
  • 00:19:26.718 --> 00:19:29.521
  • Tempted by the devil. after fasting forty days
  • 00:19:29.588 --> 00:19:31.023
  • After fasting forty days and forty nights,"
  • 00:19:31.089 --> 00:19:32.958
  • And forty nights," this has to be the most obvious
  • 00:19:33.025 --> 00:19:34.259
  • This has to be the most obvious verse in the bible,
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  • Verse in the bible, "he was hungry."
  • 00:19:35.427 --> 00:19:36.228
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:36.595 --> 00:19:39.031
  • And yet it's not because
  • 00:19:39.198 --> 00:19:39.965
  • And yet it's not because jesus was saying stuff
  • 00:19:40.032 --> 00:19:40.933
  • Jesus was saying stuff with his disciples like,
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  • With his disciples like, "i have food to eat that
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  • "i have food to eat that you know not of."
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  • You know not of." but he still had a stomach
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  • But he still had a stomach and it was still empty.
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  • And it was still empty. i fasted 40 days one time
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  • I fasted 40 days one time when we started the church,
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  • When we started the church, it was one of the hardest things
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  • It was one of the hardest things i ever did.
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  • I ever did. and people told me
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  • And people told me before i did it,
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  • Before i did it, "don't worry about it,
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  • "don't worry about it, once you get through the first
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  • Once you get through the first three days you don't even
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  • Three days you don't even think about food anymore."
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  • Think about food anymore." and they said it's
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  • And they said it's not hard after,
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  • Not hard after, like, day three.
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  • Like, day three. let me tell you something,
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  • Let me tell you something, every one of them i rebuke
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  • Every one of them i rebuke your lying spirit.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Talking about same
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  • Talking about same lies new loops.
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  • Lies new loops. it was hard the whole time.
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  • It was hard the whole time. i started dreaming about foods
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  • I started dreaming about foods i don't even eat
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  • I don't even eat in my normal life.
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  • In my normal life. i would be --
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  • I would be -- i would see brussels
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  • I would see brussels sprouts and salivate.
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  • Sprouts and salivate. and i don't even
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  • And i don't even need bacon in 'em,
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  • Need bacon in 'em, i just need the brussels sprout.
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  • I just need the brussels sprout. i'll eat it without oil,
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  • I'll eat it without oil, without salt.
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  • Without salt. the whole 40 days
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  • The whole 40 days it was hard the whole time.
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  • It was hard the whole time. and you know,
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  • And you know, we think that the only time
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  • We think that the only time that it was hard for jesus
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  • That it was hard for jesus was when he went to the cross
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  • Was when he went to the cross because we read about him
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  • Because we read about him healing blind eyes,
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  • Healing blind eyes, the highlight reel.
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  • The highlight reel. and people who couldn't speak
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  • Spoke when he spoke for them
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  • Spoke when he spoke for them to speak because whatever
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  • To speak because whatever he speaks to does
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  • He speaks to does whatever he says.
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  • Whatever he says. if he speaks to a sea
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  • If he speaks to a sea it sprints,
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  • It sprints, if he speaks
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  • If he speaks to a mountain it leaps.
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  • To a mountain it leaps. whatever he speaks to does what
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  • Whatever he speaks to does what he says except for us sometimes.
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  • I'll come back to that
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  • I'll come back to that in a future series.
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  • In a future series. but it was hard the whole time.
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  • But it was hard the whole time. it was hard for him
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  • It was hard for him when he was tempted by
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  • When he was tempted by the devil in the wilderness.
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  • The devil in the wilderness. his life was hard ever
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  • His life was hard ever since he was a baby.
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  • Since he was a baby. not only was he born in a barn
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  • Not only was he born in a barn but herod tried to kill him.
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  • But herod tried to kill him. from the day he was little
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  • From the day he was little he was on the run.
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  • He was on the run. not from the devil,
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  • Not from the devil, toward the purpose
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  • Toward the purpose of god for his life.
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  • Of god for his life. so if it's been hard
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  • So if it's been hard for you that's okay.
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  • For you that's okay. and the devil would just
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  • And the devil would just get you stuck in that,
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  • Get you stuck in that, get you stuck
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  • Get you stuck in how hard it is.
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  • In how hard it is. so, i'mma go ahead
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  • So, i'mma go ahead and put it there.
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  • And put it there. it's hard.
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  • It's hard. it's hard.
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  • It's hard. and you're like,
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  • And you're like, "that's not a lie."
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  • "that's not a lie." i don't know if you're
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  • I don't know if you're about to say that
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  • About to say that that's not true,
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  • That's not true, no, it's true.
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  • No, it's true. it's true.
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  • It's true. it's just that if the enemy
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  • It's just that if the enemy can get you to go from a line
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  • Can get you to go from a line to a loop,
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  • To a loop, then instead of going through
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  • Then instead of going through the hard thing.
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  • [applause]
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  • You get stuck in the hard thing.
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  • You get stuck in the hard thing. then instead of god delivering
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  • Then instead of god delivering you through this season,
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  • You through this season, you get in this season
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  • You get in this season and you dig down deeper
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  • And you dig down deeper and you actually define
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  • And you actually define yourself by the difficulty
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  • Yourself by the difficulty of the season,
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  • Of the season, let me speak
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  • Let me speak to that for a moment.
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  • To that for a moment. do not define yourself by
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  • Do not define yourself by the difficulty of the season,
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  • The difficulty of the season, define yourself by the size
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  • Define yourself by the size of your god.
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  • Of your god. because greater
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  • Because greater is he that is in you
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  • Is he that is in you that he that's in the world.
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  • That he that's in the world. so i'm not saying it's not hard,
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  • So i'm not saying it's not hard, i'm just saying
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  • I'm just saying he's bigger than it is.
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  • He's bigger than it is. and i am also saying that
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  • And i am also saying that you don't only have
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  • You don't only have god who stands high above
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  • God who stands high above the hard things in your life,
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  • The hard things in your life, you have a god who became
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  • You have a god who became a human and did the hard thing.
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  • >> thank you so much
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  • For joining us today. if today's message
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  • If today's message spoke to you,
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  • Spoke to you, i wanna invite you to partner
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  • I wanna invite you to partner with us so that someone else can
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  • With us so that someone else can hear that same
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  • Hear that same life-changing word.
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  • Your generosity truly
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  • Your generosity truly makes a difference.
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  • Makes a difference. every time you give,
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  • Every time you give, you're helping us
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  • You're helping us take the gospel further
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  • Take the gospel further and get god's word into
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  • And get god's word into someone else's heart.
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  • Someone else's heart. this ministry exists so that
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  • This ministry exists so that people far from god will be
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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 are a part
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  • And you are a part of that incredible story.
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  • Of that incredible story. because of you,
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  • Messages filled with truth and hope are reaching people
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  • And hope are reaching people around the world.
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  • Every gift counts. when you put your gift with my
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  • When you put your gift with my gift and the gifts of others,
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  • Gift and the gifts of others, god does miracles.
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  • God does miracles. he multiplies it
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  • He multiplies it and the gospel goes forth.
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  • And the gospel goes forth. 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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  • Thank you for joining us and i'll see you next time.
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  • >> the mission
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  • Of steven furtick ministries
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  • Has always been getting god's
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  • Word into people's hearts.
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  • In 2022,
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  • We launched our prison ministry
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  • And god has been moving.
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  • Today, our volunteers bring
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  • Church to 14 facilities
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  • Nationwide and reach thousands
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  • More online through
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  • Outreach partners
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  • And an app called pando.
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  • We've seen over 700 baptisms,
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  • Over 3,000 decisions for
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  • Christ,
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  • And we're believing that we
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  • Will
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  • Have a consistent presence in
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  • 20 prisons by the end of 2026,
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  • Because we know that no place
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  • Is out of reach
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  • For the gospel,
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  • And it's your partnership
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  • That makes it possible.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ who am i ♪
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  • ♪ that you keep me ♪
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  • ♪ on your mind ♪
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  • ♪ god i'm just grateful ♪
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  • ♪ for you ♪
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  • ♪ god i'm just grateful ♪
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  • ♪ for you ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'm lost ♪
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  • ♪ in your mystery ♪
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  • ♪ i'm found ♪
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  • ♪ in your love for me ♪
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  • ♪ i just wanna be here ♪
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  • ♪ with you ♪
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  • ♪ oh god ♪
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  • ♪ there's nowhere ♪
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  • ♪ i'd rather be ♪
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  • ♪ when you're singing ♪
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  • ♪ over me ♪
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  • ♪ oh-ooh ♪
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  • ♪ i just wanna be ♪
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  • ♪ here with you ♪
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  • ♪ yes ♪
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  • ♪ i'm lost in your mystery ♪
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  • ♪ i'm found in ♪
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  • ♪ your love for me ♪
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  • ♪ i just wanna be ♪
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  • ♪ here with you ♪
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  • ♪ hey-aye yeah ♪
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  • ♪ i turn all my attention ♪
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  • ♪ on you god ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ my portion ♪
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  • ♪ you are my portion lord ♪
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  • ♪ my prize ♪
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  • ♪ my treasure ♪
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  • ♪ oh-ooh ♪
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  • ♪ you are life ♪
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  • ♪ you are life lord ♪
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  • ♪ you are ♪
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  • ♪ so let all that i am ♪
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  • ♪ be consumed with who you are ♪
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  • ♪ oh the glory ♪
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  • ♪ of your presence ♪
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  • ♪ what more could i ask for ♪
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  • ♪ so let all that i am ♪
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  • ♪ be consumed with who you are ♪
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