Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church shares the message that God is always with us, even in our loneliest moments. Through personal anecdotes and biblical references, he emphasizes the importance of recognizing the significant people in our lives, even those who may have only been there for a season. With a focus on God's presence and the impact of individuals who have crossed our paths, Pastor Furtick delivers a message of hope, reminding listeners that they are never truly alone.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - He Was The One (Part 2) | October 27, 2025
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- >> announcer: up next,
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- An encouraging message
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- From pastor steven furtick
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- Of elevation church.
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- If you're looking
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- To strengthen your faith
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- And shift your perspective,
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- Stay tuned.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> because i want you
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- >> because i want you to understand something
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- To understand something right quick,
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- Right quick, right off the bat,
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- Right off the bat, right now, right here,
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- Right now, right here, right now,
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- Right now, and never doubt it again.
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- And never doubt it again. if you knew what god was doing
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- If you knew what god was doing through you right now.
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- [applause]
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- And what god was
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- And what god was going to do through you,
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- Going to do through you, the devil could never
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- The devil could never discourage you again.
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- [applause]
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- If you knew.
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- If you knew. ah, touch your neighbor and say,
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- Ah, touch your neighbor and say, "if you knew.
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- "if you knew. >> congregation: if you knew.
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- >> congregation: if you knew. >> what god was
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- >> what god was doing through you."
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- Doing through you." put it in the future
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- Put it in the future in case -- in case they
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- In case -- in case they have a hard time
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- Have a hard time seeing it right now,
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- Seeing it right now, in case they have a low
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- In case they have a low bank balance right now,
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- Bank balance right now, in case their kids
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- In case their kids aren't speaking
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- Aren't speaking to them right now,
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- To them right now, in case their mom isn't speaking
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- In case their mom isn't speaking to them right now,
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- To them right now, in case their job sucks
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- In case their job sucks right now,
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- Right now, in case they're single right now
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- In case they're single right now and wishing that they
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- And wishing that they weren't single.
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- Weren't single. i mean, there's nothing wrong
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- I mean, there's nothing wrong with being single unless you
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- With being single unless you wish you weren't single.
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- Wish you weren't single. but if you look back at them one
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- But if you look back at them one more time and tell them for me,
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- More time and tell them for me, just make the announcement.
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- Just make the announcement. say, "if you knew.
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- Say, "if you knew. >> congregation: if you knew.
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- >> congregation: if you knew. >> what god was gonna do.
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- >> what god was gonna do. >> congregation: what god
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- >> congregation: what god was gonna do.
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- Was gonna do. >> the devil couldn't
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- >> the devil couldn't discourage you,
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- Discourage you, couldn't pay you enough to quit,
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- Couldn't pay you enough to quit, couldn't defeat you,
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- Couldn't defeat you, couldn't depress you.
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- Couldn't depress you. if you knew he was the one."
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- [applause]
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- And they made him
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- And they made him king at age 16.
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- King at age 16. you ever been thrust into
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- You ever been thrust into something you felt like you
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- Something you felt like you weren't ready for yet?
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- Weren't ready for yet? >> congregation: yes.
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- >> congregation: yes. >> have you ever just had
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- >> have you ever just had somebody put something on you
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- Somebody put something on you that you didn't wanna wear?
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- That you didn't wanna wear? have you ever had that moment --
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- Have you ever had that moment -- i think every parent has this
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- I think every parent has this moment, "oh, i am the grown up."
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- [laughter]
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- And this guy,
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- And this guy, he's 16 years old,
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- He's 16 years old, and he has to become a king.
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- And he has to become a king. and he did something so amazing
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- And he did something so amazing that we're talking
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- That we're talking about it today.
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- About it today. he's the one.
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- He's the one. i'm sure he wondered,
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- I'm sure he wondered, just like you do,
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- Just like you do, and i do,
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- And i do, "why would i be the one?"
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- "why would i be the one?" i'm sure he felt in the shadow
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- I'm sure he felt in the shadow of his father,
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- Of his father, just like you feel in the shadow
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- Just like you feel in the shadow of some of your challenges.
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- Of some of your challenges. i'm sure he felt insufficient,
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- I'm sure he felt insufficient, but yet he was the one
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- But yet he was the one who res --
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- Who res -- ah, i got the other one.
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- Ah, i got the other one. yeah, there's three of them.
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- I read the wrong one.
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- "he was the one who rebuilt
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- Elath and restored it to judah,
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- After amaziah."
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- So, i'm thinking to myself,
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- So, i'm thinking to myself, right, reading this.
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- Right, reading this. let me sit back down.
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- Let me sit back down. i'm going, elath must be
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- I'm going, elath must be a really big place if the bible
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- A really big place if the bible takes time to say,
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- Takes time to say, "that of everything
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- "that of everything that he did,
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- That he did, he rebuilt and restore elath."
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- He rebuilt and restore elath." and i pull out this
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- And i pull out this map in my bible, y'all.
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- Map in my bible, y'all. and elath isn't that big.
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- [laughter]
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- It wasn't its size
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- It wasn't its size that made it significant,
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- That made it significant, it was where it was situated.
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- It was where it was situated. elath was a port city.
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- Elath was at the northern
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- Elath was at the northern tip of a gulf.
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- Tip of a gulf. elath was in the territory
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- Elath was in the territory of the edomites.
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- Of the edomites. the edomites had once been
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- The edomites had once been a territory of israel,
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- But they had broken away.
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- But they had broken away. uzziah's father had brought edom
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- Uzziah's father had brought edom back to a point.
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- Back to a point. uzziah did something
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- Uzziah did something more important.
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- More important. he restored the port city
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- He restored the port city so that the trade could happen
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- So that the trade could happen beyond the borders of judah.
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- Beyond the borders of judah. now, can i preach?
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- Now, can i preach? >> congregation: yes.
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- >> congregation: yes. >> sometimes, we have no idea
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- >> sometimes, we have no idea what's really important because
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- What's really important because we judge significance by size.
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- We judge significance by size. we judge significance by status.
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- We judge significance by status. but the thing that god
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- But the thing that god wants you to know that uzziah,
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- Wants you to know that uzziah, azariah, the artist formerly
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- Azariah, the artist formerly known as azariah.
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- Known as azariah. the thing that god wants you
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- The thing that god wants you to know about him was,
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- To know about him was, he was the one who
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- He was the one who was remembered for what
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- Was remembered for what he rebuilt and for what
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- He rebuilt and for what he restored.
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- He restored. and what he rebuilt and what he
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- And what he rebuilt and what he restored didn't seem very big,
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- Restored didn't seem very big, but it was very important
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- But it was very important because it was a port city.
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- Because it was a port city. because if he got the port city
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- Because if he got the port city working again,
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- Working again, the ships could come and go.
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- The ships could come and go. imagine the hustle and bustle
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- Imagine the hustle and bustle of commerce, and economy,
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- Of commerce, and economy, and exchange,
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- And exchange, and trade that could happen
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- And trade that could happen when he got the port city back.
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- When he got the port city back. there are some things that
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- There are some things that the enemy will fight you
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- The enemy will fight you over in your life
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- Over in your life that don't seem very
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- That don't seem very big on the surface,
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- Big on the surface, but he knows it is
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- But he knows it is a port city in your life.
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- A port city in your life. and if you get this one right,
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- And if you get this one right, and if you get this one back,
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- And if you get this one back, and if you get this one fixed,
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- And if you get this one fixed, and if you get
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- And if you get this one under control,
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- This one under control, and if you get this one flowing,
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- And if you get this one flowing, and if you get this one working,
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- And if you get this one working, and if you get this one open,
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- And if you get this one open, and if you get this one rebuilt.
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- And if you get this one rebuilt. and see, that's why you can
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- And see, that's why you can never judge the significance
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- Never judge the significance of the season that you're in
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- Of the season that you're in by the size
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- By the size of the opportunity
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- Of the opportunity according to your eyes.
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- According to your eyes. if you only knew.
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- [applause]
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- I will prove it to you,
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- I will prove it to you, not from the bible.
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- Not from the bible. i'll prove it from my life.
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- I'll prove it from my life. 'cause i've never seen elath.
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- 'cause i've never seen elath. i've never been there.
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- I've never been there. but i have had moments in my
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- But i have had moments in my life where god was using
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- Life where god was using something that i didn't think
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- Something that i didn't think it was important,
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- It was important, but it was a port.
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- But it was a port. so, when elijah went to college
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- So, when elijah went to college a few weeks ago,
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- A few weeks ago, he said,
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- He said, "i gotta get a job?"
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- "i gotta get a job?" i said, "probably."
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- I said, "probably." he said,
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- He said, "how do i get one?"
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- "how do i get one?" i said,
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- I said, "there's many different ways."
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- "there's many different ways." he said,
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- He said, "how did you get one?"
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- "how did you get one?" i said, "well, i never really
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- I said, "well, i never really had a real job.
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- Had a real job. i mean,
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- I mean, i got all these scholarships
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- I got all these scholarships to get to college.
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- To get to college. i applied for every scholarship.
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- I applied for every scholarship. i did work-study where you can
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- I did work-study where you can get some of your tuition paid.
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- Get some of your tuition paid. i did everything i could."
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- I did everything i could." i mean, i worked jobs
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- I mean, i worked jobs when i was a kid.
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- When i was a kid. i did a --
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- I did a -- y'all know about my jobs.
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- [laughter]
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- I cremated animals.
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- I cremated animals. i sold fireworks.
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- I sold fireworks. i cleaned churches.
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- I cleaned churches. i sold explosives,
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- I sold explosives, burned dogs,
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- Burned dogs, and cleaned the house of god.
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- And cleaned the house of god. let me see your resume.
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- [applause]
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- Alright, but.
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- [laughter]
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- When i got to college,
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- When i got to college, i felt like i was
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- I felt like i was called to preach, right?
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- Called to preach, right? nobody else shared
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- Nobody else shared that opinion at college.
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- That opinion at college. back at home,
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- Back at home, i preached my first sermon
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- When i was 16.
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- When i was 16. i wasn't a king
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- I wasn't a king like uzziah at 16,
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- Like uzziah at 16, but i preached by first sermon
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- But i preached by first sermon at moncks corner united
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- At moncks corner united methodist church.
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- Methodist church. and then pastor micky,
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- And then pastor micky, he was the one who sat
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- He was the one who sat on my parent's floor and said,
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- "god's hand is on your son."
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- "god's hand is on your son." and for my mom and my dad,
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- And for my mom and my dad, they were the ones who
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- They were the ones who let me go be a youth minister
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- Let me go be a youth minister while i was still a youth.
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- While i was still a youth. but when i went to college,
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- But when i went to college, nobody was asking me to preach.
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- Nobody was asking me to preach. i found a guy on campus,
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- I found a guy on campus, this is what i told elijah,
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- This is what i told elijah, i said, "you need to --
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- I said, "you need to -- one day, if your ever meet him,
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- One day, if your ever meet him, thank jay hardwick."
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- Thank jay hardwick." he said,
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- He said, "who's jay hardwick?"
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- "who's jay hardwick?" i said, "he was the one."
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- I said, "he was the one." i hadn't talked to him
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- I hadn't talked to him in 15 years.
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- In 15 years. i would text him,
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- I would text him, but i don't have his number.
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- But i don't have his number. maybe he'll see this.
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- Maybe he'll see this. jay.
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- [laughter]
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- Reaching out.
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- Reaching out. you were the one.
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- You were the one. when i came up to you
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- When i came up to you in the cafeteria and i said,
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- In the cafeteria and i said, "i heard you're a preacher."
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- "i heard you're a preacher." and you said,
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- And you said, "yeah, i mean,
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- "yeah, i mean, i'm trying to be."
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- I'm trying to be." and i said, "me too.
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- And i said, "me too. i wanna preach like you preach."
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- I wanna preach like you preach." and you said to me,
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- And you said to me, "okay, when somebody calls me
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- "okay, when somebody calls me for an invitation
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- For an invitation and i can't go,
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- And i can't go, i'll tell them
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- I'll tell them to get you instead."
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- To get you instead." and i said,
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- And i said, "i'll eat your crumbs."
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- [laughter]
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- I'm not --
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- I'm not -- i'm not picky.
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- I'm not picky. i'm not picky.
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- I'm not picky. once you've run a crematory,
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- Once you've run a crematory, you'll preach anywhere.
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- [laughter]
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- I said -- i said,
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- I said -- i said, "that would be awesome."
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- "that would be awesome." he was the one
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- He was the one that told mason to put
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- That told mason to put me on the summer impact team,
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- Me on the summer impact team, where i ended up traveling
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- Where i ended up traveling with holly.
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- With holly. he was the one,
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- He was the one, and he never sent me a bill.
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- And he never sent me a bill. he never took a commission.
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- He never took a commission. as far as i know,
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- As far as i know, he never took credit.
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- He never took credit. that dude been running all
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- That dude been running all around the state
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- Around the state of wherever he lives now.
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- [laughter]
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- Saying, "yeah, i gave furtick
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- Saying, "yeah, i gave furtick his start over there in --
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- His start over there in -- over there in elevation."
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- Over there in elevation." but he didn't really
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- But he didn't really care about that.
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- Care about that. it's like he was so important
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- It's like he was so important in my life,
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- In my life, and i never even told
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- And i never even told my son about him till just
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- My son about him till just the other day.
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- The other day. so, the next time the devil
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- So, the next time the devil tells you,
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- Tells you, "you have no one,"
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- "you have no one," and he starts hitting you
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- And he starts hitting you with this loneliness
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- With this loneliness that he hits you with,
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- That he hits you with, when he hits you
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- When he hits you with loneliness,
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- With loneliness, hit him with a list.
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- [applause]
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- Somebody say, "he was the one."
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- Somebody say, "he was the one." alright, let's get inclusive.
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- Alright, let's get inclusive. say, "she was the one."
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- Say, "she was the one." >> congregation: she was
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- >> congregation: she was the one.
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- The one. >> i knew y'all were
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- >> i knew y'all were getting offended.
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- Getting offended. i have a flight
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- I have a flight this friday night
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- This friday night and i don't wanna start
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- And i don't wanna start anything early.
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- [laughter]
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- I mean, i've told you
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- I mean, i've told you a thousand times that really
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- A thousand times that really holly started the church,
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- Holly started the church, not me.
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- Not me. i was gonna start it when i was
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- I was gonna start it when i was about the age i am now.
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- About the age i am now. and 18 years ago,
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- She turned to me and said,
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- She turned to me and said, "it's time for you
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- "it's time for you to go start the church
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- To go start the church god's called you to start.
- 00:10:02.732 --> 00:10:03.366
- God's called you to start. we got people around
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- We got people around that we need.
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- That we need. and you got what
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- And you got what you need right now to do it
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- You need right now to do it and we're gonna do
- 00:10:05.735 --> 00:10:06.235
- And we're gonna do it right now."
- 00:10:06.302 --> 00:10:08.070
- It right now." if she wouldn't have talked
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- If she wouldn't have talked me into doing it then,
- 00:10:09.138 --> 00:10:10.306
- Me into doing it then, i would have learned too much
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- I would have learned too much to do it at this point
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- To do it at this point in my life.
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- In my life. i would have learned too much.
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- She was the one.
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- [applause]
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- She was the one.
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- [applause]
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- And i look around the room,
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- And i look around the room, like, to see, and i don't
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- Like, to see, and i don't just see a crowd.
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- Just see a crowd. i see ones.
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- I see ones. i see ones.
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- [applause]
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- He was the one that
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- He was the one that convinced me we could do
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- Convinced me we could do elevation nights.
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- Elevation nights. he was the one that
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- He was the one that was with me at green day
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- Was with me at green day when billie joe armstrong
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- When billie joe armstrong called me on stage
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- Called me on stage to play guitar.
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- [laughter]
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- Y'all, that happened
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- Y'all, that happened before i was 16 years old.
- 00:10:51.380 --> 00:10:53.816
- Before i was 16 years old. i was at a green day concert,
- 00:10:53.883 --> 00:10:56.185
- I was at a green day concert, and i turned to my other friend
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- And i turned to my other friend that was --
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- That was -- isn't here anymore,
- 00:10:57.987 --> 00:10:58.688
- Isn't here anymore, and i said,
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- And i said, "what if billie joe calls me
- 00:10:59.622 --> 00:11:00.956
- "what if billie joe calls me to play his guitar on stage?"
- 00:11:01.023 --> 00:11:02.124
- To play his guitar on stage?" he said, "shut up.
- 00:11:02.191 --> 00:11:02.925
- He said, "shut up. that's stupid.
- 00:11:02.992 --> 00:11:03.459
- That's stupid. that's never gonna happen."
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- [laughter]
- 00:11:04.827 --> 00:11:05.161
- And in the middle,
- 00:11:05.428 --> 00:11:07.229
- And in the middle, i feel the holy ghost,
- 00:11:07.296 --> 00:11:08.564
- I feel the holy ghost, in the middle of the
- 00:11:08.631 --> 00:11:11.033
- In the middle of the operation ivy song "knowledge,"
- 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.902
- Operation ivy song "knowledge," billie joe armstrong
- 00:11:12.968 --> 00:11:13.536
- Billie joe armstrong stops and say,
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- Stops and say, "does anybody out
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- "does anybody out there play guitar?"
- 00:11:15.738 --> 00:11:17.807
- There play guitar?" and my friends picked me up,
- 00:11:17.873 --> 00:11:19.141
- And my friends picked me up, and he was one of them,
- 00:11:19.208 --> 00:11:20.109
- And he was one of them, and picked me up
- 00:11:20.176 --> 00:11:21.677
- And picked me up like i was mufasa.
- 00:11:21.744 --> 00:11:23.879
- Like i was mufasa. like i was the --
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- Like i was the -- "he's the one."
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- [applause]
- 00:11:25.681 --> 00:11:26.348
- And i played that thing.
- 00:11:27.016 --> 00:11:28.050
- And i played that thing. oh, i killed it too.
- 00:11:28.117 --> 00:11:29.785
- Oh, i killed it too. i was ready for my moment.
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- [cheering and applause]
- 00:11:32.521 --> 00:11:37.126
- You know how many times
- 00:11:37.560 --> 00:11:38.627
- You know how many times i've wanted to find
- 00:11:38.694 --> 00:11:39.729
- I've wanted to find billie joe armstrong --
- 00:11:39.795 --> 00:11:41.330
- Billie joe armstrong -- i never met him and say,
- 00:11:41.397 --> 00:11:43.332
- I never met him and say, "hey, you remember that night in
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- "hey, you remember that night in charleston in 1994?"
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- [laughter]
- 00:11:46.202 --> 00:11:46.402
- Now, he did it every night,
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- Now, he did it every night, so for him it was just
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- So for him it was just another night,
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- Another night, but to me it was the one.
- 00:11:55.211 --> 00:12:02.318
- But to me it was the one. that's why i preach hard,
- 00:12:02.384 --> 00:12:04.754
- That's why i preach hard, 'cause i preach every six days,
- 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:07.857
- 'cause i preach every six days, but for you this might be the.
- 00:12:07.923 --> 00:12:09.892
- But for you this might be the. >> congregation: one
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- >> congregation: one >> the one.
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- [applause]
- 00:12:13.362 --> 00:12:13.562
- I'mma preach a lot of messages,
- 00:12:14.230 --> 00:12:17.333
- I'mma preach a lot of messages, but for somebody
- 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:19.535
- But for somebody this is the one.
- 00:12:19.602 --> 00:12:21.737
- This is the one. for someone this is the one.
- 00:12:21.804 --> 00:12:24.874
- For someone this is the one. and i'm not talking about me
- 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:26.642
- And i'm not talking about me just to talk about me.
- 00:12:26.709 --> 00:12:28.277
- Just to talk about me. i'm trying to get you to see
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- I'm trying to get you to see that for someone,
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- That for someone, you're the one.
- 00:12:33.449 --> 00:12:35.785
- You're the one. you're the one.
- 00:12:35.851 --> 00:12:38.354
- You're the one. you may not even know it.
- 00:12:38.420 --> 00:12:39.555
- You may not even know it. you might be like
- 00:12:39.622 --> 00:12:40.523
- You might be like billie joe armstrong,
- 00:12:40.589 --> 00:12:42.958
- Billie joe armstrong, go on to do another city.
- 00:12:43.025 --> 00:12:44.827
- Go on to do another city. he went on to charleston,
- 00:12:44.894 --> 00:12:46.395
- He went on to charleston, west virginia.
- 00:12:46.462 --> 00:12:47.496
- West virginia. he went on
- 00:12:47.563 --> 00:12:48.164
- He went on to minneapolis, minnesota.
- 00:12:48.230 --> 00:12:49.799
- To minneapolis, minnesota. he never even knew he left a boy
- 00:12:49.865 --> 00:12:51.233
- He never even knew he left a boy back in moncks corner,
- 00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:52.535
- Back in moncks corner, south carolina.
- 00:12:52.601 --> 00:12:53.769
- South carolina. he boosted my popularity past
- 00:12:53.836 --> 00:12:55.838
- He boosted my popularity past the high school quarterback
- 00:12:55.905 --> 00:12:57.640
- The high school quarterback in one moment.
- 00:12:57.706 --> 00:12:59.575
- In one moment. but he just went on.
- 00:12:59.642 --> 00:13:02.077
- But he just went on. and so, when the devil tells you
- 00:13:02.144 --> 00:13:03.612
- And so, when the devil tells you that you have no one,
- 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:06.749
- That you have no one, that you are no one,
- 00:13:06.816 --> 00:13:09.051
- And that you can't
- 00:13:09.151 --> 00:13:09.819
- And that you can't see how god is using you --
- 00:13:09.885 --> 00:13:10.986
- See how god is using you -- oh, i got --
- 00:13:11.053 --> 00:13:11.720
- Oh, i got -- i got a tip for you.
- 00:13:11.787 --> 00:13:12.454
- I got a tip for you. you ready, ready?
- 00:13:12.521 --> 00:13:13.455
- You ready, ready? assume that god is using you.
- 00:13:13.522 --> 00:13:17.927
- Assume that god is using you. assume that god is using you.
- 00:13:17.993 --> 00:13:21.430
- Assume that god is using you. you got it?
- 00:13:21.497 --> 00:13:22.097
- How do i know god is using me?
- 00:13:22.198 --> 00:13:23.432
- How do i know god is using me? you won't.
- 00:13:23.499 --> 00:13:25.201
- You won't. assume that god is using you.
- 00:13:25.267 --> 00:13:30.139
- Assume that god is using you. assume that god is using you.
- 00:13:30.206 --> 00:13:33.409
- Assume that god is using you. usually they say,
- 00:13:33.475 --> 00:13:34.543
- Usually they say, "you know what assuming does,
- 00:13:34.610 --> 00:13:36.045
- "you know what assuming does, it makes a," --
- 00:13:36.111 --> 00:13:36.812
- [laughter]
- 00:13:37.313 --> 00:13:37.813
- "you know, whatever, whatever."
- 00:13:38.013 --> 00:13:38.848
- "you know, whatever, whatever." but in this case,
- 00:13:38.914 --> 00:13:40.649
- But in this case, i'm actually advocating
- 00:13:40.716 --> 00:13:41.884
- I'm actually advocating that you assume that
- 00:13:41.951 --> 00:13:44.019
- That you assume that you are the one that god
- 00:13:44.086 --> 00:13:46.822
- You are the one that god wanted that person
- 00:13:46.889 --> 00:13:47.990
- Wanted that person to come across
- 00:13:48.057 --> 00:13:48.824
- To come across in their path because you
- 00:13:48.891 --> 00:13:50.926
- In their path because you might have something
- 00:13:50.993 --> 00:13:51.927
- Might have something valuable that they need.
- 00:13:51.994 --> 00:13:53.495
- Valuable that they need. and for everybody who's been
- 00:13:53.562 --> 00:13:54.730
- And for everybody who's been stuck in self-pity,
- 00:13:54.797 --> 00:13:56.565
- Stuck in self-pity, there is no quicker way
- 00:13:56.632 --> 00:13:58.033
- There is no quicker way out of self-pity
- 00:13:58.100 --> 00:13:59.401
- Out of self-pity than to fulfil god's purpose.
- 00:13:59.468 --> 00:14:02.137
- Than to fulfil god's purpose. so, assume --
- 00:14:02.204 --> 00:14:03.639
- So, assume -- i know y'all don't like this.
- 00:14:03.706 --> 00:14:04.807
- [applause]
- 00:14:05.341 --> 00:14:05.674
- Because sometimes we
- 00:14:06.308 --> 00:14:07.076
- Because sometimes we don't want to be the one.
- 00:14:07.142 --> 00:14:08.644
- Don't want to be the one. i don't want
- 00:14:08.711 --> 00:14:09.645
- I don't want to encourage anybody.
- 00:14:09.712 --> 00:14:10.980
- To encourage anybody. when is somebody
- 00:14:11.046 --> 00:14:11.780
- When is somebody gonna encourage me?
- 00:14:11.847 --> 00:14:13.549
- Gonna encourage me? sometimes i don't feel like
- 00:14:13.616 --> 00:14:14.750
- Sometimes i don't feel like preaching and i wanna hand
- 00:14:14.817 --> 00:14:15.885
- Preaching and i wanna hand you the microphone.
- 00:14:15.951 --> 00:14:17.353
- You the microphone. you say something.
- 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:18.354
- [laughter]
- 00:14:18.888 --> 00:14:20.689
- I'mma do it one day.
- 00:14:21.023 --> 00:14:22.157
- I'mma do it one day. i'mma walk in.
- 00:14:22.224 --> 00:14:23.559
- I'mma walk in. i'mma take the stage
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- I'mma take the stage and the first person
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- And the first person that looks bored,
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- That looks bored, i'mma throw my microphone
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- I'mma throw my microphone and say,
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- And say, "here, you do it."
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- [laughter]
- 00:14:28.898 --> 00:14:30.532
- You do it.
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- You do it. it's just talking.
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- It's just talking. he was the one.
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- He was the one. he was the one.
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- He was the one. he rebuilt and restored.
- 00:14:43.412 --> 00:14:47.016
- He rebuilt and restored. he was remembered
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- He was remembered for what he restored.
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- For what he restored. will you be?
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- Will you be? this is the decision
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- This is the decision in this season of your life
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- In this season of your life that you are making
- 00:15:02.431 --> 00:15:03.098
- That you are making without even knowing that you
- 00:15:03.165 --> 00:15:04.433
- Without even knowing that you are making it on behalf
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- Are making it on behalf of others.
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- Of others. you know, as holly and i
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- You know, as holly and i began to talk,
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- Began to talk, we started to realize
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- We started to realize something about relationships.
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- Something about relationships. now, i'mma try
- 00:15:14.677 --> 00:15:15.444
- Now, i'mma try to talk about this.
- 00:15:15.511 --> 00:15:17.046
- To talk about this. if i don't really do
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- If i don't really do a good job with it,
- 00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:19.348
- A good job with it, i'll come on youtube
- 00:15:19.415 --> 00:15:20.349
- I'll come on youtube this week and do a bonus
- 00:15:20.416 --> 00:15:21.483
- This week and do a bonus teaching on it.
- 00:15:21.550 --> 00:15:23.352
- Teaching on it. so, pray i do a good job,
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- So, pray i do a good job, so i don't have to go back in
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- So i don't have to go back in and do it again.
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- [laughter]
- 00:15:26.455 --> 00:15:27.089
- There's a lot of relational
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- There's a lot of relational resentment that can
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- Resentment that can build up in your life.
- 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:33.262
- Build up in your life. people that disappoint you.
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- People that disappoint you. and i'm no different than you,
- 00:15:36.398 --> 00:15:39.001
- And i'm no different than you, i get disappointed in people.
- 00:15:39.068 --> 00:15:43.238
- I get disappointed in people. the man that we're reading
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- The man that we're reading about in this scripture, uzziah,
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- About in this scripture, uzziah, in many ways he was
- 00:15:47.009 --> 00:15:47.876
- In many ways he was a disappointment because
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- A disappointment because he didn't bring the nation
- 00:15:50.212 --> 00:15:50.846
- He didn't bring the nation back to their rightful place.
- 00:15:50.913 --> 00:15:51.613
- Back to their rightful place. and i will show you
- 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.247
- And i will show you in just a moment,
- 00:15:52.314 --> 00:15:52.915
- In just a moment, it even got worse than that.
- 00:15:52.982 --> 00:15:54.984
- It even got worse than that. but before i show you how
- 00:15:55.050 --> 00:15:55.985
- But before i show you how bad it got,
- 00:15:56.051 --> 00:15:56.785
- Bad it got, let me just talk about
- 00:15:56.852 --> 00:15:57.519
- Let me just talk about your disappointments in people.
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- Your disappointments in people. because as holly and i began
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- Because as holly and i began to talk i said,
- 00:16:01.357 --> 00:16:03.025
- To talk i said, "you know jay hardwood
- 00:16:03.092 --> 00:16:03.892
- "you know jay hardwood was the one that kinda
- 00:16:03.959 --> 00:16:05.094
- Was the one that kinda put us on that team, wasn't he?
- 00:16:05.160 --> 00:16:06.428
- Put us on that team, wasn't he? and we never even
- 00:16:06.495 --> 00:16:06.962
- And we never even thought about it."
- 00:16:07.029 --> 00:16:09.298
- Thought about it." who was someone in your life
- 00:16:09.365 --> 00:16:10.165
- Who was someone in your life that you don't think about?
- 00:16:10.232 --> 00:16:11.000
- That you don't think about? and, no, i'm not talking about,
- 00:16:11.066 --> 00:16:11.900
- And, no, i'm not talking about, like the hall of fame,
- 00:16:11.967 --> 00:16:12.701
- Like the hall of fame, like mom and dad
- 00:16:12.768 --> 00:16:13.602
- Like mom and dad and all that stuff
- 00:16:13.669 --> 00:16:14.436
- And all that stuff i don't know,
- 00:16:14.503 --> 00:16:15.404
- I don't know, and billy graham,
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- And billy graham, and the apostle paul,
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- And the apostle paul, and jesus.
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- [laughter]
- 00:16:18.474 --> 00:16:18.640
- It's gonna be in the comments,
- 00:16:19.408 --> 00:16:20.175
- "jesus is the one,
- 00:16:20.275 --> 00:16:21.110
- "jesus is the one, steven, jesus.
- 00:16:21.176 --> 00:16:22.011
- Steven, jesus. he's the one."
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- [laughter]
- 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:23.579
- I'mma say it for you.
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- [laughter]
- 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:28.183
- But, you know, moving us
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- But, you know, moving us along from there.
- 00:16:30.886 --> 00:16:35.357
- There's people that you think
- 00:16:35.457 --> 00:16:36.191
- There's people that you think they are gonna be the one
- 00:16:36.258 --> 00:16:36.959
- They are gonna be the one to be with you forever,
- 00:16:37.026 --> 00:16:37.793
- To be with you forever, but they're not.
- 00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:40.863
- But they're not. but just because they're not
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- But just because they're not the one that was with
- 00:16:41.697 --> 00:16:42.364
- The one that was with you for a little while,
- 00:16:42.431 --> 00:16:44.433
- You for a little while, or just because they're
- 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.100
- Or just because they're not with you forever,
- 00:16:45.167 --> 00:16:47.302
- Not with you forever, doesn't mean that they didn't
- 00:16:47.369 --> 00:16:48.203
- Doesn't mean that they didn't serve an important
- 00:16:48.270 --> 00:16:49.204
- Serve an important purpose in your life.
- 00:16:49.271 --> 00:16:51.073
- Purpose in your life. and i don't know who
- 00:16:51.140 --> 00:16:51.673
- And i don't know who this is for,
- 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.441
- This is for, but i really need to say it.
- 00:16:52.508 --> 00:16:53.308
- But i really need to say it. some people in your life
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- Some people in your life are port people.
- 00:16:55.044 --> 00:17:01.083
- Are port people. they move through,
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- They move through, you move on,
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- You move on, they move on.
- 00:17:04.186 --> 00:17:05.554
- They move on. just because they didn't
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- Just because they didn't stay planted,
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- Stay planted, doesn't mean they
- 00:17:09.725 --> 00:17:10.292
- Doesn't mean they weren't important.
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- [applause]
- 00:17:12.795 --> 00:17:14.163
- And what this will help you
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- And what this will help you do when the enemy says,
- 00:17:15.330 --> 00:17:18.700
- Do when the enemy says, "you have nobody.
- 00:17:18.767 --> 00:17:20.069
- "you have nobody. look at how they let you down.
- 00:17:20.135 --> 00:17:21.904
- Look at how they let you down. look at how they didn't come
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- Look at how they didn't come through for you.
- 00:17:22.871 --> 00:17:23.839
- Through for you. look at how they don't get you.
- 00:17:23.906 --> 00:17:25.441
- Look at how they don't get you. look at what they
- 00:17:25.507 --> 00:17:26.108
- Look at what they weren't able to do.
- 00:17:26.175 --> 00:17:26.809
- Weren't able to do. look at how you
- 00:17:26.875 --> 00:17:27.476
- Look at how you believed in them.
- 00:17:27.543 --> 00:17:28.177
- Believed in them. look at how you thought
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- Look at how you thought they were going
- 00:17:28.911 --> 00:17:29.478
- They were going to be the perfect partner.
- 00:17:29.545 --> 00:17:30.345
- To be the perfect partner. look at how you thought they
- 00:17:30.412 --> 00:17:31.246
- Look at how you thought they were going to be."
- 00:17:31.313 --> 00:17:32.047
- Were going to be." i wanna revisit this
- 00:17:32.114 --> 00:17:33.348
- I wanna revisit this for a moment so that
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- For a moment so that you stop focusing on
- 00:17:35.317 --> 00:17:38.387
- You stop focusing on the disappointment and start
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- The disappointment and start focusing on the deposit.
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- [applause]
- 00:17:43.292 --> 00:17:46.695
- 'cause i could tell you somebody
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- 'cause i could tell you somebody right now and you
- 00:17:48.297 --> 00:17:48.797
- Right now and you could do the same for me.
- 00:17:48.864 --> 00:17:49.531
- Could do the same for me. you could say,
- 00:17:49.598 --> 00:17:50.432
- You could say, "man, she was the one that
- 00:17:50.499 --> 00:17:51.700
- "man, she was the one that i counted on,
- 00:17:51.767 --> 00:17:52.334
- I counted on, and she let me down."
- 00:17:52.401 --> 00:17:53.335
- And she let me down." but if we took it
- 00:17:53.402 --> 00:17:53.969
- But if we took it a little deeper,
- 00:17:54.036 --> 00:17:55.838
- A little deeper, there was something
- 00:17:55.904 --> 00:17:56.572
- There was something god used that person
- 00:17:56.638 --> 00:17:57.706
- God used that person in your life for.
- 00:17:57.773 --> 00:17:59.875
- In your life for. and even if it was
- 00:17:59.942 --> 00:18:00.676
- And even if it was just a port moving through,
- 00:18:00.742 --> 00:18:04.346
- Just a port moving through, you understand what
- 00:18:04.413 --> 00:18:04.947
- You understand what i'm saying about elath?
- 00:18:05.013 --> 00:18:07.282
- I'm saying about elath? we have elath relationships,
- 00:18:07.349 --> 00:18:09.318
- We have elath relationships, and they may not last
- 00:18:09.384 --> 00:18:10.018
- And they may not last as long as we wanted them to,
- 00:18:10.085 --> 00:18:11.120
- As long as we wanted them to, and they may not be
- 00:18:11.186 --> 00:18:11.720
- And they may not be everything that we
- 00:18:11.787 --> 00:18:12.387
- Everything that we wanted them to be.
- 00:18:12.454 --> 00:18:13.088
- Wanted them to be. and if we are not careful,
- 00:18:13.155 --> 00:18:15.991
- And if we are not careful, so careful with our souls,
- 00:18:16.058 --> 00:18:18.360
- So careful with our souls, the devil will
- 00:18:18.427 --> 00:18:18.794
- The devil will set up camp in that
- 00:18:18.861 --> 00:18:19.728
- Set up camp in that disappointment and say,
- 00:18:19.795 --> 00:18:21.630
- Disappointment and say, "you have no one."
- 00:18:21.697 --> 00:18:25.434
- "you have no one." but they were the one.
- 00:18:25.501 --> 00:18:27.636
- But they were the one. they were the one for a while.
- 00:18:27.703 --> 00:18:30.639
- They were the one for a while. look at what they added
- 00:18:30.706 --> 00:18:31.406
- Look at what they added to your life.
- 00:18:31.473 --> 00:18:33.775
- To your life. "yeah, but they betrayed me."
- 00:18:33.842 --> 00:18:37.045
- "yeah, but they betrayed me." it was judas that
- 00:18:37.112 --> 00:18:38.814
- It was judas that got jesus to the cross.
- 00:18:38.881 --> 00:18:44.653
- Got jesus to the cross. he was the one that god used
- 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.622
- He was the one that god used more than any of the other
- 00:18:46.688 --> 00:18:47.756
- More than any of the other disciples because it was judas
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- Disciples because it was judas that god used to get jesus
- 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.960
- That god used to get jesus to the place where he paid
- 00:18:52.027 --> 00:18:53.428
- To the place where he paid for your sins and mine.
- 00:18:53.495 --> 00:18:56.098
- For your sins and mine. even the people that hurt you,
- 00:18:56.165 --> 00:18:58.467
- Even the people that hurt you, god used.
- 00:18:58.534 --> 00:19:01.537
- God used. i don't say that coldly.
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- I don't say that coldly. i don't say that to celebrate
- 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.706
- I don't say that to celebrate abuse, or neglect,
- 00:19:04.773 --> 00:19:05.507
- Abuse, or neglect, or abandonment.
- 00:19:05.574 --> 00:19:07.342
- Or abandonment. i just know that someone has
- 00:19:07.409 --> 00:19:09.578
- I just know that someone has been living in this place
- 00:19:09.645 --> 00:19:11.880
- Been living in this place for a long time.
- 00:19:11.947 --> 00:19:12.714
- For a long time. "i have no one."
- 00:19:12.781 --> 00:19:14.583
- "i have no one." and you are so good
- 00:19:14.650 --> 00:19:16.652
- And you are so good at listing the disappointments
- 00:19:16.718 --> 00:19:19.488
- At listing the disappointments that you are missing
- 00:19:19.555 --> 00:19:20.189
- That you are missing the deposits.
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- [applause]
- 00:19:22.324 --> 00:19:26.595
- And not only those
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- And not only those that are gone,
- 00:19:28.263 --> 00:19:29.631
- That are gone, not only the people
- 00:19:29.698 --> 00:19:30.465
- Not only the people that planted seeds,
- 00:19:30.532 --> 00:19:32.734
- That planted seeds, not everybody that starts
- 00:19:32.801 --> 00:19:34.236
- Not everybody that starts with you is supposed
- 00:19:34.303 --> 00:19:34.836
- With you is supposed to stay with you.
- 00:19:34.903 --> 00:19:35.637
- To stay with you. not only that,
- 00:19:35.704 --> 00:19:37.406
- Not only that, but there are fresh people
- 00:19:37.472 --> 00:19:39.741
- But there are fresh people that god is bringing
- 00:19:39.808 --> 00:19:40.842
- That god is bringing into the port of your life,
- 00:19:40.909 --> 00:19:43.512
- Into the port of your life, and if you do not do
- 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.680
- And if you do not do the work in this season
- 00:19:44.746 --> 00:19:47.115
- The work in this season of setting free
- 00:19:47.182 --> 00:19:48.650
- And forgiving the things
- 00:19:48.750 --> 00:19:51.119
- And forgiving the things that disappointed you,
- 00:19:51.186 --> 00:19:52.921
- That disappointed you, you will not be open
- 00:19:52.988 --> 00:19:53.855
- You will not be open to the deposit.
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- To the deposit. and so, you stay poor,
- 00:19:55.791 --> 00:19:57.926
- And so, you stay poor, and you stay sad,
- 00:19:57.993 --> 00:19:59.728
- And you stay sad, and you stay alone.
- 00:19:59.795 --> 00:20:01.663
- And you stay alone. but if you will get your
- 00:20:01.730 --> 00:20:02.931
- Eyes off of who left
- 00:20:03.031 --> 00:20:06.335
- Eyes off of who left and put your eyes on
- 00:20:06.401 --> 00:20:07.769
- And put your eyes on what they left,
- 00:20:07.836 --> 00:20:09.338
- What they left, that god is still watching
- 00:20:09.404 --> 00:20:11.139
- That god is still watching over your life
- 00:20:11.206 --> 00:20:13.642
- Over your life to bring you to new level,
- 00:20:13.709 --> 00:20:16.578
- To bring you to new level, i declare and decree,
- 00:20:16.645 --> 00:20:20.115
- I declare and decree, he will rebuild
- 00:20:20.182 --> 00:20:21.516
- He will rebuild and restore everything
- 00:20:21.583 --> 00:20:24.920
- And restore everything that the locust ate,
- 00:20:24.987 --> 00:20:27.256
- That the locust ate, every year that
- 00:20:27.322 --> 00:20:28.123
- Every year that cankerworm gnawed off.
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- [applause]
- 00:20:30.092 --> 00:20:31.793
- After all, it wasn't them
- 00:20:32.361 --> 00:20:34.896
- After all, it wasn't them that blessed you anyway.
- 00:20:34.963 --> 00:20:37.165
- That blessed you anyway. he was the one.
- 00:20:37.232 --> 00:20:38.967
- He was the one. god was the one.
- 00:20:39.034 --> 00:20:40.902
- God was the one. his mercy was the conduit.
- 00:20:40.969 --> 00:20:43.505
- His mercy was the conduit. his grace was the power.
- 00:20:43.572 --> 00:20:45.674
- His grace was the power. get ready to shout.
- 00:20:45.741 --> 00:20:47.009
- Get ready to shout. you've had your eyes on people.
- 00:20:47.075 --> 00:20:48.710
- You've had your eyes on people. put your eyes on jesus.
- 00:20:48.777 --> 00:20:50.812
- Put your eyes on jesus. he was the one.
- 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:52.347
- [applause]
- 00:20:52.781 --> 00:20:58.420
- Got too focused on others.
- 00:20:58.687 --> 00:21:00.289
- Got too focused on others. got too focused on stuff.
- 00:21:00.355 --> 00:21:01.923
- Got too focused on stuff. forget that he was the one.
- 00:21:01.990 --> 00:21:04.626
- Forget that he was the one. somebody say,
- 00:21:04.693 --> 00:21:05.227
- Somebody say, "he was the one."
- 00:21:05.294 --> 00:21:06.228
- "he was the one." >> congregation: he was the one.
- 00:21:06.295 --> 00:21:07.162
- >> congregation: he was the one. >> who brought me
- 00:21:07.229 --> 00:21:07.796
- >> who brought me through depression.
- 00:21:07.863 --> 00:21:08.530
- Through depression. say, "he was the one."
- 00:21:08.597 --> 00:21:09.731
- Say, "he was the one." >> congregation: he was the one.
- 00:21:09.798 --> 00:21:10.766
- >> congregation: he was the one. >> who forgave all my sins
- 00:21:10.832 --> 00:21:12.034
- >> who forgave all my sins and healed my diseases.
- 00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:13.502
- And healed my diseases. he was the one.
- 00:21:13.568 --> 00:21:14.469
- He was the one. >> congregation: he was the one.
- 00:21:14.536 --> 00:21:15.671
- >> congregation: he was the one. >> whose blood washed me clean.
- 00:21:15.737 --> 00:21:17.372
- >> whose blood washed me clean. he was the one who knelt
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- He was the one who knelt in the garden of gethsemane
- 00:21:19.641 --> 00:21:21.009
- In the garden of gethsemane with me on his mind
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- With me on his mind and pressed through
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- And pressed through to the cross.
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- To the cross. he was the one.
- 00:21:24.479 --> 00:21:25.781
- [applause]
- 00:21:26.214 --> 00:21:30.118
- And that's why i know he's
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- And that's why i know he's not through with you 'cause
- 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:35.257
- Not through with you 'cause it was him all along.
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- It was him all along. uzziah rebuilt and restored
- 00:21:38.260 --> 00:21:40.562
- Uzziah rebuilt and restored the port.
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- The port. i'mma ask you a question.
- 00:21:41.863 --> 00:21:42.998
- I'mma ask you a question. when we write your
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- When we write your 2 kings 14:21-22,
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- 2 kings 14:21-22, what are we gonna say?
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- What are we gonna say? he was the one.
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- He was the one. he was the one.
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- He was the one. i know some of you in here,
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- I know some of you in here, i want your 2 kings 14:22
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- I want your 2 kings 14:22 to read like this,
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- To read like this, "he was the one who battled
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- "he was the one who battled through the addiction
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- Through the addiction that his dad couldn't defeat
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- That his dad couldn't defeat and beat it for his own kids.
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- And beat it for his own kids. he was the one.
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- [applause]
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- She was the one who forgave
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- She was the one who forgave her mom for never telling
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- Her mom for never telling her that she was loved,
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- Her that she was loved, for making her perform.
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- For making her perform. and because she forgave her mom,
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- And because she forgave her mom, she was able to face herself,
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- She was able to face herself, and love herself,
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- And love herself, and see herself
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- And see herself as a daughter of god.
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- As a daughter of god. she was the one."
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- [applause]
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- I don't crowds today.
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- I don't crowds today. i don't know --
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- I don't know -- i don't know why
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- I don't know why god gave me this anointing,
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- God gave me this anointing, i just see ones,
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- I just see ones, i just see ones,
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- I just see ones, i just see ones.
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- I just see ones. one god, one person.
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- One god, one person. which one you wanna be?
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- Which one you wanna be? 'cause this can go
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- 'cause this can go the other way too.
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- The other way too. he was the one who
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- He was the one who gave up on himself
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- Gave up on himself because he really got tired
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- Because he really got tired of making excuses,
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- Of making excuses, and so, eventually he just
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- And so, eventually he just brought his lifestyle --
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- Brought his lifestyle -- his belief in god down
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- His belief in god down to the level of his lifestyle
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- To the level of his lifestyle rather than bringing
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- Rather than bringing his lifestyle up to the level
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- His lifestyle up to the level of his belief in god.
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- >> even if i'm stuck in this
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- >> even if i'm stuck in this narrative in my life,
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- Narrative in my life, that, you know,
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- That, you know, i'm really no one special,
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- I'm really no one special, i'm really no one,
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- I'm really no one, and i have no one,
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- And i have no one, it's a lie.
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- It's a lie. if i believe that,
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- If i believe that, that i am no one
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- That i am no one and that i have no one,
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- And that i have no one, as so many of us do,
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- As so many of us do, i think that's the thing
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- I think that's the thing the devil just tries to get you
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- The devil just tries to get you to believe over and over again
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- To believe over and over again in different ways.
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- >> have you found yourself
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- Believing lies from the enemy?"
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- That's how loneliness
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- Begins to creep in.
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- >> i think it's the loneliest
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- >> i think it's the loneliest thing in the world to have
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- Thing in the world to have people around you,
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- People around you, but you can't really touch them
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- But you can't really touch them and connect with them
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- And connect with them for who you really are.
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- For who you really are. because you just keep trying
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- Because you just keep trying to give 'em who you think
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- To give 'em who you think you're supposed to be.
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- >> willing to meet you
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- In that place.
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- >> and so, some of you
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- >> and so, some of you are sitting in loneliness
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- Are sitting in loneliness that was not chosen
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- That was not chosen in this season of your life.
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- In this season of your life. before god can get you out,
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- Before god can get you out, he has to get in.
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- He has to get in. he's getting in.
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- He's getting in. god said to tell you,
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- God said to tell you, he'll meet you in
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- He'll meet you in your lonely place.
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- >> in pastor steven furtick's
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- That with him,
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- >> ♪ oh oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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- ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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- ♪ you ask ♪
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- ♪ can these bones live again ♪
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- ♪ and then i hear your voice ♪
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- ♪ answer with wind ♪
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- ♪ you ask ♪
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- ♪ can these bones live again ♪
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- ♪ and then i hear your voice ♪
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- ♪ answer with wind ♪
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- ♪ you ask ♪
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- ♪ can these bones live again ♪
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- ♪ and then i hear your voice ♪
- 00:26:30.585 --> 00:26:34.055
- ♪ answer with wind ♪
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- ♪ you ask ♪
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- ♪ can these bones live again ♪
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- ♪ and then i hear your voice ♪
- 00:26:47.702 --> 00:26:51.239
- ♪ answer with wind ♪
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- >> ♪ oh my god ♪
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- ♪ you've sure been ♪
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- ♪ good to me ♪
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