Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - I Caught A Thought (Part 1)

October 6, 2025 | 28:0

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - I Caught A Thought (Part 1) | October 6, 2025

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 to
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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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>> you ready?
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>> you ready? >> congregation: yeah!
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>> congregation: yeah! >> you sure?
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>> you sure? [cheering]
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[cheering] ready for the work?
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Ready for the work? ah, good catch.
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Ah, good catch. y'all don't have
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Y'all don't have confidence in me?
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Confidence in me? y'all get nervous.
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Y'all get nervous. you ready?
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You ready? you ready, josh?
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You ready, josh? [applause]
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I better stick
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I better stick with the front row.
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With the front row. it's a very litigious society.
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It's a very litigious society. [laughter]
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Ready?
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Ready? now just like she did,
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Now just like she did, we're gonna do - oop.
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We're gonna do - oop. around the audience response,
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Around the audience response, my best premium ministering,
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My best premium ministering, my brother.
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My brother. look at somebody next to you
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Look at somebody next to you and say, "i caught..."
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And say, "i caught..." >> congregation: "i caught..."
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>> congregation: "i caught..." >> "...a thought."
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>> "...a thought." >> congregation: "...a thought."
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I caught a thought.
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I caught a thought. chunks, you ready?
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Chunks, you ready? let's see.
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Caught it.
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Caught it. sorry about that cough.
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Sorry about that cough. caught something.
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Caught something. by the way,
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By the way, this guy who just
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This guy who just threw me the bible,
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Threw me the bible, he's like my best friend
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He's like my best friend in the world,
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In the world, but he's the worst.
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But he's the worst. he's always blaming people
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He's always blaming people when he gets sick.
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When he gets sick. [laughter]
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[laughter] he's always trying to track
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He's always trying to track back to who had a runny nose
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Back to who had a runny nose four months ago.
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Four months ago. blaming it on my kids.
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Blaming it on my kids. you know?
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You know? "it was so and so.
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"it was so and so. they came back from
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They came back from that mission trip,
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That mission trip, i think i caught it from them."
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I think i caught it from them." it was food poisoning.
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It was food poisoning. you can't catch food poisoning.
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You can't catch food poisoning. why trying to blame
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Why trying to blame the missionary because you got
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The missionary because you got a stomach virus?
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A stomach virus? like he's magnum p.i.
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Like he's magnum p.i. trying to investigate.
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Trying to investigate. it's a pop culture reference
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It's a pop culture reference for the young people.
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For the young people. very relevant and current.
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Very relevant and current. i caught it.
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I caught it. look at somebody and say,
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Look at somebody and say, "i caught a thought."
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"i caught a thought." is it possible to
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Is it possible to catch an attitude?
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Catch an attitude? you got anybody just when you
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You got anybody just when you see their name on your phone?
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See their name on your phone? you're responding a little
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You're responding a little too much to this you might
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Too much to this you might be giving yourself away.
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I caught a thought.
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I caught a thought. can you catch?
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Can you catch? can you catch faith?
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Can you catch fear?
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Can you catch an idea?
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Can you catch an idea? can you catch a dream?
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Can you catch a dream? can you catch a vision?
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Can you catch a vision? can you catch a word from god?
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Can you catch a word from god? that will cause you to
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That will cause you to worship from a deep place,
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Worship from a deep place, past the shallows of
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Feelings and emotions.
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You're here today because
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You're here today because you caught a thought.
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You thought you should
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You thought you should come to church.
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Come to church. you caught a ride, and you came.
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You caught a ride, and you came. but before you caught a ride,
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But before you caught a ride, you caught a thought
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You caught a thought i should go to church.
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I should go to church. and because you caught a
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And because you caught a thought you're about to look
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Thought you're about to look at 12 people, ready?
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At 12 people, ready? that's how we --
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That's how we -- i caught a thought.
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I caught a thought. now i'm demonstrating
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Now i'm demonstrating this physically,
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This physically, but i want to demonstrate
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But i want to demonstrate it sculpturally.
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It sculpturally. go in your bible to numbers,
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Go in your bible to numbers, chapter 13,
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Chapter 13, and i want to look at
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And i want to look at a passage of scripture that
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A passage of scripture that has been really helpful to me so
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Has been really helpful to me so many times through the years,
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Many times through the years, when i am caught
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When i am caught between two thoughts.
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Between two thoughts. and when one thought says,
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And when one thought says, you should,
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You should, and you can.
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And you can. and one thought says you can't.
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And one thought says you can't. so don't try.
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So don't try. this passage has often
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This passage has often helped my perspective.
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Helped my perspective. and it's a familiar story.
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And it's a familiar story. for anybody who knows about.
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For anybody who knows about. father abraham had many sons and
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Father abraham had many sons and many sons had father abraham,
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Many sons had father abraham, i am one of them,
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I am one of them, and so are you.
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And so are you. so let's just praise the lord,
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So let's just praise the lord, that bible school stuff.
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That bible school stuff. it works in grownup life too.
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It works in grownup life too. because the children
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Because the children of abraham are,
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Of abraham are, of course coming into the
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Of course coming into the land that god promised them.
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Land that god promised them. and in the book of numbers,
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And in the book of numbers, they have the opportunity
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They have the opportunity to receive the gift,
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To receive the gift, but they get more
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But they get more focused on the giants
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Focused on the giants that oppose them
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That oppose them than the gift that god
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Than the gift that god has given them.
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Has given them. and that happens to us
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And that happens to us all the time.
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All the time. so what we see in numbers 13:30,
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So what we see in numbers 13:30, and i'm so excited to
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And i'm so excited to show you this.
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Show you this. i'm having to contain my
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I'm having to contain my excitement is that there will
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Excitement is that there will always be a thought that god
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Always be a thought that god will bring you to deliver you.
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Will bring you to deliver you. there will always be a
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There will always be a thought that the enemy will
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Thought that the enemy will bring to destroy you.
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Bring to destroy you. and they're both right here in
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And they're both right here in numbers chapter 13.
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Numbers chapter 13. let's study this together.
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Let's study this together. the bible says,
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The bible says, "then caleb silenced the
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"then caleb silenced the people before moses and said,
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People before moses and said, 'we should go up and
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'we should go up and take possession of the land,
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Take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.'
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For we can certainly do it.' but the men who
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But the men who had gone up with him said,
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Had gone up with him said, we can't attack
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We can't attack those people.
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Those people. they are stronger than we are.'
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They are stronger than we are.' and they spread
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And they spread among the israelites,
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Among the israelites, a bad report about
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A bad report about the land they had explored.
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The land they had explored. they said.
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They said. 'the land we explored devoured
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'the land we explored devoured those living and all the people
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Those living and all the people we saw there are of great size.
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We saw there are of great size. we saw the nephilim there,
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We saw the nephilim there, the descendants of anak
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The descendants of anak come from the nephilim.
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Come from the nephilim. we seemed like grasshoppers
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We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes,
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In our own eyes, and we looked the
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And we looked the same to them stop.'"
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Same to them stop.'" there was no conversation
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There was no conversation between the giants
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Between the giants and the spies about
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And the spies about who was bigger.
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Who was bigger. that wasn't what they heard.
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That wasn't what they heard. that was what they thought.
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The nation never saw the
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The nation never saw the promised land for themselves.
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Promised land for themselves. they relied on the support or
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They relied on the support or the report of the spies to
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The report of the spies to give them a picture of
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Give them a picture of the promise of god,
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As well as give them a
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As well as give them a prediction about the outcome.
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Prediction about the outcome. and it wasn't because
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And it wasn't because they saw something.
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They saw something. it was because they
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It was because they heard something.
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Heard something. and what they heard was a
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And what they heard was a result of something that
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The spies thought.
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The spies thought. so when it said
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So when it said in the scripture,
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In the scripture, "they spread among
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"they spread among the israelites,
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The israelites, a bad report,
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A bad report, and that report kept the
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And that report kept the israelites from going into the
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Israelites from going into the land that god had given them,"
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Land that god had given them," i realized it is
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I realized it is possible to be stopped,
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Possible to be stopped, not because of your giants,
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Not because of your giants, but because of your thoughts.
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Not because of something that
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Not because of something that is actually bigger than you,
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Is actually bigger than you, but because of something that
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But because of something that you have made bigger than you.
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You have made bigger than you. on the movie screen
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On the movie screen of your mind,
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Of your mind, how many of you have an imax
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How many of you have an imax screen in your mind and you
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Screen in your mind and you can blow things up all to
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Can blow things up all to all different proportions.
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The whole nation caught a
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The whole nation caught a thought and it made
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Thought and it made their faith weak,
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Their faith weak, and god had given them the
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And god had given them the land and they could
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Land and they could have had the land.
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Have had the land. in fact,
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In fact, the land was already theirs,
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The land was already theirs, because the enemy can't
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Because the enemy can't take away anything that god
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Take away anything that god has given to you.
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Has given to you. however, if he can attack your
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However, if he can attack your faith through weakening
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Faith through weakening your immune system, that,
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Your immune system, that, that faith immune
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That faith immune system that is supposed to
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System that is supposed to filter out those
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Filter out those microscopic germs,
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Microscopic germs, those seeds of discontent
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Those seeds of discontent that will cause you to
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That will cause you to walk away from what god is
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Walk away from what god is calling you to walk into,
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Calling you to walk into, although he can't
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Although he can't take it away from you,
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Take it away from you, if he can get to your faith.
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If he can get to your faith. if he can get to
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If he can get to that part of you,
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That part of you, that believes god and cause
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That believes god and cause it to be disrupted by
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It to be disrupted by something that your eyes see
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Something that your eyes see or your ears hear,
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Or your ears hear, holy spirit help me say
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Holy spirit help me say this the right way.
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This the right way. he can't take it.
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He can't take it. so what he wants to do is to
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So what he wants to do is to move you from a place of
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Move you from a place of believing that he loves you
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Believing that he loves you called you qualified you,
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Called you qualified you, set you apart,
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Set you apart, puts you there to do it.
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Puts you there to do it. and the issue with me is that i
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And the issue with me is that i experience both thoughts,
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Experience both thoughts, both voices simultaneously.
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Both voices simultaneously. let me try to break this down.
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Let me try to break this down. i got caleb telling me,
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I got caleb telling me, this is one thought,
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This is one thought, you should,
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You should, you can,
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You can, and then i got 10 other spies.
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And then i got 10 other spies. you ever notice how it seems
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You ever notice how it seems to be more reasons why you
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Shouldn't than that you should
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Shouldn't than that you should you ever felt outnumbered
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You ever felt outnumbered in your thought life.
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In your thought life. yeah, i got 10 spies.
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Yeah, i got 10 spies. now the spies are going
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Now the spies are going into the land.
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Into the land. and the number one rule of being
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And the number one rule of being a spy is don't get caught.
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Right?
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Right? y'all with me?
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Y'all with me? yeah, it's the number one
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Yeah, it's the number one rule of being a spy.
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Rule of being a spy. whatever you do sneak in,
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Whatever you do sneak in, and joshua told
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And joshua told him or moses told him
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Him or moses told him joshua was one of the two
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Joshua was one of the two spies that saw the right way.
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Spies that saw the right way. and he told them,
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And he told them, moses told joshua and caleb
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Moses told joshua and caleb in the 10 other spies he said,
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In the 10 other spies he said, when you go in there,
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When you go in there, make sure make sure that
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Make sure make sure that they don't see you.
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They don't see you. okay, but then they got caught.
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Okay, but then they got caught. but they didn't get
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But they didn't get caught by their enemies.
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Caught by their enemies. they got caught
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They got caught by their insecurities.
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By their insecurities. i'm gonna preach to you they
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I'm gonna preach to you they got caught by a thought.
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Got caught by a thought. and the thought was,
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And the thought was, we're not big enough.
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We're not big enough. the thought was,
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The thought was, we don't have enough.
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We don't have enough. the thought is we can't,
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The thought is we can't, they're bigger.
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They're bigger. and so then now all of a sudden,
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And so then now all of a sudden, they are dominated not
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They are dominated not by their enemies,
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By their enemies, but by their thoughts.
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But by their thoughts. and god said that i was
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And god said that i was preaching to somebody today,
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Preaching to somebody today, who is caught
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Who is caught between two thoughts.
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Between two thoughts. one is telling you that god gave
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One is telling you that god gave you everything you need to
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You everything you need to raise that child.
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Raise that child. the other is telling you
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The other is telling you that you're the one who
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That you're the one who screwed them up.
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Screwed them up. i'm a preaching to
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I'm a preaching to your business today.
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Your business today. one is telling you
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One is telling you that it's all right,
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That it's all right, god can restore the years
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God can restore the years that the locusts have eaten.
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That the locusts have eaten. the other is telling you you've
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The other is telling you you've wasted too much time and now
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Wasted too much time and now nothing good can happen
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Nothing good can happen in your life.
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In your life. so i'm caught
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So i'm caught between two thoughts.
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Between two thoughts. and on one hand,
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And on one hand, i see the size of the grapes.
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I see the size of the grapes. i see the size of the promise
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I see the size of the promise i know the size of my god.
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I know the size of my god. on the other hand,
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On the other hand, i hear all of the
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I hear all of the reasons why a great big god
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Reasons why a great big god could not use a little puny
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Could not use a little puny person like me from monks
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Person like me from monks corner south carolina,
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Corner south carolina, a little puny person like me,
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A little puny person like me, who never did this
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Who never did this on this level before.
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On this level before. even as i preach to you,
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Even as i preach to you, i'm caught between two thoughts.
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I'm caught between two thoughts. she looks like she's never heard
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She looks like she's never heard a better sermon in her life.
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A better sermon in her life. somebody up there looks like
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Somebody up there looks like they hate me and are
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They hate me and are contemplating how they
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Contemplating how they can slip out.
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Can slip out. and how did i get stuck in the
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And how did i get stuck in the middle of this row
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Middle of this row for this sermon?
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For this sermon? and why is he yelling like that?
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And why is he yelling like that? and that shirt is too bright,
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And that shirt is too bright, and it hurts my eyes.
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And it hurts my eyes. and i just want to
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And i just want to get out of here.
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Get out of here. i'm a preach to you.
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I'm a preach to you. i'm a preach
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I'm a preach to the love in the room.
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To the love in the room. i'm going to preach
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I'm going to preach to the faith.
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You feel better l.j.?
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You feel better l.j.? he had to miss last sunday.
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He had to miss last sunday. it's the first time he's
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It's the first time he's missed playing behind
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Missed playing behind me in three years.
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Me in three years. he's never missed.
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He's never missed. but he caught --
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But he caught -- he caught a stomach bug.
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He caught a stomach bug. and i'm not gonna lie to you,
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And i'm not gonna lie to you, this may make me a bad pastor
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This may make me a bad pastor when i saw him tuesday,
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When i saw him tuesday, i waved at him i didn't
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I waved at him i didn't dap him up.
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Dap him up. i don't love him that much.
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I'm not gonna spend the
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I'm not gonna spend the whole week throwing up
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Whole week throwing up just to tell you, hello.
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We can do this virtually.
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We can do this virtually. love you man praying for
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You from a distance.
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You from a distance. i'm not getting close
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I'm not getting close enough to catch it.
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And honestly,
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And honestly, this is why i had to
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This is why i had to stop hanging out with some
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Stop hanging out with some certain people because i
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Certain people because i started realizing you catch
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Started realizing you catch what you're close to
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Now if you need to take
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Now if you need to take out your phone at this point in
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Out your phone at this point in my sermon and do some surgery,
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My sermon and do some surgery, with that,
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With that, swipe left,
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Swipe left, delete move.
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Delete move. some of y'all don't need to lift
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Some of y'all don't need to lift your hands to have more faith
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Your hands to have more faith you need to swipe your thumb
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You need to swipe your thumb because it is your contacts.
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Because it is your contacts. i caught something.
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I catch something every time
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I catch something every time i'm around them.
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Every time i scroll,
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Every time i scroll, i noticed this the other day.
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I noticed this the other day. i get in a certain mood.
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I get in a certain mood. and i can't figure out how was i
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And i can't figure out how was i so happy three minutes ago.
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So happy three minutes ago. and now have you ever had it
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And now have you ever had it switch that quick?
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Switch that quick? yeah.
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Yeah. so i started studying and i
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So i started studying and i realized that before i
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Realized that before i caught a feeling,
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Caught a feeling, i caught a thought.
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I caught a thought. now sometimes that thought is
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Now sometimes that thought is just me going through my feed.
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Just me going through my feed. and, and i will see something
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And, and i will see something that won't register.
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That won't register. now here's what i noticed.
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Now here's what i noticed. you don't feel it
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You don't feel it while you're scrolling.
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When i eat a whole bag of oreos
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When i eat a whole bag of oreos one thanksgiving after i'd
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One thanksgiving after i'd already eaten three meals,
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Already eaten three meals, i didn't feel sick
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I didn't feel sick while i was eating them.
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My taste buds didn't
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My taste buds didn't tell me to stop.
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So i'm scrolling,
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So i'm scrolling, and i don't feel sick.
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And i don't feel sick. until after i've stopped what i
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Until after i've stopped what i realized about myself and maybe
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Realized about myself and maybe you're more spiritually mature
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You're more spiritually mature than me and you can find
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Than me and you can find a church where the
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A church where the pastor is whole,
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Pastor is whole, healthy and doesn't have
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Healthy and doesn't have these issues.
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These issues. but for all of us who understand
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But for all of us who understand that sometimes you are you are
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That sometimes you are you are mad about something that you saw
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Mad about something that you saw 10 minutes ago on your phone,
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10 minutes ago on your phone, because you were in everybody
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Because you were in everybody else's life but your own
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Else's life but your own trying to figure out am
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Trying to figure out am i better than them?
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I better than them? are they better than me?
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Are they better than me? and so what happened while
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And so what happened while i was scrolling?
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I was scrolling? i saw them on vacation,
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I saw them on vacation, and i know they're in debt.
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And i know they're in debt. so i caught a
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So i caught a thought of judgment.
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Thought of judgment. why should they be on vacation
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Why should they be on vacation when i know they're in debt,
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When i know they're in debt, and now i feel sick
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And now i feel sick 10 minutes later,
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10 minutes later, because of the thought
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Because of the thought that i caught while i scroll
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That i caught while i scroll through somebody else's
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Through somebody else's situation that has nothing to do
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Situation that has nothing to do with my responsibility.
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With my responsibility. you're gonna help me with this
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You're gonna help me with this or am i gonna?
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So, what happened to me was i
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So, what happened to me was i caught a thought of offence.
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Caught a thought of offence. and then i reaped an
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And then i reaped an attitude of frustration.
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Attitude of frustration. i got offended the other day,
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I got offended the other day, because i saw god
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Blessing somebody that he
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Blessing somebody that he wasn't supposed to bless.
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Did you ever watch god just
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Did you ever watch god just do something awesome
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Do something awesome for the wrong person.
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For the wrong person. he didn't consult you.
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And so i found myself
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And so i found myself feeling insecure.
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Feeling insecure. the reason that i felt insecure
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The reason that i felt insecure in myself is because i caught
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In myself is because i caught a thought of offense
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A thought of offense about somebody else.
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About somebody else. so here's what happens.
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So here's what happens. you become a victim of
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You become a victim of your own judgment.
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Your own judgment. when you judge others that way,
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When you judge others that way, you judge you that way.
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You judge you that way. so when you catch a
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So when you catch a thought of judging others,
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Thought of judging others, don't be surprised
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Don't be surprised when the judgment
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When the judgment comes upon you.
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The less y'all say amen,
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The less y'all say amen, the more i know
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The more i know i'm preaching.
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I'm preaching. [laughter]
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[laughter] so i caught a thought.
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So i caught a thought. i caught a thought.
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I caught a thought. and i realized that the thought
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And i realized that the thought that i hold on to
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That i hold on to the thought that i,
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The thought that i, you know,
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You know, like you can catch a wave.
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Like you can catch a wave. you could catch a football
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You could catch a football for the game winning touchdown
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For the game winning touchdown like graham furtick
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Like graham furtick did yesterday.
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Did yesterday. just this very yesterday.
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Just this very yesterday. [applause]
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[applause] but i never knew
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But i never knew i could catch a thought.
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I could catch a thought. i knew you could catch a case.
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I knew you could catch a case. [laughter]
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[laughter] i had some relatives
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I had some relatives that did it.
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That did it. i knew you could catch a cold.
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I knew you could catch a cold. but i found out
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But i found out you could catch a thought.
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You could catch a thought. and then i traced sometimes
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And then i traced sometimes the weakness of my faith.
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The weakness of my faith. and i asked myself the question,
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And i asked myself the question, where did that thought
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Where did that thought come from?
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Come from? and it's important
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And it's important where it came from.
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Where it came from. because where it comes from,
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Because where it comes from, determines where it leads to.
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Determines where it leads to. my issue is that when i say
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My issue is that when i say i hear from god,
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I hear from god, i don't hear him out loud.
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I don't hear him out loud. god bless you if you do.
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God bless you if you do. i've never heard the audible
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I've never heard the audible voice of god, ever.
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Voice of god, ever. i mean, he speaks through
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I mean, he speaks through my wife all the time.
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My wife all the time. [laughter]
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[laughter] but other than that exception,
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But other than that exception, i've never heard the audible
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I've never heard the audible voice of god if you have,
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Voice of god if you have, i'm not mad at you,
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I'm not mad at you, unless you start trying
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Unless you start trying to use it to manipulate people
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To use it to manipulate people by making up stuff that god
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By making up stuff that god told you because god has
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Told you because god has three way calling and
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Three way calling and he can tell us both.
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He can tell us both. so don't tell me god spoke to
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So don't tell me god spoke to you something that i'm not in
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You something that i'm not in agreement with and try to get me
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Agreement with and try to get me to do something you want to do
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To do something you want to do by saying god told you to,
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By saying god told you to, especially if you say god told
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Especially if you say god told you to quit your job because
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You to quit your job because you're just tired to deal
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You're just tired to deal with frustrating people.
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With frustrating people. i don't know if that's god or if
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I don't know if that's god or if you're just tired need to get
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You're just tired need to get some sleep and a better
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Some sleep and a better attitude when you show up.
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Attitude when you show up. i've never heard from
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I've never heard from god out loud.
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One guy asked me one
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One guy asked me one time he was like,
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Time he was like, when you say god
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When you say god spoke to you?
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Spoke to you? how do you know?
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Great question.
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Great question. because i don't hear god at
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Because i don't hear god at an auditory level.
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An auditory level. so when i say god spoke,
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So when i say god spoke, that can be misleading.
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That can be misleading. you know, when peter said,
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You know, when peter said, jesus spoke to me,
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It was literal.
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It was literal. jesus was a person.
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Jesus was a person. he spoke to me.
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He spoke to me. i was fishing one night,
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I was fishing one night, hadn't caught anything.
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Hadn't caught anything. i was frustrated.
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I was frustrated. and jesus said,
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And jesus said, let down your nets in
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Let down your nets in the deep for a catch,
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The deep for a catch, and peter would say,
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And peter would say, at first, i was frustrated
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At first, i was frustrated because i thought,
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Because i thought, you're a carpenter.
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You're a carpenter. i'm a fisherman.
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I'm a fisherman. you do your job.
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You do your job. i'll do mine.
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I'll do mine. you want to my boat to preach
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You want to my boat to preach from i didn't know you were
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From i didn't know you were going to try to drive it.
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Going to try to drive it. but watch this,
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But watch this, because you say so i
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Because you say so i will let down the nets.
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Will let down the nets. now, when he let down the nets,
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Now, when he let down the nets, he caught a great
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He caught a great number of fish.
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Number of fish. but god was showing me that
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But god was showing me that before he caught the fish,
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Before he caught the fish, he caught a--
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You like this church,
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You like this church, before there was a seat,
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Before there was a seat, there was a thought.
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There was a thought. now see, the issue with this
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Now see, the issue with this is i don't hear god out
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Is i don't hear god out loud like that.
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Loud like that. and so i connect with god not in
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And so i connect with god not in an auditory or sensory level.
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An auditory or sensory level. i connect with god at
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I connect with god at the level of thought.
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The level of thought. which would be fine.
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Which would be fine. if god spoke to me at the level
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If god spoke to me at the level of thought and he was the only
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Of thought and he was the only one who spoke that way.
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But i got this other joker.
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But i got this other joker. they call him the devil.
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They call him the devil. but when i say the devil tempts
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But when i say the devil tempts me or the devil discourages me,
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Me or the devil discourages me, i'm not i'm not talking about a
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I'm not i'm not talking about a guy in a halloween costume that
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Guy in a halloween costume that he got on clearance at target,
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He got on clearance at target, walking up with a pitchfork
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Walking up with a pitchfork and a cape and some horns.
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And a cape and some horns. i never saw the devil like that.
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I never saw the devil like that. i just put him off my shoulder.
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I just put him off my shoulder. he's not on my shoulder.
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He's not on my shoulder. when he comes to me.
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When he comes to me. he comes to me
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He comes to me through a thought.
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Through a thought. so now i got god speaking to
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So now i got god speaking to me through my thoughts.
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Me through my thoughts. i've got the enemy trying to
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I've got the enemy trying to speak against what god spoke to
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Speak against what god spoke to me through my thoughts.
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Me through my thoughts. i got two voices on
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I got two voices on the same device,
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The same device, and i'm caught between a
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And i'm caught between a thought one is telling me your
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Thought one is telling me your greatest years are ahead of you.
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Greatest years are ahead of you. one is telling me you've already
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One is telling me you've already done all the good things.
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Done all the good things. you're gonna do you better
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You're gonna do you better ride it out because it won't
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Ride it out because it won't be much longer.
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Be much longer. one is telling me go ahead and
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One is telling me go ahead and speak it and say it and
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Speak it and say it and do it and step into it
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Do it and step into it and believe for it.
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And believe for it. and the other one
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And the other one is telling me well,
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Is telling me well, you better not go too
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You better not go too far out there.
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Far out there. you know,
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You know, if you go too far out there,
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If you go too far out there, you'll be embarrassed.
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You'll be embarrassed. and after all,
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And after all, you climb high,
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You climb high, they can pull you down,
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They can pull you down, and i'm caught.
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And i'm caught. [applause]
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Between caleb, we can,
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Between caleb, we can, and the other spies, i'm caught.
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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's why i trust him ♪
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♪ that's my story ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ oh this moment i cried ♪
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♪ and he came to my rescue ♪
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♪ yes ♪
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♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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♪ that's why i trust in god ♪
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♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one ♪
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♪ who will never fail ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ oh i trust in god ♪
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♪ yes ♪
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♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one ♪
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♪ who will never fail ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he delivered me ♪
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♪ from all my fears ♪
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♪ from everything ♪
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>> ♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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>> ♪ oh ♪
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♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ i sought the lord ♪
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♪ and he heard ♪
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♪ and he answered ♪
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♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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♪ that's why i trust in god ♪
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>> ♪ they that seek him ♪
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♪ lack no good thing ♪
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♪ those who seek jehovah ♪
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♪ lack nothing ♪
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♪ oh-oh ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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>> ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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♪ that's why i trust in god ♪
00:26:23.735 --> 00:26:24.903
>> ♪ oh-oh-oh ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ i trust in god ♪
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>> ♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one who will never fail ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ oh i trust in god ♪
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♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one who will never fail ♪
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♪ thank you jesus ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ ♪
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Steven Furtick - I Caught A Thought (Part 1)

October 6, 2025 | 28:0

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