Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - I Thought It Was Through (Part 1)

January 5, 2026 | 28:0

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - I Thought It Was Through (Part 1) | January 5, 2026

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> it's in psalm 77:19.
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>> it's in psalm 77:19. and i'll read this and then work
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And i'll read this and then work backward from there to give you
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Backward from there to give you the message for today.
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The message for today. and the lord's gonna help us
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And the lord's gonna help us in some remarkable ways.
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In some remarkable ways. psalm 77:19,
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The psalmist says to god,
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The psalmist says to god, "your path led through the sea,
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"your path led through the sea, your way through
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Your way through the mighty waters,
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The mighty waters, though your footprints
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Though your footprints were not seen."
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Isn't that
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Isn't that a beautiful scripture?
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A beautiful scripture? and the lord really
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And the lord really used that in my life,
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Used that in my life, and i believe he wants
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And i believe he wants to use it in yours.
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To use it in yours. really underrated scripture too.
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Really underrated scripture too. maybe it'll be your favorite
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Maybe it'll be your favorite at the end of today.
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At the end of today. he says, "your path
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He says, "your path led through the sea,
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Led through the sea, your way through
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Your way through the mighty waters,
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The mighty waters, though your footprints
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Though your footprints were not seen."
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Were not seen." and just turn to the person
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And just turn to the person next to you and tell 'em,
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Next to you and tell 'em, "even if you don't see it...
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"even if you don't see it... >> congregation: even if you
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>> congregation: even if you don't see it...
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Don't see it... >> god is working."
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>> god is working." >> congregation: god is working.
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>> congregation: god is working. >> tell them, "even if you
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>> tell them, "even if you don't feel it...
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Don't feel it... >> congregation: even if you
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>> congregation: even if you don't feel it...
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Don't feel it... >> god is working."
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>> god is working." >> congregation: god is working.
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>> congregation: god is working. >> let's put our hands together
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>> let's put our hands together and praise the way maker
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And praise the way maker in this place.
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In this place. come on, praise the way maker
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Come on, praise the way maker in this place.
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[applause]
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God, i thank you for every
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God, i thank you for every mountain you brought me over,
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Mountain you brought me over, every valley you brought
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Every valley you brought me through.
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Me through. it was nobody but you
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It was nobody but you and i praise you today.
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And i praise you today. speak now through your word.
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Speak now through your word. use me as a vessel.
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Use me as a vessel. i'm willing
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I'm willing and available and open.
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And available and open. give me the courage,
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Give me the courage, give me the clarity,
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Give me the clarity, the confidence to speak
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The confidence to speak to your children today.
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To your children today. and may they receive it
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And may they receive it and obey it,
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And obey it, for it is in jesus' name
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For it is in jesus' name that i pray and believe
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That i pray and believe and call it done...
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And call it done... amen.
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Amen. you may be seated.
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Well, boys, bring out
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Well, boys, bring out my teaching screen.
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[cheering]
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Let's get this series
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Let's get this series started properly,
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Started properly, as i announced to you
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As i announced to you our title for the next
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Our title for the next six weeks at least,
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Six weeks at least, and maybe even beyond
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And maybe even beyond that because this is
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That because this is such a big topic that
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Such a big topic that we're gonna talk about.
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We're gonna talk about. and the title of the series,
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And the title of the series, it doesn't come exactly from
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It doesn't come exactly from the verse that i read you,
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The verse that i read you, but i'll show you where it
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But i'll show you where it did come from in a moment.
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Did come from in a moment. and before you
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And before you judge my handwriting,
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Judge my handwriting, just know that abby has made
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Just know that abby has made fun of my handwriting so much.
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Fun of my handwriting so much. and today i made her try
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And today i made her try to write on the screen before
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To write on the screen before we came out here and she said,
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We came out here and she said, "this is harder than
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"this is harder than it looks like.
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It looks like. i'm so sorry for how
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I'm so sorry for how i spoke of you, father."
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[laughter]
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But what i wanna talk to you
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But what i wanna talk to you about for the next few weeks,
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About for the next few weeks, the title of the series is,
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The title of the series is, and you're gonna like this
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And you're gonna like this phrase because you could say
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Phrase because you could say it with attitude, okay?
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It with attitude, okay? we're gonna talk about..."
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That's what...
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That's what... i thought."
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I thought." you know, you got to look
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You know, you got to look at your neighbor and say it
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At your neighbor and say it like you were just right
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Like you were just right and they were just wrong.
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And they were just wrong. and you tried to tell them,
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And you tried to tell them, but they wouldn't listen.
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But they wouldn't listen. tell them,
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Tell them, "that's what i thought."
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"that's what i thought." that's what i thought.
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That's what i thought. like you were certain and you
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Were proved to be correct.
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Were proved to be correct. there is no better feeling
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There is no better feeling then that's what i thought.
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Then that's what i thought. or that phrase is so elastic
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Or that phrase is so elastic that we use it also to mean that
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That we use it also to mean that our bias was confirmed.
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Our bias was confirmed. like no, that's what i thought,
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Like no, that's what i thought, let's check it.
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Let's check it. let's just make sure.
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Let's just make sure. that's what i thought.
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That's what i thought. but we wanna really use that
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But we wanna really use that phrase today to deal with
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Phrase today to deal with the thoughts that we think.
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The thoughts that we think. because honestly, not only
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Because honestly, not only pastorally but personally,
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Pastorally but personally, 90% of the problems that i have
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90% of the problems that i have faced in my life have not come
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Faced in my life have not come from what the devil did to me or
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From what the devil did to me or from what others said about me.
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From what others said about me. the biggest problem that
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The biggest problem that i have over and over again,
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I have over and over again, trying to do what
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Trying to do what god wants or the biggest
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God wants or the biggest obstacle to god doing what he
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Obstacle to god doing what he wants in my life over and over
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Wants in my life over and over again seems to be this tricky
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Again seems to be this tricky little thing called...
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Little thing called... my bracelets are catching
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My bracelets are catching the screen.
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The screen. oh, lord.
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Oh, lord. i don't got time for this.
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I don't got time for this. let me try it over here.
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Let me try it over here. yeah, better.
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Yeah, better. yeah, the biggest
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Yeah, the biggest problem for me,
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Problem for me, over and over again,
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Over and over again, it just happens over
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It just happens over and over again is that i get
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And over again is that i get trapped in what i thought.
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Trapped in what i thought. this is gonna drive me
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This is gonna drive me crazy over here.
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[laughter]
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Welcome back, furtick.
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[laughter]
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Who sabotaged my screen
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Who sabotaged my screen while i was on break?
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While i was on break? was it robert madu?
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Was it robert madu? did he mess up my screen?
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Did he mess up my screen? was it tauren wells?
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Was it tauren wells? who messed up my screen?
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Who messed up my screen? the biggest obstacle --
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The biggest obstacle -- and somebody shout,
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And somebody shout, if you know what
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If you know what i'm talking about when i say
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I'm talking about when i say that the biggest problem
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That the biggest problem that i seem to have
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That i seem to have over and over again,
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Over and over again, it's not necessarily
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It's not necessarily the enemies that i face,
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The enemies that i face, but it's what i thought.
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But it's what i thought. it's not necessarily what
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It's not necessarily what my life is at this moment
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My life is at this moment that's making me sad,
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That's making me sad, it's what i thought my life
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It's what i thought my life was going to be at this season.
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Was going to be at this season. it's not necessarily who i am as
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It's not necessarily who i am as a person that makes me insecure,
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A person that makes me insecure, it's what i thought i was
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It's what i thought i was supposed to be based on what
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Supposed to be based on what i saw that other people
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I saw that other people showed me from who they are.
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Showed me from who they are. but i didn't see their flaws.
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But i didn't see their flaws. and so, now i'm comparing
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And so, now i'm comparing my future to somebody whose
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My future to somebody whose flaws i have never seen.
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Flaws i have never seen. and now, i'm frustrated
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And now, i'm frustrated about where i am,
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About where i am, not because of where i am,
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Not because of where i am, but because of what i thought.
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But because of what i thought. i'm not frustrated because
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I'm not frustrated because i'm not married at this age,
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I'm not married at this age, i'm frustrated because
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I'm frustrated because i thought i would be.
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I thought i would be. i'm not frustrated because
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I'm not frustrated because i'm dealing with this situation.
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I'm dealing with this situation. i'm frustrated because
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I'm frustrated because i didn't have the chance
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I didn't have the chance to prepare for it.
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To prepare for it. and over and over again
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And over and over again in my life,
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In my life, the biggest enemy to what
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The biggest enemy to what god wants to do is what
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God wants to do is what i thought he was going to do.
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I thought he was going to do. now, i want you to get a time
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Now, i want you to get a time in your mind where you were,
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In your mind where you were, what i like to call,
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What i like to call, confidently wrong.
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Confidently wrong. and i don't know if you
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And i don't know if you can think of one,
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Can think of one, or if you've blocked
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Or if you've blocked all of that out,
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All of that out, selective memory.
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Selective memory. i asked everybody in my family,
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I asked everybody in my family, and if y'all know any way
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And if y'all know any way to fix that while i'm not
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To fix that while i'm not using the screen,
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Using the screen, that would be awesome.
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That would be awesome. if not, we'll all work around it
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If not, we'll all work around it and all of the ocd people
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And all of the ocd people will ignore that part
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Will ignore that part of the screen that is not
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Of the screen that is not supposed to be like that.
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Supposed to be like that. now listen, i asked everybody
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In my family, i said,
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In my family, i said, "i need an opening
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"i need an opening illustration for
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Illustration for my new series called,
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My new series called, 'that's what i thought,'
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'that's what i thought,' and i need you to tell me
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And i need you to tell me a time when you were so wrong
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A time when you were so wrong and you were so sure
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And you were so sure you were right."
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You were right." and everybody in my family said,
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And everybody in my family said, "can't think of one."
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Everybody in my family.
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Everybody in my family. "i'll have to get back
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"i'll have to get back with you."
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With you." and none of them
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And none of them got back to me.
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[laughter]
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Which either means
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Which either means they can't remember one time
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They can't remember one time where they were completely wrong
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Where they were completely wrong and assured that they were
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And assured that they were completely right.
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Completely right. or it means that there's nothing
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Or it means that there's nothing really harder in life than
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Really harder in life than to going back and admitting
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To going back and admitting and remembering when
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And remembering when you were wrong.
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You were wrong. you just hit the lead
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You just hit the lead on those times in your life,
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On those times in your life, like don't want
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Like don't want to remember them.
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To remember them. and the problem with that is
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And the problem with that is then you can't grow from them as
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Then you can't grow from them as you go forward in the future.
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You go forward in the future. now, when we say
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Now, when we say that jesus takes away
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That jesus takes away our shame and our sin,
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Our shame and our sin, that doesn't mean that he wants
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That doesn't mean that he wants to cancel out the lessons
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To cancel out the lessons that we learn from our mistakes.
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That we learn from our mistakes. it means that he frees us
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It means that he frees us from the penalty of it
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From the penalty of it and the bondage to it.
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And the bondage to it. but it doesn't mean that jesus
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But it doesn't mean that jesus wants us to live our lives
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Wants us to live our lives just to continue to be wrong
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Just to continue to be wrong in all the ways that
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In all the ways that we were wrong a year ago,
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We were wrong a year ago, five years ago,
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Five years ago, ten years ago.
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Ten years ago. and there's almost nothing more
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And there's almost nothing more difficult than remembering
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Difficult than remembering and admitting when you
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And admitting when you were just so wrong.
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Were just so wrong. i had one this week.
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I had one this week. i have fresh examples
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I have fresh examples of being confidently wrong.
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Of being confidently wrong. i did it at the dinner table.
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I did it at the dinner table. one of our kids said something
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One of our kids said something and i just came back with
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And i just came back with something and i didn't listen
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Something and i didn't listen to the rest of their sentence
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To the rest of their sentence and i completely missed
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And i completely missed the spirit of what
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The spirit of what they were trying to say.
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They were trying to say. just confidently wrong.
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Just confidently wrong. now, i have about a 12 hour
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Now, i have about a 12 hour expiration dosage cycle
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Expiration dosage cycle on the dumb things i do.
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On the dumb things i do. it takes that long for me
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It takes that long for me to digest my dumb
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To digest my dumb and then apologize.
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And then apologize. so, 12 hours later
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So, 12 hours later i found myself saying,
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I found myself saying, "i was so wrong for that."
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"i was so wrong for that." now, that's hard, isn't it?
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Now, that's hard, isn't it? that's hard, isn't it?
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That's hard, isn't it? to say, "i was wrong
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To say, "i was wrong to talk to you like that.
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To talk to you like that. i was wrong to assume
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I was wrong to assume that about you.
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That about you. i was wrong
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I was wrong to judge you like that.
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To judge you like that. i was wrong to put you
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I was wrong to put you in that position."
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In that position." i was --
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I was -- even to admit dumb things
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Even to admit dumb things like i was wrong when
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Like i was wrong when i said that song sucked.
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I said that song sucked. the first time i heard it
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The first time i heard it i thought it sucked,
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I thought it sucked, now i realize it's a bop,
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Now i realize it's a bop, and i feel dumb
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And i feel dumb because i like it,
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Because i like it, but i can't admit i like it
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But i can't admit i like it because the first time i heard
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Because the first time i heard it i thought it was silly.
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It i thought it was silly. that actually is a banger.
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That actually is a banger. i've been wrong about songs
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I've been wrong about songs that i've written before.
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That i've written before. we wrote a song
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We wrote a song in this church one time
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In this church one time and i thought it was good,
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And i thought it was good, and then we went to record it.
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And then we went to record it. and after the recording
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And after the recording i turned to holly and i said,
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I turned to holly and i said, "well, i thought
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"well, i thought that song was good,
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That song was good, but it's not good."
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But it's not good." she said, "i thought
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She said, "i thought it was pretty good."
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It was pretty good." i said, "it wasn't good.
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I said, "it wasn't good. you could tell
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You could tell the people didn't like it,
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The people didn't like it, the people didn't care about it,
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The people didn't care about it, and it's not gonna go anywhere,"
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And it's not gonna go anywhere," after we recorded,
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After we recorded, "oh come to the altar."
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"oh come to the altar." that's how wrong
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That's how wrong i can be about a song.
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I can be about a song. and i'm glad i was wrong because
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And i'm glad i was wrong because it means there might be
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It means there might be something else in my life
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Something else in my life right now that i think sucks,
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Right now that i think sucks, but it's actually gonna
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But it's actually gonna be an amazing thing.
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Be an amazing thing. if i'm wrong about that,
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If i'm wrong about that, then i might be
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Then i might be wrong about this.
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Wrong about this. it is the utter relief
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It is the utter relief of realizing that you were
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Of realizing that you were wrong and admitting it
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Wrong and admitting it and growing from it.
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And growing from it. but the only thing more
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But the only thing more difficult than remembering
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Difficult than remembering when you were wrong
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When you were wrong and admitting you were wrong,
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And admitting you were wrong, which i know isn't a very
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Which i know isn't a very good way to start a sermon.
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Good way to start a sermon. none of us want
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None of us want to talk about that.
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To talk about that. the only thing more difficult
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The only thing more difficult than remembering and admitting,
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Than remembering and admitting, "i was wrong,"
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Is to realize i am wrong.
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Is to realize i am wrong. if it's that hard for everybody
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If it's that hard for everybody in my family and everybody
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In my family and everybody watching this sermon
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Watching this sermon to go back and remember,
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To go back and remember, "i was so wrong.
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"i was so wrong. how could i have been so wrong
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To think what i thought,
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To think what i thought, or to say what i said,
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Or to say what i said, or to believe what i believed,
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Or to believe what i believed, or to assume what i assumed?"
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Or to assume what i assumed?" the only thing more difficult
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The only thing more difficult than remembering it
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Than remembering it because it doesn't feel good,
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Because it doesn't feel good, is realizing that,
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Is realizing that, "i am wrong right now."
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"i am wrong right now." if we don't even want
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If we don't even want to admit that we were wrong,
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To admit that we were wrong, how much less do we want
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How much less do we want to realize that we are
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To realize that we are wrong or might be wrong
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Wrong or might be wrong or could possibly be wrong?
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Or could possibly be wrong? just see if you can
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Just see if you can get it out of your mouth.
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Get it out of your mouth. "i may be wrong about that."
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"i may be wrong about that." and when you get to that
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And when you get to that point in your life,
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Point in your life, you realize that
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You realize that a lot of us in here,
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A lot of us in here, we have iphones.
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We have iphones. how many of you have iphones?
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How many of you have iphones? hold up your iphone right here
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Hold up your iphone right here at this part of the sermon.
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At this part of the sermon. iphones.
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Iphones. i want you to realize that
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I want you to realize that not only do you have iphones,
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Not only do you have iphones, but you also have i thoughts.
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But you also have i thoughts. and it's possible that the devil
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And it's possible that the devil has you trapped in an
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Has you trapped in an "i thought" right now
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"i thought" right now in your life.
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In your life. an i thought.
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An i thought. in the psalm we just read,
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In the psalm we just read, the psalmist says something
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The psalmist says something so incredibly miraculous
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And wonderful.
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He says,
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"god's path led through
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The sea and his way through
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The mighty waters,
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Though his footprints
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Were not seen."
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But to understand the process
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But to understand the process by which he arrived
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By which he arrived at that thought,
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At that thought, i want to take you
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I want to take you all the way back to
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All the way back to the beginning of psalm 77.
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The beginning of psalm 77. and journey with me now for
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And journey with me now for a moment while i build this
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A moment while i build this thought out for you,
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Thought out for you, that's what i thought.
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That's what i thought. the psalmist is lamenting here.
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The psalmist is lamenting here. there are four different types
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There are four different types of psalms in your bible.
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Of psalms in your bible. there are psalms of praise,
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There are psalms of praise, psalms of thanksgiving,
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Psalms of thanksgiving, psalms of wisdom,
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Psalms of wisdom, and psalms of lament.
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And psalms of lament. lament is where they're just
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Lament is where they're just telling god their trouble.
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Telling god their trouble. lament is where they are being
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Lament is where they are being honest with god, realizing that,
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Honest with god, realizing that, why would you hide it from him?
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Why would you hide it from him? it's not like he didn't see
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It's not like he didn't see the whole thing.
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The whole thing. realizing that you can
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Realizing that you can say something to god
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Say something to god and he's big enough
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And he's big enough to handle your brokenness.
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To handle your brokenness. this is a psalm of lament,
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This is a psalm of lament, but i want to show you how it
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But i want to show you how it goes from a psalm of lament
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Goes from a psalm of lament to a psalm of wisdom.
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To a psalm of wisdom. and over the course
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And over the course of the next several weeks,
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Of the next several weeks, i want to help you
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I want to help you with your thoughts.
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With your thoughts. if some of your
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If some of your i thoughts are wrong.
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I thoughts are wrong. some of your i thoughts
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Some of your i thoughts about people are wrong.
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About people are wrong. some of your i thoughts about
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Some of your i thoughts about what is still ahead of you
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What is still ahead of you in your life are wrong,
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In your life are wrong, and you could be
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And you could be confidently wrong and you
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Confidently wrong and you can be completely trapped.
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Can be completely trapped. that's the situation for
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That's the situation for the psalmist in psalm 77.
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The psalmist in psalm 77. it's not david
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It's not david writing this time,
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Writing this time, it's one of the sons of asaph,
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It's one of the sons of asaph, the musical leaders,
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The musical leaders, and he's pouring out
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His heart to god.
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He says, "i cried out
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To god for help.
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I cried out to god to hear me.
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When i was in distress,"
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Circle the word
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Distress, please.
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"i sought the lord.
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At night, i stretched out
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Untiring hands, and i would
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Untiring hands, and i would not be comforted.
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Not be comforted. i remembered you, god,
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I remembered you, god, and i groaned."
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And i groaned." what a strange thing to say.
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What a strange thing to say. i thought it was,
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I thought it was, "i remembered you, god,
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"i remembered you, god, and i was grateful.
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And i was grateful. i remembered you, god,
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I remembered you, god, and i praised.
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And i praised. i remembered you, god,
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I remembered you, god, and i was encouraged.
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And i was encouraged. i remembered you, god,
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I remembered you, god, and i rejoiced."
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And i rejoiced." he said it was so bad,
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He said it was so bad, i remembered you and i groaned.
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The reason psalm 77 is special
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The reason psalm 77 is special and you might want to study it,
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Is because a lot of times
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Is because a lot of times when they wrote psalms,
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When they wrote psalms, they were asking god
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They were asking god to deal with external enemies.
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To deal with external enemies. we've got this giant facing us,
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We've got this giant facing us, this army coming against us,
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This army coming against us, this sickness that
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This sickness that we're dealing with,
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We're dealing with, and it was an external enemy.
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Or in the case of psalm 51,
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Or in the case of psalm 51, david is praying about
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David is praying about his own sin.
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His own sin. he's saying, "create in me
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He's saying, "create in me a clean heart, oh, god.
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A clean heart, oh, god. i did something horrible
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I did something horrible and i need you to make me new,
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And i need you to make me new, and i need you to raise me up,
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And i need you to raise me up, and i need you to give me
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And i need you to give me a second chance."
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A second chance." but this is not a psalm
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But this is not a psalm about enemies, and this is not
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About enemies, and this is not even a psalm about sin.
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Even a psalm about sin. in this psalm, the primary
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In this psalm, the primary problem for the psalmist
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Problem for the psalmist is not an external enemy
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Is not an external enemy or even his own sin.
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Or even his own sin. his problem is god.
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His problem is god. his problem is god.
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His problem is god. and more specifically,
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And more specifically, his problem is,
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His problem is, god, where did you go?
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God, where did you go? his problem is,
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His problem is, god, when are you going to help
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God, when are you going to help me feel something again?
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Me feel something again? god, when are you going
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God, when are you going to answer this?
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To answer this? i'm holding out my arms
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I'm holding out my arms to you and you seem to be
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To you and you seem to be standing at a distance.
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Standing at a distance. i'm not even sure
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I'm not even sure you're in the room.
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You're in the room. i'm not even sure you hear this.
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I'm not even sure you hear this. and so as he's recounting this,
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And so as he's recounting this, i want you to understand
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I want you to understand the heaviness of it so that
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The heaviness of it so that when i encourage you in just
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When i encourage you in just a few moments like i plan
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A few moments like i plan to do with god's help,
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To do with god's help, you will understand the place
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You will understand the place this psalm starts at.
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This psalm starts at. he has a problem with god,
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He has a problem with god, and when you have
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And when you have a problem with bills,
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A problem with bills, somebody can pay them for you.
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Somebody can pay them for you. when you have a problem
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When you have a problem in your body,
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In your body, you can go
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You can go to a doctor about that.
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To a doctor about that. when you have a problem,
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When you have a problem, even in your mind,
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Even in your mind, you can have
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You can have a therapist for that.
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A therapist for that. but what do you do
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But what do you do when your problem is with
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When your problem is with the one who has no boss?
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The one who has no boss? what do you do when your problem
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What do you do when your problem is with the one who has
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Is with the one who has no supervisor that
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No supervisor that you may ask to speak to?
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You may ask to speak to? what do you do when you're in
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What do you do when you're in a situation where what god did
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A situation where what god did is so much different than what
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Is so much different than what you thought he should do?
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That is psalm 77.
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"i remembered you, god,
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And i groaned,"
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Not shouted, groan.
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Not clap, groaned.
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Not danced, groaned.
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"i remembered you, god,
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And i groaned.
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I meditated,
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And my spirit grew faint."
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People will tell you all
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People will tell you all the time how much they've grown,
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The time how much they've grown, but they won't tell you how much
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But they won't tell you how much they groaned so they could
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They groaned so they could grow into the place
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Grow into the place where they are today.
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Where they are today. this is the process of becoming
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This is the process of becoming a person that god can use,
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A person that god can use, and it is not easy.
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He said, "my spirit grew faint.
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He said, "my spirit grew faint. you kept my eyes from closing.
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You kept my eyes from closing. i was too troubled to speak."
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I was too troubled to speak." and then, verse 5 gives us
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And then, verse 5 gives us the entire problem,
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The entire problem, not only with the psalmist
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Not only with the psalmist but with ourselves.
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But with ourselves. i thought, everybody say,
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I thought, everybody say, "i thought."
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"i thought." >> congregation: i thought.
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>> congregation: i thought. >> i thought
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>> i thought about the former days.
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About the former days. justin, do i even have
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Justin, do i even have to say it?
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To say it? circle, "i thought."
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Circle, "i thought." circle it for everybody in here
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Circle it for everybody in here who's having doubtful thoughts.
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Who's having doubtful thoughts. circle it for everybody in here
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Circle it for everybody in here who's having fearful thoughts.
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Who's having fearful thoughts. circle it for everybody in here
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Circle it for everybody in here who's having jelly, petous --
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Who's having jelly, petous -- petty.
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Petty. jealous, petty what?
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Jealous, petty what? jelly thoughts.
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Jelly thoughts. jelly thoughts,
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Jelly thoughts, we're calling 'em right now.
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We're calling 'em right now. circle it for everybody in here
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Circle it for everybody in here who is dealing not with an
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Who is dealing not with an external threat and maybe not
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External threat and maybe not even a personal sin, but with a,
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Even a personal sin, but with a, "i thought."
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"i thought." now, when i read this at first,
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Now, when i read this at first, you're gonna be like,
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You're gonna be like, "he did the right thing.
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"he did the right thing. this is what
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This is what you're supposed to do.
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You're supposed to do. this is what we teach
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This is what we teach in church that you're supposed
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In church that you're supposed to go back and remember.
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To go back and remember. if you're in a season right now
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If you're in a season right now where you don't know
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Where you don't know what god is gonna do,
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What god is gonna do, just remember what he did."
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Just remember what he did." and that's what it
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And that's what it sounds like on the surface,
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Sounds like on the surface, but i want to dig a little bit
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Because i've been waiting
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Because i've been waiting two months to preach
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This message and i'mma
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Preach it today.
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I thought about the former days
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When my jeans
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Fit a little looser.
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I thought about the former days
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When my hamstrings weren't so --
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I thought about the former days
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When i didn't need these
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Readers to look at my bible
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And this size 67 font
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In order to preach it to you.
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I thought about the former days,
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I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.
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The years of long ago. "i remembered
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"i remembered my songs in the night.
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My songs in the night. my heart meditated
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My heart meditated and my spirit asked,"
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And my spirit asked," what's wrong with
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What's wrong with any of this?
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Any of this? it's an i thought.
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It's an i thought. "i remembered," verse 6 please,
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"i remembered," verse 6 please, "my songs in the night.
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"my songs in the night. my heart meditated
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My heart meditated and my spirit asked."
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And my spirit asked." now, watch what happens
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When it starts with me.
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When it starts with me. verse 7, this is
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Verse 7, this is what you get back.
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What you get back. when you send out an i thought,
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When you send out an i thought, this is what you get back.
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This is what you get back. and you know what?
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And you know what? you can't block an i thought,
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You can't block an i thought, not with your fingers.
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Not with your fingers. you have to deal with it.
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You have to deal with it. and the psalmist is putting it
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And the psalmist is putting it all out there for us today,
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All out there for us today, which gives us permission
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Which gives us permission to know that we can feel
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To know that we can feel emotionally confused and still
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Emotionally confused and still get spiritually strong.
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Get spiritually strong. watch what he says.
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Watch what he says. it gets worse
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Before it gets better.
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Before it gets better. "will the lord reject forever?
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"will the lord reject forever? will he never show
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Will he never show his favor again?
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His favor again? has his unfailing love
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Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
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Vanished forever? has his promise
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Has his promise failed for all time?
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Failed for all time? has god forgotten
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Has god forgotten to be merciful?
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To be merciful? has he, in anger,
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Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?"
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I thought, and that's
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I thought, and that's what came back.
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What came back. and what i heard
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And what i heard the psalmist saying today,
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The psalmist saying today, and i wonder
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And i wonder if it's true of you,
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If it's true of you, he says, i thought,
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He says, i thought, i suffered and i thought...
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I suffered and i thought... i thought it was through."
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I thought it was through." i thought back over
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I thought back over the best days of my life
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The best days of my life and i thought they're behind me.
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And i thought they're behind me. i thought about the things that
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I thought about the things that i would love to see god do for
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I would love to see god do for me that he's done for others,
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Me that he's done for others, and i thought,
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And i thought, "well, i guess he just doesn't
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"well, i guess he just doesn't want to do it for me.
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Want to do it for me. i thought."
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I thought." i thought.
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I thought. i thought it was through.
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I thought it was through. i thought that
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I thought that my experience of god had
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My experience of god had completely dried up.
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Completely dried up. i thought he didn't
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I thought he didn't love me anymore.
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Love me anymore. the psalmist said that,
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The psalmist said that, i didn't.
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I didn't. so, if you've ever felt that,
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So, if you've ever felt that, you're in the bible.
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You're in the bible. i thought that god had
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I thought that god had taken his hand off my life.
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Taken his hand off my life. i thought he had just given up
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I thought he had just given up on me because others did.
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On me because others did. i thought it was through.
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I thought it was through. and you see in this passage
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And you see in this passage what they call the three ps
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What they call the three ps of negative thinking.
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Of negative thinking. i'm gonna be talking to you
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I'm gonna be talking to you over the next six weeks
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Over the next six weeks about i thought,
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About i thought, and i'm going to be talking
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And i'm going to be talking to you about three ways
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To you about three ways of negative thinking that
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Of negative thinking that you may recognize in your life.
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You may recognize in your life. they're all here in the psalm,
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They're all here in the psalm, and we'll come back
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And we'll come back to them a few times,
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But i just wanna
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But i just wanna point them out to you.
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Point them out to you. he says, "will the lord
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He says, "will the lord reject forever?
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Reject forever? will he never show
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Will he never show his favor again?
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His favor again? has his unfailing love
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Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
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Vanished forever? i thought it was through.
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I thought it was through. i thought it was gone.
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I didn't see his footprints
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I didn't see his footprints in the sand."
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In the sand." y'all ever seen that
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Y'all ever seen that little poster on the thing?
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Little poster on the thing? did you ever see butt prints
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Did you ever see butt prints in the sand?
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In the sand? that's another one.
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That's another one. you can look that up
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You can look that up another time.
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Another time. he says, "i felt rejected.
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He says, "i felt rejected. i thought it was never
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I thought it was never gonna come again."
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Gonna come again." now, that's strong,
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Now, that's strong, saying never.
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Saying never. that's strong when you
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That's strong when you think that he will never
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Think that he will never show you favor again.
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Show you favor again. and he said, "i thought
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And he said, "i thought his love had vanished."
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His love had vanished." and they call these
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And they call these the three ps of negative
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The three ps of negative thinking because they're traps.
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Thinking because they're traps. and it's when you take something
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And it's when you take something that happens to you and you
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That happens to you and you make it personal, rejection.
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Make it personal, rejection. it's when you make
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It's when you make it permanent, never.
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It permanent, never. and it's when
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And it's when it becomes pervasive,
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It becomes pervasive, vanished, everywhere.
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Vanished, everywhere. it took everything away.
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It took everything away. it's completely ripping
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It's completely ripping through your whole life.
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Through your whole life. there's one thing to have
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There's one thing to have a problem and you've
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A problem and you've got it in a corner.
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Got it in a corner. and this is the one thing that
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And this is the one thing that i'm dealing with in my life.
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I'm dealing with in my life. but you know, the enemy
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But you know, the enemy has you in an i thought
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Has you in an i thought when it becomes personal,
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When it becomes personal, "the lord rejected me.
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"the lord rejected me. there's something wrong
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There's something wrong with me."
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With me." it's fine to be disappointed
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It's fine to be disappointed because somebody didn't
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Because somebody didn't want to be your friend.
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Want to be your friend. it is another thing to assume
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It is another thing to assume that they are worthy to be
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That they are worthy to be the olympic figure skating
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The olympic figure skating judge of your life.
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Judge of your life. and then, you stop putting
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And then, you stop putting yourself out there because you
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Yourself out there because you think that somehow they have
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Think that somehow they have the stamp of approval
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The stamp of approval to give the human race,
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To give the human race, and that they know just
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And that they know just from their virtue of their
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From their virtue of their own goodness whether
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Own goodness whether or not you're worthy.
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Or not you're worthy. and now, you've got
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And now, you've got yourself isolated because
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Yourself isolated because you took it personal.
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You took it personal. and there may have been
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And there may have been something that they were going
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Something that they were going through that was so dark that
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Through that was so dark that if you would have known that,
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If you would have known that, you would have given them
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You would have given them a hug and said,
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A hug and said, "i'll send you
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"i'll send you a christmas card."
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A christmas card." but now you've got it
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But now you've got it personal, permanent.
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Personal, permanent. it's never coming back.
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It's never coming back. it's always going
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It's always going to be this way.
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To be this way. it will never change.
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It will never change. i'm never going to be able
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I'm never going to be able to go a week without doing this.
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To go a week without doing this. i am never going to find anybody
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I am never going to find anybody who gets me.
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Who gets me. it's permanent.
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It's permanent. it's gonna stay
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It's gonna stay this way forever,
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This way forever, and it's pervasive.
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And it's pervasive. it's when you can't celebrate
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It's when you can't celebrate the kid that's doing good
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The kid that's doing good because of the one that
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Because of the one that you're worried about.
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You're worried about. it's when you can't celebrate
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It's when you can't celebrate the health in your body because
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The health in your body because of the hell in your mind.
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Of the hell in your mind. it's because you're in an
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It's because you're in an i thought.
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>> thank you so much
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>> thank you so much for joining us today.
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For joining us today. to find more messages like
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To find more messages like the one you just heard from
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The one you just heard from pastor steven,
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Pastor steven, i want to encourage you
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I want to encourage you to visit the steven furtick
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To visit the steven furtick youtube channel
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Youtube channel or just scan the qr code
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Or just scan the qr code on your screen to subscribe
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On your screen to subscribe and then you'll get access
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And then you'll get access to new videos that are
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To new videos that are uploaded weekly.
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Uploaded weekly. now, if today's message
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Now, if today's message spoke to your heart,
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Spoke to your heart, i also want to invite you
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I also want to invite you to partner with us
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To partner with us and make it possible
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And make it possible for someone else to hear
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For someone else to hear the message too.
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The message too. your generosity really does
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Your generosity really does make a difference.
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Make a difference. every time you give,
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Every time you give, you're helping us take
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You're helping us take the gospel further and get
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The gospel further and get god's word into someone's heart.
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God's word into someone's heart. this ministry exists so that
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This ministry exists so that people far from god will be
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People far from god will be raised to life in christ,
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Raised to life in christ, and you're a part of that story.
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And you're a part of that story. because of you,
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Because of you, messages just like the one
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Messages just like the one you heard today will go out
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You heard today will go out to people who need hope,
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To people who need hope, people who are wrestling
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People who are wrestling with anxiety and disappointment
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With anxiety and disappointment or the weight of wrong
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Or the weight of wrong assumptions about their future,
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Assumptions about their future, even wrong assumptions
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Even wrong assumptions about god.
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About god. through broadcasts,
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Through broadcasts, online outreach,
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Online outreach, and ministry partners
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And ministry partners all over the world,
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All over the world, your support is opening the door
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Your support is opening the door for them to hear the truth that
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For them to hear the truth that can change everything.
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Can change everything. so, please call the number
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So, please call the number on your screen or go online
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On your screen or go online right now to give,
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Right now to give, your gift of any amount
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Your gift of any amount makes a difference.
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Makes a difference. thank you for being a part
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Thank you for being a part of what god is doing.
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Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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>> scripture tells us
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>> scripture tells us that when we give,
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That when we give, we're reflecting
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We're reflecting the heart of god,
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The heart of god, meeting needs and spreading
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Meeting needs and spreading his love in real, tangible ways.
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These kits may look simple,
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A blanket, a hat,
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A pair of gloves,
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But they carry hope.
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They remind someone
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That god sees them,
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That they matter,
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And that love still shows up.
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Thank you for being the kind
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Thank you for being the kind of church that gives generously,
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Of church that gives generously, because when we give together,
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Because when we give together, we're sharing more than warmth.
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We're sharing more than warmth. we're sharing the love of jesus.
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ who am i ♪
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♪ that you keep me ♪
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♪ on your mind ♪
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♪ god i'm just ♪
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♪ grateful for you ♪
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♪ i'm just grateful ♪
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♪ for you ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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Steven Furtick - I Thought It Was Through (Part 1)

January 5, 2026 | 28:0

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