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Steven Furtick - It Works In Reverse (Part 3)

July 16, 2025 | S25 E197 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - It Works In Reverse (Part 3)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - It Works In Reverse (Part 3) | July 16, 2025
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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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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  • >> this word can help you today.
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  • >> this word can help you today. this word can
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  • This word can set you free today.
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  • Set you free today. god's presence
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  • God's presence can touch you today.
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  • Can touch you today. god can get into your
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  • God can get into your situation and show you
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  • Situation and show you stuff that you don't know.
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  • Stuff that you don't know. he can put in your mind what
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  • He can put in your mind what only his sprit knows, he can.
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  • Only his sprit knows, he can. but this is not in the category
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  • But this is not in the category of the salvation that you get
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  • Of the salvation that you get when you come to christ,
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  • When you come to christ, this is salvation from yourself.
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  • This is salvation from yourself. so, he says, "the only way
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  • So, he says, "the only way to be saved from your
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  • To be saved from your self-deception is to humbly
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  • Self-deception is to humbly accept the word that
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  • Accept the word that is planted," where?
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  • Is planted," where? >> congregation: in you.
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  • >> congregation: in you. >> where?
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  • >> where? >> congregation: in you.
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  • >> congregation: in you. >> so, you've got all this
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  • >> so, you've got all this moral filth, where?
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  • Moral filth, where? around you.
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  • Around you. and you've got this word
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  • And you've got this word from god planted...
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  • From god planted... >> congregation: in you.
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  • >> congregation: in you. >> in you.
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  • >> in you. somebody help me.
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  • Somebody help me. i need three pentecostals,
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  • I need three pentecostals, just three, just three.
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  • Just three, just three. i don't need a lot.
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  • I don't need a lot. i need three.
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  • I need three. [cheering]
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  • [cheering] so, now i understand
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  • So, now i understand that i've had it backwards.
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  • That i've had it backwards. because i've been too
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  • Because i've been too controlled by my environment.
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  • Controlled by my environment. because i've been too
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  • Because i've been too controlled by my surroundings.
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  • Because i've been too controlled
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  • Because i've been too controlled by cultural programming.
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  • By cultural programming. because i've been thro --
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  • Because i've been thro -- too controlled by thoughts
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  • Too controlled by thoughts that didn't even come from god.
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  • That didn't even come from god. because i've been too controlled
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  • Because i've been too controlled by what i see, what i feel,
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  • By what i see, what i feel, what i think,
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  • What i knew up to this point,
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  • What i knew up to this point, that's what's around me.
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  • That's what's around me. but when what is around me
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  • But when what is around me contradicts the word
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  • Contradicts the word that is planted in me,
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  • That is planted in me, god says, "we've gotta get
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  • God says, "we've gotta get this thing switched up."
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  • This thing switched up." [applause]
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  • [applause] "because the word
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  • "because the word that is in you has
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  • That is in you has potential to save you."
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  • Potential to save you." but with god,
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  • But with god, it works in reverse.
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  • It works in reverse. see, most people live this way,
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  • See, most people live this way, whatever happens on the outside
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  • Whatever happens on the outside they react to it.
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  • They react to it. whatever happens on
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  • Whatever happens on the outside they move to it.
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  • The outside they move to it. whatever happens on
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  • Whatever happens on the outside they dance with it.
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  • The outside they dance with it. whatever happens on the outside
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  • Whatever happens on the outside they surrender to it.
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  • They surrender to it. whatever happens on the outside
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  • Whatever happens on the outside that's what they consult
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  • That's what they consult for their next step in life.
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  • For their next step in life. not you, you're chosen so you
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  • Not you, you're chosen so you do it different because
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  • Do it different because in the kingdom of god,
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  • In the kingdom of god, it works in reverse.
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  • It works in reverse. say it, "it works in reverse."
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  • Say it, "it works in reverse." so, i don't start with
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  • So, i don't start with my situation to see how
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  • My situation to see how it's going to turn out,
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  • It's going to turn out, because it works in reverse.
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  • Because it works in reverse. i can be in a filthy situation,
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  • A naughty situation,
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  • A naughty situation, a nasty situation,
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  • A nasty situation, a grimy situation,
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  • A grimy situation, a dark situation,
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  • A dark situation, a confusing situation
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  • A confusing situation and if i walked
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  • And if i walked according to the world,
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  • According to the world, i'd be down about it,
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  • I'd be down about it, and i'd be weak about it,
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  • And i'd be weak about it, and i'd think there was
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  • And i'd think there was no hope in going forward
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  • No hope in going forward and no cost to continue in it.
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  • And no cost to continue in it. but i don't walk according
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  • But i don't walk according to what i see,
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  • I don't walk according
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  • I don't walk according to what i feel,
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  • To what i feel, and i don't walk according
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  • And i don't walk according to who i've been to
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  • To who i've been to this point 'cause
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  • I found out i'm chosen.
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  • I found out i'm chosen. i've found out,
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  • I've found out, god is building a temple.
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  • God is building a temple. i've found out i am the temple
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  • I've found out i am the temple of the holy spirit,
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  • Of the holy spirit, and it works in reverse.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • So, in this season
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  • So, in this season of my life, i'm getting rid
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  • Of some things that are in
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  • The way of my relationship
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  • The way of my relationship with god, because it
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  • With god, because it works in reverse.
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  • Works in reverse. this is what i think
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  • This is what i think it means to,
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  • It means to, "seek first the kingdom."
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  • "seek first the kingdom." i think it means you've turned
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  • I think it means you've turned the whole thing around.
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  • That you would say,
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  • That you would say, "i would rather have peace
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  • "i would rather have peace and be right with god
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  • And be right with god than be popular with
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  • Than be popular with everybody else in the world.
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  • Everybody else in the world. i'd rather have peace with
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  • I'd rather have peace with almighty god than have
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  • All the money in the world."
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  • All the money in the world." [applause]
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  • [applause] y'all feeling this yet?
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  • [cheering]
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  • [cheering] but see, i don't wait for you
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  • But see, i don't wait for you to feel it before i preach it.
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  • To feel it before i preach it. i'm gonna preach it
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  • I'm gonna preach it 'til you feel it 'cause it
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  • 'til you feel it 'cause it works in reverse.
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  • Works in reverse. that's how the word works.
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  • That's how the word works. the word will feel weird
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  • The word will feel weird when you hear it.
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  • When you hear it. it will call you a conqueror
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  • It will call you a conqueror when you feel like a coward.
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  • When you feel like a coward. it will call you a winner
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  • It will call you a winner when you feel like a loser.
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  • When you feel like a loser. it will call you to be seated in
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  • It will call you to be seated in heavenly places when you feel
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  • Heavenly places when you feel like you're at the bottom.
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  • Like you're at the bottom. but, "he chose the weak things
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  • But, "he chose the weak things to shame the strong."
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  • To shame the strong." [cheering and applause]
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  • That's how it works, y'all.
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  • That's how it works, y'all. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] that's how it works.
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  • That's how it works. touch three people and say,
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  • Touch three people and say, "that's how it works."
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  • "that's how it works." >> congregation: that's how
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  • >> congregation: that's how it works.
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  • It works. >> that's how it works.
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  • >> that's how it works. of course,
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  • You don't feel strong.
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  • You don't feel strong. you're not working
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  • Through your weakness.
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  • Through your weakness. you gonna feel stronger
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  • You gonna feel stronger when you sit there anyway.
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  • I talked to somebody the other
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  • I talked to somebody the other day and they were like,
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  • Day and they were like, "i had this appointment.
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  • "i had this appointment. it was awkward.
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  • It was awkward. i walked out."
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  • I walked out." i said, "then you're gonna be --
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  • I said, "then you're gonna be -- you are going to be stumped
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  • You are going to be stumped at the level of your discomfort,
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  • At the level of your discomfort, because you can't sit in
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  • Because you can't sit in anything that makes you feel
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  • Anything that makes you feel uncomfortable long enough
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  • Uncomfortable long enough to be developed."
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  • To be developed." and i told him that to his
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  • And i told him that to his face and he received it.
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  • Face and he received it. he said, "you're right.
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  • He said, "you're right. you're right.
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  • You're right. you're right.
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  • You're right. you're right."
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  • You're right." i said, "i mean
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  • I said, "i mean to preach to you."
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  • To preach to you." he said, "no,
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  • He said, "no, preach to me, man.
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  • Preach to me, man. i need it.
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  • I need it. i need it.
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  • I need it. i need it."
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  • I need it." that's what he said,
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  • That's what he said, he said, "i need it.
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  • He said, "i need it. i need it.
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  • I need it. i'm sick of being stuck.
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  • I'm sick of being stuck. i'm sick of needing to feel
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  • I'm sick of needing to feel a certain way to do
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  • A certain way to do a certain thing.
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  • A certain thing. i'm sick of coming
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  • I'm sick of coming to church and going like,
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  • To church and going like, 'oh, yeah.
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  • 'oh, yeah. i wanna live like that.'
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  • I wanna live like that.' i'm sick of clicking around
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  • I'm sick of clicking around youtube videos and going,
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  • Youtube videos and going, 'oh, yeah.
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  • 'oh, yeah. i wanna - i wanna live
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  • I wanna - i wanna live like that.'"
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  • Like that.'" so, when james comes along,
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  • So, when james comes along, he says something very
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  • He says something very simple in james 1:22,
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  • "do not merely
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  • "do not merely listen to the word."
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  • Listen to the word." so, i stopped there when
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  • I was studying this week.
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  • I was studying this week. i'm like, "lord, that would
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  • I'm like, "lord, that would be good if people would
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  • Be good if people would even just listen to it.
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  • Even just listen to it. i mean, they're doing
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  • I mean, they're doing pretty good just to listen
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  • Pretty good just to listen to a sermon when there are
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  • To a sermon when there are so much other options.
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  • Why you being so hard on them?
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  • Why you being so hard on them? they're listening to the word."
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  • They're listening to the word." but he showed me that when you
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  • But he showed me that when you listen and don't implement,
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  • Listen and don't implement, it limits you that much more
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  • It limits you that much more the next time you hear it,
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  • The next time you hear it, and it puts a lid on
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  • And it puts a lid on the potential that
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  • The potential that he's put inside of you.
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  • So, the next thing becomes
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  • So, the next thing becomes very, very integral to your
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  • Very, very integral to your spiritual development.
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  • "do not merely listen
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  • "do not merely listen to the word and so
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  • To the word and so deceive yourself.
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  • Deceive yourself. do what it says."
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  • Do what it says." elijah, where you at, son?
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  • Yeah.
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  • Yeah. thank you for that bible club
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  • Thank you for that bible club and thank you for this.
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  • And thank you for this. every time he sends his
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  • Every time he sends his key verse -- 'cause we pick
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  • Key verse -- 'cause we pick a verse and we say,
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  • A verse and we say, "this is how i'mma try
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  • "this is how i'mma try to do this today, right?"
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  • To do this today, right?" every time he sends his
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  • Every time he sends his key verse, it's so practical,
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  • Key verse, it's so practical, and he's so smart.
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  • And he's so smart. he's so analytical,
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  • He's so analytical, always has been.
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  • Always has been. he's -- when he was like
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  • He's -- when he was like four years old,
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  • Four years old, he was asking me questions
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  • He was asking me questions that made me feel i needed to
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  • That made me feel i needed to go back to bible college again.
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  • Go back to bible college again. he's asking me stuff about
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  • He's asking me stuff about god that god hasn't even
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  • God that god hasn't even asked about god.
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  • Asked about god. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] and yet, every time he does it,
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  • And yet, every time he does it, he puts it so simple,
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  • He puts it so simple, but at the end of his
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  • But at the end of his key verses he'll always say,
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  • Key verses he'll always say, "i hope this isn't too simple."
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  • "i hope this isn't too simple." don't ever say, "sorry,"
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  • Don't ever say, "sorry," for keeping it simple.
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  • For keeping it simple. [applause]
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  • [applause] because like what you put
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  • Because like what you put the other day about david
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  • The other day about david where you said,
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  • Where you said, "okay, i know this isn't
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  • Probably the deepest
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  • Probably the deepest application of the text."
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  • Application of the text." no, the deepest thing
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  • No, the deepest thing you could have found
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  • You could have found is what you found,
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  • Is what you found, 'cause you found the thing
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  • 'cause you found the thing that god was actually
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  • That god was actually calling you to do.
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  • Calling you to do. and i thought that was
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  • And i thought that was so powerful, 'cause i'm like,
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  • So powerful, 'cause i'm like, "that is what a disciple --
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  • "that is what a disciple -- and not that you're --
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  • And not that you're -- not that you're perfect,
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  • Not that you're perfect, or i'm perfect,
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  • Or i'm perfect, or not that, "oh,
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  • Or not that, "oh, we're reading our bible
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  • We're reading our bible everyday so we're so great."
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  • Everyday so we're so great." but i love how i see you
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  • But i love how i see you working the word.
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  • Working the word. [applause]
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  • Because here's what
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  • Because here's what i know about god's word,
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  • I know about god's word, it works in reverse.
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  • It works in reverse. god is giving him wisdom today
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  • God is giving him wisdom today for experiences he doesn't even
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  • For experiences he doesn't even know he's going to have yet.
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  • Know he's going to have yet. [applause]
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  • He's digging a well today,
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  • Every time he goes to the word
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  • And puts it into practice.
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  • Everybody say, "practice."
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  • >> congregation: practice.
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  • >> principles without
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  • >> principles without practice are powerless.
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  • And every time he puts it
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  • And every time he puts it into practice let me
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  • Into practice let me show you what he is defying.
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  • Show you what he is defying. i close with this image.
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  • I close with this image. and don't play the piano, lj.
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  • And don't play the piano, lj. i'm closing,
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  • I'm closing, but i don't want it soft.
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  • "do not merely listen
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  • "do not merely listen to the word and so
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  • To the word and so deceive yourselves.
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  • Deceive yourselves. do what it says."
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  • Do what it says." and listen --
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  • Listen to this picture.
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  • Listen to this picture. remember when it
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  • Remember when it comes to god's word,
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  • Comes to god's word, he gives us a picture of who
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  • He gives us a picture of who he is and we can't see it fully,
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  • He is and we can't see it fully, but we see in part.
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  • But we see in part. and he gives us a picture
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  • And he gives us a picture of who we can be in him.
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  • Of who we can be in him. and he shows us the strength
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  • And he shows us the strength that we can have in him
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  • That we can have in him and the future that
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  • And the future that we can have in him.
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  • We can have in him. and the way of life
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  • And the way of life that we can know in him,
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  • That we can know in him, and the peace that we can have,
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  • And the peace that we can have, and the joy that we can have.
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  • And the joy that we can have. he gives us a picture.
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  • He gives us a picture. but watch what james says
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  • But watch what james says as a warning.
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  • As a warning. he says, verse 23,
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  • "anyone who listens
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  • "anyone who listens to the word but does not do
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  • To the word but does not do what it says is like someone who
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  • What it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror."
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  • Looks at his face in a mirror." man, an interesting image
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  • Man, an interesting image he says, he's like,
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  • He says, he's like, "looks at his face
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  • "looks at his face in the mirror and after
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  • In the mirror and after looking at himself, goes away
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  • Looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets
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  • And immediately forgets what he looks like.
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  • What he looks like. but whoever looks intently
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  • But whoever looks intently into the perfect law
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  • Into the perfect law that gives freedom
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  • That gives freedom and continues in it
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  • And continues in it not forgetting what they
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  • Not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it,
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  • Have heard, but doing it, they will be...
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  • They will be... >> congregation: blessed.
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  • >> congregation: blessed. >> in what they...
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  • >> in what they... >> congregation: do."
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  • >> be strong.
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  • >> be strong. do the work.
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  • Do the work. what happens when you
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  • Do the work?
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  • Do the work? you'd be strong.
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  • You'd be strong. not perfect, but stronger.
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  • Not perfect, but stronger. not there, but closer.
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  • Not there, but closer. not monastic, but maybe not
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  • Not monastic, but maybe not going off on everybody.
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  • Not perfect, but blessed.
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  • Not perfect, but blessed. and he said,
  • 00:11:05.528 --> 00:11:07.096
  • "it's like a mirror."
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  • "it's like a mirror." the word god gives you
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  • The word god gives you is like a mirror,
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  • Is like a mirror, and it shows you who god is,
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  • And it shows you who god is, and it shows you
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  • And it shows you who you really are.
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  • Who you really are. and that's why something
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  • And that's why something comes alive in you
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  • Comes alive in you when you hear god's word,
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  • And it hits you in
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  • And it hits you in your spirit because
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  • Your spirit because it's going in you.
  • 00:11:29.418 --> 00:11:31.320
  • It's going in you. and every label that has
  • 00:11:31.387 --> 00:11:33.022
  • And every label that has been slapped on you
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  • Been slapped on you even by your own words,
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  • When you get in the mirror
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  • When you get in the mirror of god's word, it begins to
  • 00:11:39.028 --> 00:11:44.366
  • Of god's word, it begins to reverse every curse that has
  • 00:11:44.433 --> 00:11:48.404
  • Reverse every curse that has been spoken over your life.
  • 00:11:48.471 --> 00:11:53.509
  • Been spoken over your life. so, when holly was getting
  • 00:11:53.576 --> 00:11:54.744
  • So, when holly was getting dressed the other day,
  • 00:11:54.810 --> 00:11:56.178
  • Dressed the other day, she put on this --
  • 00:11:56.245 --> 00:11:57.079
  • She put on this -- this hoodie for can you imagine,
  • 00:11:57.146 --> 00:11:59.682
  • This hoodie for can you imagine, and she was looking at it
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  • And she was looking at it in the mirror.
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  • In the mirror. and when she was looking at it,
  • 00:12:03.385 --> 00:12:04.820
  • And when she was looking at it, she said, "is it backwards?"
  • 00:12:04.887 --> 00:12:08.624
  • She said, "is it backwards?" and i said, "yeah."
  • 00:12:08.691 --> 00:12:10.493
  • And i said, "yeah." and she said,
  • 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:11.260
  • And she said, "but i'm confused.
  • 00:12:11.327 --> 00:12:12.094
  • "but i'm confused. oh yeah.
  • 00:12:12.161 --> 00:12:13.496
  • Oh yeah. i'm looking at it
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  • I'm looking at it in the mirror."
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  • In the mirror." because on this hoodie,
  • 00:12:17.166 --> 00:12:18.067
  • Because on this hoodie, can you see it?
  • 00:12:18.134 --> 00:12:18.567
  • Can you see it? it's -- it's backwards.
  • 00:12:18.634 --> 00:12:20.402
  • It's -- it's backwards. but when you get
  • 00:12:20.469 --> 00:12:21.504
  • But when you get in front of a mirror...
  • 00:12:21.570 --> 00:12:23.105
  • In front of a mirror... [applause]
  • 00:12:23.172 --> 00:12:26.742
  • [applause] what does a mirror do?
  • 00:12:26.809 --> 00:12:31.180
  • What does a mirror do? it reflects back whatever
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  • It reflects back whatever stands in front of it,
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  • Stands in front of it, but the light makes it
  • 00:12:36.185 --> 00:12:38.387
  • But the light makes it reflects back backwards.
  • 00:12:38.454 --> 00:12:42.291
  • Reflects back backwards. so, god says, "when you
  • 00:12:42.358 --> 00:12:44.593
  • So, god says, "when you come in my presence,
  • 00:12:44.660 --> 00:12:46.395
  • Come in my presence, when you receive
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  • When you receive a word from me,
  • 00:12:47.797 --> 00:12:49.465
  • A word from me, when you stand before heaven,
  • 00:12:49.532 --> 00:12:51.867
  • When you stand before heaven, you're not just looking
  • 00:12:51.934 --> 00:12:53.135
  • You're not just looking at yourself,
  • 00:12:53.202 --> 00:12:54.537
  • At yourself, you are looking at your
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  • You are looking at your father who is perfect.
  • 00:12:56.172 --> 00:12:58.440
  • Father who is perfect. your father who spoke
  • 00:12:58.507 --> 00:13:00.242
  • Your father who spoke a word over your life.
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  • A word over your life. before you were knit together,
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  • He knew you.
  • 00:13:04.914 --> 00:13:06.148
  • He knew you. and i'm gonna show you
  • 00:13:06.215 --> 00:13:08.384
  • And i'm gonna show you who you are in reverse.
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  • Who you are in reverse. [applause]
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  • [applause] and everything in your life
  • 00:13:13.255 --> 00:13:16.225
  • That does not match
  • 00:13:16.325 --> 00:13:17.927
  • That does not match god's purpose,
  • 00:13:17.993 --> 00:13:19.428
  • God's purpose, he's gonna turn it around
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  • He's gonna turn it around for his glory in this season.
  • 00:13:20.930 --> 00:13:23.365
  • For his glory in this season. shout if you believe it.
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  • Shout if you believe it. [cheering]
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  • [cheering] shout if you believe it.
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  • Shout if you believe it. [cheering]
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  • [cheering] shout online.
  • 00:13:29.872 --> 00:13:30.873
  • Shout online. [applause]
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  • [applause] he's turning it around, see.
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  • He's turning it around, see. that's why i gotta
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  • That's why i gotta get with him,
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  • Get with him, ‘cause i'm surrounded
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  • ‘cause i'm surrounded by filth,
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  • By filth, but i don't wanna become
  • 00:13:40.249 --> 00:13:41.350
  • But i don't wanna become like what i'm surrounded by.
  • 00:13:41.417 --> 00:13:43.118
  • Like what i'm surrounded by. i don't wanna think
  • 00:13:43.185 --> 00:13:44.053
  • I don't wanna think like what i'm surrounded by.
  • 00:13:44.119 --> 00:13:45.788
  • Like what i'm surrounded by. i don't wanna speak
  • 00:13:45.855 --> 00:13:46.822
  • I don't wanna speak like what i'm surrounded by,
  • 00:13:46.889 --> 00:13:49.525
  • Like what i'm surrounded by, i want god to put
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  • I want god to put his word on my life,
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  • His word on my life, and show me in the mirror
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  • And show me in the mirror of his image,
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  • Of his image, what i'm really worth
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  • What i'm really worth in his hands.
  • 00:14:00.736 --> 00:14:03.339
  • In his hands. and i'm working through
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  • And i'm working through some weaknesses like you are.
  • 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:08.510
  • Some weaknesses like you are. but the strength
  • 00:14:08.577 --> 00:14:09.144
  • But the strength that you want for your life,
  • 00:14:09.211 --> 00:14:10.045
  • That you want for your life, and the strength you wanna
  • 00:14:10.112 --> 00:14:10.646
  • And the strength you wanna pass on to your generations
  • 00:14:10.713 --> 00:14:12.147
  • Pass on to your generations and the strength you want
  • 00:14:12.214 --> 00:14:12.748
  • And the strength you want your kids to see you walk in
  • 00:14:12.815 --> 00:14:15.351
  • Your kids to see you walk in is through the stumbles
  • 00:14:15.417 --> 00:14:16.652
  • Is through the stumbles that you recover from
  • 00:14:16.719 --> 00:14:18.153
  • That you recover from and keep moving forward
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  • And keep moving forward believing that god
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  • Believing that god is not against you.
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  • Is not against you. [applause]
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  • [applause] i reverse every religious spirit
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  • I reverse every religious spirit that has tried to tell you
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  • That god is ashamed of you.
  • 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:32.234
  • That god is ashamed of you. if he's ashamed
  • 00:14:32.301 --> 00:14:32.935
  • If he's ashamed of what he made
  • 00:14:33.002 --> 00:14:33.669
  • Of what he made that means he made a mistake.
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  • That means he made a mistake. god doesn't make mistakes.
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  • God doesn't make mistakes. god doesn't qualify --
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  • God doesn't qualify -- god doesn't call
  • 00:14:38.974 --> 00:14:39.842
  • God doesn't call the qualified,
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  • The qualified, he qualifies the called
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  • He qualifies the called and he chose you.
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  • And he chose you. [applause]
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  • [applause] now, be strong
  • 00:14:46.682 --> 00:14:48.384
  • Now, be strong and do the work
  • 00:14:48.450 --> 00:14:50.719
  • And do the work and if you do the work,
  • 00:14:50.786 --> 00:14:52.988
  • And if you do the work, remember you're working
  • 00:14:53.055 --> 00:14:54.623
  • Remember you're working with him.
  • 00:14:54.690 --> 00:14:58.694
  • With him. i almost wanna call
  • 00:14:58.761 --> 00:14:59.461
  • I almost wanna call this message, “dirty work”.
  • 00:14:59.528 --> 00:15:01.864
  • This message, “dirty work”. [laughter]
  • 00:15:01.931 --> 00:15:03.666
  • [laughter] to keep with our theme
  • 00:15:03.732 --> 00:15:04.366
  • To keep with our theme of two word titles.
  • 00:15:04.433 --> 00:15:06.468
  • Of two word titles. dirty work.
  • 00:15:06.535 --> 00:15:10.005
  • You wanna look like that?
  • 00:15:10.105 --> 00:15:12.041
  • You wanna look like that? who doesn't?
  • 00:15:12.107 --> 00:15:13.943
  • Who doesn't? man, this is so bad for ego.
  • 00:15:14.009 --> 00:15:15.477
  • Man, this is so bad for ego. i'm a little worried about you.
  • 00:15:15.544 --> 00:15:17.012
  • I'm a little worried about you. you are an example
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  • You are an example of the righteousness
  • 00:15:18.681 --> 00:15:19.481
  • Of the righteousness of christ today,
  • 00:15:19.548 --> 00:15:21.650
  • Of christ today, in a ralph lauren shirt.
  • 00:15:21.717 --> 00:15:22.918
  • In a ralph lauren shirt. i mean, that's just phenomenal.
  • 00:15:22.985 --> 00:15:24.753
  • I mean, that's just phenomenal. [laughter]
  • 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:28.190
  • [laughter] thank you for helping me out.
  • 00:15:28.257 --> 00:15:30.526
  • Thank you for helping me out. but i just wanted to know today,
  • 00:15:30.592 --> 00:15:34.863
  • But i just wanted to know today, is there a weakness
  • 00:15:34.930 --> 00:15:37.700
  • Is there a weakness that you're working through,
  • 00:15:37.766 --> 00:15:38.634
  • That you're working through, right now?
  • 00:15:38.701 --> 00:15:40.903
  • Right now? and so you think,
  • 00:15:40.970 --> 00:15:41.870
  • And so you think, “oh okay, well, i'm just,
  • 00:15:41.937 --> 00:15:43.372
  • “oh okay, well, i'm just, you know, this is working.
  • 00:15:43.439 --> 00:15:45.641
  • I quit.”
  • 00:15:45.741 --> 00:15:47.943
  • I quit.” the reminder of
  • 00:15:48.010 --> 00:15:48.577
  • The reminder of the scripture is...
  • 00:15:48.644 --> 00:15:53.482
  • The scripture is... that as you behold your god,
  • 00:15:53.549 --> 00:15:57.920
  • That as you behold your god, he reflects to you backwards,
  • 00:15:57.987 --> 00:16:02.191
  • What you can become.
  • 00:16:02.291 --> 00:16:03.592
  • What you can become. and what you can become
  • 00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:04.660
  • And what you can become starts with who he is.
  • 00:16:04.727 --> 00:16:08.330
  • Starts with who he is. everything that god has
  • 00:16:08.397 --> 00:16:09.798
  • Everything that god has in your life
  • 00:16:09.865 --> 00:16:11.700
  • In your life is in seed form right now.
  • 00:16:11.767 --> 00:16:14.570
  • Is in seed form right now. it is surrounded by dirt,
  • 00:16:14.636 --> 00:16:16.939
  • It is surrounded by dirt, superfluous naughtiness.
  • 00:16:17.006 --> 00:16:19.708
  • Superfluous naughtiness. but that's okay,
  • 00:16:19.775 --> 00:16:20.809
  • But that's okay, because god
  • 00:16:20.876 --> 00:16:22.578
  • Because god does dirty work.
  • 00:16:22.644 --> 00:16:27.950
  • Does dirty work. please believe me
  • 00:16:28.017 --> 00:16:28.684
  • Please believe me when i say that,
  • 00:16:28.751 --> 00:16:30.452
  • When i say that, you've got to it dirty too.
  • 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.989
  • You've got to it dirty too. on the days you
  • 00:16:34.056 --> 00:16:34.623
  • On the days you don't feel like it,
  • 00:16:34.690 --> 00:16:35.858
  • Don't feel like it, on the days
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  • On the days where everything in you
  • 00:16:36.558 --> 00:16:37.292
  • Is telling you not to,
  • 00:16:37.393 --> 00:16:39.261
  • Is telling you not to, the strength --
  • 00:16:39.328 --> 00:16:39.762
  • The strength -- what did you say last week?
  • 00:16:39.828 --> 00:16:40.662
  • What did you say last week? “the strength you need
  • 00:16:40.729 --> 00:16:41.797
  • “the strength you need for tomorrow is
  • 00:16:41.864 --> 00:16:42.731
  • For tomorrow is in the work you do today.”
  • 00:16:42.798 --> 00:16:46.435
  • In the work you do today.” but god is working in weakness,
  • 00:16:46.502 --> 00:16:48.103
  • But god is working in weakness, that's how he works,
  • 00:16:48.170 --> 00:16:49.071
  • That's how he works, he works in reverse.
  • 00:16:49.138 --> 00:16:51.673
  • He works in reverse. he works in reverse.
  • 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:54.376
  • He works in reverse. and sometimes,
  • 00:16:54.443 --> 00:16:55.277
  • And sometimes, he sees you struggling
  • 00:16:55.344 --> 00:16:57.613
  • He sees you struggling and he wants to help you,
  • 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:59.882
  • And he wants to help you, but you won't let him.
  • 00:16:59.948 --> 00:17:03.352
  • But you won't let him. what was your first job, jay?
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  • You remember?
  • 00:17:09.058 --> 00:17:09.458
  • You remember? you worked in security?
  • 00:17:09.525 --> 00:17:11.260
  • You worked in security? were you like 12 years old,
  • 00:17:11.326 --> 00:17:12.394
  • Were you like 12 years old, eating spinach,
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  • Eating spinach, taking steroids,
  • 00:17:13.195 --> 00:17:13.962
  • Taking steroids, working security?
  • 00:17:14.029 --> 00:17:14.963
  • Working security? [laughter]
  • 00:17:15.030 --> 00:17:15.998
  • [laughter] i wanna look like you, jay.
  • 00:17:16.065 --> 00:17:19.268
  • I wanna look like you, jay. that was your first job?
  • 00:17:19.334 --> 00:17:20.836
  • That was your first job? listen, i don't think
  • 00:17:20.903 --> 00:17:22.071
  • Listen, i don't think anybody in the room
  • 00:17:22.137 --> 00:17:23.005
  • Anybody in the room had a crazier first job
  • 00:17:23.072 --> 00:17:24.506
  • Had a crazier first job than me.
  • 00:17:24.573 --> 00:17:25.574
  • Than me. when i was 14,
  • 00:17:25.641 --> 00:17:26.975
  • When i was 14, i worked for pet rest cemetery
  • 00:17:27.042 --> 00:17:29.912
  • I worked for pet rest cemetery and cremation service.
  • 00:17:29.978 --> 00:17:34.016
  • And cremation service. that was my first job,
  • 00:17:34.083 --> 00:17:35.617
  • That was my first job, and it was a cool job too
  • 00:17:35.684 --> 00:17:36.718
  • And it was a cool job too because not only did
  • 00:17:36.785 --> 00:17:38.854
  • Because not only did i get to send pets into
  • 00:17:38.921 --> 00:17:40.489
  • I get to send pets into the afterlife with dignity...
  • 00:17:40.556 --> 00:17:42.124
  • The afterlife with dignity... [laughter]
  • 00:17:42.191 --> 00:17:45.928
  • [laughter] the lord was
  • 00:17:45.994 --> 00:17:46.295
  • The lord was preparing me to preach,
  • 00:17:46.361 --> 00:17:47.229
  • Preparing me to preach, i just had to start
  • 00:17:47.296 --> 00:17:48.097
  • I just had to start with lesser animals
  • 00:17:48.163 --> 00:17:49.798
  • With lesser animals in the kingdom.
  • 00:17:49.865 --> 00:17:50.766
  • In the kingdom. [laughter]
  • 00:17:50.833 --> 00:17:54.536
  • [laughter] well then,
  • 00:17:54.603 --> 00:17:56.572
  • Well then, the coolest thing about
  • 00:17:56.638 --> 00:17:57.072
  • The coolest thing about the job was,
  • 00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:58.440
  • The job was, it came with, get ready.
  • 00:17:58.507 --> 00:18:00.275
  • It came with, get ready. it came with a pager.
  • 00:18:00.342 --> 00:18:02.478
  • It came with a pager. [applause]
  • 00:18:02.544 --> 00:18:08.550
  • [applause] it came with a pager.
  • 00:18:08.617 --> 00:18:10.853
  • It came with a pager. and so, on the nights
  • 00:18:10.919 --> 00:18:11.920
  • And so, on the nights where i would need to go
  • 00:18:11.987 --> 00:18:13.856
  • Where i would need to go cremate the dogs --
  • 00:18:13.922 --> 00:18:16.191
  • Cremate the dogs -- why are y'all looking at me
  • 00:18:16.258 --> 00:18:16.925
  • Why are y'all looking at me like i killed ‘em.
  • 00:18:16.992 --> 00:18:17.993
  • Like i killed ‘em. [laughter]
  • 00:18:18.060 --> 00:18:19.261
  • [laughter] this is a service people
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  • This is a service people hired us to do.
  • 00:18:20.262 --> 00:18:21.230
  • Hired us to do. it was good work.
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  • It was good work. i loved the job,
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  • I loved the job, i appreciated the job.
  • 00:18:22.831 --> 00:18:23.799
  • I appreciated the job. and i liked the pager too,
  • 00:18:23.866 --> 00:18:25.100
  • And i liked the pager too, ‘cause it looked so cool.
  • 00:18:25.167 --> 00:18:26.068
  • ‘cause it looked so cool. wear it on the outside
  • 00:18:26.135 --> 00:18:26.668
  • Wear it on the outside of my pocket.
  • 00:18:26.735 --> 00:18:29.338
  • Of my pocket. and if they're like,
  • 00:18:29.404 --> 00:18:29.838
  • And if they're like, “what do you do for money?”
  • 00:18:29.905 --> 00:18:30.639
  • “what do you do for money?” don't worry about it.
  • 00:18:30.706 --> 00:18:31.673
  • Don't worry about it. [laughter]
  • 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:33.642
  • It involves freezers.
  • 00:18:33.742 --> 00:18:35.077
  • It involves freezers. [laughter]
  • 00:18:35.144 --> 00:18:38.147
  • [laughter] but the --
  • 00:18:38.213 --> 00:18:42.251
  • But the -- the worst part
  • 00:18:42.317 --> 00:18:42.851
  • The worst part about that job was,
  • 00:18:42.918 --> 00:18:45.754
  • About that job was, in the middle of the summer,
  • 00:18:45.821 --> 00:18:46.722
  • In the middle of the summer, when a lot of dogs would die
  • 00:18:46.788 --> 00:18:47.589
  • When a lot of dogs would die from heat exhaustion --
  • 00:18:47.656 --> 00:18:48.423
  • From heat exhaustion -- it's obviously it's sad,
  • 00:18:48.490 --> 00:18:50.058
  • It's obviously it's sad, but even worse than that,
  • 00:18:50.125 --> 00:18:51.026
  • It was so hot in
  • 00:18:51.126 --> 00:18:51.693
  • It was so hot in the low country
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  • The low country of south carolina.
  • 00:18:52.628 --> 00:18:53.562
  • Of south carolina. and i would never
  • 00:18:53.629 --> 00:18:54.463
  • And i would never wake up early
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  • Wake up early to go dig the graves,
  • 00:18:55.464 --> 00:18:56.632
  • To go dig the graves, ‘cause i had to dig
  • 00:18:56.698 --> 00:18:57.332
  • ‘cause i had to dig the graves too.
  • 00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:58.634
  • The graves too. and i had to do it by hand.
  • 00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:01.203
  • And i had to do it by hand. and this dirt
  • 00:19:01.270 --> 00:19:02.271
  • And this dirt in the low country,
  • 00:19:02.337 --> 00:19:03.539
  • In the low country, it is not like friendly dirt
  • 00:19:03.605 --> 00:19:06.141
  • It is not like friendly dirt that's just waiting to be dug,
  • 00:19:06.208 --> 00:19:07.442
  • That's just waiting to be dug, this is like clay.
  • 00:19:07.509 --> 00:19:08.744
  • This is like clay. so, i would go out there
  • 00:19:08.810 --> 00:19:09.745
  • So, i would go out there in the middle of the day,
  • 00:19:09.811 --> 00:19:11.613
  • In the middle of the day, and --
  • 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:13.448
  • And -- true story, pickaxe,
  • 00:19:13.515 --> 00:19:15.751
  • True story, pickaxe, and a shovel,
  • 00:19:15.817 --> 00:19:16.585
  • And a shovel, and a little riding
  • 00:19:16.652 --> 00:19:17.119
  • And a little riding lawn mower,
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  • Lawn mower, a little trailer
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  • A little trailer and i'd break up the dirt
  • 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:20.455
  • And i'd break up the dirt and dig the graves.
  • 00:19:20.522 --> 00:19:22.424
  • And dig the graves. one day i was out there,
  • 00:19:22.491 --> 00:19:23.458
  • One day i was out there, it must've been 115 degrees
  • 00:19:23.525 --> 00:19:28.664
  • It must've been 115 degrees in the low country that day.
  • 00:19:28.730 --> 00:19:30.699
  • In the low country that day. i was dying,
  • 00:19:30.766 --> 00:19:31.600
  • I was dying, but i had to get it done
  • 00:19:31.667 --> 00:19:32.467
  • But i had to get it done by 4 o'clock.
  • 00:19:32.534 --> 00:19:33.502
  • By 4 o'clock. i'm out there
  • 00:19:33.569 --> 00:19:34.102
  • I'm out there just killing myself,
  • 00:19:34.169 --> 00:19:36.238
  • Just killing myself, all of a sudden --
  • 00:19:36.305 --> 00:19:36.972
  • All of a sudden -- now, i need to set
  • 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.773
  • Now, i need to set this up for you.
  • 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.774
  • This up for you. the pet cemetery
  • 00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:40.309
  • The pet cemetery was right next
  • 00:19:40.375 --> 00:19:40.909
  • Was right next to people cemetery.
  • 00:19:40.976 --> 00:19:44.146
  • To people cemetery. just right there,
  • 00:19:44.213 --> 00:19:44.713
  • Just right there, you can see it.
  • 00:19:44.780 --> 00:19:46.281
  • You can see it. at the people cemetery,
  • 00:19:46.348 --> 00:19:48.483
  • At the people cemetery, they had better equipment
  • 00:19:48.550 --> 00:19:50.519
  • They had better equipment than at the pet cemetery,
  • 00:19:50.586 --> 00:19:52.854
  • Than at the pet cemetery, and i would always watch
  • 00:19:52.921 --> 00:19:53.689
  • And i would always watch this guy named charles,
  • 00:19:53.755 --> 00:19:55.857
  • This guy named charles, he would dig
  • 00:19:55.924 --> 00:19:56.291
  • He would dig the graves over there
  • 00:19:56.358 --> 00:19:57.659
  • The graves over there with a big, heavy machinery.
  • 00:19:57.726 --> 00:19:59.561
  • With a big, heavy machinery. like a backhoe.
  • 00:19:59.628 --> 00:20:01.196
  • Like a backhoe. and i would always
  • 00:20:01.263 --> 00:20:01.730
  • And i would always lust after
  • 00:20:01.797 --> 00:20:04.399
  • Lust after that while i was out there.
  • 00:20:04.466 --> 00:20:06.568
  • But one glad day,
  • 00:20:06.668 --> 00:20:10.672
  • But one glad day, while i was --
  • 00:20:10.739 --> 00:20:11.773
  • While i was -- i'm literally out there
  • 00:20:11.840 --> 00:20:12.874
  • I'm literally out there going like, “man,
  • 00:20:12.941 --> 00:20:13.508
  • Going like, “man, i should've made eric
  • 00:20:13.575 --> 00:20:14.209
  • I should've made eric come with me today.
  • 00:20:14.276 --> 00:20:15.110
  • Come with me today. this is horrible.
  • 00:20:15.177 --> 00:20:15.844
  • This is horrible. it sucks.
  • 00:20:15.911 --> 00:20:16.278
  • It sucks. i hate my life.”
  • 00:20:16.345 --> 00:20:17.379
  • I hate my life.” thinking about throwing
  • 00:20:17.446 --> 00:20:18.080
  • Thinking about throwing my pager in that grave
  • 00:20:18.146 --> 00:20:19.081
  • My pager in that grave and jumping in there
  • 00:20:19.147 --> 00:20:19.815
  • And jumping in there with the dog.
  • 00:20:19.881 --> 00:20:20.616
  • With the dog. [laughter]
  • 00:20:20.682 --> 00:20:22.484
  • [laughter] and i'm out there...
  • 00:20:22.551 --> 00:20:23.919
  • And i'm out there... [heavy breathing]
  • 00:20:23.986 --> 00:20:25.854
  • [heavy breathing] but here comes --
  • 00:20:25.921 --> 00:20:26.688
  • But here comes -- here comes charles
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  • On the backhoe,
  • 00:20:28.824 --> 00:20:30.492
  • On the backhoe, and he's coming over
  • 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:32.027
  • And i'm like,
  • 00:20:32.127 --> 00:20:32.527
  • And i'm like, “no way.
  • 00:20:32.594 --> 00:20:34.830
  • “no way. no way.
  • 00:20:34.896 --> 00:20:36.665
  • No way. this is what
  • 00:20:36.732 --> 00:20:37.566
  • This is what i've always imagined.”
  • 00:20:37.633 --> 00:20:42.971
  • I've always imagined.” he pulls up,
  • 00:20:43.038 --> 00:20:44.206
  • He pulls up, he doesn't even
  • 00:20:44.273 --> 00:20:44.940
  • He doesn't even say anything.
  • 00:20:45.007 --> 00:20:46.942
  • Say anything. i just step aside,
  • 00:20:47.009 --> 00:20:50.078
  • I just step aside, he doesn't even say anything.
  • 00:20:50.145 --> 00:20:52.481
  • He doesn't even say anything. he just starts moving stuff.
  • 00:20:52.547 --> 00:20:55.817
  • He just starts moving stuff. he just starts moving stuff.
  • 00:20:55.884 --> 00:20:58.053
  • He just starts moving stuff. yeah, he just starts
  • 00:20:58.120 --> 00:21:03.959
  • Yeah, he just starts moving stuff.
  • 00:21:04.026 --> 00:21:06.595
  • Moving stuff. twenty minutes later,
  • 00:21:06.662 --> 00:21:08.830
  • Twenty minutes later, we had a hole.
  • 00:21:08.897 --> 00:21:10.899
  • We had a hole. what did i do?
  • 00:21:10.966 --> 00:21:11.900
  • What did i do? i stood there
  • 00:21:11.967 --> 00:21:12.467
  • I stood there and pretended to be helping.
  • 00:21:12.534 --> 00:21:13.935
  • And pretended to be helping. [laughter]
  • 00:21:14.002 --> 00:21:16.638
  • [laughter] i just stood there
  • 00:21:16.705 --> 00:21:17.539
  • I just stood there and just...
  • 00:21:17.606 --> 00:21:19.875
  • And just... and just prayed
  • 00:21:19.941 --> 00:21:20.742
  • And just prayed that he wouldn't leave.
  • 00:21:20.809 --> 00:21:21.977
  • That he wouldn't leave. “just stay, charles.
  • 00:21:22.044 --> 00:21:23.011
  • “just stay, charles. just stay charles.
  • 00:21:23.078 --> 00:21:24.379
  • Just stay charles. whoo, thank you, charles.
  • 00:21:24.446 --> 00:21:26.181
  • Whoo, thank you, charles. hallelujah, charles.
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  • Hallelujah, charles. i love you, charles.”
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  • I love you, charles.” charles' a big guy too.
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  • Charles' a big guy too. he was short,
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  • He was short, but he was stout.
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  • But he was stout. charles is all that,
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  • Charles is all that, but he didn't need
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  • But he didn't need those muscles
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  • Those muscles ‘cause he had something
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  • ‘cause he had something that i didn't have
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  • That i didn't have before he showed up.
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  • Before he showed up. and he just started digging.
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  • And he just started digging. and i'm telling you,
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  • And i'm telling you, 20 minutes later,
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  • 20 minutes later, we were done.
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  • We were done. i'm like, “this is awesome.
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  • I'm like, “this is awesome. i'm ‘bout to go get lunch.
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  • I'm ‘bout to go get lunch. i'm about to get taco bell.
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  • I'm about to get taco bell. i'mma get some for me,
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  • Some for charles,
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  • Some for charles, we're gonna have a picnic.
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  • We're gonna have a picnic. i'mma name my kid, charles.
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  • I'mma name my kid, charles. this is amazing.
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  • This is amazing. thank you, charles,
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  • Thank you, charles, this is the greatest gift
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  • This is the greatest gift that i've ever been given.
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  • That i've ever been given. what do i owe you?”
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  • What do i owe you?” i thought he would
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  • I thought he would want a cut.
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  • Want a cut. you know, 15%
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  • You know, 15% on the first grave,
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  • On the first grave, after each additional
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  • After each additional grave 20%.
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  • Grave 20%. i thought he was running
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  • I thought he was running a side hustle.
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  • Charles said, “no,
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  • Charles said, “no, i don't want anything.
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  • I don't want anything. i saw you struggling...
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  • I saw you struggling... [applause]
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  • I saw you sweating.
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  • I saw you sweating. i saw you out here
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  • I saw you out here doing everything
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  • Doing everything that you could do
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  • That you could do with what you have.
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  • With what you have. and i thought to myself,
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  • And i thought to myself, “he could dig all day
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  • “he could dig all day and not get this done.
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  • And not get this done. so, i decided, if he'll let me,
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  • So, i decided, if he'll let me, i'm gonna help him.”
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  • I'm gonna help him.” i said, “charles,
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  • I said, “charles, i will be the best letter
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  • I will be the best letter that you've ever met
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  • That you've ever met in your life.
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  • In your life. i'm gonna let you help me.
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  • I'm gonna let you help me. anytime you see me
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  • Anytime you see me with this pickaxe, pull up,
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  • With this pickaxe, pull up, ‘cause i need you.”
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  • ‘cause i need you.” holy spirit, i need you.
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  • Holy spirit, i need you. jesus, ‘cause you've got,
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  • Jesus, ‘cause you've got, what i don't have
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  • What i don't have and you can do
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  • And you can do what i can't do,
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  • What i can't do, and you can give
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  • And you can give what i can't earn.
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  • What i can't earn. and i hear god saying
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  • And i hear god saying to somebody today,
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  • To somebody today, “i'll make you strong.
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  • “i'll make you strong. i'll give you hope.
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  • I'll give you hope. i'll breathe into your sails.
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  • I'll breathe into your sails. i make it happen.
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  • I make it happen. i'll pull the door
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  • I'll pull the door off the hinges.
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  • Off the hinges. i'll come in
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  • I'll come in and make a way
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  • And make a way through your sea.”
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  • Through your sea.” give him praise
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  • Give him praise if you believe it.
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  • If you believe it. [applause]
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  • >> so, i want you
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  • >> so, i want you to take just a moment
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  • To take just a moment and think about
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  • And think about that area in your life,
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  • That area in your life, that situation in your life
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  • That situation in your life where you're having
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  • Where you're having the hardest time
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  • The hardest time trusting god right now.
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  • Trusting god right now. i mean, turning over
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  • I mean, turning over the results to him.
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  • The results to him. i don't mean
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  • I don't mean that you're not
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  • That you're not doing everything you can do
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  • Doing everything you can do but there comes a point
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  • But there comes a point where you have to say,
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  • Where you have to say, "god, i trust you
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  • "god, i trust you with my finances.
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  • With my finances. i trust you with my family.
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  • I trust you with my family. i trust you with my future.
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  • I trust you with my future. i trust you to set me free
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  • I trust you to set me free from this thing
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  • From this thing that has had me
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  • That has had me held down for so long."
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  • Held down for so long." and if that's
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  • And if that's where you are today,
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  • Where you are today, i have a resource for you.
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  • I have a resource for you. it's called "ugly trust."
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  • You ever heard
  • 00:24:05.774 --> 00:24:06.174
  • You ever heard of the ugly cry?
  • 00:24:06.241 --> 00:24:07.275
  • Of the ugly cry? [laughing]
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  • [laughing] this is like that,
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  • This is like that, but it's ugly trust.
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  • But it's ugly trust. it's when you
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  • It's when you want to trust god,
  • 00:24:11.046 --> 00:24:12.013
  • Want to trust god, but you don't exactly know
  • 00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:13.748
  • But you don't exactly know how and what that looks like.
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  • How and what that looks like. i want to walk you through that,
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  • I want to walk you through that, because for all of us,
  • 00:24:16.184 --> 00:24:18.053
  • Because for all of us, there are seasons in our life
  • 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:19.321
  • There are seasons in our life where trust doesn't come easy
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  • Where trust doesn't come easy and it doesn't look pretty.
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  • And it doesn't look pretty. >> right.
  • 00:24:22.457 --> 00:24:22.891
  • >> right. >> but that doesn't mean
  • 00:24:22.958 --> 00:24:23.959
  • >> but that doesn't mean it's not possible.
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  • It's not possible. and this series
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  • And this series is gonna step you through that
  • 00:24:26.495 --> 00:24:28.363
  • Is gonna step you through that in a really practical way.
  • 00:24:28.430 --> 00:24:29.331
  • In a really practical way. >> yes.
  • 00:24:29.397 --> 00:24:29.798
  • >> yes. so, here's what
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  • So, here's what we want you to do.
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  • We want you to do. call or go online right now
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  • And request your copy of "ugly trust."
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  • Of "ugly trust." it's available for
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  • And it's really time for us to learn what true trust
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  • To learn what true trust looks like.
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  • Looks like. it's not pretty.
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  • It's not pretty. it doesn't look
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  • It doesn't look like you feel,
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  • Like you feel, like you thought it would.
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  • Like you thought it would. >> yeah.
  • 00:24:49.618 --> 00:24:50.252
  • >> yeah. it's like a muscle.
  • 00:24:50.318 --> 00:24:51.052
  • It's like a muscle. you have to train it.
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  • You have to train it. you have to really work on this
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  • You have to really work on this so that you can step into
  • 00:24:53.221 --> 00:24:54.256
  • So that you can step into difficult situations and say,
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  • Difficult situations and say, "god, i don't know how,
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  • "god, i don't know how, i don't know when,
  • 00:24:56.992 --> 00:24:58.393
  • I don't know when, but i'm believing
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  • But i'm believing that you can do it
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  • That you can do it 'cause i know who
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  • 'cause i know who is inside of me."
  • 00:25:02.297 --> 00:25:03.265
  • Is inside of me." >> that's right.
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  • >> that's right. >> hey, thank you for watching.
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  • >> hey, thank you for watching. thank you for being
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  • Thank you for being a part of this ministry.
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  • A part of this ministry. call right now and tell 'em,
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  • 'ugly trust' series that he was talking about."
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  • That he was talking about." alright?
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  • Alright? and as you do it,
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  • Ugly trust." and let's take
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  • And let's take the next step together.
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  • The next step together. >> yeah.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ oh my god ♪
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  • ♪ you've sure been good to me ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ belongs to him ♪
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  • ♪ all the praise is his ♪
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  • ♪ let's go ♪
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  • ♪ his foes will be silenced ♪
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  • ♪ he's fighting for zion ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ there's no other god like ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ his arm never tires ♪
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  • ♪ his eyes are like fire ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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