Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Just Call Me Jacob (Part 1)

June 8, 2026 | 27:29

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Just Call Me Jacob (Part 1) | June 8, 2026

Turned 20 years old this year,
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Turned 20 years old this year, and we thought that it would be
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And we thought that it would be fun to look back at some
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Fun to look back at some of our favorite sermons
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Of our favorite sermons through the years.
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Through the years. pastor steven might look
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Pastor steven might look a little different,
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A little different, but i promise that these
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But i promise that these sermons are just as impactful
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Sermons are just as impactful now as they were then.
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Now as they were then. so lean in and be expectant for
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So lean in and be expectant for what god wants to speak to you
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What god wants to speak to you through today's episode of
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Through today's episode of elevation with steven furtick.
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>> announcer: up next,
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An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> somebody told me there
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>> somebody told me there are over one million selfies
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Are over one million selfies posted worldwide each day.
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Posted worldwide each day. that's a lot of us.
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That's a lot of us. and i want to use it
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And i want to use it just to illustrate a conflict
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Just to illustrate a conflict that exists in all of us --
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That exists in all of us -- the conflict between who we
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The conflict between who we really are and how we would
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Really are and how we would like to appear;
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Like to appear; the conflict between
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The conflict between who we really are
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Who we really are and how we would like others
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And how we would like others to perceive us;
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To perceive us; the conflict between
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The conflict between who we really are
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Who we really are and who we think
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And who we think we're supposed to be.
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We're supposed to be. and hopefully in the process,
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And hopefully in the process, we'll learn to let go
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We'll learn to let go of who we think we're supposed
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Of who we think we're supposed to be so that we can embrace
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To be so that we can embrace who we really are.
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Who we really are. that's our goal.
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That's our goal. and i think
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And i think it'll be most powerful
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It'll be most powerful if we can all see ourselves
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If we can all see ourselves in this series through the lens
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In this series through the lens of one character,
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Of one character, just one character --
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Just one character -- and a supporting cast obviously,
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And a supporting cast obviously, but primarily through
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But primarily through one character in the scriptures.
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One character in the scriptures. and so for the next five weeks,
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And so for the next five weeks, we're going on a journey
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We're going on a journey with jacob.
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With jacob. but we're not really looking
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But we're not really looking for a biography of jacob.
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For a biography of jacob. we're looking for an encounter
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We're looking for an encounter with ourselves and an encounter
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With ourselves and an encounter with our god.
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With our god. in genesis 32, the passage
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In genesis 32, the passage that i read you,
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That i read you, jacob is engaged
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Jacob is engaged in a wrestling match at night.
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In a wrestling match at night. he's not quite sure
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He's not quite sure who he's wrestling,
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Who he's wrestling, but he's very tenacious
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But he's very tenacious about it.
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About it. i point that out because
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I point that out because this isn't the first time
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This isn't the first time we see jacob wrestling
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We see jacob wrestling in scripture.
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In scripture. in fact, the very first time
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In fact, the very first time we see jacob in scripture
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We see jacob in scripture at all, he's wrestling
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At all, he's wrestling and he hasn't even
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And he hasn't even been born yet.
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Been born yet. can i show you?
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Can i show you? this is really cool...
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This is really cool... on the screen.
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On the screen. in genesis 25, the first time
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In genesis 25, the first time we see jacob, we're told
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We see jacob, we're told how his birth came about.
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How his birth came about. in verse 21, it says that isaac
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-- that's his father --
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-- that's his father -- prayed to the lord on behalf
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Prayed to the lord on behalf of his wife because
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Of his wife because she was childless
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She was childless and the lord answered
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And the lord answered his prayer
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His prayer and his wife rebekah
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And his wife rebekah became pregnant.
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Became pregnant. but be careful what you pray for
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But be careful what you pray for because you just might get it.
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And it says that she had
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And it says that she had this conception
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This conception that was somewhat miraculous,
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But the babies jostled
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But the babies jostled each other within her,
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Each other within her, kicking around and stuff.
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Kicking around and stuff. so she goes for her sonogram
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And they're hooking
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And they're hooking all this stuff up
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All this stuff up and putting the slimy stuff
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And putting the slimy stuff on her belly
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On her belly and the person doing
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And the person doing the sonogram says,
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The sonogram says, the technician says,
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The technician says, "wait a minute.
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"wait a minute. this is really weird.
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This is really weird. you've got to see this,"
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You've got to see this," and turns around the monitor.
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And turns around the monitor. "first of all,
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"first of all, you're having twins.
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You're having twins. and secondly,
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And secondly, they're already going at it.
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They're already going at it. they're already fighting."
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They're already fighting." this is sibling rivalry
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This is sibling rivalry to the next level --
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To the next level -- fighting in the womb.
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Fighting in the womb. i wonder if there isn't always
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I wonder if there isn't always a conflict in the womb
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A conflict in the womb of anything that god births
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Of anything that god births into the world.
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Into the world. i wonder if this isn't symbolic
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I wonder if this isn't symbolic of the inner conflict
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Of the inner conflict that we all face
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That we all face when a dream is born,
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When a dream is born, when a destiny is born,
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When a destiny is born, when a purpose is born.
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When a purpose is born. there is always a conflict.
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And the babies jostle each other
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And the babies jostle each other within her and so she said
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Within her and so she said something that every mother
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Something that every mother has said at some point
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Has said at some point in her motherhood,
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In her motherhood, "why is this happening to me?"
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"why is this happening to me?" she's gone from "god,
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She's gone from "god, let me have a baby"
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Let me have a baby" to "why is this happening
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To "why is this happening to me."
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To me." this would make
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This would make a great mother's day text,
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A great mother's day text, wouldn't it?
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Wouldn't it? why is this happening to me.
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Why is this happening to me. and so she went to inquire
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And so she went to inquire of the lord,
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Of the lord, which is always a good thing
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Which is always a good thing to do when there's a conflict
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Within you
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Within you and you can't understand it
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And you can't understand it and you wonder "why is
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And you wonder "why is this battle happening?"
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This battle happening?" instead of taking it
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To all of your friends
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To all of your friends all the time and taking it
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All the time and taking it to all your broke relatives
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To all your broke relatives and taking it to all the people
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And taking it to all the people who are going to tell you
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Who are going to tell you what you want to hear
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What you want to hear instead of what you need
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Instead of what you need to hear, sometimes you've got
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To hear, sometimes you've got to take it to the lord
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To take it to the lord in prayer,
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In prayer, because he's the only one
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Because he's the only one who can tell you
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Who can tell you what he put in you.
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What he put in you. and because he made you
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From the inside out,
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From the inside out, he can open up the hidden places
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He can open up the hidden places of your heart and show you
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Of your heart and show you what's really going on inside.
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And so the lord answered her.
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He said to her, "two nations
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Are in your womb."
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Are in your womb." in other words, this is bigger
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In other words, this is bigger than what you can see
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Than what you can see right now.
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Right now. we'll deal with that
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We'll deal with that in a future week because
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In a future week because it always is in our lives.
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It always is in our lives. and two peoples from within you
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And two peoples from within you will be separated.
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Will be separated. one people will be stronger
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One people will be stronger than the other.
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Than the other. next verse, "and when the time
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Next verse, "and when the time came for her to give birth,
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Came for her to give birth, there were twin boys
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There were twin boys in her womb.
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In her womb. and the first to come out
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And the first to come out was red and his whole body
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Was red and his whole body was all hairy and stuff."
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Was all hairy and stuff." and so how many of you
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And so how many of you are hairy men
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Are hairy men in this church today?
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In this church today? all right.
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All right. and you've got a little bit
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And you've got a little bit of hair and you've got hair
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Of hair and you've got hair growing in places it didn't
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Growing in places it didn't used to grow, right?
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Used to grow, right? that takes guts
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That takes guts to raise your hand.
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To raise your hand. so this is your patron saint.
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So this is your patron saint. this is your guy.
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This is your guy. they named him esau.
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They named him esau. isn't that cool
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That's in the bible?
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That's in the bible? esau is derived from a word
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Esau is derived from a word which sounds like red.
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Which sounds like red. the nation of edom was
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The nation of edom was eventually taken from esau.
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But anyway, it says,
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But anyway, it says, "after this, his brother
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"after this, his brother came out with his hand
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Came out with his hand grasping esau's heel."
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Grasping esau's heel." get a picture of this.
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Get a picture of this. the first time we see jacob,
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The first time we see jacob, he's grasping esau's heel.
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He's grasping esau's heel. so they named him jacob.
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So they named him jacob. jacob means heel-grabber.
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Jacob means heel-grabber. and he stuck with this name
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The rest of his life
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The rest of his life because of something
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Because of something that happened before he was
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That happened before he was even conscious.
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Even conscious. that's crazy how life
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That's crazy how life can do that to you.
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Can do that to you. you can get stuck with something
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You can get stuck with something that was a part of you
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That was a part of you before you were ever even born,
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Before you were ever even born, before you ever even made
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Before you ever even made a choice.
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A choice. and so i guess you could say
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And so i guess you could say he was born this way.
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He was born this way. he was born trying
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He was born trying to get ahead.
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To get ahead. he's grabbing
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He's grabbing at his brother's heel,
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At his brother's heel, coming out.
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Coming out. he's like trying to get ahead.
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He's like trying to get ahead. now, i should probably explain
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Now, i should probably explain to you why he might have
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To you why he might have been doing that.
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Been doing that. you see, okay, to be
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You see, okay, to be the first born in this culture
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The first born in this culture meant that you had a lot
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Meant that you had a lot of rights and privileges.
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Of rights and privileges. the best part is when
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The best part is when the inheritance is given,
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The inheritance is given, if you're the firstborn,
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If you're the firstborn, you get a bigger piece
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You get a bigger piece of the pie.
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Of the pie. it's not split evenly.
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It's not split evenly. the firstborn gets
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The firstborn gets a sizeable amount more
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A sizeable amount more than the rest.
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Than the rest. no wonder jacob wanted
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No wonder jacob wanted to be first.
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To be first. something instinctively --
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Something instinctively -- not in his mind but just
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Not in his mind but just in himself -- he's like born
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In himself -- he's like born with this "me first" mentality.
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With this "me first" mentality. if i could just be born
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If i could just be born five seconds earlier than you,
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Five seconds earlier than you, i could get more than you have."
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I could get more than you have." here's a question --
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Here's a question -- how can you even begin
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How can you even begin to have a god-first focus
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To have a god-first focus in a me first world?
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In a me first world? right?
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Is it even possible?
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Is it even possible? because our instincts
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Because our instincts are me first.
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Are me first. the instruction that we're
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The instruction that we're getting from the world
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Getting from the world through marketing messages
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Through marketing messages we receive every day
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We receive every day is me first.
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Is me first. is it even possible to seek
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First the kingdom of god
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First the kingdom of god and his righteousness
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And his righteousness in a me first world?
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In a me first world? for jacob, it's pretty hard
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For jacob, it's pretty hard when you're born grabbing
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When you're born grabbing at the heel,
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At the heel, trying to be first,
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Trying to be first, to seek god first.
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To seek god first. it's kind of hard.
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It's kind of hard. but yet, jesus said something
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But yet, jesus said something one time pretty powerful.
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One time pretty powerful. he said, "the way it actually
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He said, "the way it actually works in the kingdom,
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Many who are first will be last
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Many who are first will be last and many who are last
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And many who are last will be first."
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Will be first." in other words, it's not
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In other words, it's not always the ones who get ahead
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Who are ahead.
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Who are ahead. and when you read that
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And when you read that from jesus and it's like
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From jesus and it's like "what planet are you from?"
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"what planet are you from?" heaven.
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Heaven. but he's bringing the system
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But he's bringing the system of heaven to earth and he says,
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Of heaven to earth and he says, "here's how it works.
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"here's how it works. kingdom of heaven --
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Many who are first will be last
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Many who are first will be last actually and many who are last
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Actually and many who are last will be first."
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Will be first." and it's like, "come on, jesus.
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And it's like, "come on, jesus. haven't you seen the way
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The world works?
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The world works? haven't you seen
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Haven't you seen talladega nights?"
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Talladega nights?" can you remember what
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Can you remember what ricky bobby's dad said to him
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Ricky bobby's dad said to him when he was peeling out?
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When he was peeling out? remember?
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Remember? does anybody remember?
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Does anybody remember? if you ain't first, you're last.
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If you ain't first, you're last. and jesus is like, "i love
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And jesus is like, "i love the movie, but that's wrong.
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The movie, but that's wrong. that part is wrong."
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That part is wrong." you see, if you haven't
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You see, if you haven't found it out yet, you will.
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Found it out yet, you will. if you spend your life
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If you spend your life grabbing at heels, you know,
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Grabbing at heels, you know, me first mentality
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Me first mentality and everything is all about you
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And everything is all about you and your ego is so big
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And your ego is so big that it takes all of your time
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That it takes all of your time to kind of like protect your ego
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To kind of like protect your ego and you need everybody
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And you need everybody to stroke your ego --
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To stroke your ego -- and i've done this
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And i've done this so i'm speaking
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So i'm speaking from personal experience --
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From personal experience -- if you live in that way
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If you live in that way of pushing and shoving,
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Of pushing and shoving, it's exhausting.
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It's exhausting. and if you live in that way
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And if you live in that way where everything everybody does
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Where everything everybody does is an offense to you
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Is an offense to you 'cause it's me first, it's...
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'cause it's me first, it's... me first is miserable.
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Me first is miserable. ultimately, it's miserable.
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Ultimately, it's miserable. it's miserable to be
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It's miserable to be grabbing at heels.
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Grabbing at heels. it's miserable to be trapped
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It's miserable to be trapped inside of yourself.
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Inside of yourself. it's miserable to never have
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It's miserable to never have a bigger thought than
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A bigger thought than "what's best for me."
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"what's best for me." it's miserable to never get
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It's miserable to never get outside of yourself.
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Outside of yourself. it's miserable to be
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It's miserable to be disconnected from all the people
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Disconnected from all the people around you because all you can
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Around you because all you can think about is your own...
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Think about is your own... me first is miserable.
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Me first is miserable. and it doesn't ultimately work.
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And it doesn't ultimately work. it's not even effective
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It's not even effective in the end 'cause the first
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In the end 'cause the first will be last and the last
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Will be last and the last will be first.
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Will be first. elsewhere jesus said,
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Elsewhere jesus said, in luke 9:25, he said --
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This is profound --
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This is profound -- he said, "what good is it
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He said, "what good is it for someone to gain
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For someone to gain the whole world
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The whole world and yet lose or forfeit
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And yet lose or forfeit their very self?"
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Their very self?" so he says this,
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"what good is it, jacob,
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"what good is it, jacob, if you grab after stuff
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If you grab after stuff and grab after status
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And grab after status and grab after success
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And grab after success and grab after security
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And grab after security only to find out
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Only to find out that it left you farther behind
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That it left you farther behind because in the process
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Because in the process of grasping for stuff
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Of grasping for stuff and status and security
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You lost yourself."
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You lost yourself." there's somebody here today
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There's somebody here today who has lost yourself.
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Who has lost yourself. in order to find yourself,
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In order to find yourself, you must lose yourself
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You must lose yourself so god can show you a self
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That's not about stuff
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That's not about stuff and not about status
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And not about status and not about success
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And not about success 'cause me first doesn't work.
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'cause me first doesn't work. jacob comes out grabbing
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Jacob comes out grabbing at heels,
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At heels, but he's still born second.
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But he's still born second. let's fast forward now.
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Let's fast forward now. i want to give you
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I want to give you a bit of an overview.
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A bit of an overview. we're kinda jumping
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We're kinda jumping all over jacob's life.
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All over jacob's life. we see him as baby jake
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We see him as baby jake and then oh jakey poo.
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[laughter]
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Jake the snake.
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Jake the snake. because jacob, in addition
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Because jacob, in addition to meaning heel grabber
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To meaning heel grabber also means deceiver
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Also means deceiver or supplanter.
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Or supplanter. and that's kinda how he lived
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And that's kinda how he lived his life.
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His life. like, one day,
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Like, one day, his brother esau,
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His brother esau, remember the hairy one,
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Remember the hairy one, the outdoorsman?
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The outdoorsman? esau was tough,
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Esau was tough, esau was rough,
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Esau was rough, esau was ragged,
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Esau was ragged, esau could hunt,
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Esau could hunt, esau could skin a buck,
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Esau could skin a buck, he could run a trout line.
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He could run a trout line. but jacob,
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But jacob, it says a phrase about him.
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It says a phrase about him. it says he loved to stay
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It says he loved to stay among the tents.
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Among the tents. and translated it would mean
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And translated it would mean he was a momma's boy.
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He was a momma's boy. translated it would mean
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Translated it would mean he watched reruns
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He watched reruns of "downton abbey"
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Of "downton abbey" and "call the midwife."
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And "call the midwife." so jacob could cook,
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So jacob could cook, esau could hunt.
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Esau could hunt. and so we the discrepancies
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And so we the discrepancies in the boys from an early age.
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In the boys from an early age. and then we see,
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And then we see, as it matures a little bit
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As it matures a little bit later in life
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Later in life where jacob --
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Where jacob -- actually, we'll study this
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Actually, we'll study this one week so i won't go
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One week so i won't go into it now.
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Into it now. he actually sells esau
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He actually sells esau a bowl of beans,
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A bowl of beans, and in return,
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And in return, esau gives him the birthright.
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Esau gives him the birthright. there's two parts of being
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There's two parts of being the older son,
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The older son, there's the birthright
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There's the birthright and the blessing.
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And the blessing. both are important.
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Both are important. but the blessing
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But the blessing is most important.
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Is most important. and we see esau giving his
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And we see esau giving his birthright away to jacob.
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Birthright away to jacob. when i preach to you
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When i preach to you that week, i'm gonna
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That week, i'm gonna talk about how sometimes
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Talk about how sometimes we end up giving up what
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We end up giving up what we want most for what
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We want most for what we want now,
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We want now, how dangerous that is.
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How dangerous that is. so, you wanna be here
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So, you wanna be here for that week.
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For that week. many years later,
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Many years later, we see jacob and now he's got
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We see jacob and now he's got a plan and a plot
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A plan and a plot to get the blessing.
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To get the blessing. okay, the way this works is
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Okay, the way this works is when you're centered on yourself
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When you're centered on yourself in life, it's never enough.
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In life, it's never enough. and so when you have
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And so when you have this clutching
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This clutching at the heel mentality,
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At the heel mentality, it's never enough.
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It's never enough. you've always got to have more.
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You've always got to have more. the philosopher c.s. lewis
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The philosopher c.s. lewis said that we don't
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Said that we don't actually take pride
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Actually take pride in the possession itself
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In the possession itself but in having more of it
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But in having more of it than someone else.
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Than someone else. so it's not enough
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So it's not enough just to be thin;
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Just to be thin; i've got to be thinner than her.
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I've got to be thinner than her. it's not enough
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It's not enough just to be ripped;
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Just to be ripped; i've got to be ripped-er
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I've got to be ripped-er than him.
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Than him. not enough to be rich;
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Not enough to be rich; i've got to be rich-er.
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I've got to be rich-er. it's all about the "er."
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It's all about the "er." all right?
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All right? i can't just have my kids
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I can't just have my kids being smart.
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Being smart. they've got to be smarter.
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They've got to be smarter. never mind we can't afford
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Never mind we can't afford to put 'em in that school.
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To put 'em in that school. they've got to be smarter-er.
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They've got to be smarter-er. it says that jacob's
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It says that jacob's grandfather, abraham,
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Grandfather, abraham, was born in a land called
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Was born in a land called ur of the chaldeans.
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Ur of the chaldeans. i wonder if we aren't
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I wonder if we aren't all still living in the land
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All still living in the land of ur in our own little way.
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Of ur in our own little way. come on -- better -- er.
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This is jacob grabbing
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This is jacob grabbing at heels, baking bowls
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At heels, baking bowls of beans 'cause i got
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Of beans 'cause i got to be "er."
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To be "er." but the thing about getting "er"
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But the thing about getting "er" is you're always going to find
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Is you're always going to find somebody who's "er-er."
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Somebody who's "er-er." true enough.
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And so now jacob's got
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And so now jacob's got the birthright.
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The birthright. he stole that.
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He stole that. he swindled his way into that.
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He swindled his way into that. but now he wants
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But now he wants the blessing too.
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The blessing too. and i just want to read you
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And i just want to read you a little bit of it.
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A little bit of it. i can't read much, but...
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I can't read much, but... one day, it says, isaac was
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One day, it says, isaac was so old that he couldn't see.
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So old that he couldn't see. remember, isaac is the dad.
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Remember, isaac is the dad. and it's time for him
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And it's time for him to give the blessing
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To give the blessing because he knows he doesn't have
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Because he knows he doesn't have much time left.
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Much time left. and so he tells esau
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And so he tells esau because isaac liked esau
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Because isaac liked esau because esau would go hunt
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Because esau would go hunt for isaac and bring him back
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For isaac and bring him back some tasty game.
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Some tasty game. and rebekah loved jacob
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And rebekah loved jacob 'cause jacob would stay home
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'cause jacob would stay home with her and cook in the kitchen
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With her and cook in the kitchen what esau brought home.
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What esau brought home. and so there's this division
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And so there's this division in the family,
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In the family, but isaac tells esau,
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But isaac tells esau, "it's time for me to give you
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"it's time for me to give you the blessing;"
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The blessing;" not just to pray for him
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Not just to pray for him but like confer the authority
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But like confer the authority of the firstborn on him.
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Of the firstborn on him. he said, "it's time for me
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He said, "it's time for me to do that.
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To do that. but first, go kill me
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But first, go kill me some food and bring it back.
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Some food and bring it back. and after i eat,
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And after i eat, i'll bless you."
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I'll bless you." well, rebekah hears this
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Well, rebekah hears this in the other room
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In the other room and calls jacob in.
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And calls jacob in. now, i used to feel sorry
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Now, i used to feel sorry for jacob.
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For jacob. i'm like, "man, his mom
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I'm like, "man, his mom talked him into doing this,"
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Talked him into doing this," because if you read it,
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Because if you read it, it was her idea.
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It was her idea. but what i didn't know is
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But what i didn't know is at this time,
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At this time, jacob is 76 years old.
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Jacob is 76 years old. so it's kind of late
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So it's kind of late to be blaming it on your mom
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To be blaming it on your mom 'cause your diapers were
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'cause your diapers were too tight when you're 76.
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Too tight when you're 76. at some point, you've got
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At some point, you've got to take ownership
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To take ownership of your own life.
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Of your own life. amen.
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Amen. and rebekah says,
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And rebekah says, "i've got an idea.
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"i've got an idea. esau's going hunting
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Esau's going hunting and your daddy's half blind
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And so we'll dress you up
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And so we'll dress you up like esau and you can go get
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The blessing and he won't know
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The difference.
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And i'll cook the food
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And he'll think esau went out
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And killed it.
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And before esau gets back,
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We'll get you blessed."
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And jacob's not sure about it,
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And jacob's not sure about it, but he goes along with it.
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But he goes along with it. by the way parents;
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By the way parents; be really careful
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Be really careful what you put on your kids.
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What you put on your kids. we have got to be really,
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We have got to be really, really careful what we try
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Really careful what we try to make our children into
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To make our children into that they are not.
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That they are not. that's free.
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[laughter]
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[laughter] and also be careful
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And also be careful what you let someone else
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What you let someone else put on you that's not
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Put on you that's not who you really are,
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Who you really are, while your at it.
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While your at it. so it says in verse 15,
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"rebekah took the best clothes
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"rebekah took the best clothes of esau, her older son,
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Of esau, her older son, which she had in the house."
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Which she had in the house." why has she still got
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Why has she still got esau's clothes in her house
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Esau's clothes in her house and these boys are in their 70s?
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And these boys are in their 70s? i don't understand
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I don't understand everything in the bible.
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Everything in the bible. anyway, she put them
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Anyway, she put them on her younger son, jacob.
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On her younger son, jacob. and so she also covered
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And so she also covered his hands and the smooth part
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His hands and the smooth part of his neck, 'cause remember,
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Of his neck, 'cause remember, jacob's smooth.
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Jacob's smooth. he's a con man.
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He's a con man. and esau's hairy.
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And esau's hairy. so she makes the smooth part
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So she makes the smooth part of jacob look like
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Of jacob look like the hairy part of esau
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The hairy part of esau with goat skins.
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With goat skins. this is elaborate.
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They'd probably been planning
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This a little while.
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And then she handed
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To her son jacob the tasty food
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And the bread she had made,
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And the bread she had made, and he went to his father
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And he went to his father and said, "my father."
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And said, "my father." "yes, my son," he answered,
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"yes, my son," he answered, "who is it?"
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"who is it?" who is it?
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Who is it? and jacob said to his father,
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And jacob said to his father, "i am esau, your firstborn.
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"i am esau, your firstborn. i've done as you told me.
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I've done as you told me. please sit up and eat
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Please sit up and eat some of my game
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Some of my game so that you may give
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So that you may give me your blessing."
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Me your blessing." he delivers the script.
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He delivers the script. he goes through with the plan.
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He goes through with the plan. and isaac asked his son,
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And isaac asked his son, "how did you find it so quickly,
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"how did you find it so quickly, my son?"
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My son?" and the response is convincing.
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And the response is convincing. he said, "well, the lord
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He said, "well, the lord your god" -- he's like
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Your god" -- he's like giving god credit for his lie.
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Giving god credit for his lie. just 'cause it sounds spiritual
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Just 'cause it sounds spiritual doesn't mean it is.
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Doesn't mean it is. "the lord your god
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"the lord your god gave me success," he replied.
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Gave me success," he replied. and then isaac said to jacob,
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And then isaac said to jacob, "well, come here
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"well, come here so i can touch you, my son;
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So i can touch you, my son; to know whether you really are
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To know whether you really are my son, esau, or not."
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My son, esau, or not." you know, you can get so good
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You know, you can get so good at pretending to be
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Somebody else that not even
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Somebody else that not even the people closest to you
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The people closest to you can tell the difference anymore?
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And jacob went close
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And jacob went close to his father isaac,
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To his father isaac, who touched him and said,
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Who touched him and said, "you know, you sound like jacob,
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"you know, you sound like jacob, but you feel like esau."
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But you feel like esau." and he didn't recognize him
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And he didn't recognize him for his hands were hairy
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For his hands were hairy like those of his brother esau,
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Like those of his brother esau, so he proceeded to bless him.
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So he proceeded to bless him. but what they didn't count on
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Was esau came back
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Was esau came back around that time.
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Around that time. and remember, esau had
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Just been out hunting,
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Just been out hunting, which means he's got weapons.
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Which means he's got weapons. now, jacob is good
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Now, jacob is good with a frying pan.
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With a frying pan. esau is good with a gun.
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Esau is good with a gun. paper, rock, scissors --
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Rock beats scissors;
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Rock beats scissors; gun beats skillet.
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Gun beats skillet. so now jacob has to run.
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So now jacob has to run. esau said, "i'll kill him.
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Esau said, "i'll kill him. he took my blessing.
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He took my blessing. i'll kill him."
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I'll kill him." and rebekah said, "jacob,
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And rebekah said, "jacob, you better run, boy."
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You better run, boy." and he runs.
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And he runs. he gets a blessing,
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He gets a blessing, but he ends up on the run.
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But he ends up on the run. for 21 years, he's in hiding.
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For 21 years, he's in hiding. you know it's possible
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You know it's possible to get what you want
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To get what you want and then not want
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And then not want what you got
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What you got if you get it the wrong way?
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If you get it the wrong way? it's possible that you can get
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It's possible that you can get what seemed like a blessing,
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What seemed like a blessing, but the way you got it
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But the way you got it leaves you on the run
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Leaves you on the run because it wasn't really you.
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Because it wasn't really you. now, i want to share something
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Now, i want to share something with you in this moment
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With you in this moment that is the focal point
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That is the focal point of this series,
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Of this series, and i want you to hear it
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And i want you to hear it with your heart,
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With your heart, not just with your head.
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Not just with your head. god cannot bless
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God cannot bless who you pretend to be.
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Who you pretend to be. god can't bless jacob
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God can't bless jacob dressed like esau.
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Dressed like esau. god can't bless...
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God can't bless... i don't know about you,
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I don't know about you, but there are many me's, okay?
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But there are many me's, okay? there's me as i am,
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There's me as i am, and that guy
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And that guy kind of frustrates me.
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Kind of frustrates me. and then there's me
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And then there's me as i wish to be,
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As i wish to be, me as i want to be,
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Me as i want to be, me as i hope to be.
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Me as i hope to be. this guy is awesome.
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This guy is awesome. if you could meet him,
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If you could meet him, you'd want to marry him,
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You'd want to marry him, you'd vote for him.
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You'd vote for him. he'd be the president.
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He'd be the president. this guy is consistent.
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This guy is consistent. this guy is kind.
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This guy is kind. but this guy gets things done,
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But this guy gets things done, but he's always kind
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But he's always kind in how he does it.
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In how he does it. this guy is disciplined,
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This guy is disciplined, but he's not rigid.
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But he's not rigid. he's fun-loving too.
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He's fun-loving too. this guy is amazing.
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This guy is amazing. he has an eight pack
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He has an eight pack but he can enjoy a dessert
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But he can enjoy a dessert in a social occasion.
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In a social occasion. this guy is fantastic.
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This guy is fantastic. this guy is...
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This guy is... i call him fake furtick,
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I call him fake furtick, future furtick.
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Future furtick. future furtick is the guy
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Future furtick is the guy i want to be.
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I want to be. furtick is who i am.
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Furtick is who i am. so fake furtick is who
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So fake furtick is who i pretend to be
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I pretend to be in the meantime.
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In the meantime. don't look at me confused.
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Don't look at me confused. you've got a future you too,
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You've got a future you too, 'cause see, there's the me
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'cause see, there's the me i can see and the me you can see
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I can see and the me you can see an then there's the me
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An then there's the me you wish you could be,
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You wish you could be, and so there's the me
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And so there's the me that you show and we develop
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That you show and we develop all these costumes
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All these costumes and we put all this hair
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And we put all this hair on our necks and esau's clothes
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On our necks and esau's clothes and what we saw
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And what we saw somebody else doing,
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Somebody else doing, and we learn how to talk
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And we learn how to talk the talk and walk the walk
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The talk and walk the walk and wear the brands
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And wear the brands and do the stuff
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And do the stuff and say the stuff.
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And say the stuff. and so we become somebody else
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And so we become somebody else only to realize that
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Only to realize that that blessing doesn't really
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That blessing doesn't really count for much
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Count for much for what good is it
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For what good is it to gain the whole world
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To gain the whole world if you lose your very self
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If you lose your very self in the process.
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In the process. what good is it?
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What good is the blessing
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What good is the blessing of isaac if you can't even stay
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Of isaac if you can't even stay in the house after you got it?
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In the house after you got it? what good is it?
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What good is it? young ladies all over
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Young ladies all over this church dressing
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This church dressing a certain way
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That is not who you really are,
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That is not who you really are, but it gets you
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But it gets you the attention that you want.
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The attention that you want. what good is the attention
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What good is the attention from the people
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From the people that you have dress up
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That you have dress up and pretend to be something else
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And pretend to be something else to get the attention of?
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To get the attention of? what kind of love is that?
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What kind of love is that? what good is it
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What good is it if you lose yourself?
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If you lose yourself? or this will happen
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Or this will happen to a teenage boy, teenage boy,
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To a teenage boy, teenage boy, born with a tender heart,
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Born with a tender heart, born with a love for people,
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Born with a love for people, born with compassion,
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Born with compassion, but gets in to school
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But gets in to school and now has to act hard,
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And now has to act hard, because if i don't act hard,
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Because if i don't act hard, they'll think i'm a punk.
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They'll think i'm a punk. if i don't act hard
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If i don't act hard they'll take advantage of me.
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They'll take advantage of me. if i don't act hard
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If i don't act hard they'll see through.
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They'll see through. if i don't act hard they'll
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If i don't act hard they'll see me for who i really am.
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See me for who i really am. they'll see my compassion,
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They'll see my compassion, so you build an exterior
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So you build an exterior and you build a facade
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And you build a facade and you learn how
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And you learn how to squint you eyes
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To squint you eyes and you learn how to cover up
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And you learn how to cover up the part of who you really are.
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The part of who you really are. and you learn how to wear
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And you learn how to wear esau's clothes, but what
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Esau's clothes, but what good is it my brother?
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Good is it my brother? what good is it?
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What good is it? what good is it to fool isaac?
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What good is it to fool isaac? you may fool isaac,
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You may fool isaac, but you can't fool yourself.
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But you can't fool yourself. you may fool your neighbors,
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You may fool your neighbors, but you can't fool your god?
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But you can't fool your god? what good is it?
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What good is it? there's a preacher watching me
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There's a preacher watching me online right now
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Online right now and you want your ministry
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And you want your ministry to grow so badly
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To grow so badly and it's not growing
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And it's not growing the way you want it to,
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The way you want it to, so now you're into copying
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So now you're into copying people and what they do,
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People and what they do, thinking if you do
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Thinking if you do what they do you can have
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What they do you can have what they have.
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What they have. but i want to let you know today
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But i want to let you know today that until you get it
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That until you get it inside of yourself
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Inside of yourself and find out who god made you
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And find out who god made you to be and be that
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To be and be that from the inside out...
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From the inside out... god can't bless
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God can't bless who you pretend to be.
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Who you pretend to be. god can't anoint your avatar.
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God can't anoint your avatar. god can't minister to your mask.
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God can't minister to your mask. god can't save your selfie.
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God can't save your selfie. [laughter]
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[laughter] "i'm esau.
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"i'm esau. bless me."
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Bless me." and he got the blessing,
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And he got the blessing, but he lost himself.
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But he lost himself. there's somebody here today
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There's somebody here today and you got the popularity
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And you got the popularity but you're losing yourself;
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But you're losing yourself; you got the possessions
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You got the possessions but you're losing yourself;
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But you're losing yourself; you got the home,
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You got the home, you got the car
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You got the car but you're losing your soul,
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But you're losing your soul, you're losing yourself.
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You're losing yourself. what good is it?
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What good is it? he can only bless
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He can only bless who you really are,
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Who you really are, not who you pretend to be.
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>> i hope you enjoyed
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>> i hope you enjoyed that message.
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That message. as elevation church
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As elevation church celebrates 20 years,
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Celebrates 20 years, we've been looking back at
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We've been looking back at some of our favorite sermons.
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Some of our favorite sermons. now, pastor steven might look
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Now, pastor steven might look a little bit different,
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A little bit different, but one thing has never changed.
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But one thing has never changed. from the beginning,
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From the beginning, he has boldly preached
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He has boldly preached the word of god.
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The word of god. it's always been his mission
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It's always been his mission to put god's word into
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To put god's word into people's hearts.
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People's hearts. when you support this ministry,
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When you support this ministry, you help us continue sharing
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You help us continue sharing these powerful messages with
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These powerful messages with people all around the world,
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People all around the world, not just on television,
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Not just on television, but through social media
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But through social media and youtube, and even on
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And youtube, and even on tablets in prisons,
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Tablets in prisons, and now on our 24/7 network.
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And now on our 24/7 network. that kind of reach is only
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That kind of reach is only possible because of people like
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Possible because of people like you who choose to partner
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You who choose to partner with us and give.
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With us and give. if you're not currently a part
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If you're not currently a part of what god is doing through
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Of what god is doing through steven furtick ministries,
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Steven furtick ministries, i want to invite you
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I want to invite you to give today.
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To give today. together, we can reach more
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Together, we can reach more people than ever before
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People than ever before with the hope and truth
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With the hope and truth of god's word.
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Of god's word. so, thank you for watching,
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So, thank you for watching, thank you for giving,
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Thank you for giving, and i'll see you back here
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And i'll see you back here next time.
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>> ♪ i'm living proof ♪
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♪ of what the mercy of god ♪
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♪ can do ♪
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♪ 'cause if you knew me then ♪
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♪ you'd believe me now ♪
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♪ he turned my whole life ♪
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♪ upside down ♪
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♪ took the old ♪
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♪ and he made it new ♪
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♪ that's what the mercy of god ♪
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♪ can do ♪
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♪ and i'm alive ♪
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♪ to tell the story ♪
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♪ how i've overcome ♪
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Steven Furtick - Just Call Me Jacob (Part 1)

June 8, 2026 | 27:29

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