Steven Furtick - The Limp Won't Make You Late (Part 2)

June 2, 2025 | S25:E153

Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The Limp Won't Make You Late (Part 2) | June 2, 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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  • >> what are you limping
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  • >> what are you limping into today?
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  • Into today? the light is coming,
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  • The light is coming, and jacob is limping,
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  • And jacob is limping, and those are not
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  • And those are not mutually exclusive.
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  • Mutually exclusive. i don't know
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  • I don't know if this is too deep,
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  • If this is too deep, if i'm preaching it
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  • If i'm preaching it maybe if at the wrong time
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  • Maybe if at the wrong time to the wrong people
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  • To the wrong people or something like that.
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  • Or something like that. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i thought this was
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  • I thought this was the right message because
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  • The right message because sometimes we get confused
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  • Sometimes we get confused that we think when the light
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  • That we think when the light comes, the limping stops.
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  • Comes, the limping stops. that we think that when
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  • That we think that when we see jesus, meet jesus,
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  • We see jesus, meet jesus, receive jesus, grow in jesus,
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  • Receive jesus, grow in jesus, that that means that
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  • That that means that we're automatically going
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  • We're automatically going to accelerate and reach
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  • To accelerate and reach the place where
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  • The place where he's called us to be.
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  • He's called us to be. the evidence of this meeting
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  • The evidence of this meeting with jesus was a limp that
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  • With jesus was a limp that never left jacob's life.
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  • Never left jacob's life. so, i suggest to you
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  • So, i suggest to you that some of the times
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  • That some of the times of the greatest light
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  • Of the greatest light will also be the times
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  • Will also be the times of the greatest limp.
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  • Of the greatest limp. and the bible says that,
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  • And the bible says that, "jacob limped all the way
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  • "jacob limped all the way to the place where
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  • To the place where he met his brother."
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  • He met his brother." on a side note,
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  • On a side note, you can get there limping.
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  • You can get there limping. [applause]
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  • [applause] where god is taking you,
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  • Where god is taking you, where he's calling you,
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  • Where he's calling you, what he's drawing out of you,
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  • What he's drawing out of you, what he's using you to do,
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  • What he's using you to do, what he's moving you into,
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  • What he's moving you into, how he's maturing you,
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  • How he's maturing you, how he's growing you,
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  • How he's growing you, it might not be pretty.
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  • It might not be pretty. that's alright, nobody is.
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  • That's alright, nobody is. all the pretty people
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  • All the pretty people just have really hidden limps,
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  • Just have really hidden limps, just really hidden limps.
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  • Just really hidden limps. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] and some of the people
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  • And some of the people with the biggest strut
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  • With the biggest strut are compensating for something.
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  • Are compensating for something. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] that they're dragging
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  • That they're dragging behind them.
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  • Behind them. now, imagine you're jacob,
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  • Now, imagine you're jacob, and maybe this is how
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  • And maybe this is how you feel in your life,
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  • You feel in your life, he's coming upon something
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  • He's coming upon something that is the most important
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  • That is the most important meeting he's ever had.
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  • Meeting he's ever had. if this goes bad,
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  • If this goes bad, esau kills him.
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  • Esau kills him. the stakes are high.
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  • The stakes are high. how many would say,
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  • How many would say, "that's a high stake?"
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  • "that's a high stake?" and it's not like it's even
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  • And it's not like it's even gonna be a close call because
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  • Gonna be a close call because esau is a skilled hunter.
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  • Esau is a skilled hunter. jacob is a skilled cook.
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  • Jacob is a skilled cook. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] by the way, that's part
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  • By the way, that's part of the reason that jacob
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  • Of the reason that jacob felt very insecure in
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  • Felt very insecure in his life because he never
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  • His life because he never had his father's love.
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  • Had his father's love. his father loved esau.
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  • His father loved esau. so, one of the reasons
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  • So, one of the reasons he pretended to be his brother
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  • He pretended to be his brother was to get the love of a father
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  • Was to get the love of a father who expected him to be something
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  • Who expected him to be something that he could never
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  • That he could never become because it wasn't
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  • Become because it wasn't according to his purpose.
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  • According to his purpose. jacob isn't just
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  • Jacob isn't just limping at age 90,
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  • Limping at age 90, he's been limping
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  • He's been limping all of his life
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  • All of his life because of the love that
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  • Because of the love that he didn't get from the only one
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  • He didn't get from the only one who could really confer
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  • Who could really confer a blessing on him.
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  • A blessing on him. he's limping.
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  • He's limping. see, there is a reason.
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  • See, there is a reason. if in your life you're not
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  • If in your life you're not who you're supposed to be yet,
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  • Who you're supposed to be yet, there is a reason for that.
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  • There is a reason for that. there's an explanation for it.
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  • There's an explanation for it. "yeah, i would love to be
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  • "yeah, i would love to be a better wife, but it's
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  • A better wife, but it's hard for me because
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  • Hard for me because i didn't see that model.
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  • I didn't see that model. i've been limping.
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  • I've been limping. i would love to be
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  • I would love to be a more patient person,
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  • A more patient person, but i grew up in a family
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  • But i grew up in a family where people exploded
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  • Where people exploded with their temper,
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  • With their temper, and i am trying to unlearn
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  • And i am trying to unlearn that template so that i can
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  • That template so that i can change it and turn it around,
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  • Change it and turn it around, so my kids don't live
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  • So my kids don't live with my limp."
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  • With my limp." [applause]
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  • [applause] "and i wish
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  • "and i wish i was further along."
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  • I was further along." [applause]
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  • [applause] "and i wished i had
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  • "and i wished i had saved more money.
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  • Saved more money. but nobody taught me
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  • But nobody taught me how to do this thing.
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  • How to do this thing. so, i went into debt
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  • So, i went into debt trying to compensate for
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  • Trying to compensate for the love that i didn't get.
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  • The love that i didn't get. i went into debt
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  • I went into debt trying to compensate for
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  • Trying to compensate for the approval that i didn't get.
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  • The approval that i didn't get. i've been limping my whole life.
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  • I've been limping my whole life. i've been struggling
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  • I've been struggling my whole life."
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  • My whole life." and the truth of it is,
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  • And the truth of it is, some of the people that are
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  • Some of the people that are critical of you would celebrate
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  • Critical of you would celebrate you if they could understand
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  • How hard it was for you to get
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  • How hard it was for you to get to this point with your limp.
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  • To this point with your limp. [applause]
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  • [applause] and don't let them
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  • And don't let them intimidate you
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  • When they show you
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  • When they show you their dance,
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  • Their dance, because everybody
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  • Because everybody limps somewhere.
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  • Limps somewhere. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] everybody limps somewhere.
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  • Everybody limps somewhere. [applause]
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  • [applause] they're not farther
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  • They're not farther along than you,
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  • Along than you, they're just called to
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  • They're just called to a different place than you,
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  • A different place than you, so they have a different
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  • So they have a different pace from you.
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  • Pace from you. so, when you get there on
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  • So, when you get there on thanksgiving and they say,
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  • Thanksgiving and they say, "i thought you'd
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  • "i thought you'd be married by now."
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  • Be married by now." say, "i thought you would
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  • Say, "i thought you would have learned how to pray
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  • Have learned how to pray and let god lead me by now
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  • And let god lead me by now and stop trying
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  • And stop trying to manipulate my life.
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  • To manipulate my life. i'm not late."
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  • I'm not late." [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] "i'm moving this thing along."
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  • "i'm moving this thing along." [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] "the man i'm gonna marry
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  • "the man i'm gonna marry is still earning his millions."
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  • Is still earning his millions." [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] "yeah, i'm not late.
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  • "yeah, i'm not late. i'm not late,
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  • I'm not late, this is a layover.
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  • This is a layover. i'mma get some blessing,
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  • I'mma get some blessing, some maturity, some strength,
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  • Some maturity, some strength, some lessons, some truth.
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  • Some lessons, some truth. i'mma get some things while
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  • I'mma get some things while i'm in laban's house
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  • I'm in laban's house that when i get where
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  • That when i get where god is taking me,
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  • God is taking me, i got everything i need."
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  • I got everything i need." [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] humble yourselves.
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  • Humble yourselves. [applause]
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  • [applause] tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "your limp won't make you late."
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  • "your limp won't make you late." >> congregation: your limp
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  • >> congregation: your limp won't make you late.
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  • Won't make you late. >> 'cause what i love about
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  • >> 'cause what i love about jacob is he's been up
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  • Jacob is he's been up all night, he's tired,
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  • All night, he's tired, he's scared, he's afraid.
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  • He's scared, he's afraid. he's in turmoil.
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  • He's in turmoil. he's got an ulcer.
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  • He's got an ulcer. he's about to
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  • He's about to fight his brother.
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  • Fight his brother. he doesn't know
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  • He doesn't know what's gonna happen next.
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  • What's gonna happen next. he is uncertain.
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  • He is uncertain. he's anxious.
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  • He's anxious. "pastor, i thought you
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  • "pastor, i thought you were talking about jacob.
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  • Were talking about jacob. it sounds like you're
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  • It sounds like you're talking about me."
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  • Talking about me." we're talking
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  • We're talking about all of us.
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  • About all of us. we're talking
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  • We're talking about all of us.
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  • About all of us. [applause]
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  • [applause] but the sun's coming up.
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  • But the sun's coming up. the sun's coming up.
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  • The sun's coming up. the sun's coming up.
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  • The sun's coming up. it's a new day
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  • It's a new day in jacob's life.
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  • In jacob's life. and so, watch what
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  • And so, watch what he does, verse 31.
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  • He does, verse 31. my favorite verse this week.
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  • My favorite verse this week. i'll have a different
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  • I'll have a different favorite verse next week.
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  • Favorite verse next week. i change favorite verses
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  • I change favorite verses like most people change shoes.
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  • Like most people change shoes. i change favorite verses
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  • I change favorite verses every chance i get.
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  • Every chance i get. genesis 32:31, it says,
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  • Genesis 32:31, it says, "and the sun rose,
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  • "and the sun rose, the light came,
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  • The light came, and he was limping."
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  • And he was limping." "now, not only do
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  • "now, not only do i have to face esau,
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  • I have to face esau, but i gotta do it limping,
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  • But i gotta do it limping, and that means
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  • And that means i can't even run."
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  • I can't even run." has god got you in
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  • Has god got you in a place right now where
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  • A place right now where you can't run from it?
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  • You can't run from it? [applause]
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  • [applause] and did he do
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  • And did he do that intentionally?
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  • That intentionally? is he trying to show you
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  • Is he trying to show you who you really are,
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  • Who you really are, who he really is?
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  • Who he really is? have you been caught in
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  • Have you been caught in the constant comparison trap
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  • The constant comparison trap where it is a cycle
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  • Where it is a cycle that makes you sick,
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  • That makes you sick, a nauseating noticing
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  • A nauseating noticing of what everybody else has
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  • Of what everybody else has that you don't have?
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  • That you don't have? "wait up, i'm limping.
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  • "wait up, i'm limping. i'm trying to catch you,
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  • I'm trying to catch you, but i can't."
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  • But i can't." you know, not only did
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  • You know, not only did jacob feel this way,
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  • Jacob feel this way, your great apostle paul
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  • Your great apostle paul felt this way.
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  • Felt this way. he was writing to
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  • He was writing to the corinthian church,
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  • The corinthian church, and they were doubting
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  • And they were doubting his credentials as an apostle.
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  • His credentials as an apostle. they said he didn't speak
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  • They said he didn't speak as well as apollos.
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  • As well as apollos. so, he wrote them a letter.
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  • So, he wrote them a letter. when he got to about
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  • When he got to about chapter 15 of 1 corinthians,
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  • Chapter 15 of 1 corinthians, that's a long letter,
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  • That's a long letter, he starts telling them
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  • He starts telling them how he really felt about it.
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  • How he really felt about it. he said, verse 3,
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  • He said, verse 3, "for what i received
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  • "for what i received i passed on to you as
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  • I passed on to you as of first importance."
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  • Of first importance." now, that underscored
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  • Now, that underscored the first part of my message.
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  • The first part of my message. i started this message
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  • I started this message by telling you that
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  • By telling you that we are all leading
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  • We are all leading in the light that we have.
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  • In the light that we have. that's what paul is saying.
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  • That's what paul is saying. he's saying,
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  • He's saying, "in the light that i have,
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  • "in the light that i have, i passed it on to you."
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  • I passed it on to you." now, paul had more light than
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  • Now, paul had more light than jacob because he lived
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  • Jacob because he lived in the aftermath
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  • In the aftermath of the resurrection.
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  • Of the resurrection. not only the birth and death
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  • Not only the birth and death of jesus christ,
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  • Of jesus christ, but the resurrection.
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  • But the resurrection. so, he said, "i received
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  • So, he said, "i received this revelation,
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  • This revelation, and i passed it on
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  • And i passed it on to you as a first importance,
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  • To you as a first importance, that christ died for our sins
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  • That christ died for our sins according to the scriptures."
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  • According to the scriptures." and on the third --
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  • And on the third -- "that he was buried,
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  • "that he was buried, that he was raised on
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  • That he was raised on the third day according
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  • The third day according to the scriptures,
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  • To the scriptures, and that he appeared
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  • And that he appeared to cephas," that's peter,
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  • To cephas," that's peter, "and then to the twelve."
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  • "and then to the twelve." now, watch how long the list
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  • Now, watch how long the list is that paul gives,
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  • Is that paul gives, and i'll show you why
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  • And i'll show you why i'm reading this.
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  • I'm reading this. "after that, he appeared
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  • "after that, he appeared to more than five hundred
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  • To more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at
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  • Of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom
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  • The same time, most of whom are still living, though
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  • Are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
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  • Some have fallen asleep. then he appeared to james,
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  • Then he appeared to james, then to all the apostles,
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  • Then to all the apostles, and last of all
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  • And last of all he appeared to me also,
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  • He appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born."
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  • As to one abnormally born." last of all.
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  • Last of all. if you asked for people
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  • If you asked for people to quote a scripture
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  • To quote a scripture from the new testament,
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  • From the new testament, the first ones that come
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  • The first ones that come to our mind are written
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  • To our mind are written by this guy paul.
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  • By this guy paul. "i can do all things through
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  • "i can do all things through christ who strengthens me.
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  • Christ who strengthens me. i have learned the secret
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  • I have learned the secret of being content.
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  • Of being content. i am crucified with christ."
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  • I am crucified with christ." all of these wonderful
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  • All of these wonderful things that he passed on
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  • Things that he passed on to us, the apostle paul,
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  • To us, the apostle paul, and yet he says,
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  • And yet he says, "i was the last one
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  • "i was the last one that he appeared to."
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  • That he appeared to." in a literal
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  • In a literal chronological sense,
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  • Chronological sense, he meant it that after
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  • He meant it that after jesus had been taken up
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  • Jesus had been taken up and they all got to
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  • And they all got to see him in bodily form,
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  • See him in bodily form, he had to knock paul down
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  • He had to knock paul down on the damascus road,
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  • On the damascus road, blind his eyes
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  • Blind his eyes and changed his name from
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  • And changed his name from saul to paul, and bring him
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  • Saul to paul, and bring him to a place of conversion.
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  • To a place of conversion. but he also meant it
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  • But he also meant it a little differently.
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  • A little differently. look at the verse again,
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  • Look at the verse again, verse 8, it says,
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  • Verse 8, it says, "as to one abnormally born."
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  • "as to one abnormally born." many believed that paul
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  • Many believed that paul was speaking here of the fact
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  • Was speaking here of the fact that the corinthians
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  • That the corinthians called him names.
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  • He was very small.
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  • He was very small. that's literally
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  • That's literally what his name means.
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  • What his name means. paul means small.
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  • Paul means small. so, there is much speculation
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  • So, there is much speculation among scholars that paul was
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  • Among scholars that paul was called the small one,
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  • Called the small one, the little one.
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  • There's even language
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  • There's even language in this text that makes us
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  • In this text that makes us think that maybe paul
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  • Think that maybe paul was calling himself
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  • Was calling himself some kind of freak.
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  • Some kind of freak. "i'm a freak, i came last.
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  • "i'm a freak, i came last. he showed up to all the other
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  • He showed up to all the other apostles in physical form
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  • Apostles in physical form but to me, i was the last one."
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  • But to me, i was the last one." and yet," paul says, "even
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  • And yet," paul says, "even though i got a late start,
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  • Though i got a late start, even though i don't deserve it,
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  • Even though i don't deserve it, even though i might
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  • Even though i might be smaller than, less than,
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  • Be smaller than, less than, and have seen less than."
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  • And have seen less than." look at verse 9, "for i am
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  • Look at verse 9, "for i am the least of the apostles
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  • The least of the apostles and do not even deserve
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  • And do not even deserve to be called an apostle,
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  • To be called an apostle, because i persecuted
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  • Because i persecuted the church of god."
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  • The church of god." do you see how he's still
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  • Do you see how he's still limping over the life that
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  • Limping over the life that he lived before he met christ?
  • 00:11:40.318 --> 00:11:42.587
  • He lived before he met christ? he never got over that.
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  • He never got over that. he was present at
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  • He was present at the stoning of stephen,
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  • The stoning of stephen, and he never forgot it.
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  • And he never forgot it. that guilt never
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  • That guilt never went a way from paul.
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  • Went a way from paul. that shame never fully left him.
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  • That shame never fully left him. he is still dealing with it.
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  • He is still dealing with it. and the church that he's trying
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  • And the church that he's trying to lead has thrown
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  • To lead has thrown it back in his face.
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  • It back in his face. and he says,
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  • And he says, "i'm not gonna argue
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  • "i'm not gonna argue with you about that."
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  • With you about that." i'm not gonna pretend
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  • I'm not gonna pretend that i don't limp.
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  • That i don't limp. i not gonna try to pretend
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  • I not gonna try to pretend like i was the first in line.
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  • Like i was the first in line. i'm not here because
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  • I'm not here because i was the first in line.
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  • I was the first in line. i'm here by faith through grace,
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  • I'm here by faith through grace, and the grace of god
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  • And the grace of god that reached for me,
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  • That reached for me, that reached and pulled me
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  • That reached and pulled me from the back of the line."
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  • From the back of the line." [applause]
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  • [applause] i came to preach to somebody
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  • I came to preach to somebody who's been limping.
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  • Who's been limping. [applause]
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  • [applause] "i've been behind lately.
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  • "i've been behind lately. i don't know what
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  • I don't know what i need to know.
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  • I need to know. i didn't get what
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  • I didn't get what i wanted to have."
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  • I wanted to have." but watch what paul said.
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  • But watch what paul said. give me the next verse,
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  • Give me the next verse, "i'm the least.
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  • "i'm the least. i don't deserve it,
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  • I don't deserve it, but by the grace of god
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  • But by the grace of god i am what i am."
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  • I am what i am." [applause]
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  • [applause] "i'm not racing to become
  • 00:12:45.917 --> 00:12:47.652
  • "i'm not racing to become something that i'm not
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  • Something that i'm not called to be.
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  • Called to be. i am what i am."
  • 00:12:50.755 --> 00:12:53.091
  • I am what i am." somebody say, "i am...
  • 00:12:53.158 --> 00:12:54.392
  • Somebody say, "i am... >> congregation: i am...
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  • >> congregation: i am... >> what i am...
  • 00:12:55.693 --> 00:12:56.494
  • >> what i am... >> congregation: what i am...
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  • >> congregation: what i am... >> and where i am...
  • 00:12:57.395 --> 00:12:58.396
  • >> and where i am... >> congregation: and where
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  • >> congregation: and where i am...
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  • I am... >> is where the great i am...
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  • >> is where the great i am... >> congregation: is where
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  • >> congregation: is where the great i am...
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  • The great i am... >> wanted me to be."
  • 00:13:02.534 --> 00:13:03.501
  • >> wanted me to be." >> congregation: wanted me
  • 00:13:03.568 --> 00:13:04.035
  • >> congregation: wanted me to be."
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  • To be." >> so, i'm limping,
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  • >> so, i'm limping, but i'm not late.
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  • But i'm not late. so, i'm not up
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  • So, i'm not up to your standard.
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  • To your standard. but i'm not living
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  • But i'm not living for your approval.
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  • For your approval. [applause]
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  • [applause] because i'm not
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  • Because i'm not created by your hand.
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  • Created by your hand. [applause]
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  • [applause] because my days are
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  • Because my days are not dates in your book.
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  • Not dates in your book. [applause]
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  • [applause] high five somebody say,
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  • High five somebody say, "i'm right on time."
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  • "i'm right on time." >> congregation: i'm right
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  • >> congregation: i'm right on time.
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  • On time. >> "i'm right on time."
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  • >> "i'm right on time." >> congregation: i'm right
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  • >> congregation: i'm right on time.
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  • On time. >> "because," watch this,
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  • >> "because," watch this, "the light is coming.
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  • "the light is coming. the light is coming.
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  • The light is coming. the light is coming.
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  • The light is coming. i've depressed,
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  • I've depressed, but the light is coming.
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  • But the light is coming. i've been down, having
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  • I've been down, having trouble figuring it out,
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  • Trouble figuring it out, but the light is coming."
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  • But the light is coming." [cheering and applause]
  • 00:13:48.513 --> 00:13:49.647
  • [cheering and applause] "i've been unsure,
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  • "i've been unsure, down on myself,
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  • Down on myself, drowning in insecurity,
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  • Drowning in insecurity, but the light is coming.
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  • But the light is coming. the light is coming.
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  • The light is coming. the light is coming.
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  • The light is coming. the joy is coming.
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  • A new day is dawning.
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  • A new day is dawning. i'm waking up to
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  • I'm waking up to what i always was.
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  • What i always was. i am what i am.
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  • I am what i am. by the grace of god
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  • By the grace of god and the grace that brought me
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  • Safe thus far will lead me home.
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  • Safe thus far will lead me home. if i gotta get there limping.
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  • If i gotta get there limping. if i gotta get
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  • If i gotta get there a little behind.
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  • There a little behind. if i gotta get there tuesday.
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  • If i gotta get there tuesday. if i gotta push it
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  • If i gotta push it back to wednesday.
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  • Back to wednesday. if i gotta make up
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  • If i gotta make up for it at the end of 2023.
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  • For it at the end of 2023. i'll just do it."
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  • I'll just do it." [cheering and applause]
  • 00:14:40.565 --> 00:14:49.407
  • [cheering and applause] and the lord said
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  • And the lord said it's no coincidence that
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  • It's no coincidence that i'm preaching this on
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  • I'm preaching this on daylight savings time sunday.
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  • Daylight savings time sunday. [applause]
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  • [applause] 'cause something happened
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  • 'cause something happened this morning when you woke up.
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  • This morning when you woke up. you had an extra hour
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  • You had an extra hour you didn't know you have.
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  • You didn't know you have. god says, "i'm gonna
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  • God says, "i'm gonna give you time.
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  • Give you time. i'm gonna restore the years.
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  • I'm gonna restore the years. you're gonna have
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  • You're gonna have time to do it."
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  • Time to do it." [applause]
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  • [applause] whoever it's for,
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  • Whoever it's for, it's hitting deep
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  • It's hitting deep right now and i don't want
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  • Right now and i don't want this shout to get in the way
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  • This shout to get in the way of you receiving this ministry.
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  • Of you receiving this ministry. because it is a terrible thing
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  • Because it is a terrible thing to watch everybody else
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  • To watch everybody else go ahead of you and feel
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  • Go ahead of you and feel like you're limping,
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  • Like you're limping, to watch everybody else
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  • To watch everybody else be happy and feel like
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  • Be happy and feel like there's some demon in you
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  • There's some demon in you that won't let you enjoy life,
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  • That won't let you enjoy life, to watch everybody else move up
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  • To watch everybody else move up in their career and it feel
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  • In their career and it feel like you keep moving backwards.
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  • Like you keep moving backwards. staying plateaued,
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  • Staying plateaued, every time you get
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  • Every time you get a little momentum,
  • 00:15:45.096 --> 00:15:46.064
  • A little momentum, you get a little set back.
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  • You get a little set back. you're limping.
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  • You're limping. but the grace of god
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  • But the grace of god came to paul.
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  • Came to paul. the grace of god
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  • The grace of god came to jacob.
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  • Came to jacob. the light of god is
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  • The light of god is dawning in your life to
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  • Dawning in your life to let you know you're not late.
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  • Let you know you're not late. in order for you to be late,
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  • In order for you to be late, there would have had to be
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  • There would have had to be something that god
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  • Something that god did not account for
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  • Did not account for that happened in your life.
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  • That happened in your life. and if something happened
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  • And if something happened in your life that god
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  • In your life that god didn't account for
  • 00:16:11.422 --> 00:16:12.390
  • Then he's not god.
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  • Then he's not god. [cheering and applause]
  • 00:16:13.524 --> 00:16:16.527
  • [cheering and applause] so, the fact that god started,
  • 00:16:16.594 --> 00:16:19.831
  • So, the fact that god started, means that he knows where it
  • 00:16:19.897 --> 00:16:21.466
  • Means that he knows where it is supposed to be right now.
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  • Is supposed to be right now. it means that when
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  • It means that when god called you,
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  • God called you, he accounted for traffic.
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  • I'm so tired of watching people
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  • I'm so tired of watching people beat themselves up over
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  • Beat themselves up over comparison that has nothing
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  • Comparison that has nothing to do with their calling.
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  • To do with their calling. asking little four-year-old,
  • 00:16:43.021 --> 00:16:44.255
  • Asking little four-year-old, "what college are
  • 00:16:44.322 --> 00:16:44.856
  • "what college are you applying to?"
  • 00:16:44.922 --> 00:16:46.124
  • You applying to?" [laughter]
  • 00:16:46.190 --> 00:16:47.191
  • [laughter] we've gone absolutely
  • 00:16:47.258 --> 00:16:48.026
  • We've gone absolutely crazy in this culture.
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  • Crazy in this culture. and i wanna say to you
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  • And i wanna say to you that this spirit that
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  • That this spirit that gets on you that has you
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  • Gets on you that has you subjecting yourself
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  • Subjecting yourself to a standard that
  • 00:16:55.333 --> 00:16:56.300
  • To a standard that has nothing to do
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  • Has nothing to do with the spirit of god,
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  • With the spirit of god, it has to let you go right now
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  • It has to let you go right now in the name of jesus.
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  • In the name of jesus. [applause]
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  • [applause] put your christmas lights up
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  • Put your christmas lights up in february for all i care.
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  • In february for all i care. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] i'm not late.
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  • I'm not late. i abide in christ.
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  • I abide in christ. and since i abide in him
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  • And since i abide in him that means that everything
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  • That means that everything in this season that's supposed
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  • In this season that's supposed to come forth is coming up.
  • 00:17:24.228 --> 00:17:26.197
  • To come forth is coming up. somebody shout,
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  • Somebody shout, "it's coming up."
  • 00:17:26.798 --> 00:17:27.565
  • "it's coming up." >> congregation: it's coming up.
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  • >> say, "i abide in christ...
  • 00:17:29.033 --> 00:17:30.201
  • >> say, "i abide in christ... >> congregation: i abide
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  • >> congregation: i abide in christ...
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  • In christ... >> and everything in my life...
  • 00:17:31.569 --> 00:17:33.137
  • >> and everything in my life... >> congregation: and everything
  • 00:17:33.204 --> 00:17:33.971
  • >> congregation: and everything in my life...
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  • In my life... >> is coming up...
  • 00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.473
  • >> is coming up... >> congregation: is coming up...
  • 00:17:35.540 --> 00:17:36.174
  • >> congregation: is coming up... >> is coming up...
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  • >> is coming up... >> congregation: is coming up...
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  • >> congregation: is coming up... >> say it again,
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  • >> say it again, "i abide in christ...
  • 00:17:38.409 --> 00:17:39.310
  • "i abide in christ... >> congregation: i abide
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  • >> congregation: i abide in christ...
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  • In christ... >> and everything in my life...
  • 00:17:40.545 --> 00:17:41.879
  • >> and everything in my life... >> congregation: and everything
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  • >> congregation: and everything in my life...
  • 00:17:42.613 --> 00:17:43.181
  • >> is coming up...
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  • >> is coming up... >> congregation: is coming up...
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  • >> congregation: is coming up... >> lovely...
  • 00:17:44.982 --> 00:17:45.783
  • >> lovely... >> congregation: lovely...
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  • >> congregation: lovely... >> in abundance...
  • 00:17:46.617 --> 00:17:47.418
  • >> in abundance... >> congregation: in abundance...
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  • >> congregation: in abundance... >> at just the right time."
  • 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.520
  • >> at just the right time." >> congregation: at just
  • 00:17:49.587 --> 00:17:50.021
  • >> congregation: at just the right time."
  • 00:17:50.088 --> 00:17:50.721
  • The right time." >> i dare you to give
  • 00:17:50.788 --> 00:17:51.589
  • >> i dare you to give god a praise for that.
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  • God a praise for that. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] oh, yeah.
  • 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.994
  • Oh, yeah. oh, yeah.
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  • Oh, yeah. [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:58.729 --> 00:18:06.404
  • [cheering and applause] the light's coming, man.
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  • The light's coming, man. i know it's been a dark night.
  • 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:11.042
  • I know it's been a dark night. you've been wrestling alone.
  • 00:18:11.109 --> 00:18:12.009
  • You've been wrestling alone. you've been feeling behind
  • 00:18:12.076 --> 00:18:13.177
  • You've been feeling behind your whole life,
  • 00:18:13.244 --> 00:18:14.145
  • Your whole life, but the light is coming.
  • 00:18:14.212 --> 00:18:17.715
  • But the light is coming. limp into it.
  • 00:18:17.782 --> 00:18:20.485
  • Limp into it. i said, "lord, what do you
  • 00:18:20.551 --> 00:18:21.285
  • I said, "lord, what do you want me to tell them
  • 00:18:21.352 --> 00:18:22.053
  • Want me to tell them about this message that
  • 00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:23.054
  • About this message that they can never forget?"
  • 00:18:23.121 --> 00:18:24.322
  • They can never forget?" he said to tell them,
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  • He said to tell them, "limp into it.
  • 00:18:25.790 --> 00:18:28.593
  • "limp into it. limp into it."
  • 00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:29.360
  • Limp into it." [applause]
  • 00:18:29.427 --> 00:18:33.197
  • [applause] 'cause one thing
  • 00:18:33.264 --> 00:18:33.664
  • 'cause one thing i love about jacob,
  • 00:18:33.731 --> 00:18:34.899
  • I love about jacob, he might have been limping,
  • 00:18:34.966 --> 00:18:35.900
  • He might have been limping, but he didn't lay down.
  • 00:18:35.967 --> 00:18:41.672
  • But he didn't lay down. and that's how you
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  • And that's how you accomplish it,
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  • Accomplish it, and that's how you make it,
  • 00:18:44.675 --> 00:18:47.311
  • And that's how you make it, and that's how you grow,
  • 00:18:47.378 --> 00:18:49.881
  • And that's how you grow, and that's how you
  • 00:18:49.947 --> 00:18:50.448
  • And that's how you know who god is.
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  • Know who god is. you limp into it.
  • 00:18:52.817 --> 00:18:57.054
  • You limp into it. the beauty of today's limp
  • 00:18:57.121 --> 00:19:01.893
  • The beauty of today's limp is that it becomes
  • 00:19:01.959 --> 00:19:03.394
  • Is that it becomes tomorrow's lean.
  • 00:19:03.461 --> 00:19:08.900
  • Tomorrow's lean. follow me real quick.
  • 00:19:08.966 --> 00:19:11.202
  • Follow me real quick. y'all got like three minutes
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  • Y'all got like three minutes for me to finish this message?
  • 00:19:13.371 --> 00:19:14.739
  • For me to finish this message? [applause]
  • 00:19:14.805 --> 00:19:21.846
  • [applause] it'd be weird if
  • 00:19:21.913 --> 00:19:22.380
  • It'd be weird if i preached a message called,
  • 00:19:22.446 --> 00:19:23.581
  • I preached a message called, "you're not late
  • 00:19:23.648 --> 00:19:24.148
  • "you're not late and you told me to hurry up
  • 00:19:24.215 --> 00:19:25.016
  • And you told me to hurry up and finish my message.
  • 00:19:25.082 --> 00:19:26.484
  • And finish my message. [laughter]
  • 00:19:26.551 --> 00:19:28.419
  • [laughter] be kinda ironic.
  • 00:19:28.486 --> 00:19:31.622
  • Be kinda ironic. because i was reading about --
  • 00:19:31.689 --> 00:19:35.092
  • Because i was reading about -- i was reading about
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  • I was reading about the end of jacob's life.
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  • The end of jacob's life. yeah, minister l.j.
  • 00:19:38.162 --> 00:19:38.963
  • Yeah, minister l.j. that would be good.
  • 00:19:39.030 --> 00:19:40.565
  • That would be good. he lived 50 more years
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  • He lived 50 more years after this wrestling match,
  • 00:19:45.102 --> 00:19:46.337
  • After this wrestling match, so guess what,
  • 00:19:46.404 --> 00:19:47.772
  • So guess what, esau didn't kill him.
  • 00:19:47.838 --> 00:19:52.643
  • Esau didn't kill him. esau didn't kill him.
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  • Esau didn't kill him. he had to limp to esau.
  • 00:19:54.712 --> 00:19:56.447
  • He had to limp to esau. in genesis 33:4
  • 00:19:56.514 --> 00:19:58.883
  • In genesis 33:4 the bible says that
  • 00:19:58.950 --> 00:19:59.617
  • The bible says that he made his way toward esau.
  • 00:19:59.684 --> 00:20:01.352
  • He made his way toward esau. remember he's limping,
  • 00:20:01.419 --> 00:20:03.087
  • Remember he's limping, and as esau is coming
  • 00:20:03.154 --> 00:20:05.556
  • And as esau is coming toward him, the bible says,
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  • Toward him, the bible says, verse 4 -- genesis 33:4,
  • 00:20:06.824 --> 00:20:08.259
  • Verse 4 -- genesis 33:4, i gotta show you this.
  • 00:20:08.326 --> 00:20:09.126
  • I gotta show you this. it says that,
  • 00:20:09.193 --> 00:20:10.161
  • It says that, "esau ran to meet jacob."
  • 00:20:10.228 --> 00:20:13.731
  • "esau ran to meet jacob." and the beauty of that is
  • 00:20:13.798 --> 00:20:14.832
  • And the beauty of that is that jacob couldn't run to it,
  • 00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:18.569
  • That jacob couldn't run to it, so it ran to him.
  • 00:20:18.636 --> 00:20:22.840
  • So it ran to him. did you hear what
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  • Did you hear what i just said to you?
  • 00:20:23.474 --> 00:20:24.475
  • I just said to you? [applause]
  • 00:20:24.542 --> 00:20:27.745
  • [applause] 'cause you've been thinking,
  • 00:20:27.812 --> 00:20:29.080
  • 'cause you've been thinking, "well, if i would've had
  • 00:20:29.146 --> 00:20:30.114
  • "well, if i would've had this opportunity sooner
  • 00:20:30.181 --> 00:20:31.482
  • This opportunity sooner i could have done it
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  • I could have done it but i can't now because
  • 00:20:32.183 --> 00:20:33.651
  • But i can't now because look where i am now."
  • 00:20:33.718 --> 00:20:35.019
  • Look where i am now." no, no, no.
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  • No, no, no. you limp to it and god
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  • You limp to it and god will make it run to you.
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  • Will make it run to you. [applause]
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  • [applause] in fact, when the writer of
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  • In fact, when the writer of hebrews, many centuries later,
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  • Hebrews, many centuries later, remember its progressive
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  • Remember its progressive revelation, we don't even
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  • Revelation, we don't even know at this point
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  • Know at this point in the story that
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  • In the story that jacob and esau
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  • Jacob and esau are going to go.
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  • Are going to go. you don't even know
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  • You don't even know at this point in the story
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  • At this point in the story that this is the nation
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  • That this is the nation of israel that jacob
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  • Of israel that jacob is carrying with him.
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  • Is carrying with him. we don't know any of that yet,
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  • We don't know any of that yet, and you don't know any of that
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  • And you don't know any of that yet, but it's all on god's
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  • Yet, but it's all on god's schedule of revelation.
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  • Schedule of revelation. so, that at the end
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  • So, that at the end of jacob's life,
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  • Of jacob's life, this is what the author
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  • This is what the author of hebrews said about him,
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  • Of hebrews said about him, verse 20, "that by faith,"
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  • Verse 20, "that by faith," hebrews 11,
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  • Hebrews 11, "isaac blessed jacob
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  • "isaac blessed jacob and esau concerning
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  • And esau concerning things to come."
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  • Things to come." now, watch this, and this is
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  • Now, watch this, and this is how i want you to leave today.
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  • How i want you to leave today. verse 21, "by faith jacob,
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  • Verse 21, "by faith jacob, when he was dying,"
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  • When he was dying," 50 years after
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  • 50 years after he wrestled with god.
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  • He wrestled with god. "when he was dying, blessed
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  • "when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of joseph
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  • Each of the sons of joseph and worshiped leaning
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  • And worshiped leaning on the top of his staff."
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  • On the top of his staff." so, what it means to me is
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  • So, what it means to me is that my limping today will
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  • That my limping today will teach me to lean tomorrow.
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  • Teach me to lean tomorrow. [applause]
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  • [applause] the greatest blessing
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  • The greatest blessing of jacob's life happened not
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  • Of jacob's life happened not as he was running, grabbing,
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  • As he was running, grabbing, but as he was leaning.
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  • But as he was leaning. so, the lord said,
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  • So, the lord said, "limp into it,
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  • "limp into it, but make sure that
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  • But make sure that what you're leaning on
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  • What you're leaning on can hold you as you do."
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  • Can hold you as you do." because for what
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  • Because for what you're going through,
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  • You're going through, you can't lean on the addiction.
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  • You can't lean on the addiction. it won't hold you.
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  • It won't hold you. for what you're going
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  • For what you're going through right now,
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  • Through right now, you can't learn on
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  • You can't learn on your own understanding.
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  • Your own understanding. it can't direct you.
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  • It can't direct you. for what you're going through
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  • For what you're going through right now, you certainly cannot
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  • Right now, you certainly cannot lean on what other people
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  • Lean on what other people are saying that you should do
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  • Are saying that you should do because they don't know either.
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  • Because they don't know either. they are just as lost as you,
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  • They are just as lost as you, and they don't have the light.
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  • >> well, we hear a lot
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  • >> well, we hear a lot of messages in church
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  • Of messages in church and in life about holding on,
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  • And in life about holding on, you know, don't give up,
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  • You know, don't give up, hang in there,
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  • Hang in there, just grab tighter.
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  • Just grab tighter. and sometimes, that's exactly
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  • And sometimes, that's exactly what you need to hear.
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  • What you need to hear. but there are those times
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  • But there are those times in your life where
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  • In your life where the blessing is in letting go,
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  • The blessing is in letting go, the times in life
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  • The times in life where you can't control it,
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  • Where you can't control it, can't figure it out.
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  • Can't figure it out. all of your calculations
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  • All of your calculations fall short, and you just
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  • Fall short, and you just have to surrender it,
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  • Have to surrender it, and this is so much
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  • And this is so much easier said than done.
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  • Easier said than done. but i wanna put a series
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  • But i wanna put a series in your hands today
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  • In your hands today that is going to help you
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  • That is going to help you to relinquish the control of
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  • To relinquish the control of the things that are god's job,
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  • The things that are god's job, the battles that
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  • The battles that he wants to fight for you.
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  • He wants to fight for you. the series is called,
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  • "the blessing of letting go."
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  • "the blessing of letting go." and i believe that as you
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  • And i believe that as you walk through this teaching,
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  • Walk through this teaching, you're gonna receive peace
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  • You're gonna receive peace like never before.
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  • Like never before. and i wanna include
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  • And i wanna include another series for you called
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  • Another series for you called "challenge the shadow."
  • 00:23:40.671 --> 00:23:42.840
  • "challenge the shadow." you don't have to just accept
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  • You don't have to just accept the darkness as your new normal.
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  • The darkness as your new normal. there is a light in god
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  • There is a light in god and there is a way forward,
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  • And there is a way forward, but first, to see it,
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  • But first, to see it, you have to let go.
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  • You have to let go. so, call right now
  • 00:23:52.283 --> 00:23:54.185
  • So, call right now and for your gift of any
  • 00:23:54.251 --> 00:23:55.252
  • And for your gift of any amount to this ministry,
  • 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.821
  • Amount to this ministry, we wanna put
  • 00:23:56.887 --> 00:23:57.488
  • We wanna put "the blessing of letting go"
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  • "the blessing of letting go" in your hands today with
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  • In your hands today with "challenge the shadow."
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  • "challenge the shadow." i believe this is gonna be
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  • I believe this is gonna be just the word you need
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  • Just the word you need to give you the momentum
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  • To give you the momentum and the practical strategy
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  • And the practical strategy to put it in god's hands
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  • To put it in god's hands and watch him do something
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  • And watch him do something amazing in your life.
  • 00:24:12.136 --> 00:24:13.637
  • >> to get the "release
  • 00:24:14.605 --> 00:24:15.406
  • And restore" sermon pack
  • 00:24:15.506 --> 00:24:16.507
  • From pastor steven furtick,
  • 00:24:16.607 --> 00:24:18.042
  • Which includes two
  • 00:24:18.142 --> 00:24:18.909
  • Brand-new series:
  • 00:24:19.009 --> 00:24:20.311
  • "the blessing of letting go"
  • 00:24:20.411 --> 00:24:21.612
  • And "challenge the shadow,"
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  • Call or go online now.
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  • >> let go of your comparison
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  • >> let go of your comparison to other standards that
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  • To other standards that have nothing to do
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  • Have nothing to do with who the sovereign
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  • With who the sovereign god called you to be.
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  • God called you to be. let go of the expectations
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  • Let go of the expectations of perfection that you have
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  • Of perfection that you have for yourself that can
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  • For yourself that can only be satisfied through
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  • Only be satisfied through the perfect work of jesus
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  • The perfect work of jesus and has already applied
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  • And has already applied to your account.
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  • To your account. let go.
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  • Let go. that's the blessing
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  • That's the blessing of letting go of the way you
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  • Of letting go of the way you thought it was supposed to be.
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  • Thought it was supposed to be. it's that you get the grace
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  • It's that you get the grace to accept what it is.
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  • And i feel god going through
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  • And i feel god going through somebody's temple today
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  • Somebody's temple today and clearing out everything
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  • And clearing out everything that doesn't belong and wiping
  • 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:03.854
  • That doesn't belong and wiping out every shadow that has tried
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  • Out every shadow that has tried to eliminate your purpose
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  • To eliminate your purpose and your peace.
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  • >> in this exclusive
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  • Dual sermon pack,
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  • Pastor steven shares
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  • The importance of letting go
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  • Of past experiences to step
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  • Into new opportunities
  • 00:25:16.333 --> 00:25:17.535
  • And blessings.
  • 00:25:17.635 --> 00:25:18.602
  • Call or go online now
  • 00:25:18.702 --> 00:25:19.670
  • To receive the "release
  • 00:25:19.770 --> 00:25:20.804
  • And restore" sermon pack
  • 00:25:20.905 --> 00:25:22.239
  • Today for a gift of any amount.
  • 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:24.041
  • Don't wait to experience
  • 00:25:24.141 --> 00:25:25.709
  • The freedom god has for you.
  • 00:25:25.809 --> 00:25:27.211
  • Take action now.
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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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  • ♪ our hearts are burning ♪
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  • ♪ for fresh revival ♪
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  • ♪ blow again ♪
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  • ♪ our god is consuming fire ♪
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  • ♪ our god is a holy wind ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you speak is done ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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  • ♪ our god is consuming fire ♪
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  • ♪ our god is a holy wind ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you speak is done ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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  • >> ♪ whatever you speak ♪
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  • ♪ is done ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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  • >> ♪ whatever you speak ♪
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  • ♪ is done ♪
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  • ♪ so come on in ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ come on in jesus ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ come on in yeah ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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