Steven Furtick - The Lord Will Lighten Your Load (Part 2)

August 23, 2025 | S25 E234 | 28:0

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

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The Lord Will Lighten Your Load (Part 2) | August 23, 2025
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> i'm gonna give you
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  • >> i'm gonna give you four things that were a part
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  • Four things that were a part of jacob's journey today
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  • Of jacob's journey today that you can practically
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  • That you can practically apply to your, what?
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  • Apply to your, what? your life or your wife.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And the first one
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  • And the first one i've spoken of, but i wanna
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  • I've spoken of, but i wanna be really clear, i wanna talk
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  • Be really clear, i wanna talk to you about the weight.
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  • To you about the weight. write it down, please,
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  • Write it down, please, w-e-i-g-h-t, weight.
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  • W-e-i-g-h-t, weight. not wait as in a period of time
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  • Not wait as in a period of time that lapses before you know
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  • That lapses before you know a conclusion which would be
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  • A conclusion which would be appropriate to 22 years
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  • Appropriate to 22 years that he has held in his heart
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  • That he has held in his heart the horror of losing
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  • The horror of losing his son joseph.
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  • His son joseph. so, it's kind of hard to get
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  • So, it's kind of hard to get happy in five minutes when
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  • Happy in five minutes when i've held this 22 years.
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  • I've held this 22 years. have more compassion on people
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  • Have more compassion on people as they change, including you.
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  • As they change, including you. you know how when you drive down
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  • You know how when you drive down the interstate they have
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  • The interstate they have weigh stations for truckers?
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  • Weigh stations for truckers? i wish we could have one
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  • I wish we could have one of those in the church for
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  • Of those in the church for christians and we wouldn't be
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  • Christians and we wouldn't be measuring whether you're down
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  • Measuring whether you're down three pounds or not.
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  • Three pounds or not. i would love to know
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  • I would love to know if you carried too much
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  • If you carried too much into this room today,
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  • Into this room today, so that we could unburden you
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  • So that we could unburden you before you head back out
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  • Before you head back out because you are dangerous
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  • Because you are dangerous with too much weight,
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  • With too much weight, and you're dangerous
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  • With too little weight.
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  • With too little weight. there are some responsibilities
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  • There are some responsibilities that god has placed on you
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  • That god has placed on you that are the answers
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  • That are the answers to the prayers that you prayed.
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  • To the prayers that you prayed. the lord was telling me one time
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  • The lord was telling me one time that i was complaining about
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  • That i was complaining about prayers that i had prayed
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  • Prayers that i had prayed six months ago being answered.
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  • Six months ago being answered. you follow me?
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  • You follow me? in other words,
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  • In other words, he did it and then i got it,
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  • He did it and then i got it, and it was heavy.
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  • Nobody ever tells you this,
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  • Nobody ever tells you this, blessings are heavy.
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  • Blessings are heavy. blessings are heavy.
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  • Blessings are heavy. everybody who's praying
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  • Everybody who's praying god will give you a baby,
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  • God will give you a baby, blessings are heavy.
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  • Blessings are heavy. i don't care, 8 pounds,
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  • I don't care, 8 pounds, 10 pounds, 12 pounds.
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  • 10 pounds, 12 pounds. abbey said the other day,
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  • Abbey said the other day, she had a dream that she came
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  • She had a dream that she came out weighing 130 pounds.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And the truth of the matter
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  • And the truth of the matter is that the weight that
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  • Is that the weight that jacob is carrying --
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  • Jacob is carrying -- i just wanna talk to you
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  • I just wanna talk to you a little bit about
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  • A little bit about it today because,
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  • It today because, he's carrying not only his
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  • He's carrying not only his own pain and his uncertainty,
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  • Own pain and his uncertainty, but the responsibility
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  • But the responsibility that his name represents
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  • That his name represents an entire nation.
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  • An entire nation. talk about weight.
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  • Talk about weight. talk about heaviness.
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  • Talk about heaviness. a few weeks ago, i talked about
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  • A few weeks ago, i talked about how heaviness and happiness
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  • How heaviness and happiness sit at the same table.
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  • Sit at the same table. how heaviness and happiness
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  • How heaviness and happiness live in the same heart.
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  • Live in the same heart. and if we wait for the heaviness
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  • And if we wait for the heaviness to go away to be happy,
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  • To go away to be happy, we will defer our joy
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  • We will defer our joy and postpone it indefinitely.
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  • And postpone it indefinitely. waiting on a future time
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  • Waiting on a future time to praise god,
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  • To praise god, when all of your kids
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  • When all of your kids are doing well is a trap.
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  • Are doing well is a trap. waiting on a future time
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  • Waiting on a future time to praise god
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  • To praise god when all your debts
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  • When all your debts are paid off is a trap.
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  • Are paid off is a trap. waiting on a future time
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  • Waiting on a future time to praise god when nothing
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  • In your body hurts is a trap.
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  • In your body hurts is a trap. waiting to praise god,
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  • Waiting to praise god, waiting to enjoy your life,
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  • Waiting to enjoy your life, waiting to the be thankful,
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  • Waiting to the be thankful, waiting to smile,
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  • Waiting to smile, waiting to laugh
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  • Waiting to laugh until you know how this
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  • Until you know how this is going to turn out,
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  • Is going to turn out, waiting until the outcome
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  • Is clear for you
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  • Is clear for you to make a commitment
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  • To make a commitment to serve jesus is a trap.
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  • To serve jesus is a trap. and that's why jacob had
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  • And that's why jacob had to set out with a heavy heart.
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  • To set out with a heavy heart. sometimes, you have
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  • Sometimes, you have to head there heavy.
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  • To head there heavy. sometimes you have
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  • Sometimes you have to move there weighed down.
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  • To move there weighed down. sometimes you have to take
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  • Sometimes you have to take a step forward knowing that
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  • A step forward knowing that i don't even know about
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  • I don't even know about the next one yet,
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  • The next one yet, but i will take this one.
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  • But i will take this one. and so, the process of coming
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  • And so, the process of coming to the lord is to learn
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  • To the lord is to learn how to take the weight
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  • How to take the weight that he gives you.
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  • That he gives you. but i will remind you today
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  • But i will remind you today that god cant help you
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  • That god cant help you carry something that
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  • Carry something that he never called you to.
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  • He never called you to. one new testament writer said,
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  • One new testament writer said, "to lay aside all the sin
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  • "to lay aside all the sin and the weight that
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  • And the weight that easily besets you."
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  • Easily besets you." sometimes i think
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  • Sometimes i think we're carrying sins
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  • We're carrying sins that we won't give up,
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  • That we won't give up, but other times i think
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  • But other times i think we're carrying weights
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  • We're carrying weights that aren't exactly sins,
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  • That aren't exactly sins, but are taking up the space
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  • But are taking up the space in our life that could be
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  • In our life that could be used for trusting god,
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  • Used for trusting god, that could be used for
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  • That could be used for creative solutions.
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  • Creative solutions. if the devil wants
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  • If the devil wants to destroy you,
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  • To destroy you, he will get your mind
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  • He will get your mind so full of stuff that
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  • So full of stuff that does not matter any way,
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  • Does not matter any way, to get you moved off of what
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  • To get you moved off of what you are uniquely called to do...
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  • [applause]
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  • And to realize that jacob,
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  • And to realize that jacob, in this moment
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  • In this moment is receiving good news,
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  • Is receiving good news, but he is still grieving
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  • But he is still grieving what he's been through.
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  • What he's been through. receiving good news,
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  • But very anx-cited
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  • But very anx-cited about where he's going,
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  • About where he's going, may give you a little
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  • May give you a little compassion for yourself
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  • Compassion for yourself that i have this weight.
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  • That i have this weight. it's not that my heart is hard,
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  • It's not that my heart is hard, it's that it's heavy.
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  • It's that it's heavy. and as he is considering this,
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  • And as he is considering this, i mean, picture it.
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  • I mean, picture it. he has to decide,
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  • He has to decide, "am i going to believe
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  • "am i going to believe that this is possible?"
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  • That this is possible?" just like you are deciding,
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  • Dove's nest, "am i going
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  • Dove's nest, "am i going to believe that
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  • To believe that my recovery is possible."
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  • My recovery is possible." just like you are having
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  • Just like you are having to decide, college student,
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  • To decide, college student, "is it really worth it
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  • "is it really worth it to live for jesus?"
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  • To live for jesus?" just like you are
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  • Just like you are having to decide in this
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  • Having to decide in this season of your life,
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  • Season of your life, "am i going to call a therapist
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  • "am i going to call a therapist and start to work on this
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  • And start to work on this so that i don't just
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  • So that i don't just carry this forth
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  • Carry this forth as my template for
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  • As my template for the rest of my life?"
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  • The rest of my life?" and as he is trying to decide
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  • And as he is trying to decide whether to leave what
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  • Whether to leave what is familiar and walk in what
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  • Is familiar and walk in what is fearful and point himself in
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  • Is fearful and point himself in the direction of the unexpected
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  • The direction of the unexpected pregnant possibility,
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  • Pregnant possibility, that god has answered
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  • That god has answered his prayers that for 22 years,
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  • His prayers that for 22 years, laid dormant, not dead.
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  • The bible says in verse 27,
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  • That, as he was
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  • Carrying this weight,
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  • Everybody say, "weight."
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  • >> congregation: weight.
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  • >> come on, say it louder, say,
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  • "weight."
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  • >> congregation: weight.
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  • >> i want you to say it as loud
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  • As it is heavy to you.
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  • One, two, three.
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  • >> congregation: weight.
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  • >> yeah, the crushing
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  • >> yeah, the crushing expectations that
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  • Expectations that you had of yourself.
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  • You had of yourself. the crushing disappointment
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  • The crushing disappointment of what didn't happen.
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  • Of what didn't happen. and some of you are like,
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  • And some of you are like, "i'm doing good today."
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  • "i'm doing good today." weigh in next week,
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  • We'll check you next week.
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  • We'll check you next week. something can happen between -
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  • Something can happen between - you know, something can
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  • You know, something can get on --
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  • Get on -- something can get on your truck
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  • Something can get on your truck this week that could make
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  • This week that could make you break down in tears,
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  • You break down in tears, and not be so arrogant.
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  • And not be so arrogant. so, never judge somebody because
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  • So, never judge somebody because of what they are carrying.
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  • One side note, one side note.
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  • One side note, one side note. i met a man a year ago
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  • I met a man a year ago and when i met him i said,
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  • And when i met him i said, "he is so arrogant."
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  • "he is so arrogant." all he did was
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  • All he did was talk about himself,
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  • Talk about himself, i've never met somebody
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  • I've never met somebody so arrogant.
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  • So arrogant. i walked away and thought,
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  • I walked away and thought, "i have discernment."
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  • "i have discernment." i saw him again
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  • A year later, he said,
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  • A year later, he said, "i wanted to tell you something,
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  • "i wanted to tell you something, the first time you met me,
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  • The first time you met me, you couldn't have known this,
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  • You couldn't have known this, but i had just received news
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  • But i had just received news the day before
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  • The day before that i lost my job.
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  • That i lost my job. i had been throwing up
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  • I had been throwing up in a hotel room all night,
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  • In a hotel room all night, so i apologize if i came across
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  • So i apologize if i came across a certain way."
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  • A certain way." i'm like, "you did.
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  • I'm like, "you did. you did."
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  • You did." and isn't it crazy
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  • And isn't it crazy that i couldn't even
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  • That i couldn't even see who he really was,
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  • See who he really was, 'cause all i could see
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  • 'cause all i could see was what he carried.
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  • Was what he carried. tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "i'm really a good person."
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  • "i'm really a good person." >> congregation: i'm really
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  • >> congregation: i'm really a good person.
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  • A good person. >> if you catch me
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  • >> if you catch me at the right time,
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  • At the right time, i'll buy you some ice cream.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You see, the lord is speaking
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  • You see, the lord is speaking to jacob while he's trying
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  • To jacob while he's trying to move forward as israel.
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  • To move forward as israel. i said, "the lord is speaking
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  • I said, "the lord is speaking to jacob while he's trying
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  • To jacob while he's trying to move forward as israel."
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  • To move forward as israel." and he's trying to decide,
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  • And he's trying to decide, do i believe --
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  • Do i believe -- how would you
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  • How would you believe these boys?
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  • Believe these boys? do you remember what they did?
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  • Do you remember what they did? they brought joseph's coat
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  • They brought joseph's coat to their dad, and said,
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  • To their dad, and said, "is this the coat
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  • "is this the coat you gave joseph?"
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  • You gave joseph?" 'cause they were
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  • 'cause they were always jealous of him.
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  • Always jealous of him. and they dipped it in blood
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  • And they dipped it in blood to make it look like he was
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  • To make it look like he was mauled by animals, and he was,
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  • Mauled by animals, and he was, they were the animals.
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  • They were the animals. now, he was on his way
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  • Now, he was on his way to egypt and god was using
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  • To egypt and god was using all of that sovereignly,
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  • All of that sovereignly, but in that moment
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  • But in that moment all jacob felt was sadness.
  • 00:08:04.135 --> 00:08:06.638
  • All jacob felt was sadness. and he kept that coat
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  • For 22 years, that's all
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  • For 22 years, that's all he had left of his son.
  • 00:08:11.309 --> 00:08:13.178
  • He had left of his son. and now, these same boys,
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  • And now, these same boys, they've gone down to egypt,
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  • They've gone down to egypt, they found out there's food,
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  • They found out there's food, there's gonna be five
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  • There's gonna be five more years of famine
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  • More years of famine and joseph says,
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  • And joseph says, "come, i got you.
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  • "come, i got you. when you get here, i got you."
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  • When you get here, i got you." so, they go back to canaan
  • 00:08:20.252 --> 00:08:22.721
  • So, they go back to canaan and they say,
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  • And they say, "dad, we gotta go.
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  • "dad, we gotta go. joseph's alive,
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  • Joseph's alive, he's gonna take care of us."
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  • He's gonna take care of us." and there's hope
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  • And there's hope in his heart and there's
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  • In his heart and there's heaviness in his heart.
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  • Heaviness in his heart. and the weight almost --
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  • And the weight almost -- watch this, it almost
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  • Watch this, it almost keeps him from going.
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  • I love this word in the bible.
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  • Put up verse 27,
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  • Put up verse 27, "but when they told him
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  • "but when they told him the words of joseph,
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  • The words of joseph, which he had said to them."
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  • Which he had said to them." now, get ready
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  • To shout a little bit,
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  • To shout a little bit, 'cause this part that comes next
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  • 'cause this part that comes next is really important.
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  • Is really important. it was one thing
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  • It was one thing to hear their words,
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  • To hear their words, 'cause they've said a lot
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  • 'cause they've said a lot of things and they've
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  • Of things and they've lied about it.
  • 00:09:01.726 --> 00:09:03.161
  • Lied about it. it is one thing
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  • It is one thing to believe people,
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  • To believe people, it is one thing
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  • It is one thing to believe a preacher,
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  • To believe a preacher, but it is another thing
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  • But it is another thing when god gives you evidence
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  • Of his presence
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  • Of his presence that you can't deny.
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  • That you can't deny. and i believe i'm talking
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  • And i believe i'm talking to about 225 people today
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  • To about 225 people today somewhere in this room
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  • Somewhere in this room at ballantyne.
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  • [applause]
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  • That your heart
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  • That your heart has been heavy,
  • 00:09:26.384 --> 00:09:26.885
  • Has been heavy, but you've got evidence
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  • That god is not quite
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  • That god is not quite through with you yet.
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  • Through with you yet. and now, the devil
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  • And now, the devil would love for you
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  • Would love for you to look past the evidence.
  • 00:09:34.826 --> 00:09:35.961
  • To look past the evidence. but watch this, the bible says
  • 00:09:36.027 --> 00:09:38.163
  • But watch this, the bible says that he was trying to believe,
  • 00:09:38.229 --> 00:09:40.231
  • That he was trying to believe, trying to take it in,
  • 00:09:40.298 --> 00:09:41.766
  • Trying to take it in, trying to wake up his heart.
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  • Trying to wake up his heart. trying to revive his spirit,
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  • Trying to revive his spirit, trying to convince himself,
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  • Trying to convince himself, trying to get a move on,
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  • Trying to get a move on, trying to make a plan, trying --
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  • Trying to make a plan, trying -- but his heart was numb
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  • But his heart was numb and he couldn't move.
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  • Now, give me my verse,
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  • Now, give me my verse, "when he heard
  • 00:09:53.178 --> 00:09:54.713
  • "when he heard the words of joseph,
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  • The words of joseph, which he had said to them,"
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  • Which he had said to them," secondhand, "and when
  • 00:09:58.083 --> 00:10:01.753
  • Secondhand, "and when he saw the wagons."
  • 00:10:01.820 --> 00:10:05.757
  • He saw the wagons." that's the second word
  • 00:10:05.824 --> 00:10:06.725
  • That's the second word i want you to write down
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  • I want you to write down is wagons,
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  • 'cause i got weight,
  • 00:10:10.695 --> 00:10:12.163
  • 'cause i got weight, i'm going through some things.
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  • I'm going through some things. i've got weight, i've got
  • 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:15.900
  • I've got weight, i've got unanswered questions.
  • 00:10:15.967 --> 00:10:17.569
  • Unanswered questions. i've got weight.
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  • I've got weight. there are some people
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  • There are some people who have disappointed me.
  • 00:10:19.804 --> 00:10:21.373
  • Who have disappointed me. i've got weight.
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  • I've got weight. somebody say,
  • 00:10:22.273 --> 00:10:22.774
  • Somebody say, "i've got weight...
  • 00:10:22.841 --> 00:10:23.708
  • "i've got weight... >> congregation: i've got
  • 00:10:23.775 --> 00:10:24.242
  • >> congregation: i've got weight...
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  • Weight... >> but i've also got wagons."
  • 00:10:24.876 --> 00:10:26.611
  • >> but i've also got wagons." >> congregation: but i've
  • 00:10:26.678 --> 00:10:27.212
  • >> congregation: but i've also got wagons.
  • 00:10:27.278 --> 00:10:28.346
  • Also got wagons. >> and this is the part where
  • 00:10:28.413 --> 00:10:29.381
  • >> and this is the part where if you are a pentecostal,
  • 00:10:29.447 --> 00:10:30.782
  • If you are a pentecostal, even by 5%,
  • 00:10:30.849 --> 00:10:33.685
  • Even by 5%, i want you to look out
  • 00:10:33.752 --> 00:10:34.719
  • I want you to look out your window today,
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  • Your window today, spiritually speaking,
  • 00:10:35.887 --> 00:10:37.522
  • Spiritually speaking, and look at all the wagons
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  • And look at all the wagons that god has sent
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  • That god has sent to bring you where
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  • To bring you where you're supposed to be.
  • 00:10:42.961 --> 00:10:46.398
  • You're supposed to be. now, we've got a choice to make,
  • 00:10:46.464 --> 00:10:48.466
  • Now, we've got a choice to make, 'cause i'm anx-cited.
  • 00:10:48.533 --> 00:10:50.602
  • 'cause i'm anx-cited. 'cause i'm heartbroken,
  • 00:10:50.669 --> 00:10:51.836
  • 'cause i'm heartbroken, but i'm hopeful.
  • 00:10:51.903 --> 00:10:53.304
  • But i'm hopeful. and the weight is trying
  • 00:10:53.371 --> 00:10:54.939
  • And the weight is trying to get me to stay depressed,
  • 00:10:55.006 --> 00:10:57.142
  • To get me to stay depressed, but the wagons are calling me
  • 00:10:57.208 --> 00:10:59.177
  • But the wagons are calling me to move on.
  • 00:10:59.244 --> 00:11:00.378
  • To move on. and i wanna know
  • 00:11:00.445 --> 00:11:01.379
  • And i wanna know which one is your faith in,
  • 00:11:01.446 --> 00:11:03.515
  • Which one is your faith in, the weight or the wagons?
  • 00:11:03.581 --> 00:11:07.052
  • The weight or the wagons? 'cause god sent me with
  • 00:11:07.118 --> 00:11:08.386
  • 'cause god sent me with a prophetic word for somebody.
  • 00:11:08.453 --> 00:11:11.122
  • A prophetic word for somebody. you got wagons waiting for you.
  • 00:11:11.189 --> 00:11:13.992
  • You got wagons waiting for you. you got transportation
  • 00:11:14.059 --> 00:11:16.261
  • You got transportation waiting for you.
  • 00:11:16.327 --> 00:11:17.162
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:11:17.495 --> 00:11:20.131
  • High-five everybody
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  • High-five everybody you can reach and say,
  • 00:11:21.633 --> 00:11:23.068
  • You can reach and say, "here come the wagons.
  • 00:11:23.134 --> 00:11:26.037
  • "here come the wagons. here come the wagons."
  • 00:11:26.104 --> 00:11:29.507
  • Here come the wagons." and there is no way --
  • 00:11:29.574 --> 00:11:30.709
  • And there is no way -- ooh, i feel like testifying.
  • 00:11:30.775 --> 00:11:32.177
  • Ooh, i feel like testifying. there is no way i'd be here,
  • 00:11:32.243 --> 00:11:34.612
  • There is no way i'd be here, there is no way i'd be here
  • 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:36.848
  • There is no way i'd be here if it had not been
  • 00:11:36.915 --> 00:11:38.583
  • If it had not been for the wagon.
  • 00:11:38.650 --> 00:11:39.651
  • [cheering]
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  • Alright, y'all help me
  • 00:11:44.522 --> 00:11:45.323
  • Alright, y'all help me get happy about the wagons,
  • 00:11:45.390 --> 00:11:47.292
  • Get happy about the wagons, the wagons, the wagons,
  • 00:11:47.358 --> 00:11:49.260
  • The wagons, the wagons, the wagons.
  • 00:11:49.327 --> 00:11:49.994
  • The wagons. jacob's like, "i don't know
  • 00:11:50.061 --> 00:11:51.663
  • Jacob's like, "i don't know if this is true,
  • 00:11:51.730 --> 00:11:52.197
  • If this is true, i don't believe these boys,
  • 00:11:52.263 --> 00:11:52.931
  • I don't believe these boys, these boys are rascals,
  • 00:11:52.997 --> 00:11:53.765
  • These boys are rascals, these boys are liars.
  • 00:11:53.832 --> 00:11:54.799
  • These boys are liars. reuben's a liar,
  • 00:11:54.866 --> 00:11:55.667
  • Reuben's a liar, simeon's a liar, judah's a liar.
  • 00:11:55.734 --> 00:11:57.602
  • Simeon's a liar, judah's a liar. who can i trust?
  • 00:11:57.669 --> 00:11:58.937
  • Who can i trust? all my boys are dysfunctional.
  • 00:11:59.003 --> 00:12:00.338
  • All my boys are dysfunctional. all this weight
  • 00:12:00.405 --> 00:12:01.106
  • All this weight is too much for me.
  • 00:12:01.172 --> 00:12:02.207
  • Is too much for me. i've been 22 years
  • 00:12:02.273 --> 00:12:03.341
  • I've been 22 years in this condition,
  • 00:12:03.408 --> 00:12:04.309
  • In this condition, i don't know if i should
  • 00:12:04.375 --> 00:12:05.243
  • I don't know if i should believe this."
  • 00:12:05.310 --> 00:12:06.044
  • Believe this." and while
  • 00:12:06.111 --> 00:12:06.678
  • And while he's listening to them,
  • 00:12:06.745 --> 00:12:07.712
  • He's listening to them, he is stuck in the weight,
  • 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:10.181
  • He is stuck in the weight, but when he saw the wagons,
  • 00:12:10.248 --> 00:12:14.452
  • But when he saw the wagons, when he saw those wagons --
  • 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:16.788
  • When he saw those wagons -- when joseph sent
  • 00:12:16.855 --> 00:12:18.123
  • When joseph sent his brothers back, he said,
  • 00:12:18.189 --> 00:12:20.225
  • His brothers back, he said, "take the best wagons
  • 00:12:20.291 --> 00:12:22.594
  • "take the best wagons that egypt has to offer."
  • 00:12:22.660 --> 00:12:24.062
  • That egypt has to offer." hold on, let me ask my boss,
  • 00:12:24.129 --> 00:12:25.830
  • Hold on, let me ask my boss, "pharaoh, i gotta go get
  • 00:12:25.897 --> 00:12:28.032
  • "pharaoh, i gotta go get my dad and bring him back,
  • 00:12:28.099 --> 00:12:29.768
  • My dad and bring him back, would you let me borrow
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  • Would you let me borrow some wagons?"
  • 00:12:30.935 --> 00:12:32.303
  • Some wagons?" pharaoh said, "yeah.
  • 00:12:32.370 --> 00:12:33.738
  • Pharaoh said, "yeah. i'm not even their --
  • 00:12:33.805 --> 00:12:35.306
  • I'm not even their -- i don't even worship
  • 00:12:35.373 --> 00:12:36.007
  • I don't even worship their same god,
  • 00:12:36.074 --> 00:12:37.308
  • Their same god, but i will send them
  • 00:12:37.375 --> 00:12:38.309
  • But i will send them the transportation
  • 00:12:38.376 --> 00:12:39.377
  • The transportation to bring them here to eat."
  • 00:12:39.444 --> 00:12:41.379
  • To bring them here to eat." god doesn't even have to use
  • 00:12:41.446 --> 00:12:42.947
  • God doesn't even have to use the right thing to get you where
  • 00:12:43.014 --> 00:12:44.482
  • The right thing to get you where you're supposed to go.
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  • [applause]
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  • God -- can i say it
  • 00:12:49.387 --> 00:12:50.889
  • God -- can i say it like i feel it?
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  • Like i feel it? >> congregation: yes.
  • 00:12:51.790 --> 00:12:52.524
  • >> congregation: yes. >> god's gonna use some
  • 00:12:52.590 --> 00:12:53.658
  • >> god's gonna use some stupid stuff to get you there.
  • 00:12:53.725 --> 00:12:57.028
  • Stupid stuff to get you there. god's gonna use some ridiculous
  • 00:12:57.095 --> 00:12:58.530
  • God's gonna use some ridiculous things to get you there,
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  • Things to get you there, some weird wagons.
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  • Some weird wagons. "what are these wagons?
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  • I never seen
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  • I never seen wagons like this before.
  • 00:13:06.104 --> 00:13:07.872
  • Wagons like this before. aren't these pharaoh's wagons?"
  • 00:13:07.939 --> 00:13:09.307
  • Aren't these pharaoh's wagons?" "yeah, but they're under
  • 00:13:09.374 --> 00:13:10.375
  • "yeah, but they're under god's jurisdiction."
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  • [applause]
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  • So, i'm explaining
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  • So, i'm explaining how god came to get him
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  • How god came to get him with the wagons because
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  • With the wagons because god knew he had a limp.
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  • God knew he had a limp. and he knows where
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  • And he knows where you're weighty and he knows
  • 00:13:28.459 --> 00:13:29.994
  • You're weighty and he knows where you're weak and that's
  • 00:13:30.061 --> 00:13:31.796
  • Where you're weak and that's what the wagons are for.
  • 00:13:31.863 --> 00:13:36.601
  • What the wagons are for. give me the verse again.
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  • Give me the verse again. ain't that anointed, mom?
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  • Ain't that anointed, mom? i said, ain't that
  • 00:13:40.271 --> 00:13:40.939
  • I said, ain't that anointed, mom?
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  • Anointed, mom? if my mom doesn't think
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  • If my mom doesn't think it's anointed i need
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  • It's anointed i need to shut it down.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:46.177 --> 00:13:46.644
  • "but when he saw the wagons."
  • 00:13:47.111 --> 00:13:50.481
  • "but when he saw the wagons." are you back there, justin?
  • 00:13:50.548 --> 00:13:51.850
  • Are you back there, justin? can you circle,
  • 00:13:51.916 --> 00:13:52.617
  • Can you circle, "when he saw the wagons"?
  • 00:13:52.684 --> 00:13:55.186
  • "when he saw the wagons"? oh, "when he saw the wagons that
  • 00:13:55.253 --> 00:13:58.489
  • Oh, "when he saw the wagons that joseph had sent to carry him."
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  • Joseph had sent to carry him." i want you to circle
  • 00:14:01.092 --> 00:14:01.860
  • I want you to circle "carry", too,
  • 00:14:01.926 --> 00:14:05.830
  • "carry", too, 'cause i think that's
  • 00:14:05.897 --> 00:14:06.497
  • 'cause i think that's the key right there,
  • 00:14:06.564 --> 00:14:08.833
  • The key right there, for the lord lightening
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  • For the lord lightening your load today.
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  • Your load today. i don't think he needs
  • 00:14:12.437 --> 00:14:13.171
  • I don't think he needs to take something off of you,
  • 00:14:13.238 --> 00:14:14.205
  • To take something off of you, i think he needs to put
  • 00:14:14.272 --> 00:14:15.073
  • I think he needs to put something under you.
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  • [applause]
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  • The lord will lighten your load
  • 00:14:22.013 --> 00:14:25.817
  • The lord will lighten your load not by decreasing the weight,
  • 00:14:25.884 --> 00:14:27.218
  • Not by decreasing the weight, but by sending the wagons.
  • 00:14:27.285 --> 00:14:31.089
  • But by sending the wagons. what are your wagons,
  • 00:14:31.155 --> 00:14:32.824
  • What are your wagons, and why wont you get in them?
  • 00:14:32.891 --> 00:14:37.395
  • And why wont you get in them? why you keep not
  • 00:14:37.462 --> 00:14:38.129
  • Why you keep not joining an e-group?
  • 00:14:38.196 --> 00:14:40.431
  • Joining an e-group? you think the whole group
  • 00:14:40.498 --> 00:14:41.132
  • You think the whole group has covid but you?
  • 00:14:41.199 --> 00:14:42.467
  • Has covid but you? you ain't gon'
  • 00:14:42.533 --> 00:14:43.001
  • You ain't gon' catch nothing from,
  • 00:14:43.067 --> 00:14:43.568
  • Catch nothing from, maybe but jesus.
  • 00:14:43.635 --> 00:14:45.536
  • Maybe but jesus. might catch some joy,
  • 00:14:45.603 --> 00:14:46.337
  • Might catch some joy, might catch some peace,
  • 00:14:46.404 --> 00:14:47.205
  • Might catch some peace, might catch some better habits,
  • 00:14:47.272 --> 00:14:48.339
  • Might catch some better habits, might catch some accountability.
  • 00:14:48.406 --> 00:14:49.374
  • Might catch some
  • 00:14:49.474 --> 00:14:50.508
  • Might catch some spiritual discipline.
  • 00:14:50.575 --> 00:14:51.276
  • Spiritual discipline. might catch a
  • 00:14:51.342 --> 00:14:52.076
  • Might catch a dave ramsey budget makeover.
  • 00:14:52.143 --> 00:14:53.311
  • Dave ramsey budget makeover. you might catch something good.
  • 00:14:53.378 --> 00:14:56.014
  • You might catch something good. keep praying about the weight
  • 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.948
  • Keep praying about the weight of your financial burden,
  • 00:14:57.015 --> 00:14:58.049
  • Of your financial burden, but you wont get on the wagon.
  • 00:14:58.116 --> 00:15:01.185
  • But you wont get on the wagon. get on the wagon.
  • 00:15:01.252 --> 00:15:03.855
  • Get on the wagon. limp to the wagon.
  • 00:15:03.922 --> 00:15:06.824
  • Limp to the wagon. you can get on the wagon
  • 00:15:06.891 --> 00:15:08.559
  • You can get on the wagon weeping, just get on.
  • 00:15:08.626 --> 00:15:13.431
  • Weeping, just get on. you can get on the wagon
  • 00:15:13.498 --> 00:15:14.332
  • You can get on the wagon worried, just get on.
  • 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:18.036
  • You can get on the wagon
  • 00:15:18.136 --> 00:15:19.170
  • You can get on the wagon with all of your weight,
  • 00:15:19.237 --> 00:15:20.238
  • With all of your weight, these are good wagons.
  • 00:15:20.305 --> 00:15:22.373
  • These are good wagons. these are trustworthy wagons,
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  • These are trustworthy wagons, 'cause joseph sent them,
  • 00:15:25.410 --> 00:15:27.912
  • 'cause joseph sent them, 'cause god sent them.
  • 00:15:27.979 --> 00:15:29.847
  • 'cause god sent them. and he will help you carry
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  • And he will help you carry what he called you to,
  • 00:15:31.983 --> 00:15:33.885
  • What he called you to, and nothing that he didn't.
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  • And nothing that he didn't. which is why it
  • 00:15:37.221 --> 00:15:38.089
  • Which is why it becomes so important.
  • 00:15:38.156 --> 00:15:40.124
  • Becomes so important. i talked about the weight,
  • 00:15:40.191 --> 00:15:42.126
  • I talked about the weight, i talked about the wagons.
  • 00:15:42.193 --> 00:15:44.028
  • I talked about the wagons. can i talk for a moment
  • 00:15:44.095 --> 00:15:44.862
  • Can i talk for a moment about the worship?
  • 00:15:44.929 --> 00:15:45.964
  • About the worship? >> congregation: yes.
  • 00:15:46.030 --> 00:15:46.731
  • >> congregation: yes. >> okay.
  • 00:15:46.798 --> 00:15:47.598
  • >> okay. this is important.
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  • This is important. he sets out in the wagons,
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  • He sets out in the wagons, he says,
  • 00:15:50.668 --> 00:15:51.069
  • He says, "all the wagons are here,
  • 00:15:51.135 --> 00:15:52.537
  • "all the wagons are here, that must mean it's true."
  • 00:15:52.603 --> 00:15:54.706
  • That must mean it's true." and i use this to illustrate
  • 00:15:54.772 --> 00:15:57.475
  • And i use this to illustrate all the things that god
  • 00:15:57.542 --> 00:15:58.343
  • All the things that god is sending in your life
  • 00:15:58.409 --> 00:15:59.243
  • Is sending in your life to convince you that
  • 00:15:59.310 --> 00:15:59.978
  • To convince you that he's with you in spite
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  • He's with you in spite of all of your feelings
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  • Of all of your feelings saying that he isn't.
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  • Saying that he isn't. they are there.
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  • They are there. sometimes you cant see
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  • Sometimes you cant see the wagons through your weeping.
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  • The wagons through your weeping. so, he gets on, right?
  • 00:16:09.053 --> 00:16:11.122
  • So, he gets on, right? and i would love to read
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  • And i would love to read the whole chapter to you
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  • The whole chapter to you where it lists all
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  • Where it lists all the people he had to take
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  • The people he had to take because he would start
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  • Because he would start to feel how weighty it is.
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  • To feel how weighty it is. and he would start to identify,
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  • And he would start to identify, he has to take them,
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  • He has to take them, their children
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  • Their children and some grandchildren,
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  • And some grandchildren, 'cause he's 130, and he has
  • 00:16:21.599 --> 00:16:22.967
  • 'cause he's 130, and he has accumulated a lot.
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  • Accumulated a lot. now, they're on
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  • Now, they're on there with animals,
  • 00:16:25.636 --> 00:16:26.237
  • There with animals, they're on there with people,
  • 00:16:26.304 --> 00:16:27.171
  • They're on there with people, they're on there with people
  • 00:16:27.238 --> 00:16:27.939
  • They're on there with people that act like animals.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:30.041
  • I did not mean to describe
  • 00:16:30.308 --> 00:16:31.509
  • I did not mean to describe your family vacation.
  • 00:16:31.576 --> 00:16:32.477
  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:32.810 --> 00:16:33.945
  • But let's make this real,
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  • Let's make this --
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  • Let's make this -- let's just don't
  • 00:16:35.880 --> 00:16:36.381
  • Let's just don't leave this in bc,
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  • Leave this in bc, let's bring it to right now.
  • 00:16:37.448 --> 00:16:39.450
  • Let's bring it to right now. let's bring this to your life.
  • 00:16:39.517 --> 00:16:41.252
  • Let's bring this to your life. he's on the wagons,
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  • He's on the wagons, but he's still worried.
  • 00:16:43.454 --> 00:16:44.222
  • But he's still worried. and i think this is the part
  • 00:16:44.288 --> 00:16:45.423
  • And i think this is the part that maybe can help you
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  • Wednesday to worship
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  • Wednesday to worship god wednesday.
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  • God wednesday. i don't really --
  • 00:16:52.363 --> 00:16:54.499
  • I don't really -- i don't really preach
  • 00:16:54.565 --> 00:16:55.233
  • I don't really preach with the intention for you
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  • With the intention for you to worship god sunday.
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  • To worship god sunday. i want you to worship wednesday,
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  • I want you to worship wednesday, when it's weighty,
  • 00:17:01.572 --> 00:17:03.174
  • When it's weighty, when you are on your way
  • 00:17:03.241 --> 00:17:05.143
  • When you are on your way and you're worried.
  • 00:17:05.209 --> 00:17:06.344
  • And you're worried. so, in genesis 46:1,
  • 00:17:06.411 --> 00:17:10.348
  • So, in genesis 46:1, it looks like
  • 00:17:10.415 --> 00:17:11.115
  • It looks like they're going straight
  • 00:17:11.182 --> 00:17:11.816
  • They're going straight to egypt to get the food because
  • 00:17:11.883 --> 00:17:13.284
  • To egypt to get the food because that's where the food is,
  • 00:17:13.351 --> 00:17:13.985
  • That's where joseph is.
  • 00:17:14.085 --> 00:17:15.753
  • That's where joseph is. "but israel,"
  • 00:17:15.820 --> 00:17:17.622
  • "but israel," the better part of jacob,
  • 00:17:17.688 --> 00:17:19.857
  • The better part of jacob, "took his journey with
  • 00:17:19.924 --> 00:17:22.226
  • "took his journey with all that he had,"
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  • All that he had," including jacob.
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  • I'mma say it again.
  • 00:17:25.596 --> 00:17:27.498
  • I'mma say it again. your silence does not intimidate
  • 00:17:27.565 --> 00:17:28.766
  • Your silence does not intimidate me from making my point.
  • 00:17:28.833 --> 00:17:31.002
  • Me from making my point. you bring you with you.
  • 00:17:31.069 --> 00:17:34.972
  • You bring you with you. you bring you with you.
  • 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:37.341
  • You bring you with you. if you get a promotion,
  • 00:17:37.408 --> 00:17:38.676
  • If you get a promotion, i hope you're a good boss
  • 00:17:38.743 --> 00:17:40.011
  • I hope you're a good boss because you bring you with you.
  • 00:17:40.078 --> 00:17:42.680
  • Because you bring you with you. if you get a partner,
  • 00:17:42.747 --> 00:17:44.749
  • If you get a partner, you bring you with you.
  • 00:17:44.816 --> 00:17:46.484
  • If you have kids,
  • 00:17:46.584 --> 00:17:48.152
  • If you have kids, you bring you with you.
  • 00:17:48.219 --> 00:17:50.154
  • You bring you with you. and all they are
  • 00:17:50.221 --> 00:17:50.988
  • And all they are going to do is show you,
  • 00:17:51.055 --> 00:17:52.290
  • Going to do is show you, you in a funhouse mirror.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:54.459 --> 00:17:55.626
  • You bring you with you.
  • 00:17:56.194 --> 00:17:57.962
  • You bring you with you. so, when it says israel took
  • 00:17:58.029 --> 00:17:59.697
  • So, when it says israel took his journey and the people say,
  • 00:17:59.764 --> 00:18:01.165
  • His journey and the people say, "enjoy the journey."
  • 00:18:01.232 --> 00:18:03.167
  • "enjoy the journey." i hate that cliché.
  • 00:18:03.234 --> 00:18:04.535
  • I hate that cliché. how am i suppose to enjoy
  • 00:18:04.602 --> 00:18:06.237
  • How am i suppose to enjoy the journey with 70 jokers
  • 00:18:06.304 --> 00:18:08.706
  • The journey with 70 jokers that i can't trust,
  • 00:18:08.773 --> 00:18:10.208
  • That i can't trust, with a land that i'm headed
  • 00:18:10.274 --> 00:18:11.609
  • With a land that i'm headed to that i have never seen,
  • 00:18:11.676 --> 00:18:13.678
  • To that i have never seen, that i cannot research
  • 00:18:13.744 --> 00:18:15.046
  • That i can't even really
  • 00:18:15.146 --> 00:18:16.114
  • That i can't even really understand what it's going
  • 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:17.148
  • Understand what it's going to be like with the sadness
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  • Of past following me here?
  • 00:18:19.250 --> 00:18:21.052
  • Of past following me here? "so israel took his journey
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  • "so israel took his journey with all that he had
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  • With all that he had and came to beersheba."
  • 00:18:23.221 --> 00:18:26.023
  • And came to beersheba." beersheba is on the border
  • 00:18:26.090 --> 00:18:28.226
  • Beersheba is on the border of southern canaan.
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  • Of southern canaan. what does that mean?
  • 00:18:30.294 --> 00:18:30.828
  • What does that mean? it's right there on
  • 00:18:30.895 --> 00:18:32.296
  • It's right there on the edge of going to egypt.
  • 00:18:32.363 --> 00:18:34.599
  • If he gets past beersheba,
  • 00:18:34.699 --> 00:18:36.434
  • If he gets past beersheba, he's going all the way.
  • 00:18:36.501 --> 00:18:38.136
  • He's going all the way. so, he stops there and watch
  • 00:18:38.202 --> 00:18:40.271
  • So, he stops there and watch what he does when he stops,
  • 00:18:40.338 --> 00:18:41.806
  • What he does when he stops, he takes some of those animals
  • 00:18:41.873 --> 00:18:43.708
  • He takes some of those animals that were in that wagon,
  • 00:18:43.774 --> 00:18:45.510
  • That were in that wagon, that would've represented
  • 00:18:45.576 --> 00:18:46.944
  • That would've represented something that
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  • He accumulated in canaan,
  • 00:18:47.745 --> 00:18:49.280
  • He accumulated in canaan, and he offered sacrifices
  • 00:18:49.347 --> 00:18:52.316
  • And he offered sacrifices to the god of his father,
  • 00:18:52.383 --> 00:18:54.652
  • To the god of his father, isaac."
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  • Isaac." next verse, "and god spoke."
  • 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:59.757
  • Next verse, "and god spoke." verse 1, he offered
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  • Verse 1, he offered sacrifices and god spoke.
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  • He gave god something
  • 00:19:08.666 --> 00:19:11.969
  • He gave god something and god gave him something.
  • 00:19:12.036 --> 00:19:15.506
  • And god gave him something. i am not saying that
  • 00:19:15.573 --> 00:19:16.774
  • I am not saying that this is a transaction,
  • 00:19:16.841 --> 00:19:18.543
  • This is a transaction, but it is a fact.
  • 00:19:18.609 --> 00:19:20.311
  • But it is a fact. worship is heaven's strategy
  • 00:19:20.378 --> 00:19:23.614
  • Worship is heaven's strategy to unburden the human heart.
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  • [applause]
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  • Worship is heaven's strategy
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  • Worship is heaven's strategy to see you with
  • 00:19:33.090 --> 00:19:34.091
  • To see you with your messed up mind,
  • 00:19:34.158 --> 00:19:35.526
  • Your messed up mind, to see you with
  • 00:19:35.593 --> 00:19:36.294
  • To see you with your jacked up habits,
  • 00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:37.962
  • Your jacked up habits, to see you with your
  • 00:19:38.029 --> 00:19:38.863
  • To see you with your cluttered state of mind,
  • 00:19:38.930 --> 00:19:40.698
  • Cluttered state of mind, to see you in all of your
  • 00:19:40.765 --> 00:19:43.000
  • Burdenedness and to say,
  • 00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:45.102
  • Burdenedness and to say, "let me lighten your load."
  • 00:19:45.169 --> 00:19:49.340
  • And when he offered sacrifices,
  • 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:53.644
  • And when he offered sacrifices, god spoke and said,
  • 00:19:53.711 --> 00:19:55.713
  • God spoke and said, "jacob, jacob."
  • 00:19:55.780 --> 00:19:58.349
  • "jacob, jacob." and he said, "here i am."
  • 00:19:58.416 --> 00:19:59.550
  • And he said, "here i am." i'm here, i'm anx-cited
  • 00:19:59.617 --> 00:20:03.888
  • I'm here, i'm anx-cited about this journey.
  • 00:20:03.955 --> 00:20:06.657
  • About this journey. and verse 3 says,
  • 00:20:06.724 --> 00:20:08.826
  • And verse 3 says, "then the lord said,
  • 00:20:08.893 --> 00:20:09.660
  • "then the lord said, 'i am god.'"
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  • 'i am god.'" and aren't you glad that
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  • And aren't you glad that both of those are true?
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  • You're still jacob,
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  • You're still jacob, but he's still god.
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  • [applause]
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  • I told you i had
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  • I told you i had a word for you today,
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  • A word for you today, and the word is,
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  • And the word is, you need to worship
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  • You need to worship when you feel the weight.
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  • When you feel the weight. pull the wagon over and worship.
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  • Pull the wagon over and worship. "what do you mean, pastor steve?
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  • "what do you mean, pastor steve? i'm driving right now.
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  • I'm driving right now. should i lift my hands?"
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  • Should i lift my hands?" put your hands on ten and two
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  • Put your hands on ten and two and worship, and worship.
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  • And worship, and worship. and rehearse the greatness
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  • And rehearse the greatness of god until you forget
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  • Of god until you forget the frustrations of you.
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  • [applause]
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  • Jacob, jacob,
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  • Jacob, jacob, martha, martha,
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  • Martha, martha, simon, simon,
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  • Moses, moses,
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  • Moses, moses, i am god.
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  • I am god. i don't care
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  • I don't care who you think you are,
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  • Who you think you are, or who you're not.
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  • Or who you're not. you're not bound by any of that.
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  • You're not bound by any of that. "i am god,
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  • "i am god, the god of your father."
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  • The god of your father." by the way, isaac made
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  • An offering in beersheba too,
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  • An offering in beersheba too, so did abraham.
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  • So did abraham. this was a significant
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  • This was a significant place for jacob.
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  • Place for jacob. but he was having to do
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  • But he was having to do something his fathers never did.
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  • Something his fathers never did. and when you come to a place
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  • And when you come to a place where you've never seen
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  • Where you've never seen a model for it,
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  • A model for it, when you come to a place
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  • When you come to a place where you've never seen
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  • Where you've never seen an example for it,
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  • An example for it, when you've come to a place
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  • When you've come to a place where you didn't have
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  • Where you didn't have anybody to show you the way --
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  • Anybody to show you the way -- when you come to a place
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  • When you come to a place and you don't know how,
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  • Worship, worship,
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  • Worship, worship, and the lord will
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  • And the lord will lighten your load.
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  • Lighten your load. i'm not talking about sing,
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  • I'm not talking about sing, he didn't sing, he sacrificed.
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  • He didn't sing, he sacrificed. true worship is you giving up
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  • True worship is you giving up something that you
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  • Something that you weren't meant to carry.
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  • Weren't meant to carry. the lord will lighten your load
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  • The lord will lighten your load before you go forward into
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  • Before you go forward into this next thing,
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  • This next thing, i see you giving up what
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  • I see you giving up what people think about it.
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  • People think about it. that's worship.
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  • When you give up
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  • When you give up what people think about it,
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  • What people think about it, and you get serious about what
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  • And you get serious about what god has said about it,
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  • God has said about it, that's worship.
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  • That's worship. some of us cannot move
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  • Some of us cannot move forward in strength because
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  • Forward in strength because we are too stuck in status.
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  • We are too stuck in status. when you give up on
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  • When you give up on what people say about it,
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  • What people say about it, people think about it.
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  • People think about it. whether you're going
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  • Whether you're going to be embarrassed about it,
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  • To be embarrassed about it, when you worship
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  • When you worship and you say,
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  • And you say, "god, you're so sovereign,
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  • "god, you're so sovereign, look at all these
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  • Look at all these wagons you sent."
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  • Wagons you sent." i'm telling you,
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  • I'm telling you, if you want to get from weakness
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  • If you want to get from weakness to strength in your spirit
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  • To strength in your spirit this week,
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  • This week, start counting wagons.
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  • Start counting wagons. instead of telling them
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  • Instead of telling them how much it weighs,
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  • How much it weighs, start thanking him for wagons.
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  • Start thanking him for wagons. "look at what you've done
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  • "look at what you've done for me, god.
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  • For me, god. look at what
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  • Look at what you've brought to me, god.
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  • You've brought to me, god. look at how you've helped me."
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  • >> i don't want you to be
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  • >> i don't want you to be so confused by the noise
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  • So confused by the noise that's surrounding you
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  • That's surrounding you that you never know
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  • That you never know the god who made you
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  • The god who made you and never know his voice.
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  • >> when god calls
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  • >> when god calls your name once,
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  • Your name once, that's personal.
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  • That's personal. when he calls
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  • When he calls your name twice,
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  • Your name twice, that's pivotal.
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  • Above doubt and step into
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ i searched the world ♪
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  • ♪ but it couldn't fill me ♪
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  • ♪ man's empty praise ♪
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  • ♪ and treasures that fade ♪
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  • ♪ are never enough ♪
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  • ♪ then you came along ♪
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  • ♪ and put me back together ♪
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  • ♪ and every desire ♪
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  • ♪ is now satisfied ♪
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  • ♪ here in your love ♪
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  • ♪ hey ♪
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  • ♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ better than you ♪
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  • ♪ there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ better than you ♪
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  • ♪ lord there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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  • ♪ oh yes i know ♪
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  • ♪ it's true ♪
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  • ♪ come on tell him ♪
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  • ♪ i'm not afraid ♪
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  • ♪ to show you my weakness ♪
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  • ♪ my failures and flaws ♪
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  • ♪ lord you've seen 'em all ♪
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  • ♪ and you still ♪
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  • ♪ call me friend ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause the god ♪
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  • ♪ of the mountain ♪
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  • ♪ is the god of the valley ♪
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  • ♪ there's not a place ♪
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  • ♪ your mercy and grace ♪
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  • ♪ won't find me again ♪
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  • ♪ come on now ♪
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  • ♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ better than you ♪
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  • ♪ there's nothing oh ♪
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  • ♪ better than you ♪
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  • ♪ lord there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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  • ♪ i know it's true ♪
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  • ♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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  • ♪ somebody testify ♪
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  • >> ♪ this is the moment ♪
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  • ♪ when wind meets fire ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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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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