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Steven Furtick - The Lord Will Lighten Your Load (Part 3)

August 19, 2025 | S25 E231 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - The Lord Will Lighten Your Load (Part 3)
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 3) | August 19, 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 to strengthen
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  • Your faith and shift your
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  • Perspective stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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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
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  • You're weighty and he knows where you're weak and that's
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  • Where you're weak and that's what the wagons are for.
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  • 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
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  • 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]
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  • "but when he saw the wagons."
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  • "but when he saw the wagons." are you back there, justin?
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  • Are you back there, justin? can you circle,
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  • Can you circle, "when he saw the wagons"?
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  • "when he saw the wagons"? oh, "when he saw the wagons that
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  • 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
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  • I want you to circle "carry", too,
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  • "carry", too, 'cause i think that's
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  • 'cause i think that's the key right there,
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  • 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
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  • I don't think he needs to take something off of you,
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  • To take something off of you, i think he needs to put
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  • I think he needs to put something under you.
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  • [applause]
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  • The lord will lighten your load
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  • The lord will lighten your load not by decreasing the weight,
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  • Not by decreasing the weight, but by sending the wagons.
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  • But by sending the wagons. what are your wagons,
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  • What are your wagons, and why won't you get in them?
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  • And why won't you get in them? why you keep not
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  • Why you keep not joining an e-group?
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  • Joining an e-group? you think the whole group
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  • You think the whole group has covid but you?
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  • Has covid but you? you ain't gon'
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  • You ain't gon' catch nothing from,
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  • Catch nothing from, maybe but jesus.
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  • Maybe but jesus. might catch some joy,
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  • Might catch some joy, might catch some peace,
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  • Might catch some peace, might catch some better habits,
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  • Might catch some better habits, might catch some accountability.
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  • Might catch some
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  • Might catch some spiritual discipline.
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  • Spiritual discipline. might catch a
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  • Might catch a dave ramsey budget makeover.
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  • Dave ramsey budget makeover. you might catch something good.
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  • You might catch something good. keep praying about the weight
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  • Keep praying about the weight of your financial burden,
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  • Of your financial burden, but you won't get on the wagon.
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  • But you won't get on the wagon. get on the wagon.
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  • Get on the wagon. limp to the wagon.
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  • Limp to the wagon. you can get on the wagon
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  • You can get on the wagon weeping, just get on.
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  • Weeping, just get on. you can get on the wagon
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  • You can get on the wagon worried, just get on.
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  • You can get on the wagon
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  • You can get on the wagon with all of your weight,
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  • With all of your weight, these are good wagons.
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  • These are good wagons. these are trustworthy wagons,
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  • These are trustworthy wagons, 'cause joseph sent them,
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  • 'cause joseph sent them, 'cause god sent them.
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  • '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,
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  • 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
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  • Which is why it becomes so important.
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  • Becomes so important. i talked about the weight,
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  • I talked about the weight, i talked about the wagons.
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  • I talked about the wagons. can i talk for a moment
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  • Can i talk for a moment about the worship?
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  • About the worship? >> congregation: yes.
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  • >> congregation: yes. >> okay.
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  • >> 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,
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  • He says, "all the wagons are here,
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  • "all the wagons are here, that must mean it's true."
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  • That must mean it's true." and i use this to illustrate
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  • And i use this to illustrate all the things that god
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  • All the things that god is sending in your life
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  • Is sending in your life to convince you that
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  • 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?
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  • 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
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  • '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,
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  • There with animals, they're on there with people,
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  • They're on there with people, they're on there with people
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  • They're on there with people that act like animals.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I did not mean to describe
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  • I did not mean to describe your family vacation.
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  • [laughter]
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  • 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
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  • Let's just don't leave this in bc,
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  • Leave this in bc, let's bring it to right now.
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  • Let's bring it to right now. let's bring this to your life.
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  • 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.
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  • But he's still worried. and i think this is the part
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  • 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 --
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  • I don't really -- i don't really preach
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  • 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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  • I want you to worship wednesday,
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  • I want you to worship wednesday, when it's weighty,
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  • When it's weighty, when you are on your way
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  • When you are on your way and you're worried.
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  • And you're worried. so, in genesis 46:1,
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  • So, in genesis 46:1, it looks like
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  • They're going straight
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  • They're going straight to egypt to get the food because
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  • To egypt to get the food because that's where the food is,
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  • That's where joseph is.
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  • That's where joseph is. "but israel,"
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  • "but israel," the better part of jacob,
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  • The better part of jacob, "took his journey with
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  • "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.
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  • I'mma say it again. your silence does not intimidate
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  • Your silence does not intimidate me from making my point.
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  • Me from making my point. you bring you with you.
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  • You bring you with you. you bring you with you.
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  • You bring you with you. if you get a promotion,
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  • If you get a promotion, i hope you're a good boss
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  • I hope you're a good boss because you bring you with you.
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  • Because you bring you with you. if you get a partner,
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  • If you get a partner, you bring you with you.
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  • If you have kids,
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  • If you have kids, you bring you with you.
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  • You bring you with you. and all they are
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  • And all they are going to do is show you,
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  • Going to do is show you, you in a funhouse mirror.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You bring you with you.
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  • You bring you with you. so, when it says israel took
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  • So, when it says israel took his journey and the people say,
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  • His journey and the people say, "enjoy the journey."
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  • "enjoy the journey." i hate that cliché.
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  • I hate that cliché. how am i supposed to enjoy
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  • How am i supposed to enjoy the journey with 70 jokers
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  • The journey with 70 jokers that i can't trust,
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  • That i can't trust, with a land that i'm headed
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  • With a land that i'm headed to that i have never seen,
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  • To that i have never seen, that i cannot research
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  • That i can't even really
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  • That i can't even really understand what it's going
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  • Understand what it's going to be like with the sadness
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  • Of my past following me here?
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  • Of my 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."
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  • And came to beersheba." beersheba is on the border
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  • Beersheba is on the border of southern canaan.
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  • Of southern canaan. what does that mean?
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  • What does that mean? it's right there on
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  • It's right there on the edge of going to egypt.
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  • If he gets past beersheba,
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  • If he gets past beersheba, he's going all the way.
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  • He's going all the way. so, he stops there and watch
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  • So, he stops there and watch what he does when he stops,
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  • What he does when he stops, he takes some of those animals
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  • He takes some of those animals that were in that wagon,
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  • That were in that wagon, that would've represented
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  • That would've represented something that
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  • He accumulated in canaan,
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  • He accumulated in canaan, and he offered sacrifices
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  • And he offered sacrifices to the god of his father,
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  • To the god of his father, isaac."
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  • Isaac." next verse, "and god spoke."
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  • 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
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  • He gave god something and god gave him something.
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  • And god gave him something. i am not saying that
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  • I am not saying that this is a transaction,
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  • This is a transaction, but it is a fact.
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  • But it is a fact. worship is heaven's strategy
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  • 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
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  • To see you with your messed up mind,
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  • Your messed up mind, to see you with
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  • To see you with your jacked up habits,
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  • Your jacked up habits, to see you with your
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  • To see you with your cluttered state of mind,
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  • Cluttered state of mind, to see you in all of your
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  • Burdenedness and to say,
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  • Burdenedness and to say, "let me lighten your load."
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  • And when he offered sacrifices,
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  • And when he offered sacrifices, god spoke and said,
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  • God spoke and said, "jacob, jacob."
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  • "jacob, jacob." and he said, "here i am."
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  • And he said, "here i am." i'm here, i'm anx-cited
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  • I'm here, i'm anx-cited about this journey.
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  • About this journey. and verse 3 says,
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  • And verse 3 says, "then the lord said,
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  • "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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  • 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 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.
  • 00:08:55.153 --> 00:08:58.356
  • 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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  • That's worship. 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
  • 00:09:21.613 --> 00:09:22.747
  • 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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  • 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,
  • 00:09:35.493 --> 00:09:36.094
  • "god, you're so sovereign, look at all these
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  • Look at all these wagons you sent."
  • 00:09:37.295 --> 00:09:39.264
  • 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.
  • 00:09:44.169 --> 00:09:47.339
  • Start counting wagons. instead of telling them
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  • Instead of telling them how much it weighs,
  • 00:09:48.273 --> 00:09:49.341
  • 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
  • 00:09:52.744 --> 00:09:53.578
  • 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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  • [applause]
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  • And the lord said,
  • 00:09:59.250 --> 00:09:59.751
  • And the lord said, "jacob, jacob, i am god.
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  • I know this isn't the same
  • 00:10:01.886 --> 00:10:03.021
  • I know this isn't the same way that your fathers went.
  • 00:10:03.088 --> 00:10:04.489
  • Way that your fathers went. i know this isn't the same
  • 00:10:04.556 --> 00:10:05.790
  • I know this isn't the same strategy that they had,
  • 00:10:05.857 --> 00:10:07.025
  • Strategy that they had, but i'm the same god.
  • 00:10:07.092 --> 00:10:08.159
  • But i'm the same god. so, do not be afraid
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  • So, do not be afraid to go down to egypt."
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  • To go down to egypt." now, i don't know what you need
  • 00:10:11.696 --> 00:10:12.864
  • Now, i don't know what you need to put in that sentence,
  • 00:10:12.931 --> 00:10:13.565
  • To put in that sentence, but leave it up there.
  • 00:10:13.632 --> 00:10:14.833
  • But leave it up there. do not be afraid to.
  • 00:10:14.899 --> 00:10:16.534
  • There are two specific times
  • 00:10:17.402 --> 00:10:18.903
  • There are two specific times in scripture that god says,
  • 00:10:18.970 --> 00:10:20.472
  • In scripture that god says, specifically what not
  • 00:10:20.538 --> 00:10:21.773
  • Specifically what not to be afraid of.
  • 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:23.575
  • To be afraid of. he tells joseph,
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  • He tells joseph, do not be afraid to take mary
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  • Do not be afraid to take mary home as your wife
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  • Home as your wife because what is in her
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  • Because what is in her is of me.
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  • Is of me. and he tells jacob,
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  • And he tells jacob, do not be afraid to go to egypt.
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  • Do not be afraid to go to egypt. even though it seems dangerous,
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  • Even though it seems dangerous, even though it seems risky.
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  • Even though it seems risky. remember, i'm not telling you
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  • Remember, i'm not telling you to start a hair salon.
  • 00:10:39.090 --> 00:10:40.625
  • To start a hair salon. egypt does not represent just
  • 00:10:40.692 --> 00:10:42.727
  • Egypt does not represent just whatever thing you want to do.
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  • Whatever thing you want to do. it is what god has called you
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  • It is what god has called you to do that you are afraid to do,
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  • To do that you are afraid to do, that you are unfamiliar with.
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  • That you are unfamiliar with. do not be afraid to do it,
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  • Do not be afraid to do it, watch this,
  • 00:10:53.304 --> 00:10:54.139
  • Watch this, "for there,"
  • 00:10:54.205 --> 00:10:55.373
  • "for there," in the unfamiliar place,
  • 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.975
  • In the unfamiliar place, there in the place nobody
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  • There in the place nobody in your family has
  • 00:10:58.810 --> 00:10:59.611
  • In your family has lived in before,
  • 00:10:59.678 --> 00:11:00.912
  • Lived in before, there in the place where
  • 00:11:00.979 --> 00:11:02.380
  • There in the place where you thought joseph was dead,
  • 00:11:02.447 --> 00:11:04.149
  • You thought joseph was dead, but he's actually
  • 00:11:04.215 --> 00:11:05.150
  • But he's actually waiting for you.
  • 00:11:05.216 --> 00:11:06.284
  • Waiting for you. "there i will make you into
  • 00:11:06.351 --> 00:11:08.186
  • "there i will make you into a great nation."
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  • A great nation." verse 4,
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  • Verse 4, "i myself will go
  • 00:11:11.156 --> 00:11:15.560
  • "i myself will go down with you to egypt."
  • 00:11:15.627 --> 00:11:20.331
  • Down with you to egypt." to the hospital,
  • 00:11:20.398 --> 00:11:22.434
  • To the hospital, into your senior years,
  • 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:25.036
  • Into your senior years, into the ninth grade.
  • 00:11:25.103 --> 00:11:26.838
  • Into the ninth grade. i myself, god says,
  • 00:11:26.905 --> 00:11:29.708
  • I myself, god says, will go down with you.
  • 00:11:29.774 --> 00:11:32.444
  • Will go down with you. in other words,
  • 00:11:32.510 --> 00:11:33.344
  • In other words, i'm gonna lighten your load.
  • 00:11:33.411 --> 00:11:35.780
  • I'm gonna lighten your load. because, not only do
  • 00:11:35.847 --> 00:11:36.781
  • You have weight,
  • 00:11:36.881 --> 00:11:38.283
  • You have weight, and not only do
  • 00:11:38.349 --> 00:11:39.150
  • And not only do you have wagons,
  • 00:11:39.217 --> 00:11:40.685
  • You have wagons, and not only do you
  • 00:11:40.752 --> 00:11:41.820
  • And not only do you have worship,
  • 00:11:41.886 --> 00:11:43.154
  • Have worship, but when you worship me,
  • 00:11:43.221 --> 00:11:45.090
  • But when you worship me, the weight lifts,
  • 00:11:45.156 --> 00:11:46.524
  • The weight lifts, and your wagons have wings
  • 00:11:46.591 --> 00:11:49.294
  • And your wagons have wings and i'm carrying you,
  • 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:50.962
  • And i'm carrying you, 'cause i got wings.
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  • [applause]
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  • I put wings on your wagons.
  • 00:11:56.201 --> 00:11:58.570
  • I put wings on your wagons. i put strength in your weakness.
  • 00:11:58.636 --> 00:12:01.439
  • I put strength in your weakness. i put a step in your limp.
  • 00:12:01.506 --> 00:12:04.075
  • I put power in your spirit.
  • 00:12:04.175 --> 00:12:06.711
  • I put power in your spirit. i put wings on your wagons.
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  • [applause]
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  • My wagons have wings, y'all.
  • 00:12:11.883 --> 00:12:14.052
  • My wagons have wings, y'all. i'm gonna get there
  • 00:12:14.119 --> 00:12:15.019
  • 'cause he's with me.
  • 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:16.321
  • 'cause he's with me. my wagons have wings.
  • 00:12:16.387 --> 00:12:18.656
  • My wagons have wings. yeah, i've got weight on me.
  • 00:12:18.723 --> 00:12:20.458
  • Yeah, i've got weight on me. yeah, i've got burdens
  • 00:12:20.525 --> 00:12:21.693
  • Yeah, i've got burdens about the future.
  • 00:12:21.760 --> 00:12:22.694
  • About the future. yeah, i'm excited about it.
  • 00:12:22.761 --> 00:12:24.562
  • Yeah, i'm excited about it. yeah, i'm still jacob,
  • 00:12:24.629 --> 00:12:26.297
  • Yeah, i'm still jacob, but i'm not traveling alone.
  • 00:12:26.364 --> 00:12:29.667
  • But i'm not traveling alone. 'cause they that wait on
  • 00:12:29.734 --> 00:12:32.303
  • 'cause they that wait on the lord will renew
  • 00:12:32.370 --> 00:12:36.107
  • The lord will renew their strength.
  • 00:12:36.174 --> 00:12:37.809
  • Their strength. they will mount up
  • 00:12:37.876 --> 00:12:41.045
  • They will mount up on wings like eagles.
  • 00:12:41.112 --> 00:12:45.617
  • On wings like eagles. i'm going to egypt
  • 00:12:45.683 --> 00:12:47.852
  • I'm going to egypt on eagle's wings.
  • 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:50.321
  • On eagle's wings. i'm going on wings.
  • 00:12:50.388 --> 00:12:53.057
  • I'm going on wings. they shall run
  • 00:12:53.124 --> 00:12:54.058
  • They shall run and not grow weary,
  • 00:12:54.125 --> 00:12:56.594
  • And not grow weary, they shall walk
  • 00:12:56.661 --> 00:12:57.228
  • They shall walk and not faint.
  • 00:12:57.295 --> 00:12:59.197
  • And not faint. i'm going in the strength
  • 00:12:59.264 --> 00:13:01.933
  • I'm going in the strength of the glory of god.
  • 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:06.371
  • Of the glory of god. my wagons have wings.
  • 00:13:06.437 --> 00:13:08.673
  • My wagons have wings. my wagons have wings.
  • 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:10.708
  • My wagons have wings. i got angels all
  • 00:13:10.775 --> 00:13:12.477
  • I got angels all around my family.
  • 00:13:12.544 --> 00:13:14.345
  • Around my family. my wagons.
  • 00:13:14.412 --> 00:13:17.515
  • My wagons. don't be surprised
  • 00:13:17.582 --> 00:13:18.817
  • Don't be surprised when i rise above it.
  • 00:13:18.883 --> 00:13:20.752
  • When i rise above it. the lord has lightened my load.
  • 00:13:20.819 --> 00:13:27.125
  • The lord has lightened my load. my wagons have wings.
  • 00:13:27.192 --> 00:13:30.028
  • My wagons have wings. my tears have intention.
  • 00:13:30.094 --> 00:13:32.030
  • My tears have intention. my worship has purpose.
  • 00:13:32.096 --> 00:13:33.798
  • I know you're carrying a lot,
  • 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:47.579
  • I know you're carrying a lot, but you're carried too.
  • 00:13:47.645 --> 00:13:50.548
  • But you're carried too. your wagons have wings.
  • 00:13:50.615 --> 00:13:55.253
  • Your wagons have wings. he's going with you.
  • 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:57.422
  • He's going with you. i don't know where you're going,
  • 00:13:57.488 --> 00:13:58.189
  • I don't know where you're going, you don't either,
  • 00:13:58.256 --> 00:13:59.757
  • You don't either, but i know one thing,
  • 00:13:59.824 --> 00:14:01.893
  • But i know one thing, he's going with you.
  • 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.062
  • He's going with you. give me my camera,
  • 00:14:04.128 --> 00:14:04.796
  • Give me my camera, i speak to your
  • 00:14:04.863 --> 00:14:05.463
  • I speak to your burdened soul today.
  • 00:14:05.530 --> 00:14:07.065
  • Burdened soul today. he's going with you.
  • 00:14:07.131 --> 00:14:09.868
  • He's going with you. a while back i was doing
  • 00:14:09.934 --> 00:14:10.702
  • A while back i was doing ministry with somebody,
  • 00:14:10.768 --> 00:14:11.703
  • Ministry with somebody, it was tag team,
  • 00:14:11.769 --> 00:14:13.004
  • It was tag team, i looked over at them
  • 00:14:13.071 --> 00:14:13.771
  • I looked over at them before we went up,
  • 00:14:13.838 --> 00:14:14.973
  • Before we went up, i could see he was so nervous.
  • 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:16.808
  • I could see he was so nervous. i put my arm around him.
  • 00:14:16.875 --> 00:14:17.609
  • I put my arm around him. i said, "you doing alright?"
  • 00:14:17.675 --> 00:14:18.309
  • I said, "you doing alright?" he said, "no."
  • 00:14:18.376 --> 00:14:20.044
  • He said, "no." i said, "why not?"
  • 00:14:20.111 --> 00:14:20.612
  • I said, "why not?" he said,
  • 00:14:20.678 --> 00:14:21.079
  • He said, "i don't know what
  • 00:14:21.145 --> 00:14:21.579
  • "i don't know what to do up there."
  • 00:14:21.646 --> 00:14:22.780
  • To do up there." i said,
  • 00:14:22.847 --> 00:14:24.983
  • I said, "i'm not good at much,
  • 00:14:25.049 --> 00:14:27.018
  • "i'm not good at much, but i'm good at this.
  • 00:14:27.085 --> 00:14:28.987
  • But i'm good at this. the lord's prepared me.
  • 00:14:29.053 --> 00:14:31.256
  • The lord's prepared me. so, when we go up there,
  • 00:14:31.322 --> 00:14:33.124
  • So, when we go up there, i don't want you
  • 00:14:33.191 --> 00:14:33.758
  • I don't want you to worry about anything.
  • 00:14:33.825 --> 00:14:35.627
  • To worry about anything. i'm going up there with you.
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  • I'm going up there with you. and if you stop
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  • And if you stop talking mid syllable,
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  • Talking mid syllable, i'll pick it up and say
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  • I'll pick it up and say the next syllable like we
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  • The next syllable like we meant to do it."
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  • Meant to do it." 'cause i could tell he was --
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  • 'cause i could tell he was -- he was carrying weight.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, i told him,
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  • So, i told him, "i'll be your wings."
  • 00:14:54.412 --> 00:14:56.948
  • "i'll be your wings." i could see a tear come
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  • I could see a tear come in his eye because
  • 00:14:57.815 --> 00:14:58.683
  • In his eye because he was carrying so much.
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  • He was carrying so much. i'll be your wingman.
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  • I'll be your wingman. that's what i was telling him.
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  • That's what i was telling him. and then, i looked him in his
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  • And then, i looked him in his eye and i say something to him,
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  • And i believe that the lord
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  • And i believe that the lord would say this to each
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  • Would say this to each of his children today too,
  • 00:15:11.896 --> 00:15:13.364
  • Of his children today too, "hey, hey, i won't
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  • "hey, hey, i won't let you fail."
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  • [applause]
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  • And i know every skeptical
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  • And i know every skeptical in your bone is --
  • 00:15:32.116 --> 00:15:33.418
  • In your bone is -- every bone in your body
  • 00:15:33.484 --> 00:15:34.385
  • Every bone in your body that's skeptical is
  • 00:15:34.452 --> 00:15:35.253
  • That's skeptical is screaming right now,
  • 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:35.920
  • Screaming right now, "then why did my best
  • 00:15:35.987 --> 00:15:38.056
  • "then why did my best friend die of cancer?
  • 00:15:38.122 --> 00:15:39.290
  • Friend die of cancer? then why did the business fail?
  • 00:15:39.357 --> 00:15:40.425
  • Then why did the business fail? then why did the marriage fail?"
  • 00:15:40.491 --> 00:15:42.627
  • Then why did the marriage fail?" maybe it wasn't a failure.
  • 00:15:42.694 --> 00:15:46.197
  • Maybe it wasn't a failure. maybe even --
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  • Maybe even -- maybe even when they died,
  • 00:15:48.232 --> 00:15:50.735
  • Maybe even when they died, their purpose on earth
  • 00:15:50.802 --> 00:15:52.804
  • Their purpose on earth was just getting started.
  • 00:15:52.870 --> 00:15:55.974
  • Was just getting started. maybe the business that failed
  • 00:15:56.040 --> 00:15:57.442
  • Maybe the business that failed wasn't the one that you
  • 00:15:57.508 --> 00:15:58.309
  • Wasn't the one that you were called to run.
  • 00:15:58.376 --> 00:15:59.310
  • Were called to run. did you think about that?
  • 00:15:59.377 --> 00:16:01.713
  • Did you think about that? maybe god's failures
  • 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.680
  • Maybe god's failures are foundations.
  • 00:16:02.747 --> 00:16:05.817
  • Are foundations. and i want you to let him
  • 00:16:05.883 --> 00:16:08.653
  • And i want you to let him lighten your load today 'cause
  • 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:11.889
  • Lighten your load today 'cause i'mma tell you something jacob,
  • 00:16:11.956 --> 00:16:13.524
  • I'mma tell you something jacob, if you try to ride
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  • If you try to ride in that wagon,
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  • In that wagon, and you let jacob steer,
  • 00:16:16.027 --> 00:16:17.929
  • And you let jacob steer, you won't make it
  • 00:16:17.996 --> 00:16:18.596
  • You won't make it where you're supposed to be.
  • 00:16:18.663 --> 00:16:20.531
  • Where you're supposed to be. the word of the lord came
  • 00:16:20.598 --> 00:16:21.265
  • The word of the lord came to israel in the night
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  • To israel in the night to speak to the part of you that
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  • To speak to the part of you that knows that worship
  • 00:16:25.436 --> 00:16:26.571
  • Knows that worship gives me wings.
  • 00:16:26.637 --> 00:16:28.673
  • Gives me wings. and it can be just the smallest
  • 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:30.341
  • And it can be just the smallest transition in your life.
  • 00:16:30.408 --> 00:16:31.676
  • Transition in your life. i'm telling you,
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  • I'm telling you, i know there are people
  • 00:16:32.410 --> 00:16:33.277
  • I know there are people in here today who
  • 00:16:33.344 --> 00:16:34.379
  • In here today who are carrying weight,
  • 00:16:34.445 --> 00:16:35.680
  • Are carrying weight, unimaginable weight.
  • 00:16:35.747 --> 00:16:37.515
  • Unimaginable weight. so, stand on
  • 00:16:37.582 --> 00:16:38.116
  • So, stand on your feet right now.
  • 00:16:38.182 --> 00:16:41.719
  • Your feet right now. and in the presence of your god,
  • 00:16:41.786 --> 00:16:45.289
  • And in the presence of your god, the god of abraham,
  • 00:16:45.356 --> 00:16:46.290
  • The god of abraham, the god of isaac,
  • 00:16:46.357 --> 00:16:47.091
  • The god of isaac, the god of jacob.
  • 00:16:47.158 --> 00:16:49.293
  • The god of jacob. jacob, jacob.
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  • Jacob, jacob. the god of simon, simon,
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  • The god of simon, simon, the god of martha, martha.
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  • The god of martha, martha. the god of abraham, abraham,
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  • The god of abraham, abraham, the god of moses, moses.
  • 00:16:59.637 --> 00:17:02.407
  • The god of moses, moses. that god knows your name,
  • 00:17:02.473 --> 00:17:03.574
  • That god knows your name, knows your needs,
  • 00:17:03.641 --> 00:17:05.676
  • Knows your needs, he knows your limp,
  • 00:17:05.743 --> 00:17:06.944
  • He knows your limp, he knows your loss,
  • 00:17:07.011 --> 00:17:10.081
  • He knows your loss, and he wants to give you wings
  • 00:17:10.148 --> 00:17:12.483
  • And he wants to give you wings on your wagon today.
  • 00:17:12.550 --> 00:17:16.554
  • On your wagon today. the truth is if you're here,
  • 00:17:16.621 --> 00:17:17.588
  • The truth is if you're here, it's because you were carried.
  • 00:17:17.655 --> 00:17:20.324
  • It's because you were carried. somebody say, "i'm carried."
  • 00:17:20.391 --> 00:17:21.626
  • Somebody say, "i'm carried." >> congregation: i'm carried.
  • 00:17:21.692 --> 00:17:24.796
  • >> congregation: i'm carried. >> that verse really
  • 00:17:24.862 --> 00:17:25.696
  • >> that verse really spoke to me, man.
  • 00:17:25.763 --> 00:17:28.166
  • Spoke to me, man. in verse 5, where it says,
  • 00:17:28.232 --> 00:17:29.367
  • "jacob set out from beersheba.
  • 00:17:29.467 --> 00:17:31.903
  • "jacob set out from beersheba. the sons of israel carried jacob
  • 00:17:31.969 --> 00:17:35.406
  • The sons of israel carried jacob their father, their little ones,
  • 00:17:35.473 --> 00:17:36.674
  • Their father, their little ones, and their wives,
  • 00:17:36.741 --> 00:17:37.909
  • And their wives, in the wagons that pharaoh
  • 00:17:37.975 --> 00:17:39.077
  • In the wagons that pharaoh had sent to carry him."
  • 00:17:39.143 --> 00:17:42.814
  • Had sent to carry him." you know how i know you can?
  • 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:45.450
  • Because you're carried.
  • 00:17:45.550 --> 00:17:47.652
  • Because you're carried. say that out loud
  • 00:17:47.718 --> 00:17:48.286
  • Say that out loud as a confession,
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  • As a confession, "i can.
  • 00:17:48.986 --> 00:17:49.720
  • "i can. >> congregation: i can.
  • 00:17:49.787 --> 00:17:50.621
  • >> congregation: i can. >> 'cause i'm carried."
  • 00:17:50.688 --> 00:17:51.456
  • >> 'cause i'm carried." >> congregation: 'cause
  • 00:17:51.522 --> 00:17:51.956
  • >> congregation: 'cause i'm carried.
  • 00:17:52.023 --> 00:17:54.992
  • I'm carried. >> i can make it through this,
  • 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:56.661
  • >> i can make it through this, i can find a solution,
  • 00:17:56.727 --> 00:17:58.329
  • I can find a solution, i can forgive them.
  • 00:17:58.396 --> 00:17:59.797
  • I can forgive them. i can continue
  • 00:17:59.864 --> 00:18:00.965
  • I can continue to work through this.
  • 00:18:01.032 --> 00:18:01.899
  • To work through this. i can recover.
  • 00:18:01.966 --> 00:18:03.101
  • I can recover. i can --
  • 00:18:03.167 --> 00:18:03.868
  • I can -- say it, "i can.
  • 00:18:03.935 --> 00:18:05.103
  • Say it, "i can. >> congregation: i can.
  • 00:18:05.169 --> 00:18:06.037
  • >> congregation: i can. >> 'cause i'm carried.
  • 00:18:06.104 --> 00:18:06.871
  • >> 'cause i'm carried. >> 'cause i'm carried."
  • 00:18:06.938 --> 00:18:08.306
  • >> 'cause i'm carried." >> and some people will
  • 00:18:08.372 --> 00:18:09.107
  • >> and some people will see that and they will think
  • 00:18:09.173 --> 00:18:09.907
  • See that and they will think that you're confidence
  • 00:18:09.974 --> 00:18:10.775
  • That you're confidence is cockiness.
  • 00:18:10.842 --> 00:18:12.343
  • Is cockiness. i'm not cocky, i'm carried.
  • 00:18:12.410 --> 00:18:17.982
  • I'm not cocky, i'm carried. i'm carried.
  • 00:18:18.049 --> 00:18:19.884
  • I'm carried. my confidence is in the fact
  • 00:18:19.951 --> 00:18:24.188
  • My confidence is in the fact that god is carrying me.
  • 00:18:24.255 --> 00:18:27.125
  • That god is carrying me. don't you see how his hand
  • 00:18:27.191 --> 00:18:29.894
  • Don't you see how his hand has carried you this far?
  • 00:18:29.961 --> 00:18:32.263
  • Has carried you this far? then why wouldn't you let
  • 00:18:32.330 --> 00:18:33.397
  • Then why wouldn't you let him lighten your load?
  • 00:18:33.464 --> 00:18:34.765
  • Him lighten your load? i imagine jacob getting back
  • 00:18:34.832 --> 00:18:36.167
  • I imagine jacob getting back on the wagons and they felt
  • 00:18:36.234 --> 00:18:37.235
  • On the wagons and they felt a little lighter because
  • 00:18:37.301 --> 00:18:39.470
  • A little lighter because he took a few of those
  • 00:18:39.537 --> 00:18:40.304
  • He took a few of those animals and sacrificed 'em.
  • 00:18:40.371 --> 00:18:42.773
  • Animals and sacrificed 'em. i imagine him getting back
  • 00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:43.774
  • I imagine him getting back on the wagon
  • 00:18:43.841 --> 00:18:44.809
  • On the wagon and feeling a little
  • 00:18:44.876 --> 00:18:45.476
  • And feeling a little bit lighter because he was
  • 00:18:45.543 --> 00:18:47.612
  • Bit lighter because he was reminded who he really was.
  • 00:18:47.678 --> 00:18:50.081
  • Reminded who he really was. i see him getting on the wagon,
  • 00:18:50.148 --> 00:18:51.449
  • I see him getting on the wagon, it's a little bit lighter.
  • 00:18:51.516 --> 00:18:53.851
  • It's a little bit lighter. 'cause you can't see it,
  • 00:18:53.918 --> 00:18:54.852
  • 'cause you can't see it, but my wagon has wings.
  • 00:18:54.919 --> 00:18:57.922
  • But my wagon has wings. be prepared this week,
  • 00:18:57.989 --> 00:18:59.123
  • Be prepared this week, somebody is gonna tell you,
  • 00:18:59.190 --> 00:19:00.825
  • Somebody is gonna tell you, "you look different.
  • 00:19:00.892 --> 00:19:03.094
  • "you look different. have you lost weight?"
  • 00:19:03.161 --> 00:19:05.363
  • Have you lost weight?" tell 'em, "yeah."
  • 00:19:05.429 --> 00:19:06.264
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:06.831 --> 00:19:09.667
  • Tell 'em, two things happened.
  • 00:19:10.101 --> 00:19:12.069
  • Tell 'em, two things happened. come on, look at your neighbor
  • 00:19:12.136 --> 00:19:12.803
  • Come on, look at your neighbor and say,
  • 00:19:12.870 --> 00:19:13.304
  • And say, "two things happened today."
  • 00:19:13.371 --> 00:19:14.639
  • "two things happened today." >> congregation: two things
  • 00:19:14.705 --> 00:19:15.206
  • >> congregation: two things happened today.
  • 00:19:15.273 --> 00:19:16.541
  • Happened today. >> tell 'em, "i lost weight.
  • 00:19:16.607 --> 00:19:18.109
  • >> tell 'em, "i lost weight. >> congregation: i lost weight.
  • 00:19:18.176 --> 00:19:19.377
  • >> congregation: i lost weight. >> and i got wings."
  • 00:19:19.443 --> 00:19:20.278
  • >> and i got wings." >> congregation: and i
  • 00:19:20.344 --> 00:19:20.811
  • >> congregation: and i got wings.
  • 00:19:20.878 --> 00:19:21.979
  • Got wings. now, let's take 20 seconds
  • 00:19:22.046 --> 00:19:23.214
  • Now, let's take 20 seconds and worship the lord
  • 00:19:23.281 --> 00:19:24.048
  • And worship the lord for what he did in this place.
  • 00:19:24.115 --> 00:19:26.317
  • For what he did in this place. let's sing a little bit.
  • 00:19:26.384 --> 00:19:28.252
  • Let's sing a little bit. come on worshippers.
  • 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.053
  • Come on worshippers. worshippers.
  • 00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:30.788
  • Worshippers. where are the worshippers?
  • 00:19:30.855 --> 00:19:31.522
  • >> ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:19:34.492 --> 00:19:35.293
  • >> ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.260
  • >> get your hands up.
  • 00:19:36.827 --> 00:19:37.428
  • >> get your hands up. get your hands up.
  • 00:19:37.495 --> 00:19:37.995
  • >> ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:19:38.596 --> 00:19:39.397
  • >> ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:19:39.463 --> 00:19:40.331
  • >> get your wings back.
  • 00:19:40.531 --> 00:19:41.432
  • >> get your wings back. get your wings back.
  • 00:19:41.499 --> 00:19:42.066
  • >> ♪ come holy spirit ♪
  • 00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:45.503
  • >> ♪ dry bones awaken ♪
  • 00:19:45.570 --> 00:19:48.739
  • ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:19:48.806 --> 00:19:49.373
  • ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:52.076
  • ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:19:52.143 --> 00:19:52.810
  • ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:19:52.877 --> 00:19:54.779
  • >> i'm carrying.
  • 00:19:55.246 --> 00:19:55.546
  • >> i'm carrying. i'm carrying.
  • 00:19:55.613 --> 00:19:56.080
  • >> ♪ not for a minute ♪
  • 00:19:56.781 --> 00:19:57.949
  • >> i'm carrying.
  • 00:19:58.482 --> 00:19:58.916
  • >> i'm carrying. i'm carrying.
  • 00:19:58.983 --> 00:19:59.483
  • >> ♪ was i forsaken ♪
  • 00:20:00.117 --> 00:20:02.553
  • ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.588
  • ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:20:03.654 --> 00:20:05.923
  • ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:20:05.990 --> 00:20:06.757
  • ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:20:06.824 --> 00:20:09.894
  • ♪ come holy spirit ♪
  • 00:20:09.961 --> 00:20:13.464
  • ♪ dry bones awaken ♪
  • 00:20:13.531 --> 00:20:16.601
  • ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:20:16.667 --> 00:20:17.301
  • ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:20:17.368 --> 00:20:19.036
  • >> come on, get these wings
  • 00:20:19.570 --> 00:20:21.772
  • >> come on, get these wings so you can rise above
  • 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.307
  • So you can rise above and make it.
  • 00:20:23.374 --> 00:20:25.876
  • And make it. he won't let you fail.
  • 00:20:25.943 --> 00:20:27.745
  • He won't let you fail. he won't forsake you.
  • 00:20:27.812 --> 00:20:30.014
  • He won't forsake you. he will not leave you.
  • 00:20:30.081 --> 00:20:33.351
  • He will not leave you. he's right here, right now.
  • 00:20:33.417 --> 00:20:37.655
  • He's right here, right now. he is god.
  • 00:20:37.722 --> 00:20:38.322
  • >> ♪ come holy spirit ♪
  • 00:20:39.056 --> 00:20:41.626
  • ♪ dry bones awaken ♪
  • 00:20:41.692 --> 00:20:44.996
  • ♪ the lord ♪
  • 00:20:45.062 --> 00:20:45.863
  • ♪ is in this place ♪
  • 00:20:45.930 --> 00:20:48.599
  • ♪ the lord is ♪
  • 00:20:48.666 --> 00:20:49.400
  • ♪ in this place ♪
  • 00:20:49.467 --> 00:20:52.403
  • >> heads bow, eyes closed,
  • 00:20:55.239 --> 00:20:56.807
  • >> heads bow, eyes closed, god is here.
  • 00:20:56.874 --> 00:20:59.110
  • God is here. he's here to forgive sin.
  • 00:20:59.176 --> 00:21:01.445
  • He's here to heal hearts.
  • 00:21:01.545 --> 00:21:04.282
  • He's here to heal hearts. he's here to make new.
  • 00:21:04.348 --> 00:21:06.784
  • He's here to make new. right now, there are hundreds,
  • 00:21:06.851 --> 00:21:07.985
  • Right now, there are hundreds, if not thousands of people under
  • 00:21:08.052 --> 00:21:09.520
  • If not thousands of people under the sound of my voice who
  • 00:21:09.587 --> 00:21:12.590
  • The sound of my voice who desperately need to give your
  • 00:21:12.657 --> 00:21:13.924
  • Desperately need to give your life to jesus today.
  • 00:21:13.991 --> 00:21:16.294
  • You cannot carry it any longer.
  • 00:21:16.394 --> 00:21:18.863
  • You cannot carry it any longer. you cannot do it by yourself
  • 00:21:18.929 --> 00:21:20.631
  • You cannot do it by yourself any longer.
  • 00:21:20.698 --> 00:21:21.532
  • Any longer. you were not meant to.
  • 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.967
  • You were not meant to. he died for you,
  • 00:21:23.034 --> 00:21:24.302
  • He died for you, he rose again
  • 00:21:24.368 --> 00:21:25.236
  • He rose again to give you life.
  • 00:21:25.303 --> 00:21:26.337
  • To give you life. it is by grace you are saved
  • 00:21:26.404 --> 00:21:28.172
  • It is by grace you are saved through faith.
  • 00:21:28.239 --> 00:21:28.873
  • Through faith. this not of yourselves,
  • 00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:30.241
  • This not of yourselves, it is the gift of god,
  • 00:21:30.308 --> 00:21:31.542
  • It is the gift of god, not of works,
  • 00:21:31.609 --> 00:21:32.243
  • Not of works, so that no one can boast.
  • 00:21:32.310 --> 00:21:34.645
  • So that no one can boast. and today,
  • 00:21:34.712 --> 00:21:35.246
  • And today, god brought you to this place
  • 00:21:35.313 --> 00:21:36.480
  • God brought you to this place so that you could be saved.
  • 00:21:36.547 --> 00:21:37.715
  • So that you could be saved. so, right now,
  • 00:21:37.782 --> 00:21:39.250
  • So, right now, i'm gonna lead you in a prayer,
  • 00:21:39.317 --> 00:21:40.618
  • I'm gonna lead you in a prayer, whether you're online
  • 00:21:40.685 --> 00:21:41.319
  • Whether you're online or in the room.
  • 00:21:41.385 --> 00:21:42.520
  • Or in the room. and if you'll repeat
  • 00:21:42.586 --> 00:21:43.154
  • And if you'll repeat this prayer after me
  • 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.188
  • This prayer after me and believe it in your heart,
  • 00:21:44.255 --> 00:21:45.756
  • And believe it in your heart, the bible says that if you
  • 00:21:45.823 --> 00:21:46.657
  • The bible says that if you confess with your mouth that
  • 00:21:46.724 --> 00:21:47.692
  • Confess with your mouth that jesus is lord and believe in
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  • Jesus is lord and believe in your heart god raised him
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  • Your heart god raised him from the dead,
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  • From the dead, you will be saved.
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  • You will be saved. right now, the hand of heaven
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  • Right now, the hand of heaven is stretching to you in
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  • Is stretching to you in the person of jesus christ.
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  • The person of jesus christ. will you receive this gift?
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  • Will you receive this gift? this is a new beginning for you.
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  • This is a new beginning for you. this is a defining
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  • This is a defining moment for you.
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  • Moment for you. god is calling your name
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  • God is calling your name right now,
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  • Right now, and i wanna lead you
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  • And i wanna lead you in this prayer,
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  • In this prayer, whether you're coming to him
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  • Whether you're coming to him for the first time or you've
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  • For the first time or you've wandered and you're coming back.
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  • Wandered and you're coming back. this is your day,
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  • This is your day, this is your moment,
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  • This is your moment, he's calling your name,
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  • He's calling your name, call on his name
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  • Call on his name and you will be saved.
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  • And you will be saved. repeat after me as
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  • Repeat after me as a church family, out loud,
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  • A church family, out loud, "heavenly father.
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  • "heavenly father. >> congregation: heavenly
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  • >> congregation: heavenly father.
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  • Father. >> today.
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  • >> today. >> congregation: today.
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  • >> congregation: today. >> is my day.
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  • >> is my day. >> congregation: is my day.
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  • >> congregation: is my day. >> of salvation.
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  • >> of salvation. >> congregation: of salvation.
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  • >> congregation: of salvation. >> i am a sinner.
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  • >> i am a sinner. >> congregation: i am a sinner.
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  • >> congregation: i am a sinner. >> in need of a savior.
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  • >> in need of a savior. >> congregation: in need
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  • >> congregation: in need of a savior.
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  • Of a savior. >> and i believe.
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  • >> and i believe. >> congregation: and i believe.
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  • >> congregation: and i believe. >> that jesus christ.
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  • >> that jesus christ. >> congregation: that
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  • >> congregation: that jesus christ.
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  • Jesus christ. >> is the son of god.
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  • >> is the son of god. >> congregation: is the son
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  • >> congregation: is the son of god.
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  • Of god. >> and the savior of the world.
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  • >> and the savior of the world. >> congregation: and the savior
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  • >> congregation: and the savior of the world.
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  • Of the world. >> and today.
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  • >> and today. >> congregation: and today.
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  • >> congregation: and today. >> i make jesus.
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  • >> i make jesus. >> congregation: i make jesus.
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  • >> congregation: i make jesus. >> the lord of my life.
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  • >> the lord of my life. >> congregation: the lord
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  • >> congregation: the lord of my life.
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  • Of my life. >> i believe he died.
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  • >> i believe he died. >> congregation: i believe
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  • >> congregation: i believe he died.
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  • He died. >> that i would be forgiven.
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  • >> that i would be forgiven. >> congregation: that
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  • >> congregation: that i would be forgiven.
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  • I would be forgiven. >> and rose again.
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  • >> and rose again. >> congregation: and rose again.
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  • >> congregation: and rose again. >> to give me life.
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  • >> to give me life. >> congregation: to give
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  • >> congregation: to give me life.
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  • Me life. >> i receive.
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  • >> i receive. >> congregation: i receive.
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  • >> congregation: i receive. >> this new life.
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  • >> this new life. >> congregation: this new life.
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  • >> congregation: this new life. >> this is.
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  • >> this is. >> congregation: this is.
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  • >> congregation: this is. >> my new beginning.
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  • >> my new beginning. >> congregation: my
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  • >> congregation: my new beginning.
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  • New beginning. >> i am.
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  • >> i am. >> congregation: i am.
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  • >> congregation: i am. >> a child of god."
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  • >> a child of god." >> congregation: a child of god.
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  • >> congregation: a child of god. >> on the count
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  • >> on the count of three shout you hand up
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  • Of three shout you hand up if you prayed that,
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  • If you prayed that, one, two, three,
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  • One, two, three, all over the room.
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  • All over the room. that's right.
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  • That's right. that's right.
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  • That's right. that's right devil,
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  • That's right devil, you lost another one,
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  • You lost another one, and another one,
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  • And another one, and another one,
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  • And another one, into the family of god.
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  • Into the family of god. born again by the spirit
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  • Born again by the spirit of grace.
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  • Of grace. let's give jesus
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  • Let's give jesus a great shout of praise.
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  • [cheering]
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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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  • New seven-part series,
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  • "called,"
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  • Discover the power of god's
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  • Personal interruption.
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  • Learn to hear his voice
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  • Above doubt and step into
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  • The purpose he has for you.
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  • That you just heard from pastor steven today,
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  • From pastor steven today, i wanna invite you to call
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  • This series explores what happens when god
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  • What happens when god calls your name twice.
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  • Calls your name twice. those intimate interruptions
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  • Those intimate interruptions where he breaks through
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  • Where he breaks through fear and distraction,
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  • Fear and distraction, and doubt to meet you
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  • And doubt to meet you right where you are.
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  • Right where you are. whether you feel overwhelmed
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  • Whether you feel overwhelmed like jacob, jacob,
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  • Like jacob, jacob, busy like martha, martha,
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  • Busy like martha, martha, or uncertain like simon, simon.
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  • Or uncertain like simon, simon. each message will help you
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  • Each message will help you hear his voice above the noise.
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  • Hear his voice above the noise. it will help you sense
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  • It will help you sense his restoring presence
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  • His restoring presence and it will allow you
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  • And it will allow you to step into the purpose
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  • To step into the purpose that he is preparing you for.
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  • That he is preparing you for. i know for me
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  • I know for me i can get distracted
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  • I can get distracted and busy like martha,
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  • And busy like martha, so much that i need
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  • So much that i need god to call my name,
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  • God to call my name, not just get my attention,
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  • Not just get my attention, but draw me back to him.
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  • But draw me back to him. and these messages gave me
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  • And these messages gave me practical ways to refocus
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  • Practical ways to refocus and i believe that
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  • And i believe that they'll do the same for.
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  • They'll do the same for. so, don't hesitate,
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  • >> ♪ you are jireh ♪
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  • ♪ you are enough ♪
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  • >> ♪ you are enough ♪
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  • >> ♪ jireh ♪
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  • ♪ you are enough ♪
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  • >> ♪ i will be ♪
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  • >> ♪ i will be content ♪
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  • ♪ in every circumstance ♪
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  • ♪ jireh ♪
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  • ♪ you are enough ♪
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  • ♪ forever enough ♪
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  • ♪ always enough ♪
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  • ♪ more than enough ♪
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  • >> if you know that to be true.
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  • ♪ forever enough ♪
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  • ♪ always enough ♪
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  • ♪ more than enough ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'm already loved ♪
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  • ♪ i'm already chosen ♪
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  • ♪ i know who i am ♪
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  • ♪ i know what you've spoken ♪
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  • ♪ i'm already loved ♪
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  • ♪ more than i could imagine ♪
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  • ♪ and that is enough ♪
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  • ♪ i'm already loved ♪
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  • ♪ i'm already chosen ♪
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  • ♪ i know who i am ♪
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  • ♪ i know what you've spoken ♪
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  • ♪ i'm already loved ♪
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  • >> ♪ more than i could imagine ♪
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  • >> ♪ and that is enough ♪
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  • >> ♪ yes it is ♪
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  • ♪ i'm already loved ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'm already loved ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'm already chosen ♪
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  • >> ♪ i know who i am ♪
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  • >> ♪ yes i know ♪
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  • ♪ what you've spoken ♪
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  • ♪ i know what you've spoken ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'm already loved ♪
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  • >> ♪ more than i could imagine ♪
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