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Steven Furtick - This May Be Plan C (Part 1)

April 20, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - This May Be Plan C (Part 1)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - This May Be Plan C (Part 1) | April 20, 2026
  • >> announcer: up next,
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  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking 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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  • >> philippians 3:10,
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  • “i,” i can't speak for you,
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  • “i,” i can't speak for you, but, “i wanna know christ.”
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  • But, “i wanna know christ.” i do.
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  • I do. “i wanna know christ, yes,
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  • “i wanna know christ, yes, to know the power of his
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  • To know the power of his resurrection and participation
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  • Resurrection and participation in his sufferings,
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  • In his sufferings, becoming like him
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  • Becoming like him in his death.
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  • In his death. and so somehow,”
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  • And so somehow,” love that word.
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  • Love that word. it means i'm more focused
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  • It means i'm more focused on the person than the plan.
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  • On the person than the plan. “i wanna know christ
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  • “i wanna know christ so that somehow,”
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  • So that somehow,” however he chooses to do it,
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  • However he chooses to do it, and that's what we're
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  • And that's what we're gonna talk about today,
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  • Gonna talk about today, by the way.
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  • By the way. “so somehow i can attain
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  • “so somehow i can attain to the resurrection
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  • To the resurrection from the dead.”
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  • From the dead.” now, this part's important.
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  • Now, this part's important. “not that i've already
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  • “not that i've already obtained all this, or have
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  • Obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal.”
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  • Warn your neighbor,
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  • Warn your neighbor, “i'm not there yet.”
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  • “i'm not there yet.” >> congregation: i'm not
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  • >> congregation: i'm not there yet.
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  • There yet. >> yeah, tell 'em,
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  • >> yeah, tell 'em, “i might cuss you out
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  • “i might cuss you out leaving the parking lot today
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  • Leaving the parking lot today if the lord doesn't do a work
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  • If the lord doesn't do a work because i'm not there yet.
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  • Because i'm not there yet. i don't want to,
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  • I don't want to, but it's possible.
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  • But it's possible. if the traffic's real bad,
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  • If the traffic's real bad, if you drive stupid.”
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  • [laughter]
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  • All right, focus.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I should read
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  • I should read the whole verse again.
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  • The whole verse again. i messed it up.
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  • I messed it up. “not that i have already
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  • “not that i have already obtained all this, or have
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  • Obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,
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  • Already arrived at my goal, but i press on to take hold
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  • But i press on to take hold of that for which christ
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  • Of that for which christ jesus took hold of me.”
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  • Jesus took hold of me.” beautiful.
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  • Beautiful. “brothers and sisters,
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  • “brothers and sisters, i do not consider myself
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  • I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it.
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  • To have taken hold of it. but one thing i do:
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  • But one thing i do: forgetting what is behind
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  • Forgetting what is behind and straining toward
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  • And straining toward what is ahead,
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  • What is ahead, i press on toward the goal
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  • I press on toward the goal to win the prize
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  • To win the prize for which god has called me
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  • For which god has called me heavenward in christ jesus.”
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  • Heavenward in christ jesus.” give the lord praise
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  • For his word.
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  • [applause]
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  • Now exodus 13,
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  • Now exodus 13, for our
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  • For our old testament demonstration.
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  • Exodus 13:17 says this,
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  • Exodus 13:17 says this, “when pharaoh let
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  • “when pharaoh let the people go,
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  • The people go, god did not lead them
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  • God did not lead them on the road through
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  • On the road through the philistine country,
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  • The philistine country, though that was shorter,
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  • Though that was shorter, for god said,
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  • For god said, ‘if they face war,
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  • ‘if they face war, they might change their
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  • They might change their minds and return to egypt.'
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  • Minds and return to egypt.' so god led the people
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  • So god led the people around by the desert
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  • Around by the desert road toward the red sea.
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  • Road toward the red sea. the israelites went up out
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  • The israelites went up out of egypt ready for battle.”
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  • Of egypt ready for battle.” now, i want you to sit
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  • Down in this order, okay?
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  • Down in this order, okay? if you are at one of our
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  • If you are at one of our physical locations today,
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  • Physical locations today, play along.
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  • Play along. if you're online,
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  • If you're online, just raise your hand
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  • Just raise your hand in the chat or something
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  • In the chat or something like that.
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  • Like that. if everything went the way
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  • If everything went the way you planned it this year
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  • You planned it this year and you are exactly
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  • And you are exactly where you intended to be
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  • Where you intended to be in every area of your life at
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  • In every area of your life at the end of this year when you
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  • The end of this year when you started the year,
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  • Started the year, you planned it and right
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  • You planned it and right now you possess it,
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  • Now you possess it, you may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. because we wanna look at who
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  • Because we wanna look at who to hire to be our therapist
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  • To hire to be our therapist or our coach or pray
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  • Or our coach or pray for because you're a liar.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But everybody else
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  • But everybody else that had a plan “a”
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  • That had a plan “a” and then a plan “b,”
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  • And then a plan “b,” i want you to look at
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  • I want you to look at your neighbor and tell
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  • Your neighbor and tell 'em my title because i think
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  • 'em my title because i think the whole church
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  • The whole church is still standing.
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  • Is still standing. tell 'em,
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  • Tell 'em, “this must be my plan c."
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  • [laughing]
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  • You may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. plan c.
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  • Plan c. that's what i'm
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  • That's what i'm calling the message, chris,
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  • Calling the message, chris, “this must be my plan c”,
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  • “this must be my plan c”, and we'll talk a little bit
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  • And we'll talk a little bit about what that means
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  • About what that means in just a moment.
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  • In just a moment. there was an apocalyptic fog
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  • There was an apocalyptic fog in the air as we drove
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  • In the air as we drove to church today.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Abby and i were
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  • Abby and i were driving into church,
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  • Driving into church, and i looked
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  • And i looked at her and said,
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  • At her and said, “this is kind of freaky.”
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  • “this is kind of freaky.” she said,
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  • She said, “i know,
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  • “i know, but it's kind of cool.
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  • But it's kind of cool. we were listening to a song
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  • We were listening to a song that we just recorded.
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  • That we just recorded. you don't have it yet,
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  • You don't have it yet, you will soon,
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  • You will soon, it's called “so be it.”
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  • It's called “so be it.” and as i was saying
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  • And as i was saying this to her,
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  • This to her, the voice of the lead vocalist
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  • The voice of the lead vocalist on our song called,
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  • On our song called, “so be it”
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  • “so be it” said, “like a thief
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  • Said, “like a thief in the night,
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  • In the night, he'll return for his bride.
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  • He'll return for his bride. even so, jesus come,
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  • Even so, jesus come, jesus come split the skies.
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  • Jesus come split the skies. so be it god.”
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  • So be it god.” and i looked at abby and said,
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  • And i looked at abby and said, “wouldn't it be wild if while
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  • “wouldn't it be wild if while we're listening to that,
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  • We're listening to that, jesus just came back on the --”
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  • Jesus just came back on the --” it's like 6 in the morning,
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  • It's like 6 in the morning, she's rolling her eyes
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  • She's rolling her eyes at me and stuff.
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  • At me and stuff. but i looked at her,
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  • But i looked at her, i'm just messing with her,
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  • I'm just messing with her, i said,
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  • I said, “would you be ready?”
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  • “would you be ready?” and she said,
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  • And she said, “not really,
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  • “not really, i've got some work to do.”
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  • I've got some work to do.” just keeping it honest,
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  • Just keeping it honest, like, i wouldn't want
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  • Like, i wouldn't want him to come exactly right now.
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  • Him to come exactly right now. i don't know what's going on
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  • I don't know what's going on in young abby's life
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  • In young abby's life that she needs to repent of,
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  • That she needs to repent of, y'all pray for her as well.
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  • Y'all pray for her as well. when the israelites left egypt,
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  • When the israelites left egypt, the bible uses an
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  • The bible uses an interesting phrase,
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  • Interesting phrase, and i call your attention
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  • And i call your attention to it once again as we
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  • To it once again as we bring these two amazing,
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  • Bring these two amazing, amazing scriptures
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  • Amazing scriptures together today.
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  • Together today. one is located out of 400 years
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  • One is located out of 400 years of slavery where god set
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  • Of slavery where god set his people free,
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  • His people free, and one is located in a prison
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  • And one is located in a prison cell where an apostle
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  • Cell where an apostle is being held captive
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  • Is being held captive for his obedience to god.
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  • For his obedience to god. let me set this up, okay?
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  • Let me set this up, okay? the richness of it is,
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  • The richness of it is, the second scripture i read you,
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  • The second scripture i read you, they're coming out of captivity.
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  • They're coming out of captivity. and, the first scripture i read
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  • And, the first scripture i read you he is still in captivity.
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  • But i think there
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  • But i think there is a thread that will help
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  • Is a thread that will help us evaluate where we are,
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  • Us evaluate where we are, where we wanted to be,
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  • Where we wanted to be, the plan we had,
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  • The plan we had, and what god actually did
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  • And what god actually did while we were
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  • While we were making our plans,
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  • Making our plans, which was laugh.
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  • The egyptians had held god's
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  • The egyptians had held god's people captive to the point
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  • People captive to the point that they cried out to god.
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  • That they cried out to god. and i wanna speak this sermon
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  • And i wanna speak this sermon in three different stages today.
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  • In three different stages today. one, i wanna talk
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  • One, i wanna talk about the crying, the crying,
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  • About the crying, the crying, and then i wanna talk about
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  • And then i wanna talk about the crossing, the crossing.
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  • The crossing, the crossing. why aren't you writing
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  • Why aren't you writing down the points?
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  • Down the points? what if there's a pop
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  • What if there's a pop quiz on this?
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  • Quiz on this? what if the devil tries
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  • What if the devil tries to beat you up next week
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  • To beat you up next week and you need to go back
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  • And you need to go back and refer to this?
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  • And refer to this? write it down: the crying,
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  • Write it down: the crying, the crossing,
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  • The crossing, and then the covering.
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  • And then the covering. those three things that i wanna
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  • Those three things that i wanna talk to you about today.
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  • Talk to you about today. they cried out to god,
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  • They cried out to god, it says in exodus 3:7.
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  • It says in exodus 3:7. this is not for the screen,
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  • This is not for the screen, but just listen
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  • But just listen to it real quick.
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  • To it real quick. “when the lord
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  • “when the lord appeared to moses,
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  • Appeared to moses, he said, ‘i've come down because
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  • He said, ‘i've come down because i'm concerned about my people.
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  • I'm concerned about my people. i have seen the misery
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  • I have seen the misery of my people in egypt,
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  • Of my people in egypt, i have heard them crying out.'”
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  • I have heard them crying out.'” i have devices all over
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  • I have devices all over my house that listen to me.
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  • My house that listen to me. i know they listen to me because
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  • I know they listen to me because i talk about a restaurant
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  • I talk about a restaurant and it shows up
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  • And it shows up on my phone without
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  • On my phone without being typed in.
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  • Being typed in. i'm thankful that the lord
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  • I'm thankful that the lord listens to me as well
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  • Listens to me as well and that he puts things
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  • And that he puts things in my path in response
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  • In my path in response to the prayers that i prayed.
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  • To the prayers that i prayed. have you ever noticed that god
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  • Have you ever noticed that god will put something in your path
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  • Will put something in your path in response to the prayer
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  • In response to the prayer that you prayed?
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  • That you prayed? god won't always pick you up
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  • God won't always pick you up and carry you where
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  • And carry you where you need to go,
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  • You need to go, but he'll put
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  • But he'll put something in your path.
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  • Something in your path. i believe
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  • I believe for somebody right now,
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  • For somebody right now, god put this message in
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  • God put this message in your algorithm because he's
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  • Your algorithm because he's putting something in your path.
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  • Putting something in your path. you almost tripped over
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  • You almost tripped over this video, didn't you?
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  • This video, didn't you? you didn't even wanna
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  • You didn't even wanna see a 45 year old
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  • See a 45 year old middle-aged man in a black
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  • Middle-aged man in a black hoodie with a bible open.
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  • Hoodie with a bible open. you were looking for something
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  • You were looking for something much more entertaining,
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  • Much more entertaining, but god put something
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  • But god put something in your path because he knows
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  • In your path because he knows about the things that
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  • About the things that you're going through
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  • You're going through and he wanted you
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  • And he wanted you to accidentally trip
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  • To accidentally trip over this video.
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  • Over this video. it's not the algorithm,
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  • It's not the algorithm, it's the anointing
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  • It's the anointing of the god who loves you
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  • Of the god who loves you so much and called you
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  • So much and called you from an early age that
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  • From an early age that he would put this message
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  • He would put this message in your path at this time.
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  • In your path at this time. oh, it's not an accident,
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  • Oh, it's not an accident, don't switch it off,
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  • Don't switch it off, don't mute it,
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  • Don't mute it, don't scroll past it,
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  • Don't scroll past it, don't fast forward till
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  • Don't fast forward till i really start going good.
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  • I really start going good. i'm going right now to tell you
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  • I'm going right now to tell you that often god will answer
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  • That often god will answer your prayer by putting
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  • Your prayer by putting something in your path.
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  • Something in your path. and we praise
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  • And we praise him when he does.
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  • Him when he does. we praise him when he does.
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  • We praise him when he does. we praise him when he does.
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  • [applause]
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  • No, it's not luck.
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  • No, it's not luck. it was the lord.
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  • It was the lord. the lord put that in my path.
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  • The lord put that in my path. it wasn't happenstance,
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  • It wasn't happenstance, it wasn't coincidence.
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  • It wasn't coincidence. stop blaming coincidence
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  • Stop blaming coincidence for god's work.
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  • For god's work. you see what i'm saying?
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  • You see what i'm saying? when you call it coincidence,
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  • When you call it coincidence, you diminish the divine.
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  • You diminish the divine. it was god that
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  • It was god that put it in your path.
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  • Put it in your path. god puts things in our path
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  • God puts things in our path in response to our prayers.
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  • In response to our prayers. and if we are not aware
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  • And if we are not aware of the things that he puts
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  • In our path in answer
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  • In our path in answer to our prayers,
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  • To our prayers, we will trip right over
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  • We will trip right over what he put in front of us
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  • What he put in front of us trying to get to what
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  • Trying to get to what we think we wanted.
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  • We think we wanted. i said you can trip right
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  • I said you can trip right in front of what god put--
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  • In front of what god put-- well i said that wrong.
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  • Well i said that wrong. you can trip over what god
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  • You can trip over what god put right in front of you
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  • Put right in front of you trying to get where you
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  • Think you need to be,
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  • Think you need to be, or trying to get to what
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  • Or trying to get to what you think you wanted.
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  • You think you wanted. paul said,
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  • Paul said, “i wanna know christ.
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  • “i wanna know christ. i'm clear about the outcome.
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  • I'm clear about the outcome. i wanna draw closer to him.
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  • I wanna draw closer to him. if i have to suffer
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  • If i have to suffer to get to know him,
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  • To get to know him, i would rather suffer
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  • I would rather suffer and know him than succeed
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  • And know him than succeed and forget him.
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  • And forget him. i would rather go through
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  • I would rather go through something hard and have him
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  • Something hard and have him than to be far from him
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  • Than to be far from him and everybody else think
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  • And everybody else think my life is wonderful.
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  • My life is wonderful. i would rather have christ.
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  • I would rather have christ. i would rather have him.
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  • I would rather have him. i don't wanna miss him
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  • I don't wanna miss him on the way to it."
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  • On the way to it." and it's so important that you
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  • And it's so important that you understand whatever
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  • Understand whatever you're going through
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  • You're going through in your life that god
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  • In your life that god hears your cries.
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  • Hears your cries. what do we mean
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  • What do we mean when we say that?
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  • When we say that? well, let me break
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  • Well, let me break it down for you.
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  • It down for you. and, i can't exactly
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  • And, i can't exactly explain this to you,
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  • Explain this to you, but when i describe it
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  • But when i describe it the holy spirit will help you
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  • The holy spirit will help you to know what i'm talking about.
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  • To know what i'm talking about. sometimes god answers
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  • Sometimes god answers your prayer by putting
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  • Your prayer by putting something in your path
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  • Something in your path that looks like what
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  • That looks like what you prayed for,
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  • You prayed for, that happens.
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  • That happens. but today i wanna talk
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  • But today i wanna talk with you for a little bit
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  • With you for a little bit about when god sends
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  • About when god sends a problem in answer to a prayer.
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  • A problem in answer to a prayer. sometimes god will send
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  • Sometimes god will send a problem in answer to a prayer.
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  • A problem in answer to a prayer. the example that i'm thinking
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  • The example that i'm thinking about in my life right now is
  • 00:10:15.167 --> 00:10:16.936
  • About in my life right now is too personal to share with you,
  • 00:10:17.003 --> 00:10:19.805
  • Too personal to share with you, but i just recently prayed about
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  • But i just recently prayed about something and then a problem
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  • Something and then a problem arose and i didn't see
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  • Arose and i didn't see the connection between
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  • The connection between the two at the time.
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  • The two at the time. but the lord then
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  • But the lord then later showed me,
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  • Later showed me, “you know that problem that
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  • “you know that problem that you are now praying for
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  • You are now praying for me to remove from your life,
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  • Me to remove from your life, that problem that you're
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  • That problem that you're praying for me to remove,
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  • Praying for me to remove, i sent to answer the last
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  • I sent to answer the last prayer you prayed.”
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  • Prayer you prayed.” i don't know if
  • 00:10:46.932 --> 00:10:47.533
  • I don't know if this is clear or not.
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  • This is clear or not. it's like, i asked god
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  • It's like, i asked god to do something in my life
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  • To do something in my life and then something happened
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  • And then something happened that did not resemble
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  • That did not resemble what i asked god to do.
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  • What i asked god to do. and so i'm like,
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  • And so i'm like, “oh god, i gotta get rid
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  • “oh god, i gotta get rid of this problem so you can
  • 00:11:00.746 --> 00:11:02.181
  • Of this problem so you can answer this prayer,” right?
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  • Answer this prayer,” right? i'm praying about this,
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  • I'm praying about this, here comes the problem.
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  • Here comes the problem. i'm like,
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  • I'm like, “oh god, take this problem
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  • “oh god, take this problem out and answer the prayer.”
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  • Out and answer the prayer.” and the lord's like,
  • 00:11:09.622 --> 00:11:10.589
  • And the lord's like, “i just did,
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  • “i just did, but i did it different.
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  • But i did it different. i did it different.
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  • I did it different. and so now the answer
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  • And so now the answer doesn't resemble the prayer,
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  • Doesn't resemble the prayer, so you are too blind
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  • So you are too blind to see that the thing
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  • To see that the thing that you're continuing
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  • That you're continuing to pray for me to take away
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  • To pray for me to take away is the thing that i sent
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  • Is the thing that i sent to answer the prayer that you
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  • To answer the prayer that you were praying to begin with.”
  • 00:11:26.405 --> 00:11:28.074
  • Were praying to begin with.” i know it's not very clear.
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  • I know it's not very clear. let me try to make it
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  • Let me try to make it clear from the bible.
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  • Clear from the bible. in exodus 13,
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  • In exodus 13, god's people are coming out
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  • God's people are coming out of egyptian slavery.
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  • Of egyptian slavery. god answered their prayer.
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  • God answered their prayer. he sent moses to get
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  • He sent moses to get them out of slavery.
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  • Them out of slavery. but they're not just concerned
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  • But they're not just concerned with coming out of egypt because
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  • With coming out of egypt because where will they go from egypt?
  • 00:11:45.124 --> 00:11:47.126
  • Where will they go from egypt? i have to have
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  • I have to have somewhere to live,
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  • I have to have some type
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  • I have to have some type of soil to cultivate,
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  • Of soil to cultivate, i have to have some type
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  • I have to have some type of agriculture by which
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  • Of agriculture by which i can partner with the earth
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  • I can partner with the earth so that our babies can eat.
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  • So that our babies can eat. i have to have some
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  • I have to have some kind of formation,
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  • Kind of formation, i have to have some
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  • I have to have some sort of government.
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  • Sort of government. and god is always taking
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  • You out of something,
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  • You out of something, bringing you into something,
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  • Bringing you into something, taking you out of something,
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  • Taking you out of something, bringing you into something,
  • 00:12:07.713 --> 00:12:09.048
  • Bringing you into something, taking you out of something,
  • 00:12:09.115 --> 00:12:10.516
  • Taking you out of something, and bringing you into something.
  • 00:12:10.583 --> 00:12:11.951
  • And bringing you into something. and the bible says something
  • 00:12:12.017 --> 00:12:13.319
  • And the bible says something very powerful in exodus 13:17,
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  • “when pharaoh let
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  • “when pharaoh let the people go.”
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  • The people go.” what's interesting about that?
  • 00:12:22.995 --> 00:12:25.397
  • What's interesting about that? god knew that although pharaoh
  • 00:12:25.464 --> 00:12:28.234
  • God knew that although pharaoh had let his people go with just
  • 00:12:28.300 --> 00:12:30.703
  • Had let his people go with just ten plagues, his people had
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  • Ten plagues, his people had still not let pharaoh go.
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  • Isn't it amazing that
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  • Isn't it amazing that it only took god ten plagues --
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  • It only took god ten plagues -- i know that's a lot,
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  • I know that's a lot, but it's only ten.
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  • But it's only ten. it only took god ten plagues
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  • It only took god ten plagues to get pharaoh
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  • To get pharaoh to let his people go.
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  • To let his people go. now, pharaoh didn't
  • 00:12:54.160 --> 00:12:54.727
  • Now, pharaoh didn't let them go quickly.
  • 00:12:54.794 --> 00:12:55.594
  • Let them go quickly. the enemy will never let you
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  • The enemy will never let you go quickly,
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  • Go quickly, not if you're gifted.
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  • Not if you're gifted. why would he?
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  • Why would he? why would he let you go quickly?
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  • Why would he let you go quickly? why would he release
  • 00:13:03.335 --> 00:13:04.537
  • Why would he release his grip on you?
  • 00:13:04.603 --> 00:13:05.638
  • His grip on you? why would he allow you
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  • Why would he allow you to forgive without
  • 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:08.007
  • To forgive without feeling bitterness?
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  • Feeling bitterness? why would he give
  • 00:13:09.041 --> 00:13:09.909
  • Why would he give up your services?
  • 00:13:09.975 --> 00:13:11.076
  • Up your services? why would he let you go easily?
  • 00:13:11.143 --> 00:13:13.245
  • Why would he let you go easily? he knows what you're capable
  • 00:13:13.312 --> 00:13:14.513
  • He knows what you're capable of if you ever get liberated.
  • 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:16.615
  • Of if you ever get liberated. why would he let you go?
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  • Why would he let you go? come on,
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  • Come on, somebody in new york shout.
  • 00:13:18.617 --> 00:13:20.052
  • Somebody in new york shout. the reason the devil is
  • 00:13:20.119 --> 00:13:21.287
  • The reason the devil is squeezing you is because
  • 00:13:21.353 --> 00:13:23.222
  • Squeezing you is because there's something he sees in you
  • 00:13:23.289 --> 00:13:25.257
  • There's something he sees in you that if you ever get free,
  • 00:13:25.324 --> 00:13:27.126
  • That if you ever get free, if you ever get loose,
  • 00:13:27.193 --> 00:13:28.761
  • If you ever get loose, if you ever shake
  • 00:13:28.828 --> 00:13:29.762
  • If you ever shake this off of you,
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  • This off of you, if you ever get out of here,
  • 00:13:30.963 --> 00:13:32.731
  • If you ever get out of here, if i ever get out of this place,
  • 00:13:32.798 --> 00:13:35.267
  • If i ever get out of this place, if i ever get out
  • 00:13:35.334 --> 00:13:36.202
  • If i ever get out of this mindset,
  • 00:13:36.268 --> 00:13:37.736
  • Of this mindset, i'm gonna do something for god.
  • 00:13:37.803 --> 00:13:40.706
  • I'm gonna do something for god. somebody shout,
  • 00:13:40.773 --> 00:13:41.607
  • Somebody shout, “god has something for me.”
  • 00:13:41.674 --> 00:13:43.642
  • “god has something for me.” >> congregation: god has
  • 00:13:43.709 --> 00:13:44.410
  • >> congregation: god has something for me.
  • 00:13:44.476 --> 00:13:45.477
  • Something for me. >> god's got something for you.
  • 00:13:45.544 --> 00:13:47.479
  • >> god's got something for you. that's what the attack means.
  • 00:13:47.546 --> 00:13:49.582
  • That's what the attack means. that's what the enemy
  • 00:13:49.648 --> 00:13:50.716
  • That's what the enemy is fighting you over.
  • 00:13:50.783 --> 00:13:51.917
  • Is fighting you over. god's got something for you.
  • 00:13:51.984 --> 00:13:55.287
  • God's got something for you. and isn't it amazing
  • 00:13:55.354 --> 00:13:57.223
  • And isn't it amazing that although it only took ten
  • 00:13:57.289 --> 00:13:58.557
  • That although it only took ten plagues for god to get pharaoh
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  • Plagues for god to get pharaoh to let his people go,
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  • To let his people go, it took 40 years of wilderness
  • 00:14:03.529 --> 00:14:05.464
  • It took 40 years of wilderness wandering for god to get
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  • Wandering for god to get his people to let pharaoh go?
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  • His people to let pharaoh go? relief is easy,
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  • Relief is easy, freedom is a process.
  • 00:14:14.807 --> 00:14:18.611
  • Freedom is a process. i feel anointed to teach today.
  • 00:14:18.677 --> 00:14:21.080
  • I feel anointed to teach today. let's don't worry about all
  • 00:14:21.146 --> 00:14:21.947
  • Let's don't worry about all three points,
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  • Three points, let's just talk
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  • Let's just talk about crying real quick.
  • 00:14:23.382 --> 00:14:25.718
  • About crying real quick. what if you are crying about
  • 00:14:25.784 --> 00:14:27.219
  • What if you are crying about something that god is using,
  • 00:14:27.286 --> 00:14:29.288
  • Something that god is using, that god is trying to use?
  • 00:14:29.355 --> 00:14:31.023
  • That god is trying to use? what if you are crying about
  • 00:14:31.090 --> 00:14:32.625
  • What if you are crying about something right now
  • 00:14:32.691 --> 00:14:33.626
  • Something right now and the lord is saying,
  • 00:14:33.692 --> 00:14:34.660
  • And the lord is saying, “those who sow in tears
  • 00:14:34.727 --> 00:14:36.061
  • “those who sow in tears will reap with joy?”
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  • See, you think those tears
  • 00:14:37.363 --> 00:14:38.530
  • See, you think those tears are wasted.
  • 00:14:38.597 --> 00:14:39.231
  • Are wasted. they're not wasted,
  • 00:14:39.298 --> 00:14:39.865
  • They're not wasted, they're water.
  • 00:14:39.932 --> 00:14:40.833
  • They're water. they are watering a harvest
  • 00:14:40.900 --> 00:14:42.434
  • They are watering a harvest that you can't see right now.
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  • That you can't see right now. so some of you god
  • 00:14:44.069 --> 00:14:45.004
  • So some of you god put something in your life,
  • 00:14:45.070 --> 00:14:46.372
  • Put something in your life, it's a great challenge,
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  • It's a great challenge, it's a terrible situation.
  • 00:14:47.873 --> 00:14:49.508
  • It's a terrible situation. it's a horrible situation.
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  • It's about as bad
  • 00:14:51.443 --> 00:14:52.544
  • It's about as bad as being at a red sea.
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  • As being at a red sea. look at this scripture.
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  • Look at this scripture. the bible says god could
  • 00:14:57.816 --> 00:14:58.784
  • The bible says god could have taken them a short way,
  • 00:14:58.851 --> 00:15:02.588
  • Have taken them a short way, but he didn't.
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  • But he didn't. and this is really
  • 00:15:05.257 --> 00:15:05.925
  • And this is really the challenge, right?
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  • The challenge, right? when god could,
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  • When god could, but he doesn't.
  • 00:15:08.327 --> 00:15:09.995
  • But he doesn't. look at the scripture again.
  • 00:15:10.062 --> 00:15:11.931
  • “he led the people around
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  • “he led the people around by the desert road
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  • By the desert road toward the red sea.
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  • Toward the red sea. the israelites went up out
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  • The israelites went up out of egypt ready for battle.”
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  • Of egypt ready for battle.” so now i'm confused,
  • 00:15:25.878 --> 00:15:27.179
  • So now i'm confused, work with me.
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  • Work with me. if they were ready for battle,
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  • If they were ready for battle, verse 18,
  • 00:15:30.416 --> 00:15:32.451
  • Verse 18, then why in verse 17 say,
  • 00:15:32.518 --> 00:15:34.286
  • Then why in verse 17 say, does god say,
  • 00:15:34.353 --> 00:15:35.788
  • Does god say, “if they face war they might
  • 00:15:35.854 --> 00:15:38.190
  • “if they face war they might change their minds
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  • Change their minds and return to egypt?”
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  • And return to egypt?” god is the only one who really
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  • Knows when you're ready.
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  • Knows when you're ready. god is the only one who
  • 00:15:47.232 --> 00:15:48.934
  • God is the only one who really knows what's in you.
  • 00:15:49.001 --> 00:15:51.870
  • Really knows what's in you. so god is the only one who
  • 00:15:51.937 --> 00:15:53.205
  • So god is the only one who can fully determine what
  • 00:15:53.272 --> 00:15:54.440
  • Can fully determine what to take you through
  • 00:15:54.506 --> 00:15:55.274
  • To take you through and when because he's the only
  • 00:15:55.341 --> 00:15:56.675
  • And when because he's the only one who knows
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  • One who knows what's really in you.
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  • What's really in you. there is a powerful thing that
  • 00:15:59.611 --> 00:16:00.679
  • There is a powerful thing that happens when i begin to decide
  • 00:16:00.746 --> 00:16:02.214
  • Happens when i begin to decide in my life that god has
  • 00:16:02.281 --> 00:16:03.983
  • In my life that god has me where he wants me.
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  • Me where he wants me. even if it was caused
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  • Even if it was caused by an attack of the enemy
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  • By an attack of the enemy god has me where he wants me.
  • 00:16:09.021 --> 00:16:10.622
  • God has me where he wants me. now, what would it look like
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  • Now, what would it look like if at the end of this year,
  • 00:16:12.624 --> 00:16:13.792
  • If at the end of this year, because i'm trying to help
  • 00:16:13.859 --> 00:16:14.760
  • Because i'm trying to help you as you reflect
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  • You as you reflect and as you expect and as you
  • 00:16:15.627 --> 00:16:16.895
  • And as you expect and as you accept and you do all
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  • Accept and you do all the things that we have to do
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  • The things that we have to do at this time of the year.
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  • At this time of the year. what would it look like for you
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  • What would it look like for you to have the kind of empathy
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  • To have the kind of empathy for yourself and trust
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  • For yourself and trust in god to realize that
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  • In god to realize that even if it's taking you
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  • Even if it's taking you a little longer than you
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  • A little longer than you expected it to take you,
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  • Expected it to take you, watch this,
  • 00:16:34.046 --> 00:16:35.147
  • Watch this, you're still going to get there?
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  • [applause]
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  • Tell your neighbor,
  • 00:16:42.321 --> 00:16:43.055
  • Tell your neighbor, “you're still gonna
  • 00:16:43.122 --> 00:16:43.589
  • “you're still gonna get there.”
  • 00:16:43.655 --> 00:16:44.356
  • Get there.” >> congregation: you're still
  • 00:16:44.423 --> 00:16:44.957
  • >> congregation: you're still gonna get there.
  • 00:16:45.024 --> 00:16:45.791
  • Gonna get there. >> maybe that's what
  • 00:16:45.858 --> 00:16:46.358
  • >> maybe that's what we'll call the message
  • 00:16:46.425 --> 00:16:47.059
  • We'll call the message when we put it online,
  • 00:16:47.126 --> 00:16:48.327
  • When we put it online, because i know you're
  • 00:16:48.394 --> 00:16:49.261
  • Because i know you're running a little late,
  • 00:16:49.328 --> 00:16:50.562
  • Running a little late, i know you got a little
  • 00:16:50.629 --> 00:16:51.397
  • I know you got a little bit of a limp.
  • 00:16:51.463 --> 00:16:52.698
  • Bit of a limp. i know you're not looking
  • 00:16:52.765 --> 00:16:53.599
  • I know you're not looking as fresh as you were when you
  • 00:16:53.665 --> 00:16:55.000
  • As fresh as you were when you started out the journey.
  • 00:16:55.067 --> 00:16:56.435
  • Started out the journey. i know it's not exactly
  • 00:16:56.502 --> 00:16:57.836
  • I know it's not exactly the right time,
  • 00:16:57.903 --> 00:16:58.871
  • The right time, but you're still
  • 00:16:58.937 --> 00:17:00.072
  • But you're still gonna get there.
  • 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:01.273
  • Gonna get there. tell them again
  • 00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:01.974
  • Tell them again and say it with faith,
  • 00:17:02.041 --> 00:17:02.808
  • And say it with faith, “you're still gonna get there.”
  • 00:17:02.875 --> 00:17:04.109
  • “you're still gonna get there.” >> congregation: you're still
  • 00:17:04.176 --> 00:17:04.743
  • >> congregation: you're still gonna get there.
  • 00:17:04.810 --> 00:17:05.511
  • Gonna get there. >> you're still gonna get there.
  • 00:17:05.577 --> 00:17:06.745
  • >> you're still gonna get there. and, it might have some
  • 00:17:06.812 --> 00:17:08.414
  • And, it might have some detours along the way,
  • 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:10.249
  • Detours along the way, and it might have some
  • 00:17:10.315 --> 00:17:11.517
  • And it might have some disappointments along the way,
  • 00:17:11.583 --> 00:17:13.285
  • Disappointments along the way, and you might not get there
  • 00:17:13.352 --> 00:17:14.620
  • And you might not get there with who you thought
  • 00:17:14.686 --> 00:17:15.554
  • With who you thought was gonna be.
  • 00:17:15.621 --> 00:17:16.355
  • Was gonna be. not everybody that started
  • 00:17:16.422 --> 00:17:17.423
  • Not everybody that started on the road trip is
  • 00:17:17.489 --> 00:17:18.257
  • On the road trip is gonna be in the car when
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  • Gonna be in the car when you pull up,
  • 00:17:19.191 --> 00:17:20.259
  • You pull up, but you're still
  • 00:17:20.325 --> 00:17:21.827
  • But you're still going to get there.
  • 00:17:21.894 --> 00:17:23.662
  • Going to get there. you understand what i'm saying?
  • 00:17:23.729 --> 00:17:24.963
  • You understand what i'm saying? you might not get through it
  • 00:17:25.030 --> 00:17:26.265
  • All unscathed and unscarred.
  • 00:17:26.365 --> 00:17:28.634
  • All unscathed and unscarred. you might have to show
  • 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.635
  • You might have to show a few of your wounds
  • 00:17:29.701 --> 00:17:30.769
  • A few of your wounds and your scars along the way
  • 00:17:30.836 --> 00:17:32.671
  • And your scars along the way to encourage somebody else,
  • 00:17:32.738 --> 00:17:34.273
  • To encourage somebody else, but you're still
  • 00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.707
  • But you're still going to get there.
  • 00:17:35.774 --> 00:17:37.910
  • Going to get there. the tears will not stop you,
  • 00:17:37.976 --> 00:17:40.079
  • The tears will not stop you, the trials will not stop you,
  • 00:17:40.145 --> 00:17:42.481
  • The trauma will not stop you,
  • 00:17:42.581 --> 00:17:44.616
  • The trauma will not stop you, the traffic will not stop you.
  • 00:17:44.683 --> 00:17:46.785
  • The traffic will not stop you. it will not stop you.
  • 00:17:46.852 --> 00:17:48.420
  • It will not stop you. your boss will not stop you,
  • 00:17:48.487 --> 00:17:50.489
  • Your boss will not stop you, the economy will not stop you,
  • 00:17:50.556 --> 00:17:52.257
  • The economy will not stop you, the weather will not stop you.
  • 00:17:52.324 --> 00:17:54.326
  • The weather will not stop you. that's why i like a day
  • 00:17:54.393 --> 00:17:55.861
  • That's why i like a day where the fog is out,
  • 00:17:55.928 --> 00:17:57.229
  • Where the fog is out, because there was somebody
  • 00:17:57.296 --> 00:17:58.397
  • Because there was somebody who got up and saw the weather
  • 00:17:58.464 --> 00:17:59.965
  • Who got up and saw the weather was bad in charlotte
  • 00:18:00.032 --> 00:18:01.633
  • Was bad in charlotte but said,
  • 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.267
  • But said, “i still gotta get there.”
  • 00:18:02.334 --> 00:18:04.203
  • “i still gotta get there.” and i'm looking
  • 00:18:04.269 --> 00:18:05.070
  • And i'm looking for a few rough riders
  • 00:18:05.137 --> 00:18:06.271
  • For a few rough riders in the house today who
  • 00:18:06.338 --> 00:18:08.173
  • In the house today who say come hell or high water,
  • 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:10.209
  • Say come hell or high water, come wind, come rain,
  • 00:18:10.275 --> 00:18:12.111
  • Come wind, come rain, come storm, come set back,
  • 00:18:12.177 --> 00:18:14.379
  • Come storm, come set back, come difficulty,
  • 00:18:14.446 --> 00:18:15.347
  • Come difficulty, come depression.
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  • Come depression. now shove your neighbor
  • 00:18:16.849 --> 00:18:17.816
  • Now shove your neighbor and testify, say,
  • 00:18:17.883 --> 00:18:19.051
  • And testify, say, “i'm still gonna get there.”
  • 00:18:19.118 --> 00:18:22.054
  • “i'm still gonna get there.” i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:22.121 --> 00:18:24.656
  • I'm still gonna get there. don't cancel my reservation,
  • 00:18:24.723 --> 00:18:26.825
  • Don't cancel my reservation, i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:26.892 --> 00:18:28.760
  • I'm still gonna get there. don't give my ticket away.
  • 00:18:28.827 --> 00:18:30.496
  • Don't give my ticket away. i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:30.562 --> 00:18:32.498
  • I'm still gonna get there. don't give away my seat
  • 00:18:32.564 --> 00:18:33.732
  • Don't give away my seat at the table.
  • 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.600
  • At the table. i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:34.666 --> 00:18:36.835
  • I'm still gonna get there. i'm not gonna be on
  • 00:18:36.902 --> 00:18:37.936
  • I'm not gonna be on the fast bus,
  • 00:18:38.003 --> 00:18:39.271
  • The fast bus, but i'm still
  • 00:18:39.338 --> 00:18:40.239
  • But i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:40.305 --> 00:18:41.473
  • Gonna get there. i'm not the valedictorian,
  • 00:18:41.540 --> 00:18:43.375
  • I'm not the valedictorian, but i intend to graduate.
  • 00:18:43.442 --> 00:18:45.611
  • But i intend to graduate. i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:45.677 --> 00:18:47.646
  • I'm still gonna get there. i might not do it like
  • 00:18:47.713 --> 00:18:48.914
  • I might not do it like she did it,
  • 00:18:48.981 --> 00:18:50.082
  • She did it, but i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:50.149 --> 00:18:52.184
  • But i'm still gonna get there. i might not have the right
  • 00:18:52.251 --> 00:18:53.452
  • I might not have the right shoes on,
  • 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.653
  • Shoes on, but i'm still gonna get there.
  • 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.022
  • But i'm still gonna get there. i might have a story to tell,
  • 00:18:57.089 --> 00:18:59.224
  • I might have a story to tell, but i'll tell my story
  • 00:18:59.291 --> 00:19:01.493
  • But i'll tell my story how i've overcome.
  • 00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:05.464
  • How i've overcome. high five three people say,
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  • High five three people say, “just get there.”
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  • “just get there.” just get there,
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  • Just get there, just get there,
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  • Just get there, just get there.
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  • Just get there. wipe your tears and drive.
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  • Wipe your tears and drive. wipe your tears and walk.
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  • Wipe your tears and walk. wipe your tears
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  • Wipe your tears and lift your hands.
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  • And lift your hands. i'm still gonna get there.
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  • I'm still gonna get there. i would have despaired had
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  • I would have despaired had i not believed that i would see,
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  • I not believed that i would see, watch this,
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  • Watch this, the goodness of the lord.
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  • The goodness of the lord. “so, moses,
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  • “so, moses, why are we going this way?
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  • Why are we going this way? can't we go the straight way?”
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  • Can't we go the straight way?” and see,
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  • And see, there's a difference between
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  • There's a difference between the straight way
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  • The straight way and the right way.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • This is plan a.
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  • This is plan a. this is plan a,
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  • This is plan a, and this is plan b.
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  • And this is plan b. this is plan c.
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  • [applause]
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  • Watch me.
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  • Watch me. this, tell your neighbor,
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  • This, tell your neighbor, “this might be.
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  • “this might be. >> congregation: this might be.
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  • >> congregation: this might be. >> your plan c.
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  • >> your plan c. >> congregation: your plan c.
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  • >> congregation: your plan c. >> plan c
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  • >> plan c is like this, okay.
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  • Is like this, okay. here's where they were,
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  • Here's where they were, egypt, right?
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  • Egypt, right? here's where they
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  • Here's where they were going, canaan.
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  • Were going, canaan. that's plan a.
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  • That's plan a. and then plan b
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  • And then plan b is go back.
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  • Is go back. that's what “b” stands for,
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  • That's what “b” stands for, we're going back to egypt.
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  • [laughter]
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  • This is plan c.
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  • This is plan c. plan c doesn't make
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  • Plan c doesn't make any sense.
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  • Any sense. plan c is, "wait a minute,
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  • We going around in a circle?
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  • We going around in a circle? why are you taking us
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  • Why are you taking us this way, moses?"
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  • This way, moses?" moses must be bad with a map.
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  • Moses must be bad with a map. sometimes the mission
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  • Doesn't look like the map.
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  • Doesn't look like the map. now this is so true
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  • Now this is so true for your life.
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  • For your life. i need you to know that
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  • I need you to know that you're still gonna get there.
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  • You're still gonna get there. say it,
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  • Say it, “i'm still gonna get there.”
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  • “i'm still gonna get there.” >> congregation: i'm still
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  • >> congregation: i'm still gonna get there.
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  • Gonna get there. >> i'm still gonna get there.
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  • >> i'm still gonna get there. graham came to me this weekend.
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  • Graham came to me this weekend. he said something
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  • He said something horrible happened.
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  • Horrible happened. “we had the speaker lined
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  • “we had the speaker lined up to speak sunday night
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  • Up to speak sunday night at the living room
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  • At the living room and they can't speak
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  • And they can't speak now and so what do i do?”
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  • Now and so what do i do?” i said, “oh, it's time
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  • I said, “oh, it's time for plan.”
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  • For plan.” >> congregation: c.
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  • >> congregation: c. >> c.
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  • >> c. plan c is cry .
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  • [laughter]
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  • Out to the lord
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  • Out to the lord and then cram,
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  • And then cram, and then cram
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  • And then cram the message as fast
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  • The message as fast as you can because
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  • As you can because this is plan c.
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  • This is plan c. i know it's nice
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  • I know it's nice when you get to prepare monday,
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  • When you get to prepare monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday,
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  • Tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday,
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  • Friday, saturday, but this is friday
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  • But this is friday and you gotta speak sunday.
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  • And you gotta speak sunday. so this is plan.
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  • So this is plan. >> congregation: c.
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  • >> congregation: c. >> this is when you thought you
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  • >> this is when you thought you were gonna have a week off, but.
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  • Were gonna have a week off, but. this is when you thought you
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  • This is when you thought you were gonna retire at age 62,
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  • Were gonna retire at age 62, but you gotta refire, now.
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  • But you gotta refire, now. this is plan c.
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  • This is plan c. i'm preaching to somebody,
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  • I'm preaching to somebody, i'm setting somebody
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  • I'm setting somebody free just to see this plan c.
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  • Free just to see this plan c. this is when --
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  • This is when -- it could have happened
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  • It could have happened that fast and you wanted
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  • That fast and you wanted to go back,
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  • To go back, but god won't let you go back,
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  • But god won't let you go back, but you can't go forward and
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  • But you can't go forward and god's taking you on plan c.
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  • God's taking you on plan c. back in rehab,
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  • Back in rehab, plan c.
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  • Plan c. back in recovery, plan c.
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  • Back in recovery, plan c. sending the children to their
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  • Sending the children to their mother's house on the weekends,
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  • Mother's house on the weekends, you didn't plan that getting
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  • You didn't plan that getting married, this is plan c.
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  • Married, this is plan c. this is plan c,
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  • This is plan c, this is --
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  • This is -- i didn't want to lose
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  • I didn't want to lose my virginity,
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  • My virginity, but i did and now
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  • But i did and now i'm asking god,
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  • I'm asking god, can he help me move
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  • Can he help me move past this in a new way.
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  • Past this in a new way. this is plan c.
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  • This is plan c. and it doesn't mean that
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  • And it doesn't mean that god left you,
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  • God left you, it just means he's
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  • It just means he's leading me differently.
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  • >> thank you so much
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  • >> thank you so much for being with us today.
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  • For being with us today. for some of you this
  • 00:22:54.393 --> 00:22:55.260
  • For some of you this might be a new rhythm
  • 00:22:55.327 --> 00:22:56.628
  • Might be a new rhythm that you're stepping into.
  • 00:22:56.695 --> 00:22:58.363
  • That you're stepping into. maybe god has been stirring
  • 00:22:58.430 --> 00:22:59.331
  • Maybe god has been stirring something in your heart
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  • Something in your heart and you're not even sure
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  • What to call it yet.
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  • What to call it yet. but you're here
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  • But you're here and you're listening
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  • And you're listening and that's what matters.
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  • And that's what matters. our heart as
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  • Our heart as a ministry is simple.
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  • A ministry is simple. we exist so the people
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  • We exist so the people far from god will be raised
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  • Far from god will be raised to life in christ.
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  • To life in christ. everything we do is about
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  • Everything we do is about getting god's word into
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  • Getting god's word into people's hearts because that's
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  • People's hearts because that's where real change begins.
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  • Where real change begins. which is why we want
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  • Which is why we want to invite you to be a part
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  • To invite you to be a part of what god is doing
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  • Of what god is doing through this ministry.
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  • Through this ministry. when you choose to give,
  • 00:23:25.757 --> 00:23:27.125
  • When you choose to give, you're not just supporting
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  • You're not just supporting a broadcast you're helping
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  • A broadcast you're helping make sure that someone else,
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  • Make sure that someone else, somewhere else can hear
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  • Somewhere else can hear the truth that brings hope
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  • The truth that brings hope and healing and new life.
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  • And healing and new life. your generosity
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  • Your generosity becomes an invitation.
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  • Becomes an invitation. it opens the door for the gospel
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  • It opens the door for the gospel to reach someone who may be
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  • To reach someone who may be searching right now.
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  • Searching right now. you can call the number
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  • You can call the number on your screen
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  • On your screen or go online to give.
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  • Or go online to give. every gift matters.
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  • Every gift matters. when we bring our gifts together
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  • When we bring our gifts together god multiplies them
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  • God multiplies them and lives are changed.
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  • And lives are changed. thank you for
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  • Thank you for partnering with us.
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  • Partnering with us. thank you for believing
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  • Thank you for believing that god's word still
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  • That god's word still transforms hearts.
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  • Transforms hearts. and thank you for being
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  • And thank you for being a part of the story that god
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  • A part of the story that god is writing in this season.
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  • >> the mission
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  • Of steven furtick ministries
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  • Has always been getting god's
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  • Word into people's hearts.
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  • In 2022,
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  • We launched our prison ministry
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  • And god has been moving.
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  • Today, our volunteers bring
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  • Church to 14 facilities
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  • Nationwide and reach thousands
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  • More online through
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  • Outreach partners
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  • And an app called pando.
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  • We've seen over 700 baptisms,
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  • Over 3,000 decisions for
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  • Christ,
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  • And we're believing that we
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  • Will
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  • Have a consistent presence in
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  • 20 prisons by the end of 2026,
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  • Because we know that no place
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  • Is out of reach
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  • For the gospel,
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  • And it's your partnership
  • 00:24:41.433 --> 00:24:42.200
  • That makes it possible.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ ever since the day ♪
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  • ♪ that i got saved ♪
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  • ♪ set free ♪
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  • ♪ and delivered ♪
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  • ♪ washed clean ♪
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  • ♪ my sin forgiven ♪
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  • ♪ glory to his holy name ♪
  • 00:25:04.289 --> 00:25:09.027
  • ♪ when i called on jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i got saved ♪
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  • ♪ i was bought with blood ♪
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  • ♪ on calvary ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ and i know this story ♪
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  • ♪ ends in victory ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ buried with him ♪
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  • ♪ with him i am raised ♪
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  • ♪ oh ever since ♪
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  • ♪ the day that i got ♪
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  • ♪ saved ♪
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  • ♪ set free and delivered ♪
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  • ♪ washed clean ♪
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  • ♪ my sin forgiven ♪
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  • ♪ glory to his holy name ♪
  • 00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:05.717
  • ♪ when i called on jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i got saved ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah since that day ♪
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  • ♪ when i called on jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i got saved ♪
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  • ♪ not who i used to be ♪
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  • ♪ i got the holy spirit ♪
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  • ♪ down inside of me ♪
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  • ♪ my god calls me ♪
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  • ♪ by a brand new name ♪
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  • ♪ that's how i know ♪
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  • ♪ that i am ♪
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  • ♪ chosen spoken for ♪
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  • ♪ and born again ♪
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  • ♪ not by my might ♪
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  • ♪ but because of him ♪
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  • ♪ he said it's done ♪
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  • ♪ every debt is paid ♪
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  • ♪ that's how i know ♪
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  • ♪ that i am ♪
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  • ♪ not who i used to be ♪
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  • ♪ i got the holy spirit ♪
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  • ♪ down inside of me ♪
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  • ♪ my god calls me ♪
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  • ♪ by a brand new name ♪
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  • ♪ that's how i know ♪
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  • ♪ that i am ♪
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  • ♪ chosen spoken. ♪
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