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Steven Furtick - More Ready Than You Recognize (Part 2)

May 21, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - More Ready Than You Recognize (Part 2)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - More Ready Than You Recognize (Part 2) | May 21, 2026
  • 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
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  • Your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> now, i don't know
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  • >> now, i don't know who this is for,
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  • Who this is for, but i want to minister
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  • But i want to minister to you because something
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  • To you because something has taken you by surprise.
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  • Has taken you by surprise. you did not expect
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  • You did not expect that medical report.
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  • That medical report. you did not expect to have
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  • You did not expect to have to be in the principal's office
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  • To be in the principal's office keeping your kid in school
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  • Keeping your kid in school every other week.
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  • Every other week. you did not expect to still
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  • You did not expect to still be doing fertility treatments
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  • Be doing fertility treatments three years into this journey.
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  • Three years into this journey. you did not expect to still be
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  • You did not expect to still be single in this season
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  • Single in this season of your life.
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  • Of your life. you did not expect for your
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  • You did not expect for your marriage to be coming to an end
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  • Marriage to be coming to an end at this young of a place
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  • At this young of a place in its inception.
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  • In its inception. you did not expect to be this
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  • You did not expect to be this far behind in your finances
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  • Far behind in your finances at this age and stage.
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  • At this age and stage. you did not expect to be
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  • You did not expect to be this many years away
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  • This many years away from being able to retire.
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  • From being able to retire. you did not expect to still be
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  • You did not expect to still be struggling with this issue that
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  • Struggling with this issue that you have laid on the altar
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  • You have laid on the altar over and over again.
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  • Over and over again. you did not expect
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  • You did not expect for the panic attacks
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  • For the panic attacks to start again.
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  • To start again. they've been gone
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  • They've been gone for three years.
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  • For three years. you did not expect for yourself
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  • You did not expect for yourself to be reaching for the pills
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  • To be reaching for the pills again because you thought
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  • Again because you thought you had moved on from
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  • You had moved on from that dependency.
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  • That dependency. you did not expect that person
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  • You did not expect that person to walk out of your life.
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  • To walk out of your life. in fact, they told you,
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  • In fact, they told you, i'll never leave you even
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  • I'll never leave you even if everybody else does.
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  • If everybody else does. you did not expect in this
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  • You did not expect in this season of your life to be
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  • Season of your life to be feeling distant from god.
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  • Feeling distant from god. you did not expect in this
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  • You did not expect in this season of your life to feel
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  • Season of your life to feel so confused about what
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  • So confused about what your next step is.
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  • Your next step is. i just want to remind you
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  • I just want to remind you that you can be
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  • That you can be confidently confused.
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  • Confidently confused. confidently confused.
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  • Confidently confused. that is, i did not expect this,
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  • That is, i did not expect this, but just because i wasn't
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  • But just because i wasn't prepared for this does not mean
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  • Prepared for this does not mean god hasn't provided for this.
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  • God hasn't provided for this. so, now i'm just looking for
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  • So, now i'm just looking for the loaf that's in the boat
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  • The loaf that's in the boat that i did not see
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  • That i did not see with my human eyes because
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  • With my human eyes because i'm more ready than i recognize.
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  • I'm more ready than i recognize. because if god put the crowd
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  • Because if god put the crowd in front of me to feed,
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  • In front of me to feed, he will give me the bread
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  • He will give me the bread to pass out in their hands.
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  • To pass out in their hands. you understand what i'm saying?
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  • You understand what i'm saying? if god gave me
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  • If god gave me the challenge to meet,
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  • The challenge to meet, god will give me
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  • God will give me the resource to meet it.
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  • The resource to meet it. somebody say, i've got resource.
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  • Somebody say, i've got resource. >> congregation: i've
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  • >> congregation: i've got resource.
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  • Got resource. >> i dare you
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  • >> i dare you to shout that again.
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  • To shout that again. i've got resource.
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  • I've got resource. >> congregation: i've
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  • >> congregation: i've got resource.
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  • Got resource. >> even if your
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  • >> even if your bank account number
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  • Bank account number says a different story,
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  • Says a different story, say i've got resource.
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  • Say i've got resource. even if your car's in the shop,
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  • Even if your car's in the shop, say i've got resource.
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  • Say i've got resource. i've got resource because
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  • I've got resource because number two, shout this,
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  • Number two, shout this, i've got relationship.
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  • I've got relationship. now, anytime you've got
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  • Now, anytime you've got relationship with somebody
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  • Relationship with somebody who's got resource,
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  • Who's got resource, you've got resource.
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  • You've got resource. anytime you've got relationship
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  • Anytime you've got relationship with somebody who is the source,
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  • With somebody who is the source, you don't have to worry
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  • You don't have to worry about the bread you forgot
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  • About the bread you forgot or the mistake that you made
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  • Or the mistake that you made or the wrong turn that you took
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  • Or the wrong turn that you took or the stall out that
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  • Or the stall out that you've encountered
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  • You've encountered or the wisdom that you lack.
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  • Or the wisdom that you lack. if anyone lacks wisdom,
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  • If anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask to god who gives
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  • Let him ask to god who gives to all men liberally
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  • To all men liberally and upbraideth not.
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  • And upbraideth not. so somebody say, i've got it.
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  • So somebody say, i've got it. i don't feel it,
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  • I don't feel it, but i've got it.
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  • But i've got it. i can't prove it,
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  • I can't prove it, but i've got it.
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  • But i've got it. you can't see it,
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  • You can't see it, but i've got it.
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  • But i've got it. i'm not wearing it yet,
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  • I'm not wearing it yet, but i've got it.
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  • But i've got it. i don't even feel it,
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  • I don't even feel it, but i've got it.
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  • But i've got it. and i'm practicing for where
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  • And i'm practicing for where god is taking me because
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  • God is taking me because he's not done with me yet.
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  • [applause]
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  • I felt a little outline
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  • I felt a little outline starting to form there.
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  • Starting to form there. i've got resource.
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  • I've got resource. i've got relationship.
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  • I've got relationship. do you know what david did
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  • Do you know what david did for his son solomon when he was
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  • Called to build the temple in
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  • Called to build the temple in 1 chronicles 29?
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  • 1 chronicles 29? he got all
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  • He got all the people together, right?
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  • The people together, right? the great king david.
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  • The great king david. david got up in front of all
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  • David got up in front of all the people and he said,
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  • The people and he said, "my son is going to build
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  • "my son is going to build a house for the lord.
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  • A house for the lord. it's going to be magnificent
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  • It's going to be magnificent because god is.
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  • Because god is. it's going to be great
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  • Because god is.
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  • Because god is. it's going to be
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  • It's going to be spectacular because god is.
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  • Spectacular because god is. it's going to be made of
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  • It's going to be made of the best stuff because god is."
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  • The best stuff because god is." and watch what he said.
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  • He said, "my son solomon,
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  • He said, "my son solomon, the one whom god has chosen
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  • The one whom god has chosen is young and inexperienced
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  • Is young and inexperienced and not ready.
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  • And not ready. the task is great because
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  • The task is great because this palatial structure
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  • This palatial structure is not for man,
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  • Is not for man, but for the lord god.
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  • But for the lord god. with all my resources,"
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  • With all my resources," i'm going to just preach
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  • I'm going to just preach this like i feel it.
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  • This like i feel it. i saw a weird connection
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  • I saw a weird connection in the text.
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  • In the text. i did not expect
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  • I did not expect this connection,
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  • This connection, but he said,
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  • But he said, "with all my resource,
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  • "with all my resource, i have provided for
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  • I have provided for the temple of my god,
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  • The temple of my god, gold for the gold work,
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  • Gold for the gold work, silver for the silver,
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  • Silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze,
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  • Bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron
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  • Iron for the iron and wood for the wood."
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  • And wood for the wood." so, he's saying, "i'm going
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  • So, he's saying, "i'm going to give my son something
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  • To give my son something to work with.
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  • To work with. yeah.
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  • Yeah. it's going to be
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  • It's going to be gold for the gold work,
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  • Gold for the gold work, silver for the silver work,
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  • Silver for the silver work, bronze for the bronze work,
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  • Bronze for the bronze work, iron for the iron work
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  • Iron for the iron work and wood for the wood work,
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  • And wood for the wood work, as well as onyx
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  • As well as onyx for the settings,
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  • For the settings, turquoise, stones of various
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  • Turquoise, stones of various colors and all kinds
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  • Colors and all kinds of fine stone and marble,
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  • Of fine stone and marble, all of these
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  • All of these in large quantities."
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  • He said, i'm going to give you
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  • He said, i'm going to give you everything you need to build.
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  • Everything you need to build. i know you don't feel ready
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  • I know you don't feel ready yet and you will have
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  • Yet and you will have to work with it and you will
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  • To work with it and you will have to form it and you will
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  • Have to form it and you will have to develop it.
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  • Have to develop it. i hear the lord saying
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  • I hear the lord saying to somebody, build with it,
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  • To somebody, build with it, build with it.
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  • Build with it. stop saying, i'm not ready.
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  • Stop saying, i'm not ready. stop saying, i don't
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  • Stop saying, i don't have it and build with it.
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  • Have it and build with it. you have resource because you
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  • You have resource because you have relationships.
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  • Have relationships. david said, i have
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  • David said, i have given it to my son.
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  • Given it to my son. how much more will your
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  • How much more will your father in heaven not give you
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  • Father in heaven not give you everything you need for
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  • Everything you need for the season that you're in?
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  • The season that you're in? somebody receive that word
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  • Somebody receive that word right now online.
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  • Right now online. repeat after me.
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  • Repeat after me. "i have...
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  • "i have... >> congregation: i have...
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  • >> congregation: i have... >> everything...
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  • >> everything... >> congregation: everything...
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  • >> congregation: everything... >> i need...
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  • >> i need... >> congregation: i need...
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  • >> congregation: i need... >> for the season...
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  • >> for the season... >> congregation: for
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  • >> congregation: for the season...
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  • The season... >> i'm in.
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  • >> i'm in. >> congregation: i'm in.
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  • >> congregation: i'm in. >> tell your neighbor,
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  • >> tell your neighbor, "you have..."
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  • "you have..." >> congregation: you have...
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  • >> congregation: you have... >> everything...
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  • >> everything... >> congregation: everything...
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  • >> congregation: everything... >> you need...
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  • >> you need... >> congregation: you need...
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  • >> congregation: you need... >> for the season...
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  • >> for the season... >> congregation: for
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  • >> congregation: for the season...
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  • The season... >> you're in."
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  • >> you're in." >> congregation: you're in.
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  • >> congregation: you're in. >> tell them you have resource.
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  • >> tell them you have resource. tell them you have relationship.
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  • Tell them you have relationship. now, somebody say,
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  • Now, somebody say, i've got resource.
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  • I've got resource. i've got relationship.
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  • I've got relationship. i've got rocks.
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  • I've got rocks. david said, i have stored up
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  • David said, i have stored up for my son, solomon,
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  • For my son, solomon, everything he needs
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  • Everything he needs to build what god
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  • To build what god has called him to build.
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  • Has called him to build. and one of the things
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  • And one of the things he mentioned at the very end
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  • He mentioned at the very end was precious stones or rocks.
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  • Was precious stones or rocks. now, if you remember
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  • Now, if you remember anything about david,
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  • Anything about david, you know that a significant
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  • You know that a significant season of his life
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  • Season of his life involved a rock.
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  • Involved a rock. it wasn't precious stones.
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  • It wasn't precious stones. it was just a rock.
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  • It was just a rock. as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, i want to call graham
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  • Up to the stage right now.
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  • Up to the stage right now. give this boy a microphone.
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  • Give this boy a microphone. i did not prepare him for this,
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  • I did not prepare him for this, but give this boy
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  • But give this boy a microphone in his hand.
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  • A microphone in his hand. i didn't talk to him about this,
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  • I didn't talk to him about this, but he's ready.
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  • But he's ready. graham, take them all
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  • Graham, take them all the way up to 1 samuel 16
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  • And tell them in 30 seconds,
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  • And tell them in 30 seconds, the background of 1 samuel 16.
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  • The background of 1 samuel 16. even though you weren't
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  • Even though you weren't prepared to do this,
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  • Prepared to do this, i did not tell you to wear
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  • I did not tell you to wear a sweater over
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  • A sweater over a collared shirt.
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  • A collared shirt. watch god.
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  • Watch god. i did not tell you
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  • I did not tell you to wear your best fit
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  • To wear your best fit that you have worn
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  • That you have worn in your entire teenage life,
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  • In your entire teenage life, looking like a high school
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  • Looking like a high school senior chosen by god.
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  • Senior chosen by god. i just called you up here
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  • I just called you up here and i gave you an assignment.
  • 00:08:03.569 --> 00:08:05.338
  • And i gave you an assignment. give us quickly the background
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  • Give us quickly the background of the man, david, from
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  • Of the man, david, from 1 samuel 16 all the way up
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  • 1 samuel 16 all the way up until he met goliath.
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  • Until he met goliath. please, in 30 seconds, go.
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  • Please, in 30 seconds, go. >> 1 samuel 16,
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  • >> 1 samuel 16, we got david and he's
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  • We got david and he's just a shepherd boy.
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  • Just a shepherd boy. he's out in the field.
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  • He's out in the field. his brothers are out working
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  • His brothers are out working in the military and he's out
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  • In the military and he's out there in the field
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  • There in the field taking care of the sheep.
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  • Taking care of the sheep. but one day this dude named,
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  • But one day this dude named, what was his name?
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  • What was his name? the prophet came.
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  • The prophet came. he pulled up.
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  • He pulled up. he was like,
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  • He was like, yo, samuel pulled up.
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  • Yo, samuel pulled up. he was like,
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  • He was like, yo, god wants a king.
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  • Yo, god wants a king. it's going to be one of y'all.
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  • It's going to be one of y'all. they lined them up.
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  • They lined them up. it was none
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  • It was none of the older brothers.
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  • Of the older brothers. they're like, we got that older,
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  • They're like, we got that older, we got the younger brother,
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  • We got the younger brother, david.
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  • David. david pulled up.
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  • David pulled up. he was like, yo, you're going
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  • He was like, yo, you're going to be the king.
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  • To be the king. david came.
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  • David came. david was the king,
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  • David was the king, but he had to go back
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  • But he had to go back out to the field.
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  • Out to the field. so, he's a king.
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  • So, he's a king. he's in the field.
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  • He's in the field. he's got oil,
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  • He's got oil, but he's in the field.
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  • But he's in the field. and then one day, one day,
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  • And then one day, one day, one day this giant named goliath
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  • One day this giant named goliath pulled up to the front lines
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  • Pulled up to the front lines of the military
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  • Of the military and he was taunting them.
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  • And he was taunting them. he was saying, where's your god?
  • 00:08:57.790 --> 00:08:59.392
  • He was saying, where's your god? you guys are weak.
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  • You guys are weak. what the heck?
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  • What the heck? send someone to
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  • Send someone to come one-v-one me,
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  • Come one-v-one me, we're going to run it.
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  • We're going to run it. if you win,
  • 00:09:04.030 --> 00:09:05.431
  • If you win, then your god's real, whatever.
  • 00:09:05.498 --> 00:09:07.633
  • Then your god's real, whatever. they're like, i don't know
  • 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:08.234
  • They're like, i don't know who it's going to be.
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  • Who it's going to be. but then david,
  • 00:09:09.035 --> 00:09:10.970
  • But then david, his dad told him,
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  • His dad told him, yo, go deliver these
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  • Yo, go deliver these cheese pizzas to your brothers.
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  • Cheese pizzas to your brothers. they're in the military.
  • 00:09:15.408 --> 00:09:16.108
  • They're in the military. they need the cheese pizzas.
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  • They need the cheese pizzas. so, david with a good attitude,
  • 00:09:17.877 --> 00:09:19.445
  • So, david with a good attitude, he woke up early and he ran
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  • He woke up early and he ran to his brothers in the field
  • 00:09:21.681 --> 00:09:23.015
  • To his brothers in the field and he pulled up and he saw
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  • And he pulled up and he saw the giant standing on
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  • The giant standing on the front lines.
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  • The front lines. and he was like,
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  • And he was like, who is this guy to be taunting
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  • Who is this guy to be taunting and making fun of my god?
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  • And making fun of my god? and why are you guys
  • 00:09:31.924 --> 00:09:32.892
  • And why are you guys standing back there and not
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  • Standing back there and not doing anything about it?
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • And his brothers got mad at him.
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  • And his brothers got mad at him. they were like, bro,
  • 00:09:38.764 --> 00:09:39.198
  • They were like, bro, who are you pulling up?
  • 00:09:39.265 --> 00:09:42.368
  • Who are you pulling up? >> which brings me
  • 00:09:42.435 --> 00:09:44.870
  • >> which brings me to 1 samuel 17:33.
  • 00:09:44.937 --> 00:09:49.241
  • And david said, "i'll kill him."
  • 00:09:49.342 --> 00:09:51.410
  • And david said, "i'll kill him." "and saul replied,
  • 00:09:51.477 --> 00:09:52.912
  • "and saul replied, 'you are not able to go out
  • 00:09:52.979 --> 00:09:54.347
  • 'you are not able to go out against this philistine
  • 00:09:54.413 --> 00:09:56.048
  • Against this philistine and fight him,
  • 00:09:56.115 --> 00:09:57.249
  • And fight him, you are only a young man,
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  • You are only a young man, and he has been a warrior
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  • And he has been a warrior from his youth.'"
  • 00:10:01.520 --> 00:10:02.488
  • So saul said, you're not
  • 00:10:02.588 --> 00:10:05.257
  • So saul said, you're not ready for goliath.
  • 00:10:05.324 --> 00:10:07.059
  • Ready for goliath. and david said, no, goliath
  • 00:10:07.126 --> 00:10:10.029
  • Isn't ready for me.
  • 00:10:10.129 --> 00:10:14.333
  • Isn't ready for me. "but david said to saul,
  • 00:10:14.400 --> 00:10:19.639
  • "but david said to saul, 'your servant has been
  • 00:10:19.705 --> 00:10:21.307
  • 'your servant has been keeping his father's sheep.
  • 00:10:21.374 --> 00:10:24.677
  • Keeping his father's sheep. when a lion or a bear came
  • 00:10:24.744 --> 00:10:26.379
  • When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep
  • 00:10:26.445 --> 00:10:27.613
  • And carried off a sheep from the flock,
  • 00:10:27.680 --> 00:10:29.015
  • From the flock, i was practicing.
  • 00:10:29.081 --> 00:10:30.516
  • I was practicing. i went after it.
  • 00:10:30.583 --> 00:10:31.984
  • I went after it. i struck it.'"
  • 00:10:32.051 --> 00:10:33.586
  • I struck it.'" i've been practicing.
  • 00:10:33.653 --> 00:10:35.388
  • I've been working.
  • 00:10:35.488 --> 00:10:35.988
  • I've been working. i've been praying.
  • 00:10:36.055 --> 00:10:37.323
  • I've been praying. i've been praising.
  • 00:10:37.390 --> 00:10:38.758
  • I've been studying.
  • 00:10:38.858 --> 00:10:40.092
  • I've been studying. i've been seeking.
  • 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:41.494
  • I've been seeking. i've been on my spot.
  • 00:10:41.560 --> 00:10:43.329
  • I've been on my spot. i've been on my post.
  • 00:10:43.396 --> 00:10:45.131
  • I've been on my post. i've been in my bag.
  • 00:10:45.197 --> 00:10:46.766
  • I've been in my bag. i've been in my field.
  • 00:10:46.832 --> 00:10:48.534
  • I've been in my field. i've been in my anointing.
  • 00:10:48.601 --> 00:10:50.403
  • I've been in my anointing. i've been in my role.
  • 00:10:50.469 --> 00:10:51.971
  • I've been in my role. i've been doing that.
  • 00:10:52.038 --> 00:10:53.739
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:10:54.040 --> 00:10:54.707
  • Give me the verse.
  • 00:10:55.274 --> 00:10:58.110
  • Give me the verse. "i went after it.
  • 00:10:58.177 --> 00:10:59.178
  • "i went after it. i struck it and i rescued
  • 00:10:59.245 --> 00:11:01.213
  • I struck it and i rescued the sheep from its mouth.
  • 00:11:01.280 --> 00:11:02.982
  • The sheep from its mouth. and when it turned on me,
  • 00:11:03.049 --> 00:11:04.150
  • And when it turned on me, i seized it by its hair,
  • 00:11:04.216 --> 00:11:05.951
  • I seized it by its hair, and i struck it and i killed it.
  • 00:11:06.018 --> 00:11:08.688
  • And i struck it and i killed it. and your servant has killed
  • 00:11:08.754 --> 00:11:10.389
  • And your servant has killed both the lion and the bear,
  • 00:11:10.456 --> 00:11:12.458
  • Both the lion and the bear, this uncircumcised philistine,"
  • 00:11:12.525 --> 00:11:15.628
  • This uncircumcised philistine," this fear, this insecurity,
  • 00:11:15.695 --> 00:11:18.064
  • This fear, this insecurity, this addiction,
  • 00:11:18.130 --> 00:11:19.098
  • This addiction, this generational curse,
  • 00:11:19.165 --> 00:11:21.000
  • This generational curse, this storm,
  • 00:11:21.067 --> 00:11:22.334
  • This storm, "this philistine
  • 00:11:22.401 --> 00:11:23.669
  • "this philistine will be like one of them
  • 00:11:23.736 --> 00:11:25.438
  • Will be like one of them because he has defied
  • 00:11:25.504 --> 00:11:27.039
  • Because he has defied the armies of the living god.
  • 00:11:27.106 --> 00:11:29.241
  • The armies of the living god. the lord who rescued me
  • 00:11:29.308 --> 00:11:31.177
  • The lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion
  • 00:11:31.243 --> 00:11:32.945
  • From the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will
  • 00:11:33.012 --> 00:11:34.747
  • And the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand
  • 00:11:34.814 --> 00:11:36.082
  • Rescue me from the hand of this philistine.'"
  • 00:11:36.148 --> 00:11:37.650
  • Of this philistine.'" i've been practicing.
  • 00:11:37.717 --> 00:11:39.351
  • I've been practicing. "saul said to david,
  • 00:11:39.418 --> 00:11:40.820
  • "saul said to david, 'go and the lord be with you.'
  • 00:11:40.886 --> 00:11:43.289
  • And david said, 'that's right.
  • 00:11:43.389 --> 00:11:44.957
  • And david said, 'that's right. i'm more ready than you
  • 00:11:45.024 --> 00:11:46.892
  • I'm more ready than you recognize because
  • 00:11:46.959 --> 00:11:48.494
  • Recognize because i look like a shepherd,
  • 00:11:48.561 --> 00:11:49.662
  • I look like a shepherd, but i'm really a king.
  • 00:11:49.729 --> 00:11:51.630
  • But i'm really a king. i look like a boy,
  • 00:11:51.697 --> 00:11:53.232
  • I look like a boy, but i'm really a bad man.'"
  • 00:11:53.299 --> 00:11:57.737
  • But i'm really a bad man.'" i'm a bad dude.
  • 00:11:57.803 --> 00:12:00.606
  • Next verse.
  • 00:12:00.706 --> 00:12:01.574
  • Next verse. "then saul dressed
  • 00:12:01.640 --> 00:12:02.742
  • "then saul dressed david in his own tunic.
  • 00:12:02.808 --> 00:12:04.744
  • David in his own tunic. he put a coat of armor on him
  • 00:12:04.810 --> 00:12:06.345
  • He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.
  • 00:12:06.412 --> 00:12:08.948
  • And a bronze helmet on his head. and david fastened his sword
  • 00:12:09.014 --> 00:12:10.483
  • And david fastened his sword over the tunic and tried
  • 00:12:10.549 --> 00:12:11.984
  • Over the tunic and tried walking around because
  • 00:12:12.051 --> 00:12:13.452
  • Walking around because he was not used to them.
  • 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:15.187
  • He was not used to them. "'i cannot go in these,'
  • 00:12:15.254 --> 00:12:16.455
  • "'i cannot go in these,' he said to saul,
  • 00:12:16.522 --> 00:12:17.423
  • He said to saul, 'because i'm not used to them.'
  • 00:12:17.490 --> 00:12:18.591
  • 'because i'm not used to them.' so, he took them off.
  • 00:12:18.657 --> 00:12:20.593
  • So, he took them off. and he took
  • 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.527
  • And he took his staff in his hand,
  • 00:12:21.594 --> 00:12:23.295
  • His staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones
  • 00:12:23.362 --> 00:12:31.237
  • Chose five smooth stones from the stream,
  • 00:12:31.303 --> 00:12:33.572
  • From the stream, put them in the pouch
  • 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:36.776
  • Put them in the pouch of his shepherd bag,
  • 00:12:36.842 --> 00:12:38.344
  • Of his shepherd bag, and with his sling in his hand
  • 00:12:38.410 --> 00:12:41.113
  • And with his sling in his hand approached the philistines."
  • 00:12:41.180 --> 00:12:42.248
  • Approached the philistines." the only thing wrong with david
  • 00:12:42.314 --> 00:12:43.682
  • Is he was wasteful.
  • 00:12:43.783 --> 00:12:45.384
  • Is he was wasteful. four of those stones
  • 00:12:45.451 --> 00:12:46.085
  • Four of those stones were unnecessary.
  • 00:12:46.152 --> 00:12:47.453
  • [laughter]
  • 00:12:47.787 --> 00:12:49.488
  • So, what i'm trying
  • 00:12:51.457 --> 00:12:51.891
  • So, what i'm trying to say to you today
  • 00:12:51.957 --> 00:12:53.959
  • To say to you today in a way that maybe you
  • 00:12:54.026 --> 00:12:55.127
  • In a way that maybe you can apply to your life
  • 00:12:55.194 --> 00:12:57.496
  • Can apply to your life is you've got a rock and you're
  • 00:12:57.563 --> 00:13:05.437
  • Is you've got a rock and you're more ready than you recognize.
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  • More ready than you recognize. i would not have called him up
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  • I would not have called him up here if i were not confident
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  • Here if i were not confident he could do it.
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  • He could do it. the calling proves
  • 00:13:18.150 --> 00:13:20.152
  • The calling proves my confidence.
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  • My confidence. god would not call you
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  • God would not call you to do it if he was not
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  • To do it if he was not confident that you could.
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  • [applause]
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  • Why am i confident
  • 00:13:29.862 --> 00:13:31.931
  • Why am i confident that he can do it?
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  • That he can do it? because he's been practicing
  • 00:13:33.432 --> 00:13:35.134
  • Because he's been practicing this sermon because he was
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  • This sermon because he was going to preach it this
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  • Going to preach it this sunday night to his bible study,
  • 00:13:38.938 --> 00:13:41.674
  • Sunday night to his bible study, but it's going to get canceled
  • 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:43.475
  • But it's going to get canceled because of the storm.
  • 00:13:43.542 --> 00:13:46.378
  • Because of the storm. but god knew before
  • 00:13:46.445 --> 00:13:47.880
  • But god knew before the storm was announced
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  • The storm was announced on the weather channel
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  • On the weather channel that i would need an
  • 00:13:51.584 --> 00:13:52.451
  • That i would need an illustration in this moment.
  • 00:13:52.518 --> 00:13:54.787
  • Illustration in this moment. so, god gave him the word
  • 00:13:54.854 --> 00:13:57.022
  • So, god gave him the word to bring into this situation
  • 00:13:57.089 --> 00:13:59.725
  • To bring into this situation for your life today.
  • 00:13:59.792 --> 00:14:01.594
  • For your life today. so, i could let you know,
  • 00:14:01.660 --> 00:14:03.529
  • So, i could let you know, you've got a rock.
  • 00:14:03.596 --> 00:14:05.764
  • You've got a rock. you've got a rock.
  • 00:14:05.831 --> 00:14:08.000
  • You've got a rock. what did jesus say?
  • 00:14:08.067 --> 00:14:09.368
  • What did jesus say? everyone who hears these words
  • 00:14:09.435 --> 00:14:11.103
  • Everyone who hears these words of mine is like a wise man who
  • 00:14:11.170 --> 00:14:14.373
  • Of mine is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:18.844
  • Built his house on the rock. i got a rock when
  • 00:14:18.911 --> 00:14:19.511
  • I got a rock when the wind blows.
  • 00:14:19.578 --> 00:14:20.846
  • The wind blows. i got a rock
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  • I got a rock when the rain comes.
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  • When the rain comes. i got a rock
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  • I got a rock when the flood rises.
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  • When the flood rises. i got a rock when the doctor
  • 00:14:26.018 --> 00:14:27.586
  • I got a rock when the doctor says i won't live.
  • 00:14:27.653 --> 00:14:29.121
  • Says i won't live. i got a rock with
  • 00:14:29.188 --> 00:14:30.389
  • I got a rock with a learning disability.
  • 00:14:30.456 --> 00:14:32.191
  • I got a rock when they fire me.
  • 00:14:32.291 --> 00:14:34.593
  • I got a rock when they fire me. i got a rock when
  • 00:14:34.660 --> 00:14:35.661
  • I got a rock when the storm comes,
  • 00:14:35.728 --> 00:14:40.366
  • The storm comes, because i've got a god
  • 00:14:40.432 --> 00:14:42.301
  • Because i've got a god who is not only above my storm,
  • 00:14:42.368 --> 00:14:45.037
  • Who is not only above my storm, but he is the crown beneath
  • 00:14:45.104 --> 00:14:47.006
  • But he is the crown beneath my feet on christ,
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  • The solid rock i stand.
  • 00:14:50.042 --> 00:14:57.216
  • The solid rock i stand. all other ground is sinking...
  • 00:14:57.283 --> 00:15:05.724
  • All other ground is sinking... have you been building
  • 00:15:05.791 --> 00:15:06.959
  • Have you been building your house?
  • 00:15:07.026 --> 00:15:10.362
  • Your house? you're good.
  • 00:15:10.429 --> 00:15:11.263
  • You're good. you preached better than me.
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  • You preached better than me. get off the stage.
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  • Get off the stage. it's making me intimidated.
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  • [applause]
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  • He was ready, and so are you.
  • 00:15:18.437 --> 00:15:28.547
  • He was ready, and so are you. you're more ready
  • 00:15:28.614 --> 00:15:29.081
  • You're more ready than you realize.
  • 00:15:29.148 --> 00:15:34.620
  • Than you realize. you're more ready
  • 00:15:34.687 --> 00:15:35.054
  • You're more ready than you recognize.
  • 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.222
  • Than you recognize. you're more ready than
  • 00:15:37.289 --> 00:15:38.157
  • You're more ready than you feel like you are.
  • 00:15:38.223 --> 00:15:39.658
  • You feel like you are. have you been building your
  • 00:15:39.725 --> 00:15:40.993
  • Have you been building your house on the sand of situations
  • 00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:45.264
  • House on the sand of situations and circumstances?
  • 00:15:45.331 --> 00:15:47.733
  • And circumstances? have you been running around,
  • 00:15:47.800 --> 00:15:48.934
  • Have you been running around, oh, the devil's attacking me,
  • 00:15:49.001 --> 00:15:51.303
  • Oh, the devil's attacking me, trying to do warfare where
  • 00:15:51.370 --> 00:15:52.271
  • Trying to do warfare where it's really just weather?
  • 00:15:52.338 --> 00:15:56.475
  • It's really just weather? this is not some proof that
  • 00:15:56.542 --> 00:15:57.776
  • This is not some proof that you're not in the will of god.
  • 00:15:57.843 --> 00:15:59.078
  • You're not in the will of god. it's just proof that you are
  • 00:15:59.144 --> 00:16:00.579
  • It's just proof that you are on planet earth.
  • 00:16:00.646 --> 00:16:03.549
  • On planet earth. it's weather.
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  • It's weather. it's weather.
  • 00:16:05.951 --> 00:16:07.152
  • It's weather. i have a lot
  • 00:16:07.219 --> 00:16:07.853
  • I have a lot of our staff in the room,
  • 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:08.587
  • Of our staff in the room, and i wanted to share this
  • 00:16:08.654 --> 00:16:09.355
  • And i wanted to share this because we are coming to our
  • 00:16:09.421 --> 00:16:11.156
  • Because we are coming to our 20-year anniversary.
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  • [applause]
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  • Many times in the work
  • 00:16:15.995 --> 00:16:18.630
  • Many times in the work of the ministry,
  • 00:16:18.697 --> 00:16:19.365
  • Of the ministry, i've heard people
  • 00:16:19.431 --> 00:16:19.965
  • I've heard people complain and say,
  • 00:16:20.032 --> 00:16:21.667
  • Complain and say, wow, ministry is just
  • 00:16:21.734 --> 00:16:23.469
  • Wow, ministry is just so draining, and it can be.
  • 00:16:23.535 --> 00:16:25.904
  • So draining, and it can be. but you know what else can be?
  • 00:16:25.971 --> 00:16:28.907
  • But you know what else can be? adulthood.
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  • [chatter]
  • 00:16:30.876 --> 00:16:35.981
  • Don't blame it on
  • 00:16:36.882 --> 00:16:37.416
  • Don't blame it on the lord jesus christ,
  • 00:16:37.483 --> 00:16:38.083
  • The lord jesus christ, your savior, that is draining.
  • 00:16:38.150 --> 00:16:40.886
  • Your savior, that is draining. do you know what else
  • 00:16:40.953 --> 00:16:41.553
  • Do you know what else can be draining?
  • 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.187
  • Can be draining? being a schoolteacher.
  • 00:16:42.254 --> 00:16:45.257
  • Being a schoolteacher. do you know what else
  • 00:16:45.324 --> 00:16:45.891
  • Do you know what else can be draining?
  • 00:16:45.958 --> 00:16:47.593
  • Can be draining? being unemployed.
  • 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:50.896
  • Being unemployed. do you know what else
  • 00:16:50.963 --> 00:16:51.630
  • Do you know what else can be draining?
  • 00:16:51.697 --> 00:16:52.865
  • Can be draining? wishing that your job
  • 00:16:52.931 --> 00:16:53.932
  • Wishing that your job did make a difference,
  • 00:16:53.999 --> 00:16:54.767
  • Did make a difference, but you feel like it didn't.
  • 00:16:54.833 --> 00:16:58.137
  • But you feel like it didn't. so, i always say,
  • 00:16:58.203 --> 00:16:58.971
  • So, i always say, let's not complain
  • 00:16:59.038 --> 00:16:59.805
  • Let's not complain about what god gave us.
  • 00:16:59.872 --> 00:17:03.275
  • About what god gave us. for 20 years i've seen
  • 00:17:03.342 --> 00:17:04.843
  • For 20 years i've seen time and time again
  • 00:17:04.910 --> 00:17:07.646
  • Time and time again that whatever winds blew
  • 00:17:07.713 --> 00:17:08.647
  • That whatever winds blew against this ministry,
  • 00:17:08.714 --> 00:17:11.016
  • Against this ministry, whatever storm came,
  • 00:17:11.083 --> 00:17:12.551
  • Whatever storm came, whether it was an attack
  • 00:17:12.618 --> 00:17:13.385
  • Whether it was an attack from the enemy or whether
  • 00:17:13.452 --> 00:17:14.420
  • From the enemy or whether it was just weather,
  • 00:17:14.486 --> 00:17:19.892
  • It was just weather, god uses these moments
  • 00:17:19.958 --> 00:17:21.093
  • God uses these moments in your life to reveal.
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  • That's what i want you
  • 00:17:26.965 --> 00:17:27.499
  • That's what i want you to realize about the house
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  • To realize about the house that was built on the rock.
  • 00:17:28.634 --> 00:17:31.570
  • That was built on the rock. it wasn't ruined.
  • 00:17:31.637 --> 00:17:34.106
  • It wasn't ruined. its foundation was revealed.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:17:37.543 --> 00:17:42.381
  • Here's what i learned
  • 00:17:42.948 --> 00:17:43.615
  • Here's what i learned about building my life
  • 00:17:43.682 --> 00:17:46.085
  • About building my life on the rock of jesus christ.
  • 00:17:46.151 --> 00:17:48.787
  • On the rock of jesus christ. i learned that things will come
  • 00:17:48.854 --> 00:17:49.655
  • I learned that things will come and i won't feel ready.
  • 00:17:49.721 --> 00:17:50.489
  • And i won't feel ready. things will come that
  • 00:17:50.556 --> 00:17:51.223
  • Things will come that i didn't pray for.
  • 00:17:51.290 --> 00:17:52.057
  • I didn't pray for. things will come that
  • 00:17:52.124 --> 00:17:52.724
  • Things will come that i would not wish for.
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  • I would not wish for. that's the wind.
  • 00:17:55.594 --> 00:17:57.229
  • That's the wind. and it will challenge
  • 00:17:57.296 --> 00:17:58.263
  • And it will challenge the word that i believe.
  • 00:17:58.330 --> 00:18:00.099
  • The word that i believe. jesus said, everyone who
  • 00:18:00.165 --> 00:18:00.699
  • Jesus said, everyone who hears these words,
  • 00:18:00.766 --> 00:18:01.300
  • Hears these words, when i put them into practice,
  • 00:18:01.366 --> 00:18:02.067
  • When i put them into practice, be like a wise man who built
  • 00:18:02.134 --> 00:18:02.935
  • Be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • 00:18:03.001 --> 00:18:04.470
  • His house on the rock. rains came, winds rose,
  • 00:18:04.536 --> 00:18:05.604
  • Rains came, winds rose, streams blew, gave us the house.
  • 00:18:05.671 --> 00:18:07.172
  • Streams blew, gave us the house. streams don't blow, winds do,
  • 00:18:07.239 --> 00:18:08.040
  • Streams don't blow, winds do, but you know what
  • 00:18:08.107 --> 00:18:08.640
  • But you know what i'm trying to say.
  • 00:18:08.707 --> 00:18:10.476
  • I'm trying to say. all that happened all at once.
  • 00:18:10.542 --> 00:18:12.478
  • All that happened all at once. now, think about that.
  • 00:18:12.544 --> 00:18:13.412
  • Now, think about that. that's three separate things
  • 00:18:13.479 --> 00:18:14.580
  • That's three separate things happening at once that
  • 00:18:14.646 --> 00:18:15.814
  • Happening at once that you have to deal with,
  • 00:18:15.881 --> 00:18:17.483
  • You have to deal with, and only one rock
  • 00:18:17.549 --> 00:18:18.484
  • And only one rock you have to stand on
  • 00:18:18.550 --> 00:18:19.651
  • You have to stand on to get through it.
  • 00:18:19.718 --> 00:18:22.387
  • To get through it. so, what happens...
  • 00:18:22.454 --> 00:18:24.356
  • So, what happens... please remember this.
  • 00:18:24.423 --> 00:18:26.625
  • Please remember this. for the rest of your life...
  • 00:18:26.692 --> 00:18:27.359
  • For the rest of your life... maybe god just sent a snowstorm
  • 00:18:27.426 --> 00:18:29.761
  • Maybe god just sent a snowstorm so that i would be led to this
  • 00:18:29.828 --> 00:18:31.130
  • So that i would be led to this passage about storms to remind
  • 00:18:31.196 --> 00:18:34.299
  • Passage about storms to remind you that you're ready,
  • 00:18:34.366 --> 00:18:36.735
  • You that you're ready, to remind you that the house
  • 00:18:36.802 --> 00:18:38.437
  • To remind you that the house was built before the storm came.
  • 00:18:38.504 --> 00:18:43.809
  • Was built before the storm came. god put you there
  • 00:18:43.876 --> 00:18:44.409
  • God put you there before the storm came,
  • 00:18:44.476 --> 00:18:46.912
  • Before the storm came, and he won't leave you now.
  • 00:18:46.979 --> 00:18:49.515
  • And he won't leave you now. but the second thing
  • 00:18:49.581 --> 00:18:50.048
  • But the second thing i've learned that god does
  • 00:18:50.115 --> 00:18:51.216
  • I've learned that god does in my life is that
  • 00:18:51.283 --> 00:18:52.918
  • In my life is that the lord reveals his truth,
  • 00:18:52.985 --> 00:18:55.888
  • The lord reveals his truth, and the storm reveals my trust.
  • 00:18:55.954 --> 00:19:01.126
  • [applause]
  • 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:07.566
  • The lord reveals the truth,
  • 00:19:08.901 --> 00:19:11.837
  • The lord reveals the truth, he's your provider.
  • 00:19:11.904 --> 00:19:13.572
  • He's your provider. the lord reveals his truth,
  • 00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:15.507
  • The lord reveals his truth, he's your healer.
  • 00:19:15.574 --> 00:19:16.441
  • He's your healer. the lord reveals his truth,
  • 00:19:16.508 --> 00:19:19.411
  • The lord reveals his truth, he is your righteousness.
  • 00:19:19.478 --> 00:19:20.946
  • He is your righteousness. the lord reveals his truth,
  • 00:19:21.013 --> 00:19:23.048
  • The lord reveals his truth, he is more than enough for you.
  • 00:19:23.115 --> 00:19:24.583
  • He is more than enough for you. the lord reveals his truth,
  • 00:19:24.650 --> 00:19:26.752
  • The lord reveals his truth, he is holy.
  • 00:19:26.818 --> 00:19:27.686
  • He is holy. the lord reveals his truth,
  • 00:19:27.753 --> 00:19:29.221
  • The lord reveals his truth, he's worth living for.
  • 00:19:29.288 --> 00:19:30.589
  • He's worth living for. he is the treasure in the field.
  • 00:19:30.656 --> 00:19:32.524
  • He is the treasure in the field. he is the bright
  • 00:19:32.591 --> 00:19:34.993
  • He is the bright and morning star.
  • 00:19:35.060 --> 00:19:35.961
  • And morning star. he is.
  • 00:19:36.028 --> 00:19:37.095
  • He is. he reveals the truth,
  • 00:19:37.162 --> 00:19:40.632
  • He reveals the truth, and then the storm
  • 00:19:40.699 --> 00:19:42.401
  • And then the storm reveals your trust.
  • 00:19:42.467 --> 00:19:46.371
  • Reveals your trust. some of the things we have been
  • 00:19:46.438 --> 00:19:47.940
  • Some of the things we have been going through were not attacks
  • 00:19:48.006 --> 00:19:50.075
  • Going through were not attacks from the enemy to destroy us,
  • 00:19:50.142 --> 00:19:53.478
  • From the enemy to destroy us, they were storms that
  • 00:19:53.545 --> 00:19:55.147
  • They were storms that the lord allowed to show us
  • 00:19:55.214 --> 00:19:57.783
  • The lord allowed to show us what we're building on.
  • 00:19:57.849 --> 00:19:59.051
  • [applause]
  • 00:19:59.484 --> 00:20:02.521
  • Now, the important thing
  • 00:20:03.822 --> 00:20:04.623
  • Now, the important thing about a storm is not that you
  • 00:20:04.690 --> 00:20:06.625
  • About a storm is not that you figure out who sent it.
  • 00:20:06.692 --> 00:20:09.127
  • Figure out who sent it. it's that you decide what
  • 00:20:09.194 --> 00:20:10.162
  • It's that you decide what you're going to stand on
  • 00:20:10.229 --> 00:20:11.630
  • You're going to stand on in the middle of it,
  • 00:20:11.697 --> 00:20:14.733
  • In the middle of it, because god knows you could
  • 00:20:14.800 --> 00:20:16.702
  • Because god knows you could spend the rest of your life
  • 00:20:16.768 --> 00:20:17.803
  • Spend the rest of your life beating yourself up over
  • 00:20:17.869 --> 00:20:19.438
  • Beating yourself up over decisions that you could have
  • 00:20:19.504 --> 00:20:20.672
  • Decisions that you could have made differently and things that
  • 00:20:20.739 --> 00:20:22.574
  • Made differently and things that maybe you could do differently,
  • 00:20:22.641 --> 00:20:24.576
  • But you've got a rock.
  • 00:20:24.676 --> 00:20:27.045
  • But you've got a rock. the house didn't stand because
  • 00:20:27.112 --> 00:20:28.380
  • The house didn't stand because the walls were painted
  • 00:20:28.447 --> 00:20:29.381
  • The walls were painted the right color.
  • 00:20:29.448 --> 00:20:30.649
  • The right color. the house didn't stand
  • 00:20:30.716 --> 00:20:31.817
  • The house didn't stand because the countertops were
  • 00:20:31.883 --> 00:20:33.185
  • Because the countertops were picked out perfectly.
  • 00:20:33.252 --> 00:20:35.254
  • Picked out perfectly. the house did not stand
  • 00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:36.121
  • The house did not stand even because of the plumbing.
  • 00:20:36.188 --> 00:20:37.656
  • Even because of the plumbing. the house did not stand because
  • 00:20:37.723 --> 00:20:39.091
  • The house did not stand because of anything that you could see.
  • 00:20:39.157 --> 00:20:41.460
  • It stood because of something
  • 00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.794
  • It stood because of something that you could not see,
  • 00:20:42.861 --> 00:20:45.364
  • That you could not see, the rock it was built on.
  • 00:20:45.430 --> 00:20:49.034
  • The rock it was built on. i want this church.
  • 00:20:49.101 --> 00:20:50.502
  • I want this church. i want my life,
  • 00:20:50.569 --> 00:20:51.536
  • I want my life, i want your life to be built
  • 00:20:51.603 --> 00:20:53.372
  • I want your life to be built on a solid rock so you can know
  • 00:20:53.438 --> 00:20:57.042
  • On a solid rock so you can know i'm ready for whatever comes,
  • 00:20:57.109 --> 00:20:59.177
  • I'm ready for whatever comes, to know i've got resource,
  • 00:20:59.244 --> 00:21:02.014
  • To know i've got resource, and i've got relationship
  • 00:21:02.080 --> 00:21:03.782
  • And i've got relationship because i've got a rock,
  • 00:21:03.849 --> 00:21:08.420
  • Because i've got a rock, and you're ready for this.
  • 00:21:08.487 --> 00:21:10.989
  • And you're ready for this. you're ready for this.
  • 00:21:11.056 --> 00:21:11.923
  • [applause]
  • 00:21:12.357 --> 00:21:14.559
  • Everyone standing
  • 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.927
  • Everyone standing who's physically present,
  • 00:21:15.994 --> 00:21:17.796
  • Who's physically present, and everyone bow your head
  • 00:21:17.863 --> 00:21:19.164
  • And everyone bow your head in prayer who's watching online.
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  • In prayer who's watching online. doesn't god deserve
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  • Doesn't god deserve just a few moments
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  • Just a few moments of your unbroken focus?
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  • Of your unbroken focus? haven't you paid enough
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  • Haven't you paid enough attention to the wind?
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  • Attention to the wind? isn't it time for you to give
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  • Isn't it time for you to give attention to the word?
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  • Attention to the word? you've heard the word
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  • You've heard the word of the lord today,
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  • Of the lord today, and everybody got
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  • And everybody got something different out of it.
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  • Something different out of it. some people just simply heard,
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  • Some people just simply heard, hey, for that giant
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  • Hey, for that giant that's in my life,
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  • That's in my life, i've got a rock
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  • I've got a rock to take him down.
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  • To take him down. i don't need more experience.
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  • I don't need more experience. god gave me what i need.
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  • God gave me what i need. maybe that'll be your word
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  • Maybe that'll be your word just to get you to go back in
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  • Just to get you to go back in the strength of the lord.
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  • The strength of the lord. for some people, the word was
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  • For some people, the word was saying something much deeper.
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  • Saying something much deeper. it was saying, "hey, dude,
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  • It was saying, "hey, dude, you are building on
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  • You are building on stuff that is not stable.
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  • Stuff that is not stable. you are building on stuff that
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  • You are building on stuff that will not withstand the storm,
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  • Will not withstand the storm, but it's not too late for you.
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  • But it's not too late for you. it's not too late for you."
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  • It's not too late for you." i'm going to tell you
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  • I'm going to tell you how i know that.
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  • How i know that. one of the disciples that jesus
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  • One of the disciples that jesus was training was named peter.
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  • One time, jesus asked
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  • One time, jesus asked the disciples,
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  • The disciples, "who do you say that i am?"
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  • "who do you say that i am?" "and peter said,
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  • "and peter said, 'you are the christ,
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  • 'you are the christ, the son of the living god.'
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  • The son of the living god.' and jesus said,
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  • And jesus said, 'blessed are you,
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  • 'blessed are you, simon, son of jonah,
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  • Simon, son of jonah, for flesh and blood hath not
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  • For flesh and blood hath not revealed this to you,
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  • Revealed this to you, but by my father in heaven.'
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  • But by my father in heaven.' jesus said, 'i tell you,
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  • Jesus said, 'i tell you, you are peter, and on this rock
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  • You are peter, and on this rock i will build my church,
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  • I will build my church, and the gates of hades,
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  • And the gates of hades, the gates of hell,
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  • The gates of hell, the storms of life
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  • The storms of life will not overcome it.'"
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  • He said that to peter,
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  • He said that to peter, knowing that peter would go on
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  • Knowing that peter would go on to deny him at the fire on
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  • To deny him at the fire on the eve of his crucifixion.
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  • The eve of his crucifixion. but see, jesus knew that
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  • But see, jesus knew that sometimes the best place
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  • Sometimes the best place to build from is rock bottom.
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  • [applause]
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  • I told the lord,
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  • I told the lord, i'm not ready to preach yet.
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  • I'm not ready to preach yet. he said, you're more ready
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  • He said, you're more ready than you realize.
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  • Than you realize. you've been telling the lord,
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  • You've been telling the lord, i can't handle this.
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  • I can't handle this. i'm not ready for this.
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  • I'm not ready for this. i can't do it.
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  • I can't do it. he said, "i wouldn't have
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  • He said, "i wouldn't have called you if i wasn't
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  • Called you if i wasn't confident that you could."
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  • Confident that you could." and not only this, he said,
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  • And not only this, he said, "i wouldn't have called you
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  • "i wouldn't have called you if i wasn't going to do
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  • If i wasn't going to do it with you."
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  • >> before we go,
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  • >> before we go, i wanna invite you
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  • I wanna invite you to be a part of what god
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  • To be a part of what god is doing through this ministry.
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  • Is doing through this ministry. when you give
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  • When you give to steven furtick ministries,
  • 00:23:51.149 --> 00:23:52.384
  • To steven furtick ministries, you not only help us get
  • 00:23:52.451 --> 00:23:54.419
  • You not only help us get the word of god out
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  • The word of god out through this broadcast,
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  • But you also help us
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  • But you also help us partner with organizations
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  • Partner with organizations that care for children
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  • That care for children and families in practical ways.
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  • And families in practical ways. during the summer months
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  • During the summer months school breaks and holidays
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  • School breaks and holidays many kids lose consistent
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  • Many kids lose consistent access to meals
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  • Access to meals and safe environments
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  • And safe environments and the developmental support
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  • And the developmental support that they would normally
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  • That they would normally receive through school.
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  • Receive through school. but through our
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  • But through our partnership organizations
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  • Partnership organizations are able to step in
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  • Are able to step in and help children grow
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  • And help children grow and thrive when resources would
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  • And thrive when resources would otherwise maybe be out of reach.
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  • Otherwise maybe be out of reach. your generosity allows us
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  • Your generosity allows us to come alongside people
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  • To come alongside people that are already serving
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  • That are already serving their communities every day
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  • Their communities every day and strengthen the work
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  • And strengthen the work that they're doing
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  • That they're doing for the next generation.
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  • For the next generation. it's just one of the ways
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  • It's just one of the ways that the love of jesus
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  • That the love of jesus is lived out through
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  • Is lived out through this ministry meeting
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  • This ministry meeting real needs while continuing
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  • Real needs while continuing to get god's word
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  • To get god's word into people's hearts.
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  • Into people's hearts. if you've never
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  • If you've never partnered with us before,
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  • Partnered with us before, we'd love for you to take
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  • We'd love for you to take that step today and see
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  • That step today and see what god can do through you.
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  • What god can do through you. so, call the number
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  • So, 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, and together we can
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  • And together we can continue reaching people
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  • Continue reaching people with the hope and truth
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  • With the hope and truth of the gospel right
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  • Of the gospel right where they need it.
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  • >> when a kit is packed
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  • At elevation church,
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  • It starts small,
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  • Putting hygiene products
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  • Together or packaging
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  • Ingredients for a meal.
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  • But that's just
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  • The beginning of the journey.
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  • Once put together in boxes,
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  • They travel by train,
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  • By boat, by truck.
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  • That kit is being positioned
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  • For the moment it's needed,
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  • When disaster happens.
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  • When hunger rises
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  • Locally and globally,
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  • That kit is there to provide
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  • For an immediate need.
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  • When you give,
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  • This is what you're giving for.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ you deserve the praise ♪
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ you deserve the praise ♪
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • >> we sing.
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • ♪ my jesus ♪
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  • ♪ you deserve the praise ♪
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ you deserve the praise ♪
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • >> just one more time, sing.
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus ♪
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  • ♪ you deserve ♪
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  • ♪ you alone deserve ♪
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ you deserve the praise ♪
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  • ♪ worthy is your name ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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