Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Move It To The Middle (Part 1)

August 4, 2025 | 28:0

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

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Move It To The Middle (Part 1) | August 4, 2025

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> i am so excited to continue
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>> i am so excited to continue what i began to build
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What i began to build last week about those times
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Last week about those times in our lives when
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In our lives when we've all had them
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We've all had them whether respond to them or not,
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Whether respond to them or not, where god calls your name.
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Where god calls your name. and very specifically,
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And very specifically, i was talking about some times
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I was talking about some times in the scripture where god
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In the scripture where god called somebody by their name,
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Called somebody by their name, and he said their name
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And he said their name not once but twice.
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Not once but twice. and my point was that sometimes
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And my point was that sometimes you are in a pivotal moment
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You are in a pivotal moment of your life where it's your
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Of your life where it's your past versus your potential,
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Past versus your potential, your past versus your purpose.
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Your past versus your purpose. and in those moments,
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And in those moments, sometimes god will use
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Sometimes god will use repetition to underscore
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Repetition to underscore the urgency of what
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The urgency of what he has for you to hear.
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He has for you to hear. i believe there are many of us,
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I believe there are many of us, maybe not all of us,
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Maybe not all of us, who would find ourselves
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Who would find ourselves in a moment like that.
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In a moment like that. and so, today, i wanna continue
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And so, today, i wanna continue that from exodus 3:1-11.
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That from exodus 3:1-11. and all the bible school
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And all the bible school students already know who
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Students already know who we're talking about today.
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We're talking about today. somebody, say, "moses, moses."
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Somebody, say, "moses, moses." >> congregation: moses, moses.
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>> congregation: moses, moses. >> we grew up singing
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>> we grew up singing the song in church called,
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The song in church called, "pharaoh, pharaoh, obey thee,
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"pharaoh, pharaoh, obey thee, let my people go."
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[laughter]
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And then, if you really
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And then, if you really got into it you would go,
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Got into it you would go, "uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."
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[laughter]
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It was to the tune
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It was to the tune of louie, louie.
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Of louie, louie. i don't wanna get
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I don't wanna get a copyright strike on youtube,
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A copyright strike on youtube, so i won't sing that.
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So i won't sing that. but we would do that
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But we would do that "pharaoh, pharaoh, obey thee,
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"pharaoh, pharaoh, obey thee, let my people go,"
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Let my people go," and then everybody
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And then everybody would go, "uh."
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Would go, "uh." and quick story,
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And quick story, one time i was 17 years old
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One time i was 17 years old just getting started in ministry
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Just getting started in ministry and i was leading that
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And i was leading that for the youth.
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For the youth. and one of the parents was
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And one of the parents was really uptight and she walked
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Really uptight and she walked in and she saw how i had
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In and she saw how i had all the kids going, "uh,"
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All the kids going, "uh," and she said,
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And she said, "don't do that again.
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"don't do that again. that's not a holy --
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That's not a holy -- that's not a holy gesture."
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[laughter]
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I said, "lady, it's just
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I said, "lady, it's just a, 'uh.'"
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A, 'uh.'" but she was really
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But she was really special and sanctified,
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And holy in her own way.
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And holy in her own way. exodus 3.
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Exodus 3. somebody, say, "moses, moses."
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>> congregation: moses, moses.
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>> congregation: moses, moses. >> "now moses was tending
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>> "now moses was tending to the flock of jethro
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To the flock of jethro his father-in-law,
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His father-in-law, the priest of midian,
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The priest of midian, and he led the flock to the far
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And he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness,"
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Side of the wilderness," yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. that was confirmation
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That was confirmation on my message.
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On my message. okay.
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Okay. "the far side of the wilderness
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"the far side of the wilderness and came to horeb,
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And came to horeb, the mountain of god.
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The mountain of god. there the angel of the lord
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There the angel of the lord appeared to him in flames
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Appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush.
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Of fire from within a bush. moses saw that though the bush
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Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.
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Was on fire it did not burn up. so, moses thought, 'i'll go over
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So, moses thought, 'i'll go over and see this strange sight,'"
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And see this strange sight,'" it's crazy, "why the bush
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It's crazy, "why the bush does not burn up."
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"i gotta figure this out.
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"i gotta figure this out. this thing should be down
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This thing should be down to a stump, but somehow,
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To a stump, but somehow, it's still standing.
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It's still standing. this thing should be
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This thing should be flickering out, but somehow,
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Flickering out, but somehow, there's still a flame.
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There's still a flame. this thing should be over
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But somehow it's kept going.
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But somehow it's kept going. and when he thought like that --
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And when he thought like that -- just touch the person
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Just touch the person next to you and say,
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Next to you and say, "it doesn't make any sense."
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"it doesn't make any sense." >> congregation: it doesn't
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>> congregation: it doesn't make any sense.
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Make any sense. >> it doesn't make
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>> it doesn't make any sense why i'm still here.
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Any sense why i'm still here. after all of the times that
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After all of the times that i thought about quitting,
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I thought about quitting, it doesn't make any sense
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It doesn't make any sense why i'm still here.
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[applause]
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After all of the times
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After all of the times that i try to push god away,
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That i try to push god away, but he wouldn't let me, it makes
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But he wouldn't let me, it makes no sense why i'm here.
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And watch this.
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And watch this. "when the lord," verse 4,
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"when the lord," verse 4, "saw that he had gone
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"saw that he had gone over to look,
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Over to look, god called to him from within
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God called to him from within the bush, 'moses!
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The bush, 'moses! moses!'"
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Moses!'" only one of seven times this
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Only one of seven times this happens in the bible where
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Happens in the bible where he said the name twice.
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He said the name twice. "and moses said,
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"and moses said, 'here i am, lord.
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'here i am, lord. here i am.'
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Here i am.' 'and do not come any closer,'
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'and do not come any closer,' god said.
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God said. 'take off your sandals,
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'take off your sandals, for the place you are
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For the place you are standing is holy ground.'
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Standing is holy ground.' and then he said,
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And then he said, 'i am the god of your father,
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'i am the god of your father, the god of abraham,
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The god of abraham, the god of isaac,
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The god of isaac, and the god of jacob.'
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And the god of jacob.' at this, moses hid his face,
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At this, moses hid his face, because he was afraid
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Because he was afraid to look at god.
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To look at god. and the lord said,
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And the lord said, 'i have indeed seen the misery
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'i have indeed 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 because of their slave drivers,
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Because of their slave drivers, and i am concerned about
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And i am concerned about their suffering.
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Their suffering. so, i have come down
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So, i have come down to rescue them from
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To rescue them from the hand of the egyptians
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The hand of the egyptians and to bring them up
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And to bring them up out of that land into
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Out of that land into a good and spacious land.'"
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A good and spacious land.'" this isn't gonna be a mid land.
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This isn't gonna be a mid land. this is a good
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This is a good and spacious land.
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And spacious land. this isn't gonna be
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This isn't gonna be a cramp land.
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A cramp land. this is gonna be a good
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This is gonna be a good and spacious land.
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And spacious land. "a land flowing," it won't be
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"a land flowing," it won't be dry like the desert,
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Dry like the desert, "it's gonna be flowing
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"it's gonna be flowing with milk and honey.
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With milk and honey. the home of the canaanites,
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The home of the canaanites, hittites, amorites, perizzites,
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Hittites, amorites, perizzites, hivites, and jebusites.
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Hivites, and jebusites. and now the cry
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And now the cry of the israelites
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Of the israelites has reached me,
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Has reached me, and i have seen the way
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And i have seen the way the egyptians are
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The egyptians are oppressing them.
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Oppressing them. so now, go.
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So now, go. i am sending you to pharaoh,
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I am sending you to pharaoh, pharaoh, to," tell him, "uh...
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Obey me...
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[laughter]
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Let my people go."
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Let my people go." but moses said, "that's not
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But moses said, "that's not very appropriate, god.
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[laughter]
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"can't say that to pharaoh."
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"can't say that to pharaoh." verse 11 and i'll give you
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Verse 11 and i'll give you my subject for the day.
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My subject for the day. "but moses said to god,
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"but moses said to god, 'who am i?'"
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'who am i?'" this is what i called
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This is what i called the burning question,
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The burning question, "who am i?"
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"who am i?" not only the burning bush
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Not only the burning bush but the burning question,
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But the burning question, "who am i that i should
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"who am i that i should go to pharaoh and bring
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Go to pharaoh and bring the israelites out of egypt?"
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So, the lord gave me a word
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So, the lord gave me a word for your insecurities today
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For your insecurities today and for the things that
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And for the things that you're dealing with
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You're dealing with that are chapters in your life
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That are chapters in your life that feel like it's never
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That feel like it's never gonna change.
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Gonna change. and this is what the lord said,
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"move it to the middle."
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"move it to the middle." touch your neighbor on
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Touch your neighbor on your right or your left,
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Your right or your left, you choose, and say, "move it...
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You choose, and say, "move it... >> congregation: move it.
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>> congregation: move it. >> to the middle."
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>> to the middle." >> congregation: to the middle."
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>> congregation: to the middle." >> touch your other
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>> touch your other neighbor that feels very,
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Neighbor that feels very, very discouraged by your lack
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Very discouraged by your lack of preference for
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Of preference for the and put it in the chat
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The and put it in the chat when you say it, say,
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When you say it, say, "move it...
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"move it... >> congregation: move it.
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>> congregation: move it. >> to the middle."
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>> to the middle." >> congregation: to the middle."
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>> congregation: to the middle." >> in jesus' name.
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>> in jesus' name. you may be seated.
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You may be seated. move it to the middle.
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Okay.
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Okay. four points to this message.
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Four points to this message. i'm not gonna preach 'em.
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I'm not gonna preach 'em. i'mma preach it how the lord
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I'mma preach it how the lord gave it to me, like a prophecy.
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[applause]
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Sometimes you gotta prophesy.
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Sometimes you gotta prophesy. sometimes you don't need points.
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Sometimes you don't need points. sometimes you need a prophecy
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Sometimes you need a prophecy where the word of the lord
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Where the word of the lord transcends human understanding
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Transcends human understanding and all rational factual
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And all rational factual evidence and tells you
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Evidence and tells you what god says.
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What god says. and that's a shift
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And that's a shift in perspective that
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In perspective that we need to learn.
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We need to learn. first part of this message
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First part of this message might hurt a little bit,
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Might hurt a little bit, but i'll stitch you up
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But i'll stitch you up before lunch.
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[laughter]
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But i do it at my own expense,
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But i do it at my own expense, so maybe that'll make
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So maybe that'll make it better.
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It better. we just got back from
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We just got back from bethlehem, pennsylvania.
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[laughter]
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As we're moving through
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As we're moving through the airport, abbey said,
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The airport, abbey said, "i hope there's an update
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"i hope there's an update in a few years where you can see
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In a few years where you can see projected over people's heads
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Projected over people's heads where they're going."
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Where they're going." now, apparently,
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Now, apparently, my daughter has been sneaking
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My daughter has been sneaking episodes of black mirror.
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[laughter]
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Apparently, we need
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Apparently, we need more parental supervision
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More parental supervision over our 13 year old.
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Over our 13 year old. and just about
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And just about the time i told her,
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The time i told her, "that's ridiculous,"
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"that's ridiculous," i thought,
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I thought, "it might actually happen."
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"it might actually happen." upon further questioning
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Upon further questioning as to why she would want to see
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As to why she would want to see where someone was headed,
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Where someone was headed, we looked around
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We looked around the airport and realized
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The airport and realized that everybody in the airport
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That everybody in the airport was carrying and moving in
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What's commonly culturally
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Called main character energy.
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I don't know
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If you've heard this phrase.
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It's something that is
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Often encouraged to saying,
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"hey, you gotta own your story.
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You can't wait for other people
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You can't wait for other people to come rescue you.
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To come rescue you. you can't wait for somebody else
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You can't wait for somebody else to do it for you.
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To do it for you. you need that
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You need that main character energy."
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Main character energy." it's often used
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It's often used to speak of people who are
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To speak of people who are very charismatic, driven,
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Very charismatic, driven, and disposed and biased
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And disposed and biased toward action.
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Toward action. they got main character energy.
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They got main character energy. maybe they just seem special
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Maybe they just seem special or something like that.
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Or something like that. moses was born with what might
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Moses was born with what might have been called main character
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Have been called main character energy if the video game
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Energy if the video game had been invented by then.
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Had been invented by then. you know, it's kind
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You know, it's kind of a video game term.
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Of a video game term. everybody else is a just npc
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Everybody else is a just npc and you're the main character.
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And you're the main character. and everybody exists to help you
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And everybody exists to help you on your quest.
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On your quest. and moses, when he was born,
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And moses, when he was born, was in a very
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Was in a very difficult circumstance.
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Difficult circumstance. and i like to break his life
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And i like to break his life down into three 40 year stages
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Down into three 40 year stages to help you understand this
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To help you understand this message today called,
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Message today called, "move it to the middle."
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"move it to the middle." the first 40 years of moses'
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The first 40 years of moses' life were spent being raised
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Life were spent being raised as pharaoh's daughter
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As pharaoh's daughter though he was not
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Though he was not pharaoh's daughter.
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Pharaoh's daughter. at the time,
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At the time, moses was born as a hebrew,
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Moses was born as a hebrew, the hebrew boys were under
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The hebrew boys were under tremendous threat.
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Tremendous threat. pharaoh had decided that
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Pharaoh had decided that their presence represented
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Their presence represented a threat to him,
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A threat to him, and so each of the hebrew
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And so each of the hebrew first born boys were to be
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First born boys were to be murdered and thrown into
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The nile river.
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The nile river. the hebrew women were
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The hebrew women were so vigorous in giving birth,
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So vigorous in giving birth, the midwives could not
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The midwives could not allow them not to live.
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Allow them not to live. they would have the baby before
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They would have the baby before the midwife would show up
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The midwife would show up and carrying out
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And carrying out the assassination plot.
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The assassination plot. this presented an opportunity
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This presented an opportunity for some of the children
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For some of the children that were born during that
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That were born during that time to live when they
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Time to live when they should have died.
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Should have died. moses was one of them.
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Moses was one of them. the bible says that
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The bible says that he was no ordinary child.
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He was no ordinary child. when his parents saw
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When his parents saw that he was special,
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They did something kinda cool.
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They did something kinda cool. they made a basket
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They made a basket and floated him down
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And floated him down the nile river.
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The nile river. it just so happened
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It just so happened at that point in time
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At that point in time that pharaoh daughter
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That pharaoh daughter was out there kinda cleaning
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Was out there kinda cleaning and out doing some
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And out doing some nile river activities...
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[laughter]
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And seeing how beautiful
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And seeing how beautiful the baby was,
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The baby was, she decided to take him
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She decided to take him in as her own.
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In as her own. in needing a nurse for the baby,
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In needing a nurse for the baby, she located the nearest nurse
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She located the nearest nurse she could find which happened
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She could find which happened to be moses' mother.
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To be moses' mother. you can see how this
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You can see how this presents not only
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Presents not only a sense of moses' uniqueness
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A sense of moses' uniqueness but perhaps a sense
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But perhaps a sense of loneliness as well.
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Of loneliness as well. for as he grows up,
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For as he grows up, you could say that he is
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You could say that he is a hebrew in nature
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A hebrew in nature and an egyptian in nurture.
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And an egyptian in nurture. he is an israelite baby
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He is an israelite baby in nature in an environment
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In nature in an environment of egypt in which
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Of egypt in which he's been nurtured.
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He's been nurtured. the first 40 years
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The first 40 years of his life go this way.
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Of his life go this way. and one day, moses takes a trip.
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And one day, moses takes a trip. in fact, rather than
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In fact, rather than tell you this,
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Tell you this, let me just read this to you.
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Let me just read this to you. i think it'd be good
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I think it'd be good if we read it for a moment.
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If we read it for a moment. if you go over to acts 7,
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If you go over to acts 7, we can summarize
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The life of moses from
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The life of moses from the speech of stephen.
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The speech of stephen. now, stephen was an apostle
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Now, stephen was an apostle in the new testament church
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In the new testament church who was being stoned,
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Who was being stoned, not recreationally.
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[laughter]
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But in all seriousness,
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But in all seriousness, he was being persecuted
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He was being persecuted for his faith in jesus,
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For his faith in jesus, and his face shone as
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And his face shone as they stoned him.
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They stoned him. he was shining with something
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He was shining with something from the inside even as he was
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From the inside even as he was being killed on the outside.
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Being killed on the outside. and in giving his speech
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And in giving his speech to the people who
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To the people who are stoning him
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Are stoning him and accusing them of missing
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And accusing them of missing jesus, the messiah,
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Jesus, the messiah, when he came to save them,
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When he came to save them, he goes into a little history
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He goes into a little history lesson about moses.
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Lesson about moses. and i thought it would be great
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And i thought it would be great for us to pick it up
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For us to pick it up right in verse 20.
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Right in verse 20. he goes back
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Thousands of years and says,
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Thousands of years and says, "at that time moses was born,
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"at that time moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.
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And he was no ordinary child. for three months he was
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For three months he was cared for by his family.
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Cared for by his family. and when he was placed outside,
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And when he was placed outside, pharaoh's daughter took him
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Pharaoh's daughter took him and brought him up
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And brought him up as her own son.
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As her own son. moses was educated in all
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Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the egyptians
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The wisdom of the egyptians and was powerful
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And was powerful in speech and action."
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I wanted to read
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I wanted to read that verse because, often,
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That verse because, often, moses is presented to us
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As being a bumbling,
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As being a bumbling, stumbling idiot,
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Stumbling idiot, because when god called him,
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Because when god called him, he was like,
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He was like, "i don't talk too good, lord."
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"i don't talk too good, lord." so, we kinda made moses this
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So, we kinda made moses this bubba who was born in a basket,
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Bubba who was born in a basket, missing the point that
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Missing the point that he spent the first 40 years of
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He spent the first 40 years of his life not only as a survivor
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His life not only as a survivor but a student in the most
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But a student in the most powerful position of his day.
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Powerful position of his day. all that background is gonna
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All that background is gonna play into what i'm gonna
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Play into what i'm gonna tell you in a moment,
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Tell you in a moment, but move down to verse 23,
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But move down to verse 23, because this moves us
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Because this moves us into the second phase
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Into the second phase of moses' life.
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Of moses' life. the bible says,
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The bible says, "when moses was forty years old,
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"when moses was forty years old, he decided to visit
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He decided to visit his own people, the israelites.
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His own people, the israelites. he saw one of them being
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He saw one of them being mistreated by an egyptian,
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Mistreated by an egyptian, so he went to his defense
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So he went to his defense and avenged him by
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And avenged him by killing the egyptian.
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Killing the egyptian. moses thought that his
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Moses thought that his own people would realize
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Own people would realize that god was using him
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That god was using him to rescue them,
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To rescue them, but they did not."
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He thought that
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He thought that he would be helpful,
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He would be helpful, but they hated him
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But they hated him for being helpful.
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For being helpful. he thought he was doing
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He thought he was doing something significant,
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Something significant, but it ended up
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But it ended up that what he did,
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That what he did, that he thought was significant,
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That he thought was significant, actually became the end
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Actually became the end of his time in egypt.
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Verse 26 says,
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Verse 26 says, "the next day moses
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"the next day moses came upon two israelites
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Came upon two israelites who were fighting.
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Who were fighting. he tried to reconcile
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He tried to reconcile them by saying,
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Them by saying, 'men, you are brothers;
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'men, you are brothers; why do you wanna hurt
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Why do you wanna hurt each other?'
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Each other?' but the man who was
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But the man who was mistreating the other
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Mistreating the other pushed moses aside and said,
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Pushed moses aside and said, 'who made you ruler
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'who made you ruler and judge over us?
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And judge over us? are you thinking
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Are you thinking of killing me as you killed
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Of killing me as you killed the egyptian yesterday?'"
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The egyptian yesterday?'" uh-oh!
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Uh-oh! "when moses heard this,
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"when moses heard this, he fled to midian,
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He fled to midian, where he settled as
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Where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons."
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A foreigner and had two sons." verse 30,
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Verse 30, "after forty years had passed,
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"after forty years had passed, an angel appeared to moses
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An angel appeared to moses in the flames of a burning bush
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In the flames of a burning bush in the desert near mount sinai."
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We just read about this
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We just read about this in exodus 3,
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In exodus 3, but when we read
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But when we read about it in exodus 3,
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About it in exodus 3, we missed a crucial bit
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We missed a crucial bit of context that i want us
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Of context that i want us to come back to for a moment.
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In exodus 3:1, it says,
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In exodus 3:1, it says, "now moses was tending the flock
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"now moses was tending the flock of jethro his father-in-law,
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Of jethro his father-in-law, the priest of midian."
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The priest of midian." but in acts 7:30, we learn,
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But in acts 7:30, we learn, "after 40 years had passed."
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"after 40 years had passed." so, what is presented
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In one sentence in exodus 3
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In one sentence in exodus 3 took four decades
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Took four decades from moses' perspective at
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From moses' perspective at the time it happened.
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The time it happened. everybody in your life
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Everybody in your life is in the middle of something.
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Is in the middle of something. our tendency is to treat people
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Our tendency is to treat people according to where
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According to where we meet people.
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We meet people. and this is the part that
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And this is the part that i told you would be challenging.
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I told you would be challenging. some of us, if we meet somebody
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Some of us, if we meet somebody and it seems like they're in
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And it seems like they're in a position to help us,
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A position to help us, we are good to those who
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We are good to those who we think are good for us.
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We think are good for us. some of us, if we meet people
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Some of us, if we meet people and we see them as a liability
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And we see them as a liability to our social credibility
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To our social credibility or maybe a liability
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Or maybe a liability to our time or our energy,
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To our time or our energy, we have a tendency
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We have a tendency to treat people according
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To treat people according to where we meet people.
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To where we meet people. christian maturity does not
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Christian maturity does not treat people according
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To where you meet people.
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To where you meet people. christian maturity never
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Christian maturity never judges the man by the moment,
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Judges the man by the moment, let me be inclusive,
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Let me be inclusive, never judges the woman
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Never judges the woman by the moment,
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Never judges the book
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Never judges the book by the chapter,
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By the chapter, never judges the potential
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Never judges the potential of someone by the problem that
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Of someone by the problem that they are currently carrying.
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They are currently carrying. so, you find in life
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So, you find in life two different approaches,
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Two different approaches, main character energy,
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Main character energy, which is kind of like,
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Which is kind of like, "i'm focused on
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"i'm focused on what i'm doing.
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What i'm doing. i'm focused on
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I'm focused on what i'm becoming.
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What i'm becoming. i'm focused on my goals."
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I'm focused on my goals." and sadly, a lot of this
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And sadly, a lot of this gets pedaled in the church
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Gets pedaled in the church as spiritual growth,
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As spiritual growth, but it is not sanctification
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But it is not sanctification because sanctification
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Because sanctification and self help sometimes
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And self help sometimes are a little different.
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Are a little different. self help is sometimes about
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Self help is sometimes about what you can do for you
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What you can do for you to reach the goal that
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To reach the goal that you set without god.
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You set without god. sanctification starts with
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Sanctification starts with god's goal that he wants to do
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God's goal that he wants to do that is much bigger than
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That is much bigger than what you see right now.
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[applause]
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Moses did it his way,
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Moses did it his way, he became a murderer.
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He became a murderer. moses did it god's way,
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Moses did it god's way, he was a messenger.
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He was a messenger. and all i'm trying to get you
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And all i'm trying to get you to see is that it's
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To see is that it's a matter of perspective.
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A matter of perspective. tell somebody,
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"move it to the middle."
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"move it to the middle." >> congregation: move it
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>> congregation: move it to the middle.
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To the middle. >> come on, tell the person
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>> come on, tell the person on either side of you,
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On either side of you, "move it to the middle."
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"move it to the middle." >> congregation: move it
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>> congregation: move it to the middle.
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To the middle. >> tell both of 'em in case
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>> tell both of 'em in case the first one doesn't like it,
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The first one doesn't like it, tell the second one,
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Tell the second one, so you got a back up plan.
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So you got a back up plan. move it to the middle.
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Move it to the middle. amy, i'll never forget
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Amy, i'll never forget something you said to me.
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Something you said to me. we got cut off
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We got cut off by somebody in traffic.
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By somebody in traffic. this has been years ago,
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This has been years ago, i never forgot it.
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I never forgot it. amy lives her life with
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Amy lives her life with whatever is the opposite
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Whatever is the opposite of main character energy.
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Of main character energy. she lives her life with
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She lives her life with christ-like nature.
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Guess that's the opposite
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Guess that's the opposite of main character energy.
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Of main character energy. it's not like
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It's not like she's a side character.
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She's a side character. she's just more
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She's just more christ-like than me.
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Christ-like than me. and i was talking about
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And i was talking about the person who cut us off
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The person who cut us off in traffic in a certain way...
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[laughter]
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That wasn't very mindful
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That wasn't very mindful of their potential in christ
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Of their potential in christ or their value to god.
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[laughter]
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And i said,
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And i said, "amy, how do you never
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"amy, how do you never get mad when you get
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Get mad when you get cut off in traffic?
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Cut off in traffic? i've never seen you road rage."
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I've never seen you road rage." and she said, "well, i like
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And she said, "well, i like to play a game.
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To play a game. i like to pretend that
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I like to pretend that the person in the passenger seat
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The person in the passenger seat is pregnant and the person
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Is pregnant and the person driving them has to get them
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Driving them has to get them to the hospital because
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To the hospital because their water just broke."
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Their water just broke." i don't know
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I don't know if you remember that,
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If you remember that, but i never forgot it,
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But i never forgot it, because i also like
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Because i also like to play pretend when somebody
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To play pretend when somebody cuts me off in traffic.
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[laughter]
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I like to pretend that
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I like to pretend that i'm not a pastor,
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I'm not a pastor, and i never even met jesus,
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And i never even met jesus, and i never even heard his name.
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And i never even heard his name. i like to pretend like
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I like to pretend like i'm a terrorist.
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I'm a terrorist. i like to pretend like i've been
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I like to pretend like i've been training as an assassin.
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[laughter]
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I like to pretend like,
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I like to pretend like, "god sent me to teach you
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"god sent me to teach you a lesson.
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A lesson. can't let you
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Can't let you get away with that."
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[applause]
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I saw it as a shift.
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I saw it as a shift. now, here's the picture
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Now, here's the picture that the lord gave me.
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That the lord gave me. we're gonna work this out
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We're gonna work this out on the fly because, honestly,
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I kind of thought of it
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I kind of thought of it last minute.
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Last minute. when we finish
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When we finish singing at the church,
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Singing at the church, usually they bring my pulpit
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Usually they bring my pulpit to the stage and put it
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To the stage and put it in the place where it goes.
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In the place where it goes. and we do it in a way where
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And we do it in a way where it just kind of signals
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It just kind of signals a shift to say,
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A shift to say, "we've worshiped god with
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"we've worshiped god with our singing and the melodies;
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Our singing and the melodies; now we are going to worship god
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Now we are going to worship god through his spoken word,
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Through his spoken word, and his message,"
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And his message," and both are worship.
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And both are worship. so, when we position the pulpit,
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So, when we position the pulpit, the camera shots also change.
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The camera shots also change. you will notice that you
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You will notice that you no longer see the drummer very
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No longer see the drummer very much once it's preaching time.
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Much once it's preaching time. you no longer see scotty,
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You no longer see scotty, as handsome as he is and as
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As handsome as he is and as dignified as he looked leading
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Dignified as he looked leading the south carolina state choir
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The south carolina state choir last week.
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Last week. i mean, he's got that
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I mean, he's got that main character gift.
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[applause]
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But everybody
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But everybody switches positions.
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Switches positions. somebody, say, "positions."
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Somebody, say, "positions." >> congregation: positions.
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>> congregation: positions. >> now say, "perspective."
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>> now say, "perspective." okay, now that we're in this
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Okay, now that we're in this part of the message,
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Part of the message, the perspective has shifted,
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The perspective has shifted, not because i'm more important
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Not because i'm more important than anybody on the stage
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Than anybody on the stage but because it is my time
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To deliver the message
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To deliver the message that god has given me
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That god has given me to share with you.
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To share with you. therefore, the camera operators
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Therefore, the camera operators have to be instructed
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Have to be instructed at this point,
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At this point, "you no longer need
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"you no longer need to show otis.
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To show otis. you no longer
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You no longer need to show scotty.
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Need to show scotty. they'll be back
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They'll be back when we sing again,
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When we sing again, but for now, this is our focus."
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But for now, this is our focus." now, here's what i want you
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Now, here's what i want you to understand about the way
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To understand about the way a lot of us live our lives.
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A lot of us live our lives. if they disobey that order
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If they disobey that order and just go with me
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And just go with me for this picture,
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For this picture, 'cause i'mma show you a lot
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'cause i'mma show you a lot of why we stay stressed out.
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I'mma show you a lot
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I'mma show you a lot of why we stay resentful,
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Of why we stay resentful, bitter, demotivated, angry.
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Bitter, demotivated, angry. i'mma tell you why a lot
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I'mma tell you why a lot of our passion goes out because
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Of our passion goes out because people hurt our feelings.
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People hurt our feelings. if at the moment that
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If at the moment that i take this pulpit,
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I take this pulpit, the camera operator just
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The camera operator just decides to rebel and go like,
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Decides to rebel and go like, "i think the podium
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"i think the podium is boring," --
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Is boring," -- now, camera operator,
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Now, camera operator, do what i'm about to say
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Do what i'm about to say to illustrate my point.
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To illustrate my point. we have not worked this out,
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We have not worked this out, so i hope it goes well.
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[laughter]
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Just put the camera
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Just put the camera somewhere else that has nothing
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Somewhere else that has nothing to do with this and show them
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To do with this and show them what i'm talking about.
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[laughter]
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And again,
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And again, we did not plan this.
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We did not plan this. i'm just working this
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I'm just working this illustration through with you.
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Illustration through with you. wave at the people, otis.
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[laughter]
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And as suave, as debonaire
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And as suave, as debonaire as he is on those drums,
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As he is on those drums, it is a distraction at
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It is a distraction at this moment to show the drums.
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This moment to show the drums. now, go back to what
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Now, go back to what you're supposed to be shooting,
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Not because i'm better looking,
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Not because i'm better looking, not because of status,
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Not because of status, not because
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Not because i'm the boss around here,
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I'm the boss around here, but because of purpose.
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But because of purpose. purpose determines position.
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[applause]
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Get the picture,
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And then we'll break it down.
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And then we'll break it down. purpose determines position.
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Purpose determines position. so, show 'em the otis shot.
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So, show 'em the otis shot. this is me focusing on something
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This is me focusing on something that is meant to be peripheral
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That is meant to be peripheral in the moment.
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In the moment. show 'em the tight shot.
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Show 'em the tight shot. this is me focusing on what
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This is me focusing on what is being spoken from god.
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Is being spoken from god. and if you keep doing this,
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And if you keep doing this, you're gonna miss this.
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You're gonna miss this. clap your hands.
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Clap your hands. i thought that turned out
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I thought that turned out pretty good.
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[applause]
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Now, of course,
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Now, of course, put it back on the drums,
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Put it back on the drums, i could --
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[laughter]
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It takes two men to carry
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It takes two men to carry this out most sundays.
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I could do that.
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I could do that. i could carry the burden
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I could carry the burden for a little while.
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[cheering and applause]
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I'm pretty strong.
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I'm pretty strong. i curled some 50's yesterday.
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I curled some 50's yesterday. i could do it
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I could do it for a little while,
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For a little while, but i don't think
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But i don't think i could do it for long.
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I could do it for long. so, which one's easier?
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So, which one's easier? go back to otis.
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Go back to otis. which one is easier,
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Which one is easier, for me to carry this...
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[cheering]
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And move it
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And move it to the middle or --
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To the middle or -- stay on otis.
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Stay on otis. stay on otis.
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[laughter]
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For them to do this
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For them to do this and move it to the middle.
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[applause]
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So, god said what
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So, god said what you're trying to do by lifting,
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You're trying to do by lifting, you could do by looking.
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[applause]
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>> i don't want you to be
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>> i don't want you to be so confused by the noise
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So confused by the noise that's surrounding you
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That's surrounding you that you never know
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That you never know the god who made you
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The god who made you and never know his voice.
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>> when god calls
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>> when god calls your name once,
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Your name once, that's personal.
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That's personal. when he calls
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When he calls your name twice,
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Your name twice, that's pivotal.
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>> ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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♪ will live ♪
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♪ come on in ♪
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♪ whatever you touch ♪
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♪ will live ♪
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♪ come on in ♪
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>> ♪ this is ♪
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>> ♪ this is the moment ♪
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♪ when wind meets fire ♪
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♪ come on in ♪
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♪ our hearts are burning ♪
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♪ for fresh revival ♪
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♪ blow again ♪
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♪ our god is consuming fire ♪
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♪ our god is a holy wind ♪
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♪ whatever you speak is done ♪
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♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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♪ our god is consuming fire ♪
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♪ our god is a holy wind ♪
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♪ whatever you speak is done ♪
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♪ whatever you touch will live ♪
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>> ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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♪ will live ♪
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>> ♪ whatever ♪
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>> ♪ whatever you touch ♪
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♪ will live ♪
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♪ whatever you touch ♪
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♪ will live ♪
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♪ mm-mm ♪
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♪ lord let my life ♪
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♪ be an altar ♪
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♪ light up my lungs ♪
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♪ with your praise ♪
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♪ 'cause i can't breathe ♪
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♪ until you breathe ♪
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♪ so breathe on me ♪
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ breathe on me ♪
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>> ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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Steven Furtick - Move It To The Middle (Part 1)

August 4, 2025 | 28:0

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