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Steven Furtick - Move It To The Middle (Part 2)

August 9, 2025 | S25 E220 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - Move It To The Middle (Part 2)
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 2) | August 9, 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 saw it as a shift.
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  • >> i saw it as a shift. now, here's the picture that
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  • Now, here's the picture that the lord gave me.
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  • The lord gave me. we're gonna work this out on
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  • We're gonna work this out on the fly because honestly i kinda
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  • The fly because honestly i kinda thought of it last minute.
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  • Thought of it last minute. when we finish singing
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  • When we finish singing at the church,
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  • At the church, usually they bring my pulpit
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  • Usually they bring my pulpit to the stage and they put it
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  • To the stage and they 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
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  • And we do it in a way where it just kind of signals
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  • Where 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
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  • You will notice that you no longer see
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  • You no longer see the drummer very much
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  • The drummer very much once it's preaching time.
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  • 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." >> congregation: perspective.
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  • >> congregation: perspective. >> okay, now that we're
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  • >> okay, now that we're in this part of the message,
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  • In this 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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  • But because it is my time to deliver the message
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  • 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
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  • "you no longer need to show otis,
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  • Need 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,
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  • But for now, this is our focus."
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  • This is our focus." now, here's what i want
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  • Now, here's what i want you to understand about the way
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  • You 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 disobeyed that order,
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  • If they disobeyed 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 of why
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  • I'mma show you a lot of why we stay resentful, bitter,
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  • We stay resentful, bitter, demotivated, angry.
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  • 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 'em
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  • To do with this and show 'em 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...
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  • [laughter]
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  • At this moment
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  • At this moment to show the drums.
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  • 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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  • You're supposed to be shooting, 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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  • 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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  • Get the picture, 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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  • 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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  • 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 divide moses's life --
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  • I divide moses's life -- can i preach this like
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  • Can i preach this like god gave it to me?
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Come on, i'll behave
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  • Come on, i'll behave in fort worth,
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  • In fort worth, i'll behave in --
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  • I'll behave in -- i promise i'll represent
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  • I promise i'll represent you well in detroit.
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  • You well in detroit. i'll preach polite in toronto,
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  • I'll preach polite in toronto, but this is my church where
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  • But this is my church where i can preach it dirty.
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  • I can preach it dirty. where i can preach the word
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  • Where i can preach the word like a bush coming up
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  • Like a bush coming up out of the desert ground
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  • Out of the desert ground that won't burn up no matter
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  • That won't burn up no matter how long it's been burning,
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  • How long it's been burning, that won't give out
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  • That won't give out no matter how much
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  • No matter how much it's gone through.
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  • It's gone through. that represents the very
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  • That represents the very life of moses himself,
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  • Life of moses himself, whose perspective is being
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  • Whose perspective is being shifted from the first
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  • Shifted from the first 40 years of his life,
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  • 40 years of his life, which started in a basket,
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  • Which started in a basket, past the 40 years of his life
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  • Past the 40 years of his life that he spent in midian,
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  • That he spent in midian, and now this bush.
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  • And now this bush. a basket, first 40.
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  • A basket, first 40. a bush, next 40.
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  • A bush, next 40. but the 40 years that we read
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  • But the 40 years that we read in one sentence is the middle.
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  • In one sentence is the middle. now, i guarantee you,
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  • Now, i guarantee you, it did not feel like
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  • It did not feel like the middle to moses.
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  • The middle to moses. i'll tell you how i know,
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  • I'll tell you how i know, the verse i read you in acts 7.
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  • Oh, i'm so glad i got that
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  • Oh, i'm so glad i got that new testament perspective
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  • New testament perspective on moses because
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  • On moses because if i would have just read
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  • If i would have just read he was tending sheep,
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  • He was tending sheep, a bush burnt,
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  • A bush burnt, we would have thought
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  • We would have thought we're meeting moses at
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  • We're meeting moses at the beginning of his story.
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  • The beginning of his story. but moses --
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  • But moses -- for moses it didn't
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  • Feel like the beginning,
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  • Feel like the beginning, it felt like the end.
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  • And the bible says that when
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  • And the bible says that when moses heard this, he fled,
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  • Moses heard this, he fled, verse 29, acts chapter 7,
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  • Verse 29, acts chapter 7, to midian where he settled.
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  • To midian where he settled. he settled.
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  • He settled. he wasn't passing
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  • He wasn't passing through in his mind.
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  • Through in his mind. he settled in midian
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  • He settled in midian and had two sons.
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  • That's not something you
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  • That's not something you do on a quick trip.
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  • [laughter]
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  • That's not something
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  • That's not something you do just passing through.
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  • You do just passing through. he's in a place called midian
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  • He's in a place called midian and it feels like the end
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  • And it feels like the end but to us it looks like
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  • But to us it looks like the beginning.
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  • The beginning. and i need you to remember
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  • And i need you to remember so you have christian empathy
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  • So you have christian empathy that everybody you meet
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  • That everybody you meet is in the middle of something.
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  • Is in the middle of something. and we could be nicer to people
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  • And we could be nicer to people on road rage if we said
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  • On road rage if we said they must be in the middle
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  • They must be in the middle of something very important.
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  • Of something very important. they must be in the middle
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  • They must be in the middle of giving birth to a child.
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  • Of giving birth to a child. maybe that child will
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  • Maybe that child will be the next moses.
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  • Be the next moses. that's how amy does it.
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  • That's how amy does it. i'm like, maybe they're gonna
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  • I'm like, maybe they're gonna die before they get there.
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  • Die before they get there. if they cut me off
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  • If they cut me off one more time.
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  • One more time. that's me,
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  • That's me, main character energy,
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  • Main character energy, christ like energy.
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  • Christ like energy. and i feel it strong,
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  • And i feel it strong, when you realize that
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  • When you realize that everybody you need is in
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  • Everybody you need is in the middle of something,
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  • The middle of something, you will be more merciful.
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  • You will be more merciful. the middle will make
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  • The middle will make you merciful.
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  • You merciful. the middle will
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  • The middle will make you merciful.
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  • Make you merciful. it will make me, and it will
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  • It will make me, and it will make you more sanctified.
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  • In order to stop seeing
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  • In order to stop seeing ourselves as the point
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  • Ourselves as the point of every pursuit,
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  • Of every pursuit, to stop seeing ourselves
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  • To stop seeing ourselves with the destination
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  • With the destination over our head, rushing through
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  • Over our head, rushing through the airport trying
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  • The airport trying to get somewhere.
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  • To get somewhere. here's moses in a place that
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  • Here's moses in a place that seems like a destination,
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  • Seems like a destination, feels like a detour.
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  • Feels like a detour. it's not the beginning,
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  • It's not the beginning, it's not the end either.
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  • Moses doesn't know that yet,
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  • Moses doesn't know that yet, and neither do you when
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  • And neither do you when you're in it.
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  • You're in it. you know,
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  • You know, that's the thing about it,
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  • That's the thing about it, when you're in it,
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  • When you're in it, the middle feels like the end.
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  • The middle feels like the end. i'm talking about failures,
  • 00:08:54.864 --> 00:08:55.965
  • I'm talking about failures, and i'm talking about
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  • And i'm talking about moments of setback,
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  • Moments of setback, and i'm talking about
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  • And i'm talking about closed doors,
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  • Closed doors, and i'm talking
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  • And i'm talking about rejection.
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  • About rejection. you know what's interesting
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  • You know what's interesting to me to study about moses,
  • 00:09:03.172 --> 00:09:03.839
  • To me to study about moses, and i wanted to give you
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  • And i wanted to give you this because i thought it was
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  • This because i thought it was very psychologically
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  • Very psychologically and theologically aligned.
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  • And theologically aligned. so greg, the bible goes on
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  • So greg, the bible goes on to say that he was sent
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  • To say that he was sent to deliver
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  • To deliver the children of israel,
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  • The children of israel, and he was sent to deliver
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  • And he was sent to deliver the children of israel,
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  • The children of israel, but the children of israel
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  • But the children of israel resented him.
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  • Resented him. he is sent to someone
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  • He is sent to someone who resents him.
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  • Who resents him. he's not all hebrew
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  • He's not all hebrew in their mind.
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  • In their mind. he's not all egyptian either.
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  • He's not all egyptian either. he is a middle child.
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  • He is a middle child. when you are in the middle
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  • When you are in the middle it can be difficult to find
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  • It can be difficult to find where you fit in.
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  • Where you fit in. someone told me one time
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  • Someone told me one time my preaching was too black.
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  • [laughter]
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  • In fact, they said,
  • 00:09:47.416 --> 00:09:48.384
  • In fact, they said, "i used to listen to you
  • 00:09:48.451 --> 00:09:49.218
  • "i used to listen to you on podcast.
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  • On podcast. i was surprised to find out
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  • I was surprised to find out you were white the first time
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  • You were white the first time i saw you on video."
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:09:54.056 --> 00:09:54.890
  • But what they said was,
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  • But what they said was, "you might wanna consider
  • 00:09:57.226 --> 00:09:58.260
  • "you might wanna consider modulating your preaching
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  • In order to reach
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  • In order to reach a broader audience."
  • 00:10:01.530 --> 00:10:03.165
  • A broader audience." i said, "what exactly
  • 00:10:03.232 --> 00:10:04.066
  • I said, "what exactly do you mean modulate?"
  • 00:10:04.133 --> 00:10:05.801
  • Do you mean modulate?" they said, "sometimes when you
  • 00:10:05.868 --> 00:10:06.936
  • They said, "sometimes when you do the really high preaching
  • 00:10:07.003 --> 00:10:08.971
  • Do the really high preaching and the organ starts playing,
  • 00:10:09.038 --> 00:10:10.740
  • And the organ starts playing, it's a little distracting."
  • 00:10:10.806 --> 00:10:14.343
  • And i said, "it's only
  • 00:10:14.443 --> 00:10:15.011
  • And i said, "it's only distracting for you because
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  • Distracting for you because it is different to you."
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  • [applause]
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  • "and if you think
  • 00:10:21.751 --> 00:10:23.552
  • "and if you think that i preach like i preach
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  • That i preach like i preach because i did a market study
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  • Because i did a market study on ways to incorporate
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  • On ways to incorporate different ethnocentric
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  • Different ethnocentric backgrounds into a message
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  • Backgrounds into a message so that all people will
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  • So that all people will feel included, you're crazy."
  • 00:10:32.762 --> 00:10:35.464
  • Feel included, you're crazy." i preach how i preach
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  • I preach how i preach 'cause when i was 16,
  • 00:10:37.767 --> 00:10:39.969
  • 'cause when i was 16, chris dixon invited me to join
  • 00:10:40.036 --> 00:10:42.571
  • Chris dixon invited me to join the voices of unity
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  • The voices of unity gospel choir,
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  • Gospel choir, where i was the only white one
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  • Where i was the only white one in the whole choir.
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  • In the whole choir. i stood in the middle.
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  • I stood in the middle. i didn't sway in rhythm,
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  • I didn't sway in rhythm, but i stayed in the middle.
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  • But i stayed in the middle. and because of that,
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  • And because of that, my life was informed that
  • 00:10:56.318 --> 00:10:57.620
  • My life was informed that there are different styles
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  • There are different styles and the same substance.
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  • And the same substance. so, i don't have to apologize
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  • So, i don't have to apologize to you for any weapon
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  • To you for any weapon in my arsenal that god gave me
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  • In my arsenal that god gave me to get this word across.
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  • To get this word across. yeah?
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  • Yeah? 'cause i'll have to preach
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  • 'cause i'll have to preach like i'm white,
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  • Like i'm white, i'll have to preach --
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • I can move it to the middle.
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  • I can move it to the middle. i can do it either way,
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  • I can do it either way, pentecostal, bapti-costal,
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  • Pentecostal, bapti-costal, presbyterian, catholic.
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  • Presbyterian, catholic. i can hail mary,
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  • I can hail mary, i can thank you jesus.
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  • I can thank you jesus. i can do it in tongues.
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  • I can do it in tongues. i can give a pet call.
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  • I can preach it how
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  • I can preach it how he gives it to me.
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  • [applause]
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  • 'cause i'm a middle child.
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  • [applause]
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  • Don't label me.
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  • Don't label me. touch your neighbor say,
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  • Touch your neighbor say, "don't label me,
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  • "don't label me, i'm a middle child."
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  • [applause]
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  • All the middle children
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  • All the middle children give god a praise.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • I'm a middle child.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Holly is a middle child.
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  • Holly is a middle child. graham is a middle child.
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  • Graham is a middle child. there's benefits
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  • There's benefits of being a middle child.
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  • Of being a middle child. you can watch how
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  • You can watch how the first one did it dumb,
  • 00:12:06.689 --> 00:12:08.657
  • The first one did it dumb, make some corrections,
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  • Make some corrections, get right in front
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  • Get right in front of the younger one that
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  • Of the younger one that they're still more busy with,
  • 00:12:12.328 --> 00:12:13.963
  • They're still more busy with, and do what you need to do.
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  • [laughter]
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  • No less significant,
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  • No less significant, just hidden in the middle.
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  • Just hidden in the middle. in the middle.
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  • In the middle. my legal name
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  • My legal name is not steven furtick.
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  • Is not steven furtick. my legal name is larry.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:12:36.352 --> 00:12:37.653
  • That's funny.
  • 00:12:38.154 --> 00:12:39.722
  • That's funny. you know, you just offended
  • 00:12:39.789 --> 00:12:40.823
  • You know, you just offended every larry watching this
  • 00:12:40.890 --> 00:12:42.591
  • Every larry watching this sermon online.
  • 00:12:42.658 --> 00:12:44.059
  • Sermon online. you are gonna
  • 00:12:44.126 --> 00:12:44.727
  • You are gonna get us canceled by
  • 00:12:44.794 --> 00:12:45.694
  • Get us canceled by the larry's and the karen's.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:12:47.163 --> 00:12:48.364
  • You messed the whole
  • 00:12:48.731 --> 00:12:49.198
  • You messed the whole thing up.
  • 00:12:49.265 --> 00:12:49.698
  • [laughter]
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  • Yeah.
  • 00:12:54.837 --> 00:12:55.104
  • Yeah. little larry furtick.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:57.273
  • 'cause i'm larry
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  • 'cause i'm larry stevens furtick.
  • 00:12:59.074 --> 00:13:02.912
  • Stevens furtick. stevens furtick junior.
  • 00:13:02.978 --> 00:13:06.715
  • Stevens furtick junior. "why are you stevens?
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  • Do you have
  • 00:13:09.118 --> 00:13:09.618
  • Do you have multiple personalities?"
  • 00:13:09.685 --> 00:13:11.287
  • Multiple personalities?" perhaps, and so do you.
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  • [applause]
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  • Depends on which
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  • Depends on which moment i meet you in.
  • 00:13:19.094 --> 00:13:24.700
  • Saying hallelujah one minute
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  • Saying hallelujah one minute and other multi-syllabic words
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  • And other multi-syllabic words the next minute.
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  • The next minute. never judge a man by the moment.
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  • Never judge a man by the moment. never judge yourself
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  • Never judge yourself by your lowest moment.
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  • By your lowest moment. never pride yourself
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  • Never pride yourself in your high moment.
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  • [applause]
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  • Moses, who was in a murder --
  • 00:13:41.684 --> 00:13:43.352
  • Moses, who was in a murder -- murderous situation,
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  • Murderous situation, hid in a place called midian
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  • Hid in a place called midian and assumed that these
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  • And assumed that these 40 years would be the end.
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  • 40 years would be the end. forty years is a long time
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  • Forty years is a long time to wait for an angel, y'all.
  • 00:13:53.062 --> 00:13:55.297
  • To wait for an angel, y'all. i think it's verse 30,
  • 00:13:55.364 --> 00:13:56.232
  • Put it up and see if i'm right.
  • 00:13:56.332 --> 00:13:57.366
  • Put it up and see if i'm right. it said, "after 40 years
  • 00:13:57.433 --> 00:13:59.201
  • It said, "after 40 years had passed, an angel
  • 00:13:59.268 --> 00:14:01.804
  • Had passed, an angel appeared to moses.
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  • And said, 'moses, moses.'"
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  • And said, 'moses, moses.'" i guess god was calling him by
  • 00:14:07.576 --> 00:14:08.744
  • I guess god was calling him by his middle name, moses, moses.
  • 00:14:08.811 --> 00:14:11.413
  • His middle name, moses, moses. moses means to draw out,
  • 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.950
  • Moses means to draw out, because he was drawn out
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  • Because he was drawn out of the river and now he was
  • 00:14:15.851 --> 00:14:18.020
  • Of the river and now he was being sent to draw out.
  • 00:14:18.087 --> 00:14:20.789
  • Being sent to draw out. he was moving from what god
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  • He was moving from what god had done for him,
  • 00:14:21.991 --> 00:14:23.826
  • Had done for him, to what he was being
  • 00:14:23.893 --> 00:14:24.727
  • To what he was being called to do for others.
  • 00:14:24.793 --> 00:14:25.961
  • Called to do for others. and god said, "moses, moses."
  • 00:14:26.028 --> 00:14:30.466
  • And god said, "moses, moses." you know, as much as my name
  • 00:14:30.532 --> 00:14:31.567
  • You know, as much as my name made you laugh...
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:33.435 --> 00:14:34.270
  • It could have been
  • 00:14:34.870 --> 00:14:35.471
  • A lot worse.
  • 00:14:35.571 --> 00:14:38.107
  • A lot worse. my mother tells me
  • 00:14:38.173 --> 00:14:38.674
  • My mother tells me that there was a time when
  • 00:14:38.741 --> 00:14:39.608
  • That there was a time when my parents considered
  • 00:14:39.675 --> 00:14:40.542
  • My parents considered naming me different names and,
  • 00:14:40.609 --> 00:14:42.845
  • Naming me different names and, well, larry stevens furtick
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  • Well, larry stevens furtick junior it turns out is not
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  • Junior it turns out is not the worst one that
  • 00:14:45.314 --> 00:14:46.148
  • The worst one that they rehearsed.
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  • [laughter]
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  • She says, and he's in heaven
  • 00:14:49.718 --> 00:14:50.920
  • She says, and he's in heaven now so he can neither confirm
  • 00:14:50.986 --> 00:14:52.221
  • Now so he can neither confirm or deny that there was a season
  • 00:14:52.288 --> 00:14:53.389
  • Or deny that there was a season of time where my dad seriously
  • 00:14:53.455 --> 00:14:56.025
  • Of time where my dad seriously and sincerely wanted
  • 00:14:56.091 --> 00:14:56.926
  • And sincerely wanted to name me clem.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:58.894 --> 00:14:59.628
  • His reasoning was solid.
  • 00:14:59.895 --> 00:15:01.730
  • His reasoning was solid. don't judge the name
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  • 'til you've heard what
  • 00:15:02.564 --> 00:15:03.966
  • 'til you've heard what creative plans he had for it.
  • 00:15:04.033 --> 00:15:06.268
  • Creative plans he had for it. he said, "i wanted to name you
  • 00:15:06.335 --> 00:15:07.369
  • He said, "i wanted to name you clem so when i called you
  • 00:15:07.436 --> 00:15:10.039
  • Clem so when i called you i could say, 'clem son.'"
  • 00:15:10.105 --> 00:15:12.708
  • [laughter]
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  • See, my mom went
  • 00:15:15.477 --> 00:15:16.178
  • See, my mom went to clemson university and my dad
  • 00:15:16.245 --> 00:15:20.316
  • To clemson university and my dad thought it would just be so
  • 00:15:20.382 --> 00:15:21.650
  • Thought it would just be so amazing if when he said my name
  • 00:15:21.717 --> 00:15:24.353
  • Amazing if when he said my name the next thing that came,
  • 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:25.955
  • The next thing that came, clem son.
  • 00:15:26.021 --> 00:15:29.992
  • Clem son. let's all thank god for my mom.
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  • [applause]
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  • See, this is why i threw
  • 00:15:36.165 --> 00:15:38.267
  • See, this is why i threw my notes away because i knew
  • 00:15:38.334 --> 00:15:39.335
  • My notes away because i knew the lord was gonna take us
  • 00:15:39.401 --> 00:15:40.369
  • The lord was gonna take us in a few direction today.
  • 00:15:40.436 --> 00:15:42.871
  • In a few direction today. it's what came after my name
  • 00:15:42.938 --> 00:15:44.940
  • It's what came after my name that mattered to him.
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  • [chatter]
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  • It's what came after
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  • It's what came after my name.
  • 00:15:50.346 --> 00:15:51.880
  • My name. clem, son.
  • 00:15:51.947 --> 00:15:53.749
  • Clem, son. you're my son, son.
  • 00:15:53.816 --> 00:15:54.817
  • You're my son, son. get it?
  • 00:15:54.883 --> 00:15:55.351
  • Get it? clem, son.
  • 00:15:55.417 --> 00:15:58.253
  • Clem, son. and here's god calling moses
  • 00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:59.588
  • And here's god calling moses but he doesn't really talk
  • 00:15:59.655 --> 00:16:00.556
  • But he doesn't really talk about moses.
  • 00:16:00.622 --> 00:16:02.691
  • About moses. i wanna read it
  • 00:16:02.758 --> 00:16:03.192
  • I wanna read it to you from exodus 3.
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  • To you from exodus 3. oh, this is gonna
  • 00:16:05.194 --> 00:16:05.661
  • Oh, this is gonna help you so much.
  • 00:16:05.728 --> 00:16:07.162
  • Help you so much. and let me give you this
  • 00:16:07.229 --> 00:16:08.097
  • And let me give you this principle real quick.
  • 00:16:08.163 --> 00:16:09.798
  • Principle real quick. selflessness is
  • 00:16:09.865 --> 00:16:11.700
  • Selflessness is the most underused tool
  • 00:16:11.767 --> 00:16:13.702
  • The most underused tool for stress management.
  • 00:16:13.769 --> 00:16:19.508
  • Selflessness.
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  • Selflessness. i don't mean thinking
  • 00:16:21.310 --> 00:16:22.644
  • I don't mean thinking less of yourself,
  • 00:16:22.711 --> 00:16:23.445
  • Less of yourself, i mean thinking
  • 00:16:23.512 --> 00:16:24.213
  • I mean thinking of yourself less.
  • 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.615
  • Of yourself less. selflessness is the most
  • 00:16:26.682 --> 00:16:29.418
  • Selflessness is the most underutilized tool for
  • 00:16:29.485 --> 00:16:31.220
  • Underutilized tool for stress management.
  • 00:16:31.286 --> 00:16:32.821
  • Stress management. being at the center is keeping
  • 00:16:32.888 --> 00:16:35.357
  • You stressed and i'll show it
  • 00:16:35.457 --> 00:16:37.559
  • You stressed and i'll show it to you from moses and then
  • 00:16:37.626 --> 00:16:38.660
  • To you from moses and then i'll show you why,
  • 00:16:38.727 --> 00:16:40.529
  • I'll show you why, and then we'll have
  • 00:16:40.596 --> 00:16:42.031
  • And then we'll have a big party in the place
  • 00:16:42.097 --> 00:16:44.433
  • A big party in the place and go home.
  • 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.934
  • And go home. but moses gets all caught up
  • 00:16:46.001 --> 00:16:49.104
  • But moses gets all caught up in main character energy,
  • 00:16:49.171 --> 00:16:50.639
  • In main character energy, and we forgive him because,
  • 00:16:50.706 --> 00:16:51.774
  • And we forgive him because, look, the lord calls
  • 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.908
  • Look, the lord calls his name and says,
  • 00:16:52.975 --> 00:16:53.776
  • His name and says, "moses, moses,"
  • 00:16:53.842 --> 00:16:55.811
  • "moses, moses," and moses is like,
  • 00:16:55.878 --> 00:16:56.945
  • And moses is like, "that's me, here i am."
  • 00:16:57.012 --> 00:16:58.947
  • "that's me, here i am." right?
  • 00:16:59.014 --> 00:16:59.381
  • "i'm here in midian."
  • 00:16:59.481 --> 00:17:00.983
  • "i'm here in midian." "'do not come any closer,'
  • 00:17:01.050 --> 00:17:01.850
  • "'do not come any closer,' god said."
  • 00:17:01.917 --> 00:17:02.484
  • God said." this was verse 5.
  • 00:17:02.551 --> 00:17:04.019
  • This was verse 5. "the place where you are
  • 00:17:04.086 --> 00:17:04.686
  • "the place where you are standing is holy ground,
  • 00:17:04.753 --> 00:17:05.454
  • Standing is holy ground, take your shoes off.
  • 00:17:05.521 --> 00:17:06.355
  • Take your shoes off. you're not gonna run
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  • You're not gonna run from this one.'"
  • 00:17:06.989 --> 00:17:08.590
  • Remember, moses ran
  • 00:17:08.690 --> 00:17:09.625
  • Remember, moses ran to midian fleeting and hiding.
  • 00:17:09.691 --> 00:17:13.829
  • To midian fleeting and hiding. and then, god is bringing him
  • 00:17:13.896 --> 00:17:14.830
  • And then, god is bringing him to this bush and he says,
  • 00:17:14.897 --> 00:17:16.231
  • To this bush and he says, "you're not running away
  • 00:17:16.298 --> 00:17:18.767
  • "you're not running away this time."
  • 00:17:18.834 --> 00:17:20.669
  • This time." now, that he's standing
  • 00:17:20.736 --> 00:17:24.073
  • Now, that he's standing and not running,
  • 00:17:24.139 --> 00:17:25.941
  • And not running, turning and paying attention
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  • To what god is doing,
  • 00:17:27.276 --> 00:17:28.644
  • To what god is doing, the lord says,
  • 00:17:28.710 --> 00:17:29.978
  • The lord says, "the place where
  • 00:17:30.045 --> 00:17:30.646
  • "the place where you are standing is
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  • You are standing is holy ground and then,"
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  • Holy ground and then," the next thing god said is,
  • 00:17:33.115 --> 00:17:34.049
  • The next thing god said is, "i am the god of your father,
  • 00:17:34.116 --> 00:17:36.785
  • "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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  • God's been doing this
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  • God's been doing this a long time, y'all.
  • 00:17:41.757 --> 00:17:44.593
  • A long time, y'all. god's miracles didn't start
  • 00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:46.061
  • God's miracles didn't start with your mortgage payment.
  • 00:17:46.128 --> 00:17:47.563
  • [applause]
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  • The god you prayed to
  • 00:17:49.698 --> 00:17:50.332
  • The god you prayed to has done much tougher stuff
  • 00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:51.500
  • Has done much tougher stuff than what you're asking him
  • 00:17:51.567 --> 00:17:52.401
  • Than what you're asking him to do right now.
  • 00:17:52.468 --> 00:17:54.837
  • To do right now. this man led a nation
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  • This man led a nation out of slavery,
  • 00:17:55.838 --> 00:17:57.606
  • Out of slavery, you don't think god'll
  • 00:17:57.673 --> 00:17:58.307
  • You don't think god'll show you how to raise
  • 00:17:58.373 --> 00:17:59.007
  • Show you how to raise those kids?
  • 00:17:59.074 --> 00:18:01.009
  • Those kids? have you lost your mind?
  • 00:18:01.076 --> 00:18:03.045
  • Have you lost your mind? you forgot who
  • 00:18:03.112 --> 00:18:03.679
  • You forgot who you're talking to.
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  • You're talking to. you forgot who called you.
  • 00:18:05.647 --> 00:18:06.748
  • You forgot who called you. you forgot who
  • 00:18:06.815 --> 00:18:07.549
  • You forgot who promised to keep you.
  • 00:18:07.616 --> 00:18:09.084
  • Promised to keep you. you forgot who lives in you.
  • 00:18:09.151 --> 00:18:10.886
  • You forgot who lives in you. but just about the time we get
  • 00:18:10.953 --> 00:18:13.255
  • But just about the time we get the perspective of who god is
  • 00:18:13.322 --> 00:18:15.491
  • The perspective of who god is and what he's come to do,
  • 00:18:15.557 --> 00:18:16.391
  • Verse 8, "i've come down
  • 00:18:16.492 --> 00:18:19.194
  • Verse 8, "i've come down to rescue my people
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  • To rescue my people out of the egyptian's hands,
  • 00:18:20.295 --> 00:18:21.897
  • Out of the egyptian's hands, to bring them into the land
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  • To bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey,"
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  • Flowing with milk and honey," verse 9, "and now the cry
  • 00:18:23.966 --> 00:18:25.701
  • Verse 9, "and now the cry has reached me.
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  • Has reached me. and now,"
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  • And now," in verse 10, "so now go.
  • 00:18:27.669 --> 00:18:28.570
  • In verse 10, "so now go. i am sending you to pharaoh
  • 00:18:28.637 --> 00:18:31.740
  • I am sending you to pharaoh to bring my people,
  • 00:18:31.807 --> 00:18:33.008
  • To bring my people, the israelites out of egypt.'
  • 00:18:33.075 --> 00:18:34.443
  • The israelites out of egypt.' but moses said to god,
  • 00:18:34.510 --> 00:18:36.678
  • But moses said to god, 'who am i?"
  • 00:18:36.745 --> 00:18:38.580
  • And this is where
  • 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:39.581
  • And this is where i think we miss it.
  • 00:18:39.648 --> 00:18:41.650
  • I think we miss it. go to the drums
  • 00:18:41.717 --> 00:18:42.351
  • Go to the drums real quick, camera man.
  • 00:18:42.417 --> 00:18:44.586
  • Real quick, camera man. that is the total wrong focus.
  • 00:18:44.653 --> 00:18:48.257
  • That is the total wrong focus. when god is speaking and you
  • 00:18:48.323 --> 00:18:50.659
  • Shift your attention back
  • 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.728
  • Shift your attention back to you --
  • 00:18:52.794 --> 00:18:54.530
  • To you -- let me say it this way,
  • 00:18:54.596 --> 00:18:55.931
  • Let me say it this way, when the great i am is talking
  • 00:18:55.998 --> 00:18:58.600
  • When the great i am is talking and you say, "who am i?"
  • 00:18:58.667 --> 00:19:01.036
  • And you say, "who am i?" you need to shift
  • 00:19:01.103 --> 00:19:01.937
  • You need to shift your attention back to me,
  • 00:19:02.004 --> 00:19:04.306
  • Your attention back to me, back to the one who is
  • 00:19:04.373 --> 00:19:05.274
  • Back to the one who is speaking to you.
  • 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:07.042
  • Speaking to you. back to the one who
  • 00:19:07.109 --> 00:19:08.177
  • Back to the one who puts you in the basket.
  • 00:19:08.243 --> 00:19:10.145
  • Puts you in the basket. back to the one who floated you
  • 00:19:10.212 --> 00:19:11.413
  • Back to the one who floated you down the nile.
  • 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.714
  • Down the nile. back to the one
  • 00:19:12.781 --> 00:19:13.582
  • Back to the one who made sure you survived.
  • 00:19:13.649 --> 00:19:15.184
  • Who made sure you survived. there's one thing about it
  • 00:19:15.250 --> 00:19:16.685
  • There's one thing about it for sure.
  • 00:19:16.752 --> 00:19:17.953
  • For sure. the enemy has already
  • 00:19:18.020 --> 00:19:19.588
  • Made so many attempts
  • 00:19:19.688 --> 00:19:20.923
  • Made so many attempts to end your faith journey,
  • 00:19:20.989 --> 00:19:22.591
  • To end your faith journey, to end your life,
  • 00:19:22.658 --> 00:19:24.560
  • To end your life, to end your hope,
  • 00:19:24.626 --> 00:19:26.061
  • To end your hope, to end your optimism,
  • 00:19:26.128 --> 00:19:27.763
  • To end your optimism, to end your faith,
  • 00:19:27.829 --> 00:19:29.131
  • To end your faith, to end your progress,
  • 00:19:29.198 --> 00:19:30.065
  • To end your progress, to end your
  • 00:19:30.132 --> 00:19:30.866
  • To end your sanctification process.
  • 00:19:30.933 --> 00:19:32.534
  • Sanctification process. the enemy has already tried
  • 00:19:32.601 --> 00:19:34.369
  • The enemy has already tried to end it and he didn't,
  • 00:19:34.436 --> 00:19:35.804
  • To end it and he didn't, why is that?
  • 00:19:35.871 --> 00:19:37.239
  • Why is that? because he couldn't.
  • 00:19:37.306 --> 00:19:39.174
  • Because he couldn't. because it was what came after
  • 00:19:39.241 --> 00:19:41.276
  • Because it was what came after what god called moses, moses,
  • 00:19:41.343 --> 00:19:43.712
  • What god called moses, moses, moses that mattered more
  • 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:45.147
  • Moses that mattered more than what moses was.
  • 00:19:45.214 --> 00:19:47.449
  • Than what moses was. i'll put it to you this way,
  • 00:19:47.516 --> 00:19:49.251
  • I'll put it to you this way, when moses got
  • 00:19:49.318 --> 00:19:49.985
  • When moses got confused and said,
  • 00:19:50.052 --> 00:19:51.320
  • Confused and said, "who do i say sent me
  • 00:19:51.386 --> 00:19:52.888
  • "who do i say sent me to them if they doubt me?"
  • 00:19:52.955 --> 00:19:54.289
  • To them if they doubt me?" god said, "tell 'em,
  • 00:19:54.356 --> 00:19:55.257
  • God said, "tell 'em, 'i am that i am.'"
  • 00:19:55.324 --> 00:19:59.261
  • 'i am that i am.'" you didn't know this verse,
  • 00:19:59.328 --> 00:20:00.329
  • You didn't know this verse, but exodus 3:14 teaches us
  • 00:20:00.395 --> 00:20:02.965
  • But exodus 3:14 teaches us something very powerful,
  • 00:20:03.031 --> 00:20:04.800
  • Something very powerful, god's name, yahweh, is i am.
  • 00:20:04.866 --> 00:20:08.503
  • God's name, yahweh, is i am. he wasn't "was,"
  • 00:20:08.570 --> 00:20:09.838
  • He wasn't "was," he isn't gonna be.
  • 00:20:09.905 --> 00:20:11.840
  • He isn't gonna be. he is i am.
  • 00:20:11.907 --> 00:20:13.242
  • He is i am. now, i've taught you
  • 00:20:13.308 --> 00:20:14.142
  • Now, i've taught you that before,
  • 00:20:14.209 --> 00:20:15.344
  • That before, and i've taught you that
  • 00:20:15.410 --> 00:20:16.345
  • And i've taught you that his name being i am means
  • 00:20:16.411 --> 00:20:17.913
  • His name being i am means he's a present help in
  • 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:19.147
  • He's a present help in the time of trouble.
  • 00:20:19.214 --> 00:20:20.649
  • The time of trouble. but what i never taught you so
  • 00:20:20.716 --> 00:20:21.850
  • But what i never taught you so clear before is when he said,
  • 00:20:21.917 --> 00:20:23.652
  • Clear before is when he said, "i am that i am."
  • 00:20:23.719 --> 00:20:26.822
  • "i am that i am." the place of that is meant
  • 00:20:26.888 --> 00:20:28.757
  • The place of that is meant to represent every place
  • 00:20:28.824 --> 00:20:30.392
  • To represent every place where god will express
  • 00:20:30.459 --> 00:20:31.693
  • Where god will express his power in your life.
  • 00:20:31.760 --> 00:20:34.263
  • His power in your life. so, let's say in this
  • 00:20:34.329 --> 00:20:35.731
  • So, let's say in this specific season of your life,
  • 00:20:35.797 --> 00:20:37.766
  • Specific season of your life, god wants to accomplish
  • 00:20:37.833 --> 00:20:38.934
  • God wants to accomplish a purpose and in order
  • 00:20:39.001 --> 00:20:40.135
  • A purpose and in order to accomplish his purpose
  • 00:20:40.202 --> 00:20:41.903
  • To accomplish his purpose he is going to have to open
  • 00:20:41.970 --> 00:20:43.238
  • He is going to have to open a door for you that you
  • 00:20:43.305 --> 00:20:44.273
  • A door for you that you can't open yourself,
  • 00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.407
  • And only god can do that.
  • 00:20:45.507 --> 00:20:47.276
  • And only god can do that. well, i am
  • 00:20:47.342 --> 00:20:48.910
  • Well, i am that open door, i am.
  • 00:20:48.977 --> 00:20:51.647
  • That open door, i am. let's say you're in a season
  • 00:20:51.713 --> 00:20:52.914
  • Let's say you're in a season in your life where it looks
  • 00:20:52.981 --> 00:20:53.782
  • In your life where it looks like there's no way
  • 00:20:53.849 --> 00:20:55.183
  • Like there's no way you're going to be able to move
  • 00:20:55.250 --> 00:20:56.118
  • You're going to be able to move through this next month.
  • 00:20:56.184 --> 00:20:57.986
  • Through this next month. it is so busy, it is so hectic,
  • 00:20:58.053 --> 00:21:00.489
  • It is so overwhelmed,
  • 00:21:00.589 --> 00:21:02.057
  • It is so overwhelmed, and you need a sustaining power
  • 00:21:02.124 --> 00:21:04.192
  • And you need a sustaining power in your life.
  • 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.993
  • In your life. come on.
  • 00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:05.560
  • Come on. a sustaining energy
  • 00:21:05.627 --> 00:21:07.029
  • A sustaining energy over your life.
  • 00:21:07.095 --> 00:21:07.896
  • Over your life. some of you are so tired
  • 00:21:07.963 --> 00:21:09.498
  • Some of you are so tired your biggest prayer last week
  • 00:21:09.564 --> 00:21:11.166
  • Your biggest prayer last week was i can't do this.
  • 00:21:11.233 --> 00:21:13.001
  • Was i can't do this. you didn't even have
  • 00:21:13.068 --> 00:21:14.036
  • You didn't even have the faith left to ask.
  • 00:21:14.102 --> 00:21:15.470
  • The faith left to ask. every time you thought about it,
  • 00:21:15.537 --> 00:21:17.606
  • Every time you thought about it, it started twisting up
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  • It started twisting up inside of you.
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  • Inside of you. but what you didn't realize
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  • But what you didn't realize about god's name is that
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  • About god's name is that that feeling, that place,
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  • That feeling, that place, that need,
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  • That need, is the place where god
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  • Is the place where god wants to express his name.
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  • Wants to express his name. so, if tired is the place
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  • So, if tired is the place where you need god to show up,
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  • Where you need god to show up, that is the place where
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  • That is the place where god's energy will be.
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  • God's energy will be. wherever it is that
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  • Wherever it is that he has positioned you,
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  • He has positioned you, that's where it is that
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  • That's where it is that he will empower you.
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  • He will empower you. i'll take it further.
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  • I'll take it further. if there is an insecurity in
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  • If there is an insecurity in your life that makes you think
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  • Your life that makes you think you can't do it, that's good.
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  • You can't do it, that's good. the insecurity
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  • The insecurity is the insurance policy
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  • Is the insurance policy that lets you know that
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  • That lets you know that when it gets done,
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  • When it gets done, you won't be tempted
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  • You won't be tempted to take the credit because
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  • To take the credit because you'll know, and they'll know
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  • You'll know, and they'll know and everybody who knows you
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  • And everybody who knows you will know it had to be god.
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  • Will know it had to be god. i watched him the basket,
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  • I watched him the basket, i saw them make a mistake
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  • I saw them make a mistake but somehow god kept
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  • But somehow god kept drawing them out.
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  • Drawing them out. and that's what i see
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  • And that's what i see in this season for your life.
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  • In this season for your life. you're gonna be drawing
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  • You're gonna be drawing from the god who drawed
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  • From the god who drawed you out of the water,
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  • You out of the water, and you are not going
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  • And you are not going to run out of resource
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  • To run out of resource because you will not
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  • Because you will not run out of god.
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  • Run out of god. you are not going
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  • You are not going to run out of wisdom
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  • To run out of wisdom because you will not
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  • Because you will not run out of god.
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  • You will not run out of meal
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  • You will not run out of meal because you will not
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  • Because you will not run out of god.
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  • Run out of god. you will not run
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  • You will not run out of support
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  • Out of support because you will not
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  • Because you will not run out of god.
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  • Run out of god. you will not run out of it
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  • You will not run out of it because you will run out of him.
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  • Because you will run out of him. you will not run out of it
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  • You will not run out of it because you will not
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  • Because you will not run out of him
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  • Run out of him because i am that i am.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Take your need
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  • Take your need and move it to the middle
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  • And move it to the middle and make a great i am sandwich.
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  • And make a great i am sandwich. and god says i am that i am.
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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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  • Of what god is doing through this ministry,
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  • >> ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh this moment in time ♪
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  • ♪ and he came to my rescue ♪
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  • ♪ yes ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ my savior ♪
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  • ♪ the one who will ♪
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  • ♪ never fail ♪
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  • ♪ he will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ oh i trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ my savior ♪
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  • ♪ the one who will ♪
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  • ♪ never fail ♪
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  • ♪ he will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • >> ♪ and he delivered me ♪
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  • ♪ from all my fears ♪
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  • >> ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • >> ♪ from everything ♪
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  • >> ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ they that seek him ♪
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  • ♪ lack no good thing ♪
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  • ♪ those who seek jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ lack nothing ♪
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  • ♪ oh ♪
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  • ♪ he will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ oooh ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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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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