Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - My Future Is My Focus (Part 1)

August 6, 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 - My Future Is My Focus (Part 1) | August 6, 2025

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking to
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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 wanna speak to you today,
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>> i wanna speak to you today, god gave me a word for you,
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God gave me a word for you, and you can say it out loud,
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And you can say it out loud, say, "my future...
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Say, "my future... >> congregation: my future...
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>> congregation: my future... >> is my focus.
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>> is my focus. >> congregation: is my focus.
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>> congregation: is my focus. >> say it again.
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>> say it again. "my future...
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"my future... >> congregation: my future...
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>> congregation: my future... >> is my focus.
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>> is my focus. >> congregation: is my focus.
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>> congregation: is my focus. >> now, look all around you.
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>> now, look all around you. look all around you.
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Look all around you. look all around you.
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Look all around you. now, look straight ahead,
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Now, look straight ahead, say, "my future..."
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Say, "my future..." >> congregation: my future...
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>> congregation: my future... >> is my focus.
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>> is my focus. >> congregation: is my focus.
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>> congregation: is my focus. >> amen.
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>> amen. you may be seated.
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You may be seated. i'mma teach a little bit today.
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I'mma teach a little bit today. can i teach?
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Can i teach? teach a little bit to --
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Teach a little bit to -- i might preach a little, too.
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I might preach a little, too. i might preach a little,
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I might preach a little, teach a little,
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Teach a little, dance a little,
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Dance a little, shout a little.
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Shout a little. i might sing a little.
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I might sing a little. you may hear that different
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You may hear that different than i mean it by the way,
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Than i mean it by the way, "my future is my focus."
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"my future is my focus." because sometimes
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Because sometimes i think we use the future
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I think we use the future as an excuse to waste today.
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As an excuse to waste today. it is possible
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It is possible to look so far ahead,
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To look so far ahead, you can wreck your car
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You can wreck your car looking too far
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Looking too far just as easily
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Just as easily as not looking far enough.
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As not looking far enough. so, when i say,
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So, when i say, "my future is my focus."
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"my future is my focus." i'm not talking about that
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I'm not talking about that worrying spirit
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Worrying spirit that tries to keep you
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That tries to keep you playing every what if scenario
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Playing every what if scenario like you can think
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Like you can think of every contingency.
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Of every contingency. when you get kids
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When you get kids you'll understand this,
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You'll understand this, those of you who are maybe
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Those of you who are maybe hoping to have kids,
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Hoping to have kids, you'll understand that
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You'll understand that you will begin to plan
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You will begin to plan who they're going to marry
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Who they're going to marry the moment you find out
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The moment you find out what sex they are.
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What sex they are. when i married holly,
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When i married holly, her mom pulled aside,
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Her mom pulled aside, and i love you dee-dee
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And i love you dee-dee but she said,
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But she said, "i've been praying for you
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"i've been praying for you since holly was born.
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Since holly was born. i told the lord what kinda man
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I told the lord what kinda man to send for my daughter since
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To send for my daughter since the day she was born."
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The day she was born." and i'm like,
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And i'm like, "did i fit the list?
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"did i fit the list? did i make it?
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Did i make it? did i --
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Did i -- am i him?
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Am i him? too bad, 'cause now i am,
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Too bad, 'cause now i am, so you might have to adjust
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So you might have to adjust the list 'cause here i am."
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The list 'cause here i am." send me, you know.
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Send me, you know. anyway.
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Anyway. that's good but you --
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That's good but you -- you can take it too far
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You can take it too far getting so focused on --
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Getting so focused on -- me and holly would go
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Me and holly would go on a walk sometimes
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On a walk sometimes and we'll start
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And we'll start thinking about,
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Thinking about, "what if our kids marry
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"what if our kids marry somebody that we don't like?"
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Somebody that we don't like?" it's like, "it's all right.
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It's like, "it's all right. abbie is 11.
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Abbie is 11. she's got at least
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She's got at least 50 more years
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50 more years before we let her date."
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[laughing]
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Say it again, "my future...
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Say it again, "my future... >> congregation: my future...
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>> congregation: my future... >> is my focus."
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>> is my focus." >> congregation: is my focus.
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>> congregation: is my focus. >> and so, a lot of the things
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>> and so, a lot of the things that are going on in your mind,
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That are going on in your mind, i'm just gonna be
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I'm just gonna be honest with you,
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Honest with you, you're trying to do
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You're trying to do too much, too soon.
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Too much, too soon. you're trying to do
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You're trying to do too much, too soon.
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Too much, too soon. you know that feeling
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You know that feeling you can get in a conversation
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You can get in a conversation where you're talking to somebody
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Where you're talking to somebody and then you take it
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And then you take it a little too far,
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A little too far, and you even kinda back up
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And you even kinda back up and you say, "too far?"
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And you say, "too far?" this happens to me
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This happens to me all the time
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All the time 'cause i'm a pastor
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'cause i'm a pastor and people have
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And people have a certain perception
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A certain perception of me as a pastor,
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Of me as a pastor, and sometimes i like
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And sometimes i like to let them in on what
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To let them in on what i really struggle with.
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I really struggle with. and i'll say something about,
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And i'll say something about, you know, something that's not
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Completely sanitized,
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Completely sanitized, and i'll get this sense like,
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And i'll get this sense like, "ooh, too far.
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"ooh, too far. they can't handle that.
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They can't handle that. that's too far."
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That's too far." i get that sometimes
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I get that sometimes when i'm preaching.
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When i'm preaching. sometimes when i'm preaching,
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Sometimes when i'm preaching, i'll start digging at something,
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I'll start digging at something, and i can tell, "oh,
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And i can tell, "oh, this is little too deep,
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This is little too deep, too quick.
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Too quick. this is not a sunday morning --
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This is not
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This is not a sunday morning point.
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A sunday morning point. this is something
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This is something for a bible study.
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For a bible study. this is for a men's bible study.
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This is for a men's bible study. back it up, back it up,
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Back it up, back it up, back it up.
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Back it up. this is for a men's only
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This is for a men's only bible study."
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Bible study." oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah. too far?
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Too far? and then there's too soon.
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And then there's too soon. and so that's a real danger.
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And so that's a real danger. it's a real danger
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It's a real danger when you start
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When you start trying to use today's faith
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Trying to use today's faith to forecast tomorrow's problems.
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To forecast tomorrow's problems. remember the hymn writer said,
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Remember the hymn writer said, "strength for today
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"strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow."
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And bright hope for tomorrow." god will never give you
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God will never give you strength for tomorrow
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Strength for tomorrow and hope for today.
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And hope for today. he'll give you
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He'll give you strength for today,
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Strength for today, hope for tomorrow,
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Hope for tomorrow, but a lot of us
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But a lot of us get it backwards.
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Get it backwards. so, we want hope for today
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So, we want hope for today and strength for tomorrow.
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And strength for tomorrow. what do i mean?
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What do i mean? we kinda get in our minds
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We kinda get in our minds that what's next will be better.
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That what's next will be better. and when we get that
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And when we get that in our minds
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In our minds to a certain degree,
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To a certain degree, we do the opposite
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We do the opposite of joseph in the bible.
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Of joseph in the bible. joseph did not wait
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Joseph did not wait until he was in
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Until he was in a position of influence,
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A position of influence, like we talked about last week,
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Like we talked about last week, to begin to serve god
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To begin to serve god with integrity.
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With integrity. watch this, his integrity
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Watch this, his integrity led to his influence.
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Led to his influence. it wasn't a byproduct
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It wasn't a byproduct of the influence.
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Of the influence. it wasn't when others
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It wasn't when others were watching him
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Were watching him that he started working hard.
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That he started working hard. it wasn't when
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It wasn't when a great opportunity
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A great opportunity to relieve each of the famine
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To relieve each of the famine appeared that he submitted
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Appeared that he submitted his job application to be
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His job application to be the second in charge
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The second in charge to the pharaoh.
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To the pharaoh. so, we see,
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So, we see, and we saw last week --
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And we saw last week -- i hope you saw
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I hope you saw the message last week.
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The message last week. that message last week!
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That message last week! we covered 40 years
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We covered 40 years of faithfulness
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Of faithfulness in joseph's life
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In joseph's life that led him to this point
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That led him to this point of forgiveness,
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Of forgiveness, for everything that
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For everything that had happened to him in his past,
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Had happened to him in his past, for everything that had happened
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For everything that had happened to him at the hands of others,
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To him at the hands of others, for everything that joseph
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For everything that joseph couldn't, necessarily,
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Couldn't, necessarily, let go of,
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Let go of, but god helped him get over
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But god helped him get over what he couldn't let go of.
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What he couldn't let go of. there's something
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There's something in your life right now
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In your life right now that you can't let go of,
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That you can't let go of, but the word god is gonna
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But the word god is gonna give you today is gonna
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Give you today is gonna help you to get over
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Help you to get over what you can't let go of.
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What you can't let go of. i don't necessarily mean
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I don't necessarily mean something that somebody
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Something that somebody did to you,
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Did to you, although it very well
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Although it very well could be that.
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Could be that. it could be your idea
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It could be your idea of what somebody did to you,
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Of what somebody did to you, but if we asked them,
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But if we asked them, they would see it differently.
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They would see it differently. so, we're not talking about
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So, we're not talking about what somebody else did,
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What somebody else did, we're talking about
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We're talking about what is happening
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What is happening on the inside of you.
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On the inside of you. say, "my future...
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Say, "my future... >> congregation: my future...
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>> congregation: my future... >> is my focus."
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>> is my focus." >> congregation: is my focus.
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>> congregation: is my focus. >> now, to get us to this place,
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>> now, to get us to this place, i wanna revisit genesis 50
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I wanna revisit genesis 50 from last week and kinda take it
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From last week and kinda take it a little bit deeper than what
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A little bit deeper than what i was able to share.
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I was able to share. let's go beneath the surface
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Let's go beneath the surface of this conversation.
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Of this conversation. just to remind you,
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Just to remind you, and i was telling my friend,
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And i was telling my friend, my friend said,
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My friend said, "i liked your sermon
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"i liked your sermon and it made me mad."
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[laughing]
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I said, "i did it right.
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I said, "i did it right. i did that one right."
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I did that one right." 'cause if you could hear
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'cause if you could hear this idea that you are not
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This idea that you are not in the place of god,
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In the place of god, what joseph said,
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What joseph said, what you're gonna
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What you're gonna see in a moment,
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See in a moment, if you can hear that
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If you can hear that and it doesn't challenge you,
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And it doesn't challenge you, you didn't really hear it.
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You didn't really hear it. if you hear,
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If you hear, "you are not god."
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"you are not god." and all you hear is,
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"so i have no responsibility
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"so i have no responsibility 'cause god's gonna do it."
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'cause god's gonna do it." then you didn't hear
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Then you didn't hear the message.
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The message. you didn't hear the scripture.
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You didn't hear the scripture. you turned the scripture
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You turned the scripture into a sedative.
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Into a sedative. but it doesn't strengthen you
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If it only sedates you.
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If it only sedates you. "okay, i'm not god,
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"okay, i'm not god, so i'm just gonna
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So i'm just gonna let god work it out.
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Let god work it out. i'm just gonna let god do it."
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I'm just gonna let god do it." y'all god did not preach
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Y'all god did not preach this sermon to me today,
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This sermon to me today, i studied it.
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I studied it. "lord, give me the message."
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"lord, give me the message." you know the next thing
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You know the next thing the lord said?
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The lord said? "open your books."
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"open your books." you know those big books
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You know those big books you don't like to read?
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You don't like to read? your message, your blessing
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Your message, your blessing is in your books.
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Is in your books. so, when she said,
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So, when she said, "i liked it,
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"i liked it, it made me mad."
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It made me mad." i said, "good,
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I said, "good, 'cause it's gonna do you
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'cause it's gonna do you some good if you --
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Some good if you -- if it irritated you
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If it irritated you a little bit."
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A little bit." look at this, i'm gonna --
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Look at this, i'm gonna -- i'mma go through it
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I'mma go through it slowly today.
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Slowly today. you ready?
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You ready? concord, are you ready?
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Concord, are you ready? gaston, are you ready?
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Gaston, are you ready? all right.
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All right. all right.
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All right. just making sure.
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Just making sure. listen to joseph at age 56,
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Listen to joseph at age 56, in the halftime of his life,
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In the halftime of his life, making a decision
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Making a decision about what he's going to do
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About what he's going to do with his brothers
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With his brothers who betrayed him,
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Who betrayed him, who are now kneeling before him,
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Who are now kneeling before him, begging him, "be good to us."
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Begging him, "be good to us." remember, they haven't changed
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Remember, they haven't changed because they are still
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Because they are still lying to him saying,
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Lying to him saying, "your dad wanted you
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"your dad wanted you to forgive us.
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To forgive us. it was dad's idea.
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It was dad's idea. it was da --
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It was da -- that's like staff members
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That's like staff members who say, “pastor wants
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Who say, “pastor wants you to be on time.”
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You to be on time.” pastor doesn't want you
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Pastor doesn't want you to be on time,
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To be on time, god wants you to be on time.
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God wants you to be on time. it don't have nothing
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It don't have nothing to do with pastor.
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To do with pastor. but they did that.
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But they did that. and so, have you
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And so, have you ever been there?
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Ever been there? he is having to forgive them,
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He is having to forgive them, but they are still doing
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But they are still doing the thing that hurt him.
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The thing that hurt him. it's one thing to forgive them
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It's one thing to forgive them when they've been dead 23 years.
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When they've been dead 23 years. it's one thing to forgive them
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It's one thing to forgive them and they move to alabama,
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And they move to alabama, and now that they're living
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And now that they're living in another country,
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In another country, i mean, another state,
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I mean, another state, you don't ever have
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You don't ever have to see ‘em again.
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To see ‘em again. but now he's having
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But now he's having to deal with it --
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To deal with it -- in the face of his present,
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In the face of his present, he's having to make a decision
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He's having to make a decision about his future.
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About his future. let's go.
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Let's go. you ready?
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You ready? “when joseph's brothers,”
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“when joseph's brothers,” verse 15.
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Verse 15. "saw that their father
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"saw that their father was dead, they said,"
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Was dead, they said," "when they saw that
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"when they saw that their father was dead,
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Their father was dead, they said."
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They said." come back to that in a minute,
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Come back to that in a minute, "'what if joseph holds
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"'what if joseph holds a grudge against us
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A grudge against us and pays us back for all
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And pays us back for all the wrong we did to him?"
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The wrong we did to him?" so, they went word to joseph,
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So, they went word to joseph, saying, 'your father left
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Saying, 'your father left these instructions
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These instructions before he died.'”
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Before he died.'” i can't resist telling you this.
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I can't resist telling you this. i wanna save it but i can't.
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I wanna save it but i can't. he already heard
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He already heard from his father in chapter 49.
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From his father in chapter 49. he doesn't need
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He doesn't need a secondhand explanation
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A secondhand explanation of what his father said
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Of what his father said from his dysfunctional brothers.
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From his dysfunctional brothers. that's why i'm glad i have
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That's why i'm glad i have direct access to god.
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I have a direct line to heaven.
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I have a direct line to heaven. i have a direct connection
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I have a direct connection to the heart of my father.
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To the heart of my father. he knit me together,
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He knit me together, made me, stitch,
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Made me, stitch, and sustains me.
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And sustains me. so, i know what he said.
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So, i know what he said. so, i don't have
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So, i don't have to hear it second hand.
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To hear it second hand. that means, you don't get to
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Dilute it, or pollute it,
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Dilute it, or pollute it, or mix it up, or twist it,
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Or mix it up, or twist it, ‘cause i know what he said
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‘cause i know what he said because he told me.
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[applause]
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Verse 17.
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Verse 17. ‘ this is what you are
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‘ this is what you are to say to joseph's.
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To say to joseph's. i ask you to forgive
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I ask you to forgive your brother the sins
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Your brother the sins and wrongs they committed
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And wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.'
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In treating you so badly.' now please forgive the sins
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Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the god
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Of the servants of the god of your father.”
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Of your father.” and they didn't even have
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And they didn't even have the guts to do it face to face,
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The guts to do it face to face, they sent a messenger.
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They sent a messenger. “and when their message
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“and when their message came to him, joseph wept.”
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Came to him, joseph wept.” remember, he noticed
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Remember, he noticed his emotions,
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His emotions, but he was not controlled
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But he was not controlled by his emotions.
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By his emotions. that's where you've got to get.
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That's where you've got to get. that's where i've got to get.
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That's where i've got to get. that you notice the emotions,
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That you notice the emotions, if you want to be free,
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If you want to be free, but you are not controlled
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But you are not controlled by the emotions.
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By the emotions. being controlled
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Being controlled by your emotions
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By your emotions will always limit your future
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Will always limit your future to the level of your feelings.
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To the level of your feelings. so, you will only do
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So, you will only do what's right if you feel like
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What's right if you feel like doing what's right.
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Doing what's right. “oh, i just wasn't
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“oh, i just wasn't feeling it today.”
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Feeling it today.” well, those are the times
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Well, those are the times to faith it.
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To faith it. all right,
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All right, so i didn't place
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So i didn't place my feelings in christ,
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My feelings in christ, i placed my faith in christ,
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I placed my faith in christ, who's greater than my feelings.
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Who's greater than my feelings. and joseph's said,
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And joseph's said, after he finished weeping,
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After he finished weeping, "they came and said,
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"they came and said, 'where are your slaves?'
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'where are your slaves?' and he said to them,
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And he said to them, verse 19, 'don't be afraid.
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Verse 19, 'don't be afraid. am i in the place of god?'
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Am i in the place of god?' obvious answer is no.
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Obvious answer is no. but no, to the naked eye
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But no, to the naked eye he kinda is
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He kinda is because he's so powerful
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Because he's so powerful at this point in his life.
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At this point in his life. he's not the little brother
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He's not the little brother that they picked on anymore.
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That they picked on anymore. this boy is so blessed that
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This boy is so blessed that they didn't even recognize him
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They didn't even recognize him the first trip they made
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The first trip they made to egypt to get food.
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To egypt to get food. he stood right in front of them,
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He stood right in front of them, dressed in pharaoh's coat,
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Dressed in pharaoh's coat, not the one his father gave him,
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Not the one his father gave him, the one that they
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The one that they stripped from him
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Stripped from him was still in the house
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Was still in the house of the father,
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Of the father, but god always has
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But god always has a coat for me somewhere
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A coat for me somewhere if i keep my character.
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[applause]
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Somebody say, “my future...
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Somebody say, “my future... >> congregation: my future...
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>> congregation: my future... >> is my focus.”
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>> is my focus.” >> congregation: is my focus.
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>> congregation: is my focus. >> so, if i keep my character,
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>> so, if i keep my character, you can have my coat.
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You can have my coat. if i keep my sense of who i am
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If i keep my sense of who i am i can go through things
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I can go through things that would have killed
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That would have killed somebody else's character.
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Somebody else's character. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. this is the word.
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This is the word. this is the word.
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This is the word. and this is the verse that
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And this is the verse that we focused on last week,
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We focused on last week, and i'mma break it down again.
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And i'mma break it down again. he said, “you intended
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He said, “you intended to harm me,
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To harm me, but god intended it
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But god intended it for good to accomplish
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For good to accomplish what is now being done,
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What is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
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The saving of many lives.” all right, so i wanna
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All right, so i wanna illustrate this, all right.
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Illustrate this, all right. who can i use?
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Who can i use? i need three strong men.
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I need three strong men. three strong brothers.
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Three strong brothers. i need three.
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I need three. there we go.
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There we go. we'll do that.
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We'll do that. one, two, three.
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One, two, three. perfect.
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Perfect. perfect.
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Perfect. now, i want --
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Now, i want -- y'all come on up here
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Y'all come on up here and help me.
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And help me. this'll be fun.
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This'll be fun. this'll be fun.
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This'll be fun. ‘cause i want you to see it.
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‘cause i want you to see it. like last week,
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Like last week, when i got on my knees
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When i got on my knees in that sermon?
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In that sermon? that wasn't for a show.
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That wasn't for a show. that was so that
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That was so that the word of god --
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The word of god -- that you could carry it forward
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That you could carry it forward so that it would have
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So that it would have an imprint in your life,
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And you could ask the question,
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And you could ask the question, “am i in the position
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“am i in the position to make the decision
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To make the decision or am i letting my pain
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Or am i letting my pain get the best of me?”
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Get the best of me?” so --
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So -- okay, so, y'all line up
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Okay, so, y'all line up from strongest to weakest.
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From strongest to weakest. come on out, come on out,
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Come on out, come on out, come, right here.
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From strongest to weakest,
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From strongest to weakest, come here, come here,
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Come here, come here, come here.
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Come here. from strongest to weakest.
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From strongest to weakest. all these campus pastors.
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All these campus pastors. now --
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Now -- alright so stand up.
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Alright so stand up. i'm done with that image.
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I'm done with that image. this is a different image.
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This is a different image. i did that last week.
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I did that last week. that was last week.
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That was last week. y'all watching online,
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Y'all watching online, youtube.com.
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Youtube.com. put the strongest --
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Put the strongest -- i want the strongest one
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I want the strongest one on that side
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On that side and the weakest one
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And the weakest one this side.
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[laughter]
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That's how you want it?
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That's how you want it? weakest?
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Weakest? strongest?
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Strongest? weakest?
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Weakest? what did i say?
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What did i say? which one on which side?
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Which one on which side? huh?
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Huh? you're the strongest?
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You're the strongest? you're the strongest?
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You're the strongest? i want --
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I want -- i think i want
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I think i want the strongest close.
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The strongest close. well, no.
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Well, no. you're the strongest?
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You're the strongest? i'm mixed up.
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I'm mixed up. weakest.
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Weakest. alright, we'll start with you.
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Alright, we'll start with you. we're gonna call him --
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We're gonna call him -- i did this last week
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I did this last week but now let me illustrate it.
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But now let me illustrate it. let's call him, “bad.”
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Let's call him, “bad.” bad.
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Bad. jeff bates,
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Jeff bates, let's call him bad.
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Let's call him bad. to represent, not that he's bad,
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To represent, not that he's bad, the bad things that happened
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The bad things that happened in joseph's life.
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In joseph's life. remember, you meant it
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Remember, you meant it to harm me,
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To harm me, you intended it for evil.
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You intended it for evil. so, let's say he's
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So, let's say he's the bad thing.
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The bad thing. what i endeavor for you
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What i endeavor for you to see today
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To see today is that at this point
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Is that at this point in joseph's life
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In joseph's life when something bad
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When something bad happens to you,
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Happens to you, when something bad
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When something bad is done to you,
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Is done to you, when the bad thing is
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When the bad thing is because of you,
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Because of you, all of it,
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All of it, all of it,
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All of it, i'm trying to get you to see
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I'm trying to get you to see that all things fall under
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That all things fall under the sovereignty of god.
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The sovereignty of god. say “sovereignty.”
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Say “sovereignty.” >> congregation: sovereignty.
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>> congregation: sovereignty. >> you don't have to spell it,
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>> you don't have to spell it, put it in the chat,
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Put it in the chat, just say it.
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Just say it. sovereignty.
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Sovereignty. >> congregation: sovereignty.
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>> congregation: sovereignty. >> sovereignty.
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>> sovereignty. i before e --
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I before e -- sovereignty.
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Sovereignty. got a "g" in,
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Got a "g" in, sovereignty.
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Sovereignty. it means that god uses
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It means that god uses sinful men to accomplish
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Sinful men to accomplish saving purposes.
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Saving purposes. that's the whole book
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That's the whole book of genesis in a nutshell,
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Of genesis in a nutshell, that god uses sinful women
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That god uses sinful women to accomplish saving purposes.
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To accomplish saving purposes. you intended to harm me,
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You intended to harm me, god intended it for good
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God intended it for good for the saving, salvation
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For the saving, salvation of many lives.
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Of many lives. so, sovereignty, salvation.
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So, sovereignty, salvation. but it was bad,
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But it was bad, and we said last week that
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And we said last week that that's so important.
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That's so important. it was bad.
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It was bad. now, if joseph spends
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Now, if joseph spends the rest of his life --
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The rest of his life -- put genesis 50:20.
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Put genesis 50:20. if he spends the rest
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If he spends the rest of his life
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Of his life in the first part
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In the first part of this sentence.
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Of this sentence. if he spends the rest
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If he spends the rest of his life --
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Of his life -- i'm looking for you,
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I'm looking for you, there you are.
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There you are. if he spends the rest
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If he spends the rest of his life in the first part
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Of his life in the first part of this sentence,
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Of this sentence, “you intended to harm me.”
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“you intended to harm me.” then the bad thing
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Then the bad thing that happened becomes --
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That happened becomes -- just link arms.
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Just link arms. becomes a chain
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Becomes a chain to who he blames for it.
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To who he blames for it. chet, your blame.
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Chet, your blame. “you intended to harm me.”
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And then he starts
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And then he starts name checking them
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Name checking them reuben, simeon, issachar,
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Reuben, simeon, issachar, you rawboned donkey,
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You rawboned donkey, he starts calling them names.
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He starts calling them names. he didn't call issachar
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He didn't call issachar a rawboned donkey,
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A rawboned donkey, and i'm not 100% sure
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And i'm not 100% sure that it was issachar
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That it was issachar that he called
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That he called a rawboned donkey,
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A rawboned donkey, so somebody's
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So somebody's fact checking me right now.
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But he didn't call
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But he didn't call any of them --
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Any of them -- it was good.
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It was good. it was issachar.
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It was issachar. he didn't call him that.
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He didn't call him that. he could have.
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He could have. he could have spent
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He could have spent the rest of his life --
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The rest of his life -- put it back up please,
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Put it back up please, describing how they harmed him.
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Describing how they harmed him. such a small thing
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Such a small thing to say, "harm me."
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To say, "harm me." how much --
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How much -- how much time
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How much time do you give to that
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Do you give to that because i'm telling you --
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Because i'm telling you -- keep your arms linked.
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Keep your arms linked. some of us would have spent
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Some of us would have spent the next 55 years describing
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The next 55 years describing the first part of that sentence.
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The first part of that sentence. "and let me tell you
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"and let me tell you what it was like.
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What it was like. first, i had to go down to --
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First, i had to go down to -- i had to go down
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I had to go down and be enslaved
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And be enslaved by the midianites.
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By the midianites. i was picked up by the caravan.
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I was picked up by the caravan. i was shoved in the back.”
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I was shoved in the back.” he would have spent
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He would have spent the rest of the life.
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The rest of the life. if he would --
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If he would -- ‘cause if you start there,
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‘cause if you start there, then you gotta talk about,
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Then you gotta talk about, “and then i excelled
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“and then i excelled in the house of potiphar,
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In the house of potiphar, who i served.
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Who i served. but then his wife was crazy,
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But then his wife was crazy, and his wife would kept
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And his wife would kept on trying to get with me.
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On trying to get with me. and i mean,
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And i mean, who can blame her?
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Who can blame her? i am well built and handsome.”
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I am well built and handsome.” the bible says that.
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The bible says that. the bible says that.
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The bible says that. he was well built and handsome.
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He was well built and handsome. he was well built and handsome.
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He was well built and handsome. but he didn't go
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But he didn't go into any details
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Into any details about potiphar's house.
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About potiphar's house. he didn't go into any details
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He didn't go into any details about what happened
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About what happened after potiphar's house,
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After potiphar's house, which was prison.
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Which was prison. he didn't go into any details
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He didn't go into any details about being forgotten
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About being forgotten in prison when he was the key
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In prison when he was the key to one man's freedom.
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To one man's freedom. he didn't rehearse
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He didn't rehearse the lack of reciprocation.
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The lack of reciprocation. now, come into
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Now, come into the story with me.
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The story with me. come into the --
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Come into the -- don't just --
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Don't just -- don't just sit there.
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Don't just sit there. i know jeff and chet are
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I know jeff and chet are handsome together,
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Handsome together, you know, like that,
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You know, like that, and all that,
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And all that, but i want you to see yourself
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But i want you to see yourself chained to whatever you blame.
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You gave your power away.
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You gave your power away. you gave your power away.
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You gave your power away. ‘cause now, watch.
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‘cause now, watch. try to get away from chet.
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Try to get away from chet. huh huh, it's not gonna
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Huh huh, it's not gonna be that easy.
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Be that easy. it's not gonna be that easy.
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It's not gonna be that easy. you are now --
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You are now -- this creates what
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This creates what we called last week
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We called last week the chain of events
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The chain of events that could have defined
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That could have defined joseph's life.
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Joseph's life. you feel me?
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You feel me? ah, and even sometimes,
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Ah, and even sometimes, i think you can blame yourself
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I think you can blame yourself and think that that is somehow
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And think that that is somehow honoring to god.
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Honoring to god. i thought you weren't god.
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Telling god you're worthless
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Telling god you're worthless is an insult to the word
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Is an insult to the word that he spoke over,
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That he spoke over, and it is the opposite
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And it is the opposite of worshipping god
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Of worshipping god to tell him
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To tell him how worthless you are
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How worthless you are because the focus is on you.
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Because the focus is on you. so, watch this.
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So, watch this. watch this.
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Watch this. this is a chain
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This is a chain and what it becomes is terrible,
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And what it becomes is terrible, but it becomes bitterness.
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But it becomes bitterness. and now you've got bondage.
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And now you've got bondage. walk with it for me
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Walk with it for me in your own life.
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In your own life. something bad happens,
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Something bad happens, “oh, that's horrible.
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“oh, that's horrible. i didn't get to finish
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I didn't get to finish because of them.
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Because of them. they weren't there for me.”
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They weren't there for me.” i mean, if we just named
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I mean, if we just named everything that's in this room,
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Forget about all over the world.
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Forget about all over the world. if we just named everything
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If we just named everything that's in this room,
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That's in this room, if we named everything bad
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If we named everything bad that happened in this room,
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That happened in this room, i wouldn't get to preach
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I wouldn't get to preach another sermon until 2064.
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All right?
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All right? i wouldn't get to preach un --
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I wouldn't get to preach un -- if we spent of the rest
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If we spent of the rest of this day,
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Of this day, we would spill over
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We would spill over into tomorrow,
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Into tomorrow, and then yet joseph after --
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And then yet joseph after -- after everything
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After everything he's been through.
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He's been through. genesis 50:20,
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Genesis 50:20, put it on the screen.
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Put it on the screen. “you intended to harm me.”
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“you intended to harm me.” and that's all he said
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And that's all he said about that.
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About that. now, that's freedom.
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[applause]
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Ah, oh, hold on.
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Ah, oh, hold on. he wasn't in denial either,
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He wasn't in denial either, ‘cause he still wept.
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‘cause he still wept. there was a process.
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There was a process. he didn't say it the next day.
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He didn't say it the next day. he didn't say it in the pit.
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He didn't say it in the pit. he didn't say it the back
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He didn't say it the back of caravan as he's being
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Of caravan as he's being sold in chained,
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Sold in chained, but at some point,
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But at some point, his perspective became,
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His perspective became, “but god.”
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So, you break it with a but.
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So, you break it with a but. let me show you again.
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[applause]
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Y'all, i got the --
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Y'all, i got the -- i got the remedial class,
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I got the remedial class, the summer school in here today.
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The summer school in here today. i'mma show you again.
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I'mma show you again. "you intended to harm me,
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"you intended to harm me, that was bad.
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That was bad. now, i could blame you,
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Now, i could blame you, i could be bitter about it,
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I could be bitter about it, and i could spend the rest
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And i could spend the rest of my life, but god."
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[applause]
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Show you again.
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Show you again. show you again.
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Show you again. get back together.
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Get back together. let me show you again.
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Let me show you again. let me show you till you see
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Let me show you till you see yourself interrupting
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Yourself interrupting what the enemy sent
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What the enemy sent to destroy you,
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To destroy you, and you can break it
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And you can break it with a, "but god."
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With a, "but god." you can break it.
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You can break it. so, so, so, i'm looking --
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So, so, so, i'm looking -- now i'm looking --
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Now i'm looking -- my future is my focus,
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My future is my focus, so i'm looking for
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So i'm looking for everything in my life
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Everything in my life that has me in bondage,
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That has me in bondage, and i'm looking to put a "but"
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And i'm looking to put a "but" right here to see what god
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Right here to see what god is gonna do next.
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Is gonna do next. i need 30 of y'all!
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I need 30 of y'all! i need 30 people
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I need 30 people and a hammond b3
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And a hammond b3 to praise god
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To praise god that the power to break it
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That the power to break it is in your praise,
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Is in your praise, in your perspective,
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In your perspective, in your purpose!
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In your purpose! get together.
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Get together. that's how you break a chain.
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That's how you break a chain. that's how --
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That's how -- "they left me but god has
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"they left me but god has somebody else for me.
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Somebody else for me. they hurt but god healed me,
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They hurt but god healed me, he's healing me right now."
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He's healing me right now." somebody say it
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Somebody say it in the chat, "but god."
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In the chat, "but god." but god.
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But god. i feel like preaching
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I feel like preaching in this room today!
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In this room today! like god is breaking chains!
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Like god is breaking chains! i'm serious, y'all!
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I'm serious, y'all! you can break it with a but.
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You can break it with a but. we were dead in our sin,
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We were dead in our sin, but god.
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But god. you meant it for evil,
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You meant it for evil, but god .
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But god . the weapon was formed
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The weapon was formed against me but
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Against me but it didn't prosper
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It didn't prosper ‘cause i'm still breathing,
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‘cause i'm still breathing, living, walking, talking,
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Living, walking, talking, moving, but god.
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Moving, but god. but god!
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But god! but god!
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[cheering]
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Well, i can break that thing.
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Well, i can break that thing. i can break that thing.
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I can break that thing. you break it
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You break it before it breaks you.
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Before it breaks you. you hear me?
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You hear me? you break it
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You break it before it breaks you.
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>> you're at the moment
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>> you're at the moment of decision right now.
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>> i wonder what it looks
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>> i wonder what it looks like for you to have
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Like for you to have this mentality to say,
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This mentality to say, "god put me here for a purpose,
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"god put me here for a purpose, and i'm submitting everything
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And i'm submitting everything that's happened to me to god."
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That's happened to me to god." i trust you, not my dream.
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I trust you, not my dream. i trust you, not my idea.
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I trust you, not my idea. i will not make my ideas
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I will not make my ideas my idol.
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My idol. i'm worshiping you.
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I'm worshiping you. i'm serving you.
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I'm serving you. it's not about position,
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It's not about position, it's about purpose.
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It's about purpose. are you going to be
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Are you going to be defined by what stood against
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Defined by what stood against you or how you got over it?
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>> do you feel trapped
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By your past or blocked
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From pursuing the purpose
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God has for you?
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And remember, there's still
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A promise for your future.
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>> it's in the midst
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>> it's in the midst of our struggles
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Of our struggles that we find our true purpose,
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That we find our true purpose, and it's through our trials
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And it's through our trials that we're refined
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That we're refined and made new.
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It's more than just a series, it's a guide to help you
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And into a future filled with hope and purpose.
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That we're able to reach people around the world
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Around the world with the gospel.
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With the gospel. thank you, we couldn't
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Thank you, we couldn't do this without you.
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ yes lord ♪
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♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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♪ heal your body ♪
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>> ♪ shalom be your peace ♪
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>> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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♪ be your peace ♪
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♪ hey ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ belongs to him ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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>> ♪ call the name ♪
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>> ♪ jehovah ♪
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>> ♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ belongs to him ♪
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♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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♪ fight your battles ♪
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♪ hey ♪
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♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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♪ meet your need ♪
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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 harts are burning ♪
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♪ for fresh revival ♪
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♪ blow again ♪
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♪ our god is consuming fir ♪
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Steven Furtick - My Future Is My Focus (Part 1)

August 6, 2025 | 28:0

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