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Steven Furtick - The Prayer That Repairs (Part 2)

August 2, 2025 | S25 E213 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - The Prayer That Repairs (Part 2)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The Prayer That Repairs (Part 2) | August 2, 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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  • When god calls your name
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  • When god calls your name once, that's personal.
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  • Once, that's personal. when he calls your name twice,
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  • When he calls your name twice, that's pivotal.
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  • That's pivotal. when he calls your name once,
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  • When he calls your name once, it's powerful.
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  • It's powerful. when he calls your name twice,
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  • When he calls your name twice, it's a pattern.
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  • It's a pattern. there are some of you
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  • There are some of you under the sound of my voice,
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  • Under the sound of my voice, and god is trying to
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  • And god is trying to get your attention.
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  • Get your attention. he is repeating patterns
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  • He is repeating patterns in your life.
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  • In your life. and it's not just that you
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  • And it's not just that you keep seeing range rovers
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  • Keep seeing range rovers on the road so you think
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  • On the road so you think you need to buy one.
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  • You need to buy one. it's deeper than that.
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  • It's deeper than that. god keeps sending you the same
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  • God keeps sending you the same message different ways.
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  • Message different ways. "saul, saul. moses, moses,"
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  • "saul, saul. moses, moses," have you got another one?
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  • Have you got another one? "samuel, samuel."
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  • "samuel, samuel." that's my favorite of them,
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  • That's my favorite of them, because this is when he was
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  • Because this is when he was learning to hear god's voice
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  • Learning to hear god's voice and he was a little boy.
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  • And he was a little boy. and some of you,
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  • And some of you, since you've been a child,
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  • Since you've been a child, god has been calling you,
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  • God has been calling you, and he keeps calling you.
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  • And he keeps calling you. and some of you, you even
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  • And some of you, you even spent half of your adult life
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  • Spent half of your adult life running from the god
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  • Running from the god that was calling you
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  • That was calling you when you were a little kid.
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  • When you were a little kid. and he kept calling,
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  • And he kept calling, and he kept calling,
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  • And he kept calling, and he kept calling.
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  • And he kept calling. "samuel, samuel."
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  • "samuel, samuel." he had to come back to him
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  • He had to come back to him and say it again
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  • And say it again 'cause the first time,
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  • 'cause the first time, he thought it was
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  • He thought it was the voice of his mentor, eli,
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  • The voice of his mentor, eli, so he said it again,
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  • So he said it again, "samuel, samuel."
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  • "samuel, samuel." y'all got another one?
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  • Y'all got another one? >> martha.
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  • >> martha. "martha, martha.
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  • "martha, martha. martha, martha."
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  • Martha, martha." i didn't think anybody
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  • I didn't think anybody would get that.
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  • Would get that. did you get that, nicole?
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  • Did you get that, nicole? nicole, nicole.
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  • Nicole, nicole. martha, martha.
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  • Martha, martha. luke 10 talking about,
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  • Luke 10 talking about, "martha, martha,
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  • "martha, martha, you're worried and distracted.
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  • You're worried and distracted. you keep trying to do dishes
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  • You keep trying to do dishes while your sister, mary,
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  • While your sister, mary, is having a devotion.
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  • Is having a devotion. martha, martha."
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  • Martha, martha." i know why he said
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  • I know why he said her name twice,
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  • Her name twice, 'cause she wasn't
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  • 'cause she wasn't listening the first time.
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  • Listening the first time. she was too busy running
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  • She was too busy running the vacuum cleaner.
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  • The vacuum cleaner. "martha.
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  • "martha. martha!
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  • Martha! martha middle name.
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  • Martha middle name. i wanna spend time with you,
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  • I wanna spend time with you, i wanna be with you,
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  • I wanna be with you, i don't want you to just
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  • I don't want you to just run around so consumed by
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  • Run around so consumed by what you can do for me,
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  • What you can do for me, so i'mma say your name twice
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  • So i'mma say your name twice because i'm more concerned
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  • Because i'm more concerned about your person
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  • About your person than your plans.
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  • Than your plans. what's another one?
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  • What's another one? >> my god, my god.
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  • [laughter]
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  • >> well, that one doesn't count,
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  • >> well, that one doesn't count, i guess that makes eight.
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  • I guess that makes eight. "my god, my god."
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  • [laughter]
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  • But it's technically true
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  • But it's technically true because when jesus was on
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  • Because when jesus was on the cross, he was god,
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  • The cross, he was god, so god said to god,
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  • So god said to god, "my god, my god."
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  • "my god, my god." i didn't prepare that one.
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  • I didn't prepare that one. is that orangeburg in the house?
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  • Is that orangeburg in the house? is orangeburg in the house?
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  • Is orangeburg in the house? orangeburg, orangeburg.
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  • Orangeburg, orangeburg. i got so much family
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  • I got so much family in orangeburg.
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  • In orangeburg. i do.
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  • I do. the one i really struggle
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  • The one i really struggle with is "abraham, abraham."
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  • With is "abraham, abraham." because that's where god
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  • Because that's where god called abraham and said,
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  • Called abraham and said, "go to the place
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  • "go to the place i will show you."
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  • I will show you." and then when abraham set out,
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  • And then when abraham set out, he didn't give him
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  • He didn't give him the exact gps pin.
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  • The exact gps pin. you know how sometimes
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  • You just feel like
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  • You just feel like you're taking a step,
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  • You're taking a step, not a swing, just a step.
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  • Not a swing, just a step. and when he called him,
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  • And when he called him, he called him abraham,
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  • He called him abraham, but then he called him to do
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  • But then he called him to do something very difficult.
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  • Something very difficult. now, sometimes in your life,
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  • Now, sometimes in your life, god will call you to give up
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  • God will call you to give up something you love.
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  • Something you love. god will call you to give up
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  • Something that you love.
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  • Something that you love. usually when we come
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  • Usually when we come to god in prayer,
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  • To god in prayer, we ask him to take away
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  • We ask him to take away the things that
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  • The things that we don't like anyway.
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  • We don't like anyway. see, prayer is two ways.
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  • See, prayer is two ways. it's not just me talking to god,
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  • It's not just me talking to god, it's me listening.
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  • It's me listening. when i was taught to pray,
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  • When i was taught to pray, i was mostly taught
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  • I was mostly taught to pray a prayer list.
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  • To pray a prayer list. so, i start naming
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  • So, i start naming all the things
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  • All the things that i want god to do.
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  • That i want god to do. like i'm giving him
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  • Like i'm giving him his checklist for the day,
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  • His checklist for the day, and the date i need
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  • And the date i need him to do it by.
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  • Him to do it by. but prayer is not just listing,
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  • But prayer is not just listing, it's listening.
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  • It's listening. it's listening.
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  • It's listening. and sometimes what god says
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  • And sometimes what god says is hard to hear, when he said,
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  • Is hard to hear, when he said, "abraham, abraham."
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  • "abraham, abraham." now, in this specific case,
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  • Now, in this specific case, god had called abraham
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  • God had called abraham to sacrifice his only son,
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  • To sacrifice his only son, isaac, that he waited
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  • Isaac, that he waited 25 years for.
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  • 25 years for. he tied him down
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  • He tied him down and he was going to plunge
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  • And he was going to plunge the knife in obedience to god.
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  • The knife in obedience to god. and just as the knife
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  • And just as the knife was raised,
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  • Was raised, there was a pause
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  • There was a pause that led to provision.
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  • That led to provision. and god said, "don't lay
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  • And god said, "don't lay a hand on the boy,
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  • A hand on the boy, there's a ram in the bush.
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  • There's a ram in the bush. you past the test.
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  • You past the test. i didn't want you
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  • I didn't want you to kill your son,
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  • To kill your son, i wanted you to trust me."
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  • I wanted you to trust me." and he sacrificed
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  • And he sacrificed the ram instead.
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  • The ram instead. and at that pivotal moment
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  • And at that pivotal moment just before abraham
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  • Just before abraham was about to do it,
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  • Was about to do it, god said, "abraham, abraham,"
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  • And he called him twice.
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  • And he called him twice. now, i think we ought
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  • Now, i think we ought to go through all of these
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  • To go through all of these over the next
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  • Over the next few weeks in church.
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  • Few weeks in church. each of these times,
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  • Each of these times, "abraham, abraham.
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  • "abraham, abraham. moses, moses."
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  • Moses, moses." i didn't even tell you about,
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  • I didn't even tell you about, "jacob, jacob," but i will.
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  • "jacob, jacob," but i will. how he was going to egypt
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  • How he was going to egypt to see his son, joseph,
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  • To see his son, joseph, that he thought was dead,
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  • That he thought was dead, and he had so given up
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  • And he had so given up on joseph being alive
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  • On joseph being alive that he had resigned
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  • That he had resigned himself to the despair,
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  • Himself to the despair, and god had to call
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  • And god had to call his name twice,
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  • "jacob, jacob"
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  • "jacob, jacob" to tell him that
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  • To tell him that joseph's own hands
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  • Joseph's own hands would close his eyes.
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  • Would close his eyes. that the thing that you
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  • That the thing that you thought was dead
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  • Thought was dead is very much alive.
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  • Is very much alive. i said the thing that
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  • I said the thing that you thought was dead
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  • You thought was dead was very much alive.
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  • Was very much alive. i said that the thing
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  • I said that the thing that you thought was dead
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  • That you thought was dead is very much alive.
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  • Is very much alive. jacob, jacob.
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  • Jacob, jacob. and today, we find ourselves
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  • And today, we find ourselves in a pivotal moment for jesus,
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  • In a pivotal moment for jesus, and a pivotal moment for
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  • And a pivotal moment for an apostle named simon peter.
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  • An apostle named simon peter. don't you wonder why
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  • Don't you wonder why in luke 22:31,
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  • In luke 22:31, and i'm almost there holly.
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  • And i'm almost there holly. holly, holly.
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  • Holly, holly. i'm almost to the part
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  • I'm almost to the part that inspired me to get up
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  • That inspired me to get up and preach this text.
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  • And preach this text. because as jesus is speaking
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  • Because as jesus is speaking to all of the disciples
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  • To all of the disciples telling them, "i must suffer,"
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  • Telling them, "i must suffer," while he is telling them,
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  • While he is telling them, "you are going to rule one day."
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  • "you are going to rule one day." while he is preparing them
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  • While he is preparing them for what the cross
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  • For what the cross and the kingdom will be,
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  • And the kingdom will be, he pivots his attention
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  • He pivots his attention from the entire table,
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  • From the entire table, the 12, to one man.
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  • The 12, to one man. and when he calls his name,
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  • And when he calls his name, he says, verse 31, luke 22,
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  • He says, verse 31, luke 22, right back where we started,
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  • "simon, simon."
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  • "simon, simon." question, does simon
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  • Question, does simon have another name?
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  • Have another name? >> congregation: yes.
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  • What's simon's other name?
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  • What's simon's other name? >> congregation: peter.
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  • >> congregation: peter. >> talk to me out loud.
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  • >> talk to me out loud. >> congregation: peter.
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  • >> congregation: peter. >> shout it like
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  • >> shout it like you're mad at him.
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  • You're mad at him. >> congregation: peter.
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  • >> congregation: peter. >> why, "simon, simon."
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  • Why not, "peter, peter?"
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  • Why not, "peter, peter?" in this moment of pivotal
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  • In this moment of pivotal and necessary instruction
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  • And necessary instruction for the disciples
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  • For the disciples and specifically peter,
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  • And specifically peter, jesus does something
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  • Very interesting.
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  • Very interesting. and to really tease out of
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  • And to really tease out of the text the truth that is
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  • The text the truth that is lying just under the surface,
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  • Lying just under the surface, go back to luke 6.
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  • Go back to luke 6. in luke 6:12-16,
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  • In luke 6:12-16, the author luke,
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  • The author luke, with meticulous detail,
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  • With meticulous detail, tells us that,
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  • "one of those days,
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  • "one of those days, jesus went out to
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  • Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray."
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  • A mountainside to pray." what did he go to do?
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  • What did he go to do? >> congregation: pray.
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  • >> congregation: pray. to pray.
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  • To pray. this is at the very beginning
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  • This is at the very beginning of his public ministry.
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  • Of his public ministry. and he goes to pray,
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  • And he goes to pray, "and he spent the night
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  • "and he spent the night praying to god.
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  • Praying to god. when morning came,
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  • When morning came, he called his disciples to him
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  • He called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them,
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  • And chose twelve of them, who he also designated apostles.
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  • Who he also designated apostles. simon (whom he named peter),
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  • Simon (whom he named peter), and his brother andrew,
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  • And his brother andrew, james, john, philip,
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  • James, john, philip, bartholomew, matthew, thomas,
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  • Bartholomew, matthew, thomas, james son of alphaeus,
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  • James son of alphaeus, simon who was called the zealot,
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  • Simon who was called the zealot, judas son of james,
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  • Judas son of james, and judas iscariot,
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  • And judas iscariot, who became a traitor."
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  • Who became a traitor." but there's a sandwich here,
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  • But there's a sandwich here, because if you
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  • Because if you go back to verse 14,
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  • Go back to verse 14, the first one that it names is,
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  • The first one that it names is, "simon who he named peter."
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  • "simon who he named peter." and this is
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  • And this is a very curious conflict
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  • As we study the text.
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  • As we study the text. because if jesus
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  • Because if jesus named him peter,
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  • Named him peter, and it's recorded in luke 6,
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  • And it's recorded in luke 6, and if he's referred to
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  • And if he's referred to as peter all throughout
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  • As peter all throughout luke's gospel, then why at
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  • The most pivotal moment
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  • The most pivotal moment in his life, when jesus turns
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  • In his life, when jesus turns his attention from all the 12
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  • His attention from all the 12 at the table to focus
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  • At the table to focus on the one and to give
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  • On the one and to give a personal word,
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  • A personal word, does he not address him as,
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  • Does he not address him as, "peter, peter?"
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  • "peter, peter?" that would be the way
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  • That would be the way to build confidence
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  • To build confidence in the one that you called.
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  • In the one that you called. "peter, peter.
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  • "peter, peter. don't remem --
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  • Don't remem -- don't forget to remember
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  • Don't forget to remember when we get to the cross,
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  • When we get to the cross, you're the rock.
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  • You're the rock. don't forget to remember
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  • When we get to the cross,
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  • When we get to the cross, you're the one.
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  • You're the one. don't forget to remember
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  • Don't forget to remember when we get to the cross
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  • When we get to the cross how i helped you walk on water.
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  • How i helped you walk on water. don't forget to remember
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  • Don't forget to remember when we get to the cross
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  • When we get to the cross how i called you by name.
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  • How i called you by name. don't forget to remember
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  • Don't forget to remember how we fed 5,000.
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  • How we fed 5,000. peter, peter, peter."
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  • Peter, peter, peter." but he doesn't say,
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  • But he doesn't say, "peter," twice.
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  • "peter," twice. he doesn't even say,
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  • He doesn't even say, "simon middle name peter."
  • 00:09:01.994 --> 00:09:04.564
  • "simon middle name peter." he says, "simon, simon."
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  • He says, "simon, simon." so, let's look at
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  • So, let's look at the cast of characters
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  • The cast of characters for a moment, shall we?
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  • For a moment, shall we? you got simon, you got satan,
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  • You got simon, you got satan, and you've got the savior.
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  • And you've got the savior. and i believe verse 31
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  • And i believe verse 31 really describes where
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  • Really describes where a lot of our church is at today.
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  • A lot of our church is at today. all over the world.
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  • All over the world. i don't mean our church
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  • I don't mean our church just in this one room,
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  • Just in this one room, i mean our church
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  • I mean our church all over this world.
  • 00:09:27.219 --> 00:09:28.354
  • All over this world. verse 31 says, "simon,
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  • Satan has asked to sift you."
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  • Satan has asked to sift you." and so, what's about to happen,
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  • Let me set it up for you.
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  • Let me set it up for you. over the next night,
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  • Over the next night, over the next few days,
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  • Over the next few days, it's gonna be
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  • It's gonna be simon versus satan.
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  • Simon versus satan. simon versus satan.
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  • Simon versus satan. and spoiler alert,
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  • And spoiler alert, simon doesn't win.
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  • Simon doesn't win. as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, when it comes to
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  • When it comes to the most crucial moment
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  • The most crucial moment of simon's life
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  • Of simon's life when he will deny jesus christ,
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  • When he will deny jesus christ, he does not only deny his power,
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  • He does not only deny his power, he denies the relationship
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  • He denies the relationship all together.
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  • He says,
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  • He says, "i don't even know him."
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  • "i don't even know him." and jesus looks him
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  • And jesus looks him in his eyes and says,
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  • In his eyes and says, "simon, simon,
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  • "simon, simon, satan asked to sift you."
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  • Satan asked to sift you." the answer that we would
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  • The answer that we would expect from jesus
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  • Expect from jesus if satan asked to sift,
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  • If satan asked to sift, and let me just slip in here,
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  • And let me just slip in here, he doesn't get to do it
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  • Without permission.
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  • Without permission. whatever the devil does to you,
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  • Whatever the devil does to you, he had to go through
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  • He had to go through jesus to do it.
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  • Jesus to do it. so, even if jesus didn't
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  • So, even if jesus didn't do that thing for you,
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  • Do that thing for you, it had to go through jesus
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  • It had to go through jesus before it go to you,
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  • Before it go to you, which means that sifting
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  • Which means that sifting is a process of separation.
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  • Is a process of separation. we don't sift that much
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  • We don't sift that much in our daily lives,
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  • In our daily lives, so maybe we can't
  • 00:10:38.891 --> 00:10:39.892
  • So maybe we can't really imagine this,
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  • Really imagine this, but this word used
  • 00:10:41.227 --> 00:10:42.228
  • But this word used for sift when he said,
  • 00:10:42.294 --> 00:10:43.262
  • For sift when he said, "satan desires to sift you,"
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  • "satan desires to sift you," this is the only time
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  • This is the only time that word is used
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  • That word is used in the whole bible.
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  • In the whole bible. because it is
  • 00:10:49.468 --> 00:10:50.036
  • Because it is a shaking so violent
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  • A shaking so violent it's only used one time.
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  • It's only used one time. it's shaking out the stuff
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  • It's shaking out the stuff that shouldn't be there to leave
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  • That shouldn't be there to leave the stuff that will produce
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  • The stuff that will produce the bread that can feed.
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  • The bread that can feed. and i was interested
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  • And i was interested in the fact that simon peter
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  • In the fact that simon peter was a fisherman, and jesus
  • 00:11:05.184 --> 00:11:07.186
  • Was a fisherman, and jesus is sifting a fisherman.
  • 00:11:07.253 --> 00:11:08.988
  • Is sifting a fisherman. i thought it was
  • 00:11:09.055 --> 00:11:09.488
  • I thought it was a mixed metaphor
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  • A mixed metaphor until i remembered that
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  • Until i remembered that jesus told peter,
  • 00:11:12.425 --> 00:11:13.759
  • Jesus told peter, "feed my sheep,"
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  • "feed my sheep," in john 21.
  • 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:16.762
  • In john 21. so, that makes me think
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  • So, that makes me think that he's trying to turn
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  • That he's trying to turn a fisherman into a shepherd.
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  • A fisherman into a shepherd. and before a fisherman
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  • And before a fisherman can become a shepherd,
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  • Can become a shepherd, before somebody who catches fish
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  • Before somebody who catches fish can become somebody
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  • Can become somebody who feeds sheep,
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  • Who feeds sheep, there must be a sifting.
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  • There must be a sifting. sometimes the sifting
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  • Sometimes the sifting in your life is a sign.
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  • In your life is a sign. it is a signal that
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  • It is a signal that this is a pivotal moment,
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  • This is a pivotal moment, that god is changing the season
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  • That god is changing the season and the stage of your life.
  • 00:11:41.420 --> 00:11:43.622
  • And the stage of your life. and before the season shifts,
  • 00:11:43.689 --> 00:11:46.258
  • And before the season shifts, there is a sifting.
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  • There is a sifting. the interesting thing
  • 00:11:47.993 --> 00:11:48.794
  • The interesting thing about the sifting, and y'all,
  • 00:11:48.861 --> 00:11:50.196
  • About the sifting, and y'all, i'm so full of this word
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  • I'm so full of this word to preach for somebody,
  • 00:11:51.797 --> 00:11:53.432
  • To preach for somebody, is because it doesn't say
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  • Is because it doesn't say that jesus sifted simon,
  • 00:11:54.900 --> 00:11:57.069
  • That jesus sifted simon, it says that satan sifted simon.
  • 00:11:57.136 --> 00:12:00.172
  • It says that satan sifted simon. but no matter who sifted him,
  • 00:12:00.239 --> 00:12:02.808
  • But no matter who sifted him, the one who sifted had
  • 00:12:02.875 --> 00:12:04.276
  • The one who sifted had to get permission to do it.
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  • To get permission to do it. so, it means that even
  • 00:12:06.512 --> 00:12:07.880
  • So, it means that even if i'm being attacked
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  • If i'm being attacked by the enemy,
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  • By the enemy, even if i'm being
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  • Even if i'm being attacked by anxiety,
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  • Attacked by anxiety, even if my body is
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  • Even if my body is under attack right now,
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  • Under attack right now, the attack didn't have
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  • The attack didn't have to come from god
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  • To come from god for the grace to be
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  • For the grace to be received by faith.
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  • Received by faith. it means, simply put,
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  • It means, simply put, that this sifting season
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  • That this sifting season in your life is only that,
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  • In your life is only that, a season.
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  • [applause]
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  • Newsflash,
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  • Newsflash, the more gifted you are,
  • 00:12:39.178 --> 00:12:43.516
  • The more gifted you are, the more sifted you must be.
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  • The more sifted you must be. 'cause why, "simon, simon?"
  • 00:12:48.988 --> 00:12:51.290
  • 'cause why, "simon, simon?" why not, "bartholomew,
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  • Why not, "bartholomew, bartholomew?"
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  • Bartholomew?" why not, "judas, judas?"
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  • Why not, "judas, judas?" why not, "philip, philip?"
  • 00:12:58.130 --> 00:12:59.331
  • Why not, "philip, philip?" why not, "nathaniel, nathaniel?"
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  • Why not, "nathaniel, nathaniel?" why, "simon, simon?"
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  • Why, "simon, simon?" and this is the critical thing
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  • And this is the critical thing for you to understand.
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  • For you to understand. oh, if you could
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  • Oh, if you could understand this,
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  • You wouldn't be like,
  • 00:13:09.341 --> 00:13:10.276
  • You wouldn't be like, "why am i getting picked on?
  • 00:13:10.342 --> 00:13:11.610
  • "why am i getting picked on? why is my life so hard?
  • 00:13:11.677 --> 00:13:13.112
  • Why is my life so hard? why is this happening to me?"
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  • Why is this happening to me?" it would still be heavy,
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  • It would still be heavy, it would still be hard,
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  • It would still be hard, but you would understand
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  • But you would understand this simple principle
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  • This simple principle of the kingdom and it's this,
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  • Of the kingdom and it's this, the reason that he pivoted
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  • To peter in this moment
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  • To peter in this moment and called him simon
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  • And called him simon is because simon was
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  • Is because simon was the most significant
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  • The most significant one sitting at the table.
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  • One sitting at the table. the reason he was singled out
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  • The reason he was singled out to be sifted is because
  • 00:13:36.702 --> 00:13:39.038
  • To be sifted is because he was singled out
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  • He was singled out to be significant.
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  • To be significant. this sifting in my life,
  • 00:13:45.044 --> 00:13:47.446
  • This sifting in my life, what is it about?
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  • What is it about? what is this sifting about?
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  • What is this sifting about? in a sifting season,
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  • In a sifting season, you will notice
  • 00:13:52.251 --> 00:13:52.751
  • You will notice your motives are exposed.
  • 00:13:52.818 --> 00:13:55.955
  • Your motives are exposed. in a sifting season,
  • 00:13:56.021 --> 00:13:56.889
  • In a sifting season, you will notice that
  • 00:13:56.956 --> 00:13:57.790
  • You will notice that fake friends are exposed.
  • 00:13:57.857 --> 00:14:01.227
  • Fake friends are exposed. in a sifting season
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  • In a sifting season of your life,
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  • Of your life, you will notice that
  • 00:14:03.062 --> 00:14:03.863
  • You will notice that dependencies are exposed.
  • 00:14:03.929 --> 00:14:06.265
  • Dependencies are exposed. in a sifting season,
  • 00:14:06.332 --> 00:14:08.300
  • In a sifting season, you will notice that things
  • 00:14:08.367 --> 00:14:09.268
  • You will notice that things that used to work,
  • 00:14:09.335 --> 00:14:10.035
  • That used to work, don't work anymore,
  • 00:14:10.102 --> 00:14:11.971
  • Don't work anymore, and you will wonder
  • 00:14:12.037 --> 00:14:12.571
  • And you will wonder is this the end?
  • 00:14:12.638 --> 00:14:14.673
  • Is this the end? and yet, to think
  • 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.407
  • And yet, to think that this is the end,
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  • That this is the end, when you're still
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  • When you're still sitting at the table,
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  • Sitting at the table, and jesus knows
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  • And jesus knows you're gonna be preaching
  • 00:14:20.613 --> 00:14:21.380
  • You're gonna be preaching on the day of pentecost
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  • On the day of pentecost is to miss the message
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  • Is to miss the message of the gospel.
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  • Of the gospel. i don't think the disciples
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  • I don't think the disciples knew the pressure
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  • Knew the pressure that jesus was under.
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  • That jesus was under. while he's busy breaking
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  • While he's busy breaking bread and pouring wine,
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  • Bread and pouring wine, he's preparing his heart.
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  • He's preparing his heart. they really didn't see it
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  • Until he knelt in
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  • Until he knelt in the garden of gethsemane.
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  • The garden of gethsemane. and i gotta tell you
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  • And i gotta tell you about gethsemane
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  • About gethsemane because gethsemane was
  • 00:14:43.669 --> 00:14:44.536
  • Because gethsemane was the place of the olive press,
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  • The place of the olive press, but it was also the place
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  • But it was also the place where the savior prayed.
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  • Where the savior prayed. and in gethsemane,
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  • And in gethsemane, he prayed something
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  • He prayed something very powerful, two prayers.
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  • Very powerful, two prayers. he prayed, "father,
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  • He prayed, "father, if it's possible,
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  • If it's possible, take this cup from me."
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  • Take this cup from me." write this down in your notes,
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  • Write this down in your notes, that's called,
  • 00:14:57.783 --> 00:14:58.517
  • That's called, "the prayer that prevents."
  • 00:14:58.584 --> 00:15:01.987
  • "the prayer that prevents." sometimes prayer prevents.
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  • Sometimes prayer prevents. sometimes in the bible,
  • 00:15:04.790 --> 00:15:05.624
  • We'll see somebody pray,
  • 00:15:05.724 --> 00:15:07.393
  • We'll see somebody pray, and what was going to happen
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  • And what was going to happen didn't happen
  • 00:15:08.627 --> 00:15:09.161
  • Didn't happen because they prayed.
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  • Because they prayed. it's important that we pray
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  • It's important that we pray and plead the blood of jesus
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  • And plead the blood of jesus over our lives
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  • Over our lives 'cause there's some things
  • 00:15:15.901 --> 00:15:16.568
  • 'cause there's some things that your prayers can stop.
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  • That your prayers can stop. there are.
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  • There are. when moses prayed to god,
  • 00:15:20.105 --> 00:15:21.473
  • When moses prayed to god, god said, "i am not going to
  • 00:15:21.540 --> 00:15:22.675
  • God said, "i am not going to wipe out the israelites
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  • Wipe out the israelites even though they sinned
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  • Even though they sinned because you prayed
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  • Because you prayed and it prevented it."
  • 00:15:26.545 --> 00:15:28.480
  • And it prevented it." moses said, "god,
  • 00:15:28.547 --> 00:15:29.181
  • Moses said, "god, if you wipe 'em out,
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  • If you wipe 'em out, it will defame your glory."
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  • It will defame your glory." god said, "i'm gonna do
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  • God said, "i'm gonna do what you asked
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  • What you asked and i'm not gonna kill him
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  • And i'm not gonna kill him because you asked."
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  • Because you asked." you can pray things
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  • You can pray things for your children,
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  • For your children, you can pray things
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  • You can pray things for your friends,
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  • For your friends, you can pray things
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  • You can pray things for those you love,
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  • For those you love, you can pray things
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  • You can pray things for your own life.
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  • [applause]
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  • But jesus came to drink the cup.
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  • But jesus came to drink the cup. and so, the father didn't
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  • And so, the father didn't take the cup away.
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  • Take the cup away. so, after he moves past
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  • So, after he moves past the prayer that prevents,
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  • The prayer that prevents, he moved into the prayer
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  • He moved into the prayer that prepares.
  • 00:15:55.908 --> 00:15:58.410
  • That prepares. there is a prayer
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  • There is a prayer that you can pray
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  • That you can pray that will prepare you.
  • 00:15:59.645 --> 00:16:01.647
  • That will prepare you. there is a prayer
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  • There is a prayer that you can pray
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  • That you can pray that god would enlighten you.
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  • That god would enlighten you. there is a prayer
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  • There is a prayer that you can pray that god
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  • That you can pray that god would show you the doors
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  • Would show you the doors to go through.
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  • To go through. there is a prayer
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  • There is a prayer that you can pray
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  • That you can pray before you leave
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  • Before you leave your house in the morning.
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  • Your house in the morning. there is a prayer
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  • There is a prayer you can pray in the bathroom
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  • You can pray in the bathroom at the office before
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  • At the office before you have to come back
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  • You have to come back out for the next meeting.
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  • Out for the next meeting. sometimes you better dead bolt
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  • Sometimes you better dead bolt the bathroom door
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  • The bathroom door and tell the lord,
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  • "please clean out my mouth,
  • 00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:22.668
  • "please clean out my mouth, please cleanse my thoughts,
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  • Please cleanse my thoughts, please help me go back in here,
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  • Please help me go back in here, god give me a supernatural smile
  • 00:16:25.904 --> 00:16:27.506
  • God give me a supernatural smile 'cause i hate every single
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  • 'cause i hate every single one of these people."
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  • One of these people." there is a prayer
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  • There is a prayer that you can pray
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  • That you can pray that will prepare you.
  • 00:16:30.743 --> 00:16:33.112
  • That will prepare you. and sometimes we miss it
  • 00:16:33.178 --> 00:16:34.113
  • And sometimes we miss it 'cause i'mma just be honest,
  • 00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:35.347
  • 'cause i'mma just be honest, we don't really give
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  • The day to god,
  • 00:16:36.015 --> 00:16:36.548
  • The day to god, we just get caught
  • 00:16:36.615 --> 00:16:37.249
  • We just get caught off guard by the day,
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  • Off guard by the day, just get caught off guard
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  • Just get caught off guard by the fact that your back
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  • By the fact that your back hurts when you get out of bed.
  • 00:16:41.253 --> 00:16:42.287
  • Hurts when you get out of bed. you back hurts every day,
  • 00:16:42.354 --> 00:16:43.455
  • You back hurts every day, just pray about it
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  • Just pray about it and get up and do a stretch,
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  • And get up and do a stretch, and pray, and pray, and prepare.
  • 00:16:46.725 --> 00:16:49.261
  • And pray, and pray, and prepare. there is a prayer that prepares,
  • 00:16:49.328 --> 00:16:50.562
  • There is a prayer that prepares, and so, jesus moves into
  • 00:16:50.629 --> 00:16:51.964
  • And so, jesus moves into that prayer next to praise.
  • 00:16:52.031 --> 00:16:53.932
  • That prayer next to praise. "god, if it's possible,
  • 00:16:53.999 --> 00:16:55.067
  • "god, if it's possible, take this cup from me,"
  • 00:16:55.134 --> 00:16:56.435
  • Take this cup from me," but god does not remove the cup,
  • 00:16:56.502 --> 00:16:57.936
  • But god does not remove the cup, so then he says, "nevertheless,
  • 00:16:58.003 --> 00:16:59.905
  • So then he says, "nevertheless, not my will but yours be done."
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  • Not my will but yours be done." what's that?
  • 00:17:03.375 --> 00:17:04.009
  • What's that? that's the prayer
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  • That's the prayer of preparation.
  • 00:17:04.710 --> 00:17:06.512
  • Of preparation. it's the prayer
  • 00:17:06.578 --> 00:17:07.012
  • It's the prayer that gets him ready.
  • 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:08.580
  • That gets him ready. it's the prayer that some
  • 00:17:08.647 --> 00:17:09.481
  • It's the prayer that some of you have to pray right now.
  • 00:17:09.548 --> 00:17:10.516
  • Of you have to pray right now. "god, this is gonna be hard
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  • "god, this is gonna be hard what's coming up next.
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  • What's coming up next. it's gonna be heavy
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  • It's gonna be heavy what's coming up next.
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  • What's coming up next. this is not going to be
  • 00:17:15.921 --> 00:17:16.822
  • This is not going to be easy what i'm walking into.
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  • Easy what i'm walking into. i'm gonna have to walk
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  • I'm gonna have to walk into this knowing
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  • Into this knowing that it's gonna be painful,
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  • That it's gonna be painful, and it's going to costly,
  • 00:17:22.528 --> 00:17:24.196
  • And it's going to costly, and there is no easy
  • 00:17:24.263 --> 00:17:25.030
  • And there is no easy way around this.
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  • Way around this. i'm just gonna have
  • 00:17:26.832 --> 00:17:27.299
  • I'm just gonna have to go through it, so god,
  • 00:17:27.366 --> 00:17:28.700
  • To go through it, so god, prepare me like paul prayed
  • 00:17:28.767 --> 00:17:30.869
  • Prepare me like paul prayed for the church at ephesus.
  • 00:17:30.936 --> 00:17:32.805
  • For the church at ephesus. strengthen me in my inner man
  • 00:17:32.871 --> 00:17:35.207
  • Strengthen me in my inner man that they eyes of my
  • 00:17:35.274 --> 00:17:36.341
  • That they eyes of my understanding may be open
  • 00:17:36.408 --> 00:17:37.876
  • Understanding may be open so that i can understand
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  • So that i can understand the inheritance
  • 00:17:39.745 --> 00:17:40.479
  • The inheritance that i have in him
  • 00:17:40.546 --> 00:17:42.247
  • That i have in him so that when i'm up
  • 00:17:42.314 --> 00:17:43.015
  • So that when i'm up against the impossible
  • 00:17:43.082 --> 00:17:44.283
  • Against the impossible demands of this situation,
  • 00:17:44.349 --> 00:17:46.218
  • Demands of this situation, i have a supply to draw from
  • 00:17:46.285 --> 00:17:48.420
  • I have a supply to draw from and a resource to reach for,
  • 00:17:48.487 --> 00:17:50.589
  • And a resource to reach for, so i'm prepared for this.
  • 00:17:50.656 --> 00:17:52.758
  • So i'm prepared for this. so when goliath gets up
  • 00:17:52.825 --> 00:17:54.093
  • So when goliath gets up in my face tomorrow,
  • 00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:55.661
  • In my face tomorrow, even though i don't
  • 00:17:55.727 --> 00:17:56.395
  • Even though i don't even know his name yet,
  • 00:17:56.462 --> 00:17:57.930
  • Even know his name yet, i know a name that is
  • 00:17:57.996 --> 00:17:59.665
  • I know a name that is greater than a giant,
  • 00:17:59.731 --> 00:18:00.999
  • Greater than a giant, and that can bring him down
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  • And that can bring him down with a single stone
  • 00:18:02.801 --> 00:18:04.236
  • With a single stone 'cause i've been killing bears,
  • 00:18:04.303 --> 00:18:06.071
  • 'cause i've been killing bears, and i've being killing shee --
  • 00:18:06.138 --> 00:18:07.473
  • And i've being killing shee -- i've been keeping sheep,
  • 00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.907
  • I've been keeping sheep, and i've been killing lions,
  • 00:18:08.974 --> 00:18:10.876
  • And i've been killing lions, and i'm prepared for this.
  • 00:18:10.943 --> 00:18:12.744
  • And i'm prepared for this. and as a matter of fact,
  • 00:18:12.811 --> 00:18:14.613
  • And as a matter of fact, that's why i had to
  • 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.314
  • That's why i had to come in church today
  • 00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:16.915
  • Come in church today even though the rain
  • 00:18:16.982 --> 00:18:18.050
  • Even though the rain was pouring sideways.
  • 00:18:18.117 --> 00:18:20.119
  • Was pouring sideways. i don't even know
  • 00:18:20.185 --> 00:18:20.886
  • I don't even know what was happening,
  • 00:18:20.953 --> 00:18:22.187
  • What was happening, but the lord dumped
  • 00:18:22.254 --> 00:18:23.922
  • But the lord dumped a bucket of rain sideways
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  • A bucket of rain sideways out of heaven.
  • 00:18:25.958 --> 00:18:26.792
  • Out of heaven. that's the meteorological
  • 00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:28.160
  • That's the meteorological explanation for today,
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  • Explanation for today, but some of y'all
  • 00:18:30.129 --> 00:18:30.863
  • But some of y'all had to come anyway,
  • 00:18:30.929 --> 00:18:32.297
  • Had to come anyway, because i came to prepare
  • 00:18:32.364 --> 00:18:34.666
  • Because i came to prepare for the fight that i'm in,
  • 00:18:34.733 --> 00:18:36.635
  • For the fight that i'm in, for the season that
  • 00:18:36.702 --> 00:18:37.669
  • For the season that i'm stepping into.
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  • I'm stepping into. and 'cause i'm being
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  • And 'cause i'm being shaken right now,
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  • Shaken right now, but upon this rock,
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  • But upon this rock, i will build my church.
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  • [applause]
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  • Somebody shout, "god,
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  • Somebody shout, "god, get me ready."
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  • Get me ready." >> congregation: god,
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  • >> congregation: god, get me ready.
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  • Get me ready. >> god, get me ready.
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  • >> god, get me ready. i don't know what's coming next,
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  • I don't know what's coming next, but god, get me ready.
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  • But god, get me ready. it's the prayer that prepares.
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  • It's the prayer that prepares. but then -- sit down.
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  • [laughter]
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  • My sermon is about the prayer,
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  • My sermon is about the prayer, not that prevents,
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  • Not that prevents, not that prepares,
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  • Not that prepares, but the prayer that repairs.
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  • But the prayer that repairs. and this is for all of you,
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  • And this is for all of you, who weren't ready for it.
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  • Who weren't ready for it. this is for all of you
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  • This is for all of you who didn't see it coming.
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  • Who didn't see it coming. this is for all of you
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  • This is for all of you simon, simon, who hit
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  • Simon, simon, who hit a point in your life
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  • A point in your life and you didn't pray about it.
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  • And you didn't pray about it. see, the thing about
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  • See, the thing about jesus' words in this situation
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  • When he says, "simon, simon,
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  • When he says, "simon, simon, that is so meaningful to me,
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  • That is so meaningful to me, is that when satan asked
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  • Is that when satan asked to sift him as wheat,
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  • To sift him as wheat, jesus didn't tell him no.
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  • Jesus didn't tell him no. and even standing on the eve
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  • Of peter's disappointment,
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  • Of peter's disappointment, jesus prophesies his destiny.
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  • Jesus prophesies his destiny. look at verse 32 please.
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  • "when you have turned back,
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  • "when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
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  • Strengthen your brothers." when.
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  • When. not if, when.
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  • Not if, when. not if you turn back.
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  • Not if you turn back. jesus knew in that moment
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  • That there would come
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  • That there would come a point in your life,
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  • A point in your life, a pivotal point,
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  • A pivotal point, when the pressure
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  • When the pressure would be too great,
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  • Would be too great, when the future would be
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  • When the future would be too uncertain,
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  • Too uncertain, when you would not
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  • When you would not be able to do it
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  • Be able to do it like you used to do it.
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  • Like you used to do it. and he said,
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  • And he said, "in that moment when you --
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  • "in that moment when you -- when you turn back."
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  • When you turn back." not if you turn back,
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  • Not if you turn back, when you turn back.
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  • When you turn back. he knew that there would be
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  • He knew that there would be a moment where you would
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  • A moment where you would pray and say,
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  • Pray and say, "god, fix it."
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  • "god, fix it." i made a mess of this.
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  • I made a mess of this. i have made a complete
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  • I have made a complete mess of this, fix it.
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  • Mess of this, fix it. and that's the moment
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  • And that's the moment he's been waiting for.
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  • He's been waiting for. when my kids were very small,
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  • When my kids were very small, i made up a little lie,
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  • I made up a little lie, and you could judge me for it.
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  • And you could judge me for it. but anytime they would get hurt
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  • But anytime they would get hurt and they would come
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  • And they would come to me about it,
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  • To me about it, i would tell 'em, "oh,"
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  • I would tell 'em, "oh," if it was a minor injury --
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  • If it was a minor injury -- if it was a major injury,
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  • If it was a major injury, see your mom.
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  • See your mom. if it was a minor injury,
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  • If it was a minor injury, i'll say, "don't worry about it,
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  • I'll say, "don't worry about it, i can fix it."
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  • I can fix it." and whatever was hurt
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  • And whatever was hurt on their body,
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  • On their body, i would pretend like
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  • I would pretend like i knew how to fix it.
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  • I knew how to fix it. i'm talking when
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  • I'm talking when they were very small.
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  • They were very small. so, my elbow hurts,
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  • So, my elbow hurts, "oh come here, i'll fix it.
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  • "oh come here, i'll fix it. i went to elbow school.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Oh, your big toe hurts?
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  • Oh, your big toe hurts? i went to big toe school.
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  • I went to big toe school. i went to pinky toe school also,
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  • I went to pinky toe school also, but big toe school
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  • But big toe school is the one you need right now?
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  • Big toe school is what you get.
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  • Big toe school is what you get. oh, your ear hurts?
  • 00:21:39.418 --> 00:21:41.520
  • Oh, your ear hurts? i went to ear school."
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  • I went to ear school." oh, and if it was
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  • Oh, and if it was a minor injury,
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  • A minor injury, i'm telling you,
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  • I'm telling you, every time it would work,
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  • Every time it would work, every time they'd stop crying.
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  • Every time they'd stop crying. one time, graham looked at me
  • 00:21:51.930 --> 00:21:53.031
  • One time, graham looked at me and said, "you went to
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  • And said, "you went to a lot of schools."
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  • [laughter]
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  • I went to ear school,
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  • I went to ear school, eye school, hand school,
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  • Every school.
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  • Every school. i went to every school.
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  • I went to every school. and even though
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  • And even though i didn't really have
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  • I didn't really have the competency to fix it,
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  • The competency to fix it, their faith made them
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  • Their faith made them feel better.
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  • Feel better. i didn't even really
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  • I didn't even really have the ability to fix it.
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  • Have the ability to fix it. just their faith that
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  • Just their faith that i could was enough
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  • I could was enough to make the pain go away.
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  • To make the pain go away. if i, as a father,
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  • If i, as a father, with no ability to fix it,
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  • With no ability to fix it, can make my kid better
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  • Can make my kid better just by telling 'em
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  • Just by telling 'em i went to school,
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  • I went to school, how much more can your father,
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  • How much more can your father, who didn't just go to school,
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  • Who didn't just go to school, he started the university.
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  • He started the university. how much more can your father,
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  • How much more can your father, who knows how
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  • Who knows how he put you together,
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  • He put you together, who knows how he made you,
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  • Who knows how he made you, who knows your temperament,
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  • Who knows your temperament, knows your personality,
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  • Knows your personality, knows your background,
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  • Knows your background, knows your insecurity,
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  • Knows your insecurity, knows your resume,
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  • Knows your resume, knows your hope
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  • Knows your hope nobody find out abouts,
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  • Nobody find out abouts, knows everything you
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  • Knows everything you carry on the inside of you,
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  • Carry on the inside of you, call your name and say,
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  • Call your name and say, "simon, simon,
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  • "simon, simon, i see who you were,
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  • I see who you were, i see who you are gonna be,
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  • I see who you are gonna be, and i stand in the middle
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  • And i stand in the middle to let you know
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  • To let you know that peter is how i see you,
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  • That peter is how i see you, and simon is how i found you."
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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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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • It's who he is yeah
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • ♪ hey ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • ♪ oh ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meets your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meets your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ rapha heal your body ♪
  • 00:25:59.311 --> 00:26:01.613
  • >> ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
  • 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.814
  • ♪ heal your body ♪
  • 00:26:02.881 --> 00:26:04.049
  • >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
  • 00:26:04.115 --> 00:26:05.150
  • ♪ be your peace ♪
  • 00:26:05.216 --> 00:26:06.418
  • >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
  • 00:26:06.484 --> 00:26:07.552
  • ♪ be your peace ♪
  • 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.853
  • >> ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
  • 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:11.189
  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
  • 00:26:11.256 --> 00:26:13.625
  • >> ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
  • 00:26:13.692 --> 00:26:15.927
  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • Yes lord
  • 00:26:19.030 --> 00:26:20.699
  • ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
  • 00:26:20.765 --> 00:26:22.033
  • ♪ heal your body ♪
  • 00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:23.768
  • >> ♪ shalom be your peace ♪
  • 00:26:23.835 --> 00:26:25.537
  • >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
  • 00:26:25.604 --> 00:26:26.738
  • ♪ be your peace ♪
  • 00:26:26.805 --> 00:26:27.806
  • >> ♪ oh ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
  • 00:26:30.508 --> 00:26:32.844
  • ♪ call the name ♪
  • 00:26:32.911 --> 00:26:35.213
  • ♪ call the name ♪
  • 00:26:35.280 --> 00:26:37.315
  • ♪ jehovah ♪
  • 00:26:37.382 --> 00:26:40.051
  • ♪ all our praise ♪
  • 00:26:40.118 --> 00:26:42.420
  • ♪ all our praise ♪
  • 00:26:42.487 --> 00:26:44.856
  • ♪ all our praise ♪
  • 00:26:44.923 --> 00:26:46.958
  • ♪ belongs to him ♪
  • 00:26:47.025 --> 00:26:48.526
  • >> ♪ call the name ♪
  • 00:26:48.593 --> 00:26:49.661
  • >> ♪ jehovah ♪
  • 00:26:49.728 --> 00:26:56.601
  • >> ♪ all our praise ♪
  • 00:26:56.668 --> 00:27:01.640
  • >> ♪ this is the moment ♪
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  • ♪ when wind meets fire ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
  • 00:27:10.915 --> 00:27:12.917
  • ♪ our hearts are burning ♪
  • 00:27:12.984 --> 00:27:14.686
  • ♪ for fresh revival ♪
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  • ♪ blow again ♪
  • 00:27:19.457 --> 00:27:21.226
  • ♪ our god is ♪
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  • ♪ consuming fire ♪
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