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Steven Furtick - A Recipe For Resentment (Part 1)

August 10, 2025 | S25 E222 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - A Recipe For Resentment (Part 1)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - A Recipe For Resentment (Part 1) | August 10, 2025
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> just for
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  • >> just for an opening illustration,
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  • An opening illustration, i wanna tell you a story
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  • I wanna tell you a story i've never told in church,
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  • I've never told in church, but i've told it to my family
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  • But i've told it to my family so many times.
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  • So many times. i just remembered it
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  • I just remembered it because austin asked me
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  • Because austin asked me to tell this story on tour.
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  • To tell this story on tour. it happened when me and his dad,
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  • It happened when me and his dad, our executive pastor
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  • Our executive pastor of elevation church,
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  • Of elevation church, the great chunks corbett.
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  • The great chunks corbett. we were traveling
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  • We were traveling in nashville, tennessee
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  • In nashville, tennessee with another pastor.
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  • With another pastor. the other pastor is
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  • The other pastor is a very forceful personality.
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  • A very forceful personality. very tall, bald, big goatee,
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  • Very tall, bald, big goatee, and very passionate.
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  • And very passionate. and that can be a good thing,
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  • And that can be a good thing, but this was one
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  • But this was one of the occasions where
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  • Of the occasions where his passion was kinda bad.
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  • His passion was kinda bad. so, let me tell you the story.
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  • So, let me tell you the story. we walk in a restaurant,
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  • We walk in a restaurant, we don't have the reservation,
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  • We don't have the reservation, and there's no hostess
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  • And there's no hostess at the hostess stand.
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  • At the hostess stand. it's not terribly busy
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  • It's not terribly busy in the restaurant either,
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  • In the restaurant either, so we expect, everybody say,
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  • So we expect, everybody say, "expect."
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  • "expect." >> congregation: expect.
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  • >> congregation: expect. >> and i want you
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  • >> and i want you to hold on to that word,
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  • To hold on to that word, 'cause i'm gonna work with that,
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  • 'cause i'm gonna work with that, that word expect.
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  • That word expect. we expect that someone
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  • We expect that someone will come seat us.
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  • Will come seat us. there are plenty of seats
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  • There are plenty of seats that are empty,
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  • That are empty, that can accommodate
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  • That can accommodate a party of our size.
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  • A party of our size. two minutes pass,
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  • Two minutes pass, nobody says hello.
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  • Three minutes, four minutes.
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  • Three minutes, four minutes. and i forgot to tell you this
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  • And i forgot to tell you this but my friend is also white,
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  • But my friend is also white, so i can see his face
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  • So i can see his face turning red.
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  • Turning red. with every minute,
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  • With every minute, his face got redder and redder.
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  • His face got redder and redder. five minutes in, i'm watching
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  • Five minutes in, i'm watching his bald head and there are
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  • His bald head and there are veins popping through
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  • Veins popping through his goatee on his chin,
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  • His goatee on his chin, all the way from his forehead.
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  • All the way from his forehead. and i start backing away
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  • And i start backing away because i didn't know what
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  • Because i didn't know what was gonna happen next,
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  • Was gonna happen next, but i didn't expect --
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  • But i didn't expect -- i'm about to yell
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  • I'm about to yell what he yelled so,
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  • What he yelled so, if you don't like yelling,
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  • If you don't like yelling, just cover your ears
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  • And i'll be done with
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  • And i'll be done with this in five seconds,
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  • This in five seconds, but i'll never forget.
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  • But i'll never forget. he stands in the middle
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  • He stands in the middle of the restaurant
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  • Of the restaurant in front of the hostess stand,
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  • In front of the hostess stand, where nobody had helped us,
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  • Where nobody had helped us, five minutes have passed
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  • Five minutes have passed and it feels like five hours.
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  • And it feels like five hours. and he yells this
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  • And he yells this at the top of his lungs,
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  • At the top of his lungs, "does anybody care that
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  • "does anybody care that we're here?"
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  • We're here?" which, of course,
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  • Which, of course, helped nothing.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Except that probably
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  • Except that probably in his mashed potatoes,
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  • In his mashed potatoes, there was some extra spit
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  • There was some extra spit that he didn't know about,
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  • That he didn't know about, by the time we were
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  • By the time we were seated and eating.
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  • Seated and eating. but i never forgot him
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  • But i never forgot him yelling that.
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  • Yelling that. and i was telling austin
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  • And i was telling austin that story because
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  • That story because it's legendary now,
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  • It's legendary now, when we're waiting
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  • When we're waiting at a restaurant,
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  • At a restaurant, we'll just joke to each other
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  • We'll just joke to each other in our family,
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  • In our family, "does any --
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  • "does any -- i won't yell it out loud,
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  • I won't yell it out loud, i wouldn't do that.
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  • I wouldn't do that. but i remember him after
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  • But i remember him after expecting to be seated.
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  • Expecting to be seated. and apparently --
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  • And apparently -- this was even before covid.
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  • This was even before covid. and the shortage
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  • And the shortage of staffing that swept all of
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  • Of staffing that swept all of the restaurants in the nation.
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  • The restaurants in the nation. i mean, this was prime time.
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  • I mean, this was prime time. he expected a seat,
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  • He expected a seat, but he was met
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  • But he was met with the disappointment.
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  • With the disappointment. and so, he yells at
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  • And so, he yells at the top of his lungs.
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  • The top of his lungs. i won't yell it again,
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  • I won't yell it again, i'm gonna save my voice
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  • I'm gonna save my voice for something more meaningful
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  • In about ten minutes.
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  • In about ten minutes. but he yells at
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  • But he yells at the top of his lungs,
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  • The top of his lungs, "does anybody care
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  • "does anybody care that we're here?"
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  • That we're here?" of course, we're all
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  • Of course, we're all embarrassed, you know,
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  • Embarrassed, you know, for the rest of the meal.
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  • For the rest of the meal. i'm pulling the hostess
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  • I'm pulling the hostess to the side when she comes,
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  • To the side when she comes, i'm like, "i'm so sorry."
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  • I'm like, "i'm so sorry." hand her a $20 bill.
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  • Just trying pay down the damage
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  • Just trying pay down the damage to my reputation 'cause i don't
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  • To my reputation 'cause i don't wanna be seen with this guy,
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  • Wanna be seen with this guy, and it wasn't even my city.
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  • And it wasn't even my city. "does anybody care?"
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  • "does anybody care?" and i could watch it
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  • And i could watch it building in him, it's like,
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  • Building in him, it's like, "there's a seat, i'm hungry.
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  • "there's a seat, i'm hungry. i'm hungry, there's a seat."
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  • I'm hungry, there's a seat." and it's just building,
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  • And it's just building, and finally, he blew up.
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  • And finally, he blew up. "does anybody care
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  • "does anybody care that we're here?"
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  • That we're here?" so, here's the formula,
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  • So, here's the formula, and you might wanna
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  • And you might wanna write this down.
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  • Write this down. i shared that
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  • I shared that to share a recipe with you.
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  • To share a recipe with you. your expectations plus
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  • Your expectations plus others' limitations minus grace
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  • Others' limitations minus grace is a recipe for resentment.
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  • Is a recipe for resentment. y'all ain't talking to me today,
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  • Y'all ain't talking to me today, but i am preaching like
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  • But i am preaching like i had a whole world tour
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  • I had a whole world tour under my belt.
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  • Under my belt. let me say it again.
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  • Let me say it again. your expectations,
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  • Your expectations, like i expected you to say amen,
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  • Like i expected you to say amen, when i said that last thing,
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  • When i said that last thing, plus others' limitations,
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  • Plus others' limitations, which is you are not awake yet,
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  • Which is you are not awake yet, you only had half
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  • You only had half a cup of coffee.
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  • A cup of coffee. your expectations plus
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  • Your expectations plus others' limitations minus,
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  • Others' limitations minus, that part is important,
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  • That part is important, grace is a recipe
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  • Grace is a recipe for resentment.
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  • For resentment. your expectations,
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  • Your expectations, what they need to give you,
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  • What they need to give you, how they need to appreciate you,
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  • How they need to appreciate you, how they should assist you,
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  • How they should assist you, what they should have
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  • Taught you.
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  • Taught you. your expectations
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  • Your expectations minus others' limitations,
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  • Minus others' limitations, maybe they didn't teach you
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  • Maybe they didn't teach you because nobody taught them.
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  • Because nobody taught them. maybe they didn't call
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  • Maybe they didn't call and check on you because they
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  • And check on you because they were battling with the flu too.
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  • Were battling with the flu too. your expectations
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  • Your expectations minus others limitations --
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  • Minus others limitations -- or plus others' limitations.
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  • Or plus others' limitations. your expectations minus others'
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  • Your expectations minus others' limitations equals jesus,
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  • Limitations equals jesus, 'cause he's not limited
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  • 'cause he's not limited and he can do anything.
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  • And he can do anything. in fact, let me point
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  • This out to you,
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  • This out to you, when jesus and his disciples
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  • When jesus and his disciples were going to bethany,
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  • Were going to bethany, that's the village they were
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  • That's the village they were traveling to in luke 10,
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  • Traveling to in luke 10, nobody had to stand in
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  • Nobody had to stand in the middle of the streets
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  • The middle of the streets of bethany and scream,
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  • Of bethany and scream, "does anybody care that
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  • "does anybody care that we're here?"
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  • We're here?" peter didn't have
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  • Peter didn't have to go out and yell.
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  • The bible says in luke 10:38,
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  • The bible says in luke 10:38, that when they went
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  • That when they went through a village,
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  • Through a village, it doesn't mention the village,
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  • It doesn't mention the village, but it names the woman,
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  • But it names the woman, her name was martha.
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  • Her name was martha. and she opened her home to him.
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  • And she opened her home to him. now, bring out my screen,
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  • Would you, because i wanna
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  • Would you, because i wanna do a little teaching
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  • Do a little teaching today as i preach.
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  • Today as i preach. oh, you like when
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  • Oh, you like when i bring out the screen.
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  • I bring out the screen. what's up with that?
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  • What's up with that? it's exciting.
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  • It's exciting. okay, well since you
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  • Okay, well since you like the screen,
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  • Like the screen, let me show you something
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  • Let me show you something on the screen today.
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  • On the screen today. you know, imagine this,
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  • You know, imagine this, jesus and his disciples
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  • Jesus and his disciples are going out with
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  • Are going out with message of the gospel,
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  • Message of the gospel, and all of luke 10 is jesus
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  • And all of luke 10 is jesus setting expectations for
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  • Setting expectations for his disciples before they
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  • His disciples before they go out to these villages,
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  • Go out to these villages, to these towns, right?
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  • To these towns, right? he is preparing them
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  • He is preparing them for rejection that he knows
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  • For rejection that he knows they will encounter because
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  • They will encounter because he doesn't want them to be
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  • He doesn't want them to be unprepared for the fact
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  • Unprepared for the fact that not everybody will
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  • That not everybody will accept the message.
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  • Accept the message. and one of the ways
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  • And one of the ways that he prepares them is he
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  • That he prepares them is he gives them each a partner.
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  • Gives them each a partner. he pairs them.
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  • He sends out 72 people
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  • He sends out 72 people to go ahead of him
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  • To go ahead of him and everywhere that jesus went,
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  • And everywhere that jesus went, there would be a little
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  • There would be a little advance team that would go ahead
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  • Advance team that would go ahead of him to let them know,
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  • Of him to let them know, jesus is coming.
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  • Jesus is coming. in fact, touch your neighbor
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  • In fact, touch your neighbor real quick and say,
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  • Real quick and say, "jesus is coming."
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  • "jesus is coming." >> congregation: jesus is
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  • >> congregation: jesus is coming.
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  • >> you didn't sound
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  • >> you didn't sound excited about that.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Abbey, get more excited.
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  • Abbey, get more excited. if i told you
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  • If i told you taylor swift is coming,
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  • Taylor swift is coming, you would jump up
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  • You would jump up and stand on your chair.
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  • And stand on your chair. but tell somebody,
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  • But tell somebody, "jesus is coming."
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  • "jesus is coming." >> congregation: jesus
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  • >> congregation: jesus is coming.
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  • Is coming. >> and he sent them out --
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  • >> and he sent them out -- yeah, like that.
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  • Yeah, like that. jesus is coming,
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  • Jesus is coming, does anybody care
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  • Does anybody care that jesus is coming?
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  • That jesus is coming? i know sometimes
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  • I know sometimes the worship leaders
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  • The worship leaders stand up here
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  • Stand up here and they're leading worship,
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  • And they're leading worship, and they're like,
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  • And they're like, "come on, let's sing it out.
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  • "come on, let's sing it out. come on, please, sing it out.
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  • Come on, please, sing it out. anybody sing it out.
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  • Anybody sing it out. does anybody care that
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  • Does anybody care that the king is here?"
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  • The king is here?" it's like we care,
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  • It's like we care, we just don't know the song,
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  • We just don't know the song, it's new, okay?
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  • It's new, okay? we care, i promise we care.
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  • We care, i promise we care. it's just too high.
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  • It's just too high. can't sing that high.
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  • Can't sing that high. and there's a feeling that you
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  • And there's a feeling that you can get that nobody cares.
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  • Can get that nobody cares. my expectations
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  • My expectations minus other's limitations --
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  • Minus other's limitations -- or plus, i keep screwing it up.
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  • Or plus, i keep screwing it up. plus others' limitations
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  • Plus others' limitations minus grace is
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  • Minus grace is a recipe for resentment.
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  • A recipe for resentment. so, jesus being all knowing
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  • So, jesus being all knowing and all wise and sovereign
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  • And all wise and sovereign and so good at his job
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  • And so good at his job of running the universe,
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  • Of running the universe, knows that as he sends
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  • Knows that as he sends his disciples out,
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  • His disciples out, he has to send them in pairs,
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  • He has to send them in pairs, two by two.
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  • Two by two. and he says,
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  • And he says, "when you go into the village,
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  • "when you go into the village, don't be surprised that
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  • Don't be surprised that some people welcome you
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  • Some people welcome you and some people don't.
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  • And some people don't. if they welcome you, stay there,
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  • If they welcome you, stay there, whatever they put before you,
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  • Whatever they put before you, eat it."
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  • This is all in luke 10.
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  • This is all in luke 10. whatever they give you
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  • Whatever they give you to eat, eat it.
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  • To eat, eat it. but if they don't welcome you,
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  • But if they don't welcome you, wipe your feet and walk.
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  • Wipe your feet and walk. i don't know
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  • I don't know who this word is for,
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  • Who this word is for, but i just felt god on that
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  • But i just felt god on that one thing right there.
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  • One thing right there. tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "wipe it off and walk."
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  • "wipe it off and walk." so, if they didn't wanna
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  • So, if they didn't wanna date you, that's alright.
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  • Date you, that's alright. if they thought you weren't
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  • If they thought you weren't the one for them,
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  • The one for them, you weren't the one for them.
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  • 'cause if you were
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  • 'cause if you were the one for them,
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  • The one for them, god would've illuminated
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  • God would've illuminated that fact and you would be
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  • That fact and you would be with them right now.
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  • With them right now. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "wipe it off and walk."
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  • "wipe it off and walk." >> congregation: wipe it off
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  • >> congregation: wipe it off and walk.
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  • And walk. >> got somewhere to go,
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  • >> got somewhere to go, i've got something to carry.
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  • I've got something to carry. i'm called by someone
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  • I'm called by someone greater than you.
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  • Greater than you. i can't stay stuck just
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  • I can't stay stuck just because you decided to say no.
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  • Because you decided to say no. i can't spend the rest
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  • I can't spend the rest of my life trying to prove
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  • Of my life trying to prove something to somebody who
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  • Something to somebody who can't promote me anyway.
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  • Can't promote me anyway. so, if they didn't open the door
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  • So, if they didn't open the door to you, walk on, walk on.
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  • To you, walk on, walk on. that's the whole word
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  • That's the whole word for somebody.
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  • For somebody. go home, be blessed.
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  • Go home, be blessed. walk on.
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  • Walk on. wipe your feet and walk.
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  • Wipe your feet and walk. so, he's preparing them,
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  • So, he's preparing them, "don't always expect
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  • "don't always expect that everyone is going
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  • That everyone is going to accept you."
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  • To accept you." in fact, if everybody
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  • In fact, if everybody accepts you, that's probably
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  • Accepts you, that's probably the most dangerous thing
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  • The most dangerous thing of all.
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  • Of all. okay, so in preparing
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  • Okay, so in preparing them for rejection,
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  • Them for rejection, the bible says in luke 10:38,
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  • The bible says in luke 10:38, and now, i'm at my main passage.
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  • And now, i'm at my main passage. see if i remember
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  • See if i remember how to use this.
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  • How to use this. in luke 10 --
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  • In luke 10 -- and if y'all think
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  • And if y'all think i'mma come up here and preach
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  • I'mma come up here and preach a message about martha
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  • A message about martha and make her the villain
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  • And make her the villain of the story,
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  • You are sadly mistaken
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  • You are sadly mistaken about me because --
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  • About me because -- well, first of all,
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  • Well, first of all, i read here,
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  • I read here, it says in the heading,
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  • It says in the heading, at the home of martha and mary,
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  • At the home of martha and mary, okay?
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  • Okay? and that's how it's heading
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  • And that's how it's heading because mary lived there.
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  • But the bible says,
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  • But the bible says, "as jesus and his disciples
  • 00:10:15.667 --> 00:10:16.835
  • "as jesus and his disciples were on their way,
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  • Were on their way, he came to a village
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  • He came to a village where a woman,"
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  • Where a woman," singular, "named martha
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  • Singular, "named martha opened her home to him."
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  • Opened her home to him." oh, let's talk about all that.
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  • Oh, let's talk about all that. i wanna talk about
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  • I wanna talk about how she was busy because
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  • How she was busy because somebody has to pay the bills.
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  • Somebody has to pay the bills. i wanna talk about all that.
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  • I wanna talk about all that. i wanna contradict
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  • I wanna contradict every criticism that i've ever
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  • Every criticism that i've ever heard preached about this
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  • Heard preached about this wonderful woman, martha,
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  • Wonderful woman, martha, who gave a hospitable welcome
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  • Who gave a hospitable welcome to the savior of the world
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  • To the savior of the world and said, "you can stay with me.
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  • And said, "you can stay with me. i wanna take a moment
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  • I wanna take a moment before we praise mary for
  • 00:10:48.566 --> 00:10:49.968
  • Before we praise mary for her untethered devotion
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  • Her untethered devotion and her unmitigated reverence
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  • And her unmitigated reverence for the lord,
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  • For the lord, to just respect martha
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  • To just respect martha because she opened her
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  • Because she opened her home to him, to him.
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  • Home to him, to him. so, if you look at a list
  • 00:11:03.381 --> 00:11:04.182
  • So, if you look at a list of the bills that were
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  • Of the bills that were paid in that home,
  • 00:11:05.283 --> 00:11:06.017
  • Paid in that home, they all had martha on them.
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  • They all had martha on them. if you looked at all
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  • If you looked at all the mortgage statements
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  • The mortgage statements that were paid on time,
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  • That were paid on time, you would see,
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  • You would see, martha paid the mortgage.
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  • Martha paid the mortgage. who?
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  • Who? >> congregation: martha.
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  • >> congregation: martha. >> say it again?
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  • >> say it again? >> congregation: martha.
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  • >> congregation: martha. >> martha, martha.
  • 00:11:20.965 --> 00:11:23.134
  • >> martha, martha. martha might not always have
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  • Martha might not always have the best ability to prioritize
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  • The best ability to prioritize the focus of presence,
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  • But she paid the bills.
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  • But she paid the bills. okay, we're gonna make
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  • Okay, we're gonna make a list real quick.
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  • A list real quick. this kind of teaching
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  • This kind of teaching and preaching is important
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  • And preaching is important so we don't make presumptions
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  • So we don't make presumptions about who are the heroes
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  • About who are the heroes and the villains in the examples
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  • And the villains in the examples and the cautionary tales
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  • And the cautionary tales in scripture.
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  • In scripture. i'm gonna make a list
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  • I'm gonna make a list real quick of everything --
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  • Real quick of everything -- not everything,
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  • Not everything, but just a few things
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  • But just a few things that make martha amazing.
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  • That make martha amazing. number one, and i believe
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  • Number one, and i believe this applies to some of you
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  • This applies to some of you in the room too.
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  • In the room too. and in just a moment,
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  • And in just a moment, i'm gonna bring this so close
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  • I'm gonna bring this so close to home that you will feel it
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  • For your own situation.
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  • For your own situation. but for a moment,
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  • But for a moment, let's talk about martha.
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  • Let's talk about martha. martha should be praised
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  • Martha should be praised because she was,
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  • Because she was, number one, resourceful.
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  • Number one, resourceful. when they came through saying,
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  • When they came through saying, "jesus is coming to bethany --
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  • "jesus is coming to bethany -- now, bethany is not jerusalem,
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  • Now, bethany is not jerusalem, it's two miles from jerusalem.
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  • It's two miles from jerusalem. bethany was not special in
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  • Bethany was not special in the context of the scripture,
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  • The context of the scripture, until jesus did one
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  • Until jesus did one of his greatest miracles there
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  • Of his greatest miracles there and blessed the disciples
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  • And blessed the disciples before his ascension there.
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  • Before his ascension there. so, he's stopping through
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  • So, he's stopping through a place that would seem
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  • A place that would seem to be insignificant.
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  • To be insignificant. martha hearing of it says,
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  • Martha hearing of it says, "if he wants
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  • "if he wants to hold a bible study,
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  • To hold a bible study, he can meet at my house."
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  • He can meet at my house." let's golf clap for martha
  • 00:12:38.877 --> 00:12:40.545
  • Let's golf clap for martha because she was resourceful,
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  • Because she was resourceful, just go ahead.
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  • [applause]
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  • And let's thank god
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  • And let's thank god for her resourcefulness.
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  • For her resourcefulness. that she realized that her
  • 00:12:47.752 --> 00:12:48.720
  • That she realized that her resource comes from the source
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  • Resource comes from the source and she offered that to god.
  • 00:12:50.355 --> 00:12:52.991
  • And she offered that to god. she was the original
  • 00:12:53.057 --> 00:12:54.058
  • She was the original e-group leader.
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  • E-group leader. i bet she had good snacks too.
  • 00:12:56.394 --> 00:12:59.197
  • I bet she had good snacks too. you know she had good snacks
  • 00:12:59.264 --> 00:13:00.365
  • You know she had good snacks and she had to because,
  • 00:13:00.431 --> 00:13:01.866
  • And she had to because, put the verse back up
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  • In luke 10:38, please.
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  • In luke 10:38, please. it says, "as jesus and his
  • 00:13:06.604 --> 00:13:07.839
  • It says, "as jesus and his disciples were on their way,
  • 00:13:07.906 --> 00:13:09.107
  • Disciples were on their way, he came to a village where
  • 00:13:09.174 --> 00:13:09.908
  • He came to a village where a woman named martha opened
  • 00:13:09.974 --> 00:13:10.675
  • A woman named martha opened her home to him."
  • 00:13:10.742 --> 00:13:13.645
  • Her home to him." but check this out,
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  • But check this out, when you bring jesus
  • 00:13:15.113 --> 00:13:16.014
  • When you bring jesus in your house,
  • 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:18.449
  • In your house, the bible says,
  • 00:13:18.516 --> 00:13:19.551
  • The bible says, "as jesus and his --
  • 00:13:19.617 --> 00:13:20.885
  • "as jesus and his -- no, back to the verse.
  • 00:13:20.952 --> 00:13:21.786
  • No, back to the verse. "as jesus and his disciples
  • 00:13:21.853 --> 00:13:26.424
  • "as jesus and his disciples were on their way."
  • 00:13:26.491 --> 00:13:28.226
  • So, the announcer comes through,
  • 00:13:28.326 --> 00:13:29.194
  • So, the announcer comes through, "jesus is coming,
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  • Jesus is coming.
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  • Jesus is coming. anybody got a room for jesus?
  • 00:13:30.962 --> 00:13:32.530
  • Anybody got a room for jesus? anybody got an airbnb
  • 00:13:32.597 --> 00:13:33.531
  • Anybody got an airbnb for jesus?"
  • 00:13:33.598 --> 00:13:34.399
  • For jesus?" martha's like, "i'll help, sure.
  • 00:13:34.465 --> 00:13:36.134
  • Martha's like, "i'll help, sure. i've heard great things
  • 00:13:36.201 --> 00:13:36.935
  • I've heard great things about this miracle worker.
  • 00:13:37.001 --> 00:13:37.869
  • About this miracle worker. he could come stay with me."
  • 00:13:37.936 --> 00:13:39.671
  • He could come stay with me." "and by the way, he's bringing
  • 00:13:39.737 --> 00:13:42.841
  • "and by the way, he's bringing a few people with him."
  • 00:13:42.907 --> 00:13:45.210
  • And then, you read over
  • 00:13:45.310 --> 00:13:45.877
  • And then, you read over in luke 6:12-17,
  • 00:13:45.944 --> 00:13:47.879
  • In luke 6:12-17, put that on the screen
  • 00:13:47.946 --> 00:13:48.613
  • For me, please.
  • 00:13:48.713 --> 00:13:50.014
  • For me, please. "one of those days
  • 00:13:50.081 --> 00:13:50.815
  • "one of those days jesus went out
  • 00:13:50.882 --> 00:13:51.449
  • Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray,
  • 00:13:51.516 --> 00:13:52.250
  • To a mountainside to pray, and spent the night
  • 00:13:52.317 --> 00:13:52.951
  • And spent the night praying to god.
  • 00:13:53.017 --> 00:13:53.985
  • Praying to god. when morning came,
  • 00:13:54.052 --> 00:13:54.619
  • When morning came, he called his disciples to him
  • 00:13:54.686 --> 00:13:55.587
  • He called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them,
  • 00:13:55.653 --> 00:13:56.554
  • And chose twelve of them, whom he also
  • 00:13:56.621 --> 00:13:56.921
  • Whom he also designated apostles,
  • 00:13:56.988 --> 00:13:58.056
  • Designated apostles, here's the list,
  • 00:13:58.122 --> 00:13:59.290
  • Here's the list, simon (whom he named peter),
  • 00:13:59.357 --> 00:14:00.458
  • Simon (whom he named peter), his brother andrew,
  • 00:14:00.525 --> 00:14:01.226
  • His brother andrew, james, john, philip,
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  • James, john, philip, bartholomew, matthew,
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  • Bartholomew, matthew, thomas, james son of alphaeus,
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  • Thomas, james son of alphaeus, simon who was called the zealot,
  • 00:14:05.363 --> 00:14:07.932
  • Simon who was called the zealot, judas son of james,
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  • Judas son of james, and judas iscariot,
  • 00:14:08.867 --> 00:14:09.934
  • And judas iscariot, who became a traitor."
  • 00:14:10.001 --> 00:14:10.869
  • Who became a traitor." why did you read us all that?
  • 00:14:10.935 --> 00:14:12.804
  • 'cause i wanted you to see
  • 00:14:12.904 --> 00:14:13.638
  • 'cause i wanted you to see the full guest list that martha
  • 00:14:13.705 --> 00:14:17.008
  • The full guest list that martha was responsible for when
  • 00:14:17.075 --> 00:14:19.444
  • Was responsible for when she said yes to jesus.
  • 00:14:19.510 --> 00:14:22.146
  • She said yes to jesus. saying yes to jesus
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  • Saying yes to jesus is one thing,
  • 00:14:23.248 --> 00:14:25.116
  • Is one thing, saying yes to everything
  • 00:14:25.183 --> 00:14:26.050
  • Saying yes to everything that comes with jesus
  • 00:14:26.117 --> 00:14:27.051
  • That comes with jesus is another.
  • 00:14:27.118 --> 00:14:28.086
  • [applause]
  • 00:14:28.386 --> 00:14:30.488
  • 'cause when martha
  • 00:14:31.055 --> 00:14:31.589
  • 'cause when martha said yes to host jesus,
  • 00:14:31.656 --> 00:14:32.957
  • Said yes to host jesus, she also had to host judas.
  • 00:14:33.024 --> 00:14:38.529
  • She also had to host judas. one prophet said,
  • 00:14:38.596 --> 00:14:39.264
  • One prophet said, "every rose has its thorn."
  • 00:14:39.330 --> 00:14:41.366
  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:41.699 --> 00:14:43.001
  • And i wanna praise martha
  • 00:14:44.836 --> 00:14:47.238
  • And i wanna praise martha for a moment because
  • 00:14:47.305 --> 00:14:48.640
  • For a moment because she was so resourceful
  • 00:14:48.706 --> 00:14:50.909
  • She was so resourceful that she heard the list
  • 00:14:50.975 --> 00:14:52.710
  • That she heard the list of disciples and realized,
  • 00:14:52.777 --> 00:14:54.279
  • Of disciples and realized, "okay, if i want to do
  • 00:14:54.345 --> 00:14:55.980
  • "okay, if i want to do this for jesus,
  • 00:14:56.047 --> 00:14:56.881
  • This for jesus, i'm gonna have to do it
  • 00:14:56.948 --> 00:14:57.849
  • I'm gonna have to do it for all of them."
  • 00:14:57.916 --> 00:14:59.350
  • Which is a big commitment.
  • 00:14:59.450 --> 00:15:01.185
  • Which is a big commitment. i mean, talking about a recipe,
  • 00:15:01.252 --> 00:15:04.188
  • I mean, talking about a recipe, the bigger the group gets,
  • 00:15:04.255 --> 00:15:05.089
  • The bigger the group gets, the harder it is to make
  • 00:15:05.156 --> 00:15:06.224
  • The harder it is to make a recipe that will stretch
  • 00:15:06.291 --> 00:15:07.191
  • A recipe that will stretch to feed the entire group.
  • 00:15:07.258 --> 00:15:09.427
  • To feed the entire group. the only recipe i have to offer
  • 00:15:09.494 --> 00:15:10.728
  • The only recipe i have to offer you is for ramen noodles.
  • 00:15:10.795 --> 00:15:13.064
  • You is for ramen noodles. but when i watched holly cook,
  • 00:15:13.131 --> 00:15:14.332
  • But when i watched holly cook, i realized that as the size
  • 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.333
  • I realized that as the size of the guest list expands,
  • 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:17.735
  • Of the guest list expands, so does the need
  • 00:15:17.802 --> 00:15:18.569
  • So does the need for preparation.
  • 00:15:18.636 --> 00:15:19.437
  • For preparation. so, when the bible says,
  • 00:15:19.504 --> 00:15:20.338
  • So, when the bible says, "all the preparations
  • 00:15:20.405 --> 00:15:21.706
  • "all the preparations that had to be made,
  • 00:15:21.773 --> 00:15:22.974
  • That had to be made, you have to understand,
  • 00:15:23.041 --> 00:15:23.675
  • You have to understand, martha wasn't just
  • 00:15:23.741 --> 00:15:24.842
  • Feeding jesus,
  • 00:15:24.943 --> 00:15:25.710
  • Feeding jesus, she was feeding every hooligan
  • 00:15:25.777 --> 00:15:28.346
  • She was feeding every hooligan that he brought with him.
  • 00:15:28.413 --> 00:15:30.081
  • That he brought with him. every redneck fisherman
  • 00:15:30.148 --> 00:15:32.183
  • Every redneck fisherman that he brought with him.
  • 00:15:32.250 --> 00:15:33.885
  • That he brought with him. every tax collector that
  • 00:15:33.952 --> 00:15:35.186
  • Every tax collector that he brought with him.
  • 00:15:35.253 --> 00:15:36.120
  • He brought with him. and i'm pointing this out
  • 00:15:36.187 --> 00:15:37.121
  • And i'm pointing this out to you for a reason,
  • 00:15:37.188 --> 00:15:38.289
  • To you for a reason, she was resourceful.
  • 00:15:38.356 --> 00:15:40.858
  • She was resourceful. another thing that
  • 00:15:40.925 --> 00:15:41.693
  • Another thing that we could say about her
  • 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:43.428
  • We could say about her is that she was responsible.
  • 00:15:43.494 --> 00:15:47.031
  • Is that she was responsible. all the responsible people,
  • 00:15:47.098 --> 00:15:49.534
  • All the responsible people, make some responsible noise.
  • 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:51.636
  • Make some responsible noise. not too much, just a responsible
  • 00:15:51.703 --> 00:15:53.538
  • Not too much, just a responsible amount of noise.
  • 00:15:53.604 --> 00:15:55.440
  • Amount of noise. not too loud that you
  • 00:15:55.506 --> 00:15:56.374
  • Not too loud that you might scare your neighbor
  • 00:15:56.441 --> 00:15:57.208
  • Might scare your neighbor or lose your voice.
  • 00:15:57.275 --> 00:15:57.842
  • Or lose your voice. just a responsible
  • 00:15:57.909 --> 00:15:58.943
  • Just a responsible amount of noise.
  • 00:15:59.010 --> 00:16:00.645
  • Amount of noise. she was so responsible
  • 00:16:00.712 --> 00:16:02.013
  • She was so responsible in the context of this
  • 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.482
  • In the context of this that she knew everything
  • 00:16:04.549 --> 00:16:05.416
  • That she knew everything that had to be done to host
  • 00:16:05.483 --> 00:16:07.986
  • That had to be done to host the one who came from
  • 00:16:08.052 --> 00:16:08.853
  • The one who came from heaven in her home.
  • 00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:10.355
  • Heaven in her home. so, she's resourceful,
  • 00:16:10.421 --> 00:16:12.857
  • So, she's resourceful, everybody say, "resourceful."
  • 00:16:12.924 --> 00:16:13.891
  • Everybody say, "resourceful." >> congregation: resourceful.
  • 00:16:13.958 --> 00:16:14.625
  • >> congregation: resourceful. >> talk to me today,
  • 00:16:14.692 --> 00:16:15.593
  • >> talk to me today, she was resourceful.
  • 00:16:15.660 --> 00:16:17.528
  • She was resourceful. she was...
  • 00:16:17.595 --> 00:16:18.496
  • She was... >> congregation: responsible.
  • 00:16:18.563 --> 00:16:19.998
  • >> congregation: responsible. >> and she was even...
  • 00:16:20.064 --> 00:16:26.971
  • >> and she was even... respectful.
  • 00:16:27.038 --> 00:16:29.073
  • Respectful. 'cause you gotta
  • 00:16:29.140 --> 00:16:29.807
  • 'cause you gotta give it to her, right,
  • 00:16:29.874 --> 00:16:32.643
  • Give it to her, right, she's putting in all this work
  • 00:16:32.710 --> 00:16:34.145
  • She's putting in all this work to feed all these people.
  • 00:16:34.212 --> 00:16:36.214
  • To feed all these people. and remember what i read you
  • 00:16:36.280 --> 00:16:37.148
  • And remember what i read you at the beginning,
  • 00:16:37.215 --> 00:16:38.182
  • At the beginning, her sister is doing
  • 00:16:38.249 --> 00:16:39.484
  • Nothing to pitch in.
  • 00:16:39.584 --> 00:16:42.787
  • Nothing to pitch in. so, instead of doing what
  • 00:16:42.854 --> 00:16:46.157
  • So, instead of doing what she probably felt like doing,
  • 00:16:46.224 --> 00:16:48.893
  • She probably felt like doing, she walks up to jesus,
  • 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:50.795
  • She walks up to jesus, and jesus is teaching, okay?
  • 00:16:50.862 --> 00:16:52.130
  • And jesus is teaching, okay? the bible says that mary was
  • 00:16:52.196 --> 00:16:54.198
  • The bible says that mary was sitting at jesus' feet.
  • 00:16:54.265 --> 00:16:55.833
  • They were not having
  • 00:16:55.933 --> 00:16:56.768
  • They were not having a causal chat,
  • 00:16:56.834 --> 00:16:57.802
  • A causal chat, that is a posture
  • 00:16:57.869 --> 00:16:58.569
  • That is a posture of discipleship.
  • 00:16:58.636 --> 00:17:00.238
  • Of discipleship. she wasn't sitting at his feet
  • 00:17:00.304 --> 00:17:01.606
  • She wasn't sitting at his feet so they could talk about,
  • 00:17:01.672 --> 00:17:03.374
  • So they could talk about, you know, so are you watching
  • 00:17:03.441 --> 00:17:05.810
  • You know, so are you watching any shows lately?
  • 00:17:05.877 --> 00:17:07.011
  • Any shows lately? he was teaching
  • 00:17:07.078 --> 00:17:09.080
  • He was teaching and she was listening.
  • 00:17:09.147 --> 00:17:11.616
  • Give me verse 39, real quick.
  • 00:17:11.716 --> 00:17:13.684
  • Give me verse 39, real quick. the bible said, "she had
  • 00:17:13.751 --> 00:17:14.685
  • The bible said, "she had a sister called mary,
  • 00:17:14.752 --> 00:17:15.453
  • A sister called mary, who sat at the lord's feet
  • 00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:16.954
  • Who sat at the lord's feet listening to what he said."
  • 00:17:17.021 --> 00:17:20.124
  • Listening to what he said." what was mary doing?
  • 00:17:20.191 --> 00:17:21.959
  • What was mary doing? >> congregation: listening.
  • 00:17:22.026 --> 00:17:23.027
  • >> congregation: listening. >> listening.
  • 00:17:23.094 --> 00:17:24.729
  • >> listening. verse 40, "but martha
  • 00:17:24.796 --> 00:17:26.864
  • Verse 40, "but martha was distracted by
  • 00:17:26.931 --> 00:17:28.399
  • Was distracted by all the preparations
  • 00:17:28.466 --> 00:17:29.300
  • All the preparations that had to be made.
  • 00:17:29.367 --> 00:17:31.302
  • That had to be made. she came to him and asked,
  • 00:17:31.369 --> 00:17:35.540
  • She came to him and asked, 'lord,'"
  • 00:17:35.606 --> 00:17:38.409
  • See, she's not
  • 00:17:38.509 --> 00:17:39.077
  • See, she's not disrespectful about it.
  • 00:17:39.143 --> 00:17:41.412
  • Disrespectful about it. she's calling him by his title,
  • 00:17:41.479 --> 00:17:44.248
  • She's calling him by his title, not even by his name.
  • 00:17:44.315 --> 00:17:46.384
  • Not even by his name. she didn't even call him jesus,
  • 00:17:46.451 --> 00:17:47.819
  • She didn't even call him jesus, she said, "lord."
  • 00:17:47.885 --> 00:17:50.054
  • She said, "lord." not dude, not bro,
  • 00:17:50.121 --> 00:17:51.589
  • Not dude, not bro, not any of this stuff
  • 00:17:51.656 --> 00:17:52.924
  • Not any of this stuff that i hear y'all calling
  • 00:17:52.990 --> 00:17:53.658
  • That i hear y'all calling each other these days.
  • 00:17:53.724 --> 00:17:56.094
  • Each other these days. lord.
  • 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:57.895
  • Lord. lord.
  • 00:17:57.962 --> 00:18:00.565
  • "lord," she's respectful.
  • 00:18:00.665 --> 00:18:04.035
  • "lord," she's respectful. "don't you care that my sister
  • 00:18:04.102 --> 00:18:04.802
  • "don't you care that my sister has left me to do
  • 00:18:04.869 --> 00:18:05.470
  • Has left me to do the work by myself?
  • 00:18:05.536 --> 00:18:07.004
  • The work by myself? tell her to help me."
  • 00:18:07.071 --> 00:18:08.306
  • Tell her to help me." now, let's make
  • 00:18:08.372 --> 00:18:09.073
  • A list for mary, okay?
  • 00:18:09.173 --> 00:18:10.908
  • A list for mary, okay? let's make a list for mary.
  • 00:18:10.975 --> 00:18:12.877
  • Let's make a list for mary. what can we say about mary?
  • 00:18:12.944 --> 00:18:16.347
  • What can we say about mary? okay, this is what i could say
  • 00:18:16.414 --> 00:18:17.448
  • Okay, this is what i could say about mary, she was...
  • 00:18:17.515 --> 00:18:26.824
  • About mary, she was... present.
  • 00:18:26.891 --> 00:18:29.060
  • Present. and that's about all she was.
  • 00:18:29.127 --> 00:18:30.328
  • [laughter]
  • 00:18:30.628 --> 00:18:31.195
  • She wasn't cooking,
  • 00:18:31.496 --> 00:18:31.863
  • She wasn't cooking, she wasn't cleaning,
  • 00:18:31.929 --> 00:18:32.497
  • She wasn't cleaning, she wasn't lifting,
  • 00:18:32.563 --> 00:18:33.131
  • She wasn't lifting, she wasn't scrubbing,
  • 00:18:33.197 --> 00:18:33.865
  • She wasn't scrubbing, she wasn't organizing.
  • 00:18:33.931 --> 00:18:35.333
  • She wasn't organizing. come on, she wasn't
  • 00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.300
  • Come on, she wasn't enlisting others.
  • 00:18:36.367 --> 00:18:39.070
  • Enlisting others. she was there.
  • 00:18:39.137 --> 00:18:41.005
  • She was there. and that's all
  • 00:18:41.072 --> 00:18:41.606
  • And that's all we can say about her.
  • 00:18:41.672 --> 00:18:42.773
  • We can say about her. that's why this
  • 00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:43.574
  • That's why this scripture makes me mad,
  • 00:18:43.641 --> 00:18:46.244
  • Scripture makes me mad, because she was just there.
  • 00:18:46.310 --> 00:18:48.579
  • Because she was just there. and jesus is like, "be like her.
  • 00:18:48.646 --> 00:18:50.548
  • And jesus is like, "be like her. she's here."
  • 00:18:50.615 --> 00:18:53.050
  • She's here." and martha --
  • 00:18:53.117 --> 00:18:53.718
  • And martha -- i imagine that martha
  • 00:18:53.784 --> 00:18:55.219
  • I imagine that martha is thinking,
  • 00:18:55.286 --> 00:18:56.287
  • "okay, she's here,
  • 00:18:56.387 --> 00:18:58.656
  • "okay, she's here, but so is peter, so is james,
  • 00:18:58.723 --> 00:19:01.792
  • But so is peter, so is james, so is john, so is bartholomew,
  • 00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:04.962
  • So is john, so is bartholomew, so is judas.
  • 00:19:05.029 --> 00:19:06.130
  • So is judas. and he looks kinda sketchy,
  • 00:19:06.197 --> 00:19:07.431
  • And he looks kinda sketchy, by the way.
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  • By the way. you might wanna interview
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  • You might wanna interview your disciple candidates
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  • Your disciple candidates a little bit more,
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  • A little bit more, next time before you
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  • Next time before you come to bethany.
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  • Come to bethany. i'm not even sure --
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  • I'm not even sure -- i'm putting up
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  • I'm putting up my valuables in the house.
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  • My valuables in the house. that guy looks kind of --
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  • That guy looks kind of -- kind of --
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  • Kind of -- that guy looks kind of.
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  • That guy looks kind of. you know, i'm saying."
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  • You know, i'm saying." and jesus, now watch this.
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  • And jesus, now watch this. jesus says, "she's here.
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  • She's present.
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  • She's present. she's present.
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  • She's present. she's here."
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  • She's here." yeah, but jesus,
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  • Yeah, but jesus, are you hungry?"
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  • Are you hungry?" "yeah, we're hungry,
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  • "yeah, we're hungry, we need to eat,
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  • We need to eat, but she's here.
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  • But she's here. "yeah, but jesus, i don't need
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  • "yeah, but jesus, i don't need her here at your feet,
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  • Her here at your feet, i need her in here helping me
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  • I need her in here helping me in this kitchen.
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  • In this kitchen. unless you wanna do
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  • Unless you wanna do one of those tricks like you
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  • One of those tricks like you did that time with the fish
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  • Did that time with the fish and the loaves and start
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  • And the loaves and start multiplying some of these
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  • Multiplying some of these ritz crackers, jesus.
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  • Ritz crackers, jesus. now, if you wanna do that,
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  • Now, if you wanna do that, go ahead and do it.
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  • Go ahead and do it. but if we are gonna do
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  • But if we are gonna do this meal the normal way --"
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  • This meal the normal way --" now, i feel like
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  • Now, i feel like i'm getting this across yet,
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  • I'm getting this across yet, so i wanna get a little bit
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  • So i wanna get a little bit deeper into this with you.
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  • Deeper into this with you. there are ways in which we can
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  • There are ways in which we can feel that the advice that
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  • Feel that the advice that we're given to get closer to god
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  • We're given to get closer to god is unrealistic for real life.
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  • Is unrealistic for real life. we don't say that,
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  • We don't say that, we shout about things
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  • We shout about things that people say in church,
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  • That people say in church, where we say, "you know,
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  • Where we say, "you know, don't worry about tomorrow."
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  • Don't worry about tomorrow." how far do you
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  • How far do you want me to take that?
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  • Want me to take that? because if you're gonna
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  • Because if you're gonna be dependent on me to pay
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  • Be dependent on me to pay for your retirement,
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  • For your retirement, then i need you to worry about
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  • Then i need you to worry about tomorrow a little bit,
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  • Tomorrow a little bit, a little bit.
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  • A little bit. if you're gonna
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  • If you're gonna put the burden on me,
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  • Put the burden on me, when there is no plan,
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  • When there is no plan, i need you to plan a little bit.
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  • I need you to plan a little bit. and i see martha
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  • And i see martha in a different light.
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  • In a different light. i see her as resourceful,
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  • I see her as resourceful, i see her as responsible,
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  • I see her as respectful,
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  • I see her as respectful, and all i can say for mary is,
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  • And all i can say for mary is, she may be some
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  • She may be some of these things too,
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  • Of these things too, but all we really know
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  • But all we really know about her is, she's here.
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  • About her is, she's here. and jesus is like, "that's good,
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  • And jesus is like, "that's good, that's all i want."
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  • That's all i want." now, let's play it out.
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  • Mary's sitting at the feet
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  • Mary's sitting at the feet of jesus, singing...
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  • ♪ here i am to worship ♪
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  • Martha keeps walking through
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  • Martha keeps walking through and mary keeps singing...
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  • ♪ here i am to bow down ♪
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  • ♪ here i am to bow down ♪ ♪ here i am to say that ♪
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  • ♪ here i am to say that ♪ ♪ you're my god ♪
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  • ♪ you're my god ♪ ♪ here i am to worship ♪
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  • And then, martha starts singing
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  • And then, martha starts singing a song goes like this...
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  • ♪ help me with these dishes ♪
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  • [laughter]
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  • I worked hard on that line,
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  • I worked hard on that line, y'all clap for that.
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  • [applause]
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  • My expectation, yeah.
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  • My expectation, yeah. my expectation was that you
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  • My expectation was that you would laugh at that.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And the bible says something,
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  • And the bible says something, i don't know if you
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  • I don't know if you caught this, graham, it said,
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  • Caught this, graham, it said, that martha, while she was
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  • That martha, while she was all of these things,
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  • All of these things, resourceful, responsible,
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  • Respectful, she wasn't evil.
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  • Respectful, she wasn't evil. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "but martha was,"
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  • "but martha was," verse 10, what?
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  • Verse 10, what? "distracted."
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  • "distracted." that's it.
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  • That's it. not bad, distracted.
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  • Not bad, distracted. not evil, distracted.
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  • Not evil, distracted. not demon-possessed, distracted.
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  • Not demon-possessed, distracted. not --
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  • What would you call
  • 00:22:15.052 --> 00:22:15.886
  • What would you call somebody whose scatter-brained
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  • Somebody whose scatter-brained all the time?
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  • All the time? just distracted.
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  • Just distracted. she's not --
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  • She's not -- she doesn't have
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  • She doesn't have a lack of capacity,
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  • A lack of capacity, she's just distracted.
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  • She's just distracted. and i wanna say that not
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  • And i wanna say that not all distraction is bad.
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  • All distraction is bad. not all distraction is bad.
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  • A few years ago, we were
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  • A few years ago, we were having inclement weather
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  • Having inclement weather at the church.
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  • At the church. and this morning,
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  • And this morning, it was raining hard
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  • It was raining hard coming to church.
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  • Coming to church. and for a moment, i got worried.
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  • And for a moment, i got worried. "oh no, what if people
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  • "oh no, what if people don't come?"
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  • Don't come?" but i decided
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  • But i decided a few years ago
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  • A few years ago never to worry about
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  • Never to worry about the weather because
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  • The weather because it's above my pay grade.
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  • It's above my pay grade. all i can do is ask 'em,
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  • All i can do is ask 'em, "well, do you have
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  • "well, do you have the umbrellas ready?"
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  • The umbrellas ready?" and as i worried about
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  • The weather for a moment,
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  • The weather for a moment, thinking would it
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  • Thinking would it limit people from coming,
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  • Limit people from coming, i realized that the only thing
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  • I realized that the only thing i can focus on and control
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  • I can focus on and control today is this word that
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  • Today is this word that i'm preaching to you.
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  • I'm preaching to you. so, if the enemy can get me
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  • So, if the enemy can get me worried about the weather
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  • Worried about the weather and take my eye off the word,
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  • And take my eye off the word, it will weaken what
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  • It will weaken what i was sent here to do,
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  • I was sent here to do, because of my focus on
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  • Because of my focus on something i can't control.
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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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  • >> ♪ we prophesy tonight ♪
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  • ♪ i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like revival ♪
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  • ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks ♪
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  • ♪ like salvation ♪
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  • ♪ is headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ oh i can hear a sound ♪
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  • ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it sounds like freedom ♪
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  • ♪ and it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ oh i can hear a sound ♪
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  • ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it sounds like provision ♪
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  • ♪ is headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like healing ♪
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  • ♪ is headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ and it's heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like joy ♪
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  • ♪ and it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ it's headed our way ♪
  • 00:26:07.651 --> 00:26:09.353
  • >> ♪ prophesy ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • ♪ it's coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's headed our way ♪
  • 00:26:19.430 --> 00:26:20.864
  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ darkness bow down ♪
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  • ♪ to the day ♪
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  • >> ♪ mountains get up ♪
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  • ♪ out my way ♪
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  • ♪ breaking out of yesterday ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ so tell this giant ♪
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  • ♪ in my face ♪
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  • ♪ you're not greater ♪
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  • ♪ than my faith ♪
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  • ♪ best believe me when i say ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing ♪
  • 00:26:50.361 --> 00:26:51.495
  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
  • 00:26:51.562 --> 00:26:52.896
  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
  • 00:26:54.264 --> 00:26:55.299
  • >> ♪ something so great ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ come on and step into it ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
  • 00:27:23.761 --> 00:27:24.962
  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
  • 00:27:26.830 --> 00:27:28.899
  • ♪ now word ♪
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