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Steven Furtick - Reverse The Ripple (Part 1)

March 5, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - Reverse The Ripple (Part 1)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Reverse The Ripple (Part 1) | March 5, 2026
  • 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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  • >> joshua 4:15.
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  • >> joshua 4:15. say, "i'm ready."
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  • >> congregation: i'm ready.
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  • >> congregation: i'm ready. >> "then the lord
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  • >> "then the lord said to joshua."
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  • Said to joshua." watch my hands.
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  • Watch my hands. "then the lord
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  • "then the lord said to joshua."
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  • Said to joshua." okay.
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  • Okay. so, picture this scripture
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  • So, picture this scripture visually as well as verbally.
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  • Visually as well as verbally. "then the lord said to joshua."
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  • "then the lord said to joshua." verse 16,
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  • Verse 16, "'command the priests carrying
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  • "'command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law
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  • The ark of the covenant law to come up
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  • To come up out of the jordan.'
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  • Out of the jordan.' so joshua
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  • So joshua commanded the priests,
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  • Commanded the priests, 'come up out of the jordan.'
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  • 'come up out of the jordan.' and the priests came up
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  • And the priests came up out of the river carrying
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  • Out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant
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  • The ark of the covenant of the lord.
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  • Of the lord. no sooner had they set
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  • No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground
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  • Their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the jordan
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  • Than the waters of the jordan returned to their place and ran
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  • Returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.
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  • At flood stage as before. on the tenth day
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  • On the tenth day of the first month,
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  • Of the first month, the people went up
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  • The people went up from the jordan."
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  • From the jordan." the lord said to joshua,
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  • The lord said to joshua, joshua said to the priests,
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  • Joshua said to the priests, and then the people went up.
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  • And then the people went up. so, watch.
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  • So, watch. i'm doing like this
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  • I'm doing like this boom, boom, boom.
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  • Boom, boom, boom. "the people went up from
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  • "the people went up from the jordan and camped at gilgal
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  • The jordan and camped at gilgal on the eastern border
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  • On the eastern border of jericho,
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  • Of jericho, on the eastern
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  • On the eastern border of jericho."
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  • What do you know
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  • What do you know about jericho?
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  • About jericho? walls do fall.
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  • Walls do fall. somebody say it,
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  • Somebody say it, "walls do fall."
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  • "walls do fall." now, but before
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  • Now, but before the walls of jericho can fall,
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  • The walls of jericho can fall, and before the battle of jericho
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  • And before the battle of jericho can be won, because this will
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  • Can be won, because this will be the first fight
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  • Be the first fight for the children of god
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  • For the children of god to occupy the promised land.
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  • To occupy the promised land. before their first fight,
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  • Before their first fight, joshua is setting the frame.
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  • Verse 20, verse 20,
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  • Verse 20, verse 20, "and joshua set up at gilgal
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  • "and joshua set up at gilgal the 12 stones they had
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  • The 12 stones they had taken out of the jordan.
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  • Taken out of the jordan. he said to the israelites,
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  • He said to the israelites, 'in the future
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  • 'in the future when your descendants
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  • When your descendants ask their parents,'"
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  • Ask their parents,'" we've gone from
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  • We've gone from the lord said to joshua,
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  • The lord said to joshua, to joshua said to the priests,
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  • To joshua said to the priests, to the priests did it
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  • To the priests did it for the people.
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  • For the people. for the people are doing
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  • For the people are doing something that will not even
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  • Something that will not even accomplish a purpose that may be
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  • Accomplish a purpose that may be seen in their own lives
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  • Seen in their own lives but in a generation
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  • But in a generation that is yet to come.
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  • That is yet to come. "in the future when your
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  • "in the future when your descendants ask their parents,
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  • Descendants ask their parents, 'what do these stones mean?'
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  • 'what do these stones mean?' tell them, 'israel crossed
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  • Tell them, 'israel crossed the jordan on dry ground.'
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  • The jordan on dry ground.' for the lord your god dried up
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  • For the lord your god dried up the jordan before you
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  • The jordan before you until you had crossed over.
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  • Until you had crossed over. the lord your god did
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  • The lord your god did to the jordan what he had done
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  • To the jordan what he had done to the red sea when he dried
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  • To the red sea when he dried it up before us until
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  • It up before us until we had crossed over.
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  • We had crossed over. he did this."
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  • He did this." that's the best thing
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  • That's the best thing i've read in a long time.
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  • I've read in a long time. tell somebody, "he did this."
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  • Tell somebody, "he did this." >> congregation: he did this.
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  • >> congregation: he did this. >> so, we were
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  • Testifying last week.
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  • Testifying last week. we were talking about,
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  • We were talking about, "rescue your testimony."
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  • "rescue your testimony." rescue your testimony from
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  • Rescue your testimony from the clutches of depression.
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  • The clutches of depression. rescue your testimony from
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  • Rescue your testimony from the clutches of despair.
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  • The clutches of despair. rescue your testimony from
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  • Rescue your testimony from the regrets of your past.
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  • The regrets of your past. and testify to your neighbors,
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  • And testify to your neighbors, say, "he did this."
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  • Say, "he did this." >> congregation: he did this.
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  • >> congregation: he did this. >> "he did this.
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  • >> "he did this. i'm standing here
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  • I'm standing here because he did this."
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  • Because he did this." come on, let's have a
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  • Come on, let's have a testimony service really quick.
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  • Testimony service really quick. how many know god did?
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  • [applause]
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  • Yeah.
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  • Yeah. let's practice.
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  • Let's practice. let's see if you rescued
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  • Let's see if you rescued your testimony last week.
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  • Your testimony last week. i'mma ask you a question
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  • I'mma ask you a question and you say what you think.
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  • And you say what you think. who opened your prison doors?
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  • Who opened your prison doors? god did?
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  • God did? >> congregation: yes.
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  • >> congregation: yes. >> then say it.
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  • >> then say it. say, "god did."
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  • Say, "god did." >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> who dried up
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  • >> who dried up your ocean floors?
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  • Your ocean floors? >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> oou, think about that thing.
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  • >> oou, think about that thing. who saved you and set you free?
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  • Who saved you and set you free? >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> who gave you victory?
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  • >> who gave you victory? >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> right.
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  • >> right. who gave you another day?
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  • Who gave you another day? >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> who made you another way?
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  • >> who made you another way? >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> who gave you
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  • >> who gave you the breath to praise?
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  • The breath to praise? >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> who gave you
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  • >> who gave you a brand-new name?
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  • A brand-new name? oh, somebody shout, "god did!"
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  • Oh, somebody shout, "god did!" >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> put it in the comments,
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  • >> put it in the comments, "god did this."
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  • "god did this." now --
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  • [applause]
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  • "he did this so that
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  • "he did this so that all the peoples of the earth
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  • All the peoples of the earth might know that the hand
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  • Might know that the hand of the lord is powerful
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  • Of the lord is powerful and so that you might always
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  • And so that you might always fear the lord your god."
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  • Fear the lord your god." the final verse
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  • The final verse i'm going to read,
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  • I'm going to read, and then i'll tell you what
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  • And then i'll tell you what we're going to talk about today,
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  • We're going to talk about today, but we're already talking
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  • But we're already talking because god is speaking.
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  • Because god is speaking. "now, when all the canaanite,
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  • "now, when all the canaanite, amorite kings west of the jordan
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  • Amorite kings west of the jordan and the kings along the coast
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  • And the kings along the coast heard how the lord had dried up
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  • Heard how the lord had dried up the jordan before the israelites
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  • The jordan before the israelites until they had crossed over,
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  • Until they had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear."
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  • Their hearts melted in fear." it's no longer just the people
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  • It's no longer just the people of god who know who god is.
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  • Of god who know who god is. it's the enemies too.
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  • It's the enemies too. uh-ha.
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  • [applause]
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  • I see this.
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  • I see this. "and they no longer
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  • "and they no longer had the courage
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  • Had the courage to face the israelites."
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  • Today, god wants to do something
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  • Today, god wants to do something very special in your life.
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  • Very special in your life. he wants to reverse the ripple.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • That's the word of the lord.
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  • That's the word of the lord. and father,
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  • And father, as we declare it today,
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  • As we declare it today, we walk in it,
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  • We walk in it, we stand in it, we decree it,
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  • And we believe it.
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  • And we believe it. most of all,
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  • Most of all, we thank you for it,
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  • We thank you for it, because only you could do it.
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  • Because only you could do it. in jesus' name, amen.
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  • In jesus' name, amen. you may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. you may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. reverse the ripple.
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  • Reverse the ripple. you will know what that means in
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  • You will know what that means in about 32 minutes if i do my job.
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  • About 32 minutes if i do my job. because the lord has some things
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  • That he wants to turn around
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  • That he wants to turn around in your life.
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  • In your life. yeah.
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  • Yeah. amen.
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  • Amen. rescue our testimony,
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  • Rescue our testimony, and god is going
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  • And god is going to reverse the ripple.
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  • To reverse the ripple. i wish we could
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  • I wish we could teach this on the lake.
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  • Teach this on the lake. it would be
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  • It would be a good illustration, right?
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  • A good illustration, right? how many of you like the lake?
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  • [applause]
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  • And how many of you
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  • And how many of you got a boat, you could take me
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  • Got a boat, you could take me out on the lake?
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  • Out on the lake? i'mma hit you up.
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  • I'mma hit you up. you got a -- how many of you --
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  • You got a -- how many of you -- how many of you have a boat?
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  • How many of you have a boat? so, if we went out on the lake,
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  • So, if we went out on the lake, i could demonstrate
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  • I could demonstrate the ripple effect, right?
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  • The ripple effect, right? you know what it is.
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  • You know what it is. it's when one thing happens,
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  • It's when one thing happens, and another thing happens,
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  • And another thing happens, and another thing happens.
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  • And another thing happens. we use it metaphorically,
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  • We use it metaphorically, but it would be good
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  • But it would be good if we could be at the lake,
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  • If we could be at the lake, because we could --
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  • Because we could -- we could get a rock,
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  • We could get a rock, and then we could drop the rock,
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  • And then we could drop the rock, and we could watch the ripple,
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  • And we could watch the ripple, and then i could
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  • And then i could teach the lesson.
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  • Teach the lesson. i could say,
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  • I could say, "and just like this
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  • "and just like this rock hit the water,"
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  • Rock hit the water," and we wouldn't even have
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  • And we wouldn't even have to get in the water,
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  • To get in the water, because i know
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  • Because i know it's getting kind of cold.
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  • It's getting kind of cold. we could just do it
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  • We could just do it from the shore
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  • From the shore right there in your boat.
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  • Right there in your boat. we could drop the rock
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  • We could drop the rock and watch the ripple.
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  • And watch the ripple. and we could talk about how
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  • Things in our lives happen that
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  • Things in our lives happen that cause a ripple and sometimes
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  • Cause a ripple and sometimes it's not even until you're
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  • It's not even until you're living in the ripple that you
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  • Living in the ripple that you realize the rock was dropped.
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  • Realize the rock was dropped. if we're at the lake,
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  • And maybe you could hand me
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  • And maybe you could hand me a bottle of diet coke.
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  • A bottle of diet coke. don't text me
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  • Don't text me about aspartame.
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  • About aspartame. i don't care.
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  • I don't care. i've made peace
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  • I've made peace with aspartame.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And we would talk about
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  • And we would talk about the ripple effects of decisions
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  • The ripple effects of decisions that you and i have both made,
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  • That you and i have both made, words that we've spoken.
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  • Words that we've spoken. man, i could probably teach
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  • Man, i could probably teach a whole leadership class just
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  • A whole leadership class just from a rock and a ripple.
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  • From a rock and a ripple. many times, as a leader,
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  • Many times, as a leader, i never saw myself
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  • I never saw myself as being that important,
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  • As being that important, and i don't think
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  • And i don't think i am important.
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  • I am important. i think god is important,
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  • I think god is important, but i think he uses people
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  • But i think he uses people in important ways.
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  • In important ways. and i think that
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  • And i think that when you speak for god,
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  • When you speak for god, your words weigh more.
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  • Your words weigh more. because many times,
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  • Because many times, i've said things to people
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  • I've said things to people in passing as a leader
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  • In passing as a leader and forgot i said them,
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  • And forgot i said them, and they kept those things
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  • And they kept those things with them for three years,
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  • With them for three years, good and bad, good and bad.
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  • Good and bad, good and bad. and one lady i met one time --
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  • And one lady i met one time -- i'm not gonna take a long time
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  • I'm not gonna take a long time with the setup, but i want us
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  • With the setup, but i want us to get at the lake,
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  • To get at the lake, drop the rock and see
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  • Drop the rock and see the ripple.
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  • The ripple. a lady one time told me
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  • A lady one time told me she kept a voicemail that i
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  • She kept a voicemail that i sent her when her husband died.
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  • Sent her when her husband died. she kept it for four years.
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  • She kept it for four years. i never met her.
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  • I never met her. one time on ye --
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  • One time on ye -- before you get
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  • Too impressed with me,
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  • Too impressed with me, 'cause i don't just ride around
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  • 'cause i don't just ride around leaving voice memos praying
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  • Leaving voice memos praying for people all the time.
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  • For people all the time. my kids have told me things
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  • My kids have told me things i said that i said
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  • I said that i said because they were true,
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  • Because they were true, but the way i said it,
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  • But the way i said it, it stuck with them in a way
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  • It stuck with them in a way that they weren't ready
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  • To hear it like that.
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  • To hear it like that. and with all three of my kids
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  • And with all three of my kids and with my wife, i can go back
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  • And with my wife, i can go back to times where i've spoke
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  • To times where i've spoke something not realizing
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  • Something not realizing the weight of the rock that
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  • The weight of the rock that i dropped and the ripple
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  • I dropped and the ripple that it caused for the person
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  • That it caused for the person that i spoke to.
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  • That i spoke to. so, now, i gotta walk into
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  • So, now, i gotta walk into situations and scenarios
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  • Situations and scenarios and take responsibility
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  • And take responsibility for my ripple.
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  • For my ripple. that's a whole word.
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  • That's a whole word. take responsibility
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  • Take responsibility for your ripple.
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  • For your ripple. the things you just say passing,
  • 00:09:21.547 --> 00:09:23.115
  • The things you just say passing, "oh, well i'm just
  • 00:09:23.182 --> 00:09:23.883
  • "oh, well i'm just speaking my mind."
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  • Speaking my mind." well, why don't you just
  • 00:09:24.650 --> 00:09:25.217
  • Well, why don't you just speak your mind inside?
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  • Speak your mind inside? do a little internal monologue
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  • Do a little internal monologue and scream into your pillow,
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  • And scream into your pillow, but make sure that you respect
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  • But make sure that you respect your calling enough to take
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  • Your calling enough to take responsibility for your ripple.
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  • Responsibility for your ripple. when the lord said to joshua,
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  • When the lord said to joshua, and joshua said to the priests,
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  • And joshua said to the priests, and the priests led the people,
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  • And the priests led the people, and the people demonstrated
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  • And the people demonstrated god's faithfulness in a way that
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  • God's faithfulness in a way that even impressed their enemies,
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  • Even impressed their enemies, we are watching the ripple
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  • We are watching the ripple effect of a revelation from god.
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  • Effect of a revelation from god. the very fact that we are
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  • Sitting here today,
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  • Sitting here today, preaching about
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  • Preaching about an incident that happened,
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  • An incident that happened, an event that occurred
  • 00:10:04.290 --> 00:10:05.124
  • An event that occurred this long ago, proves my point,
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  • This long ago, proves my point, the power of a ripple.
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  • The power of a ripple. the ripple effect
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  • The ripple effect of your thoughts leading
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  • Of your thoughts leading to your actions,
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  • To your actions, leading to your habits,
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  • Leading to your habits, leading to your character,
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  • Leading to your character, becoming concrete so that what
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  • Becoming concrete so that what you call destiny later was
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  • You call destiny later was actually a decision when
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  • Actually a decision when the rock was dropped.
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  • And yet, wouldn't it be nice if
  • 00:10:26.345 --> 00:10:27.780
  • And yet, wouldn't it be nice if life were as simple spiritually
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  • Life were as simple spiritually as it is physically?
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  • As it is physically? because if we were at
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  • Because if we were at the lake doing this lesson,
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  • The lake doing this lesson, we could look at the rock,
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  • We could look at the rock, and we could predict within
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  • And we could predict within a few inches, you know,
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  • A few inches, you know, how big the ripple would be.
  • 00:10:42.061 --> 00:10:43.462
  • How big the ripple would be. if we had a few minutes,
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  • If we had a few minutes, we could drop a little rock,
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  • We could drop a little rock, a big rock, and a medium rock,
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  • A big rock, and a medium rock, and we could start saying,
  • 00:10:48.034 --> 00:10:49.035
  • And we could start saying, "you know,
  • 00:10:49.101 --> 00:10:49.602
  • "you know, this one is gonna ripple."
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  • This one is gonna ripple." the --
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  • The -- i'm just saying,
  • 00:10:51.303 --> 00:10:51.704
  • I'm just saying, the bigger the rock was,
  • 00:10:51.771 --> 00:10:52.972
  • The bigger the rock was, the bigger the ripple
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  • The bigger the ripple would be, physically.
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  • Would be, physically. spiritually,
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  • Spiritually, it's a little different.
  • 00:10:57.309 --> 00:10:59.145
  • It's a little different. you never can tell
  • 00:10:59.211 --> 00:11:00.446
  • You never can tell looking at the rock, how big
  • 00:11:00.513 --> 00:11:03.149
  • Looking at the rock, how big the ripple is going to be.
  • 00:11:03.215 --> 00:11:05.918
  • The ripple is going to be. not in the kingdom of god,
  • 00:11:05.985 --> 00:11:08.120
  • Not in the kingdom of god, so that jesus walks around
  • 00:11:08.187 --> 00:11:09.689
  • So that jesus walks around saying things like,
  • 00:11:09.755 --> 00:11:10.923
  • Saying things like, "if you have the faith
  • 00:11:10.990 --> 00:11:11.924
  • "if you have the faith of a mustard seed,
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  • Of a mustard seed, you can move a mountain."
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  • You can move a mountain." what kind of mustard seed
  • 00:11:16.062 --> 00:11:17.797
  • What kind of mustard seed moves a mountain?
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  • Moves a mountain? a supernatural one,
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  • A supernatural one, one that has been watered
  • 00:11:21.400 --> 00:11:22.768
  • One that has been watered by the word of god,
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  • By the word of god, one that has been cultivated
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  • One that has been cultivated by a heart of faith.
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  • By a heart of faith. what kind of lunch
  • 00:11:27.206 --> 00:11:29.375
  • What kind of lunch has the power to provide for
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  • Has the power to provide for the physical hunger of 5,000?
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  • The physical hunger of 5,000? you would think such
  • 00:11:34.513 --> 00:11:35.247
  • You would think such a little lunch could maybe
  • 00:11:35.314 --> 00:11:36.615
  • A little lunch could maybe only feed a little boy,
  • 00:11:36.682 --> 00:11:38.384
  • But when god gets it,
  • 00:11:38.484 --> 00:11:39.752
  • But when god gets it, the ripple becomes
  • 00:11:39.819 --> 00:11:41.020
  • The ripple becomes something that you would
  • 00:11:41.087 --> 00:11:42.388
  • Something that you would have never realized.
  • 00:11:42.455 --> 00:11:43.589
  • Have never realized. oh, i feel like preaching.
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  • [applause]
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  • 'cause a rock in the hands
  • 00:11:47.226 --> 00:11:48.194
  • 'cause a rock in the hands of a shepherd should not
  • 00:11:48.260 --> 00:11:49.562
  • Of a shepherd should not bring down a 9-foot giant.
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  • Bring down a 9-foot giant. but you can't tell the size of
  • 00:11:52.398 --> 00:11:54.433
  • The ripple from the size of this
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  • The ripple from the size of this rock if it's in god's hands.
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  • Rock if it's in god's hands. so, we came to remind the devil
  • 00:11:59.038 --> 00:12:00.840
  • So, we came to remind the devil today that my rock
  • 00:12:00.906 --> 00:12:02.541
  • Today that my rock might be little,
  • 00:12:02.608 --> 00:12:03.642
  • Might be little, but a little rock can
  • 00:12:03.709 --> 00:12:05.277
  • But a little rock can make a big ripple if god
  • 00:12:05.344 --> 00:12:06.879
  • Make a big ripple if god gets a hold of it.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Woah.
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  • Woah. let's switch this thing around.
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  • Let's switch this thing around. let's stop looking
  • 00:12:13.319 --> 00:12:14.787
  • Let's stop looking at the size of our resource,
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  • At the size of our resource, the size of our strength,
  • 00:12:17.389 --> 00:12:19.058
  • The size of our strength, the size of our knowledge,
  • 00:12:19.125 --> 00:12:20.626
  • The size of our knowledge, the scope of our understanding
  • 00:12:20.693 --> 00:12:22.728
  • The scope of our understanding to determine what god can do.
  • 00:12:22.795 --> 00:12:24.964
  • To determine what god can do. let's stop letting the waves
  • 00:12:25.030 --> 00:12:26.799
  • Let's stop letting the waves of unbelief block us from
  • 00:12:26.866 --> 00:12:29.001
  • Of unbelief block us from the reality of the ocean
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  • The reality of the ocean of god's provision.
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  • Of god's provision. yeah, yeah.
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  • Yeah, yeah. let's reverse the ripple.
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  • Let's reverse the ripple. and what i mean
  • 00:12:37.643 --> 00:12:38.210
  • And what i mean by that when i say,
  • 00:12:38.277 --> 00:12:38.911
  • By that when i say, "reverse the ripple,"
  • 00:12:38.978 --> 00:12:39.612
  • "reverse the ripple," well, i mean a few things.
  • 00:12:39.678 --> 00:12:40.679
  • Well, i mean a few things. let me break it down
  • 00:12:40.746 --> 00:12:41.413
  • Let me break it down a little bit.
  • 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.348
  • A little bit. the first thing that i mean by,
  • 00:12:42.414 --> 00:12:44.450
  • The first thing that i mean by, "reverse the ripple,"
  • 00:12:44.517 --> 00:12:45.985
  • "reverse the ripple," is that instead of starting
  • 00:12:46.051 --> 00:12:49.021
  • Is that instead of starting with what you see,
  • 00:12:49.088 --> 00:12:51.257
  • With what you see, start with what god has said.
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  • Start with what god has said. life-changing,
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  • Life-changing, life-changing right there.
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  • Life-changing right there. just -- if you would start
  • 00:12:58.864 --> 00:13:01.300
  • Just -- if you would start with what god said.
  • 00:13:01.367 --> 00:13:04.136
  • With what god said. and many times, we,
  • 00:13:04.203 --> 00:13:06.405
  • And many times, we, like the nation of israel
  • 00:13:06.472 --> 00:13:07.907
  • Like the nation of israel in joshua 4,
  • 00:13:07.973 --> 00:13:10.376
  • Come to places in our
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  • Come to places in our own lives where we need
  • 00:13:12.378 --> 00:13:14.547
  • Own lives where we need god to do something,
  • 00:13:14.613 --> 00:13:15.848
  • God to do something, and i apologize if i'm not
  • 00:13:15.915 --> 00:13:17.016
  • And i apologize if i'm not preaching to you right now,
  • 00:13:17.082 --> 00:13:18.484
  • Preaching to you right now, that if he doesn't do it --
  • 00:13:18.551 --> 00:13:21.887
  • That if he doesn't do it -- so, this is not like,
  • 00:13:21.954 --> 00:13:23.556
  • So, this is not like, "i need god
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  • "i need god to help me wake up on time."
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  • To help me wake up on time." you set an alarm clock for that.
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  • You set an alarm clock for that. but this is something different.
  • 00:13:26.725 --> 00:13:28.527
  • But this is something different. and one of the things that i
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  • And one of the things that i respect about the bible is that
  • 00:13:30.996 --> 00:13:33.332
  • Respect about the bible is that it will repeat something
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  • It will repeat something over and over again,
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  • Over and over again, because we learn
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  • Because we learn through repetition.
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  • And if you look at this,
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  • And if you look at this, joshua 4,
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  • Joshua 4, there are several times
  • 00:13:43.142 --> 00:13:43.809
  • There are several times that god tells joshua,
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  • That god tells joshua, 'take these stones
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  • 'take these stones out of the water.'
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  • Out of the water.' kinda like they're building
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  • Kinda like they're building an altar.
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  • An altar. okay.
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  • Okay. like, holly preached
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  • Like, holly preached on reflect about the altar.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Go on her youtube
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  • Go on her youtube and watch that message.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • And wear your steel-toed boots
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  • And wear your steel-toed boots because she was stepping
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  • Because she was stepping on our toes.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • But she did it so sweetly.
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  • But she did it so sweetly. she did it in ballet flats.
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  • She did it in ballet flats. it was unbelievable.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:08.234 --> 00:14:09.535
  • And the lord
  • 00:14:09.969 --> 00:14:10.502
  • And the lord is telling joshua, like,
  • 00:14:10.569 --> 00:14:12.638
  • Is telling joshua, like, "before you get
  • 00:14:12.705 --> 00:14:13.906
  • "before you get to your first fight,
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  • To your first fight, i want you to approach it
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  • I want you to approach it from a place of thinking
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  • From a place of thinking about your future."
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  • About your future." now, this is marvelous.
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  • Now, this is marvelous. frame the fight
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  • Frame the fight that you're facing from
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  • That you're facing from a place of future faith.
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  • A place of future faith. and that is --
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  • And that is -- that is often very hard, right?
  • 00:14:28.087 --> 00:14:29.455
  • That is often very hard, right? because we're just
  • 00:14:29.521 --> 00:14:30.022
  • Because we're just in the moment.
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  • In the moment. and knowing in the moment,
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  • And knowing in the moment, remember it's like that
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  • Remember it's like that rock in that ripple.
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  • Rock in that ripple. knowing in the moment what
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  • Knowing in the moment what the ripple is going to be,
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  • The ripple is going to be, it's not always predictable
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  • It's not always predictable in the spirit, is it?
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  • In the spirit, is it? is it?
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  • Is it? you came to church
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  • You came to church because she was cute
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  • Because she was cute and asked you to come.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Then you messed around
  • 00:14:48.540 --> 00:14:49.141
  • Then you messed around and got too close to the boat
  • 00:14:49.208 --> 00:14:50.976
  • And jesus hooked you
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  • And jesus hooked you and pulled you in
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  • And pulled you in and now you're one of us.
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  • [applause]
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  • Boy, god is tricky
  • 00:14:58.617 --> 00:14:59.718
  • Boy, god is tricky with that ripple.
  • 00:14:59.785 --> 00:15:01.287
  • With that ripple. god is tricky with that ripple.
  • 00:15:01.353 --> 00:15:02.821
  • God is tricky with that ripple. "you didn't know i was just
  • 00:15:02.888 --> 00:15:04.290
  • "you didn't know i was just gonna go so --
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  • Gonna go so -- i just was going to get her
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  • To shut up and now
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  • To shut up and now i'm bringing people.
  • 00:15:07.793 --> 00:15:08.527
  • I'm bringing people. i don't know what happened."
  • 00:15:08.594 --> 00:15:09.662
  • I don't know what happened." tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "it's the ripple,
  • 00:15:10.162 --> 00:15:10.596
  • "it's the ripple, it's the ripple,
  • 00:15:10.663 --> 00:15:11.096
  • It's the ripple, it's the ripple,
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  • It's the ripple, it's the ripple."
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  • It's the ripple." god will drop something.
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  • God will drop something. god will just put you somewhere.
  • 00:15:15.434 --> 00:15:16.936
  • God will just put you somewhere. god will drop you somewhere.
  • 00:15:17.002 --> 00:15:18.804
  • God will drop you somewhere. you will think that you're there
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  • You will think that you're there because it's a new job,
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  • Because it's a new job, and then you meet gene.
  • 00:15:21.874 --> 00:15:23.008
  • And then you meet gene. and jean is going
  • 00:15:23.075 --> 00:15:24.109
  • And jean is going through chemotherapy,
  • 00:15:24.176 --> 00:15:25.144
  • Through chemotherapy, and you went
  • 00:15:25.210 --> 00:15:25.978
  • And you went through chemotherapy.
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  • Through chemotherapy. so now, you minister to gene
  • 00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:28.881
  • So now, you minister to gene out of what you went through
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  • Out of what you went through so you can comfort him with
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  • So you can comfort him with the comfort by which
  • 00:15:31.684 --> 00:15:32.685
  • The comfort by which you have been comforted.
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  • You have been comforted. this is the ripple,
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  • This is the ripple, the ripple, the ripple,
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  • The ripple, the ripple, the ripple, the ripple.
  • 00:15:35.554 --> 00:15:37.923
  • The ripple, the ripple. and by the way, what if we did
  • 00:15:37.990 --> 00:15:39.491
  • And by the way, what if we did that more often?
  • 00:15:39.558 --> 00:15:40.693
  • That more often? what if we started asking,
  • 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.827
  • What if we started asking, "god, what do you want to do not
  • 00:15:41.894 --> 00:15:43.729
  • "god, what do you want to do not just for me but through me?
  • 00:15:43.796 --> 00:15:46.265
  • Just for me but through me? god, who can i touch?
  • 00:15:46.332 --> 00:15:48.133
  • God, who can i touch? you touched me.
  • 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.835
  • You touched me. who can i help?
  • 00:15:49.902 --> 00:15:50.869
  • Who can i help? you healed me.
  • 00:15:50.936 --> 00:15:52.705
  • You healed me. who can i be a blessing to?
  • 00:15:52.771 --> 00:15:54.139
  • Who can i be a blessing to? you blessed me."
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  • You blessed me." when are you going
  • 00:15:55.908 --> 00:15:56.675
  • When are you going to hand somebody
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  • To hand somebody a $50 bill one time
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  • A $50 bill one time instead of waiting on one?
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  • Instead of waiting on one? when will you be the ripple?
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  • [applause]
  • 00:16:03.115 --> 00:16:05.617
  • Now, this is not
  • 00:16:06.085 --> 00:16:06.518
  • Now, this is not my message so pace yourself.
  • 00:16:06.585 --> 00:16:07.753
  • My message so pace yourself. i'm just setting up this idea
  • 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:11.190
  • I'm just setting up this idea of reverse the ripple,
  • 00:16:11.256 --> 00:16:14.259
  • Of reverse the ripple, reverse the ripple.
  • 00:16:14.326 --> 00:16:16.161
  • And i have learned in my life
  • 00:16:16.261 --> 00:16:17.963
  • And i have learned in my life that if i do not consider --
  • 00:16:18.030 --> 00:16:19.732
  • That if i do not consider -- please, listen to me.
  • 00:16:19.798 --> 00:16:21.066
  • Please, listen to me. if i do not consider causes,
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  • If i do not consider causes, i will spend my life
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  • I will spend my life chasing consequences.
  • 00:16:25.671 --> 00:16:27.706
  • [applause]
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  • Consider the cause or you
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  • Consider the cause or you will spend the rest of your
  • 00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.881
  • Will spend the rest of your life managing consequences.
  • 00:16:35.948 --> 00:16:40.252
  • Life managing consequences. consider the cause or you can
  • 00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:44.256
  • Spend the rest of your life
  • 00:16:44.356 --> 00:16:45.724
  • Spend the rest of your life looking for tips on tiktok
  • 00:16:45.791 --> 00:16:47.726
  • Looking for tips on tiktok for how to be more peaceful.
  • 00:16:47.793 --> 00:16:49.962
  • For how to be more peaceful. but after you have done
  • 00:16:50.029 --> 00:16:50.696
  • But after you have done everything tiktok
  • 00:16:50.763 --> 00:16:52.131
  • Everything tiktok told you to do, i mean,
  • 00:16:52.197 --> 00:16:53.332
  • Told you to do, i mean, you can do everything.
  • 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.234
  • You can do everything. you can take your --
  • 00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:57.536
  • You can take your -- walk barefoot on the grass,
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  • Walk barefoot on the grass, walk backwards barefoot
  • 00:17:00.205 --> 00:17:01.607
  • Walk backwards barefoot on the grass sipping
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  • On the grass sipping a protein smoothie with
  • 00:17:03.208 --> 00:17:05.844
  • A protein smoothie with collagen in the smoothie.
  • 00:17:05.911 --> 00:17:08.080
  • Collagen in the smoothie. you could do all of that.
  • 00:17:08.147 --> 00:17:09.848
  • You could do all of that. you could do red light,
  • 00:17:09.915 --> 00:17:11.083
  • You could do red light, blue light, black light,
  • 00:17:11.150 --> 00:17:12.251
  • Blue light, black light, blue light, strobe light.
  • 00:17:12.317 --> 00:17:14.119
  • Blue light, strobe light. you can do all the lights
  • 00:17:14.186 --> 00:17:15.387
  • You can do all the lights on your face.
  • 00:17:15.454 --> 00:17:16.688
  • On your face. you can do all of it.
  • 00:17:16.755 --> 00:17:18.090
  • You can do all of it. you can meditate.
  • 00:17:18.157 --> 00:17:19.558
  • You can meditate. you can pontificate.
  • 00:17:19.625 --> 00:17:20.626
  • You can pontificate. you can bloviate.
  • 00:17:20.692 --> 00:17:22.194
  • You can bloviate. you can hyperventilate.
  • 00:17:22.261 --> 00:17:23.762
  • You can hyperventilate. because you are not getting
  • 00:17:23.829 --> 00:17:25.264
  • Because you are not getting peace until you...
  • 00:17:25.330 --> 00:17:28.634
  • Peace until you... consider the source.
  • 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:32.471
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:32.838 --> 00:17:34.440
  • You get all the tips you want,
  • 00:17:34.807 --> 00:17:37.142
  • You get all the tips you want, but until you get the truth,
  • 00:17:37.209 --> 00:17:38.877
  • But until you get the truth, you will not come
  • 00:17:38.944 --> 00:17:40.612
  • You will not come through this jordan.
  • 00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:42.948
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:43.282 --> 00:17:46.485
  • Here's what
  • 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.453
  • Here's what i'm trying to say.
  • 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.487
  • I'm trying to say. you can't fix the ripple
  • 00:17:48.554 --> 00:17:50.122
  • You can't fix the ripple till you find the rock.
  • 00:17:50.189 --> 00:17:52.291
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:53.125 --> 00:17:54.993
  • I'mma preach like this
  • 00:17:57.496 --> 00:17:58.197
  • I'mma preach like this in boise too.
  • 00:17:58.263 --> 00:17:58.931
  • In boise too. tell 'em, "get ready."
  • 00:17:58.997 --> 00:17:59.798
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:18:00.232 --> 00:18:00.933
  • You can't fix the ripple
  • 00:18:01.600 --> 00:18:04.436
  • You can't fix the ripple till you find the rock.
  • 00:18:04.503 --> 00:18:05.904
  • Till you find the rock. and i think a lot of religion
  • 00:18:05.971 --> 00:18:06.972
  • And i think a lot of religion is ripple management,
  • 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:11.076
  • Is ripple management, mhmm, behavior modification,
  • 00:18:11.143 --> 00:18:15.614
  • Empty tradition.
  • 00:18:15.714 --> 00:18:17.749
  • Empty tradition. "god, i promise i'll never
  • 00:18:17.816 --> 00:18:18.550
  • "god, i promise i'll never do it again until 3:30,"
  • 00:18:18.617 --> 00:18:20.052
  • Do it again until 3:30," and it's 3:25 right now.
  • 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.854
  • And it's 3:25 right now. that's ripple management.
  • 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:24.990
  • That's ripple management. that's white knuckling,
  • 00:18:25.057 --> 00:18:26.692
  • That's white knuckling, not worship.
  • 00:18:26.758 --> 00:18:30.662
  • Not worship. ripple management cannot
  • 00:18:30.729 --> 00:18:33.699
  • Ripple management cannot bring you to place
  • 00:18:33.765 --> 00:18:35.567
  • Bring you to place of restoration.
  • 00:18:35.634 --> 00:18:37.703
  • Of restoration. it can only bring you to a place
  • 00:18:37.769 --> 00:18:39.304
  • It can only bring you to a place of relief temporarily.
  • 00:18:39.371 --> 00:18:43.208
  • Of relief temporarily. so, what are the areas in
  • 00:18:43.275 --> 00:18:44.443
  • So, what are the areas in your life right now where you
  • 00:18:44.510 --> 00:18:46.845
  • Your life right now where you are trying to fix ripples,
  • 00:18:46.912 --> 00:18:50.249
  • Are trying to fix ripples, but you don't even know
  • 00:18:50.315 --> 00:18:51.116
  • But you don't even know what rock was dropped that
  • 00:18:51.183 --> 00:18:52.417
  • What rock was dropped that caused it to begin with?
  • 00:18:52.484 --> 00:18:55.554
  • Caused it to begin with? this is like quoting
  • 00:18:55.621 --> 00:18:56.455
  • This is like quoting bible verses on top of trauma
  • 00:18:56.522 --> 00:18:58.423
  • Bible verses on top of trauma that you won't deal with.
  • 00:18:58.490 --> 00:19:04.763
  • That you won't deal with. this is like switching
  • 00:19:04.830 --> 00:19:06.365
  • This is like switching friend groups every time
  • 00:19:06.431 --> 00:19:07.399
  • Friend groups every time they see what's really
  • 00:19:07.466 --> 00:19:09.234
  • They see what's really secret hidden in you
  • 00:19:09.301 --> 00:19:10.602
  • Secret hidden in you and call it out and confront it.
  • 00:19:10.669 --> 00:19:14.573
  • And call it out and confront it. it's gon' get quieter
  • 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:16.008
  • It's gon' get quieter and quie -- it's gon' be
  • 00:19:16.074 --> 00:19:16.942
  • And quie -- it's gon' be a reverse ripple today.
  • 00:19:17.009 --> 00:19:18.177
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:18.544 --> 00:19:19.178
  • Usually, we start
  • 00:19:19.545 --> 00:19:20.045
  • Usually, we start small and get big.
  • 00:19:20.112 --> 00:19:20.946
  • Small and get big. we going the other way today.
  • 00:19:21.013 --> 00:19:22.481
  • We're reversing the ripple today
  • 00:19:22.581 --> 00:19:23.949
  • We're reversing the ripple today until we get down to what
  • 00:19:24.016 --> 00:19:25.484
  • Until we get down to what is the thing that was dropped
  • 00:19:25.551 --> 00:19:29.521
  • Is the thing that was dropped that caused you to do it.
  • 00:19:29.588 --> 00:19:32.691
  • That caused you to do it. "what was dropped
  • 00:19:32.758 --> 00:19:33.992
  • "what was dropped that caused me to do it?
  • 00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:36.161
  • That caused me to do it? why did i lose my temper?
  • 00:19:36.228 --> 00:19:38.463
  • Why did i lose my temper? because they're annoying."
  • 00:19:38.530 --> 00:19:39.298
  • Because they're annoying." really?
  • 00:19:39.364 --> 00:19:41.800
  • Really? because the people
  • 00:19:41.867 --> 00:19:42.701
  • Because the people at work were annoying,
  • 00:19:42.768 --> 00:19:43.368
  • At work were annoying, but you didn't go off
  • 00:19:43.435 --> 00:19:44.036
  • But you didn't go off on them because you knew you
  • 00:19:44.102 --> 00:19:45.237
  • On them because you knew you couldn't get away with it.
  • 00:19:45.304 --> 00:19:47.940
  • Couldn't get away with it. you went off on them at home
  • 00:19:48.006 --> 00:19:49.308
  • You went off on them at home not because they're annoying,
  • 00:19:49.374 --> 00:19:50.742
  • But because you know
  • 00:19:50.842 --> 00:19:51.376
  • But because you know they'll forgive you.
  • 00:19:51.443 --> 00:19:55.847
  • They'll forgive you. and the real rock that made you
  • 00:19:55.914 --> 00:19:57.449
  • And the real rock that made you do it was the fact that
  • 00:19:57.516 --> 00:20:00.085
  • Do it was the fact that you don't take
  • 00:20:00.152 --> 00:20:00.452
  • You don't take responsibility for it.
  • 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.954
  • Responsibility for it. and until we get real
  • 00:20:02.020 --> 00:20:03.288
  • And until we get real about this stuff,
  • 00:20:03.355 --> 00:20:05.090
  • About this stuff, we will spend our entire
  • 00:20:05.157 --> 00:20:06.358
  • We will spend our entire lives riding the waves
  • 00:20:06.425 --> 00:20:08.660
  • Lives riding the waves of our ripples, going,
  • 00:20:08.727 --> 00:20:11.129
  • Of our ripples, going, "i'm so anxious.
  • 00:20:11.196 --> 00:20:12.864
  • "i'm so anxious. i'm so anxious.
  • 00:20:12.931 --> 00:20:13.999
  • I'm so anxious. i'm so anxious."
  • 00:20:14.066 --> 00:20:16.101
  • I'm so anxious." well, cut your thumb off.
  • 00:20:16.168 --> 00:20:17.302
  • Well, cut your thumb off. jesus said it'd be better
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  • Jesus said it'd be better to lose your whole hand
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  • To lose your whole hand than go to hell.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • So, i'd rather fix it.
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  • So, i'd rather fix it. i'd rather fix it where
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  • I'd rather fix it where the rock dropped than live
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  • The rock dropped than live the rest of my life frustrated
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  • The rest of my life frustrated by the ripples of it.
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  • By the ripples of it. you say, "this is just
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  • You say, "this is just an old testament story."
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  • An old testament story." are you absolutely crazy,
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  • Are you absolutely crazy, out of your mind, ridiculous?
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  • Out of your mind, ridiculous? do you not understand that
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  • Do you not understand that this is the entire thread
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  • This is the entire thread of the new testament?
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  • Of the new testament? it is law versus grace.
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  • It is law versus grace. it is us never really
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  • It is us never really understanding and i hope to come
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  • Understanding and i hope to come back to this in a moment if this
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  • Back to this in a moment if this sermon comes full circle.
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  • Sermon comes full circle. but speaking of full circle
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  • But speaking of full circle there is a place called
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  • There is a place called gilgal in joshua 4.
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  • Gilgal in joshua 4. if you've never heard of it,
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  • If you've never heard of it, you could be forgiven,
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  • You could be forgiven, but the word gilgal
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  • But the word gilgal actually means circle.
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  • Actually means circle. and isn't it interesting
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  • And isn't it interesting in a passage that
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  • In a passage that demonstrates the power of,
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  • Demonstrates the power of, "the lord spoke to joshua,
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  • "the lord spoke to joshua, joshua spoke to the priest,
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  • The priest spoke to the people,
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  • The priest spoke to the people, the people did what
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  • The people did what god told them,
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  • God told them, and it was a demonstration
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  • And it was a demonstration to the nations that
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  • To the nations that didn't even know god."
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  • Didn't even know god." isn't it interesting
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  • Isn't it interesting that circle after circle,
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  • That circle after circle, after circle,
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  • After circle, after concentric circles?
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  • After concentric circles? and let's not forget about
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  • And let's not forget about the circle of the generation
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  • The circle of the generation that isn't even old enough
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  • That isn't even old enough to ask the question yet
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  • To ask the question yet that is being affected by
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  • That is being affected by their faith or lack thereof.
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  • [applause]
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  • Which brings us back
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  • Which brings us back to the red sea which
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  • To the red sea which was the central motif
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  • Was the central motif of israel's identity.
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  • Of israel's identity. now, brueggemann says it is the,
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  • Now, brueggemann says it is the, i think his exact wording is,
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  • I think his exact wording is, "the primal narrative,"
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  • "the primal narrative," but i just --
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  • But i just -- i like to simplify things,
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  • I like to simplify things, so core story.
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  • So core story. is that better?
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  • Is that better? "primal narrative."
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  • "primal narrative." that sounds like
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  • That sounds like you gotta pay to hear
  • 00:21:47.292 --> 00:21:48.093
  • You gotta pay to hear about something like that,
  • 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.827
  • About something like that, and you didn't pay anything
  • 00:21:48.894 --> 00:21:49.461
  • And you didn't pay anything to get in here today.
  • 00:21:49.528 --> 00:21:50.195
  • To get in here today. so, core story.
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  • So, core story. and when god brought them
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  • And when god brought them through the red sea was
  • 00:21:54.199 --> 00:21:56.001
  • Through the red sea was their core story.
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  • Their core story. in fact, even when joshua says,
  • 00:21:57.402 --> 00:21:59.971
  • In fact, even when joshua says, "go get some rocks."
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  • "go get some rocks." tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "get some rocks...
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  • "get some rocks... >> congregation: get some
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  • >> congregation: get some rocks...
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  • Rocks... >> to tell your kids...
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  • >> to tell your kids... >> congregation: to tell
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  • >> congregation: to tell your kids...
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  • Your kids... >> what god did."
  • 00:22:06.211 --> 00:22:07.612
  • >> what god did." >> congregation: what god did.
  • 00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:08.213
  • >> congregation: what god did. >> why would he think like this?
  • 00:22:08.280 --> 00:22:10.716
  • >> why would he think like this? surely, you have more
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  • Surely, you have more important things to do.
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  • Important things to do. namely, when they get to gilgal,
  • 00:22:12.250 --> 00:22:13.518
  • Namely, when they get to gilgal, they gotta cut off everybody's
  • 00:22:13.585 --> 00:22:14.519
  • They gotta cut off everybody's foreskin 'cause none of these
  • 00:22:14.586 --> 00:22:17.055
  • Foreskin 'cause none of these people had been circumcised yet
  • 00:22:17.122 --> 00:22:19.858
  • People had been circumcised yet and i'm not gonna illustrate how
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  • And i'm not gonna illustrate how this whole text is circular.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But...
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  • [laughter]
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  • This all has
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  • This all has to happen at gilgal.
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  • To happen at gilgal. but before you get to gilgal,
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  • But before you get to gilgal, listen to me good,
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  • Listen to me good, before you get to gilgal,
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  • Before you get to gilgal, before you go to jericho,
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  • Before you go to jericho, before you even get
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  • Before you even get to the place of cutting away
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  • To the place of cutting away that's going to happen
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  • That's going to happen before you go in,
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  • Before you go in, get some rocks to tell
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  • Your kids what god did.
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  • Your kids what god did. i like that.
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  • I like that. get some rocks to tell
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  • Get some rocks to tell your kids what god did.
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  • Your kids what god did. and you're gonna tell 'em what
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  • And you're gonna tell 'em what god did, not what you did,
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  • God did, not what you did, 'cause all you did was walk.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Y'all, we take too much
  • 00:22:57.863 --> 00:22:58.697
  • Y'all, we take too much credit sometimes.
  • 00:22:58.764 --> 00:23:00.699
  • Credit sometimes. i see everybody of hustle
  • 00:23:00.766 --> 00:23:02.200
  • I see everybody of hustle and grind on instagram,
  • 00:23:02.267 --> 00:23:04.803
  • And grind on instagram, but i saw you also --
  • 00:23:04.870 --> 00:23:05.771
  • But i saw you also -- i saw you hustle and grind,
  • 00:23:05.837 --> 00:23:06.938
  • But i also saw you hide,
  • 00:23:07.038 --> 00:23:08.573
  • But i also saw you hide, and grumble, and groan,
  • 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:10.542
  • And grumble, and groan, and grieve.
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  • And grieve. i saw all of that too.
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  • I saw all of that too. and the real testimony of it
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  • And the real testimony of it from my life is what god did.
  • 00:23:14.913 --> 00:23:16.915
  • >> there've been times
  • 00:23:17.549 --> 00:23:18.183
  • >> there've been times in my life when i felt
  • 00:23:18.250 --> 00:23:19.684
  • In my life when i felt something was holding me back,
  • 00:23:19.751 --> 00:23:22.187
  • Something was holding me back, whether it was my past
  • 00:23:22.254 --> 00:23:23.522
  • Whether it was my past or my beliefs about myself
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  • Or my beliefs about myself or my understanding of god,
  • 00:23:25.690 --> 00:23:27.859
  • Or my understanding of god, and those things often
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  • And those things often kept me from moving forward.
  • 00:23:29.494 --> 00:23:32.164
  • Kept me from moving forward. and that's exactly what
  • 00:23:32.230 --> 00:23:33.165
  • And that's exactly what my husband addresses
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  • My husband addresses in his newest series,
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  • "running with purpose."
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  • "running with purpose." in this series,
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  • In this series, he encourages us to recognize
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  • He encourages us to recognize the beliefs that are
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  • The beliefs that are keeping us stuck and trust god
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  • Keeping us stuck and trust god to help us move beyond them.
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  • To help us move beyond them. it's not just
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  • It's not just about running a race,
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  • About running a race, it's about reclaiming your
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  • It's about reclaiming your story and finding freedom
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  • Story and finding freedom in god's truth and walking
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  • In god's truth and walking confidently in the purpose
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  • Confidently in the purpose that he has for you.
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  • That he has for you. this series opened my eyes
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  • This series opened my eyes to areas in my own life where
  • 00:23:59.391 --> 00:24:01.460
  • To areas in my own life where i needed to let go of fear
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  • I needed to let go of fear and embrace faith.
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  • And embrace faith. when pastor steven said,
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  • When pastor steven said, "i was, but god,"
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  • "i was, but god," it gave me a way
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  • It gave me a way to reframe the moments
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  • To reframe the moments when i do feel stuck.
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  • When i do feel stuck. i was lost, but god found me.
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  • I was lost, but god found me. i was afraid,
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  • I was afraid, but god gave me courage.
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  • But god gave me courage. there are so many ways that
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  • There are so many ways that you can fill in that sentence.
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  • You can fill in that sentence. so, here's what
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  • So, here's what i want you to do,
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  • At elevation church,
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  • It starts small,
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  • Putting hygiene
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  • Products together,
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  • For a meal,
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  • But that's just
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  • The beginning of the journey.
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  • Once put together in boxes,
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  • For the moment it's needed.
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  • Locally and globally,
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  • You're giving for.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> easter is almost here
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  • This season is a reminder of jesus' incredible sacrifice
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  • Of jesus' incredible sacrifice on the cross and his victory
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ when i think of all ♪
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  • ♪ you've done ♪
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  • ♪ you've given me ♪
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  • ♪ goodness and mercy ♪
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  • >> ♪ when i think of all ♪
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  • ♪ you've brought me through ♪
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  • >> ♪ you've been so kind ♪
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  • >> ♪ when i think about ♪
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  • ♪ your love ♪
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  • >> ♪ i don't deserve it ♪
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  • ♪ i don't deserve it ♪
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  • >> ♪ i could never say ♪
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  • ♪ enough thank you's ♪
  • 00:26:21.967 --> 00:26:24.769
  • >> ♪ somebody give him ♪
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  • ♪ praise in the room ♪
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  • ♪ somebody give him ♪
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  • ♪ praise in the room ♪
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  • >> ♪ yeah ♪
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  • >> ♪ you've given me ♪
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  • ♪ so many reasons ♪
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  • ♪ given me so many reasons ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i owe ♪
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  • >> ♪ that's why i owe ♪
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  • ♪ you praise ♪
  • 00:26:40.852 --> 00:26:42.454
  • >> ♪ you woke me up ♪
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  • ♪ this morning ♪
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  • ♪ you started me on my way ♪
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  • ♪ put food on my table ♪
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  • ♪ put joy to my day ♪
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  • ♪ i can't count the reasons ♪
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  • ♪ come on that's why ♪
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  • >> ♪ that's why i owe ♪
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  • ♪ you praise ♪
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • >> ♪ i will bless the lord ♪
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  • ♪ at all times ♪
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  • ♪ i will bless the lord ♪
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  • ♪ at all times ♪
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  • ♪ i will bless the lord ♪
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  • ♪ at all times ♪
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  • ♪ and his praises ♪
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  • ♪ shall be in my mouth ♪
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  • ♪ if you've got a praise ♪
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  • ♪ lift your voice in the room ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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