Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Same Lies New Loops (Part 1)

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Same Lies New Loops (Part 1) | January 26, 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 to strengthen
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Your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> the scripture that i wanna
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>> the scripture that i wanna set up this series with
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Set up this series with is in lamentations 3.
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Is in lamentations 3. did you say, "uh-oh?"
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[laughter]
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Lamentations is not
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Lamentations is not the party book of the bible.
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[laughter]
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The name kind of gives it away.
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The name kind of gives it away. and i think that the lord,
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And i think that the lord, in the way that he does,
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In the way that he does, has something hidden
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Has something hidden in this for us today
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In this for us today for the questions that we've
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For the questions that we've been asking inside of ourselves,
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Been asking inside of ourselves, for the isolation that
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For the isolation that we've been dealing with,
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We've been dealing with, and not knowing who
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And not knowing who to reach out to.
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To reach out to. and the prophet jeremiah
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And the prophet jeremiah was writing from a difficult
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Was writing from a difficult time in the history
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Time in the history of the nation that
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Of the nation that he lived in called israel.
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He lived in called israel. in fact, their temple
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In fact, their temple had been destroyed.
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Had been destroyed. many of the people
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Many of the people had been carried into exile
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Had been carried into exile in a place called babylon
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In a place called babylon by a king called nebuchadnezzar.
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By a king called nebuchadnezzar. he had the difficult task
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He had the difficult task of preaching through his own
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Of preaching through his own tears into the tragedy
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Tears into the tragedy of the people.
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Of the people. in lamentations 3 we receive
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In lamentations 3 we receive a poetic collection of some
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A poetic collection of some of his thoughts after
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Of his thoughts after he revised those prayers.
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He revised those prayers. and i wanna share with you
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And i wanna share with you from verse 17 as he writes about
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From verse 17 as he writes about his feelings from this place.
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His feelings from this place. here's what he says,
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Here's what he says, lamentations 3:17:
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"i have been deprived of peace;
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I have forgotten
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What prosperity is."
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In one translation he says,
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"i have rejected peace."
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"i have rejected peace." he says,
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He says, "i can't let peace in.
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"i can't let peace in. i've got so much anxiety,
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I've got so much anxiety, so much fear,
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So much fear, i can't let it in,
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I can't let it in, i have rejected wholeness
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I have rejected wholeness and peace."
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And peace." and in the esv he says,
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And in the esv he says, "i have forgotten
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"i have forgotten what happiness is."
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What happiness is." i've forgotten not only how
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I've forgotten not only how to be happy but i don't even
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To be happy but i don't even remember what it feels like.
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Remember what it feels like. now, after he says that,
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Now, after he says that, he gives a little bit
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He gives a little bit of his internal monologue.
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Of his internal monologue. he says,
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"so i say,
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'my splendor is gone and all
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That i had hoped from the lord.
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I remember my affliction
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And my wandering,
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The bitterness and the gall.
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I well remember them,
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And my soul
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Is downcast within me.
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Yet,"
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[clapping]
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"this i call to mind
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And therefore i have hope."
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[cheering and applause]
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"because of the lord's great
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"because of the lord's great love we are not consumed,
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Love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
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For his compassions never fail. they are new every morning;
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They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
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One more verse.
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"i say to myself,
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'the lord is my portion,'"
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God says somebody needs
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God says somebody needs to change what you
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To change what you say to yourself.
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Say to yourself. you need to change
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You need to change what you say to yourself.
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What you say to yourself. somebody shout, "the lord.
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Somebody shout, "the lord. >> congregation: the lord.
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>> congregation: the lord. >> is my portion."
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>> is my portion." >> congregation: is my portion.
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>> congregation: is my portion. >> therefore.
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>> therefore. >> congregation: therefore.
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>> congregation: therefore. >> i will wait.
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>> i will wait. >> congregation:i will wait.
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>> congregation:i will wait. >> for him."
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>> for him." >> congregation: for him.
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>> congregation: for him. >> now the word god gave me
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For us over this season
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For us over this season of our church he said
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Of our church he said to talk to you about same lies,
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To talk to you about same lies, new loops.
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New loops. same lies, new loops.
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Same lies, new loops. his mercies are new
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His mercies are new every morning,
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Every morning, so are the devil's temptations.
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So are the devil's temptations. same lies, new loops.
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Same lies, new loops. father, help me give it to them
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Father, help me give it to them just like you gave it to me.
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Just like you gave it to me. don't water it down,
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Don't water it down, don't weaken it with my opinion,
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Don't weaken it with my opinion, but preach it like your word.
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But preach it like your word. help me do that.
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Help me do that. i give you glory
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I give you glory in jesus name, amen.
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In jesus name, amen. >> congregation: amen.
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>> congregation: amen. >> you may be seated.
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>> you may be seated. i have been waiting
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I have been waiting to worship with you.
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To worship with you. i can tell when a sermon
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I can tell when a sermon really gets a hold
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Really gets a hold of me because i start
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Of me because i start just drawing stuff
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Just drawing stuff and scribbling stuff everywhere.
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And scribbling stuff everywhere. whenever i start pulling
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Whenever i start pulling out napkins in restaurants...
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[laughter]
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And asking the server,
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And asking the server, "would you please bring
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"would you please bring me a napkin and a pen?"
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Me a napkin and a pen?" the napkin they understand
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The napkin they understand but the pen they look
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But the pen they look at you kinda funny.
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At you kinda funny. and i've been writing all over
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And i've been writing all over the house, same lies, new loops.
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The house, same lies, new loops. let me draw it for you.
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Let me draw it for you. i even practiced my drawing,
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I even practiced my drawing, so cheer for me when i do this
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So cheer for me when i do this 'cause i'm insecure about it.
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[laughter]
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Same lies. new loops.
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Same lies. new loops. i've been praying for years
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I've been praying for years and the lord still hasn't healed
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And the lord still hasn't healed my handwriting
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My handwriting so we're dealing with it.
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So we're dealing with it. same lies, somebody say,
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Same lies, somebody say, "same lies.
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"same lies. >> congregation: same lies.
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>> congregation: same lies. >> new loops."
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[cheering and applause]
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Thank you, thank you,
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Thank you, thank you, appreciate it.
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[applause]
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Like an infinity symbol,
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Like an infinity symbol, you know.
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You know. yeah, same lies, new loops.
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Yeah, same lies, new loops. now, holly is hosting
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"reflect" on friday,
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"reflect" on friday, september the 19th.
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[cheering and applause]
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It's gonna be an amazing time.
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It's gonna be an amazing time. holly is an amazing preacher.
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Holly is an amazing preacher. she's an amazing teacher
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She's an amazing teacher of the word of god.
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[applause]
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You better be here,
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You better be here, it's gonna be amazing.
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It's gonna be amazing. she's an amazing wife,
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She's an amazing wife, even better wife than she is
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Even better wife than she is a teacher of the word of god.
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A teacher of the word of god. she's so good at so many things.
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She's so good at so many things. she's my favorite cook.
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She's my favorite cook. she's a great kisser.
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[laughter]
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She's a great affirmer,
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She's a great affirmer, she's a great mother,
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She's a great mother, she's a great encourager.
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She's a great encourager. all of these things are true.
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All of these things are true. there is one thing that
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There is one thing that she is not though,
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She is not though, she is a horrible liar.
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[laughter]
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Holly is a horrible liar.
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Holly is a horrible liar. she is the worst liar,
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She is the worst liar, therefore you have
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Therefore you have to be very careful
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To be very careful what you ask her about.
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What you ask her about. because if i show holly one
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Because if i show holly one of my songs that i just
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Of my songs that i just wrote and ask her,
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Wrote and ask her, "how do you like it?"
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"how do you like it?" i better really wanna know
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I better really wanna know because she is a terrible liar,
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Because she is a terrible liar, i mean horrible liar.
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I mean horrible liar. you know,
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You know, "how do you like it?"
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"how do you like it?" and you know,
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And you know, she'll do this thing,
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She'll do this thing, she'll go,
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She'll go, "what -- is it finished?"
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[laughter]
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Thought it was,
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Thought it was, maybe not.
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Maybe not. she's just supposed to say,
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She's just supposed to say, "yeah babe, that, i think
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"yeah babe, that, i think that could be the next "jireh",
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That could be the next "jireh", i think that could
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I think that could be the next great --"
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Be the next great --" just --
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Just -- just lie to me long enough
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Just lie to me long enough to give me the confidence
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To give me the confidence to put it out there
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To put it out there in the world.
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In the world. no, but she's a horrible liar.
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No, but she's a horrible liar. even when she tries
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Even when she tries to be polite,
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To be polite, she's a horrible liar.
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She's a horrible liar. you know, "should i wear this?
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You know, "should i wear this? does this look good?"
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Does this look good?" and you can always see
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And you can always see it in her eyebrows.
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[laughter]
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You can always see the lie
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You can always see the lie in her eyebrows 'cause
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In her eyebrows 'cause she's gonna look at you so,
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She's gonna look at you so, so distinctively before
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So distinctively before she tells you, "yeah,
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She tells you, "yeah, it looks great."
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It looks great." but you're not gonna believe it
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But you're not gonna believe it because she's a horrible liar.
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Because she's a horrible liar. there's a game that our kids
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There's a game that our kids showed us called
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Showed us called "out of the loop"
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"out of the loop" and -- i think that's what
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And -- i think that's what it's called "out of the loop".
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It's called "out of the loop". and the way the game works
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And the way the game works you have to be a good liar
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You have to be a good liar to win it.
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To win it. and you pass the phone
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And you pass the phone around the table, right?
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Around the table, right? and everybody gets a category
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And everybody gets a category like animal and then within
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Like animal and then within the category there
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The category there is a certain animal,
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Is a certain animal, we'll say, like, hippopotamus.
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We'll say, like, hippopotamus. and then one person doesn't get
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And then one person doesn't get to see what the animal is
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To see what the animal is but they have to pretend
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But they have to pretend like they know what it is
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Like they know what it is and then you go around
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And then you go around the circle and ask questions
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The circle and ask questions and say,
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And say, "is it this?
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"is it this? is it that?
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Could you have this animal
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Could you have this animal as a pet?"
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As a pet?" and then the person who
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And then the person who doesn't know what the animal is
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They have to pretend like
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They do so nobody will know
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That they were out of the loop
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And didn't know
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And didn't know it's a hippopotamus.
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It's a hippopotamus. and so when we play this game
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And so when we play this game with holly it's the moment
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With holly it's the moment that we ask her,
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That we ask her, "can we have it as a pet?"
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"can we have it as a pet?" and she'll go, "well."
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And she'll go, "well." and everybody will go,
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And everybody will go, "it's mom!
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Mom's out of the loop."
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Mom's out of the loop." she's such a bad liar.
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She's such a bad liar. and i'm glad she's a bad liar.
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And i'm glad she's a bad liar. i'm glad for that.
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I'm glad for that. i don't want her to get
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I don't want her to get any better at lying.
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Any better at lying. but there's a problem,
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But there's a problem, when you're not that good at
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When you're not that good at inventing lies,
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Inventing lies, sometimes you're not that
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Sometimes you're not that good at identifying
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Good at identifying lies either.
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Lies either. and so sometimes it's hard
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And so sometimes it's hard for you if you have a hard time
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For you if you have a hard time telling a lie to tell when
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Telling a lie to tell when someone is lying to you.
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Someone is lying to you. and the problem with this
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And the problem with this isn't that i think she needs
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Isn't that i think she needs to become a better liar,
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To become a better liar, i don't want anybody
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I don't want anybody in this room to become
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In this room to become a better liar.
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A better liar. that'd be a horrible thing
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That'd be a horrible thing to want for your church.
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To want for your church. but i do want you to become
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But i do want you to become better at identifying the lies
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Better at identifying the lies that the enemy has been telling
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That the enemy has been telling you all your life that have kept
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You all your life that have kept you lost in a loop of his lies.
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You lost in a loop of his lies. the truth of the matter is,
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The truth of the matter is, ladies and gentlemen,
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Ladies and gentlemen, that god is the creator.
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That god is the creator. he summoned lights,
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He summoned lights, said, "let it be,"
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Said, "let it be," and light was.
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And light was. if he called light darkness
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If he called light darkness it would change and turn out.
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It would change and turn out. god cannot lie.
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God cannot lie. if god said that blue shirt
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If god said that blue shirt was red, you would watch
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Was red, you would watch a transformation and it would be
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A transformation and it would be washed in the blood real quick.
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Washed in the blood real quick. god cannot tell a lie.
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God cannot tell a lie. it is impossible for him to lie.
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It is impossible for him to lie. he is not a man
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He is not a man that he should lie,
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That he should lie, nor the son of man
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Nor the son of man that he should repent.
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That he should repent. as impossible as it is
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As impossible as it is for god to lie,
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For god to lie, it is impossible
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It is impossible for the devil to tell the truth,
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For the devil to tell the truth, because jesus said
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Because jesus said in john 8 that when
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In john 8 that when he speaks he speaks
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He speaks he speaks his native language.
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His native language. he's a liar from the beginning.
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He's a liar from the beginning. he's been lying a long time.
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He's been lying a long time. he was lying before
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He was lying before you got here.
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You got here. he was lying over your life when
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He was lying over your life when you were just a little baby.
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You were just a little baby. he has been planting lies
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He has been planting lies in your mind before you
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In your mind before you had a conscious thought.
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Had a conscious thought. he has been lying
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He has been lying to you a long time.
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To you a long time. and it is difficult for you
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And it is difficult for you to identify those lies.
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To identify those lies. because rather than tell
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Because rather than tell a whole bunch of different lies,
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A whole bunch of different lies, i have noticed that
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I have noticed that the enemy just hammers
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The enemy just hammers the same lies over
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The same lies over and over again.
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And over again. why?
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Why? because the enemy
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Because the enemy is not creative, god is.
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Is not creative, god is. he has no light to create,
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He has no light to create, no stars to breathe forth,
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No stars to breathe forth, no sun to put in its place,
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No sun to put in its place, no waters to cause
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No waters to cause to recede and bring
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To recede and bring forth fish in the sea.
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Forth fish in the sea. and he is not
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And he is not creative by nature,
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Creative by nature, he is created and fallen.
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He is created and fallen. he is fallen,
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He is fallen, he's fallen,
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He's fallen, and because he's not created,
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And because he's not created, he cannot be creative.
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He cannot be creative. and so, since he can't make
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And so, since he can't make anything he has
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Anything he has to make something up.
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To make something up. but since he's not creative,
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But since he's not creative, he has to be consistent.
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He has to be consistent. the devil is not very creative.
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The devil is not very creative. if you look at your life he says
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If you look at your life he says the same things to you
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The same things to you over and over again.
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Over and over again. he's not creative
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He's not creative but he's consistent.
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He'll tell you the same thing
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He'll tell you the same thing over and over again until
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Over and over again until you can't tell the difference
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You can't tell the difference between his voice
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Between his voice and your thoughts,
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And your thoughts, and that's what makes
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And that's what makes it so diabolical.
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It so diabolical. the lies come in disguise.
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If he said it with a big,
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If he said it with a big, big voice up here,
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Big voice up here, like holly,
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Like holly, "oh your song is great babe,"
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"oh your song is great babe," i would know he was lying 'cause
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I would know he was lying 'cause his voice changed.
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His voice changed. but did you ever notice
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But did you ever notice that the devil's voice
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That the devil's voice doesn't change when he starts
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Doesn't change when he starts lying in your mind,
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Lying in your mind, it sounds just like
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It sounds just like your own thoughts.
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Your own thoughts. and because you are
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And because you are an honest person,
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An honest person, you have a very difficult time
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You have a very difficult time identifying the lies
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Identifying the lies that he tells you.
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That he tells you. but if you can ever find
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But if you can ever find the lie that he is telling you,
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The lie that he is telling you, you can flow in the truth
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You can flow in the truth that god has given you.
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That god has given you. and if you can ever find
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And if you can ever find the lie he's telling you,
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The lie he's telling you, you can begin to fill yourself
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You can begin to fill yourself with what god has spoken
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With what god has spoken and receive the peace
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And receive the peace that is your birth right,
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That is your birth right, an inheritance
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An inheritance as a child of god.
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As a child of god. and you can get
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And you can get your happy back,
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Your happy back, and you can get your home back,
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And you can get your home back, and you can get your heart
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And you can get your heart back because the devil has
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Back because the devil has hijacked your mind,
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Hijacked your mind, your heart with lies
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Your heart with lies long enough.
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Long enough. and the reason that i know that
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And the reason that i know that it's him is he is not creative,
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It's him is he is not creative, he only had two lies that
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He only had two lies that he tells over and over again.
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He tells over and over again. and the prophet jeremiah
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And the prophet jeremiah is believing both of those lies
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Is believing both of those lies in lamentations 3
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In lamentations 3 and he's going to a very deep,
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And he's going to a very deep, dark place.
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Dark place. see, there are really only
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See, there are really only two things the devil
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Two things the devil ever tells you,
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Ever tells you, and you might wanna
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And you might wanna write this down
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Write this down so the next time
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So the next time he slithers up to you,
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He slithers up to you, that ancient snake,
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That ancient snake, the next time he slithers up
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The next time he slithers up to you,
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To you, he's under your feet.
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He's under your feet. the next time he starts
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The next time he starts speaking to you,
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Speaking to you, the next time he starts
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The next time he starts suggesting to you,
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Suggesting to you, the next time
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The next time he starts tempting you,
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He starts tempting you, the next time he starts
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The next time he starts to make you move your feet off
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To make you move your feet off they solid rock of jesus christ
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They solid rock of jesus christ and the word of god,
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And the word of god, you can find the lie.
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You can find the lie. there are really only two.
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There are really only two. one is "it's not enough."
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One is "it's not enough." and the second is,
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And the second is, "you are not loved."
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"you are not loved." every lie you've ever believed
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Every lie you've ever believed from the enemy and every pit
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From the enemy and every pit of self-pity you've ever
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Of self-pity you've ever dug for yourself,
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Dug for yourself, and every relationship you've
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And every relationship you've ever reached to that wasn't
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Ever reached to that wasn't good for you but it felt
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Good for you but it felt good to you was because
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Good to you was because of one of these two lies
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Of one of these two lies that the enemy told you
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That the enemy told you so consistently
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So consistently and so convincingly.
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And so convincingly. he told you it's not enough,
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He told you it's not enough, and your not loved.
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And your not loved. am i right about it?
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[applause]
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Now, i prayed on
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Now, i prayed on my knees this week.
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My knees this week. i said, "i'm not gonna get up
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I said, "i'm not gonna get up in front of my church
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In front of my church and tell 'em there's only
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And tell 'em there's only two lies and just say
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Two lies and just say a bunch of stuff.
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A bunch of stuff. you gotta show me, lord,
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You gotta show me, lord, what are the two things,
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What are the two things, or three things,
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Or three things, or four things."
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Or four things." he said,
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He said, "there's really only two.
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"there's really only two. there's really only two things."
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There's really only two things." from the time that your mind is
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From the time that your mind is conscious and choosing
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Conscious and choosing the enemy is whispering to you,
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The enemy is whispering to you, "it's not enough
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"it's not enough and you're not loved."
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And you're not loved." so i began to search
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So i began to search the bible to see if that
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Was correct because
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Was correct because i don't trust my impressions.
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I don't trust my impressions. the devil is a liar.
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The devil is a liar. and i went all the way back
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And i went all the way back to the book of genesis
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To the book of genesis and all the way forward
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And all the way forward to the book of revelation
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To the book of revelation and i found out that
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And i found out that the snake only says one thing,
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The snake only says one thing, "did god really say?
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Did god really say?"
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Did god really say?" that's why he's a snake,
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That's why he's a snake, he's shaped like
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He's shaped like that question mark.
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That question mark. "did god really say?"
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"did god really say?" to get you to question
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To get you to question what god clearly said,
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What god clearly said, to get you to step outside
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To get you to step outside of how god identified you.
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Of how god identified you. he's a liar.
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He's a liar. and so they tell
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And so they tell you it's not enough.
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You it's not enough. he'll tell you that it's not
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He'll tell you that it's not enough for you to just believe
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Enough for you to just believe in jesus,
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In jesus, you gotta have a whole
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You gotta have a whole bunch of other beliefs.
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Bunch of other beliefs. you gotta have a whole bunch
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You gotta have a whole bunch of other dependencies.
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Of other dependencies. it's not enough just to call on
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It's not enough just to call on the name of jesus and be saved,
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The name of jesus and be saved, you gotta work your way to god.
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You gotta work your way to god. try to get you so
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Try to get you so trampled down with shame.
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Trampled down with shame. and the devil is
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And the devil is so good at lying.
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So good at lying. he's nothing like holly.
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He's nothing like holly. let me say that for the record,
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Let me say that for the record, the devil is nothing
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The devil is nothing like my wife.
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[laughter]
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He's so good at lying
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He's so good at lying that he'll do it like this.
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That he'll do it like this. when you're tempted to sin,
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When you're tempted to sin, he'll say, "it's no big deal."
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He'll say, "it's no big deal." he'll get you to believe
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He'll get you to believe that the power of god to resist
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That the power of god to resist temptation is not enough.
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Temptation is not enough. then when you sin and you need
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Then when you sin and you need to come to god and confess
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To come to god and confess your sins so he can cleanse
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Your sins so he can cleanse you from your sin and purify
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You from your sin and purify you from all unrighteousness,
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You from all unrighteousness, he'll try to tell you,
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He'll try to tell you, "it's not enough."
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"it's not enough." he'll try to get you
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He'll try to get you to think that the blood
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To think that the blood of jesus is not enough,
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Of jesus is not enough, that the grace
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That the grace of god is not enough.
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Of god is not enough. so before you sin,
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So before you sin, he'll try to get you
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He'll try to get you to think that the power
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To think that the power of god inside of you is not
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Of god inside of you is not enough to keep you from sin.
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Enough to keep you from sin. after you sin he'll try
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After you sin he'll try to get you to think that
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To get you to think that the price that jesus paid
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The price that jesus paid for your sin is not enough
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For your sin is not enough to take that sin off of you,
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To take that sin off of you, to teach you,
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To teach you, to roll your shame away,
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To roll your shame away, to bring you into
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To bring you into a new beginning,
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A new beginning, to give you new mercies
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To give you new mercies with every sunrise.
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With every sunrise. and every day the sun comes up
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And every day the sun comes up you're waking up in not enough
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You're waking up in not enough because the devil is very
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Because the devil is very effective through repetition.
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Effective through repetition. it's not enough.
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It's not enough. think about everything
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Think about everything you have to do today.
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You have to do today. you start thinking this before
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You start thinking this before the covers come off in
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The covers come off in the morning,
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The morning, i know you do,
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I know you do, "it's not enough time
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"it's not enough time to get it all done.
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To get it all done. it's not enough money
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It's not enough money to pay every bill.
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To pay every bill. it's not enough sleep
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It's not enough sleep that i got last night.
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That i got last night. it's not enough people
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It's not enough people that i wanna see at work
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That i wanna see at work to make me wanna throw
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To make me wanna throw these covers off and get out
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These covers off and get out of these comfortable pajamas
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Of these comfortable pajamas with the footies on 'em
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With the footies on 'em and put my uncomfortable shoes
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And put my uncomfortable shoes on and stand up
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On and stand up for 8 hours all day.
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For 8 hours all day. because when i get home
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Because when i get home after 8 hours at work,
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After 8 hours at work, there's not gonna be enough
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There's not gonna be enough of me to go around
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Of me to go around for all these people.
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For all these people. and since it's not enough,
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And since it's not enough, i'm not loved.
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I'm not loved. because if i don't show up
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Because if i don't show up enough then everybody
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Enough then everybody in my life feels like
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In my life feels like a demand and nothing feels
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A demand and nothing feels like a supply."
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Like a supply." so now the enemy has got
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So now the enemy has got me in an infinite loop
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Me in an infinite loop of scarcity 'cause it's not
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Of scarcity 'cause it's not enough and you are not loved.
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Enough and you are not loved. and now he's got you thinking
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And now he's got you thinking that you are what you do.
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And so if what you do
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And so if what you do isn't enough then
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Isn't enough then you are not enough,
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You are not enough, never mind that
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Never mind that christ is enough.
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Christ is enough. never mind that he wouldn't
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Never mind that he wouldn't have created you, planned you,
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Have created you, planned you, brought you into this moment
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Brought you into this moment in your life,
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In your life, spoken you into
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Spoken you into the earth at this time,
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The earth at this time, put you in that family.
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Put you in that family. yes, that family,
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Yes, that family, the weird family,
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The weird family, the dysfunctional family.
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The dysfunctional family. every family is dysfunctional.
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Every family is dysfunctional. stop lying to yourself saying,
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"if my family wasn't
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"if my family wasn't dysfunctional i wouldn't be."
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Dysfunctional i wouldn't be." if your family wasn't
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If your family wasn't dysfunctional you
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Dysfunctional you would be an angel.
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[laughter]
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That's the only
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That's the only non-dysfunctional family
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Non-dysfunctional family that god ever made,
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That god ever made, they're called angels,
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They're called angels, they live in heaven.
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They live in heaven. we live on earth,
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We live on earth, it's called hell.
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It's called hell. get used to it.
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Get used to it. bring heaven to earth
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Bring heaven to earth and get on with it.
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And get on with it. the family of god is
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The family of god is dysfunctional but we are here.
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Dysfunctional but we are here. do not be deceived.
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Do not be deceived. so i was scribbling this down
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So i was scribbling this down on the napkin
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On the napkin and i was thinking,
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And i was thinking, "same lies, new loops."
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"same lies, new loops." what i want you to do is
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What i want you to do is pull back up jeremiah
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Pull back up jeremiah the prophet
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The prophet in lamentations 3.
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In lamentations 3. and i want you to go all
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And i want you to go all the way from verse 18
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The way from verse 18 to verse 21,
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To verse 21, and this is what we're
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And this is what we're working on in
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Working on in our lesson today.
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Our lesson today. somebody say, "same lies.
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Somebody say, "same lies. >> congregation: same lies.
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>> congregation: same lies. >> new loops."
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>> new loops." >> congregation: new loops.
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>> congregation: new loops. >> now, if a person lied to you
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>> now, if a person lied to you as much as the devil does,
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As much as the devil does, how many times would you keep
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How many times would you keep letting 'em in your front door?
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Letting 'em in your front door? if every time they came
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If every time they came through they stole something,
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Through they stole something, if every time they came
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If every time they came through they tracked mud
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Through they tracked mud all over your beige carpet,
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All over your beige carpet, how many times would it take?
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How many times would it take? and yet we go through the same
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And yet we go through the same lies over and over again.
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Lies over and over again. don't feel bad about it,
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Don't feel bad about it, jeremiah did.
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Jeremiah did. and i am looking
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And i am looking for lamentations on this screen.
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For lamentations on this screen. there we go.
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There we go. oh i was stalling,
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Oh i was stalling, i was stalling bad just now.
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[laughter]
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But look at this in verse 18.
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But look at this in verse 18. i want you to circle this
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I want you to circle this he said,
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He said, "so i say,
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"so i say, 'my splendor is gone,'"
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'my splendor is gone,'" or my glory is gone,
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Or my glory is gone, or it feels like god is gone,
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Or it feels like god is gone, or it feels like my
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Or it feels like my imagination is gone,
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Imagination is gone, or my happy is on hiatus
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Or my happy is on hiatus and i can't find it.
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And i can't find it. i forgot what it is to be happy.
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I forgot what it is to be happy. he said,
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He said, "so i say, 'my splendor
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"so i say, 'my splendor is gone and all that i had hoped
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Is gone and all that i had hoped from the lord.'"
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From the lord.'" and i want you
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And i want you to circle those three words,
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To circle those three words, "i had hoped."
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"i had hoped." i had hoped.
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I had hoped. put it in the comments please,
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Put it in the comments please, if you're watching online,
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If you're watching online, i had hoped.
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I had hoped. "i remember my affliction
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"i remember my affliction and my wandering,
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And my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
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The bitterness and the gall. i well remember them,
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I well remember them, and my soul is
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And my soul is downcast within me."
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Downcast within me." and this is the verse we felt
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And this is the verse we felt so excited about when we read it
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So excited about when we read it because it gives us a new loop.
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Because it gives us a new loop. i'll explain in a moment.
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I'll explain in a moment. "yet this i call to mind
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"yet this i call to mind and therefore i have hope."
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And therefore i have hope." and i want you to circle
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And i want you to circle those three words now,
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Those three words now, "i have hope."
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"i have hope." and the question is, jonathan,
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And the question is, jonathan, how do we get from here
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How do we get from here where hope is
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Where hope is in the past tense,
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In the past tense, "i had hoped"
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"i had hoped" to here where i got it back?
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To here where i got it back? i am preaching better
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Than you're saying amen.
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Than you're saying amen. that's the truth.
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That's the truth. how do i get
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How do i get from "i had hoped"
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From "i had hoped" to "i have hope?"
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To "i have hope?" it's not as easy of a journey
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It's not as easy of a journey as you may think.
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As you may think. because by the time
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You've been going around
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You've been going around the same lies over
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The same lies over and over again in your mind
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And over again in your mind and you've been looping --
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And you've been looping -- i've been teaching a lot
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I've been teaching a lot on looping in church
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On looping in church and it's the number one thing
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And it's the number one thing that i've been having people
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That i've been having people send me texts about.
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Send me texts about. they said it was so helpful
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They said it was so helpful how you explained to us that
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How you explained to us that sometimes we don't get in
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Sometimes we don't get in the loop of the word of god.
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The loop of the word of god. and because we don't continually
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And because we don't continually meditate on it,
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Meditate on it, we just consume it
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We just consume it and then we go out into
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And then we go out into the world and we get consumed.
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[applause]
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We get consumed.
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We get consumed. and we get in a different loop.
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And we get in a different loop. now, the problem with
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Now, the problem with the things that jeremiah
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The things that jeremiah was saying in lamentations 3
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Was saying in lamentations 3 is that none of them were
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Is that none of them were outright lies on the surface,
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Outright lies on the surface, they all sounded true.
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They all sounded true. the temple had been destroyed,
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The temple had been destroyed, that was true.
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That was true. many of his friends
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Many of his friends and family had been taken away,
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And family had been taken away, that was true.
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That was true. it would never be
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It would never be the same again,
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The same again, that was true.
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That was true. and there may be some things
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And there may be some things that are true of you today,
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That are true of you today, but just because they're true
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But just because they're true of you does not mean that
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Of you does not mean that you have to be trapped
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You have to be trapped in them for the rest
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In them for the rest of your life.
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Of your life. this is where
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This is where it's difficult, man,
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It's difficult, man, because the devil will
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Because the devil will talk to you so good,
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Talk to you so good, he's such a good liar,
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He's such a good liar, he be talking about hippopotamus
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He be talking about hippopotamus and trying to describe
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And trying to describe a hippopotamus,
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A hippopotamus, you know.
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You know. and he's not like holly,
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And he's not like holly, he's a good liar,
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He's a good liar, so he'll start talking
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So he'll start talking to you and he'll say,
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To you and he'll say, "you know what?
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"you know what? you have been afflicted,
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You have been afflicted, you are lost.
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You are lost. there have been a lot of people
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There have been a lot of people who have left your life.
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Who have left your life. there is a lot of evil
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There is a lot of evil in the world.
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In the world. you ought to be scared
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You ought to be scared to out in public.
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To out in public. everybody is crazy.
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Everybody is crazy. everybody is against each other.
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Everybody is against each other. everybody is fighting
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Everybody is fighting against one another."
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Against one another." and part of that is true
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And part of that is true but you have got to be very
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But you have got to be very careful what you say to yourself
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Careful what you say to yourself as you go through
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As you go through what we all go through.
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What we all go through. because when he said,
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Because when he said, "i am afflicted,"
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"i am afflicted," when he said,
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When he said, "my splendor is gone,"
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"my splendor is gone," when he said,
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When he said, verse 19 please on
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Verse 19 please on the lower thirds,
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"i remember my affliction
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And my wandering,
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The bitterness and the gall,"
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We begin to understand
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That you cannot be full
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That you cannot be full of bitterness if you expect
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Of bitterness if you expect to be filled with peace.
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To be filled with peace. let me teach you for a moment,
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Let me teach you for a moment, if i am filled with bitterness
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If i am filled with bitterness i am going to be empty of peace.
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I am going to be empty of peace. verse 17 he says,
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"i have been deprived of peace."
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But it's not exactly that
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Somebody took your peace away,
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Sometimes it's that
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Sometimes it's that you rejected it.
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You rejected it. sometimes you reject the peace
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Sometimes you reject the peace that god wants to give you
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That god wants to give you about the situation because
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About the situation because you believed a lie
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You believed a lie that the devil told
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That the devil told you about the situation.
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You about the situation. and god really wants
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And god really wants to give you a peace but you
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To give you a peace but you push the peace away.
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Push the peace away. how?
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How? by going around the same loop,
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By going around the same loop, the same loop.
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The same loop.
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>> thank you so much
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>> thank you so much for joining us today.
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For joining us today. if today's message
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If today's message spoke to you,
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Spoke to you, i wanna invite you to partner
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I wanna invite you to partner with us so that someone else can
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With us so that someone else can hear that same
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Hear that same life-changing word.
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Your generosity truly
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Your generosity truly makes a difference.
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Makes a difference. every time you give,
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Every time you give, you're helping us
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You're helping us take the gospel further
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Take the gospel further and get god's word into
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And get god's word into someone else's heart.
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Someone else's heart. this ministry exists so that
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This ministry exists so that people far from god will be
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People far from god will be raised to life in christ,
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Raised to life in christ, and you are a part
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And you are a part of that incredible story.
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Of that incredible story. because of you,
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Because of you, messages filled with truth
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Messages filled with truth and hope are reaching people
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And hope are reaching people around the world.
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Around the world. so please,
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So please, call the number on your screen
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Call the number on your screen or go online right now to give.
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Or go online right now to give. every gift matters,
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Every gift matters, every gift counts.
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Every gift counts. when you put your gift with my
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When you put your gift with my gift and the gifts of others,
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Gift and the gifts of others, god does miracles.
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God does miracles. he multiplies it
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He multiplies it and the gospel goes forth.
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And the gospel goes forth. thank you for being a part
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Thank you for being a part of what god is doing.
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Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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We are so grateful for you. and if you'd like to watch
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And if you'd like to watch today's message again,
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Today's message again, it's available on youtube.
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It's available on youtube. just scan the qr code
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Just scan the qr code on your screen and it'll take
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On your screen and it'll take you straight to our channel.
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You straight to our channel. thank you for joining us
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Thank you for joining us and i'll see you next time.
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>> the mission
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Of steven furtick ministries
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Has always been getting god's
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Word into people's hearts.
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In 2022,
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We launched our prison ministry
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And god has been moving.
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Today, our volunteers bring
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Church to 14 facilities
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Nationwide and reach thousands
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More online through
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Outreach partners
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And an app called pando.
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We've seen over 700 baptisms,
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Over 3,000 decisions for
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Christ,
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And we're believing that we
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Will
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Have a consistent presence in
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20 prisons by the end of 2026,
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Because we know that no place
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Is out of reach
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For the gospel,
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And it's your partnership
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That makes it possible.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ who am i ♪
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♪ that you keep me ♪
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♪ on your mind ♪
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♪ god i'm just grateful ♪
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♪ for you ♪
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♪ god just grateful ♪
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♪ for you ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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Steven Furtick - Same Lies New Loops (Part 1)

January 26, 2026 | 27:29

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