Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Save Your Strength (Part 1)

June 23, 2025 | 28:0

Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Save Your Strength (Part 1) | June 23, 2025

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking to
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Strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> i thought i would take
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>> i thought i would take a moment and just illustrate
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A moment and just illustrate how sometimes where
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How sometimes where something shows up
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Something shows up is not where it started.
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Is not where it started. this sermon that you're hearing
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This sermon that you're hearing today came from a note
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Today came from a note that i made last year.
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That i made last year. and sometimes where something
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And sometimes where something shows up isn't where it starts.
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Shows up isn't where it starts. by the time you hear the sermon,
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By the time you hear the sermon, it's already been, hopefully,
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In the process of me thinking
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In the process of me thinking about it for a long time.
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About it for a long time. 'cause i don't wanna just
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Think of something saturday
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Think of something saturday and say it on sunday.
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And say it on sunday. i even realized
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I even realized that about your life.
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That about your life. you showed up today
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You showed up today and i'll see you,
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And i'll see you, but i don't really see what
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But i don't really see what it took for you to get here.
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It took for you to get here. or what is affecting
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Or what is affecting your mind as i preach.
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Your mind as i preach. sometimes people would say,
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Sometimes people would say, "that's the best sermon
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"that's the best sermon you ever preached."
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You ever preached." and i'll say, "that's just
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And i'll say, "that's just the best you ever listened.
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The best you ever listened. [laughter]
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[laughter] wasn't that good."
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Wasn't that good." but the sermon starts
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But the sermon starts before it starts.
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Before it starts. i always tell the parking team,
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I always tell the parking team, "hey help me out.
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"hey help me out. when people are coming in
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When people are coming in smile at 'em, wave at 'em,
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Smile at 'em, wave at 'em, put 'em in a good mood.
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Put 'em in a good mood. it'll make my job easier.
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It'll make my job easier. 'cause the sermon starts
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'cause the sermon starts before it starts.
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Before it starts. it starts before it starts.
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It starts before it starts. it starts checking in your kids,
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It starts checking in your kids, it starts -- so make sure,
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It starts -- so make sure, make sure that you get
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Make sure that you get as good of a start as possible.
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As good of a start as possible. and this time of year we're
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And this time of year we're so focused on new beginnings,
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So focused on new beginnings, but the longer you live
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But the longer you live the less you really believe
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In new beginnings.
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And the clichés don't really
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Comfort you in the same way
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Or inspire you
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At the same level anymore.
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"new year, new you."
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Nope.
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[laughter]
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I didn't grow three inches.
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[laughter]
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[laughter] no, i'm the same me.
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No, i'm the same me. you can't really get
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You can't really get a new start to your story.
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A new start to your story. what you can do
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What you can do is change the ending.
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Is change the ending. and the only real way for you
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And the only real way for you to affect the ending is to
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To affect the ending is to understand the starting place.
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Understand the starting place. it's very important that
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It's very important that we understand the scripture
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We understand the scripture that i read in the context
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That i read in the context of the times because there
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Would have been an outside gate,
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Would have been an outside gate, the outer wall of the city
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The outer wall of the city with a gate for entrance,
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With a gate for entrance, and an inner gate --
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And an inner gate -- as a line of defense --
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As a line of defense -- and then this space
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And then this space between the gate where justice
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Was supposed to be served.
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Was supposed to be served. negotiations happened,
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Negotiations happened, and people would buy and sell.
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And people would buy and sell. that was the space
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That was the space between the gates,
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Where the negotiations of life
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Where the negotiations of life and the deliberations
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And the deliberations took place.
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Took place. but between the gates.
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But between the gates. the realm of your decisions,
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The realm of your
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The realm of your thought process.
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Thought process. the space between
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The space between what you see with your eyes
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What you see with your eyes and what you do in your life.
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And what you do in your life. what you hear with your ears
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What you hear with your ears and how you act
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And how you act when you go home.
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When you go home. that's space, that's where
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That's space, that's where the battle is won and lost.
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The battle is won and lost. now, by the time the battle
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Now, by the time the battle is won, there has already
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Is won, there has already been significant work done.
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Been significant work done. nobody wins the olympics
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Nobody wins the olympics at the race.
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At the race. they won the olympics
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They won the olympics in the dark, at 4:30.
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In the dark, at 4:30. where their success showed up is
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Where their success showed up is not where their success started.
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Not where their success started. usually when you see an issue
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Usually when you see an issue in somebody's life,
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In somebody's life, where it showed up
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Where it showed up is not where it started.
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Is not where it started. it's the same with victories
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It's the same with victories that it is with defeat.
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That it is with defeat. i told a story last week
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I told a story last week about my dad.
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About my dad. and the reason i like to tell so
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And the reason i like to tell so many stories about my dad
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Many stories about my dad is 'cause he's not here
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Is 'cause he's not here to correct them.
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To correct them. i can tell 'em
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I can tell 'em how i wanna tell 'em.
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How i wanna tell 'em. the one i told
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The one i told about him last week
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About him last week made him sound kinda bad,
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Made him sound kinda bad, but i thought i would tell
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But i thought i would tell a good one about him.
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A good one about him. no, my dad was a good dad.
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No, my dad was a good dad. especially if you compare him
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Especially if you compare him to the standard that
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To the standard that he didn't have a dad
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He didn't have a dad to show him how to do it
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To show him how to do it and he was making it up
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And he was making it up when he was doing it.
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When he was doing it. he was just kinda --
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He was just kinda -- he was winging it.
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He was winging it. and i have mad respect for that,
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And i have mad respect for that, 'cause it's hard enough
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'cause it's hard enough to be a dad when
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To be a dad when you've seen a dad,
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You've seen a dad, but he had to make it up.
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But he had to make it up. so some of his tactics
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So some of his tactics were not fda approved.
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Were not fda approved. some of his tactics were
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Some of his tactics were kinda street tactics.
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Kinda street tactics. one time i told my mom
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One time i told my mom i wanted to kill him.
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I wanted to kill him. yeah.
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Yeah. not my finest moment.
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Not my finest moment. "i'll kill him!
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I wanna kill him!"
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I wanna kill him!" and when he picked me up
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And when he picked me up from school that day,
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From school that day, early dismissal,
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Early dismissal, picked me up from school
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And said he had two guns
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And said he had two guns in the back of the truck
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In the back of the truck and i was gonna get one
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And i was gonna get one and was gonna get one
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And was gonna get one 'cause he heard i wanted
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'cause he heard i wanted to kill him and if i didn't
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To kill him and if i didn't shoot he was going to.
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Shoot he was going to. and that is not the necessarily
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And that is not the necessarily the type of parenting you hear
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The type of parenting you hear about on focus on the family.
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About on focus on the family. but he was doing
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But he was doing the best he could.
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The best he could. and he didn't actually do it,
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And he didn't actually do it, he let me cry for 10 minutes
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He let me cry for 10 minutes and think that
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He was gonna do it.
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But i never said it again.
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One of his finest moments,
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Though -- i don't know where
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He got the idea to do this.
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Was when he began
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Was when he began to talk to me about addiction.
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To talk to me about addiction. he began to talk to me about
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He began to talk to me about addiction because his father
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Addiction because his father committed suicide
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Committed suicide and had been a very mean drunk.
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And had been a very mean drunk. his father's father
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His father's father had been an alcoholic.
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Had been an alcoholic. and somewhere along the line
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He made the decision
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He made the decision that i can't go back
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That i can't go back and rewrite how this story
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And rewrite how this story started in our bloodline,
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Started in our bloodline, but i'm gonna impart a vision
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But i'm gonna impart a vision to my son so that
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To my son so that he might be the one
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He might be the one to write a different ending.
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To write a different ending. you can't create
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You can't create a new beginning,
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A new beginning, but you can write a new ending.
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That's what i'm trying to say.
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That's what i'm trying to say. [applause]
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[applause] you can't change who
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Wasn't there for you,
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Wasn't there for you, but you can write a new ending.
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But you can write a new ending. and maybe we should start
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And maybe we should start this year not as an expectation
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This year not as an expectation of new beginnings,
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Of new beginnings, but new endings.
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That from this point forward.
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That from this point forward. i said from this point forward.
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I said from this point forward. paul said, i press
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Paul said, i press towards the mark,
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Towards the mark, this one thing i do
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This one thing i do forgetting what is behind me.
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Forgetting what is behind me. there is no strength
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There is no strength in what's behind me.
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In what's behind me. i stretch toward what's ahead.
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And so my dad,
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And so my dad, he would pull me aside,
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He would pull me aside, even from a really young age.
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Even from a really young age. like, i was eight years old
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Like, i was eight years old and he would pull me aside
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And he would pull me aside and start talking to me about
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And start talking to me about the dangers of alcoholism.
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The dangers of alcoholism. eight years old!
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Eight years old! and he would tell me,
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And he would tell me, "my dad was a drunk,
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"my dad was a drunk, and his dad was a drunk,
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And his dad was a drunk, and his dad was a drunk."
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And his dad was a drunk." and he would say,
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And he would say, "you could be the first furtick
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"you could be the first furtick that wasn't an alcoholic."
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That wasn't an alcoholic." he put it out there
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He put it out there like a challenge to me.
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Like a challenge to me. like, you could go to the moon.
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Like, you could go to the moon. you could be the first furtick.
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You could be the first furtick. and i kinda liked that.
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And i kinda liked that. i was only eight!
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I was only eight! i was eight.
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I was eight. i don't know what he thought
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I don't know what he thought that kids were bringing
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That kids were bringing to school in their juice boxes
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To school in their juice boxes like what temptation
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Like what temptation he thought i was under.
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You could be the first furtick.
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And it got through to me
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Even when i got a little older,
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I could be the first furtick.
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This is not a sermon about
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This is not a sermon about don't drink, by the way.
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Don't drink, by the way. okay, i don't want you
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Okay, i don't want you to get all nervous, like that.
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To get all nervous, like that. i'm not one of those preachers.
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I'm not one of those preachers. 'cause i have noticed that a lot
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'cause i have noticed that a lot of preachers who don't drink
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Of preachers who don't drink are 80 pounds overweight so
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Are 80 pounds overweight so apparently they skipped all
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Apparently they skipped all the verses about gluttony and --
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The verses about gluttony and -- okay, okay.
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Okay, okay. you didn't come for all that.
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You didn't come for all that. let's get back to the scripture.
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Let's get back to the scripture. isaiah said, that,
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Isaiah said, that, "he will be..."
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"he will be..." -- is anybody leaving?
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-- is anybody leaving? i can't see
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I can't see very well back there.
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Very well back there. [laughter]
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Y'all still there?
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Y'all still there? okay.
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Okay. "... a source of strength to him
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"... a source of strength to him who turns back the battle
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Who turns back the battle at the gate."
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At the gate." in other words, god will
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In other words, god will strengthen the will of
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The one who makes the decision.
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The one who makes the decision. it stops here.
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It stops here. i'm taking my place in the gate
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I'm taking my place in the gate to say that i cannot affect
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To say that i cannot affect how the story has started.
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How the story has started. but my dad said if you really
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But my dad said if you really wanna be the first furtick
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Wanna be the first furtick to beat this, you gotta
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To beat this, you gotta beat it in your blood.
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Beat it in your blood. because if you taste it,
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Because if you taste it, you're gonna like it.
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You're gonna like it. so i wanna challenge you,
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So i wanna challenge you, just don't ever fight it.
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Just don't ever fight it. he was trying to get me to see
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He was trying to get me to see that sometimes the best place
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That sometimes the best place to fight the battle
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To fight the battle is before it ever begins.
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Is before it ever begins. to draw a line and say,
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To draw a line and say, "i'm not even going there.
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"i'm not even going there. i'm not even playing' with this.
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I'm not even playing' with this. this is not going to be a part
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This is not going to be a part of my children's legacy.
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Of my children's legacy. i can't control
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I can't control what it's been until now,
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What it's been until now, but from this day forward,
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But from this day forward, by the grace of god,
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By the grace of god, i am a new creation in christ.
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I am a new creation in christ. and i'm gonna beat it
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In the bloodline.
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I'm gonna make a stand
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For the next generation.
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There are going to be
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Some changes at the gate."
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Some changes at the gate." [applause]
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[applause] the place to beat it
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The place to beat it is before it begins.
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Is before it begins. because if you let it in,
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Because if you let it in, you've already let it win.
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You've already let it win. it's like this in marriage
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It's like this in marriage by the time you let
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By the time you let resentment in, you've already
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Resentment in, you've already let bitterness win.
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Let bitterness win. it's like this in our
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It's like this in our thought process by the time
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Thought process by the time we let worry in, we've already
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We let worry in, we've already let anxiety win.
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Let anxiety win. and this is the year
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And this is the year we no longer fight
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We no longer fight the devil on his level.
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The devil on his level. [applause]
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[applause] because isaiah said
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Because isaiah said there is a strategy.
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There is a strategy. you can turn back
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You can turn back the battle at the gate.
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The battle at the gate. it's a powerful thought.
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It's a powerful thought. sometimes people make fun of me
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Sometimes people make fun of me when we go out to eat.
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When we go out to eat. they say, "oh yeah, i forgot,
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They say, "oh yeah, i forgot, you don't drink."
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You don't drink." you know, it's fine
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I'm not judging you,
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I'm not judging you, drink what you wanna drink.
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Drink what you wanna drink. i drink 14 diet mountain dews
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I drink 14 diet mountain dews a day i got no judgement
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A day i got no judgement for your liquid consumption.
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For your liquid consumption. i just got a different drug.
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I just got a different drug. what i'm saying is
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What i'm saying is this is a decision i made.
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It's a standard that i have set.
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It's a standard that i have set. and the problem in isaiah is
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And the problem in isaiah is -- is that the leaders
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-- is that the leaders who should have been setting
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Who should have been setting the standard for the people
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The standard for the people have lowered the standard
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Have lowered the standard and left the people vulnerable.
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This has no relevance to
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This has no relevance to our modern day of course.
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Our modern day of course. the bible is an ancient book.
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The bible is an ancient book. in fact, isaiah says,
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In fact, isaiah says, he gives a picture of it.
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He gives a picture of it. he says that the leaders who are
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He says that the leaders who are supposed to be sitting in their
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Seat of judgement rendering
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Seat of judgement rendering decisions of virtue and justice,
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Decisions of virtue and justice, verse 7 he says,
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Verse 7 he says, "they stagger from wine
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"they stagger from wine and reel from beer.
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And reel from beer. the priests and the prophets..."
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The priests and the prophets..." wouldn't this make church
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Wouldn't this make church more interesting?
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More interesting? the priests and the prophets
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The priests and the prophets stagger from beer
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Stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine.
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And are befuddled with wine. y'all i have a hard
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Y'all i have a hard enough time making sense
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Enough time making sense when i'm up here sober.
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When i'm up here sober. could you imagine what i would
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Could you imagine what i would sound like if i had a few.
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Sound like if i had a few. he said, "they stagger
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He said, "they stagger when seeing visions..."
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When seeing visions..." they cannot see correctly
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They cannot see correctly so how can they lead correctly?
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So how can they lead correctly? "...they stumble when
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"...they stumble when rendering decisions."
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Rendering decisions." they are the ones who
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They are the ones who are supposed to calibrate
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Are supposed to calibrate the calling of the nation.
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The calling of the nation. and yet they are so drunk --
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And yet they are so drunk -- maybe it's a metaphor.
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Maybe it's a metaphor. maybe it's not just that
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Maybe it's not just that they are drunk on alcohol,
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They are drunk on alcohol, maybe they're drunk on pride.
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Maybe they're drunk on pride. maybe they're intoxicated
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Maybe they're intoxicated with power.
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With power. maybe it's self aggrandizement
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Maybe it's self aggrandizement that has caused the leaders
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That has caused the leaders of this day to begin
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Of this day to begin to weigh self interest
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To weigh self interest in a different scale than
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In a different scale than the best interest of the people.
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The best interest of the people. [cheering and applause]
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[cheering and applause] and yet isaiah says something
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And yet isaiah says something that rings true today.
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That rings true today. that god will be a source
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That god will be a source of strength to those who turn
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Of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
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Back the battle at the gate. notice he says that no matter
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Notice he says that no matter who sits in the gate,
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Who sits in the gate, god is still the source of
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God is still the source of strength to those who turn back
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Strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
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The battle at the gate. it would be worth answering
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It would be worth answering the question, who is
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The question, who is the source of your strength?
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The source of your strength? if you haven't decided it by now
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If you haven't decided it by now you need to decide it
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You need to decide it really quickly because
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Really quickly because if the source of your strength
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If the source of your strength is who you're sitting beside,
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Is who you're sitting beside, you will live
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You will live a very disappointed life.
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A very disappointed life. if the source of your strength
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If the source of your strength is a number at the bottom
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Is a number at the bottom of your balance sheet,
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Of your balance sheet, something will hit your life
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Something will hit your life so hard that you can't
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So hard that you can't buy your way out of it
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Buy your way out of it and you will find out
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And you will find out really quickly that net worth
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Really quickly that net worth is a terrible place
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Is a terrible place to put your self-sense value.
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To put your self-sense value. if the source of your strength
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If the source of your strength is how people look at you,
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Is how people look at you, or treat you,
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Or treat you, or think about you,
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Or think about you, if the source of your strength
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If the source of your strength on any given day
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On any given day is the condition of your health
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Is the condition of your health you will always be
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You will always be susceptible to the elements.
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Susceptible to the elements. and so isaiah says,
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And so isaiah says, "he will be a spirit of justice
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"he will be a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgement
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To the one who sits in judgement and a source of strength
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And a source of strength to those who turn back
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To those who turn back the battle at the gate."
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The battle at the gate." to make god the source
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To make god the source of your strength means
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Of your strength means that you depend on him.
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That you depend on him. as one psalmist said,
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As one psalmist said, "you lift your eyes
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"you lift your eyes to the hills, from whence cometh
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To the hills, from whence cometh your help, your help cometh
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Your help, your help cometh from the lord, the maker
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From the lord, the maker of heaven and earth
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Of heaven and earth and he will not suffer
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And he will not suffer your foot to be moved.
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Your foot to be moved. the lord that keepeth thee
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The lord that keepeth thee will not slumber, nor sleep.
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Will not slumber, nor sleep. the lord is your keeper,
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The lord is your keeper, the lord is your shade
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The lord is your shade upon your right hand.
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Upon your right hand. the sun will not smite thee
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The sun will not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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By day, nor the moon by night. he will preserve your soul,
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He will preserve your soul, even forevermore."
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Even forevermore." to know that all
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To know that all your help comes from god.
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Your help comes from god. that all your hope is in jesus.
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That all your hope is in jesus. that all of your help comes
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That all of your help comes not from the right,
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Not from the right, not from the left,
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Not from the left, not from the north,
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Not from the north, not from the south,
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Not from the south, not from the economy,
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Not from the economy, not from the job.
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Tell somebody, say,
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Tell somebody, say, "not you.
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"not you. god is my source."
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God is my source." go ahead and clap right now
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Go ahead and clap right now if you know god's got your back.
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If you know god's got your back. [applause]
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[applause] in fact stand up on your feet
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In fact stand up on your feet and shout about it.
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If god is your source
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If god is your source in every season of your life.
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In every season of your life. in every famine
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In every famine i have a friend named jesus.
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I have a friend named jesus. [applause]
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[applause] he is my source.
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He is my source. i am so tempted to preach
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I am so tempted to preach on this part of the verse
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On this part of the verse that i almost forgot
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That i almost forgot what came before it.
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What came before it. isaiah said, "in that day
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Isaiah said, "in that day the lord almighty will be
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The lord almighty will be a glorious crown,
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A glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for
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A beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people."
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The remnant of his people." now what is a wreath
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Now what is a wreath and what is a remnant?
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And what is a remnant? besides a christmas decoration,
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Besides a christmas decoration, a wreath symbolizes victory.
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A wreath symbolizes victory. and he is preaching victory
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And he is preaching victory to people who are about
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To people who are about to experience defeat.
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To experience defeat. he's preaching of course about
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He's preaching of course about the impending assyrian invasion
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The impending assyrian invasion to the northern territory of
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To the northern territory of samaria the crown jewel of
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Samaria the crown jewel of the northern kingdom of israel,
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The northern kingdom of israel, set on a fertile valley.
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Set on a fertile valley. he's speaking to them
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He's speaking to them about their potential.
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About their potential. and he's telling them how
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And he's telling them how their protection is gone.
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Their protection is gone. and so now they're gonna face
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And so now they're gonna face a season of defeat.
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A season of defeat. and in the same breath that
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And in the same breath that he promises to be a source
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He promises to be a source of strength, he warns them
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Of strength, he warns them of a coming defeat.
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Of a coming defeat. but he speaks about victory
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But he speaks about victory in the context of defeat.
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In the context of defeat. he says, "in that day,
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He says, "in that day, the lord almighty will be
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The lord almighty will be a glorious crown,
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A glorious crown, a beautiful wreath,
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A beautiful wreath, for the remnant of his people."
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For the remnant of his people." god said he will be
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God said he will be a wreath for the remnant.
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A wreath for the remnant. the wreath symbolizes victory,
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The wreath symbolizes victory, the remnant represents
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The remnant represents what's left.
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What's left. god always has a remnant.
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God always has a remnant. no matter what
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No matter what you've lost in your life
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You've lost in your life or who walked away from you,
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Or who walked away from you, god always leaves a remnant.
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God always leaves a remnant. no matter how wicked this world
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No matter how wicked this world gets or how dark the times
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Gets or how dark the times that we live in may seem to be,
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That we live in may seem to be, god always has a remnant.
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God always has a remnant. in every office,
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In every office, god has a remnant.
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God has a remnant. in every church,
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In every church, god has a remnant.
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God has a remnant. in every city and every
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In every city and every generation, god has a remnant.
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Generation, god has a remnant. god always has a remnant.
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God always has a remnant. there's always a little bit
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There's always a little bit of oil in the house
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Of oil in the house even if you feel like
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Even if you feel like you're starving to death.
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You're starving to death. god always has a remnant.
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God always has a remnant. there's always a little boy
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There's always a little boy with a lunch if you call him
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With a lunch if you call him forward and put it in the hands
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Forward and put it in the hands of the master it will multiply
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Of the master it will multiply because god always
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Because god always has a remnant.
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Has a remnant. no matter how many leave gideon,
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No matter how many leave gideon, there will always be 300.
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There will always be 300. and god is able
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And god is able to win with the remnant.
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To win with the remnant. god said, "i'm gonna bless
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God said, "i'm gonna bless what's left.
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What's left. i will not be limited
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I will not be limited by what you lost.
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By what you lost. i will be a wreath
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I will be a wreath for the remnant.
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For the remnant. i'm gonna bless what's left.
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I'm gonna bless what's left. i'm gonna bless what's left.
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I'm gonna bless what's left. stop weeping over what's lost.
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Stop weeping over what's lost. i'm gonna bless what's left."
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I'm gonna bless what's left." i want you to shout right now
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I want you to shout right now over what you've got left.
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Over what you've got left. i want you to shout right now
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I want you to shout right now over the gift you have,
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Over the gift you have, the strength you have,
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The strength you have, the friends you have,
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The friends you have, the opportunities you have,
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The opportunities you have, the time you have.
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The time you have. god said, "i'm gonna bless
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God said, "i'm gonna bless what you've got left,
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What you've got left, if you will not stay stuck
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If you will not stay stuck in what walked away.
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In what walked away. i gonna bless
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I gonna bless what you've got left.
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What you've got left. you can win with
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You can win with what you got left."
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What you got left." [cheering and applause]
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[cheering and applause] feel like preaching.
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Feel like preaching. i feel like preaching
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To the remnant.
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To the remnant. where's the remnant at?
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Where's the remnant at? we are the ones who
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We are the ones who went through the fire
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Went through the fire and came out unbound?
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And came out unbound? [applause]
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Gonna bless what's left.
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Gonna bless what's left. no matter what happens
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No matter what happens at the leadership level,
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At the leadership level, i'm looking for someone
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I'm looking for someone who will turn back
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Who will turn back the battle at the gate.
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The battle at the gate. "and in that day
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"and in that day the lord almighty will be
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The lord almighty will be a glorious crown,
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A glorious crown, a beautiful wreath
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A beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people."
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For the remnant of his people." then he mentions
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Then he mentions two different spirits,
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Two different spirits, watch this in verse 6,
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Watch this in verse 6, can we study the bible?
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Can we study the bible? "he will be a spirit of justice
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"he will be a spirit of justice to the one who
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To the one who sits in judgement..."
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Sits in judgement..." that's the first one,
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That's the first one, and, "...a source of strength
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And, "...a source of strength to those who turn back
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To those who turn back the battle at the gate."
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The battle at the gate." so you've got the spirit
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So you've got the spirit of justice to the one
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Of justice to the one who sits in judgement.
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Who sits in judgement. and the source of strength
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And the source of strength to those who turn back
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To those who turn back the battle at the gate.
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The battle at the gate. studied that text all week
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Studied that text all week and i thought i was talking
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And i thought i was talking about two different things.
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About two different things. but the more i read it the more
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But the more i read it the more i realized that this is two
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I realized that this is two functions of the same spirit.
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Functions of the same spirit. he will be a spirit of justice
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He will be a spirit of justice to the one who
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To the one who sits in judgement,
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Sits in judgement, a source of strength
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A source of strength to those who turn back
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To those who turn back the battle at the gate.
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The battle at the gate. the first part of the verse
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The first part of the verse is about standards.
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Is about standards. he will be a spirit of justice.
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He will be a spirit of justice. he will decide
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He will decide what is wrong and right.
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What is wrong and right. to the one who
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To the one who sits in judgement,
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Sits in judgement, he will be a spirit of justice.
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He will be a spirit of justice. and a source of strength
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And a source of strength to the one who turns back
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To the one who turns back the battle at the gate.
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The battle at the gate. so the same god that is
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So the same god that is the source of our strength
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The source of our strength is to also be the source
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Is to also be the source of our standards.
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Of our standards. and here's the question
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And here's the question that i came to ask today.
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That i came to ask today. how can i expect god's strength
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How can i expect god's strength if i do not embrace
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If i do not embrace god's standards?
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God's standards? i'm about to throw
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I'm about to throw this mic, brother.
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This mic, brother. [applause]
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[applause] see how can i call god
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See how can i call god the source of my strength
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The source of my strength if i have not made him
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If i have not made him the source of my standards?
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The source of my standards? he will be a spirit of justice
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He will be a spirit of justice to the one who
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To the one who sits in judgement.
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Sits in judgement. now if i have left
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Now if i have left that seat open and i have left
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That seat open and i have left culture to tell me
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Culture to tell me what's right and wrong,
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What's right and wrong, how can i look to culture
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How can i look to culture for my standards and then
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For my standards and then look to god for my strength?
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Look to god for my strength? [cheering and applause]
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[cheering and applause] how can i look for the world
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How can i look for the world to tell me how to live
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To tell me how to live and then expect god to give me
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And then expect god to give me strength for a standard
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Strength for a standard that was not his?
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That was not his? how can i call god the source
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How can i call god the source of my strength if he is not
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Of my strength if he is not the source of my standards?
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The source of my standards? how can i expect his strength
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How can i expect his strength and resist his standards?
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And resist his standards? it's good right?
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It's good right? >> congregation: yes.
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>> congregation: yes. >> that's why i feel
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>> that's why i feel weak sometimes.
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Weak sometimes. because i'm asking god
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Because i'm asking god to strengthen me, but i have
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To strengthen me, but i have given away my strength because
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Given away my strength because i have lowered my standard.
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I have lowered my standard. and then the enemy
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And then the enemy comes in like a flood,
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Comes in like a flood, but i don't have a standard.
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But i don't have a standard. and then i asked god
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And then i asked god to give me joy.
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To give me joy. you know, in your presence
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You know, in your presence fills with joy.
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Fills with joy. the joy of the lord
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The joy of the lord is my strength.
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Is my strength. and i want his strength,
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And i want his strength, i want his joy, but if i have
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I want his joy, but if i have not applied his standard
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Not applied his standard to my thought-life and i let
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To my thought-life and i let my mind think whatever it wants
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My mind think whatever it wants to think, and i go to god
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To think, and i go to god for strength, but i did not
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For strength, but i did not go to him for standards,
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Go to him for standards, i am asking him
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I am asking him to violate the very nature
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To violate the very nature of our relationship.
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Of our relationship. how can he be the source
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How can he be the source of my strength if i won't
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Of my strength if i won't let him be the source
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Let him be the source of my standards?
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Of my standards? who set your standards?
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Who set your standards? who set your standards?
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Who set your standards? was it god,
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Was it god, that set your standards?
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That set your standards? i was talking to one guy
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I was talking to one guy the other day and became
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The other day and became apparent to me, pretty quickly,
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Apparent to me, pretty quickly, that he sets his own standards
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That he sets his own standards for right and wrong.
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For right and wrong. and i admire him for that 'cause
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And i admire him for that 'cause i don't trust myself that much.
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I don't trust myself that much. i mean, he must be really
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I mean, he must be really perfect to have his own standard
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Perfect to have his own standard for right and wrong.
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For right and wrong. see i need a god.
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See i need a god. i need a god who's
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I need a god who's bigger than me, wiser than me,
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Bigger than me, wiser than me, who's been around
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Who's been around longer than me.
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Longer than me. i need a god who can
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I need a god who can see around the next corner
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See around the next corner and know how this decision
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And know how this decision is going to affect my destiny.
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Is going to affect my destiny. i don't wanna
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I don't wanna occupy that seat.
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Occupy that seat. i need a god.
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I need a god. and sometimes we're so crazy
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And sometimes we're so crazy as christians, we will allow
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As christians, we will allow the world to set our standards
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The world to set our standards as a church.
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As a church. and tell us what the church
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And tell us what the church ought to be and not be.
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Ought to be and not be. and put us in a box and call us
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And put us in a box and call us by our denomination.
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By our denomination. but i will not be standardized
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But i will not be standardized by a dysfunctional world.
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By a dysfunctional world. i have a higher standard.
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I have a higher standard. we are a chosen people.
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We are a chosen people. a royal priesthood.
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A royal priesthood. a holy nation to the declare
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A holy nation to the declare the praises of him
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The praises of him who called us out of darkness!
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Who called us out of darkness! [applause]
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[applause] feel like preaching'.
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Feel like preaching'. i'm preaching like this
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I'm preaching like this might be my last time.
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>> i wanna tell you about
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>> i wanna tell you about a special offer today
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A special offer today called "soul control."
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Called "soul control." this is a six-part series
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This is a six-part series that we're making available
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That we're making available for a limited time
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For a limited time for a gift of any amount
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For a gift of any amount to the ministry.
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To the ministry. and this is a game changer
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And this is a game changer because in this
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Six-part dvd series
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I'm gonna teach you
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How to take control of your
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Mind, will and emotions
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And align them with
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The purpose that god has
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For your life.
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Really, our soul is
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The battleground,
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It's the place where
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We make decisions
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And if we allow all kinds
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Of weeds to come up
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And cough out the fruit
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And cough out what god
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Is producing in our lives
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Over time we can begin
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To become weary
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And wonder why faith
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Isn't working for us,
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But the key is
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You have to take control,
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You have to own your soul
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And we're gonna talk about
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How to do that as we
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Get deep into god's
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Word together.
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I can't wait to walk you
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Through these concepts;
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How to keep your heart healthy
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When people offend you,
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How to make sure you are
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Managing your moods,
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Making sure that you are
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Staying in a place of faith
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From day to day.
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All of that and more is
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Covered in this series,
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"soul control."
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Have you been drained lately?
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You feel like there's not
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Enough of you to go around?
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Well, you're more than
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A conqueror through him
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Who loved you
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And i wanna show you
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How to tap into that reality
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And take control of your soul
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And take control of your life,
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In jesus name.
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So stop whatever
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You're doing right now,
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Call or go online
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And request your copy
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Of "soul control."
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This series might
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Set something off
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That moves you forward
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Into your future,
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Here's a look at
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What you can expect.
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God has given you
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God has given you editing software
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Editing software in your spirit to choose
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In your spirit to choose what you call to your mind.
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What you call to your mind. and what tire recall
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And what tire recall to your mind determines
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To your mind determines the revelation
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The revelation that you will have
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That you will have and the faith that
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And the faith that you can walk in
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You can walk in and the contentment
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And the contentment that you will enjoy.
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That you will enjoy. maybe this won't
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Maybe this won't take your pain away,
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Take your pain away, but if you would start seeing
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But if you would start seeing your pain as preparation --
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Your pain as preparation -- i'm not saying god's
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I'm not saying god's the one who hurt you,
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The one who hurt you, i'm staying in his hands
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I'm staying in his hands whatever hurt you
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Whatever hurt you will become healing
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Will become healing for where he's taking you.
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For where he's taking you. the place of conflict is
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The place of conflict is the place of calling.
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The place of calling. but you have to be comfortable
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But you have to be comfortable hiding in the midst
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Hiding in the midst of hardships to know
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Of hardships to know that god is your refugee,
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That god is your refugee, your strong tower
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Your strong tower in the battle, not from it.
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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♪ now word ♪
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♪ come on and step into it ♪
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♪ i got that new mind ♪
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♪ new heart ♪
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♪ fresh faith ♪
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♪ i got that new wine ♪
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♪ now word ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ i got that new mind ♪
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♪ new heart ♪
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♪ fresh faith ♪
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♪ i got that new wine ♪
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♪ now word ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ i got a new thing ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ i got a new thing ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ prophesy ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ i got a new thing ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ i got a new thing ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ hey ♪
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♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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♪ hey ♪
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♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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♪ heavy with rain ♪
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♪ and it looks like revival ♪
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♪ is headed our way ♪
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♪ i can see a cloud ♪
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♪ heavy with rain ♪
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♪ and it looks like salvation ♪
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♪ is headed our way ♪
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♪ i can hear a sound ♪
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♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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♪ and it sounds like freedom ♪
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♪ freedom ♪
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♪ and it's headed our way ♪
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♪ i can hear a sound ♪
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♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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♪ and it sounds like provision ♪
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♪ is headed our way ♪
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♪ it's headed our way ♪
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♪ headed our way ♪
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♪ it's headed our way ♪
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♪ headed our way ♪
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♪ it's headed our way ♪
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♪ headed our way ♪
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♪ it's headed our way ♪
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♪ headed our way ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ do you hear the sound ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ 'cause i can see a cloud ♪
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♪ heavy with rain ♪
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♪ and it looks like freedom ♪
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♪ and it's headed our way ♪
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♪ i can see a cloud ♪
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♪ heavy with rain ♪
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♪ and it looks like jesus ♪
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♪ he's headed our way ♪
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[cheering]
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Steven Furtick - Save Your Strength (Part 1)

June 23, 2025 | 28:0

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