Steven Furtick - This Is Then (Part 2)

April 23, 2026 | 27:29

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

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - This Is Then (Part 2) | April 23, 2026
  • An encouraging message from
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  • Pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> i was telling
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  • >> i was telling the lord one day,
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  • The lord one day, "i'll be so thankful
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  • "i'll be so thankful when i get through this.
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  • When i get through this. when i get through this,
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  • When i get through this, then i'll be so thankful."
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  • Then i'll be so thankful." the lord says, "switch it.
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  • The lord says, "switch it. when you get thankful,
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  • When you get thankful, you'll get through this.
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  • [applause]
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  • Because the way
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  • Because the way you're thinking right now,
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  • You're thinking right now, you ain't gonna make it.
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  • You ain't gonna make it. you ain't gonna make it unless
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  • You ain't gonna make it unless you get a little crazy,
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  • You get a little crazy, get a little stupid."
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  • Get a little stupid." start thanking god for
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  • Stupid stuff.
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  • Stupid stuff. uh-huh.
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  • Uh-huh. and i want to take it
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  • And i want to take it a little bit further,
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  • A little bit further, not only did the things
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  • Not only did the things in my life that now look
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  • In my life that now look the most strategic at
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  • The most strategic at the time seem the stupidest.
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  • But some other people said
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  • But some other people said they were stupid.
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  • They were stupid. i told my friends i want
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  • I told my friends i want to name the church elevation.
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  • To name the church elevation. you know, now, we got a lot
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  • You know, now, we got a lot of cool church names.
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  • Of cool church names. there weren't churches called
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  • There weren't churches called things like elevation
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  • Things like elevation not that many.
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  • Not that many. i'm never there were some.
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  • I'm never there were some. i'm not saying
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  • I'm not saying i'm the originator.
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  • I'm the originator. i just thought,
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  • I just thought, "wow, be great
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  • "wow, be great to call it elevation,
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  • To call it elevation, you know, lift up jesus,
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  • You know, lift up jesus, lift up people.
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  • Lift up people. you're going higher.
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  • You're going higher. you know, elevation."
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  • You know, elevation." remember one dude
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  • Remember one dude looked at me and said,
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  • Looked at me and said, "sounds stupid.
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  • "sounds stupid. sounds like the name
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  • Sounds like the name of a youth group.
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  • Of a youth group. it sounds like if u2
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  • It sounds like if u2 had a youth group,"
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  • Had a youth group," is what he said.
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  • Is what he said. it's a fine line.
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  • It's a fine line. so, i like it.
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  • So, i like it. i like it.
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  • I like it. i like it.
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  • I like it. that's a stupid name
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  • That's a stupid name for church, elevation.
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  • For church, elevation. that'll never work.
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  • That'll never work. i had a flashback the other day.
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  • I had a flashback the other day. i don't know if y'all remember
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  • I don't know if y'all remember this, janet, this dude --
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  • This, janet, this dude -- ‘cause think about now,
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  • ‘cause think about now, you got jacob and he
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  • You got jacob and he says this thing,
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  • Says this thing, “i'm gonna take this rock,
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  • “i'm gonna take this rock, and i'm gonna pour oil on it.”
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  • And i'm gonna pour oil on it.” he's just freaking out, man.
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  • He's just freaking out, man. “and this rock is gonna
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  • “and this rock is gonna be your house, god.
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  • Be your house, god. i'm gonna turn
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  • I'm gonna turn this stone into your house
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  • This stone into your house and of everything you give me -"
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  • And of everything you give me -" i mean, he's just disoriented.
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  • I mean, he's just disoriented. he doesn't know what to do.
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  • He doesn't know what to do. so, he just says,
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  • So, he just says, "if you will show me enough,
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  • "if you will show me enough, if you give me your presence,
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  • If you give me your presence, your protection,
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  • Your protection, your provision,
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  • Your provision, i will trust you."
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  • I will trust you." and he pours
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  • And he pours this oil on a rock.
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  • This oil on a rock. well, it made me think about
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  • Well, it made me think about some of the things we did
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  • Some of the things we did that seemed stupid at the time
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  • That seemed stupid at the time when the church was young.
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  • When the church was young. because i want to share it
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  • Because i want to share it with these lovely people
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  • With these lovely people because god still wants
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  • Because god still wants to use stupid today.
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  • To use stupid today. in your family,
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  • In your family, in your athletic career,
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  • In your athletic career, in your business,
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  • In your business, in your spiritual life,
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  • In your spiritual life, in your emotions,
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  • In your emotions, god wants to use
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  • God wants to use what people call stupid.
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  • What people call stupid. one of the first things
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  • One of the first things that i remember was when
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  • That i remember was when the man came to give us
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  • The man came to give us a strategy on giving.
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  • A strategy on giving. he said, "the strategic move
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  • He said, "the strategic move when you're starting a church,"
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  • When you're starting a church," now listen to this.
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  • Now listen to this. tell me this doesn't sound
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  • Tell me this doesn't sound strategic on the surface.
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  • Strategic on the surface. because the world's wisdom
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  • Because the world's wisdom sounds strategic on the surface.
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  • Sounds strategic on the surface. this is how you do it and this
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  • This is how you do it and this is what you get, right?
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  • Is what you get, right? and then, you'll be blessed,
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  • And then, you'll be blessed, but...
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  • But... so, here's what he said to do
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  • And to me it felt like
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  • And to me it felt like a compromise of my integrity.
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  • A compromise of my integrity. he said, "you're not gonna
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  • He said, "you're not gonna have any money."
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  • Have any money." that was true.
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  • That was true. he said, "you don't have
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  • He said, "you don't have that many members."
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  • That many members." and that was true.
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  • And that was true. he said, "so, each of you know
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  • He said, "so, each of you know somebody who was a member
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  • Somebody who was a member of another church.
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  • Of another church. ask them for the next 24 months
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  • Ask them for the next 24 months to redirect their tithe
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  • That they would give
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  • That they would give to their church and give it
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  • To their church and give it to you instead.
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  • To you instead. their church won't miss it,
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  • Their church won't miss it, and it'll make or break you."
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  • And it'll make or break you." i thanked him for his time.
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  • I thanked him for his time. at the time we were so broke
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  • At the time we were so broke i didn't even have any money
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  • I didn't even have any money to pay him to come
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  • To pay him to come and give us the speech,
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  • And give us the speech, so i gave him
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  • So i gave him a chili's gift card.
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  • A chili's gift card. and i said thank you for coming.
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  • And i said thank you for coming. that's how broke we were.
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  • That's how broke we were. so, in a way what he said
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  • So, in a way what he said sounded really good.
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  • Sounded really good. “hmm, i do know some people.
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  • “hmm, i do know some people. i've been traveling
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  • I've been traveling doing ministry.
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  • Doing ministry. i've got some contacts.
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  • I've got some contacts. maybe i should reach out
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  • Maybe i should reach out and do it that way."
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  • And do it that way." but the spirit of the lord
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  • But the spirit of the lord wouldn't let me do it like that.
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  • Wouldn't let me do it like that. you ever had the spirit
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  • You ever had the spirit tell you to do something
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  • Tell you to do something that seems stupid?
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  • That seems stupid? see, that seems smart,
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  • See, that seems smart, but here's what the lord told me
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  • But here's what the lord told me to tell our team instead.
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  • To tell our team instead. i shut the door,
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  • I shut the door, i let him leave.
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  • I let him leave. i said, "what he just said
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  • I said, "what he just said if we do it that way
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  • If we do it that way it might work for a while.
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  • It might work for a while. but it's gonna set up a pattern
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  • But it's gonna set up a pattern where we did not build it
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  • Where we did not build it on the rock."
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  • [applause]
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  • We got to trust god.
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  • [applause]
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  • Tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "i gotta trust god."
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  • "i gotta trust god." >> congregation: i gotta
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  • >> congregation: i gotta trust god.
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  • Trust god. >> so, i asked them, didn't i?
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  • >> so, i asked them, didn't i? i said, "so, can we do
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  • I said, "so, can we do this instead?"
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  • This instead?" while we're still
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  • While we're still at this church waiting
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  • At this church waiting to go start our church,
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  • To go start our church, we were being sent from a church
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  • We were being sent from a church with permission and blessing.
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  • With permission and blessing. i said, "while we're still under
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  • I said, "while we're still under the covering of this church,
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  • The covering of this church, let's keep giving 10%
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  • Let's keep giving 10% of our income to this church,
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  • Of our income to this church, and let's give an additional 10
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  • And let's give an additional 10 to the one we're starting."
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  • To the one we're starting." and they all did it.
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  • And they all did it. as far as i know.
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  • As far as i know. i didn't check
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  • I didn't check the w-2's to do the math,
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  • The w-2's to do the math, but they all did it.
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  • But they all did it. so, when i say to you today
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  • So, when i say to you today that it is my desire as a pastor
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  • That it is my desire as a pastor that every single family
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  • That every single family in this church,
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  • In this church, every single individual
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  • Every single individual in this church,
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  • In this church, would put god first through
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  • Would put god first through the tithe and give 10%,
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  • The tithe and give 10%, i'm not telling you that
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  • I'm not telling you that because of a need we have.
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  • Because of a need we have. i'm telling you that because
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  • I'm telling you that because it's the foundation
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  • It's the foundation that everything you see
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  • That everything you see today was built on.
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  • Today was built on. and i say it with confidence,
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  • And i say it with confidence, and i say it with clarity.
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  • [applause]
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  • "well, i like that
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  • "well, i like that first part of the sermon
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  • First part of the sermon you were preaching,
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  • You were preaching, pastor steven,
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  • Pastor steven, that was really good and fun.
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  • That was really good and fun. like that calorie
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  • Like that calorie cancellation blessing,
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  • Cancellation blessing, can we go back to that?"
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  • Can we go back to that?" no, we can't because now
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  • No, we can't because now i got to talk to you.
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  • I got to talk to you. we all love the part
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  • We all love the part where god said to jacob,
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  • Where god said to jacob, "i'll be with you,"
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  • "i'll be with you," but what about the part
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  • But what about the part where jacob said to god,
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  • Where jacob said to god, "if you'll be with me,
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  • "if you'll be with me, then i'm with you."
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  • Then i'm with you." i always thought 10%
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  • I always thought 10% sounded like a lot until
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  • Sounded like a lot until i figured out that it
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  • I figured out that it all came from god.
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  • All came from god. and maybe the 90 that
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  • And maybe the 90 that he lets me keep is a lot,
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  • He lets me keep is a lot, and maybe the 10 that
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  • And maybe the 10 that he asked me to give
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  • He asked me to give isn't that big.
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  • Isn't that big. i'm just talking to you
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  • I'm just talking to you about trust in god.
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  • About trust in god. trust in god is not
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  • Trust in god is not because you sang
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  • Because you sang the chorus really loud.
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  • The chorus really loud. trust in god is not
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  • Trust in god is not because you clapped
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  • Because you clapped your hands on the beat.
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  • Your hands on the beat. trust in god is not
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  • Trust in god is not because you have
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  • Because you have a good feeling about this.
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  • A good feeling about this. trust in god is when
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  • Trust in god is when you say i'm in
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  • You say i'm in and i know it looks stupid,
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  • And i know it looks stupid, but you gave it all to me.
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  • But you gave it all to me. you gave it all to me anyway.
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  • Another stupid thing --
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  • Another stupid thing -- can i just tell you
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  • Can i just tell you a little bit of a testimony
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  • A little bit of a testimony of stupid stuff that god
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  • Of stupid stuff that god used in our life?
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  • Used in our life? this might help you.
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  • This might help you. how many of y'all are
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  • How many of y'all are kind of newly married like
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  • Kind of newly married like you say like a year
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  • You say like a year or two or something
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  • Or two or something like that?
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  • Like that? just raise your hand at me
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  • Just raise your hand at me real quick.
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  • Real quick. newly married.
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  • Newly married. how many of y'all hope
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  • How many of y'all hope to be raising your hand
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  • When i ask that question
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  • When i ask that question in three years from now?
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  • In three years from now? all right, check out
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  • All right, check out the market research in here.
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  • [laughter]
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  • This is a great place to come
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  • This is a great place to come to meet all of your life needs.
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  • To meet all of your life needs. i came to her and i said,
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  • I came to her and i said, "woman, the lord don't
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  • "woman, the lord don't want us to be in debt,
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  • Want us to be in debt, the lord don't want us
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  • The lord don't want us to have cars we can't afford,
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  • To have cars we can't afford, the lord don't want us
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  • The lord don't want us to have furniture that
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  • To have furniture that we haven't paid for yet."
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  • We haven't paid for yet." what's the thing that
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  • What's the thing that they have where you can
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  • They have where you can pay for a jacket and put it
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  • Pay for a jacket and put it $18 a month and be paying
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  • $18 a month and be paying for it for 18 years?
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  • For it for 18 years? klarna?
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  • Klarna? you said it's called klarna?
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  • You said it's called klarna? clark --
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  • Clark -- you said karma?
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  • [laughter]
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  • I said, "we're not klarna,
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  • I said, "we're not klarna, we're not laying away.
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  • We're not laying away. the only way we're gonna
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  • The only way we're gonna buy for something is if
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  • Buy for something is if we can afford it."
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  • We can afford it." and that meant that our house
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  • And that meant that our house was filled at the beginning
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  • Was filled at the beginning of our marriage with
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  • Of our marriage with furniture that came from
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  • Furniture that came from eric's dad's trailer.
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  • Eric's dad's trailer. and he was over the trailer park
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  • And he was over the trailer park so he would repo people's
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  • So he would repo people's furniture and save it.
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  • Furniture and save it. and so, our marriage was built
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  • And so, our marriage was built on the foundation of furniture
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  • On the foundation of furniture from the trailer park that was
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  • From the trailer park that was repoed from people who didn't
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  • Repoed from people who didn't pay the rent.
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  • Pay the rent. that's who your pastor is.
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  • That's who your pastor is. that's how smart i am.
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  • That's how smart i am. follow me as i follow christ.
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  • Follow me as i follow christ. that's it.
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  • That's it. that's who i am, buddy.
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  • [applause]
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  • That's who i am, buddy.
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  • That's who i am, buddy. but i paid for everything
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  • But i paid for everything we ever put in our house,
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  • We ever put in our house, and i don't mean that
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  • And i don't mean that to say if you're in debt
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  • To say if you're in debt that you did it wrong.
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  • That you did it wrong. i'm just telling you --
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  • I'm just telling you -- as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, it would feel stupid
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  • It would feel stupid sometimes when i knew we could
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  • Sometimes when i knew we could just put it on a card.
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  • Just put it on a card. see, what the world calls wise,
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  • See, what the world calls wise, what the world calls strategic
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  • What the world calls strategic god calls stupid.
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  • God calls stupid. and what the world calls stupid
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  • And what the world calls stupid god calls strategic.
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  • God calls strategic. ain't that crazy?
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  • Ain't that crazy? and as a matter of fact,
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  • And as a matter of fact, once brother dave ramsey got me
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  • Once brother dave ramsey got me convinced on the emergency fund.
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  • Convinced on the emergency fund. how many of y'all did
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  • How many of y'all did the emergency fund that
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  • The emergency fund that dave ramsey talked about?
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  • Dave ramsey talked about? it's a great practice, man.
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  • It's a great practice, man. it's like save, what is it?
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  • It's like save, what is it? three months to six months
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  • Three months to six months of your living expenses
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  • Of your living expenses and put it away,
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  • And put it away, so that when the tire goes
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  • So that when the tire goes flat you don't have to go
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  • Flat you don't have to go in debt to replace it.
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  • In debt to replace it. so, we did that like in
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  • So, we did that like in our first two years of marriage,
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  • Our first two years of marriage, and i was so proud when
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  • And i was so proud when that number hit.
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  • That number hit. i figured out what
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  • I figured out what the number would be boom, boom,
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  • The number would be boom, boom, boom, boom, boom this how much
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  • Boom, boom, boom this how much we need to save.
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  • We need to save. saved it up.
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  • Saved it up. got to the level
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  • Got to the level and that night when
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  • And that night when i went to tell her in
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  • I went to tell her in the kitchen that we've hit
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  • The kitchen that we've hit our emergency fund goal,
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  • Our emergency fund goal, i felt a prompting
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  • I felt a prompting from the lord that i tried
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  • From the lord that i tried to rebuke as satan,
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  • To rebuke as satan, and the prompting said,
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  • And the prompting said, "give it all away."
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  • "give it all away." i said, "that's stupid."
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  • I said, "that's stupid." not to the lord.
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  • Not to the lord. i thought it was the devil.
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  • I thought it was the devil. i thought was the devil.
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  • I thought was the devil. because dave said i had
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  • Because dave said i had to save it.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Full disclosure,
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  • Full disclosure, now, many times over the lord
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  • Now, many times over the lord has blessed us and i have not
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  • Has blessed us and i have not kept my savings at zeros
  • 00:09:46.037 --> 00:09:47.572
  • Kept my savings at zeros every time since that day.
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  • Every time since that day. but i remember
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  • But i remember walking in and saying,
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  • Walking in and saying, "you know that emergency fund?
  • 00:09:52.110 --> 00:09:54.946
  • "you know that emergency fund? it's about to be
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  • It's about to be a missions gift."
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  • A missions gift." stupid, ain't it?
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  • Stupid, ain't it? i don't know, you tell me.
  • 00:10:01.086 --> 00:10:01.853
  • I don't know, you tell me. because when we wrote those
  • 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:02.520
  • Because when we wrote those checks at that kitchen table,
  • 00:10:02.587 --> 00:10:04.589
  • Checks at that kitchen table, i remember the place.
  • 00:10:04.656 --> 00:10:05.423
  • I remember the place. see, you never forget the place
  • 00:10:05.490 --> 00:10:06.691
  • See, you never forget the place where god makes you a promise.
  • 00:10:06.758 --> 00:10:10.395
  • Where god makes you a promise. that's why jacob named
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  • The place bethel,
  • 00:10:11.363 --> 00:10:11.963
  • The place bethel, he said this is god's house.
  • 00:10:12.030 --> 00:10:14.099
  • He said this is god's house. you say, "it's stupid to call
  • 00:10:14.165 --> 00:10:15.100
  • You say, "it's stupid to call a rock the house of god."
  • 00:10:15.166 --> 00:10:16.601
  • A rock the house of god." not when god spoke to you there.
  • 00:10:16.668 --> 00:10:19.437
  • Not when god spoke to you there. stupid unless you had god
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  • Stupid unless you had god speak to you there.
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  • Speak to you there. and the lord spoke to me
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  • And the lord spoke to me two sentences.
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  • Two sentences. he said, "if you keep
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  • He said, "if you keep your hands open to me,
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  • Then you will always have
  • 00:10:27.946 --> 00:10:28.847
  • Then you will always have everything you need.
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  • Everything you need. you will always
  • 00:10:31.282 --> 00:10:31.816
  • You will always be able to do everything
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  • Be able to do everything i've called you to do."
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  • I've called you to do." he spoke that to me
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  • He spoke that to me at that kitchen table,
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  • At that kitchen table, that came from the trailer park
  • 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:43.228
  • That came from the trailer park repossessed furniture,
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  • Repossessed furniture, that was scratched up
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  • That was scratched up and dinged up.
  • 00:10:46.631 --> 00:10:47.499
  • And dinged up. and i had money to buy
  • 00:10:47.565 --> 00:10:48.466
  • And i had money to buy a new one and the lord said,
  • 00:10:48.533 --> 00:10:50.168
  • A new one and the lord said, "this time i want you
  • 00:10:50.235 --> 00:10:51.269
  • "this time i want you to give it."
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  • To give it." we didn't have kids yet.
  • 00:10:52.070 --> 00:10:54.139
  • We didn't have kids yet. it wasn't like we were
  • 00:10:54.205 --> 00:10:54.773
  • It wasn't like we were being irresponsible.
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  • Being irresponsible. you're like --
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  • You're like -- i can already see people
  • 00:10:56.441 --> 00:10:57.976
  • I can already see people misapplying this message.
  • 00:10:58.043 --> 00:10:59.377
  • Misapplying this message. do you know what i mean?
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  • Do you know what i mean? like the lord said
  • 00:11:00.178 --> 00:11:02.814
  • Like the lord said he would use stupid.
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  • He would use stupid. baby, that's the word
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  • Baby, that's the word i've been waiting for.
  • 00:11:06.017 --> 00:11:07.152
  • I've been waiting for. did you hear what
  • 00:11:07.218 --> 00:11:08.153
  • Did you hear what pastor said today?
  • 00:11:08.219 --> 00:11:09.587
  • Pastor said today? i'm getting a boat!
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  • [laughter]
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  • I'm getting a boat!
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  • I'm getting a boat! man of god said
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  • Man of god said i could get a boat.
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  • I could get a boat. don't pervert this word,
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  • Don't pervert this word, you know what i'm talking about.
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  • You know what i'm talking about. keep me in context.
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  • Keep me in context. and i want to ask you
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  • And i want to ask you a question,
  • 00:11:27.172 --> 00:11:28.873
  • A question, was it stupid?
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  • Was it stupid? i don't know.
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  • I don't know. one of the things we
  • 00:11:32.911 --> 00:11:33.778
  • One of the things we gave to was this,
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  • Gave to was this, look around.
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  • [applause]
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  • Some of your kids
  • 00:11:45.156 --> 00:11:45.890
  • Some of your kids have been baptized here.
  • 00:11:45.957 --> 00:11:48.560
  • Have been baptized here. i don't think it was stupid.
  • 00:11:48.626 --> 00:11:50.995
  • I don't think it was stupid. some of you had your life
  • 00:11:51.062 --> 00:11:52.097
  • Some of you had your life put back together here.
  • 00:11:52.163 --> 00:11:54.065
  • Put back together here. i don't think it was stupid.
  • 00:11:54.132 --> 00:11:55.700
  • I don't think it was stupid. some of you pray
  • 00:11:55.767 --> 00:11:56.401
  • Some of you pray to receive christ here.
  • 00:11:56.468 --> 00:11:58.837
  • To receive christ here. i don't call that stupid.
  • 00:11:58.903 --> 00:12:00.672
  • I don't call that stupid. he is no fool who gives when
  • 00:12:00.739 --> 00:12:03.308
  • He is no fool who gives when he cannot keep to gain
  • 00:12:03.374 --> 00:12:05.477
  • He cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
  • 00:12:05.543 --> 00:12:07.645
  • What he cannot lose. you call it stupid,
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  • You call it stupid, i call it surrender.
  • 00:12:10.982 --> 00:12:15.453
  • I call it surrender. and jacob takes the --
  • 00:12:15.520 --> 00:12:16.821
  • And jacob takes the -- and remember, he has
  • 00:12:16.888 --> 00:12:18.156
  • And remember, he has very little with him.
  • 00:12:18.223 --> 00:12:19.424
  • Very little with him. he's on the run.
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  • He's on the run. and he takes the little bit
  • 00:12:20.725 --> 00:12:21.893
  • And he takes the little bit of oil that he has
  • 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:23.394
  • Of oil that he has and pours it on the rock.
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  • And pours it on the rock. the rock is stupid,
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  • The rock is stupid, the oil is stupid,
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  • The oil is stupid, the whole thing is stupid
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  • The whole thing is stupid unless god is in it,
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  • Unless god is in it, but god uses stupid.
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  • But god uses stupid. and he says this, he says,
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  • And he says this, he says, "i'll trust you,
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  • "i'll trust you, and i'll give to you,
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  • And i'll give to you, if you will be with me,
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  • If you will be with me, and if you will give me food,
  • 00:12:44.616 --> 00:12:46.184
  • And if you will give me food, and if you will give me clothes,
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  • And if you will give me clothes, and if you will watch out for me
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  • And if you will watch out for me and watch over me.
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  • And watch over me. if, then you will be my god."
  • 00:12:51.256 --> 00:12:53.858
  • If, then you will be my god." so, i want to ask a question
  • 00:12:53.925 --> 00:12:55.093
  • So, i want to ask a question and i need some
  • 00:12:55.160 --> 00:12:56.261
  • And i need some participation on this,
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  • Participation on this, how many of you if we
  • 00:12:58.129 --> 00:12:59.664
  • How many of you if we take jacob's rubric,
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  • Take jacob's rubric, if we take jacob's grid,
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  • If we take jacob's grid, if we take jacob's prayer,
  • 00:13:02.767 --> 00:13:04.269
  • If we take jacob's prayer, if we take jacob's
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  • If we take jacob's not negotiation,
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  • Not negotiation, but if we take
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  • But if we take jacob's surrender
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  • Jacob's surrender to the lord as a template,
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  • To the lord as a template, how many of you would say that
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  • How many of you would say that god has been with you?
  • 00:13:11.743 --> 00:13:14.646
  • God has been with you? make some noise.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • How many of you would say
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  • How many of you would say that god put food on your table?
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Y'all cheering a little soft
  • 00:13:29.494 --> 00:13:31.429
  • Y'all cheering a little soft about that one.
  • 00:13:31.496 --> 00:13:32.263
  • About that one. maybe you're hungry right now,
  • 00:13:32.330 --> 00:13:34.566
  • Maybe you're hungry right now, but i'm saying you're gonna have
  • 00:13:34.632 --> 00:13:35.733
  • But i'm saying you're gonna have something to eat before
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  • Something to eat before the sun goes down.
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  • The sun goes down. how many of you have
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  • How many of you have clothes on your body,
  • 00:13:40.238 --> 00:13:44.309
  • Clothes on your body, even if the waist fits
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  • A little tighter in november
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  • A little tighter in november than it did in january?
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  • Than it did in january? come on.
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  • Come on. i got clothes on my body,
  • 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.216
  • I got clothes on my body, food on my table.
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  • Food on my table. how many would say
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  • How many would say god has kept me alive?
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Jacob said,
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  • Jacob said, "if you will be present,
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  • "if you will be present, if you will protect,
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  • If you will protect, and if you will provide if,"
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  • Verse 21, "then you will
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  • Verse 21, "then you will be my god."
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  • Be my god." and the lord
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  • And the lord said to tell you,
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  • If he's been with you, presence,
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  • If he's been with you, presence, if he's provided for you,
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  • If he's provided for you, food and clothing,
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  • Food and clothing, if he's watched out
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  • If he's watched out for you, protection.
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  • For you, protection. if he's done that for you,
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  • If he's done that for you, then this is then.
  • 00:14:25.583 --> 00:14:30.455
  • Then this is then. you don't need more proof,
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  • You don't need more proof, this is then.
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  • This is then. say it, this is then.
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  • Say it, this is then. and i know you've been
  • 00:14:40.031 --> 00:14:40.899
  • And i know you've been postponing your joy,
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  • Postponing your joy, "oh, i'll be happy then."
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  • "oh, i'll be happy then." no, this is then.
  • 00:14:44.669 --> 00:14:48.473
  • No, this is then. "when my kids come back to god,
  • 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:50.141
  • "when my kids come back to god, i'm gonna throw a big party
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  • I'm gonna throw a big party and celebrate."
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  • And celebrate." no, no, no.
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  • No, no, no. god is working
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  • God is working in their life right now.
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  • In their life right now. i'm gonna go down this road with
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  • I'm gonna go down this road with the praise for the prodigal,
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  • The praise for the prodigal, ‘cause this is then.
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  • ‘cause this is then. "when i get this
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  • "when i get this amount in the bank,
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  • Amount in the bank, i'll be secure."
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  • I'll be secure." no, you won't,
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  • No, you won't, you'll pay taxes.
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  • You'll pay taxes. so, the fact that
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  • So, the fact that you have enough,
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  • You have enough, you had gas in
  • 00:15:11.162 --> 00:15:12.096
  • You had gas in the tank to get here,
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  • The tank to get here, you have energy in
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  • You have energy in your body to get here,
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  • Your body to get here, this is then.
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  • This is then. you better take
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  • You better take that rock that you got
  • 00:15:24.709 --> 00:15:26.945
  • That rock that you got and that oil that you got,
  • 00:15:27.011 --> 00:15:29.547
  • And that oil that you got, and pour what you've got on
  • 00:15:29.614 --> 00:15:31.215
  • And pour what you've got on where you're at and praise god
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  • Where you're at and praise god at a kitchen table
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  • At a kitchen table that was repoed from
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  • That was repoed from somebody's trailer park.
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  • Somebody's trailer park. and ask god,
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  • And ask god, "what would you have me
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  • "what would you have me to do next for you?"
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  • To do next for you?" this is then.
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  • This is then. the lord made jacob a promise,
  • 00:15:50.501 --> 00:15:51.669
  • The lord made jacob a promise, "i'm gonna bring
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  • "i'm gonna bring the blessing of the lord
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  • The blessing of the lord through your offspring."
  • 00:15:54.772 --> 00:15:56.741
  • Through your offspring." he had no kids.
  • 00:15:56.808 --> 00:15:59.110
  • He had no kids. but then he had 12
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  • But then he had 12 and then those 12 had some
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  • And then those 12 had some and those became nations,
  • 00:16:03.681 --> 00:16:05.750
  • And those became nations, and the nations became a tribe.
  • 00:16:05.817 --> 00:16:08.519
  • And the nations became a tribe. each of the nations became
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  • Each of the nations became their own tribe,
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  • Their own tribe, and then those tribes
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  • And then those tribes they took the land that god
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  • They took the land that god had promised to jacob,
  • 00:16:13.491 --> 00:16:15.026
  • Had promised to jacob, that he had promised to isaac,
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  • That he had promised to isaac, that he had promised
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  • That he had promised to abraham.
  • 00:16:17.495 --> 00:16:18.529
  • To abraham. god is a promise keeper.
  • 00:16:18.596 --> 00:16:20.398
  • God is a promise keeper. he's a promise keeper
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  • He's a promise keeper in your life.
  • 00:16:21.432 --> 00:16:22.834
  • In your life. he's not just getting
  • 00:16:22.900 --> 00:16:23.434
  • He's not just getting started in your life.
  • 00:16:23.501 --> 00:16:24.268
  • Started in your life. it's already in progress.
  • 00:16:24.335 --> 00:16:26.871
  • It's already in progress. the thing that you're praying
  • 00:16:26.938 --> 00:16:27.472
  • The thing that you're praying about is already in progress.
  • 00:16:27.538 --> 00:16:29.307
  • About is already in progress. the thing that you're worried
  • 00:16:29.374 --> 00:16:30.208
  • The thing that you're worried about he's already working on.
  • 00:16:30.274 --> 00:16:32.076
  • About he's already working on. the thing that you need
  • 00:16:32.143 --> 00:16:32.910
  • The thing that you need he already knows it.
  • 00:16:32.977 --> 00:16:34.212
  • He already knows it. the thing that you lack
  • 00:16:34.278 --> 00:16:35.079
  • The thing that you lack he already supplies.
  • 00:16:35.146 --> 00:16:36.681
  • He already supplies. the thing that
  • 00:16:36.748 --> 00:16:37.348
  • The thing that you're not he already is.
  • 00:16:37.415 --> 00:16:38.783
  • You're not he already is. god's already working on this.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:16:40.585 --> 00:16:41.119
  • Because then that nation
  • 00:16:42.387 --> 00:16:43.287
  • Because then that nation gave birth to a savior,
  • 00:16:43.354 --> 00:16:44.655
  • Gave birth to a savior, jesus came from
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  • Jesus came from the tribe of judah.
  • 00:16:45.757 --> 00:16:47.458
  • The tribe of judah. and the messiah was born
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  • And the messiah was born and the messiah died on a cross.
  • 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:50.962
  • And the messiah died on a cross. and the bible says something
  • 00:16:51.029 --> 00:16:52.030
  • And the bible says something very interesting from
  • 00:16:52.096 --> 00:16:53.464
  • Very interesting from jesus' own mouth
  • 00:16:53.531 --> 00:16:54.365
  • In matthew 21:43 and 44.
  • 00:16:54.465 --> 00:16:58.169
  • In matthew 21:43 and 44. he said to them,
  • 00:16:58.236 --> 00:16:58.736
  • He said to them, "have you never read
  • 00:16:58.803 --> 00:16:59.437
  • "have you never read in the scriptures," 42,
  • 00:16:59.504 --> 00:17:01.773
  • In the scriptures," 42, "the stone," what did jacob
  • 00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:05.410
  • "the stone," what did jacob lay his head on?
  • 00:17:05.476 --> 00:17:11.315
  • Lay his head on? "the stone the builders
  • 00:17:11.382 --> 00:17:14.018
  • "the stone the builders rejected has become
  • 00:17:14.085 --> 00:17:18.322
  • Rejected has become the cornerstone."
  • 00:17:18.389 --> 00:17:23.261
  • The cornerstone." somebody shout,
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  • Somebody shout, "the lord has done this...
  • 00:17:24.195 --> 00:17:25.229
  • "the lord has done this... >> congregation: the lord
  • 00:17:25.296 --> 00:17:25.797
  • >> congregation: the lord has done this...
  • 00:17:25.863 --> 00:17:27.298
  • Has done this... >> "and it is marvelous
  • 00:17:27.365 --> 00:17:28.466
  • >> "and it is marvelous in our eyes."
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  • I see it now.
  • 00:17:30.701 --> 00:17:31.903
  • I see it now. i see that jacob's rock
  • 00:17:31.969 --> 00:17:33.905
  • I see that jacob's rock was pointing to jesus.
  • 00:17:33.971 --> 00:17:36.974
  • I see that jacob
  • 00:17:37.075 --> 00:17:38.176
  • I see that jacob who was the second born
  • 00:17:38.242 --> 00:17:39.811
  • Who was the second born not the chosen one was
  • 00:17:39.877 --> 00:17:41.045
  • Not the chosen one was the one who was blessed,
  • 00:17:41.112 --> 00:17:42.780
  • The one who was blessed, was pointing to jesus
  • 00:17:42.847 --> 00:17:44.515
  • Was pointing to jesus who was born of a virgin.
  • 00:17:44.582 --> 00:17:46.651
  • Who was born of a virgin. who became the rock on
  • 00:17:46.717 --> 00:17:48.119
  • Who became the rock on which the church was built.
  • 00:17:48.186 --> 00:17:50.488
  • Which the church was built. and now, i see what jesus means
  • 00:17:50.555 --> 00:17:52.523
  • When he says that god
  • 00:17:52.623 --> 00:17:54.058
  • When he says that god selected what man rejected.
  • 00:17:54.125 --> 00:17:57.061
  • Selected what man rejected. because jesus was
  • 00:17:57.128 --> 00:17:58.729
  • Because jesus was what the people rejected but
  • 00:17:58.796 --> 00:18:00.431
  • What the people rejected but it's what god wanted all along.
  • 00:18:00.498 --> 00:18:02.733
  • It's what god wanted all along. so, jesus is saying that
  • 00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:04.635
  • So, jesus is saying that the thing that you need
  • 00:18:04.702 --> 00:18:05.803
  • The thing that you need is right in front of you,
  • 00:18:05.870 --> 00:18:07.105
  • Is right in front of you, but you are rejecting it.
  • 00:18:07.171 --> 00:18:09.040
  • But you are rejecting it. and you cannot expect
  • 00:18:09.107 --> 00:18:10.341
  • And you cannot expect the blessing of god and reject
  • 00:18:10.408 --> 00:18:12.043
  • The blessing of god and reject the way he sends it.
  • 00:18:12.110 --> 00:18:14.312
  • The way he sends it. so, god says,
  • 00:18:14.378 --> 00:18:15.246
  • So, god says, "i know you're in
  • 00:18:15.313 --> 00:18:16.180
  • "i know you're in a hard place right now,
  • 00:18:16.247 --> 00:18:17.915
  • A hard place right now, a rocky place right now,
  • 00:18:17.982 --> 00:18:19.817
  • A rocky place right now, a place that you can't fully
  • 00:18:19.884 --> 00:18:21.152
  • A place that you can't fully call home right now.
  • 00:18:21.219 --> 00:18:22.320
  • Call home right now. i understand that i --"
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  • I understand that i --" look at me.
  • 00:18:24.489 --> 00:18:24.789
  • Look at me. look at me.
  • 00:18:24.856 --> 00:18:25.223
  • Look at me. look at me.
  • 00:18:25.289 --> 00:18:25.756
  • Look at me. i've been praying
  • 00:18:25.823 --> 00:18:26.491
  • I've been praying for you this week.
  • 00:18:26.557 --> 00:18:27.191
  • For you this week. i've been praying that god
  • 00:18:27.258 --> 00:18:28.392
  • I've been praying that god would say what it is right now
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  • Would say what it is right now that he wants you to anoint.
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  • That he wants you to anoint. because you can anoint a rock
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  • Because you can anoint a rock and it can become a place
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  • And it can become a place where god meets with you.
  • 00:18:35.933 --> 00:18:37.435
  • Where god meets with you. that means you're anointed
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  • That means you're anointed for the hard place.
  • 00:18:39.003 --> 00:18:40.404
  • For the hard place. that means you're anointed
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  • That means you're anointed for the difficult thing.
  • 00:18:41.706 --> 00:18:43.141
  • For the difficult thing. that means god is teaching you
  • 00:18:43.207 --> 00:18:45.143
  • That means god is teaching you to trust him in transition.
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  • To trust him in transition. and i hear the spirit
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  • And i hear the spirit of the lord saying,
  • 00:18:48.646 --> 00:18:51.082
  • Of the lord saying, "what more do i have to do
  • 00:18:51.149 --> 00:18:52.350
  • "what more do i have to do to get you to trust me?
  • 00:18:52.416 --> 00:18:55.486
  • To get you to trust me? when is it going
  • 00:18:55.553 --> 00:18:56.120
  • When is it going to be then for you?"
  • 00:18:56.187 --> 00:18:59.056
  • To be then for you?" if experience was going
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  • If experience was going to teach us to trust god,
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  • To teach us to trust god, we would have
  • 00:19:01.993 --> 00:19:02.360
  • We would have trusted him by now.
  • 00:19:02.426 --> 00:19:04.262
  • Trusted him by now. he's done enough
  • 00:19:04.328 --> 00:19:05.263
  • He's done enough for you to trust him.
  • 00:19:05.329 --> 00:19:07.031
  • For you to trust him. he's done enough for you
  • 00:19:07.098 --> 00:19:08.566
  • He's done enough for you to trust him.
  • 00:19:08.633 --> 00:19:09.767
  • To trust him. he can be trusted.
  • 00:19:09.834 --> 00:19:11.536
  • He can be trusted. the fact that he
  • 00:19:11.602 --> 00:19:12.303
  • The fact that he put you on this planet,
  • 00:19:12.370 --> 00:19:14.472
  • Put you on this planet, the fact that he kept you
  • 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.673
  • The fact that he kept you to this day,
  • 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:17.141
  • To this day, the fact that
  • 00:19:17.208 --> 00:19:17.909
  • The fact that he provided for you through
  • 00:19:17.975 --> 00:19:19.944
  • He provided for you through every season of your life.
  • 00:19:20.011 --> 00:19:22.313
  • Every season of your life. he's done enough
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  • He's done enough and if he never does
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  • And if he never does anything else, i trust him.
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  • Anything else, i trust him. if he never does it,
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  • If he never does it, he died for me.
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  • He died for me. he forgave me.
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  • He forgave me. he cast my sins from
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  • He cast my sins from the east to the west.
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  • The east to the west. and you don't need
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  • And you don't need more proof to trust him,
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  • More proof to trust him, you just need more practice.
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  • You just need more practice. you need more practice saying,
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  • You need more practice saying, "god, i trust you."
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  • "god, i trust you." you know how we get through
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  • You know how we get through something really hard,
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  • Something really hard, and we get through it and then
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  • And we get through it and then we forget that we told god
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  • We forget that we told god if we got through it,
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  • If we got through it, we would serve him?
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  • We would serve him? not this time, baby.
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  • Not this time, baby. this is then.
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  • This is then. you said if god would give you
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  • You said if god would give you the responsibility,
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  • The responsibility, you would shoulder it.
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  • You would shoulder it. well, this is then.
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  • Well, this is then. you got it, baby.
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  • You got it, baby. you're the one for the job.
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  • You're the one for the job. you said that if god
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  • You said that if god would give you the blessing,
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  • Would give you the blessing, you would take care of it.
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  • You would take care of it. this is then.
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  • This is then. and god is calling you
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  • And god is calling you to trust him with it
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  • To trust him with it because it didn't start
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  • Because it didn't start with you and it's not
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  • With you and it's not on you to sustain it,
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  • On you to sustain it, but i'm praying that
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  • But i'm praying that you would show up with oil
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  • You would show up with oil to every hard place
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  • To every hard place in your life this week.
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  • In your life this week. and i'm praying that you would
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  • And i'm praying that you would do something stupid to see god
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  • Do something supernatural.
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  • [applause]
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  • That is the word of the lord.
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  • That is the word of the lord. give him praise and glory
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  • Give him praise and glory in this house.
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  • In this house. give him praise and glory,
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  • And thanks.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • If he's been good to you,
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  • If he's been good to you, then lift up a shout of praise
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  • Then lift up a shout of praise for your own self,
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  • For your own self, for your own journey.
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  • For your own journey. everyone's standing,
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  • Everyone's standing, no one moving.
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  • No one moving. we'll dismiss all together.
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  • We'll dismiss all together. this is then.
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  • This is then. this is then.
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  • This is then. jacob said,
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  • Jacob said, "if you'll just be with me,
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  • "if you'll just be with me, watch over me,
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  • Watch over me, and provide for me,
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  • And provide for me, then you'll be my god."
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  • Then you'll be my god." and i'm here to tell you,
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  • And i'm here to tell you, he's done all three for me.
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  • He's done all three for me. thank him for his presence.
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  • Thank him for his presence. thank him for his protection.
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  • Thank him for his protection. thank him for his provision.
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  • Thank him for his provision. everybody in this church that
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  • Everybody in this church that ain't a tither ought to be
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  • Ain't a tither ought to be online setting up your tithing
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  • Online setting up your tithing when i finish this message,
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  • When i finish this message, and i ought not
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  • And i ought not have to beg for it.
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  • Have to beg for it. god's been too good to you.
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  • God's been too good to you. what would it take?
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  • What would it take? how much more would god have
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  • How much more would god have to do to get you to trust him?
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  • To do to get you to trust him? i can't afford not to trust him.
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  • I can't afford not to trust him. he's my god.
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  • He's my god. he's my god.
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  • He's my god. i've seen too much.
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  • I've seen too much. this is the lord's doing.
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  • [applause]
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  • Aren't you glad god uses
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  • Aren't you glad god uses stupid that i don't have
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  • Stupid that i don't have to figure it out just have
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  • To figure it out just have enough faith to move forward.
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  • >> thank you so much
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  • >> thank you so much for being with us today.
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  • For being with us today. for some of you this
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  • For some of you this might be a new rhythm
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  • Might be a new rhythm that you're stepping into.
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  • That you're stepping into. maybe god has been stirring
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  • Maybe god has been stirring something in your heart
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  • Something in your heart and you're not even sure
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  • What to call it yet.
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  • What to call it yet. but you're here
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  • But you're here and you're listening
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  • And you're listening and that's what matters.
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  • And that's what matters. our heart as
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  • Our heart as a ministry is simple.
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  • A ministry is simple. we exist so the people
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  • We exist so the people far from god will be raised
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  • Far from god will be raised to life in christ.
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  • To life in christ. everything we do is about
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  • Everything we do is about getting god's word into
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  • Getting god's word into people's hearts because that's
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  • People's hearts because that's where real change begins.
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  • Where real change begins. which is why we want
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  • Which is why we want to invite you to be a part
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  • To invite you to be a part of what god is doing
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  • Of what god is doing through this ministry.
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  • Through this ministry. when you choose to give,
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  • When you choose to give, you're not just supporting
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  • You're not just supporting a broadcast you're helping
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  • A broadcast you're helping make sure that someone else,
  • 00:23:20.551 --> 00:23:22.486
  • Make sure that someone else, somewhere else can hear
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  • Somewhere else can hear the truth that brings hope
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  • The truth that brings hope and healing and new life.
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  • And healing and new life. your generosity
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  • Your generosity becomes an invitation.
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  • Becomes an invitation. it opens the door for the gospel
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  • It opens the door for the gospel to reach someone who may be
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  • To reach someone who may be searching right now.
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  • Searching right now. you can call the number
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  • You can call the number on your screen
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  • On your screen or go online to give.
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  • Or go online to give. every gift matters.
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  • Every gift matters. when we bring our gifts together
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  • When we bring our gifts together god multiplies them
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  • God multiplies them and lives are changed.
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  • And lives are changed. thank you for
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  • Thank you for partnering with us.
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  • Partnering with us. thank you for believing
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  • Thank you for believing that god's word still
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  • That god's word still transforms hearts.
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  • Transforms hearts. and thank you for being
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  • And thank you for being a part of the story that god
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  • A part of the story that god is writing in this season.
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  • >> when a kit is packed
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  • At elevation church,
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  • It starts small,
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  • Putting hygiene products
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  • Together or packaging
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  • Ingredients for a meal.
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  • But that's just
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  • The beginning of the journey.
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  • Once put together in boxes,
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  • They travel by train,
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  • By boat, by truck.
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  • That kit is being positioned
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  • For the moment it's needed,
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  • When disaster happens.
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  • When hunger rises
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  • Locally and globally,
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  • That kit is there to provide
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  • For an immediate need.
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  • When you give,
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  • This is what you're giving for.
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  • >> ♪ look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:30.721
  • ♪ i will never stop ♪
  • 00:24:30.788 --> 00:24:32.857
  • ♪ singing hallelujah ♪
  • 00:24:32.923 --> 00:24:35.526
  • >> ♪ hallelujah ♪
  • 00:24:35.593 --> 00:24:36.861
  • >> ♪ look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:24:37.561 --> 00:24:39.196
  • ♪ i can't breathe ♪
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  • ♪ in your breath ♪
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  • ♪ and not sing of your love ♪
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  • ♪ lord you've done ♪
  • 00:24:44.335 --> 00:24:46.103
  • ♪ too much for me ♪
  • 00:24:46.170 --> 00:24:47.838
  • ♪ i can't hold back ♪
  • 00:24:47.905 --> 00:24:49.340
  • ♪ my heart or my hallelujah ♪
  • 00:24:49.406 --> 00:24:52.877
  • ♪ lord you've done ♪
  • 00:24:52.943 --> 00:24:54.678
  • ♪ too much for me ♪
  • 00:24:54.745 --> 00:24:56.447
  • ♪ i was lost ♪
  • 00:24:56.514 --> 00:24:57.615
  • ♪ but you washed me clean ♪
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  • ♪ with your blood ♪
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  • ♪ lord look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:25:03.153 --> 00:25:05.055
  • ♪ i will never stop ♪
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  • ♪ singing hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ lord look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:25:11.762 --> 00:25:13.197
  • >> ♪ look at what he's done ♪
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  • >> ♪ look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
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  • ♪ this is why i will say ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ for the wonders ♪
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  • ♪ you've done ♪
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  • ♪ and the ones that ♪
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  • ♪ you're still gonna do ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ all my worship belongs ♪
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  • ♪ to the one who has ♪
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  • ♪ carried me through ♪
  • 00:25:50.868 --> 00:25:52.903
  • ♪ thank you ♪
  • 00:25:52.970 --> 00:25:54.672
  • >> ♪ for the wonders ♪
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  • ♪ you've done ♪
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  • ♪ and the ones that ♪
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  • ♪ you're still gonna do ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ i can't breathe in ♪
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  • ♪ your breath ♪
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  • ♪ and not sing ♪
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  • ♪ of your love lord ♪
  • 00:26:06.517 --> 00:26:09.019
  • ♪ you've done ♪
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  • ♪ too much for me ♪
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  • ♪ i can't hold back ♪
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  • ♪ my heart or my hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ lord ♪
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  • ♪ you've done ♪
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  • ♪ too much for me ♪
  • 00:26:18.395 --> 00:26:20.030
  • ♪ i was lost ♪
  • 00:26:20.097 --> 00:26:21.065
  • ♪ but you washed me clean ♪
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  • ♪ with your blood ♪
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  • ♪ lord look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
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  • ♪ i will never stop ♪
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  • ♪ singing hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ lord look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:37.615
  • >> ♪ my god ♪
  • 00:26:37.681 --> 00:26:38.983
  • >> ♪ look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:26:39.783 --> 00:26:41.018
  • >> ♪ look at what ♪
  • 00:26:41.085 --> 00:26:41.952
  • ♪ he's done ♪
  • 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.253
  • >> ♪ look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:26:44.054 --> 00:26:45.356
  • >> ♪ you paid ♪
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  • ♪ the highest price lord ♪
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  • ♪ look what ♪
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  • ♪ you've done for me ♪
  • 00:26:48.192 --> 00:26:53.197
  • >> ♪ we sing ♪
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  • >> ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ for the wonders ♪
  • 00:27:04.274 --> 00:27:05.309
  • ♪ you've done ♪
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  • ♪ and the ones that ♪
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  • ♪ you're still gonna do ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
  • 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:12.282
  • >> ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ would you sing that ♪
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  • >> ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
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  • ♪ all my worship belongs ♪
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  • ♪ to the one who has ♪
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  • ♪ carried me through ♪
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  • ♪ thank you ♪
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