Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - There's More To The Story (Part 1)

October 7, 2025 | 28:0

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - There's More To The Story (Part 1) | October 7, 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 want to tell you
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I want to tell you a story today.
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A story today. a story that elijah started me
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A story that elijah started me thinking about when he said
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Thinking about when he said "when did elevation get big?"
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"when did elevation get big?" and i started to tell him
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And i started to tell him the stories.
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The stories. and i began to think about
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And i began to think about all the bible stories,
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All the bible stories, you know the ones that you know
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You know the ones that you know and some of the ones
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And some of the ones that you don't know.
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That you don't know. some of the ones that
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Some of the ones that you've heard since
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You've heard since you were little maybe,
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You were little maybe, david and goliath,
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David and goliath, parting of the red sea,
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Parting of the red sea, when jesus fed
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When jesus fed 5,000 hungry souls
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5,000 hungry souls with a captain d's lunch
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With a captain d's lunch that andrew had to beat up
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That andrew had to beat up a little boy to take.
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A little boy to take. it doesn't say that in the bible
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It doesn't say that in the bible but, it doesn't say
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But, it doesn't say how they got it, so that's
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How they got it, so that's my story i'm sticking to it.
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My story i'm sticking to it. but holly's favorite
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But holly's favorite bible story is in 2 kings 4.
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Bible story is in 2 kings 4. i didn't check with you to see
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I didn't check with you to see if this is still
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If this is still your favorite bible story,
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Your favorite bible story, because if it's not
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Because if it's not it's gonna mess up
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It's gonna mess up my introduction so,
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My introduction so, it's the story of a woman
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It's the story of a woman from a place called shunem.
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From a place called shunem. if you're really, really churchy
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If you're really, really churchy she's known as
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She's known as the shunammite woman.
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The shunammite woman. and shake your head
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And shake your head and nobody'll know that
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And nobody'll know that you have no idea
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You have no idea who the shunammite woman is,
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Who the shunammite woman is, it's alright.
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It's alright. by the way, we started
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By the way, we started our church for people who have
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Our church for people who have no clue who the shunammite
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No clue who the shunammite woman is, alright.
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Woman is, alright. so please don't feel bad
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So please don't feel bad if you don't know this stuff.
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If you don't know this stuff. and there's a bible story,
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And there's a bible story, cause holly is a church girl,
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Cause holly is a church girl, her dad was a baptist pastor,
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Her dad was a baptist pastor, she at one point in her life
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She at one point in her life was going to church
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Was going to church six nights a week.
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Six nights a week. six nights a week she had to sit
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Six nights a week she had to sit through these bible stories,
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Through these bible stories, so she loves this story,
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So she loves this story, maybe because it's
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Maybe because it's a little more obscure,
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A little more obscure, but it's a good story.
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But it's a good story. let me read it
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Let me read it to you real quick.
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2 kings 4:8 "one day elijah
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2 kings 4:8 "one day elijah went to the town of shunem,
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Went to the town of shunem, a wealthy woman lived there
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A wealthy woman lived there and she urged him to come
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And she urged him to come to her home for a meal.
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To her home for a meal. after that, whenever he passed
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After that, whenever he passed that way he would stop there
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That way he would stop there for something to eat.
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For something to eat. she said to her husband
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She said to her husband 'i'm sure this man who stops in
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'i'm sure this man who stops in from time to time
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From time to time is a holy man of god.
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Is a holy man of god. let's build a small room
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Let's build a small room for him on the roof
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For him on the roof and furnish it with the bed,
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And furnish it with the bed, a table,"
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A table," don't worry i'll go to ikea,
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Don't worry i'll go to ikea, it won't cost too much.
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It won't cost too much. "chair and a lamp
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"chair and a lamp and then he'll have
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And then he'll have a place to stay
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A place to stay whenever he comes by.'"
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Whenever he comes by.'" that's holly's favorite
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Bible story.
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Bible story. can you believe, you know,
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Can you believe, you know, you've got a book
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You've got a book with the walls of jericho
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With the walls of jericho come falling down,
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Come falling down, you got a resurrection
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You got a resurrection from the dead,
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From the dead, and of all the stories
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And of all the stories she could pick,
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She could pick, that's her favorite story.
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That's her favorite story. touch somebody and say,
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Touch somebody and say, "there must be more
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"there must be more to the story."
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To the story." >> congregation: there must
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>> congregation: there must be more to the story.
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Be more to the story. well there is, there's always
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Well there is, there's always more to the story.
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More to the story. you know that right?
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You know that right? when you hear somebody's story
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When you hear somebody's story you're hearing their side,
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You're hearing their side, not the story.
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Not the story. you have to learn this
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You have to learn this as a pastor,
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As a pastor, because i used to have people
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Because i used to have people come and meet with me
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Come and meet with me and they would tell me
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And they would tell me their story, and they were
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Their story, and they were so sincere, and then
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So sincere, and then i talked to their wife.
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[laughter]
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And she told the same story
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And she told the same story from a different side,
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From a different side, and i found out that
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And i found out that there's always more
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There's always more to the story.
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To the story. if i didn't find it out
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If i didn't find it out as a parent -- as a pastor,
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I have certainly found it out
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I have certainly found it out as a parent, because my kids
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As a parent, because my kids will come running up to me,
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Will come running up to me, you know, graham will come
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You know, graham will come running up, "abby just hit me."
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Running up, "abby just hit me." the other day,
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The other day, elijah came running up
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Elijah came running up to holly said "abby bit me.
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She just bit me."
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She just bit me." and holly said
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And holly said "she just bit you?
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"she just bit you? you weren't doing anything
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You weren't doing anything and she just bit you?"
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And she just bit you?" touch somebody and say
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Touch somebody and say "there's more to the story."
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"there's more to the story." and he said "yeah, well
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And he said "yeah, well i had my hand over her mouth,
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I had my hand over her mouth, but she just bit me."
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[laughter]
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Trying to say there's
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Trying to say there's more to the story,
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More to the story, and you will make a fool
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And you will make a fool of yourself if you charge into
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Of yourself if you charge into situations and don't realize
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Situations and don't realize there's more to the story.
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There's more to the story. you learn this.
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You learn this. it takes a little bit of life
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It takes a little bit of life to learn that there's more
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To learn that there's more to the story,
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To the story, because we live in a world
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Because we live in a world that has confused
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That has confused snaps with stories.
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Snaps with stories. can i preach for 39 minutes
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Can i preach for 39 minutes and 17 seconds,
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And 17 seconds, 16 seconds, 15 seconds.
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16 seconds, 15 seconds. a snap is not a story.
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A snap is not a story. i'm not on snapchat,
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I'm not on snapchat, i put it on my phone,
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I put it on my phone, i have an account,
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I have an account, it's not very active
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It's not very active cause i'm not that cool.
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Cause i'm not that cool. i'm more of
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I'm more of an instagram type fellow.
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An instagram type fellow. i'm not quite facebook,
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I'm not quite facebook, i'm not quite snapchat,
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I'm not quite snapchat, i'm somewhere in the middle.
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I'm somewhere in the middle. and they have instagram stories,
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And they have instagram stories, and snapchat stories,
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And snapchat stories, but those aren't stories,
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But those aren't stories, those are scenes.
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Those are scenes. you can't judge
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You can't judge the story by the scene.
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The story by the scene. talk to me elevation valentine.
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Talk to me elevation valentine. are y'all having fun
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Are y'all having fun at university city?
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At university city? see sometimes people will step
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See sometimes people will step into a scene of your life
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And think they know
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And think they know the whole story,
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The whole story, but the scene is not the story.
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But the scene is not the story. if you had seen joseph
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If you had seen joseph at one point in his life,
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At one point in his life, i'm in the old testament book
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I'm in the old testament book of genesis, he would
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Of genesis, he would have been in a pit.
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Have been in a pit. if you would have seen joseph
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If you would have seen joseph in another scene of his life,
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In another scene of his life, he would have been in a prison,
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He would have been in a prison, but if you had seen joseph
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But if you had seen joseph at the point in his life
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At the point in his life that was the culmination
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That was the culmination of his calling,
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He was in a palace
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He was in a palace saving many lives.
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Saving many lives. some of y'all need to know
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Some of y'all need to know the scene you're in today
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The scene you're in today is not your story,
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Is not your story, it's not your destination,
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It's not your destination, it's just a layover.
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[applause]
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Don't stop the story
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Don't stop the story just cause you don't like
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Just cause you don't like the scene.
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The scene. that's the power
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That's the power of a full circle moment.
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Of a full circle moment. that's the power of staying
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That's the power of staying with the story even
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With the story even when you don't like the scene.
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When you don't like the scene. my god this man is preaching.
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My god this man is preaching. the scene is not the story,
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The scene is not the story, the scene is not the story.
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The scene is not the story. i don't mean to mess up
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I don't mean to mess up your precious moments nativity,
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Your precious moments nativity, but he didn't stay in a manger,
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But he didn't stay in a manger, that's a scene,
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That's a scene, but it's not the story.
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But it's not the story. he grew in wisdom and stature,
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He grew in wisdom and stature, in favor with god and with men.
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In favor with god and with men. he opened blinded eyes,
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He opened blinded eyes, he caused the lame to walk,
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He caused the lame to walk, the deaf to hear,
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The deaf to hear, the mute to speak.
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The mute to speak. he taught with authority
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He taught with authority unlike their teachers
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Unlike their teachers of the law.
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Of the law. they hung him on a cross,
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They hung him on a cross, but that's not the story,
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But that's not the story, that's a scene.
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That's a scene. that devil had a party
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That devil had a party on saturday morning,
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On saturday morning, but saturday morning
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But saturday morning was just a scene.
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Was just a scene. early one sunday...
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[applause]
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I'm about to preach denver,
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I'm about to preach denver, i'm about to preach.
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[applause]
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There's more to the story,
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There's more to the story.
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There's more to the story. the head that once
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The head that once was crowned with thorns
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Was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now,
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Is crowned with glory now, there's more to the story.
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There's more to the story. i'm convinced that
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I'm convinced that the sufferings of this present
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The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be
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Compared with the glory
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Compared with the glory that will be revealed in us.
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That will be revealed in us. when god gets done writing
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When god gets done writing my story, i will see
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My story, i will see the goodness of the lord.
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The goodness of the lord. should i just dismiss right now?
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Should i just dismiss right now? 'cause i got more to say,
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'cause i got more to say, but man i feel,
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But man i feel, i feel like somebody's
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I feel like somebody's in the middle of a scene.
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In the middle of a scene. a scene, maybe it looks like
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A scene, maybe it looks like this right now.
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This right now. can't get to a resurrection
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Can't get to a resurrection without a crucifixion.
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Without a crucifixion. everybody's story
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Everybody's story starts somewhere.
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Starts somewhere. "when did elevation get big?"
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"when did elevation get big?" i laughed, i laughed
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I laughed, i laughed 'cause it was eight families,
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'cause it was eight families, eight crazy families.
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Eight crazy families. if you would have seen
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If you would have seen elevation in those days,
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Elevation in those days, it's laughable now.
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It's laughable now. it's laughable to look back,
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It's laughable to look back, we were proud of it then,
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We were proud of it then, 'cause we were starting a story.
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'cause we were starting a story. and a lot of people don't know
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And a lot of people don't know the story, that's okay.
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The story, that's okay. i'm not trying to be like
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I'm not trying to be like your grandfather
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Your grandfather trying to tell you about
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Trying to tell you about uphill in the snow,
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Uphill in the snow, 13 miles,
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13 miles, before high speed internet,
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Before high speed internet, you know, back in the day...
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[laughter]
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Story.
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And the generation after joshua
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And the generation after joshua didn't know the story,
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Didn't know the story, and it's hard to sacrifice
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And it's hard to sacrifice for a story that
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For a story that you don't know.
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You don't know. i don't know if you heard
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I don't know if you heard the girl that
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The girl that was being baptized today,
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Was being baptized today, she said she came
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She said she came to church during
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To church during the sticks and stones series.
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The sticks and stones series. i did five weeks
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I did five weeks on the story
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On the story of david and goliath.
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Of david and goliath. five weeks on the story,
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Five weeks on the story, and i started back before
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And i started back before when he had the slingshot,
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And i talked about
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And i talked about how god found him in the field,
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How god found him in the field, because you have to understand
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Because you have to understand that part of the story
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That part of the story to understand his victory.
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To understand his victory. you have to understand
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You have to understand that part of the story
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That part of the story to understand his success
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To understand his success to put it in proper context.
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To put it in proper context. and then i told 'em how
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And then i told 'em how when we end the story
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When we end the story we talk about how david
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We talk about how david hits goliath with the rock,
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Hits goliath with the rock, goliath falls down,
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Goliath falls down, i use sound effects
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I use sound effects to get the point across.
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To get the point across. and then i talked about
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And then i talked about how normally
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How normally the story stops there,
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The story stops there, but there's more to the story.
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But there's more to the story. david then stood over goliath
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David then stood over goliath and cut off his head
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And cut off his head with his own sword.
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With his own sword. sometimes the thing
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Sometimes the thing the enemy uses to try
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The enemy uses to try to destroy you is the thing
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To destroy you is the thing god will use to deliver you.
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God will use to deliver you. don't start me preaching.
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Don't start me preaching. and it's a story that
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And it's a story that maybe we've heard before...
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[applause]
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But that's not the whole story.
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But that's not the whole story. david handed the sword
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David handed the sword to the priest, the priest
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To the priest, the priest put it in the temple.
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Put it in the temple. years later david was
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Years later david was on the run,
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On the run, and he went into the temple
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And he went into the temple and he needed a weapon,
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And he needed a weapon, and the priest said
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And the priest said "the only one i have is
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"the only one i have is the one you took from goliath."
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The one you took from goliath." because every future victory
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Because every future victory is dependent on you completing
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Is dependent on you completing your current assignment,
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Your current assignment, and everything you do for god
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And everything you do for god here will be waiting for you
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Here will be waiting for you in your future.
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[applause]
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But see, if all you know
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But see, if all you know is he hit him with a rock,
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Is he hit him with a rock, "i know that story."
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It's more to the story.
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It's more to the story. it's more to the story,
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It's more to the story, when that girl was getting
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When that girl was getting baptized today,
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Baptized today, did you see her?
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Did you see her? some of y'all on t.v.
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Some of y'all on t.v. you didn't see it.
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You didn't see it. it was amazing,
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It was amazing, she's at our new campus, right?
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She's at our new campus, right? well, it's not a new campus,
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It's a new building.
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It's a new building. i mean it's not a new campus,
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I mean it's not a new campus, there were people meeting
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There were people meeting in the middle school back here
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In the middle school back here so that we could be
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So that we could be in the building today
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In the building today setting up, tearing down,
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Setting up, tearing down, setting up, tearing down,
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Setting up, tearing down, setting up, tearing down.
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Setting up, tearing down. all the way back
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All the way back to five college students
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To five college students that went through.
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That went through. it's part of a bigger story,
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It's part of a bigger story, but that girl was
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But that girl was getting baptized today,
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Getting baptized today, and she got to one point
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And she got to one point in her story, did you hear?
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In her story, did you hear? she said "and i struggled
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She said "and i struggled with loneliness and isolation."
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With loneliness and isolation." to us it was a sentence,
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To us it was a sentence, but she started crying, why?
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But she started crying, why? what was a sentence to us,
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What was a sentence to us, is her story.
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Is her story. when i praise god
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When i praise god you need to understand,
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You need to understand, you can't understand
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You can't understand the magnitude of my celebration
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The magnitude of my celebration if you don't know my story.
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If you don't know my story. he was there for me,
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He was there for me, he bled for me,
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He bled for me, you don't know what
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You don't know what he's done for me,
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He's done for me, you don't know my story.
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You don't know my story. why do you scream
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Why do you scream when you preach?
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When you preach? cause i prayed god would
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Cause i prayed god would give me church since i was 16,
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Give me church since i was 16, and when i look at you,
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And when i look at you, it makes me want to.
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[cheering and applause]
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But if you don't know my story
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But if you don't know my story you don't understand my scream.
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You don't understand my scream. anyway, there's
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Anyway, there's more to the story.
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She built a room,
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She built a room, she was a wealthy woman,
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She was a wealthy woman, this is holly's favorite
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This is holly's favorite bible story, i'm going back
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Bible story, i'm going back and forth i know a little bit,
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And forth i know a little bit, stay with me.
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Stay with me. i'll bring it all full circle.
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I'll bring it all full circle. so she -- are you with me?
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So she -- are you with me? blakney, uptown?
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Blakney, uptown? okay, i need to make sure.
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Okay, i need to make sure. she said to her husband
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She said to her husband "let's build him
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"let's build him a room now."
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A room now." her intention was to do
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Her intention was to do something to make an impact,
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To be a blessing.
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To be a blessing. her heart was
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Her heart was "i know this is a man of god,
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"i know this is a man of god, this is where i hear
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This is where i hear the word of god from."
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The word of god from." this is an important decision.
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This is an important decision. she made him a meal one day,
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She made him a meal one day, this is the story,
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This is the story, started so small,
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Started so small, she just made him a casserole,
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She just made him a casserole, tuna casserole.
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Tuna casserole. come on, let's fix it up,
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Come on, let's fix it up, give it a little bit of aroma.
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Give it a little bit of aroma. he said "mmm you sure
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He said "mmm you sure can cook shunammite woman.
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[laughter]
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I'll be back."
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I'll be back." and he was back,
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And he was back, he kept coming so much
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He kept coming so much she was like "we ought
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She was like "we ought to build another story,
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To build another story, another story."
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Another story." she wasn't just building a room,
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She wasn't just building a room, she was starting a story.
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She was starting a story. not just giving an offering,
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Not just giving an offering, i'm starting a story
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I'm starting a story i'm gonna tell my son,
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I'm gonna tell my son, then he's gonna tell his son,
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Then he's gonna tell his son, this is my story.
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This is my story. i'm telling a story
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I'm telling a story that was begun
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That was begun when i gave my life to christ.
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When i gave my life to christ. it didn't stop
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It didn't stop when i gave my life to him,
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When i gave my life to him, it just began.
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It just began. why do we stop the story
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At the point of salvation?
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At the point of salvation? if your story stopped
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If your story stopped when you got saved,
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When you got saved, god would have killed you
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God would have killed you when it happened.
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When it happened. boom, snatched you up.
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Boom, snatched you up. you're supposed to do something
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You're supposed to do something while you're here.
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Story, there's more
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Story, there's more to the story.
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To the story. and when they get baptized
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And when they get baptized at our church,
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At our church, i always want to tell 'em
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I always want to tell 'em "now you know this
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"now you know this is to be continued, right?
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Is to be continued, right? like, you know
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Like, you know that you're eventually,
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That you're eventually, your hair's gonna dry
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Your hair's gonna dry and you're gonna have
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And you're gonna have to go back to work on monday."
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To go back to work on monday." there's more to the story.
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There's more to the story. we don't tell people this
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We don't tell people this a lot of times because
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A lot of times because we only want them to see
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We only want them to see the part of the story
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The part of the story that we're comfortable with.
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That we're comfortable with. the story that you tell,
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The story that you tell, let me put it to you this way,
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Let me put it to you this way, how much you tell is determined
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How much you tell is determined by how much you trust.
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By how much you trust. so i can't tell everybody
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So i can't tell everybody my whole story,
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My whole story, i shouldn't tell everybody
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I shouldn't tell everybody my whole story.
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My whole story. sometimes we don't even
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Sometimes we don't even tell ourselves the whole story.
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Tell ourselves the whole story. and so she built him a room,
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And so she built him a room, she built another story.
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She built another story. 14, just about 11 years ago
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14, just about 11 years ago was building the church
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Was building the church and we had no idea,
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And we had no idea, how could we have known
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How could we have known at the time
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At the time that you would be here,
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That you would be here, how could we know
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How could we know who will be here from now,
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Who will be here from now, but it's up to us
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But it's up to us where the story stops.
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Where the story stops. three parts of every story
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Three parts of every story you tell right,
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You tell right, where you start it,
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Where you start it, where you stop it,
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Where you stop it, and what you skip.
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And what you skip. some of us should learn
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About the third thing.
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About the third thing. you ever been around somebody
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You ever been around somebody who has to tell you ever
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Who has to tell you ever detail of what color the bow
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Detail of what color the bow in her hair was?
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In her hair was? i do not care.
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I do not care. i did not ask you all that.
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I did not ask you all that. and when elijah asked me
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And when elijah asked me "how did elevation get big?"
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"how did elevation get big?" i don't know if he knew
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I don't know if he knew that he was gonna be sitting
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That he was gonna be sitting for the next 50 minutes.
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For the next 50 minutes. cause i started,
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Cause i started, you should do this sometime,
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You should do this sometime, i did this with a,
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I did this with a, i had a meeting this week
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With our apprentice program.
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With our apprentice program. the people who had come
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The people who had come to charlotte to be apprentices
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To charlotte to be apprentices at elevation,
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At elevation, and i told 'em "draw a circle.
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And i told 'em "draw a circle. go ahead and get a whole page,
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Go ahead and get a whole page, you need a clean page for this,
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You need a clean page for this, and you can finish it
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And you can finish it when you get home,
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When you get home, but draw a big circle,
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But draw a big circle, takes up the whole page."
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Takes up the whole page." and i asked 'em
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And i asked 'em "how did you get here?"
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"how did you get here?" then i said "draw another
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Then i said "draw another circle inside that one,
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Circle inside that one, little bit smaller,
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Little bit smaller, how did you get there?
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How did you get there? draw another one,
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Draw another one, how did you get there?
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How did you get there? draw another one,
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Draw another one, how did you get there?"
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How did you get there?" see sometimes it's only
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See sometimes it's only when you start connecting
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When you start connecting the circles that you see
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The circles that you see that everything you went through
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That everything you went through in your life was
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In your life was for a reason,
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For a reason, and it was a ripple.
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And it was a ripple. it was a ripple.
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It was a ripple. she built a room,
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She built a room, she cooked a meal,
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She cooked a meal, they gave an offering.
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They gave an offering. we, our core team of the church,
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We, our core team of the church, gave 10% as a tithe
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Gave 10% as a tithe and then 10 more percent,
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And then 10 more percent, and we didn't have
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And we didn't have a lot of money.
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A lot of money. we had no idea
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We had no idea what we were starting,
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What we were starting, had no idea we'd give
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Had no idea we'd give 21 million dollars
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21 million dollars to outreach in less
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To outreach in less than 11 years.
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Than 11 years. no idea.
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No idea. you would clap
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You would clap if you had given to it,
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If you had given to it, cause it was a ripple.
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[applause]
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The ripple effect,
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The ripple effect, and we didn't know
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And we didn't know when we dropped the rock,
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When we dropped the rock, and she didn't know when she,
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And she didn't know when she, you have no idea
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What you set off in your life
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What you set off in your life by marring jordan hicks.
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By marring jordan hicks. you didn't just change
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You didn't just change your last name,
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Your last name, it changed everything.
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It changed everything. it's gonna change your lineage,
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It's gonna change your lineage, the x's and the y's
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In all of it, it's dependent
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In all of it, it's dependent upon a decision,
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Upon a decision, and she rolled over
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And she rolled over and said to her husband
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And said to her husband "i think maybe we should
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"i think maybe we should build this guy a room.
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Build this guy a room. i mean, we should do it."
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I mean, we should do it." and she started a story.
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And she started a story. and let me tell you something,
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And let me tell you something, she had no idea
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She had no idea what kind of story
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What kind of story she was stepping into.
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She was stepping into. let me tell you right now,
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Let me tell you right now, she thought she was
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She thought she was doing something nice for god,
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Doing something nice for god, god was just looking for a way
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God was just looking for a way to do something for her.
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To do something for her. there's more to the story.
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There's more to the story. she had a nice house,
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She had a nice house, she had a big bank account,
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She had a big bank account, she drove a range rover.
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[laughter]
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2017 range rover.
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[laughter]
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But she had a barren womb,
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But she had a barren womb, there's more to the story.
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There's more to the story. see, stuff doesn't tell
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See, stuff doesn't tell the whole story.
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The whole story. you can be very beautiful
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You can be very beautiful and very barren.
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And very barren. you can be extremely loaded
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You can be extremely loaded and very empty.
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And very empty. there's more to the story
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There's more to the story than what you wear,
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Than what you wear, there's more to the story
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There's more to the story than what you weigh,
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Than what you weigh, there's more to the story
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There's more to the story than the neighborhood
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Than the neighborhood your kids are growing up in.
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Your kids are growing up in. some of the weirdest kids
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Some of the weirdest kids grow up in
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Grow up in the nicest neighborhoods.
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[laughter]
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I'm getting loose now,
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I'm getting loose now, pray for me.
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Pray for me. can't say any of that at 9:30,
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Can't say any of that at 9:30, but i'm talking to you.
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But i'm talking to you. you're the ones who need
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You're the ones who need the strong teaching,
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The strong teaching, you're a little farther
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You're a little farther gone than the other ones.
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[laughter]
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Tell your neighbor
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Tell your neighbor "there's more to the story."
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"there's more to the story." please, tell 'em
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Please, tell 'em "there's more to the story."
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"there's more to the story." and elijah lays down
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And elijah lays down to sleep one night,
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To sleep one night, in his comfortable bed
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In his comfortable bed that the shunammite woman
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That the shunammite woman had built just for him,
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Had built just for him, and he's thinking
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And he's thinking "what can i do for her?"
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"what can i do for her?" and she's thinking
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And she's thinking "what can i do for him?"
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And he's thinking "give,
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And he's thinking "give, and it will be given to you."
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And it will be given to you." good measure, pressed down,
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Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, run it over.
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Shaken together, run it over. and her initiative met
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And her initiative met god's initiative
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God's initiative and elijah called her in.
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And elijah called her in. i can't figure out why
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I can't figure out why but he didn't talk to her
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But he didn't talk to her directly, he had his servant
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Directly, he had his servant gehazi speak to her.
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Gehazi speak to her. and right there in the doorway,
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And right there in the doorway, read it in the bible,
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Read it in the bible, read it in the bible.
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Read it in the bible. do you read your bible?
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Do you read your bible? bible's aren't boring,
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Bible's aren't boring, you're boring.
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You're boring. and he said "hey,
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And he said "hey, what can i do for you?"
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What can i do for you?" and she did not have a list,
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And she did not have a list, to her god wasn't santa claus,
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To her god wasn't santa claus, she didn't give
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She didn't give so she could get.
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So she could get. she had a mentality that
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She had a mentality that "i get to give.
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"i get to give. everything that i have
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Everything that i have is a gift from god,
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Is a gift from god, why wouldn't i give it
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Why wouldn't i give it back to him?
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Back to him? why wouldn't i?
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Why wouldn't i? why wouldn't i?
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Why wouldn't i? i don't need anything,
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I don't need anything, i'm fine."
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I'm fine." and she was fine,
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And she was fine, she was fine on the outside,
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She was fine on the outside, but she'd never been able
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But she'd never been able to have a child.
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To have a child. see the story didn't
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See the story didn't start in 2 kings 4,
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Start in 2 kings 4, the story started
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The story started years before that.
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Years before that. how many times had
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How many times had this woman tried to have a baby?
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This woman tried to have a baby? how many times had she bought
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How many times had she bought another pregnancy test?
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Another pregnancy test? how many trips to target
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Only to be disappointed?
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Only to be disappointed? i'm telling the story the way
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I'm telling the story the way i want to tell the story,
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I want to tell the story, alright?
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Alright? and he said, "next time
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You go to target
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You go to target buy some blue paint."
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Buy some blue paint." she said,
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She said, "target don't have paint."
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"target don't have paint." he said "whatever,
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He said "whatever, that's not the point."
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That's not the point." she said, "you don't like
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She said, "you don't like the color of your room?'
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The color of your room?' these prophets,
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These prophets, build 'em a room
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Build 'em a room and they don't even complain
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And they don't even complain about the color.
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About the color. "no, no, you're not painting
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"no, no, you're not painting my room.
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My room. about this time next year
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About this time next year you're gonna have a baby boy."
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You're gonna have a baby boy." and she did,
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And she did, and that's the story,
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And that's the story, 'cause god keeps his promises.
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[applause]
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And i guess that's why
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And i guess that's why you like the story so much,
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You like the story so much, 'cause when she made room
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'cause when she made room for god, god did something
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For god, god did something in her that she couldn't do
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In her that she couldn't do for herself, and that's
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For herself, and that's the story --
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The story -- well, there's more to the story.
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Well, there's more to the story. that baby grew up to be a boy,
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That baby grew up to be a boy, you know those puppies
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You know those puppies grow up to be dogs.
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Grow up to be dogs. think about that while
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Think about that while you're having 'em jordan.
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You're having 'em jordan. take your time.
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[laughter]
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When the boy was
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When the boy was out in the field one day,
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Out in the field one day, he said he had a headache,
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He said he had a headache, he was real weak,
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He was real weak, he was acting real strange.
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He was acting real strange. and her son kinda collapsed
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And her son kinda collapsed in the field,
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In the field, and the dad did
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And the dad did what all good dads do,
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What all good dads do, it's kinda what we do,
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It's kinda what we do, he said, "take him to his mom."
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He said, "take him to his mom." it's a true story,
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It's a true story, you gotta read this.
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You gotta read this. this is 2 kings 4,
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This is 2 kings 4, if you read
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If you read the whole chapter.
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The whole chapter. see, we stop in
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See, we stop in the middle of the sentence.
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'cause it preaches good to say
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'cause it preaches good to say "and she built a room,
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"and she built a room, she built another story
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She built another story on the house,
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On the house, and she had a child.
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And she had a child. and when you're giving
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And when you're giving this offering god's gonna
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This offering god's gonna give it to you good measure,
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Give it to you good measure, pressed down,
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Pressed down, shaken together,
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Shaken together, running over,"
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Running over," watch this.
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Watch this. they brought her the child,
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They brought her the child, the child died on her lap.
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The child died on her lap. sometimes even the dreams
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Sometimes even the dreams that god births will die,
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That god births will die, sometimes they'll die.
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Sometimes they'll die. and now she has a decision
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To make, is this a scene,
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To make, is this a scene, or is it the story?
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Or is it the story? she decided that she would
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She decided that she would take it back to the place
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Take it back to the place where the promise
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Where the promise was originally conceived.
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Was originally conceived. she went back upstairs
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She went back upstairs to that empty guest room,
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To that empty guest room, that story, that second story,
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That story, that second story, she laid that dead child
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She laid that dead child on that bed,
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On that bed, and she went to go see elisha.
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And she went to go see elisha. she knew what to do,
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She knew what to do, when you get stuck in a scene
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When you get stuck in a scene you go back to the one
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You go back to the one who started the story
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Who started the story to begin with.
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[applause]
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And she found him,
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And she found him, and she fell at his feet.
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And she fell at his feet. and gehazi the servant wanted
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And gehazi the servant wanted to push her away,
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To push her away, but she was persistent.
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But she was persistent. the story can't end like this,
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The story can't end like this, the story can't end like this.
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The story can't end like this. and she summoned the man of god,
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And she summoned the man of god, and she insisted
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And she insisted that he come back.
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That he come back. and he went in
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And he went in and closed the door,
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And closed the door, and he laid his body
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And he laid his body on that boy's body.
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On that boy's body. and the first time
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And the first time nothing happened,
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Nothing happened, and the second time
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And the second time the boy started to sneeze.
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The boy started to sneeze. sneezed seven times,
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Sneezed seven times, got up, and lived.
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Got up, and lived. and that's the story.
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[applause]
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It's a good story,
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It's a good story, 'cause unless you know
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'cause unless you know that whatever is barren
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That whatever is barren in your life
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In your life can still bring forth,
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Can still bring forth, and whatever dies can come alive
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And whatever dies can come alive with one word from god.
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With one word from god. when he breathes into --
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When he breathes into -- and i believe,
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And i believe, i believe some things
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I believe some things are gonna be resurrected
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Are gonna be resurrected in your life.
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In your life. i believe in the life cycle
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I believe in the life cycle of the word of god,
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Of the word of god, nothing that he speaks
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Nothing that he speaks returns void.
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Returns void. it accomplishes
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It accomplishes what he sent it to do.
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>> when you know that
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>> when you know that your life is headed somewhere,
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Your life is headed somewhere, when you know that
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When you know that it's gonna end somewhere
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It's gonna end somewhere with you fulfilling purpose,
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With you fulfilling purpose, no amount of pain
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No amount of pain can cause you
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Can cause you to stop your progress.
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>> growing up i experienced
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A lot of pain,
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I didn't have any expectations
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For my life.
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>> everyone had expectations
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About who i was going to be.
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I allowed the enemy to define
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My life by the scenes
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Of my past.
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>> why would you let
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>> why would you let your enemy edit your life?
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Your enemy edit your life? why would you hand him the pen?
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Why would you hand him the pen? >> you'll never be a good mom.
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>> you're gonna turn out
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Just like your father.
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>> just watch, you'll fail.
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>> the devil is a liar.
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>> the devil is a liar. if he's been telling you that,
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If he's been telling you that, kick him off the editor's desk
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Kick him off the editor's desk and tell him, "i refuse
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And tell him, "i refuse to see it that way.
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To see it that way. that's the wrong lens,
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That's the wrong lens, that can't be true,
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That can't be true, that is not god.
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>> the enemy doesn't get
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To decide how my story goes.
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He doesn't get to put
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A label on my life.
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"weak," "pathetic,"
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"failure," "addict."
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Stop.
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>> there's more to my story.
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>> and there's more
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To your story too.
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"there's more to your story"
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Isn't just a collection
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Of sermons, it's a tool
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That will teach you
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To shift your perspective
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And see that there is more.
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>> what i thought was weakness,
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I now see as strength.
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>> where i once felt shame,
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Today i see god's grace.
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>> what i saw as failure,
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I recognize as
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An opportunity to grow.
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>> the enemy doesn't get
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To write the headline
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Of my life.
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I do.
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>> i'm writing a new headline
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>> i'm writing a new headline over this chapter,
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Over this chapter, and i'm calling this chapter
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And i'm calling this chapter "victory," i'm calling
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"victory," i'm calling this chapter "growth,"
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This chapter "growth," i'm calling this chapter
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I'm calling this chapter "a new beginning."
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"a new beginning." >> i choose to believe
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There's more.
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I choose to learn
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From my past,
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And build a better future.
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>> and you can too.
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Call or go online now to request
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These resources today.
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>> what if the story
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>> what if the story that you've been telling
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That you've been telling yourself about your life,
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Yourself about your life, maybe even for your whole life
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Maybe even for your whole life is a lie?
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Is a lie? what if the scene
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What if the scene you're in right now is not
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You're in right now is not an accurate representation
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An accurate representation of the future that
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Of the future that god has for you?
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God has for you? and more importantly,
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And more importantly, what if you could begin today
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What if you could begin today to write a better story for
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To write a better story for your life by the grace of god?
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Your life by the grace of god? i believe you can do just that.
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I believe you can do just that. and we have a special resource
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Today to help you get started.
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>> "there's more to your story,"
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Is what the resource is called.
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It's a five part series
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That will give you
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Practical tools to look
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Past the difficult scenes
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Of your story and see
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The full purpose of god
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In your life.
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You choose how
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You see your life and you
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Choose how you respond.
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>> and i want you
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To respond right now.
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I want you to call or go online
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I want you to call or go online and request this resource,
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And request this resource, "there's more to your story."
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"there's more to your story." it begins today.
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It begins today. and this resource can be yours
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And this resource can be yours with a gift of any amount.
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With a gift of any amount. your gift today will also
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Your gift today will also make a difference getting
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Make a difference getting the gospel story out,
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The gospel story out, as we continue
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As we continue to touch people
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To touch people around the world.
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Around the world. it's a step toward
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It's a step toward changing your life
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Changing your life and someone else's.
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And someone else's. call right now and go online
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Call right now and go online and let's begin writing
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And let's begin writing your best story today.
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>> ♪ call the name ♪
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♪ call the name ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ all our praise ♪
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♪ belongs to him ♪
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♪ all the praise is his ♪
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♪ let's go ♪
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♪ his foes will be silenced ♪
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♪ he's fighting for zion ♪
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♪ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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♪ there's no other god like ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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♪ his arm never tires ♪
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♪ his eyes are like fire ♪
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♪ oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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♪ there's no other god like ♪
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♪ jehovah ♪
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Steven Furtick - There's More To The Story (Part 1)

October 7, 2025 | 28:0

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