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Steven Furtick - Think Like A Reaper (Part 1)

December 1, 2024 | S24:E4901

Steven Furtick - Think Like A Reaper (Part 1)
Transform your perspective and take control of your life by navigating your emotions and communicating mindfully. Embrace the blessings around you and prepare to receive the abundance God has in store for you.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Think Like A Reaper (Part 1) | December 1, 2024
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> and now, it's time
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  • >> and now, it's time to preach the word of god.
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  • To preach the word of god. your excitement level
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  • Your excitement level is amazing.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • I'mma come back out again.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • I'mma just hit the reset button.
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  • I'mma just hit the reset button. now, it's time to preach
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  • Now, it's time to preach the word of god.
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  • [applause]
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  • I'm excited to be sharing
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  • I'm excited to be sharing with you today from
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  • With you today from john 4:27-39.
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  • John 4:27-39. please give your attention
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  • Please give your attention to this scripture.
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  • To this scripture. it's very powerful.
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  • The bible says,
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  • "just then his disciples
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  • Returned and were surprised
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  • To find him talking
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  • With a woman.
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  • But no one asked,
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  • 'what do you want?'
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  • Or 'why are you
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  • Talking with her?'
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  • Then, leaving her water jar,
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  • The woman went back to the town
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  • And said to the people,
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  • 'come, see a man who told me
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  • 'come, see a man who told me everything i ever did.
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  • Everything i ever did. could this be the messiah?'"
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  • Could this be the messiah?'" look at your neighbor and say,
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  • Look at your neighbor and say, "this could be the one.
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  • "this could be the one. this could be the one."
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  • This could be the one." >> congregation: this could
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  • >> congregation: this could be the one."
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  • Be the one." >> "i'm not sure yet,
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  • >> "i'm not sure yet, but i'm curious.
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  • But i'm curious. this could be the one.
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  • This could be the one. i'm not completely solid
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  • I'm not completely solid on it yet,
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  • On it yet, but i'm suspicious
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  • But i'm suspicious this could be the one."
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  • This could be the one." "and they," verse 30,
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  • "and they," verse 30, "came out of the town
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  • "came out of the town and made their way
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  • And made their way toward him, toward jesus.
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  • Toward him, toward jesus. now, meanwhile
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  • Now, meanwhile his disciples urged him,
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  • His disciples urged him, 'rabbi, eat something.'
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  • 'rabbi, eat something.' but he said to them,
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  • But he said to them, 'i have food to eat that
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  • 'i have food to eat that you know nothing about.'"
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  • There is a fine line
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  • There is a fine line sometimes in the scripture
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  • Sometimes in the scripture i can't tell whether jesus
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  • I can't tell whether jesus is training his disciples
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  • Is training his disciples or trolling his disciples.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Because that's kind of,
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  • Because that's kind of, you know, on the nose.
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  • You know, on the nose. "would you like to eat?
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  • We brought some food."
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  • He said, "i have food to eat
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  • That you know nothing about."
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  • But then, listen to what
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  • He says next.
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  • This is a lesson
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  • All in itself.
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  • "'my food,' said jesus,
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  • "is to do the will
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  • Of him who sent me
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  • And to finish his work.
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  • My food is to do the will
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  • Of him who sent me
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  • And to finish his work.'"
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  • So, the question becomes,
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  • So, the question becomes, what's your fuel?
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  • What's your fuel? what fuels you to do what god
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  • Has called you to do?
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  • Has called you to do? is your fuel comparison?
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  • Is your fuel comparison? because that's bad fuel.
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  • Because that's bad fuel. is your fuel
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  • Is your fuel validation from others?
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  • Validation from others? because that's bad fuel.
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  • Because that's bad fuel. is your fuel feelings?
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  • Is your fuel feelings? because that's unreliable fuel.
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  • Because that's unreliable fuel. jesus said, "my food," --
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  • Jesus said, "my food," -- my fuel --
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  • My fuel -- see, most of us eat for fuel.
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  • See, most of us eat for fuel. jesus was fueled
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  • Jesus was fueled and that was his food.
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  • And that was his food. but he was fueled by an agenda
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  • But he was fueled by an agenda that was set by his father,
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  • Are you?
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  • Am i?
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  • Am i? "my food is to do
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  • "my food is to do the will of him who sent me
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  • The will of him who sent me and to finish his work."
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  • And to finish his work." now, pay attention.
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  • Now, pay attention. we're getting close
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  • We're getting close to our main point for today.
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  • To our main point for today. "'don't you have a saying,
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  • "'don't you have a saying, 'it's still four months
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  • 'it's still four months until harvest?'
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  • Until harvest?' i tell you, open your eyes
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  • I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields!
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  • And look at the fields! look at the field.
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  • Look at the field. they are full.
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  • They are full. they are ripe for harvest.
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  • They are ripe for harvest. even now the one who reaps draws
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  • Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop
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  • A wage and harvests a crop for eternal life,
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  • For eternal life, so that the sower
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  • So that the sower and the reaper
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  • And the reaper may be glad together.
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  • May be glad together. thus, the saying
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  • Thus, the saying 'one sows and another reaps,'
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  • 'one sows and another reaps,' is true.
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  • Is true. i sent you to reap
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  • I sent you to reap what you have not worked for.
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  • What you have not worked for. others have done the hard work,
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  • Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped
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  • And you have reaped the benefits of their labor.'
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  • The benefits of their labor.' and many of the samaritans
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  • And many of the samaritans from that town believed in him,
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  • From that town believed in him, jesus, because of
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  • Jesus, because of the woman's testimony,
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  • The woman's testimony, 'he told me everything
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  • 'he told me everything i ever did.'"
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  • I ever did.'" you know your testimony
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  • Is a tool.
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  • Is a tool. you gotta put it back
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  • You gotta put it back in god's hand.
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  • In god's hand. don't let the devil
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  • Don't let the devil have your past.
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  • Have your past. your testimony is a tool that
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  • Your testimony is a tool that god wants to use in your future.
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  • [applause]
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  • That's where your ministry
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  • That's where your ministry is gonna come from,
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  • Is gonna come from, from your misery.
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  • From your misery. that's where your ability
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  • That's where your ability to help put other people
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  • To help put other people back together again
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  • Back together again is going to come from,
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  • Is going to come from, from the broken pieces that
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  • You feel inside of you.
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  • You feel inside of you. so, today, i wanna give you
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  • So, today, i wanna give you an important lesson,
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  • An important lesson, one of the things
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  • One of the things that god is teaching me.
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  • That god is teaching me. i think this can be so powerful
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  • I think this can be so powerful if you will think with me,
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  • If you will think with me, think with me.
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  • Think with me. now, i want you to feel
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  • Now, i want you to feel the presence of god today,
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  • The presence of god today, but today i want you
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  • But today i want you to think with me as well
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  • To think with me as well about this story,
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  • About this story, about your life,
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  • About your life, about what god is saying.
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  • About what god is saying. think with me.
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  • Think with me. and i want you to think a
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  • And i want you to think a very specific way and this is
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  • Very specific way and this is the title of the message.
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  • The title of the message. i want you to think
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  • I want you to think like a reaper.
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  • Think like a reaper.
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  • Think like a reaper. in this season of your life,
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  • In this season of your life, it is important that you
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  • It is important that you mature to the point that
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  • Mature to the point that you think like a reaper.
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  • You think like a reaper. not just an eater.
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  • Not just an eater. not just,
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  • Not just, "where's my next meal?"
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  • "where's my next meal?" not just, "is it convenient
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  • Not just, "is it convenient right now?"
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  • Right now?" but tell your neighbor,
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  • But tell your neighbor, "it's time...
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  • "it's time... >> congregation: it's time...
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  • >> congregation: it's time... >> to think...
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  • >> to think... >> congregation: to think...
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  • >> congregation: to think... >> like a reaper...
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  • >> like a reaper... >> congregation: like
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  • >> congregation: like a reaper...
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  • A reaper... >> not the grim reaper."
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  • [laughter]
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  • I wanna clarify.
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  • I wanna clarify. you might be getting spooked.
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  • You might be getting spooked. it's not october.
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  • It's not october. but think like a reaper.
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  • But think like a reaper. father, i praise you
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  • Father, i praise you for what you said to me.
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  • For what you said to me. help me to say it so clear
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  • Help me to say it so clear that it can't be missed.
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  • That it can't be missed. give us the courage to obey.
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  • Give us the courage to obey. speak, lord, we're listening.
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  • Speak, lord, we're listening. in jesus' name, amen.
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  • In jesus' name, amen. you may be seated.
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  • I'd like you to write
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  • I'd like you to write this down somewhere.
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  • This down somewhere. feelings come.
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  • Just write that down.
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  • Just write that down. i'd like to start somewhere
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  • I'd like to start somewhere that nobody can argue with.
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  • That nobody can argue with. start my sermon saying,
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  • Start my sermon saying, you know, jesus is the only
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  • You know, jesus is the only true way to god
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  • True way to god and he is the son of god,
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  • And he is the son of god, and he died for your sins,
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  • And he died for your sins, and he rose again.
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  • And he rose again. you know, you may
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  • You know, you may or may not believe that.
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  • Or may not believe that. and i believe that,
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  • But you may not believe that.
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  • But you may not believe that. so, let me build a bridge, okay?
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  • So, let me build a bridge, okay? this is what john 4 is about
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  • This is what john 4 is about that jesus is the messiah.
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  • That jesus is the messiah. but let me start with
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  • But let me start with something that we all
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  • Something that we all can agree with.
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  • Can agree with. feelings come.
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  • Feelings come. and one of the things
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  • And one of the things that happens in worship
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  • That happens in worship a lot of times
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  • A lot of times when we come to church
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  • When we come to church is that we will come to church
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  • Is that we will come to church not even wanting to come,
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  • Not even wanting to come, and then when we get
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  • And then when we get in the atmosphere
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  • In the atmosphere of god's presence,
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  • Of god's presence, we are glad we came.
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  • We are glad we came. and we're so glad that
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  • And we're so glad that we didn't obey the way
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  • We didn't obey the way that we felt and let it
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  • That we felt and let it keep us from what we were
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  • Keep us from what we were supposed to receive.
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  • Supposed to receive. and i feel this way every time
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  • And i feel this way every time that i do a physical work out,
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  • That i do a physical work out, you know, like a weightlifting
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  • You know, like a weightlifting thing or something like that.
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  • Thing or something like that. i never workout because of how
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  • I never workout because of how i want to feel in that workout.
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  • I want to feel in that workout. i meet psychopaths
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  • I meet psychopaths who do crossfit.
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  • Who do crossfit. i'm not wired like that.
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  • I'm not wired like that. they say they enjoy
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  • They say they enjoy the actual workout.
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  • The actual workout. and i am getting more
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  • And i am getting more to that point, but actually,
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  • To that point, but actually, what puts me in a workout
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  • What puts me in a workout is the way i wanna feel
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  • Is the way i wanna feel after the workout.
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  • After the workout. and that became a powerful
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  • And that became a powerful journaling exercise for me.
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  • Journaling exercise for me. i call it reverse journaling.
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  • I call it reverse journaling. it's where before
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  • It's where before instead of the --
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  • Instead of the -- like, after your day
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  • Like, after your day you usually go,
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  • You usually go, "ah, well, you know,
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  • "ah, well, you know, i did this,
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  • I did this, and i shouldn't have.
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  • And i shouldn't have. and i ate this,
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  • And i ate this, and i shouldn't have.
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  • And i shouldn't have. and i went there,
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  • And i went there, and i shouldn't have.
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  • And i shouldn't have. and i said that,
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  • And i said that, and i shouldn't have."
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  • And i shouldn't have." and i do plenty of that.
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  • And i do plenty of that. trust me.
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  • Trust me. but if you can
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  • But if you can reverse journal sometimes,
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  • Reverse journal sometimes, it's just a really good
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  • Spiritual practice.
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  • Spiritual practice. it's like asking the question,
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  • It's like asking the question, "how do i want to feel
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  • "how do i want to feel when this day is finished?"
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  • When this day is finished?" and you ask it in the morning,
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  • And you ask it in the morning, and then you kinda like
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  • And then you kinda like try to work toward
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  • Try to work toward that with your actions.
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  • That with your actions. because if you just wake up
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  • Because if you just wake up and let the feelings
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  • And let the feelings just come, they'll come.
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  • Just come, they'll come. and sometimes the feelings come,
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  • And they catch you before
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  • And they catch you before you've even had your coffee.
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  • You've even had your coffee. and this is a whole room
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  • And this is a whole room of people who have not
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  • Of people who have not had their coffee today.
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  • Had their coffee today. i can tell.
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  • [laughter]
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  • They put nyquil in
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  • They put nyquil in the communion cups back out
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  • The communion cups back out there in the lobby here today.
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  • There in the lobby here today. but what i'm trying to say is
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  • But what i'm trying to say is feelings come, watch this,
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  • Feelings come, watch this, but they don't come first.
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  • But they don't come first. now, that might be one
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  • Now, that might be one of the most powerful things
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  • Of the most powerful things that i ever learned,
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  • That i ever learned, and i'd like to break it down
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  • And i'd like to break it down with you a little while today.
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  • With you a little while today. say, "feelings come...
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  • Say, "feelings come... >> congregation: feelings
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  • >> congregation: feelings come...
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  • Come... >> but they don't come first."
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  • >> but they don't come first." >> congregation: but they don't
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  • >> congregation: but they don't come first.
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  • Come first. >> say it again,
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  • >> say it again, "feelings come...
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  • "feelings come... >> congregation: feelings
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  • >> congregation: feelings come...
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  • Come... >> write it in the chat,
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  • >> write it in the chat, "feelings come...
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  • "feelings come... >> congregation: feelings
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  • >> congregation: feelings come...
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  • Come... >> but they don't come first."
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  • >> but they don't come first." >> congregation: but they don't
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  • >> congregation: but they don't come first.
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  • Come first. >> and so, the feeling of being
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  • >> and so, the feeling of being tempted is never a sin.
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  • Tempted is never a sin. it is when the temptation
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  • It is when the temptation takes the throne in your life
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  • Takes the throne in your life and leads you to a place
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  • And leads you to a place that you have no business being
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  • That you have no business being that the sin is committed.
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  • That the sin is committed. feelings of sadness do not
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  • Feelings of sadness do not negate the joy of the lord,
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  • Negate the joy of the lord, but it's when i allow
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  • The feeling of sadness
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  • The feeling of sadness to become the primary soil
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  • To become the primary soil in which my life is grown
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  • In which my life is grown that it becomes a problem.
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  • That it becomes a problem. feelings come,
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  • Feelings come, but they don't come first.
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  • But they don't come first. and what i mean by that is,
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  • And what i mean by that is, first of all, sometimes you
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  • First of all, sometimes you have to do the thing
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  • Have to do the thing and the feeling follows.
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  • And the feeling follows. amen.
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  • Amen. sometimes you have to
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  • Sometimes you have to lift your hands,
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  • Lift your hands, and the burden is lifted
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  • As your hands are.
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  • As your hands are. but if you wait for
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  • But if you wait for the burden to lift
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  • The burden to lift for your hands to follow,
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  • For your hands to follow, you may keep them
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  • You may keep them in your pockets,
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  • In your pockets, and you may never feel
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  • And you may never feel the freedom that you
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  • The freedom that you could have felt
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  • Could have felt because feelings come,
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  • Because feelings come, but they don't come first.
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  • But they don't come first. all i'm trying to get you
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  • All i'm trying to get you to see today is that
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  • To see today is that god is very aware
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  • God is very aware of the hard places in your life.
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  • Of the hard places in your life. and the very clear thing that
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  • And the very clear thing that i heard god saying to me today
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  • I heard god saying to me today to preach to you was,
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  • To preach to you was, he will help you
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  • He will help you in the hard place.
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  • In the hard place. just encourage your neighbor.
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  • Just encourage your neighbor. they need to hear it.
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  • They need to hear it. "god will help you
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  • "god will help you in the hard place."
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  • In the hard place." >> congregation: god will
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  • >> congregation: god will help you in the hard place.
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  • Help you in the hard place. >> say it to your neighbor
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  • >> say it to your neighbor even if you don't believe
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  • Even if you don't believe it's true for you.
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  • It's true for you. "god will help you
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  • "god will help you in the hard place."
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  • In the hard place." >> congregation: god will
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  • >> congregation: god will help you in the hard place.
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  • Help you in the hard place. >> and see, when you said
  • 00:10:26.945 --> 00:10:27.846
  • >> and see, when you said that to her, you don't know
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  • That to her, you don't know what her hard place is,
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  • What her hard place is, but you can be sure
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  • She has a hard place.
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  • She has a hard place. "no, she doesn't.
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  • "no, she doesn't. she has plenty of money."
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  • She has plenty of money." well, then she has
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  • Well, then she has plenty of taxes.
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  • Plenty of taxes. god will help you....
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  • [laughter]
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  • In the hard place.
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  • In the hard place. "you know, well, they have kids.
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  • "you know, well, they have kids. they're not struggling
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  • They're not struggling with infertility."
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  • With infertility." fertility has its own set...
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  • [laughter]
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  • Of problems.
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  • Of problems. you'd never hear anybody
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  • You'd never hear anybody say that though.
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  • Say that though. "i'm struggling with fertility."
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:10:51.736 --> 00:10:52.404
  • But the truth of the matter is
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  • But the truth of the matter is whether you're struggling
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  • Whether you're struggling with something that
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  • With something that you can't have or something
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  • You can't have or something that you do have,
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  • That you do have, the pressure is real
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  • The pressure is real for all of us.
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  • For all of us. and the assuring word
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  • And the assuring word of the lord is that god will
  • 00:11:01.246 --> 00:11:02.480
  • Of the lord is that god will help you in your hard place.
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  • Help you in your hard place. god will help you
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  • God will help you in your hard place.
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  • In your hard place. the text that we read --
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  • The text that we read -- i'm not sure if the section
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  • I'm not sure if the section of the text i read got
  • 00:11:12.624 --> 00:11:14.159
  • Of the text i read got the point across that
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  • The point across that jesus and his disciples were
  • 00:11:16.261 --> 00:11:17.929
  • Jesus and his disciples were traveling through a hard place.
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  • Traveling through a hard place. we know that because
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  • Verse 39 says,
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  • Verse 39 says, "many of the samaritans
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  • "many of the samaritans from that town
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  • From that town believed in him because
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  • Believed in him because of the woman's testimony."
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  • Of the woman's testimony." and two things in this text
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  • I wanna give you before
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  • I wanna give you before we really get practical here
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  • We really get practical here is that samaria was a place
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  • Is that samaria was a place that was very hostile
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  • That was very hostile to the jews.
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  • To the jews. and the woman had lived
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  • And the woman had lived a very hard life and had been
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  • A very hard life and had been through several men.
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  • Through several men. in fact, she had been
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  • In fact, she had been through five men,
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  • Through five men, and she was currently
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  • And she was currently in a situation with number six.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Into the complexity
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  • Into the complexity of this situation,
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  • Of this situation, i'm cleaning it up
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  • I'm cleaning it up and making it king james,
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  • And making it king james, there comes
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  • The presence of purity,
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  • The presence of purity, the presence of purpose,
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  • The presence of purpose, the presence of potential
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  • The presence of potential in the dirt of a place that
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  • In the dirt of a place that they didn't want to be.
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  • They didn't want to be. samaria was a place
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  • Samaria was a place that was racially tense.
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  • That was racially tense. samaria was a place that was
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  • Samaria was a place that was religiously polytheistic.
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  • Religiously polytheistic. not that they didn't each
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  • Not that they didn't each think they were right.
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  • Think they were right. they just worshiped in different
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  • They just worshiped in different places in different ways.
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  • And so, everything is against
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  • And so, everything is against the disciples and jesus
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  • The disciples and jesus in this text.
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  • In this text. and i think that's worth
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  • And i think that's worth its own sermon, really i do,
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  • Its own sermon, really i do, because some of the things
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  • Because some of the things god teaches us that
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  • God teaches us that go the deepest happen
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  • Go the deepest happen in the places that
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  • In the places that we did not choose to be.
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  • We did not choose to be. you don't really get to sign up
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  • You don't really get to sign up for a class to learn the things
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  • For a class to learn the things that christ wants to teach you.
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  • That christ wants to teach you. and i'll prove it to you
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  • And i'll prove it to you right from the text.
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  • "the disciples were,"
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  • "the disciples were," look at verse 27,
  • 00:13:03.601 --> 00:13:05.436
  • Look at verse 27, "surprised to see jesus
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  • "surprised to see jesus talking to a woman."
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  • Talking to a woman." now, that lets me know,
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  • Now, that lets me know, if they were surprised,
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  • That they did not
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  • That they did not get a syllabus.
  • 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:16.381
  • Get a syllabus. i got a son going back
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  • I got a son going back to college this week.
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  • To college this week. what's up, my boy?
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  • What's up, my boy? some of the stuff that gets
  • 00:13:21.452 --> 00:13:22.387
  • Some of the stuff that gets taught is not on the syllabus.
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  • Taught is not on the syllabus. and when we read discipleship
  • 00:13:25.723 --> 00:13:27.492
  • And when we read discipleship we think class,
  • 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:28.526
  • We think class, because that is our modern,
  • 00:13:28.593 --> 00:13:30.495
  • Because that is our modern, western interpretation
  • 00:13:30.562 --> 00:13:31.830
  • Western interpretation of learning.
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  • Of learning. but god's version of learning
  • 00:13:33.131 --> 00:13:35.633
  • But god's version of learning usually looks like this.
  • 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:37.368
  • Usually looks like this. "i am going to show you
  • 00:13:37.435 --> 00:13:39.971
  • "i am going to show you how strategic i was
  • 00:13:40.038 --> 00:13:42.440
  • How strategic i was after you survive the surprise."
  • 00:13:42.507 --> 00:13:46.711
  • After you survive the surprise." so, then what happens is
  • 00:13:46.778 --> 00:13:48.546
  • So, then what happens is life catches you off guard.
  • 00:13:48.613 --> 00:13:50.148
  • Life catches you off guard. "oh, whoa!
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  • "oh, whoa! hey, no.
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  • Hey, no. didn't even
  • 00:13:51.382 --> 00:13:51.850
  • Didn't even see that coming.
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  • See that coming. oh!
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  • Oh! hey!
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  • Hey! woah!
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  • Woah! no, i didn't even
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  • No, i didn't even see them coming.
  • 00:13:54.652 --> 00:13:55.353
  • See them coming. i definitely would have ducked.
  • 00:13:55.420 --> 00:13:57.088
  • I definitely would have ducked. i definitely wouldn't have
  • 00:13:57.155 --> 00:13:58.089
  • I definitely wouldn't have answered if i knew
  • 00:13:58.156 --> 00:13:58.857
  • Answered if i knew that's what they wanted
  • 00:13:58.923 --> 00:13:59.591
  • That's what they wanted to talk to me about."
  • 00:13:59.657 --> 00:14:01.259
  • To talk to me about." you know people who bait you
  • 00:14:01.326 --> 00:14:02.160
  • You know people who bait you with a text, like, "hey,"
  • 00:14:02.227 --> 00:14:04.429
  • With a text, like, "hey," and that's all it says?
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:05.797 --> 00:14:06.497
  • I never respond to that.
  • 00:14:06.998 --> 00:14:07.832
  • I never respond to that. i'mma need more information.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:09.934 --> 00:14:10.802
  • That is inconclusive data
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  • To give me.
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  • [laughing]
  • 00:14:13.638 --> 00:14:14.038
  • "surprise!
  • 00:14:15.807 --> 00:14:16.975
  • "surprise! he's talking to a woman.
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  • He's talking to a woman. surprise!
  • 00:14:18.109 --> 00:14:19.711
  • Surprise! he's sitting down
  • 00:14:19.777 --> 00:14:20.345
  • He's sitting down having a chat.
  • 00:14:20.411 --> 00:14:21.846
  • Having a chat. surprise!
  • 00:14:21.913 --> 00:14:22.580
  • Surprise! she's somebody you don't like.
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  • She's somebody you don't like. she's a samaritan.
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  • She's a samaritan. surprise!"
  • 00:14:25.516 --> 00:14:25.884
  • Surprise!" see, they thought,
  • 00:14:25.950 --> 00:14:27.318
  • See, they thought, "we went through samaria
  • 00:14:27.385 --> 00:14:29.087
  • "we went through samaria because it was
  • 00:14:29.153 --> 00:14:29.888
  • Because it was shorter geographically."
  • 00:14:29.954 --> 00:14:32.457
  • Shorter geographically." the bible says jesus
  • 00:14:32.523 --> 00:14:33.791
  • The bible says jesus took them through samaria.
  • 00:14:33.858 --> 00:14:36.027
  • Took them through samaria. well, most jews walked around
  • 00:14:36.094 --> 00:14:38.263
  • Samaria so that they didn't
  • 00:14:38.363 --> 00:14:40.431
  • Samaria so that they didn't have to deal with those people.
  • 00:14:40.498 --> 00:14:43.401
  • Have to deal with those people. and now, jesus is talking
  • 00:14:43.468 --> 00:14:45.270
  • And now, jesus is talking to one of those people.
  • 00:14:45.336 --> 00:14:47.839
  • To one of those people. and not even
  • 00:14:47.906 --> 00:14:48.506
  • And not even one of those people,
  • 00:14:48.573 --> 00:14:50.975
  • One of those people, a woman which was not
  • 00:14:51.042 --> 00:14:54.746
  • A woman which was not very good pr strategy
  • 00:14:54.812 --> 00:14:57.749
  • Very good pr strategy for a rabbi.
  • 00:14:57.815 --> 00:14:59.117
  • For a rabbi. and yet, i have learned
  • 00:14:59.183 --> 00:15:01.352
  • And yet, i have learned in my life --
  • 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.020
  • In my life -- now, you can get
  • 00:15:02.086 --> 00:15:02.921
  • Now, you can get this lesson at age 13,
  • 00:15:02.987 --> 00:15:04.122
  • This lesson at age 13, you can get it at age 31,
  • 00:15:04.188 --> 00:15:05.356
  • You can get it at age 31, or you can die not
  • 00:15:05.423 --> 00:15:06.424
  • Or you can die not getting this lesson.
  • 00:15:06.491 --> 00:15:07.392
  • Getting this lesson. but you'll find out one day that
  • 00:15:07.458 --> 00:15:09.394
  • But you'll find out one day that god is often most strategic
  • 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:12.697
  • God is often most strategic when you are most surprised.
  • 00:15:12.764 --> 00:15:16.968
  • When you are most surprised. and that means god will
  • 00:15:17.035 --> 00:15:18.369
  • And that means god will allow things to come
  • 00:15:18.436 --> 00:15:19.938
  • Allow things to come into my life, even my day,
  • 00:15:20.004 --> 00:15:22.473
  • Into my life, even my day, or even my feelings
  • 00:15:22.540 --> 00:15:25.310
  • Or even my feelings that i did not expect.
  • 00:15:25.376 --> 00:15:27.312
  • That i did not expect. and what i have to learn
  • 00:15:27.378 --> 00:15:28.346
  • And what i have to learn how to do in those moments
  • 00:15:28.413 --> 00:15:30.148
  • How to do in those moments is what galatians 6:9 says.
  • 00:15:30.214 --> 00:15:32.016
  • Please give me this verse.
  • 00:15:32.116 --> 00:15:34.252
  • Please give me this verse. galatians 6:9 says,
  • 00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:35.286
  • Galatians 6:9 says, "let us not become
  • 00:15:35.353 --> 00:15:36.287
  • "let us not become weary in doing good,
  • 00:15:36.354 --> 00:15:39.891
  • Weary in doing good, for at the proper time,"
  • 00:15:39.958 --> 00:15:41.359
  • For at the proper time," or one version says,
  • 00:15:41.426 --> 00:15:43.027
  • Or one version says, "in due season,
  • 00:15:43.094 --> 00:15:45.596
  • "in due season, in due season,
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  • In due season, at the proper time
  • 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.133
  • At the proper time we will reap a harvest
  • 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:53.338
  • We will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
  • 00:15:53.404 --> 00:15:56.641
  • But if your feelings come first,
  • 00:15:56.741 --> 00:15:59.444
  • But if your feelings come first, you give up while it's growing.
  • 00:15:59.510 --> 00:16:02.914
  • You give up while it's growing. if your feelings come first,
  • 00:16:02.981 --> 00:16:05.550
  • If your feelings come first, if you cannot separate
  • 00:16:05.616 --> 00:16:06.851
  • If you cannot separate the feeling,
  • 00:16:06.918 --> 00:16:08.052
  • You will never experience
  • 00:16:08.152 --> 00:16:09.721
  • You will never experience your due season, d-u-e season.
  • 00:16:09.787 --> 00:16:14.592
  • Your due season, d-u-e season. but this is the tricky thing.
  • 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:17.161
  • But this is the tricky thing. how do you do, d-o,
  • 00:16:17.228 --> 00:16:20.398
  • In a season what is due, d-u-e,
  • 00:16:20.498 --> 00:16:25.169
  • In a season what is due, d-u-e, in another season
  • 00:16:25.236 --> 00:16:27.071
  • In another season when the feelings don't
  • 00:16:27.138 --> 00:16:28.239
  • When the feelings don't come to support you?
  • 00:16:28.306 --> 00:16:30.208
  • Come to support you? and you say to me,
  • 00:16:30.274 --> 00:16:31.175
  • And you say to me, "this has nothing to do with
  • 00:16:31.242 --> 00:16:32.210
  • "this has nothing to do with jesus and the samaritan."
  • 00:16:32.276 --> 00:16:33.311
  • Jesus and the samaritan." it has everything to do
  • 00:16:33.378 --> 00:16:35.446
  • It has everything to do with jesus and the samaritan.
  • 00:16:35.513 --> 00:16:36.748
  • With jesus and the samaritan. it has everything to do
  • 00:16:36.814 --> 00:16:38.716
  • It has everything to do with you and your kid.
  • 00:16:38.783 --> 00:16:39.917
  • With you and your kid. it has everything to do
  • 00:16:39.984 --> 00:16:41.419
  • It has everything to do with the fear that you feel
  • 00:16:41.486 --> 00:16:42.887
  • With the fear that you feel about your business.
  • 00:16:42.954 --> 00:16:43.755
  • About your business. because i think
  • 00:16:43.821 --> 00:16:44.956
  • Because i think this passage speaks
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  • This passage speaks to every one of our fears,
  • 00:16:46.190 --> 00:16:47.158
  • To every one of our fears, every one of our frustrations,
  • 00:16:47.225 --> 00:16:49.060
  • Every one of our frustrations, and it speaks to something else
  • 00:16:49.127 --> 00:16:50.895
  • And it speaks to something else we should talk about,
  • 00:16:50.962 --> 00:16:52.096
  • We should talk about, the fatigue that we feel
  • 00:16:52.163 --> 00:16:58.136
  • The fatigue that we feel while we do what we do
  • 00:16:58.202 --> 00:17:01.873
  • While we do what we do and what is due doesn't come.
  • 00:17:01.939 --> 00:17:05.810
  • And what is due doesn't come. what do you do when
  • 00:17:05.877 --> 00:17:08.112
  • What do you do when what is due doesn't come?
  • 00:17:08.179 --> 00:17:11.182
  • What is due doesn't come? and the lord might have
  • 00:17:11.249 --> 00:17:12.150
  • And the lord might have sent me to preach this
  • 00:17:12.216 --> 00:17:13.217
  • Sent me to preach this message for myself.
  • 00:17:13.284 --> 00:17:15.920
  • Message for myself. and if that's the case,
  • 00:17:15.987 --> 00:17:17.188
  • And if that's the case, i invite you to listen in.
  • 00:17:17.255 --> 00:17:18.289
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:18.723 --> 00:17:19.624
  • Because too many times
  • 00:17:20.191 --> 00:17:21.092
  • Because too many times in my life, i have thought
  • 00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:23.227
  • In my life, i have thought only about what i am sowing
  • 00:17:23.294 --> 00:17:26.064
  • Only about what i am sowing in this moment,
  • 00:17:26.130 --> 00:17:27.832
  • In this moment, and i lose consciousness
  • 00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:29.133
  • And i lose consciousness of the harvest that awaits me
  • 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:33.271
  • Of the harvest that awaits me if i don't give up.
  • 00:17:33.337 --> 00:17:36.174
  • If i don't give up. and so, it looks like this.
  • 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:40.578
  • And so, it looks like this. do not be deceived.
  • 00:17:40.645 --> 00:17:41.212
  • Do not be deceived. actually, go to --
  • 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.846
  • Actually, go to -- go to verse -- go to verse 8.
  • 00:17:41.913 --> 00:17:43.247
  • Go to verse -- go to verse 8. i think that'll be good too.
  • 00:17:43.314 --> 00:17:44.315
  • I think that'll be good too. galatians 6:8,
  • 00:17:44.382 --> 00:17:45.983
  • Galatians 6:8, where the bible says --
  • 00:17:46.050 --> 00:17:47.752
  • Where the bible says -- galatians 6:8, please.
  • 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:51.122
  • Galatians 6:8, please. "whoever sows
  • 00:17:51.189 --> 00:17:51.722
  • "whoever sows to please their flesh,
  • 00:17:51.789 --> 00:17:52.690
  • To please their flesh, from the flesh
  • 00:17:52.757 --> 00:17:53.591
  • From the flesh will reap destruction."
  • 00:17:53.658 --> 00:17:54.625
  • Will reap destruction." that's another way of saying
  • 00:17:54.692 --> 00:17:55.960
  • That's another way of saying just doing what you feel.
  • 00:17:56.027 --> 00:17:58.162
  • Just doing what you feel. sow to the flesh.
  • 00:17:58.229 --> 00:18:00.598
  • Sow to the flesh. "whoever sows
  • 00:18:00.665 --> 00:18:01.132
  • "whoever sows to please the spirit,
  • 00:18:01.199 --> 00:18:02.033
  • To please the spirit, from the spirit
  • 00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:02.867
  • From the spirit will reap eternal life."
  • 00:18:02.934 --> 00:18:06.270
  • Will reap eternal life." and that's how
  • 00:18:06.337 --> 00:18:06.904
  • We're trying to think now.
  • 00:18:07.004 --> 00:18:07.872
  • We're trying to think now. we're trying to think about
  • 00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:09.373
  • We're trying to think about the lasting thing.
  • 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:11.142
  • The lasting thing. we're trying to think about
  • 00:18:11.209 --> 00:18:12.710
  • We're trying to think about the eternal thing.
  • 00:18:12.777 --> 00:18:13.978
  • The eternal thing. we're trying to think about
  • 00:18:14.045 --> 00:18:15.079
  • We're trying to think about the long-term thing.
  • 00:18:15.146 --> 00:18:16.681
  • The long-term thing. and we don't want to be so into
  • 00:18:16.747 --> 00:18:19.383
  • And we don't want to be so into our feelings that we only
  • 00:18:19.450 --> 00:18:22.353
  • Our feelings that we only sow into what we feel like.
  • 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:27.792
  • Sow into what we feel like. i'm coming.
  • 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.292
  • I'm coming. i'm coming.
  • 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.559
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:28.893 --> 00:18:29.727
  • It's gonna take a minute,
  • 00:18:30.061 --> 00:18:30.728
  • It's gonna take a minute, but we're gonna get there.
  • 00:18:30.795 --> 00:18:32.430
  • But we're gonna get there. so, it looks like this.
  • 00:18:32.497 --> 00:18:33.898
  • So, it looks like this. i may want to eat
  • 00:18:33.965 --> 00:18:35.766
  • I may want to eat the ice cream at 10:00 p.m.
  • 00:18:35.833 --> 00:18:39.871
  • The ice cream at 10:00 p.m. i don't want to feel
  • 00:18:39.937 --> 00:18:41.606
  • I don't want to feel the ice cream at 3:00 a.m.
  • 00:18:41.672 --> 00:18:43.474
  • [laughter]
  • 00:18:43.808 --> 00:18:44.142
  • I don't wanna see
  • 00:18:44.509 --> 00:18:45.877
  • I don't wanna see the ice cream...
  • 00:18:45.943 --> 00:18:46.744
  • [laughter and applause]
  • 00:18:47.245 --> 00:18:50.648
  • But if i am sowing
  • 00:18:51.115 --> 00:18:53.551
  • But if i am sowing to what i feel,
  • 00:18:53.618 --> 00:18:56.821
  • To what i feel, then my feelings come first.
  • 00:18:56.888 --> 00:18:59.824
  • Then my feelings come first. because rather than thinking
  • 00:18:59.891 --> 00:19:01.359
  • Because rather than thinking like a reaper and thinking,
  • 00:19:01.425 --> 00:19:02.560
  • Like a reaper and thinking, "well, if i eat the ice cream
  • 00:19:02.627 --> 00:19:04.028
  • "well, if i eat the ice cream just tonight, that's fine.
  • 00:19:04.095 --> 00:19:05.530
  • Just tonight, that's fine. but if i eat the ice cream
  • 00:19:05.596 --> 00:19:06.864
  • But if i eat the ice cream every night, i mean every night,
  • 00:19:06.931 --> 00:19:09.734
  • And then i go back for
  • 00:19:09.834 --> 00:19:12.003
  • And then i go back for a fourth scoop because i had
  • 00:19:12.069 --> 00:19:13.771
  • A fourth scoop because i had a very stressful day,
  • 00:19:13.838 --> 00:19:15.173
  • A very stressful day, and don't judge me
  • 00:19:15.239 --> 00:19:15.907
  • And don't judge me about it.
  • 00:19:15.973 --> 00:19:17.175
  • About it. i won't like what i see,
  • 00:19:17.241 --> 00:19:18.843
  • I won't like what i see, but i will like what i feel."
  • 00:19:18.910 --> 00:19:23.214
  • But i will like what i feel." and so, i need you to start,
  • 00:19:23.281 --> 00:19:24.916
  • And so, i need you to start, okay, growing into a place
  • 00:19:24.982 --> 00:19:27.118
  • Okay, growing into a place in god when you go
  • 00:19:27.185 --> 00:19:29.187
  • In god when you go to speak an unkind word,
  • 00:19:29.253 --> 00:19:31.522
  • To speak an unkind word, you can think like this,
  • 00:19:31.589 --> 00:19:33.357
  • You can think like this, "if i sow this unkind word,
  • 00:19:33.424 --> 00:19:35.526
  • "if i sow this unkind word, what will i reap in this
  • 00:19:35.593 --> 00:19:36.961
  • What will i reap in this relationship later?"
  • 00:19:37.028 --> 00:19:38.095
  • [applause]
  • 00:19:38.429 --> 00:19:39.430
  • 'cause i'mma tell you
  • 00:19:39.797 --> 00:19:40.665
  • 'cause i'mma tell you the truth.
  • 00:19:40.731 --> 00:19:41.165
  • The truth. it's gonna feel good
  • 00:19:41.232 --> 00:19:42.133
  • It's gonna feel good to say it right now.
  • 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:44.135
  • To say it right now. it's gonna feel good
  • 00:19:44.202 --> 00:19:45.069
  • It's gonna feel good to go off right now.
  • 00:19:45.136 --> 00:19:46.837
  • To go off right now. as a matter of fact,
  • 00:19:46.904 --> 00:19:47.605
  • As a matter of fact, when the woman in the text
  • 00:19:47.672 --> 00:19:48.539
  • When the woman in the text was talking with jesus,
  • 00:19:48.606 --> 00:19:49.440
  • Was talking with jesus, the part i didn't read you,
  • 00:19:49.507 --> 00:19:50.775
  • The part i didn't read you, she was so in her feelings
  • 00:19:50.841 --> 00:19:52.476
  • She was so in her feelings she went off on jesus.
  • 00:19:52.543 --> 00:19:55.513
  • She went off on jesus. jesus said, "give me a drink."
  • 00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.914
  • Jesus said, "give me a drink." she said, "you don't
  • 00:19:56.981 --> 00:19:57.548
  • She said, "you don't have a bucket."
  • 00:19:57.615 --> 00:19:58.349
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:58.816 --> 00:20:00.084
  • "and why are you
  • 00:20:00.518 --> 00:20:01.052
  • "and why are you talking to me anyway?
  • 00:20:01.118 --> 00:20:02.053
  • Talking to me anyway? i'm a woman.
  • 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:03.020
  • I'm a woman. you're a rabbi.
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  • You're a rabbi. i'm a samaritan.
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  • I'm a samaritan. you're a jew.
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  • You're a jew. you don't have anything
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  • You don't have anything to do with me."
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  • To do with me." "no, i have everything
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  • "no, i have everything to do with you."
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  • To do with you." and what you do in this moment
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  • And what you do in this moment where you feel offended,
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  • Where you feel offended, what you do in this moment
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  • What you do in this moment where you feel weary,
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  • Where you feel weary, will determine --
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  • Will determine -- what you do in this moment,
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  • What you do in this moment, will determine whether
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  • Your due season is going to be
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  • Your due season is going to be full of thorns and thistles
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  • Full of thorns and thistles or fruit and favor.
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  • [applause]
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  • I am not saying, by the way,
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  • I am not saying, by the way, that god's love is on
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  • That god's love is on the basis of our behavior.
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  • I am saying that
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  • I am saying that the consequences are built
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  • The consequences are built into the system of humanity.
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  • Into the system of humanity. so, to think like a reaper
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  • So, to think like a reaper is to, watch this fancy term
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  • Is to, watch this fancy term i came up with this week,
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  • I came up with this week, to become con --
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  • To become con -- i almost forgot it.
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  • I almost forgot it. see, that's what happens
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  • See, that's what happens when you try to show off
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  • When you try to show off with big words.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Conscious of the consequence.
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  • Conscious of the consequence. right?
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  • Right? conscious of the consequence.
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  • Conscious of the consequence. pattern recognition.
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  • Pattern recognition. "every time i go down this road,
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  • "every time i go down this road, every time i just, like,
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  • Every time i just, like, respond out of what i feel,
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  • Respond out of what i feel, every time i just continue
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  • Every time i just continue to rehearse this thing that
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  • To rehearse this thing that happened three weeks ago,
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  • Happened three weeks ago, every time i just let myself
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  • Every time i just let myself go there in my mind,
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  • Go there in my mind, every time i indulge in it,
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  • Every time i indulge in it, i hate where it takes me."
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  • I hate where it takes me." and that's my conflict.
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  • And that's my conflict. because some of the things
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  • Because some of the things in my life,
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  • In my life, i love what they bring me
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  • I love what they bring me but i hate where they take me.
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  • But i hate where they take me. and if you'll be honest with it,
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  • And if you'll be honest with it, there are certain vices,
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  • Certain things, certain actions,
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  • Certain things, certain actions, certain states,
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  • Certain states, certain relationships --
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  • Certain relationships -- oh, don't let me preach
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  • Oh, don't let me preach a relationship seminar.
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  • A relationship seminar. i'll preach about
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  • I'll preach about the certain things that make you
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  • The certain things that make you feel a certain way
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  • Feel a certain way but take you a place.
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  • But take you a place. and what do you do when you
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  • And what do you do when you love how they make you feel,
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  • Love how they make you feel, but hate where they make you go?
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  • [applause]
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  • Jesus is going somewhere.
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  • He's going through samaria.
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  • He's going through samaria. he's working on something.
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  • He's working on something. and just remind your neighbor
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  • And just remind your neighbor in case they haven't felt
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  • In case they haven't felt god's presence lately
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  • God's presence lately or in case they're unclear
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  • Or in case they're unclear about what god
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  • About what god is doing in their life.
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  • Is doing in their life. just tell 'em, "he's working
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  • Just tell 'em, "he's working on something right now.
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  • On something right now. he's working."
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  • He's working." you need to be
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  • You need to be more convincing than that.
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  • More convincing than that. don't be mumbling that at them.
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  • Don't be mumbling that at them. say, "jesus is working
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  • Say, "jesus is working on something."
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  • >> i am so excited
  • 00:22:27.431 --> 00:22:28.332
  • >> i am so excited to share my husband's
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  • To share my husband's newest series,
  • 00:22:29.333 --> 00:22:30.434
  • Newest series, "ready for a miracle."
  • 00:22:30.501 --> 00:22:32.403
  • "ready for a miracle." this series is about
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  • This series is about opening your eyes to see
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  • Opening your eyes to see the miracles all around you,
  • 00:22:35.239 --> 00:22:37.074
  • The miracles all around you, and often that starts with
  • 00:22:37.141 --> 00:22:38.342
  • And often that starts with addressing your feelings.
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  • Addressing your feelings. i've had moments where i let
  • 00:22:40.611 --> 00:22:41.746
  • My emotions control everything,
  • 00:22:41.846 --> 00:22:43.514
  • My emotions control everything, how i act and react,
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  • How i act and react, and even how my day goes.
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  • And even how my day goes. and when that happens,
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  • And when that happens, i miss what god
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  • I miss what god is doing in my life.
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  • Is doing in my life. i miss the blessings,
  • 00:22:50.855 --> 00:22:51.589
  • I miss the blessings, and the opportunities,
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  • And the opportunities, and the miracles all around me.
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  • And the miracles all around me. in this series, my husband says,
  • 00:22:55.426 --> 00:22:56.927
  • In this series, my husband says, "feelings come,
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  • "feelings come, but they don't come first."
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  • But they don't come first." this challenge shifted
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  • This challenge shifted my perspective because
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  • My perspective because it was a call for me
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  • It was a call for me to take control.
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  • To take control. instead of letting
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  • Instead of letting my emotions run wild,
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  • My emotions run wild, i started each day imagining
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  • I started each day imagining how i wanted to feel
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  • How i wanted to feel at the end of it.
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  • At the end of it. this shift can
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  • This shift can change everything,
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  • Change everything, and that's why i believe
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  • And that's why i believe this series is so important
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  • This series is so important for every believer.
  • 00:23:17.982 --> 00:23:19.617
  • For every believer. so, here's what i'd love
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  • So, here's what i'd love for you to do.
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  • For you to do. go online
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  • Go online or call now to request,
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  • Or call now to request, "ready for a miracle."
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  • "ready for a miracle." it's available for
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  • Your gift of any amount. it's time to take control
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  • It's time to take control and stop letting life's
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  • And stop letting life's ups and downs control you.
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  • Ups and downs control you. thank you for supporting
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  • Thank you for supporting this ministry.
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  • This ministry. it's good soil.
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  • It's good soil. your generosity helps us
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  • Your generosity helps us continue to get this message out
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  • Continue to get this message out to people just like yourself
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  • To people just like yourself all over the world.
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  • Online now to give. we love you and i'll see you
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  • We love you and i'll see you here next time.
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  • >> introducing
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  • "ready for a miracle",
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  • A brand new
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  • 5-part dvd series
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  • From pastor steven furtick.
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  • These sermons will help you
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  • Not only recognize
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  • The harvest before you,
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  • But also reap its blessings.
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  • It's available for your gift
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  • Of any amount.
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  • Of $90 or more,
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  • "the reverse journal,"
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  • A 28 day guide with prompts
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  • And reflections designed
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  • To help you start your day
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  • With the end in mind."
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  • You'll also receive
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  • >> well, that's all the time
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  • >> well, that's all the time we have for today
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  • We have for today but there is good news,
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  • But there is good news, the conversation doesn't
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  • The conversation doesn't have to stop here.
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  • Have to stop here. did you know that you can
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  • Join us for church live every single weekend?
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  • You can worship with us. you can get connected
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  • To a community of believers and you can hear a message
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  • And you can hear a message from the word of god.
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  • From the word of god. just visit stevenfurtick.com
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  • And click live for more information.
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  • >> ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like revival ♪
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  • ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like salvation ♪
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  • >> ♪ salvation ♪
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  • >> ♪ is headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ anybody got heaven ♪
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  • ♪ on the inside ♪
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • ♪ i feel heaven on the inside ♪
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  • ♪ on the inside ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ i went down to the jordan ♪
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  • ♪ and i saw heaven open ♪
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  • ♪ i saw the spirit like ♪
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  • ♪ a dove descending down down ♪
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  • ♪ and i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father ♪
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  • ♪ yeah yeah ♪
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  • ♪ i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father saying ♪
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  • ♪ this is my child ♪
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  • ♪ i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father saying ♪
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  • ♪ this is my child ♪
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  • ♪ i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father saying ♪
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  • ♪ this is my child ♪
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  • ♪ it's who i am ♪
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  • >> ♪ i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father saying ♪
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  • >> ♪ can you hear it ♪
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  • ♪ i'm his child ♪
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  • >> ♪ i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father ♪
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  • >> ♪ hey ♪
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  • >> ♪ saying this is my child ♪
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  • >> ♪ this is my child ♪
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  • ♪ i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father saying ♪
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  • ♪ this is my child ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh it's who i am ♪
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  • >> ♪ i hear the voice ♪
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  • ♪ of my father saying ♪
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  • ♪ this is my child ♪
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  • >> ♪ woah-oh oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ this is my child ♪
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  • >> ♪ woah-oh oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ i hear his voice ♪
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  • ♪ i hear his voice ♪
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  • >> ♪ woah oh oh oh oh ♪
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  • ♪ i hear his voice ♪
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  • ♪ from the outside ♪
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  • ♪ calling to the inside ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh oh oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ the water is wild ♪
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  • ♪ the water is wild ♪
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  • >> ♪ wild ♪
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  • ♪ the water is wild ♪
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  • >> ♪ wild ♪
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  • ♪ the water is wild ♪
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  • >> ♪ wild ♪
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  • >> ♪ the water is wild ♪
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  • ♪ the water is wild ♪
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  • >> ♪ wild ♪
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  • ♪ the water is wild ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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