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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Three Habits of a Healthy Heart | October 29, 2025
- An encouraging message from
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- Pastor steven furtick
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- Of elevation church.
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- If you're looking
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- To strengthen your faith
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- And shift your perspective,
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- Stay tuned.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> this teaching is going to
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- >> this teaching is going to require your full attention,
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- Require your full attention, and i don't just mean
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- With your mind.
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- With your mind. i mean your emotional attention,
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- I mean your emotional attention, and kinda while i get set up
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- And kinda while i get set up here to teach you today
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- Here to teach you today three habits of a healthy heart,
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- Three habits of a healthy heart, how many know real
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- How many know real lasting change has
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- Lasting change has to happen in your heart?
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- To happen in your heart? talk to me please.
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- Talk to me please. >> congregation: yes.
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- >> congregation: yes. >> i said, how many know
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- >> i said, how many know real lasting change
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- Real lasting change has to happen in your heart?
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- Has to happen in your heart? [cheering]
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- [cheering] it doesn't start with the heart,
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- It doesn't start with the heart, it starts with the habits.
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- It starts with the habits. your habits create
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- Your habits create the condition of your heart.
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- The condition of your heart. it is good.
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- It is good. every once in a while, you gotta
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- Every once in a while, you gotta stop and clap for the word
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- Stop and clap for the word of god speaks through you.
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- Of god speaks through you. [applause]
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- [applause] i feel like god is going to
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- I feel like god is going to help somebody set your heart
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- Help somebody set your heart on things above, get your heart
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- On things above, get your heart set in the right direction,
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- Set in the right direction, but it's gonna require
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- But it's gonna require some habits, and they're all
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- Some habits, and they're all right there in the psalm.
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- Right there in the psalm. i wanna read you the next two
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- I wanna read you the next two verses because my three habits
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- Verses because my three habits are right there in the verses,
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- Are right there in the verses, "forever to the end, i set my
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- "forever to the end, i set my heart to perform your statues.
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- I hate," this is 113.
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- "i hate, i hate," what's that
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- Word doing in the bible?
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- I thought we were supposed
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- To love everything.
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- "no, i hate the double minded,
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- But i love your law."
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- I don't think we should go on
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- Until we talk about that.
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- He said, "i hate this,
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- I hate the double minded.
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- I hate," and it's not
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- I hate," and it's not a person i hate,
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- A person i hate, it's i hate the condition
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- It's i hate the condition of double mindedness.
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- Of double mindedness. i hate it.
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- I hate it. and see the thing about,
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- And see the thing about, the thing about hate is
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- The thing about hate is hate is the most powerful
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- Hate is the most powerful motivation to change, not love.
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- Motivation to change, not love. and so, before you start with
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- And so, before you start with wanting to reach your goals,
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- Wanting to reach your goals, maybe the first thing for you
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- Maybe the first thing for you to do... is make a decision
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- To do... is make a decision about some things that you hate,
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- About some things that you hate, and it's gonna be complicated
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- And it's gonna be complicated because you know as for me,
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- Because you know as for me, i have a love-hate relationship
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- I have a love-hate relationship with some of the things,
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- With some of the things, i feel kinda like david.
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- I feel kinda like david. one time, david's son absalom
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- One time, david's son absalom died, and joab came to him.
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- Died, and joab came to him. he said, "your son is dead,"
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- He said, "your son is dead," and david started weeping,
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- And david started weeping, and joab was mad because
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- And joab was mad because absalom was trying to take
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- Absalom was trying to take the throne from david,
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- The throne from david, and so absalom
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- And so absalom had become david's enemy.
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- Had become david's enemy. but david's heart was connected
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- But david's heart was connected to absalom, so he was crying,
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- To absalom, so he was crying, and joab said, "you need to get
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- And joab said, "you need to get it together, you hate those
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- It together, you hate those who love you and you love
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- Who love you and you love those who hate you.
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- Those who hate you. you hate what's trying to
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- You hate what's trying to deliver you, and you love
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- Deliver you, and you love what's trying to destroy you,"
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- What's trying to destroy you," and i feel that way about
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- And i feel that way about certain things in my life,
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- Certain things in my life, certain actions,
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- Certain actions, certain behaviors in my life.
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- Certain behaviors in my life. i love how they feel
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- I love how they feel for a minute.
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- For a minute. [cheering]
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- [cheering] but i hate the crash.
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- But i hate the crash. and certain things in my life
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- And certain things in my life i hate how they feel
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- I hate how they feel when i'm doing them.
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- When i'm doing them. i hate to plank.
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- I hate to plank. [laughter]
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- [laughter] exhibit a, i mean, i was
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- Exhibit a, i mean, i was for years, i was one of
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- For years, i was one of these people, i would tell you
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- These people, i would tell you to your face i hate to exercise.
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- To your face i hate to exercise. you could go back
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- You could go back and watch my sermon videos
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- And watch my sermon videos from three years ago.
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- From three years ago. i would stand on the stage
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- I would stand on the stage and say, "i hate to exercise."
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- And say, "i hate to exercise." you know why i hated it?
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- You know why i hated it? 'cause it wasn't a habit.
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- 'cause it wasn't a habit. i didn't do it
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- I didn't do it enough to love it.
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- Enough to love it. i hated it.
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- I hated it. but you don't have to accept
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- But you don't have to accept your default attitude
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- Your default attitude toward anything.
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- Toward anything. i incline my heart.
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- I incline my heart. i'm gonna teach today,
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- I'm gonna teach today, you came out, i'm gonna make it
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- You came out, i'm gonna make it worth your while,
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- Worth your while, i'm gonna teach today.
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- I'm gonna teach today. get that elevation pin ready,
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- Get that elevation pin ready, we're gonna burn it up today,
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- We're gonna burn it up today, and get a new one next week.
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- And get a new one next week. i grew, i grew to hate,
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- I grew, i grew to hate, i think the moment of
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- I think the moment of realization for me was
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- Realization for me was when i was paying andy $450.00
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- When i was paying andy $450.00 to come over to my house
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- To come over to my house and let my pants out.
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- And let my pants out. i hated it.
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- I hated it. i looked at andy and i said,
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- I looked at andy and i said, "i hate this man.
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- "i hate this man. i could be using this money
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- I could be using this money to buy new clothes,
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- To buy new clothes, and i'm paying it to you
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- And i'm paying it to you to make my clothes bigger.
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- To make my clothes bigger. i hate this."
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- I hate this." and he said hey, "keep eating,
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- And he said hey, "keep eating, it's job security for me."
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- It's job security for me." that's what my tailor said.
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- That's what my tailor said. i said, "no man, i hate this.
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- I said, "no man, i hate this. i hate this feeling."
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- I hate this feeling." and sometimes, sometimes
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- And sometimes, sometimes before you can make a change,
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- Before you can make a change, you have to be motivated by,
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- You have to be motivated by, i know it's a strong word,
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- I know it's a strong word, it's not very pastoral,
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- It's not very pastoral, you have to hate it,
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- You have to hate it, you have to hate it.
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- You have to hate it. you have to, you have to
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- You have to, you have to hate self-pity.
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- Hate self-pity. and the problem with hating
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- And the problem with hating self-pity years is, ooh,
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- Self-pity years is, ooh, it feels good like a bag
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- It feels good like a bag of doritos on your tongue.
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- Of doritos on your tongue. see, it's not that i hate
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- See, it's not that i hate the taste of doritos,
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- The taste of doritos, i just hated what
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- I just hated what it did to my waist.
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- It did to my waist. this is so good.
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- This is so good. sounds simple but
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- Sounds simple but it's real deep.
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- It's real deep. he said, "i hate
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- He said, "i hate the double minded.
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- The double minded. i love your law.
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- I love your law. before i can do what i love,
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- Before i can do what i love, i have to know what to hate.
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- I have to know what to hate. i hate this.
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- I hate this. i hate the way,
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- I hate the way...
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- I hate the way... now, watch, watch --
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- Now, watch, watch -- i love what it does for me,
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- But i hate what it does to me.
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- It's a complicated relationship.
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- A bag of doritos
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- A bag of doritos does something for me.
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- Does something for me. it might not
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- It might not do anything for you,
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- It does something for me.
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- It does something for me. i have a longstanding
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- I have a longstanding relationship with carbohydrates.
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- Relationship with carbohydrates. they have been there for me
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- They have been there for me in the midnight hour when
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- In the midnight hour when i couldn't call on anybody else.
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- I couldn't call on anybody else. i could call on chocolate.
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- I could call on chocolate. so, i love it, but i hate --
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- So, i love it, but i hate -- i love what it does for me,
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- I love what it does for me, but i hate what it does to me.
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- But i hate what it does to me. i hate all this.
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- I hate all this. i hate anger.
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- I hate anger. oh, it makes me feel good.
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- Oh, it makes me feel good. it even gets me some results.
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- It even gets me some results. i have a complicated
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- I have a complicated relationship with anger.
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- Relationship with anger. if you get mad enough you can
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- If you get mad enough you can get people to do what you want,
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- Get people to do what you want, but then you're all alone
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- But then you're all alone after they do it.
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- After they do it. [cheering]
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- [cheering] nobody wants to be with you.
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- Nobody wants to be with you. i hate being angry,
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- I hate being angry, 'cause i hate being alone.
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- 'cause i hate being alone. somebody shout, "outcome."
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- Somebody shout, "outcome." >> congregation: outcome.
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- >> congregation: outcome. >> i hate the outcome
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- >> i hate the outcome of this and that.
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- Of this and that. i hate it, i hate
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- I hate it, i hate what it does to my marriage.
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- What it does to my marriage. i hate what it does
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- I hate what it does to my relationships.
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- To my relationships. i hate how it disturbs my inner
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- I hate how it disturbs my inner peace and puts me in a state
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- Peace and puts me in a state of turmoil and it's complicated.
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- Of turmoil and it's complicated. it's a complicated relationship
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- It's a complicated relationship that i have with complaining.
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- That i have with complaining. i love to complain.
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- I love to complain. ooh, i love to tell somebody.
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- Ooh, i love to tell somebody. i -- you can look at there
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- I -- you can look at there at me, 'well the bible says
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- At me, 'well the bible says don't do it.'
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- Don't do it.' the bible says, "don't do it,"
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- The bible says, "don't do it," but it didn't say
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- But it didn't say it don't feel good.
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- It don't feel good. amen, it feels real good
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- Amen, it feels real good to complain, feels like
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- To complain, feels like a choice morsel going down.
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- A choice morsel going down. i mean just as it's coming
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- I mean just as it's coming outta your mouth,
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- Outta your mouth, just to unload on them.
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- Just to unload on them. when somebody says,
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- When somebody says, "how're you doing?"
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- "how're you doing?" just let them know for five
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- Just let them know for five minutes every ache, every pain.
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- Minutes every ache, every pain. every disappointment,
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- Every disappointment, every struggle.
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- Every struggle. but guess what, the next time
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- But guess what, the next time they see you coming,
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- They see you coming, they're going the other way.
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- They're going the other way. [laughter and applause]
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- [laughter and applause] because it's... the law
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- Because it's... the law of diminishing returns.
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- Of diminishing returns. it gets you high for a minute.
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- It gets you high for a minute. i love to talk bad
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- I love to talk bad about people, i do.
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- About people, i do. i shouldn't say these things.
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- I shouldn't say these things. i tell myself every week
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- I tell myself every week after i finish on sunday
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- After i finish on sunday when i'm watching
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- When i'm watching back my sermon,
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- Back my sermon, furtick, don't say stuff
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- Furtick, don't say stuff like that, people put it
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- Like that, people put it on youtube and use it
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- On youtube and use it against you as a weapon.
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- Against you as a weapon. but i just gotta tell you
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- But i just gotta tell you i love, it makes me feel
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- I love, it makes me feel really good about my dysfunction
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- Really good about my dysfunction to spend a little time
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- To spend a little time discussing yours.
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- Discussing yours. i love to talk about
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- I love to talk about other people's dumb decisions.
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- Other people's dumb decisions. i love it, it's just,
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- I love it, it's just, it's a natural high,
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- It's a natural high, 'cause if can i get you
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- 'cause if can i get you down here, then i feel
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- Down here, then i feel like i'm right here,
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- Like i'm right here, only problem is...
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- Only problem is... i'm setting myself up
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- I'm setting myself up ...for a decline.
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- ...for a decline. and now the next time i see you
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- And now the next time i see you i can't treat you better
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- I can't treat you better than i talk about you,
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- Than i talk about you, so it ruins my relationships.
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- So it ruins my relationships. i love what it does for me,
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- I love what it does for me, it does something for me.
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- It does something for me. come on, how many will admit
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- Come on, how many will admit it does something for you
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- It does something for you to talk about what henry did,
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- To talk about what henry did, and was suzy wore,
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- And was suzy wore, and what they should've done,
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- And what they should've done, and what their kids are like.
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- And what their kids are like. but it, but by the same measure
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- But it, but by the same measure you judge you will be judged.
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- You judge you will be judged. i love the taste,
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- I love the taste, but i hate the outcome.
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- But i hate the outcome. i hate it.
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- I hate it. the problem with...
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- The problem with... a lot of our resolutions
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- A lot of our resolutions for change is that they
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- For change is that they are not motivated
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- Are not motivated by a healthy kinda of hate,
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- By a healthy kinda of hate, healthy hate, yeah,
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- Healthy hate, yeah, there is a healthy way to hate.
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- There is a healthy way to hate. i hate racism.
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- I hate racism. i hate poverty.
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- I hate poverty. that's the only thing
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- That's the only thing that will motivate me
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- That will motivate me to do anything about it,
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- To do anything about it, is i've gotta hate it.
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- Is i've gotta hate it. i hate bullying.
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- I hate bullying. i hate bullying.
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- I hate bullying. i was bullied.
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- I was bullied. tony wigfall jacked me up
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- Tony wigfall jacked me up against the wall.
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- Against the wall. i still remember my head
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- I still remember my head cracking against the wall and my
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- Cracking against the wall and my friend hamilton looking at me
- 00:09:24.850 --> 00:09:25.751
- Friend hamilton looking at me saying, "don't look at me man."
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- Saying, "don't look at me man." i still remember the view
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- I still remember the view from up there, and i can't see
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- From up there, and i can't see somebody being picked on without
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- Somebody being picked on without seeing myself from up there,
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- Seeing myself from up there, just wondering 'is this guy
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- Just wondering 'is this guy gonna break my face?'
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- Gonna break my face?' i hate it, i hate it.
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- I hate it, i hate it. holly said to me the other day,
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- Holly said to me the other day, she said, "i hate being late."
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- She said, "i hate being late." notice she didn't say,
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- Notice she didn't say, "i love being early,"
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- "i love being early," 'cause she doesn't.
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- 'cause she doesn't. [laughter]
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- [laughter] but you gotta get to the point.
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- But you gotta get to the point. we were gonna see somebody,
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- We were gonna see somebody, she said, "i don't wanna walk
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- She said, "i don't wanna walk in like that," and until you
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- In like that," and until you hate being late more than
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- Hate being late more than you love hitting snooze
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- You love hitting snooze you won't make the change.
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- You won't make the change. get that thing on your mind,
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- Get that thing on your mind, that bag of doritos and say,
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- That bag of doritos and say, "i hate it."
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- "i hate it." look at your neighbor,
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- Look at your neighbor, say "i hate it."
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- Say "i hate it." not, "i hate you,"
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- Not, "i hate you," "i hate it."
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- "i hate it." i hate it, i hate it.
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- I hate it, i hate it. i hate the double minded.
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- I hate the double minded. i hate indecision, i hate it.
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- I hate indecision, i hate it. i'd rather make a bad decision,
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- I'd rather make a bad decision, than make no decision.
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- Than make no decision. i hate procrastination,
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- I hate procrastination, i hate it.
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- I hate it. i did it a lot, but i finally
- 00:10:28.681 --> 00:10:30.883
- I did it a lot, but i finally got to the point where i hated
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- Got to the point where i hated -- now i hate the discipline
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- -- now i hate the discipline of preparation, too, but i hate
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- Of preparation, too, but i hate the pain of procrastination
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- The pain of procrastination more than i hate --
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- More than i hate -- [cheering and applause]
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- [cheering and applause] i hate it, and i actually said
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- I hate it, and i actually said to somebody the other day,
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- To somebody the other day, i said i never thought
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- I said i never thought i'd hear myself say this
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- I'd hear myself say this and i used to hate people
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- And i used to hate people who said this:
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- Who said this: i think i like exercise.
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- I think i like exercise. after three years of doing it
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- After three years of doing it five days a week and finding out
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- Five days a week and finding out what works for me, i think
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- What works for me, i think i'm one of those people
- 00:11:05.418 --> 00:11:08.387
- I'm one of those people that i used to roll my eyes at
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- That i used to roll my eyes at i think i like to exercise.
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- I think i like to exercise. i think i've reset my heart.
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- I think i've reset my heart. i declare a reset.
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- I declare a reset. i declare a reset.
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- I declare a reset. there are some things
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- There are some things in your life that have
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- In your life that have been on the decline,
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- Been on the decline, but god brought you to church
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- But god brought you to church on the first weekend of the year
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- On the first weekend of the year and you're setting your heart
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- And you're setting your heart in a different direction.
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- In a different direction. come on, you're gonna love
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- Come on, you're gonna love the presence of god this year.
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- The presence of god this year. you're gonna love the word
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- You're gonna love the word of god this year, you're gonna
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- Of god this year, you're gonna love the right things this year.
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- Love the right things this year. [cheering and applause]
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- [cheering and applause] train your brain to hate it,
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- Train your brain to hate it, train your brain.
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- Train your brain. i know that's what my dad
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- I know that's what my dad was trying to do when he made us
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- Was trying to do when he made us eat all the food on our plate
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- Eat all the food on our plate when we overfilled it
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- When we overfilled it at ryan's buffet.
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- At ryan's buffet. [laughter]
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- [laughter] vacation memories.
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- Vacation memories. he said," you're gonna eat
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- He said," you're gonna eat every bite on the plate,"
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- Every bite on the plate," and me and my brother
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- And me and my brother took turns causing diversions,
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- Took turns causing diversions, while the other one
- 00:12:03.542 --> 00:12:04.110
- While the other one stuffed our pockets.
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- Stuffed our pockets. and we walked out of ryan's
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- And we walked out of ryan's with pockets full of food,
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- With pockets full of food, never forget it.
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- Never forget it. he wanted me to have
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- He wanted me to have an association.
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- An association. he said, "i want you
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- He said, "i want you to hate waste."
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- To hate waste." maybe that's why sometimes
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- Maybe that's why sometimes god loves us get so low.
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- God loves us get so low. so, i hate it.
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- So, i hate it. so, i will despise egypt
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- So, i will despise egypt 'cause if i didn't despise it,
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- 'cause if i didn't despise it, i would be tempted to go back.
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- I would be tempted to go back. [cheering and applause]
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- [cheering and applause] hate the double minded
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- Hate the double minded and i love your law.
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- And i love your law. and i know what to hate
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- And i know what to hate and, -- this is healthy habit
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- And, -- this is healthy habit number two --
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- Number two -- i know where to hide.
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- Do you know where to hide?
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- You better.
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- Because the attacks are
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- Gonna come, and the missiles
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- Are gonna fly and the doubts
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- And discouraging thought
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- Are gonna try to
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- Set your heart on the decline,
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- Get you off track,
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- Take you back where you been.
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- Keep you stuck
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- Keep you stuck from moving forward.
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- From moving forward. do you know where to hide
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- Do you know where to hide when discouragement comes
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- When discouragement comes flying past your head?
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- Flying past your head? or do you run to the same
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- Or do you run to the same enemy that is attacking you
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- Enemy that is attacking you in an effort to hide?
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- In an effort to hide? i'm not talking about physical
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- I'm not talking about physical places, because the hiding
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- Places, because the hiding places that we create
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- Places that we create that destroy us are usually
- 00:13:37.970 --> 00:13:39.138
- That destroy us are usually the ones in our heart.
- 00:13:39.205 --> 00:13:42.441
- The ones in our heart. emotional states.
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- Emotional states. he said, "you are
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- He said, "you are my hiding place, lord.
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- My hiding place, lord. you are my shield."
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- You are my shield." that's a powerful thought,
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- That's a powerful thought, isn't it?
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- Isn't it? look at what he says,
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- Look at what he says, "you are my hiding place
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- And my..."
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- And my..." when attacks come,
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- When attacks come, i've learned where to run.
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- I've learned where to run. and the reason that i'm moving
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- And the reason that i'm moving forward in my life this year
- 00:14:06.866 --> 00:14:08.133
- Forward in my life this year isn't because i won't be
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- Isn't because i won't be attacked, it's because i know
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- Attacked, it's because i know what the run to when i am.
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- Help me preach this.
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- Help me preach this. [applause]
- 00:14:15.107 --> 00:14:16.542
- [applause] the expectation of no attack
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- The expectation of no attack is a setup for disappointment,
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- Is a setup for disappointment, but the psalmist said, "i set
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- But the psalmist said, "i set myself up for success,
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- Myself up for success, because i designated in advance
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- Because i designated in advance where i would hide
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- Where i would hide when the attack came."
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- When the attack came." [cheering]
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- [cheering] you can't find the place
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- You can't find the place to hide once the attack starts.
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- To hide once the attack starts. where do you hide
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- Where do you hide when it gets hard?
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- When it gets hard? you better set it up in advance
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- You better set it up in advance that i'm running to the places
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- That i'm running to the places where there's real protection,
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- Where there's real protection, not the illusion of protection,
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- Not the illusion of protection, because some of us hide
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- Because some of us hide in places that seem safe.
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- In places that seem safe. he said, "you are my
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- He said, "you are my hiding place."
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- Hiding place." elijah went and hid in a cave
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- Elijah went and hid in a cave because it seemed safe.
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- Because it seemed safe. it was far away from jezebel,
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- It was far away from jezebel, and she was threatening
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- And she was threatening his very life.
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- His very life. this is an old testament story
- 00:15:07.760 --> 00:15:09.061
- This is an old testament story that's worth reading
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- That's worth reading if you haven't read it,
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- If you haven't read it, because the whisper of god
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- Because the whisper of god came into the cave as elijah
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- Came into the cave as elijah ran from his calling.
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- Ran from his calling. are you running from
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- Are you running from the conflict or are you running
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- The conflict or are you running into the conflict?
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- Into the conflict? because the place of conflict is
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- Because the place of conflict is the place of calling, but you
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- The place of calling, but you have to be comfortable hiding in
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- Have to be comfortable hiding in the midst of hardships to know
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- The midst of hardships to know that god is your refuge,
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- That god is your refuge, your strong tower in the battle,
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- Your strong tower in the battle, not from it.
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- Not from it. and elijah ran south as far as
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- And elijah ran south as far as he could go, went in a cave
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- He could go, went in a cave and spent the night,
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- And spent the night, and the voice of the lord
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- And the voice of the lord went in the cave and said,
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- Went in the cave and said, "what are you doing
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- "what are you doing here, elijah?
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- Here, elijah? why are you hiding here?
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- Why are you hiding here? why would you choose to hide
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- Why would you choose to hide in the place that would
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- In the place that would keep you confined
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- Keep you confined when your calling is out there?
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- When your calling is out there? did i not protect you
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- Did i not protect you on mount carmel?
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- On mount carmel? did i not send down
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- Did i not send down fire from heaven?"
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- Fire from heaven?" you can hide in plain sight
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- You can hide in plain sight when you trust
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- When you trust in the goodness of god.
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- In the goodness of god. i will see the goodness
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- I will see the goodness of the lord in the land
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- Of the lord in the land of the living, but i won't
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- Of the living, but i won't experience life in dead places,
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- Experience life in dead places, so it gotta know where to hide.
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- So it gotta know where to hide. one of the staff members that
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- One of the staff members that heard this teaching when
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- Heard this teaching when i taught it to the staff,
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- I taught it to the staff, she said that her
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- She said that her hiding place is blame.
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- Hiding place is blame. she said, "when i'm confronted
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- She said, "when i'm confronted with a need to change,
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- With a need to change, i hide behind blame."
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- I hide behind blame." something goes wrong,
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- Something goes wrong, "well if the kids hadn't..."
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- "well if the kids hadn't..." well if the car hadn't..."
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- Well if the car hadn't..." you know blame, just,
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- You know blame, just, it's a convenient hiding place
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- It's a convenient hiding place because it will shield you from
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- Because it will shield you from the inconvenience of change.
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- The inconvenience of change. and for somebody else
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- And for somebody else that needs to change,
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- That needs to change, it's a convenient hiding place
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- It's a convenient hiding place for a little while.
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- For a little while. but it's a...
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- But it's a... it's a paper-mache shield.
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- It's a paper-mache shield. it can only, it can only
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- It can only, it can only keep you from so much.
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- Keep you from so much. she said, "i blame,
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- She said, "i blame, i blame everybody.
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- I blame everybody. i blame everything.
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- I blame everything. i blame the way i was raised.
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- I blame the way i was raised. i blame my parents for being
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- I blame my parents for being too hard on me, and then i blame
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- Too hard on me, and then i blame 'em for being too easy on me.
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- 'em for being too easy on me. i blame 'em if they
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- I blame 'em if they would've made me stick
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- Would've made me stick with piano lessons,
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- With piano lessons, and then i blame 'em
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- And then i blame 'em that they made me show up
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- That they made me show up to choir practice.
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- To choir practice. i mean, i blame them.
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- I mean, i blame them. i blame, i blame what i did get
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- I blame, i blame what i did get i blame what i didn't get."
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- I blame what i didn't get." blame was her hiding place.
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- Blame was her hiding place. what's yours?
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- What's yours? what's yours?
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- What's yours? elijah had a cave.
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- Elijah had a cave. she had blame.
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- She had blame. i wonder, do you hide behind
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- I wonder, do you hide behind low expectations?
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- Low expectations? this one is real common,
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- This one is real common, because if you don't expect
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- Because if you don't expect much, you can't be disappointed.
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- Much, you can't be disappointed. [applause]
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- [applause] and so, you learn how
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- And so, you learn how to hide behind this fake smile.
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- To hide behind this fake smile. you don't really
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- You don't really have a whole heart.
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- Have a whole heart. you have a fake smile
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- You have a fake smile to cover up your half-hearted
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- To cover up your half-hearted ...interior life.
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- ...interior life. and we hide ourselves from
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- And we hide ourselves from even those closest to us.
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- Even those closest to us. and we hide ourselves,
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- And we hide ourselves, 'cause if i hide behind
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- 'cause if i hide behind an image that i present, i don't
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- An image that i present, i don't have to deal with who i am.
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- Have to deal with who i am. and the call of god is coming
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- And the call of god is coming forth like the voice of the lord
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- Forth like the voice of the lord went into the cave.
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- Went into the cave. the voice of the lord is coming
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- The voice of the lord is coming into your heart today,
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- Into your heart today, saying, come out.
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- Saying, come out. come out of hiding.
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- Come out of hiding. come out of fear.
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- Come out of fear. come out of low expectations.
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- Come out of low expectations. come out of hypocrisy.
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- Come out of hypocrisy. come out from this
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- Come out from this fake spirituality.
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- Fake spirituality. come out, come out
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- Come out, come out wherever you are."
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- Wherever you are." you know when you hide
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- You know when you hide in the shadow of the most high,
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- In the shadow of the most high, you can abide under the shadow
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- You can abide under the shadow of the almighty.
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- Of the almighty. i have a shelter.
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- I have a shelter. i don't have to hide behind
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- I don't have to hide behind anything but god.
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- Anything but god. [applause]
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- You gotta know where to hide
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- You gotta know where to hide or you'll be running,
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- Or you'll be running, doing your thing this year,
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- Doing your thing this year, and just collapse,
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- And just collapse, the doctor said, 'cause you
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- The doctor said, 'cause you didn't know where to hide.
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- Didn't know where to hide. i know where to hide.
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- I know where to hide. i don't always do it,
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- I don't always do it, but i know where,
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- But i know where, and that's a start.
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- And that's a start. i know where to hide.
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- I know where to hide. somebody shout, "i know where
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- Somebody shout, "i know where to hide."
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- To hide." >> congregation: i know where
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- >> congregation: i know where to hide.
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- To hide. >> my kids were playing
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- >> my kids were playing hide-and-seek one time, and they
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- Hide-and-seek one time, and they got locked in the crawl space.
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- Got locked in the crawl space. that's what you
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- That's what you don't wanna do.
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- Don't wanna do. [laughter]
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- [laughter] and sometimes it's like that.
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- And sometimes it's like that. you're running from something,
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- You're running from something, thinking you're hiding,
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- Thinking you're hiding, but you end up locking yourself.
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- But you end up locking yourself. [cheering and applause]
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- [cheering and applause] i mean you can lock yourself
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- I mean you can lock yourself in a pattern and an attitude in
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- In a pattern and an attitude in an effort to escape something,
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- An effort to escape something, and what you get
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- And what you get locked in is worse than
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- Locked in is worse than what you were running from.
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- What you were running from. [cheering and applause]
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- [cheering and applause] preaching to myself
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- Preaching to myself on the new year sermon.
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- On the new year sermon. and you need a better
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- And you need a better hiding place.
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- Hiding place. you gotta hide somewhere.
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- You gotta hide somewhere. so, memorize some songs,
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- So, memorize some songs, the little songs you that
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- The little songs you that you like, the little songs
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- You like, the little songs we sing in the church.
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- We sing in the church. you can sing them
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- You can sing them other than sunday.
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- Other than sunday. you can run the name
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- You can run the name of the lord is a strong tower,
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- Of the lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it.
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- The righteous run into it. so, you might have to sing in
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- So, you might have to sing in the shower to incline your heart
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- The shower to incline your heart to keep his commands.
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- To keep his commands. you might have to hide
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- You might have to hide in a different place.
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- In a different place. where else are you gonna hide?
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- Where else are you gonna hide? you're gonna hide in
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- You're gonna hide in feeling sorry for yourself?
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- Feeling sorry for yourself? are you gonna hide in
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- Are you gonna hide in enemy-held territory
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- Enemy-held territory and expect to be safe there?
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- And expect to be safe there? i know where to hide.
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- I know where to hide. you're 'bout to go have
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- You're 'bout to go have to start over all your progress
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- To start over all your progress and you hit reset.
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- And you hit reset. the psalmist said, "i know where
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- The psalmist said, "i know where to go to reset my heart.
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- To go to reset my heart. it's not that
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- It's not that the missiles never fly.
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- The missiles never fly. i've just learned how to duck,
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- I've just learned how to duck, and i know where to hide.
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- And i know where to hide. and i've pointed my heart
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- And i've pointed my heart in the direction of my destiny.
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- In the direction of my destiny. i know where to hide,
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- I know where to hide, i know what to hate,
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- I know what to hate, and my heart knows how to hope."
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- And my heart knows how to hope." i want you to stand up
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- I want you to stand up if you have hope.
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- If you have hope. stand up if you have hope.
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- It's good to have hope.
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- I said it's good to have hope.
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- [cheering]
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- I preached a whole christmas
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- Sermon on we have this hope.
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- I hope everybody at every
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- Location is standing up
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- 'cause you have hope.
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- 'cause you have hope. but the psalmist doesn't say
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- But the psalmist doesn't say in this particular instance,
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- In this particular instance, "i have hope."
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- "i have hope." he says, "i hope."
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- He says, "i hope." and i'm not sure if i learned
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- And i'm not sure if i learned this in third-grade english
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- This in third-grade english or fourth, but when he says,
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- Or fourth, but when he says, "i hope" instead of saying,
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- "i hope" instead of saying, "i have hope," that makes it
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- "i have hope," that makes it a verb and not a noun.
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- A verb and not a noun. any english teachers
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- Any english teachers can verify what i just said?
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- Can verify what i just said? it's not just something i have,
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- It's not just something i have, it's something that i... what?
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- It's something that i... what? >> congregation: do.
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- >> congregation: do. >> it's something that i do.
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- >> it's something that i do. it's an active hope.
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- It's an active hope. and you cannot go into
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- And you cannot go into another year of your life
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- Another year of your life hoping it gets better.
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- Hoping it gets better. like the lady i sat
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- Like the lady i sat next to on the plane.
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- Next to on the plane. she said, "here's my philosophy.
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- She said, "here's my philosophy. hope for the best,
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- Hope for the best, expect the worst."
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- Expect the worst." that's clever, but it's crap.
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- That's clever, but it's crap. hope doesn't just wish it would.
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- Hope doesn't just wish it would. and i'll tell you what,
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- And i'll tell you what, if you don't know how to hope,
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- If you don't know how to hope, if you think hope is just --
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- If you think hope is just -- when we say, "i hope
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- When we say, "i hope in your word," that's not
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- In your word," that's not a bookmark in your bible
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- A bookmark in your bible that you look at
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- That you look at every once in a while,
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- Every once in a while, or something on your coffee mug.
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- Or something on your coffee mug. it is a way of living.
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- It is a way of living. i hope.
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- I hope. somebody say, "i hope."
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- Somebody say, "i hope." >> congregation: i hope.
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- >> congregation: i hope. >> i hope.
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- >> i hope. not just i wish, i hope.
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- Not just i wish, i hope. what does hope do?
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- What does hope do? hope puts its hand to work.
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- Hope puts its hand to work. hope, not just in my heart,
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- Hope, not just in my heart, but hope, look,
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- But hope, look, have you put your hand to
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- Have you put your hand to what you're hoping for?
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- What you're hoping for? because faith is the substance
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- Because faith is the substance of things hoped for
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- Of things hoped for and the evidence
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- And the evidence of things not seen.
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- Of things not seen. and god wants to open your heart
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- And god wants to open your heart this new year to possibility,
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- This new year to possibility, but you're going to have to...
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- But you're going to have to... [clapping]
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- [clapping] ...put your hand to
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- ...put your hand to ...what you're hoping for.
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- ...what you're hoping for. in other words, you've gotta
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- In other words, you've gotta work your window.
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- Work your window. and watch this --
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- And watch this -- i don't hope it's not cold
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- I don't hope it's not cold ...i wear a coat.
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- ...i wear a coat. [laughter]
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- [laughter] [applause]
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- [applause] i don't hope it's not cold.
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- I don't hope it's not cold. i put on a coat
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- I put on a coat and go outside anyway.
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- And go outside anyway. i don't hope it's not hard,
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- I don't hope it's not hard, i charge the hill.
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- I charge the hill. [applause]
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- My hope is not in the path,
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- My hope is not in the path, my hope is in the promise.
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- My hope is in the promise. so, the path can look like this,
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- So, the path can look like this, but i'm still headed
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- But i'm still headed to the promise.
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- To the promise. "i hope in your word."
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- "i hope in your word." how many received
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- How many received something from the lord today?
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- [cheering]
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- >> god has given you editing
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- >> god has given you editing software in your spirit
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- Software in your spirit to choose what you
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- To choose what you call to your mind,
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- Call to your mind, and what you recall
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- And what you recall to your mind determines
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- To your mind determines the revelation that
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- The revelation that you will have
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- You will have and the faith
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- And the faith that you can walk in
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- That you can walk in and the contentment
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- And the contentment that you will enjoy.
- 00:24:27.152 --> 00:24:28.286
- >> maybe this won't
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- >> maybe this won't take your pain away,
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- Take your pain away, but if you would start
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- But if you would start seeing your pain
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- Seeing your pain as preparation.
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- As preparation. i'm not saying god's
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- I'm not saying god's the one who hurt you.
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- The one who hurt you. i'm saying in his hands
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- I'm saying in his hands whatever hurt you
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- Whatever hurt you will become healing
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- Will become healing for where he's taking you.
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- A place of conflict,
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- A place of conflict, that's the place of calling,
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- That's the place of calling, but you have to be comfortable
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- But you have to be comfortable hiding in the midst of hardships
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- Hiding in the midst of hardships to know that god is your refuge,
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- To know that god is your refuge, your strong tower in the battle,
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- Your strong tower in the battle, not from it.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> i wanna tell you about
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- >> i wanna tell you about a special offer today
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- A special offer today called "soul control."
- 00:25:14.032 --> 00:25:15.066
- Called "soul control." this is a six-part series
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- This is a six-part series that we're making available
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- That we're making available for a limited time
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- For a limited time for a gift of any amount
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- For a gift of any amount to the ministry.
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- To the ministry. and this is a game changer
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- And this is a game changer because in this
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- Six-part dvd series
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- I'm gonna teach you
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- How to take control of your
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- Mind, will and emotions
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- And align them with
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- The purpose that god has
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- For your life.
- 00:25:33.318 --> 00:25:34.686
- Really, our soul is
- 00:25:34.753 --> 00:25:36.454
- The battleground,
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- It's the place where
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- We make decisions
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- And if we allow all kinds
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- Of weeds to come up
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- And choke out the fruit
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- And choke out what god
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- Is producing in our lives
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- Over time we can begin
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- To become weary
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- And wonder why faith
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- Isn't working for us,
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- But the key is
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- You have to take control,
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- You have to own your soul
- 00:25:55.206 --> 00:25:57.142
- And we're gonna talk about
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- How to do that as we
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- Get deep into god's
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- Word together.
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- I can't wait to walk you
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- Through these concepts;
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- How to keep your heart healthy
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- When people offend you,
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- How to make sure you are
- 00:26:06.217 --> 00:26:07.152
- Managing your moods,
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- Making sure that you are
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- Staying in a place of faith
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- From day to day.
- 00:26:11.222 --> 00:26:11.890
- All of that and more is
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- Covered in this series,
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- "soul control."
- 00:26:14.626 --> 00:26:15.560
- Have you been drained lately?
- 00:26:15.627 --> 00:26:17.395
- You feel like there's not
- 00:26:17.462 --> 00:26:18.096
- Enough of you to go around?
- 00:26:18.163 --> 00:26:19.397
- Well, you're more than
- 00:26:19.464 --> 00:26:20.231
- A conqueror through him
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- Who loved you
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- And i wanna show you
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- How to tap into that reality
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- And take control of your soul
- 00:26:24.703 --> 00:26:26.237
- And take control of your life,
- 00:26:26.304 --> 00:26:27.872
- In jesus' name.
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- So, stop whatever
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- You're doing right now,
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- Call or go online
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- And request your copy
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- Of "soul control."
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- This series might
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- Set something off
- 00:26:36.247 --> 00:26:37.282
- That moves you forward
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- Into your future.
- 00:26:38.416 --> 00:26:39.150
- >> ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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- ♪ heavy with rain ♪
- 00:26:42.954 --> 00:26:45.123
- ♪ and it looks like revival ♪
- 00:26:45.190 --> 00:26:48.026
- ♪ is headed our way ♪
- 00:26:48.093 --> 00:26:50.629
- ♪ i can see a cloud♪
- 00:26:50.695 --> 00:26:53.231
- ♪ and it's heavy with rain ♪
- 00:26:53.298 --> 00:26:55.734
- ♪ and it looks like salvation♪
- 00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:57.002
- >> ♪ salvation ♪
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- >> ♪ is headed our way ♪
- 00:26:58.503 --> 00:27:01.072
- ♪ i can hear a sound ♪
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- ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
- 00:27:03.508 --> 00:27:06.077
- ♪ and it sounds like freedom ♪
- 00:27:06.144 --> 00:27:08.313
- ♪ freedom ♪
- 00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.280
- ♪ is headed our way ♪
- 00:27:09.347 --> 00:27:11.650
- ♪ i can hear a sound ♪
- 00:27:11.716 --> 00:27:14.019
- ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
- 00:27:14.085 --> 00:27:16.688
- ♪ and it sounds like jesus ♪
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- ♪ is headed our way ♪
- 00:27:19.624 --> 00:27:22.160
- ♪ it's headed our way ♪
- 00:27:22.227 --> 00:27:23.628
- ♪ headed our way ♪
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