Steven Furtick - Three Habits of a Healthy Heart

October 29, 2025 | 28:0

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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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 00:11:24.704 --> 00:11:26.338
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 00:12:11.650 --> 00:12:12.218
  • 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
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  • 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]
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  • [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
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  • 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..."
  • 00:16:39.852 --> 00:16:43.655
  • 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.
  • 00:18:08.307 --> 00:18:10.576
  • ...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,
  • 00:19:08.367 --> 00:19:09.568
  • Doing your thing this year, and just collapse,
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  • And just collapse, the doctor said, 'cause you
  • 00:19:10.402 --> 00:19:12.905
  • 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
  • 00:19:25.217 --> 00:19:26.018
  • 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
  • 00:19:28.053 --> 00:19:28.620
  • >> my kids were playing hide-and-seek one time, and they
  • 00:19:28.687 --> 00:19:29.821
  • Hide-and-seek one time, and they got locked in the crawl space.
  • 00:19:29.888 --> 00:19:30.989
  • 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.
  • 00:19:33.625 --> 00:19:34.626
  • And sometimes it's like that. you're running from something,
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  • You're running from something, thinking you're hiding,
  • 00:19:35.827 --> 00:19:36.628
  • Thinking you're hiding, but you end up locking yourself.
  • 00:19:36.695 --> 00:19:38.263
  • 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
  • 00:19:43.101 --> 00:19:44.469
  • In a pattern and an attitude in an effort to escape something,
  • 00:19:44.536 --> 00:19:45.737
  • An effort to escape something, and what you get
  • 00:19:45.804 --> 00:19:46.305
  • And what you get locked in is worse than
  • 00:19:46.371 --> 00:19:47.306
  • 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.
  • 00:19:56.348 --> 00:19:57.950
  • You gotta hide somewhere. so, memorize some songs,
  • 00:19:58.016 --> 00:19:59.418
  • 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.
  • 00:20:03.589 --> 00:20:06.258
  • 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?
  • 00:20:21.540 --> 00:20:22.507
  • Where else are you gonna hide? you're gonna hide in
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  • You're gonna hide in feeling sorry for yourself?
  • 00:20:23.508 --> 00:20:28.580
  • 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
  • 00:20:36.255 --> 00:20:37.489
  • You're 'bout to go have to start over all your progress
  • 00:20:37.556 --> 00:20:38.824
  • To start over all your progress and you hit reset.
  • 00:20:38.890 --> 00:20:40.158
  • And you hit reset. the psalmist said, "i know where
  • 00:20:40.225 --> 00:20:41.560
  • 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."
  • 00:20:58.176 --> 00:20:59.845
  • 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.
  • 00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:22.501
  • '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.
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  • >> 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
  • 00:25:12.397 --> 00:25:13.198
  • >> i wanna tell you about a special offer today
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  • A special offer today called "soul control."
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  • Called "soul control." this is a six-part series
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  • This is a six-part series that we're making available
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  • That we're making available for a limited time
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  • For a limited time for a gift of any amount
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  • For a gift of any amount to the ministry.
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  • To the ministry. and this is a game changer
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  • And this is a game changer because in this
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  • Six-part dvd series
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  • I'm gonna teach you
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  • How to take control of your
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  • Mind, will and emotions
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  • And align them with
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  • The purpose that god has
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  • For your life.
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  • Really, our soul is
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  • The battleground,
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  • It's the place where
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  • We make decisions
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  • And if we allow all kinds
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  • Of weeds to come up
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  • And 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
  • 00:25:49.868 --> 00:25:50.769
  • Isn't working for us,
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  • But the key is
  • 00:25:52.037 --> 00:25:52.904
  • 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
  • 00:25:57.208 --> 00:25:58.076
  • How to do that as we
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  • Get deep into god's
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  • Word together.
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  • I can't wait to walk you
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  • Through these concepts;
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  • How to keep your heart healthy
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  • When people offend you,
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  • How to make sure you are
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  • Managing your moods,
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  • Making sure that you are
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  • Staying in a place of faith
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  • From day to day.
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  • All of that and more is
  • 00:26:11.957 --> 00:26:13.391
  • Covered in this series,
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  • "soul control."
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  • 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
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  • And take control of your life,
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  • In jesus' name.
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  • So, stop whatever
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  • You're doing right now,
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  • Call or go online
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  • And request your copy
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  • Of "soul control."
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  • This series might
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  • Set something off
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  • That moves you forward
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  • Into your future.
  • 00:26:38.416 --> 00:26:39.150
  • >> ♪ oh i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like revival ♪
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  • ♪ is headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ i can see a cloud♪
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  • ♪ and it's 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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  • ♪ i can hear a sound ♪
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  • ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it sounds like freedom ♪
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  • ♪ freedom ♪
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  • ♪ is headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ i can hear a sound ♪
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  • ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it sounds like jesus ♪
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  • ♪ is headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ headed our way ♪
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