Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - Trust Me I'm Trying (Part 2)

February 26, 2026 | 27:29

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

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Trust Me I'm Trying (Part 2) | February 26, 2026

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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>> i don't know who this is for,
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>> i don't know who this is for, but god is dealing with
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But god is dealing with your desires in this
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Your desires in this season of your life.
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Season of your life. you have been disappointed,
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You have been disappointed, over and over and over
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Over and over and over again and every time you try,
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Again and every time you try, nobody notices.
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Nobody notices. and every time you try
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And every time you try you come up short.
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You come up short. sickness is cyclical.
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Sickness is cyclical. it comes around, it goes around.
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It comes around, it goes around. you're well for a little while,
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You're well for a little while, and then it's the same thing
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And then it's the same thing all over again but this time
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All over again but this time it's only worse.
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It's only worse. because now, not only are you
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Because now, not only are you back where you started but you
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Back where you started but you have less hope that it is ever
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Have less hope that it is ever going to be different
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Going to be different because you've cycled
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Because you've cycled through it one more time,
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Through it one more time, just to realize,
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Just to realize, "well i guess i'm just
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"well i guess i'm just a cynical person.
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A cynical person. well, i guess i'm just a
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Well, i guess i'm just a negative person.
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Negative person. i guess nobody in my family was
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I guess nobody in my family was meant to go to college."
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Meant to go to college." see, when you hang
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See, when you hang around the colonnades,
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Around the colonnades, with people who are sick,
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With people who are sick, sickness becomes normal to
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Sickness becomes normal to you and it starts to be easier
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You and it starts to be easier for you to accept the condition
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For you to accept the condition than to challenge it.
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Than to challenge it. because to challenge
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Because to challenge the condition means to risk
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The condition means to risk disappointment and some
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Disappointment and some of us have tried,
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Of us have tried, got blocked.
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Got blocked. tried, got blocked.
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Tried, got blocked. and now people see you and they
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And now people see you and they assume that you don't care,
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Assume that you don't care, no i care,
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No i care, i cared and i cared so much
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I cared and i cared so much but they didn't care back.
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But they didn't care back. and i tried so hard and i still
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And i tried so hard and i still got looked over and don't you
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Got looked over and don't you know it's hard when your
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Know it's hard when your expectation has been
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Expectation has been damaged by disappointment.
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Damaged by disappointment. it's a slow damage,
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It's a slow damage, it's a slow tearing
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It's a slow tearing of the muscle fibers,
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Of the muscle fibers, it's a slow deterioration of
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It's a slow deterioration of your hope by disappointment,
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Your hope by disappointment, it is not one
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It is not one event that creates it,
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Event that creates it, it's over and over,
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It's over and over, i tried and i tried and
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I tried and i tried and i smiled and i
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I smiled and i stayed and i cooked,
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Stayed and i cooked, and i parented and i
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And i parented and i disciplined and i showed
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Disciplined and i showed up and i didn't care and
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Up and i didn't care and the man has finally
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The man has finally gotten to a place,
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Gotten to a place, i believe where he is
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I believe where he is tired of trying, are you?
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Tired of trying, are you? it's supposed to be the sabbath,
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It's supposed to be the sabbath, it's supposed to be a
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It's supposed to be a day of rest.
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Day of rest. why did jesus stop by the pool
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Why did jesus stop by the pool on the day of rest to
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On the day of rest to perform a miracle?
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Perform a miracle? you're not supposed to
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You're not supposed to work on the sabbath.
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Work on the sabbath. this may offend you,
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This may offend you, but it won't be the first time,
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But it won't be the first time, if this offends you,
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If this offends you, you're metal detector
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You're metal detector is turned up to level 10
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Is turned up to level 10 anyway and you need
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Anyway and you need to just turn it down,
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To just turn it down, y'all notice we live
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Y'all notice we live in a "gotcha" culture,
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In a "gotcha" culture, an outrage culture,
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An outrage culture, just nobody can say anything,
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Just nobody can say anything, you can't say anything
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You can't say anything anymore and the more
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Anymore and the more the people try to help us,
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The people try to help us, the more we crucify 'em if
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The more we crucify 'em if they say the wrong thing.
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They say the wrong thing. notice that?
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Notice that? this is how they treat jesus.
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This is how they treat jesus. he heals the man on the sabbath
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He heals the man on the sabbath and all that anyone can talk
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And all that anyone can talk about is that he did it
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About is that he did it on the wrong day.
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On the wrong day. so this is what i wanted to say
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So this is what i wanted to say that's gonna offend you,
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That's gonna offend you, you thought that was what
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You thought that was what was going to offend you?
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Was going to offend you? no, no, no, no, no.
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No, no, no, no, no. jesus walks up on the sabbath
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Jesus walks up on the sabbath and when he tells the
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And when he tells the man in verse eight,
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Man in verse eight, "get up, pick up
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"get up, pick up your mat and walk."
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Your mat and walk." he is trying to get the
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He is trying to get the man to break sabbath.
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Man to break sabbath. so jesus walks up to the pool,
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So jesus walks up to the pool, looks around and asks the man,
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Looks around and asks the man, "what's going on in
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"what's going on in your heart right now,
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Your heart right now, because before i
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Because before i can help you walk,
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Can help you walk, i have to heal your will."
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I have to heal your will." so here's what jesus does,
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So here's what jesus does, that we don't like,
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That we don't like, he calls b.s.
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He calls b.s. he calls, watch this,
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He calls, watch this, he calls b.s.
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He calls b.s. and i don't know what you're
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And i don't know what you're thinking about right now,
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Thinking about right now, but i'm talking
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But i'm talking about broken system.
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About broken system. see, now, there's one thing in
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See, now, there's one thing in the verse that doesn't make
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The verse that doesn't make sense unless you understand
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Sense unless you understand the historical context.
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The historical context. when the man says,
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When the man says, "i keep trying,
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"i keep trying, i keep trying to get
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I keep trying to get down there but i can
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Down there but i can never be first,
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Never be first, i'm not fast enough,
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In fact,
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In fact, i can't move at all,
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I can't move at all, i keep trying but every time
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I keep trying but every time i try something blocks
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I try something blocks me and jesus says,
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Me and jesus says, that's because the
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That's because the system is broken."
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System is broken." if you'll notice,
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If you'll notice, give me verse four
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Give me verse four of the scripture,
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Of the scripture, i forgot to read it,
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John 5:4,
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Jared,
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Jared, it's been a long week you know,
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It's been a long week you know, staff events, jared,
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Staff events, jared, where's jared?
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Where's jared? can you get him,
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Can you get him, yeah i need him,
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Yeah i need him, verse 4 unlocks the whole thing.
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Verse 4 unlocks the whole thing. we can wait,
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We can wait, this man waited 38 years,
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This man waited 38 years, we can wait 3 minutes.
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It's not in the manuscript?
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>> it's not available.
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>> oh, they added
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>> oh, they added that verse later.
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That verse later. it's not even in the
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It's not even in the original manuscript.
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Original manuscript. they added a scripture later.
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They added a scripture later. they added a verse to
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They added a verse to explain the situation,
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Explain the situation, it didn't make sense
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It didn't make sense so they added- you can go
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So they added- you can go back to your job now- they had,
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Back to your job now- they had, but come here real quick-
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But come here real quick- so a lot of times when
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So a lot of times when a situation in my life
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A situation in my life doesn't make sense to me,
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Doesn't make sense to me, i add a verse,
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I add a verse, you know how we do?
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You know how we do? it's like, okay,
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It's like, okay, rather than deal with it,
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Rather than deal with it, i would rather explain
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I would rather explain it in a way that excuses
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It in a way that excuses me from having to deal with it.
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Me from having to deal with it. there's a reason
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There's a reason verse 4 isn't in there.
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Verse 4 isn't in there. 'cause it's not in there,
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'cause it's not in there, there's some stuff that you're
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There's some stuff that you're putting in your story that
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Putting in your story that doesn't belong there 'cause
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Doesn't belong there 'cause god didn't speak it and
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God didn't speak it and it's not true anymore.
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It's not true anymore. you can go back.
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You can go back. see, what the man said
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See, what the man said reflects a broken system and
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Reflects a broken system and it reflects a bad story,
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It reflects a bad story, that's another b.s.
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That's another b.s. the devil has got some of us
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The devil has got some of us telling us some really bad
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Telling us some really bad stories and this man has been
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Stories and this man has been telling himself a story,
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Telling himself a story, 38 years,
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38 years, no one wants to help me,
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No one wants to help me, everybody's out to get me,
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Everybody's out to get me, every time i try no one
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Every time i try no one wants to help me,
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Wants to help me, everybody out to get me,
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Everybody out to get me, every time i try,
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Every time i try, so here comes jesus,
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So here comes jesus, he doesn't know jesus,
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He doesn't know jesus, he's never met jesus,
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He's never met jesus, jesus is new to the scene,
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Jesus is new to the scene, jesus hasn't even done the
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Jesus hasn't even done the captain d's miracle yet,
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Captain d's miracle yet, that's in john 6,
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That's in john 6, he hasn't even gotten familiar
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He hasn't even gotten familiar with this guy yet,
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With this guy yet, he hasn't even had an
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He hasn't even had an opportunity to unpack the whole
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Opportunity to unpack the whole history of his situation.
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History of his situation. so he's standing in front of
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So he's standing in front of jesus and he's rightly skeptical
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Jesus and he's rightly skeptical because he's in a broken system
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Because he's in a broken system where the religious leaders are
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Where the religious leaders are trying to let the first
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Trying to let the first ones in and keep the rest
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Ones in and keep the rest back and unless you
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Back and unless you keep the law this good,
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Keep the law this good, you can't be healed,
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You can't be healed, of course, he's stuck.
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Of course, he's stuck. he's stuck in a broken system,
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He's stuck in a broken system, so are some of us.
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So are some of us. he's stuck in a bad story,
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He's stuck in a bad story, and so are some of us.
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And so are some of us. we've inserted verses that
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We've inserted verses that aren't even there to explain why
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Aren't even there to explain why we are the way we are,
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We are the way we are, we think it's our job to suffer,
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We think it's our job to suffer, you know suffering for christ
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You know suffering for christ and the good of others
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And the good of others is one thing and sacrifices,
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Is one thing and sacrifices, but to suffer the
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But to suffer the shame that he already took
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Shame that he already took away from you is to snatch back
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Away from you is to snatch back what he nailed to the cross,
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What he nailed to the cross, it is not your job
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It is not your job to suffer like that.
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To suffer like that. that's a broken system.
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That's a broken system. i'm telling you men and
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I'm telling you men and women of the most high god,
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Women of the most high god, religion is a broken system,
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Religion is a broken system, that's why jesus went
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That's why jesus went for one to show you,
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For one to show you, this is a relationship,
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This is a relationship, i wanna deal with
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I wanna deal with you one on one,
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You one on one, i wanna speak to
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I wanna speak to you like a person,
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You like a person, not like you're some
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Not like you're some kind of project,
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Kind of project, not like you're some
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Not like you're some kind of defect.
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I don't have anybody to help me.
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I don't have anybody to help me. trust me i'm trying,
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Trust me i'm trying, i'm really trying,
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I'm really trying, if you knew how
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If you knew how hard i was trying,
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Hard i was trying, you wouldn't make fun
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You wouldn't make fun of me like that and ask me
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Of me like that and ask me do i wanna get well.
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Do i wanna get well. i don't have any help.
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I don't have any help. and see that was true
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And see that was true five minutes ago
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Five minutes ago but the situation has changed.
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But the situation has changed. what he said used to be true,
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What he said used to be true, it was true for a long time.
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It was true for a long time. and then grace shows up
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At the pool at bethesda,
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At the pool at bethesda, five porches,
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Five porches, five is the number of grace,
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Five is the number of grace, always symbolism,
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Always symbolism, there's levels to this text.
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There's levels to this text. we could preach a
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We could preach a series on this text,
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Series on this text, now grace is here and
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What used to be true
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What used to be true isn't true anymore.
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Isn't true anymore. are you still stuck in something
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Are you still stuck in something that used to be true?
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That used to be true? but it isn't true anymore.
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But it isn't true anymore. i bet he would be tired,
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I bet he would be tired, 38 years of fighting off the
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38 years of fighting off the vultures and 38 years
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Vultures and 38 years of looking out for
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Of looking out for yourself and you kinda have to
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Yourself and you kinda have to live that way until grace
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Live that way until grace becomes the dominant
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Becomes the dominant reality in your life.
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Reality in your life. and then jesus comes into your
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And then jesus comes into your life and everything changes.
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Life and everything changes. but sometimes we keep
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But sometimes we keep living off of the old story,
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Living off of the old story, the bad story,
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The bad story, no one will help me.
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No one will help me. and jesus is like,
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And jesus is like, "i'm someone."
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"i'm someone." now the question is this,
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Now the question is this, how did jesus command
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How did jesus command the man to get up,
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The man to get up, if the man couldn't walk
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If the man couldn't walk in the first place?
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In the first place? a careful reading of the text
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A careful reading of the text will reward us in this moment.
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Will reward us in this moment. one interpretation is that
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One interpretation is that his healing was his
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His healing was his reward for obedience,
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Reward for obedience, that's religion,
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That's religion, it's a bad story 'cause
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It's a bad story 'cause the fact of the matter is,
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The fact of the matter is, if trying harder could
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If trying harder could have made me better,
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Have made me better, i'd be better by now.
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I'd be better by now. i tried the diet,
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I tried the diet, i tried that,
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I tried that, i wasn't gonna do this and i
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I wasn't gonna do this and i wasn't gonna do that and i
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Wasn't gonna do that and i wasn't gonna do the other,
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Wasn't gonna do the other, you've tried that already
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You've tried that already and if it could work,
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And if it could work, it would have worked by now.
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It would have worked by now. so, the man said,
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So, the man said, i'm trying and jesus said,
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I'm trying and jesus said, "trust me.
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"trust me. get up, take up your
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Get up, take up your mat and walk."
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Mat and walk." i'm trying,
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I'm trying, jesus, said,
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Jesus, said, "trust me."
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"trust me." i'm trying.
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I'm trying. "trust me."
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"trust me." that's the real task
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That's the real task is to trust.
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Is to trust. that's always been
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That's always been the real work.
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The real work. john 5 isn't a text
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John 5 isn't a text about being lazy,
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About being lazy, come on get up,
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Come on get up, make up your bed,
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Make up your bed, get on the treadmill,
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Get on the treadmill, go get 'em, tiger,
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Go get 'em, tiger, this is your day,
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This is your day, this is not a pep talk.
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This is not a pep talk. this is a complete reversal of
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This is a complete reversal of the systems of this world.
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The systems of this world. it is a contrast of
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It is a contrast of works and grace.
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Works and grace. that's why it had to
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That's why it had to happen on the sabbath,
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Happen on the sabbath, the moment that he
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The moment that he picked up his mat,
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Picked up his mat, he was doing work
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He was doing work and the moment that
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And the moment that he was doing work,
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It made everybody who was
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It made everybody who was in power mad because he
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In power mad because he wasn't supposed to do work.
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Wasn't supposed to do work. the whole reason that jesus
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The whole reason that jesus showed up for one person was
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Showed up for one person was that he wanted to overturn
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That he wanted to overturn an entire system.
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An entire system. there is one situation in your
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Life right that god is
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Life right that god is trying to use and by
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Trying to use and by addressing this situation,
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Addressing this situation, i promise you,
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I promise you, it's gonna change
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It's gonna change the whole system because
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The whole system because up until this point,
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Up until this point, you been trying, trying,
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You been trying, trying, "i'm trying to love god.
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"i'm trying to love god. i'm trying to pray more,
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I'm trying to pray more, i'm trying to read my bible,
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I'm trying to read my bible, i'm trying to eat my broccoli,
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I'm trying to eat my broccoli, i'm trying to be a nice person,
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I'm trying to be a nice person, i'm trying to be kinder,
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I'm trying to be kinder, i'm trying to do better."
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I'm trying to do better." god said, "i see you trying,
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God said, "i see you trying, will you trust me?
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Will you trust me? will you trust me enough,
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Will you trust me enough, to get up when you feel
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To get up when you feel like you can't get up?
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Like you can't get up? to praise me when you don't feel
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To praise me when you don't feel like you wanna praise me?
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Like you wanna praise me? do you trust me enough?
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Do you trust me enough? i know you've been trying
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I know you've been trying but do you trust me?
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But do you trust me? this is a trust moment.
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This is a trust moment. this is a trust decision."
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This is a trust decision." sometimes my trying gets
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Sometimes my trying gets in the way of my trusting.
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In the way of my trusting. and this man got up because he
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And this man got up because he had been healed and you keep
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Had been healed and you keep thinking that you will
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Thinking that you will be healed if you can get up,
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Be healed if you can get up, but you can't and you're trying
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But you can't and you're trying and you're trying,
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And you're trying, and here's what so funny
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And here's what so funny about the text to me,
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About the text to me, the man said, "i'm trying."
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The man said, "i'm trying." and jesus said, "so am i.
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And jesus said, "so am i. i'm trying to help you.
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I'm trying to help you. i knew you couldn't
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I knew you couldn't reach that water,
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Reach that water, i knew you grew up in a
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I knew you grew up in a really really hard environment
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Really really hard environment and there was some abuse and i
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And there was some abuse and i know you're trying to be a
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Know you're trying to be a better man than your dad was or
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Better man than your dad was or i know that you're trying to be
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I know that you're trying to be a better mom than your mom or i
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A better mom than your mom or i know you're trying to
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Know you're trying to figure things out when the
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Figure things out when the complexities are greater than
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Complexities are greater than anything you've ever seen.
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Anything you've ever seen. i see you trying and i'm
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I see you trying and i'm trying since you can't get
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Trying since you can't get to the water,
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To the water, i brought water to you."
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I brought water to you." and what it does,
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And what it does, when you get up,
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When you get up, and you do what you
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And you do what you didn't think you could do,
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Didn't think you could do, its shocks the system.
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Its shocks the system. god says,
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God says, some of you that have been lying
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Some of you that have been lying in your condition for 38 years,
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In your condition for 38 years, i brought you to church today
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I brought you to church today not so you could just
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Not so you could just sing a few songs,
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Sing a few songs, or hear a few words but i
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Or hear a few words but i wanna shock the system,
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Wanna shock the system, i wanna stir up the waters,
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I wanna stir up the waters, i wanna heal,
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I wanna heal, watch this, your will.
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Watch this, your will. you've lost your will
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You've lost your will to be sweet,
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To be sweet, you've lost your will
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You've lost your will to be forgiving,
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To be forgiving, you've lost your
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You've lost your will to be whole,
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Will to be whole, you don't even
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You don't even want that anymore,
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Want that anymore, 'cause you tried to want it
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'cause you tried to want it and it hurts to have hope,
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And it hurts to have hope, especially when
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Especially when you're disappointed,
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You're disappointed, especially when something
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Especially when something gets in your way,
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Gets in your way, especially when you keep bumping
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Especially when you keep bumping up against your own brokenness,
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Up against your own brokenness, especially when it's
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Especially when it's rigged against you.
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Rigged against you. and i wanna help you walk but
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And i wanna help you walk but first i need to help you
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First i need to help you want and to want the
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Want and to want the right things again,
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Right things again, for the right reasons to
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Heal your desires by the
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Heal your desires by the pool of bethesda,
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Pool of bethesda, here comes walking living water.
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Here comes walking living water. that's what he told the
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That's what he told the samaritan in john 4,
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Samaritan in john 4, he said, "within you will be
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He said, "within you will be rivers of living water."
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So i know you can't get
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So i know you can't get to the water.
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To the water. let the water come to you,
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Let the water come to you, you will not receive certain
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You will not receive certain things in your life from
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Things in your life from trying but only by trusting.
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Dan, we were at a pool seven or
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Dan, we were at a pool seven or eight years ago and elijah
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Eight years ago and elijah wanted to swim and we went down
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Wanted to swim and we went down there to the hotel pool and it
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There to the hotel pool and it had the hotel pool smell.
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Had the hotel pool smell. but we went in anyway,
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But we went in anyway, he was, i guess at that point,
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He was, i guess at that point, seven years old,
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Seven years old, so i had to get some energy
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So i had to get some energy out so we got in the pool,
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Out so we got in the pool, soon as we got in,
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Soon as we got in, the doors busted open,
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The doors busted open, the hotel manager said,
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The hotel manager said, "hey sir, i advise you to get
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"hey sir, i advise you to get out of that pool."
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Out of that pool." i said, "why?"
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I said, "why?" it's like the middle of the day,
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It's like the middle of the day, i'm like stupid hotel rules,
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I'm like stupid hotel rules, i'm not one to really
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I'm not one to really like stupid rules,
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Like stupid rules, i'm like it's the
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I'm like it's the middle of the day,
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Middle of the day, there's nobody here,
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There's nobody here, i am a registered guest and by
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I am a registered guest and by the time i'm about in the middle
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The time i'm about in the middle of my imaginary speech --
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Of my imaginary speech -- i'm usually nice externally,
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I'm usually nice externally, it's what happens on the inside
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It's what happens on the inside that makes me go to hell,
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That makes me go to hell, but, i said,
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But, i said, 'bout the time i
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'bout the time i was i was about to
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Was i was about to say what i was about to say,
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Say what i was about to say, he said, "we just shocked it."
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He said, "we just shocked it." i said, "well next time we'll
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I said, "well next time we'll give you notice before we come,
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Give you notice before we come, i don't wanna shock your pool."
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I don't wanna shock your pool." he said, "no, he said,
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He said, "no, he said, sometimes the water, you know,
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Sometimes the water, you know, once a week or something
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Once a week or something has to have a treatment,
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Has to have a treatment, we call it shocking
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We call it shocking the pool because when the
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The pool because when the chlorine combines with the,
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Chlorine combines with the, i really don't wanna tell you
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I really don't wanna tell you all this that's in this pool,
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All this that's in this pool, this is a hotel pool sir,
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This is a hotel pool sir, bacteria,
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Bacteria, sweat,
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Sweat, other fluids,
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Other fluids, pool fluids,
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Pool fluids, hotel pool fluids,
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Hotel pool fluids, so once a week
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So once a week we gotta shock it."
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We gotta shock it." once a week i come to church
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Once a week i come to church 'cause sometimes my heart gets
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'cause sometimes my heart gets mixed up with some substances,
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Mixed up with some substances, some contaminants,
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Some contaminants, some disappointments,
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Some disappointments, sometimes this world
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Sometimes this world pollutes me so,
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Pollutes me so, when i come to church,
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When i come to church, please understand,
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Please understand, i'm coming to treat my
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I'm coming to treat my disappointments 'cause i need
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Disappointments 'cause i need living water and i don't wanna
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Living water and i don't wanna die by the pool so i came to
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Die by the pool so i came to church and i don't know
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Church and i don't know if you came to church,
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If you came to church, for this reason,
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For this reason, i don't really know
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I don't really know why you came,
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Why you came, but tell somebody,
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But tell somebody, "shock the waters."
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"shock the waters." jesus said, "i came down to the
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Jesus said, "i came down to the pool at bethesda not just to
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Pool at bethesda not just to look around and go home and
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Look around and go home and pray a nice prayer but i
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Pray a nice prayer but i came to this pool,
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Came to this pool, this house of mercy to
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This house of mercy to shock the waters."
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Shock the waters." and it just might be that god
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And it just might be that god brought you here this week
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Brought you here this week because you've been in a state
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Because you've been in a state of disappointment but god said,
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Of disappointment but god said, "i'm about to shock the waters,
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"i'm about to shock the waters, i'm about to stir it up,
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I'm about to stir it up, you don't have to
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You don't have to wait for an angel,
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Wait for an angel, you don't have to wait for
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You don't have to wait for somebody to get out of your way,
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Somebody to get out of your way, you don't have to wait for a
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You don't have to wait for a situational improvement.
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Situational improvement. and we beheld his glory,
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And we beheld his glory, the fullness of the father,
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The fullness of the father, full of grace and truth,
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Full of grace and truth, living water is
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Living water is in the house.
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Trust me,
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Trust me, i'm trying to bless you,
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I'm trying to bless you, i hear the voice of the lord,
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I hear the voice of the lord, trust me, i'm trying to
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Trust me, i'm trying to help you raise those kids.
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Help you raise those kids. trust me, i'm trying.
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Trust me, i'm trying. "you say, well god
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"you say, well god doesn't try to do anything,
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Doesn't try to do anything, he either does or he doesn't."
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He either does or he doesn't." then why did jesus go to
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Then why did jesus go to nazareth and it said,
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Nazareth and it said, "he couldn't do
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"he couldn't do many miracles there."
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Many miracles there." he tried to.
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He tried to. but they tripped.
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But they tripped. i believe there are many for
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I believe there are many for whom this message is just
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Whom this message is just another bible message.
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Another bible message. i believe there are some and
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I believe there are some and maybe even few that this is a
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Maybe even few that this is a definitive word for your life.
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Definitive word for your life. you have been like that man,
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You have been like that man, you have been paralyzed in
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You have been paralyzed in an area of your life for
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An area of your life for a long time and you've
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A long time and you've been trying but you've
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Been trying but you've been bitter for eight years over
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Been bitter for eight years over what the business partner did.
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What the business partner did. and you keep trying,
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And you keep trying, this is not about trying,
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This is not about trying, this is about trust,
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This is about trust, you've been going back
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You've been going back and forth and back and forth
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And forth and back and forth and back and forth for so
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And back and forth for so long and today god is saying,
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Long and today god is saying, "let the water come to you."
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"let the water come to you." father, we declare this our
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Father, we declare this our sabbath where we rest from our
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Sabbath where we rest from our labor and enter into your grace,
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Labor and enter into your grace, with everyone standing and no
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With everyone standing and no one moving at every location
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One moving at every location if this has been a season
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If this has been a season for you of frustration,
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For you of frustration, a season of you going
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A season of you going to the pool over and over
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To the pool over and over and you've been blocked so many
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And you've been blocked so many times now that quite
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Times now that quite honestly you don't need
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Honestly you don't need just god to heal your legs,
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Just god to heal your legs, or to heal your
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Or to heal your bank account or to just
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Bank account or to just heal that one compulsive
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Heal that one compulsive area in your life,
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Area in your life, but you need jesus to do
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But you need jesus to do what he did for that unnamed man
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What he did for that unnamed man in john 5 and heal your will and
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In john 5 and heal your will and help you to want him again.
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Help you to want him again. the place to start
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The place to start is not pretending,
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Is not pretending, the man was healed partially
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The man was healed partially because he was honest,
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Because he was honest, i keep trying,
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I keep trying, every time i try something,
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Every time i try something, someone,
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Someone, but there's a greater someone,
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But there's a greater someone, there is a greater
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There is a greater power than anything you
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Power than anything you are struggling with what's
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Are struggling with what's pulling against you,
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Pulling against you, this takes faith,
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This takes faith, to trust him to really believe
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To trust him to really believe that he made you like he
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That he made you like he wanted to make you,
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Wanted to make you, as short as he
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As short as he wanted to make you,
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Wanted to make you, you grew up in a small
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You grew up in a small or as big of a town as he
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Or as big of a town as he wanted you to grow up in,
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Wanted you to grow up in, it takes trust and all
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It takes trust and all your life god has been
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Your life god has been trying to position you,
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Trying to position you, all your life god has been
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All your life god has been bringing things into
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Bringing things into alignment so that you
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Alignment so that you can serve his purpose,
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Can serve his purpose, and now he's saying trust me.
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>> well, that's all the time
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>> well, that's all the time we have for today
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We have for today but there is good news,
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But there is good news, the conversation doesn't
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The conversation doesn't have to stop here.
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Have to stop here. did you know that you can
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Did you know that you can join us for church live
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Join us for church live every single weekend?
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Every single weekend? you can worship with us.
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You can get connected
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You can get connected to a community of believers
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To a community of believers and you can hear a message
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And you can hear a message from the word of god.
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From the word of god. just visit stevenfurtick.com
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Just visit stevenfurtick.com and click live
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And click live for more information.
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For more information. >> and while you're there
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>> and while you're there at stevenfurtick.com,
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At stevenfurtick.com, i have something
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I have something special for you.
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Special for you. so, if today's message
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So, if today's message really spoke to you,
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Really spoke to you, and while you were
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And while you were listening you were like,
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Listening you were like, "man, i need more of this.
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"man, i need more of this. this is exactly the situation
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This is exactly the situation that i've been thinking about,"
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That i've been thinking about," well, we've put together
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Well, we've put together a set of sermons and teachings
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A set of sermons and teachings that builds on what
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That builds on what you heard today,
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You heard today, so you can get this deep
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So you can get this deep in your heart and walk it
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In your heart and walk it out in your life.
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Out in your life. i wanna equip you for whatever
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I wanna equip you for whatever god has next for you,
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God has next for you, so right now just call
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So right now just call the number on the screen,
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The number on the screen, or go online for your gift
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Or go online for your gift of any amount to the ministry,
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Of any amount to the ministry, we wanna put this
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We wanna put this teaching series in your hands.
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Teaching series in your hands. god bless you.
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>> it's wise to choose
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Your battles when you can,
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But what do you do
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When your battle chooses you?
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This is what
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The lord says to you,
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“don't be afraid,
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Don't be discouraged,
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Don't back down;
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If you fight it,
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You're gonna lose it.”
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You can't fight it;
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Give it back.
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You can't figure it out;
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Give it back.
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How d'you give it back?
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That's a focus.
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That's looking beyond
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What's coming against you,
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And looking toward
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What is within you,
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To know that greater is he
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That is in me,
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Than he that is in the world,
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And god wants his battle back.
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I want you to get in position;
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Not so that you can fight,
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Not so that you can struggle,
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But so that you can see
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The deliverance.
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God is fighting for worshippers,
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God is fighting for praisers,
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God is fighting for his people;
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God is fighting for you,
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Because somebody
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Has been wondering,
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“is god using me?
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Is this even worth it?”,
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But there's something
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About that,
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That should let you know
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That if the devil showed up
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In the first place,
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There must be
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Something important.
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You're his friend;
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You get his help,
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You get his strength,
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You get his miracles,
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You get his wisdom,
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You get his provision,
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You get his angels.
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What d'you do
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When the battle chooses you?
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You worship your way through it.
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>> we all face
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Battles in situations
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That feel like
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They're too much to manage.
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Get your copy, today, of
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“when the battle chooses you”,
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And give your battle
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Back to god.
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ blessed assurance ♪
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♪ jesus is mine ♪
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♪ he's been my fourth man ♪
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♪ in the fire ♪
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♪ time after time ♪
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♪ born of his spirit ♪
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♪ washed in his blood ♪
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♪ and what he did for me on ♪
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♪ calvary is more than enough ♪
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♪ oh i trust in god ♪
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♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one who will never fail ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ i trust in god ♪
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♪ my savior ♪
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♪ the one who will never fail ♪
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♪ he will never fail ♪
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♪ perfect submission ♪
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♪ all is at rest ♪
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♪ i know ♪
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♪ the author of tomorrow ♪
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♪ has ordered my steps ♪
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♪ so this is my story ♪
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♪ and this is my song ♪
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♪ praising my risen king ♪
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Steven Furtick - Trust Me I'm Trying (Part 2)

February 26, 2026 | 27:29

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