Steven Furtick - Ugly Trust (Part 3)

March 18, 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 - Ugly Trust (Part 3) | March 18, 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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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> you be seeking some food
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  • >> you be seeking some food in the pantry,
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  • In the pantry, stress eating at night,
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  • Stress eating at night, seeking some comfort
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  • Seeking some comfort on some different websites
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  • On some different websites and stuff, too.
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  • And stuff, too. but i want you to know
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  • But i want you to know something about all of that,
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  • Something about all of that, i don't say that to shame you,
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  • I don't say that to shame you, i say that to show you
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  • I say that to show you that famous david,
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  • That famous david, spear dodging david,
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  • Spear dodging david, got to a point
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  • Got to a point of seven years of waiting
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  • Of seven years of waiting where he thought to himself,
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  • Where he thought to himself, "one of these days
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  • "one of these days i will be destroyed
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  • I will be destroyed by the hand of saul."
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  • By the hand of saul." and this phrase, oh, god,
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  • And this phrase, oh, god, this is why i
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  • This is why i got up here today.
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  • Got up here today. this is why i flew in late
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  • This is why i flew in late and got up early
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  • And got up early and listened to metallica
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  • And listened to metallica to preach to you.
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  • To preach to you. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] y'all didn't like that
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  • Y'all didn't like that i listened to metallica.
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  • I listened to metallica. i got --
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  • I got -- i could tell
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  • I could tell you were judging me.
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  • You were judging me. i don't care.
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  • I don't care. i sought the lord.
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  • I sought the lord. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] watch me, watch me,
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  • Watch me, watch me, watch me, watch me.
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  • Watch me, watch me. "david thought to himself,
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  • "david thought to himself, 'one of these days
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  • 'one of these days i will be destroy --
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  • I will be destroy -- "i will bless
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  • "i will bless the lord at all ti --
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  • The lord at all ti -- "david thought to himself,
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  • "david thought to himself, 'one of these days --
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  • 'one of these days -- "i will praise you continually."
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  • "i will praise you continually." "it's kinda hard
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  • "it's kinda hard for god's praise
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  • For god's praise to continually be at my mouth
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  • To continually be at my mouth when this guy keeps
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  • When this guy keeps trying to kill me.
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  • Trying to kill me. it's kinda hard for
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  • It's kinda hard for god's praise to be
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  • God's praise to be in my mouth when my life
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  • In my mouth when my life keeps going backwards.
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  • Keeps going backwards. it's kinda hard
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  • It's kinda hard for god's praise to be
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  • For god's praise to be in my mouth right now."
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  • In my mouth right now." that's okay.
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  • That's okay. david thought to himself,
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  • David thought to himself, "one of these days,"
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  • "one of these days," and i know we have a lot of
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  • And i know we have a lot of thoughts about the future.
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  • Thoughts about the future. you know, "one of these days,
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  • You know, "one of these days, this is gonna catch up with me.
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  • This is gonna catch up with me. i can't keep doing this.
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  • I can't keep doing this. i can't keep going like this.
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  • I can't keep going like this. i can't keep holding
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  • I can't keep holding out like this.
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  • Out like this. i can't keep,
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  • I can't keep, i can't keep,
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  • I can't keep, i can't --
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  • I can't -- i'm doing pretty good
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  • I'm doing pretty good right now,
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  • Right now, but i can't keep
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  • But i can't keep running like this.
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  • Running like this. i can't keep pretending
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  • I can't keep pretending like everything's okay."
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  • Like everything's okay." david thought to himself,
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  • David thought to himself, "this does not end
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  • "this does not end well for me."
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  • Well for me." "how could you
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  • "how could you think that, david?
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  • Think that, david? you have the promise of god.
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  • You have the promise of god. how could you think
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  • How could you think that david?
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  • That david? you have the oil
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  • You have the oil of the anointing
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  • Of the anointing from the prophet samuel
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  • From the prophet samuel that was on you.
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  • That was on you. don't you remember?
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  • Don't you remember? he said he would raise you up.
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  • He said he would raise you up. how can you think
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  • How can you think that, david?"
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  • That, david?" because seeking god
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  • Because seeking god doesn't mean you will never
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  • Doesn't mean you will never think fearful thoughts.
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  • Think fearful thoughts. [applause]
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  • [applause] seeking god does not mean
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  • Seeking god does not mean that you will never feel like
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  • That you will never feel like you're going crazy.
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  • You're going crazy. the truth is nobody knows
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  • The truth is nobody knows what you really go through.
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  • What you really go through. nobody knows what you
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  • Nobody knows what you really push through.
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  • Really push through. nobody knows all the things
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  • Nobody knows all the things that you didn't say
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  • That you didn't say that would have been
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  • That would have been worse than the thing
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  • Worse than the thing that you said
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  • That you said that you had
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  • That you had to apologize for.
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  • To apologize for. nobody really knows
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  • Nobody really knows how crazy it gets,
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  • How crazy it gets, how close you came
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  • How close you came to quitting,
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  • To quitting, how much you struggle
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  • How much you struggle with feeling like enough,
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  • With feeling like enough, how much and how hard
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  • How much and how hard it has been
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  • It has been for you to fight
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  • For you to fight for these 14 months
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  • For these 14 months of sobriety,
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  • Of sobriety, how hard it has been
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  • How hard it has been for you to continue
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  • For you to continue to go home to a situation
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  • To go home to a situation where you're underappreciated
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  • Where you're underappreciated and a job where
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  • And a job where you're undervalued.
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  • You're undervalued. nobody knows.
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  • Nobody knows. but he heard.
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  • But he heard. he heard.
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  • He heard. when you cried,
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  • When you cried, he heard.
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  • He heard. when you prayed,
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  • When you prayed, he heard.
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  • He heard. when you said, "i can't,"
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  • He said, "i can."
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  • He said, "i can." he heard.
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  • He heard. [applause]
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  • [applause] what a word for somebody
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  • What a word for somebody who has felt like
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  • Who has felt like you're going crazy.
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  • You're going crazy. you're not going crazy,
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  • You're building faith, see.
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  • You're building faith, see. you're building faith.
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  • You're building faith. you're getting strong
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  • You're getting strong in your spirit.
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  • In your spirit. you're getting strong
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  • You're getting strong in your beliefs.
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  • In your beliefs. you're learning to walk,
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  • You're learning to walk, not by what you see
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  • Not by what you see but by what god spoke.
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  • But by what god spoke. jesus.
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  • Jesus. [applause]
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  • [applause] i'm trying to find five people
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  • I'm trying to find five people who really need this word.
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  • Who really need this word. i'm trying to find five people.
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  • I'm trying to find five people. [applause]
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  • [applause] now, give me my verse
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  • Now, give me my verse one more time.
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  • One more time. "and david thought to himself,
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  • "and david thought to himself, 'one of these days
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  • 'one of these days i will be destroyed
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  • I will be destroyed by the hand of saul.'"
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  • By the hand of saul.'" the fear is real.
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  • The fear is real. when he said,
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  • When he said, "he delivered me
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  • "he delivered me from all my fear,"
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  • From all my fear," he doesn't mean he kept me
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  • He doesn't mean he kept me from feeling it.
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  • From feeling it. [applause]
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  • [applause] it was on a loop
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  • It was on a loop in his head.
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  • In his head. he thought to himself,
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  • He thought to himself, the language means
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  • The language means he continued thinking.
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  • He continued thinking. he didn't think this once.
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  • He didn't think this once. he thought it so many times
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  • He thought it so many times that he began to believe
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  • That he began to believe that the lie was true.
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  • That the lie was true. because saul couldn't kill him,
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  • Because saul couldn't kill him, because god had crowned him.
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  • Because god had crowned him. who needed to hear that?
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  • Who needed to hear that? saul can't kill you.
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  • Saul can't kill you. god called you.
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  • God called you. and you know
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  • And you know what the bible says?
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  • What the bible says? it says, "humble yourself
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  • It says, "humble yourself under the mighty hand of god
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  • Under the mighty hand of god that he may lift you up
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  • That he may lift you up in due time."
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  • In due time." [applause]
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  • [applause] but it's been seven years
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  • But it's been seven years and david doesn't see
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  • And david doesn't see a clear path to what god
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  • A clear path to what god has committed to him.
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  • Has committed to him. so, he thought to himself,
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  • So, he thought to himself, "one day saul's gonna kill me."
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  • "one day saul's gonna kill me." and here's the phrase,
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  • And here's the phrase, "the best thing i can do."
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  • "the best thing i can do." everybody say that,
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  • Everybody say that, "the best thing i can do."
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  • "the best thing i can do." what this means is
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  • What this means is david's situation is not ideal
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  • David's situation is not ideal and yours may not be either.
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  • And yours may not be either. that you're looking
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  • That you're looking at a range of options
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  • At a range of options where you really want
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  • Where you really want god to do this,
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  • God to do this, but it's not happening.
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  • But it's not happening. so, david says,
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  • So, david says, "the best thing i can do
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  • "the best thing i can do is escape to the land
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  • Is escape to the land of philistines."
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  • Of philistines." that's not where
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  • That's not where he wanted to be,
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  • He wanted to be, it's just the place
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  • It's just the place he had to go for now.
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  • He had to go for now. everybody say, "next."
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  • Everybody say, "next." >> congregation: next.
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  • >> congregation: next. >> i don't know how
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  • >> i don't know how god is gonna deal with saul.
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  • God is gonna deal with saul. some of you are
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  • Some of you are awaiting legal verdicts,
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  • Awaiting legal verdicts, right now,
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  • Right now, some of you are
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  • Some of you are awaiting resolution
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  • Awaiting resolution to relational situations,
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  • To relational situations, some of you are
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  • Some of you are waiting to see
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  • Waiting to see if you're gonna
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  • If you're gonna have to move or not,
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  • Have to move or not, some of you are
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  • Some of you are waiting to see
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  • Waiting to see what the doctor says
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  • What the doctor says in three weeks,
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  • In three weeks, and you're waiting for that.
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  • And you're waiting for that. so, i wanted to get this
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  • So, i wanted to get this in your spirit
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  • In your spirit as a new way to look at
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  • As a new way to look at what it means to seek the lord.
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  • What it means to seek the lord. to seek the lord
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  • To seek the lord doesn't mean that you will
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  • Doesn't mean that you will know exactly what
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  • Know exactly what he's going to do
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  • He's going to do every step along the way.
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  • Every step along the way. david said,
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  • David said, "the best thing i can do
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  • "the best thing i can do is to go to the land
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  • Is to go to the land of the philistines,
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  • Of the philistines, and to escape there,
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  • And to escape there, and then saul will give up
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  • And then saul will give up searching for me
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  • Searching for me anywhere in israel,
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  • Anywhere in israel, and i will slip
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  • And i will slip out of his hand."
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  • Out of his hand." is it possible
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  • Is it possible that david in this moment
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  • That david in this moment isn't even really sure
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  • Isn't even really sure where god's hand is working,
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  • Where god's hand is working, but all he knows is,
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  • But all he knows is, "i've gotta get out of here."
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  • "i've gotta get out of here." and when he says,
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  • And when he says, "i sought the lord,"
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  • "i sought the lord," he's referring back
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  • He's referring back to this incident
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  • To this incident where he had to go
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  • Where he had to go to the philistines,
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  • To the philistines, the enemies that
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  • The enemies that he wanted to kill,
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  • He wanted to kill, and live with them
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  • And live with them for a season
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  • For a season while he waited for god
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  • While he waited for god to do what he had
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  • To do what he had promised to do?
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  • Promised to do? and is it possible
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  • And is it possible that you are
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  • That you are in a season right now
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  • In a season right now where you're seeking the lord,
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  • Where you're seeking the lord, but he hasn't
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  • But he hasn't exactly shown you
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  • Exactly shown you what's gonna happen
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  • What's gonna happen in a sequence of events
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  • In a sequence of events that you can
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  • That you can logically understand?
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  • Logically understand? so, the word of the lord
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  • So, the word of the lord for you is,
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  • For you is, what is the next best thing
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  • What is the next best thing for you to do?
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  • For you to do? the next best thing.
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  • The next best thing. because for david,
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  • Because for david, what he really wanted
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  • What he really wanted was to be the leader of israel.
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  • Was to be the leader of israel. but sometimes you can't do
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  • But sometimes you can't do exactly what you want to do.
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  • Exactly what you want to do. and sometimes the will
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  • And sometimes the will that god has for you
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  • That god has for you is still in the process
  • 00:08:06.672 --> 00:08:07.607
  • Is still in the process of unfolding.
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  • Of unfolding. and sometimes the person that
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  • And sometimes the person that you're supposed to marry hasn't
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  • You're supposed to marry hasn't even moved to charlotte yet.
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  • Even moved to charlotte yet. [applause]
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  • [applause] and sometimes the job that
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  • And sometimes the job that you're supposed to have
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  • You're supposed to have isn't even open yet.
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  • Isn't even open yet. so, you get rejected
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  • So, you get rejected three times for jobs
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  • Three times for jobs that you think you'd be
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  • That you think you'd be a perfect fit for.
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  • A perfect fit for. but the truth is,
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  • But the truth is, if you got that job,
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  • If you got that job, it would become a snare to you
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  • It would become a snare to you for the door that god
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  • For the door that god is going to open.
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  • Is going to open. [applause]
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  • [applause] i'm talking about trusting him.
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  • I'm talking about trusting him. i'm talking about trusting him.
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  • I'm talking about trusting him. i'm talking about,
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  • I'm talking about, "i sought the lord
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  • "i sought the lord and there was a space,
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  • And there was a space, and i didn't
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  • And i didn't know if he heard."
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  • Know if he heard." so, what did david do?
  • 00:08:57.957 --> 00:09:01.193
  • So, what did david do? the next best thing.
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  • The next best thing. "i would love to be fighting
  • 00:09:03.763 --> 00:09:04.997
  • "i would love to be fighting saul's battles right now.
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  • Saul's battles right now. i would love to be
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  • I would love to be killing philistines,
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  • Killing philistines, like i did with goliath.
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  • Like i did with goliath. i would love to be taking
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  • I would love to be taking my kids to school every day,
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  • My kids to school every day, but i only get to see them
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  • But i only get to see them every other weekend right now.
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  • Every other weekend right now. so, when i get them
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  • So, when i get them every other weekend,
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  • Every other weekend, i'm gonna make that count
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  • I'm gonna make that count cause that's the next
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  • Cause that's the next best thing.
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  • Best thing. i would love to have somebody
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  • I would love to have somebody to take long walks
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  • To take long walks on the beach with,
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  • On the beach with, but i don't have somebody,
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  • But i don't have somebody, and i don't have a beach,
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  • And i don't have a beach, so i'mma get on this treadmill
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  • So i'mma get on this treadmill and get a podcast
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  • And get a podcast and take myself on a walk,
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  • And take myself on a walk, cause that's the next
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  • Cause that's the next best thing.
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  • Best thing. i would love to have
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  • I would love to have healed body right now,
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  • Healed body right now, so i could be in church
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  • So i could be in church with pastor steven,
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  • With pastor steven, but right now i can't
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  • But right now i can't leave the house
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  • Leave the house cause i'm confined
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  • Cause i'm confined to this bed.
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  • To this bed. but i'm gonna lift my hands,
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  • But i'm gonna lift my hands, cause even though i can't get
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  • Cause even though i can't get outta this bed,
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  • Outta this bed, i'm gonna do
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  • I'm gonna do the next best thing.
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  • The next best thing. i would love
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  • I would love to be further along
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  • To be further along in my finances by now,
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  • In my finances by now, but i didn't save
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  • But i didn't save in that season cause
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  • In that season cause nobody taught me,
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  • Nobody taught me, but i trust in god,
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  • But i trust in god, and i've never seen
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  • And i've never seen the righteous forsaken
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  • The righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread,
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  • Nor his seed begging bread, so i'm gonna do
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  • So i'm gonna do the next best thing.
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  • The next best thing. i'm gonna give him
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  • I'm gonna give him what i've got
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  • What i've got and trust him
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  • And trust him with what i'm not."
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  • With what i'm not." i will bless the lord.
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  • I will bless the lord. at all times.
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  • Good times,
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  • Good times, bad times.
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  • Bad times. ask paul and silas.
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  • Ask paul and silas. "i'd love to be out
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  • "i'd love to be out of this prison,
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  • Of this prison, but they didn't
  • 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:41.060
  • But they didn't release me yet,
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  • Release me yet, so let's do
  • 00:10:42.828 --> 00:10:43.796
  • So let's do the next best thing.
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  • You praise him
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  • You praise him on the first verse,
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  • On the first verse, i'll praise him
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  • I'll praise him on the second verse.
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  • On the second verse. you sing the chorus,
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  • You sing the chorus, i'll sing the bridge.
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  • I'll sing the bridge. i'm gonna do what
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  • I'm gonna do what he gave me to do
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  • He gave me to do with what i've got to do it."
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Yes, sir.
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  • Yes, sir. the next best thing for you,
  • 00:11:07.586 --> 00:11:11.290
  • The next best thing for you, that's all you gotta do.
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  • That's all you gotta do. you don't have to figure out
  • 00:11:13.459 --> 00:11:14.226
  • You don't have to figure out the next 50 things,
  • 00:11:14.293 --> 00:11:15.628
  • The next 50 things, that's god's job.
  • 00:11:15.695 --> 00:11:16.562
  • That's god's job. he said,
  • 00:11:16.629 --> 00:11:17.196
  • He said, "you're fired
  • 00:11:17.263 --> 00:11:17.897
  • "you're fired from trying to be god."
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  • From trying to be god." and --
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  • And -- [cheering]
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  • [cheering] i just want you
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  • I just want you to think about it.
  • 00:11:28.374 --> 00:11:31.377
  • To think about it. i just want you
  • 00:11:31.444 --> 00:11:31.977
  • I just want you to think about it.
  • 00:11:32.044 --> 00:11:33.312
  • To think about it. what's the next best
  • 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:34.080
  • What's the next best thing you can do?
  • 00:11:34.146 --> 00:11:36.148
  • Thing you can do? go complain about it,
  • 00:11:36.215 --> 00:11:38.551
  • Go complain about it, or praise him
  • 00:11:38.617 --> 00:11:40.686
  • Or praise him like he already knows?
  • 00:11:40.753 --> 00:11:43.923
  • Like he already knows? what's the next best thing?
  • 00:11:43.989 --> 00:11:46.992
  • What's the next best thing? "i sought the lord.
  • 00:11:47.059 --> 00:11:49.729
  • "i sought the lord. oh, it wasn't pretty,
  • 00:11:49.795 --> 00:11:51.997
  • Oh, it wasn't pretty, my fears were terrible."
  • 00:11:52.064 --> 00:11:53.299
  • My fears were terrible." the word "fears,"
  • 00:11:53.365 --> 00:11:53.999
  • The word "fears," that he uses is only used
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  • That he uses is only used three other times
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  • Three other times in the bible.
  • 00:11:56.168 --> 00:11:57.703
  • In the bible. it is a state so intense
  • 00:11:57.770 --> 00:11:59.905
  • It is a state so intense that it's only used
  • 00:11:59.972 --> 00:12:00.506
  • That it's only used three times in the bible,
  • 00:12:00.573 --> 00:12:02.274
  • Three times in the bible, it means "horror."
  • 00:12:02.341 --> 00:12:05.544
  • It means "horror." he said,
  • 00:12:05.611 --> 00:12:06.045
  • He said, "i was in a horrible place,
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  • "i was in a horrible place, a lonely place,
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  • A lonely place, an isolated place."
  • 00:12:10.716 --> 00:12:12.384
  • An isolated place." i was talking
  • 00:12:12.451 --> 00:12:12.852
  • I was talking to a brother yesterday,
  • 00:12:12.918 --> 00:12:14.120
  • To a brother yesterday, he said,
  • 00:12:14.186 --> 00:12:14.587
  • He said, "i'm creative but i can't find
  • 00:12:14.653 --> 00:12:15.755
  • "i'm creative but i can't find anybody to collaborate with."
  • 00:12:15.821 --> 00:12:17.089
  • Anybody to collaborate with." i wanted to tell him,
  • 00:12:17.156 --> 00:12:17.890
  • I wanted to tell him, "well, the next best thing
  • 00:12:17.957 --> 00:12:19.024
  • "well, the next best thing is gonna be you gotta
  • 00:12:19.091 --> 00:12:20.226
  • Is gonna be you gotta open up some kind of app
  • 00:12:20.292 --> 00:12:21.460
  • Open up some kind of app on your phone and just start
  • 00:12:21.527 --> 00:12:23.496
  • On your phone and just start collaborating with your phone."
  • 00:12:23.562 --> 00:12:28.000
  • Collaborating with your phone." y'all don't want me to teach
  • 00:12:28.067 --> 00:12:29.168
  • Y'all don't want me to teach this cause we just want --
  • 00:12:29.235 --> 00:12:30.236
  • This cause we just want -- we want magic wand god.
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  • We want magic wand god. we want, "i sought the lord,
  • 00:12:37.176 --> 00:12:38.344
  • We want, "i sought the lord, and he heard.
  • 00:12:38.410 --> 00:12:41.380
  • And he heard. i sought the --
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  • I sought the -- and he heard."
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  • And he heard." but sometimes, some --
  • 00:12:44.283 --> 00:12:47.086
  • But sometimes, some -- oh woo, woo, woo.
  • 00:12:47.153 --> 00:12:49.688
  • Oh woo, woo, woo. should i do it?
  • 00:12:49.755 --> 00:12:50.256
  • Should i do it? should i do it?
  • 00:12:50.322 --> 00:12:51.123
  • Should i do it? i can save it,
  • 00:12:51.190 --> 00:12:51.824
  • I can save it, i can save it.
  • 00:12:51.891 --> 00:12:52.992
  • I can save it. i plan to be here next week,
  • 00:12:53.058 --> 00:12:54.026
  • I plan to be here next week, i can save it.
  • 00:12:54.093 --> 00:12:54.660
  • I can save it. i can save it.
  • 00:12:54.727 --> 00:12:56.195
  • I can save it. you want it now
  • 00:12:56.262 --> 00:12:56.796
  • You want it now or you want it next week?
  • 00:12:56.862 --> 00:12:58.164
  • Or you want it next week? do you want it now
  • 00:12:58.230 --> 00:12:58.898
  • Do you want it now or do you want it next week?
  • 00:12:58.964 --> 00:13:00.599
  • Or do you want it next week? do you want it right now,
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  • Do you want it right now, while i'm freshly anointed
  • 00:13:02.468 --> 00:13:04.203
  • While i'm freshly anointed with this holy spirit
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  • With this holy spirit to break the chain off
  • 00:13:06.038 --> 00:13:06.839
  • To break the chain off of you of going,
  • 00:13:06.906 --> 00:13:08.140
  • Of you of going, "oh, i can't go here.
  • 00:13:08.207 --> 00:13:09.308
  • "oh, i can't go here. i can't go there.
  • 00:13:09.375 --> 00:13:10.309
  • I can't go there. i don't have a degree.
  • 00:13:10.376 --> 00:13:11.744
  • I don't have a degree. i can't start the business.
  • 00:13:11.811 --> 00:13:13.245
  • I can't start the business. i can't get outta the contract.
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  • I can't get outta the contract. i shouldn't have
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  • I shouldn't have signed the lease."
  • 00:13:15.514 --> 00:13:16.482
  • Signed the lease." why don't you just turn
  • 00:13:16.549 --> 00:13:17.483
  • Why don't you just turn the apartment you're in
  • 00:13:17.550 --> 00:13:18.884
  • The apartment you're in into a habitation
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  • Into a habitation of a holy god
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  • Of a holy god while you wait
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  • While you wait on another one to come?
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  • On another one to come? [applause]
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  • [applause] because the next best thing
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  • Because the next best thing for you to do is connected
  • 00:13:35.167 --> 00:13:39.305
  • To the next thing that god
  • 00:13:39.405 --> 00:13:40.806
  • To the next thing that god is going to do
  • 00:13:40.873 --> 00:13:42.007
  • Is going to do that you don't even
  • 00:13:42.074 --> 00:13:42.975
  • That you don't even know about yet.
  • 00:13:43.042 --> 00:13:44.376
  • Know about yet. [applause]
  • 00:13:44.443 --> 00:13:48.681
  • [applause] god killed saul,
  • 00:13:48.747 --> 00:13:49.882
  • God killed saul, david didn't have to.
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  • Oh, it's better than that,
  • 00:13:54.053 --> 00:13:56.155
  • Oh, it's better than that, you don't even know
  • 00:13:56.222 --> 00:13:56.655
  • You don't even know how good god is,
  • 00:13:56.722 --> 00:13:57.857
  • How good god is, saul fell on his own sword.
  • 00:13:57.923 --> 00:14:02.962
  • Saul fell on his own sword. so, you do the next right thing.
  • 00:14:03.028 --> 00:14:04.864
  • So, you do the next right thing. you have integrity,
  • 00:14:04.930 --> 00:14:06.131
  • You have integrity, you have character,
  • 00:14:06.198 --> 00:14:07.366
  • You have character, you just move on,
  • 00:14:07.433 --> 00:14:08.534
  • You just move on, you forgive,
  • 00:14:08.601 --> 00:14:09.335
  • You forgive, you be bigger
  • 00:14:09.401 --> 00:14:09.935
  • You be bigger than that.
  • 00:14:10.002 --> 00:14:10.769
  • Than that. don't go back
  • 00:14:10.836 --> 00:14:11.403
  • Don't go back and forth with saul.
  • 00:14:11.470 --> 00:14:12.204
  • And forth with saul. [applause]
  • 00:14:12.271 --> 00:14:16.275
  • [applause] what a word.
  • 00:14:16.342 --> 00:14:16.709
  • What a word. what a word.
  • 00:14:16.775 --> 00:14:17.142
  • What a word. it's hard for me to preach it
  • 00:14:17.209 --> 00:14:20.212
  • It's hard for me to preach it to you while the holy spirit is
  • 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:21.480
  • To you while the holy spirit is still giving it to me.
  • 00:14:21.547 --> 00:14:23.816
  • Still giving it to me. i'm just trying to decide,
  • 00:14:23.883 --> 00:14:24.850
  • I'm just trying to decide, "lord, what should be said out
  • 00:14:24.917 --> 00:14:25.818
  • "lord, what should be said out loud and what should i ponder?"
  • 00:14:25.885 --> 00:14:27.286
  • Loud and what should i ponder?" [laughter]
  • 00:14:27.353 --> 00:14:29.555
  • [laughter] cause he said,
  • 00:14:29.622 --> 00:14:30.089
  • Cause he said, "they don't know what
  • 00:14:30.155 --> 00:14:30.756
  • "they don't know what they're singing,
  • 00:14:30.823 --> 00:14:31.523
  • They're singing, the power of it
  • 00:14:31.590 --> 00:14:32.157
  • The power of it when they say,
  • 00:14:32.224 --> 00:14:32.858
  • When they say, 'i sought the lord.'
  • 00:14:32.925 --> 00:14:34.393
  • 'i sought the lord.' they think that's
  • 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:35.027
  • They think that's what they're doing
  • 00:14:35.094 --> 00:14:35.728
  • What they're doing only in church right now."
  • 00:14:35.794 --> 00:14:41.033
  • Only in church right now." but this seeking the lord thing
  • 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:43.636
  • But this seeking the lord thing is sometimes gonna look like
  • 00:14:43.702 --> 00:14:44.637
  • Is sometimes gonna look like you're spitting
  • 00:14:44.703 --> 00:14:45.271
  • You're spitting and scratching.
  • 00:14:45.337 --> 00:14:51.644
  • And scratching. nobody really knows what it's
  • 00:14:51.710 --> 00:14:53.245
  • Nobody really knows what it's like to be on those tours,
  • 00:14:53.312 --> 00:14:55.147
  • Like to be on those tours, except holly.
  • 00:14:55.214 --> 00:14:57.616
  • Except holly. nobody knows what
  • 00:14:57.683 --> 00:14:58.651
  • Nobody knows what it's really like
  • 00:14:58.717 --> 00:14:59.818
  • It's really like to look up at an arena
  • 00:14:59.885 --> 00:15:01.687
  • To look up at an arena full of people and go,
  • 00:15:01.754 --> 00:15:03.389
  • Full of people and go, "jesus, this is wonderful,
  • 00:15:03.455 --> 00:15:05.524
  • "jesus, this is wonderful, and i'm terrified."
  • 00:15:05.591 --> 00:15:08.861
  • And i'm terrified." except the woman that was back
  • 00:15:08.928 --> 00:15:09.995
  • Except the woman that was back there with me two hours
  • 00:15:10.062 --> 00:15:12.665
  • There with me two hours before when i'm saying,
  • 00:15:12.731 --> 00:15:15.301
  • Before when i'm saying, "it feels like razor blades
  • 00:15:15.367 --> 00:15:16.602
  • "it feels like razor blades in my vocal cords,
  • 00:15:16.669 --> 00:15:18.103
  • In my vocal cords, and i don't want these people
  • 00:15:18.170 --> 00:15:19.138
  • And i don't want these people to feel cheated tonight,
  • 00:15:19.204 --> 00:15:20.406
  • To feel cheated tonight, i don't what it
  • 00:15:20.472 --> 00:15:20.940
  • I don't what it to feel stale tonight,
  • 00:15:21.006 --> 00:15:21.941
  • To feel stale tonight, and i don't feel like
  • 00:15:22.007 --> 00:15:22.675
  • And i don't feel like i have the energy."
  • 00:15:22.741 --> 00:15:23.709
  • I have the energy." and sometimes before you preach
  • 00:15:23.776 --> 00:15:25.210
  • And sometimes before you preach you feel like
  • 00:15:25.277 --> 00:15:25.678
  • You feel like you get the flu,
  • 00:15:25.744 --> 00:15:26.946
  • You get the flu, but it's not in your body
  • 00:15:27.012 --> 00:15:27.680
  • But it's not in your body it's in your mind.
  • 00:15:27.746 --> 00:15:30.449
  • It's in your mind. and for her to be with me,
  • 00:15:30.516 --> 00:15:31.317
  • And for her to be with me, she'll say,
  • 00:15:31.383 --> 00:15:31.784
  • She'll say, "come over here."
  • 00:15:31.850 --> 00:15:33.552
  • "come over here." and sometimes she'll just
  • 00:15:33.619 --> 00:15:35.254
  • And sometimes she'll just put her hand on my shoulder,
  • 00:15:35.321 --> 00:15:37.256
  • Put her hand on my shoulder, and sometimes she'll press
  • 00:15:37.323 --> 00:15:37.923
  • And sometimes she'll press strength into my mind.
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  • Strength into my mind. [applause]
  • 00:15:40.893 --> 00:15:50.636
  • [applause] i know we're supposed
  • 00:15:50.703 --> 00:15:51.136
  • I know we're supposed to be better than that,
  • 00:15:51.203 --> 00:15:53.505
  • To be better than that, we're supposed to float
  • 00:15:53.572 --> 00:15:54.373
  • We're supposed to float on the stage on a cloud.
  • 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:56.542
  • On the stage on a cloud. [laughter]
  • 00:15:56.608 --> 00:15:58.077
  • [laughter] of shekinah glory.
  • 00:15:58.143 --> 00:16:03.983
  • Of shekinah glory. but sometimes i'm scribbling
  • 00:16:04.049 --> 00:16:05.184
  • But sometimes i'm scribbling and scratching,
  • 00:16:05.250 --> 00:16:05.718
  • And scratching, and spitting just like you,
  • 00:16:05.784 --> 00:16:09.588
  • And spitting just like you, but i'm seeking him.
  • 00:16:09.655 --> 00:16:11.023
  • But i'm seeking him. [applause]
  • 00:16:11.090 --> 00:16:19.498
  • [applause] david thought to himself,
  • 00:16:19.565 --> 00:16:20.699
  • David thought to himself, "saul's gonna kill me."
  • 00:16:20.766 --> 00:16:22.067
  • "saul's gonna kill me." but he kept seeking god,
  • 00:16:22.134 --> 00:16:24.036
  • But he kept seeking god, even while he was thinking
  • 00:16:24.103 --> 00:16:25.104
  • Even while he was thinking crazy stuff to himself.
  • 00:16:25.170 --> 00:16:27.673
  • Crazy stuff to himself. and that's what
  • 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.741
  • And that's what i want you to do, church.
  • 00:16:28.807 --> 00:16:33.012
  • I want you to do, church. i want you to say,
  • 00:16:33.078 --> 00:16:33.779
  • I want you to say, "i sought the lord,
  • 00:16:33.846 --> 00:16:36.815
  • "i sought the lord, and i sought him again.
  • 00:16:36.882 --> 00:16:40.119
  • And i sought him again. and i sought him
  • 00:16:40.185 --> 00:16:40.786
  • And i sought him even as i thought
  • 00:16:40.853 --> 00:16:42.721
  • Even as i thought he didn't hear me,
  • 00:16:42.788 --> 00:16:45.791
  • He didn't hear me, even as the devil
  • 00:16:45.858 --> 00:16:46.525
  • Even as the devil told me,
  • 00:16:46.592 --> 00:16:47.059
  • Told me, 'you're never gonna
  • 00:16:47.126 --> 00:16:48.327
  • 'you're never gonna be free from this.
  • 00:16:48.394 --> 00:16:50.662
  • Be free from this. your dad did it,
  • 00:16:50.729 --> 00:16:51.797
  • Your dad did it, his dad did it
  • 00:16:51.864 --> 00:16:52.698
  • His dad did it and you will die
  • 00:16:52.765 --> 00:16:53.332
  • And you will die an alcoholic too.'"
  • 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.234
  • An alcoholic too.'" even while you are thinking
  • 00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:56.368
  • Even while you are thinking that to yourself
  • 00:16:56.435 --> 00:16:58.337
  • That to yourself you do the next best thing.
  • 00:16:58.404 --> 00:17:02.808
  • You do the next best thing. [applause]
  • 00:17:02.875 --> 00:17:04.243
  • [applause] that's all you gotta do.
  • 00:17:04.309 --> 00:17:07.413
  • That's all you gotta do. i promise you.
  • 00:17:07.479 --> 00:17:09.214
  • I promise you. i'm giving you a testimony.
  • 00:17:09.281 --> 00:17:11.784
  • I'm giving you a testimony. i saw it in my family,
  • 00:17:11.850 --> 00:17:13.452
  • I saw it in my family, i saw it when my
  • 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.353
  • I saw it when my dad was dying of als,
  • 00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:16.622
  • Dad was dying of als, i wanted god to heal him,
  • 00:17:16.688 --> 00:17:18.223
  • I wanted god to heal him, god didn't heal him.
  • 00:17:18.290 --> 00:17:19.491
  • God didn't heal him. i wanted to take care of him,
  • 00:17:19.558 --> 00:17:20.926
  • I wanted to take care of him, that didn't work out.
  • 00:17:20.993 --> 00:17:21.894
  • That didn't work out. for two years i couldn't
  • 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:23.095
  • For two years i couldn't take care of him,
  • 00:17:23.162 --> 00:17:24.296
  • Take care of him, my mom was taking
  • 00:17:24.363 --> 00:17:24.930
  • My mom was taking care of him.
  • 00:17:24.997 --> 00:17:25.764
  • Care of him. he became abusive toward her.
  • 00:17:25.831 --> 00:17:29.001
  • He became abusive toward her. so, we had to put him
  • 00:17:29.068 --> 00:17:29.868
  • So, we had to put him in a nursing home,
  • 00:17:29.935 --> 00:17:32.071
  • In a nursing home, and he was way too young
  • 00:17:32.137 --> 00:17:33.138
  • And he was way too young to be in that nursing home.
  • 00:17:33.205 --> 00:17:34.640
  • To be in that nursing home. i was crushed
  • 00:17:34.706 --> 00:17:35.441
  • I was crushed the day i walked in
  • 00:17:35.507 --> 00:17:36.208
  • The day i walked in and he was calling, "bingo,"
  • 00:17:36.275 --> 00:17:37.409
  • And he was calling, "bingo," in a nursing home,
  • 00:17:37.476 --> 00:17:38.577
  • In a nursing home, when i knew i wanted him
  • 00:17:38.644 --> 00:17:39.578
  • When i knew i wanted him down the street with my mom.
  • 00:17:39.645 --> 00:17:43.082
  • Down the street with my mom. but they couldn't be together,
  • 00:17:43.148 --> 00:17:44.616
  • But they couldn't be together, it wasn't safe for her.
  • 00:17:44.683 --> 00:17:48.153
  • It wasn't safe for her. so, why were we doing
  • 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:49.088
  • So, why were we doing a thanksgiving dinner
  • 00:17:49.154 --> 00:17:50.289
  • A thanksgiving dinner in a nursing home
  • 00:17:50.355 --> 00:17:51.323
  • In a nursing home with my dad while he
  • 00:17:51.390 --> 00:17:52.624
  • With my dad while he was dying with an
  • 00:17:52.691 --> 00:17:53.492
  • Was dying with an uncertain time limit left?
  • 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.160
  • Uncertain time limit left? and why were we eating
  • 00:17:55.227 --> 00:17:55.961
  • And why were we eating off of paper plates,
  • 00:17:56.028 --> 00:17:57.062
  • Off of paper plates, a microwaved meal
  • 00:17:57.129 --> 00:17:58.297
  • A microwaved meal in a nursing home
  • 00:17:58.363 --> 00:17:58.997
  • In a nursing home with a man who was in his 60s?
  • 00:17:59.064 --> 00:18:02.201
  • With a man who was in his 60s? it wasn't what i wanted,
  • 00:18:02.267 --> 00:18:04.870
  • It wasn't what i wanted, it was the next best thing.
  • 00:18:04.937 --> 00:18:09.708
  • It was the next best thing. [applause]
  • 00:18:09.775 --> 00:18:12.111
  • [applause] that's what it
  • 00:18:12.177 --> 00:18:12.611
  • That's what it means to seek him.
  • 00:18:12.678 --> 00:18:15.280
  • Means to seek him. it -- oh,
  • 00:18:15.347 --> 00:18:17.182
  • It -- oh, it's such a good quote.
  • 00:18:17.249 --> 00:18:18.517
  • It's such a good quote. he said that faith doesn't show
  • 00:18:18.584 --> 00:18:22.121
  • He said that faith doesn't show you the whole staircase just
  • 00:18:22.187 --> 00:18:23.489
  • You the whole staircase just enough to take the next step,
  • 00:18:23.555 --> 00:18:25.491
  • Enough to take the next step, the next best thing.
  • 00:18:25.557 --> 00:18:28.527
  • The next best thing. my camera operators are
  • 00:18:28.594 --> 00:18:29.394
  • My camera operators are usually better than this.
  • 00:18:29.461 --> 00:18:30.095
  • Usually better than this. i wanted them to show
  • 00:18:30.162 --> 00:18:30.796
  • I wanted them to show you the stairs.
  • 00:18:30.863 --> 00:18:33.132
  • You the stairs. can y'all not get that shot?
  • 00:18:33.198 --> 00:18:34.833
  • Can y'all not get that shot? i'mma buy some more cameras
  • 00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.834
  • I'mma buy some more cameras before next week.
  • 00:18:35.901 --> 00:18:36.702
  • Before next week. [laughter]
  • 00:18:36.768 --> 00:18:37.636
  • [laughter] come over to this side.
  • 00:18:37.703 --> 00:18:38.504
  • Come over to this side. i wanted that illustration
  • 00:18:38.570 --> 00:18:39.505
  • I wanted that illustration but let me do
  • 00:18:39.571 --> 00:18:40.205
  • But let me do the next best thing.
  • 00:18:40.272 --> 00:18:41.974
  • The next best thing. i'll use this side
  • 00:18:42.040 --> 00:18:42.574
  • I'll use this side of the stairs.
  • 00:18:42.641 --> 00:18:44.810
  • Of the stairs. yeah, yeah, yeah.
  • 00:18:44.877 --> 00:18:46.044
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah. just like that.
  • 00:18:46.111 --> 00:18:47.613
  • Just like that. just like that.
  • 00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:49.715
  • Just like that. now, watch this,
  • 00:18:49.781 --> 00:18:56.522
  • Now, watch this, watch this.
  • 00:18:56.588 --> 00:18:58.190
  • Watch this. it's gonna be ugly,
  • 00:18:58.257 --> 00:18:59.324
  • It's gonna be ugly, it's gonna be ugly sometimes.
  • 00:18:59.391 --> 00:19:01.093
  • It's gonna be ugly sometimes. it's gonna be ugly sometimes.
  • 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.361
  • It's gonna be ugly sometimes. every prayer is not
  • 00:19:02.427 --> 00:19:03.028
  • Every prayer is not gonna be pretty,
  • 00:19:03.095 --> 00:19:03.996
  • Gonna be pretty, every prayer isn't gonna
  • 00:19:04.062 --> 00:19:04.530
  • Every prayer isn't gonna happen in church,
  • 00:19:04.596 --> 00:19:05.397
  • Happen in church, every faith experience
  • 00:19:05.464 --> 00:19:06.431
  • Every faith experience isn't gonna happen
  • 00:19:06.498 --> 00:19:07.166
  • Isn't gonna happen in a controlled environment,
  • 00:19:07.232 --> 00:19:08.800
  • In a controlled environment, but the bible says to humble
  • 00:19:08.867 --> 00:19:11.069
  • But the bible says to humble yourself under his hand because
  • 00:19:11.136 --> 00:19:13.772
  • Yourself under his hand because saul's hand is nothing
  • 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:15.107
  • Saul's hand is nothing compared to his hand.
  • 00:19:15.174 --> 00:19:16.341
  • Compared to his hand. [applause]
  • 00:19:16.408 --> 00:19:21.480
  • [applause] and 1 peter 5:6 says,
  • 00:19:21.547 --> 00:19:23.982
  • And 1 peter 5:6 says, "in due time he will
  • 00:19:24.049 --> 00:19:30.255
  • "in due time he will lift you up."
  • 00:19:30.322 --> 00:19:36.662
  • Lift you up." one next best thing
  • 00:19:36.728 --> 00:19:40.399
  • One next best thing at a time,
  • 00:19:40.465 --> 00:19:41.500
  • At a time, that's how he's gonna
  • 00:19:41.567 --> 00:19:42.334
  • That's how he's gonna bring you out.
  • 00:19:42.401 --> 00:19:43.035
  • Bring you out. [applause]
  • 00:19:43.101 --> 00:19:48.340
  • [applause] ugly trust.
  • 00:19:48.407 --> 00:19:50.542
  • Ugly trust. spitty-beard trust.
  • 00:19:50.609 --> 00:19:53.579
  • Spitty-beard trust. crust in your eyes
  • 00:19:53.645 --> 00:19:54.913
  • Crust in your eyes but went anyway.
  • 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:58.016
  • But went anyway. tears on your pillow.
  • 00:19:58.083 --> 00:20:01.453
  • Tears on your pillow. sleepless nights but i'm not
  • 00:20:01.520 --> 00:20:04.256
  • Sleepless nights but i'm not giving up on god.
  • 00:20:04.323 --> 00:20:08.627
  • Giving up on god. ugly trust.
  • 00:20:08.694 --> 00:20:12.864
  • Ugly trust. you know what that means
  • 00:20:12.931 --> 00:20:13.565
  • You know what that means to me, ugly?
  • 00:20:13.632 --> 00:20:16.301
  • Put it on the screen, y'all.
  • 00:20:16.401 --> 00:20:18.503
  • Put it on the screen, y'all. it means,
  • 00:20:18.570 --> 00:20:20.072
  • It means, trusting god until
  • 00:20:20.138 --> 00:20:23.342
  • Trusting god until god lifts you.
  • 00:20:23.408 --> 00:20:26.178
  • God lifts you. [applause]
  • 00:20:26.245 --> 00:20:34.086
  • In due time,
  • 00:20:34.186 --> 00:20:35.921
  • In due time, he raised david up,
  • 00:20:35.988 --> 00:20:38.056
  • He raised david up, but in the meantime,
  • 00:20:38.123 --> 00:20:40.192
  • But in the meantime, david had to go to a place
  • 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.360
  • David had to go to a place that he didn't wanna be.
  • 00:20:41.426 --> 00:20:43.328
  • That he didn't wanna be. who is this that i'm preaching
  • 00:20:43.395 --> 00:20:45.097
  • Who is this that i'm preaching to that you are in
  • 00:20:45.163 --> 00:20:45.964
  • To that you are in an until god lifts you.
  • 00:20:46.031 --> 00:20:51.603
  • An until god lifts you. until god lifts you humble
  • 00:20:51.670 --> 00:20:56.375
  • Until god lifts you humble yourself and seek him.
  • 00:20:56.441 --> 00:21:00.545
  • Yourself and seek him. stand all over the room.
  • 00:21:00.612 --> 00:21:02.381
  • Stand all over the room. lift your hands to your father.
  • 00:21:02.447 --> 00:21:04.483
  • Lift your hands to your father. he said,
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  • He said, "i will bless the lord at.
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  • "i will bless the lord at. all times.
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  • All times. when saul's spears are flying,
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  • When saul's spears are flying, when my heart is breaking,
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  • When my heart is breaking, when answers don't come easy,
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  • When answers don't come easy, i will bless
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  • I will bless the lord at all times."
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  • The lord at all times." this is ugly trust.
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  • This is ugly trust. some of you need to have --
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  • Some of you need to have -- you know,
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  • You know, how they have ugly cry,
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  • How they have ugly cry, some of y'all need
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  • Some of y'all need to have ugly praise.
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  • To have ugly praise. just like,
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  • Just like, "god, this is what
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  • "god, this is what it looks like
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  • It looks like for our family right now.
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  • For our family right now. even right now my whole family
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  • Even right now my whole family isn't in church with me,
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  • Isn't in church with me, even right now
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  • Even right now i can't get everybody together,
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  • I can't get everybody together, even right now,
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  • Even right now, i can't get everything
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  • I can't get everything worked out,
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  • Worked out, but my hands are lifted."
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  • But my hands are lifted." lift them up.
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  • Lift them up. lift them up.
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  • Lift them up. this is ugly trust.
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  • This is ugly trust. because he said,
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  • Because he said, "i will bless the lord
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  • "i will bless the lord at all times,
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  • At all times, o magnify the lord with me,
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  • O magnify the lord with me, let us exalt,"
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  • Let us exalt," what does exalt mean?
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  • What does exalt mean? to lift him up.
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  • To lift him up. so, until he lifts you up,
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  • So, until he lifts you up, what do you do?
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  • What do you do? what do you do?
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  • What do you do? lift him up.
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  • Lift him up. i want you to begin to lift him
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  • I want you to begin to lift him up right now in your heart.
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  • Up right now in your heart. i want you to begin to praise
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  • I want you to begin to praise him right now
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  • Him right now with your own mouth.
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  • With your own mouth. i will bless the lord
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  • I will bless the lord at all times.
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  • At all times. i trust you, god.
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  • I trust you, god. i trust you with my future,
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  • I trust you with my future, i trust you with my family,
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  • I trust you with my family, i trust you with my children.
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  • I trust you with my children. god, i trust you
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  • God, i trust you with this decision,
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  • With this decision, i trust you with this economy,
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  • I trust you with this economy, i trust you with this move,
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  • I trust you with this move, i trust you
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  • I trust you with this transition.
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  • With this transition. come on and lift him up.
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  • Come on and lift him up. lift him up.
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  • Lift him up. lift him up.
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  • Lift him up. this is ugly trust.
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  • This is ugly trust. it doesn't have to be pretty.
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  • It doesn't have to be pretty. it doesn't have to be
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  • It doesn't have to be in an alphabetical order,
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  • In an alphabetical order, it doesn't have to be
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  • It doesn't have to be king james english,
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  • King james english, just say,
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  • Just say, "i need you, god.
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  • "i need you, god. i trust you, god.
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  • I trust you, god. here's my life, lord.
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  • Here's my life, lord. here's my dreams, lord.
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  • Here's my dreams, lord. here's my heart, lord.
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  • Here's my heart, lord. it's yours, lord."
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪ ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪ >> ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • >> ♪ and he answered ♪ >> ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • >> ♪ i sought the lord ♪ >> ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • >> ♪ and he heard ♪ ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪ ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪ ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪ ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪ ♪ that's why i trust ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust ♪ >> ♪ that's why ♪
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  • >> ♪ that's why ♪ >> ♪ that's why i trust ♪
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  • >> ♪ that's why i trust ♪ >> look at me,
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  • >> look at me, i don't trust him
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  • I don't trust him because of how long it took him
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  • Because of how long it took him to answer it,
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  • To answer it, i don't trust him
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  • I don't trust him 'cause he answered it
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  • 'cause he answered it when i wanted him
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  • When i wanted him to answer it,
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  • To answer it, i don't trust him
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  • I don't trust him because he answered it how
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  • Because he answered it how i wanted him to answer it,
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  • I wanted him to answer it, i trust him because he is god.
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  • >> before we go,
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  • >> before we go, i want you to know something.
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  • I want you to know something. you are already making
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  • You are already making a difference far beyond
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  • A difference far beyond what you can see.
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  • What you can see. when you give
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  • When you give to steven furtick ministries,
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  • To steven furtick ministries, you're helping us respond,
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  • You're helping us respond, serve, and continue
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  • Serve, and continue getting god's word
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  • Getting god's word in people's hearts,
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  • In people's hearts, even in the middle
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  • Even in the middle of challenging circumstances.
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  • Of challenging circumstances. one of our partnerships
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  • One of our partnerships is with build the future
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  • Is with build the future in south africa.
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  • In south africa. through this organization,
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  • Through this organization, educators are receiving
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  • Educators are receiving training and support
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  • Training and support that allows them to make
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  • That allows them to make a lasting impact in
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  • A lasting impact in their communities.
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  • Their communities. because of your generosity,
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  • Because of your generosity, teachers in communities
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  • Teachers in communities around the world
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  • Around the world are being equipped
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  • Are being equipped to serve the next generation
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  • To serve the next generation with purpose, skill, and hope.
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  • With purpose, skill, and hope. right now, lives are being
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  • Right now, lives are being shaped and futures are
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  • Shaped and futures are being strengthened because
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  • Being strengthened because you chose to give.
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  • You chose to give. this is one of the ways
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  • This is one of the ways your giving puts the love
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  • Your giving puts the love of jesus into action
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  • Of jesus into action beyond the walls of the church,
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  • Beyond the walls of the church, meeting real needs and creating
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  • Meeting real needs and creating real change.
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  • Real change. if you'd like to continue
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  • If you'd like to continue partnering with us today,
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  • Partnering with us today, you can call the number
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  • You can call the number on your screen
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  • On your screen or go online to give.
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  • Or go online to give. every gift matters.
  • 00:24:55.347 --> 00:24:57.249
  • Every gift matters. and together, god uses it
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  • And together, god uses it to bring hope and truth
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  • To bring hope and truth to people who need it
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  • To people who need it right now.
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  • >> what does it mean
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  • >> what does it mean to be blessed?
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  • To be blessed? is it to have
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  • Is it to have a certain set of circumstances?
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  • A certain set of circumstances? is it to have your world
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  • Is it to have your world just the way you want it?
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  • Just the way you want it? or is it something else?
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  • Or is it something else? today, i wanna offer you
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  • Today, i wanna offer you a free resource
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  • A free resource that is all about that,
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  • How to find the blessings
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  • That are already all around you.
  • 00:25:17.903 --> 00:25:19.871
  • And if we can begin
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  • To shift our perspective
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  • And see the things
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  • That god has already given,
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  • We'll be able to say
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  • With confidence,
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  • With confidence, "i am blessed."
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  • I want you to call right now
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  • And request your free copy
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  • Of "blessed" as our
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  • Gift to you.
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ ever on my lips ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ it's sweeter every time ♪
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  • ♪ that i call on it ♪
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  • ♪ there's just something ♪
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  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
  • 00:25:46.698 --> 00:25:49.568
  • ♪ there's just something ♪
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  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
  • 00:25:50.368 --> 00:25:53.104
  • ♪ there's just something ♪
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  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
  • 00:25:54.306 --> 00:25:56.341
  • ♪ that makes me cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ there is no other name ♪
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  • ♪ there is no othr name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus you're worthy ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ you hav been the friend ♪
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  • ♪ who never left ♪
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  • ♪ i won't forget ♪
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  • ♪ your faithfulness ♪
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ ever on my lips ♪
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  • ♪ it's sweeter every time ♪
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  • ♪ that i call on it ♪
  • 00:26:42.854 --> 00:26:45.590
  • ♪ there's just something ♪
  • 00:26:45.657 --> 00:26:46.458
  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
  • 00:26:46.524 --> 00:26:49.327
  • ♪ there's just something ♪
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  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
  • 00:26:50.295 --> 00:26:53.098
  • ♪ there's just something ♪
  • 00:26:53.164 --> 00:26:54.032
  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
  • 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:56.134
  • ♪ that makes me cry holy ♪
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  • ♪ there is no other name oh ♪
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  • ♪ there is no other name ♪
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  • ♪ there is no othr name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus you're worthy ♪
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  • ♪ we sing ♪
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  • ♪ there's just something ♪
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  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus ♪
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  • ♪ there's just something ♪
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  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
  • 00:27:20.358 --> 00:27:23.094
  • ♪ there's just something ♪
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  • ♪ 'bout your name ♪
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  • ♪ that makes me cry holy ♪
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