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Steven Furtick - The War of Whispers (Part 2)

April 7, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - The War of Whispers (Part 2)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The War of Whispers (Part 2) | April 7, 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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  • >> the bible says
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  • >> the bible says in john 6 that the crowds
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  • In john 6 that the crowds followed him the next day
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  • Followed him the next day expecting him to do it again.
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  • Expecting him to do it again. and he didn't because
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  • And he didn't because the pressure of being amazing
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  • The pressure of being amazing is that you have to sustain it
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  • Is that you have to sustain it and we all know what it feels
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  • And we all know what it feels like to feel like that what
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  • Like to feel like that what we do is taken for granted.
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  • We do is taken for granted. i mean, i don't want
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  • I mean, i don't want to call her out,
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  • To call her out, but i think about
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  • But i think about holly all the time,
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  • Holly all the time, i think about how amazing
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  • I think about how amazing it is just stuff that she does
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  • It is just stuff that she does naturally for our family.
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  • Naturally for our family. it's absolutely incredible.
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  • It's absolutely incredible. i'm trying to convince her
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  • I'm trying to convince her to not cook for us for a month
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  • To not cook for us for a month just to make us appreciate
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  • Just to make us appreciate how amazing her food is.
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  • How amazing her food is. i'm like,
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  • I'm like, "just put us on a fast,
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  • "just put us on a fast, just put us on a 30-day fast.
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  • Just put us on a 30-day fast. we are not grateful enough."
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  • We are not grateful enough." you know how i know that?
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  • You know how i know that? because we invite other
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  • Because we invite other people over to our house
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  • People over to our house and they're like,
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  • And they're like, "ah, this is amazing,
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  • "ah, this is amazing, this is incredible."
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  • This is incredible." and we're all sitting there
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  • And we're all sitting there like, "uh, yeah.
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  • Like, "uh, yeah. yeah, i guess it is.
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  • Yeah, i guess it is. it is amazing.
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  • It is amazing. i don't want anybody to out
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  • I don't want anybody to out compliment my wife.
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  • Compliment my wife. it's amazing.
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  • It's amazing. i'll tell you it's amazing."
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  • I'll tell you it's amazing." and sometimes, it takes
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  • And sometimes, it takes someone else to come in
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  • Someone else to come in and taste it to realize
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  • And taste it to realize how amazing it is,
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  • How amazing it is, especially when the kids bring
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  • Especially when the kids bring over somebody and their
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  • Over somebody and their mom doesn't cook.
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  • Mom doesn't cook. "my mom hasn't cooked for us
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  • "my mom hasn't cooked for us in six months."
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  • In six months." i'm like,
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  • I'm like, "maybe you should try that."
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  • "maybe you should try that." i was thinking that
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  • I was thinking that the other day.
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  • The other day. i was like, maybe i should
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  • I was like, maybe i should just be a bad dad
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  • Just be a bad dad for like a year,
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  • For like a year, you know what i mean?
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  • You know what i mean? just like lower the bar
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  • Just like lower the bar for a little while.
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  • For a little while. and then, they'd be like,
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  • And then, they'd be like, "dad, that was amazing how
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  • "dad, that was amazing how you actually texted me back."
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  • [laughter]
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  • I think about sometimes
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  • I think about sometimes i should come preach and not
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  • I should come preach and not study for like a month.
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  • Study for like a month. like just get up here and go,
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  • Like just get up here and go, "what y'all want
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  • "what y'all want to talk about today?
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  • [laughter]
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  • Y'all talk about the panthers.
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  • Y'all talk about the panthers. y'all wanna talk about
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  • Y'all wanna talk about the teddy bears at starbucks.
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  • The teddy bears at starbucks. what y'all talk about today?
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  • What y'all talk about today? y'all got anything?
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  • Y'all got anything? maybe we can make that a sermon.
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  • Maybe we can make that a sermon. i'm sure we could preach that.
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  • I'm sure we could preach that. somebody give me
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  • Somebody give me a bible verse, revelation?
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  • A bible verse, revelation? let's try something else.
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  • Let's try something else. but see, it shouldn't have
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  • But see, it shouldn't have to go away to get me not
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  • To go away to get me not to take it for granted.
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  • To take it for granted. i should be mature enough
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  • I should be mature enough to be able to say,
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  • To be able to say, "thank you, lord, for this meal.
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  • "thank you, lord, for this meal. thank you, lord,
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  • Thank you, lord, for this breath.
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  • For this breath. thank you, lord, for this day.
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  • Thank you, lord, for this day. but the crowds were
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  • But the crowds were never like that, see.
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  • Never like that, see. jesus could have,
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  • Jesus could have, by the way, provided bread
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  • By the way, provided bread for them every day.
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  • For them every day. he is the bread of life.
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  • He is the bread of life. so, he didn't refuse to repeat
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  • So, he didn't refuse to repeat the miracle because he was
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  • The miracle because he was incapable of performing.
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  • Incapable of performing. he refused to repeat the miracle
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  • He refused to repeat the miracle because he didn't want them
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  • Because he didn't want them to get addicted to that
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  • To get addicted to that particular miracle.
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  • Particular miracle. and so, when they came and said,
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  • And so, when they came and said, "do the bread thing again.
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  • "do the bread thing again. that was awesome.
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  • That was awesome. this time, could you
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  • Make it even softer?
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  • Make it even softer? this time, could you bring
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  • This time, could you bring butter with it too?
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  • Butter with it too? this time, i appreciate
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  • This time, i appreciate the pescatarian miracle,
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  • The pescatarian miracle, but this time,
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  • But this time, could we get a ribeye, jesus?
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  • Could we get a ribeye, jesus? could you find somebody with
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  • Could you find somebody with a hamburger and touch that?"
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  • A hamburger and touch that?" and jesus said,
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  • And jesus said, "no, i'm not doing it.
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  • Eat my flesh and drink my blood
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  • Eat my flesh and drink my blood or you have no part in me."
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  • Or you have no part in me." you came because
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  • You came because you had the miracles
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  • You had the miracles and you got your fill,
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  • And you got your fill, but the work of god
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  • But the work of god is to believe.
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  • Is to believe. and look at one of the saddest
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  • And look at one of the saddest verses in the bible.
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  • Verses in the bible. this is one of the saddest
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  • This is one of the saddest verses in the bible after one
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  • Verses in the bible after one of the happiest miracles.
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  • John 6:66, look at this.
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  • John 6:66, look at this. "from this time,
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  • "from this time, many of his disciples
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  • Many of his disciples turned back and no longer
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  • Turned back and no longer followed him."
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  • So, jesus was amazing,
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  • So, jesus was amazing, but he was also abandoned.
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  • But he was also abandoned. abandonment.
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  • Abandonment. as amazing as he was,
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  • As amazing as he was, there were disciples who said,
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  • There were disciples who said, "we don't want to follow you
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  • "we don't want to follow you where you're going next."
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  • Where you're going next." now, this is the question
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  • Now, this is the question i want to ask you,
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  • I want to ask you, if jesus had people leave
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  • If jesus had people leave his life and he was perfect...
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  • His life and he was perfect... if jesus had people
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  • If jesus had people leave his life
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  • Leave his life and he was all-knowing...
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  • And he was all-knowing... if jesus had people
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  • If jesus had people leave his life and he was
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  • Leave his life and he was the savior of the world,
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  • The savior of the world, how do we expect that
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  • How do we expect that we're going to make it through
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  • We're going to make it through our life without ever being
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  • Our life without ever being betrayed, abandoned, rejected?
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  • Betrayed, abandoned, rejected? and i know this really hurts
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  • And i know this really hurts to put it here,
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  • To put it here, but i felt the lord
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  • But i felt the lord speaking to me that there is
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  • Speaking to me that there is a whisper he wants to give
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  • A whisper he wants to give you about the people who
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  • You about the people who have abandoned you.
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  • Have abandoned you. now, as i step on this,
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  • Now, as i step on this, i tread tenderly,
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  • I tread tenderly, because it's one thing
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  • Because it's one thing to talk about the people who
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  • To talk about the people who were in your life in high school
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  • Were in your life in high school that are not in your life
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  • That are not in your life now that you're 73.
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  • Now that you're 73. it is one thing
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  • It is one thing to talk about abandonment
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  • To talk about abandonment in a theological capacity
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  • In a theological capacity that will help you to understand
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  • That will help you to understand how it relates to god, who will
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  • How it relates to god, who will never leave us or forsake us.
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  • Never leave us or forsake us. but there are some times
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  • But there are some times where the fact that people
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  • Where the fact that people are leaving you causes you
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  • Are leaving you causes you to feel as if god did too.
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  • To feel as if god did too. and we don't say that,
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  • And we don't say that, but we begin to feel that way.
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  • But we begin to feel that way. think about jesus.
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  • Think about jesus. bread multiplying,
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  • Bread multiplying, water to wining, healing jesus,
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  • Water to wining, healing jesus, who was trying to be killed
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  • Who was trying to be killed by the leaders.
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  • By the leaders. so, he has leaders that are
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  • So, he has leaders that are trying to kill him.
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  • Trying to kill him. he's being consumed
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  • He's being consumed by the crowd,
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  • By the crowd, because they only want
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  • Because they only want what he has to give,
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  • What he has to give, not what he has to teach.
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  • Not what he has to teach. he's trying to be
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  • He's trying to be killed by the leaders,
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  • Killed by the leaders, consumed by the crowd.
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  • But verse 5 really got me.
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  • But verse 5 really got me. it said,
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  • It said, "even his own brothers
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  • "even his own brothers did not believe in him."
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  • So, he's got a crowd
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  • So, he's got a crowd trying to kill him.
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  • Trying to kill him. he's got leaders that
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  • He's got leaders that are trying to crucify him.
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  • Are trying to crucify him. he's got disciples
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  • He's got disciples who don't really get him.
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  • Who don't really get him. the disciples never
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  • The disciples never fully got jesus.
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  • Fully got jesus. i'll prove it to you.
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  • I'll prove it to you. lazarus died.
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  • Lazarus died. jesus said,
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  • Jesus said, "he's sleeping.
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  • "he's sleeping. i'm going to wake him up.
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  • I'm going to wake him up. he was speaking in code.
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  • He was speaking in code. the disciples said back,
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  • "well, lord, if he sleeps,
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  • "well, lord, if he sleeps, he'll get better."
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  • And the bible says,
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  • Then jesus told them plainly,
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  • Lazarus is dead.
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  • Have you ever had to explain
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  • Things to people more than
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  • You should at this point?
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  • That's john 11.
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  • By john 11, i should not
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  • Have to tell you everything.
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  • Have to tell you everything. but jesus has got
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  • But jesus has got a leadership team
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  • A leadership team that's trying to kill him,
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  • That's trying to kill him, a crowd that's consuming
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  • A crowd that's consuming and taking from him,
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  • And taking from him, and disciples who don't get him.
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  • And disciples who don't get him. and even his own brothers
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  • And even his own brothers don't believe in him.
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  • Don't believe in him. so, i share it
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  • So, i share it with you like this.
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  • With you like this. when i was
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  • When i was preparing for ministry,
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  • Preparing for ministry, they prepared me to preach
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  • They prepared me to preach the bible and how to take
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  • The bible and how to take a text and how to get
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  • A text and how to get the history of it.
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  • The history of it. they taught me how to even grow
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  • They taught me how to even grow a ministry and how to have
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  • A ministry and how to have strategic initiatives so that
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  • Strategic initiatives so that you get out ahead
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  • You get out ahead of the plateaus and create
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  • Of the plateaus and create new growth surges.
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  • New growth surges. you get out of this,
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  • You get out of this, and you get out of that.
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  • And you get out of that. i even had one professor
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  • I even had one professor who took us to a church
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  • Who took us to a church and taught us how to baptize.
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  • And taught us how to baptize. he made us do it in the water.
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  • He made us do it in the water. he made us get in the tank.
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  • He made us get in the tank. he was like, this is important.
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  • He was like, this is important. this is somebody's life
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  • This is somebody's life that's being represented.
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  • That's being represented. you don't need to be
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  • You don't need to be practicing on somebody,
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  • Practicing on somebody, so practice on each other.
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  • So practice on each other. when i did, i did the first one,
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  • When i did, i did the first one, and i dropped the guy
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  • And i dropped the guy in the water.
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  • In the water. i never dropped anybody
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  • I never dropped anybody again in any baptism
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  • Again in any baptism because i learned so much
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  • Because i learned so much that if i'm baptizing you,
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  • That if i'm baptizing you, you are coming up out of this
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  • You are coming up out of this one way or the other.
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  • One way or the other. if i have to knock
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  • If i have to knock the tank over,
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  • The tank over, i am not dropping you
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  • I am not dropping you in this water.
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  • In this water. they taught me how to baptize.
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  • They taught me how to baptize. they taught me how
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  • They taught me how to contextualize.
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  • To contextualize. they taught me
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  • They taught me how to theologize.
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  • How to theologize. they taught me all of that,
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  • They taught me all of that, but one class i do not
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  • But one class i do not remember getting is this.
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  • Remember getting is this. they never told me what to do
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  • They never told me what to do when the people who are supposed
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  • When the people who are supposed to believe in me be leaving me.
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  • [applause]
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  • I used to think
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  • I used to think that if they left me,
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  • That if they left me, they were leaving the lord.
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  • They were leaving the lord. i don't think that anymore.
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  • I don't think that anymore. i think that god moves
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  • I think that god moves people along.
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  • People along. i also learned that
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  • I also learned that sometimes i allowed
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  • Sometimes i allowed the fact that they left me.
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  • The fact that they left me. i'm going to say it like this.
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  • I'm going to say it like this. the lord said, "'don't let them
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  • The lord said, "'don't let them leaving you keep you from
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  • Leaving you keep you from believing in me.'"
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  • [applause]
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  • It's significant to me that
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  • It's significant to me that at this moment in jesus' life
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  • At this moment in jesus' life when his brothers are like,
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  • When his brothers are like, "'hey, you need
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  • "'hey, you need to go do something.
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  • To go do something. you need to show
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  • You need to show how powerful you are.
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  • How powerful you are. you need to go to jerusalem at
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  • You need to go to jerusalem at the festival and make a show,
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  • The festival and make a show, because you want to be
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  • Because you want to be this big public figure.
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  • This big public figure. you want to be a big deal.'"
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  • You want to be a big deal.'" isn't this something that
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  • Isn't this something that they're trying to teach jesus
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  • They're trying to teach jesus how to be a big deal?
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  • How to be a big deal? they're trying to teach
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  • They're trying to teach the alpha and omega
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  • The alpha and omega how to make a statement.
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  • How to make a statement. they're trying to take the one
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  • They're trying to take the one who published the sunrise,
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  • Who published the sunrise, how to run a pr campaign.
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  • How to run a pr campaign. they're trying to teach the one
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  • They're trying to teach the one who was in the beginning
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  • Who was in the beginning with god how to make a splash
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  • With god how to make a splash when he gets on the scene.
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  • When he gets on the scene. they're trying to get the one
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  • They're trying to get the one who chose to descend from
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  • Who chose to descend from a throne to a cross to die for
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  • A throne to a cross to die for our sin how to be more like
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  • Our sin how to be more like the people and how to be amongst
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  • The people and how to be amongst the people and how to make
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  • The people and how to make a statement.
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  • A statement. they are trying to teach
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  • They are trying to teach the word of god how
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  • The word of god how to make a statement.
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  • To make a statement. and they do it at his
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  • And they do it at his most vulnerable time.
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  • Most vulnerable time. remember this.
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  • Remember this. the enemy will come to try
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  • The enemy will come to try to push you out of your position
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  • At the times where you feel
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  • At the times where you feel lonely and vulnerable.
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  • Lonely and vulnerable. and he will use those moments
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  • And he will use those moments when you feel abandoned
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  • When you feel abandoned to get you to feel bitter
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  • To get you to feel bitter and to get you
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  • And to get you to start doing things
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  • To start doing things that aren't even you.
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  • And if possible,
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  • And if possible, the enemy will use
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  • The enemy will use people who disappointed you
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  • People who disappointed you to cause you to doubt the god
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  • To cause you to doubt the god who never will.
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  • Who never will. who am i preaching to?
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  • Who am i preaching to? i refuse to just preach this
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  • I refuse to just preach this like it was just for me
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  • Like it was just for me and jonathan josephs.
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  • And jonathan josephs. who am i preaching to?
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  • [applause]
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  • The other day, we were out
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  • The other day, we were out on elevation nights tour,
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  • On elevation nights tour, and the lord really gave me this
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  • And the lord really gave me this beautiful picture that i wanted
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  • Beautiful picture that i wanted to share with you.
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  • To share with you. i was watching one of our
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  • I was watching one of our sermons from back when
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  • Sermons from back when the church was pretty empty
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  • The church was pretty empty during the pandemic.
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  • During the pandemic. i was looking at how,
  • 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:09.488
  • I was looking at how, you know, back in those days
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  • You know, back in those days i felt very abandoned by
  • 00:11:11.791 --> 00:11:12.925
  • I felt very abandoned by you during that time.
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  • You during that time. you're like, "it's your fault.
  • 00:11:14.694 --> 00:11:15.428
  • You're like, "it's your fault. you wouldn't let us come
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  • You wouldn't let us come to church."
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  • To church." i know, but it was
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  • I know, but it was still lonely.
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  • Still lonely. yet in the middle
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  • Yet in the middle of that preaching...
  • 00:11:19.498 --> 00:11:19.999
  • Of that preaching... now listen.
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  • Now listen. get this picture.
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  • Get this picture. in the middle of that preaching,
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  • In the middle of that preaching, i looked up there on that stage,
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  • I looked up there on that stage, and i was just going for it like
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  • And i was just going for it like if it was 2,000 people
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  • If it was 2,000 people in the room.
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  • In the room. but up on the stage was,
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  • But up on the stage was, you know, you had
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  • You know, you had chris and jenna, and john sal,
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  • Chris and jenna, and john sal, and lj, and scotty
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  • And lj, and scotty and all the team.
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  • And all the team. we went out there.
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  • We went out there. we were about to go minister.
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  • We were about to go minister. this is crazy.
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  • This is crazy. we're about to minister
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  • We're about to minister to 20,000 people
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  • To 20,000 people or 15,000 people
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  • Or 15,000 people or however many people
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  • Or however many people were there that night.
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  • Were there that night. i realized that the same people
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  • I realized that the same people that were about to go out there
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  • That were about to go out there and minister with me in that
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  • And minister with me in that big arena were the same
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  • Big arena were the same people that had my back
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  • People that had my back in an empty room.
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  • [applause]
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  • Now, the lord really
  • 00:12:01.640 --> 00:12:07.012
  • Now, the lord really checked me on this,
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  • Checked me on this, because he said,
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  • Because he said, "sometimes you get so sad
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  • "sometimes you get so sad about who left that you start
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  • About who left that you start missing who's left."
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  • [applause]
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  • I know that they left you,
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  • I know that they left you, but god didn't let go of you.
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  • But god didn't let go of you. i know that they should
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  • I know that they should have treated you better,
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  • Have treated you better, but god has treated you
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  • But god has treated you better than you could
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  • Better than you could have ever deserved.
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  • Have ever deserved. i know that they didn't give you
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  • I know that they didn't give you what you needed or what you
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  • What you needed or what you could have rightfully
  • 00:12:41.647 --> 00:12:42.748
  • Could have rightfully expected from them,
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  • Expected from them, but you have got
  • 00:12:43.983 --> 00:12:45.284
  • But you have got to release that now in order
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  • To release that now in order to receive that in this season
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  • To receive that in this season of your life your wisdom
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  • Of your life your wisdom is coming from god.
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  • Is coming from god. and it's going to be amazing,
  • 00:12:51.824 --> 00:12:53.392
  • And it's going to be amazing, because even though
  • 00:12:53.459 --> 00:12:54.527
  • Because even though many left jesus,
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  • Many left jesus, the ones who stayed
  • 00:12:56.228 --> 00:12:57.029
  • The ones who stayed ended up building the church
  • 00:12:57.096 --> 00:12:58.430
  • Ended up building the church that we're a part of.
  • 00:12:58.497 --> 00:12:59.732
  • That we're a part of. i can't wait to see what god
  • 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:01.667
  • I can't wait to see what god is going to do through what
  • 00:13:01.734 --> 00:13:03.702
  • Is going to do through what is left in your life.
  • 00:13:03.769 --> 00:13:04.870
  • Is left in your life. i can't wait to see when you
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  • I can't wait to see when you finally forgive the fact that
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  • Finally forgive the fact that it's not like it used to be,
  • 00:13:09.508 --> 00:13:10.776
  • It's not like it used to be, when you finally forgive
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  • When you finally forgive the fact that they were a jerk,
  • 00:13:12.011 --> 00:13:13.312
  • The fact that they were a jerk, when you finally admit the fact
  • 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.713
  • When you finally admit the fact that you were sometimes too.
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  • That you were sometimes too. when you finally forgive
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  • When you finally forgive the fact that they did not
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  • The fact that they did not stay for the whole journey,
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  • Stay for the whole journey, when you finally make
  • 00:13:20.953 --> 00:13:22.221
  • When you finally make peace with the fact that not
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  • Peace with the fact that not everybody was meant to be
  • 00:13:23.956 --> 00:13:25.491
  • Everybody was meant to be in the whole movie.
  • 00:13:25.558 --> 00:13:27.560
  • In the whole movie. some people were there
  • 00:13:27.626 --> 00:13:28.627
  • Some people were there for a scene.
  • 00:13:28.694 --> 00:13:29.962
  • For a scene. some people were there
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  • Some people were there for a lesson.
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  • For a lesson. some people were there
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  • Some people were there for a blessing.
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  • For a blessing. some people needed
  • 00:13:34.667 --> 00:13:35.501
  • Some people needed to be released,
  • 00:13:35.568 --> 00:13:36.402
  • To be released, because god has
  • 00:13:36.468 --> 00:13:37.269
  • Because god has something else for them.
  • 00:13:37.336 --> 00:13:38.771
  • Something else for them. and when you release that,
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  • And when you release that, when you let that go,
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  • When you let that go, when you let god be god
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  • And you just follow jesus
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  • And you just follow jesus with what you have left...
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  • [applause]
  • 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:53.519
  • ...you will realize the greatest
  • 00:13:54.186 --> 00:13:56.121
  • ...you will realize the greatest truth that i ever realized.
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  • Truth that i ever realized. is that wherever
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  • Is that wherever people leave a space,
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  • God does a miracle.
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  • God does a miracle. wherever people leave a vacuum,
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  • Wherever people leave a vacuum, wherever people leave a need,
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  • Wherever people leave a need, god steps in to meet it.
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  • God steps in to meet it. i can stand before you today,
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  • I can stand before you today, honestly, by the grace of god
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  • Honestly, by the grace of god and say that some of
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  • And say that some of the greatest times i have
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  • The greatest times i have felt his presence in my life
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  • Felt his presence in my life is when people were absent.
  • 00:14:20.479 --> 00:14:22.481
  • Is when people were absent. some of the greatest times
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  • Some of the greatest times that i have felt his favor over
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  • That i have felt his favor over my life and really experienced
  • 00:14:26.252 --> 00:14:28.754
  • My life and really experienced this deep thing with him
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  • This deep thing with him was in the secret place.
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  • Was in the secret place. do you know about
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  • Do you know about the secret place?
  • 00:14:33.492 --> 00:14:36.128
  • The secret place? it's when people
  • 00:14:36.195 --> 00:14:36.829
  • It's when people stop calling you
  • 00:14:36.896 --> 00:14:38.130
  • Stop calling you and people stop texting you
  • 00:14:38.197 --> 00:14:39.732
  • And people stop texting you and people stop checking on you.
  • 00:14:39.798 --> 00:14:41.734
  • And people stop checking on you. and you can either
  • 00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:42.601
  • And you can either get bitter about it
  • 00:14:42.668 --> 00:14:43.836
  • Get bitter about it or you can get blessed about it
  • 00:14:43.903 --> 00:14:46.005
  • Or you can get blessed about it and realize that this is
  • 00:14:46.071 --> 00:14:47.039
  • And realize that this is a season where god is drawing
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  • A season where god is drawing me closer to himself.
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  • [applause]
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  • And when they go quiet,
  • 00:14:53.545 --> 00:14:54.613
  • And when they go quiet, he speaks.
  • 00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:56.682
  • He speaks. sometimes he lets it get
  • 00:14:56.749 --> 00:14:57.783
  • Sometimes he lets it get real quiet so he can whisper.
  • 00:14:57.850 --> 00:15:00.486
  • Real quiet so he can whisper. and jesus says something
  • 00:15:00.552 --> 00:15:01.720
  • And jesus says something all so powerful.
  • 00:15:01.787 --> 00:15:03.255
  • All so powerful. what he says to his brothers...
  • 00:15:03.322 --> 00:15:04.657
  • What he says to his brothers... he says, "you go.
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  • He says, "you go. i'm good in galilee."
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  • I'm good in galilee." somebody shout,
  • 00:15:10.596 --> 00:15:11.563
  • Somebody shout, "i'm good in galilee."
  • 00:15:11.630 --> 00:15:12.798
  • "i'm good in galilee." >> congregation: i'm good
  • 00:15:12.865 --> 00:15:13.532
  • >> congregation: i'm good in galilee.
  • 00:15:13.599 --> 00:15:14.433
  • In galilee. >> oh, that's the greatest thing
  • 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.734
  • >> oh, that's the greatest thing you can ever decide in your life
  • 00:15:15.801 --> 00:15:18.537
  • You can ever decide in your life is that where god has me
  • 00:15:18.604 --> 00:15:20.105
  • Is that where god has me right now is where i want to be,
  • 00:15:20.172 --> 00:15:22.675
  • Right now is where i want to be, because if he had wanted me
  • 00:15:22.741 --> 00:15:23.842
  • Because if he had wanted me to be somewhere else,
  • 00:15:23.909 --> 00:15:25.044
  • To be somewhere else, i'd be somewhere else.
  • 00:15:25.110 --> 00:15:26.512
  • I'd be somewhere else. if he'd wanted me
  • 00:15:26.578 --> 00:15:27.479
  • If he'd wanted me to be someone else,
  • 00:15:27.546 --> 00:15:28.647
  • To be someone else, i'd be somewhere else.
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  • I'd be somewhere else. so, somebody declare this, say,
  • 00:15:30.449 --> 00:15:32.051
  • So, somebody declare this, say, "i like my life."
  • 00:15:32.117 --> 00:15:33.385
  • "i like my life." >> congregation: i like
  • 00:15:33.452 --> 00:15:33.919
  • >> congregation: i like my life.
  • 00:15:33.986 --> 00:15:34.153
  • My life. >> i like my life.
  • 00:15:34.219 --> 00:15:35.254
  • >> i like my life. i like all the banged-up
  • 00:15:35.321 --> 00:15:36.355
  • I like all the banged-up little things on my car.
  • 00:15:36.422 --> 00:15:38.023
  • Little things on my car. i like all
  • 00:15:38.090 --> 00:15:38.590
  • I like all the scratches on my car.
  • 00:15:38.657 --> 00:15:40.359
  • The scratches on my car. i love all those little marks
  • 00:15:40.426 --> 00:15:42.194
  • I love all those little marks all around my house where
  • 00:15:42.261 --> 00:15:43.629
  • All around my house where we need to repaint it.
  • 00:15:43.696 --> 00:15:44.697
  • We need to repaint it. i like my life.
  • 00:15:44.763 --> 00:15:46.165
  • I like my life. i like my crooked second toe.
  • 00:15:46.231 --> 00:15:48.133
  • I like my crooked second toe. i like my life.
  • 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.368
  • I like my life. i like
  • 00:15:49.435 --> 00:15:50.202
  • I like my male-patterned baldness.
  • 00:15:50.269 --> 00:15:51.370
  • My male-patterned baldness. i like my life.
  • 00:15:51.437 --> 00:15:52.738
  • I like my life. i like my grays
  • 00:15:52.805 --> 00:15:53.605
  • I like my grays in my beard.
  • 00:15:53.672 --> 00:15:54.606
  • In my beard. i like my life.
  • 00:15:54.673 --> 00:15:55.908
  • I like my life. i like my free time.
  • 00:15:55.975 --> 00:15:57.376
  • I like my free time. i like my life.
  • 00:15:57.443 --> 00:15:58.277
  • I like my life. i like my busy.
  • 00:15:58.344 --> 00:15:59.244
  • I like my busy. i like my life.
  • 00:15:59.311 --> 00:16:00.412
  • I like my life. say it, "i like my life."
  • 00:16:00.479 --> 00:16:02.982
  • Say it, "i like my life." tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, i like my church.
  • 00:16:03.682 --> 00:16:06.118
  • I like my church. tell them, i like my pastor.
  • 00:16:06.185 --> 00:16:08.754
  • Tell them, i like my pastor. i like my son.
  • 00:16:08.821 --> 00:16:09.922
  • I like my son. i like my wife.
  • 00:16:09.989 --> 00:16:13.792
  • I like my wife. i love her cooking.
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  • I love her cooking. it's amazing.
  • 00:16:15.627 --> 00:16:20.766
  • It's amazing. can i talk to you
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  • Can i talk to you for a moment about arrival?
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  • For a moment about arrival? it's our third point is arrival.
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  • It's our third point is arrival. see, they're trying to get
  • 00:16:26.739 --> 00:16:27.973
  • See, they're trying to get jesus to go somewhere,
  • 00:16:28.040 --> 00:16:29.608
  • Jesus to go somewhere, but he already is what
  • 00:16:29.675 --> 00:16:31.343
  • But he already is what they're trying to be.
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  • They're trying to be. look at verse 4.
  • 00:16:34.380 --> 00:16:35.080
  • Look at verse 4. let me teach this.
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  • Let me teach this. say, "i like my life."
  • 00:16:37.449 --> 00:16:38.517
  • Say, "i like my life." >> congregation: i like
  • 00:16:38.584 --> 00:16:39.051
  • >> congregation: i like my life.
  • 00:16:39.118 --> 00:16:39.685
  • My life. maybe we'll make that the title
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  • Maybe we'll make that the title of the sermon when we
  • 00:16:40.719 --> 00:16:41.520
  • Of the sermon when we put it on youtube.
  • 00:16:41.587 --> 00:16:42.721
  • Put it on youtube. i like my life.
  • 00:16:42.788 --> 00:16:44.456
  • I like my life. clickbait everybody, you know?
  • 00:16:44.523 --> 00:16:46.325
  • Clickbait everybody, you know? rage bait them, you know?
  • 00:16:46.392 --> 00:16:47.659
  • Rage bait them, you know? i don't like my life.
  • 00:16:47.726 --> 00:16:48.894
  • I don't like my life. it's easy for you to say.
  • 00:16:48.961 --> 00:16:50.929
  • It's easy for you to say. if you had my life,
  • 00:16:50.996 --> 00:16:51.497
  • If you had my life, you wouldn't like it either.
  • 00:16:51.563 --> 00:16:53.298
  • You wouldn't like it either. people want to try to make you
  • 00:16:53.365 --> 00:16:54.733
  • People want to try to make you be miserable like they are.
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  • Be miserable like they are. say, "i like my life."
  • 00:17:00.339 --> 00:17:01.206
  • Say, "i like my life." >> congregation: i like
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  • >> congregation: i like my life.
  • 00:17:01.774 --> 00:17:02.508
  • My life. >> now, jesus had every reason
  • 00:17:02.574 --> 00:17:06.478
  • >> now, jesus had every reason not to like his life.
  • 00:17:06.545 --> 00:17:09.148
  • Not to like his life. jesus had every reason
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  • To feel bitter,
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  • To feel bitter, but he didn't.
  • 00:17:15.087 --> 00:17:15.754
  • But he didn't. he is tempted in every way,
  • 00:17:15.821 --> 00:17:17.356
  • He is tempted in every way, like how you get bitter,
  • 00:17:17.423 --> 00:17:18.057
  • Like how you get bitter, how you start thinking,
  • 00:17:18.123 --> 00:17:18.891
  • How you start thinking, that's not fair how
  • 00:17:18.957 --> 00:17:19.958
  • That's not fair how they're doing that for me.
  • 00:17:20.025 --> 00:17:21.126
  • They're doing that for me. jesus had every reason
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  • Jesus had every reason to think that too,
  • 00:17:22.161 --> 00:17:23.262
  • To think that too, but he was tempted
  • 00:17:23.328 --> 00:17:24.196
  • But he was tempted in all points as we are
  • 00:17:24.263 --> 00:17:24.997
  • In all points as we are and yet without sin.
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  • That's why he's our example.
  • 00:17:27.332 --> 00:17:29.234
  • That's why he's our example. in verse 4, what the brothers
  • 00:17:29.301 --> 00:17:31.236
  • In verse 4, what the brothers said to him,
  • 00:17:31.303 --> 00:17:32.071
  • Said to him, i got to show you this,
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  • So powerful how it's worded.
  • 00:17:33.172 --> 00:17:37.709
  • So powerful how it's worded. they said, "no one who wants
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  • They said, "no one who wants to become a public figure
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  • To become a public figure acts in secret."
  • 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:44.283
  • Acts in secret." jesus, you need that
  • 00:17:44.349 --> 00:17:45.684
  • Jesus, you need that blue check mark anointing.
  • 00:17:45.751 --> 00:17:50.856
  • Blue check mark anointing. but for real though,
  • 00:17:50.923 --> 00:17:52.257
  • But for real though, the key word to that,
  • 00:17:52.324 --> 00:17:54.026
  • The key word to that, no one who wants to become
  • 00:17:54.093 --> 00:17:54.827
  • No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret,
  • 00:17:54.893 --> 00:17:56.295
  • A public figure acts in secret, is not secret, it's become.
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  • Jesus doesn't need...
  • 00:18:01.733 --> 00:18:02.434
  • Jesus doesn't need... can i say it with bad grammar?
  • 00:18:02.501 --> 00:18:04.770
  • Can i say it with bad grammar? jesus doesn't need
  • 00:18:04.837 --> 00:18:05.871
  • Jesus doesn't need to become nothing.
  • 00:18:05.938 --> 00:18:09.441
  • To become nothing. he was and is and is to come.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, when you know that
  • 00:18:18.283 --> 00:18:19.251
  • So, when you know that you've already got what they're
  • 00:18:19.318 --> 00:18:21.954
  • You've already got what they're trying to get you to chase,
  • 00:18:22.020 --> 00:18:23.989
  • Trying to get you to chase, the temptation isn't
  • 00:18:24.056 --> 00:18:25.257
  • The temptation isn't so great anymore.
  • 00:18:25.324 --> 00:18:27.126
  • So great anymore. he's like, "no, i'm good.
  • 00:18:27.192 --> 00:18:29.628
  • He's like, "no, i'm good. y'all go, i'm good."
  • 00:18:29.695 --> 00:18:32.331
  • Y'all go, i'm good." because jesus knew what he was,
  • 00:18:32.397 --> 00:18:34.433
  • Because jesus knew what he was, so he knew what he didn't
  • 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.734
  • So he knew what he didn't have to do.
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  • Have to do. jesus knew.
  • 00:18:37.269 --> 00:18:38.203
  • Jesus knew. john's gospel gives the seven
  • 00:18:38.270 --> 00:18:40.172
  • John's gospel gives the seven 'i am' statements of jesus.
  • 00:18:40.239 --> 00:18:42.407
  • 'i am' statements of jesus. i am the bread of life.
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  • I am the bread of life. i am the true vine.
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  • I am the true vine. i am the gate.
  • 00:18:46.478 --> 00:18:47.946
  • I am the gate. i am the good shepherd.
  • 00:18:48.013 --> 00:18:49.815
  • I am the good shepherd. i am the resurrection
  • 00:18:49.882 --> 00:18:51.150
  • I am the resurrection and the life.
  • 00:18:51.216 --> 00:18:52.017
  • And the life. i am the door.
  • 00:18:52.084 --> 00:18:53.752
  • I am the door. i am...
  • 00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.453
  • I am... i forgot the seventh one,
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  • I forgot the seventh one, but y'all can look it up later.
  • 00:18:55.721 --> 00:18:57.055
  • But y'all can look it up later. i am.
  • 00:18:57.122 --> 00:18:57.823
  • I am. somebody shout, "i am."
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  • Somebody shout, "i am." >> congregation: i am.
  • 00:18:59.391 --> 00:19:00.159
  • >> congregation: i am. >> but i think one of the most
  • 00:19:00.225 --> 00:19:01.059
  • >> but i think one of the most powerful things jesus said
  • 00:19:01.126 --> 00:19:02.794
  • Powerful things jesus said in john wasn't one of
  • 00:19:02.861 --> 00:19:04.229
  • In john wasn't one of the seven i am statements.
  • 00:19:04.296 --> 00:19:06.732
  • The seven i am statements. it's in verse 8,
  • 00:19:06.798 --> 00:19:08.367
  • It's in verse 8, and i want to show it to you
  • 00:19:08.433 --> 00:19:09.301
  • And i want to show it to you so you can say it too.
  • 00:19:09.368 --> 00:19:10.602
  • So you can say it too. because when you know
  • 00:19:10.669 --> 00:19:11.336
  • Who you are, jesus said,
  • 00:19:11.436 --> 00:19:12.704
  • Who you are, jesus said, "you go to the festival.
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  • "you go to the festival. i am not going."
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  • I am not going." just encircle that phrase.
  • 00:19:18.343 --> 00:19:19.645
  • Just encircle that phrase. because jesus said,
  • 00:19:19.711 --> 00:19:20.445
  • Because jesus said, i am the true vine.
  • 00:19:20.512 --> 00:19:22.848
  • I am the true vine. i am the good shepherd.
  • 00:19:22.915 --> 00:19:24.716
  • I am the good shepherd. i am the resurrection
  • 00:19:24.783 --> 00:19:26.051
  • I am the resurrection and the life.
  • 00:19:26.118 --> 00:19:27.152
  • And the life. i am the door.
  • 00:19:27.219 --> 00:19:28.587
  • I am the door. i am the way,
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  • I am the way, the truth, and the life.
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  • The truth, and the life. i got the seventh one too.
  • 00:19:30.923 --> 00:19:31.957
  • I got the seventh one too. i am all that.
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  • I am all that. but since i know who i am,
  • 00:19:33.725 --> 00:19:36.862
  • But since i know who i am, i also know what i am not.
  • 00:19:36.929 --> 00:19:39.631
  • I also know what i am not. sometimes the power of knowing
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  • Your purpose is being able
  • 00:19:44.036 --> 00:19:46.638
  • Your purpose is being able to say, i am not going.
  • 00:19:46.705 --> 00:19:52.010
  • To say, i am not going. watch this, teenagers.
  • 00:19:52.077 --> 00:19:53.779
  • Watch this, teenagers. i am not going to that party.
  • 00:19:53.845 --> 00:19:58.650
  • I am not going to that party. i know everybody else
  • 00:19:58.717 --> 00:20:00.986
  • I know everybody else is going to be at that party,
  • 00:20:01.053 --> 00:20:02.854
  • Is going to be at that party, but i don't care about where
  • 00:20:02.921 --> 00:20:04.056
  • But i don't care about where everybody else is going,
  • 00:20:04.122 --> 00:20:06.391
  • Everybody else is going, because i am not going,
  • 00:20:06.458 --> 00:20:09.261
  • Because i am not going, because i am a child of god.
  • 00:20:09.328 --> 00:20:12.998
  • Because i am a child of god. i don't care if everybody
  • 00:20:13.065 --> 00:20:14.533
  • I don't care if everybody is talking nasty on facebook.
  • 00:20:14.600 --> 00:20:16.735
  • Is talking nasty on facebook. i am not going to talk like
  • 00:20:16.802 --> 00:20:20.339
  • I am not going to talk like the world when i'm a citizen
  • 00:20:20.405 --> 00:20:22.741
  • The world when i'm a citizen of the kingdom of god.
  • 00:20:22.808 --> 00:20:24.576
  • Of the kingdom of god. i am not.
  • 00:20:24.643 --> 00:20:26.945
  • I am not. i don't care
  • 00:20:27.012 --> 00:20:27.746
  • I don't care if everybody else is having sex
  • 00:20:27.813 --> 00:20:29.648
  • If everybody else is having sex before they get married.
  • 00:20:29.715 --> 00:20:31.149
  • Before they get married. i am not giving something that
  • 00:20:31.216 --> 00:20:33.318
  • Was blood bought for something
  • 00:20:33.418 --> 00:20:36.421
  • Was blood bought for something that is dirt cheap.
  • 00:20:36.488 --> 00:20:38.657
  • That is dirt cheap. i am not.
  • 00:20:38.724 --> 00:20:40.892
  • I am not. i am not.
  • 00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:43.061
  • I am not. i know the devil
  • 00:20:43.128 --> 00:20:43.862
  • I know the devil wants me to complain
  • 00:20:43.929 --> 00:20:45.230
  • Wants me to complain and lay down and die,
  • 00:20:45.297 --> 00:20:46.665
  • And lay down and die, but i am not going to.
  • 00:20:46.732 --> 00:20:48.834
  • But i am not going to. i am not going to quit.
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  • I am not going to quit. i am not going
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  • To give up on this.
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  • To give up on this. i am not going to bury my dream.
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  • I am not going to bury my dream. i am not going
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  • I am not going to become a cynic.
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  • To become a cynic. i am not going to drink
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  • I am not going to drink the pain away.
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  • The pain away. i am not going to numb it
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  • I am not going to numb it with another drug.
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  • With another drug. i am not going.
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  • [applause]
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  • We can have a whole e-group
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  • We can have a whole e-group off of this one point.
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  • Off of this one point. just tell somebody,
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  • Just tell somebody, "i am not going."
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  • "i am not going." >> congregation: i am not going.
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  • >> congregation: i am not going. >> i am not going.
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  • >> i am not going. i'm good in galilee.
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  • I'm good in galilee. i'm not going to try
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  • I'm not going to try to prove it.
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  • To prove it. i'm not going to try
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  • I'm not going to try to make you believe it.
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  • To make you believe it. i'm not going to try
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  • I'm not going to try to make you accept me.
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  • To make you accept me. i'm not compromising my values.
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  • I'm not compromising my values. i am not.
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  • I am not. i feel political anointing.
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  • I feel political anointing. i'm not going to do it.
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  • I'm not going to do it. you don't remember that.
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  • You don't remember that. you were in canada.
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  • You were in canada. but tell somebody, i am not.
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  • But tell somebody, i am not. i am not.
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  • I am not. i am not.
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  • [applause]
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  • Whisper, furtick.
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  • Whisper, furtick. whisper.
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  • Whisper. whisper.
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  • Whisper. he said, "shh."
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  • He said, "shh." i'm going to do
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  • I'm going to do something in secret, shh.
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  • Something in secret, shh. i'm going secretly.
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  • I'm going secretly. you know god is doing
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  • You know god is doing secret stuff in your life
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  • Secret stuff in your life right now, don't you?
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  • Right now, don't you? you know the lord sees what
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  • You know the lord sees what you do in secret, don't you?
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  • You do in secret, don't you? you know the one who sees in
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  • You know the one who sees in secret rewards openly,
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  • Secret rewards openly, don't you?
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  • Don't you? you know you might
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  • You know you might already be there,
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  • Already be there, but you just don't have
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  • But you just don't have anybody to tell you how good
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  • Anybody to tell you how good you're really doing.
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  • You're really doing. so, let me be that one today.
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  • So, let me be that one today. you're already there.
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  • You're already there. and if you were supposed
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  • And if you were supposed to be further along,
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  • To be further along, god would have sent you
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  • God would have sent you a faster car.
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  • A faster car. you're already there.
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  • You're already there. i know you've got
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  • I know you've got a long way to go.
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  • A long way to go. the bible says jesus went,
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  • The bible says jesus went, but he went
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  • But he went when he was supposed to.
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  • When he was supposed to. he went when he was supposed to.
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  • He went when he was supposed to. and when he got there...
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  • And when he got there... look at verse 12.
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  • It says, "there was widespread
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  • It says, "there was widespread whispering about him."
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  • Whispering about him." and there always is.
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  • There always is.
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  • There always is. some said, "i like him.
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  • Some said, "i like him. he's a good man."
  • 00:23:03.969 --> 00:23:06.505
  • He's a good man." others said, "we've seen this
  • 00:23:06.571 --> 00:23:10.609
  • Others said, "we've seen this show before.
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  • Show before. mm-mm.
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  • Mm-mm. he's a deceiver."
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  • He's a deceiver." but what's crazy to me is
  • 00:23:16.014 --> 00:23:17.716
  • But what's crazy to me is jesus didn't respond to either
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  • Jesus didn't respond to either because both were limited.
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  • Because both were limited. he wasn't a good man.
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  • He wasn't a good man. he was the god-man.
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  • He was the god-man. jesus did not answer to their
  • 00:23:29.227 --> 00:23:31.363
  • Jesus did not answer to their whispers because he walked
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  • Whispers because he walked in his father's will.
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  • >> thank you so much
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  • >> thank you so much for being with us today.
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  • For being with us today. for some of you this
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  • For some of you this might be a new rhythm
  • 00:23:41.006 --> 00:23:42.307
  • Might be a new rhythm that you're stepping into.
  • 00:23:42.374 --> 00:23:44.042
  • That you're stepping into. maybe god has been stirring
  • 00:23:44.109 --> 00:23:45.010
  • Maybe god has been stirring something in your heart
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  • Something in your heart and you're not even sure
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  • What to call it yet.
  • 00:23:47.479 --> 00:23:48.947
  • What to call it yet. but you're here
  • 00:23:49.014 --> 00:23:49.815
  • But you're here and you're listening
  • 00:23:49.881 --> 00:23:50.916
  • And you're listening and that's what matters.
  • 00:23:50.982 --> 00:23:52.384
  • And that's what matters. our heart as
  • 00:23:52.451 --> 00:23:53.118
  • Our heart as a ministry is simple.
  • 00:23:53.185 --> 00:23:54.986
  • A ministry is simple. we exist so the people
  • 00:23:55.053 --> 00:23:56.121
  • We exist so the people far from god will be raised
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  • Far from god will be raised to life in christ.
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  • To life in christ. everything we do is about
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  • Everything we do is about getting god's word into
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  • Getting god's word into people's hearts because that's
  • 00:24:02.561 --> 00:24:03.929
  • People's hearts because that's where real change begins.
  • 00:24:03.995 --> 00:24:06.131
  • Where real change begins. which is why we want
  • 00:24:06.198 --> 00:24:06.998
  • Which is why we want to invite you to be a part
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  • To invite you to be a part of what god is doing
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  • Of what god is doing through this ministry.
  • 00:24:09.568 --> 00:24:11.369
  • Through this ministry. when you choose to give,
  • 00:24:11.436 --> 00:24:12.804
  • When you choose to give, you're not just supporting
  • 00:24:12.871 --> 00:24:13.839
  • You're not just supporting a broadcast you're helping
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  • A broadcast you're helping make sure that someone else,
  • 00:24:15.841 --> 00:24:17.776
  • Make sure that someone else, somewhere else can hear
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  • Somewhere else can hear the truth that brings hope
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  • The truth that brings hope and healing and new life.
  • 00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:23.181
  • And healing and new life. your generosity
  • 00:24:23.248 --> 00:24:24.216
  • Your generosity becomes an invitation.
  • 00:24:24.282 --> 00:24:26.117
  • Becomes an invitation. it opens the door for the gospel
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  • It opens the door for the gospel to reach someone who may be
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  • To reach someone who may be searching right now.
  • 00:24:29.921 --> 00:24:31.556
  • Searching right now. 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.
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  • Every gift matters. when we bring our gifts together
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  • When we bring our gifts together god multiplies them
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  • God multiplies them and lives are changed.
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  • And lives are changed. thank you for
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  • Thank you for partnering with us.
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  • Partnering with us. thank you for believing
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  • Thank you for believing that god's word still
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  • That god's word still transforms hearts.
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  • Transforms hearts. and thank you for being
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  • And thank you for being a part of the story that god
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  • A part of the story that god is writing in this season.
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:24:52.577 --> 00:24:53.178
  • >> what does it
  • 00:24:53.678 --> 00:24:54.112
  • >> what does it mean to be blessed?
  • 00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.514
  • Mean to be blessed? is it to have a certain set
  • 00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.548
  • Is it to have a certain set of circumstances?
  • 00:24:56.615 --> 00:24:58.316
  • Is it to have your world
  • 00:24:58.416 --> 00:24:59.351
  • Is it to have your world just the way you want it?
  • 00:24:59.417 --> 00:25:00.986
  • Just the way you want it? or is it something else?
  • 00:25:01.052 --> 00:25:03.255
  • Or is it something else? today, i wanna offer you
  • 00:25:03.321 --> 00:25:04.222
  • Today, i wanna offer you a free resource
  • 00:25:04.289 --> 00:25:05.223
  • A free resource that is all about that,
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  • How to find the blessings
  • 00:25:06.758 --> 00:25:07.959
  • That are already all around you.
  • 00:25:08.026 --> 00:25:09.995
  • 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,
  • 00:25:13.498 --> 00:25:14.866
  • We'll be able to say
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  • With confidence,
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  • With confidence, "i am blessed."
  • 00:25:16.801 --> 00:25:18.403
  • 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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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:23.975 --> 00:25:27.412
  • >> ♪ where oh death ♪
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  • ♪ is now your sting ♪
  • 00:25:31.116 --> 00:25:35.287
  • ♪ and where oh grave ♪
  • 00:25:35.353 --> 00:25:39.424
  • ♪ your victory ♪
  • 00:25:39.491 --> 00:25:43.461
  • ♪ come on now ♪
  • 00:25:43.528 --> 00:25:44.763
  • ♪ where oh death ♪
  • 00:25:44.829 --> 00:25:47.832
  • ♪ is now your sting ♪
  • 00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:51.970
  • ♪ and where oh grave ♪
  • 00:25:52.037 --> 00:25:56.107
  • ♪ your victory ♪
  • 00:25:56.174 --> 00:26:00.645
  • ♪ yeah ♪
  • 00:26:00.712 --> 00:26:01.513
  • ♪ where oh death ♪
  • 00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:04.549
  • ♪ is now your sting ♪
  • 00:26:04.616 --> 00:26:08.720
  • ♪ and where oh grave ♪
  • 00:26:08.787 --> 00:26:12.991
  • ♪ your victory ♪
  • 00:26:13.058 --> 00:26:17.128
  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ dead things come alive ♪
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  • ♪ in the name of jesus ♪
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  • ♪ dead things come alive ♪
  • 00:26:26.938 --> 00:26:28.106
  • >> ♪ dead things ♪
  • 00:26:28.173 --> 00:26:28.974
  • ♪ dead things come alive ♪
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  • ♪ in the name of jesus ♪
  • 00:26:31.076 --> 00:26:33.979
  • >> ♪ dead things come alive ♪
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  • ♪ dead things come alive ♪
  • 00:26:35.280 --> 00:26:39.618
  • ♪ in the name of jesus ♪
  • 00:26:39.684 --> 00:26:43.622
  • ♪ dead things come alive ♪
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  • ♪ in the name ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
  • 00:26:50.762 --> 00:26:53.665
  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you healer ♪
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  • ♪ risen and reigning ♪
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  • ♪ in power ♪
  • 00:26:59.671 --> 00:27:02.040
  • ♪ something comes out ♪
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  • ♪ of the grave ♪
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  • >> ♪ every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i cal you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you savior ♪
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  • ♪ worthy of glory forever ♪
  • 00:27:14.719 --> 00:27:18.790
  • ♪ something comes out ♪
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  • ♪ of the grave ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh every time ♪
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  • >> ♪ every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call your name ♪
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  • ♪ chains break ♪
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  • ♪ dry bones wake ♪
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