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Steven Furtick - The War of Whispers (Part 3)

April 8, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - The War of Whispers (Part 3)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - The War of Whispers (Part 3) | April 8, 2026
  • >> announcer: up next,
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  • 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 to strengthen
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  • Your faith and shift
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  • Your perspective, stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> oh, that's the greatest thing
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  • >> oh, that's the greatest thing you can ever decide
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  • You can ever decide in your life,
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  • In your life, is that where god has me
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  • Is that where god has me right now is where i want to be.
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  • Right now is where i want to be. because if he had wanted me
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  • Because if he had wanted me to be somewhere else,
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  • To be somewhere else, i'd be somewhere else.
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  • I'd be somewhere else. if he'd wanted me
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  • If he'd wanted me to be someone else,
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  • To be someone else, i'd be somewhere else.
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  • I'd be somewhere else. so somebody declare this,
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  • So somebody declare this, say, "i like my life."
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  • Say, "i like my life." >> congregation: "i like
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  • >> congregation: "i like my life."
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  • My life." i like my life.
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  • I like my life. i like all the banged up
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  • I like all the banged up little things on my car.
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  • Little things on my car. i like all the scratches
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  • I like all the scratches on my car.
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  • On my car. i love all those little marks
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  • I love all those little marks all around my house where
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  • All around my house where we need to repaint it.
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  • We need to repaint it. i like my life.
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  • I like my life. i like my crooked second toe.
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  • I like my crooked second toe. i like my life.
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  • I like my life. i like my male pattern baldness.
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  • I like my male pattern baldness. i like my life.
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  • I like my life. i like my grays in my beard.
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  • I like my grays in my beard. i like my life.
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  • I like my life. i like my free time.
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  • I like my free time. i like my life.
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  • I like my life. i like my busy.
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  • I like my busy. i like my life.
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  • I like my life. say it.
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  • Say it. "i like my life."
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  • "i like my life." tell your neighbor,
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  • Tell your neighbor, "i like my church."
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  • "i like my church." tell them,
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  • Tell them, "i like my pastor."
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  • "i like my pastor." i like my son.
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  • I like my son. i like my wife.
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  • I like my wife. i like my wife.
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  • I like my wife. i love her cooking.
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  • I love her cooking. it's amazing.
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  • 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. because see,
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  • Because see, they're trying to get
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  • They're trying to get jesus to go somewhere,
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  • Jesus to go somewhere, but he already is what
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  • But he already is what they're trying to be.
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  • They're trying to be. look at verse four.
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  • Look at verse four. let me teach this.
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  • Let me teach this. say, "i like my life."
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  • Say, "i like my life." >> congregation: i like my life.
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  • >> congregation: i like my life. maybe we'll make that
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  • Maybe we'll make that the title of the sermon
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  • The title of the sermon when we put it on youtube.
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  • When we put it on youtube. i like my life.
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  • I like my life. clickbait everybody, you know?
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  • Clickbait everybody, you know? ragebait them, you know?
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  • Ragebait them, you know? "i don't like my life.
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  • "i don't like my life. that's easy for you to say.
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  • That's easy for you to say. if you had my life,
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  • If you had my life, you wouldn't like it either."
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  • You wouldn't like it either." you know how people want to try
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  • You know how people want to try to make you be miserable
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  • To make you be miserable like they are?
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  • Like they are? say, "i like my life."
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  • Say, "i like my life." >> congregation: i like my life.
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  • >> congregation: i like my life. no, jesus had every reason
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  • No, jesus had every reason not to like his life.
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  • Not to like his life. jesus had every reason
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  • Jesus had every reason to feel bitter,
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  • To feel bitter, but he didn't.
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  • But he didn't. he is tempted in every way,
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  • He is tempted in every way, like how you get bitter,
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  • Like how you get bitter, how you start thinking, "man,
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  • How you start thinking, "man, that's not fair how they're
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  • That's not fair how they're doing that for me."
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  • Doing that for me." jesus had every reason
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  • Jesus had every reason to think that too,
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  • To think that too, but he was tempted in all points
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  • But he was tempted in all points as we are and yet without sin.
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  • As we are and yet without sin. that's why he's our example.
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  • That's why he's our example. and in verse four,
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  • And in verse four, what the brothers said to him,
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  • What the brothers said to him, i got to show you this,
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  • I got to show you this, so powerful
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  • So powerful how it's worded.
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  • 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."
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  • Acts in secret." jesus, you need that blue
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  • Jesus, you need that blue check mark anointing.
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  • Check mark anointing. but for real though,
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  • But for real though, the key word to that,
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  • The key word to that, no one who wants to become
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  • No one who wants to become public figure acts in secret.
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  • Public figure acts in secret. it's not secret,
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  • It's not secret, it's become.
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  • It's become. jesus doesn't need --
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  • Jesus doesn't need -- can i say it
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  • Can i say it with bad grammar?
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  • Jesus doesn't need
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  • Jesus doesn't need to become nothing.
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  • He was and is and is to come.
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  • He was and is and is to come. so when you know that you've
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  • So when you know that you've already got what they're trying
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  • Already got what they're trying to get you to chase,
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  • To get you to chase, the temptation isn't
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  • The temptation isn't so great anymore.
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  • So great anymore. he's like, "no, i'm good.
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  • He's like, "no, i'm good. y'all go.
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  • I'm good."
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  • I'm good." 'cause jesus knew what he was.
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  • 'cause jesus knew what he was. so he knew what he
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  • So he knew what he didn't have to do.
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  • Didn't have to do. jesus knew.
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  • Jesus knew. john's gospel gives the seven
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  • John's gospel gives the seven i am statements of jesus.
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  • 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.
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  • I am the gate. i am the good shepherd.
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  • I am the good shepherd. i am the resurrection
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  • I am the resurrection and the life.
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  • And the life. i am the door.
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  • I am the door. i am --
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  • I am -- i forgot the seventh one,
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  • I forgot the seventh one, but y'all can look it up later.
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  • But y'all can look it up later. i am.
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  • I am. somebody shout, "i am."
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  • Somebody shout, "i am." >> congregation: i am.
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  • >> congregation: i am. >> but i think one of the most
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  • >> but i think one of the most powerful things jesus
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  • Powerful things jesus said in john,
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  • Said in john, wasn't one of the seven
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  • Wasn't one of the seven i am statements.
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  • I am statements. it's in verse eight.
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  • It's in verse eight. and i want to show it to you
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  • And i want to show it to you so you can say it too.
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  • So you can say it too. cause when you know who you are,
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  • Jesus said,
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  • 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.
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  • Just encircle that phrase. cause jesus said,
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  • Cause jesus said, "i am the true vine.
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  • "i am the true vine. i am the good shepherd.
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  • I am the good shepherd. i am the resurrection
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  • I am the resurrection and the life.
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  • And the life. i am the door.
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  • 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.
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  • 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,
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  • But since i know who i am, i also know what i am not.
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  • I also know what i am not. and sometimes the power
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  • And sometimes the power of knowing your purpose
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  • Is being able to say,
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  • Is being able to say, i am not going.
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  • I am not going. watch this teenagers.
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  • Watch this teenagers. i am not going to that party.
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  • I am not going to that party. i know everybody else is going
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  • I know everybody else is going to be at that party,
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  • To be at that party, but i don't care about
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  • But i don't care about where everybody
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  • Where everybody else is going.
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  • Else is going. cause i am not going.
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  • Cause i am not going. cause i am a child of god.
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  • Cause i am a child of god. i don't care if everybody
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  • I don't care if everybody is talking nasty on facebook.
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  • Is talking nasty on facebook. i am not going
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  • I am not going to talk like the world
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  • To talk like the world when i'm a citizen
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  • When i'm a citizen of the kingdom of god,
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  • Of the kingdom of god, i am not.
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  • I am not. i don't care if everybody else
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  • I don't care if everybody else is having sex before
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  • Is having sex before they get married.
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  • They get married. i am not giving something
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  • I am not giving something that was blood bought
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  • That was blood bought for something that
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  • For something that is dirt cheap.
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  • Is dirt cheap. i am not.
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  • I am not. i am not.
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  • I am not. i know the devil wants me
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  • I know the devil wants me to complain
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  • To complain and lay down and die,
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  • And lay down and die, but i am not going to,
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  • 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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  • I am not going to give up on this.
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  • To give up on this. i am not going
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  • I am not going to bury my dreams.
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  • To bury my dreams. 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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  • I am not going. 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
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  • I'm not going to try to prove it.
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  • To try 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 -- oh, i feel political anointing.
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  • Oh, i feel political anointing. not going to do it.
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  • 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,
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  • But tell somebody, "i am not."
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  • "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, whisper.
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  • Whisper, whisper. he said,
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  • He said, "shh, i'm going
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  • "shh, i'm going to do something secret.
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  • To do something secret. shh.
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  • 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
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  • Secret stuff in your life right now, don't you?
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  • Life right now, don't you? you know, the lord sees
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  • You know, the lord sees what you do in secret,
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  • What you do in secret, don't you?
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  • Don't you? you know the one who sees
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  • You know the one who sees in secret rewards openly,
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  • In 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
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  • But you just don't have anybody to tell you
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  • Have anybody to tell you how good you're really doing.
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  • How good 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
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  • God would have sent you a faster car.
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  • You a faster car. you're already there.
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  • You're already there. i know you got a long way to go.
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  • I know you got a long way to go. the bible says jesus went,
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  • The bible says jesus went, but he went when
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  • But he went when he was supposed to.
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  • 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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  • And there always is. there always is.
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  • Some said, "i like him.
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  • Some said, "i like him. he's a good man."
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  • He's a good man." and others said,
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  • And others said, "mmm, we've seen
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  • "mmm, we've seen this show before.
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  • This show before. he's a deceiver."
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  • He's a deceiver." but what's crazy to me
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  • But what's crazy to me is jesus didn't respond
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  • Is jesus didn't respond to either because both
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  • To either because both were limited.
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  • 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. and jesus did not answer
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  • And jesus did not answer to their whispers because
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  • To their whispers because he walked in his father's will.
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  • He walked in his father's will. so what i realize about everyone
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  • So what i realize about everyone i'm preaching to today is
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  • I'm preaching to today is there is a war happening
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  • There is a war happening in your heart.
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  • In your heart. it's not loud.
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  • It's not loud. there's no bombs going off.
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  • There's no bombs going off. nobody can see it.
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  • Nobody can see it. and you look really beautiful
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  • And you look really beautiful in your church clothes.
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  • In your church clothes. but underneath
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  • But underneath that purple sweater,
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  • That purple sweater, underneath that beautiful smile,
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  • Underneath that beautiful smile, underneath those lifted hands
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  • Underneath those lifted hands that you raised sincerely
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  • That you raised sincerely because you love the lord
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  • Because you love the lord and you worship him,
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  • And you worship him, there's a war going on,
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  • There's a war going on, and there's a whisper.
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  • And there's a whisper. a while back, holly was giving
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  • A while back, holly was giving me some affirmations.
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  • Me some affirmations. that's my final point.
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  • That's my final point. i want to talk about
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  • I want to talk about affirmations and agreement.
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  • Affirmations and agreement. you don't need to sit down
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  • You don't need to sit down if you're standing up.
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  • If you're standing up. it'll just make me think
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  • It'll just make me think i need to talk longer.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But something very strange
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  • But something very strange happened to me,
  • 00:09:24.917 --> 00:09:26.085
  • Happened to me, and it took me a few
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  • And it took me a few days to analyze it,
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  • Days to analyze it, and then it's taken me
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  • And then it's taken me several months to process it
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  • Several months to process it so that i could
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  • So that i could share it with you.
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  • Share it with you. but it came back to my mind when
  • 00:09:32.758 --> 00:09:33.926
  • But it came back to my mind when the lord told me to talk to you
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  • The lord told me to talk to you about the war of whispers.
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  • About the war of whispers. you know, when i preach,
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  • You know, when i preach, by the way,
  • 00:09:38.764 --> 00:09:39.765
  • By the way, there are the words
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  • There are the words that i'm speaking,
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  • That i'm speaking, and then there is the whisper
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  • And then there is the whisper that comes after that word
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  • That comes after that word that either moves you
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  • That either moves you from the word that you heard
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  • From the word that you heard or tells you to obey it.
  • 00:09:49.041 --> 00:09:51.477
  • Or tells you to obey it. and if you obey it,
  • 00:09:51.544 --> 00:09:53.546
  • And if you obey it, if you obey the word,
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  • If you obey the word, peace will be the product.
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  • Peace will be the product. but if the enemy whispers it,
  • 00:09:58.751 --> 00:10:00.152
  • But if the enemy whispers it, the bible talks about
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  • The bible talks about how sometimes the devil
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  • How sometimes the devil will snatch a seed
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  • Will snatch a seed of the word of god that
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  • Of the word of god that is sown because
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  • The enemy will whisper.
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  • The enemy will whisper. and so, cognizant of this fact
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  • And so, cognizant of this fact that as i'm speaking,
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  • That as i'm speaking, the enemy is whispering,
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  • The enemy is whispering, and so is god,
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  • And so is god, and it's a war of whispers.
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  • And it's a war of whispers. see, there are
  • 00:10:16.535 --> 00:10:17.203
  • See, there are two whispers, right?
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  • Two whispers, right? "he's a good man."
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  • "he's a good man." "ah, i don't think so.
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  • "ah, i don't think so. he's a liar."
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  • He's a liar." "you've got this."
  • 00:10:24.176 --> 00:10:26.045
  • "you've got this." "you might as well give up.
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  • It doesn't matter anyway."
  • 00:10:27.246 --> 00:10:29.415
  • It doesn't matter anyway." "you know, you really
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  • "you know, you really could confess that sin.
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  • Could confess that sin. they would forgive you."
  • 00:10:33.252 --> 00:10:34.787
  • They would forgive you." "yeah, but then they'll
  • 00:10:34.854 --> 00:10:35.855
  • "yeah, but then they'll think i'm weak,
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  • Think i'm weak, and they'll take
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  • And they'll take advantage of me."
  • 00:10:37.089 --> 00:10:38.224
  • Advantage of me." it's a war of whispers.
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  • It's a war of whispers. you don't say that
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  • You don't say that stuff out loud.
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  • Stuff out loud. it just goes on in the night,
  • 00:10:42.094 --> 00:10:43.562
  • It just goes on in the night, and the reason i know it is
  • 00:10:43.629 --> 00:10:44.697
  • And the reason i know it is because it happens to me too.
  • 00:10:44.764 --> 00:10:46.966
  • Because it happens to me too. when i finish preaching to you,
  • 00:10:47.033 --> 00:10:48.334
  • When i finish preaching to you, i am in a vulnerable place.
  • 00:10:48.401 --> 00:10:51.570
  • I am in a vulnerable place. why?
  • 00:10:51.637 --> 00:10:52.605
  • Why? well, you run around
  • 00:10:52.672 --> 00:10:53.439
  • Well, you run around a room screaming at
  • 00:10:53.506 --> 00:10:54.273
  • A room screaming at the top of your lungs
  • 00:10:54.340 --> 00:10:55.074
  • The top of your lungs for an hour and see how you
  • 00:10:55.141 --> 00:10:56.308
  • For an hour and see how you feel afterwards and talking
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  • Feel afterwards and talking to people about abandonment
  • 00:10:57.777 --> 00:10:58.978
  • To people about abandonment and deep issues,
  • 00:10:59.045 --> 00:11:00.079
  • And deep issues, and then just come
  • 00:11:00.146 --> 00:11:00.913
  • And then just come off the stage and try
  • 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:01.647
  • Off the stage and try to eat a pancake.
  • 00:11:01.714 --> 00:11:06.218
  • To eat a pancake. the devil comes in behind it,
  • 00:11:06.285 --> 00:11:07.753
  • The devil comes in behind it, and he discourages it.
  • 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:08.954
  • And he discourages it. so, holly was sharing with me
  • 00:11:09.021 --> 00:11:12.124
  • So, holly was sharing with me one time in a particularly
  • 00:11:12.191 --> 00:11:13.225
  • One time in a particularly vulnerable state
  • 00:11:13.292 --> 00:11:15.227
  • Vulnerable state some affirmations.
  • 00:11:15.294 --> 00:11:16.495
  • Some affirmations. she was saying things to me
  • 00:11:16.562 --> 00:11:17.530
  • She was saying things to me that were so kind and so rooted
  • 00:11:17.596 --> 00:11:19.732
  • That were so kind and so rooted in scripture.
  • 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:21.100
  • In scripture. very soft voice.
  • 00:11:21.167 --> 00:11:22.568
  • Very soft voice. "you're a man of god.
  • 00:11:22.635 --> 00:11:25.204
  • "you're a man of god. you shared what the lord
  • 00:11:25.271 --> 00:11:26.272
  • You shared what the lord gave you to share today.
  • 00:11:26.338 --> 00:11:28.074
  • Gave you to share today. god is proud of you."
  • 00:11:28.140 --> 00:11:29.008
  • God is proud of you." now, as she was speaking,
  • 00:11:29.075 --> 00:11:32.378
  • Now, as she was speaking, i was having thoughts.
  • 00:11:32.445 --> 00:11:34.280
  • I was having thoughts. i believe they were
  • 00:11:34.346 --> 00:11:35.047
  • I believe they were from the enemy.
  • 00:11:35.114 --> 00:11:36.649
  • From the enemy. i believe they were
  • 00:11:36.716 --> 00:11:37.583
  • I believe they were from the enemy,
  • 00:11:37.650 --> 00:11:38.284
  • From the enemy, but they didn't sound
  • 00:11:38.350 --> 00:11:40.386
  • But they didn't sound like the devil's voice.
  • 00:11:40.453 --> 00:11:42.488
  • Like the devil's voice. in fact, it was a thought that
  • 00:11:42.555 --> 00:11:45.624
  • In fact, it was a thought that came as the exact opposite
  • 00:11:45.691 --> 00:11:47.493
  • Came as the exact opposite of everything
  • 00:11:47.560 --> 00:11:48.027
  • Of everything she was saying to me.
  • 00:11:48.094 --> 00:11:50.062
  • She was saying to me. so, she would say,
  • 00:11:50.129 --> 00:11:51.931
  • So, she would say, "you're a man of god."
  • 00:11:51.997 --> 00:11:53.833
  • "you're a man of god." and while she was pausing
  • 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.534
  • And while she was pausing to let that sink in,
  • 00:11:55.601 --> 00:11:57.002
  • To let that sink in, the enemy was answering it.
  • 00:11:57.069 --> 00:12:00.339
  • The enemy was answering it. and everything that would come
  • 00:12:00.406 --> 00:12:01.507
  • And everything that would come back through my mind,
  • 00:12:01.574 --> 00:12:02.675
  • Back through my mind, it wasn't an out loud voice.
  • 00:12:02.742 --> 00:12:04.877
  • It wasn't an out loud voice. it was the space between
  • 00:12:04.944 --> 00:12:07.747
  • It was the space between her words were filled by
  • 00:12:07.813 --> 00:12:10.282
  • Her words were filled by whispers from the enemy.
  • 00:12:10.349 --> 00:12:13.385
  • Whispers from the enemy. so, if she said,
  • 00:12:13.452 --> 00:12:14.353
  • So, if she said, "you are a man of god,"
  • 00:12:14.420 --> 00:12:16.455
  • "you are a man of god," the thought would come back
  • 00:12:16.522 --> 00:12:17.723
  • The thought would come back that was the exact
  • 00:12:17.790 --> 00:12:18.557
  • That was the exact opposite of that.
  • 00:12:18.624 --> 00:12:19.925
  • Opposite of that. and i won't tell you what
  • 00:12:19.992 --> 00:12:20.960
  • And i won't tell you what those thoughts were,
  • 00:12:21.026 --> 00:12:22.461
  • Those thoughts were, because honestly,
  • 00:12:22.528 --> 00:12:24.897
  • Because honestly, they were so raw
  • 00:12:24.964 --> 00:12:26.766
  • They were so raw and so terrible,
  • 00:12:26.832 --> 00:12:27.666
  • And so terrible, i would not repeat
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  • I would not repeat them to you.
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  • Them to you. so, they're coming back to me,
  • 00:12:30.469 --> 00:12:34.573
  • So, they're coming back to me, and she's saying,
  • 00:12:34.640 --> 00:12:36.208
  • And she's saying, "god delights in you."
  • 00:12:36.275 --> 00:12:38.744
  • "god delights in you." the answer that would come back
  • 00:12:38.811 --> 00:12:40.079
  • The answer that would come back as a thought or an impression
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  • As a thought or an impression or an argument with what
  • 00:12:42.448 --> 00:12:43.315
  • Or an argument with what she just said would
  • 00:12:43.382 --> 00:12:44.150
  • She just said would be the exact rhythm
  • 00:12:44.216 --> 00:12:45.518
  • Be the exact rhythm of what she just said.
  • 00:12:45.584 --> 00:12:47.286
  • Of what she just said. it was almost like it was
  • 00:12:47.353 --> 00:12:48.087
  • It was almost like it was a songwriting session.
  • 00:12:48.154 --> 00:12:49.622
  • A songwriting session. it was like,
  • 00:12:49.688 --> 00:12:50.389
  • It was like, ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba,
  • 00:12:50.456 --> 00:12:52.158
  • Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba, ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba.
  • 00:12:52.224 --> 00:12:54.393
  • Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba. da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,
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  • Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
  • 00:12:56.295 --> 00:12:58.030
  • Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. and it matched it
  • 00:12:58.097 --> 00:12:59.265
  • And it matched it almost exactly,
  • 00:12:59.331 --> 00:13:00.065
  • Almost exactly, except it was
  • 00:13:00.132 --> 00:13:00.599
  • Except it was the exact opposite.
  • 00:13:00.666 --> 00:13:02.668
  • The exact opposite. and it was intense.
  • 00:13:02.735 --> 00:13:03.569
  • And it was intense. i've never had anything like
  • 00:13:03.636 --> 00:13:04.503
  • I've never had anything like this happen before in my life.
  • 00:13:04.570 --> 00:13:07.940
  • This happen before in my life. the next day i was
  • 00:13:08.007 --> 00:13:08.641
  • The next day i was reflecting on it,
  • 00:13:08.707 --> 00:13:09.508
  • Reflecting on it, because i didn't even know how
  • 00:13:09.575 --> 00:13:11.377
  • Because i didn't even know how to tell her what happened,
  • 00:13:11.443 --> 00:13:12.578
  • To tell her what happened, because it was honestly
  • 00:13:12.645 --> 00:13:15.014
  • Because it was honestly so dark to feel
  • 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:19.218
  • So dark to feel something like that, you know?
  • 00:13:19.285 --> 00:13:22.555
  • Something like that, you know? i was praying about that
  • 00:13:22.621 --> 00:13:24.590
  • I was praying about that and asking god, what was that?
  • 00:13:24.657 --> 00:13:27.359
  • And asking god, what was that? what was that thing that was
  • 00:13:27.426 --> 00:13:28.794
  • What was that thing that was going on in my mind while
  • 00:13:28.861 --> 00:13:32.498
  • Going on in my mind while my wife was speaking
  • 00:13:32.565 --> 00:13:33.465
  • My wife was speaking such beautiful words
  • 00:13:33.532 --> 00:13:34.433
  • Such beautiful words over me after i just preached
  • 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:35.768
  • Over me after i just preached your words to people?
  • 00:13:35.835 --> 00:13:38.370
  • Your words to people? he said,
  • 00:13:38.437 --> 00:13:40.506
  • He said, "it was the enemy's whispers.
  • 00:13:40.573 --> 00:13:44.677
  • "it was the enemy's whispers. it's not important that
  • 00:13:44.743 --> 00:13:45.611
  • You get it to go away,
  • 00:13:45.711 --> 00:13:48.247
  • You get it to go away, it's just important that
  • 00:13:48.314 --> 00:13:49.048
  • It's just important that you never agree with it."
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  • [applause]
  • 00:13:51.116 --> 00:13:58.791
  • It's a war of whispers.
  • 00:14:00.893 --> 00:14:03.429
  • One is saying,
  • 00:14:03.529 --> 00:14:04.063
  • One is saying, "god's got you right
  • 00:14:04.129 --> 00:14:04.864
  • "god's got you right where he wants you.
  • 00:14:04.930 --> 00:14:05.764
  • Where he wants you. it's going to be okay.
  • 00:14:05.831 --> 00:14:06.398
  • It's going to be okay. hold on."
  • 00:14:06.465 --> 00:14:07.967
  • Hold on." the other is saying,
  • 00:14:08.033 --> 00:14:08.500
  • The other is saying, "you screwed up so bad,
  • 00:14:08.567 --> 00:14:09.602
  • "you screwed up so bad, there's no way that god can
  • 00:14:09.668 --> 00:14:10.402
  • There's no way that god can redeem this situation
  • 00:14:10.469 --> 00:14:11.337
  • Redeem this situation in your life.
  • 00:14:11.403 --> 00:14:12.204
  • In your life. you might as well give up."
  • 00:14:12.271 --> 00:14:14.874
  • You might as well give up." one whisper is saying,
  • 00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:17.076
  • One whisper is saying, "you slipped up.
  • 00:14:17.142 --> 00:14:17.776
  • "you slipped up. let's get back on track.
  • 00:14:17.843 --> 00:14:18.777
  • Let's get back on track. come on,
  • 00:14:18.844 --> 00:14:19.078
  • Come on, we can get this
  • 00:14:19.144 --> 00:14:19.712
  • We can get this back together again.
  • 00:14:19.778 --> 00:14:20.779
  • Back together again. you don't have to go all
  • 00:14:20.846 --> 00:14:21.580
  • You don't have to go all the way down just because
  • 00:14:21.647 --> 00:14:22.448
  • The way down just because you slipped a little bit."
  • 00:14:22.514 --> 00:14:23.449
  • You slipped a little bit." another is saying,
  • 00:14:23.515 --> 00:14:24.250
  • Another is saying, "well, you've already
  • 00:14:24.316 --> 00:14:24.884
  • "well, you've already blown it now,
  • 00:14:24.950 --> 00:14:25.718
  • Blown it now, and you've already
  • 00:14:25.784 --> 00:14:26.252
  • And you've already broken the streak,
  • 00:14:26.318 --> 00:14:26.986
  • Broken the streak, and you might as well
  • 00:14:27.052 --> 00:14:27.786
  • And you might as well just go all the way."
  • 00:14:27.853 --> 00:14:28.921
  • Just go all the way." it's a war of whispers.
  • 00:14:28.988 --> 00:14:33.259
  • It's a war of whispers. but what was true of jesus
  • 00:14:33.325 --> 00:14:35.094
  • But what was true of jesus is true of you and me.
  • 00:14:35.160 --> 00:14:37.529
  • Is true of you and me. because in verse 16, jesus says,
  • 00:14:37.596 --> 00:14:39.632
  • You're amazed by my teaching,
  • 00:14:39.732 --> 00:14:41.400
  • You're amazed by my teaching, and you want to know
  • 00:14:41.467 --> 00:14:42.001
  • And you want to know where it came from?
  • 00:14:42.067 --> 00:14:43.102
  • Where it came from? "my teaching is not my own.
  • 00:14:43.168 --> 00:14:44.904
  • "my teaching is not my own. it comes from the one
  • 00:14:44.970 --> 00:14:48.407
  • It comes from the one who sent me."
  • 00:14:48.474 --> 00:14:50.609
  • Who sent me." listen to the whisper
  • 00:14:50.676 --> 00:14:53.545
  • Of the one who sent you.
  • 00:14:53.646 --> 00:14:57.216
  • Of the one who sent you. because god who sent you into
  • 00:14:57.283 --> 00:14:59.318
  • Because god who sent you into this assignment for your life,
  • 00:14:59.385 --> 00:15:01.153
  • This assignment for your life, god who sent you to be
  • 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:03.389
  • God who sent you to be the leader of that family,
  • 00:15:03.455 --> 00:15:04.757
  • The leader of that family, god who sent you
  • 00:15:04.823 --> 00:15:06.258
  • God who sent you into this city,
  • 00:15:06.325 --> 00:15:07.293
  • Into this city, god sent you here,
  • 00:15:07.359 --> 00:15:08.727
  • God sent you here, god sent you into this church,
  • 00:15:08.794 --> 00:15:10.629
  • God sent you into this church, god sent you to be the teacher
  • 00:15:10.696 --> 00:15:12.431
  • God sent you to be the teacher in that classroom,
  • 00:15:12.498 --> 00:15:13.499
  • In that classroom, god sent you to be
  • 00:15:13.565 --> 00:15:14.867
  • God sent you to be the manager of that division.
  • 00:15:14.934 --> 00:15:16.702
  • The manager of that division. the god who sent you
  • 00:15:16.769 --> 00:15:18.504
  • The god who sent you can whisper,
  • 00:15:18.570 --> 00:15:21.440
  • Can whisper, and he can whisper to you
  • 00:15:21.507 --> 00:15:22.942
  • And he can whisper to you a word that can pivot
  • 00:15:23.008 --> 00:15:25.110
  • A word that can pivot your whole life.
  • 00:15:25.177 --> 00:15:26.278
  • Your whole life. it's a war of whispers
  • 00:15:26.345 --> 00:15:27.112
  • It's a war of whispers right now.
  • 00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.947
  • Right now. they were whispering
  • 00:15:28.013 --> 00:15:28.781
  • They were whispering about jesus,
  • 00:15:28.847 --> 00:15:29.815
  • About jesus, and they will always
  • 00:15:29.882 --> 00:15:30.783
  • And they will always be whispering,
  • 00:15:30.849 --> 00:15:31.850
  • Be whispering, and the voices will always
  • 00:15:31.917 --> 00:15:33.385
  • And the voices will always be speaking opposite things,
  • 00:15:33.452 --> 00:15:35.387
  • Be speaking opposite things, and one voice will always
  • 00:15:35.454 --> 00:15:36.622
  • And one voice will always be telling you you're not
  • 00:15:36.689 --> 00:15:37.623
  • Be telling you you're not going to make it,
  • 00:15:37.690 --> 00:15:38.424
  • Going to make it, and another voice
  • 00:15:38.490 --> 00:15:39.191
  • And another voice will be telling you,
  • 00:15:39.258 --> 00:15:39.725
  • Will be telling you, "come on,
  • 00:15:39.792 --> 00:15:40.225
  • "come on, god has seen you
  • 00:15:40.292 --> 00:15:40.826
  • God has seen you through this far,
  • 00:15:40.893 --> 00:15:42.027
  • Through this far, and it is not important
  • 00:15:42.094 --> 00:15:43.329
  • And it is not important which voice is the loudest.
  • 00:15:43.395 --> 00:15:44.930
  • Which voice is the loudest. it's important which
  • 00:15:44.997 --> 00:15:46.065
  • It's important which one you agree with."
  • 00:15:46.131 --> 00:15:48.033
  • One you agree with." and the one that you
  • 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.901
  • And the one that you lean into is the one
  • 00:15:48.968 --> 00:15:50.469
  • Lean into is the one that will lead you forward.
  • 00:15:50.536 --> 00:15:51.971
  • That will lead you forward. i don't know who
  • 00:15:52.037 --> 00:15:52.671
  • I don't know who i'm prophesying
  • 00:15:52.738 --> 00:15:53.205
  • I'm prophesying to right now,
  • 00:15:53.272 --> 00:15:54.373
  • To right now, but it's so strong
  • 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:55.441
  • But it's so strong on me right now,
  • 00:15:55.507 --> 00:15:56.542
  • On me right now, because it's been back
  • 00:15:56.608 --> 00:15:57.443
  • Because it's been back and forth in your mind,
  • 00:15:57.509 --> 00:15:58.677
  • And forth in your mind, and you're like,
  • 00:15:58.744 --> 00:15:59.144
  • And you're like, "what is this?"
  • 00:15:59.211 --> 00:16:00.346
  • "what is this?" and you came to church today,
  • 00:16:00.412 --> 00:16:01.747
  • And you came to church today, and the whisper has been
  • 00:16:01.814 --> 00:16:02.748
  • And the whisper has been there the whole time
  • 00:16:02.815 --> 00:16:03.716
  • There the whole time i've been preaching,
  • 00:16:03.782 --> 00:16:04.616
  • I've been preaching, and you just turned this on,
  • 00:16:04.683 --> 00:16:05.617
  • And you just turned this on, and you're like,
  • 00:16:05.684 --> 00:16:05.985
  • And you're like, "maybe god can speak to me.
  • 00:16:06.051 --> 00:16:07.086
  • "maybe god can speak to me. i don't know.
  • 00:16:07.152 --> 00:16:07.786
  • I don't know. it's chaotic in
  • 00:16:07.853 --> 00:16:08.320
  • It's chaotic in my mind right now.
  • 00:16:08.387 --> 00:16:09.088
  • My mind right now. i can't make sense out
  • 00:16:09.154 --> 00:16:09.855
  • I can't make sense out of it right now."
  • 00:16:09.922 --> 00:16:10.522
  • Of it right now." and god is saying,
  • 00:16:10.589 --> 00:16:11.724
  • And god is saying, "go with the whisper
  • 00:16:11.790 --> 00:16:12.758
  • "go with the whisper of the one who sent you,
  • 00:16:12.825 --> 00:16:14.193
  • Of the one who sent you, the one who knows you,
  • 00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:15.661
  • The one who knows you, the one who died to save you,
  • 00:16:15.728 --> 00:16:17.629
  • The one who died to save you, the one who intricately
  • 00:16:17.696 --> 00:16:19.098
  • The one who intricately knit you before you were
  • 00:16:19.164 --> 00:16:20.466
  • Knit you before you were formed in your mother's womb,
  • 00:16:20.532 --> 00:16:22.134
  • Formed in your mother's womb, the one whose words spoke
  • 00:16:22.201 --> 00:16:23.736
  • The one whose words spoke your life into existence.
  • 00:16:23.802 --> 00:16:25.504
  • Your life into existence. listen to that whisper.
  • 00:16:25.571 --> 00:16:32.011
  • Listen to that whisper. because the whisper that you
  • 00:16:32.077 --> 00:16:34.213
  • Because the whisper that you listen to is the one that wins."
  • 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:38.951
  • [applause]
  • 00:16:42.054 --> 00:16:54.700
  • When i get done in a minute,
  • 00:16:55.167 --> 00:16:57.036
  • When i get done in a minute, the enemy's going
  • 00:16:57.102 --> 00:16:57.669
  • The enemy's going to whisper to me,
  • 00:16:57.736 --> 00:16:58.971
  • To whisper to me, "you shouldn't have told
  • 00:16:59.038 --> 00:16:59.805
  • "you shouldn't have told them that story at the end.
  • 00:16:59.872 --> 00:17:01.507
  • Them that story at the end. that was too personal."
  • 00:17:01.573 --> 00:17:04.543
  • That was too personal." shhh.
  • 00:17:04.610 --> 00:17:06.779
  • Shhh. i said it for somebody
  • 00:17:06.845 --> 00:17:09.114
  • I said it for somebody who has been dealing
  • 00:17:09.181 --> 00:17:10.149
  • Who has been dealing with it in your own life.
  • 00:17:10.215 --> 00:17:14.019
  • Shhh.
  • 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:16.855
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:17.489 --> 00:17:21.927
  • Maybe we just ought
  • 00:17:22.394 --> 00:17:23.028
  • Maybe we just ought to call the sermon,
  • 00:17:23.095 --> 00:17:24.563
  • To call the sermon, "shhh."
  • 00:17:24.630 --> 00:17:27.266
  • "shhh." god is whispering over my life.
  • 00:17:27.332 --> 00:17:29.268
  • I cannot afford to get
  • 00:17:29.368 --> 00:17:30.803
  • I cannot afford to get distracted by other people's
  • 00:17:30.869 --> 00:17:32.971
  • Distracted by other people's opinion right now.
  • 00:17:33.038 --> 00:17:35.274
  • Opinion right now. i cannot even afford
  • 00:17:35.340 --> 00:17:36.308
  • I cannot even afford to be distracted by my own
  • 00:17:36.375 --> 00:17:37.876
  • To be distracted by my own shame right now,
  • 00:17:37.943 --> 00:17:39.478
  • Shame right now, because the grace of god
  • 00:17:39.545 --> 00:17:41.847
  • Because the grace of god is whispering a better word.
  • 00:17:41.914 --> 00:17:45.717
  • Is whispering a better word. i want you to stand,
  • 00:17:45.784 --> 00:17:46.618
  • I want you to stand, and i want you to be still
  • 00:17:46.685 --> 00:17:47.619
  • And i want you to be still in this moment.
  • 00:17:47.686 --> 00:17:49.121
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:17:53.592 --> 00:17:54.426
  • And i want to be quiet so you
  • 00:17:56.395 --> 00:17:58.831
  • And i want to be quiet so you can listen for the whisper.
  • 00:17:58.897 --> 00:18:05.804
  • Can listen for the whisper. it won't be the only
  • 00:18:05.871 --> 00:18:06.605
  • It won't be the only voice you'll hear,
  • 00:18:06.672 --> 00:18:08.774
  • Voice you'll hear, because one voice is going
  • 00:18:08.841 --> 00:18:09.575
  • Because one voice is going to be telling you,
  • 00:18:09.641 --> 00:18:11.477
  • To be telling you, "there's your stomach growling."
  • 00:18:11.543 --> 00:18:12.911
  • "there's your stomach growling." shh, stomach,
  • 00:18:12.978 --> 00:18:15.280
  • Shh, stomach, we're going to eat.
  • 00:18:15.347 --> 00:18:17.249
  • We're going to eat. we're going to eat.
  • 00:18:17.316 --> 00:18:18.150
  • We're going to eat. you're going to get filled
  • 00:18:18.217 --> 00:18:18.851
  • You're going to get filled in a few minutes,
  • 00:18:18.917 --> 00:18:19.618
  • In a few minutes, but right now i need
  • 00:18:19.685 --> 00:18:20.219
  • But right now i need my soul full.
  • 00:18:20.285 --> 00:18:24.389
  • My soul full. it's not important that you get
  • 00:18:24.456 --> 00:18:25.491
  • It's not important that you get that other whisper to go away,
  • 00:18:25.557 --> 00:18:29.661
  • That other whisper to go away, it's important that you
  • 00:18:29.728 --> 00:18:30.362
  • It's important that you don't agree with it.
  • 00:18:30.429 --> 00:18:36.068
  • Don't agree with it. so, lord, fill the space.
  • 00:18:36.135 --> 00:18:40.439
  • So, lord, fill the space. some people that are listening
  • 00:18:40.506 --> 00:18:41.640
  • Some people that are listening to me preach today,
  • 00:18:41.707 --> 00:18:42.608
  • To me preach today, they've been left by others,
  • 00:18:42.674 --> 00:18:46.378
  • They've been left by others, because they ate the loaves
  • 00:18:46.445 --> 00:18:47.513
  • Because they ate the loaves and had their fill,
  • 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:49.114
  • And had their fill, and they left.
  • 00:18:49.181 --> 00:18:51.383
  • And they left. now they've been
  • 00:18:51.450 --> 00:18:52.251
  • Now they've been believing the whisper,
  • 00:18:52.317 --> 00:18:52.851
  • Believing the whisper, you're all alone.
  • 00:18:52.918 --> 00:18:54.119
  • You're all alone. shh, i'm not alone.
  • 00:18:54.186 --> 00:18:57.523
  • Shh, i'm not alone. god is with me.
  • 00:18:57.589 --> 00:18:59.892
  • God is with me. say it, "god is with me."
  • 00:18:59.958 --> 00:19:02.261
  • Say it, "god is with me." that's the whisper
  • 00:19:02.327 --> 00:19:02.995
  • That's the whisper you agree with.
  • 00:19:03.061 --> 00:19:03.729
  • You agree with. god is with me.
  • 00:19:03.795 --> 00:19:04.530
  • God is with me. if i don't feel him,
  • 00:19:04.596 --> 00:19:05.130
  • If i don't feel him, he's with me.
  • 00:19:05.197 --> 00:19:05.497
  • He's with me. if i don't see him,
  • 00:19:05.564 --> 00:19:06.231
  • If i don't see him, he's with me.
  • 00:19:06.298 --> 00:19:06.665
  • He's with me. if i can't prove it,
  • 00:19:06.732 --> 00:19:07.332
  • If i can't prove it, he's with me.
  • 00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:08.100
  • He's with me. if it doesn't work out,
  • 00:19:08.167 --> 00:19:08.934
  • If it doesn't work out, if it doesn't get better,
  • 00:19:09.001 --> 00:19:09.568
  • If it doesn't get better, he's with me.
  • 00:19:09.635 --> 00:19:10.169
  • He's with me. he's with me.
  • 00:19:10.235 --> 00:19:10.802
  • He's with me. that's the whisper
  • 00:19:10.869 --> 00:19:13.138
  • That's the whisper that i agree with.
  • 00:19:13.205 --> 00:19:17.309
  • That i agree with. i want to speak to the whisper
  • 00:19:17.376 --> 00:19:18.377
  • I want to speak to the whisper that's been telling
  • 00:19:18.443 --> 00:19:18.977
  • That's been telling you it's too late.
  • 00:19:19.044 --> 00:19:20.946
  • You it's too late. too late.
  • 00:19:21.013 --> 00:19:22.915
  • Too late. maybe your kids are grown now,
  • 00:19:22.981 --> 00:19:24.283
  • Maybe your kids are grown now, or maybe you're about
  • 00:19:24.349 --> 00:19:25.284
  • Or maybe you're about to graduate high school,
  • 00:19:25.350 --> 00:19:26.218
  • To graduate high school, and you didn't really
  • 00:19:26.285 --> 00:19:26.785
  • And you didn't really live for the lord.
  • 00:19:26.852 --> 00:19:28.287
  • Live for the lord. it's not too late for anything.
  • 00:19:28.353 --> 00:19:29.855
  • It's not too late for anything. god can save the best to last,
  • 00:19:29.922 --> 00:19:35.260
  • God can save the best to last, and god can give you
  • 00:19:35.327 --> 00:19:36.628
  • And god can give you a fourth quarter,
  • 00:19:36.695 --> 00:19:37.796
  • A fourth quarter, last two-minute victory
  • 00:19:37.863 --> 00:19:39.665
  • Last two-minute victory that will shock you.
  • 00:19:39.731 --> 00:19:42.100
  • That will shock you. god can knock the devil out
  • 00:19:42.167 --> 00:19:43.869
  • God can knock the devil out and make the last
  • 00:19:43.936 --> 00:19:44.603
  • And make the last five rounds insignificant.
  • 00:19:44.670 --> 00:19:46.538
  • Five rounds insignificant. you listen to this whisper,
  • 00:19:46.605 --> 00:19:49.942
  • You listen to this whisper, "it's not over.
  • 00:19:50.008 --> 00:19:52.244
  • "it's not over. it's not over.
  • 00:19:52.311 --> 00:19:54.713
  • It's not over. not for you.
  • 00:19:54.780 --> 00:19:56.882
  • Not for you. you're still breathing.
  • 00:19:56.949 --> 00:19:59.318
  • You're still breathing. while it is still called today,
  • 00:19:59.384 --> 00:20:02.321
  • While it is still called today, you let go of what
  • 00:20:02.387 --> 00:20:03.355
  • You let go of what didn't happen.
  • 00:20:03.422 --> 00:20:05.557
  • Didn't happen. you let go of who didn't stay.
  • 00:20:05.624 --> 00:20:07.793
  • You let go of who didn't stay. god is with you.
  • 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:09.228
  • God is with you. it's not over."
  • 00:20:09.294 --> 00:20:12.698
  • It's not over." i want to come against
  • 00:20:12.764 --> 00:20:14.600
  • I want to come against the whisper that's telling
  • 00:20:14.666 --> 00:20:15.434
  • The whisper that's telling you that you'll never change.
  • 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:19.705
  • You that you'll never change. who you've always been is
  • 00:20:19.771 --> 00:20:20.505
  • Who you've always been is who you're going to be.
  • 00:20:20.572 --> 00:20:24.276
  • Who you're going to be. i declare over you that greater
  • 00:20:24.343 --> 00:20:25.310
  • I declare over you that greater is he that is in you than
  • 00:20:25.377 --> 00:20:26.411
  • Is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
  • 00:20:26.478 --> 00:20:29.448
  • He that is in the world. not only are you where
  • 00:20:29.514 --> 00:20:30.482
  • Not only are you where you're supposed to be,
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  • You're supposed to be, you are who you
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  • You are who you are supposed to be.
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  • Are supposed to be. you're not too much.
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  • You're not too little.
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  • You're not too little. you are just right
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  • You are just right for this assignment.
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  • For this assignment. somebody say, "i am enough."
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  • Somebody say, "i am enough." now, this week, lord,
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  • Now, this week, lord, we're going to listen
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  • We're going to listen for your whisper.
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  • We're going to resist
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  • We're going to resist the whisper that's telling
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  • The whisper that's telling us that this is all ridiculous.
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  • Us that this is all ridiculous. we're going to resist
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  • We're going to resist the whisper that tells us
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  • The whisper that tells us we might as well stay down.
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  • We might as well stay down. we're going to resist
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  • We're going to resist the whisper that tells us
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  • The whisper that tells us that our past is greater
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  • That our past is greater than our future.
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  • Than our future. we're going to listen
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  • We're going to listen for your whisper.
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  • For your whisper. today, lord, i believe that
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  • Today, lord, i believe that as i'm preaching,
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  • As i'm preaching, you are drawing
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  • You are drawing somebody to be saved.
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  • Somebody to be saved. this is their day to give
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  • This is their day to give their life to jesus.
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  • Their life to jesus. i believe that you stand
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  • I believe that you stand at the door and knock,
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  • At the door and knock, like revelation 3:20 says,
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  • Like revelation 3:20 says, that if anyone
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  • That if anyone will open the door,
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  • Will open the door, you will come in and you will
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  • You will come in and you will sit down and you will make
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  • Sit down and you will make your throne in their heart.
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  • Your throne in their heart. right now,
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  • Right now, if you're here today
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  • If you're here today and you've never really
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  • And you've never really given your life to jesus,
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  • Given your life to jesus, or maybe you used
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  • Or maybe you used to be close with the lord,
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  • To be close with the lord, and lately you've been very far
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  • And lately you've been very far away and you hear that whisper,
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  • Away and you hear that whisper, the lord is saying,
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  • The lord is saying, come back to me.
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  • Come back to me. the lord is saying,
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  • The lord is saying, give me your life.
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  • Give me your life. give me the broken pieces.
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  • Give me the broken pieces. give me all the broken dreams.
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  • Give me all the broken dreams. i see all of it.
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  • I see all of it. i'll make you new.
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  • I'll make you new. i'll turn this broken,
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  • I'll turn this broken, all this clay
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  • All this clay and this broken vessel,
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  • And this broken vessel, and i'll turn it
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  • And i'll turn it into something amazing.
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  • Into something amazing. oh, it's going to be
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  • Oh, it's going to be amazing in his hands.
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  • Amazing in his hands. today, if that's you
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  • Today, if that's you and you're ready to give
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  • And you're ready to give your life to christ,
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  • Your life to christ, i would love to lead you
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  • I would love to lead you in a prayer.
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  • In a prayer. this prayer is not magical,
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  • This prayer is not magical, but if you'll pray
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  • But if you'll pray it from your heart,
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  • It from your heart, the bible says that if you
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  • The bible says that if you confess with your mouth
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  • Confess with your mouth that jesus is lord
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  • That jesus is lord and believe in your heart,
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  • And believe in your heart, god raised him from the dead,
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  • God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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  • You will be saved. it's a promise.
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  • It's a promise. right now, as a church family,
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  • Right now, as a church family, i want you to repeat after me
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  • I want you to repeat after me for the benefit of those
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  • For the benefit of those who are coming to jesus
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  • Who are coming to jesus for the first time
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  • For the first time or coming back to god.
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  • Or coming back to god. repeat after me.
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  • Repeat after me. "heavenly father...
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  • "heavenly father... >> congregation: heavenly
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  • >> congregation: heavenly father...
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  • Father... >> today...
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  • >> today... >> congregation: today...
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  • >> congregation: today... >> is my day...
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  • >> is my day... >> congregation: is my day...
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  • >> congregation: is my day... >> of salvation.
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  • >> of salvation. >> congregation: of salvation.
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  • >> congregation: of salvation. >> i am a sinner...
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  • >> i am a sinner... in need of a savior...
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  • In need of a savior... and i believe...
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  • And i believe... that jesus christ...
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  • That jesus christ... is the son of god...
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  • Is the son of god... and the savior of the world.
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  • And the savior of the world. and today...
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  • And today... i make jesus...
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  • I make jesus... the lord of my life.
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  • The lord of my life. >> congregation: the lord
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  • >> congregation: the lord of my life.
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  • Of my life. >> i believe he died...
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  • >> i believe he died... that i would be forgiven...
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  • That i would be forgiven... and rose again...
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  • And rose again... to give me life...
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  • To give me life... i receive...
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  • I receive... this new life...
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  • This new life... this is...
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  • This is... my new beginning...
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  • My new beginning... >> congregation: my
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  • >> congregation: my new beginning....
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  • New beginning.... >> i am a child of god."
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  • >> i am a child of god." on the count of three,
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  • On the count of three, if you prayed that,
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  • If you prayed that, shoot your hand up.
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  • Shoot your hand up. one, two, three.
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  • One, two, three. i want to celebrate you.
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  • I want to celebrate you. god bless you, man.
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  • God bless you, man. god bless you, ma'am.
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  • God bless you, ma'am. god bless you, sir.
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  • God bless you, sir. god bless you in the back,
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  • God bless you in the back, the black shirt.
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  • The black shirt. god bless you.
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  • God bless you. come on,
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  • Come on, let's thank god for 'em.
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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
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  • Might be a new rhythm that you're stepping into.
  • 00:23:45.677 --> 00:23:47.345
  • That you're stepping into. maybe god has been stirring
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  • 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.
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  • What to call it yet. but you're here
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  • But you're here and you're listening
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  • And you're listening and that's what matters.
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  • And that's what matters. our heart as
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  • Our heart as a ministry is simple.
  • 00:23:56.488 --> 00:23:58.290
  • A ministry is simple. we exist so the people
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  • 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
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  • People's hearts because that's where real change begins.
  • 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:09.434
  • Where real change begins. which is why we want
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  • 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.
  • 00:24:12.871 --> 00:24:14.673
  • Through this ministry. when you choose to give,
  • 00:24:14.739 --> 00:24:16.107
  • When you choose to give, you're not just supporting
  • 00:24:16.174 --> 00:24:17.142
  • You're not just supporting a broadcast you're helping
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  • A broadcast you're helping make sure that someone else,
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  • 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.
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  • And healing and new life. your generosity
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  • Your generosity becomes an invitation.
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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • >> what does it
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  • >> what does it mean to be blessed?
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  • Mean to be blessed? is it to have a certain set
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  • Is it to have a certain set of circumstances?
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  • 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
  • 00:25:07.792 --> 00:25:08.727
  • A free resource that is all about that,
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  • How to find the blessings
  • 00:25:10.262 --> 00:25:11.463
  • That are already all around you.
  • 00:25:11.530 --> 00:25:13.498
  • 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 the bread of life ♪
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  • ♪ broken for us ♪
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  • ♪ the wounded ♪
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  • ♪ and the worthy one ♪
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  • ♪ the first and last ♪
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  • ♪ and soon to come ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ jesus the king ♪
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  • ♪ who overwhelmed the grave ♪
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  • ♪ the lord who ♪
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  • ♪ will forever reign ♪
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  • ♪ the name above ♪
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  • ♪ all other names ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ that gets all the glory ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ that gets all the glory ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ above it all ♪
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ that gets all the glory ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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  • ♪ that gets all the glory ♪
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  • ♪ yeah-yeah ♪
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  • ♪ oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ shout his name ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ oh woah oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ oh jesus be the name ♪
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