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Steven Furtick - When God Gives A Thought To You (Part 3)

January 9, 2026 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - When God Gives A Thought To You (Part 3)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When God Gives A Thought To You (Part 3) | January 9, 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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  • >> how much more stuff are you
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  • >> how much more stuff are you gonna throw overboard before you
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  • Gonna throw overboard before you realize jonah has got to go?
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  • Realize jonah has got to go? what do you mean
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  • What do you mean jonah's gotta go?
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  • Jonah's gotta go? i'm saying anything
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  • I'm saying anything that is on your boat
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  • That is on your boat that is keeping jesus
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  • That is keeping jesus from being the captain
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  • From being the captain of your peace and your soul
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  • Of your peace and your soul has got to go.
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  • [applause]
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  • You can rearrange all
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  • You can rearrange all the deck chairs you want,
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  • The deck chairs you want, it's still the titanic
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  • It's still the titanic if jonah doesn't go.
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  • If jonah doesn't go. you can continue to
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  • You can continue to throw things off,
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  • Throw things off, and spend money,
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  • And spend money, and waste money,
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  • And waste money, and buy stuff,
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  • And buy stuff, and buy more square footage
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  • And buy more square footage so y'all can sleep
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  • So y'all can sleep at opposite ends
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  • At opposite ends of the bigger house.
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  • Of the bigger house. but until the attitudes
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  • But until the attitudes at the root of it change,
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  • At the root of it change, nothing does until god
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  • Nothing does until god gives a thought.
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  • Gives a thought. and it cost jonah.
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  • And it cost jonah. did you see how it
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  • Did you see how it said he paid the fare?
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  • Said he paid the fare? he paid more than
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  • He paid more than a penny for this.
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  • A penny for this. he paid his peace.
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  • He paid his peace. he almost paid his purpose
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  • He almost paid his purpose because of a wrong thought.
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  • Because of a wrong thought. how much have the wrong
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  • How much have the wrong thoughts cost you?
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  • Thoughts cost you? because god, your god,
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  • Because god, your god, the god who speaks
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  • The god who speaks by impressions, instructions,
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  • By impressions, instructions, and even interruptions,
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  • And even interruptions, might be using this storm
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  • Might be using this storm to give a thought to you,
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  • To give a thought to you, to you, to you.
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  • To you, to you. and don't try to talk
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  • And don't try to talk to your neighbor
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  • To your neighbor about this sermon
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  • About this sermon after church if they
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  • After church if they weren't really listening.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Don't try to explain it
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  • Don't try to explain it to them when god gives
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  • To them when god gives a thought to you.
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  • A thought to you. jonah -- i just wanna show you
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  • Jonah -- i just wanna show you how merciful god really is.
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  • How merciful god really is. not only is he going to
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  • Not only is he going to forgive the barbaric ninevites
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  • Forgive the barbaric ninevites over there in chapter 3
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  • Over there in chapter 3 when jonah preaches,
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  • When jonah preaches, and jonah is not even
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  • And jonah is not even that great of a preacher.
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  • That great of a preacher. the only thing he says that they
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  • The only thing he says that they record in the book of jonah is,
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  • Record in the book of jonah is, "forty more days and nineveh
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  • "forty more days and nineveh will be destroyed."
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  • Will be destroyed." can you imagine coming
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  • Can you imagine coming to church for that?
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  • [laughter]
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  • You know, y'all got
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  • You know, y'all got it pretty good man.
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  • It pretty good man. if jonah was here,
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  • If jonah was here, that'd be the whole sermon,
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  • That'd be the whole sermon, and he just say it
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  • And he just say it over and over again
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  • Over and over again and say it louder.
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  • And say it louder. but god used it.
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  • But god used it. god did something
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  • God did something through jonah.
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  • Through jonah. he always wanted to do
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  • He always wanted to do something through jonah.
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  • Something through jonah. he wants to do something
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  • He wants to do something through you.
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  • Through you. but the question is,
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  • But the question is, do you value the god thought?
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  • Do you value the god thought? because the cost of
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  • Because the cost of the wrong thought,
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  • The wrong thought, what you trade
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  • What you trade with the wrong thought
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  • With the wrong thought is the god thought
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  • Is the god thought that replaces it.
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  • That replaces it. so, god calls you,
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  • So, god calls you, but you turn yourself
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  • But you turn yourself into a castaway.
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  • Into a castaway. so, god calls you righteous
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  • So, god calls you righteous by the blood of christ,
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  • By the blood of christ, but you keep hiding in shame
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  • But you keep hiding in shame from even your own
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  • Friends and family.
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  • Friends and family. it's the cost of
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  • It's the cost of a wrong thought.
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  • A wrong thought. oh, he paid the fare
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  • Oh, he paid the fare to get on the ship,
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  • To get on the ship, but he paid more than that.
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  • But he paid more than that. and as a matter of fact,
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  • And as a matter of fact, it got so bad that the sailors,
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  • It got so bad that the sailors, after doing everything
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  • After doing everything they could, said,
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  • They could, said, "what do you want us to do?"
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  • "what do you want us to do?" and look what he said
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  • And look what he said in verse 12.
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  • This is the cost
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  • This is the cost of the wrong thought.
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  • "he said to them,
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  • "he said to them, 'pick me up and hurl me
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  • 'pick me up and hurl me into the sea.
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  • Into the sea. then the sea
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  • Then the sea will quiet down for you."
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  • Will quiet down for you." and i'm gonna show
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  • And i'm gonna show you something.
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  • You something. you've been in church
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  • You've been in church all your life,
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  • All your life, but i don't think you've
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  • But i don't think you've ever seen this before.
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  • Ever seen this before. god gave it to me fresh.
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  • God gave it to me fresh. "the sea will quiet
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  • "the sea will quiet down for you.
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  • Down for you. i know it's because of me."
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  • I know it's because of me." "i'm the problem.
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  • "i'm the problem. it's me."
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  • It's me." "'i know it's because of me
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  • "'i know it's because of me that this great tempest
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  • That this great tempest has come upon you.'
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  • Has come upon you.' nevertheless, the men rowed hard
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  • Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to try to get back
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  • To try to get back to the dry land."
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  • To the dry land." they tried everything
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  • They tried everything they could.
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  • They could. "they could not,
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  • "they could not, for the sea grew more
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  • For the sea grew more and more tempestuous
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  • And more tempestuous against them."
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  • Against them." you're not gonna row
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  • You're not gonna row your way out of this one.
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  • Your way out of this one. there's some situations you can
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  • Strain as much as you want to,
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  • Strain as much as you want to, and the storm doesn't stop.
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  • And the storm doesn't stop. but watch this, verse 14,
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  • "therefore they called out
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  • "therefore they called out to the lord, 'o lord,
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  • To the lord, 'o lord, let us not perish
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  • Let us not perish for this man's life,
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  • For this man's life, not on an us innocent blood,
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  • Not on an us innocent blood, for you, o lord, has done
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  • For you, o lord, has done as it pleased you.'"
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  • As it pleased you.'" verse 15, "so they picked up
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  • Verse 15, "so they picked up jonah and hurled him
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  • Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea
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  • Into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging."
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  • Ceased from its raging." and right about now
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  • And right about now you're thinking,
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  • You're thinking, "where are you going
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  • With this depressing,
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  • With this depressing, weird series,
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  • Weird series, sermon series right now?"
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  • Sermon series right now?" well, the bible says,
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  • "the men feared
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  • "the men feared the lord exceedingly,
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  • The lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice
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  • And they offered a sacrifice to the lord and made vows."
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  • To the lord and made vows." so that's good, right?
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  • So that's good, right? they knew he was god.
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  • They knew he was god. but the lord appointed
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  • But the lord appointed a great fish
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  • A great fish to swallow up jonah,
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  • To swallow up jonah, and jonah was in the belly
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  • And jonah was in the belly of the fish
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  • Of the fish three days and three nights.
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  • Three days and three nights. now here's my favorite verse.
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  • Now here's my favorite verse. "then jonah prayed."
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  • [laughter]
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  • You see what i'm saying?
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  • You see what i'm saying? i think you know where
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  • I think you know where i'm going with this.
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  • I'm going with this. you're overstaying
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  • You're overstaying you're welcome in
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  • You're welcome in the belly of the fish.
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  • The belly of the fish. because this didn't have
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  • Because this didn't have to happen in jonah 2:1.
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  • To happen in jonah 2:1. this could have
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  • This could have happened in jonah 1:6.
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  • Happened in jonah 1:6. and if it had happened
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  • And if it had happened in jonah 1:6,
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  • In jonah 1:6, when the captain came
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  • When the captain came and said, "wake up, man!
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  • And said, "wake up, man! what's wrong with you?
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  • What's wrong with you? we're all gonna die!
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  • We're all gonna die! get up!
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  • Get up! don't you care?
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  • Don't you care? call on your god.
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  • Call on your god. perhaps he will give
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  • Perhaps he will give a thought to us.
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  • A thought to us. perhaps he'll
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  • Perhaps he'll get us out of this.
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  • Get us out of this. perhaps he'll notice us.
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  • Perhaps he'll notice us. perhaps he'll do something.
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  • Perhaps he'll do something. perhaps he'll give
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  • Perhaps he'll give a thought to us."
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  • A thought to us." and jonah's thought was,
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  • And jonah's thought was, "throw me overboard."
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  • "throw me overboard." what if his thought
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  • What if his thought had been call on god?
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  • Had been call on god? what if he would have done this,
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  • What if he would have done this, chapter 2 verse one,
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  • But didn't wait until
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  • But didn't wait until he got in the belly
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  • He got in the belly of the fish to do it?
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  • Of the fish to do it? what if the moment
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  • What if the moment the captain would have said,
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  • The captain would have said, "wake up, call on god,
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  • "wake up, call on god, he can stop it,"
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  • He can stop it," jonah had prayed to the lord?
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  • Jonah had prayed to the lord? and i'm trying to say
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  • And i'm trying to say that some things you
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  • Can pray before
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  • Can pray before you get in the belly.
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  • [applause]
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  • Do you hear me preaching
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  • Do you hear me preaching this good word today?
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  • [applause]
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  • Then jonah prayed
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  • Then jonah prayed with seaweed around his neck.
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  • With seaweed around his neck. then jonah prayed smelling
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  • Then jonah prayed smelling like a fish market.
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  • Like a fish market. then jonah prayed in
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  • Then jonah prayed in the belly of the whale.
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  • The belly of the whale. and here's what i noticed
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  • And here's what i noticed he said verse 1,
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  • "he prayed to the lord his god
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  • "he prayed to the lord his god from the belly of the fish,"
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  • From the belly of the fish," verse 2, "saying,
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  • Verse 2, "saying, 'i called to the lord
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  • 'i called to the lord out of my distress,
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  • Out of my distress, and he answered me.
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  • And he answered me. out of the belly of sheol,
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  • Out of the belly of sheol, i cried and you
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  • I cried and you heard my voice.'"
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  • Heard my voice.'" leave it right there.
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  • Leave it right there. god will hear you
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  • God will hear you when you cry to him
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  • When you cry to him from the depths,
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  • From the depths, but you do --
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  • But you do -- you also do not have to go
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  • You also do not have to go to the depths to cry to him.
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  • [applause]
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  • God will hear you if you
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  • God will hear you if you cry to him from the depths,
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  • Cry to him from the depths, but you do not have to go
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  • But you do not have to go all the way down to reach
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  • All the way down to reach all the way up.
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  • All the way up. because the bible says,
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  • "i called to the lord
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  • "i called to the lord out of my distress."
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  • Out of my distress." and there are two
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  • And there are two choices you have to make.
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  • Choices you have to make. one, you can call on god
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  • One, you can call on god in your distress
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  • In your distress or you can bring god
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  • Or you can bring god into your decisions.
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  • [applause]
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  • And the other day i was
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  • And the other day i was praying about a problem
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  • Praying about a problem like i mentioned
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  • Like i mentioned at the beginning of the sermon,
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  • At the beginning of the sermon, and the lord showed me something
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  • And the lord showed me something that was so kind and merciful.
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  • That was so kind and merciful. y'all think when god
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  • Y'all think when god gives you a thought,
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  • Gives you a thought, it's always gonna feel
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  • Like a precious moment,
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  • Like a precious moment, but sometimes it feels
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  • But sometimes it feels like the pain of surgery.
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  • Like the pain of surgery. and as i was praying
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  • And as i was praying about this problem,
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  • About this problem, it was as if
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  • It was as if the spirit of god
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  • The spirit of god said to me, not loud,
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  • Said to me, not loud, just down in my spirit,
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  • Just down in my spirit, he said, "you know,
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  • He said, "you know, you wouldn't have to bring me
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  • You wouldn't have to bring me into this problem if you
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  • Into this problem if you would have brought me
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  • Would have brought me into those thoughts."
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  • Into those thoughts." because the problems
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  • Because the problems are the wake of the thoughts.
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  • Are the wake of the thoughts. the behaviors are
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  • The behaviors are the wake of the thoughts.
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  • The wake of the thoughts. and sometimes we are
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  • And sometimes we are so guilty over,
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  • So guilty over, "that's what i did,"
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  • "that's what i did," that we don't go back to,
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  • That we don't go back to, "that's what i thought."
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  • "that's what i thought." jonah thought he could
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  • Jonah thought he could run to tarshish.
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  • Run to tarshish. jonah thought he knew
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  • Jonah thought he knew who was worthy of god's love.
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  • Who was worthy of god's love. jonah thought he knew
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  • Jonah thought he knew his calling.
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  • His calling. but when jonah prayed,
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  • But when jonah prayed, god gave him mercy.
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  • God gave him mercy. and when he prayed
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  • And when he prayed and made a vow to the lord,
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  • And made a vow to the lord, and when he prayed
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  • And when he prayed and remembered the hand of god,
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  • And remembered the hand of god, when he prayed and asked
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  • When he prayed and asked god for forgiveness,
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  • God for forgiveness, and when he prayed
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  • And when he prayed and looked to heaven,
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  • And looked to heaven, and when he prayed
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  • And when he prayed and recommitted his life
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  • And recommitted his life and his calling.
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  • And his calling. and when you pray
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  • And when you pray and look to god,
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  • And look to god, the problem isn't has
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  • The problem isn't has god given a thought to you.
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  • God given a thought to you. have you given a thought to god?
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  • Have you given a thought to god? because you can give a thought
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  • Because you can give a thought to god before you go into
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  • To god before you go into the belly of depression.
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  • The belly of depression. you can give a thought
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  • You can give a thought to god before you are spent.
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  • To god before you are spent. you can give a thought to god
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  • You can give a thought to god before you are splintered.
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  • Before you are splintered. you can give a thought to god
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  • You can give a thought to god before your life is wrecked.
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  • Before your life is wrecked. you can give a thought to god
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  • You can give a thought to god when you're at your lowest.
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  • When you're at your lowest. you can give your thought to god
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  • You can give your thought to god before you go all 2,500 miles.
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  • Before you go all 2,500 miles. god can interrupt it today
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  • God can interrupt it today with one god thought.
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  • [applause]
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  • With one god thought.
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  • With one god thought. why go all 2,500 miles
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  • Why go all 2,500 miles when god has a fish
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  • When god has a fish for you to pray for today?
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  • For you to pray for today? but see, i'm a little
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  • But see, i'm a little different because
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  • Different because i believe that the same god
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  • I believe that the same god who will hear you
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  • Who will hear you from the fish,
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  • From the fish, watch this, is also saying,
  • 00:09:26.886 --> 00:09:29.422
  • Watch this, is also saying, "if you will listen
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  • "if you will listen to me right now,
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  • To me right now, if you will obey
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  • If you will obey me right now,
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  • Me right now, if you will put
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  • If you will put your heart in my hands,
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  • Your heart in my hands, not other people's
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  • Not other people's hands right now,
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  • Hands right now, if you will guard your heart
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  • If you will guard your heart for from it flow
  • 00:09:39.932 --> 00:09:41.100
  • For from it flow the issues of life,
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  • The issues of life, if you will re-surrender
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  • If you will re-surrender this thing to me,
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  • This thing to me, you can skip the fish.
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  • [applause]
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  • In other words,
  • 00:09:48.541 --> 00:09:50.376
  • In other words, i feel like fighting
  • 00:09:50.443 --> 00:09:51.110
  • I feel like fighting the devil today.
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  • The devil today. you don't have to lose
  • 00:09:52.845 --> 00:09:53.713
  • You don't have to lose everything to look up
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  • Everything to look up and you don't have to keep
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  • And you don't have to keep shedding stuff to turn to god.
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  • Shedding stuff to turn to god. you can skip the fish.
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  • You can skip the fish. i'm saying to a teenager,
  • 00:10:02.121 --> 00:10:04.190
  • I'm saying to a teenager, you don't have to drink
  • 00:10:04.256 --> 00:10:05.358
  • You don't have to drink until you're a drunk
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  • Until you're a drunk and it takes you ten years
  • 00:10:06.859 --> 00:10:07.927
  • And it takes you ten years of rehab to undo it.
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  • Of rehab to undo it. if god has to come
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  • Get you in rehab,
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  • Get you in rehab, he'll get you in rehab.
  • 00:10:12.598 --> 00:10:14.266
  • He'll get you in rehab. but let's try a little prehab.
  • 00:10:14.333 --> 00:10:16.335
  • But let's try a little prehab. why don't you taste and see
  • 00:10:16.402 --> 00:10:18.204
  • Why don't you taste and see that the lord is good,
  • 00:10:18.270 --> 00:10:19.972
  • That the lord is good, and i don't need that to go,
  • 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:21.574
  • And i don't need that to go, no, because i don't have
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  • No, because i don't have to pray every prayer
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  • To pray every prayer from the belly.
  • 00:10:23.976 --> 00:10:25.077
  • From the belly. i can pray before
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  • I can pray before i get in the belly.
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  • [applause]
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  • High five three people say,
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  • High five three people say, "i'mma skip the fish."
  • 00:10:33.386 --> 00:10:34.754
  • "i'mma skip the fish." >> congregation: i'mma skip
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  • >> congregation: i'mma skip the fish.
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  • The fish. >> i'mma do it
  • 00:10:36.122 --> 00:10:36.555
  • >> i'mma do it different this time.
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  • Different this time. i'm gonna pray to the lord
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  • I'm gonna pray to the lord before the pain is great.
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  • Before the pain is great. i'm gonna pray to the lord
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  • I'm gonna pray to the lord when i wake up in the morning.
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  • When i wake up in the morning. i'mma say stuff like,
  • 00:10:44.764 --> 00:10:46.032
  • I'mma say stuff like, "this is the day
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  • "this is the day the lord has made.
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  • The lord has made. order my steps in your word,
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  • Order my steps in your word, dear god.
  • 00:10:51.804 --> 00:10:53.139
  • Dear god. if i ascend to heaven,
  • 00:10:53.205 --> 00:10:55.007
  • If i ascend to heaven, you are there.
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  • You are there. and the same god
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  • And the same god that will send
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  • That will send the fish to get me out...
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  • [applause]
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  • Is the god who will give me
  • 00:11:02.648 --> 00:11:04.150
  • Is the god who will give me wings to get me over.
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  • Wings to get me over. and i'm trying to say
  • 00:11:06.786 --> 00:11:07.920
  • And i'm trying to say that god wants to give
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  • That god wants to give a thought to you.
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  • A thought to you. say it, "god...
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  • Say it, "god... >> congregation: god...
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  • >> congregation: god... >> give a thought...
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  • >> give a thought... >> congregation: give
  • 00:11:15.928 --> 00:11:16.362
  • >> congregation: give a thought...
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  • A thought... >> to me."
  • 00:11:16.996 --> 00:11:17.463
  • >> to me." >> congregation: to me."
  • 00:11:17.530 --> 00:11:18.431
  • >> congregation: to me." >> i thought my thoughts
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  • >> i thought my thoughts long enough.
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  • Long enough. they cost too much.
  • 00:11:19.999 --> 00:11:21.367
  • They cost too much. my thoughts lead to insecurity.
  • 00:11:21.434 --> 00:11:23.369
  • My thoughts lead to insecurity. my thoughts lead to greed.
  • 00:11:23.436 --> 00:11:25.137
  • My thoughts lead to greed. my thoughts lead to selfishness.
  • 00:11:25.204 --> 00:11:27.073
  • My thoughts lead to selfishness. my thoughts lead to despair.
  • 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:29.175
  • My thoughts lead to despair. i thought, and i thought,
  • 00:11:29.241 --> 00:11:30.309
  • I thought, and i thought, and i thought, and i thought,
  • 00:11:30.376 --> 00:11:31.343
  • And i thought, and i thought, and i thought
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  • And i thought if i paid the fare,
  • 00:11:31.844 --> 00:11:32.778
  • If i paid the fare, i could get the tarshish
  • 00:11:32.845 --> 00:11:33.646
  • I could get the tarshish and i didn't have to do it.
  • 00:11:33.713 --> 00:11:35.114
  • And i didn't have to do it. god, i thought i knew
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  • God, i thought i knew what was best for me,
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  • What was best for me, but i need you to
  • 00:11:37.316 --> 00:11:38.117
  • But i need you to give a thought to me.
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  • Give a thought to me. and i'm not gonna compare
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  • And i'm not gonna compare myself to my neighbor.
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  • Myself to my neighbor. god, give a thought to me.
  • 00:11:42.655 --> 00:11:45.624
  • God, give a thought to me. tell me how you think of me.
  • 00:11:45.691 --> 00:11:47.560
  • Tell me how you think of me. tell me what you see in me.
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  • Tell me what you see in me. tell me what you've
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  • Tell me what you've called me to do,
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  • Called me to do, how have you gifted me,
  • 00:11:51.831 --> 00:11:53.332
  • How have you gifted me, how have you anointed me,
  • 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.967
  • How have you anointed me, what is my smooth stone
  • 00:11:55.034 --> 00:11:56.902
  • What is my smooth stone that can bring down a giant,
  • 00:11:56.969 --> 00:11:58.637
  • That can bring down a giant, what is my staff that
  • 00:11:58.704 --> 00:12:00.206
  • What is my staff that can split a red sea,
  • 00:12:00.272 --> 00:12:03.175
  • Can split a red sea, who have you called me to be.
  • 00:12:03.242 --> 00:12:04.710
  • Who have you called me to be. say it again, "god...
  • 00:12:04.777 --> 00:12:06.045
  • Say it again, "god... >> congregation: god...
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  • >> congregation: god... >> give a thought...
  • 00:12:07.012 --> 00:12:07.913
  • >> give a thought... >> congregation: give
  • 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:08.414
  • >> congregation: give a thought...
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  • A thought... >> to me."
  • 00:12:08.848 --> 00:12:09.715
  • >> to me." >> congregation: to me."
  • 00:12:09.782 --> 00:12:10.349
  • >> congregation: to me." >> how precious to me
  • 00:12:10.416 --> 00:12:12.084
  • >> how precious to me are your thoughts.
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  • Are your thoughts. "oh god, where can i go
  • 00:12:13.719 --> 00:12:14.754
  • "oh god, where can i go from your presence?
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  • From your presence? if i go to tarshish,
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  • If i go to tarshish, you were there.
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  • You were there. you cut me off in the middle
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  • You cut me off in the middle of the sea to swallow me up,
  • 00:12:19.291 --> 00:12:21.060
  • Of the sea to swallow me up, because you had a fish
  • 00:12:21.127 --> 00:12:22.495
  • Because you had a fish at the right time
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  • At the right time to swallow me.
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  • To swallow me. and even the fish was mercy.
  • 00:12:24.764 --> 00:12:25.931
  • And even the fish was mercy. but i realized
  • 00:12:25.998 --> 00:12:27.032
  • But i realized that if next time, instead of
  • 00:12:27.099 --> 00:12:28.534
  • That if next time, instead of fleeing with you, god,
  • 00:12:28.601 --> 00:12:30.002
  • Fleeing with you, god, i will lean into you, god.
  • 00:12:30.069 --> 00:12:31.871
  • I will lean into you, god. i may not have to go into
  • 00:12:31.937 --> 00:12:33.205
  • I may not have to go into the fish at all to begin with,
  • 00:12:33.272 --> 00:12:36.575
  • The fish at all to begin with, because god gave
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  • Because god gave a thought to me."
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  • [applause]
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  • And when god gives
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  • And when god gives a thought to you,
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  • A thought to you, expect the enemy
  • 00:12:51.157 --> 00:12:52.391
  • Expect the enemy to give an opposite thought.
  • 00:12:52.458 --> 00:12:57.830
  • To give an opposite thought. sometimes you can tell
  • 00:12:57.897 --> 00:12:58.831
  • Sometimes you can tell what god is speaking by
  • 00:12:58.898 --> 00:13:00.533
  • What god is speaking by what your mind is saying.
  • 00:13:00.599 --> 00:13:03.669
  • What your mind is saying. and if over and over again
  • 00:13:03.736 --> 00:13:04.870
  • And if over and over again the enemy is telling you
  • 00:13:04.937 --> 00:13:05.805
  • The enemy is telling you something that's so diabolical,
  • 00:13:05.871 --> 00:13:07.506
  • Something that's so diabolical, god is saying exactly
  • 00:13:07.573 --> 00:13:08.874
  • God is saying exactly the opposite.
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  • The opposite. so, if it looks like quit,
  • 00:13:11.043 --> 00:13:13.078
  • So, if it looks like quit, then stay.
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  • Then stay. i can point to
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  • I can point to so many times in my life
  • 00:13:16.649 --> 00:13:18.017
  • So many times in my life and i did not get here overnight
  • 00:13:18.083 --> 00:13:20.219
  • And i did not get here overnight and i am not perfect at it.
  • 00:13:20.286 --> 00:13:21.921
  • And i am not perfect at it. and next time my guitar
  • 00:13:21.987 --> 00:13:23.589
  • And next time my guitar almost breaks at the top
  • 00:13:23.656 --> 00:13:24.390
  • Almost breaks at the top of the jeep i might cuss
  • 00:13:24.456 --> 00:13:26.058
  • Of the jeep i might cuss if abbey is not in the car.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:29.829
  • But the number of times --
  • 00:13:30.996 --> 00:13:32.164
  • But the number of times -- listen to me, listen to me.
  • 00:13:32.231 --> 00:13:34.233
  • Listen to me, listen to me. the number of times that,
  • 00:13:34.300 --> 00:13:35.267
  • The number of times that, "then jonah prayed,"
  • 00:13:35.334 --> 00:13:36.535
  • "then jonah prayed," in my life happened too late,
  • 00:13:36.602 --> 00:13:39.572
  • In my life happened too late, taught me to lean
  • 00:13:39.638 --> 00:13:41.707
  • Taught me to lean into god sooner.
  • 00:13:41.774 --> 00:13:46.378
  • I don't want my kids to go
  • 00:13:46.478 --> 00:13:47.446
  • I don't want my kids to go through avoidable storms.
  • 00:13:47.513 --> 00:13:51.517
  • Through avoidable storms. i don't wanna create them.
  • 00:13:51.584 --> 00:13:55.120
  • I don't wanna create them. i want 'em to skip some fish.
  • 00:13:55.187 --> 00:13:56.255
  • I want 'em to skip some fish. you know what i mean?
  • 00:13:56.322 --> 00:13:59.458
  • You know what i mean? i feel like that phrase
  • 00:13:59.525 --> 00:14:00.459
  • I feel like that phrase right there is a god thought.
  • 00:14:00.526 --> 00:14:02.828
  • Now i'mma skip the fish.
  • 00:14:02.928 --> 00:14:04.396
  • Now i'mma skip the fish. i know where this --
  • 00:14:04.463 --> 00:14:05.231
  • I know where this -- the next time you go to throw
  • 00:14:05.297 --> 00:14:06.232
  • The next time you go to throw a little pity party,
  • 00:14:06.298 --> 00:14:07.199
  • A little pity party, "nah, i'mma skip the fish.
  • 00:14:07.266 --> 00:14:10.202
  • "nah, i'mma skip the fish. i don't like how it
  • 00:14:10.269 --> 00:14:10.903
  • I don't like how it smells in there."
  • 00:14:10.970 --> 00:14:11.937
  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:12.204 --> 00:14:14.173
  • "i don't want to go
  • 00:14:14.907 --> 00:14:15.507
  • "i don't want to go to my meeting tuesday
  • 00:14:15.574 --> 00:14:16.475
  • To my meeting tuesday smelling like fish.
  • 00:14:16.542 --> 00:14:17.476
  • Smelling like fish. i'm not gonna think like this."
  • 00:14:17.543 --> 00:14:18.811
  • I'm not gonna think like this." god give a thought to me.
  • 00:14:18.878 --> 00:14:22.581
  • God give a thought to me. perhaps the god will give
  • 00:14:22.648 --> 00:14:24.149
  • Perhaps the god will give a thought to us.
  • 00:14:24.216 --> 00:14:25.317
  • A thought to us. he already gave
  • 00:14:25.384 --> 00:14:26.118
  • He already gave a thought to you.
  • 00:14:26.185 --> 00:14:27.219
  • A thought to you. have you given
  • 00:14:27.286 --> 00:14:28.020
  • Have you given a thought to him?
  • 00:14:28.087 --> 00:14:29.355
  • A thought to him? or is this just simply
  • 00:14:29.421 --> 00:14:30.155
  • Or is this just simply still all about you
  • 00:14:30.222 --> 00:14:31.523
  • Still all about you and what you want?
  • 00:14:31.590 --> 00:14:32.258
  • And what you want? because the cost is to give
  • 00:14:32.324 --> 00:14:34.860
  • Because the cost is to give your thought for his thought.
  • 00:14:34.927 --> 00:14:37.396
  • Your thought for his thought. and that's what happens
  • 00:14:37.463 --> 00:14:38.030
  • And that's what happens when we come to his word.
  • 00:14:38.097 --> 00:14:40.933
  • When we come to his word. how many times did god give me
  • 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.534
  • How many times did god give me a thought that was
  • 00:14:42.601 --> 00:14:44.136
  • A thought that was greater than anything?
  • 00:14:44.203 --> 00:14:47.139
  • Greater than anything? and i thought if i really
  • 00:14:47.206 --> 00:14:47.873
  • And i thought if i really wanted the church to shout,
  • 00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:49.308
  • Wanted the church to shout, i could preach when god
  • 00:14:49.375 --> 00:14:50.643
  • I could preach when god gives a car to you
  • 00:14:50.709 --> 00:14:53.879
  • Gives a car to you and there would be shouts.
  • 00:14:53.946 --> 00:14:56.148
  • And there would be shouts. when god gives
  • 00:14:56.215 --> 00:14:56.615
  • When god gives a promotion to you
  • 00:14:56.682 --> 00:14:58.384
  • A promotion to you and there would be shouts.
  • 00:14:58.450 --> 00:15:00.419
  • And there would be shouts. or i could go to
  • 00:15:00.486 --> 00:15:01.086
  • Or i could go to our young adults chapel
  • 00:15:01.153 --> 00:15:02.288
  • Our young adults chapel when god gives a spouse to you
  • 00:15:02.354 --> 00:15:04.423
  • When god gives a spouse to you and there would be shouts.
  • 00:15:04.490 --> 00:15:06.859
  • And there would be shouts. but the greatest gifts
  • 00:15:06.926 --> 00:15:07.760
  • But the greatest gifts god ever gave me
  • 00:15:07.826 --> 00:15:08.694
  • God ever gave me came with thoughts.
  • 00:15:08.761 --> 00:15:09.528
  • Came with thoughts. because if i get the things
  • 00:15:09.595 --> 00:15:10.262
  • Because if i get the things but not the thoughts of god
  • 00:15:10.329 --> 00:15:11.497
  • But not the thoughts of god to undergird them,
  • 00:15:11.563 --> 00:15:12.665
  • To undergird them, the things will be a burden,
  • 00:15:12.731 --> 00:15:13.699
  • The things will be a burden, not a blessing.
  • 00:15:13.766 --> 00:15:14.500
  • [applause]
  • 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:17.036
  • Jonah did what god said,
  • 00:15:17.937 --> 00:15:19.004
  • Jonah did what god said, and it worked
  • 00:15:19.071 --> 00:15:19.805
  • And it worked and he was miserable.
  • 00:15:19.872 --> 00:15:20.539
  • And he was miserable. why?
  • 00:15:20.606 --> 00:15:21.206
  • Why? because you gotta have
  • 00:15:21.273 --> 00:15:21.874
  • Because you gotta have the god thoughts.
  • 00:15:21.941 --> 00:15:25.711
  • The god thoughts. like the time she said to me
  • 00:15:25.778 --> 00:15:26.912
  • Like the time she said to me after i preached --
  • 00:15:26.979 --> 00:15:28.247
  • After i preached -- i was having a pity party,
  • 00:15:28.314 --> 00:15:30.616
  • I was having a pity party, little pity party,
  • 00:15:30.683 --> 00:15:31.383
  • Little pity party, little preaching pity party.
  • 00:15:31.450 --> 00:15:33.552
  • Little preaching pity party. and holly just wisely says,
  • 00:15:33.619 --> 00:15:36.488
  • And holly just wisely says, "i think you think you failed
  • 00:15:36.555 --> 00:15:38.457
  • "i think you think you failed in preaching today,
  • 00:15:38.524 --> 00:15:40.292
  • In preaching today, but maybe you didn't fail.
  • 00:15:40.359 --> 00:15:42.328
  • But maybe you didn't fail. maybe you just didn't finish."
  • 00:15:42.394 --> 00:15:45.264
  • Maybe you just didn't finish." and that thought
  • 00:15:45.331 --> 00:15:47.399
  • And that thought comes up here with me
  • 00:15:47.466 --> 00:15:48.300
  • Comes up here with me into this pulpit every time
  • 00:15:48.367 --> 00:15:49.501
  • Into this pulpit every time i preach ever since she said it.
  • 00:15:49.568 --> 00:15:52.738
  • I preach ever since she said it. every time i think, "oh man,
  • 00:15:52.805 --> 00:15:55.307
  • Every time i think, "oh man, i didn't say that
  • 00:15:55.374 --> 00:15:55.975
  • I didn't say that like i wanted to,"
  • 00:15:56.041 --> 00:15:57.109
  • Like i wanted to," the lord would just remind me,
  • 00:15:57.176 --> 00:15:58.310
  • The lord would just remind me, "then pick it back up next week
  • 00:15:58.377 --> 00:15:59.378
  • "then pick it back up next week and say the rest, bozo."
  • 00:15:59.445 --> 00:16:00.612
  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:00.913 --> 00:16:02.614
  • "skip the fish.
  • 00:16:03.115 --> 00:16:03.916
  • "skip the fish. and the whole thing of
  • 00:16:03.983 --> 00:16:04.516
  • And the whole thing of beating up on yourself.
  • 00:16:04.583 --> 00:16:05.684
  • Beating up on yourself. you said it better than most
  • 00:16:05.751 --> 00:16:06.785
  • You said it better than most of them could have anyway.
  • 00:16:06.852 --> 00:16:07.953
  • Of them could have anyway. so, get -- tell them
  • 00:16:08.020 --> 00:16:08.554
  • So, get -- tell them to get up there and try."
  • 00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.655
  • [applause]
  • 00:16:09.922 --> 00:16:11.357
  • "come on, they'll still
  • 00:16:12.324 --> 00:16:12.858
  • "come on, they'll still need you next week.
  • 00:16:12.925 --> 00:16:13.826
  • Need you next week. you got job security."
  • 00:16:13.892 --> 00:16:14.827
  • [applause]
  • 00:16:15.127 --> 00:16:18.764
  • One time i was frustrated
  • 00:16:20.332 --> 00:16:22.534
  • One time i was frustrated with some of our staff members.
  • 00:16:22.601 --> 00:16:23.669
  • With some of our staff members. it was right before in 2020
  • 00:16:23.736 --> 00:16:27.740
  • It was right before in 2020 when everything
  • 00:16:27.806 --> 00:16:28.540
  • When everything had totally shifted,
  • 00:16:28.607 --> 00:16:30.809
  • Had totally shifted, and all the staff that
  • 00:16:30.876 --> 00:16:31.744
  • And all the staff that had been doing one job
  • 00:16:31.810 --> 00:16:33.412
  • Had been doing one job started having to do
  • 00:16:33.479 --> 00:16:34.313
  • Started having to do another one because obviously,
  • 00:16:34.380 --> 00:16:35.748
  • Another one because obviously, we weren't having
  • 00:16:35.814 --> 00:16:36.148
  • We weren't having in person church.
  • 00:16:36.215 --> 00:16:37.850
  • In person church. and we were on a zoom call
  • 00:16:37.916 --> 00:16:38.751
  • And we were on a zoom call and i was like,
  • 00:16:38.817 --> 00:16:39.251
  • And i was like, "it's very important to me
  • 00:16:39.318 --> 00:16:39.885
  • "it's very important to me that we do this,
  • 00:16:39.952 --> 00:16:40.652
  • That we do this, and we do that,
  • 00:16:40.719 --> 00:16:41.387
  • And we do that, and we do that."
  • 00:16:41.453 --> 00:16:42.187
  • And we do that." and the next week i got on
  • 00:16:42.254 --> 00:16:43.088
  • And the next week i got on and i checked in
  • 00:16:43.155 --> 00:16:43.822
  • And i checked in and nobody had done
  • 00:16:43.889 --> 00:16:45.057
  • And nobody had done successfully what i asked.
  • 00:16:45.124 --> 00:16:46.425
  • Successfully what i asked. i said, "i'mma say this again.
  • 00:16:46.492 --> 00:16:47.626
  • I said, "i'mma say this again. it's very important
  • 00:16:47.693 --> 00:16:48.394
  • It's very important that we do this,
  • 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.228
  • That we do this, and we do that,
  • 00:16:49.294 --> 00:16:49.728
  • And we do that, and we do that."
  • 00:16:49.795 --> 00:16:50.829
  • And we do that." and there, again,
  • 00:16:50.896 --> 00:16:52.798
  • And there, again, one more week goes by
  • 00:16:52.865 --> 00:16:54.233
  • One more week goes by and i checked in
  • 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:54.833
  • And i checked in and it still hadn't been done.
  • 00:16:54.900 --> 00:16:56.668
  • And it still hadn't been done. so, the third week
  • 00:16:56.735 --> 00:16:57.202
  • So, the third week i was really angry
  • 00:16:57.269 --> 00:16:58.303
  • I was really angry and i kind of lost it.
  • 00:16:58.370 --> 00:17:00.139
  • And i kind of lost it. i didn't cuss.
  • 00:17:00.205 --> 00:17:00.939
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.673
  • That's gonna be
  • 00:17:02.541 --> 00:17:03.075
  • That's gonna be my memoir title.
  • 00:17:03.142 --> 00:17:04.176
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:04.443 --> 00:17:05.010
  • "but i didn't cuss."
  • 00:17:05.477 --> 00:17:06.278
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:06.578 --> 00:17:07.046
  • Well, i got so mad,
  • 00:17:08.113 --> 00:17:10.616
  • I kinda like lost
  • 00:17:10.716 --> 00:17:11.917
  • I kinda like lost my cool little bit,
  • 00:17:11.984 --> 00:17:12.818
  • My cool little bit, not too bad,
  • 00:17:12.885 --> 00:17:13.819
  • Not too bad, but just a little bit
  • 00:17:13.886 --> 00:17:15.320
  • But just a little bit and ended the meeting abruptly.
  • 00:17:15.387 --> 00:17:17.656
  • And ended the meeting abruptly. and when i was kinda
  • 00:17:17.723 --> 00:17:19.558
  • And when i was kinda closing the laptop,
  • 00:17:19.625 --> 00:17:21.393
  • Closing the laptop, intentionally --
  • 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.895
  • Intentionally -- slammed the laptop shut.
  • 00:17:22.961 --> 00:17:26.098
  • I said, "they don't care.
  • 00:17:26.198 --> 00:17:28.667
  • I said, "they don't care. they don't care enough to do
  • 00:17:28.734 --> 00:17:29.802
  • They don't care enough to do what i'm asking them to do.
  • 00:17:29.868 --> 00:17:31.003
  • What i'm asking them to do. they don't care."
  • 00:17:31.070 --> 00:17:32.071
  • They don't care." and the spirit of the lord
  • 00:17:32.137 --> 00:17:33.205
  • And the spirit of the lord gave me a thought.
  • 00:17:33.272 --> 00:17:34.006
  • Gave me a thought. he said "they care,
  • 00:17:34.073 --> 00:17:36.041
  • He said "they care, they just can't.
  • 00:17:36.108 --> 00:17:38.744
  • They just can't. they don't know how to do
  • 00:17:38.811 --> 00:17:40.746
  • They don't know how to do what you're asking them to do.
  • 00:17:40.813 --> 00:17:42.514
  • What you're asking them to do. this is their
  • 00:17:42.581 --> 00:17:43.082
  • This is their first pandemic too."
  • 00:17:43.148 --> 00:17:44.450
  • First pandemic too." it was a god thought because
  • 00:17:44.516 --> 00:17:47.219
  • It was a god thought because it took me from thinking that
  • 00:17:47.286 --> 00:17:48.821
  • It took me from thinking that there was something
  • 00:17:48.887 --> 00:17:49.621
  • There was something wrong with them,
  • 00:17:49.688 --> 00:17:50.956
  • Wrong with them, and it was me against them,
  • 00:17:51.023 --> 00:17:52.758
  • And it was me against them, to thinking it's us against it.
  • 00:17:52.825 --> 00:17:54.927
  • To thinking it's us against it. you know, you can have
  • 00:17:54.993 --> 00:17:55.561
  • You know, you can have one god thought.
  • 00:17:55.627 --> 00:17:58.130
  • One god thought. that's helped me so much.
  • 00:17:58.197 --> 00:17:59.064
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:59.331 --> 00:18:03.268
  • Even with y'all,
  • 00:18:03.702 --> 00:18:04.303
  • Even with y'all, there are so many
  • 00:18:04.369 --> 00:18:05.704
  • There are so many god thoughts that had
  • 00:18:05.771 --> 00:18:07.539
  • God thoughts that had to replace wrong thoughts.
  • 00:18:07.606 --> 00:18:08.841
  • To replace wrong thoughts. do you know when
  • 00:18:08.907 --> 00:18:09.374
  • Do you know when i used to preach
  • 00:18:09.441 --> 00:18:10.075
  • I used to preach and people wouldn't get excited,
  • 00:18:10.142 --> 00:18:12.177
  • And people wouldn't get excited, i would feel like they were --
  • 00:18:12.244 --> 00:18:14.546
  • I would feel like they were -- almost like i would get
  • 00:18:14.613 --> 00:18:15.481
  • Almost like i would get mad at the people.
  • 00:18:15.547 --> 00:18:17.149
  • Mad at the people. i'd say something good
  • 00:18:17.216 --> 00:18:18.183
  • I'd say something good and they wouldn't say anything
  • 00:18:18.250 --> 00:18:18.884
  • And they wouldn't say anything and i would get mad.
  • 00:18:18.951 --> 00:18:20.519
  • And i would get mad. now i pretend to be mad.
  • 00:18:20.586 --> 00:18:22.020
  • Now i pretend to be mad. i'm like, "y'all ain't
  • 00:18:22.087 --> 00:18:22.721
  • I'm like, "y'all ain't saying nothing.
  • 00:18:22.788 --> 00:18:23.188
  • Saying nothing. i don't care."
  • 00:18:23.255 --> 00:18:25.691
  • I don't care." i always wonder if the crowd
  • 00:18:25.757 --> 00:18:26.658
  • I always wonder if the crowd could talk back too,
  • 00:18:26.725 --> 00:18:27.259
  • Could talk back too, "you know, like y'all ain't
  • 00:18:27.326 --> 00:18:27.960
  • "you know, like y'all ain't saying nothing,"
  • 00:18:28.026 --> 00:18:28.594
  • Saying nothing," and they'd go,
  • 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:29.294
  • And they'd go, "you aren't either."
  • 00:18:29.361 --> 00:18:30.095
  • [laughter]
  • 00:18:30.362 --> 00:18:33.465
  • But the lord dropped
  • 00:18:34.666 --> 00:18:35.400
  • But the lord dropped something in me so profound
  • 00:18:35.467 --> 00:18:36.435
  • Something in me so profound it was a download.
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  • It was a download. one day i was frustrated
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  • One day i was frustrated about it and he said,
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  • About it and he said, "they're not here for you.
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  • "they're not here for you. you're here for them."
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  • You're here for them." you serve them
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  • You serve them when you preach.
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  • When you preach. they're not your audience
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  • They're not your audience to make you feel good
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  • To make you feel good about your amateur hour
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  • About your amateur hour stand up comedy.
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  • Stand up comedy. if they don't laugh,
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  • If they don't laugh, you keep preaching.
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  • You keep preaching. you're here for them.
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  • You're here for them. you're here as a servant."
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  • You're here as a servant." it changed my life.
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  • It changed my life. what's that?
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  • What's that? that's the value
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  • That's the value of a god thought.
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  • [applause]
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  • And god wants
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  • And god wants to give you one.
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  • [applause]
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  • Stand up, please.
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  • Stand up, please. no one leaving.
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  • No one leaving. pray it out loud, "god...
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  • Pray it out loud, "god... >> congregation: god...
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  • >> congregation: god... >> give a thought...
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  • >> give a thought... >> congregation: give
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  • >> congregation: give a thought...
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  • A thought... >> to my wife."
  • 00:19:18.443 --> 00:19:19.778
  • >> to my wife." no, no, no, no, no, no.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Try it again.
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  • Try it again. y'all weren't listening.
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  • Y'all weren't listening. "god...
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  • "god... >> congregation: god...
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  • >> congregation: god... >> give a thought...
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  • >> give a thought... >> congregation: give
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  • >> congregation: give a thought...
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  • A thought... >> to me...
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  • >> to me... >> congregation: to me...
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  • >> congregation: to me... >> show me how you
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  • >> show me how you think about me...
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  • Think about me... >> congregation: show me how
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  • >> congregation: show me how you think about me...
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  • You think about me... >> show me how you think
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  • >> show me how you think about others...
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  • About others... >> congregation: show me how
  • 00:19:42.134 --> 00:19:42.734
  • >> congregation: show me how you think about others...
  • 00:19:42.801 --> 00:19:44.403
  • You think about others... >> put somebody on my mind...
  • 00:19:44.469 --> 00:19:46.004
  • >> put somebody on my mind... >> congregation: put somebody
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  • >> congregation: put somebody on my mind...
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  • On my mind... >> that i can help...
  • 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.707
  • >> that i can help... >> congregation: that i can
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  • >> congregation: that i can help...
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  • Help... >> that i can bless."
  • 00:19:49.908 --> 00:19:50.542
  • >> that i can bless." >> congregation: that i can
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  • >> congregation: that i can bless.
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  • Bless. >> yes, yes.
  • 00:19:51.977 --> 00:19:52.678
  • >> yes, yes. i'm gonna tell you this too.
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  • I'm gonna tell you this too. in 2010, when i started
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  • In 2010, when i started love week,
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  • Love week, it was a thought,
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  • It was a thought, "what if everybody
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  • "what if everybody in this church served an hour?
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  • In this church served an hour? we could serve 5,000 hours."
  • 00:20:03.088 --> 00:20:06.325
  • We could serve 5,000 hours." never would i have thought
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  • Never would i have thought when god gave me that thought --
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  • When god gave me that thought -- you gotta realize god's
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  • You gotta realize god's thoughts are vast.
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  • Thoughts are vast. god's thoughts are vast.
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  • God's thoughts are vast. so, when i saw 5,000 hours,
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  • So, when i saw 5,000 hours, how many have we served now?
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  • How many have we served now? >> over a million.
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  • >> over a million. >> over what?
  • 00:20:24.743 --> 00:20:26.712
  • >> over what? over what?
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  • Over what? >> congregation: a million.
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  • >> congregation: a million. >> over a million
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  • >> over a million hours of service
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  • From this church in outreach.
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  • From this church in outreach. y'all ain't clapping.
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  • Y'all ain't clapping. all right, i'mma give you
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  • All right, i'mma give you a million dollars,
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  • A million dollars, clap like that.
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  • Clap like that. over a million hours
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  • Over a million hours to our communities.
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  • To our communities. we're on god's mind.
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  • [applause]
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  • God, give a thought to me.
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  • Show me how to do good.
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  • Show me how to do good. show me how to make it.
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  • Show me how to make it. and really, sometimes
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  • And really, sometimes the problem isn't the storm
  • 00:20:56.842 --> 00:20:58.010
  • The problem isn't the storm you're going through,
  • 00:20:58.076 --> 00:20:58.977
  • You're going through, it's the thoughts
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  • It's the thoughts you're having about the storm.
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  • You're having about the storm. because in mark 4, one time
  • 00:21:04.149 --> 00:21:05.617
  • Because in mark 4, one time jesus was on the boat
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  • Jesus was on the boat with his disciples
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  • With his disciples and he said, "let's go
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  • And he said, "let's go to the other side."
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  • To the other side." and the bible says
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  • And the bible says when evening had come,
  • 00:21:09.721 --> 00:21:10.856
  • When evening had come, he told them to cross over
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  • He told them to cross over to the other side.
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  • To the other side. mark 4:35,
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  • "come, let us go over
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  • "come, let us go over to the other side."
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  • To the other side." next verse,
  • 00:21:19.264 --> 00:21:20.532
  • Next verse, "and leaving the crowd,
  • 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.133
  • "and leaving the crowd, they took him with them
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  • They took him with them in the boat, just as he was.
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  • In the boat, just as he was. and other boats were with him.
  • 00:21:24.436 --> 00:21:26.672
  • And other boats were with him. and a great windstorm arose,
  • 00:21:26.738 --> 00:21:28.173
  • And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking
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  • And the waves were breaking into the boat,
  • 00:21:28.974 --> 00:21:29.808
  • Into the boat, so that the boat
  • 00:21:29.875 --> 00:21:30.475
  • So that the boat was already filling.
  • 00:21:30.542 --> 00:21:32.944
  • Was already filling. but he was in the stern,
  • 00:21:33.011 --> 00:21:35.814
  • But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion."
  • 00:21:35.881 --> 00:21:39.318
  • Asleep on the cushion." what is jesus doing
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  • Acting like jonah?
  • 00:21:40.352 --> 00:21:43.055
  • Acting like jonah? only, he's not running
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  • Only, he's not running from god's will.
  • 00:21:44.089 --> 00:21:46.124
  • From god's will. he's rowing into it.
  • 00:21:46.191 --> 00:21:48.160
  • "and they woke him up
  • 00:21:48.260 --> 00:21:48.794
  • "and they woke him up and said, 'teacher,
  • 00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:50.562
  • And said, 'teacher, do you not care that
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  • Do you not care that we are perishing?'"
  • 00:21:53.465 --> 00:21:55.000
  • We are perishing?'" here was their thought,
  • 00:21:55.067 --> 00:21:56.635
  • Here was their thought, he doesn't care.
  • 00:21:56.702 --> 00:21:58.203
  • He doesn't care. he's sleeping.
  • 00:21:58.270 --> 00:21:59.771
  • He's sleeping. "and he awoke and rebuked
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  • "and he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea,
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  • The wind and said to the sea, 'peace! be still!'
  • 00:22:01.873 --> 00:22:03.442
  • 'peace! be still!' and the wind ceased,
  • 00:22:03.508 --> 00:22:04.710
  • And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.'
  • 00:22:04.776 --> 00:22:07.579
  • And there was a great calm.' and he said to them,
  • 00:22:07.646 --> 00:22:08.213
  • And he said to them, 'why are you so afraid?
  • 00:22:08.280 --> 00:22:09.214
  • 'why are you so afraid? have you still no faith?'"
  • 00:22:09.281 --> 00:22:11.817
  • Have you still no faith?'" and i wanna talk to you
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  • Before i close my message
  • 00:22:13.151 --> 00:22:15.120
  • Before i close my message about a sleeping jesus,
  • 00:22:15.187 --> 00:22:17.456
  • About a sleeping jesus, not a sleeping jonah.
  • 00:22:17.522 --> 00:22:19.691
  • Not a sleeping jonah. because when the disciples
  • 00:22:19.758 --> 00:22:20.859
  • Because when the disciples saw jesus asleep,
  • 00:22:20.926 --> 00:22:22.227
  • Saw jesus asleep, they thought he doesn't care.
  • 00:22:22.294 --> 00:22:25.330
  • They thought he doesn't care. but they could have thought,
  • 00:22:25.397 --> 00:22:26.898
  • But they could have thought, "wait, he is god's son.
  • 00:22:26.965 --> 00:22:29.768
  • "wait, he is god's son. if he is sleeping
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  • If he is sleeping through the storm,
  • 00:22:31.903 --> 00:22:33.638
  • Through the storm, maybe it's not that
  • 00:22:33.705 --> 00:22:34.673
  • Maybe it's not that he doesn't care.
  • 00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:36.541
  • He doesn't care. maybe we're cool."
  • 00:22:36.608 --> 00:22:38.844
  • Maybe we're cool." and i came to preach
  • 00:22:38.910 --> 00:22:39.778
  • And i came to preach to somebody today.
  • 00:22:39.845 --> 00:22:41.813
  • To somebody today. if god is not doing it
  • 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:43.281
  • If god is not doing it exactly like you want
  • 00:22:43.348 --> 00:22:44.716
  • Exactly like you want in your situation,
  • 00:22:44.783 --> 00:22:46.551
  • In your situation, maybe it's not
  • 00:22:46.618 --> 00:22:47.619
  • Maybe it's not that he doesn't care.
  • 00:22:47.686 --> 00:22:49.521
  • That he doesn't care. maybe he's so confident,
  • 00:22:49.588 --> 00:22:51.990
  • Maybe he's so confident, maybe he's so in control,
  • 00:22:52.057 --> 00:22:54.326
  • Maybe he's so in control, maybe he is so sovereign over
  • 00:22:54.393 --> 00:22:56.728
  • Maybe he is so sovereign over the storm that he will wake up
  • 00:22:56.795 --> 00:22:59.197
  • The storm that he will wake up when he needs to wake up.
  • 00:22:59.264 --> 00:23:00.732
  • [applause]
  • 00:23:00.999 --> 00:23:02.267
  • It's all in your thoughts.
  • 00:23:03.135 --> 00:23:07.272
  • It's all in your thoughts. so, god, i pray right now
  • 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.640
  • So, god, i pray right now that as high as the heavens
  • 00:23:08.707 --> 00:23:09.741
  • That as high as the heavens are above the earth,
  • 00:23:09.808 --> 00:23:12.144
  • Are above the earth, so are your ways
  • 00:23:12.210 --> 00:23:12.844
  • So are your ways above our ways,
  • 00:23:12.911 --> 00:23:13.945
  • Above our ways, and your thoughts
  • 00:23:14.012 --> 00:23:14.946
  • And your thoughts above our thoughts.
  • 00:23:15.013 --> 00:23:16.014
  • Above our thoughts. how precious to me are
  • 00:23:16.081 --> 00:23:17.883
  • How precious to me are your thoughts, o god.
  • 00:23:17.949 --> 00:23:20.118
  • Your thoughts, o god. i pray for those who have been
  • 00:23:20.185 --> 00:23:21.119
  • I pray for those who have been having tormenting thoughts,
  • 00:23:21.186 --> 00:23:23.054
  • Having tormenting thoughts, tempting thoughts.
  • 00:23:23.121 --> 00:23:24.556
  • Tempting thoughts. i pray that they would be
  • 00:23:24.623 --> 00:23:25.357
  • I pray that they would be replaced right now with
  • 00:23:25.424 --> 00:23:26.591
  • Replaced right now with the truth of your word.
  • 00:23:26.658 --> 00:23:28.326
  • The truth of your word. i thank you for our savior jesus
  • 00:23:28.393 --> 00:23:30.061
  • I thank you for our savior jesus who loved and died for us.
  • 00:23:30.128 --> 00:23:32.464
  • >> thank you so much
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  • >> thank you so much for joining us today.
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  • For joining us today. to find more messages like
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  • To find more messages like the one you just heard from
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  • Pastor steven, i want to encourage you
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  • Now, if today's message spoke to your heart,
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  • Spoke to your heart, i also want to invite you
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  • To partner with us and make it possible
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  • And make it possible for someone else to hear
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  • The gospel further and get god's word into someone's heart.
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  • God's word into someone's heart. this ministry exists so that
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  • For them to hear the truth that can change everything.
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  • Makes a difference. thank you for being a part
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  • Thank you for being a part of what god is doing.
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  • Of what god is doing. we are so grateful for you.
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  • >> scripture tells us
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  • >> scripture tells us that when we give,
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  • That when we give, we're reflecting
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  • We're reflecting the heart of god,
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  • The heart of god, meeting needs and spreading
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  • Meeting needs and spreading his love in real, tangible ways.
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  • These kits may look simple,
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  • A blanket, a hat,
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  • A pair of gloves,
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  • But they carry hope.
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  • They remind someone
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  • That god sees them,
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  • That they matter,
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  • And that love still shows up.
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  • Thank you for being the kind
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  • Thank you for being the kind of church that gives generously,
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  • Of church that gives generously, because when we give together,
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  • Because when we give together, we're sharing more than warmth.
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  • We're sharing more than warmth. we're sharing the love of jesus.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> elevation nights
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  • >> elevation nights is back on tour in 2026.
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  • Is back on tour in 2026. let's go!
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  • >> ♪ 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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  • ♪ >> ♪ wonder worker ♪
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  • ♪ bread of life ♪
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  • ♪ your body was broken ♪
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  • ♪ and heaven tore open ♪
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  • ♪ now resurrected ♪
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  • ♪ yes ♪
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  • ♪ lifted high ♪
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  • ♪ risen messiah ♪
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  • ♪ glory in the highest ♪
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  • ♪ unto the great i ♪
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  • ♪ with everything i have ♪
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  • >> ♪ everything i have ♪
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  • >> ♪ unto the great i am ♪
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  • >> ♪ we're all singing ♪
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  • ♪ how great is your name ♪
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  • >> ♪ unto the great i am ♪
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  • ♪ with everything i have ♪
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  • ♪ unto the great i am ♪
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  • ♪ i'm singing ♪
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  • ♪ how great is your name ♪
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  • ♪ great ♪
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  • ♪ how great is your name ♪
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  • ♪ is your name ♪
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  • ♪ how great is your name ♪
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  • ♪ so great so great ♪
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  • ♪ worthy to be praised ♪
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  • ♪ yes ♪
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  • ♪ oh praise the pride ♪
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  • ♪ of judah ♪
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  • ♪ oh praise the lamb ♪
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  • ♪ once slain ♪
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  • >> ♪ come on ♪
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  • ♪ yahweh we love you ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh praise ♪
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  • ♪ the rock of ages ♪
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  • ♪ oh praise ♪
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  • ♪ the god who saves ♪
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  • ♪ yahweh ♪
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  • ♪ we love you lord ♪
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  • ♪ yahweh ♪
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  • >> ♪ your name is ♪
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  • ♪ our salvation ♪
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  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ the king of kings ♪
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  • >> ♪ yahweh ♪
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  • >> ♪ we love you ♪
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  • ♪ we love you ♪
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  • ♪ your name is ♪
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  • ♪ resurrection ♪
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  • ♪ your name is ♪
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  • ♪ everything ♪
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