Steven Furtick - When God Goes In (Part 2)

October 13, 2025 | 28:0

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

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When God Goes In (Part 2) | October 13, 2025
  • 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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  • >> stop confusing yourself
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  • >> stop confusing yourself with your state.
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  • [applause]
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  • It's easy to do.
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  • It's easy to do. it's easy to do.
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  • It's easy to do. gideon is threshing wheat
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  • Gideon is threshing wheat in a winepress.
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  • In a winepress. he's a warrior --
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  • He's a warrior -- come on, we just to stop
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  • Come on, we just to stop and marvel at this.
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  • And marvel at this. that he could be a warrior
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  • That he could be a warrior in a winepress.
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  • In a winepress. that you could be a great man
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  • That you could be a great man trapped in a really bad habit.
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  • Trapped in a really bad habit. that you could be a great woman
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  • That you could be a great woman going through a period
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  • Going through a period of chronic pain
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  • Of chronic pain followed by depression,
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  • Followed by depression, but you could
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  • But you could still be something
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  • Still be something and not see it in yourself
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  • And not see it in yourself because of where you are.
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  • Because of where you are. where you are.
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  • Where you are. i don't even think
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  • I don't even think i knew what that line meant
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  • I knew what that line meant when we wrote it, chandler.
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  • When we wrote it, chandler. "i know who i am
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  • "i know who i am but i can't stay
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  • But i can't stay where i'm at."
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  • Where i'm at." now, i get it
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  • Now, i get it when i read gideon.
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  • When i read gideon. 'cause the lord says,
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  • 'cause the lord says, "might warrior,
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  • "might warrior, the lord is with you."
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  • The lord is with you." and gideon,
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  • And gideon, look at verse 13,
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  • Look at verse 13, he says, "pardon me, sir."
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  • He says, "pardon me, sir." big, strong, scary
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  • Big, strong, scary looking angel.
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  • Looking angel. oh, by the way, angels aren't
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  • Oh, by the way, angels aren't cute and comforting.
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  • Cute and comforting. you ever see
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  • You ever see what they write about
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  • What they write about the angels in the bible?
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  • The angels in the bible? the angel will make you
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  • The angel will make you throw up and pee your pants.
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  • Throw up and pee your pants. pee your pants
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  • Pee your pants while you're throwing up.
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  • While you're throwing up. the angels are scary.
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  • The angels are scary. so, the first instinct sometimes
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  • So, the first instinct sometimes when the angel came,
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  • When the angel came, they be like, "don't be afraid."
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  • They be like, "don't be afraid." it's like, if the angel
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  • It's like, if the angel looked cuddly like that
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  • Looked cuddly like that little one you have up there
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  • Little one you have up there on your mantel piece,
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  • On your mantel piece, then why would he say,
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  • Then why would he say, "don't be afraid?"
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  • "don't be afraid?" angel got cauliflower ear,
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  • Angel got cauliflower ear, angel's looking rough
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  • Angel's looking rough coming up in there
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  • Coming up in there and gideon's like,
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  • And gideon's like, "hey, man pardon me.
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  • "hey, man pardon me. i don't want to start anything
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  • I don't want to start anything 'cause you're a bad man.
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  • 'cause you're a bad man. but if the lord is with us,
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  • But if the lord is with us, why has all this
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  • Why has all this happened to us?
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  • Happened to us? where are all his wonders
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  • Where are all his wonders that our ancestors
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  • That our ancestors told us about?
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  • Told us about? when they said,
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  • When they said, 'did the lord not
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  • 'did the lord not bring us out of egypt.'
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  • Bring us out of egypt.' but now, the lord
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  • But now, the lord has abandoned us
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  • Has abandoned us and given us
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  • And given us into the hand of the midian."
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  • Into the hand of the midian." you know that's not
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  • You know that's not what the prophet said.
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  • What the prophet said. when i read you verse seven,
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  • When i read you verse seven, that's not what
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  • That's not what the prophet said.
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  • The prophet said. the prophet said,
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  • The prophet said, "you abandoned god."
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  • "you abandoned god." that is not what
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  • That is not what the prophet said.
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  • The prophet said. gideon's wrong.
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  • Gideon's wrong. somebody say, "he's wrong."
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  • Somebody say, "he's wrong." >> congregation: he's wrong.
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  • >> congregation: he's wrong. >> he's a warrior
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  • >> he's a warrior but he's wrong.
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  • But he's wrong. he's gifted,
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  • He's gifted, but he's wrong.
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  • But he's wrong. he's anointed,
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  • He's anointed, but he's wrong.
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  • But he's wrong. he's strong,
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  • He's strong, but he's wrong.
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  • But he's wrong. he has confused
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  • He has confused where he is
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  • Where he is with who he is,
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  • With who he is, to the point when
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  • To the point when the angel calls him
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  • The angel calls him what he really is,
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  • What he really is, he's like, "who?
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  • He's like, "who? is there somebody else
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  • Is there somebody else in this winepress
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  • In this winepress that i haven't seen?
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  • That i haven't seen? he just said,
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  • He just said, 'mighty warrior.'
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  • 'mighty warrior.' and here i am down here
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  • And here i am down here in a depressed place."
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  • In a depressed place." you know, when you been
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  • You know, when you been in a situation long enough,
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  • In a situation long enough, i don't care
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  • I don't care if it was done to you
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  • If it was done to you or if it was done through you.
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  • Or if it was done through you. when you been in it long enough,
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  • When you been in it long enough, you begin to get
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  • You begin to get the negative things
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  • The negative things so embedded into your mind
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  • So embedded into your mind that you can no longer see
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  • That you can no longer see anything but that.
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  • Anything but that. am i right?
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  • Am i right? >> congregation: yes.
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  • >> congregation: yes. >> when you've been in
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  • >> when you've been in it that long,
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  • It that long, the negativity
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  • The negativity becomes embedded.
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  • Becomes embedded. so, you are no longer choosing
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  • So, you are no longer choosing to be negative,
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  • To be negative, you now think that's normal
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  • You now think that's normal to be negative.
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  • To be negative. [applause]
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  • [applause] you have names for it.
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  • You have names for it. you call it,
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  • You call it, "keeping it 100."
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  • "keeping it 100." or when you do something
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  • Or when you do something really rude and out of pocket,
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  • Really rude and out of pocket, you go, "i just gotta be me."
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  • You go, "i just gotta be me." and i been
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  • And i been teaching you all year,
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  • Teaching you all year, that's not you anymore.
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  • That's not you anymore. [applause]
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  • [applause] god is raising you up
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  • God is raising you up out of that.
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  • Out of that. god is calling you up
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  • God is calling you up out of that.
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  • Out of that. god is saying,
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  • God is saying, "come up a little higher.
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  • "come up a little higher. i got something for you to do
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  • I got something for you to do and it's not just about you."
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  • And it's not just about you." [applause]
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  • We're almost to verse 14.
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  • We're almost to verse 14. i believe we can
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  • I believe we can get there by 6:00,
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  • Get there by 6:00, if you pay attention.
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  • If you pay attention. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] but god says to gideon,
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  • But god says to gideon, "you're a mighty warrior."
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  • He identifies him
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  • He identifies him by something that he sees,
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  • By something that he sees, which made me wonder,
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  • Which made me wonder, is gideon the only one
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  • Is gideon the only one who is sifting in this passage,
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  • Who is sifting in this passage, or is god sifting to?
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  • Or is god sifting to? the first picture i saw
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  • The first picture i saw in the passage
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  • In the passage was gideon sifting.
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  • Was gideon sifting. write down "sifting."
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  • Write down "sifting." that's my first point.
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  • That's my first point. "that's only your first point?"
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  • "that's only your first point?" i'mma go quick.
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  • I'mma go quick. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] write it down like this,
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  • Write it down like this, "before lifting
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  • "before lifting comes sifting."
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  • Comes sifting." mmm.
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  • Mmm. it better.
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  • It better. if god raises you up
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  • If god raises you up to something
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  • To something and he hasn't sifted
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  • And he hasn't sifted from your life
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  • From your life some of the attitudes,
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  • Some of the attitudes, you will sabotage
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  • You will sabotage what he brings you into.
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  • What he brings you into. [applause]
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  • [applause] how many witnesses
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  • How many witnesses do i have?
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  • Do i have? that you tried
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  • That you tried to skip the sifting,
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  • To skip the sifting, you just thought, "well,
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  • You just thought, "well, i'll just go ahead
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  • I'll just go ahead and do it anyway."
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  • And do it anyway." mhm.
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  • Mhm. mhm.
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  • Mhm. how did that work for you?
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  • How did that work for you? when you said, "i know i got
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  • When you said, "i know i got 17 warning bells going off."
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  • 17 warning bells going off." one of my buddies said
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  • One of my buddies said the other day,
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  • The other day, "i was asking god,
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  • "i was asking god, should i marry this woman."
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  • Should i marry this woman." he said she was so hot.
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  • He said she was so hot. he said, "i didn't want
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  • He said, "i didn't want to hear what god said."
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  • To hear what god said." he said, "we got in a fight,
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  • He said, "we got in a fight, i reached in the window
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  • I reached in the window tried to take the car keys
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  • Tried to take the car keys so she wouldn't drive off.
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  • So she wouldn't drive off. she rolled my arm up
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  • She rolled my arm up in the window
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  • In the window and squeezed it
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  • And squeezed it for a good ten seconds,
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  • For a good ten seconds, and i married her anyway."
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  • And i married her anyway." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] we make some weird decisions
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  • We make some weird decisions when we really want something
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  • When we really want something so bad and we just decide,
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  • So bad and we just decide, "oh no, this is what i want.
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  • "oh no, this is what i want. i just decided."
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  • I just decided." you better let god
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  • You better let god sift that thing.
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  • Sift that thing. you better --
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  • You better -- "i don't like being single."
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  • "i don't like being single." you better let god
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  • You better let god sift that thing.
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  • Sift that thing. i'd rather be single
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  • I'd rather be single and sifted
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  • And sifted than married and miserable.
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  • Than married and miserable. i want god to sift them out.
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  • I want god to sift them out. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] you better let him sift it.
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  • You better let him sift it. [applause]
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  • [applause] alright, be good.
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  • Alright, be good. be good.
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  • Be good. he's sifting it.
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  • He's sifting it. he's sifting it.
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  • He's sifting it. it was just like gideon
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  • It was just like gideon is sifting the wheat,
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  • Is sifting the wheat, god is sifting gideon.
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  • God is sifting gideon. he's blowing out
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  • He's blowing out all the workless thoughts,
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  • All the workless thoughts, all the vile imaginations,
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  • All the vile imaginations, all of the things
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  • All of the things that i think i am
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  • That i think i am that i'm really not,
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  • That i'm really not, all of the things
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  • All of the things that i think i need
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  • That i think i need that god is more than
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  • That god is more than enough to cover for,
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  • Enough to cover for, all of the ways
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  • All of the ways i used to do it.
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  • I used to do it. when i was a child,
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  • When i was a child, i spoke as a child,
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  • I spoke as a child, but when he raised me up
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  • But when he raised me up to become a man,
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  • To become a man, i'm coming into a season now
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  • I'm coming into a season now where i got to be
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  • Where i got to be the real thing for jesus.
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  • The real thing for jesus. [applause]
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  • [applause] i am so passionate about that
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  • I am so passionate about that because if your faith
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  • Because if your faith does not survive the sifting,
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  • Does not survive the sifting, you will miss
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  • You will miss the best parts
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  • The best parts of being you.
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  • Of being you. [applause]
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  • [applause] so, i been down before
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  • So, i been down before and thought about
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  • And thought about quit preaching.
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  • Quit preaching. sorry, but i have.
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  • Sorry, but i have. it's hard to get the wind
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  • It's hard to get the wind of the holy spirit
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  • Of the holy spirit to get a word to give to you,
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  • To get a word to give to you, when i'm in a winepress
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  • When i'm in a winepress of my own weakness.
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  • Of my own weakness. and i've been there,
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  • And i've been there, many times.
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  • Many times. makes me want to cry
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  • Makes me want to cry when i think about
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  • When i think about all the times
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  • That i tried to quit,
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  • That i tried to quit, but he sifted me.
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  • But he sifted me. [applause]
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  • [applause] i don't even need
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  • I don't even need a feeling to do this.
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  • A feeling to do this. that the word of god
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  • That the word of god is powerful enough
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  • Without my feelings
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  • Without my feelings for me to stand up and preach.
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  • For me to stand up and preach. let it flow, god.
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  • Let it flow, god. i don't care.
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  • I don't care. [applause]
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  • [applause] i don't look at
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  • I don't look at those notes anyway.
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  • Those notes anyway. don't get nervous.
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  • Don't get nervous. it's in my spirit.
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  • It's in my spirit. i've been sitting
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  • I've been sitting with this for three weeks,
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  • With this for three weeks, and god's been sifting it,
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  • And god's been sifting it, and getting it ready
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  • And getting it ready to feed you
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  • To feed you for the fight you're in,
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  • For the fight you're in, for the future that he sees,
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  • For the future that he sees, and it's not gonna look
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  • And it's not gonna look like where you are,
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  • Like where you are, it's gonna look
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  • It's gonna look like what he says.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Come on, shout,
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  • Come on, shout, "mighty warrior."
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  • "mighty warrior." >> congregation: mighty warrior!
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> see, you feel that?
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  • >> see, you feel that? that's the wind.
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  • That's the wind. [blows]
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  • [blows] that response?
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  • That response? that's the wind.
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  • That's the wind. [blows]
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  • [blows] blowing out all that
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  • Blowing out all that condemnation you've been
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  • Condemnation you've been putting on yourself.
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  • Putting on yourself. he died for you.
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  • He died for you. he bled for you.
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  • He bled for you. he rose again.
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  • He rose again. it's a strange elevation,
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  • It's a strange elevation, but he will lift you up!
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • He's lifting me.
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  • He's lifting me. high five seven people say,
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  • High five seven people say, "he's lifting me right now.
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  • "he's lifting me right now. he's lifting me right now.
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  • He's lifting me right now. he's lifting me right now."
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  • He's lifting me right now." it seems like a bad time.
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  • It seems like a bad time. it seems like it's over.
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  • It seems like it's over. it is a strange elevation,
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  • It is a strange elevation, but he said in due time,
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  • But he said in due time, you will reap
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  • You will reap if you don't faint.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Right now, right now,
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  • Right now, right now, right now.
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  • Right now. right now, right now,
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  • Right now, right now, right now.
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  • Right now. right now, right now.
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  • Right now, right now. i might be down right now,
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  • I might be down right now, but i'm mighty in god.
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  • But i'm mighty in god. i might be sick right now,
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  • I might be sick right now, but i'm healed by his stripes.
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  • But i'm healed by his stripes. i might be broke right now,
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  • I might be broke right now, but my god shall supply
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  • But my god shall supply all my needs.
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  • All my needs. i know who i am
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  • I know who i am and i'm not staying
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  • And i'm not staying in this winepress,
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  • In this winepress, so take down my pictures,
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  • So take down my pictures, my two minutes is up.
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  • My two minutes is up. i'm out of here.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] this what a breakthrough
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  • This what a breakthrough feels like.
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  • Feels like. this what the wind feels like.
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  • This what the wind feels like. this what the spirit feels like.
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  • If i die in this winepress,
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  • If i die in this winepress, my kids don't get this word.
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  • My kids don't get this word. you understand
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  • You understand how important it is
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  • How important it is what you're fighting
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  • What you're fighting for right now?
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  • For right now? [applause]
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  • [applause] and the devil will send
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  • And the devil will send every little locust
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  • Every little locust to get you in that hole.
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  • To get you in that hole. how many had the locust
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  • How many had the locust coming this week?
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  • Coming this week? the locusts, the locusts.
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  • The locusts, the locusts. i heard they called
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  • I heard they called a-n-t-s one time,
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  • A-n-t-s one time, a.n.t.s.: automatic
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  • A.n.t.s.: automatic negative thinking syndrome.
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  • Negative thinking syndrome. isn't that good?
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  • Isn't that good? i didn't make that up,
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  • I didn't make that up, i read it one time.
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  • I read it one time. [laughter]
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  • [laughter] on a paid subscription website
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  • On a paid subscription website to psychology today.
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  • To psychology today. they said "a.n.t.s"
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  • They said "a.n.t.s" i said that is it.
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  • I said that is it. it's automatic negative
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  • It's automatic negative thinking syndrome.
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  • Thinking syndrome. it becomes just
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  • It becomes just who i think i am.
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  • Who i think i am. because my automatic response
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  • Because my automatic response to anything god wants to do,
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  • To anything god wants to do, i hide.
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  • I hide. sifting --
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  • Sifting -- i'm only gonna get
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  • I'm only gonna get to point one this week,
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  • To point one this week, but let's just do it, lord.
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  • But let's just do it, lord. let's just do it.
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  • Let's just do this one
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  • Let's just do this one so good that they go home
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  • So good that they go home and realize that
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  • And realize that you are with them
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  • You are with them sending your word
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  • Sending your word into their winepress.
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  • Into their winepress. god saw his people oppressed
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  • God saw his people oppressed by the hand of midian.
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  • He saw you oppressed by sin.
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  • He saw you oppressed by sin. he saw you oppressed by shame,
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  • He saw you oppressed by shame, and you know what he has to do?
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  • And you know what he has to do? before god can get you out,
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  • Before god can get you out, he has to get it.
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  • He has to get it. [applause]
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  • [applause] he's getting in.
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  • He's getting in. he's getting in.
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  • He's getting in. you tried to keep him out,
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  • You tried to keep him out, you tried to do
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  • You tried to do everything you could do,
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  • Everything you could do, you tried to push him away,
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  • You tried to push him away, you tried not
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  • You tried not answering your phone,
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  • Answering your phone, you tried not texting
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  • You tried not texting the healthy people back,
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  • The healthy people back, you texted
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  • You texted the other people back,
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  • The other people back, you tried everything
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  • You tried everything you could do
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  • You could do to love the locusts.
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  • But you know why
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  • But you know why it didn't work?
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  • It didn't work? 'cause you got lion inside.
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  • 'cause you got lion inside. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] i'm about to up the dosage,
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  • I'm about to up the dosage, are you ready?
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  • Are you ready? lions don't hide from locusts.
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  • Lions don't hide from locusts. [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] mighty warrior,
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  • Mighty warrior, miserable situation,
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  • Miserable situation, predictable systems
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  • Predictable systems of enslavement.
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  • Of enslavement. god is not confused about you.
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  • God is not confused about you. you don't fool him
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  • You don't fool him with all that fake crap
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  • With all that fake crap that fools people.
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  • That fools people. acting like this is
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  • Acting like this is just how i am,
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  • Just how i am, this is just
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  • This is just how i'm gonna stay.
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  • How i'm gonna stay. uh-uh, you can't.
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  • Uh-uh, you can't. i'm sorry, but you can't
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  • I'm sorry, but you can't 'cause god is about to go in.
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  • 'cause god is about to go in. and when god goes in,
  • 00:12:50.790 --> 00:12:53.659
  • And when god goes in, it's not like --
  • 00:12:53.726 --> 00:12:54.193
  • It's not like -- you know how you get
  • 00:12:54.260 --> 00:12:54.794
  • You know how you get in a fight with somebody
  • 00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:55.795
  • In a fight with somebody and you're like, "oh,
  • 00:12:55.861 --> 00:12:56.295
  • And you're like, "oh, they're going in right now.
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  • They're going in right now. this is crazy."
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  • This is crazy." but they can only do so much.
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  • But they can only do so much. when god goes in...
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  • When god goes in... [cheering and applause]
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  • [cheering and applause] he's coming into the house
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  • He's coming into the house that he built to remodel it.
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  • That he built to remodel it. when god goes in,
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  • When god goes in, he's coming into something
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  • He's coming into something that only he knows
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  • That only he knows the blueprint for.
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  • The blueprint for. when god comes in,
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  • When god comes in, he knows where every
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  • He knows where every busted pipe is.
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  • Busted pipe is. he knows where every
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  • He knows where every traumatic event is.
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  • Traumatic event is. he knows where every
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  • He knows where every fault line lies.
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  • Fault line lies. he knows where everything
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  • He knows where everything is busted.
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  • Is busted. he knows where
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  • He knows where you're disgusted.
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  • You're disgusted. he knows where
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  • He knows where you're just about to give up
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  • You're just about to give up and he says, "good,
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  • And he says, "good, this is gonna make
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  • This is gonna make a great partnership."
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  • A great partnership." just like me and chandler
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  • Just like me and chandler write good songs together,
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  • Write good songs together, you and god are about to do
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  • You and god are about to do good work together
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  • Good work together 'cause what you're not,
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  • 'cause what you're not, he is.
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  • He is. after all, that's his name.
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  • After all, that's his name. moses said,
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  • Moses said, "i don't have good speech."
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  • "i don't have good speech." god said, "i am."
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  • God said, "i am." "i am?
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  • "i am? what does that have to do
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  • What does that have to do with good speech?
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  • With good speech? that's not even good grammar."
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  • That's not even good grammar." no, no, just plug in
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  • No, no, just plug in whatever you need
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  • Whatever you need behind the name of god,
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  • Behind the name of god, take it for yourself,
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  • Take it for yourself, and walk in it for a purpose,
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  • And walk in it for a purpose, and we are gonna
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  • And we are gonna get you up out of this.
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  • Get you up out of this. in the name of jesus,
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  • I decree it.
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  • I decree it. [applause]
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  • [applause] because we've got to,
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  • Because we've got to, we've got to --
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  • You've got to come out of that.
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  • You've got to come out of that. you've got stop deciding stuff
  • 00:14:32.658 --> 00:14:35.227
  • You've got stop deciding stuff in your depressed state.
  • 00:14:35.294 --> 00:14:38.330
  • In your depressed state. you keep cutting off
  • 00:14:38.397 --> 00:14:39.298
  • You keep cutting off the life of god, man.
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  • The life of god, man. you know all the things
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  • You know all the things i would've missed
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  • I would've missed if i would have made
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  • If i would have made my decisions based on
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  • My decisions based on where i was emotionally?
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  • Where i was emotionally? best things that
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  • Best things that ever happened in my life.
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  • ♪ you are more than able ♪
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  • ♪ you are more than able ♪ i didn't feel like
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  • I didn't feel like writing music that day,
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  • Writing music that day, and neither did chandler.
  • 00:15:00.185 --> 00:15:04.757
  • And neither did chandler. people say sometime,
  • 00:15:04.823 --> 00:15:06.125
  • People say sometime, "i'd love to watch
  • 00:15:06.191 --> 00:15:06.725
  • "i'd love to watch a song be written."
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  • A song be written." no, you wouldn't.
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  • No, you wouldn't. [laughter]
  • 00:15:08.661 --> 00:15:09.428
  • [laughter] it's the most horribly boring,
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  • It's the most horribly boring, vulnerable thing
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  • Vulnerable thing of people with egos
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  • Of people with egos trying it eke out
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  • Trying it eke out their idea in a room,
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  • Their idea in a room, and everybody's ego is
  • 00:15:15.267 --> 00:15:15.968
  • And everybody's ego is fighting everybody's ego.
  • 00:15:16.035 --> 00:15:16.936
  • Fighting everybody's ego. until everybody shuts up
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  • Until everybody shuts up and lets go,
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  • And lets go, and just try something,
  • 00:15:18.504 --> 00:15:19.071
  • And just try something, nothing happens.
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  • Nothing happens. but boy, chandler started
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  • But boy, chandler started playing this thing
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  • Playing this thing and we wrote it.
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  • And we wrote it. and you know what?
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  • And you know what? chris had to make me
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  • Chris had to make me do it in church.
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  • Do it in church. he said,
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  • He said, "more than able's awesome."
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  • "more than able's awesome." i said, "i don't know.
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  • I said, "i don't know. it's kinda broadway."
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  • It's kinda broadway." [laughter]
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  • [laughter] "is it trendy?"
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  • "is it trendy?" chris said, "come on, man.
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  • Chris said, "come on, man. the people would need it.
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  • The people would need it. i ride around listening to it.
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  • I ride around listening to it. i need it.
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  • I need it. let's do it."
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  • Let's do it." and then we released it.
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  • And then we released it. now, i just used it
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  • Now, i just used it as an example.
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  • As an example. i'm not up here doing a class
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  • I'm not up here doing a class on communication, songwriting,
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  • On communication, songwriting, fitness, donuts,
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  • Fitness, donuts, or anything else like that.
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  • Or anything else like that. [laugher]
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  • [laugher] everything i bring you today,
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  • Everything i bring you today, i bring you to serve to you
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  • I bring you to serve to you something that god has
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  • Something that god has helped me to understand.
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  • Helped me to understand. that a lot of times in my life,
  • 00:16:04.984 --> 00:16:08.721
  • That a lot of times in my life, i let the wrong thing be
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  • I let the wrong thing be sifted out
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  • Sifted out and i kept the wrong thing
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  • And i kept the wrong thing sitting in.
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  • Sitting in. three weeks,
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  • Three weeks, four weeks?
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  • Four weeks? how long are we gonna
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  • How long are we gonna need with this word?
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  • Need with this word? i'll be here in 2029 saying,
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  • I'll be here in 2029 saying, ♪ there's so much more ♪
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  • ♪ there's so much more ♪ ♪ to the story ♪
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  • ♪ to the story ♪ ♪ you're not done ♪
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  • ♪ you're not done ♪ ♪ with me yet ♪
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  • ♪ with me yet ♪ and he's not done
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  • And he's not done with you yet.
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  • With you yet. he's not finished sifting.
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  • He's not finished sifting. it must have felt horrible for
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  • It must have felt horrible for peter saying, "i failed jesus."
  • 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:44.189
  • Peter saying, "i failed jesus." but jesus told him,
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  • But jesus told him, "satan's gonna sift you."
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  • "satan's gonna sift you." and jesus said,
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  • And jesus said, "i'mma let him.
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  • "i'mma let him. i'mma let him.
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  • I'mma let him. the only way
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  • The only way i can let you know
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  • I can let you know you have a lion inside
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  • You have a lion inside and you won't
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  • And you won't turn it into pride,
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  • Turn it into pride, is if i let the locusts come
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  • Is if i let the locusts come for little while."
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  • For little while." but then comes a word from god,
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  • But then comes a word from god, and it may be for you today.
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  • And it may be for you today. that the lord said
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  • That the lord said he's about to go in
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  • He's about to go in to your insecurities,
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  • To your insecurities, to your inadequacy,
  • 00:17:21.693 --> 00:17:23.395
  • To your inadequacy, to your incapacity.
  • 00:17:23.462 --> 00:17:24.730
  • To your incapacity. i told the lord one time,
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  • I told the lord one time, "i'm not capable."
  • 00:17:26.231 --> 00:17:28.000
  • "i'm not capable." and he said, "i'm able
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  • And i wear the cape,
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  • And i wear the cape, so, you just do it."
  • 00:17:30.669 --> 00:17:32.171
  • So, you just do it." [cheering]
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  • [cheering] isn't that cool how the lord
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  • Isn't that cool how the lord gives me word play
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  • Gives me word play 'cause he knows
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  • 'cause he knows that's my love language?
  • 00:17:35.441 --> 00:17:36.975
  • That's my love language? i'm like, "oh, lord,
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  • I'm like, "oh, lord, talk clean to me.
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  • Talk clean to me. i love that word play."
  • 00:17:38.577 --> 00:17:39.511
  • I love that word play." [laughter]
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  • What's wrong
  • 00:17:43.482 --> 00:17:43.715
  • What's wrong with me today, y'all?
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  • With me today, y'all? i just decided,
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  • I just decided, now i'm gon' be me
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  • Now i'm gon' be me in this pulpit
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  • In this pulpit and everywhere i go.
  • 00:17:49.221 --> 00:17:50.923
  • And everywhere i go. so, we're just go' have
  • 00:17:50.989 --> 00:17:51.690
  • So, we're just go' have a good time in church.
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  • A good time in church. y'all can clip me, meme me,
  • 00:17:53.525 --> 00:17:56.028
  • Y'all can clip me, meme me, do whatever you want to do,
  • 00:17:56.095 --> 00:17:57.729
  • Do whatever you want to do, but i gotta be me.
  • 00:17:57.796 --> 00:17:59.398
  • But i gotta be me. i gotta go home with me.
  • 00:17:59.465 --> 00:18:00.799
  • I gotta go home with me. and holly thinks it's okay.
  • 00:18:00.866 --> 00:18:03.135
  • And holly thinks it's okay. she thinks it's attractive.
  • 00:18:03.202 --> 00:18:05.204
  • She thinks it's attractive. now, i've almost got us
  • 00:18:05.270 --> 00:18:07.573
  • Now, i've almost got us to the point of verse 14,
  • 00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:10.642
  • To the point of verse 14, which is really what i stood up
  • 00:18:10.709 --> 00:18:11.777
  • Which is really what i stood up to tell you today.
  • 00:18:11.844 --> 00:18:14.113
  • To tell you today. almost there.
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  • Almost there. where the lord said,
  • 00:18:16.415 --> 00:18:18.817
  • Where the lord said, the lord said --
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  • The lord said -- wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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  • Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. i gotta do this.
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  • I gotta do this. verse 14,
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  • Verse 14, before the lord said
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  • Before the lord said anything to gideon,
  • 00:18:29.828 --> 00:18:31.396
  • Anything to gideon, look at verse 14.
  • 00:18:31.463 --> 00:18:32.564
  • Look at verse 14. i almost skipped this.
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  • I almost skipped this. woo, glad i saw it.
  • 00:18:33.265 --> 00:18:34.133
  • Woo, glad i saw it. verse 14, come on y'all.
  • 00:18:34.199 --> 00:18:36.235
  • Verse 14, come on y'all. before the lord said it...
  • 00:18:36.301 --> 00:18:44.109
  • Before the lord said it... i'll give you a minute
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  • I'll give you a minute to think about this.
  • 00:18:44.810 --> 00:18:48.313
  • To think about this. why were they in this situation
  • 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:49.915
  • Why were they in this situation to begin with?
  • 00:18:49.982 --> 00:18:51.950
  • To begin with? 'cause they turned away
  • 00:18:52.017 --> 00:18:54.820
  • 'cause they turned away from the lord.
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  • From the lord. and so, the lord says,
  • 00:18:58.090 --> 00:19:00.559
  • And so, the lord says, "even if you have a wheel
  • 00:19:00.626 --> 00:19:02.895
  • "even if you have a wheel to turn away,
  • 00:19:02.961 --> 00:19:05.030
  • To turn away, i've got a word
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  • I've got a word to turn you back."
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  • To turn you back." [applause]
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  • [applause] this is a turning word today.
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  • This is a turning word today. it's "go in the strength
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  • It's "go in the strength you have."
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  • You have." but before you can go
  • 00:19:24.216 --> 00:19:27.619
  • But before you can go in the strength that you have,
  • 00:19:27.686 --> 00:19:29.988
  • In the strength that you have, you've got to stop
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  • You've got to stop worshipping your weaknesses.
  • 00:19:31.823 --> 00:19:35.928
  • Worshipping your weaknesses. and you have spent
  • 00:19:35.994 --> 00:19:36.595
  • And you have spent enough time in your life,
  • 00:19:36.662 --> 00:19:38.697
  • Enough time in your life, in the form of the excuses
  • 00:19:38.764 --> 00:19:40.232
  • In the form of the excuses that you made,
  • 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.966
  • That you made, worshipping your weakness.
  • 00:19:41.033 --> 00:19:42.601
  • Worshipping your weakness. for every time you make
  • 00:19:42.668 --> 00:19:44.102
  • For every time you make an excuse about something
  • 00:19:44.169 --> 00:19:45.470
  • An excuse about something god called you to do,
  • 00:19:45.537 --> 00:19:49.308
  • God called you to do, you worship the weakness
  • 00:19:49.374 --> 00:19:51.610
  • You worship the weakness instead of worshipping the god
  • 00:19:51.677 --> 00:19:52.678
  • Instead of worshipping the god who give you strength.
  • 00:19:52.744 --> 00:19:56.715
  • Who give you strength. i love the scripture that says,
  • 00:19:56.782 --> 00:19:59.117
  • I love the scripture that says, "i can do all things
  • 00:19:59.184 --> 00:20:02.788
  • "i can do all things through christ
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  • Through christ who strengthens me."
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  • Who strengthens me." well, that's just
  • 00:20:07.426 --> 00:20:07.926
  • Well, that's just the new testament version
  • 00:20:07.993 --> 00:20:09.061
  • The new testament version of what the angel
  • 00:20:09.127 --> 00:20:09.728
  • Of what the angel said to gideon.
  • 00:20:09.795 --> 00:20:11.463
  • Said to gideon. he said, "go in the strength
  • 00:20:11.530 --> 00:20:14.700
  • He said, "go in the strength that you have,
  • 00:20:14.766 --> 00:20:15.467
  • That you have, and i'll be with you
  • 00:20:15.534 --> 00:20:16.168
  • And i'll be with you and you'll strike 'em down.
  • 00:20:16.235 --> 00:20:17.236
  • And you'll strike 'em down. am i not sending you?"
  • 00:20:17.302 --> 00:20:18.103
  • Am i not sending you?" and gideon is like,
  • 00:20:18.170 --> 00:20:19.705
  • And gideon is like, "i'm still not really
  • 00:20:19.771 --> 00:20:21.974
  • "i'm still not really convinced about this."
  • 00:20:22.040 --> 00:20:23.408
  • Convinced about this." but you don't have to be
  • 00:20:23.475 --> 00:20:24.910
  • But you don't have to be convinced to commit to it.
  • 00:20:24.977 --> 00:20:28.280
  • Convinced to commit to it. i know that sounds controversial
  • 00:20:28.347 --> 00:20:29.715
  • I know that sounds controversial because we think it takes
  • 00:20:29.781 --> 00:20:30.649
  • Because we think it takes full surrender to god
  • 00:20:30.716 --> 00:20:32.251
  • Full surrender to god in order to be used by god.
  • 00:20:32.317 --> 00:20:33.719
  • In order to be used by god. it doesn't start
  • 00:20:33.785 --> 00:20:34.419
  • It doesn't start with full surrender.
  • 00:20:34.486 --> 00:20:36.622
  • With full surrender. it starts with you --
  • 00:20:36.688 --> 00:20:38.657
  • It starts with you -- watch this.
  • 00:20:38.724 --> 00:20:39.858
  • Watch this. it starts with you saying,
  • 00:20:39.925 --> 00:20:42.327
  • It starts with you saying, "if god is strong,
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  • "if god is strong, and he's in me,
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  • And he's in me, then where i am
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  • Then where i am is not who i am.
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  • Is not who i am. and it can change
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  • And it can change because god doesn't.
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  • Because god doesn't. so, if god called me a warrior,
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  • So, if god called me a warrior, that didn't change
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  • That didn't change because of decisions
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  • That i made.
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  • That i made. if god said that
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  • If god said that i can be free
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  • I can be free and pure, and new,
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  • And pure, and new, and god said i can be fresh,
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  • And god said i can be fresh, and god called me creative
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  • And god called me creative and god is calling me forward,
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  • Whatever the locusts are
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  • Whatever the locusts are saying is a lie,
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  • Saying is a lie, and god is true.
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  • And god is true. and god is right.
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  • And god is right. and god is sovereign.
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  • And god is sovereign. and god is judge."
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  • And god is judge." and god is still
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  • And god is still speaking to some of you.
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  • Speaking to some of you. and he's stirring something up
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  • And he's stirring something up in this season of your life.
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  • In this season of your life. and it hasn't been comfortable.
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  • And it hasn't been comfortable. sifting isn't meant
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  • Sifting isn't meant to be comfortable,
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  • To be comfortable, it's meant to be profitable
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  • It's meant to be profitable so that when you get
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  • So that when you get through this season,
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  • Through this season, what's left over
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  • What's left over is his strength,
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  • Is his strength, not yours.
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  • Not yours. [applause]
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  • [applause] whatever's keeping me
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  • Whatever's keeping me from seeing you,
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  • From seeing you, get it out, god.
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  • Get it out, god. whatever's keeping me
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  • Whatever's keeping me from connecting with you,
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  • From connecting with you, get it out, god.
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  • Get it out, god. whatever's keeping me
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  • Whatever's keeping me from believing again,
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  • From believing again, from having childlike faith,
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  • From having childlike faith, from speaking to mountains
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  • From speaking to mountains instead of bowing to them,
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  • Instead of bowing to them, get it out.
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  • Get it out. get it out.
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  • Get it out. i got to grow up.
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  • I got to grow up. i gotta be --
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  • I gotta be -- i'm not a kid anymore.
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  • I'm not a kid anymore. gideon, you're not
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  • Gideon, you're not a kid anymore,
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  • A kid anymore, you're not a child anymore.
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  • You're not a child anymore. god is raising you up now.
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  • God is raising you up now. you're not immature anymore.
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  • You're not immature anymore. you're not a slave
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  • You're not a slave to that anymore.
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  • To that anymore. you're not in the hands
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  • You're not in the hands of midian anymore.
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  • Of midian anymore. the hand of god is on you.
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  • The hand of god is on you. the spirit of god is in you.
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  • The spirit of god is in you. you are not under the law.
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  • You are not under the law. you are under grace,
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  • You are under grace, and you can do anything
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  • And you can do anything he says you can do.
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  • He says you can do. [applause]
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  • [applause] but you need a reminder
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  • But you need a reminder cause sometimes
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  • Cause sometimes you lose your mind,
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  • You lose your mind, and you hide
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  • And you hide 'cause you don't want
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  • 'cause you don't want to fight.
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  • To fight. "i don't want to fight,
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  • "i don't want to fight, so i'll just hide.
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  • So i'll just hide. i'll just shrink
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  • I'll just shrink my life down
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  • My life down to the level
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  • To the level of this problem.
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  • Of this problem. i'll just shrink
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  • I'll just shrink my life down
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  • My life down into this bottle.
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  • Into this bottle. i'll just shrink
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  • I'll just shrink my life down
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  • My life down into this cynicism.
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  • Into this cynicism. i'll just shrink
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  • I'll just shrink my life down
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  • My life down into this stupid iphone,
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  • Into this stupid iphone, and i will scroll
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  • And i will scroll my life away,
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  • My life away, hiding from
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  • Hiding from real relationships because
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  • Real relationships because i'm scared of rejection."
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  • I'm scared of rejection." but it's a strange elevation
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  • But it's a strange elevation happening today.
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  • Happening today. even as i preach this word,
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  • Even as i preach this word, even as we worshipped,
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  • Even as we worshipped, god was going in.
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  • >> even if i'm stuck in this
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  • >> even if i'm stuck in this narrative in my life,
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  • Narrative in my life, that, you know,
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  • That, you know, i'm really no one special,
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  • I'm really no one special, i'm really no one,
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  • I'm really no one, and i have no one,
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  • And i have no one, it's a lie.
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  • It's a lie. if i believe that,
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  • If i believe that, that i am no one
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  • That i am no one and that i have no one,
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  • And that i have no one, as so many of us do,
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  • As so many of us do, i think that's the thing
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  • I think that's the thing the devil just tries to get you
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  • The devil just tries to get you to believe over and over again
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  • To believe over and over again in different ways.
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  • >> have you found yourself
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  • Believing lies from the enemy?"
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  • That's how loneliness
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  • Begins to creep in.
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  • >> i think it's the loneliest
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  • >> i think it's the loneliest thing in the world to have
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  • Thing in the world to have people around you,
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  • People around you, but you can't really touch them
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  • But you can't really touch them and connect with them
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  • And connect with them for who you really are.
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  • For who you really are. because you just keep trying
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  • Because you just keep trying to give 'em who you think
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  • To give 'em who you think you're supposed to be.
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  • >> willing to meet you
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  • In that place.
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  • >> and so, some of you
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  • >> and so, some of you are sitting in loneliness
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  • Are sitting in loneliness that was not chosen
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  • That was not chosen in this season of your life.
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  • In this season of your life. before god can get you out,
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  • Before god can get you out, he has to get in.
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  • He has to get in. he's getting in.
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  • He's getting in. god said to tell you,
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  • God said to tell you, he'll meet you in
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  • He'll meet you in your lonely place.
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  • >> in pastor steven furtick's
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  • New series, "never alone",
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  • Discover the freedom
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  • Of being truly known by god,
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  • And learn to recognize
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  • That with him,
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  • You are never alone.
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  • Pastor steven spoke to you,
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  • Pastor steven spoke to you, i wanna invite you to call
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  • Or go online right now to request your copy
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  • "never alone"
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  • "never alone" and it's available
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  • And it's available for your gift of any amount.
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  • For your gift of any amount. this series is for anyone
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  • This series is for anyone who has felt the weight
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  • Who has felt the weight of loneliness, not just
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  • Of loneliness, not just from being isolated,
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  • From being isolated, but feeling alone
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  • But feeling alone even in a crowd.
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  • Even in a crowd. maybe you've wondered
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  • Maybe you've wondered if anyone really sees you,
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  • If anyone really sees you, anyone really sees what
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  • Anyone really sees what you're walking through.
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  • You're walking through. does anyone even care?
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  • Does anyone even care? these messages will remind you
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  • These messages will remind you that god not only sees you,
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  • That god not only sees you, but he's with you.
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  • But he's with you. his presence is constant
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  • His presence is constant and you are fully known
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  • And you are fully known and deeply loved by him.
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  • And deeply loved by him. i know, i've had moments
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  • I know, i've had moments where i felt invisible,
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  • Where i felt invisible, like no one could truly
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  • Like no one could truly understand what i was facing,
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  • Understand what i was facing, but through this series,
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  • But through this series, i realized that god was
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  • I realized that god was with me all along.
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  • With me all along. he doesn't expect us
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  • He doesn't expect us to hold it all together,
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  • To hold it all together, he invites us to rest
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  • He invites us to rest in his presence and trust him.
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  • In his presence and trust him. so, don't wait, call
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  • So, don't wait, call the number on your screen
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  • >> ♪ only you deserve all my ♪
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  • >> ♪ you deserve ♪
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  • >> ♪ praises ♪
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  • ♪ oh lord you deserve ♪
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  • >> ♪ if i really ♪
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  • ♪ think about it ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh lord ♪
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  • ♪ you deserve all my ♪
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  • >> ♪ you deserve ♪
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  • >> ♪ praises ♪
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  • ♪ oh lord you deserve ♪
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  • >> ♪ only you ♪
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  • >> ♪ only you deserve all my ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
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  • ♪ i won't forget what you did ♪
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  • ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
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  • ♪ i won't forget ♪
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  • ♪ what you did oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
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  • ♪ i won't forget ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ what you did ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'll never get over ♪
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  • >> ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
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  • >> ♪ i won't forget ♪
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  • ♪ what you did ♪
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  • ♪ you woke me up ♪
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  • ♪ this morning ♪
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  • ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
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  • ♪ my cup is overflowing ♪
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  • ♪ i'll never get over it ♪
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  • ♪ you have blessed me ♪
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  • ♪ and i know it ♪
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  • >> ♪ this is the moment ♪
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  • ♪ when wind meets fire ♪
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  • ♪ come on in ♪
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  • ♪ our hearts are burning ♪
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  • ♪ for fresh revival ♪
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  • ♪ blow again ♪
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  • >> ♪ our god is consuming fire ♪
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