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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,
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- And when god goes in, it's not like --
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- It's not like -- you know how you get
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- You know how you get in a fight with somebody
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- In a fight with somebody and you're like, "oh,
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- And neither did chandler. people say sometime,
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- People say sometime, "i'd love to watch
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- "i'd love to watch a song be written."
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- A song be written." no, you wouldn't.
- 00:15:07.793 --> 00:15:08.594
- 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
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- 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,
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- 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?
- 00:15:24.510 --> 00:15:26.412
- And you know what? chris had to make me
- 00:15:26.478 --> 00:15:27.079
- 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]
- 00:15:35.387 --> 00:15:39.191
- [laughter] "is it trendy?"
- 00:15:39.258 --> 00:15:42.394
- "is it trendy?" chris said, "come on, man.
- 00:15:42.461 --> 00:15:43.228
- 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.
- 00:16:01.814 --> 00:16:04.917
- Helped me to understand. that a lot of times in my life,
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- 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,
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- 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."
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- "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."
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- So, you just do it." [cheering]
- 00:17:32.237 --> 00:17:32.971
- [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.
- 00:17:37.609 --> 00:17:38.510
- 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
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- What's wrong with me today, y'all?
- 00:17:43.782 --> 00:17:45.884
- 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.
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- And everywhere i go. so, we're just go' have
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- 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,
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- Y'all can clip me, meme me, do whatever you want to do,
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- 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.
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- 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,
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- 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.
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- To tell you today. almost there.
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- Almost there. where the lord said,
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- 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,
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- Anything to gideon, look at verse 14.
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- Look at verse 14. i almost skipped this.
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- I almost skipped this. woo, glad i saw it.
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- Woo, glad i saw it. verse 14, come on y'all.
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- Verse 14, come on y'all. before the lord said it...
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- 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.
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- To think about this. why were they in this situation
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- Why were they in this situation to begin with?
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- To begin with? 'cause they turned away
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- 'cause they turned away from the lord.
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- From the lord. and so, the lord says,
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- And so, the lord says, "even if you have a wheel
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- "even if you have a wheel to turn away,
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- 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]
- 00:19:10.235 --> 00:19:14.907
- [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
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- But before you can go in the strength that you have,
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- In the strength that you have, you've got to stop
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- You've got to stop worshipping your weaknesses.
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- Worshipping your weaknesses. and you have spent
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- 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
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- In the form of the excuses that you made,
- 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.966
- That you made, worshipping your weakness.
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- Worshipping your weakness. for every time you make
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- For every time you make an excuse about something
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- 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
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- "i can do all things through christ
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- Through christ who strengthens me."
- 00:20:04.990 --> 00:20:07.359
- Who strengthens me." well, that's just
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- Well, that's just the new testament version
- 00:20:07.993 --> 00:20:09.061
- The new testament version of what the angel
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- Of what the angel said to gideon.
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- Said to gideon. he said, "go in the strength
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- He said, "go in the strength that you have,
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- That you have, and i'll be with you
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- And i'll be with you and you'll strike 'em down.
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- And you'll strike 'em down. am i not sending you?"
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- Am i not sending you?" and gideon is like,
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- 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
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- But you don't have to be convinced to commit to it.
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- 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
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- Because we think it takes full surrender to god
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- Full surrender to god in order to be used by god.
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- In order to be used by god. it doesn't start
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- It doesn't start with full surrender.
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- With full surrender. it starts with you --
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- It starts with you -- watch this.
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- Watch this. it starts with you saying,
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- It starts with you saying, "if god is strong,
- 00:20:42.394 --> 00:20:44.496
- "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.
- 00:20:48.033 --> 00:20:49.768
- Is not who i am. and it can change
- 00:20:49.835 --> 00:20:51.937
- And it can change because god doesn't.
- 00:20:52.004 --> 00:20:54.039
- 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,
- 00:21:04.283 --> 00:21:05.951
- 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
- 00:21:10.889 --> 00:21:11.990
- 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.
- 00:21:19.031 --> 00:21:20.866
- And god is sovereign. and god is judge."
- 00:21:20.932 --> 00:21:22.701
- 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
- 00:21:25.370 --> 00:21:26.805
- 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.
- 00:21:28.540 --> 00:21:30.175
- 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
- 00:21:37.049 --> 00:21:38.116
- 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
- 00:21:46.792 --> 00:21:47.926
- Whatever's keeping me from connecting with you,
- 00:21:47.993 --> 00:21:49.328
- 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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- >> if today's message from
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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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- 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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- >> ♪ 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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