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Steven Furtick - When God Says Let Go (Part 1)

August 25, 2025 | S25 E236 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - When God Says Let Go (Part 1)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When God Says Let Go (Part 1) | August 25, 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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  • >> hebrews 11:17-19.
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  • >> hebrews 11:17-19. i'm continuing in my series,
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  • I'm continuing in my series, "called."
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  • [laughter]
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  • You know what?
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  • You know what? god bless you.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You're my best friend.
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  • You're my best friend. can you give me a hug?
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  • Can you give me a hug? i appreciate that.
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  • I appreciate that. what's your name, man?
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  • What's your name, man? oh, that made me so happy.
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  • [applause]
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  • You love it?
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  • You love it? i love you.
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  • I love you. what's your name?
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  • What's your name? >> torston.
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  • >> torston. >> say it.
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  • >> say it. >> torston.
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  • >> torston. torston.
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  • Torston. >> taustin.
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  • >> taustin. >> torston.
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  • >> torston. >> torston.
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  • >> torston. >> yes.
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  • >> yes. >> torston.
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  • >> torston. >> i'm an usher,
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  • >> i'm an usher, right over there.
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  • Right over there. >> ah!
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  • >> ah! torston the usher!
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Now, i ask you something,
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  • Now, i ask you something, torston, do you feel like
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  • Torston, do you feel like god has called you
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  • God has called you to be an usher?
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  • To be an usher? >> definitely.
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  • >> definitely. >> yeah.
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  • >> yeah. >> i love this so much.
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  • >> i love this so much. >> he said, "definitely,
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  • >> he said, "definitely, i love it so much."
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  • I love it so much." do you have
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  • Do you have the calling of ushing?
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  • >> i hope so.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I hope so.
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  • I hope so. >> okay.
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  • >> okay. so, you're gonna
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  • So, you're gonna love this, torston.
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  • Love this, torston. i'm gonna talk today
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  • I'm gonna talk today a little bit about how
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  • A little bit about how god calls us all to do
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  • God calls us all to do some things, and then he calls
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  • Some things, and then he calls some to do certain things.
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  • Some to do certain things. and in the theology of it
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  • And in the theology of it you have the universal
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  • Calling of god and then
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  • Calling of god and then the particular calling of god.
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  • The particular calling of god. and there are some things that
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  • And there are some things that god has not called us all to do,
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  • God has not called us all to do, and thank god for that.
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  • And thank god for that. today, we're gonna talk about
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  • Today, we're gonna talk about a man named abraham.
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  • A man named abraham. god called him to have
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  • God called him to have a baby at age 100.
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  • A baby at age 100. how many thank god that god
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  • How many thank god that god has not called us all...
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  • [applause]
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  • Torston, torston.
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  • Torston, torston. so, we're gonna talk about today
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  • So, we're gonna talk about today how god has called us all
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  • And that includes you.
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  • And that includes you. in the south we say,
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  • In the south we say, "god called y'all."
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  • "god called y'all." god called y'all.
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  • God called y'all. and in hebrews 11,
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  • And in hebrews 11, he's giving
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  • He's giving the whole hall of faith,
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  • The whole hall of faith, all these heroes,
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  • All these heroes, and he brings up abraham.
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  • And he brings up abraham. and i'll show you
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  • And i'll show you in a few moments
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  • In a few moments where god called his name
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  • Where god called his name twice because that's
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  • Twice because that's the theme of the series.
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  • The theme of the series. simon, simon,
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  • Simon, simon, moses, moses, martha, martha.
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  • Moses, moses, martha, martha. what other ones have i done?
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  • What other ones have i done? jacob, jacob.
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  • Jacob, jacob. i've been studying all
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  • I've been studying all seven of 'em so i'm mixed up
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  • Seven of 'em so i'm mixed up which ones i've done.
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  • Which ones i've done. saul, saul, paul, paul.
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  • Saul, saul, paul, paul. and this week is going
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  • And this week is going to be abraham, abraham,
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  • To be abraham, abraham, but, i wanna go back through
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  • But, i wanna go back through the lens of hebrews 11,
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  • The lens of hebrews 11, where we're given a list
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  • Where we're given a list of all of these amazing things
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  • Of all of these amazing things that god called people to do.
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  • That god called people to do. and they are particular things,
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  • And they are particular things, so that we're not all
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  • So that we're not all going to lead a nation
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  • Going to lead a nation like moses did.
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  • Like moses did. i don't want to.
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  • I don't want to. who would want to be
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  • Who would want to be the president of this country,
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  • The president of this country, ever, for any reason whatsoever?
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  • Ever, for any reason whatsoever? and you may say,
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  • And you may say, "well, god doesn't call me
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  • "well, god doesn't call me to preach or to sing,
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  • To preach or to sing, i don't wanna do those things."
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  • I don't wanna do those things." well, there are some things
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  • Well, there are some things that god has called us
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  • That god has called us all to be, kind.
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  • All to be, kind. god has called us all
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  • God has called us all to be patient.
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  • To be patient. god has called us
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  • All to be forgiving.
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  • All to be forgiving. god has called us
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  • God has called us all to be generous.
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  • All to be generous. god has called us
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  • God has called us all to have faith.
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  • All to have faith. god has called us all
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  • God has called us all to be more than conquerors.
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  • To be more than conquerors. god has called us all
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  • God has called us all to be agents of healing,
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  • To be agents of healing, the light of the world,
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  • The salt of the earth.
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  • The salt of the earth. and we're given this example
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  • And we're given this example of abraham to help us with that.
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  • Look at hebrews 11:17.
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  • Look at hebrews 11:17. "by faith abraham,
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  • "by faith abraham, when god tested him,"
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  • When god tested him," when god tested him.
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  • When god tested him. i want you to remember
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  • I want you to remember that god tested him.
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  • That god tested him. "when god tested him
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  • "when god tested him he offered isaac
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  • He offered isaac as a sacrifice."
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  • As a sacrifice." that was the soon that he waited
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  • That was the soon that he waited 'til he was 100 to have.
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  • 'til he was 100 to have. "he who had embraced
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  • "he who had embraced the promises was about
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  • The promises was about to sacrifice his
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  • To sacrifice his one and only son."
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  • One and only son." verse 18, "even though
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  • Verse 18, "even though god had said to him,
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  • God had said to him, 'it is through isaac
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  • 'it is through isaac that your offspring
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  • That your offspring will be reckoned.'"
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  • Now, that's really heavy.
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  • Now, that's really heavy. and i've been saving this
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  • And i've been saving this sermon because i was intimidated
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  • Sermon because i was intimidated to preach it because
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  • To preach it because it's mostly a very
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  • It's mostly a very disturbing story in the bible
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  • Disturbing story in the bible where god told abraham,
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  • Where god told abraham, "take your son, that you love,
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  • "take your son, that you love, and offer him to me
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  • And offer him to me as a sacrifice."
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  • As a sacrifice." and moving beyond
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  • And moving beyond the differences in that
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  • The differences in that time period when child sacrifice
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  • Time period when child sacrifice was acceptable in the culture,
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  • Was acceptable in the culture, it is still a very, very
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  • It is still a very, very difficult story for us
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  • Difficult story for us to read or to talk about
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  • To read or to talk about but we're gonna talk
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  • But we're gonna talk about it today.
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  • About it today. we're gonna talk about it
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  • We're gonna talk about it today through a certain lens
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  • Today through a certain lens because look what it says
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  • In hebrews 11:19.
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  • In hebrews 11:19. it says, "abraham reasoned that
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  • It says, "abraham reasoned that god could even raise the dead,
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  • God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking
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  • And so in a manner of speaking he did receive isaac
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  • He did receive isaac back from death."
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  • And we know that this
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  • And we know that this a shadow of another son,
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  • A shadow of another son, thousands of years later,
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  • Thousands of years later, who would be
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  • Sacrificed for our sin.
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  • Sacrificed for our sin. and abraham, who did not
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  • And abraham, who did not have to kill his son,
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  • Have to kill his son, is a prefigure of a father
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  • Is a prefigure of a father who would go through with it
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  • Who would go through with it but raise him from the dead.
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  • But raise him from the dead. but abraham didn't know
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  • But abraham didn't know that story yet.
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  • That story yet. and so, sometimes we are
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  • And so, sometimes we are having to live in experiences
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  • Having to live in experiences that we have no frame
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  • That we have no frame of reference for.
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  • Of reference for. and that's what i wanna
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  • And that's what i wanna talk to you a little bit
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  • Talk to you a little bit about today.
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  • About today. it's a simple message,
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  • It's a simple message, but a profound truth
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  • But a profound truth that the lord showed me.
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  • That the lord showed me. this message is about
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  • A certain moment in your life
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  • A certain moment in your life that you will come to
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  • That you will come to from time to time,
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  • From time to time, not just once but many times.
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  • Not just once but many times. and i'm calling the message,
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  • And i'm calling the message, "when god says lets go."
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  • "when god says lets go." when god says lets go,
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  • When god says lets go, because sometimes he will.
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  • Because sometimes he will. sometimes, he will tell you
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  • Sometimes, he will tell you you're holding it too tightly,
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  • You're holding it too tightly, and god will say, "let go."
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  • And god will say, "let go." sometimes, he'll tell you,
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  • Sometimes, he'll tell you, "this is through and you can't
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  • "this is through and you can't do anything about it,"
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  • Do anything about it," and he'll say, "let go."
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  • And he'll say, "let go." and we wanna talk
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  • And we wanna talk today about what to do when
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  • Today about what to do when god says lets go.
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  • God says lets go. father, release your word with
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  • Father, release your word with power and precision, right now.
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  • Power and precision, right now. i thank you in advance
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  • I thank you in advance for the clarity that you will
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  • For the clarity that you will give me as a i preach this
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  • Give me as a i preach this word to your children,
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  • Word to your children, in jesus' name, amen.
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  • In jesus' name, amen. you may be seated.
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  • [applause]
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  • When god says let go.
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  • When god says let go. put that title in the comments,
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  • Put that title in the comments, please, on youtube,
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  • Please, on youtube, "when god says let go."
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  • "when god says let go." control freaks buckle up,
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  • Control freaks buckle up, we're gonna talk about
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  • We're gonna talk about when god says let go.
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  • When god says let go. helicopter parents,
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  • Helicopter parents, bring it in for a landing for
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  • Bring it in for a landing for the next 30, 40, 45 minutes,
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  • The next 30, 40, 45 minutes, we're gonna talk about
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  • We're gonna talk about when god says let go.
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  • When god says let go. now, i need to go in
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  • Now, i need to go in very strongly from the beginning
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  • So let's skip the part
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  • So let's skip the part of the sermon where you fish
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  • Of the sermon where you fish your gum out of your purse
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  • Your gum out of your purse and half-listen to what
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  • And half-listen to what i say while i tell you
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  • I say while i tell you a story that doesn't
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  • A story that doesn't relate to anything so you
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  • Relate to anything so you can get settled in.
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  • Can get settled in. and let me just give you
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  • And let me just give you a principle right off the top
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  • A principle right off the top because i feel like there are
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  • Some heavy situations people
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  • Some heavy situations people are carrying today,
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  • Are carrying today, and god is saying, "let go."
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  • And god is saying, "let go." when the bible says
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  • When the bible says in hebrews 11:17,
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  • In hebrews 11:17, "when abraham was tested,"
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  • "when abraham was tested," the specific tense that
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  • The specific tense that the language uses
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  • The language uses of the new testament,
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  • Of the new testament, which is koine greek,
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  • Which is koine greek, is in present continual tense.
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  • Is in present continual tense. so, it doesn't mean that abraham
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  • So, it doesn't mean that abraham had one moment where his faith
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  • Had one moment where his faith was tested and it was over,
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  • Was tested and it was over, it's talking about how faith
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  • It's talking about how faith is tested with every step
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  • Is tested with every step of faith that he took.
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  • Of faith that he took. when the lord told him
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  • When the lord told him to go to a mountain
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  • To go to a mountain and sacrifice his son,
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  • And sacrifice his son, he didn't know that god
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  • He didn't know that god would provide a ram
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  • Would provide a ram in the bush and he wouldn't
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  • In the bush and he wouldn't have to do it,
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  • Have to do it, so he was tested.
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  • So he was tested. now, this is something i would
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  • Now, this is something i would love for you to write down.
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  • Love for you to write down. it's a little bit long,
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  • It's a little bit long, but i think it's powerful.
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  • But i think it's powerful. when your faith is being tested,
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  • When your faith is being tested, there is something god has
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  • There is something god has already taught you that he is
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  • Already taught you that he is calling you to trust in.
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  • Calling you to trust in. when your faith,
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  • When your faith, not if but when,
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  • Not if but when, when your faith is being tested
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  • When your faith is being tested there is something that god
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  • There is something that god has already taught you that
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  • He is calling you to trust in.
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  • He is calling you to trust in. god would not be giving you
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  • God would not be giving you this test if he had not
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  • This test if he had not given you the lesson.
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  • Given you the lesson. he's a good teacher.
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  • He's a good teacher. he wouldn't put something
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  • He wouldn't put something in front of you that
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  • In front of you that he didn't prep you for.
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  • He didn't prep you for. so, we learn to shift
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  • So, we learn to shift in these seasons of testing
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  • In these seasons of testing to try to remember,
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  • To try to remember, "god, what is it that
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  • You've already taught me that
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  • You've already taught me that you are calling me to trust in
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  • You are calling me to trust in in this moment?"
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  • In this moment?" let me say the whole
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  • Let me say the whole sentence one more time.
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  • Sentence one more time. when your faith is being tested
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  • When your faith is being tested by a medical diagnosis,
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  • By a medical diagnosis, when your faith is being
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  • When your faith is being tested by a dry season
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  • Tested by a dry season in your own soul,
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  • In your own soul, when your faith is being
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  • When your faith is being tested by the way somebody
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  • Tested by the way somebody is acting toward you that's
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  • Is acting toward you that's unfair but you can't stop it.
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  • Unfair but you can't stop it. when your faith is being tested
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  • When your faith is being tested by doubts that just seem
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  • By doubts that just seem to keep coming and multiply
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  • To keep coming and multiply in your mind.
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  • In your mind. when, not if, your faith
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  • When, not if, your faith is being tested
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  • Is being tested you're in good company,
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  • You're in good company, the father of our faith,
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  • The father of our faith, abraham, was tested.
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  • Abraham, was tested. and when he was tested,
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  • And when he was tested, not just once but many times,
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  • Not just once but many times, there was something that god had
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  • There was something that god had already taught him that he was
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  • Already taught him that he was calling him to trust in.
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  • Calling him to trust in. so, if your faith
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  • So, if your faith is being tested,
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  • Is being tested, and it will be tested,
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  • And it will be tested, and if it is not being tested
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  • And if it is not being tested today let me see you at 2 p.m.
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  • Today let me see you at 2 p.m. when your faith is being tested,
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  • When your faith is being tested, there is something that
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  • There is something that god has already taught you
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  • God has already taught you that he is calling you
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  • That he is calling you to trust in because
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  • To trust in because there's a big difference
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  • There's a big difference between him teaching it
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  • Between him teaching it and me trusting it.
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  • And me trusting it. and so, this moment in
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  • And so, this moment in your life is about asking god,
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  • Your life is about asking god, "what have you already
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  • Taught me that you are
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  • Taught me that you are calling me to trust in?"
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  • Calling me to trust in?" abraham, abraham.
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  • Abraham, abraham. abraham and god have
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  • Abraham and god have a track record.
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  • A track record. by the time he calls him
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  • By the time he calls him to give his son back to god,
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  • The god who gave him
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  • The god who gave him the son says,
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  • The son says, "give it back to me,"
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  • "give it back to me," which he has the right to do,
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  • Which he has the right to do, everything comes from him.
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  • Everything comes from him. but even in the midst
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  • But even in the midst of abraham's confusion,
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  • Of abraham's confusion, there is a sense of continuity
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  • There is a sense of continuity for his calling.
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  • For his calling. the thing about trust
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  • The thing about trust when i said god is calling you
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  • When i said god is calling you to trust in something
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  • To trust in something that he taught you,
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  • That he taught you, the thing about trust
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  • The thing about trust is that trust is everything.
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  • Is that trust is everything. and the greatest way that
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  • And the greatest way that i can exemplify this to you
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  • I can exemplify this to you is through hebrews 11:8.
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  • Is through hebrews 11:8. god gives a little bit
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  • God gives a little bit of a reminder about something
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  • Of a reminder about something that happened 40 years earlier
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  • That happened 40 years earlier in abraham's life that
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  • In abraham's life that prepared him for this moment,
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  • Prepared him for this moment, and i wanna look at
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  • And i wanna look at you right now.
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  • You right now. just because you don't
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  • Just because you don't feel ready for this moment
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  • Feel ready for this moment doesn't mean you're not
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  • Doesn't mean you're not prepared for it.
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  • Prepared for it. just because you're surprised
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  • Just because you're surprised by it doesn't mean that you
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  • By it doesn't mean that you don't have the supply for it.
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  • Don't have the supply for it. now, when abraham was
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  • Now, when abraham was first getting started out in
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  • First getting started out in his journey of faith following
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  • His journey of faith following yahweh he was 75 years old.
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  • Yahweh he was 75 years old. they lived a lot longer then,
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  • They lived a lot longer then, by the way.
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  • By the way. you could've called it
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  • You could've called it a midlife crisis 'cause he
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  • A midlife crisis 'cause he lived to be about 150, 160.
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  • Lived to be about 150, 160. and the bible says
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  • And the bible says in hebrews 11:8,
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  • In hebrews 11:8, a reminder of something
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  • A reminder of something that happened when abraham
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  • First got started.
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  • First got started. it says, "by faith abraham,
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  • It says, "by faith abraham, when called to go to a place
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  • When called to go to a place he would later receive
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  • He would later receive as his inheritance,
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  • As his inheritance, obeyed and went,
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  • Obeyed and went, even though he did not know
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  • Even though he did not know where he was going."
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  • That's about the craziest thing
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  • That's about the craziest thing i ever read in my life.
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  • I ever read in my life. y'all just sitting there
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  • Y'all just sitting there looking at me like he went
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  • Looking at me like he went to the grocery store.
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  • To the grocery store. i just told you this man
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  • I just told you this man uprooted his entire life
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  • Uprooted his entire life because of a god he had
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  • Because of a god he had never heard from,
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  • Never heard from, told him to go to a place
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  • Told him to go to a place that he wouldn't give him
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  • Any details about,
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  • Any details about, and there was no ways app
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  • And there was no ways app on abraham's iphone -34.
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  • On abraham's iphone -34. so, he went and obeyed
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  • So, he went and obeyed even though he didn't know.
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  • Even though he didn't know. somebody say, "even though."
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  • Somebody say, "even though." >> congregation: even though.
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  • >> congregation: even though. >> even though.
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  • >> even though. >> congregation: even though.
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  • >> congregation: even though. >> even though he didn't know
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  • >> even though he didn't know where it was leading
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  • Where it was leading he set out in faith.
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  • He set out in faith. and the thing about this kind
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  • And the thing about this kind of trust in your life, my life,
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  • Of trust in your life, my life, abraham's life, simon's life,
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  • Abraham's life, simon's life, martha's life, mary's life,
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  • Martha's life, mary's life, moses's life.
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  • When we go through all
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  • When we go through all the people in the bible
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  • The people in the bible we get a panoramic view
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  • We get a panoramic view of the patterns that
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  • Of the patterns that applied to all of us,
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  • Applied to all of us, kind of a sample or what
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  • Kind of a sample or what different people went through
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  • Different people went through that they had to trust god with,
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  • That they had to trust god with, and steps that they took.
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  • And steps that they took. and then, we find ourselves
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  • And then, we find ourselves following in those foots steps.
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  • Following in those foots steps. and trust is a funny thing
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  • And trust is a funny thing because the deeper
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  • Because the deeper the level of trust,
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  • The level of trust, the less the need for details.
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  • The less the need for details. the deeper the level of trust
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  • The deeper the level of trust the less the need for details.
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  • The less the need for details. can i break it down?
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  • Can i break it down? holly went to get her nails
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  • Holly went to get her nails done yesterday, i trust her.
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  • Done yesterday, i trust her. i didn't check my phone
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  • I didn't check my phone to see if she actually went
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  • To see if she actually went to get her nails done.
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  • To get her nails done. i didn't ask her how long
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  • I didn't ask her how long she was gonna be there.
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  • She was gonna be there. "who's gonna be doing
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  • "who's gonna be doing your nails?
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  • Your nails? what kind of acrylic
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  • What kind of acrylic are you planning to get today
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  • Are you planning to get today and are you gonna pay
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  • And are you gonna pay for the extra $20 thing
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  • For the extra $20 thing where they put the little
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  • Where they put the little things on the things
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  • Things on the things on top of the things?"
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  • On top of the things?" 'cause i trust her,
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  • 'cause i trust her, she won't spend it
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  • She won't spend it if we don't have it,
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  • If we don't have it, and she won't lie to me
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  • And she won't lie to me about it if she does.
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  • About it if she does. she'd tell me, "i spent $20,"
  • 00:13:30.295 --> 00:13:31.596
  • She'd tell me, "i spent $20," i don't even have to ask her,
  • 00:13:31.663 --> 00:13:32.530
  • I don't even have to ask her, just go get your nails done.
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  • Just go get your nails done. i trust her.
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  • This is not a marriage seminar.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:37.769 --> 00:13:38.970
  • This is not a parenting seminar
  • 00:13:39.370 --> 00:13:40.538
  • This is not a parenting seminar but let's pretend like
  • 00:13:40.605 --> 00:13:41.706
  • But let's pretend like it is because it involves
  • 00:13:41.773 --> 00:13:42.707
  • It is because it involves a father and a son.
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  • A father and a son. with teenagers --
  • 00:13:45.076 --> 00:13:45.777
  • With teenagers -- how many of you have teenagers?
  • 00:13:45.844 --> 00:13:48.313
  • How many of you have teenagers? when you trust your teenagers,
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  • You are delusional.
  • 00:13:51.683 --> 00:13:52.517
  • You are delusional. just kidding.
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  • [laughter]
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  • When you trust your teenagers,
  • 00:13:54.052 --> 00:13:55.320
  • When you trust your teenagers, because, you know, they can
  • 00:13:55.386 --> 00:13:57.188
  • Because, you know, they can develop a track record
  • 00:13:57.255 --> 00:13:58.456
  • Develop a track record that you trust them, right.
  • 00:13:58.523 --> 00:13:59.958
  • That you trust them, right. and if you have a teenager that
  • 00:14:00.024 --> 00:14:02.493
  • And if you have a teenager that you feel like you can trust,
  • 00:14:02.560 --> 00:14:03.461
  • You feel like you can trust, as much as you can trust
  • 00:14:03.528 --> 00:14:04.562
  • As much as you can trust any person, including you,
  • 00:14:04.629 --> 00:14:08.466
  • Any person, including you, 'cause some a y'all can't
  • 00:14:08.533 --> 00:14:09.234
  • 'cause some a y'all can't even trust the teenager
  • 00:14:09.300 --> 00:14:10.235
  • Even trust the teenager that's still living in you,
  • 00:14:10.301 --> 00:14:11.236
  • That's still living in you, so how in the world
  • 00:14:11.302 --> 00:14:11.970
  • So how in the world would you completely trust
  • 00:14:12.036 --> 00:14:13.171
  • Would you completely trust your teenager?
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  • [applause]
  • 00:14:14.272 --> 00:14:14.839
  • But when they have exemplified
  • 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:19.444
  • But when they have exemplified trustworthy behavior,
  • 00:14:19.510 --> 00:14:20.612
  • Trustworthy behavior, even though they have
  • 00:14:20.678 --> 00:14:21.312
  • Even though they have a sinful nature,
  • 00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:22.914
  • A sinful nature, it changes things.
  • 00:14:22.981 --> 00:14:24.115
  • It changes things. if you don't trust
  • 00:14:24.182 --> 00:14:24.816
  • If you don't trust your teenager,
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  • Your teenager, every time they wanna go
  • 00:14:26.217 --> 00:14:27.318
  • Every time they wanna go somewhere you need details.
  • 00:14:27.385 --> 00:14:30.688
  • Somewhere you need details. so, they will ask you,
  • 00:14:30.755 --> 00:14:32.690
  • So, they will ask you, "can i go to the movies?"
  • 00:14:32.757 --> 00:14:34.525
  • "can i go to the movies?" and you will say,
  • 00:14:34.592 --> 00:14:36.060
  • And you will say, "i need some details."
  • 00:14:36.127 --> 00:14:38.529
  • "i need some details." somebody put it in the chat,
  • 00:14:38.596 --> 00:14:39.330
  • Somebody put it in the chat, say, "details."
  • 00:14:39.397 --> 00:14:40.231
  • Say, "details." >> congregation: details.
  • 00:14:40.298 --> 00:14:41.199
  • >> congregation: details. >> tell your neighbor,
  • 00:14:41.266 --> 00:14:41.699
  • >> tell your neighbor, "i need details."
  • 00:14:41.766 --> 00:14:42.667
  • "i need details." >> congregation: i need details.
  • 00:14:42.734 --> 00:14:43.701
  • >> congregation: i need details. >> tell 'em,
  • 00:14:43.768 --> 00:14:44.302
  • >> tell 'em, "if i don't rust you...
  • 00:14:44.369 --> 00:14:45.336
  • "if i don't rust you... >> congregation: if i don't
  • 00:14:45.403 --> 00:14:45.937
  • >> congregation: if i don't trust you...
  • 00:14:46.004 --> 00:14:46.504
  • Trust you... >> i need details."
  • 00:14:46.571 --> 00:14:47.372
  • >> i need details." >> congregation: i need details.
  • 00:14:47.438 --> 00:14:48.239
  • >> congregation: i need details. >> so, "can i go to the movies?"
  • 00:14:48.306 --> 00:14:50.208
  • >> so, "can i go to the movies?" "what movie?
  • 00:14:50.275 --> 00:14:51.843
  • "what movie? what theater?
  • 00:14:51.910 --> 00:14:53.811
  • What theater? who are some of the actors
  • 00:14:53.878 --> 00:14:54.712
  • Who are some of the actors in the movie so i can see
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  • In the movie so i can see if you really plan on
  • 00:14:56.180 --> 00:14:57.115
  • If you really plan on seeing this movie?
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:58.349 --> 00:14:58.917
  • What time is it playing?
  • 00:14:59.284 --> 00:15:01.286
  • What time is it playing? who else is gonna be
  • 00:15:01.352 --> 00:15:02.053
  • Who else is gonna be on your row?
  • 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:02.787
  • On your row? what seat are you sitting in?
  • 00:15:02.854 --> 00:15:04.055
  • What seat are you sitting in? show me a screenshot
  • 00:15:04.122 --> 00:15:04.923
  • Of those seats right now.
  • 00:15:05.023 --> 00:15:07.025
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:07.392 --> 00:15:07.859
  • Will there be popcorn involved?
  • 00:15:08.293 --> 00:15:09.360
  • Will there be popcorn involved? how much butter do you plan
  • 00:15:09.427 --> 00:15:10.595
  • How much butter do you plan on pumping on that popcorn?"
  • 00:15:10.662 --> 00:15:13.464
  • On pumping on that popcorn?" 'cause the less i trust you
  • 00:15:13.531 --> 00:15:15.500
  • 'cause the less i trust you the more i need details.
  • 00:15:15.566 --> 00:15:17.101
  • The more i need details. if i trust you, "can i go
  • 00:15:17.168 --> 00:15:19.137
  • If i trust you, "can i go to the movies?"
  • 00:15:19.203 --> 00:15:20.838
  • To the movies?" "sure.
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  • "sure. be home at 11:30."
  • 00:15:22.040 --> 00:15:23.875
  • Be home at 11:30." we don't need the details
  • 00:15:23.942 --> 00:15:25.877
  • We don't need the details if we have the trust.
  • 00:15:25.944 --> 00:15:28.546
  • If we have the trust. and the deeper
  • 00:15:28.613 --> 00:15:30.348
  • And the deeper the level of trust,
  • 00:15:30.415 --> 00:15:32.317
  • The less the need for details.
  • 00:15:32.417 --> 00:15:35.620
  • The less the need for details. the guy who started
  • 00:15:35.687 --> 00:15:36.487
  • The guy who started the church with me,
  • 00:15:36.554 --> 00:15:38.189
  • The church with me, he could walk up to me right
  • 00:15:38.256 --> 00:15:39.057
  • He could walk up to me right in the middle of preaching,
  • 00:15:39.123 --> 00:15:40.458
  • In the middle of preaching, right now, and put
  • 00:15:40.525 --> 00:15:41.759
  • Right now, and put a contract here and say,
  • 00:15:41.826 --> 00:15:43.394
  • A contract here and say, "i need you to sign this
  • 00:15:43.461 --> 00:15:44.462
  • "i need you to sign this while you're preaching,"
  • 00:15:44.529 --> 00:15:45.596
  • While you're preaching," and i would keep preaching
  • 00:15:45.663 --> 00:15:46.331
  • And i would keep preaching and sign it and hand
  • 00:15:46.397 --> 00:15:47.298
  • And sign it and hand it back to him.
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  • It back to him. i wouldn't ask him
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  • I wouldn't ask him what it was about --
  • 00:15:49.033 --> 00:15:49.634
  • What it was about -- maybe you think i'm an idiot,
  • 00:15:49.701 --> 00:15:50.802
  • Maybe you think i'm an idiot, but we've had
  • 00:15:50.868 --> 00:15:51.302
  • But we've had experiences together.
  • 00:15:51.369 --> 00:15:53.171
  • Experiences together. it would not matter what that
  • 00:15:53.237 --> 00:15:54.505
  • It would not matter what that particular document said,
  • 00:15:54.572 --> 00:15:56.541
  • Particular document said, it is through the --
  • 00:15:56.607 --> 00:15:57.675
  • It is through the -- now, the first time
  • 00:15:57.742 --> 00:15:58.376
  • Now, the first time i met him, i needed details.
  • 00:15:58.443 --> 00:16:01.679
  • I met him, i needed details. now, let me tell you all
  • 00:16:01.746 --> 00:16:02.513
  • Now, let me tell you all something because i really
  • 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.815
  • Something because i really wanna set this frame
  • 00:16:03.881 --> 00:16:05.016
  • Wanna set this frame so that we don't get lost
  • 00:16:05.083 --> 00:16:06.384
  • So that we don't get lost in an epic story about killing
  • 00:16:06.451 --> 00:16:09.253
  • In an epic story about killing your son or your daughter,
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  • Your son or your daughter, which is not what
  • 00:16:11.022 --> 00:16:11.489
  • Which is not what the text is about,
  • 00:16:11.556 --> 00:16:12.323
  • The text is about, it's about trust.
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  • It's about trust. god is not calling you
  • 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.460
  • God is not calling you to kill your child,
  • 00:16:15.526 --> 00:16:16.794
  • To kill your child, you might wish from
  • 00:16:16.861 --> 00:16:18.363
  • You might wish from time to time.
  • 00:16:18.429 --> 00:16:21.933
  • Time to time. but using humor just
  • 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.667
  • But using humor just to lighten the mood so we don't
  • 00:16:22.734 --> 00:16:24.202
  • To lighten the mood so we don't get caught in something
  • 00:16:24.268 --> 00:16:25.870
  • Get caught in something that we can't understand
  • 00:16:25.937 --> 00:16:26.537
  • That we can't understand and contextualize in our day,
  • 00:16:26.604 --> 00:16:27.939
  • And contextualize in our day, this is about trust.
  • 00:16:28.006 --> 00:16:30.308
  • This is about trust. the test that you're in
  • 00:16:30.375 --> 00:16:31.542
  • The test that you're in right now is about trust.
  • 00:16:31.609 --> 00:16:33.978
  • Right now is about trust. when we started the church
  • 00:16:34.045 --> 00:16:34.946
  • When we started the church i had eight families who
  • 00:16:35.013 --> 00:16:36.848
  • I had eight families who i asked to come with me.
  • 00:16:36.914 --> 00:16:38.449
  • I asked to come with me. this was 20 years ago.
  • 00:16:38.516 --> 00:16:40.051
  • This was 20 years ago. twenty-one years ago i said,
  • 00:16:40.118 --> 00:16:41.886
  • Twenty-one years ago i said, "i'm called to start a church,
  • 00:16:41.953 --> 00:16:44.956
  • "i'm called to start a church, and i believe y'all are called
  • 00:16:45.023 --> 00:16:46.190
  • And i believe y'all are called to come with me."
  • 00:16:46.257 --> 00:16:48.292
  • But here's all i told 'em.
  • 00:16:48.393 --> 00:16:50.128
  • But here's all i told 'em. i said, "we're gonna start
  • 00:16:50.194 --> 00:16:51.662
  • I said, "we're gonna start a church in a big city
  • 00:16:51.729 --> 00:16:53.264
  • A church in a big city somewhere in america."
  • 00:16:53.331 --> 00:16:55.533
  • Somewhere in america." that was the whole pitch."
  • 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.301
  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:57.668 --> 00:16:58.536
  • I had not read the sales books
  • 00:16:58.836 --> 00:17:00.405
  • I had not read the sales books yet about how to sell people
  • 00:17:00.471 --> 00:17:03.241
  • On your vision.
  • 00:17:03.341 --> 00:17:04.809
  • On your vision. and as a matter of fact,
  • 00:17:04.876 --> 00:17:06.077
  • And as a matter of fact, i didn't really want them
  • 00:17:06.144 --> 00:17:06.978
  • I didn't really want them to know what city we were going
  • 00:17:07.045 --> 00:17:08.579
  • To know what city we were going to because i didn't know yet.
  • 00:17:08.646 --> 00:17:10.448
  • To because i didn't know yet. and i believed that god knew,
  • 00:17:10.515 --> 00:17:12.483
  • And i believed that god knew, and i didn't want them to make
  • 00:17:12.550 --> 00:17:14.118
  • And i didn't want them to make a commitment based on a city,
  • 00:17:14.185 --> 00:17:17.021
  • A commitment based on a city, i wanted them to make
  • 00:17:17.088 --> 00:17:18.122
  • I wanted them to make a commitment based on a calling.
  • 00:17:18.189 --> 00:17:21.592
  • A commitment based on a calling. i didn't want them
  • 00:17:21.659 --> 00:17:22.493
  • I didn't want them to commit if we were going
  • 00:17:22.560 --> 00:17:23.795
  • To commit if we were going to miami because they
  • 00:17:23.861 --> 00:17:25.163
  • To miami because they liked warm weather.
  • 00:17:25.229 --> 00:17:26.864
  • Liked warm weather. i wanted them to commit even
  • 00:17:26.931 --> 00:17:28.132
  • I wanted them to commit even if we went to minnesota.
  • 00:17:28.199 --> 00:17:31.636
  • If we went to minnesota. but i didn't wanna tell 'em
  • 00:17:31.702 --> 00:17:32.603
  • But i didn't wanna tell 'em minnesota so that they would
  • 00:17:32.670 --> 00:17:33.404
  • Minnesota so that they would say yes and then they'd have
  • 00:17:33.471 --> 00:17:34.172
  • Say yes and then they'd have to go to minnesota 'cause
  • 00:17:34.238 --> 00:17:36.040
  • To go to minnesota 'cause i wanted to trick 'em
  • 00:17:36.107 --> 00:17:36.874
  • I wanted to trick 'em into trusting god, not me.
  • 00:17:36.941 --> 00:17:39.710
  • Into trusting god, not me. 'cause i look back on that
  • 00:17:39.777 --> 00:17:40.478
  • 'cause i look back on that and i think, "my goodness,
  • 00:17:40.545 --> 00:17:43.381
  • And i think, "my goodness, how did they trust so much when
  • 00:17:43.448 --> 00:17:46.284
  • How did they trust so much when they were told so little?"
  • 00:17:46.350 --> 00:17:48.753
  • They were told so little?" somewhere in
  • 00:17:48.820 --> 00:17:49.620
  • Somewhere in the united states of america,
  • 00:17:49.687 --> 00:17:52.156
  • The united states of america, we couldn't have known we would
  • 00:17:52.223 --> 00:17:52.990
  • We couldn't have known we would be in such a wonderful city as
  • 00:17:53.057 --> 00:17:54.392
  • Be in such a wonderful city as charlotte, north carolina.
  • 00:17:54.459 --> 00:17:56.027
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:56.327 --> 00:17:56.828
  • We couldn't have known.
  • 00:17:57.161 --> 00:18:00.298
  • We couldn't have known. and i'm not comparing
  • 00:18:00.364 --> 00:18:01.132
  • And i'm not comparing y'all to abraham,
  • 00:18:01.199 --> 00:18:02.733
  • Y'all to abraham, but even though they didn't
  • 00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:04.335
  • But even though they didn't know they decided to go.
  • 00:18:04.402 --> 00:18:07.071
  • Know they decided to go. "let's go.
  • 00:18:07.138 --> 00:18:08.806
  • "let's go. let's go do it," they said.
  • 00:18:08.873 --> 00:18:10.308
  • Let's go do it," they said. "we're young and dumb, let's go.
  • 00:18:10.374 --> 00:18:14.011
  • "we're young and dumb, let's go. might as well find out of god
  • 00:18:14.078 --> 00:18:15.446
  • Might as well find out of god can use us, let's go."
  • 00:18:15.513 --> 00:18:18.116
  • Can use us, let's go." there's something
  • 00:18:18.182 --> 00:18:19.117
  • There's something invigorating even talking
  • 00:18:19.183 --> 00:18:20.251
  • Invigorating even talking to about me reliving those
  • 00:18:20.318 --> 00:18:22.553
  • Let go moments of our faith.
  • 00:18:22.653 --> 00:18:25.123
  • Let go moments of our faith. there's something exciting
  • 00:18:25.189 --> 00:18:26.224
  • There's something exciting even just to remember, like,
  • 00:18:26.290 --> 00:18:27.458
  • Even just to remember, like, i don't even know what
  • 00:18:27.525 --> 00:18:28.593
  • I don't even know what it means to start
  • 00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:29.627
  • It means to start a powerful church but
  • 00:18:29.694 --> 00:18:30.728
  • A powerful church but i wanna do it.
  • 00:18:30.795 --> 00:18:31.696
  • I wanna do it. lord, let's go.
  • 00:18:31.762 --> 00:18:33.965
  • Lord, let's go. and when god said to abraham,
  • 00:18:34.031 --> 00:18:35.800
  • And when god said to abraham, "let's go," abraham didn't say,
  • 00:18:35.867 --> 00:18:39.470
  • "let's go," abraham didn't say, "there are a few things
  • 00:18:39.537 --> 00:18:40.071
  • "there are a few things i need to know,"
  • 00:18:40.138 --> 00:18:41.205
  • I need to know," which lets me know that trust
  • 00:18:41.272 --> 00:18:44.108
  • Which lets me know that trust is not only a product of time,
  • 00:18:44.175 --> 00:18:46.611
  • Is not only a product of time, it is a product of character.
  • 00:18:46.677 --> 00:18:49.614
  • It is a product of character. this was not abraham's
  • 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:51.449
  • This was not abraham's third time following god,
  • 00:18:51.516 --> 00:18:53.417
  • It was his first.
  • 00:18:53.518 --> 00:18:55.319
  • It was his first. it's not like he had
  • 00:18:55.386 --> 00:18:56.220
  • It's not like he had a list of things
  • 00:18:56.287 --> 00:18:57.021
  • A list of things to point back to where,
  • 00:18:57.088 --> 00:18:58.789
  • To point back to where, "well, god you led me there
  • 00:18:58.856 --> 00:18:59.590
  • "well, god you led me there and it worked out.
  • 00:18:59.657 --> 00:19:00.191
  • And it worked out. you told me to take that
  • 00:19:00.258 --> 00:19:00.958
  • You told me to take that job and got a raise.
  • 00:19:01.025 --> 00:19:02.393
  • Job and got a raise. and you told me to marry them
  • 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.661
  • And you told me to marry them and they turned out
  • 00:19:03.728 --> 00:19:04.462
  • And they turned out to be wonderful."
  • 00:19:04.529 --> 00:19:05.196
  • To be wonderful." no, this is god saying,
  • 00:19:05.263 --> 00:19:06.430
  • No, this is god saying, "it's me, god, let's go."
  • 00:19:06.497 --> 00:19:10.134
  • "it's me, god, let's go." and when god says,
  • 00:19:10.201 --> 00:19:12.270
  • And when god says, "let's go," you can resist it
  • 00:19:12.336 --> 00:19:14.639
  • "let's go," you can resist it and you'll get more and more
  • 00:19:14.705 --> 00:19:16.440
  • And you'll get more and more miserable as you fight it.
  • 00:19:16.507 --> 00:19:18.409
  • Miserable as you fight it. when god says, "let's go,
  • 00:19:18.476 --> 00:19:20.178
  • When god says, "let's go, it's time for you to leave this
  • 00:19:20.244 --> 00:19:22.246
  • It's time for you to leave this toxic state and forgive them,
  • 00:19:22.313 --> 00:19:24.849
  • Toxic state and forgive them, and move on from
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  • And move on from what you've been holding
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  • What you've been holding them hostage about.
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  • Them hostage about. when god says, "let's go,"
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  • When god says, "let's go," and you won't move on past that,
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  • And you won't move on past that, you will feel stuck in yourself
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  • You will feel stuck in yourself until you obey the spoken word
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  • Until you obey the spoken word of the sovereign god.
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  • Of the sovereign god. when god says, "let's go,"
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  • When god says, "let's go," you might not even get
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  • You might not even get to ask him where.
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  • To ask him where. but if god can be trusted
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  • But if god can be trusted them the deeper
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  • Them the deeper of the level of the trust,
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  • Of the level of the trust, the less the need for
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  • The less the need for the details.
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  • The details. so, god says, "let's go,"
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  • So, god says, "let's go," and you don't ask him "where?"
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  • And you don't ask him "where?" you just say,
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  • You just say, "which shoes should i put on?
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  • "which shoes should i put on? can i wear something with heels
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  • Or should i wear
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  • Or should i wear something flat?"
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  • Something flat?" when god says, "let's go,"
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  • When god says, "let's go," when he invites you
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  • When he invites you into a new way of living,
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  • Into a new way of living, when he tells you it's time
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  • When he tells you it's time to pursue growth and stop
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  • To pursue growth and stop staying stagnant in
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  • Staying stagnant in the grumblings of your past.
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  • The grumblings of your past. when god says, "let's go."
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  • If you trust him enough you
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  • If you trust him enough you won't even need the details.
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  • Won't even need the details. and by the way,
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  • And by the way, the more that i trust you,
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  • The more that i trust you, the less details i need
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  • The less details i need to give you too.
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  • To give you too. if i don't trust you
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  • If i don't trust you i gotta tell you everything.
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  • I gotta tell you everything. but in my relationship with god,
  • 00:20:37.255 --> 00:20:39.590
  • But in my relationship with god, if i really trust him,
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  • If i really trust him, why would i need to give him
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  • Why would i need to give him all the details of how
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  • All the details of how he needs to lead me?
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  • He needs to lead me? and i wanna live
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  • And i wanna live in this for a minute.
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  • In this for a minute. i love y'all when
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  • I love y'all when y'all feel uncomfortable
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  • Y'all feel uncomfortable when i'm preaching.
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  • [laughter]
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  • That's how i know i heard
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  • That's how i know i heard from god because there are
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  • From god because there are some of you right now whose
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  • Some of you right now whose faith is being tested.
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  • Faith is being tested. but when your faith
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  • But when your faith is being tested
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  • Is being tested realize that there is something
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  • Realize that there is something that god already taught you
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  • That god already taught you that he is calling you
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  • That he is calling you to trust him in.
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  • To trust him in. and the deeper
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  • And the deeper the level of trust.
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  • The level of trust. notice i said "deeper"
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  • Notice i said "deeper" not "higher."
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  • Not "higher." the deeper the level of trust,
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  • The deeper the level of trust, the less the need for
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  • The less the need for the details.
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  • The details. how did abraham trust so much
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  • How did abraham trust so much when he was told so little?
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  • When he was told so little? i'mma close my eyes
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  • I'mma close my eyes so y'all won't feel like
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  • So y'all won't feel like i'm judging you
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  • I'm judging you when you answer this.
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  • Raise your hand if you
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  • Raise your hand if you would've needed a little
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  • Would've needed a little more detail than abraham
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  • More detail than abraham received in order
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  • Received in order to leave everything that
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  • To leave everything that you knew and set out.
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  • You knew and set out. but he didn't.
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  • But he didn't. i give you the scripture again.
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  • I give you the scripture again. and i can't believe those
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  • And i can't believe those of you who did not raise
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  • Of you who did not raise your hand right there.
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  • Your hand right there. you won't even go
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  • You won't even go to a party of you don't see
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  • To a party of you don't see the entire guest list.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Some of us won't even leave
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  • Some of us won't even leave the house unless we plot out
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  • The house unless we plot out where all the bathrooms are
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  • Where all the bathrooms are gonna be, you know.
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  • Gonna be, you know. i gotta know where the --
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  • And if you drive a tesla
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  • And if you drive a tesla you gotta know where
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  • You gotta know where every charging station is
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  • Every charging station is or you can't drive that.
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  • Or you can't drive that. so -- now, watch what
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  • Abraham did.
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  • Abraham did. "ge obeyed and went even though
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  • "ge obeyed and went even though he did not know where
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  • He did not know where he was going," verse 8.
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  • He was going," verse 8. he obeyed and went
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  • He obeyed and went even though he did not know
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  • Even though he did not know where he was going.
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  • Where he was going. he obeyed and went
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  • He obeyed and went even though he did not know.
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  • Even though he did not know. let's substitute something here.
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  • Let's substitute something here. let's say, "i must obey and go
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  • Let's say, "i must obey and go even though i don't know."
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  • Even though i don't know." and where it says,
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  • And where it says, "where they are going,"
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  • "where they are going," just put whatever needs
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  • Just put whatever needs to go in that blank.
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  • To go in that blank. if i don't know how god
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  • If i don't know how god is going to do it,
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  • Is going to do it, i don't need the details
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  • I don't need the details because my trust in him
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  • Because my trust in him is deeper than the details.
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  • So, when god speaks
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  • So, when god speaks to you and he says,
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  • To you and he says, "i want you to give
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  • "i want you to give this person some money,"
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  • This person some money," you don't need the details
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  • You don't need the details of why god wants you to give it,
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  • Of why god wants you to give it, if you trust him deeply.
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  • If you trust him deeply. when you say, "well, i can't
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  • When you say, "well, i can't trust him, i don't know
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  • Trust him, i don't know if they're gonna spend it
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  • If they're gonna spend it on the right thing."
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  • On the right thing." it's not the depth
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  • It's not the depth of your trust in them
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  • Of your trust in them that determines your level
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  • That determines your level of generosity,
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  • Of generosity, you are called to be generous.
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  • [applause]
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  • I think i'm really
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  • I think i'm really calling on somebody today
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  • Calling on somebody today who needs to do it
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  • Who needs to do it without the details.
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  • Without the details. and i don't mean get in your car
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  • And i don't mean get in your car and drive until an angel
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  • And drive until an angel speaks and then stop
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  • Speaks and then stop and get a motel room.
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  • And get a motel room. i'm talking about going forward
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  • I'm talking about going forward in what god is speaking to you
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  • In what god is speaking to you even though you don't know.
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  • Even though you don't know. a lot of times we get trapped
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  • A lot of times we get trapped in all of the details
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  • In all of the details that we don't know
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  • That we don't know and we don't take the steps
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  • And we don't take the steps that god has called us to take.
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  • >> i don't want you to be
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  • >> i don't want you to be so confused by the noise
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  • So confused by the noise that's surrounding you
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  • That's surrounding you that you never know
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  • That you never know the god who made you
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  • The god who made you and never know his voice.
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  • >> when god calls
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  • >> when god calls your name once,
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  • Your name once, that's personal.
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  • That's personal. when he calls
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  • When he calls your name twice,
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  • Your name twice, that's pivotal.
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  • New seven-part series,
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  • Above doubt and step into
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  • In the hands of our god. thank you for being a part
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  • Thank you for being a part of what god is doing
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  • Of what god is doing through this ministry,
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  • Through this ministry, we are so grateful to be able
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  • >> ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's my story ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh this moment in time ♪
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  • ♪ and he came to my rescue ♪
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  • ♪ yes ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ my savior ♪
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  • ♪ the one who will ♪
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  • ♪ never fail ♪
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  • ♪ he will never fail ♪
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  • ♪ oh i trust in god ♪
  • 00:26:20.698 --> 00:26:24.168
  • ♪ my savior ♪
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  • ♪ the one who will ♪
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  • ♪ never fail ♪
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  • ♪ he will never fail ♪
  • 00:26:36.013 --> 00:26:39.216
  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
  • 00:26:39.283 --> 00:26:41.719
  • ♪ and he heard ♪
  • 00:26:41.785 --> 00:26:44.922
  • ♪ and he answered ♪
  • 00:26:44.989 --> 00:26:46.523
  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
  • 00:26:46.590 --> 00:26:48.559
  • >> ♪ and he delivered me ♪
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  • ♪ from all my fears ♪
  • 00:26:50.060 --> 00:26:51.528
  • >> ♪ i sought the lord ♪
  • 00:26:51.595 --> 00:26:52.696
  • >> ♪ from everything ♪
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  • >> ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
  • 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.914
  • ♪ i sought the lord ♪
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  • ♪ and he heard ♪
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  • ♪ and he answered ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust him ♪
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  • ♪ that's why i trust in god ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> ♪ they that seek him ♪
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  • ♪ lack no good thing ♪
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  • ♪ those who seek jehovah ♪
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