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Steven Furtick - When God Says Let Go (Part 2)

August 30, 2025 | S25 E3506 | 28:0

Steven Furtick - When God Says Let Go (Part 2)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When God Says Let Go (Part 2) | August 30, 2025
  • >> announcer: up next,
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  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking to strengthen
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  • Your faith and shift your
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  • Perspective stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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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 into
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  • And i don't mean get into your car and drive until
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  • Your car and drive until an angel speaks and then stop
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  • An angel 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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  • That god has called us to take. there is a distinction between
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  • There is a distinction between god and the devil though.
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  • God and the devil though. see, the devil doesn't test us,
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  • See, the devil doesn't test us, he tempts us.
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  • He tempts us. the devil tempts us
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  • The devil tempts us outside of god's will.
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  • Outside of god's will. god test us to bring
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  • God test us to bring us deeper into his will.
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  • Us deeper into his will. it occurs to me today that
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  • It occurs to me today that the devil cannot test you,
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  • The devil cannot test you, only god can test you.
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  • Only god can test you. the devil can tempt you not
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  • The devil can tempt you not to trust god in this test,
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  • To trust god in this test, but god is the only
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  • But god is the only one who can test.
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  • One who can test. can i preach a little while like
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  • Can i preach a little while like we're preaching to people over
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  • We're preaching to people over the age of five years old?
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  • [applause]
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  • We need to make
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  • We need to make that distinction
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  • That distinction because otherwise you will
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  • Because otherwise you will get stuck in the even though
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  • Get stuck in the even though and you'll never know.
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  • And you'll never know. so, there are amazing,
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  • So, there are amazing, "let's go moments,"
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  • "let's go moments," that we have.
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  • That we have. there are amazing,
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  • There are amazing, "set out in faith," moments.
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  • "set out in faith," moments. and maybe not like abraham
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  • And maybe not like abraham to that dramatic extent,
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  • To that dramatic extent, but we can surely see
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  • But we can surely see the disciples having a,
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  • The disciples having a, "let's go moment."
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  • "let's go moment." write that phrase down,
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  • Write that phrase down, "let's go moment."
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  • "let's go moment." they're exciting.
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  • They're exciting. "hey, follow me.
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  • "hey, follow me. i'll make you fishers of men."
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  • I'll make you fishers of men." "oh, what do we
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  • "oh, what do we do about the boats?"
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  • Do about the boats?" "just keep those and rent
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  • "just keep those and rent them out for a little while.
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  • Them out for a little while. but for the next three years,
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  • But for the next three years, you're gonna see amazing things.
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  • You're gonna see amazing things. let's go."
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  • Let's go." when god speaks to you
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  • When god speaks to you and tells you to take a step
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  • And tells you to take a step of faith and, really,
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  • Of faith and, really, this time i'm gonna put
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  • This time i'm gonna put myself into this job.
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  • Myself into this job. i'm not just gonna work here
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  • I'm not just gonna work here and take a check and quiet quit.
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  • And take a check and quiet quit. i'm really gonna step up
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  • I'm really gonna step up and lead in this job.
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  • And lead in this job. when god says, "let's go,"
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  • When god says, "let's go," sometimes he doesn't have
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  • Sometimes he doesn't have to move you
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  • To move you from the place that you are.
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  • From the place that you are. he wants to use
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  • He wants to use you in the place that you
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  • You in the place that you are when you finally decide,
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  • Are when you finally decide, "let's go."
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  • "let's go." the disciples didn't
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  • The disciples didn't move from galilee
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  • Move from galilee when jesus called them.
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  • When jesus called them. they offered their boats
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  • They offered their boats so jesus could use them
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  • So jesus could use them in the place they already were.
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  • In the place they already were. let's go.
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  • Let's go. sometimes god will tell you,
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  • Sometimes god will tell you, "it's time for you
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  • "it's time for you to step into your adulthood.
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  • To step into your adulthood. you have been in a season
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  • You have been in a season of childishness,
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  • Of childishness, not childlike faith,
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  • Not childlike faith, but childishness long enough.
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  • But childishness long enough. let's go.
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  • Let's go. i'm calling you up now.
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  • I'm calling you up now. you need to be a mentor now.
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  • You need to be a mentor now. you need to be an example now.
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  • You need to be an example now. you need to trust me to move
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  • You need to trust me to move forward by faith now."
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  • Forward by faith now." and i wonder,
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  • And i wonder, is there anybody in here
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  • Is there anybody in here who trusts god enough
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  • Who trusts god enough that if he says,
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  • That if he says, "let's go,"
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  • "let's go," even though
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  • Even though the arrows are flying,
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  • The arrows are flying, you've got the shield of faith.
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  • You've got the shield of faith. now, faith is the substance
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  • Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for
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  • Of things hoped for and the evidence
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  • And the evidence of things not seen.
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  • Of things not seen. let's go!
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  • Let's go! the weapon maybe formed
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  • The weapon maybe formed against me,
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  • Against me, but it will not prosper.
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  • Let's go!
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  • Let's go! take your standing against
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  • Take your standing against the devil's schemes.
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  • The devil's schemes. you are not ignorant
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  • You are not ignorant of his schemes.
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  • Of his schemes. let's go!
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  • Let's go! devil, i don't want the smoke,
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  • Devil, i don't want the smoke, but if you wanna bring it,
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  • But if you wanna bring it, i have know somebody who's got
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  • A train that fills the temple.
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  • A train that fills the temple. let's go!
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  • [applause]
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  • Let's go!
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  • [applause]
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  • "i don't wanna raise
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  • "i don't wanna raise this kid by myself,
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  • This kid by myself, but if god didn't give me
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  • But if god didn't give me somebody else
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  • Somebody else to raise them with,
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  • To raise them with, he's my tag-team partner.
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  • He's my tag-team partner. let's go!"
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  • [applause]
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  • And abraham went 1,500 miles.
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  • And abraham went 1,500 miles. can you imagine?
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  • Can you imagine? fifteen hundred miles without
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  • Fifteen hundred miles without an app, without an uber,
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  • An app, without an uber, without a gps coordinate.
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  • Without a gps coordinate. it feels like that sometimes,
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  • It feels like that sometimes, but there is the voice
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  • But there is the voice of god saying, "let's go."
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  • Of god saying, "let's go." notice he said, "let's go.
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  • Notice he said, "let's go. let us go.
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  • Let us go. i'mma do this with you,
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  • I'mma do this with you, but i need the details."
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  • But i need the details." let me give you another
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  • Let me give you another example so i can make
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  • Example so i can make this so practical that you
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  • This so practical that you will have no excuse either
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  • Will have no excuse either to obey it or disobey
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  • To obey it or disobey it when the lord
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  • It when the lord speaks it to you.
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  • Speaks it to you. when i go on a trip
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  • When i go on a trip for ministry,
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  • For ministry, if i go alone,
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  • If i go alone, i need every detail.
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  • I need every detail. but if somebody comes
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  • But if somebody comes from the staff to support me,
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  • From the staff to support me, i don't need
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  • I don't need to know the details,
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  • To know the details, because i've got somebody
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  • Because i've got somebody with me that i can depend on.
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  • With me that i can depend on. and if i can depend on you,
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  • And if i can depend on you, i don't need details.
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  • I don't need details. so, the process of my life
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  • So, the process of my life and getting closer
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  • And getting closer with god should not
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  • With god should not be necessarily that
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  • Be necessarily that i understand more and more
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  • I understand more and more of where he's taking me.
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  • Of where he's taking me. that's why we get confused
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  • That's why we get confused when we run up on seasons
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  • When we run up on seasons that we didn't see coming,
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  • That we didn't see coming, because we think that
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  • Because we think that the depth of our faith
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  • The depth of our faith in god will bring clarity
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  • In god will bring clarity about the details
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  • About the details of where he's leading.
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  • Of where he's leading. but the deeper the trust --
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  • But the deeper the trust -- i said the deeper the trust.
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  • I said the deeper the trust. trust isn't always tall.
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  • Trust isn't always tall. you can't always see it.
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  • You can't always see it. sometimes it runs deep
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  • Sometimes it runs deep where you need it the most.
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  • Where you need it the most. and i believe that's how abraham
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  • And i believe that's how abraham was able to say, "let's go."
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  • Was able to say, "let's go." and then,
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  • And then, after god spoke to him
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  • After god spoke to him at age 75 --
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  • At age 75 -- leaving a metropolitan
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  • Leaving a metropolitan culture for a nomadic one.
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  • Culture for a nomadic one. everything about his life seems
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  • Everything about his life seems to be going backward when
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  • To be going backward when he sets out to follow god.
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  • He sets out to follow god. abraham wasn't moving on up.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Y'all, never even seen a tv set.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But he followed god
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  • But he followed god what seemed to be down,
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  • What seemed to be down, and then god spoke the promise.
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  • And then god spoke the promise. now, i wanna show you a very
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  • Now, i wanna show you a very pivotal phrase in hebrews 11:18.
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  • Pivotal phrase in hebrews 11:18. it's talking about how abraham
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  • It's talking about how abraham was tested, but when
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  • Was tested, but when your faith is being tested,
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  • Your faith is being tested, there's something that
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  • There's something that god has already taught you
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  • God has already taught you that he is calling
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  • That he is calling you to trust in.
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  • You to trust in. and it says,
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  • And it says, "by faith abraham,"
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  • "by faith abraham," verse 18, please,
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  • "even though
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  • "even though god had said to him,
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  • God had said to him, 'it is through isaac that your
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  • 'it is through isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'"
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  • Offspring will be reckoned.'" so, there's another,
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  • So, there's another, "even though."
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  • "even though." go back to verse 7.
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  • Go back to verse 7. i'mma put this
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  • I'mma put this thing together for you.
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  • Thing together for you. i'mma put the baloney right
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  • I'mma put the baloney right in the middle of the buns
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  • In the middle of the buns and smash it down.
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  • And smash it down. "by faith abraham,
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  • "by faith abraham, when called to go,"
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  • When called to go," verse 8,
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  • Verse 8, "to a place he
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  • "to a place he would later receive,"
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  • Would later receive," this is delayed
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  • This is delayed gratification, faith.
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  • Gratification, faith. even in his lifetime
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  • Even in his lifetime he wouldn't see all of it.
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  • He wouldn't see all of it. "but he obeyed and went,
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  • "but he obeyed and went, even though he did not
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  • Even though he did not know where he was going."
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  • Know where he was going." now give me verse 18 again.
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  • Now give me verse 18 again. "he offered his son even
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  • "he offered his son even though god had said to him,"
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  • Though god had said to him," but go back to the verse
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  • But go back to the verse before that,
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  • Before that, because it calls abraham
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  • Something very interesting.
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  • Something very interesting. you know,
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  • You know, he's called
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  • The father of faith,
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  • The father of faith, and he is.
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  • And he is. his name means father
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  • His name means father of many nations.
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  • Of many nations. his name started as abram,
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  • His name started as abram, which means exalted father,
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  • Which means exalted father, but god changed his
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  • But god changed his name to prepare him
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  • Name to prepare him for his assignment.
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  • For his assignment. and he was called according
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  • And he was called according to what he would carry.
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  • But when abraham received
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  • But when abraham received the promise that
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  • The promise that "you will have a son,"
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  • There was a problem.
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  • There was a problem. it says,
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  • It says, "by faith abraham,
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  • "by faith abraham, when god tested him,
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  • When god tested him, offered isaac as a sacrifice.
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  • Offered isaac as a sacrifice. he who had embraced,"
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  • He who had embraced," everybody say, "embraced."
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  • Everybody say, "embraced." >> congregation: embraced.
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  • >> congregation: embraced. >> justin, please circle
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  • >> justin, please circle the word embraced.
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  • The word embraced. "he embraced the promises."
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  • "he embraced the promises." and that sounds
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  • And that sounds so simple, right?
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  • So simple, right? like, god promises you
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  • Like, god promises you you're gonna make it,
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  • You're gonna make it, and you embrace it
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  • And you embrace it and you say,
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  • And you say, "i'm gonna make it."
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  • "i'm gonna make it." god promises you,
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  • God promises you, "this is gonna work
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  • Out for your good."
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  • Out for your good." you embrace it.
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  • You embrace it. "it's gonna work out."
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  • "it's gonna work out." god promises you that
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  • God promises you that he has someone for you,
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  • He has someone for you, and you embrace the idea
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  • And you embrace the idea that god has someone for you.
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  • That god has someone for you. and the first thing we need
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  • And the first thing we need to do before we embrace
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  • To do before we embrace a promise from god is evaluate,
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  • A promise from god is evaluate, is it actually
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  • Is it actually a promise from god,
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  • A promise from god, or is it just a feeling we had,
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  • Or is it just a feeling we had, or an ideal that we had?
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  • Or an ideal that we had? but put it back up.
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  • It says,
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  • It says, "he embraced the promise,"
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  • "he embraced the promise," of god that,
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  • Of god that, "you will have a son."
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  • "you will have a son." and i wanna point out
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  • And i wanna point out to you that he embraced
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  • To you that he embraced the promise not only
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  • The promise not only for a nine-month period,
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  • For a nine-month period, but for 25 years between
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  • But for 25 years between when god spoke it
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  • When god spoke it and when it happened.
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  • And when it happened. that's a long time.
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  • Twenty-five years is
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  • Twenty-five years is certainly long enough
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  • Certainly long enough to start questioning.
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  • To start questioning. "did i really hear god right?"
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  • "did i really hear god right?" twenty-five years was long
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  • Twenty-five years was long enough for abraham --
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  • Enough for abraham -- should i tell 'em
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  • Should i tell 'em the story about hagar?
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  • The story about hagar? abraham's wife said,
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  • Abraham's wife said, "hey, since our stuff
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  • "hey, since our stuff isn't exactly coming together
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  • Isn't exactly coming together like we thought it would,
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  • Like we thought it would, here is my maid servant, hagar,
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  • Here is my maid servant, hagar, sleep with her and have a son."
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  • Sleep with her and have a son." and abraham said,
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  • And abraham said, "hey, i'm the lord's servant.
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  • "hey, i'm the lord's servant. whatever you need me to do,
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  • Whatever you need me to do, let's go."
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  • [laughter]
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  • "let's go."
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  • "let's go." abraham is the let's go man.
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  • Abraham is the let's go man. he said, "let's go."
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  • He said, "let's go." they had a baby
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  • They had a baby named ishmael.
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  • Named ishmael. it turned out to be a problem.
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  • It turned out to be a problem. had to throw him out.
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  • Had to throw him out. he became a nation too,
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  • He became a nation too, father of many nations.
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  • Father of many nations. but even through the mistake,
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  • Give it to me again,
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  • Give it to me again, he embraced the promises.
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  • He embraced the promises. embracing promises doesn't mean
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  • Embracing promises doesn't mean you won't make mistakes
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  • You won't make mistakes in the process.
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  • In the process. embracing the promise
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  • Embracing the promise doesn't mean you won't
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  • Doesn't mean you won't have days where you go,
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  • Have days where you go, "you know what, forget it.
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  • "you know what, forget it. i don't even care anymore.
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  • I don't even care anymore. nobody else does.
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  • Nobody else does. why should i?"
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  • Why should i?" embracing the promise doesn't
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  • Embracing the promise doesn't mean that you never
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  • Mean that you never cry the tears.
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  • Cry the tears. embracing the promise doesn't
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  • Embracing the promise doesn't mean you always
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  • Mean you always understand the plan.
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  • Understand the plan. "he embraced the promise."
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  • "he embraced the promise." for 25 years, he had to believe
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  • For 25 years, he had to believe something he couldn't see.
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  • Something he couldn't see. for 25 years,
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  • He held on to the promise.
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  • He held on to the promise. so, now we've gone from,
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  • So, now we've gone from, "let's go," faith
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  • "let's go," faith to "hold on," faith.
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  • To "hold on," faith. and there are a few of you who
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  • And there are a few of you who are in this room who are
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  • Are in this room who are in a season of,
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  • "hold on," faith.
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  • "hold on," faith. holding on to believe that
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  • Holding on to believe that you really could be free
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  • You really could be free from this one day,
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  • From this one day, holding on to believe that
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  • Holding on to believe that it really could lift
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  • It really could lift off of your family one day
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  • Off of your family one day and it could get better,
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  • Holding on to believe
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  • Holding on to believe that god is going
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  • That god is going to give you joy again.
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  • To give you joy again. abraham is a great model
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  • Abraham is a great model for us of this kind of faith,
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  • For us of this kind of faith, because no,
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  • Because no, we're not all gonna be
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  • We're not all gonna be the father of many nations,
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  • The father of many nations, and no,
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  • And no, we're not going
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  • We're not going to have babies at age 100.
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  • To have babies at age 100. but there will be a season
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  • But there will be a season of your life where
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  • Of your life where you will have to hold
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  • You will have to hold on to something god spoke.
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  • On to something god spoke. when everything you see
  • 00:10:38.524 --> 00:10:40.126
  • When everything you see and everything you feel
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  • And everything you feel is telling you
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  • Is telling you a different story,
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  • A different story, you will point back
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  • You will point back to something god said and say,
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  • To something god said and say, "i still believe it.
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  • "i still believe it. i still believe it."
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  • I still believe it." somebody, shout,
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  • Somebody, shout, "i still believe it."
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  • "i still believe it." >> congregation: i still
  • 00:10:54.106 --> 00:10:54.540
  • >> congregation: i still believe it.
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  • Believe it. >> right now, my bank account
  • 00:10:55.107 --> 00:10:56.275
  • >> right now, my bank account is a liar,
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  • Is a liar, but god is true.
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  • But god is true. i still believe he's a provider.
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  • [applause]
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  • Right now, there are
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  • Right now, there are things going through my mind
  • 00:11:02.515 --> 00:11:04.083
  • Things going through my mind that are telling me that
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  • That are telling me that it will never come to pass,
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  • It will never come to pass, but i still believe it.
  • 00:11:07.286 --> 00:11:09.789
  • But i still believe it. there aren't a lot of people
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  • There aren't a lot of people who believe in me right now,
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  • Who believe in me right now, but god has called me,
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  • But god has called me, and he is faithful to keep me.
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  • And he is faithful to keep me. i still believe it.
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  • I still believe it. and in spite of everything
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  • And in spite of everything i've gone through,
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  • I've gone through, even because of some
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  • Even because of some of the things i've gone through,
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  • Of the things i've gone through, i wouldn't be going through
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  • I wouldn't be going through so much if i wasn't
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  • So much if i wasn't carrying so much.
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  • Carrying so much. and i still believe it.
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  • [applause]
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  • Feel like preaching
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  • Feel like preaching to three people
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  • To three people who need to hold on.
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  • Who need to hold on. somebody, shout, "hold on."
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  • Somebody, shout, "hold on." >> congregation: hold on.
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  • >> congregation: hold on. >> tell your neighbor,
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  • >> tell your neighbor, "i'm holding on."
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  • "i'm holding on." >> congregation: i'm holding on.
  • 00:11:40.286 --> 00:11:41.320
  • >> congregation: i'm holding on. >> sometimes barely by
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  • >> sometimes barely by a fingernail,
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  • A fingernail, but i'm holding on.
  • 00:11:43.355 --> 00:11:44.990
  • But i'm holding on. sometimes i feel like
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  • Sometimes i feel like free solo like i'm about
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  • Free solo like i'm about to plunge down
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  • To plunge down to my bloody death,
  • 00:11:47.927 --> 00:11:49.095
  • To my bloody death, but i'm holding on.
  • 00:11:49.161 --> 00:11:50.596
  • But i'm holding on. i'm climbing higher.
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  • I'm climbing higher. i'm coming up.
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  • I'm coming up. i'm moving through it.
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  • I'm moving through it. i'm progressing and advancing
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  • I'm progressing and advancing in the things of god even
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  • In the things of god even as my emotions are
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  • As my emotions are clawing at my feet.
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  • [applause]
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  • "i still believe it."
  • 00:12:03.576 --> 00:12:06.679
  • "i still believe it." but this message is not called,
  • 00:12:06.746 --> 00:12:08.414
  • But this message is not called, "when god says hold on."
  • 00:12:08.481 --> 00:12:12.818
  • "when god says hold on." there are moments, seasons,
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  • There are moments, seasons, where you hold on.
  • 00:12:14.420 --> 00:12:16.722
  • Where you hold on. and then for abraham,
  • 00:12:16.789 --> 00:12:17.490
  • And then for abraham, there was a season
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  • There was a season when god said,
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  • When god said, "i know you're
  • 00:12:20.359 --> 00:12:21.060
  • "i know you're the one who said,
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  • The one who said, 'let's go,'
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  • 'let's go,' when i told you to follow me
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  • When i told you to follow me 1,500 miles.
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  • 1,500 miles. i know you held on when you
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  • I know you held on when you waited 25 years for isaac.
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  • Waited 25 years for isaac. and i know this boy
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  • And i know this boy is the son that you love
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  • Is the son that you love and you waited for."
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  • And you waited for." but the bible says
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  • But the bible says in genesis 22:1 that
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  • God said to abraham,
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  • God said to abraham, "take your son,
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  • "take your son, your only son, isaac,"
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  • Your only son, isaac," "only son?
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  • "only son? i thought you had another one."
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  • I thought you had another one." yeah, he threw that one out.
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  • Yeah, he threw that one out. this is the one he had left.
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  • This is the one he had left. this is the one god promised.
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  • This is the one god promised. and i would like to speak
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  • To you today about how
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  • To you today about how sometimes we let go of things
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  • Sometimes we let go of things that are sins in our life,
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  • That are sins in our life, but that's not what
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  • But that's not what this text is about.
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  • This text is about. i would like to speak
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  • I would like to speak to you today about sometimes
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  • To you today about sometimes we need to let go of habits
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  • We need to let go of habits that are bad for us
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  • That are bad for us in our life,
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  • But this is not a text
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  • But this is not a text about quitting
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  • About quitting cigarettes and vaping.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Don't worry,
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  • Don't worry, i'm not preaching about
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  • I'm not preaching about that today.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I'm preaching about
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  • I'm preaching about something deeper.
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  • Something deeper. because what do you do
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  • Because what do you do when god says,
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  • When god says, "i want my promise back?
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  • "i want my promise back? not because i don't intend
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  • Not because i don't intend to fulfill it,
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  • To fulfill it, but because i'll fulfill it
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  • But because i'll fulfill it when i wanna fulfill it,
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  • When i wanna fulfill it, how i wanna fulfill it,
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  • How i wanna fulfill it, and i need you to trust me."
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  • And i need you to trust me." now, if you don't have
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  • Now, if you don't have deep trust with god,
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  • Deep trust with god, in this moment,
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  • In this moment, you will need details.
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  • You will need details. you'll start trying
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  • You'll start trying to control everything.
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  • To control everything. you'll start trying
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  • You'll start trying to manipulate things.
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  • To manipulate things. and that is why some of us
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  • And that is why some of us are so stressed right now.
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  • Are so stressed right now. because there is a dream that
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  • Because there is a dream that you thought god gave you,
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  • You thought god gave you, and maybe he did,
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  • And maybe he did, but there are details to that
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  • But there are details to that dream that are not
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  • Dream that are not being met on your deadline.
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  • Being met on your deadline. you can't call him, "god,"
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  • You can't call him, "god," and give him a deadline.
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  • [applause]
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  • The boss sets the deadline.
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  • The boss sets the deadline. i know what i thought
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  • I know what i thought i should have been by now,
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  • I should have been by now, but it's not my deadline.
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  • But it's not my deadline. let me set you
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  • Let me set you free with one sentence.
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  • Free with one sentence. i like to say one thing
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  • I like to say one thing that makes it worth coming
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  • That makes it worth coming even if you've been asleep
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  • Even if you've been asleep the rest of the time
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  • The rest of the time i've been up here talking.
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  • I've been up here talking. it's not my deadline.
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  • It's not my deadline. if god waited until abraham
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  • If god waited until abraham was 100 to give him a baby,
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  • Was 100 to give him a baby, you think god is gonna
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  • You think god is gonna do everything you want him
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  • Do everything you want him to do within the first
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  • To do within the first quarter of this year?
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  • Quarter of this year? what do you do when god says,
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  • What do you do when god says, "i want you to hold on."
  • 00:14:59.351 --> 00:15:01.353
  • "i want you to hold on." i got it.
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  • I got it. i got it.
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  • I got it. i been thinking all week about
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  • I been thinking all week about this sentence,
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  • This sentence, i've just got it.
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  • I've just got it. what do you do when he says,
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  • What do you do when he says, "hold on to the promise,
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  • "hold on to the promise, let go of the plan?"
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  • Let go of the plan?" what do you do?
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  • What do you do? that's our question, right?
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  • [applause]
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  • 'cause some of us are
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  • 'cause some of us are really good at, "let's go."
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  • Really good at, "let's go." "let's go.
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  • "let's go. i've got my vision board.
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  • I've got my vision board. let's go.
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  • Let's go. i've got my goals.
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  • I've got my goals. let's go."
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  • Let's go." so, you're really good at,
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  • So, you're really good at, "let's go."
  • 00:15:22.942 --> 00:15:23.442
  • "let's go." but i was looking for a way
  • 00:15:23.509 --> 00:15:24.643
  • But i was looking for a way to illustrate this yesterday,
  • 00:15:24.710 --> 00:15:26.512
  • To illustrate this yesterday, and i thought,
  • 00:15:26.578 --> 00:15:27.012
  • And i thought, "god, if i don't illustrate
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  • "god, if i don't illustrate it right,
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  • It right, they won't hear what
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  • They won't hear what they need to hear,
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  • They need to hear, and i really wanna speak
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  • And i really wanna speak to the person who is holding
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  • To the person who is holding on so tightly
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  • On so tightly to their idea of life."
  • 00:15:36.155 --> 00:15:37.823
  • To their idea of life." and i'm praying about this.
  • 00:15:37.890 --> 00:15:39.091
  • And i'm praying about this. i'm thinking about abraham
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  • I'm thinking about abraham and isaac in this crazy scene
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  • And isaac in this crazy scene where he is about to take
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  • Where he is about to take the life of his son,
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  • The life of his son, because he doesn't know
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  • Because he doesn't know that god doesn't want
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  • That god doesn't want to take isaac.
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  • To take isaac. god wasn't taking isaac;
  • 00:15:49.134 --> 00:15:51.003
  • God wasn't taking isaac; he was testing abraham.
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  • He was testing abraham. and there's
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  • And there's the "let's go," moment.
  • 00:15:56.575 --> 00:15:57.476
  • The "let's go," moment. there's the, "hold on," moment.
  • 00:15:57.543 --> 00:15:58.610
  • There's the, "hold on," moment. you will find yourself in both.
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  • You will find yourself in both. but when god
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  • But when god says, "let go,"
  • 00:16:01.146 --> 00:16:02.214
  • Says, "let go," that can be hard to hear.
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  • That can be hard to hear. "'cause this is something i
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  • "'cause this is something i think he wants me to have,
  • 00:16:05.884 --> 00:16:07.086
  • Think he wants me to have, but he's not doing it how
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  • But he's not doing it how i think he wants me to do it,
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  • I think he wants me to do it, what i prayed for.
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  • What i prayed for. what i asked --
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  • What i asked -- lord, as i'm thinking,
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  • Lord, as i'm thinking, praying about this illustration,
  • 00:16:16.628 --> 00:16:18.664
  • Praying about this illustration, i'm thinking i'll look
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  • I'm thinking i'll look in a book,
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  • In a book, but then bo runs over.
  • 00:16:20.132 --> 00:16:21.867
  • But then bo runs over. our boston terrier runs over,
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  • And he brings me a ball.
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  • And he brings me a ball. and i first think,
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  • And i first think, "i don't have time
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  • "i don't have time to play fetch with you, bo.
  • 00:16:31.577 --> 00:16:32.811
  • To play fetch with you, bo. i am working on a very important
  • 00:16:32.878 --> 00:16:34.747
  • I am working on a very important sermon for very important
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  • People about a very legendary
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  • People about a very legendary bible text,
  • 00:16:38.384 --> 00:16:39.318
  • Bible text, and it is a serious text.
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  • And it is a serious text. and i don't have
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  • And i don't have time for this,
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  • Time for this, because i'm talking about
  • 00:16:42.254 --> 00:16:42.888
  • Because i'm talking about 'let's go,'
  • 00:16:42.955 --> 00:16:43.622
  • 'let's go,' and 'let go,'
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  • And 'let go,' and all of that."
  • 00:16:44.490 --> 00:16:45.057
  • And all of that." and he brings me the ball
  • 00:16:45.124 --> 00:16:46.492
  • And he brings me the ball as if he is saying,
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  • As if he is saying, "let's go."
  • 00:16:47.760 --> 00:16:49.995
  • "let's go." so, i take the ball,
  • 00:16:50.062 --> 00:16:51.897
  • So, i take the ball, and i throw the ball.
  • 00:16:51.964 --> 00:16:53.632
  • And i throw the ball. as i'm throwing it,
  • 00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.533
  • As i'm throwing it, i remembered,
  • 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.100
  • I remembered, "oh, this won't take long,"
  • 00:16:55.167 --> 00:16:56.568
  • "oh, this won't take long," because bo is
  • 00:16:56.635 --> 00:16:58.370
  • Because bo is terrible at fetch.
  • 00:16:58.437 --> 00:17:00.706
  • Terrible at fetch. and i'll tell you why
  • 00:17:00.773 --> 00:17:02.141
  • And i'll tell you why he's terrible at fetch.
  • 00:17:02.207 --> 00:17:04.376
  • He's terrible at fetch. 'cause he's really good at,
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  • 'cause he's really good at, "let's go."
  • 00:17:05.844 --> 00:17:07.713
  • "let's go." he'll run and get
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  • He'll run and get it real quick,
  • 00:17:08.747 --> 00:17:11.016
  • It real quick, but once he's got it,
  • 00:17:11.083 --> 00:17:13.152
  • But once he's got it, he did not hear my sermon
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  • He did not hear my sermon today called,
  • 00:17:14.853 --> 00:17:16.622
  • Today called, "when god says let go."
  • 00:17:16.688 --> 00:17:19.925
  • "when god says let go." and he is better at
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  • And he is better at retrieving it than
  • 00:17:21.560 --> 00:17:23.462
  • Retrieving it than he is at releasing it.
  • 00:17:23.529 --> 00:17:26.231
  • He is at releasing it. so, i can't get him
  • 00:17:26.298 --> 00:17:27.332
  • So, i can't get him to understand that
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  • To understand that we could do a lot more
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  • We could do a lot more if you would say "let's go"
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  • If you would say "let's go" and then let go,
  • 00:17:33.439 --> 00:17:34.706
  • And then let go, and get in the rhythm
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  • And get in the rhythm of retrieving,
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  • Of retrieving, and then returning,
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  • And then returning, and retrieving,
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  • And retrieving, and releasing.
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  • And releasing. and i give it,
  • 00:17:42.247 --> 00:17:43.582
  • And i give it, and you bring it back.
  • 00:17:43.649 --> 00:17:44.817
  • And you bring it back. and i give it,
  • 00:17:44.883 --> 00:17:45.818
  • And i give it, and you bring it back.
  • 00:17:45.884 --> 00:17:47.386
  • And you bring it back. and now i understand why god
  • 00:17:47.453 --> 00:17:50.155
  • And now i understand why god will sometimes call us
  • 00:17:50.222 --> 00:17:52.157
  • Will sometimes call us to bring him something
  • 00:17:52.224 --> 00:17:53.892
  • To bring him something that we thought he promised
  • 00:17:53.959 --> 00:17:55.828
  • That we thought he promised so that he can clarify
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  • So that he can clarify what he actually promised,
  • 00:17:57.763 --> 00:17:59.698
  • What he actually promised, so that he can do what
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  • So that he can do what he said he would do.
  • 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:03.535
  • He said he would do. not what i thought he would do,
  • 00:18:03.602 --> 00:18:05.804
  • Not what i thought he would do, not what i wanted him to do,
  • 00:18:05.871 --> 00:18:08.040
  • Not what i wanted him to do, not on my deadline,
  • 00:18:08.107 --> 00:18:10.442
  • Not on my deadline, but on his destined
  • 00:18:10.509 --> 00:18:12.444
  • But on his destined schedule for the purpose
  • 00:18:12.511 --> 00:18:14.947
  • Schedule for the purpose for which he intends my life
  • 00:18:15.013 --> 00:18:16.849
  • For which he intends my life to be a small little piece.
  • 00:18:16.915 --> 00:18:20.152
  • To be a small little piece. so, i wanna tell every bo
  • 00:18:20.219 --> 00:18:21.553
  • So, i wanna tell every bo in the room, "let go."
  • 00:18:21.620 --> 00:18:24.523
  • In the room, "let go." let go."
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  • Let go." "how can you say that?
  • 00:18:26.458 --> 00:18:28.026
  • "how can you say that? this is important to me.
  • 00:18:28.093 --> 00:18:29.695
  • This is important to me. how can you tell me to let go?
  • 00:18:29.761 --> 00:18:31.964
  • How can you tell me to let go? i have to make some plans,
  • 00:18:32.030 --> 00:18:33.632
  • I have to make some plans, don't i?"
  • 00:18:33.699 --> 00:18:34.133
  • Don't i?" yeah, you've got to make 'em,
  • 00:18:34.199 --> 00:18:35.067
  • Yeah, you've got to make 'em, but don't hold them too
  • 00:18:35.134 --> 00:18:35.934
  • But don't hold them too tight that you choke 'em.
  • 00:18:36.001 --> 00:18:40.305
  • Tight that you choke 'em. is it possible --
  • 00:18:40.372 --> 00:18:41.173
  • Is it possible -- i'm asking the question,
  • 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.374
  • I'm asking the question, is it possible that your problem
  • 00:18:42.441 --> 00:18:44.343
  • Is it possible that your problem isn't that you don't hold
  • 00:18:44.409 --> 00:18:45.310
  • Isn't that you don't hold on to what you think
  • 00:18:45.377 --> 00:18:46.111
  • On to what you think god told you,
  • 00:18:46.178 --> 00:18:47.045
  • God told you, you hold it too tight?
  • 00:18:47.112 --> 00:18:51.383
  • You hold it too tight? because sometimes his timing
  • 00:18:51.450 --> 00:18:52.584
  • Because sometimes his timing is different than yours.
  • 00:18:52.651 --> 00:18:53.719
  • Is different than yours. i don't know who this is for,
  • 00:18:53.785 --> 00:18:55.320
  • I don't know who this is for, but the lord really wants you
  • 00:18:55.387 --> 00:18:56.889
  • But the lord really wants you to get this today,
  • 00:18:56.955 --> 00:18:57.990
  • To get this today, because he's saying, "let go.
  • 00:18:58.056 --> 00:19:01.493
  • Because he's saying, "let go. let go."
  • 00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:03.762
  • Let go." what would that journey
  • 00:19:03.829 --> 00:19:04.897
  • What would that journey have been like to the mountain
  • 00:19:04.963 --> 00:19:07.166
  • Have been like to the mountain region named moriah.
  • 00:19:07.232 --> 00:19:08.433
  • Region named moriah. this is the same region where
  • 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.635
  • This is the same region where jesus would die thousands
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  • Jesus would die thousands of years later,
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  • Of years later, where god would give his son.
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  • Where god would give his son. different mountain, same region.
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  • Different mountain, same region. abraham had no context for that.
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  • Abraham had no context for that. and so, what do you do when
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  • And so, what do you do when your faith is being tested
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  • Your faith is being tested and you have no precedence,
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  • And you have no precedence, no precedence?
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  • No precedence? i wanted to call this message
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  • I wanted to call this message "a promise with no precedence."
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  • "a promise with no precedence." in other words,
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  • In other words, i've never seen this before.
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  • I've never seen this before. i've never seen this before.
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  • I've never seen this before. i don't know how to do this.
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  • I don't know how to do this. i don't know how to be
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  • I don't know how to be a father of many nations.
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  • A father of many nations. i don't know how to do this.
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  • I don't know how to do this. and you gotta lead your son too?
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  • And you gotta lead your son too? isaac is 15 by this time,
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  • Isaac is 15 by this time, by the way.
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  • By the way. he's a teenager.
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  • He's a teenager.
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  • He's a teenager. we talked a little bit about
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  • We talked a little bit about teenagers and trust earlier.
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  • Teenagers and trust earlier. and now this teenager --
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  • And now this teenager -- now, watch the journey.
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  • Now, watch the journey. there's a conversation
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  • There's a conversation that happens,
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  • That happens, because they go three days.
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  • Because they go three days. remember, abraham was tested not
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  • Remember, abraham was tested not in a moment but in a process.
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  • In a moment but in a process. the test of your faith
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  • Will be continual.
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  • Will be continual. you'll be good one moment...
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  • You'll be good one moment... [wooshing sound]
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  • [wooshing sound] the next.
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  • The next. why are y'all so fake today?
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  • Why are y'all so fake today? i said you'll be tested
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  • I said you'll be tested one moment,
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  • One moment, and your faith will be really,
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  • And your faith will be really, really good,
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  • Really good, and then it'll tank the next.
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  • And then it'll tank the next. you are only one text message
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  • You are only one text message away from your trust in god
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  • Away from your trust in god tanking to an all-time level,
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  • Tanking to an all-time level, and that's true.
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  • And that's true. need i go further?
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  • Need i go further? and they're talking about it,
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  • And they're talking about it, and the further they get,
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  • And the further they get, the more questions isaac has.
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  • The more questions isaac has. because this is not the dad
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  • Because this is not the dad trusting the teenager,
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  • Trusting the teenager, this is the teenager
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  • This is the teenager trusting the dad.
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  • Trusting the dad. this thing is flipped.
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  • This thing is flipped. and so, now,
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  • And so, now, isaac is walking with abraham,
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  • Isaac is walking with abraham, and he doesn't know either.
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  • And he doesn't know either. i should do a parenting
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  • I should do a parenting seminar on this.
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  • Seminar on this. what do you do when you're
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  • What do you do when you're leading somebody
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  • Leading somebody and you don't know either?
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  • And you don't know either? i don't know.
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  • I don't know. abraham is like,
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  • Abraham is like, "let me tell you
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  • "let me tell you about me and god.
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  • About me and god. he doesn't give me
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  • He doesn't give me many details."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Because when they
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  • Because when they start walking --
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  • Start walking -- and i'm not cheapening
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  • And i'm not cheapening the text by
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  • The text by lightening the tone.
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  • Lightening the tone. i'm trying to bring you
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  • I'm trying to bring you into it so that you
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  • Into it so that you can understand that god
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  • Can understand that god doesn't call us all
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  • Doesn't call us all to sacrifice our sons,
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  • To sacrifice our sons, he sacrificed his son
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  • He sacrificed his son for all of us,
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  • For all of us, but he does call us all
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  • But he does call us all to trust in him at times,
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  • To trust in him at times, times where we
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  • Times where we can't understand.
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  • Can't understand. and they're walking three days
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  • And they're walking three days and then comes
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  • And then comes the point where they can't
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  • The point where they can't take the servants any further.
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  • Take the servants any further. because there will come a place
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  • Because there will come a place where you get to a point
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  • Where you get to a point with god where no one else
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  • With god where no one else can help you figure it out.
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  • Can help you figure it out. i mean, to a point,
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  • I mean, to a point, people can give you advice,
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  • People can give you advice, to a point people will
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  • To a point people will give you wisdom.
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  • Give you wisdom. but don't worship their wisdom
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  • But don't worship their wisdom because their wisdom is based
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  • Because their wisdom is based on their experience.
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  • [applause]
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  • And god has to show
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  • And god has to show you some things for your life.
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  • You some things for your life. and genesis 22:6 says that,
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  • "abraham took the wood," --
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  • "abraham took the wood," -- get the picture,
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  • Get the picture, "the wood for the burnt
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  • "the wood for the burnt offering and placed it
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  • Offering and placed it on his son isaac."
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  • On his son isaac." do we not see jesus all the way
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  • Do we not see jesus all the way in genesis 22 that he took
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  • In genesis 22 that he took the wood and put it
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  • The wood and put it on his son.
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  • On his son. "and he himself carried
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  • "and he himself carried the fire, and the knife.
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  • The fire, and the knife. as the two of them went
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  • As the two of them went on together,"
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  • On together," isaac started to wonder
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  • Isaac started to wonder a little bit and he spoke up
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  • A little bit and he spoke up and he said to his father,
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  • And he said to his father, abraham, 'father?'
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  • Abraham, 'father?' 'yes, my son?'
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  • 'yes, my son?' abraham replied.
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  • Abraham replied. 'the fire and wood are here,'"
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  • 'the fire and wood are here,'" i'm doing an inventory.
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  • I'm doing an inventory. we got everything we
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  • We got everything we need except one thing.
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  • Need except one thing. where is the lamb
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  • Where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
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  • For the burnt offering?" in other words,
  • 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.907
  • In other words, i need some details.
  • 00:22:35.974 --> 00:22:39.144
  • I need some details. "and abraham answered, 'god,'"
  • 00:22:39.211 --> 00:22:40.612
  • "and abraham answered, 'god,'" he only said one thing,
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  • He only said one thing, one thing.
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  • One thing. one thing that he had found
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  • One thing that he had found to be true over 1,500 miles
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  • To be true over 1,500 miles of traveling.
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  • Of traveling. one thing that he had found
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  • One thing that he had found to be true when he went
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  • To be true when he went to egypt to survive
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  • To egypt to survive for a little while.
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  • For a little while. one thing that he knew
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  • One thing that he knew to be true even though
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  • To be true even though he didn't know where
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  • He didn't know where this was leading.
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  • This was leading. "god himself will
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  • "god himself will provide the lamb
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  • Provide the lamb for the burnt offering."
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  • [applause]
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  • And in this moment,
  • 00:23:08.573 --> 00:23:09.374
  • And in this moment, we wonder,
  • 00:23:09.441 --> 00:23:10.308
  • We wonder, was abraham bluffing?
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  • Was abraham bluffing? did he really know that
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  • Did he really know that that was gonna happen?
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  • That was gonna happen? because that is what happened,
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  • Because that is what happened, just not a lamb,
  • 00:23:16.415 --> 00:23:17.082
  • Just not a lamb, but it's a ram,
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  • But it's a ram, because god isn't gonna ever do
  • 00:23:17.983 --> 00:23:19.151
  • Because god isn't gonna ever do it exactly like you think he is.
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  • It exactly like you think he is. but he says it like he knows it.
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  • But he says it like he knows it. "god himself will provide
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  • "god himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering,
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  • The lamb for the burnt offering, my son."
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  • My son." and watch this.
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  • And watch this. i get the picture here
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  • That isaac has seen abraham
  • 00:23:31.296 --> 00:23:33.365
  • That isaac has seen abraham trust god before.
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  • Trust god before. he has seen his father
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  • He has seen his father trust god before.
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  • Trust god before. why?
  • 00:23:37.302 --> 00:23:38.136
  • Why? because the deeper the trust,
  • 00:23:38.203 --> 00:23:39.671
  • Because the deeper the trust, the less the need for details.
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  • >> i don't want you to be
  • 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.847
  • >> 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 wine
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new mind ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine ♪
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  • ♪ new heart ♪
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  • ♪ fresh faith ♪
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  • ♪ i got that new wine
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  • ♪ now word ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ sing i got ♪
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  • ♪ a new thing coming ♪
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  • ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ prophesy ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ hey ♪
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  • >> ♪ i got a new thing coming ♪
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  • >> ♪ hey ♪
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  • ♪ oh, i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ and it's heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like revival ♪
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  • ♪ it's headed our way ♪
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  • >> ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ i can see a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ and it's heavy with rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it looks like salvation ♪
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  • >> ♪ salvation ♪
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  • ♪ headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ i can hear a sound ♪
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  • ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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  • ♪ and it sounds like freedom ♪
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  • >> ♪ freedom ♪
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  • ♪ headed our way ♪
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  • ♪ i can hear a sound ♪
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  • ♪ the abundance of rain ♪
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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 ♪
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  • ♪ is consuming fire ♪
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