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Steven Furtick - When Waiting Isn't Working (Part 1)

May 25, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - When Waiting Isn't Working (Part 1)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When Waiting Isn't Working (Part 1) | May 25, 2026
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking to strengthen
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  • Your faith and shift
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  • Your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> john 9 is
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  • >> john 9 is a great chapter,
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  • A great chapter, and you may do well
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  • And you may do well to read the whole thing
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  • To read the whole thing when you get home.
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  • When you get home. i'm gonna deal with the first
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  • I'm gonna deal with the first half of this story.
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  • Half of this story. the scriptures are coming
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  • The scriptures are coming on the screen.
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  • "as he went along,
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  • "as he went along, he saw a man,"
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  • He saw a man," jesus saw a man,
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  • Jesus saw a man, "blind from birth."
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  • "blind from birth." can we preach a whole
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  • Can we preach a whole message about that?
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  • Message about that? as he went along,
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  • As he went along, he saw a man,
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  • He saw a man, blind from birth.
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  • Blind from birth. the man didn't see jesus,
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  • The man didn't see jesus, but jesus saw the man.
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  • Yeah, we could preach
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  • Yeah, we could preach a whole sermon on that,
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  • A whole sermon on that, about how when you
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  • About how when you weren't even looking for him,
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  • Weren't even looking for him, he found you.
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  • "his disciples,"
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  • "his disciples," verse 2, "asked him,
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  • Verse 2, "asked him, 'rabbi, who sinned,
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  • 'rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents,
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  • This man or his parents, that he was born blind?'
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  • That he was born blind?' 'neither, neither."
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  • 'neither, neither." jesus sums up an entire
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  • Jesus sums up an entire theological library
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  • Theological library in one word, neither.
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  • In one word, neither. both options are stupid.
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  • Both options are stupid. "'neither this man
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  • "'neither this man nor his parents sinned,'
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  • Nor his parents sinned,' said jesus, 'but this happened
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  • Said jesus, 'but this happened so that the works of god
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  • So that the works of god might be displayed in him.'
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  • Might be displayed in him.' as long as it is day,
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  • As long as it is day, we must do the works
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  • We must do the works of him who sent me.
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  • Of him who sent me. night is coming
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  • Night is coming when no one can work.
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  • When no one can work. while i'm in the world,
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  • While i'm in the world, i am the light of the world.'
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  • I am the light of the world.' after saying this,
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  • After saying this, he spit on the ground,
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  • He spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva,
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  • Made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes.
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  • And put it on the man's eyes. 'go,' he told him,
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  • 'go,' he told him, 'wash in the pool of siloam'
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  • 'wash in the pool of siloam' (this word means sent).
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  • (this word means sent). so the man went and washed
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  • So the man went and washed and came home seeing.'"
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  • And came home seeing.'" oh, that's good.
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  • Oh, that's good. he went and washed
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  • He went and washed and came home seeing.
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  • And came home seeing. "his neighbors and those who had
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  • "his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked,
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  • Formerly seen him begging asked, 'isn't this the same man
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  • 'isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?'
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  • Who used to sit and beg?' some claimed that he was.
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  • Some claimed that he was. others said,
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  • Others said, 'no, he only looks like him.'
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  • 'no, he only looks like him.' but he himself insisted,
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  • But he himself insisted, 'i'm the man.'"
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  • 'i'm the man.'" it's me.
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  • It's me. "'how then were your
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  • "'how then were your eyes opened?'
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  • Eyes opened?' they asked.
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  • They asked. he replied,
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  • He replied, 'the man they call jesus
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  • 'the man they call jesus made some mud and put it
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  • Made some mud and put it on my eyes."
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  • On my eyes." yeah, i know it wasn't pretty.
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  • Yeah, i know it wasn't pretty. i know.
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  • I know. i didn't see it coming.
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  • I didn't see it coming. literally.
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  • Literally. '"he made some mud
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  • '"he made some mud and put it on my eyes,
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  • And put it on my eyes, and he told me to go
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  • And he told me to go to siloam and wash.
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  • To siloam and wash. so i went and washed,
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  • So i went and washed, and then i could see.'"
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  • And then i could see.'" i want to talk
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  • To you today about
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  • To you today about "when waiting isn't working."
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  • "when waiting isn't working." when waiting isn't working.
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  • When waiting isn't working. put that in the chat, please,
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  • Put that in the chat, please, or the comments if you're
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  • Or the comments if you're watching later.
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  • Watching later. when waiting isn't working.
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  • When waiting isn't working. not getting better.
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  • Not getting better. not healing the wound.
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  • Not healing the wound. when waiting isn't working.
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  • When waiting isn't working. nothing's changing.
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  • Nothing's changing. no doors are opening.
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  • No doors are opening. i want to talk about that today.
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  • I want to talk about that today. when waiting isn't working.
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  • When waiting isn't working. and i gave the message
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  • And i gave the message a subtitle too.
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  • A subtitle too. the subtitle is, "muddy moves."
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  • The subtitle is, "muddy moves." muddy moves.
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  • Muddy moves. tell somebody,
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  • Tell somebody, "i make muddy moves."
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  • "i make muddy moves." yeah.
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  • Yeah. father, bless your word.
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  • Father, bless your word. in jesus name, amen.
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  • In jesus name, amen. you may be seated.
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  • How long would you sit there
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  • How long would you sit there if i just came up here,
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  • If i just came up here, made you wait?
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  • Now we need to have
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  • Now we need to have an altar call for lying,
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  • An altar call for lying, for all of you
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  • For all of you who said all day.
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  • Who said all day. i mean, they don't even
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  • I mean, they don't even stay till i do my
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  • Stay till i do my invitation half the time,
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  • Invitation half the time, tripping over people
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  • Tripping over people in the back of the parking lot,
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  • In the back of the parking lot, talking about all day.
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  • Talking about all day. no, really, how long
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  • No, really, how long would you sit there?
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  • Would you sit there? you know, waiting.
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  • You know, waiting. sometimes it's worth the wait.
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  • Sometimes it's worth the wait. sometimes it's not.
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  • Sometimes it's not. when i first met holly,
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  • When i first met holly, she was on a dating probation,
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  • She was on a dating probation, a probationary period.
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  • A probationary period. and the thing was,
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  • And the thing was, she just wanted to take some
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  • She just wanted to take some time to really be anchored
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  • Time to really be anchored in her values when she went
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  • In her values when she went to college before she got
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  • To college before she got entangled with somebody who may
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  • Entangled with somebody who may or may not share
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  • Or may not share those values, right?
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  • Those values, right? and i think that's great,
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  • And i think that's great, because i can attest
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  • Because i can attest to the fact that she
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  • To the fact that she is absolutely worth the wait.
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  • Is absolutely worth the wait. but i was in line,
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  • But i was in line, and i cut in line,
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  • And i cut in line, and i put her
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  • And i put her on my ministry team,
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  • So whenever the lord spoke
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  • So whenever the lord spoke to her that the probation
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  • To her that the probation had been lifted
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  • Had been lifted and the wait is over,
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  • And the wait is over, i wanted to be the one.
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  • I wanted to be the one. yeah, and here we are,
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  • Yeah, and here we are, 27 years of being valentines,
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  • 27 years of being valentines, 27 years.
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  • You learn a lot about
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  • You learn a lot about love in 27 years.
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  • Love in 27 years. you learn a lot
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  • You learn a lot about valentine's day.
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  • About valentine's day. you learn to go out two
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  • You learn to go out two days before valentine's day
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  • Days before valentine's day to the restaurant and be
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  • To the restaurant and be at the restaurant when they're
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  • At the restaurant when they're not overbooking the place,
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  • Not overbooking the place, putting you at a
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  • Putting you at a little table somewhere
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  • Little table somewhere in the bathroom and charging you
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  • In the bathroom and charging you full price on valentine's day.
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  • Full price on valentine's day. we go out on february 12th.
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  • We go out on february 12th. and yet, what amazes me
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  • And yet, what amazes me is that as long as this
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  • Is that as long as this woman has known me,
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  • Woman has known me, there are certain things
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  • There are certain things that she still does not
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  • That she still does not understand about the difference
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  • Understand about the difference in our dynamic.
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  • In our dynamic. so when we were going out
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  • So when we were going out on our valentine's day
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  • On our valentine's day date two days early
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  • Date two days early a few days ago,
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  • A few days ago, i came upstairs
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  • I came upstairs after my workout,
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  • After my workout, and you know i'm sweating,
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  • And you know i'm sweating, and i'm not ready,
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  • And i'm not ready, and we have to leave
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  • And we have to leave for the reservation in just
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  • For the reservation in just a few minutes,
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  • A few minutes, and she's finishing
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  • And she's finishing getting ready,
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  • Getting ready, and she looks at me and is like,
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  • And she looks at me and is like, you know nicely,
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  • You know nicely, she's trying to do a nice thing,
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  • She's trying to do a nice thing, she's like, "do you want me
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  • She's like, "do you want me to push the reservation back?"
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  • To push the reservation back?" and i'm like, you don't need
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  • And i'm like, you don't need to push the reservation back.
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  • To push the reservation back. how do you not know,
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  • How do you not know, after all these years
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  • After all these years of being married to me,
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  • Of being married to me, that it doesn't take me long?
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  • That it doesn't take me long? i mean, holly, i love you,
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  • I mean, holly, i love you, thank you for asking,
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  • Thank you for asking, but we both know that
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  • But we both know that you finishing getting ready
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  • You finishing getting ready and me getting ready,
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  • And me getting ready, all the way from the starting
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  • All the way from the starting point of readiness
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  • Point of readiness in the beginning --
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  • In the beginning -- like i can take a shower,
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  • Like i can take a shower, get dressed,
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  • Get dressed, write a song,
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  • Write a song, support a missionary
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  • Support a missionary in the time you can put
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  • In the time you can put on this lip gloss.
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  • On this lip gloss. i don't know how that works out,
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  • I don't know how that works out, but it doesn't take me long.
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  • But it doesn't take me long. when i get ready,
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  • When i get ready, i do it quick.
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  • I do it quick. it amazes me in the scripture
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  • It amazes me in the scripture how much jesus did with
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  • How much jesus did with so little time on earth.
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  • So little time on earth. you hear in john 9,
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  • You hear in john 9, he makes a statement,
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  • He makes a statement, "as long as i am in the world,
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  • "as long as i am in the world, i'm the light of the world,
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  • I'm the light of the world, but i've got to do the work
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  • But i've got to do the work that god called me
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  • That god called me to do in the window that
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  • To do in the window that god gave me to do it."
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  • God gave me to do it." and that might be
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  • And that might be a word for you too.
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  • A word for you too. i've got to do the work
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  • I've got to do the work that god called me
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  • That god called me to do in the window that
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  • To do in the window that god gave me to do it,
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  • God gave me to do it, and that will help you
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  • And that will help you put off procrastination,
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  • Put off procrastination, and that will help you
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  • And that will help you sometimes stop thinking that
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  • Sometimes stop thinking that you've always got more
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  • You've always got more time than you really do.
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  • Time than you really do. but when jesus said,
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  • But when jesus said, "i must work the works of him
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  • "i must work the works of him who sent me while it's day,"
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  • Who sent me while it's day," i think he was also
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  • I think he was also reminding his disciples,
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  • Reminding his disciples, it doesn't take me long.
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  • It doesn't take me long. and i want to remind
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  • And i want to remind somebody today,
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  • Somebody today, and maybe this will be
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  • And maybe this will be the whole reason you came
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  • The whole reason you came for the message,
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  • For the message, that it doesn't take god long.
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  • That it doesn't take god long. it doesn't.
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  • It doesn't. the one who created the world
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  • The one who created the world in six days and said,
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  • In six days and said, "well, we could chill
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  • "well, we could chill on the seventh
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  • On the seventh because i'm done,"
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  • Because i'm done," it doesn't take god
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  • It doesn't take god long to work.
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  • It doesn't take god
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  • Long to work.
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  • Long to work. the one who can make
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  • The walls fall,
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  • The walls fall, a project that would have
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  • A project that would have taken a demolition crew perhaps
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  • Taken a demolition crew perhaps weeks of permitting alone,
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  • Weeks of permitting alone, and he can do it with
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  • And he can do it with the blow of a trumpet.
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  • The blow of a trumpet. it doesn't take god long.
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  • It doesn't take god long. god chooses when
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  • God chooses when he wants to move,
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  • He wants to move, but when he moves,
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  • It doesn't take him long.
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  • It doesn't take him long. so don't be discouraged if you
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  • So don't be discouraged if you think it's taking too long,
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  • Think it's taking too long, because god can do something
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  • Because god can do something in a moment that will
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  • In a moment that will make up for a month of what
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  • Make up for a month of what you thought was wasted time.
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  • You thought was wasted time. it doesn't take god long.
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  • It doesn't take god long. reach around
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  • Reach around and tell three people,
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  • And tell three people, it doesn't take him long.
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  • It doesn't take him long. it doesn't take him long.
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  • It doesn't take him long. that's what i was telling holly,
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  • That's what i was telling holly, go ahead and finish doing.
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  • Go ahead and finish doing. by the time you get
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  • By the time you get done curling your eyelashes,
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  • Done curling your eyelashes, i will be in the jeep
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  • I will be in the jeep waiting for you impatiently,
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  • Waiting for you impatiently, because it doesn't take me
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  • Because it doesn't take me as long as it takes you.
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  • As long as it takes you. and so god wants you to know,
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  • And so god wants you to know, i know you feel behind.
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  • I know you feel behind. i know it feels like forever.
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  • I know it feels like forever. who am i preaching to?
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  • Who am i preaching to? but this is the word
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  • But this is the word of the lord.
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  • Of the lord. when he gets ready to do
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  • When he gets ready to do what he's going to do,
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  • What he's going to do, it will not take him
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  • It will not take him long to do it.
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  • Long to do it. god can turn things
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  • God can turn things around so quick.
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  • Around so quick. god can turn things
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  • God can turn things around so completely.
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  • Around so completely. god can do a reversal so
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  • God can do a reversal so suddenly that the last will
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  • Suddenly that the last will be first and the first
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  • Be first and the first will be last.
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  • Will be last. god can move you right
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  • God can move you right to the front
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  • To the front of the cafeteria line.
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  • Of the cafeteria line. god can put you right
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  • God can put you right in the door that
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  • In the door that many people shut on you,
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  • Many people shut on you, and god kicks it open,
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  • And god kicks it open, and when god kicks it open,
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  • And when god kicks it open, back up everybody else.
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  • Back up everybody else. it doesn't take god long.
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  • It doesn't take god long. now jesus said,
  • 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:08.761
  • Now jesus said, "i've got to do the work
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  • "i've got to do the work of him who sent me
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  • Of him who sent me while it's day."
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  • While it's day." and for those of you who
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  • And for those of you who think that i'm just up
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  • Think that i'm just up here trying to give people
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  • Here trying to give people encouragement for, you know,
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  • Encouragement for, you know, sudden breakthroughs
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  • Sudden breakthroughs and aha moments and,
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  • And aha moments and, you know, complete
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  • You know, complete reversals overnight,
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  • Reversals overnight, i am not that kind of preacher.
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  • I am not that kind of preacher. if you've experienced
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  • If you've experienced my ministry for any
  • 00:10:27.613 --> 00:10:28.381
  • My ministry for any length of time,
  • 00:10:28.447 --> 00:10:29.415
  • Length of time, i am a process
  • 00:10:29.482 --> 00:10:30.583
  • I am a process oriented preacher.
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  • Oriented preacher. and so one time,
  • 00:10:32.885 --> 00:10:34.020
  • And so one time, early in my ministry,
  • 00:10:34.086 --> 00:10:36.122
  • Early in my ministry, i was experiencing
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  • I was experiencing this differential between
  • 00:10:37.289 --> 00:10:40.159
  • This differential between patience and passive.
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  • Patience and passive. i sat down to explain
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  • I sat down to explain to our team how we were
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  • To our team how we were going to go to two services,
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  • Going to go to two services, because we were full
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  • Because we were full in our first service,
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  • In our first service, and the whole team started
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  • And the whole team started arguing about whether
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  • Arguing about whether or not we should
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  • Or not we should go to two services,
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  • Go to two services, not two campuses, two services.
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  • Not two campuses, two services. and some thought it
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  • And some thought it would be too taxing,
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  • Would be too taxing, and some thought it
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  • And some thought it would be too consuming,
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  • Would be too consuming, and some thought
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  • And some thought it would be too much.
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  • It would be too much. as a matter of fact,
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  • As a matter of fact, i even had a meeting
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  • I even had a meeting with another person
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  • With another person to ask about should we
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  • To ask about should we go to two services,
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  • Go to two services, and the person said
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  • And the person said back to me,
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  • Back to me, "well, maybe you
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  • "well, maybe you should wait on god."
  • 00:11:14.760 --> 00:11:16.896
  • Should wait on god." and then he said something
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  • And then he said something real profound.
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  • Real profound. write this down.
  • 00:11:18.297 --> 00:11:19.532
  • Write this down. the only thing harder
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  • The only thing harder than waiting on god is
  • 00:11:21.367 --> 00:11:23.235
  • Than waiting on god is wishing that you had.
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  • Wishing that you had. ain't that a whole bird word?
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  • Ain't that a whole bird word? i mean, that is so true,
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  • I mean, that is so true, that sometimes when
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  • That sometimes when we are waiting for god
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  • We are waiting for god to do something,
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  • To do something, it feels so hard that
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  • It feels so hard that the temptation to step
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  • The temptation to step outside of god's will
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  • Outside of god's will and god's way to get it done,
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  • The temptation to get us
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  • The temptation to get us a hagar since sarah
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  • A hagar since sarah can't have a baby,
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  • Can't have a baby, the temptation for us
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  • The temptation for us to do the sacrifice since
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  • To do the sacrifice since the priests aren't coming,
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  • The priests aren't coming, the temptation for us
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  • The temptation for us to reach for a bottle because
  • 00:11:57.803 --> 00:11:59.038
  • To reach for a bottle because we are sick and tired
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  • We are sick and tired of waiting for breakthrough,
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  • The temptation to step outside
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  • The temptation to step outside of who you are
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  • Of who you are to get what you want
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  • To get what you want and you need so badly,
  • 00:12:05.344 --> 00:12:06.579
  • And you need so badly, it can be so great.
  • 00:12:06.645 --> 00:12:08.647
  • It can be so great. but the only thing harder than
  • 00:12:08.714 --> 00:12:10.483
  • But the only thing harder than waiting on god is wishing that
  • 00:12:10.549 --> 00:12:13.619
  • Waiting on god is wishing that you had and waking up
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  • You had and waking up to decisions that you made
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  • To decisions that you made because you didn't wait.
  • 00:12:17.690 --> 00:12:20.793
  • Because you didn't wait. so then the next day,
  • 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:22.928
  • So then the next day, i had another meeting
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  • I had another meeting with another mentor,
  • 00:12:23.929 --> 00:12:25.498
  • With another mentor, and i said,
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  • And i said, "hey, i've decided not
  • 00:12:26.098 --> 00:12:27.333
  • "hey, i've decided not to go to two services.
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  • To go to two services. i don't think
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  • I don't think i should right now.
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  • I should right now. i think i should wait
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  • I think i should wait on the lord."
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  • On the lord." he said, "wait on the lord?
  • 00:12:33.172 --> 00:12:34.373
  • He said, "wait on the lord? the room is full.
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  • The room is full. i was there.
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  • I was there. i couldn't get a seat."
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  • I couldn't get a seat." he said it was terrible.
  • 00:12:39.845 --> 00:12:40.813
  • He said it was terrible. it was a terrible experience.
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  • It was a terrible experience. i mean, i know it was good
  • 00:12:42.014 --> 00:12:42.715
  • I mean, i know it was good for you as a preacher,
  • 00:12:42.782 --> 00:12:43.549
  • For you as a preacher, it's a full room,
  • 00:12:43.616 --> 00:12:44.250
  • It's a full room, but for somebody trying
  • 00:12:44.316 --> 00:12:44.884
  • But for somebody trying to get a seat,
  • 00:12:44.950 --> 00:12:45.484
  • To get a seat, it was a problem.
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  • It was a problem. "and then you got up there
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  • "and then you got up there and told us to invite
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  • And told us to invite our friends next week.
  • 00:12:48.621 --> 00:12:49.488
  • Our friends next week. invite them to come to what?
  • 00:12:49.555 --> 00:12:51.290
  • Invite them to come to what? sit them where?
  • 00:12:51.357 --> 00:12:51.791
  • Sit them where? put 'em where?
  • 00:12:51.857 --> 00:12:52.324
  • Put 'em where? where you gonna put 'em?
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  • Where you gonna put 'em? i said,
  • 00:12:56.529 --> 00:12:57.029
  • I said, "but i don't want to get
  • 00:12:57.096 --> 00:12:57.730
  • "but i don't want to get ahead of god."
  • 00:12:57.797 --> 00:12:58.264
  • Ahead of god." and he said,
  • 00:12:58.330 --> 00:12:59.799
  • And he said, "here's how god works.
  • 00:12:59.865 --> 00:13:02.735
  • "here's how god works. if you get ahead of god
  • 00:13:02.802 --> 00:13:04.436
  • If you get ahead of god in an effort to obey him,
  • 00:13:04.503 --> 00:13:06.005
  • In an effort to obey him, he can close the door
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  • He can close the door and slow you down.
  • 00:13:07.473 --> 00:13:09.341
  • And slow you down. if you get behind god
  • 00:13:09.408 --> 00:13:10.776
  • If you get behind god because you won't obey him,
  • 00:13:10.843 --> 00:13:12.444
  • Because you won't obey him, he'll choose
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  • He'll choose somebody else to use."
  • 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:17.650
  • Somebody else to use." so we went to two services,
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  • So we went to two services, because i realized
  • 00:13:21.487 --> 00:13:22.388
  • Because i realized something about god.
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  • Something about god. i realized something
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  • I realized something about waiting.
  • 00:13:26.258 --> 00:13:27.193
  • About waiting. i realized something
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  • I realized something about myself.
  • 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:29.195
  • About myself. i realized something
  • 00:13:29.261 --> 00:13:30.863
  • I realized something about jesus,
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  • About jesus, and it is this,
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  • And it is this, that sometimes we think
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  • That sometimes we think we're waiting when we
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  • We're waiting when we are really disobeying.
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  • Are really disobeying. oh, i'm going to say it again.
  • 00:13:43.042 --> 00:13:43.909
  • Oh, i'm going to say it again. that's my whole message.
  • 00:13:43.976 --> 00:13:46.412
  • That's my whole message. are you calling it waiting
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  • Are you calling it waiting when it's really disobeying?
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  • When it's really disobeying? i mean,
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  • I mean, notice the disciples here.
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  • Notice the disciples here. they see a man who's
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  • They see a man who's blind from birth,
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  • Blind from birth, and their first instinct
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  • And their first instinct is to ask jesus
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  • Is to ask jesus a theological question.
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  • "whose fault was it?
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  • "whose fault was it? was it his fault,
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  • Was it his fault, or was it his parents'
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  • Or was it his parents' fault that he was born blind?"
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  • Fault that he was born blind?" now this man has been
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  • Born his whole life.
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  • Born his whole life. we find out later
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  • We find out later in john 9 that he is
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  • In john 9 that he is of legal age,
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  • Of legal age, so he is at least a grown man,
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  • So he is at least a grown man, and he may be
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  • And he may be an older grown man.
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  • An older grown man. we do not know
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  • We do not know his exact age,
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  • His exact age, but we know that he has
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  • But we know that he has been in this condition
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  • Been in this condition his whole life,
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  • His whole life, and one encounter with jesus,
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  • And one encounter with jesus, it doesn't take god long,
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  • It doesn't take god long, opens up his eyes to see
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  • Opens up his eyes to see a world that he has
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  • A world that he has previously only experienced
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  • Previously only experienced through other senses.
  • 00:14:32.858 --> 00:14:34.627
  • Through other senses. however, had it been up
  • 00:14:34.693 --> 00:14:36.695
  • However, had it been up to jesus' disciples,
  • 00:14:36.762 --> 00:14:38.831
  • To jesus' disciples, what happened to this dude,
  • 00:14:38.898 --> 00:14:40.566
  • What happened to this dude, all that would have
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  • All that would have happened that day was
  • 00:14:41.333 --> 00:14:42.234
  • Happened that day was a good debate,
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  • A good debate, because the disciples
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  • Because the disciples saw a debate,
  • 00:14:46.272 --> 00:14:48.807
  • Saw a debate, but jesus saw a display.
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  • They said,
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  • They said, "let's talk about
  • 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.647
  • "let's talk about this man's condition.
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  • This man's condition. let's talk about
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  • Let's talk about whose fault it was.
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  • Whose fault it was. let's talk about what
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  • Let's talk about what landed him in this place.
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  • Landed him in this place. let's check his internet
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  • Let's check his internet search history
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  • Search history and see if he is looking
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  • And see if he is looking at the right websites.
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  • At the right websites. let's check his doctrine
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  • And see if he believes
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  • And see if he believes in substitutionary atonement.
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  • In substitutionary atonement. let's look and see
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  • Let's look and see if he has memorized
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  • If he has memorized an adequate number of scriptures
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  • An adequate number of scriptures to get him healed and stuff."
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  • To get him healed and stuff." and jesus,
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  • And jesus, circumventing all of that,
  • 00:15:16.802 --> 00:15:18.304
  • Circumventing all of that, and jesus walking
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  • And jesus walking by all of that,
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  • By all of that, and jesus ignoring
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  • And jesus ignoring all of that,
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  • All of that, reaches down in the dirt,
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  • Reaches down in the dirt, something that they
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  • Something that they are walking on top of,
  • 00:15:25.811 --> 00:15:27.379
  • Are walking on top of, and puts it on the
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  • And puts it on the eyes of somebody that
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  • Eyes of somebody that they are walking past.
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  • They are walking past. they had no intention
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  • They had no intention of stopping for the man.
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  • Of stopping for the man. they just wanted
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  • They just wanted to talk about him.
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  • To talk about him. they had no power
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  • They had no power to heal the man.
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  • To heal the man. they just wanted
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  • They just wanted to debate about it.
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  • To debate about it. they had no power
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  • They had no power to do anything about it.
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  • To do anything about it. watch out for people
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  • Watch out for people who are always debating
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  • Who are always debating and never displaying.
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  • [applause]
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  • Watch out for people
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  • Watch out for people who are always trying
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  • Who are always trying to qualify who should
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  • To qualify who should and should not be called by god,
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  • And should not be called by god, especially if they are unwilling
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  • Especially if they are unwilling to go through
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  • To go through that same qualification
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  • That same qualification process themselves.
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  • Process themselves. so jesus says,
  • 00:16:07.886 --> 00:16:09.688
  • So jesus says, "you see him as a debate.
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  • "you see him as a debate. i see him as a display.
  • 00:16:11.991 --> 00:16:14.293
  • I see him as a display. you see him as someone who
  • 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.794
  • You see him as someone who is crippled by blindness.
  • 00:16:15.861 --> 00:16:17.796
  • Is crippled by blindness. i see him as a canvas for glory.
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  • I see him as a canvas for glory. you see him as somebody
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  • You see him as somebody to walk past.
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  • To walk past. i see him as somebody
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  • I see him as somebody to work through.
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  • To work through. you see him as a blind man.
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  • You see him as a blind man. i see him as a vessel.
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  • I see him as a vessel. you see his lack of vision.
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  • You see his lack of vision. i see his value."
  • 00:16:34.813 --> 00:16:36.615
  • I see his value." because the only one
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  • Because the only one not blind in this
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  • Not blind in this passage is jesus.
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  • Passage is jesus. the man is blind.
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  • The man is blind. the disciples are blind.
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  • The disciples are blind. the pharisees are blind.
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  • The pharisees are blind. and the truth about it is,
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  • And the truth about it is, i'm blind too.
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  • I'm blind too. that's why i need him
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  • That's why i need him to lead me and guide me
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  • To lead me and guide me and show me what's important,
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  • And show me what's important, so i don't walk past stuff
  • 00:16:55.401 --> 00:16:56.869
  • So i don't walk past stuff he's trying to do.
  • 00:16:56.935 --> 00:17:04.810
  • He's trying to do. it doesn't take god long
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  • It doesn't take god long when he gets ready to move.
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  • When he gets ready to move. in all the ways i thought
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  • In all the ways i thought about to break down
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  • About to break down this scripture,
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  • This scripture, i want to use
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  • I want to use the most unusual one,
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  • The most unusual one, and i pray that you will
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  • And i pray that you will give me this privilege today.
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  • Give me this privilege today. i want us to reimagine
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  • I want us to reimagine what happens in john 9
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  • What happens in john 9 if the man who jesus
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  • If the man who jesus wants to heal had done
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  • Wants to heal had done what most of us do when jesus
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  • What most of us do when jesus is trying to bring about
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  • Is trying to bring about a change in our life.
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  • A change in our life. now i want you to get
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  • Now i want you to get that thing in your life
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  • That thing in your life that you are waiting
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  • That you are waiting on god about,
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  • On god about, waiting on god about,
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  • Waiting on god about, and if you can't think
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  • And if you can't think of it right now because
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  • It's too painful, that's okay.
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  • It's too painful, that's okay. stay right there
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  • Stay right there at the surface for a moment.
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  • At the surface for a moment. i'm coming for you.
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  • I'm coming for you. because i want that thing
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  • Because i want that thing to surface while i preach today.
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  • To surface while i preach today. "i am waiting for the lord."
  • 00:17:54.326 --> 00:17:57.830
  • "i am waiting for the lord." and skipping past the obvious
  • 00:17:57.896 --> 00:17:59.064
  • And skipping past the obvious things that we wait
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  • Things that we wait on god about,
  • 00:18:00.032 --> 00:18:01.266
  • Sometimes we are waiting
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  • Sometimes we are waiting for god just
  • 00:18:02.601 --> 00:18:03.402
  • For god just for something generic,
  • 00:18:03.469 --> 00:18:05.037
  • For something generic, like, "i just want
  • 00:18:05.104 --> 00:18:06.271
  • Like, "i just want to be happy again.
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  • To be happy again. i just want winter to be over."
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  • I just want winter to be over." what are you going to do
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  • What are you going to do with all those coats you bought
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  • With all those coats you bought when winter is over?
  • 00:18:18.717 --> 00:18:20.686
  • When winter is over? you can't change the weather.
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  • You can't change the weather. you just got to change
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  • You just got to change what you wear.
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  • What you wear. isn't that a word?
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  • Isn't that a word? complaining about the
  • 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:29.428
  • Complaining about the environment of the world.
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  • Environment of the world. you better bundle up.
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  • You better bundle up. the world is always
  • 00:18:31.897 --> 00:18:32.564
  • The world is always going to be broken.
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  • Going to be broken. you got to go in
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  • You got to go in with your armor of god on.
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  • With your armor of god on. write that down so i remember
  • 00:18:38.804 --> 00:18:39.805
  • Write that down so i remember to preach it later, georgia.
  • 00:18:39.872 --> 00:18:41.240
  • To preach it later, georgia. you can't change the weather.
  • 00:18:41.306 --> 00:18:42.608
  • You can't change the weather. change your wardrobe.
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  • Change your wardrobe. instead of waiting
  • 00:18:45.444 --> 00:18:46.545
  • Instead of waiting on something to change,
  • 00:18:46.612 --> 00:18:47.746
  • On something to change, sometimes we have to embrace it.
  • 00:18:47.813 --> 00:18:50.349
  • Sometimes we have to embrace it. notice what jesus did
  • 00:18:50.415 --> 00:18:51.650
  • Notice what jesus did when he healed this man.
  • 00:18:51.717 --> 00:18:52.518
  • When he healed this man. he said,
  • 00:18:52.584 --> 00:18:53.118
  • He said, "i've only got a short
  • 00:18:53.185 --> 00:18:54.153
  • "i've only got a short window to do it,
  • 00:18:54.219 --> 00:18:55.387
  • Window to do it, and i've got to work
  • 00:18:55.454 --> 00:18:56.455
  • And i've got to work the works of him who sent me."
  • 00:18:56.522 --> 00:18:58.323
  • The works of him who sent me." the ultimate work of
  • 00:18:58.390 --> 00:18:59.825
  • The ultimate work of jesus christ was the cross.
  • 00:18:59.892 --> 00:19:01.927
  • Jesus christ was the cross. the ultimate work,
  • 00:19:01.994 --> 00:19:03.262
  • The ultimate work, singular work of jesus christ,
  • 00:19:03.328 --> 00:19:05.531
  • Singular work of jesus christ, was to pay for your sin.
  • 00:19:05.597 --> 00:19:07.432
  • Was to pay for your sin. that's what he came to do.
  • 00:19:07.499 --> 00:19:09.034
  • That's what he came to do. above healing blind eyes,
  • 00:19:09.101 --> 00:19:11.203
  • Above healing blind eyes, above opening deaf ears,
  • 00:19:11.270 --> 00:19:13.238
  • Above opening deaf ears, above even alleviating
  • 00:19:13.305 --> 00:19:15.040
  • Above even alleviating the physical
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  • The physical suffering of people,
  • 00:19:15.774 --> 00:19:16.608
  • Suffering of people, he came to make
  • 00:19:16.675 --> 00:19:17.643
  • He came to make us right with god.
  • 00:19:17.709 --> 00:19:19.278
  • Us right with god. he came to make a way
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  • He came to make a way for us to access god.
  • 00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:22.414
  • For us to access god. he came to tear the veil
  • 00:19:22.481 --> 00:19:24.049
  • He came to tear the veil so that heaven and earth
  • 00:19:24.116 --> 00:19:25.217
  • So that heaven and earth were no longer separated
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  • Were no longer separated by your sin,
  • 00:19:26.418 --> 00:19:27.386
  • By your sin, but joined together
  • 00:19:27.452 --> 00:19:28.387
  • But joined together by his body and his blood
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  • By his body and his blood shed on the cross.
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  • Shed on the cross. he came to do that work.
  • 00:19:31.590 --> 00:19:33.625
  • He came to do that work. but there are many works,
  • 00:19:33.692 --> 00:19:35.761
  • But there are many works, one work salvation
  • 00:19:35.827 --> 00:19:37.229
  • One work salvation and many works of sanctification
  • 00:19:37.296 --> 00:19:39.965
  • And many works of sanctification that jesus will
  • 00:19:40.032 --> 00:19:40.832
  • That jesus will do along the way.
  • 00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:43.702
  • Do along the way. i love that.
  • 00:19:43.769 --> 00:19:44.336
  • I love that. as he's going along the way,
  • 00:19:44.403 --> 00:19:46.772
  • As he's going along the way, he sees a blind man.
  • 00:19:46.838 --> 00:19:48.373
  • He sees a blind man. the blind man doesn't see him.
  • 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.908
  • The blind man doesn't see him. the blind man is not
  • 00:19:49.975 --> 00:19:51.476
  • The blind man is not praying for a miracle.
  • 00:19:51.543 --> 00:19:52.411
  • Praying for a miracle. he's been this
  • 00:19:52.477 --> 00:19:53.111
  • He's been this way his whole life.
  • 00:19:53.178 --> 00:19:54.279
  • Way his whole life. chances are he has never
  • 00:19:54.346 --> 00:19:56.014
  • Chances are he has never even thought about the fact
  • 00:19:56.081 --> 00:19:57.382
  • Even thought about the fact that he might
  • 00:19:57.449 --> 00:19:58.183
  • That he might be able to see,
  • 00:19:58.250 --> 00:19:59.051
  • Be able to see, because he's never
  • 00:19:59.117 --> 00:19:59.785
  • Because he's never heard of it done.
  • 00:19:59.851 --> 00:20:00.953
  • Heard of it done. and so as this man is sitting
  • 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:04.623
  • And so as this man is sitting passively begging,
  • 00:20:04.690 --> 00:20:06.258
  • Passively begging, jesus actively starts a miracle,
  • 00:20:06.325 --> 00:20:09.294
  • Jesus actively starts a miracle, and he reaches
  • 00:20:09.361 --> 00:20:09.962
  • And he reaches down on the ground,
  • 00:20:10.028 --> 00:20:11.730
  • Down on the ground, and he begins to grab some dirt.
  • 00:20:11.797 --> 00:20:13.665
  • And he begins to grab some dirt. put up verse 5, please.
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  • "while i'm in the world,
  • 00:20:17.636 --> 00:20:18.637
  • "while i'm in the world, i'm the light of the world."
  • 00:20:18.704 --> 00:20:20.505
  • I'm the light of the world." and then verse 6, he spits.
  • 00:20:20.572 --> 00:20:26.478
  • And then verse 6, he spits. he spits.
  • 00:20:26.545 --> 00:20:28.814
  • He spits. the bible says
  • 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.481
  • The man couldn't see.
  • 00:20:29.581 --> 00:20:30.549
  • The man couldn't see. it doesn't say he couldn't hear.
  • 00:20:30.616 --> 00:20:34.386
  • So i'm wondering,
  • 00:20:34.486 --> 00:20:37.122
  • So i'm wondering, "what are you doing?
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  • "what are you doing? who are you,
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  • Who are you, and why are you
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  • And why are you spitting so close to me?"
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  • And when he spits,
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  • And when he spits, now watch this,
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  • He made some mud with the spit.
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  • He made some mud with the spit. and you're like, "it's jesus.
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  • And you're like, "it's jesus. it's sanctified spit."
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  • It's sanctified spit." it's still spit.
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  • It's still spit. he spits on the ground.
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  • He spits on the ground. now i'm going to preach every
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  • Now i'm going to preach every part of this in just a moment.
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  • Part of this in just a moment. go with me.
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  • Go with me. he spit on the ground,
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  • He spit on the ground, made some mud with the spit,
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  • Made some mud with the spit, and put it on the man's eyes.
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  • And put it on the man's eyes. now go to verse 7.
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  • Now go to verse 7. "go," he told him,
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  • "go," he told him, "wash in the pool of siloam."
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  • This word means sent.
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  • So he sent him to
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  • So he sent him to a pool that means sent.
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  • A pool that means sent. back up.
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  • Back up. jesus was sent from heaven.
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  • Jesus was sent from heaven. he spit in the mud,
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  • He spit in the mud, and he sent a man to a pool
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  • And he sent a man to a pool that represents that
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  • That represents that he was sent from heaven
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  • To get down in the mud,
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  • To get down in the mud, to send a man to a pool,
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  • To send a man to a pool, to show him that he
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  • To show him that he was sent from above
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  • Was sent from above to reach down in the dirt,
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  • To reach down in the dirt, to send a man to a pool.
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  • And he told him,
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  • And he told him, "wash in the pool, siloam."
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  • "wash in the pool, siloam." so the man, and here's where
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  • So the man, and here's where i'm going to take
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  • I'm going to take a little liberty,
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  • A little liberty, the man waited.
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  • The man waited. the man waited.
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  • Now this is the part
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  • Now this is the part where many of us have fallen
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  • Where many of us have fallen in love with the concept
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  • In love with the concept of waiting on god.
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  • Of waiting on god. i want to underscore again
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  • I want to underscore again that when god has
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  • That when god has called you to wait,
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  • Called you to wait, the only thing worse
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  • The only thing worse than waiting on god
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  • Than waiting on god is wishing that you had.
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  • Is wishing that you had. the only thing more difficult
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  • The only thing more difficult than waiting on god
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  • Than waiting on god to bring a desire to
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  • To bring a desire to pass is doing it
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  • Pass is doing it in your own strength,
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  • In your own strength, doing it in your own knowledge,
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  • Doing it in your own knowledge, doing it in your own sight,
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  • Doing it in your own sight, and then wishing,
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  • And then wishing, "if i had just listened
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  • "if i had just listened to that check in my spirit,
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  • To that check in my spirit, i would not still be
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  • I would not still be paying this off.
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  • Paying this off. if i had just listened
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  • If i had just listened and not tried
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  • And not tried to impress people,
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  • To impress people, i wouldn't have
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  • I wouldn't have this mountain of debt.
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  • This mountain of debt. if i had just waited until
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  • If i had just waited until i got my house in order,
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  • I got my house in order, if i wouldn't have
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  • If i wouldn't have gotten ahead of myself."
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  • Gotten ahead of myself." the only thing worse than
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  • The only thing worse than waiting on god is
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  • Waiting on god is wishing that you had.
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  • Wishing that you had. but when god has given
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  • But when god has given you a word,
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  • You a word, waiting will not change
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  • Waiting will not change your situation.
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  • Your situation. only washing will.
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  • >> before we go,
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  • >> before we go, i wanna invite you
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  • I wanna invite you to be a part of what god
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  • To be a part of what god is doing through this ministry.
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  • Is doing through this ministry. when you give
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  • When you give to steven furtick ministries,
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  • To steven furtick ministries, you not only help us get
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  • You not only help us get the word of god out
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  • The word of god out through this broadcast,
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  • But you also help us
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  • But you also help us partner with organizations
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  • Partner with organizations that care for children
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  • That care for children and families in practical ways.
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  • And families in practical ways. during the summer months
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  • During the summer months school breaks and holidays
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  • School breaks and holidays many kids lose consistent
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  • Many kids lose consistent access to meals
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  • Access to meals and safe environments
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  • And safe environments and the developmental support
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  • And the developmental support that they would normally
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  • That they would normally receive through school.
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  • Receive through school. but through our
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  • But through our partnership organizations
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  • Partnership organizations are able to step in
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  • Are able to step in and help children grow
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  • And help children grow and thrive when resources would
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  • And thrive when resources would otherwise maybe be out of reach.
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  • Otherwise maybe be out of reach. your generosity allows us
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  • Your generosity allows us to come alongside people
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  • To come alongside people that are already serving
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  • That are already serving their communities every day
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  • Their communities every day and strengthen the work
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  • And strengthen the work that they're doing
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  • That they're doing for the next generation.
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  • For the next generation. it's just one of the ways
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  • It's just one of the ways that the love of jesus
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  • That the love of jesus is lived out through
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  • Is lived out through this ministry meeting
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  • This ministry meeting real needs while continuing
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  • Real needs while continuing to get god's word
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  • To get god's word into people's hearts.
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  • Into people's hearts. if you've never
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  • If you've never partnered with us before,
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  • Partnered with us before, we'd love for you to take
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  • We'd love for you to take that step today and see
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  • That step today and see what god can do through you.
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  • What god can do through you. so, call the number
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  • So, call the number on your screen
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  • On your screen or go online to give,
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  • Or go online to give, every gift matters,
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  • Every gift matters, and together we can
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  • And together we can continue reaching people
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  • Continue reaching people with the hope and truth
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  • With the hope and truth of the gospel right
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  • Of the gospel right where they need it.
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  • >> ♪ so so so so so so good ♪
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  • ♪ so so so so so so good to me ♪
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  • ♪ this is my story ♪
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  • ♪ i testify ♪
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  • ♪ the blessings ♪
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  • ♪ on blessings ♪
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  • ♪ you poured on my life ♪
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  • ♪ when i start remembering ♪
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  • ♪ how good you've been ♪
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  • ♪ fear turns to worship ♪
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  • ♪ tears turn to praise ♪
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  • ♪ chains of depression ♪
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  • ♪ broken by grace ♪
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  • ♪ when i start remembering ♪
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  • ♪ how good you've been ♪
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  • Come on, sing it with me.
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  • ♪ you've been ♪
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  • ♪ so so so so so so good to me ♪
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  • ♪ you've been ♪
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  • ♪ so so so so so so good to me ♪
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  • ♪ hey ♪
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  • Sing it, davide.
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  • >> ♪ the enemy's weapons ♪
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  • ♪ fall to the ground ♪
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  • ♪ armies of heaven ♪
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  • ♪ always surround ♪
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  • ♪ when i start remembering ♪
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  • ♪ how you carried my cross ♪
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  • ♪ called me by name ♪
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  • ♪ loved me like i was ♪
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  • ♪ but you didn't ♪
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  • ♪ leave me that way ♪
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  • ♪ was dead now i live ♪
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  • ♪ yeah that's what you did ♪
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  • ♪ you've been ♪
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  • ♪ so so so so so so good to me ♪
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  • ♪ oh yes you have ♪
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  • ♪ you've been ♪
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  • ♪ so so so so so so good to me ♪
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  • ♪ from morning to night ♪
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  • ♪ the lows and the highs ♪
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  • ♪ i look back on my life ♪
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  • ♪ and all that i see ♪
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  • ♪ you've been ♪
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  • ♪ so so so so so so good to me ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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