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Steven Furtick - When Waiting Isn't Working (Part 2)

May 26, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - When Waiting Isn't Working (Part 2)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When Waiting Isn't Working (Part 2) | May 26, 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
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> here's three things
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  • >> here's three things we wait on,
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  • We wait on, i give them
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  • I give them all to you up front.
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  • All to you up front. we wait on perfect,
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  • We wait on perfect, we wait on people,
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  • We wait on people, and we wait on pain-free.
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  • And we wait on pain-free. put all of those
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  • Put all of those in the comments,
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  • In the comments, you're watching online.
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  • You're watching online. are you waiting
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  • Are you waiting when god said watch?
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  • When god said watch? are you waiting on perfect?
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  • Are you waiting on perfect? are you waiting on people?
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  • Are you waiting on people? are you waiting on pain-free?
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  • Are you waiting on pain-free? are you waiting on perfect?
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  • Are you waiting on perfect? because a lot of times i do.
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  • Because a lot of times i do. the bible says in ecclesiastes,
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  • The bible says in ecclesiastes, "he who regarded the wind
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  • "he who regarded the wind will never sow."
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  • Will never sow." it means if you wait
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  • It means if you wait for conditions to be right
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  • For conditions to be right you'll never get it done.
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  • You'll never get it done. if you wait for the perfect time
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  • If you wait for the perfect time to do it, you'll never do it.
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  • To do it, you'll never do it. if you wait till you feel ready
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  • If you wait till you feel ready to step into it you'll never
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  • To step into it you'll never step into it.
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  • Step into it. isn't that the truth?
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  • Isn't that the truth? and the fact that jesus made
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  • And the fact that jesus made a miracle out of the mud
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  • A miracle out of the mud reminds me that i'm made of what
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  • Reminds me that i'm made of what the miracle came from.
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  • The miracle came from. this very act
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  • This very act mirrors genesis 2:7,
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  • Mirrors genesis 2:7, when god made you
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  • When god made you from the dirt.
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  • From the dirt. and here's what
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  • And here's what i can't understand,
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  • I can't understand, we wait for perfect,
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  • We wait for perfect, not only in our lives,
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  • Not only in our lives, not only in ourselves,
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  • Not only in ourselves, but in others.
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  • But in others. we wait for perfect.
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  • We wait for perfect. now let me ask you a question,
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  • Now let me ask you a question, when god started to make you,
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  • When god started to make you, he started with dirt.
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  • He started with dirt. now, you're expecting god
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  • Now, you're expecting god to send you something that
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  • To send you something that starts with perfect when
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  • Starts with perfect when you started with dirt?
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  • You started with dirt? i had a unique experience
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  • I had a unique experience the other day in a restaurant.
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  • The other day in a restaurant. i was trying to listen
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  • I was trying to listen to what holly was telling me,
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  • To what holly was telling me, but i was very distracted
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  • But i was very distracted by the conversation
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  • By the conversation at the table behind us,
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  • At the table behind us, because they said our name.
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  • Because they said our name. they said elevation.
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  • They said elevation. and i couldn't tell if it was
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  • And i couldn't tell if it was being said positively
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  • Being said positively or negatively.
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  • Or negatively. so i just, i said...
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  • [laughter]
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  • Lean back in
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  • Lean back in the booth a little bit.
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  • The booth a little bit. and all i heard was
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  • And all i heard was the lady said,
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  • The lady said, "are you still
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  • "are you still going to elevation?"
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  • Going to elevation?" the other lady said, "yeah."
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  • The other lady said, "yeah." and then, the friend
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  • And then, the friend started telling her,
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  • Started telling her, "well, you may wanna check out
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  • "well, you may wanna check out some other churches."
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  • Some other churches." well, now i thought
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  • Well, now i thought she may, right?
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  • She may, right? this is not the only church,
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  • This is not the only church, so that may be a good idea.
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  • So that may be a good idea. but what got me,
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  • But what got me, the more that i --
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  • The more that i -- yeah, i listened
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  • Yeah, i listened to the whole thing.
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  • [laughter]
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  • The parts i could pick up,
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  • The parts i could pick up, the mature christian
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  • The mature christian who was talking
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  • Who was talking to the other lady who had
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  • To the other lady who had been going to elevation,
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  • Been going to elevation, she starts going down
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  • She starts going down this list of how you can
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  • Find the perfect church.
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  • Find the perfect church. now, if that's what
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  • Now, if that's what the lady was looking for,
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  • The lady was looking for, she should never come back
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  • She should never come back to this one again.
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  • To this one again. but when she went through all
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  • But when she went through all of the things i heard her say,
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  • Of the things i heard her say, you know, you might wanna
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  • You know, you might wanna go to one church,
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  • Go to one church, go there a couple months,
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  • Go there a couple months, go to another church,
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  • Go there a couple of months,
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  • Go there a couple of months, go to another church,
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  • Go to another church, go there a couple of months.
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  • Go there a couple of months. and i realized you're confused
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  • And i realized you're confused because you think you should
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  • Because you think you should pick a church like you
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  • Pick a church like you pick off this menu when you
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  • Pick off this menu when you want salmon or steak.
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  • [applause]
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  • And you wanna find out,
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  • And you wanna find out, is it medium well?
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  • Is it medium well? is it well done?
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  • Is it well done? is it seasoned just like i like?
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  • Is it seasoned just like i like? i saw one the other day,
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  • I saw one the other day, this was crazy, this wasn't
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  • This was crazy, this wasn't the lady behind me.
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  • The lady behind me. but i saw one the other day that
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  • But i saw one the other day that i screenshotted to tell you.
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  • I screenshotted to tell you. a lady was on a forum talking
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  • A lady was on a forum talking about wanting to find a church,
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  • About wanting to find a church, search for a new church.
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  • Search for a new church. and don't laugh at me
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  • And don't laugh at me making this font bigger.
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  • Making this font bigger. if y'all laugh at me making this
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  • If y'all laugh at me making this font bigger i will prophesy
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  • Font bigger i will prophesy about your secret sins.
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  • About your secret sins. yeah, she said, this is
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  • Yeah, she said, this is what's important to us.
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  • What's important to us. bible-based, jesus is savior.
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  • Bible-based, jesus is savior. okay, great.
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  • Okay, great. robust kids program.
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  • Robust kids program. awesome.
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  • Awesome. small to medium size,
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  • Small to medium size, maybe around a hundred members.
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  • Maybe around a hundred members. yeah, you getting kind of,
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  • Yeah, you getting kind of, you know.
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  • You know. what if the lord wants you
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  • What if the lord wants you to be a part of a big church?
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  • To be a part of a big church? what you're gonna do
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  • What you're gonna do when you get to heaven
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  • When you get to heaven and it's kind of big,
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  • And it's kind of big, by the way, you want just
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  • By the way, you want just a little church.
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  • A little church. you're gon' leave?
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  • [laughter]
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  • You gon' check out
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  • You gon' check out the other place?
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  • [applause]
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  • You're gon' shop around now?
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  • You're gon' shop around now? you wanna see what's behind
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  • You wanna see what's behind door number two,
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  • Door number two, when you walk in
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  • When you walk in and it's every tribe
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  • And it's every tribe and tongue and nation,
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  • And tongue and nation, and it's white people
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  • And it's white people and black people,
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  • And black people, and short people,
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  • And short people, and tall people,
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  • And tall people, and skinny people,
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  • And skinny people, and hispanic people.
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  • And hispanic people. and it's all kind of people
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  • And it's all kind of people praising the lamb of god.
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  • [applause]
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  • She's not done yet.
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  • She's not done yet. we need members in the same
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  • We need members in the same walk of life as us.
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  • Walk of life as us. why?
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  • Why? you need some people
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  • You need some people older than you that aren't
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  • Older than you that aren't as dumb as you
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  • As dumb as you and all the people that
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  • And all the people that you've been running with.
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  • You've been running with. we're looking for a community
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  • We're looking for a community we want other 30-somethings.
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  • We want other 30-somethings. that's fine too, i get it.
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  • That's fine too, i get it. but then the next thing
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  • But then the next thing is progressive,
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  • Is progressive, diverse, and inclusive.
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  • Diverse, and inclusive. so, i want everybody to be
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  • So, i want everybody to be just like me diversely.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You see what i'm saying?
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  • You see what i'm saying? i want everybody 30
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  • I want everybody 30 and different than me so that
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  • And different than me so that they're just like me,
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  • They're just like me, but different.
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  • But different. and then she wanted also
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  • And then she wanted also decent worship.
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  • Decent worship. yeah.
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  • Yeah. yeah.
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  • Yeah. she gonna give you a little
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  • She gonna give you a little grace on the worship, you know.
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  • Now, you say this is mean
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  • Now, you say this is mean reading this list.
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  • Reading this list. i'm not saying her name,
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  • I'm not saying her name, i don't know this person.
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  • I don't know this person. i just thought,
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  • I just thought, how could it make it
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  • How could it make it on your list in the same
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  • On your list in the same category as worship and jesus as
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  • Category as worship and jesus as lord as gluten-free communion?
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  • [laughter]
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  • That'll make
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  • That'll make a preacher wanna retire.
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  • A preacher wanna retire. and i want the people to be
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  • And i want the people to be holy, but real, not judgmental,
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  • Holy, but real, not judgmental, but spiritual.
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  • But spiritual. i want them to be advanced
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  • I want them to be advanced in their discipleship,
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  • In their discipleship, but still very tender
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  • But still very tender to my developing,
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  • To my developing, blossoming spirituality.
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  • Blossoming spirituality. and i kind of wanted to turn
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  • And i kind of wanted to turn around in the restaurant
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  • Around in the restaurant and ask the lady,
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  • And ask the lady, the other lady that
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  • The other lady that i was telling you about.
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  • I was telling you about. "it's cool if you wanna
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  • "it's cool if you wanna search for a church,
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  • Search for a church, but can we put you through
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  • But can we put you through the same test you wanna put us
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  • The same test you wanna put us through when you come?"
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  • [applause]
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  • Can we try you for
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  • Can we try you for three months and try another
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  • Three months and try another one for three months
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  • One for three months and try another one for --
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  • And try another one for -- oh, this is my third decade.
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  • Oh, this is my third decade. i'mma say it like
  • 00:07:04.009 --> 00:07:04.843
  • I'mma say it like i wanna say it now.
  • 00:07:04.910 --> 00:07:06.511
  • I wanna say it now. i'm not a fly by night
  • 00:07:06.578 --> 00:07:08.346
  • I'm not a fly by night furtick no more.
  • 00:07:08.413 --> 00:07:09.448
  • Furtick no more. i'm old and gray,
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  • I'm old and gray, i've never seen
  • 00:07:11.349 --> 00:07:11.950
  • I've never seen the righteous forsaken.
  • 00:07:12.017 --> 00:07:15.287
  • The righteous forsaken. and i've never seen
  • 00:07:15.353 --> 00:07:16.254
  • And i've never seen a perfect church.
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  • A perfect church. and if you ever find
  • 00:07:18.390 --> 00:07:19.724
  • And if you ever find the perfect church,
  • 00:07:19.791 --> 00:07:20.792
  • The perfect church, don't join it because
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  • Don't join it because you'll ruin it.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And bring your own
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  • And bring your own gluten-free communion.
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  • Gluten-free communion. you can do that for yourself.
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  • You can do that for yourself. are you serious?
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  • [applause]
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  • You ever heard of whole foods?
  • 00:07:36.842 --> 00:07:42.481
  • You ever heard of whole foods? are you waiting on perfect when
  • 00:07:42.547 --> 00:07:45.750
  • Are you waiting on perfect when the savior specializes in mud?
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  • [applause]
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  • Jesus healed the man with mud,
  • 00:07:50.555 --> 00:07:54.226
  • Jesus healed the man with mud, not magic, but we want magic.
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  • Not magic, but we want magic. abracadabra.
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  • Abracadabra. glory hallelujah.
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  • Glory hallelujah. rub a dub-dub.
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  • Rub a dub-dub. ♪ i'm gonna wait on you ♪
  • 00:08:02.767 --> 00:08:05.070
  • ♪ i'm gonna wait on you ♪ not without
  • 00:08:05.136 --> 00:08:05.904
  • Not without dirty work you're not.
  • 00:08:05.971 --> 00:08:09.174
  • Dirty work you're not. that's why i drive a jeep
  • 00:08:09.241 --> 00:08:12.611
  • That's why i drive a jeep because the jeep looks
  • 00:08:12.677 --> 00:08:13.912
  • Because the jeep looks good with dirt on it.
  • 00:08:13.979 --> 00:08:16.314
  • Good with dirt on it. that's why i love jesus,
  • 00:08:16.381 --> 00:08:19.084
  • That's why i love jesus, 'cause jesus looks good
  • 00:08:19.150 --> 00:08:23.188
  • 'cause jesus looks good with dirt on it.
  • 00:08:23.255 --> 00:08:25.323
  • With dirt on it. and i want you to know
  • 00:08:25.390 --> 00:08:26.157
  • And i want you to know he'll touch your life today.
  • 00:08:26.224 --> 00:08:27.893
  • He'll touch your life today. i want you to know he'll walk
  • 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:29.294
  • I want you to know he'll walk right up to you today.
  • 00:08:29.361 --> 00:08:30.929
  • Right up to you today. oh, you little dirty self,
  • 00:08:30.996 --> 00:08:32.664
  • Oh, you little dirty self, you better come into
  • 00:08:32.731 --> 00:08:33.865
  • You better come into the presence of god,
  • 00:08:33.932 --> 00:08:35.233
  • The presence of god, you better listen to this man
  • 00:08:35.300 --> 00:08:37.335
  • You better listen to this man from galilee who turns
  • 00:08:37.402 --> 00:08:39.271
  • From galilee who turns water into wine
  • 00:08:39.337 --> 00:08:41.072
  • Water into wine and dirt into diamonds.
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  • [applause]
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  • Hallelujah,
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  • Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
  • 00:08:47.546 --> 00:08:49.614
  • Hallelujah, hallelujah. stop waiting for perfect
  • 00:08:49.681 --> 00:08:51.783
  • Stop waiting for perfect and praise him for progress.
  • 00:08:51.850 --> 00:08:53.785
  • And praise him for progress. stop waiting for perfect
  • 00:08:53.852 --> 00:08:55.787
  • Stop waiting for perfect and praise him for proximity.
  • 00:08:55.854 --> 00:08:57.956
  • And praise him for proximity. just to be in his presence
  • 00:08:58.023 --> 00:08:59.591
  • Just to be in his presence is a blessing.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:02.727
  • You know how many times
  • 00:09:04.129 --> 00:09:05.697
  • You know how many times i've been so fixated on one
  • 00:09:05.764 --> 00:09:07.899
  • I've been so fixated on one area of my life that wasn't
  • 00:09:07.966 --> 00:09:09.367
  • Area of my life that wasn't working that i would not
  • 00:09:09.434 --> 00:09:11.236
  • Working that i would not even worship god for
  • 00:09:11.303 --> 00:09:12.837
  • Even worship god for the 99 that were?
  • 00:09:12.904 --> 00:09:17.442
  • The 99 that were? you are waiting on god.
  • 00:09:17.509 --> 00:09:18.810
  • You are waiting on god. no, you're not.
  • 00:09:18.877 --> 00:09:19.611
  • No, you're not. you're focused so tightly
  • 00:09:19.678 --> 00:09:21.313
  • You're focused so tightly on what you don't have that
  • 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:22.681
  • On what you don't have that you're blind to what you do.
  • 00:09:22.747 --> 00:09:29.120
  • You're blind to what you do. when will it be enough
  • 00:09:29.187 --> 00:09:31.690
  • When will it be enough for you to praise god?
  • 00:09:31.756 --> 00:09:34.059
  • For you to praise god? when will it be?
  • 00:09:34.125 --> 00:09:35.260
  • I mean, seriously,
  • 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:36.127
  • I mean, seriously, when will it be enough?
  • 00:09:36.194 --> 00:09:40.265
  • When will it be enough? doesn't have to be perfect?
  • 00:09:40.332 --> 00:09:42.534
  • Doesn't have to be perfect? how can you wait for perfect
  • 00:09:42.601 --> 00:09:44.336
  • How can you wait for perfect when you have a god
  • 00:09:44.402 --> 00:09:45.403
  • When you have a god who started with dirt?
  • 00:09:45.470 --> 00:09:49.040
  • Who started with dirt? i'm saying that about
  • 00:09:49.107 --> 00:09:49.708
  • I'm saying that about your spouse too.
  • 00:09:49.774 --> 00:09:54.379
  • Man, you really
  • 00:09:54.479 --> 00:09:55.046
  • Man, you really are gonna fuss about
  • 00:09:55.113 --> 00:09:55.847
  • Are gonna fuss about that in your marriage,
  • 00:09:55.914 --> 00:09:58.450
  • That in your marriage, your little picky,
  • 00:09:58.516 --> 00:09:59.150
  • Your little picky, perfectionist self?
  • 00:09:59.217 --> 00:10:02.621
  • Perfectionist self? and somebody else would
  • 00:10:02.687 --> 00:10:04.856
  • And somebody else would give anything to have what
  • 00:10:04.923 --> 00:10:06.825
  • Give anything to have what you're about to throw away
  • 00:10:06.891 --> 00:10:07.926
  • You're about to throw away because it's not perfect.
  • 00:10:07.993 --> 00:10:10.462
  • Because it's not perfect. you aren't perfect.
  • 00:10:10.528 --> 00:10:13.331
  • You aren't perfect. i will interview everybody
  • 00:10:13.398 --> 00:10:14.766
  • I will interview everybody in your family to prove
  • 00:10:14.833 --> 00:10:16.668
  • In your family to prove this point if i have to.
  • 00:10:16.735 --> 00:10:19.771
  • This point if i have to. it's an amazing thing when
  • 00:10:19.838 --> 00:10:21.272
  • It's an amazing thing when you stop searching for perfect
  • 00:10:21.339 --> 00:10:25.777
  • You stop searching for perfect and start accepting presence.
  • 00:10:25.844 --> 00:10:29.114
  • [applause]
  • 00:10:29.547 --> 00:10:34.819
  • There are no perfect people,
  • 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:37.555
  • There are no perfect people, and one reason that jesus
  • 00:10:37.622 --> 00:10:39.024
  • And one reason that jesus opened this man's eyes
  • 00:10:39.090 --> 00:10:40.291
  • Opened this man's eyes and sent him to the pool
  • 00:10:40.358 --> 00:10:42.727
  • And sent him to the pool is because he had to get him
  • 00:10:42.794 --> 00:10:43.695
  • Is because he had to get him away from all the people
  • 00:10:43.762 --> 00:10:44.829
  • Away from all the people who knew him before.
  • 00:10:44.896 --> 00:10:47.232
  • Who knew him before. think about it.
  • 00:10:47.298 --> 00:10:49.267
  • Think about it. if he opens his eyes
  • 00:10:49.334 --> 00:10:50.935
  • If he opens his eyes and all he sees
  • 00:10:51.002 --> 00:10:51.536
  • And all he sees is the people around him,
  • 00:10:51.603 --> 00:10:52.404
  • Is the people around him, they don't even recognize him,
  • 00:10:52.470 --> 00:10:54.539
  • They don't even recognize him, and they definitely
  • 00:10:54.606 --> 00:10:55.473
  • And they definitely don't respect him.
  • 00:10:55.540 --> 00:10:56.741
  • Don't respect him. i don't know where it is,
  • 00:10:56.808 --> 00:10:57.509
  • I don't know where it is, i think it's around
  • 00:10:57.575 --> 00:10:58.109
  • I think it's around verse 33 or something,
  • 00:10:58.176 --> 00:10:59.344
  • Verse 33 or something, but when they finally
  • 00:10:59.411 --> 00:11:00.278
  • But when they finally catch up with the man
  • 00:11:00.345 --> 00:11:01.212
  • Catch up with the man and see what he does,
  • 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:01.913
  • And see what he does, the religious officials
  • 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:02.714
  • The religious officials are mad at jesus,
  • 00:11:02.781 --> 00:11:03.615
  • Are mad at jesus, watch this, because he healed
  • 00:11:03.682 --> 00:11:04.649
  • Watch this, because he healed the man on the wrong day.
  • 00:11:04.716 --> 00:11:07.952
  • The man on the wrong day. because the communion
  • 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:08.687
  • Because the communion wasn't gluten-free,
  • 00:11:08.753 --> 00:11:10.021
  • Wasn't gluten-free, they didn't wanna take it.
  • 00:11:10.088 --> 00:11:14.025
  • They didn't wanna take it. god bless you, ma'am,
  • 00:11:14.092 --> 00:11:14.826
  • God bless you, ma'am, but this is too picky.
  • 00:11:14.893 --> 00:11:16.194
  • But this is too picky. that man has never seen before,
  • 00:11:16.261 --> 00:11:18.530
  • That man has never seen before, and all you can see is what
  • 00:11:18.596 --> 00:11:20.098
  • And all you can see is what day jesus did it on.
  • 00:11:20.165 --> 00:11:21.332
  • Day jesus did it on. god moves when he wants to.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:11:23.368 --> 00:11:24.502
  • And it doesn't take him long.
  • 00:11:25.070 --> 00:11:27.739
  • And it doesn't take him long. and if he made a rule,
  • 00:11:27.806 --> 00:11:28.606
  • And if he made a rule, he can transcend the rule
  • 00:11:28.673 --> 00:11:29.674
  • He can transcend the rule for a person that he loves.
  • 00:11:29.741 --> 00:11:32.143
  • For a person that he loves. but you've got to be careful
  • 00:11:32.210 --> 00:11:33.611
  • But you've got to be careful waiting on people.
  • 00:11:33.678 --> 00:11:34.679
  • Waiting on people. the first thing that
  • 00:11:34.746 --> 00:11:35.447
  • The first thing that you're waiting on is perfect,
  • 00:11:35.513 --> 00:11:36.614
  • You're waiting on is perfect, but the second thing
  • 00:11:36.681 --> 00:11:37.315
  • But the second thing you're sometimes waiting
  • 00:11:37.382 --> 00:11:38.149
  • You're sometimes waiting on is people.
  • 00:11:38.216 --> 00:11:40.151
  • On is people. and notice the exchange
  • 00:11:40.218 --> 00:11:41.419
  • And notice the exchange in the text is kind of funny,
  • 00:11:41.486 --> 00:11:43.221
  • In the text is kind of funny, but you can miss
  • 00:11:43.288 --> 00:11:43.922
  • But you can miss the richness if you laugh at it.
  • 00:11:43.988 --> 00:11:45.523
  • The richness if you laugh at it. because they can't figure out,
  • 00:11:45.590 --> 00:11:47.859
  • Because they can't figure out, could it be him?
  • 00:11:47.926 --> 00:11:48.993
  • Could it be him? you know, when you first
  • 00:11:49.060 --> 00:11:50.261
  • You know, when you first start living for god,
  • 00:11:50.328 --> 00:11:51.096
  • Start living for god, people are around you like,
  • 00:11:51.162 --> 00:11:51.830
  • People are around you like, is this for real?
  • 00:11:51.896 --> 00:11:53.865
  • Is this for real? they're like, "oh yeah,
  • 00:11:53.932 --> 00:11:54.532
  • They're like, "oh yeah, they're not gonna change.
  • 00:11:54.599 --> 00:11:55.300
  • They're not gonna change. this is just -- they're just --
  • 00:11:55.366 --> 00:11:56.167
  • This is just -- they're just -- they get on a kick about every
  • 00:11:56.234 --> 00:11:57.836
  • They get on a kick about every time in the first of the year.
  • 00:11:57.902 --> 00:11:59.270
  • Time in the first of the year. they'll be done with
  • 00:11:59.337 --> 00:11:59.871
  • They'll be done with this by march."
  • 00:11:59.938 --> 00:12:01.673
  • This by march." they start doubting
  • 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:03.475
  • They start doubting what god has done,
  • 00:12:03.541 --> 00:12:04.809
  • What god has done, and no one can blame them
  • 00:12:04.876 --> 00:12:06.377
  • And no one can blame them because no one has ever
  • 00:12:06.444 --> 00:12:07.545
  • Because no one has ever heard of the healing
  • 00:12:07.612 --> 00:12:08.546
  • Heard of the healing of one blind from birth.
  • 00:12:08.613 --> 00:12:09.781
  • Of one blind from birth. there are others healed
  • 00:12:09.848 --> 00:12:10.715
  • There are others healed of blindness in the scripture,
  • 00:12:10.782 --> 00:12:11.883
  • Of blindness in the scripture, but not from birth so nobody
  • 00:12:11.950 --> 00:12:14.319
  • But not from birth so nobody expects it to happen.
  • 00:12:14.385 --> 00:12:15.687
  • Expects it to happen. and so, jesus sends him
  • 00:12:15.754 --> 00:12:17.222
  • And so, jesus sends him to the pool.
  • 00:12:17.288 --> 00:12:18.389
  • To the pool. one reason that
  • 00:12:18.456 --> 00:12:19.190
  • One reason that i believe he put mud on his
  • 00:12:19.257 --> 00:12:20.358
  • I believe he put mud on his eyes was to keep the man from
  • 00:12:20.425 --> 00:12:22.327
  • Eyes was to keep the man from being comfortable where he was.
  • 00:12:22.393 --> 00:12:25.830
  • Being comfortable where he was. if jesus had sent him
  • 00:12:25.897 --> 00:12:27.165
  • If jesus had sent him to the pool with
  • 00:12:27.232 --> 00:12:28.099
  • To the pool with no mud on his eyes,
  • 00:12:28.166 --> 00:12:30.568
  • No mud on his eyes, he may not have gone because
  • 00:12:30.635 --> 00:12:32.370
  • He may not have gone because he had nothing to wash off.
  • 00:12:32.437 --> 00:12:34.672
  • He had nothing to wash off. sometimes god uses messy
  • 00:12:34.739 --> 00:12:36.775
  • Sometimes god uses messy situations to move you
  • 00:12:36.841 --> 00:12:38.610
  • Situations to move you and send you where
  • 00:12:38.676 --> 00:12:39.577
  • And send you where you're supposed to be.
  • 00:12:39.644 --> 00:12:40.512
  • [applause]
  • 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:46.050
  • That man went to the pool,
  • 00:12:46.417 --> 00:12:48.019
  • That man went to the pool, and i almost could
  • 00:12:48.086 --> 00:12:49.053
  • And i almost could see it in my mind.
  • 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:50.155
  • See it in my mind. i almost could see
  • 00:12:50.221 --> 00:12:51.156
  • I almost could see the movie of the man going
  • 00:12:51.222 --> 00:12:53.424
  • The movie of the man going all the way to the pool,
  • 00:12:53.491 --> 00:12:54.359
  • All the way to the pool, and he's moving,
  • 00:12:54.425 --> 00:12:56.327
  • And he's moving, but it's muddy moves.
  • 00:12:56.394 --> 00:12:58.396
  • But it's muddy moves. and the more i saw the man,
  • 00:12:58.463 --> 00:12:59.964
  • And the more i saw the man, the more i saw you.
  • 00:13:00.031 --> 00:13:02.400
  • You're making moves right now,
  • 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:03.568
  • You're making moves right now, but they're muddy moves.
  • 00:13:03.635 --> 00:13:06.204
  • But they're muddy moves. they're muddy moves.
  • 00:13:06.271 --> 00:13:07.405
  • They're muddy moves. these are not calculated times
  • 00:13:07.472 --> 00:13:09.407
  • These are not calculated times in your life.
  • 00:13:09.474 --> 00:13:10.275
  • In your life. these are not sure steps
  • 00:13:10.341 --> 00:13:12.544
  • These are not sure steps that you're taking.
  • 00:13:12.610 --> 00:13:14.412
  • That you're taking. these are not clear paths
  • 00:13:14.479 --> 00:13:16.481
  • These are not clear paths that you're trotting.
  • 00:13:16.548 --> 00:13:17.582
  • That you're trotting. these are not obvious decisions
  • 00:13:17.649 --> 00:13:19.751
  • That you're making,
  • 00:13:19.851 --> 00:13:20.852
  • That you're making, and it is difficult
  • 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:22.053
  • And it is difficult for you to know if you're
  • 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:23.154
  • For you to know if you're doing the right thing.
  • 00:13:23.221 --> 00:13:24.355
  • Doing the right thing. but if you are moving in
  • 00:13:24.422 --> 00:13:26.124
  • But if you are moving in the direction of what god
  • 00:13:26.191 --> 00:13:27.826
  • The direction of what god has told you to do,
  • 00:13:27.892 --> 00:13:28.893
  • Has told you to do, if you get ahead of him,
  • 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.161
  • If you get ahead of him, he can close the door.
  • 00:13:30.228 --> 00:13:31.629
  • He can close the door. if you disobey him
  • 00:13:31.696 --> 00:13:33.097
  • If you disobey him and call it waiting,
  • 00:13:33.164 --> 00:13:34.065
  • And call it waiting, if you disobey him
  • 00:13:34.132 --> 00:13:35.200
  • If you disobey him and wait another year
  • 00:13:35.266 --> 00:13:36.267
  • And wait another year for things to change.
  • 00:13:36.334 --> 00:13:37.435
  • For things to change. people say time
  • 00:13:37.502 --> 00:13:38.536
  • People say time heals all things.
  • 00:13:38.603 --> 00:13:39.604
  • Heals all things. time doesn't heal all things,
  • 00:13:39.671 --> 00:13:41.873
  • Time doesn't heal all things, time hardens all things.
  • 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:45.810
  • Time hardens all things. and if you stay with
  • 00:13:45.877 --> 00:13:47.345
  • And if you stay with the mud on your eyes
  • 00:13:47.412 --> 00:13:48.446
  • The mud on your eyes waiting to see the change,
  • 00:13:48.513 --> 00:13:50.481
  • Waiting to see the change, waiting to move
  • 00:13:50.548 --> 00:13:51.783
  • Waiting to move until you can see,
  • 00:13:51.850 --> 00:13:52.884
  • Until you can see, waiting to know the outcome.
  • 00:13:52.951 --> 00:13:54.786
  • Waiting to know the outcome. by the way, jesus didn't
  • 00:13:54.853 --> 00:13:55.954
  • By the way, jesus didn't even tell the man,
  • 00:13:56.020 --> 00:13:57.121
  • Even tell the man, "you're going to get healed."
  • 00:13:57.188 --> 00:13:58.456
  • "you're going to get healed." find it in the text.
  • 00:13:58.523 --> 00:13:59.791
  • Find it in the text. he didn't even
  • 00:13:59.858 --> 00:14:01.159
  • He didn't even promise him an outcome,
  • 00:14:01.226 --> 00:14:02.594
  • Promise him an outcome, he just gave him an instruction,
  • 00:14:02.660 --> 00:14:04.495
  • He just gave him an instruction, but something about the way
  • 00:14:04.562 --> 00:14:06.764
  • But something about the way his voice spoke resonated
  • 00:14:06.831 --> 00:14:08.299
  • His voice spoke resonated with the man.
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  • With the man. "i gotta move."
  • 00:14:09.367 --> 00:14:10.702
  • "i gotta move." it's muddy, but i gotta move.
  • 00:14:10.768 --> 00:14:12.937
  • It's muddy, but i gotta move. i gotta start this bible study,
  • 00:14:13.004 --> 00:14:14.606
  • I gotta start this bible study, i gotta move.
  • 00:14:14.672 --> 00:14:15.707
  • I gotta move. i can't wait for an invitation,
  • 00:14:15.773 --> 00:14:17.275
  • I can't wait for an invitation, i gotta move.
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  • I gotta move. i don't know if this
  • 00:14:18.509 --> 00:14:19.310
  • I don't know if this is the right counselor,
  • 00:14:19.377 --> 00:14:20.445
  • Is the right counselor, but it's a counselor,
  • 00:14:20.511 --> 00:14:22.013
  • But it's a counselor, i gotta move.
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  • I gotta move. i don't know
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  • I don't know if it's the right e-group,
  • 00:14:23.648 --> 00:14:24.782
  • If it's the right e-group, but it's a e-group,
  • 00:14:24.849 --> 00:14:26.150
  • But it's a e-group, i gotta move.
  • 00:14:26.217 --> 00:14:27.118
  • I gotta move. i don't know if it's gonna
  • 00:14:27.185 --> 00:14:28.253
  • I don't know if it's gonna work in this program,
  • 00:14:28.319 --> 00:14:29.854
  • Work in this program, but it's a step.
  • 00:14:29.921 --> 00:14:31.322
  • But it's a step. i'm making muddy moves
  • 00:14:31.389 --> 00:14:32.624
  • I'm making muddy moves in this season of my life.
  • 00:14:32.690 --> 00:14:34.692
  • In this season of my life. i'm obeying the best i know how
  • 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:36.895
  • I'm obeying the best i know how and if i get it wrong,
  • 00:14:36.961 --> 00:14:38.363
  • And if i get it wrong, he'll speak again,
  • 00:14:38.429 --> 00:14:39.731
  • He'll speak again, and if i get off track,
  • 00:14:39.797 --> 00:14:41.099
  • And if i get off track, he knew that too,
  • 00:14:41.165 --> 00:14:42.166
  • He knew that too, but i'm making muddy moves.
  • 00:14:42.233 --> 00:14:44.535
  • But i'm making muddy moves. these are not pretty steps,
  • 00:14:44.602 --> 00:14:46.571
  • These are not pretty steps, these are not dance moves,
  • 00:14:46.638 --> 00:14:48.573
  • These are not dance moves, these are not fancy moves.
  • 00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:50.708
  • These are not fancy moves. these are not step team
  • 00:14:50.775 --> 00:14:52.110
  • These are not step team competition moves,
  • 00:14:52.176 --> 00:14:53.478
  • Competition moves, these are muddy moves,
  • 00:14:53.544 --> 00:14:56.314
  • These are muddy moves, but i am making them.
  • 00:14:56.381 --> 00:14:57.649
  • But i am making them. and i saw the man
  • 00:14:57.715 --> 00:14:58.716
  • And i saw the man who got to the pool,
  • 00:14:58.783 --> 00:15:00.118
  • Who got to the pool, and he would have known
  • 00:15:00.184 --> 00:15:01.152
  • And he would have known when he was there because
  • 00:15:01.219 --> 00:15:02.320
  • When he was there because he would have heard
  • 00:15:02.387 --> 00:15:03.187
  • He would have heard the sound of the water.
  • 00:15:03.254 --> 00:15:04.923
  • The sound of the water. and jesus has healed this man,
  • 00:15:04.989 --> 00:15:06.991
  • And jesus has healed this man, and he said, "i gotta do it
  • 00:15:07.058 --> 00:15:08.393
  • And he said, "i gotta do it while it's day because night is
  • 00:15:08.459 --> 00:15:10.261
  • While it's day because night is coming when no one can work."
  • 00:15:10.328 --> 00:15:12.764
  • Coming when no one can work." and so, this man, bending down
  • 00:15:12.830 --> 00:15:14.499
  • And so, this man, bending down to the water because he had
  • 00:15:14.565 --> 00:15:16.234
  • To the water because he had no other option but to obey,
  • 00:15:16.301 --> 00:15:18.670
  • No other option but to obey, begins to wash the mud
  • 00:15:18.736 --> 00:15:23.374
  • Begins to wash the mud from his eyes.
  • 00:15:23.441 --> 00:15:25.710
  • From his eyes. and you're asking
  • 00:15:25.777 --> 00:15:26.511
  • And you're asking why jesus spit in the mud,
  • 00:15:26.577 --> 00:15:30.114
  • Why jesus spit in the mud, but that's not what i'm asking.
  • 00:15:30.181 --> 00:15:32.617
  • But that's not what i'm asking. i get that because jesus
  • 00:15:32.684 --> 00:15:34.919
  • I get that because jesus wanted to touch that man
  • 00:15:34.986 --> 00:15:36.254
  • Wanted to touch that man and let him know,
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  • And let him know, i am not ashamed to be
  • 00:15:37.255 --> 00:15:38.489
  • I am not ashamed to be identified with you.
  • 00:15:38.556 --> 00:15:43.494
  • Identified with you. what i wanted to know is,
  • 00:15:43.561 --> 00:15:45.496
  • What i wanted to know is, why did he send him
  • 00:15:45.563 --> 00:15:46.164
  • Why did he send him all the way to the pool?
  • 00:15:46.230 --> 00:15:48.733
  • All the way to the pool? why not just wash it off
  • 00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:50.001
  • Why not just wash it off on the spot?
  • 00:15:50.068 --> 00:15:52.837
  • On the spot? but i realized something
  • 00:15:52.904 --> 00:15:53.838
  • But i realized something about pools of water
  • 00:15:53.905 --> 00:15:54.806
  • About pools of water in the daytime as the light
  • 00:15:54.872 --> 00:15:57.742
  • In the daytime as the light shimmers off of the pool
  • 00:15:57.809 --> 00:15:59.110
  • Shimmers off of the pool is that this man
  • 00:15:59.177 --> 00:16:01.245
  • Is that this man has never seen before,
  • 00:16:01.312 --> 00:16:05.049
  • Has never seen before, and so jesus wanted
  • 00:16:05.116 --> 00:16:06.084
  • And so jesus wanted to give him a pool
  • 00:16:06.150 --> 00:16:08.386
  • To give him a pool not only to remove the mud,
  • 00:16:08.453 --> 00:16:11.889
  • Not only to remove the mud, but to reflect the face.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:16:13.958 --> 00:16:20.298
  • And the first thing that
  • 00:16:21.366 --> 00:16:22.133
  • And the first thing that the man saw after a whole life
  • 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.570
  • The man saw after a whole life of being stepped on,
  • 00:16:25.636 --> 00:16:29.374
  • Of being stepped on, when he got the mud
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  • When he got the mud off of his eyes,
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  • Off of his eyes, jesus said, the first person
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  • Jesus said, the first person i want you to see is yourself.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, he didn't
  • 00:16:45.823 --> 00:16:46.224
  • So, he didn't send him to people,
  • 00:16:46.290 --> 00:16:48.493
  • Send him to people, he sent him to a pool so that
  • 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:51.195
  • He sent him to a pool so that the dirt could be removed,
  • 00:16:51.262 --> 00:16:53.498
  • The dirt could be removed, so that his true self
  • 00:16:53.564 --> 00:16:54.966
  • So that his true self could be revealed.
  • 00:16:55.033 --> 00:16:59.103
  • Could be revealed. you haven't even
  • 00:16:59.170 --> 00:16:59.771
  • You haven't even seen yourself yet,
  • 00:16:59.837 --> 00:17:02.974
  • Seen yourself yet, and before you can see jesus,
  • 00:17:03.041 --> 00:17:04.742
  • And before you can see jesus, you've got to see yourself.
  • 00:17:04.809 --> 00:17:07.078
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:07.412 --> 00:17:10.281
  • Long enough other people
  • 00:17:10.882 --> 00:17:12.016
  • Long enough other people defining you by what you did.
  • 00:17:12.083 --> 00:17:13.551
  • Defining you by what you did. long enough.
  • 00:17:13.618 --> 00:17:15.119
  • Long enough. long enough beating the hell
  • 00:17:15.186 --> 00:17:16.487
  • Long enough beating the hell out of yourself because what
  • 00:17:16.554 --> 00:17:17.555
  • Out of yourself because what you did six years ago.
  • 00:17:17.622 --> 00:17:19.457
  • Long enough.
  • 00:17:19.557 --> 00:17:21.192
  • Long enough. long enough of you taking
  • 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:22.460
  • Long enough of you taking earthly measurements to try
  • 00:17:22.527 --> 00:17:23.461
  • Earthly measurements to try to qualify heavenly dimensions.
  • 00:17:23.528 --> 00:17:25.229
  • To qualify heavenly dimensions. long enough.
  • 00:17:25.296 --> 00:17:26.631
  • Long enough. long enough, you hear me?
  • 00:17:26.697 --> 00:17:27.465
  • Long enough, you hear me? long enough.
  • 00:17:27.532 --> 00:17:28.066
  • Long enough. long enough.
  • 00:17:28.132 --> 00:17:29.600
  • Long enough. guilt will not wash it away.
  • 00:17:29.667 --> 00:17:31.536
  • Guilt will not wash it away. shame will not wash it away.
  • 00:17:31.602 --> 00:17:33.438
  • Shame will not wash it away. the water of the word
  • 00:17:33.504 --> 00:17:34.572
  • The water of the word will wash it away,
  • 00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.706
  • Will wash it away, and god is washing
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  • Some things away,
  • 00:17:37.275 --> 00:17:38.276
  • Some things away, and i came with an instruction,
  • 00:17:38.342 --> 00:17:39.911
  • And i came with an instruction, you gotta wash it
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  • You gotta wash it off you now.
  • 00:17:41.012 --> 00:17:42.080
  • Off you now. you gotta wash it off you now.
  • 00:17:42.146 --> 00:17:43.648
  • You gotta wash it off you now. i know it's been a long time,
  • 00:17:43.714 --> 00:17:45.149
  • I know it's been a long time, i know you've never
  • 00:17:45.216 --> 00:17:46.250
  • I know you've never seen yourself clearly,
  • 00:17:46.317 --> 00:17:47.585
  • Seen yourself clearly, but the man called jesus
  • 00:17:47.652 --> 00:17:49.654
  • But the man called jesus told me to wash, and i went,
  • 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.791
  • Told me to wash, and i went, and i washed,
  • 00:17:53.858 --> 00:17:55.359
  • And i washed, and i came home seeing.
  • 00:17:55.426 --> 00:17:57.795
  • And i came home seeing. i went, and i washed,
  • 00:17:57.862 --> 00:18:01.365
  • I went, and i washed, and i saw myself.
  • 00:18:01.432 --> 00:18:03.101
  • And i saw myself. for the first time,
  • 00:18:03.167 --> 00:18:04.669
  • For the first time, i saw myself.
  • 00:18:04.735 --> 00:18:06.104
  • I saw myself. for the first time,
  • 00:18:06.170 --> 00:18:07.472
  • For the first time, i saw what i could be.
  • 00:18:07.538 --> 00:18:08.873
  • I saw what i could be. for the first time.
  • 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:10.341
  • For the first time. and god brought you here
  • 00:18:10.408 --> 00:18:11.876
  • And god brought you here today to give you a mirror
  • 00:18:11.943 --> 00:18:14.512
  • Today to give you a mirror to wash away the mud,
  • 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:16.013
  • To wash away the mud, so you could see yourself,
  • 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:19.817
  • So you could see yourself, not to go to other people.
  • 00:18:19.884 --> 00:18:21.319
  • Not to go to other people. "who do you think i am?
  • 00:18:21.385 --> 00:18:22.820
  • "who do you think i am? who do you think i can be?"
  • 00:18:22.887 --> 00:18:24.422
  • Who do you think i can be?" if you wait in this season
  • 00:18:24.489 --> 00:18:26.691
  • If you wait in this season for other people
  • 00:18:26.757 --> 00:18:27.792
  • For other people to confirm your obedience,
  • 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:29.494
  • To confirm your obedience, you will stay blind,
  • 00:18:29.560 --> 00:18:32.096
  • You will stay blind, you will stay broken,
  • 00:18:32.163 --> 00:18:33.731
  • You will stay broken, you will stay isolated.
  • 00:18:33.798 --> 00:18:36.701
  • You will stay isolated. but jesus said,
  • 00:18:36.767 --> 00:18:37.435
  • But jesus said, "i'm sending you to a spot
  • 00:18:37.502 --> 00:18:39.237
  • "i'm sending you to a spot so you can see yourself,
  • 00:18:39.303 --> 00:18:42.073
  • So you can see yourself, and you cannot wait.
  • 00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:45.910
  • And you cannot wait. you must wash."
  • 00:18:45.977 --> 00:18:48.279
  • You must wash." which means you can't wait
  • 00:18:48.346 --> 00:18:50.448
  • Which means you can't wait until it's pain-free.
  • 00:18:50.515 --> 00:18:52.783
  • Until it's pain-free. i hear a lot of people
  • 00:18:52.850 --> 00:18:54.318
  • I hear a lot of people talk about their testimonies,
  • 00:18:54.385 --> 00:18:56.220
  • Talk about their testimonies, how god delivered them
  • 00:18:56.287 --> 00:18:57.655
  • How god delivered them out of depression,
  • 00:18:57.722 --> 00:18:58.890
  • Out of depression, and i praise the lord
  • 00:18:58.956 --> 00:18:59.991
  • And i praise the lord that he does that.
  • 00:19:00.057 --> 00:19:02.093
  • That he does that. i hear a lot of people share
  • 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:03.261
  • I hear a lot of people share their testimonies,
  • 00:19:03.327 --> 00:19:04.929
  • Their testimonies, how the lord delivered
  • 00:19:04.996 --> 00:19:06.464
  • How the lord delivered them from anxiety,
  • 00:19:06.531 --> 00:19:07.798
  • Them from anxiety, and i praise the lord
  • 00:19:07.865 --> 00:19:08.766
  • And i praise the lord that he does that.
  • 00:19:08.833 --> 00:19:10.067
  • That he does that. i pray that if you struggle from
  • 00:19:10.134 --> 00:19:11.469
  • I pray that if you struggle from depression or anxiety or any
  • 00:19:11.536 --> 00:19:13.738
  • Depression or anxiety or any other blindness in your life,
  • 00:19:13.804 --> 00:19:15.773
  • Other blindness in your life, any other thing that keeps you
  • 00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:17.074
  • Any other thing that keeps you from being where you should be
  • 00:19:17.141 --> 00:19:18.142
  • From being where you should be and who you should be
  • 00:19:18.209 --> 00:19:19.010
  • And who you should be and seeing and thinking,
  • 00:19:19.076 --> 00:19:20.178
  • And seeing and thinking, and feeling your way clearly,
  • 00:19:20.244 --> 00:19:22.780
  • And feeling your way clearly, i pray for that
  • 00:19:22.847 --> 00:19:23.814
  • I pray for that deliverance in your life.
  • 00:19:23.881 --> 00:19:27.018
  • Deliverance in your life. but i wanted to remind you
  • 00:19:27.084 --> 00:19:30.254
  • But i wanted to remind you not to wait for perfect,
  • 00:19:30.321 --> 00:19:32.857
  • Not to wait for perfect, not to wait for a person.
  • 00:19:32.924 --> 00:19:35.760
  • Not to wait for a person. you've got it so narrow
  • 00:19:35.826 --> 00:19:38.396
  • You've got it so narrow that you think unless this
  • 00:19:38.462 --> 00:19:39.964
  • That you think unless this specific person thinks
  • 00:19:40.031 --> 00:19:41.065
  • Specific person thinks you're valuable,
  • 00:19:41.132 --> 00:19:41.799
  • You're valuable, you're not.
  • 00:19:41.866 --> 00:19:43.367
  • You're not. unless this specific person
  • 00:19:43.434 --> 00:19:45.636
  • Unless this specific person loves you, you are not lovable.
  • 00:19:45.703 --> 00:19:48.706
  • Loves you, you are not lovable. unless the pain goes away,
  • 00:19:48.773 --> 00:19:50.541
  • Unless the pain goes away, you can't move forward.
  • 00:19:50.608 --> 00:19:52.743
  • You can't move forward. but remember, the man did not
  • 00:19:52.810 --> 00:19:55.346
  • But remember, the man did not see until he washed,
  • 00:19:55.413 --> 00:19:57.648
  • See until he washed, and he couldn't wash
  • 00:19:57.715 --> 00:19:58.516
  • And he couldn't wash until he went,
  • 00:19:58.583 --> 00:20:00.384
  • Until he went, which means i've got to
  • 00:20:00.451 --> 00:20:01.319
  • Which means i've got to make muddy moves.
  • 00:20:01.385 --> 00:20:05.923
  • Make muddy moves. even jesus --
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  • [applause]
  • 00:20:07.124 --> 00:20:11.062
  • Even jesus did not
  • 00:20:11.729 --> 00:20:14.065
  • Even jesus did not perform miracles
  • 00:20:14.131 --> 00:20:16.000
  • Perform miracles in a pain-free environment.
  • 00:20:16.067 --> 00:20:20.004
  • Just before jesus healed the man
  • 00:20:20.104 --> 00:20:22.940
  • Just before jesus healed the man he had been proclaiming
  • 00:20:23.007 --> 00:20:24.008
  • He had been proclaiming to the jewish authorities,
  • 00:20:24.075 --> 00:20:25.076
  • To the jewish authorities, "i am the light of the world,"
  • 00:20:25.142 --> 00:20:26.577
  • "i am the light of the world," john 8:12.
  • 00:20:26.644 --> 00:20:29.247
  • John 8:12. and they were so outraged
  • 00:20:29.313 --> 00:20:32.550
  • And they were so outraged by his claim to be equal
  • 00:20:32.617 --> 00:20:33.985
  • By his claim to be equal with god, which he was,
  • 00:20:34.051 --> 00:20:36.687
  • That they took him
  • 00:20:36.787 --> 00:20:38.089
  • That they took him to the edge of the city,
  • 00:20:38.155 --> 00:20:40.091
  • And john 8:58 says,
  • 00:20:40.191 --> 00:20:45.896
  • And john 8:58 says, when he proclaimed,
  • 00:20:45.963 --> 00:20:46.530
  • When he proclaimed, "'before abraham was, i am.'
  • 00:20:46.597 --> 00:20:48.833
  • "'before abraham was, i am.' they," the people,
  • 00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:50.901
  • They," the people, "picked up stones to stone him
  • 00:20:50.968 --> 00:20:53.904
  • "picked up stones to stone him but jesus hid himself,
  • 00:20:53.971 --> 00:20:55.973
  • But jesus hid himself, slipping away
  • 00:20:56.040 --> 00:20:56.941
  • Slipping away from the temple guards."
  • 00:20:57.008 --> 00:20:58.509
  • From the temple guards." that was the context
  • 00:20:58.576 --> 00:21:00.611
  • That was the context of jesus' situation
  • 00:21:00.678 --> 00:21:02.713
  • Of jesus' situation when john 9:1 happened.
  • 00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:05.216
  • When john 9:1 happened. "and as he went along,
  • 00:21:05.283 --> 00:21:06.717
  • "and as he went along, he saw a man blind."
  • 00:21:06.784 --> 00:21:10.354
  • And he did not let the fact
  • 00:21:10.454 --> 00:21:13.224
  • And he did not let the fact that he almost got stoned
  • 00:21:13.291 --> 00:21:15.860
  • That he almost got stoned keep him from seeing a man
  • 00:21:15.926 --> 00:21:19.597
  • Keep him from seeing a man who needed to be healed.
  • 00:21:19.664 --> 00:21:22.033
  • Who needed to be healed. and i came to say,
  • 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:23.534
  • And i came to say, don't let it stop you.
  • 00:21:23.601 --> 00:21:26.270
  • Don't let it stop you. do not let it stop you.
  • 00:21:26.337 --> 00:21:28.873
  • Do not let it stop you. don't let the fear stop you,
  • 00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:30.841
  • Don't let the fear stop you, don't let the feelings stop you.
  • 00:21:30.908 --> 00:21:32.777
  • Don't let the feelings stop you. don't let the shaking stop you.
  • 00:21:32.843 --> 00:21:34.779
  • Don't let the shaking stop you. don't let the sleep apnea
  • 00:21:34.845 --> 00:21:36.213
  • Don't let the sleep apnea stop you.
  • 00:21:36.280 --> 00:21:37.081
  • Stop you. don't let
  • 00:21:37.148 --> 00:21:37.648
  • Don't let the bankruptcy stop you,
  • 00:21:37.715 --> 00:21:39.283
  • The bankruptcy stop you, don't let the credit
  • 00:21:39.350 --> 00:21:40.318
  • Don't let the credit problems stop you,
  • 00:21:40.384 --> 00:21:41.619
  • Problems stop you, don't let the lawsuits stop you.
  • 00:21:41.686 --> 00:21:43.654
  • Don't let the lawsuits stop you. don't let it stop you 'cause he
  • 00:21:43.721 --> 00:21:45.723
  • Don't let it stop you 'cause he who began a good work in you
  • 00:21:45.790 --> 00:21:48.592
  • Who began a good work in you will be faithful to perform it.
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  • Will be faithful to perform it. but you gotta go.
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  • [applause]
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  • And so, while you've been
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  • And so, while you've been waiting for god to take
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  • Waiting for god to take the pain away --
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  • The pain away -- how many have been
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  • How many have been praying in in this
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  • Praying in in this season of your life,
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  • Season of your life, "god, take it away,
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  • "god, take it away, take it away, take it away."
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  • Take it away, take it away." he may take it away,
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  • He may take it away, but sometimes he doesn't.
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  • But sometimes he doesn't. paul had a thorn in his flesh,
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  • Paul had a thorn in his flesh, a messenger of satan
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  • A messenger of satan sent to buffet me,
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  • Sent to buffet me, sent to beat me,
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  • Sent to beat me, sent to pummel me,
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  • Sent to pummel me, sent to punish me,
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  • Sent to get me off course.
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  • Sent to get me off course. and paul said, "three times,"
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  • And paul said, "three times," 2 corinthians 12:8,
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  • 2 corinthians 12:8, "i prayed to the lord
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  • "i prayed to the lord to take it away from me."
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  • And so, when people used
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  • And so, when people used to say that they were
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  • To say that they were delivered from anxiety,
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  • Delivered from anxiety, delivered from depression,
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  • Delivered from depression, delivered from poverty,
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  • Delivered from poverty, delivered from,
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  • Delivered from, delivered from,
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  • Delivered from, i thought that always meant that
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  • I thought that always meant that the lord would take it away.
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  • The lord would take it away. i found out that sometimes
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  • I found out that sometimes he does and sometimes
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  • He does and sometimes he makes a way.
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  • [applause]
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  • So, sometimes he takes away,
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  • So, sometimes he takes away, sometimes he makes away.
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  • And he says to you what he said
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  • And he says to you what he said to paul in verse 9, "my grace,"
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  • [applause]
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  • "my grace, that's what
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  • "my grace, that's what you're gonna get.
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  • You're gonna get. my grace, and it's
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  • My grace, and it's gonna be enough."
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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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  • >> ♪ i know a name ♪
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  • ♪ that can empty out a grave ♪
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  • ♪ i know a name ♪
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  • ♪ it's the only name ♪
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  • ♪ that saves ♪
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  • ♪ and it's worthy ♪
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  • ♪ of all praise ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you healer ♪
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  • ♪ risen and reigning ♪
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  • ♪ in power ♪
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  • ♪ something comes ♪
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  • ♪ out of the grave ♪
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  • ♪ every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you savior ♪
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  • ♪ worthy of glory forever ♪
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  • ♪ something comes ♪
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  • ♪ out of the grave ♪
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  • ♪ oh every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call your name ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ and i have a king ♪
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  • ♪ with dominion over death ♪
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  • ♪ he holds the keys ♪
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  • Yes, he does.
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  • ♪ in his holy ♪
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  • ♪ nail-scarred hands ♪
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  • ♪ he is the heel oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ that has crushed ♪
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  • ♪ the serpent's head ♪
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  • ♪ our resurrected ♪
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  • ♪ great i am ♪
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  • ♪ i call you jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you healer ♪
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  • ♪ risen and reigning ♪
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  • ♪ in power ♪
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  • ♪ something comes out ♪
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  • ♪ of the grave ♪
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  • Oh, every time.
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  • >> ♪ every time i call you ♪
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  • >> ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ i call you ♪
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  • ♪ i call you savior ♪
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  • ♪ you're worthy ♪
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  • ♪ of glory forever ♪
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  • ♪ something comes ♪
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  • ♪ out of the grave ♪
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  • ♪ oh every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call your name ♪
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  • ♪ chains break ♪
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  • ♪ dry bones wake ♪
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  • ♪ every time ♪
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  • ♪ i call your name ♪
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