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Steven Furtick - When You Just Can't Win (Part 1)

April 27, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - When You Just Can't Win (Part 1)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When You Just Can't Win (Part 1) | April 27, 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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  • >> in this passage
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  • >> in this passage in deuteronomy 20,
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  • In deuteronomy 20, i wanna read you verse 1,
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  • I wanna read you verse 1, and i wanna pair it very
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  • And i wanna pair it very briefly with the scripture
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  • Briefly with the scripture from ephesians 6:13.
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  • From ephesians 6:13. and in deuteronomy 20:1
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  • And in deuteronomy 20:1 moses is giving a speech
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  • Moses is giving a speech to the people of israel
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  • To the people of israel to prepare them for what god
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  • To prepare them for what god has positioned them for.
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  • Has positioned them for. so, i think this might be
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  • So, i think this might be relevant to us as well.
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  • Relevant to us as well. deuteronomy 20:1,
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  • "when you go to war
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  • "when you go to war against your enemies
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  • Against your enemies and see horses and chariots
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  • And see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours,
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  • And an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them,
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  • Do not be afraid of them, because..."
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  • Because..." this is where you
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  • This is where you gotta be very careful.
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  • Gotta be very careful. if what you put after
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  • If what you put after because is something
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  • Because is something that you can do
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  • That you can do your courage will melt
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  • Your courage will melt when you face opposition.
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  • When you face opposition. but moses said
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  • But moses said when you face something
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  • When you face something and you know it's greater
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  • And you know it's greater than you do not be
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  • Than you do not be afraid of it,
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  • Afraid of it, do not be afraid
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  • Do not be afraid of them because,
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  • Of them because, "the lord your god,
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  • "the lord your god, who brought you up
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  • Who brought you up out of egypt,
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  • Out of egypt, will be with you."
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  • Will be with you." >> congregation: amen.
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  • >> congregation: amen. >> he will be with you.
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  • >> he will be with you. so, touch your neighbor
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  • And say, "he'll be with me."
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  • And say, "he'll be with me." >> congregation: he'll be
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  • >> congregation: he'll be with me.
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  • With me. >> whatever it looks like,
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  • >> whatever it looks like, whatever it feels like,
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  • Whatever it feels like, wherever it goes.
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  • Wherever it goes. either way he'll be with me.
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  • Either way he'll be with me. and now for ephesians 6:13.
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  • And now for ephesians 6:13. put it on the screen please.
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  • You might have heard
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  • You might have heard this one before,
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  • This one before, "therefore put on
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  • "therefore put on the full armor of god,
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  • The full armor of god, so that when
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  • So that when the day of evil comes,
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  • The day of evil comes, you may be able
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  • You may be able to stand your ground,
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  • To stand your ground, and after you have done
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  • And after you have done everything, to stand."
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  • Everything, to stand." after you have done
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  • After you have done everything to stand.
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  • Everything to stand. sometimes standing
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  • Sometimes standing is the victory.
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  • [cheering]
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  • Sometimes being here
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  • Sometimes being here is the victory.
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  • [cheering]
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  • So, last week i talked to you
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  • So, last week i talked to you about where you meet with god,
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  • About where you meet with god, and this week my thought
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  • And this week my thought is a little bit different.
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  • Is a little bit different. and -- hold on,
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  • And -- hold on, let me read it to you
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  • Let me read it to you how i wrote it down.
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  • How i wrote it down. yeah, i wanna talk to you
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  • Yeah, i wanna talk to you about something that
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  • About something that you might be feeling
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  • You might be feeling in your heart
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  • In your heart "when you just can't win".
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  • "when you just can't win". when you just can't win.
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  • When you just can't win. and we'll talk about
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  • And we'll talk about that for a moment.
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  • That for a moment. father, i thank you
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  • Father, i thank you that i since even as i look
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  • That i since even as i look into the eyes of the people
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  • Into the eyes of the people who are in this room
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  • Who are in this room that this message will not
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  • That this message will not just live and die
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  • Just live and die in this room,
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  • In this room, it's going forth
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  • It's going forth not only into our week
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  • Not only into our week but it's going forth into
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  • But it's going forth into the rest of our year.
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  • The rest of our year. we lean in now
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  • We lean in now listening to you.
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  • Listening to you. speak lord in
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  • Speak lord in jesus' name, amen.
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  • Jesus' name, amen. >> congregation: amen.
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  • >> congregation: amen. >> you may be seated.
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  • >> well, for the next few weeks
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  • >> well, for the next few weeks you'll probably hear me
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  • You'll probably hear me use illustrations from
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  • Use illustrations from the sport of wrestling.
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  • The sport of wrestling. it's not 'cause
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  • It's not 'cause i'm going through anything.
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  • I'm going through anything. "man, pastor's talking about
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  • "man, pastor's talking about wrestling a lot lately
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  • Wrestling a lot lately he must really be going
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  • He must really be going through a battle."
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  • Through a battle." no, it's just
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  • No, it's just 'cause every saturday
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  • 'cause every saturday i'm in the gym
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  • I'm in the gym watching graham,
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  • Watching graham, and while i'm thinking
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  • And while i'm thinking about you i'm watching
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  • About you i'm watching him wrestle.
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  • Him wrestle. and so, this is usually january,
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  • And so, this is usually january, i usually use a lot of
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  • I usually use a lot of wrestling illustrations.
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  • Wrestling illustrations. yesterday i got
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  • A really good one.
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  • A really good one. see, when people come
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  • See, when people come to watch wrestling
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  • To watch wrestling it's really weird to them
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  • It's really weird to them because it's --
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  • Because it's -- for most people a sport
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  • For most people a sport that they're not very
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  • That they're not very familiar with.
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  • Familiar with. and it's not like
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  • And it's not like they're showing up
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  • They're showing up to a basketball game
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  • To a basketball game or a football game
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  • Or a football game so often they have
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  • So often they have very little context
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  • Very little context for what they're watching.
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  • For what they're watching. and i guess,
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  • And i guess, because i've seen
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  • Because i've seen the sport of wrestling
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  • The sport of wrestling since i was a teenager
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  • Since i was a teenager there are certain things about
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  • There are certain things about it that i think everybody
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  • It that i think everybody knows or understands.
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  • Knows or understands. but it really takes somebody
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  • But it really takes somebody from the outside coming in
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  • From the outside coming in to remind you how weird this is.
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  • To remind you how weird this is. and yesterday we had
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  • And yesterday we had a couple people with us
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  • A couple people with us who had never seen wrestling
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  • Who had never seen wrestling so they were just
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  • So they were just full of questions.
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  • Full of questions. now, holly is nicer than me
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  • Now, holly is nicer than me so she'll answer
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  • So she'll answer the questions as they ask.
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  • The questions as they ask. i'll just kinda get
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  • I'll just kinda get frustrated like, "just watch.
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  • Frustrated like, "just watch. just watch and you'll
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  • Just watch and you'll figure it out."
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  • Figure it out." sit here and watch
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  • Sit here and watch and you'll figure it out.
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  • And you'll figure it out. use some context.
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  • Use some context. 'cause people come in
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  • 'cause people come in and they ask the dumbest
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  • And they ask the dumbest stuff like, "well, is
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  • Stuff like, "well, is there gonna be a ddt?
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  • There gonna be a ddt? are they gonna
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  • Are they gonna jump off the top ropes?
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  • Jump off the top ropes? can you put 'em
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  • In a choke hold?"
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  • In a choke hold?" and so, i'm a little bit
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  • And so, i'm a little bit done with answering
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  • Done with answering all the questions,
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  • All the questions, but holly's so patient.
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  • But holly's so patient. and yesterday somebody was
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  • And yesterday somebody was asking her what's her
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  • Asking her what's her favorite thing about wrestling
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  • Favorite thing about wrestling and she said something
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  • And she said something that i thought was so deep.
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  • That i thought was so deep. she said, "what i love
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  • She said, "what i love about wrestling,"
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  • About wrestling," and i leaned in to listen,
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  • And i leaned in to listen, she said, "that even if
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  • She said, "that even if the person is down by
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  • A wide margin of points,
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  • A wide margin of points, and even if there's not
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  • And even if there's not enough time left on the clock
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  • Enough time left on the clock for them to come back,
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  • For them to come back, it's never really over
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  • It's never really over because they can
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  • Because they can always get a pin."
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  • Always get a pin." in other sports
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  • In other sports it becomes mathematically
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  • It becomes mathematically impossible to come back.
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  • Impossible to come back. if you are down by 40
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  • If you are down by 40 in the fourth quarter
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  • In the fourth quarter of a basketball game
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  • Of a basketball game with a minute left
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  • With a minute left you will not score
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  • You will not score 40 points in a minute.
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  • 40 points in a minute. no matter how nba jam
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  • No matter how nba jam on fire you get.
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  • [laughter]
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  • There is no amount of on fire
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  • There is no amount of on fire that can close the gap
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  • That can close the gap in that scenario,
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  • In that scenario, and the same is true
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  • And the same is true with so many sports.
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  • With so many sports. but in this sport
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  • But in this sport there is always the chance
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  • There is always the chance that even if you have been
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  • That even if you have been beat the entire six minutes,
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  • Beat the entire six minutes, in the last six seconds
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  • In the last six seconds it is possible,
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  • It is possible, although not probable,
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  • Although not probable, that if you can put
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  • That if you can put your opponent on his back
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  • Your opponent on his back for just long enough for both
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  • For just long enough for both shoulder blades to touch
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  • Shoulder blades to touch every point you were down by
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  • Every point you were down by becomes irrelevant
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  • Becomes irrelevant because of something
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  • Because of something that happened when it
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  • That happened when it looked like it was over.
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  • Looked like it was over. everybody else may
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  • Stop watching,
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  • Stop watching, but there's always
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  • But there's always a chance that even
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  • A chance that even when it looks like you have
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  • When it looks like you have been completely dismembered
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  • Been completely dismembered and dismantled,
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  • And dismantled, even when it looks like
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  • Even when it looks like you have been completely
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  • You have been completely outmatched and overwhelmed,
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  • In that last minute
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  • In that last minute there is always a chance
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  • There is always a chance that something could happen.
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  • That something could happen. she said, "i love wrestling
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  • She said, "i love wrestling because a pin is
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  • Because a pin is always possible."
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  • Always possible." and when she said
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  • And when she said a pin is always possible
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  • A pin is always possible i thought, that is not
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  • I thought, that is not just a wrestling lesson,
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  • Just a wrestling lesson, that is a praise lesson.
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  • That is a praise lesson. 'cause, i imagine the people
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  • 'cause, i imagine the people who have never been to
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  • Who have never been to a church like ours before
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  • A church like ours before it must look really weird
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  • It must look really weird to see us doing what we do.
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  • To see us doing what we do. i mean, here we are,
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  • I mean, here we are, we've got our own hang ups
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  • We've got our own hang ups and issues and yet
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  • And issues and yet our hands are lifted.
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  • Our hands are lifted. and here we are with
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  • And here we are with our own struggles
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  • Our own struggles and yet we're singing
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  • And yet we're singing about the goodness of god.
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  • About the goodness of god. and here we are still dealing
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  • And here we are still dealing with things that we've been
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  • With things that we've been dealing with for decades
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  • Dealing with for decades and yet we are proclaiming
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  • And yet we are proclaiming jesus is our freedom.
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  • Jesus is our freedom. and i imagine if you
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  • And i imagine if you just walked in
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  • Just walked in you might have
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  • You might have a lot of questions.
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  • A lot of questions. you might wonder,
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  • You might wonder, "how are they praising god?
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  • "how are they praising god? i know them."
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  • I know them." but you would be
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  • But you would be mistaken to think
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  • Mistaken to think that they are praising god
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  • That they are praising god because they are always ahead.
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  • Because they are always ahead. you would be mistaken
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  • You would be mistaken to think they're praising god
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  • To think they're praising god 'cause they always get it right.
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  • 'cause they always get it right. you would be mistaken to think
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  • You would be mistaken to think they're praising god
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  • They're praising god because the outcome is scripted.
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  • I'm praising him because
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  • I'm praising him because anything is possible
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  • Anything is possible in his presence.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Y'all slow down a little
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  • Y'all slow down a little we got a long way to go.
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  • We got a long way to go. but touch your neighbor say,
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  • But touch your neighbor say, "you could still win."
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  • "you could still win." >> congregation: you could
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  • >> congregation: you could still win.
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  • Still win. >> i don't care what
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  • >> i don't care what the enemy says about it,
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  • The enemy says about it, you can still win.
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  • You can still win. in the book of deuteronomy
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  • Moses says in verse 1,
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  • Moses says in verse 1, chapter 20,
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  • Chapter 20, call it back to
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  • Call it back to the screen for me, boys.
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  • "when you go to war,"
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  • "when you go to war," not if.
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  • Not if. when you go to war,
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  • When you go to war, it's guaranteed.
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  • It's guaranteed. when you go to war,
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  • When you go to war, it is assumed.
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  • It is assumed. so, if spiritual battles
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  • So, if spiritual battles are assumed by the bible
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  • Are assumed by the bible why are they surprising to you?
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  • Why are they surprising to you? "when you go to war --"
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  • "when you go to war --" and really, you only have two
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  • And really, you only have two options in the christian life,
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  • Options in the christian life, one is to stay in the wilderness
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  • One is to stay in the wilderness and the other is to go to war.
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  • And the other is to go to war. moses is speaking to
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  • A generation that has spent
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  • A generation that has spent years in the wilderness,
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  • Years in the wilderness, but now go is bringing them
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  • But now go is bringing them out of that wilderness place,
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  • Out of that wilderness place, and he is preparing them
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  • And he is preparing them for a war.
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  • For a war. they've never seen war before,
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  • They've never seen war before, all they know is wilderness.
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  • All they know is wilderness. and if you've never seen
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  • And if you've never seen war before it might
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  • War before it might feel kind of weird.
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  • Feel kind of weird. some of you who are
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  • Some of you who are growing closer to god --
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  • Growing closer to god -- the proof that you are
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  • The proof that you are growing closer to god right now
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  • Growing closer to god right now is that the temptation
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  • Is that the temptation is intensifying in your life.
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  • I kinda have a problem with
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  • I kinda have a problem with preachers who lie to you
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  • Preachers who lie to you about what their life is like.
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  • About what their life is like. and i hear their podcast,
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  • And i hear their podcast, but i know them personally.
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  • And if there is one promise
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  • And if there is one promise i will make to you
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  • I will make to you it is not that i will
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  • Always be perfect.
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  • Always be perfect. if there is one promise
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  • If there is one promise i will make to you
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  • I will make to you it is not that i will
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  • It is not that i will always be polished.
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  • Always be polished. if there is one promise
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  • If there is one promise that i will make to you
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  • That i will make to you it is not that i will
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  • It is not that i will always be making progress,
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  • Always be making progress, but i'll be present.
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  • But i'll be present. i'll be present.
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  • [applause]
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  • A fellow came to me
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  • A fellow came to me the other day and said,
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  • The other day and said, "i'm really sorry,
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  • "i'm really sorry, i've been out of church
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  • I've been out of church for the last three years
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  • For the last three years and i apologize."
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  • And i apologize." i said, "you don't
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  • I said, "you don't owe me an apology,
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  • Owe me an apology, you know where to find me
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  • You know where to find me when you need me."
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  • When you need me." if you're drunk
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  • If you're drunk and out of the church
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  • And out of the church i'll be here.
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  • I'll be here. if all you can watch
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  • If all you can watch is an instagram clip
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  • Is an instagram clip i'll be here.
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  • I'll be here. if i'm not here
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  • If i'm not here i'll have a pretty
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  • I'll have a pretty good guest will be here.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Somebody's gonna be
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  • Somebody's gonna be here preaching for you.
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  • Here preaching for you. and watch this,
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  • And watch this, the promise of presence
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  • The promise of presence is so much greater than
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  • Is so much greater than the promise of performance.
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  • The promise of performance. you cannot guarantee
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  • You cannot guarantee your performance,
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  • Your performance, you don't know
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  • You don't know what your response
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  • What your response or ability will be
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  • Or ability will be in certain situations.
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  • In certain situations. and that's why i want us
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  • And that's why i want us to start this year
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  • To start this year with a plan "be."
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  • With a plan "be." what did the lord
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  • What did the lord say in deuteronomy?
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  • "when you go to war
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  • "when you go to war against your enemies
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  • Against your enemies and see horses and chariots
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  • And see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours,
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  • And an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them,"
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  • Do not be afraid of them," even if you did not
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  • Even if you did not anticipate them.
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  • Anticipate them. stay there furtick.
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  • Stay there furtick. yes lord.
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  • Yes lord. do not be afraid of them
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  • Do not be afraid of them even if you did not
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  • Even if you did not anticipate them.
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  • Anticipate them. don't be afraid of the ambush,
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  • Don't be afraid of the ambush, because before the enemy
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  • Because before the enemy got there god did.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Before the medical diagnosis
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  • Before the medical diagnosis was spoken god's word was.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Before the sea raged
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  • Before the sea raged the peace speaker was
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  • The peace speaker was already on the boat.
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  • Already on the boat. and this is our plan
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  • And this is our plan for the times in our life
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  • This year when it looks
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  • This year when it looks like time is running out.
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  • "when you go to war
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  • "when you go to war and the enemy that surrounds you
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  • And the enemy that surrounds you is greater than yours,
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  • Is greater than yours, do not be afraid of them
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  • Do not be afraid of them because the lord your god,
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  • Because the lord your god, who brought you out of egypt,
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  • Who brought you out of egypt, will be with you."
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  • Will be with you." so what is your plan?
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  • So what is your plan? what is your strategy?
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  • It's a plan "be."
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  • It's a plan "be." you see it?
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  • You see it? he said he will
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  • He said he will "be" with me.
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  • "be" with me. and he promised to
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  • And he promised to show up if i would.
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  • Show up if i would. he promised to show up
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  • He promised to show up if i would.
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  • If i would. now, a lot of what keeps us
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  • Now, a lot of what keeps us from showing up
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  • From showing up is the feeling that
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  • Is the feeling that we are not enough to show up.
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  • We are not enough to show up. but if you show up
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  • But if you show up enough it will be.
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  • Enough it will be. if you show up enough
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  • If you show up enough it will be.
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  • It will be. if you show up enough
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  • If you show up enough in the word of god this year
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  • In the word of god this year the word of god will be
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  • The word of god will be enough to empower you
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  • Through your struggle.
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  • Through your struggle. tell 'em, "show up enough,"
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  • Tell 'em, "show up enough," your neighbor,
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  • Your neighbor, just tell 'em real quick,
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  • Just tell 'em real quick, "show up enough."
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  • "show up enough." that's something that
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  • That's something that the lord gave me personally.
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  • The lord gave me personally. i was going into
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  • I was going into an intimidating situation
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  • An intimidating situation recently and he said,
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  • Recently and he said, "you keep thinking that you
  • 00:12:28.733 --> 00:12:29.300
  • "you keep thinking that you have to go into situations
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  • Have to go into situations and prove yourself
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  • And prove yourself but you don't have to bring
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  • But you don't have to bring proof just bring presence."
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  • Proof just bring presence." so when you show up to
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  • So when you show up to that situation look 'em
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  • That situation look 'em right in the eyes
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  • Right in the eyes and show up knowing
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  • And show up knowing if you weren't enough
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  • If you weren't enough god wouldn't have brought
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  • God wouldn't have brought you into the situation.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Is this helping anybody?
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  • [applause]
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  • Come on online,
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  • Come on online, put in the chat, say,
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  • Put in the chat, say, "show up enough."
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  • "show up enough." >> congregation: show up enough!
  • 00:12:50.989 --> 00:12:52.557
  • >> congregation: show up enough! >> and the beautiful thing
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  • >> and the beautiful thing about bad odds are that is
  • 00:12:53.558 --> 00:12:55.126
  • About bad odds are that is god's resting place
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  • God's resting place for the christian.
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  • "when you go to war
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  • "when you go to war against your enemies
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  • Against your enemies and see horses and chariots
  • 00:12:59.864 --> 00:13:02.033
  • And see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours,
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  • And an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them,
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  • Do not be afraid of them, because the lord your god,
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  • Because the lord your god, who brought you up
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  • Who brought you up out of egypt,
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  • Out of egypt, will be with you."
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  • Will be with you." as the lord is bringing his
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  • People into the promised land
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  • People into the promised land there are battles that
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  • There are battles that they are going to have to fight
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  • They are going to have to fight which confuses some of us
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  • Which confuses some of us because we think that
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  • Because we think that if god promised something
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  • If god promised something it will be automatic.
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  • It will be automatic. god's promises are guaranteed
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  • God's promises are guaranteed but that doesn't
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  • But that doesn't make them automatic.
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  • Make them automatic. there are some things
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  • There are some things that god gave you
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  • That god gave you that you didn't go for,
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  • That you didn't go for, that are not
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  • That are not in your possession now
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  • In your possession now because you thought
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  • Because you thought just the fact that
  • 00:13:40.338 --> 00:13:41.005
  • Just the fact that it was promised
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  • It was promised made it automatic.
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  • Made it automatic. and for everybody
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  • And for everybody who's in a war today
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  • Who's in a war today and the chariots and horses
  • 00:13:47.145 --> 00:13:48.413
  • And the chariots and horses are greater than yours.
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  • Are greater than yours. for everybody who's dealing
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  • For everybody who's dealing with mental disorders
  • 00:13:51.482 --> 00:13:53.618
  • With mental disorders and that thing seems
  • 00:13:53.685 --> 00:13:54.419
  • And that thing seems stronger in your mind
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  • Stronger in your mind and your will and resolve.
  • 00:13:56.254 --> 00:13:57.455
  • And your will and resolve. for everybody who's dealing
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  • For everybody who's dealing today with the challenge
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  • Today with the challenge that has been going on
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  • That has been going on so long you have convinced
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  • So long you have convinced yourself it is insurmountable,
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  • Yourself it is insurmountable, i wanna give you a word
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  • I wanna give you a word and i want you to listen good.
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  • And i want you to listen good. if the battle is
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  • If the battle is really the lord's,
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  • Really the lord's, if the battle is
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  • If the battle is really the lord's --
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  • Really the lord's -- now, we need
  • 00:14:16.941 --> 00:14:17.242
  • Now, we need to stop right there,
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  • To stop right there, is it his battle?
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  • Is it his battle? >> congregation: yes.
  • 00:14:19.978 --> 00:14:22.580
  • >> congregation: yes. >> or is it yours?
  • 00:14:22.647 --> 00:14:25.250
  • >> or is it yours? because when we are fighting
  • 00:14:25.316 --> 00:14:26.417
  • Because when we are fighting to protect our pride
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  • To protect our pride and we are deflecting
  • 00:14:27.986 --> 00:14:29.487
  • And we are deflecting to keep our ego intact
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  • Then the battle is ours.
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  • Then the battle is ours. but see, moses is speaking
  • 00:14:36.160 --> 00:14:37.362
  • But see, moses is speaking to people who are taking land
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  • To people who are taking land that god has promised
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  • That god has promised to give to them under
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  • To give to them under the leadership of joshua.
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  • The leadership of joshua. and so he says,
  • 00:14:42.233 --> 00:14:43.234
  • And so he says, "as you take this new ground --"
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  • "as you take this new ground --" and some of you are in a season
  • 00:14:44.469 --> 00:14:45.837
  • And some of you are in a season where god has given you
  • 00:14:45.904 --> 00:14:47.005
  • New ground and you've
  • 00:14:47.105 --> 00:14:47.972
  • New ground and you've never seen it before
  • 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:49.974
  • Never seen it before so it feels weird to be at war.
  • 00:14:50.041 --> 00:14:52.076
  • So it feels weird to be at war. it feels weird to be
  • 00:14:52.143 --> 00:14:53.011
  • It feels weird to be fighting these battles
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  • Fighting these battles that you're fighting
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  • That you're fighting at this stage of your life.
  • 00:14:54.913 --> 00:14:56.247
  • At this stage of your life. but the lord said when you
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  • But the lord said when you fight these battles that
  • 00:14:57.582 --> 00:14:58.850
  • Fight these battles that you've never fought before,
  • 00:14:58.917 --> 00:15:00.451
  • You've never fought before, if the battle is truly
  • 00:15:00.518 --> 00:15:03.621
  • If the battle is truly the lord's, watch this,
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  • The lord's, watch this, the math won't matter.
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  • [applause]
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  • The math won't matter.
  • 00:15:12.697 --> 00:15:15.500
  • The math won't matter. and this is good for everybody
  • 00:15:15.566 --> 00:15:17.001
  • And this is good for everybody who is more of an english
  • 00:15:17.068 --> 00:15:19.370
  • Who is more of an english kinda person that
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  • Kinda person that the math won't matter.
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  • The math won't matter. i discovered in my life
  • 00:15:23.841 --> 00:15:25.109
  • I discovered in my life that when it's god's battle
  • 00:15:25.176 --> 00:15:27.111
  • That when it's god's battle the math doesn't matter.
  • 00:15:27.178 --> 00:15:29.414
  • The math doesn't matter. i discovered in studying
  • 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.715
  • I discovered in studying god's word that
  • 00:15:30.782 --> 00:15:31.416
  • God's word that if it's his battle,
  • 00:15:31.482 --> 00:15:32.884
  • If it's his battle, the math doesn't matter.
  • 00:15:32.951 --> 00:15:35.687
  • The math doesn't matter. you can be 5 foot 6 like david
  • 00:15:35.753 --> 00:15:37.622
  • You can be 5 foot 6 like david and he can be 9 foot 2
  • 00:15:37.689 --> 00:15:38.990
  • And he can be 9 foot 2 like goliath,
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  • Like goliath, if it's god's battle
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  • If it's god's battle the math won't matter.
  • 00:15:42.260 --> 00:15:46.097
  • The math won't matter. you can be a little boy
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  • You can be a little boy with five loaves and two fish
  • 00:15:47.265 --> 00:15:48.466
  • With five loaves and two fish and the crowd can be
  • 00:15:48.533 --> 00:15:49.334
  • And the crowd can be 5,000 strong
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  • 5,000 strong just in the men department,
  • 00:15:50.601 --> 00:15:52.603
  • Just in the men department, but if it's god's battle
  • 00:15:52.670 --> 00:15:53.738
  • But if it's god's battle and he wants to feed
  • 00:15:53.805 --> 00:15:54.706
  • And he wants to feed the crowd through the math...
  • 00:15:54.772 --> 00:15:56.774
  • The crowd through the math... >> congregation: won't matter.
  • 00:15:56.841 --> 00:15:57.575
  • >> congregation: won't matter. >> won't matter.
  • 00:15:57.642 --> 00:15:58.843
  • >> won't matter. you can have been stuck
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  • You can have been stuck in something 38 years
  • 00:15:59.944 --> 00:16:01.379
  • In something 38 years at the pool bethesda,
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  • At the pool bethesda, john 5:1-7.
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  • [applause]
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  • And everybody around
  • 00:16:05.850 --> 00:16:06.951
  • And everybody around might be quicker than you,
  • 00:16:07.018 --> 00:16:08.886
  • Might be quicker than you, and you might feel like,
  • 00:16:08.953 --> 00:16:09.554
  • And you might feel like, "i just can't win.
  • 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.788
  • "i just can't win. i just can't get there.
  • 00:16:10.855 --> 00:16:12.056
  • I just can't get there. when the water is stirred
  • 00:16:12.123 --> 00:16:13.524
  • When the water is stirred i have no one to help me."
  • 00:16:13.591 --> 00:16:14.859
  • I have no one to help me." but when jesus shows up,
  • 00:16:14.926 --> 00:16:16.661
  • If he wants to heal
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  • If he wants to heal what's hurting in you
  • 00:16:17.795 --> 00:16:19.130
  • What's hurting in you it doesn't matter
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  • It doesn't matter how many people
  • 00:16:19.897 --> 00:16:20.565
  • How many people are in front of you
  • 00:16:20.631 --> 00:16:21.766
  • Are in front of you that are faster than you,
  • 00:16:21.833 --> 00:16:23.368
  • That are faster than you, if it's god's battle...
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  • [applause]
  • 00:16:25.336 --> 00:16:25.503
  • High five your neighbor, say,
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  • High five your neighbor, say, "the math don't matter."
  • 00:16:27.338 --> 00:16:28.473
  • "the math don't matter." >> congregation: the math
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  • >> congregation: the math don't matter.
  • 00:16:29.107 --> 00:16:29.874
  • Don't matter. >> bad grammar,
  • 00:16:29.941 --> 00:16:30.575
  • >> bad grammar, good preaching.
  • 00:16:30.641 --> 00:16:31.342
  • Good preaching. the math don't matter.
  • 00:16:31.409 --> 00:16:32.477
  • The math don't matter. >> congregation: the math
  • 00:16:32.543 --> 00:16:33.044
  • >> congregation: the math don't matter.
  • 00:16:33.111 --> 00:16:33.411
  • Don't matter. >> don't care how long
  • 00:16:33.478 --> 00:16:34.178
  • >> don't care how long it was like that,
  • 00:16:34.245 --> 00:16:35.813
  • It was like that, one moment in his presence,
  • 00:16:35.880 --> 00:16:37.849
  • One moment in his presence, one moment of his favor,
  • 00:16:37.915 --> 00:16:39.917
  • One moment of his favor, one moment of his holy fire
  • 00:16:39.984 --> 00:16:42.487
  • Can burn away all the dross
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  • Can burn away all the dross 'cause i'm coming
  • 00:16:44.789 --> 00:16:45.456
  • 'cause i'm coming out of this
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  • Out of this 'cause the math...
  • 00:16:46.824 --> 00:16:48.726
  • 'cause the math... do you hear what
  • 00:16:48.793 --> 00:16:49.460
  • Do you hear what i'm saying to you?
  • 00:16:49.527 --> 00:16:50.595
  • [cheering]
  • 00:16:50.862 --> 00:16:51.129
  • The prophet said,
  • 00:16:51.896 --> 00:16:52.697
  • The prophet said, "do not be afraid of them
  • 00:16:52.764 --> 00:16:54.632
  • "do not be afraid of them for those with us are more
  • 00:16:54.699 --> 00:16:56.000
  • For those with us are more than those with them."
  • 00:16:56.067 --> 00:16:57.802
  • Than those with them." stop looking at
  • 00:16:57.869 --> 00:16:58.803
  • Stop looking at what's surrounding you,
  • 00:16:58.870 --> 00:17:00.438
  • What's surrounding you, and stop looking at --
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  • [applause]
  • 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:05.410
  • Let's pace ourselves.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:17:07.278 --> 00:17:08.479
  • Touch your neighbor,
  • 00:17:09.947 --> 00:17:10.348
  • Touch your neighbor, say, "i'm bad at math."
  • 00:17:10.415 --> 00:17:11.582
  • Say, "i'm bad at math." >> congregation: i'm bad
  • 00:17:11.649 --> 00:17:12.083
  • >> congregation: i'm bad at math.
  • 00:17:12.150 --> 00:17:13.851
  • At math. >> i'm bad at math,
  • 00:17:13.918 --> 00:17:15.686
  • >> i'm bad at math, but i'm good at faith.
  • 00:17:15.753 --> 00:17:17.055
  • But i'm good at faith. oh!
  • 00:17:17.121 --> 00:17:17.955
  • Oh! i'm bad at math,
  • 00:17:18.022 --> 00:17:19.390
  • I'm bad at math, but i'm good at faith.
  • 00:17:19.457 --> 00:17:20.858
  • But i'm good at faith. i'm bad at math,
  • 00:17:20.925 --> 00:17:22.093
  • I'm bad at math, but i'm good at faith.
  • 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:23.294
  • But i'm good at faith. what do you mean
  • 00:17:23.361 --> 00:17:23.795
  • What do you mean i'm bad at math?
  • 00:17:23.861 --> 00:17:24.962
  • I'm bad at math? i'm too old,
  • 00:17:25.029 --> 00:17:26.164
  • I'm too old, but i got faith.
  • 00:17:26.230 --> 00:17:27.732
  • But i got faith. i'm too young,
  • 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.900
  • I'm too young, but i got faith.
  • 00:17:28.966 --> 00:17:30.401
  • But i got faith. don't have money,
  • 00:17:30.468 --> 00:17:31.636
  • Don't have money, but i got faith
  • 00:17:31.702 --> 00:17:32.703
  • But i got faith if it's god's battle.
  • 00:17:32.770 --> 00:17:33.971
  • [applause and cheering]
  • 00:17:34.305 --> 00:17:37.241
  • I don't know who
  • 00:17:37.875 --> 00:17:38.509
  • I don't know who needs to hear this,
  • 00:17:38.576 --> 00:17:39.410
  • Needs to hear this, your kid is
  • 00:17:39.477 --> 00:17:39.911
  • Your kid is developmentally delayed,
  • 00:17:39.977 --> 00:17:41.646
  • Developmentally delayed, but they are gonna
  • 00:17:41.712 --> 00:17:42.647
  • But they are gonna bloom in a season
  • 00:17:42.713 --> 00:17:43.614
  • Bloom in a season that is just right for them.
  • 00:17:43.681 --> 00:17:44.982
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:45.149 --> 00:17:45.583
  • Let me tell you another one.
  • 00:17:46.117 --> 00:17:47.885
  • Let me tell you another one. oh, i love this.
  • 00:17:47.952 --> 00:17:48.986
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:49.253 --> 00:17:49.854
  • Some of you think
  • 00:17:50.488 --> 00:17:50.922
  • Some of you think you aren't good at anything,
  • 00:17:50.988 --> 00:17:52.090
  • You aren't good at anything, that's not true,
  • 00:17:52.156 --> 00:17:52.924
  • That's not true, you are good at something
  • 00:17:52.990 --> 00:17:53.958
  • You are good at something you just think
  • 00:17:54.025 --> 00:17:54.625
  • You just think it's a small thing.
  • 00:17:54.692 --> 00:17:55.660
  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:17:56.094 --> 00:17:58.729
  • But one small thing
  • 00:17:58.996 --> 00:18:01.199
  • But one small thing you're good at
  • 00:18:01.265 --> 00:18:02.834
  • You're good at in the hands of god
  • 00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:04.469
  • In the hands of god who gave it to you
  • 00:18:04.535 --> 00:18:07.138
  • Who gave it to you can make everything
  • 00:18:07.205 --> 00:18:08.539
  • Can make everything you're bad at irrelevant.
  • 00:18:08.606 --> 00:18:10.274
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:10.508 --> 00:18:10.741
  • Ask david what
  • 00:18:11.209 --> 00:18:12.376
  • Ask david what one stone can do.
  • 00:18:12.443 --> 00:18:14.412
  • One stone can do. you can't fight a giant,
  • 00:18:14.479 --> 00:18:16.013
  • You can't fight a giant, yeah, but i can kill a bear,
  • 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:18.116
  • Yeah, but i can kill a bear, and one...
  • 00:18:18.182 --> 00:18:21.018
  • And one... one stone saved
  • 00:18:21.085 --> 00:18:23.054
  • One stone saved a whole nation?
  • 00:18:23.121 --> 00:18:23.754
  • A whole nation? yeah, because when
  • 00:18:23.821 --> 00:18:24.489
  • Yeah, because when it's god's battle
  • 00:18:24.555 --> 00:18:26.891
  • It's god's battle the math won't matter.
  • 00:18:26.958 --> 00:18:30.194
  • The math won't matter. you're gonna get there
  • 00:18:30.261 --> 00:18:30.962
  • You're gonna get there when you're supposed
  • 00:18:31.028 --> 00:18:31.629
  • When you're supposed to get there,
  • 00:18:31.696 --> 00:18:32.530
  • To get there, the math won't matter.
  • 00:18:32.597 --> 00:18:35.099
  • The math won't matter. god will make up for all
  • 00:18:35.166 --> 00:18:35.833
  • God will make up for all the days that you called wasted
  • 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:37.301
  • The days that you called wasted and the math won't matter.
  • 00:18:37.368 --> 00:18:40.371
  • And the math won't matter. what you thought was a failure
  • 00:18:40.438 --> 00:18:41.839
  • What you thought was a failure is gonna contain
  • 00:18:41.906 --> 00:18:42.507
  • Is gonna contain the seeds of your growth
  • 00:18:42.573 --> 00:18:43.841
  • The seeds of your growth and the math won't matter.
  • 00:18:43.908 --> 00:18:46.777
  • And the math won't matter. the conflict was kind of
  • 00:18:46.844 --> 00:18:48.045
  • The conflict was kind of developing your character
  • 00:18:48.112 --> 00:18:49.514
  • Developing your character so that when you get to a place,
  • 00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:50.781
  • So that when you get to a place, you'll have the fruit
  • 00:18:50.848 --> 00:18:51.549
  • You'll have the fruit of the spirit called patience
  • 00:18:51.616 --> 00:18:53.718
  • Of the spirit called patience and the math won't even matter.
  • 00:18:53.784 --> 00:18:58.556
  • And the math won't even matter. so when you go to war
  • 00:18:58.623 --> 00:19:00.725
  • So when you go to war and you face an enemy
  • 00:19:00.791 --> 00:19:01.659
  • And you face an enemy that's bigger than you,
  • 00:19:01.726 --> 00:19:03.528
  • That's bigger than you, remember your plan be.
  • 00:19:03.594 --> 00:19:05.763
  • Remember your plan be. i wanna give you
  • 00:19:05.830 --> 00:19:06.264
  • I wanna give you three things today
  • 00:19:06.330 --> 00:19:07.131
  • Three things today 'cause sometimes i think
  • 00:19:07.198 --> 00:19:07.899
  • 'cause sometimes i think when i preach i get so excited
  • 00:19:07.965 --> 00:19:09.534
  • When i preach i get so excited i don't give you anything
  • 00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.134
  • I don't give you anything to write down.
  • 00:19:10.201 --> 00:19:10.935
  • [laughter]
  • 00:19:11.169 --> 00:19:11.469
  • I feel bad about that,
  • 00:19:11.736 --> 00:19:12.670
  • I feel bad about that, that you would come
  • 00:19:12.737 --> 00:19:13.204
  • That you would come all the way to church
  • 00:19:13.271 --> 00:19:13.971
  • All the way to church and not get a single note
  • 00:19:14.038 --> 00:19:15.373
  • And not get a single note so i'mma give you three notes,
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  • So i'mma give you three notes, words today for when you feel
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  • Words today for when you feel like you just can't win.
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  • Like you just can't win. now, that phrase,
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  • Now, that phrase, "you just can't win"
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  • "you just can't win" can be taken two ways, right?
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  • Can be taken two ways, right? in deuteronomy 20:1 it says,
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  • "when you face an enemy
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  • "when you face an enemy that you can't beat
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  • That you can't beat i'll be with you."
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  • I'll be with you." so you literally
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  • So you literally cannot win this.
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  • Cannot win this. but god still
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  • But god still will be with you,
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  • Will be with you, and give you the ability.
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  • And give you the ability. and the way to connect
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  • And the way to connect to that is,
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  • To that is, number one: remember.
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  • Number one: remember. just remember.
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  • Just remember. just as simple as that.
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  • Just as simple as that. he said, "when you face an enemy
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  • He said, "when you face an enemy that is bigger than you,
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  • That is bigger than you, more chariots, more horses.
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  • More chariots, more horses. when you face something
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  • When you face something that's absolutely beyond
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  • That's absolutely beyond your comprehension
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  • Your comprehension or your ability
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  • Or your ability to deal with them.
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  • To deal with them. you know exactly
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  • You know exactly what that is in
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  • What that is in your life right now.
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  • Your life right now. and do not lie to
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  • And do not lie to the holy spirit,
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  • The holy spirit, i'm not even making you say
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  • I'm not even making you say out loud what it is,
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  • Out loud what it is, just acknowledge it
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  • Just acknowledge it in your heart.
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  • In your heart. when you face that
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  • Remember that the lord
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  • Remember that the lord who brought you
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  • Who brought you out of egypt
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  • Out of egypt will be with you.
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  • Will be with you. and they keep taking
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  • And they keep taking my scripture down,
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  • My scripture down, but i need it one more time.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I think they think
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  • I think they think 'cause it's one verse
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  • 'cause it's one verse i read it and i'm done with it.
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  • I read it and i'm done with it. but i can preach a verse
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  • But i can preach a verse for 12 weeks when it's good.
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  • For 12 weeks when it's good. because he said,
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  • Because he said, "i'm the lord your god
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  • "i'm the lord your god who brought you out of egypt
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  • Who brought you out of egypt and i will be with you."
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  • And i will be with you." one of those is what he did
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  • One of those is what he did and one of those is what he is,
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  • And one of those is what he is, he's with you.
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  • He's with you. so he said --
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  • So he said -- okay i'm done with it now.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Thank you.
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  • Thank you. he said,
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  • He said, "just remember that thing
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  • "just remember that thing that i did for you then."
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  • That i did for you then." so, why is that so simple
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  • So, why is that so simple and i suck at it so bad?
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  • Why do i constantly get
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  • Why do i constantly get into states of mind
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  • Into states of mind that pretend like this is
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  • That pretend like this is the first time i've ever
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  • The first time i've ever had a problem like this?
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  • Had a problem like this? and i'm so grateful
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  • And i'm so grateful for perspective, you know.
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  • For perspective, you know. one thing i love about
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  • One thing i love about singing songs about god is
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  • Singing songs about god is it just gives me perspective
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  • It just gives me perspective and i need that so much
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  • And i need that so much in my life because
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  • In my life because for me songs of worship
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  • Are like streams that flow
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  • Are like streams that flow to my heart when it's dry.
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  • To my heart when it's dry. and one of the things
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  • And one of the things that it helps me
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  • That it helps me access in that process
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  • Access in that process when i begin to remember
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  • When i begin to remember it is like, oh yeah.
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  • It is like, oh yeah. and i just have
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  • And i just have "oh yeah" moments
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  • "oh yeah" moments in the presence of god,
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  • In the presence of god, like -- you can have a "ah-ha"
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  • Like -- you can have a "ah-ha" moment where you realize
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  • Moment where you realize something you never
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  • Something you never realized before,
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  • Realized before, and then you can have
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  • And then you can have a "oh yeah" moment
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  • A "oh yeah" moment where you remember something
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  • Where you remember something that you temporarily forgot.
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  • That you temporarily forgot. think about all the things
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  • Think about all the things that god has already done
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  • That god has already done for his people by the time
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  • For his people by the time deuteronomy 20:1 is spoken
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  • Deuteronomy 20:1 is spoken through the mouth of moses.
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  • Through the mouth of moses. think about how many odds
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  • Think about how many odds they've overcome
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  • They've overcome to be in this moment.
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  • To be in this moment. think about how many enemies
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  • Think about how many enemies god drowned in the red sea
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  • God drowned in the red sea just to bring this generation
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  • Just to bring this generation to the wilderness.
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  • To the wilderness. think about how he rebuilt
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  • Think about how he rebuilt their self-image
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  • Their self-image to see themselves
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  • To see themselves no longer as slaves,
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  • No longer as slaves, but as settlers.
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  • But as settlers. and now as they stand
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  • And now as they stand on the precipice
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  • On the precipice of a new season
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  • Of a new season they need to remember
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  • They need to remember what god did.
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  • What god did. say, "god did."
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  • Say, "god did." >> congregation: god did.
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  • >> congregation: god did. >> i wrote a song that
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  • >> i wrote a song that i released on friday.
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  • [laughter]
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  • So you can walk around
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  • So you can walk around your house and remember
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  • Your house and remember so that when you face a war,
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  • So that when you face a war, you worship because you realize
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  • You worship because you realize that you can have your back
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  • Up against the wall
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  • Up against the wall and god can take one stick
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  • And god can take one stick and split a whole sea,
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  • And split a whole sea, and bring
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  • And bring a whole nation through.
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  • A whole nation through. you have seen god
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  • You have seen god do that in your life.
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  • Do that in your life. you have seen have seen him
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  • You have seen have seen him do things that were
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  • Do things that were once unbelievable.
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  • Once unbelievable. you have seen him
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  • You have seen him align opportunities
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  • Align opportunities and appointments,
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  • And appointments, and assignments.
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  • And assignments. you have seen god
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  • You have seen god time after time
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  • Time after time do things for you
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  • That the devil is hoping
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  • That the devil is hoping you will forget
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  • You will forget as you go through this.
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  • [applause]
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  • You have seen god
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  • You have seen god time and time again
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  • Time and time again provide with one jar of oil
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  • Provide with one jar of oil and feed your whole family.
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  • And feed your whole family. you have seen god
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  • You have seen god time and time again
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  • Time and time again just when you needed
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  • Just when you needed the strength to come,
  • 00:23:18.716 --> 00:23:19.817
  • The strength to come, it came, all of a sudden.
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  • It came, all of a sudden. shout, "all of a sudden."
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  • Shout, "all of a sudden." >> congregation: all of
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  • >> congregation: all of a sudden!
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  • A sudden! >> and the temptation is
  • 00:23:25.423 --> 00:23:26.690
  • >> and the temptation is is that we are expecting god,
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  • Is that we are expecting god, sometimes, to come like a flood,
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  • Sometimes, to come like a flood, and when it comes like
  • 00:23:31.762 --> 00:23:32.596
  • And when it comes like a trickle we are tempted
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  • A trickle we are tempted to displace our trust
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  • To displace our trust because our trust was in
  • 00:23:36.267 --> 00:23:38.135
  • Because our trust was in when it would happen
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  • When it would happen not who was going to do it.
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  • >> if you feel like
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  • >> if you feel like pastor steven was speaking
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  • Pastor steven was speaking right to you while you were
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  • Right to you while you were watching this message,
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  • Watching this message, i wanna invite you to call
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  • God's presence and see his hand at work in your life
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  • At work in your life right here, right now.
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  • Right here, right now. i know sometimes i get caught up
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  • I know sometimes i get caught up looking too far ahead or
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  • Looking too far ahead or focusing on what i don't have
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  • Focusing on what i don't have and i end up missing how god
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  • And i end up missing how god is moving in the moment.
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  • But when you fix your focus, you start seeing
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  • >> hey, my name's chad zollo,
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  • >> hey, my name's chad zollo, i'm the online pastor
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  • I'm the online pastor here at elevation church.
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  • Here at elevation church. did you know that
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  • Did you know that there's so much more
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  • There's so much more that you can be
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  • That you can be a part of right here
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  • A part of right here at elevation church?
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  • At elevation church? you can join us live on sundays
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ belongs to him ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • >> ♪ call the name ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ belongs to him ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ he's fighting ♪
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  • ♪ all your battles ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • >> ♪ he's everything ♪
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  • ♪ you need him to be ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heals ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ yes ♪
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  • ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheering and applause]
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