Steven Furtick

Steven Furtick - When You Just Can't Win (Part 2)

May 12, 2025 | 27:29

Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.

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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - When You Just Can't Win (Part 2) | May 12, 2025

An encouraging message
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From pastor steven furtick
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Of elevation church.
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If you're looking
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To strengthen your faith
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And shift your perspective,
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Stay tuned.
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♪ ♪
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>> because i realized
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>> because i realized that somewhere in my mind
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That somewhere in my mind and in my soul,
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And in my soul, an expectation was
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An expectation was planted that i'm supposed to be
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Planted that i'm supposed to be winning everywhere all the time.
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Winning everywhere all the time. and when you live in that
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And when you live in that kind of captivity,
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Kind of captivity, everything feels overwhelming.
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Everything feels overwhelming. you have no strength for
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You have no strength for the enemy in front of you
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The enemy in front of you because you gave god no praise
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Because you gave god no praise for the victory behind you.
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[applause]
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But when you begin to integrate
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But when you begin to integrate these things that god has
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These things that god has brought you through,
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Brought you through, and you draw from them
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And you draw from them not as pride, but as strength.
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Not as pride, but as strength. when you draw from them
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When you draw from them as a sense of knowing that god
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As a sense of knowing that god promised to be present with me,
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Promised to be present with me, and the proof of that
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And the proof of that is that he was.
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Is that he was. the proof that he will
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The proof that he will is the fact that he was.
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Is the fact that he was. the proof that he will
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The proof that he will is the fact that he was.
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Is the fact that he was. the proof that he will
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The proof that he will is the fact that he was.
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Is the fact that he was. when you begin to do
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When you begin to do these things in your week
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These things in your week and in your day,
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And in your day, i'm telling you, it's gonna
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I'm telling you, it's gonna make a big difference.
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Make a big difference. the truth of the matter is you
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The truth of the matter is you are winning somewhere right now,
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Are winning somewhere right now, but where you are not winning
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But where you are not winning is causing you to feel weak,
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Is causing you to feel weak, and where you feel weak,
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You become susceptible.
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You become susceptible. now, i'm right where
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Now, i'm right where i want to bring you.
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I want to bring you. number one is remember
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Number one is remember and number two is resist.
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And number two is resist. resist.
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Resist. moses says when you go to war,
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Moses says when you go to war, and you will go to war,
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And you will go to war, to take new spiritual ground.
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To take new spiritual ground. even paul said you gotta
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Even paul said you gotta put on the armor.
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Put on the armor. well, i'm not putting on
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Well, i'm not putting on the armor to take a nap.
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The armor to take a nap. the only reason
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The only reason we're suiting up with
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We're suiting up with the armor of god, you know,
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The breastplate
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The breastplate of righteousness,
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Of righteousness, and the shoes of peace,
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And the shoes of peace, and the sword of the spirit,
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And the sword of the spirit, and the belt of truth.
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And the belt of truth. the only reason that
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The only reason that i'm getting dressed
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I'm getting dressed in the armor is something
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In the armor is something that's going to attack me.
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That's going to attack me. so, the provision of the armor
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So, the provision of the armor is the prediction of the attack.
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Is the prediction of the attack. so, god gives you a really
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So, god gives you a really good word when you're gonna
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Good word when you're gonna go through a really big war.
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Go through a really big war. and when you get
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And when you get in that situation,
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In that situation, moses says there are
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Moses says there are certain stipulations for how
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Certain stipulations for how you are to fight god's battles.
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You are to fight god's battles. and i wish i could give
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And i wish i could give y'all of deuteronomy 20,
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Y'all of deuteronomy 20, but he talks about
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But he talks about send the priest out
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Send the priest out before the people,
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Before the people, and send everybody home
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And send everybody home who doesn't really wanna fight,
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Who doesn't really wanna fight, because not everybody can go
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Because not everybody can go with you into everything.
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With you into everything. i'mma say it again.
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I'mma say it again. somebody in the back just needed
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Somebody in the back just needed to have a delete party
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To have a delete party on your phone.
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On your phone. not everybody --
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Not everybody -- come on, delete 'em right now.
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Come on, delete 'em right now. you know exactly who they are.
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You know exactly who they are. they're right there
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On the recents.
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On the recents. do it right now.
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Do it right now. do not pass go.
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Do not pass go. delete their number right now,
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Delete their number right now, 'cause not everybody can go
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'cause not everybody can go with you into this.
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With you into this. you don't have to hate 'em,
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You don't have to hate 'em, you don't have
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You don't have to slash their tires,
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To slash their tires, you don't have to cuss 'em out,
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You don't have to cuss 'em out, you don't have to fire 'em
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You don't have to fire 'em as your friend.
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As your friend. but he said,
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But he said, "send the people home
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"send the people home that can't go home."
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That can't go home." and when you come up on a city,
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And when you come up on a city, now this is really
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Now this is really powerful here,
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Powerful here, and i don't want you
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And i don't want you to get tired on me 'cause
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To get tired on me 'cause we've already said a lot,
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We've already said a lot, but i want you to get this
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Thing about resist.
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Thing about resist. he says, "when you get
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He says, "when you get to the cities that god
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To the cities that god is calling you to take over,
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Is calling you to take over, the hittites, the perizzites,
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The hittites, the perizzites, the canaanites, the jebusites.
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The canaanites, the jebusites. all of these people
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All of these people who are in the places
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Who are in the places that god has promised you.
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That god has promised you. just because an enemy is there,
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Just because an enemy is there, doesn't mean god isn't
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Doesn't mean god isn't bringing you into it.
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Bringing you into it. just because it's hard
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Just because it's hard doesn't mean god isn't in it,
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Doesn't mean god isn't in it, doesn't mean he didn't speak,
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Doesn't mean he didn't speak, doesn't mean he won't do it,
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Doesn't mean he won't do it, doesn't mean he isn't doing it,
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Doesn't mean he isn't doing it, doesn't mean he's not working,
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Doesn't mean he's not working, doesn't mean you should
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Doesn't mean you should turn back and go home,
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Turn back and go home, no, no, no.
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No, no, no. when you see the enemies there,
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When you see the enemies there, offer them a condition of peace.
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Offer them a condition of peace. but if they won't
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But if they won't make peace with you,
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Make peace with you, you will have to put
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You will have to put everything to death that
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Everything to death that would teach you to follow
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Would teach you to follow anything other than god.
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Anything other than god. and then, we get to verse 19.
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And then, we get to verse 19. verse 19 says something
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Verse 19 says something very strange to the people.
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He says, "when you lay siege
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He says, "when you lay siege to a city for a long time,"
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To a city for a long time," for a long time.
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For a long time. "when you lay siege to a city."
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"when you lay siege to a city." now, laying siege to a city
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Now, laying siege to a city means you can't beat
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Means you can't beat them immediately.
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They don't just give up quick.
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They don't just give up quick. so, god gave you this land.
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So, god gave you this land. so, you come up on the land
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So, you come up on the land because he tells joshua,
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Because he tells joshua, "every place you set
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"every place you set the sole of your foot,
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The sole of your foot, i'll give you.
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I'll give you. but when you get there,
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But when you get there, you'll still have
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You'll still have to fight for it.
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To fight for it. but sometimes when
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But sometimes when you're fighting for it,
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You're fighting for it, you will have to lay
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You will have to lay siege to it."
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Siege to it." and you know what a siege is,
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And you know what a siege is, i'm not insulting
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I'm not insulting your intelligence.
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Your intelligence. but this is when you
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But this is when you have captured the enemy,
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Have captured the enemy, but you haven't
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But you haven't conquered the enemy.
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"when you lay siege to a city,
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"when you lay siege to a city, and fight for a long time,"
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And fight for a long time," now wait a minute, god.
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Now wait a minute, god. i thought you were gonna
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I thought you were gonna give us the victory.
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Give us the victory. god says, "some of my gifts
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God says, "some of my gifts are gradual.
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And just because
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And just because it's gradual doesn't mean
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It's gradual doesn't mean he's not giving it.
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He's not giving it. sometimes, it happens so slow,
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You think it's not.
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You think it's not. "when you lay siege to a city,"
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"when you lay siege to a city," and it takes you a long time,
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And it takes you a long time, a little longer than
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A little longer than you thought it was,
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You thought it was, and you just can't win.
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But you got 'em captured,
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But you got 'em captured, but you don't
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But you don't have 'em conquered.
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Have 'em conquered. am i describing some
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Am i describing some of your sins today?
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Of your sins today? some of your cities?
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Some of your cities? some of your insecurities?
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Some of your insecurities? i got 'em captured,
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I got 'em captured, i know what they are now,
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I know what they are now, but i don't have 'em
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But i don't have 'em conquered yet.
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Conquered yet. i got 'em identified,
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I got 'em identified, i'm in the right place.
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And that's when you remember,
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And that's when you remember, "i'm not in egypt anymore.
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"i'm not in egypt anymore. i'm not in egypt yet,
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I'm not in egypt yet, but i'm not fully settled in
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But i'm not fully settled in here yet either."
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Here yet either." and this is where you
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And this is where you need a plan b.
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Need a plan b. he says,
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He says, "when you get in the city
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And you got it in a siege,
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And you got it in a siege, it was so clear to me while
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It was so clear to me while i was studying that there are
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I was studying that there are so many people who are
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So many people who are no longer enslaved to sin,
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No longer enslaved to sin, they're set free by jesus.
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They're set free by jesus. but they are no more free
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But they are no more free in christ because
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In christ because they're in a siege season.
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They're in a siege season. a siege season is when
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A siege season is when you can see it,
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You can see it, but you don't quite have it.
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But you don't quite have it. you experience it
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You experience it momentarily, peace.
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Momentarily, peace. you experience it
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You experience it momentarily, joy.
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Momentarily, joy. you experience it
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You experience it momentarily, selflessness.
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Momentarily, selflessness. you experience it momentarily,
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You experience it momentarily, goodness, patience,
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Goodness, patience, self-control,
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Self-control, the fruit of the spirit.
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The fruit of the spirit. but you're not living in it yet.
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But you're not living in it yet. that's a siege season.
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You're not a slave anymore,
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You're not a slave anymore, you're out of egypt,
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You're out of egypt, but you're not exactly free
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But you're not exactly free yet either, are you?
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Yet either, are you? it's a siege season.
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It's a siege season. now, we have to be
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Now, we have to be really careful.
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Really careful. this is where
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This is where my pastoral instinct kicks in,
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My pastoral instinct kicks in, and i wanna be protective of you
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And i wanna be protective of you in a siege season.
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In a siege season. because moses says when
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Because moses says when you are in a siege season --
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Remember, it's not them
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Remember, it's not them that are under siege,
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That are under siege, it's the enemy.
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It's the enemy. you're right there.
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You're right there. it's really happening for you.
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It's really happening for you. you really are
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You really are breaking these chains,
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Breaking these chains, but you're in a siege season.
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But you're in a siege season. and when you are,
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The man of god says,
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The man of god says, "fighting against it for
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"fighting against it for a long time to capture it,
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A long time to capture it, do not destroy its trees
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Do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them,
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By putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit.
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Because you can eat their fruit. don't cut them down.
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Don't cut them down. are the trees people,
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Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?"
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That you should besiege them?" verse 20, "however,
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Verse 20, "however, you may cut down trees that
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You may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees
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You know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege
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And use them to build siege works until the city at war
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Works until the city at war with you falls."
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With you falls." deuteronomy 20
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Deuteronomy 20 is over everybody,
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Is over everybody, god bless.
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Moses out.
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Moses out. good night.
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Good night. don't chop down trees.
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Don't chop down trees. why'd you read that
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Why'd you read that weird scripture?
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Weird scripture? 'cause you're doing it.
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'cause you're doing it. you're doing it.
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You're doing it. when you go to war
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When you go to war and you are in a siege season,
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And you are in a siege season, and you are frustrated 'cause
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And you are frustrated 'cause it's taking, what?
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It's taking, what? a long time.
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A long time. what is your tendency when
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What is your tendency when something is taking a long time?
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Something is taking a long time? when you've been fighting
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When you've been fighting something for a long time,
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Something for a long time, what do you start doing?
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Deuteronomy 20:19 says you might
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Deuteronomy 20:19 says you might start chopping down things
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Start chopping down things that god wants you to leave
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That god wants you to leave for your future.
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[applause]
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When you are in
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When you are in a siege season,
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A siege season, you might start bringing
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You might start bringing an axe to things that god
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An axe to things that god is raising up to bless you
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Is raising up to bless you at a later date.
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At a later date. when you are in a siege season,
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When you are in a siege season, you are frustrated and you
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You are frustrated and you are asking god for answers,
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Are asking god for answers, and you are lashing out at
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And you are lashing out at the messengers that he sends
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The messengers that he sends to give you those answers.
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To give you those answers. because it would be easy for you
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Because it would be easy for you if you're going through
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If you're going through a siege season to just
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A siege season to just start chopping down
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Start chopping down everything you see because
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Everything you see because you need these trees in order
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To build ramps, and powers,
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To build ramps, and powers, and battering rams.
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And battering rams. so, sometimes you get in
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So, sometimes you get in a season in your life and well
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A season in your life and well just anything will work
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Just anything will work to make you feel better,
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To make you feel better, anything will work
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Anything will work to knock down a door,
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To knock down a door, anything will work to survive.
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Anything will work to survive. "i don't even care
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"i don't even care if it's right or wrong,
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If it's right or wrong, i don't even care
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I don't even care if it's good or bad,
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If it's good or bad, i don't even care
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I don't even care if it benefits my future.
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If it benefits my future. i just wanna feel good
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I just wanna feel good right now."
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Right now." but i wanna tell you
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But i wanna tell you relief is not
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Relief is not the same as freedom.
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[applause]
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God doesn't intend for you
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God doesn't intend for you to stay in this siege
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To stay in this siege season forever.
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Season forever. oh yeah, i said it.
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Oh yeah, i said it. it's not always
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It's not always gonna be like this.
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Gonna be like this. it's not always
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It's not always gonna be like this.
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Gonna be like this. you know how i know?
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You know how i know? verse 20 tells me
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Everything i need to know.
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Everything i need to know. he said, "you can cut down
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He said, "you can cut down the trees that don't bear fruit
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The trees that don't bear fruit and use them to build
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And use them to build siege works until the city
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Siege works until the city at war with you falls."
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At war with you falls." until means it will.
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I'mma try that again.
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I'mma try that again. until means it will.
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[cheering and applause]
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It will.
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It will. it will fall, just not
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It will fall, just not when you want it to.
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When you want it to. so, the test for you
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So, the test for you now is this,
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Now is this, what do you do until?
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What do you do until? and god says, "it's important
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And god says, "it's important for you not to start
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Cutting down stuff that
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Cutting down stuff that i am bringing forth
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I am bringing forth in your life to feed you
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In your life to feed you for who i created you to be."
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For who i created you to be." and this is, kinda,
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And this is, kinda, difficult to describe
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Difficult to describe if you've been in the wilderness
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If you've been in the wilderness since you've been born because
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There's no fruit trees
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There's no fruit trees in the wilderness.
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In the wilderness. and the only thing this
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And the only thing this generation has ever seen god
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Generation has ever seen god feed them with was manna.
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Feed them with was manna. look at exodus 16.
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Look at exodus 16. this is an anointed scripture,
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This is an anointed scripture, the lord gave it to me while
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The lord gave it to me while zeek was singing.
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Thank you, zeek.
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"the israelites
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Ate manna forty years,
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Until they came to a land
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That was settled.
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They ate manna until they
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Reached the border of canaan."
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They ate something until
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They ate something until the moment where god
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The moment where god fed them something else.
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Fed them something else. and i am concerned that god
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And i am concerned that god is trying to feed you
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Is trying to feed you something better and you
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Something better and you keep cutting it down.
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Keep cutting it down. and i came to tell you
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And i came to tell you stop fighting what god
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Stop fighting what god is using to feed you.
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Is using to feed you. stop fighting the processes
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Stop fighting the processes that god is using to mature you.
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That god is using to mature you. stop fighting those corrective
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Stop fighting those corrective moments that god wants to sit
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Moments that god wants to sit with you in and say,
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With you in and say, "see this, do it
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"see this, do it different next time."
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Different next time." because he will --
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Because he will -- he will bring about everything
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He will bring about everything he accomplishes in your life.
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He accomplishes in your life. he will bring about everything
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That he assigned for your life.
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That he assigned for your life. he will bring about everything
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He will bring about everything that he imagines and plans
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That he imagines and plans for your life.
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For your life. it's his plans.
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It's his plans. he will be with you
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He will be with you as you face the things
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As you face the things that are too strong for you.
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That are too strong for you. but notice what moses said,
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But notice what moses said, "don't take an axe to the tree
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"don't take an axe to the tree that's got your future
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That's got your future fruit on it."
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Fruit on it." and the thing about them
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And the thing about them was they didn't know
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Was they didn't know much about trees,
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Much about trees, so they don't know that
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So they don't know that this tree is gonna bring me
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This tree is gonna bring me fruit 'cause all i ever
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Fruit 'cause all i ever had was manna.
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When you never have good love,
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When you never have good love, it's easy for you
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It's easy for you to settle for lust.
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To settle for lust. when you never
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When you never had good friendship,
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Had good friendship, it's easy for you
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It's easy for you to settle for codependency.
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To settle for codependency. when you never had real fruit,
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When you never had real fruit, it's tempting for you
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It's tempting for you to become frustrated,
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To become frustrated, and you say,
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And you say, "this is taking too long,
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"this is taking too long, i'mma handle this.
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I'mma handle this. i'mma handle this another way.
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I'mma handle this another way. yeah, i'mma lay hands on 'em.
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Yeah, i'mma lay hands on 'em. isn't that in the bible?
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Isn't that in the bible? i'mma handle this the way
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I'mma handle this the way i used to handle this.
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I used to handle this. i got a bible verse for you."
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I got a bible verse for you." be careful.
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Be careful. you might be chopping down
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You might be chopping down something god wanted you
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Something god wanted you to chew on later.
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To chew on later. you might be taking down
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You might be taking down a tree that is capable
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A tree that is capable of bearing much fruit,
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Of bearing much fruit, but watch this, it just
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But watch this, it just isn't the season yet.
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Isn't the season yet. it just isn't the season yet.
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It just isn't the season yet. nobody's gonna chop down a tree
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Nobody's gonna chop down a tree that has fruit visible on it
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That has fruit visible on it and use it for a battering ram.
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And use it for a battering ram. but what if the tree was barren,
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But what if the tree was barren, not because it didn't have
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Not because it didn't have the ability to bear fruit,
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But because it wasn't
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But because it wasn't the season for fruit?
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[cheering and applause]
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And what if you've got
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And what if you've got something in you,
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Something in you, come on, use your holy
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Come on, use your holy imagination for a moment.
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Imagination for a moment. and what if there's something
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And what if there's something working in your life that
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Jeremiah 29:11 really is true,
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Jeremiah 29:11 really is true, that he knows the plans
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That he knows the plans he has for you.
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He has for you. plans to prosper you,
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Plans to prosper you, not to harm you,
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Not to harm you, plans to give you
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Plans to give you a hope and a future.
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A hope and a future. what if it's really in me,
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What if it's really in me, but it's just not my season yet?
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But it's just not my season yet? blessed is the man who walks not
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Blessed is the man who walks not in the path of the wicked
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In the path of the wicked nor sits in the seat
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Nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
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Of the scornful. but his delight
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But his delight is in the laws of the lord
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Is in the laws of the lord and on his law, he meditates
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And on his law, he meditates day and night.
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Day and night. they will bear fruit in season.
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They will bear fruit in season. you will bear fruit in season.
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You will bear fruit in season. you will bear fruit in season.
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[applause]
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Do not eliminate in a season
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Do not eliminate in a season of frustration what god
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Of frustration what god intends to use to bless you
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Intends to use to bless you in the season of your favor.
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In the season of your favor. so, then, we have
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So, then, we have a question to ask,
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A question to ask, what am i attacking
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What am i attacking that god has actually
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That god has actually called me to embrace?
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Called me to embrace? that's why i looked at you
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That's why i looked at you the other day, i said it
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The other day, i said it happened for a reason.
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Happened for a reason. 'cause i don't know why yet,
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'cause i don't know why yet, but i'm not
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But i'm not cutting down that tree.
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Cutting down that tree. i'm gonna let god do
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I'm gonna let god do what god wants to do.
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What god wants to do. when i saw the picture, holly,
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When i saw the picture, holly, i was like, "well, it makes
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I was like, "well, it makes sense if i tell them stop
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Sense if i tell them stop chopping down trees that
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Chopping down trees that are gonna bear your
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Are gonna bear your fruit for the future."
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Fruit for the future." and i was like,
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And i was like, "you know what?
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"you know what? they'll know exactly what
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They'll know exactly what that tree is for them."
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That tree is for them." 'cause the whole bible started
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When somebody didn't know
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When somebody didn't know what to do with a tree.
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[laughter]
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[applause]
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And moses said,
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And moses said, "we gotta get this
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"we gotta get this tree thing right."
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Tree thing right." eve, adam, y'all were
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Eve, adam, y'all were butt naked all along.
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Butt naked all along. you just now knowing that
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You just now knowing that 'cause you don't know what
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'cause you don't know what to do with the tree?
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To do with the tree? we don't know how
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To do with the tree.
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To do with the tree. so, jesus, who took
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So, jesus, who took a tree and turned
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A tree and turned the instrument of death
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The instrument of death called the cross made from wood
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Called the cross made from wood into the emblem of victory
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Into the emblem of victory for the church that
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For the church that would bear his name.
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[applause]
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You ever heard that part,
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You ever heard that part, where jesus said,
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Where jesus said, "i could call down
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"i could call down legions of angels and back
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Legions of angels and back all of y'all up?"
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All of y'all up?" wouldn't be anything either.
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Wouldn't be anything either. and at the moment where
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And at the moment where they thought he said,
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They thought he said, "it is finished,"
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"it is finished," because he lost,
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Because he lost, he was winning.
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He was winning. what if you're winning?
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What if you're winning? what if you're winning
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What if you're winning where it really matters?
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Where it really matters? what if you're winning
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What if you're winning where it really counts?
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Where it really counts? what if you gain 20 pounds,
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What if you gain 20 pounds, but it's not because
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But it's not because you're undisciplined,
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You're undisciplined, what if you've been
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What if you've been running your kids around,
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Running your kids around, and that's gonna last
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And that's gonna last a lifetime,
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A lifetime, and you can lose
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And you can lose 20 pounds in three months?
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20 pounds in three months? what if you're winning
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What if you're winning where it really matters?
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Where it really matters? resist the temptation
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Resist the temptation to cut down something
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To cut down something that god is growing
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That god is growing because you don't have
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Because you don't have the patience to wait for it
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To become what it can be.
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To become what it can be. i think i gotta come on e-fam
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I think i gotta come on e-fam this week and break that
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This week and break that down further, chat.
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Down further, chat. make space for me.
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Make space for me. i'm gonna try.
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I'm gonna try. 'cause the last thing
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'cause the last thing i wanna leave you with
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I wanna leave you with is remain.
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Remain.
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Remain. let that tree grow.
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Let that tree grow. remain.
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Remain. "i just can't win, man.
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"i just can't win, man. if i'm making my family happy,
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If i'm making my family happy, i'm making my boss mad.
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I'm making my boss mad. i just can't win.
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I just can't win. if i'm making my boss happy,
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If i'm making my boss happy, i'm making my wife mad.
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I'm making my wife mad. i just can't win.
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I just can't win. i haven't made my wife
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I haven't made my wife happy in 12 years,
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Happy in 12 years, i just can't win."
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I just can't win." i've heard it all.
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I've heard it all. i've thought it all.
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I've thought it all. except that last thing,
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Except that last thing, i make holly pretty happy
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I make holly pretty happy all the time, but...
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[laughter]
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I came to you at
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I came to you at the beginning of last year
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The beginning of last year and i taught you
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And i taught you the power of what?
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The power of what? the one day win.
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The one day win. and i taught you that faith
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And i taught you that faith is not something simply
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Is not something simply for the future,
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For the future, faith is the recognition
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Faith is the recognition of what god is already
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Of what god is already doing right now.
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Doing right now. it's the one day, not w-h-e-n,
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It's the one day, not w-h-e-n, but the w-i-n of this day.
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But the w-i-n of this day. and the man of god said,
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And the man of god said, "when you go to war,"
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"when you go to war," and you will,
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And you will, "you know, you only got
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"you know, you only got two choices, brother.
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Two choices, brother. the wilderness of wandering
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The wilderness of wandering around in the same thing or
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Around in the same thing or the war of trusting god to be
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The war of trusting god to be with you as you go forward."
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With you as you go forward." and when you face that war,
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And when you face that war, he said, "i'll be with you.
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He said, "i'll be with you. i will be with you."
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I will be with you." now, that statement,
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Now, that statement, as simple as it sounds,
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Is really all you need
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Is really all you need to believe for
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To believe for what's next in your life.
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What's next in your life. and there are trees growing
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And there are trees growing right now in your life that
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Right now in your life that if you don't cut them down,
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If you don't cut them down, they will be your future food.
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They will be your future food. they will be your future food.
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They will be your future food. moses would not go into
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Moses would not go into the promised land himself,
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The promised land himself, but he sent a generation,
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But he sent a generation, because some of the things
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Because some of the things that are happening in
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That are happening in your life right now
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Your life right now that feel like failure,
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That feel like failure, they are actually
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They are actually just for your future.
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And the most beautiful thing
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And the most beautiful thing about god's word in my life
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About god's word in my life is that every time,
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Is that every time, every time i feel
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Every time i feel surrounded by the enemy,
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Surrounded by the enemy, i have an opportunity
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I have an opportunity to become even more
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To become even more connected to the vine.
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Connected to the vine. i read a scripture
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I read a scripture that helped me through
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That helped me through one of the hardest seasons
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One of the hardest seasons of my life in john 15:4
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Where jesus said,
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Where jesus said, "remain in me,
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"remain in me, as i also remain in you.
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As i also remain in you. because no branch
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Because no branch can bear fruit by itself."
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Stop cutting yourself off from
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Stop cutting yourself off from christ when you struggle.
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Christ when you struggle. come to him quicker
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Come to him quicker when you sin.
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When you sin. come to him quicker
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Come to him quicker when you doubt.
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When you doubt. come to him before you start
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Come to him before you start drowning and say, "help."
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Drowning and say, "help." ask peter, it works.
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Ask peter, it works. come to him quicker
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Come to him quicker in this season.
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And no matter how long it takes,
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And no matter how long it takes, he says, "remain in me
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He says, "remain in me as i also remain in you."
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As i also remain in you." as the worship team
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As the worship team begins to play,
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Begins to play, i wanna remind you
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I wanna remind you that you can't bear
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That you can't bear fruit by yourself,
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Fruit by yourself, you must remain in the vine.
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You must remain in the vine. and neither can you bear fruit
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And neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in jesus.
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There are some things
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There are some things in your life that are taking
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In your life that are taking a little longer than you
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A little longer than you want them to take, i know.
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Want them to take, i know. there are some victories
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There are some victories in your life that
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In your life that although promised,
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Although promised, are not automatic, i know.
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Are not automatic, i know. and if you've never been
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And if you've never been to a wrestling match before,
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To a wrestling match before, it looks kinda weird.
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It looks kinda weird. if you've never worshiped
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If you've never worshiped through a storm before,
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Through a storm before, it might feel kinda weird
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It might feel kinda weird 'cause you're so used
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'cause you're so used to taking matters
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Into your own hands.
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Into your own hands. but i wanna remind you
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But i wanna remind you what holly told khalia,
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What holly told khalia, she said,
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She said, "a pin can happen any time."
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"a pin can happen any time." a pin is still possible.
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A pin is still possible. god can turn
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God can turn your entire life around,
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Your entire life around, and every regret can
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And every regret can become a blessing.
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If you...
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[applause]
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Remain in him.
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[applause]
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So, let's stand
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So, let's stand all over the auditorium.
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All over the auditorium. please, no one trying
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Please, no one trying to get to the doors.
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To get to the doors. let's respect the holy spirit
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Let's respect the holy spirit enough to give a moment
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Enough to give a moment in his presence.
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In his presence. presence is the plan
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Presence is the plan this year.
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This year. presence is
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Presence is the plan this year.
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The plan this year. i'm showing up
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I'm showing up for stuff this year,
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For stuff this year, i'm saying in the vine.
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I'm saying in the vine. i'm letting the things
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I'm letting the things that god has planted
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That god has planted in my life grow this year.
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In my life grow this year. and you know what?
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And you know what? every bit of fruit
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Every bit of fruit that's not supposed to be
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That's not supposed to be on my tree anyway,
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On my tree anyway, somebody else can grow it.
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Somebody else can grow it. i'm done being busy
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I'm done being busy just to be impressive.
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Just to be impressive. i'm done trying to post stuff
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I'm done trying to post stuff to prove that i did stuff.
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To prove that i did stuff. not this year.
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Not this year. this year is gonna be
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This year is gonna be a root system year for me.
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A root system year for me. and father, i thank you
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And father, i thank you for the word.
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For the word. oh, it's so good to me, lord.
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Oh, it's so good to me, lord. i could stay in it
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I could stay in it so much longer.
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So much longer. but i thank you that long
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But i thank you that long after i have stopped speaking,
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After i have stopped speaking, you will still continue
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You will still continue to speak.
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To speak. now, god,
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Now, god, i wanna partner with you
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I wanna partner with you in this process because
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In this process because what i said is what i said,
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What i said is what i said, but what you say is what
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Only you can say.
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Only you can say. to each person
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To each person in this room today,
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In this room today, this message will mean
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This message will mean something very different.
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Something very different. there's an area in their life
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There's an area in their life where they feel like
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Where they feel like they just can't win.
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They just can't win. i get the victory for
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I get the victory for a little bit, it slips away.
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A little bit, it slips away. i do better for a little bit,
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I do better for a little bit, it goes away.
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It goes away. god, may we realize that
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God, may we realize that some of the greatest growth in
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Some of the greatest growth in our life happens underground.
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Some of the greatest cultivation
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Some of the greatest cultivation will be of our character,
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Will be of our character, and some of the fruit
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And some of the fruit is for our future.
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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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I wanna invite you to call or go online right now
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Or go online right now to request your copy
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To request your copy of today's message.
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Of today's message. it's on dvd,
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It's on dvd, and it's part of this brand new
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And it's part of this brand new series that we're calling,
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"fix your focus."
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"fix your focus." and it's available for
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And it's available for your gift of any amount.
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Your gift of any amount. this series is all about
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This series is all about shifting your perspective,
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Shifting your perspective, learning to recognize
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Learning to recognize god's presence and see his hand
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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
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Looking too far ahead or focusing on what i don't
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♪ ♪
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>> ♪ lord let my life ♪
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♪ be an altar ♪
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♪ light up my lungs ♪
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♪ with your praise ♪
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♪ 'cause i can't breathe ♪
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♪ until you breathe ♪
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♪ so breathe on me ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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>> ♪ so holy spirit breathe ♪
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♪ holy spirit breathe ♪
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>> ♪oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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♪ oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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>> ♪ you ask ♪
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♪ can these bones ♪
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♪ live again ♪
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♪ and then i hear your voice ♪
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♪ answer with wind ♪
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♪ you ask can these bones ♪
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♪ live again ♪
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♪ and then i hear your voice ♪
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♪ answer with wind ♪
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♪ you ask can these bones ♪
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♪ live again ♪
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♪ and then i hear your voice ♪
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♪ answer with wind ♪
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Steven Furtick - When You Just Can't Win (Part 2)

May 12, 2025 | 27:29

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