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Steven Furtick - Your Next Messy Step (Part 2)

April 22, 2026 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - Your Next Messy Step (Part 2)
Elevation with Steven Furtick focuses on the strength of God in our everyday struggles.
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Your Next Messy Step (Part 2) | April 22, 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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  • >> sometimes it's not him
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  • >> sometimes it's not him making it hard.
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  • Making it hard. sometimes it's us and our
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  • Sometimes it's us and our decisions making it hard.
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  • Decisions making it hard. sometimes it's our being
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  • Sometimes it's our being paralyzed in the past
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  • Paralyzed in the past that's making it so hard.
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  • That's making it so hard. sometimes it's our grabbing
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  • Sometimes it's our grabbing after things that god told us
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  • After things that god told us to give up that makes it hard.
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  • To give up that makes it hard. and the problem with preaching
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  • And the problem with preaching is that people will clap
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  • Is that people will clap for the clips that we put
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  • For the clips that we put on the internet that say
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  • On the internet that say that if life is
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  • That if life is hard for you right now,
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  • Hard for you right now, it's because god
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  • It's because god has something great for you.
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  • Has something great for you. but sometimes we
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  • But sometimes we need to also say,
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  • Need to also say, if life is hard
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  • If life is hard for you right now,
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  • For you right now, it might be because god
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  • It might be because god is trying to change you.
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  • Is trying to change you. it can be both.
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  • It can be both. it can be both.
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  • It can be both. waking up with a hangover every
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  • Waking up with a hangover every morning is not god testing you
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  • Morning is not god testing you or the devil attacking you.
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  • Or the devil attacking you. getting yourself excluded
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  • Getting yourself excluded from each opportunity because
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  • From each opportunity because you are never on time
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  • You are never on time is not the devil attacking you.
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  • Is not the devil attacking you. the devil is not in the traffic.
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  • The devil is not in the traffic. you cannot rebuke traffic.
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  • You cannot rebuke traffic. the remedy for traffic
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  • The remedy for traffic is not rebuke.
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  • Is not rebuke. the remedy for traffic
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  • The remedy for traffic is ten minutes earlier.
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  • [applause]
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  • Y'all want me to move on?
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  • Y'all want me to move on? clap a little louder
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  • Clap a little louder and i'll think about it.
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  • [applause]
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  • I'm not playing
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  • I'm not playing with y'all no more.
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  • With y'all no more. i'm not playing
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  • I'm not playing with y'all no more.
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  • With y'all no more. because you have to admit,
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  • Because you have to admit, i am why i'm here.
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  • I am why i'm here. i am why i'm here.
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  • I am why i'm here. you know,
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  • You know, god sent some opportunities
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  • God sent some opportunities for me to have some friends,
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  • For me to have some friends, but i wasn't friendly.
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  • But i wasn't friendly. you keep saying,
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  • You keep saying, "rejection is god's protection."
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  • "rejection is god's protection." maybe it's a bad personality.
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  • Maybe it's a bad personality. maybe you need to be nicer.
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  • Maybe you need to be nicer. maybe you need to ask other
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  • Maybe you need to ask other people how are they doing.
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  • People how are they doing. "they rejected me.
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  • "they rejected me. that was god redirecting me."
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  • That was god redirecting me." no, they rejected you
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  • No, they rejected you because you're mean.
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  • Because you're mean. because you're drama.
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  • Because you're drama. because you're messy.
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  • [laughter and applause]
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  • Before you just ghost them
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  • Before you just ghost them and move your mess around
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  • And move your mess around to the next person
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  • To the next person who hasn't figured you out yet,
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  • Who hasn't figured you out yet, take some time to say,
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  • Take some time to say, "hey god, is there a reason
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  • "hey god, is there a reason why i don't have the same
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  • Why i don't have the same friends at the end
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  • Friends at the end of every year?
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  • Of every year? hey god, is there a reason
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  • Hey god, is there a reason why i continue to fly
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  • Why i continue to fly off the handle with my temper
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  • Off the handle with my temper and think about how
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  • And think about how others made me lose it?"
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  • Others made me lose it?" i didn't even intend
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  • I didn't even intend to preach like this today.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But notice, in the mistake
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  • But notice, in the mistake that jacob made,
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  • That jacob made, god gets in the middle
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  • God gets in the middle of jacob's mistake.
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  • Well that really blessed me.
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  • Well that really blessed me. because you would think
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  • Because you would think that if you got yourself here,
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  • That if you got yourself here, you've got to get yourself
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  • You've got to get yourself out of this.
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  • Out of this. or, i would at least think,
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  • Or, i would at least think, that if jacob wanted
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  • That if jacob wanted god to visit him,
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  • God to visit him, he would have to pray
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  • And ask him to come.
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  • And ask him to come. show me in genesis 28
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  • Show me in genesis 28 where jacob prayed.
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  • Where jacob prayed. it's not there.
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  • It's not there. show me in genesis 28 where
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  • Show me in genesis 28 where jacob repented.
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  • Jacob repented. it's not there.
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  • It's not there. show me in genesis 28 where
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  • Show me in genesis 28 where jacob took seven steps
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  • Jacob took seven steps to get his life together.
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  • To get his life together. show me where jacob set
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  • Show me where jacob set up on the base path.
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  • Up on the base path. "and the first step,
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  • "and the first step, and the second step,
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  • And the second step, and the third step."
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  • And the third step." i burned that book
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  • I burned that book when i read it.
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  • When i read it. i was like, people aren't coming
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  • I was like, people aren't coming to church because they're
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  • To church because they're in a baseball game.
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  • In a baseball game. they're coming to church
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  • They're coming to church because they're in a battle.
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  • Because they're in a battle. it is a battlefield.
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  • It is a battlefield. and it looks like this,
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  • And it looks like this, and it looks like that.
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  • And it looks like that. and it looks like this,
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  • And it looks like this, and it looks like that.
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  • And it looks like that. and get this little league
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  • And get this little league christianity out of your mind.
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  • Christianity out of your mind. god will meet me in the middle.
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  • God will meet me in the middle. right on the mound,
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  • Right on the mound, god will set up and throw me
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  • God will set up and throw me another pitch no matter
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  • Another pitch no matter how the last one went down.
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  • How the last one went down. that's what i see in genesis 28.
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  • That's what i see in genesis 28. the bible says in verse 11
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  • The bible says in verse 11 that with jacob's pillow
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  • That with jacob's pillow being a rock,
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  • Being a rock, this is horrible
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  • This is horrible for your posture,
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  • For your posture, and the sun being set,
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  • And the sun being set, because not only does god come
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  • Because not only does god come into the middle of hard places,
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  • Into the middle of hard places, he comes into the middle
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  • He comes into the middle of dark places.
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  • Of dark places. god does some of the best
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  • God does some of the best stuff in the dark.
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  • Stuff in the dark. and jacob stops in a place he
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  • And jacob stops in a place he doesn't even know the name of.
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  • Doesn't even know the name of. i'm going to tell you
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  • I'm going to tell you a story about that in a minute.
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  • A story about that in a minute. look at this story.
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  • It said, "he took one
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  • It said, "he took one of the stones,
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  • Of the stones, put it under his head,
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  • Put it under his head, laid down to sleep,"
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  • Laid down to sleep," and verse 12,
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  • And verse 12, "he had a dream in which
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  • "he had a dream in which he saw a stairway,"
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  • He saw a stairway," pay attention,
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  • Pay attention, "resting on the earth with
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  • "resting on the earth with its top reaching to heaven,
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  • Its top reaching to heaven, and the angels were going
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  • And the angels were going up and down on it."
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  • That's what he saw
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  • That's what he saw with his eyes closed.
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  • With his eyes closed. that's what he saw
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  • That's what he saw laying on a rock.
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  • Laying on a rock. that's what he saw
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  • That's what he saw in a hard place.
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  • In a hard place. i'm trying to decide which set
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  • I'm trying to decide which set of stairs to come over to.
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  • Of stairs to come over to. this one feels right today.
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  • This one feels right today. it's the right one.
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  • It's the right one. it went up and down.
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  • It went up and down. the angels now,
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  • The angels now, the angels are moving.
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  • The angels are moving. jacob isn't.
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  • Jacob isn't. jacob has stopped
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  • Jacob has stopped because the sun has set.
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  • Because the sun has set. but just because the sunset
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  • But just because the sunset stopped you doesn't
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  • Stopped you doesn't mean it stopped god.
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  • Mean it stopped god. ooh, i love to make the bible
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  • Ooh, i love to make the bible come alive for people.
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  • Come alive for people. can you see it?
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  • Can you see it? isn't it crazy?
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  • Isn't it crazy? in all of jacob's scheming,
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  • In all of jacob's scheming, he got blessed by his dad.
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  • He got blessed by his dad. but in jacob's sleeping,
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  • But in jacob's sleeping, he got blessed by god.
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  • He got blessed by god. and the angels are moving up
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  • And the angels are moving up and down and up and down.
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  • And down and up and down. because life ain't always
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  • Because life ain't always like this.
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  • Like this. it's up and down.
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  • It's up and down. so the angels are
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  • So the angels are doing what life does.
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  • Doing what life does. ascending, descending.
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  • Ascending, descending. the angels are doing what
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  • The angels are doing what your bank account does.
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  • [laughter]
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  • The angels are doing
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  • The angels are doing what your mood does.
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  • What your mood does. am i not preaching this thing?
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  • Am i not preaching this thing? i haven't preached
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  • I haven't preached this since 2018,
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  • This since 2018, so i've been waiting
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  • So i've been waiting to get back to it.
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  • To get back to it. up and down and up and down
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  • Up and down and up and down and up and down like your life.
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  • And up and down like your life. and jacob isn't moving because
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  • And jacob isn't moving because god shows up in the middle
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  • God shows up in the middle of his mistake and in the middle
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  • Of his mistake and in the middle of the night and in the middle
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  • Of the night and in the middle of sleep so that you
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  • Of sleep so that you and i know that it is
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  • And i know that it is not when we get there
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  • Not when we get there that god shows up.
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  • That god shows up. it is not when we accomplish
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  • It is not when we accomplish that that he shows up.
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  • That that he shows up. it is not when we reach
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  • It is not when we reach the place of our goal
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  • The place of our goal that we meet god.
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  • That we meet god. god meets me in the middle.
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  • God meets me in the middle. and this is the part
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  • And this is the part of my sermon where
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  • Of my sermon where you touch five people and say,
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  • You touch five people and say, "he met me in the middle."
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  • "he met me in the middle." and you don't have
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  • And you don't have to say any more than that.
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  • To say any more than that. you don't have to say
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  • You don't have to say what it was the middle of,
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  • What it was the middle of, if it was the middle
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  • If it was the middle of a divorce,
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  • Of a divorce, if it was the middle
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  • If it was the middle of a diagnosis,
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  • Of a diagnosis, if it was the middle
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  • If it was the middle of a battle with sickness,
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  • Of a battle with sickness, if it was the middle
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  • If it was the middle of a season of depression,
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  • Of a season of depression, if it was the middle
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  • If it was the middle of you losing your mind,
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  • Of you losing your mind, if it was the middle
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  • If it was the middle of a nervous breakdown,
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  • Of a nervous breakdown, if it was in the middle
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  • If it was in the middle of the street when you stood
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  • There and said,
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  • There and said, "god, i don't know
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  • "god, i don't know which way to go.
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  • Which way to go. i'm too young to be old.
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  • I'm too young to be old. i'm too old to be young.
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  • I'm too old to be young. god met me in the middle.
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  • God met me in the middle. i'm too happy to be sad,
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  • I'm too happy to be sad, too sad to be happy.
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  • Too sad to be happy. and he met me in the middle."
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  • And he met me in the middle." i can't quite name
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  • I can't quite name this place yet,
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  • But god met jacob
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  • But god met jacob in the middle.
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  • In the middle. and jacob did not even know
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  • And jacob did not even know the name of the place
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  • The name of the place where he was,
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  • Where he was, but he didn't have to know
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  • But he didn't have to know the name of the place because
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  • The name of the place because god knew his name.
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  • God knew his name. there is a woman who brought
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  • There is a woman who brought me a letter in atlanta, georgia.
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  • Me a letter in atlanta, georgia. her name is lish.
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  • Her name is lish. she's watching online right now
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  • She's watching online right now from atlanta.
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  • From atlanta. everybody say, "hey, lish."
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  • Everybody say, "hey, lish." >> congregation: hey, lish.
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  • >> congregation: hey, lish. >> i want to show you
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  • >> i want to show you her picture
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  • Her picture so you can see who
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  • So you can see who we're talking about.
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  • We're talking about. this is lish getting baptized
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  • This is lish getting baptized just recently at one
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  • Just recently at one of our pop-ups
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  • Of our pop-ups at elevation atlanta pop-up.
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  • At elevation atlanta pop-up. did y'all know our
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  • Did y'all know our church has pop-ups?
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  • Church has pop-ups? did you know we have pop-ups?
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  • Did you know we have pop-ups? we go to different cities.
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  • We go to different cities. we popped up in riverside,
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  • We popped up in riverside, california today.
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  • California today. we're having a pop-up.
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  • We're having a pop-up. you can take the picture
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  • You can take the picture down right now.
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  • Down right now. why do we have pop-up church?
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  • Why do we have pop-up church? because we have a pop-up god.
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  • Because we have a pop-up god. because the devil
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  • Because the devil is a pop-up devil.
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  • Is a pop-up devil. and the devil will just pop up
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  • And the devil will just pop up at times you don't expect him.
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  • At times you don't expect him. so we just take
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  • So we just take church wherever people are.
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  • Church wherever people are. and god will pop up
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  • And god will pop up in the middle of a place.
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  • In the middle of a place. god will pop up in
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  • God will pop up in the middle of a struggle.
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  • The middle of a struggle. god will pop up in the middle
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  • God will pop up in the middle of a panic attack.
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  • Of a panic attack. have you ever had god
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  • Have you ever had god just pop up for you?
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  • Just pop up for you? like, boom, zam, whiz, wow,
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  • Like, boom, zam, whiz, wow, there it is.
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  • There it is. bam, god just popped up.
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  • Bam, god just popped up. looked like it was over.
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  • Looked like it was over. looked like it was done.
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  • Looked like it was done. felt like it was over.
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  • Felt like it was over. felt like it was done.
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  • Felt like it was done. and god popped up.
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  • And god popped up. he turned a grave into a garden.
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  • He turned a grave into a garden. they were weeping for lazarus.
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  • They were weeping for lazarus. but jesus popped up.
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  • But jesus popped up. and lazarus popped up
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  • And lazarus popped up when he said his name.
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  • When he said his name. so we baptized
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  • So we baptized her at the pop-up.
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  • Her at the pop-up. but she told me,
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  • But she told me, "i haven't always been
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  • "i haven't always been on such a good track."
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  • On such a good track." listen to what she told me.
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  • Listen to what she told me. she said, "i had opened several
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  • She said, "i had opened several doors to the enemy through
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  • Doors to the enemy through the course of my life.
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  • The course of my life. and because of that,
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  • And because of that, i ended up on the run
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  • I ended up on the run from many abusive situations
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  • From many abusive situations and one in particular."
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  • And one in particular." she didn't tell me
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  • She didn't tell me what those situations were.
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  • What those situations were. but she told me that it got
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  • But she told me that it got so bad for her that
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  • So bad for her that she was going from place
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  • She was going from place to place to place.
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  • To place to place. now stop.
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  • Now stop. you're thinking,
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  • You're thinking, "well, my life
  • 00:10:10.662 --> 00:10:11.129
  • "well, my life isn't that bad, is it?"
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  • Isn't that bad, is it?" but we go from place
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  • But we go from place to place to place.
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  • To place to place. she was doing it physically.
  • 00:10:16.468 --> 00:10:19.137
  • She was doing it physically. but some of us do it
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  • But some of us do it emotionally from place,
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  • Emotionally from place, come on, to place.
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  • Come on, to place. i'm going to preach so everybody
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  • I'm going to preach so everybody in this church will admit
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  • In this church will admit that it's this and it's that.
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  • That it's this and it's that. it's this and it's that.
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  • It's this and it's that. it's this and it's that.
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  • [applause]
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  • She wrote me this letter
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  • And she gave it
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  • And she gave it to me and she said,
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  • To me and she said, "it got so bad at one point
  • 00:10:41.092 --> 00:10:42.093
  • "it got so bad at one point that i had to
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  • That i had to go live with a friend.
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  • Go live with a friend. and my friend would always
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  • And my friend would always play christian tv.
  • 00:10:44.929 --> 00:10:46.831
  • Play christian tv. and it was so annoying.
  • 00:10:46.898 --> 00:10:48.133
  • And it was so annoying. and one night i walked in
  • 00:10:48.199 --> 00:10:49.000
  • And one night i walked in and this guy was preaching."
  • 00:10:49.067 --> 00:10:50.602
  • And this guy was preaching." she was talking about me.
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  • [laughter]
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  • "and it really spoke to my
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  • Situation and it spoke
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  • Situation and it spoke so straight to me.
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  • So straight to me. i felt like i didn't even know
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  • I felt like i didn't even know what to call it because
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  • What to call it because i wasn't yet a christian.
  • 00:10:58.810 --> 00:10:59.711
  • I wasn't yet a christian. but i felt something.
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  • But i felt something. i didn't know
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  • I didn't know what it was called.
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  • What it was called. i just felt something."
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  • I just felt something." she said,
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  • She said, "i had to leave there suddenly.
  • 00:11:04.916 --> 00:11:05.817
  • "i had to leave there suddenly. and i didn't get to ask my
  • 00:11:05.884 --> 00:11:06.718
  • And i didn't get to ask my friend what was the name
  • 00:11:06.785 --> 00:11:07.452
  • Friend what was the name of that preacher
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  • Of that preacher that we watched."
  • 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:11.089
  • That we watched." she said,
  • 00:11:11.156 --> 00:11:11.523
  • She said, "for three years i would
  • 00:11:11.589 --> 00:11:13.258
  • "for three years i would think about it while i kept
  • 00:11:13.324 --> 00:11:14.192
  • Think about it while i kept making the wrong decisions.
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  • Making the wrong decisions. for three years.
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  • For three years. and my situation
  • 00:11:18.530 --> 00:11:19.464
  • And my situation didn't get better.
  • 00:11:19.531 --> 00:11:20.198
  • Didn't get better. it got worse."
  • 00:11:20.265 --> 00:11:21.900
  • It got worse." eventually she said,
  • 00:11:21.966 --> 00:11:22.600
  • Eventually she said, "i was in a car wreck
  • 00:11:22.667 --> 00:11:23.501
  • "i was in a car wreck and i was unable to walk
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  • And i was unable to walk for six months after it."
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  • For six months after it." she said,
  • 00:11:26.905 --> 00:11:27.138
  • She said, during the six months
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  • During the six months i would try to watch
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  • I would try to watch the christian tv anywhere
  • 00:11:28.973 --> 00:11:29.974
  • The christian tv anywhere i was but i couldn't
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  • I was but i couldn't find that preacher again.
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  • Find that preacher again. "and the other stuff was good,"
  • 00:11:32.744 --> 00:11:33.511
  • "and the other stuff was good," she said,
  • 00:11:33.578 --> 00:11:33.945
  • She said, "but there was just..."
  • 00:11:34.012 --> 00:11:36.314
  • "but there was just..." she said,
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  • She said, "i wish i could say that
  • 00:11:36.781 --> 00:11:37.449
  • "i wish i could say that it got better from there
  • 00:11:37.515 --> 00:11:38.149
  • It got better from there but it didn't get
  • 00:11:38.216 --> 00:11:38.750
  • But it didn't get better from there.
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  • Better from there. as i went from safe house
  • 00:11:39.250 --> 00:11:40.018
  • As i went from safe house to safe house at one point
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  • To safe house at one point it got so bad that i
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  • It got so bad that i thought i don't even know
  • 00:11:41.686 --> 00:11:42.921
  • Thought i don't even know if i want to go
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  • If i want to go on living anymore.
  • 00:11:43.722 --> 00:11:44.589
  • On living anymore. what is my life worth when
  • 00:11:44.656 --> 00:11:45.490
  • What is my life worth when i'm just going
  • 00:11:45.557 --> 00:11:46.091
  • I'm just going from place to place to place
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  • From place to place to place to place to place
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  • To place to place to place?"
  • 00:11:47.459 --> 00:11:50.495
  • To place?" she said,
  • 00:11:50.562 --> 00:11:50.862
  • She said, "one night at the safe house
  • 00:11:50.929 --> 00:11:52.564
  • "one night at the safe house i just decided to turn on
  • 00:11:52.630 --> 00:11:53.732
  • I just decided to turn on the old clock radio.
  • 00:11:53.798 --> 00:11:55.567
  • The old clock radio. it was the only
  • 00:11:55.633 --> 00:11:56.101
  • It was the only thing in the room.
  • 00:11:56.167 --> 00:11:57.435
  • Thing in the room. and i turned it on.
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  • And i turned it on. i wanted to hear some music.
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  • I wanted to hear some music. and some music started playing
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  • And some music started playing and it was very beautiful
  • 00:12:02.006 --> 00:12:02.574
  • And it was very beautiful but i didn't know what it was.
  • 00:12:02.640 --> 00:12:04.142
  • But i didn't know what it was. and then they started saying
  • 00:12:04.209 --> 00:12:04.843
  • And then they started saying the name of jesus on the song."
  • 00:12:04.909 --> 00:12:06.778
  • The name of jesus on the song." she said,
  • 00:12:06.845 --> 00:12:07.979
  • She said, "and i reached
  • 00:12:08.046 --> 00:12:08.513
  • "and i reached to grab for the dial
  • 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:10.281
  • To grab for the dial because i was not trying
  • 00:12:10.348 --> 00:12:11.082
  • Because i was not trying to listen to christian music."
  • 00:12:11.149 --> 00:12:13.451
  • To listen to christian music." she said,
  • 00:12:13.518 --> 00:12:13.952
  • She said, "but before i touched
  • 00:12:14.018 --> 00:12:14.552
  • "but before i touched the dial the most beautiful
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  • The dial the most beautiful thing that i've heard happened."
  • 00:12:15.386 --> 00:12:18.490
  • Thing that i've heard happened." and she --
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  • And she -- play the intro real
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  • Play the intro real quick to more than able."
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:12:21.926 --> 00:12:29.634
  • She said, "the most beautiful
  • 00:12:29.834 --> 00:12:30.435
  • She said, "the most beautiful music that i've heard
  • 00:12:30.502 --> 00:12:32.437
  • Music that i've heard came on the radio."
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  • Came on the radio." and she said,
  • 00:12:33.972 --> 00:12:35.940
  • And she said, "the presence of god,
  • 00:12:36.007 --> 00:12:36.574
  • "the presence of god, looking back,
  • 00:12:36.641 --> 00:12:37.242
  • Looking back, i didn't know what to call it,
  • 00:12:37.308 --> 00:12:38.643
  • I didn't know what to call it, but the presence of god
  • 00:12:38.710 --> 00:12:39.344
  • But the presence of god met me in that room.
  • 00:12:39.410 --> 00:12:40.645
  • Met me in that room. and i began to cry
  • 00:12:40.712 --> 00:12:41.946
  • And i began to cry and i began to weep."
  • 00:12:42.013 --> 00:12:43.114
  • And i began to weep." and she said,
  • 00:12:43.181 --> 00:12:43.815
  • And she said, "i honestly feel
  • 00:12:43.882 --> 00:12:44.382
  • "i honestly feel that god came into my life
  • 00:12:44.449 --> 00:12:46.785
  • That god came into my life when that song was playing.
  • 00:12:46.851 --> 00:12:49.821
  • When that song was playing. and it said
  • 00:12:49.888 --> 00:12:51.289
  • And it said i've come a long way,
  • 00:12:51.356 --> 00:12:51.990
  • I've come a long way, i've seen how you work.
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  • I've seen how you work. there's so much goodness
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  • There's so much goodness and grace,
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  • And grace, much more than i deserve.
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  • Much more than i deserve. and i don't know who i am
  • 00:12:58.062 --> 00:12:58.930
  • And i don't know who i am but i can't stay where i'm at.
  • 00:12:58.997 --> 00:13:00.899
  • But i can't stay where i'm at. we've come this far by faith
  • 00:13:00.965 --> 00:13:01.966
  • We've come this far by faith and i just can't turn back
  • 00:13:02.033 --> 00:13:02.934
  • And i just can't turn back because you're
  • 00:13:03.001 --> 00:13:03.468
  • Because you're not done with me yet.
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  • [applause]
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  • And listen,
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  • And listen, she said, "i'm crying
  • 00:13:12.010 --> 00:13:12.644
  • She said, "i'm crying and when the dj comes on after
  • 00:13:12.710 --> 00:13:14.212
  • And when the dj comes on after the song he says,
  • 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:14.746
  • The song he says, 'that was elevation worship
  • 00:13:14.813 --> 00:13:16.781
  • 'that was elevation worship with more than able.'"
  • 00:13:16.848 --> 00:13:18.683
  • With more than able.'" and she said,
  • 00:13:18.750 --> 00:13:19.284
  • And she said, "i thought to myself,
  • 00:13:19.350 --> 00:13:20.051
  • "i thought to myself, what is an elevation worship?"
  • 00:13:20.118 --> 00:13:23.221
  • What is an elevation worship?" that's literally what
  • 00:13:23.288 --> 00:13:24.322
  • That's literally what she wrote me in the note.
  • 00:13:24.389 --> 00:13:25.757
  • She wrote me in the note. she said,
  • 00:13:25.824 --> 00:13:26.291
  • She said, "i thought to myself,"
  • 00:13:26.357 --> 00:13:27.091
  • "i thought to myself," this is her note.
  • 00:13:27.158 --> 00:13:28.393
  • This is her note. she said,
  • 00:13:28.459 --> 00:13:28.893
  • She said, "i literally thought to myself,
  • 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:31.429
  • "i literally thought to myself, what is an elevation worship?
  • 00:13:31.496 --> 00:13:35.867
  • What is an elevation worship? i borrowed a computer
  • 00:13:35.934 --> 00:13:36.668
  • I borrowed a computer from the counselor
  • 00:13:36.734 --> 00:13:37.435
  • From the counselor the next morning and googled
  • 00:13:37.502 --> 00:13:38.436
  • The next morning and googled what is an elevation worship?"
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:40.271 --> 00:13:42.640
  • This is what lish said
  • 00:13:43.675 --> 00:13:44.409
  • This is what lish said in her letter to me.
  • 00:13:44.475 --> 00:13:47.212
  • In her letter to me. "and i was led to
  • 00:13:47.278 --> 00:13:47.879
  • "and i was led to the elevation church website.
  • 00:13:47.946 --> 00:13:48.947
  • The elevation church website. after years of looking
  • 00:13:49.013 --> 00:13:52.550
  • After years of looking for you i found you."
  • 00:13:52.617 --> 00:13:53.651
  • For you i found you." but i want to say something --
  • 00:13:53.718 --> 00:13:54.686
  • But i want to say something -- don't clap for that.
  • 00:13:54.752 --> 00:13:56.254
  • Don't clap for that. it's not after years of looking
  • 00:13:56.321 --> 00:13:57.355
  • It's not after years of looking for me she found me.
  • 00:13:57.422 --> 00:13:59.224
  • For me she found me. it's not about finding
  • 00:13:59.290 --> 00:13:59.924
  • It's not about finding me at all.
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  • Me at all. it's after years of running,
  • 00:14:02.093 --> 00:14:04.629
  • It's after years of running, god found her.
  • 00:14:04.696 --> 00:14:05.930
  • [applause]
  • 00:14:06.331 --> 00:14:17.208
  • I messed up by showing you
  • 00:14:17.742 --> 00:14:18.643
  • The first picture before
  • 00:14:18.743 --> 00:14:19.844
  • The first picture before i read you the letter.
  • 00:14:19.911 --> 00:14:21.980
  • I read you the letter. because you would have just
  • 00:14:22.046 --> 00:14:22.780
  • Because you would have just thought that she went like this,
  • 00:14:22.847 --> 00:14:24.949
  • Thought that she went like this, and like this, and like this,
  • 00:14:25.016 --> 00:14:28.553
  • And like this, and like this, and now she's home.
  • 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:31.022
  • But she told me that it was like
  • 00:14:31.122 --> 00:14:31.990
  • But she told me that it was like this and like this and like this
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  • This and like this and like this and like this and like this.
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  • And like this and like this. and then with a clock radio,
  • 00:14:37.262 --> 00:14:40.098
  • And then with a clock radio, the lord found her.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:14:44.802 --> 00:14:48.206
  • She said she's doing good now.
  • 00:14:48.706 --> 00:14:51.709
  • She said she's doing good now. she said the lord
  • 00:14:51.776 --> 00:14:52.977
  • She said the lord is working in her life.
  • 00:14:53.044 --> 00:14:54.312
  • Is working in her life. she said she teaches
  • 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:56.080
  • She said she teaches at a christian school.
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  • [applause]
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  • Not like this but like this,
  • 00:15:01.219 --> 00:15:03.554
  • Not like this but like this, and like this, and like this,
  • 00:15:03.621 --> 00:15:04.789
  • And like this, and like this, and like this, and like this.
  • 00:15:04.856 --> 00:15:06.124
  • And like this, and like this. i came to find somebody today
  • 00:15:06.190 --> 00:15:08.326
  • I came to find somebody today who has been doing all of this,
  • 00:15:08.393 --> 00:15:09.994
  • Who has been doing all of this, and this, and this, and this,
  • 00:15:10.061 --> 00:15:11.362
  • And this, and this, and this, and this, and this,
  • 00:15:11.429 --> 00:15:12.497
  • And this, and this, and this, and this, and this.
  • 00:15:12.563 --> 00:15:15.833
  • And this, and this, and this. and i came with an announcement.
  • 00:15:15.900 --> 00:15:17.135
  • And i came with an announcement. the lord is in this place.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:15:21.906 --> 00:15:27.078
  • And it's messy.
  • 00:15:27.512 --> 00:15:28.746
  • And it's messy. i know it is.
  • 00:15:28.813 --> 00:15:30.515
  • I know it is. but we're celebrating a holiday
  • 00:15:30.581 --> 00:15:31.983
  • But we're celebrating a holiday called christmas in a few weeks.
  • 00:15:32.050 --> 00:15:35.219
  • Called christmas in a few weeks. and it kind of proves that
  • 00:15:35.286 --> 00:15:36.387
  • And it kind of proves that the greatest miracles start
  • 00:15:36.454 --> 00:15:37.555
  • The greatest miracles start in the messiest situations.
  • 00:15:37.622 --> 00:15:40.625
  • In the messiest situations. after all, why will millions
  • 00:15:40.692 --> 00:15:42.093
  • After all, why will millions of people sing all around
  • 00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:43.695
  • Of people sing all around the world of a baby who was
  • 00:15:43.761 --> 00:15:44.729
  • The world of a baby who was born in a manger who was
  • 00:15:44.796 --> 00:15:46.431
  • Born in a manger who was really the king of kings?
  • 00:15:46.497 --> 00:15:48.433
  • Really the king of kings? now you may say what does
  • 00:15:48.499 --> 00:15:49.701
  • Now you may say what does that have to do with me?
  • 00:15:49.767 --> 00:15:50.902
  • That have to do with me? because i see you trying
  • 00:15:50.969 --> 00:15:52.670
  • Because i see you trying to make your next step.
  • 00:15:52.737 --> 00:15:54.906
  • To make your next step. i saw it when i was praying
  • 00:15:54.973 --> 00:15:55.974
  • I saw it when i was praying about this message.
  • 00:15:56.040 --> 00:15:57.442
  • About this message. i saw people like jacob who know
  • 00:15:57.508 --> 00:16:00.144
  • I saw people like jacob who know i have made this mistake
  • 00:16:00.211 --> 00:16:01.579
  • I have made this mistake and i don't really -- can't
  • 00:16:01.646 --> 00:16:03.047
  • And i don't really -- can't go back to where i came from.
  • 00:16:03.114 --> 00:16:04.215
  • Go back to where i came from. i can't really figure out
  • 00:16:04.282 --> 00:16:05.683
  • I can't really figure out where i'm supposed.
  • 00:16:05.750 --> 00:16:06.551
  • Where i'm supposed. god what is my next step?
  • 00:16:06.617 --> 00:16:08.152
  • And the lord said it is going
  • 00:16:08.252 --> 00:16:09.554
  • And the lord said it is going to be your next messy step.
  • 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:14.659
  • To be your next messy step. and what messy means is you're
  • 00:16:14.726 --> 00:16:16.627
  • And what messy means is you're not going to know if
  • 00:16:16.694 --> 00:16:17.695
  • Not going to know if it's the right one.
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  • It's the right one. oh you'll look back
  • 00:16:18.396 --> 00:16:19.163
  • Oh you'll look back and you'll say this was my path.
  • 00:16:19.230 --> 00:16:24.969
  • And you'll say this was my path. but what is explained as a path
  • 00:16:25.036 --> 00:16:26.738
  • Later was really experienced
  • 00:16:26.838 --> 00:16:28.606
  • Later was really experienced as a problem in real time.
  • 00:16:28.673 --> 00:16:31.909
  • As a problem in real time. everything that god ever did
  • 00:16:31.976 --> 00:16:33.311
  • Everything that god ever did for me that later i could
  • 00:16:33.378 --> 00:16:34.612
  • For me that later i could be like, "and then god
  • 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:36.080
  • Be like, "and then god directed my path."
  • 00:16:36.147 --> 00:16:38.416
  • Directed my path." it was really this and this
  • 00:16:38.483 --> 00:16:39.917
  • It was really this and this and this and this and this.
  • 00:16:39.984 --> 00:16:41.285
  • And this and this and this. i don't know what kind
  • 00:16:41.352 --> 00:16:42.754
  • I don't know what kind of day you're having today.
  • 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:44.622
  • Of day you're having today. you might be doing like this
  • 00:16:44.689 --> 00:16:46.157
  • You might be doing like this and you're like
  • 00:16:46.224 --> 00:16:46.657
  • And you're like that's wonderful
  • 00:16:46.724 --> 00:16:47.592
  • That's wonderful for that lady.
  • 00:16:47.658 --> 00:16:48.659
  • For that lady. but what does it mean for me?
  • 00:16:48.726 --> 00:16:50.228
  • But what does it mean for me? i'll tell you what
  • 00:16:50.294 --> 00:16:50.928
  • I'll tell you what it means for you.
  • 00:16:50.995 --> 00:16:51.929
  • It means for you. it means that you cannot forget
  • 00:16:51.996 --> 00:16:54.165
  • It means that you cannot forget the god who brought you this far
  • 00:16:54.232 --> 00:16:56.267
  • The god who brought you this far when you remember that you
  • 00:16:56.334 --> 00:16:57.735
  • When you remember that you started at rock bottom.
  • 00:16:57.802 --> 00:16:59.470
  • [applause]
  • 00:16:59.937 --> 00:17:03.374
  • You can't come all this way
  • 00:17:03.808 --> 00:17:05.576
  • You can't come all this way and say look what i did.
  • 00:17:05.643 --> 00:17:07.678
  • And say look what i did. no if it had not
  • 00:17:07.745 --> 00:17:08.980
  • No if it had not been for the lord.
  • 00:17:09.047 --> 00:17:10.681
  • Been for the lord. come on.
  • 00:17:10.748 --> 00:17:11.382
  • Come on. if it had not been
  • 00:17:11.449 --> 00:17:12.483
  • If it had not been for the lord on my side.
  • 00:17:12.550 --> 00:17:14.685
  • For the lord on my side. i would be dead.
  • 00:17:14.752 --> 00:17:16.120
  • I would be dead. i would be down.
  • 00:17:16.187 --> 00:17:17.321
  • I would be down. i would be over.
  • 00:17:17.388 --> 00:17:20.091
  • I would be over. but god is able.
  • 00:17:20.158 --> 00:17:22.326
  • But god is able. but god is able.
  • 00:17:22.393 --> 00:17:28.132
  • But god is able. so you have jacob
  • 00:17:28.199 --> 00:17:30.401
  • So you have jacob lying on the ground.
  • 00:17:30.468 --> 00:17:31.936
  • Lying on the ground. and you have god
  • 00:17:32.003 --> 00:17:33.237
  • And you have god speaking to jacob.
  • 00:17:33.304 --> 00:17:34.705
  • Speaking to jacob. and you have both things
  • 00:17:34.772 --> 00:17:36.040
  • And you have both things happening simultaneously.
  • 00:17:36.107 --> 00:17:38.109
  • You have the nation of israel
  • 00:17:38.209 --> 00:17:40.044
  • You have the nation of israel in this man who is
  • 00:17:40.111 --> 00:17:41.312
  • In this man who is lying on the ground.
  • 00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:42.814
  • Lying on the ground. with no one.
  • 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:44.515
  • With no one. with nothing.
  • 00:17:44.582 --> 00:17:45.149
  • With nothing. god is speaking
  • 00:17:45.216 --> 00:17:46.284
  • God is speaking of his descendants
  • 00:17:46.350 --> 00:17:48.052
  • Of his descendants and he doesn't even
  • 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.020
  • And he doesn't even have one child.
  • 00:17:49.087 --> 00:17:50.321
  • Have one child. god is speaking of his future
  • 00:17:50.388 --> 00:17:52.457
  • God is speaking of his future and he doesn't even
  • 00:17:52.523 --> 00:17:53.591
  • Have a single friend.
  • 00:17:53.691 --> 00:17:55.159
  • Have a single friend. god is speaking to you about
  • 00:17:55.226 --> 00:17:56.961
  • God is speaking to you about things that you can't
  • 00:17:57.028 --> 00:17:58.329
  • Things that you can't see in your life.
  • 00:17:58.396 --> 00:17:59.630
  • See in your life. but notice what verse 14 says.
  • 00:17:59.697 --> 00:18:02.800
  • But notice what verse 14 says. it says that there was a ladder
  • 00:18:02.867 --> 00:18:04.569
  • It says that there was a ladder that started on the earth
  • 00:18:04.635 --> 00:18:06.270
  • That started on the earth and went to heaven.
  • 00:18:06.337 --> 00:18:07.505
  • And went to heaven. and a voice from the lord
  • 00:18:07.572 --> 00:18:08.739
  • And a voice from the lord who stood over it.
  • 00:18:08.806 --> 00:18:09.874
  • And he said, "your descendants
  • 00:18:09.974 --> 00:18:11.576
  • And he said, "your descendants will be like the dust."
  • 00:18:11.642 --> 00:18:16.714
  • God does stuff in dust.
  • 00:18:16.814 --> 00:18:22.487
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:23.054 --> 00:18:26.724
  • God does stuff in dust.
  • 00:18:27.158 --> 00:18:31.028
  • God does stuff in dust. y'all i'm having a moment right
  • 00:18:31.095 --> 00:18:32.096
  • Y'all i'm having a moment right now where i know
  • 00:18:32.163 --> 00:18:32.797
  • Now where i know i'm preaching to a lish.
  • 00:18:32.864 --> 00:18:35.266
  • I'm preaching to a lish. i am preaching to somebody
  • 00:18:35.333 --> 00:18:39.270
  • I am preaching to somebody who is going to write me
  • 00:18:39.337 --> 00:18:41.272
  • Who is going to write me a year from now
  • 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:43.174
  • A year from now and say, "i was in the dust."
  • 00:18:43.241 --> 00:18:47.178
  • And say, "i was in the dust." well that's how
  • 00:18:47.245 --> 00:18:47.879
  • Well that's how your whole life got started.
  • 00:18:47.945 --> 00:18:50.348
  • Your whole life got started. did you ever read
  • 00:18:50.414 --> 00:18:50.948
  • Did you ever read the book of genesis?
  • 00:18:51.015 --> 00:18:54.752
  • The book of genesis? we talk about destiny.
  • 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:57.421
  • We talk about destiny. i'm talking about dustiny.
  • 00:18:57.488 --> 00:19:00.124
  • I'm talking about dustiny. huh?
  • 00:19:00.191 --> 00:19:01.159
  • Huh? i'm talking about god knows
  • 00:19:01.225 --> 00:19:02.627
  • I'm talking about god knows the plans he has for you.
  • 00:19:02.693 --> 00:19:04.662
  • The plans he has for you. plans to give you
  • 00:19:04.729 --> 00:19:05.329
  • Plans to give you a hope and a future.
  • 00:19:05.396 --> 00:19:06.697
  • A hope and a future. i'm talking about god speaks
  • 00:19:06.764 --> 00:19:08.533
  • I'm talking about god speaks to you that he formed
  • 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.400
  • To you that he formed from the dust.
  • 00:19:09.467 --> 00:19:11.002
  • From the dust. and he breathed the breath
  • 00:19:11.068 --> 00:19:12.537
  • And he breathed the breath of life into him.
  • 00:19:12.603 --> 00:19:13.738
  • Of life into him. and he formed you from the dust.
  • 00:19:13.804 --> 00:19:15.806
  • And he formed you from the dust. and now you are following
  • 00:19:15.873 --> 00:19:17.508
  • And now you are following the god who formed you
  • 00:19:17.575 --> 00:19:19.377
  • The god who formed you from the dust.
  • 00:19:19.443 --> 00:19:20.545
  • From the dust. and it's going
  • 00:19:20.611 --> 00:19:21.312
  • And it's going to be messy sometimes.
  • 00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:23.047
  • To be messy sometimes. it was messy for the disciples
  • 00:19:23.114 --> 00:19:25.116
  • It was messy for the disciples following jesus.
  • 00:19:25.183 --> 00:19:26.651
  • Following jesus. they're up and we're down
  • 00:19:26.717 --> 00:19:28.119
  • They're up and we're down and we're here and we're there.
  • 00:19:28.186 --> 00:19:29.687
  • And we're here and we're there. and it's working and it's not.
  • 00:19:29.754 --> 00:19:31.489
  • And it's working and it's not. and hosanna and crucify him.
  • 00:19:31.556 --> 00:19:33.324
  • And hosanna and crucify him. and we get it and we don't
  • 00:19:33.391 --> 00:19:34.825
  • And we get it and we don't and we understand
  • 00:19:34.892 --> 00:19:35.860
  • And we understand and we're confused.
  • 00:19:35.927 --> 00:19:36.928
  • And we're confused. and that's okay because god
  • 00:19:36.994 --> 00:19:40.631
  • And that's okay because god leads people through messy
  • 00:19:40.698 --> 00:19:44.969
  • Leads people through messy next steps.
  • 00:19:45.036 --> 00:19:47.205
  • Next steps. just a messy next step.
  • 00:19:47.271 --> 00:19:49.340
  • Just a messy next step. it doesn't have to be
  • 00:19:49.407 --> 00:19:50.074
  • It doesn't have to be a beautiful next step.
  • 00:19:50.141 --> 00:19:51.943
  • A beautiful next step. you don't have to have
  • 00:19:52.009 --> 00:19:52.643
  • You don't have to have a choreographed next step.
  • 00:19:52.710 --> 00:19:54.445
  • A choreographed next step. you don't have
  • 00:19:54.512 --> 00:19:55.146
  • You don't have to dance into your future.
  • 00:19:55.213 --> 00:19:56.948
  • To dance into your future. you can just absolutely.
  • 00:19:57.014 --> 00:19:58.649
  • You can just absolutely. "okay, god, i'm going to do it.
  • 00:19:58.716 --> 00:20:01.252
  • "okay, god, i'm going to do it. i'm going to call
  • 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:02.053
  • I'm going to call a christian counselor.
  • 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:03.988
  • A christian counselor. i don't even know if
  • 00:20:04.055 --> 00:20:04.655
  • I don't even know if this is the right one.
  • 00:20:04.722 --> 00:20:06.424
  • This is the right one. if they're weird,
  • 00:20:06.490 --> 00:20:07.058
  • If they're weird, i'll fire them
  • 00:20:07.124 --> 00:20:07.625
  • I'll fire them and get another one.
  • 00:20:07.692 --> 00:20:09.160
  • And get another one. there's a whole
  • 00:20:09.227 --> 00:20:09.794
  • There's a whole lot of counselors.
  • 00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:11.295
  • Lot of counselors. and chatgpt doesn't
  • 00:20:11.362 --> 00:20:12.263
  • And chatgpt doesn't count as a counselor.
  • 00:20:12.330 --> 00:20:14.765
  • Count as a counselor. so i'm going to get
  • 00:20:14.832 --> 00:20:15.366
  • So i'm going to get a real human being, god.
  • 00:20:15.433 --> 00:20:16.834
  • A real human being, god. a real human being because i'm
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  • A real human being because i'm going to take that messy step."
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  • Going to take that messy step." see, a controlled step
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  • See, a controlled step is you keep trying to deal
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  • Is you keep trying to deal with things at the level
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  • With things at the level you can see things.
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  • You can see things. but what if the next step
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  • But what if the next step for you is that god wants
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  • For you is that god wants to show you a staircase?
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  • To show you a staircase? remember, god can do more while
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  • Remember, god can do more while you're sleeping than you can
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  • You're sleeping than you can do while you're striving.
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  • It is not you figuring this out.
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  • It is not you figuring this out. it is you following jesus
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  • It is you following jesus into the mess.
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  • Into the mess. when jesus called his disciples,
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  • When jesus called his disciples, he called one disciple
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  • He called one disciple named nathanael.
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  • Named nathanael. and nathanael was confused.
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  • He was like,
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  • He was like, "how do you know me?
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  • "how do you know me? how do you see me under
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  • How do you see me under the fig tree?
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  • The fig tree? how did you know who i was?"
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  • How did you know who i was?" and in john 1:50,
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  • And in john 1:50, jesus said to nathanael,
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  • "you are amazed and believe
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  • "you are amazed and believe because i saw you
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  • Because i saw you under the fig tree.
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  • Under the fig tree. you will see greater
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  • You will see greater things than that."
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  • Things than that." watch this, skinner, verse 51.
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  • Watch this, skinner, verse 51. he said, "very truly i tell you,
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  • He said, "very truly i tell you, you will see heaven open,
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  • You will see heaven open, and you will see
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  • And you will see the angels of god,"
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  • Watch this, flashback,
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  • Watch this, flashback, genesis 28.
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  • He said,
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  • He said, "you will see the angels of god
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  • "you will see the angels of god ascending and descending,"
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  • Ascending and descending," not on jacob's ladder,
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  • Not on jacob's ladder, but jesus said,
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  • But jesus said, "you will see
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  • "you will see the angels ascending,"
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  • The angels ascending," put my verse up, boys,
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  • Put my verse up, boys, "and descending
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  • "and descending on the son of man."
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  • On the son of man." who's the son of man?
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  • Who's the son of man? jesus.
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  • Jesus. who is the ladder that appeared
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  • To jacob in the wilderness?
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  • To jacob in the wilderness? jesus.
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  • Jesus. who is the one who is calling
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  • Who is the one who is calling to you in this
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  • To you in this season of your life,
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  • Season of your life, saying we can do this,
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  • Saying we can do this, we can move forward in this?
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  • We can move forward in this? and i came to declare
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  • And i came to declare to you that it is not your
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  • To you that it is not your next step that matters.
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  • Next step that matters. it is the step that god
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  • It is the step that god has already made toward you.
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  • [applause]
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  • It's a mistake.
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  • It's a mistake. it's a middle.
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  • It's a middle. and it's a move.
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  • And it's a move. but it wasn't jacob's
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  • But it wasn't jacob's move that saved him.
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  • Move that saved him. it was god's move.
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  • It was god's move. god is moving in
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  • God is moving in your situation, man.
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  • Your situation, man. you say,
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  • You say, "i can't see him."
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  • "i can't see him." that's because he put
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  • That's because he put you to sleep to do it.
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  • You to sleep to do it. you say,
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  • You say, "i can't see it."
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  • "i can't see it." that's because
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  • That's because it's covered in dust.
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  • It's covered in dust. but whether it's genesis
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  • But whether it's genesis or whether it's jesus,
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  • Or whether it's jesus, who bent down in the dirt
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  • Who bent down in the dirt when a woman who committed
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  • When a woman who committed adultery was about to be stoned,
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  • Adultery was about to be stoned, god does stuff in the dust.
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  • God does stuff in the dust. your next messy step.
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  • Your next messy step. that's all it's going to take.
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  • That's all it's going to take. it's just your next messy step.
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  • It's just your next messy step. because god has already
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  • Because god has already done the real work.
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  • >> thank you so much
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  • >> thank you so much for being with us today.
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  • For being with us today. for some of you this
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  • For some of you this might be a new rhythm
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  • Might be a new rhythm that you're stepping into.
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  • That you're stepping into. maybe god has been stirring
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  • Maybe god has been stirring something in your heart
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  • Something in your heart and you're not even sure
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  • What to call it yet.
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  • What to call it yet. but you're here
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  • But you're here and you're listening
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  • And you're listening and that's what matters.
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  • And that's what matters. our heart as
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  • Our heart as a ministry is simple.
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  • A ministry is simple. we exist so the people
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  • We exist so the people far from god will be raised
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  • Far from god will be raised to life in christ.
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  • To life in christ. everything we do is about
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  • Everything we do is about getting god's word into
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  • Getting god's word into people's hearts because that's
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  • People's hearts because that's where real change begins.
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  • Where real change begins. which is why we want
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  • Which is why we want to invite you to be a part
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  • To invite you to be a part of what god is doing
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  • Of what god is doing through this ministry.
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  • Through this ministry. when you choose to give,
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  • When you choose to give, you're not just supporting
  • 00:23:47.077 --> 00:23:48.045
  • You're not just supporting a broadcast you're helping
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  • A broadcast you're helping make sure that someone else,
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  • Make sure that someone else, somewhere else can hear
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  • Somewhere else can hear the truth that brings hope
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  • The truth that brings hope and healing and new life.
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  • And healing and new life. your generosity
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  • Your generosity becomes an invitation.
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  • Becomes an invitation. it opens the door for the gospel
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  • It opens the door for the gospel to reach someone who may be
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  • To reach someone who may be searching right now.
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  • Searching right now. you can call the number
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  • You can call the number on your screen
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  • On your screen or go online to give.
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  • Or go online to give. every gift matters.
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  • Every gift matters. when we bring our gifts together
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  • When we bring our gifts together god multiplies them
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  • God multiplies them and lives are changed.
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  • And lives are changed. thank you for
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  • Thank you for partnering with us.
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  • Partnering with us. thank you for believing
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  • Thank you for believing that god's word still
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  • That god's word still transforms hearts.
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  • Transforms hearts. and thank you for being
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  • And thank you for being a part of the story that god
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  • A part of the story that god is writing in this season.
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  • >> when a kit is packed
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  • At elevation church,
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  • It starts small,
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  • Putting hygiene products
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  • Together or packaging
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  • Ingredients for a meal.
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  • But that's just the beginning
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  • Of the journey.
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  • Once put together in boxes,
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  • They travel by train,
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  • By boat, by truck.
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  • That kit is being positioned
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  • For the moment it's needed.
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  • When disaster happens,
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  • When hunger rises,
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  • Locally and globally,
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  • That kit is there to provide
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  • For an immediate need.
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  • When you give,
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  • This is what you're giving for.
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  • >> ♪ you canceled it ♪
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  • ♪ every sin i ever chose ♪
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  • ♪ you covered it ♪
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  • ♪ when the fight ♪
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  • ♪ was getting close ♪
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  • ♪ you handled it ♪
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  • ♪ you stepped right in ♪
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  • ♪ and finished it ♪
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  • ♪ every single debt i owed ♪
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  • ♪ you canceled it ♪
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  • ♪ every sin i ever chose ♪
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  • ♪ you covered it ♪
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  • ♪ when the fight ♪
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  • ♪ was getting close ♪
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  • ♪ you handled it ♪
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  • ♪ you never fail ♪
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  • ♪ you never will ♪
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  • ♪ every single word you spoke ♪
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  • ♪ is coming true ♪
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  • ♪ every lie the devil told ♪
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  • ♪ must bow to you ♪
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  • ♪ to me it's impossible ♪
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  • ♪ but not for you ♪
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  • ♪ it's what you do ♪
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  • ♪ let's go ♪
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  • ♪ and you keep on doing it ♪
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  • ♪ i'm living in a new today ♪
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  • ♪ the old is gone ♪
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  • ♪ it's history ♪
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  • ♪ it's a miracle ♪
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  • ♪ what you did for me ♪
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  • ♪ thank you lord ♪
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  • ♪ you made a way ♪
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  • ♪ i'm living in a new today ♪
  • 00:26:12.556 --> 00:26:16.060
  • ♪ the old is gone ♪
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  • ♪ it's history ♪
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  • ♪ it's a miracle ♪
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  • ♪ what you did for me ♪
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  • ♪ thank you lord ♪
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  • ♪ you made a way ♪
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • ♪ and you keep on doing it ♪
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  • ♪ you made a way ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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