T. D. Jakes: Turning Pressure into Power

February 20, 2020 | 200201 | 27:29

Learn how life’s worst moments become turning points for God’s power.

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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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- PRESSURE TURNS TO POWER WHEN GOD DOES THE PRESSING,
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AND LIFE CRUSHES US FROM TIME TO TIME
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BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE WILL GET OUT OF YOU.
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THE HIDDEN TREASURE THAT WE HAVE LOCKED UP
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IN EARTHEN VESSELS, BUT TO BE CRUSHED.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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-[ANNOUNCER] TONIGHT ON PRAISE FROM DALLAS,
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SENIOR PASTOR OF THE POTTER'S HOUSE AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR,
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BISHOP TD JAKES.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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AND NOW MAX LUCADO.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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- WELL, HELLO EVERYBODY.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE A LIST OF THOSE PEOPLE
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THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO MEET, THAT YOU HAD LOVED
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WITH HIM TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE OR A GOOD MEAL.
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WELL, THIS IS MY HONOR TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES
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WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAS BEEN
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ON MY LIST FOR YEARS, FOR YEARS.
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FASCINATING MAN, A MAN OF DEEP FAITH, A MAN OF GREAT TALENT,
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A MAN OF LONG OBEDIENCE IN THE SAME DIRECTION,
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BISHOP TD JAKES.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A TOPIC THAT IS ON HIS HEART
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AND CERTAINLY ON OURS AS WELL.
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AND IT IS THE WHOLE IDEA OF NOT BEING PRESSED
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INTO THE EXPECTATIONS, NOT CONFORMING
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INTO THE WORLD AROUND US.
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THERE WAS THE APOSTLE PAUL WHO SAID DO NOT LET
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THE PRESSURES OF THE WORLD SQUEEZE YOU INTO THEIR MOLD.
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- GOD WAS TO SHIFT AND HUMBLE, HE'LL LIFT YOU HEAR
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ABOVE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT HE'S BLESSING.
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-[ANNOUNCER] ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL VOICES IN AMERICA,
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BISHOP TD JAKES IS A VISIONARY LEADER
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AND SOUGHT AFTER SPEAKER, REACHING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
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THROUGH HIS DYNAMIC MINISTRY EVERY WEEK.
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RECOGNIZED AS AMERICA'S BEST PREACHER BY TIME MAGAZINE,
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JAKES IS THE FOUNDER AND SENIOR PASTOR OF THE POTTER'S HOUSE
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IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
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THROUGH FILMMAKING, RADIO,
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TELEVISION BROADCASTING CONFERENCES,
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INCLUDING HIS INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED FAITH
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AND FAMILY EVENT MEGAFEST,
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BISHOP JAKE'S IS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
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AN ESTABLISHED AUTHOR,
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SOME OF JAKE'S NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS INCLUDE INSTINCT,
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THE POWER TO UNLEASH YOUR INBORN DRIVE,
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AND DESTINY, STEP INTO YOUR PURPOSE.
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- I WOULD GET UP BUT SOMEBODY BROKE MY HEART,
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I WOULD GET UP.
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DO YOU THINK THAT GOD IS FOOLISH ENOUGH
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TO LEAVE YOUR DESTINY IN THE HANDS
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OF SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE?
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-[ANNOUNCER] HIS BOOK CRUSHING,
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GOD TURNS PRESSURE INTO POWER,
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ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE
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THROUGH THE EVERYDAY PRESSURES OF SOCIETY,
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HAVING A HOPE IN THE POWER OF GOD.
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WITH FOUR DECADES OF MINISTRY UNDER HIS BELT,
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JAKES CONTINUES TO BE A LEADING VOICE
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OF INSPIRATION TO THE WORLD.
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BISHOP TD JAKES.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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- THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
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- YES.
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- I FEEL MORE LIKE A GROUPIE THAN A GUEST.
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[MAX LAUGHING]
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I HAVE ADMIRED YOU OVER THE MAJOR PARTS OF MY LIFE
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AND READ SO MANY OF YOUR BOOKS,
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AND SO I'M ANXIOUS TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY,
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I MIGHT PULL OUT MY POM POMS. - NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING
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ON PULLING THIS OFF FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
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- THAT'S TRUE.
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THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. - YEAH, WE GOT DERAIL
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THE TIMER TOO BUT HERE WE ARE.
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- THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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- AND IT IS TRULY AN HONOR FOR ME.
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IT TRULY IS.
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I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE
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WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS CHAIR.
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[JAKES LAUGHING]
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AND SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT THEM
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AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION.
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-[JAKES] WE GOING TO HAVE ONE.
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- YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK IN JUST A MOMENT,
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WE'RE GOING TO HEAD IN THE DIRECTION OF THIS AMAZING BOOK.
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I READ IT IN ONE SITTING, AND I GOT AN ADVANCED READER COPY.
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CAN I READ YOU WHAT YOU SAID?
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- SURE.
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[MAX AND JAKES LAUGHING]
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IT'S GOING TO SOUND BETTER WHEN YOU READ IT.
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[MAX AND JAKES LAUGHING]
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- LISTEN TO THIS.
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CRUSHING PLACES REVEALED THAT THERE IS MORE TO OUR LIVES
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THAN WE HAD PLANNED.
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THE TRULY INVALUABLE, MARVELOUS AND ETERNAL ASPECTS
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OF OUR IDENTITY AND ULTIMATE DESTINY
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ARE DISPLAYED IN US THERE.
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IT IS IN THE MIDST OF PAINFUL CRUSHING THAT WE REALIZED
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THAT THE BLESSING FOUND IN THE PRODUCTION OF FRUITS
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IN OUR LIVES WAS NEVER THE MASTER'S END GOAL.
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OUR LATEST CROP OF FRUIT WAS MERELY PART
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OF AN ONGOING GREATER PROCESS.
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- YES.
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- WHAT YOU'RE HELPING US DO, AT LEAST WHAT YOU HELP ME DO,
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I THINK ALL OF US, IS YOU'RE HELPING ME INTERPRET
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THE TOUGH TIMES OF MY LIFE, RIGHT?
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YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE'S A PLAN,
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THAT THERE'S A PURPOSE AND THAT I'LL GET THROUGH THEM.
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I'LL BE BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEM.
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- ABSOLUTELY.
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- AM I. - YES, SIR, YOU'RE HITTING IT
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EXACTLY RIGHT. - IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
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AND I AM TELLING YOU THAT THE GREATEST PART OF YOU
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IS STILL SOMEWHERE DOWN INSIDE OF YOU
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AND ONLY PRESSURE WILL GET IT OUT.
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-[MAX] ONLY PRESSURE.
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- YEAH, THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN WHO YOU ARE
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IN THE PLEASANT MOMENTS WHEN YOU SMELL THE BLOSSOMS
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ON THE BAND AND FEEL THE SUN BRANCH ON YOUR FACE,
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THAT YOU WERE RAISED NOT TO BE FRUITFUL BUT TO BE CRUSHED.
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THE GRAPES. - I WISH I COULD HIGHLIGHT.
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[JAKES AND MAX LAUGHING]
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LISTEN, THERE ARE.
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THE GRAPE IS ONE OF THE FEW FRUITS
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THAT IS RAISED TO BE CRUSHED. - YEAH.
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- YOU KNOW, WITH CRUSHING IN MIND.
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-[MAX] YEAH.
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- CHRIST WAS BORN TO DIE,
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ANYTHING SHORT OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FAILURE.
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THAT'S WHY WHEN PETER TRIED TO STOP THE CRUCIFIXION,
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HE CALLED HIM A DEVIL AND JUST SAID, "GET BEHIND ME."
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AND HE CALLED JUDAS FRIEND,
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BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE WAS RAISED
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LIKE THE GRAPE TO BE CRUSHED.
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AND SO HE DID NOT, THE BIBLE SAYS
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THAT JESUS SET HIS FACE TO GO TO JERUSALEM.
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BUT HE DID NOT REST HIS HEAD UNTIL IT WAS ON THE CROSS.
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AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
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FOR THIS PURPOSE CAME I INTO THE WORLD.
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AND NOT THAT YOU LOVE SUFFERING, HE DESPISED THE SAME.
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BUT FOR THE JOY
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THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM. - THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM.
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- SO HE WOULD BE ON THE CRUSHING AND HE SAW THE WINE.
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YOU SEE, AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WINE
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IS TAKING THAT GRAPE INTO ITS MOST POWERFUL EXPRESSION.
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AND IT IS PUTTING IT IN ITS MOST ETERNAL FORM.
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AND LIFE CRUSHES US FROM TIME TO TIME,
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BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE WILL GET OUT OF YOU.
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THE HIDDEN TREASURE THAT WE HAVE LOCKED UP
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IN EARTHEN VESSELS, BUT TO BE CRUSHED.
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- AMEN, AMEN.
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HOWEVER BEYOND CRUSHING, DO YOU EVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH,
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WHERE YOU CAN SAY, OH, GOOD,
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I'M GOT ALL THE CRUSHING BEHIND ME,
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IT'S JUST HARVEST FROM NOW ON?
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- YOU KNOW, THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT,
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I THINK PERIODICALLY, WHEREVER THERE IS PURPOSE
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AND WHEREVER THERE IS RESISTANCE TO THAT PURPOSE,
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PRESSURE RELEASES US FROM THAT RESISTANCE,
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AND THE MORE THAT WE YIELD TO THE PROCESS.
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BUT THE PROBLEM TODAY IS THAT WE DON'T PREACH PROCESS,
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WE PREACH PROMISES. - YEAH.
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- SO WE HAVE RAISED A GENERATION OF PEOPLE
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WHO SEE GOD IN PROMISES, NOT PROCESS.
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SO YOU GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY
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AND YOU HEAR ABOUT THE PROMISES OF GOD,
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YOU GO HOME TO THE PROCESS.
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AND WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER THE PROCESS,
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YOU SAY, WELL, GOD IS NOT IN THIS.
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AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT GOD IS MORE IN THE PROCESS
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THAN HE IS IN THE PROMISE.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] [MAX LAUGHING]
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- IS EVERYBODY TAKING NOTES?
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[JAKES LAUGHING]
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YOU CAN SAY AMEN.
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-[AUDIENCE] AMEN.
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[JAKES AND MAX LAUGHING]
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- HE'S IN THE PROCESS
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MORE THAN THE PROMISES. - ABSOLUTELY.
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- THE PROMISES ONLY MAKES SENSE.
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- RIGHT.
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- BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS.
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- WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS,
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I'LL BE WITH YOU. - I'LL BE WITH YOU, YEAH.
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- WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE FIRE, I'LL BE THERE.
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HIS PROMISE IS TO BE WITH YOU IN THE PROCESS.
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AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT LEARN ABOUT HIM
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UNTIL YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS.
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THERE IS A REVELATION OF HIS GLORY
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THAT ONLY COMES IN THE FRUSTRATION
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AND THE DISRUPTION OF YOUR LIFE.
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HE SAID, I'M A PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE,
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IF YOU AVOID THE TROUBLE, YOU'LL AVOID ME.
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THE LITERAL LANGUAGE, JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH,
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I AM PRESENT IN TROUBLE, I AM REVEALED IN TROUBLE.
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I SHOW MYSELF STRONG, WHEN MEN FORSAKE ME
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THEN THE LORD WILL TAKE ME UP.
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SO IT WAS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAD BEEN AFFLICTED,
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HAD I NOT BEEN AFFLICTED,
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I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN THE GLORY OF GOD.
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-[MAX] YES, EXACTLY.
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- SO ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, THE BIBLE KEEPS
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THE VERY SYMBOL OF OUR FAITH
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IS A CRUSHING PLACE. - CROSS, YEAH.
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- A CROSS, AN EMBLEM OF SUFFERING AND SHAME.
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IT'S NOT A CROWN.
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- NO.
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- YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A CROWN.
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IT'S NOT A THRONE, IT'S A CROSS.
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WHO MAKES AN INVITATION FROM A CROSS BUT JESUS?
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-[MAX] YEAH.
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- YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE AN INVITATION,
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YOU SAID, COME GO TO HAWAII,
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YOU KNOW, [MAX LAUGHING]
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YOU KNOW, LET'S GO TO SWITZERLAND.
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JESUS SAYS, COME ON, LET'S GO TO THE CROSS.
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THAT'S A HARD INVITATION.
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TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME, COME ON LET'S DIE.
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- YEAH. [AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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- WHO WANTS [LAUGHS] TO GO DO THAT, OKAY.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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IF THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT KIND OF REQUEST
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IS TO KNOW THAT WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE
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IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING THAT WAS BEFORE IT.
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AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IS WHAT THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT.
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LET ME JUST INTERJECT ONE THING QUICKLY
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BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GRAPHIC OVER QUESTIONS.
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BUT I WANT TO WARN THE AUDIENCE ABOUT INVISIBLE CROSSINGS
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THAT COME FROM FORCES THAT YOU CANNOT SEE,
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LIKE STRESS AND HEARTBREAK AND PAIN.
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NOBODY HAS TO BE SICK OR LOCK YOU UP
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OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF PRISON
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FOR YOU TO BE CRUSHED BY STRESS.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL
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SOME PEOPLE REFUSE RECOVERY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BUILT
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A SYSTEM AROUND THIS ONE?
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-[MAX] YEAH.
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-[ANNOUNCER] WE TRUST YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS ENCOURAGING TIME
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WITH BISHOP TD JAKES AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST HOST MAX LUCADO.
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WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT MUCH LIKE THE VINTNER CRUSHES GRAPES
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TO MAKE FINE WINE, SO TOO GOD THE MASTER VINTNER
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WANTS TO TRANSFORM THE CRUSHING SITUATIONS YOU EXPERIENCE
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IN LIFE INTO A MARVELOUS FLOW OF BLESSING AND POWER.
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IF YOU APPRECIATE BISHOP JAKES' WISDOM
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AND PRACTICAL SPIRITUAL INSIGHT,
00:11:04.256 --> 00:11:06.425
YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT TBN WANTS TO SEND YOU
00:11:06.491 --> 00:11:09.294
HIS RECENT HOPE FILLED BOOK, CRUSHING,
00:11:09.361 --> 00:11:12.230
GOD TURNS PRESSURE INTO POWER AS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU
00:11:12.297 --> 00:11:16.234
FOR YOUR GIFT OF SUPPORT TO TBN THIS MONTH.
00:11:16.301 --> 00:11:19.471
IN THIS DEEPLY PRACTICAL AND HELPFUL BOOK,
00:11:19.538 --> 00:11:21.973
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR TD JAKES
00:11:22.040 --> 00:11:24.776
TACKLES THE AGE OLD QUESTION, WHY DO THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFER?
00:11:24.843 --> 00:11:28.947
SHARING PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF HIS STRUGGLES
00:11:29.014 --> 00:11:31.016
AND HEART CRUSHING TRAGEDIES.
00:11:31.083 --> 00:11:33.018
BISHOP JAKES REVEALS HOW GOD USES DIFFICULT
00:11:33.085 --> 00:11:35.854
AND HEAVY EXPERIENCES TO PREPARE YOU
00:11:35.921 --> 00:11:38.223
FOR UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS.
00:11:38.290 --> 00:11:40.392
THROUGH ITS PAGES, YOU'LL BETTER UNDERSTAND
00:11:40.459 --> 00:11:42.728
HOW THE TOUGH TIMES CAN LEAD YOU
00:11:42.794 --> 00:11:44.396
TO THE DELIGHT OF GOD'S JOY, PEACE
00:11:44.463 --> 00:11:47.265
AND HIS DIVINE PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:11:47.332 --> 00:11:49.868
BY PARTNERING WITH TBN, YOU'RE DELIVERING HOPE AND GRACE
00:11:49.935 --> 00:11:53.438
IN JESUS TO YOUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR
00:11:53.505 --> 00:11:55.540
AND TO THOSE IN THE MOST REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH.
00:11:55.607 --> 00:11:58.410
YOUR GIFT TODAY MAKES YOU A MEDIA MISSIONARY,
00:11:58.477 --> 00:12:01.313
SHARING GOOD NEWS THROUGH MORE THAN 30 NETWORKS,
00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:03.949
BROADCASTING IN 17 LANGUAGES.
00:12:04.015 --> 00:12:06.952
TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW TO CALL OR VISIT US SECURELY AND
00:12:07.018 --> 00:12:09.821
CONVENIENTLY ONLINE TO SHARE YOUR SPECIAL GIFT WITH TBN
00:12:09.888 --> 00:12:13.892
AND REQUEST YOUR OWN COPY
00:12:13.959 --> 00:12:15.527
OF BISHOP JAKES' POWERFUL BOOK, CRUSHING.
00:12:15.594 --> 00:12:18.396
DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN HAVE HOPE AND PEACE
00:12:18.463 --> 00:12:20.398
EVEN IN YOUR MOST TRYING MOMENTS.
00:12:20.465 --> 00:12:22.567
DON'T WAIT, CALL OR VISIT US ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
00:12:22.634 --> 00:12:26.505
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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- WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING TO US IS DON'T TRY
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TO ESCAPE YOUR TROUBLES, - NO.
00:12:31.843 --> 00:12:34.479
- BUT LEAN INTO THEM.
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- LEAN INTO THEM.
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- LEAN INTO THEM.
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- LEAN INTO THEM.
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- AND SAY, GOD, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME?
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WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING ME,
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CONSIDERED ALL JOY MY BRETHREN.
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- YES.
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- WHEN YOU FACE VARIOUS TRIALS AND TRIBULATION.
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- YES.
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- YEAH.
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- AND I'LL BE HONEST, THAT'S NOT THE,
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THERE IS SOMEWHERE SAYING THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO.
00:12:53.331 --> 00:12:56.334
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU DO FROM THE PLACE
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OF YOUR EMOTIONS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DO
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FROM THE PLACE OF YOUR TEACHING.
00:13:01.640 --> 00:13:03.074
I WENT THROUGH A PERIOD IN MY LIFE
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THAT I WAS JUST BEING CRUSHED, MY HEART WAS BROKEN,
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I WAS WORRIED.
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IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE MOMENTS IN MY LIFE.
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AND I WAS LITERALLY CRYING WHEN I TOLD GOD THIS,
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I SAID, LORD, I HATE THIS, I ABSOLUTELY HATE THIS.
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BUT I LOVE YOU, AND I KNOW YOU WILL NOT ALLOW ME
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TO GO THROUGH THIS IF IT WERE NOT FOR MY GOOD.
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AND THOUGH TEARS ARE RUNNING DOWN MY FACE
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AND I CANNOT SEE MY WAY OUT,
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IF YOU SUFFERED ME TO BE BRUISED,
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IT IS ONLY TO MAKE ME BETTER.
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- IT OCCURRED TO ME ONCE THAT THE REASON THAT GOD CAN,
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THAT HE ALLOWS US, HE PERMITS THIS
00:13:42.347 --> 00:13:44.616
THESE SEASONS OF SUFFERINGS TO COME.
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YOU REFER TO THIS IN YOUR BOOK AS WELL.
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AND THAT IS JUST THE INTENSE BREVITY OF THIS LIFE.
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IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO LAST FOREVER.
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BUT THEN ALSO, IT'S NOT THAT LONG.
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- NO. - IT'S NOT THAT LONG.
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- IT IS NOT THAT LONG,
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AND YOU CANNOT ALLOW IT TO BE THAT LONG.
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-[MAX] THAT'S RIGHT.
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- YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I TRIED TO CONVEY IN THE BOOK,
00:14:06.304 --> 00:14:07.539
SOME PEOPLE REFUSE TO GET WELL.
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[MAX, JAKES AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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THEY REFUSE RECOVERY. - YEAH.
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THERE WAS THE QUESTION OF JESUS
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TO THE POOL OF BETHESDA, RIGHT?
00:14:18.783 --> 00:14:21.486
DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL?
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- DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL?
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SOME PEOPLE REFUSE RECOVERY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BUILT
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A SYSTEM AROUND THIS ONE?
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-[MAX] YEAH, YEAH.
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- THE ESCAPE OUT OF PAIN IS A FLEETING MOMENT.
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IT IS PASSING BY.
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AND IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO COME OUT OF YOUR COAT,
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AND DROP YOUR CUP, AND STEP INTO THAT MOMENT BLINDLY,
00:14:38.436 --> 00:14:43.642
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IT, WITHOUT SOMEBODY APOLOGIZING,
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WITHOUT SOMEBODY COMING BACK AND MAKING IT RIGHT.
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THIS IS NOT ABOUT THEM, THIS IS ABOUT YOU.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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THIS IS ABOUT YOU.
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THIS IS ABOUT THE MOMENT OF YOUR LIBERATION
00:14:54.252 --> 00:14:56.388
THAT WHEN YOU GET.
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I NEVER WILL FORGET ONE,
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IN THE MIDDLE OF MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL,
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ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS CAME DOWN AND I SAID,
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I WANT YOU TO BE PREPARED TO PREACH IT.
00:15:04.095 --> 00:15:06.197
SHE ALWAYS WANTED ME TO, BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN.
00:15:06.264 --> 00:15:09.467
I SAID BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE SERVICE,
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AND A BREATH OF GRACE BLOWS BY MY FACE,
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I'LL STEP INTO IT AND DO IT.
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AND IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PAIN,
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THIS WINDOW OF GRACE OPEN UP THAT GAVE ME THE STRENGTH,
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AND I STOOD UP AND WALKED UP THERE
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AND PREACH MY IN MOTHER'S FUNERAL.
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AND [LAUGHS] I FELT LIKE A LITTLE BOY
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WHO HAD DONE A GOOD JOB ON HIS EASTER SPEECH.
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[JAKES, MAX AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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YOU KNOW, I DO, I WAS LIKE NOW THERE, YOU KNOW,
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BECAUSE THE GRACE TO ESCAPE IS A FLEETING MOMENT
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AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT GRACE RATHER THAN
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TO REFUSE TO RECOVER ONLY BECAUSE YOU LANGUISH
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IN THE ATTENTION OF THE MOURNERS WHO COME BY YOUR SIDE
00:15:54.412 --> 00:15:58.717
TO HELP YOU STAY INCAPACITATED.
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BLIND BARTIMAEUS KNEW THAT IF JESUS KEPT WALKING BY
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HE WOULD HAVE DIED BLIND.
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THAT WAS HIS LAST WALK PAST THAT ROUTE.
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-[MAX] YEAH.
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- AND IF HE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT THEN HE WASN'T GOING TO GET IT.
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AND WHETHER IT COMES THROUGH A SONG OR FRIEND OR A MESSAGE,
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WHEN HE CALLS YOU, HARDEN NOT YOUR HEART.
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YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE THAT RIGHT THEN AND SAY I'M COMING OUT.
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-[MAX] YEAH.
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- AND NOT FEEL GUILTY THAT YOU CAME OUT,
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AND NOT FEEL A SHAME THAT YOU CAME OUT,
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AND NOT STAY IN FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE
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WHO HAVE BEEN THEIR LIVES AROUND YOUR PAIN.
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BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE
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WHO MAKE A JOB OF YOU BEING AFFLICTED.
00:16:43.194 --> 00:16:47.432
- SO THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR IDENTITY.
00:16:47.499 --> 00:16:48.666
- THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR IDENTITY,
00:16:48.733 --> 00:16:50.068
AND THEY NEED TO BE NEEDED.
00:16:50.135 --> 00:16:51.403
SO THEY NEED YOU TO STAY BROKEN.
00:16:51.469 --> 00:16:54.072
AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO GET BACK UP AGAIN.
00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:57.442
YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO RISE UP.
00:16:57.509 --> 00:16:59.944
THE THING ABOUT WINE IS THAT IT SWELLS.
00:17:00.011 --> 00:17:03.381
- SAY THAT AGAIN.
00:17:03.448 --> 00:17:04.582
- THE THING ABOUT WINE IS THAT IT SWELLS.
00:17:04.649 --> 00:17:06.384
AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T PUT NEW WINE
00:17:06.451 --> 00:17:07.986
IN OLD SKINS BECAUSE IT SWELLS.
00:17:08.053 --> 00:17:10.722
YOU SEE, YOU KNOW.
00:17:10.789 --> 00:17:12.223
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING] [JAKES AND MAX LAUGHING]
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AND SO WHEN THAT MOMENT TO ESCAPE COMES,
00:17:13.425 --> 00:17:16.261
YOU CAN'T BE ENCAPSULATED BY SOMETHING THAT IS INFLEXIBLE.
00:17:16.327 --> 00:17:20.732
AND SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE WE BUILD AROUND US ARE OLD SKINS.
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- YEAH.
00:17:24.602 --> 00:17:25.804
- WHO WON'T GIVE US BREATHING ROOM TO SWELL
00:17:25.870 --> 00:17:27.639
TO OUR CAPACITY. - TO CHANGE, YEAH.
00:17:27.705 --> 00:17:29.474
- AND THEY LOVE YOU AS LONG AS YOU STAY
00:17:29.541 --> 00:17:32.277
ON A CERTAIN LEVEL RIGHT.
00:17:32.343 --> 00:17:33.812
- RIGHT, AS LONG AS YOU FIT IN THEIR BOX.
00:17:33.878 --> 00:17:35.580
- RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:17:35.647 --> 00:17:38.483
ABOUT CRUSHING CAUSES YOU TO EXPAND.
00:17:38.550 --> 00:17:41.686
I'M BIGGER THROUGH EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH.
00:17:41.753 --> 00:17:43.988
- YEAH, AND BETTER. - I'M STRONGER
00:17:44.055 --> 00:17:45.190
THROUGH EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH,
00:17:45.256 --> 00:17:46.491
I'M TOUGHER. - YEAH.
00:17:46.558 --> 00:17:47.826
- THROUGH EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH.
00:17:47.892 --> 00:17:49.127
THAT EVERYTHING I SUFFERED IN WEST VIRGINIA
00:17:49.194 --> 00:17:52.797
PREPARED ME FOR EVERYTHING I WOULD GO THROUGH IN DALLAS.
00:17:52.864 --> 00:17:55.400
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
00:17:55.467 --> 00:17:56.734
AND I'M HOPING TO WRITE THIS BOOK TO SOMEBODY
00:17:56.801 --> 00:17:59.671
WHO HAS SOMETHING IN THEM THAT THEY COULD NOT GET OUT
00:17:59.737 --> 00:18:03.541
ANY OTHER WAY.
00:18:03.608 --> 00:18:05.043
AND I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT PRESSURE TURNS TO POWER
00:18:05.110 --> 00:18:09.914
WHEN GOD DOES THE PRESSING.
00:18:09.981 --> 00:18:13.118
-[ANNOUNCER] WE TRUST YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS ENCOURAGING TIME
00:18:13.184 --> 00:18:15.820
WITH BISHOP TD JAKES AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST HOST MAX LUCADO.
00:18:15.887 --> 00:18:20.458
WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT MUCH LIKE THE VINTNER CRUSHES GRAPES
00:18:20.525 --> 00:18:23.561
TO MAKE FINE WINE, SO TOO GOD, THE MASTER VINTNER
00:18:23.628 --> 00:18:27.799
WANTS TO TRANSFORM THAT CRUSHING SITUATIONS
00:18:27.866 --> 00:18:30.502
YOU EXPERIENCE IN LIFE INTO A MARVELOUS FLOW
00:18:30.568 --> 00:18:33.304
OF BLESSING AND POWER.
00:18:33.371 --> 00:18:35.206
IF YOU APPRECIATE BISHOP JAKES' WISDOM
00:18:35.273 --> 00:18:37.142
AND PRACTICAL SPIRITUAL INSIGHT,
00:18:37.208 --> 00:18:39.344
YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT TBN WANTS TO SEND YOU
00:18:39.410 --> 00:18:42.213
HIS RECENT HOPE FILLED BOOK, CRUSHING,
00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:45.083
GOD TURNS PRESSURE INTO POWER,
00:18:45.150 --> 00:18:47.418
AS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
00:18:47.485 --> 00:18:49.954
OF SUPPORT TO TBN THIS MONTH.
00:18:50.021 --> 00:18:52.357
IN THIS DEEPLY PRACTICAL AND HELPFUL BOOK,
00:18:52.423 --> 00:18:54.893
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR TD JAKES
00:18:54.959 --> 00:18:57.695
TACKLES THE AGE OLD QUESTION, WHY DO THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFER?
00:18:57.762 --> 00:19:01.833
SHARING PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF HIS STRUGGLES
00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:03.935
AND HEART CRUSHING TRAGEDIES.
00:19:04.002 --> 00:19:05.937
BISHOP JAKES REVEALS HOW GOD USES DIFFICULT
00:19:06.004 --> 00:19:08.806
AND HEAVY EXPERIENCES TO PREPARE YOU
00:19:08.873 --> 00:19:11.109
FOR UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS.
00:19:11.176 --> 00:19:13.411
THROUGH ITS PAGES, YOU'LL BETTER UNDERSTAND
00:19:13.478 --> 00:19:15.713
HOW THE TOUGH TIMES CAN LEAD YOU
00:19:15.780 --> 00:19:17.348
TO THE DELIGHT OF GOD'S JOY, PEACE
00:19:17.415 --> 00:19:20.251
AND HIS DIVINE PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:19:20.318 --> 00:19:22.787
BY PARTNERING WITH TBN, YOU'RE DELIVERING HOPE
00:19:22.854 --> 00:19:25.990
AND GRACE IN JESUS TO YOUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR
00:19:26.057 --> 00:19:28.526
AND TO THOSE IN THE MOST REMOTE PLACES ON EARTH.
00:19:28.593 --> 00:19:31.362
YOUR GIFT TODAY MAKES YOU A MEDIA MISSIONARY.
00:19:31.429 --> 00:19:34.332
SHARING GOOD NEWS THROUGH MORE THAN 30 NETWORKS,
00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:37.001
BROADCASTING AND 17 LANGUAGES.
00:19:37.068 --> 00:19:39.604
TAKE A MOMENT RIGHT NOW TO CALL OR VISIT US SECURELY
00:19:39.671 --> 00:19:42.974
AND CONVENIENTLY ONLINE TO SHARE YOUR SPECIAL GIFT WITH TBN.
00:19:43.041 --> 00:19:46.945
AND REQUEST YOUR OWN COPY
00:19:47.011 --> 00:19:48.546
OF BISHOP JAKES' POWERFUL BOOK, CRUSHING.
00:19:48.613 --> 00:19:51.482
DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN HAVE HOPE AND PEACE
00:19:51.549 --> 00:19:53.451
EVEN IN YOUR MOST TRYING MOMENTS.
00:19:53.518 --> 00:19:55.653
DON'T WAIT, CALL OR VISIT US ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:59.924
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
00:19:59.991 --> 00:20:01.159
- GOD GIVES US AN ABILITY TO REINTERPRET OUR PAST.
00:20:01.226 --> 00:20:04.462
DOESN'T HE? - RIGHT, YEAH.
00:20:04.529 --> 00:20:05.363
- RATHER THAN SEE OUR PAST AS,
00:20:05.430 --> 00:20:07.966
RATHER THAN SEE OURSELVES AS VICTIMS OF A DIFFICULT PAST,
00:20:08.032 --> 00:20:13.071
HE GIVES US THE GRACE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY,
00:20:13.137 --> 00:20:15.773
OH, OKAY, OUR SOVEREIGN LORD WAS AT WORK EVEN IN THAT.
00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:21.346
- EVEN IN THAT.
00:20:21.412 --> 00:20:22.146
- EVEN IN THAT.
00:20:22.213 --> 00:20:23.248
- IF GOD SPARED NOT HIS OWN SON.
00:20:23.314 --> 00:20:25.717
- YEAH, BUT GAVE HIM UP FOR US ALL.
00:20:25.783 --> 00:20:27.652
- BUT GAVE HIM UP FOR US ALL.
00:20:27.719 --> 00:20:29.153
WHO AM I TO THINK THAT I AM ABOVE GOING THROUGH ANYTHING?
00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:35.560
YOU KNOW. - WHY NOT ME?
00:20:35.627 --> 00:20:36.961
- JOB SAYS THE LORD KNOWS THE WAY THAT I TAKE.
00:20:37.028 --> 00:20:40.131
AND WHEN HE HAS TRIED ME, I SHALL COME FORTH AS PURE GOLD,
00:20:40.198 --> 00:20:45.169
I MAY BE IN THE FIRE RIGHT NOW.
00:20:45.236 --> 00:20:47.505
[JAKES LAUGHING] - I SHALL COME FORTH.
00:20:47.572 --> 00:20:48.906
- YEAH, BUT I SHALL COME FORTH AS PURE GOLD.
00:20:48.973 --> 00:20:51.376
AND I THINK THAT IF YOU CAN KEEP THE PROMISE
00:20:51.442 --> 00:20:55.380
OF THE ONE WITH YOU,
00:20:55.446 --> 00:20:57.982
WHILE YOU ARE BEING CRUSHED UNDER THE FEET,
00:20:58.049 --> 00:21:01.152
THAT THIS IS NOT MY FINAL FORM,
00:21:01.219 --> 00:21:05.023
THAT THOUGH I STAIN THE FEET OF THOSE WHO OPPRESS ME NOW,
00:21:05.089 --> 00:21:08.693
THIS IS NOT MY FINAL FORM,
00:21:08.760 --> 00:21:10.194
THERE IS SOMETHING COMING OUT OF ME
00:21:10.261 --> 00:21:12.230
THAT'S GREATER THAN WHAT IS HURTING ME,
00:21:12.297 --> 00:21:15.033
AND WHAT IS COMING OUT OF ME,
00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:17.235
YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO STOP IT.
00:21:17.302 --> 00:21:19.003
IF YOU CAN KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND.
00:21:19.070 --> 00:21:21.939
YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY CHRIST CAME TO THE GARDEN GETHSEMANE
00:21:22.006 --> 00:21:25.576
TO PREPARE HIM FOR THE CROSS,
00:21:25.643 --> 00:21:27.945
TO REMIND HIMSELF THAT CRUSHING
00:21:28.012 --> 00:21:30.114
IS ALL THAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH THAT THE SECRETIONS
00:21:30.181 --> 00:21:33.051
OF WHAT WAS IN HIM WAS BETTER THAN THE PRESSURES
00:21:33.117 --> 00:21:35.453
THAT OPPRESSED HIM.
00:21:35.520 --> 00:21:36.821
AND I'M HOPING TO WRITE THIS BOOK TO SOMEBODY
00:21:36.888 --> 00:21:39.991
WHO HAS SOMETHING IN THEM THAT THEY COULD NOT GET OUT
00:21:40.058 --> 00:21:43.895
ANY OTHER WAY, AND I WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND
00:21:43.961 --> 00:21:46.998
THAT THAT PRESSURE TURNS TO POWER
00:21:47.065 --> 00:21:50.168
WHEN GOD DOES THE PRESSING.
00:21:50.234 --> 00:21:51.769
- THAT'S RIGHT.
00:21:51.836 --> 00:21:53.004
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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WE ASSUME THAT PRESENCE OF PAIN IS THE ABSENCE OF GOD.
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WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE PRESENCE OF PAIN
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CAN BE THE BEST WORK OF GOD.
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- ABSOLUTELY.
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- BEST WORK OF GOD.
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- AND IF YOU,
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MY WISDOM IS MADE OUT OF MY MISTAKES.
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YOU ARE ONLY BECOME AS SMART AS YOU WERE A FOOL.
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[MAX AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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- I'M PRETTY SMART THEN.
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[JAKES, MAX AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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- YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW YOU TRIED
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TO TELL YOUR CHILDREN YOU'RE SUDDENLY TRYING
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TO TELL THEM WHAT NOT TO DO.
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BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE THE CLASS OVER.
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YOU KNOW, I ALREADY TOOK THE CLASS FOR YOU,
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THAT DOESN'T WORK, DON'T TRY THAT, GO THIS WAY, GO THAT WAY.
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- YEAH.
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- AND YET SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES
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TO HAVE THEIR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
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BUT I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THE WORD IS,
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IS BEING WRITTEN IN THE EXPERIENCE OF
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THAT IN SOME WAYS WE ARE THE 67TH BOOK,
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THAT WE ARE LIVING EPISTLES,
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WHERE THE MAN AND THAT GOD IS WRITING THROUGH THE SITUATIONS
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ON OUR LIVES BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY BIBLE SOME PEOPLE SEE.
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SO SOMETIMES MY TESTIMONY ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT I SAY,
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BUT YOU WATCHING ME SURVIVE.
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- YEAH.
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- WHAT NOBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE.
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[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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- THERE BY THIS I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS WITH ME,
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FOR HE HAS NOT ALLOWED MY ENEMIES TO TRIUMPH OVER ME.
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YEAH. - THAT'S RIGHT.
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CAN I READ FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS.
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- GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
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[MAX AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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- IF YOUR LIFE IS SUDDENLY UNSTABLE,
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AND YOU NOTICE AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF MESS
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AND MANURE PLACED UPON YOU.
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[MAX, JAKES AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.
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IT IS A SIGNAL FROM THE LORD FOR YOU TO LOOK CAREFULLY
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FOR THE AREAS WHERE YOUR GROWTH MAY HAVE STALLED.
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THE VINE DRESSER APPLIES AN EXTRA AMOUNT OF DUNG TO A PLANT
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THAT STUBBORNLY REFUSES TO GROW, BECAUSE THE MESSES OF LIFE
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SERVE AS THE VITAMINS REQUIRED FOR HEALTHY FRUIT.
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- YES SIR, YES SIR.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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- WELL, YOU USE KIND OF LANGUAGE THERE.
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[JAKES AND MAX LAUGHING]
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THAT DESCRIBES WHERE SOME OF THE LISTENERS ARE.
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- GROWTH IS SMELLY BUSINESS.
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- SO IT'S [LAUGHS] SMELLY?
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- YEAH, GROWTH IS BUSINESS.
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-[MAX] IT STINKS.
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- YEAH, GROWTH IS SMELLY BUSINESS.
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BIRTH IS MESSY BUSINESS.
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- YEAH.
00:24:43.441 --> 00:24:44.742
- YOU KNOW, I USED TO THINK THAT BABIES WERE BORN
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AND THEY LOOK LIKE THE GERBER BABIES,
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AND THE OLD MOVIES THAT WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP,
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YOU KNOW THE BABY, THEY JUST PULLED THE BABY OUT,
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THEY LOOK LIKE THE GERBER BABY.
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-[MAX] YEAH.
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- BUT IN REAL LIFE,
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BIRTH IS A MESSY BUSINESS. - IT IS.
00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:57.188
- A BIRTH IS A SMELLY BUSINESS.
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AND BIRTH IS A PAINFUL BUSINESS.
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AND BIRTH IS ABOUT PRESSURE AND PUSHING
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AND THE BABY IS BRUISED AND THE MOTHER IS WEAK AND WEARY.
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BECAUSE LIFE IS VALUABLE.
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IT COSTS SOMETHING.
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AND YOU CAN'T HAVE LIFE WITHOUT LABOR.
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YOU SEE, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT, TO ME
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WHAT MAKES IT VALUABLE.
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- WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
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- I KNOW.
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- OH MY GOODNESS, I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
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[JAKES AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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I KNEW IT.
00:25:26.584 --> 00:25:27.485
BUT JUST WARMING UP.
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- YEAH, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
00:25:28.586 --> 00:25:29.987
- WE'RE JUST WARMING UP.
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S
00:25:32.223 --> 00:25:36.460
IS RIGHT THERE IN THAT MESS?
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- I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT IF,
00:25:40.097 --> 00:25:43.568
IF YOU ARE IN THAT CRUSHING, I HAVE BEEN THERE,
00:25:43.634 --> 00:25:47.238
PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, FINANCIALLY,
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IN EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE.
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I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT
00:25:54.045 --> 00:25:57.114
WHETHER THE LORD SCOOP DOWN INTO THE GROUND
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AND PULLED UP CLAY
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OR SET IT ON A WHEEL AND STARTED SPINNING IT,
00:26:02.787 --> 00:26:07.124
OR PUSHED IN ON IT WITH PRESSURE AND STARTED SQUEEZING IT,
00:26:07.191 --> 00:26:12.630
OR SET IT ON A CURIO AFTER HE HAD FIRED IT.
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THAT REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER STAGE IT WAS IN,
00:26:17.034 --> 00:26:19.136
IT WAS ALWAYS IN HIS HAND.
00:26:19.203 --> 00:26:22.506
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
00:26:23.407 --> 00:26:25.910
THAT WHATEVER STAGE YOU'RE IN RIGHT NOW,
00:26:25.977 --> 00:26:27.678
YOU ARE STILL IN HIS HANDS.
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-[MAX] AMEN.
00:26:29.213 --> 00:26:31.215
- HE LOVES YOU.
00:26:31.282 --> 00:26:32.216
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
00:26:32.283 --> 00:26:36.087
HE CARES ABOUT YOU.
00:26:36.153 --> 00:26:38.923
AND WHEN IT IS ALL OVER, HE WILL TAKE WHAT WAS SEEMINGLY
00:26:38.990 --> 00:26:43.327
A CRUSHING MOMENT TO PRODUCE SOMETHING IN YOU
00:26:43.394 --> 00:26:47.098
THAT IS SO DISTINGUISHED, SO FRESH, SO NEW,
00:26:47.164 --> 00:26:54.038
THAT CHRIST SAID I WILL NOT DRINK ANY MORE WINE
00:26:54.105 --> 00:26:57.942
UNTIL I DRINK IT NEW - IN MY FATHER'S KINGDOM.
00:26:58.009 --> 00:27:00.878
- WITH YOU IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, SO I GOT TO BE THERE.
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[MAX AND AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
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CAUSE HE TOLD ME HE SAID I'M SAVING
00:27:06.550 --> 00:27:08.519
THE NEXT GLASS FOR US TOGETHER.
00:27:08.586 --> 00:27:10.488
-[MAX] THAT'S GOOD.
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- IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
00:27:11.455 --> 00:27:12.490
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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T. D. Jakes: Turning Pressure into Power

February 20, 2020 | 200201 | 27:29

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