Mike Novotny - Standing Strong In Your Faith

October 17, 2025 | 29:5

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Time Of Grace With Mike Novotny | Mike Novotny - Standing Strong In Your Faith | October 17, 2025

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>> "the screwtape letters."
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>> "the screwtape letters." anyone here heard
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Anyone here heard of the book before?
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Yeah, it's written
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Yeah, it's written about 80 years ago.
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About 80 years ago. it's a christian classic
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It's a christian classic written by c.s. lewis,
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Written by c.s. lewis, that famous atheist turned
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That famous atheist turned christian who later wrote
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Christian who later wrote the chronicles of narnia.
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The chronicles of narnia. in 1941, lewis published
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A series of 31 letters
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A series of 31 letters supposedly written by
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Supposedly written by this old demon named screwtape.
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This old demon named screwtape. there's this --
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There's this -- his young nephew who was
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His young nephew who was just getting into his career
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Just getting into his career of tempting people like you.
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Of tempting people like you. what's so intriguing
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What's so intriguing about the book,
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About the book, what's made it such a classic,
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What's made it such a classic, even here 80 years
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Even here 80 years after it is written,
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After it is written, is that it's not about how
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Is that it's not about how a demon can make someone's
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A demon can make someone's head spin in circles,
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Head spin in circles, exorcist style.
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Exorcist style. it's not about how to jump out
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It's not about how to jump out of a dark closet
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Of a dark closet and frighten people.
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And frighten people. no, it's so much more subtle
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No, it's so much more subtle and strategic
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And strategic and wickedly smart.
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And wickedly smart. it's about demons who are doing
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It's about demons who are doing everything they can to all
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Everything they can to all people so that by all possible
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People so that by all possible means they might damn some.
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Means they might damn some. and when you read it,
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And when you read it, it makes sense.
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It makes sense. it makes sense even
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It makes sense even why a person who loves god
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Why a person who loves god and is committed to following
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And is committed to following jesus might fall into these
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Jesus might fall into these same temptations
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Same temptations time and time again.
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Time and time again. you know, the premise of that
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You know, the premise of that book reminds me of kind
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Book reminds me of kind of a creepy picture.
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Of a creepy picture. to me, it's a reminder
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To me, it's a reminder of how demons
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Of how demons and temptations work,
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And temptations work, that they have some
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That they have some sinister motive.
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Sinister motive. the way they do it is
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The way they do it is by disguising themselves
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By disguising themselves in something attractive
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In something attractive and alluring.
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And alluring. you might be a person
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You might be a person who has very high standards,
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Who has very high standards, which is a great thing.
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Which is a great thing. so did jesus.
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So did jesus. but if the people in your life
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But if the people in your life just know that you're
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Just know that you're always a critic of a standard
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Always a critic of a standard that's never met instead
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That's never met instead of an encourager as people grow,
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Of an encourager as people grow, step by step and day by day,
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Step by step and day by day, then the blessing is flipped
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Then the blessing is flipped to become a curse.
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To become a curse. you see,
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You see, whatever your personality is,
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Whatever your personality is, whatever your strengths,
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Whatever your strengths, whatever your wiring,
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Whatever your wiring, whatever your talents,
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Whatever your talents, the demons know what it is.
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The demons know what it is. and they just want to get you
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And they just want to get you so close to that thing that they
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So close to that thing that they can stab you in the back
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Can stab you in the back and lead you into temptation.
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And lead you into temptation. if you're taking notes today,
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If you're taking notes today, i just want to let you know
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I just want to let you know from the bible what
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From the bible what the devil's goal is with you.
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The devil's goal is with you. it's to use whatever he can,
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It's to use whatever he can, whatever temptation,
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Whatever temptation, whatever angle,
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Whatever angle, so that you don't
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So that you don't stand with god.
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Stand with god. so you don't stand up
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So you don't stand up for god and do the things
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For god and do the things that god wants.
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That god wants. so you don't stand face to face
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So you don't stand face to face with god and believe that
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With god and believe that he loves you and forgives you
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He loves you and forgives you and accepts you because
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And accepts you because of what jesus did.
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Of what jesus did. he wants to knock you
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He wants to knock you on your back into temptation,
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On your back into temptation, lead you into falling into sin,
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Lead you into falling into sin, and then make sure
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And then make sure you stay there believing that
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You stay there believing that god doesn't like you,
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God doesn't like you, god doesn't love you.
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God doesn't love you. this is how you are,
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This is how you are, you'll never change.
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You'll never change. you're always going
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You're always going to do this, so why try?
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To do this, so why try? the devil's goal is for you
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The devil's goal is for you to not stand with god.
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To not stand with god. this is why the apostle paul
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This is why the apostle paul has so much to say about
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Has so much to say about fighting the good fight.
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Fighting the good fight. the apostle paul,
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The apostle paul, that famous christian
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That famous christian from 2,000 years ago,
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From 2,000 years ago, he faced temptations
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He faced temptations just like you.
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Just like you. he actually confessed that there
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He actually confessed that there were certain sins that he just
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Were certain sins that he just struggled with after years
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Struggled with after years of following jesus.
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Of following jesus. and so, he had so much to say
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And so, he had so much to say about how we fight for jesus.
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About how we fight for jesus. how do you stand your ground
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How do you stand your ground when the devil's been knocking
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When the devil's been knocking you down for way too long?
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You down for way too long? the apostle paul wants
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The apostle paul wants to help us do that because
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To help us do that because he knows and he wants you
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He knows and he wants you to know that this
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To know that this is a good fight.
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Is a good fight. the famous verse that paul wrote
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The famous verse that paul wrote just before he died,
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Just before he died, he wants christians
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He wants christians to fight the good fight.
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To fight the good fight. those two words matter.
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Those two words matter. it's a fight,
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It's a fight, it's going to be a struggle.
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It's going to be a struggle. it's not going to be easy.
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It's not going to be easy. if you think that following
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If you think that following jesus just makes life better,
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Jesus just makes life better, heads up,
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Heads up, it gets a lot harder.
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It gets a lot harder. but it's a good fight,
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But it's a good fight, because if you fight that battle
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Because if you fight that battle in the moment,
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In the moment, on the other side of it --
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On the other side of it -- have you experienced this?
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Have you experienced this? doesn't it feel so good
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Doesn't it feel so good to have faced temptation
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To have faced temptation and conquered it?
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And conquered it? when you're having
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When you're having that difficult discussion
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That difficult discussion and instead of just,
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And instead of just, like, giving into forcefully
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Like, giving into forcefully forcing your opinion
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Forcing your opinion down someone's throat.
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Down someone's throat. when we actually listened
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When we actually listened and you try to understand
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And you try to understand your opin --
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Your opin -- i mean,
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I mean, doesn't that feel so good?
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Doesn't that feel so good? doesn't it lead to such
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Doesn't it lead to such good unity in a family,
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Good unity in a family, in a friendship and at a church?
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In a friendship and at a church? when everyone else lost their
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When everyone else lost their self-control and stayed out
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Self-control and stayed out three hours past when
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Three hours past when they should've been home.
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They should've been home. but you made a good choice
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But you made a good choice and you wake up,
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And you wake up, and you're not hungover,
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And you're not hungover, you don't have to apologize
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You don't have to apologize to jesus for it.
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To jesus for it. doesn't that feel so good?
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Doesn't that feel so good? when you face temptation
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When you face temptation and you come out on
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And you come out on the other side of it?
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The other side of it? we think about skipping church
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We think about skipping church another sunday because
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Another sunday because life's busy and it's
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Life's busy and it's been a crazy weekend.
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Been a crazy weekend. when you actually make it
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When you actually make it and then, man,
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And then, man, god just give you the song,
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God just give you the song, or the moment,
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Or the moment, or the conversation.
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Or the conversation. you're so happy that you stood
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You're so happy that you stood up for the things of god.
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Up for the things of god. it's a good fight.
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It's a good fight. and so i want to be honest
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And so i want to be honest with you that following
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With you that following jesus will be a battle.
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Jesus will be a battle. it's not going to be easy,
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The demons won't let it be so.
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But if you rely on
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The resources that
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God has given,
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If you stand firm with jesus,
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On the other side of that,
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You will never regret it.
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And one day when you
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See your god face to face,
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I guarantee you that
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You will be proud
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For every moment that you
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Stood up for your faith.
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That's why today i want
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That's why today i want to take the entire time
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To take the entire time of our message to focus
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Of our message to focus on just one singular
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On just one singular verse that the apostle paul
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Verse that the apostle paul wrote in his famous section
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On the armor of god.
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On the armor of god. "therefore put on
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"therefore put on the full armor of god,
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The full armor of god, so that when
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So that when the day of evil comes,
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The day of evil comes, you may be able
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You may be able to stand your ground,
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To stand your ground, and after you have done
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And after you have done everything, to stand."
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Everything, to stand." you know, long ago
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I was in costa rica
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I was in costa rica with 36 other christians.
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With 36 other christians. a bunch of high schoolers
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A bunch of high schoolers and chaperones were there
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And chaperones were there studying spanish.
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Studying spanish. and after one week
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And after one week of being in costa rica,
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Of being in costa rica, the other 36 people went home
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The other 36 people went home and i stayed by myself
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And i stayed by myself to study more spanish
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To study more spanish for the next seven days.
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For the next seven days. and i was there far from home,
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And i was there far from home, multiple countries away from my
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Multiple countries away from my wife and my kids and my church.
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Wife and my kids and my church. and i met,
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And i met, at the place
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At the place where i was taking classes,
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Where i was taking classes, this really,
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This really, really nice young woman.
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Really nice young woman. we kind of shared our story.
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We kind of shared our story. she was super helpful
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She was super helpful in helping me understand
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In helping me understand costa rican culture,
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Costa rican culture, helping me with my
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Helping me with my spanish questions.
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Spanish questions. i looked forward to chatting
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I looked forward to chatting with her every day when
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With her every day when i would see her.
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I would see her. but one day when
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But one day when i was there all by myself,
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I was there all by myself, this woman said something
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This woman said something to me that i'm 97% sure it
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To me that i'm 97% sure it was just something nice.
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Was just something nice. but when she said it,
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But when she said it, 3% of me said,
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3% of me said, "is she flirting with me?"
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"is she flirting with me?" i think she was just being kind
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I think she was just being kind but the way she said it,
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But the way she said it, the way she looked at me,
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The way she looked at me, there was something that said,
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There was something that said, "huh, a married man far,
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"huh, a married man far, far from home,
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Far from home, and this attractive young woman
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And this attractive young woman maybe is flirting with me."
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Maybe is flirting with me." a day later,
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A day later, i was taking spanish classes
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I was taking spanish classes and i kind of came around
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And i kind of came around the corner and just
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The corner and just out of the blue,
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Out of the blue, i turned around this tree
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I turned around this tree and there she was sitting
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And there she was sitting at a picnic table.
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At a picnic table. apparently it was her day off.
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Apparently it was her day off. she was there by the pool
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She was there by the pool and she was wearing.
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And she was wearing. how do i say it?
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How do i say it? not a turtleneck.
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[laughter]
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I'm not blaming her
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I'm not blaming her for the way she
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For the way she was dressed at all.
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Was dressed at all. she was by a pool.
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She was by a pool. it was her day off.
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It was her day off. i'm like 6'2,
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I'm like 6'2, she's sitting down.
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She's sitting down. it's just an awkward
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It's just an awkward situation for me to be in.
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Situation for me to be in. i'm trying to make like
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I'm trying to make like the strongest eye contact
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The strongest eye contact in christian history
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In christian history that's ever happened.
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That's ever happened. i think what are the odds,
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I think what are the odds, i just happened to run
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I just happened to run into this woman who
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Into this woman who maybe was flirting with me
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Maybe was flirting with me and now she's wearing
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And now she's wearing that and i'm far from home?
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That and i'm far from home? and you're not going
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And you're not going to believe this.
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To believe this. the day after that,
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The day after that, do you know what happened to me?
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Do you know what happened to me? i'll show you a picture.
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I'll show you a picture. my wedding ring snapped,
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My wedding ring snapped, silicone wedding ring.
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Silicone wedding ring. just never happened to me ever.
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Just never happened to me ever. now, just so you know,
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Now, just so you know, my wife said i could
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My wife said i could share that story with you.
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Share that story with you. just so you know
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Just so you know nothing happened.
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Nothing happened. i called my wife,
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I called my wife, i told her everything
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I told her everything that happened.
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That happened. everything was cool.
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Everything was cool. but have you ever
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But have you ever felt like that?
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Felt like that? there are just sometimes
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There are just sometimes when it's like temptation
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When it's like temptation comes at you hard.
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Comes at you hard. it's not like an average day,
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It's not like an average day, it just feels intense,
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It just feels intense, like there's an agenda,
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Like there's an agenda, a strategy to lead
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A strategy to lead you into temptation.
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You into temptation. you know, maybe there's
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You know, maybe there's that person, you know,
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That person, you know, at work or at your school
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At work or at your school whose personality
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Whose personality is really difficult.
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Is really difficult. and and some days, okay,
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And and some days, okay, it is what it is.
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It is what it is. that's how they're
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That's how they're always going to be.
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Always going to be. it doesn't bother you.
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It doesn't bother you. but other days when
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But other days when they open their mouth,
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They open their mouth, it's like you just can't,
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It's like you just can't, you can't do it another second.
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You can't do it another second. you feel like you can't put up
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You feel like you can't put up with it another moment.
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With it another moment. you have to snap and say
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You have to snap and say something sharp and unchristian.
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Something sharp and unchristian. you know, some days when you're
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You know, some days when you're driving down the street,
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Driving down the street, maybe you're here in wisconsin,
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Maybe you're here in wisconsin, you're going through
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You're going through all the orange cones.
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All the orange cones. you're like, hey,
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You're like, hey, in wisconsin,
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In wisconsin, if it's not snowing,
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If it's not snowing, there's going
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There's going to be construction.
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To be construction. that's how it works around here.
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That's how it works around here. and you've, like,
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And you've, like, accepted that.
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Accepted that. but other days...
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But other days... uh-uh,
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Uh-uh, just like the impatience
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Just like the impatience and the...
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And the... you just want to lay
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You just want to lay on the horn and scream
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On the horn and scream at the windshield.
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At the windshield. some days temptation
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Some days temptation comes fierce.
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Comes fierce. if you're in recovery, i mean,
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If you're in recovery, i mean, some days you don't
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Some days you don't even think about drinking,
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Even think about drinking, you don't even think
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You don't even think about clicking,
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About clicking, and other days
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And other days it's like you can't not
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It's like you can't not think about such things.
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Think about such things. like every breath
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Like every breath is a battle to stay where
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Is a battle to stay where you are instead of getting up
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You are instead of getting up and making a decision that
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And making a decision that you're going to regret.
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You're going to regret. sometimes when you're
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Sometimes when you're dating someone,
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Dating someone, you have your jesus boundaries,
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You have your jesus boundaries, and you're okay
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And you're okay with holding hands and, like,
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With holding hands and, like, respecting god's gift
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Respecting god's gift of sex within marriage.
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Of sex within marriage. but other days it just
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But other days it just feels like you can't.
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Feels like you can't. it's almost impossible
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It's almost impossible to keep your hands
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To keep your hands off each other.
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Off each other. there's always a temptation that
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There's always a temptation that like isn't anything and then
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Like isn't anything and then on thursday it's everything.
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On thursday it's everything. apostle paul knows about that,
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Apostle paul knows about that, he calls it
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He calls it "the day of evil."
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"the day of evil." why does that happen?
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Why does that happen? and the answer is simple,
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And the answer is simple, because this is war.
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Because this is war. if the devil attacked your
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If the devil attacked your faith the same way every day,
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Faith the same way every day, he would be easy to defeat.
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He would be easy to defeat. if he showed up at
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If he showed up at the same time,
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The same time, in the same place,
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In the same place, with the same temptation,
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With the same temptation, and the same number
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And the same number of demons would fire
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Of demons would fire the same number of spiritual
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The same number of spiritual bullets at you,
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Bullets at you, you would learn how to defend
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You would learn how to defend yourself really quickly.
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Yourself really quickly. but that's not how war works.
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But that's not how war works. you try to catch someone
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You try to catch someone with a surprise attack.
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With a surprise attack. you try to hide a sniper
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You try to hide a sniper and take a shot from an angle
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And take a shot from an angle that they don't see you coming.
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That they don't see you coming. the devil's not dumb.
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The devil's not dumb. and so he waits until
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And so he waits until we think we're fine,
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We think we're fine, and then he launches
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And then he launches his fiercest temptations
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His fiercest temptations because he wants to win.
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Because he wants to win. he doesn't want you
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He doesn't want you to stand with god.
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To stand with god. so what do you do?
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So what do you do? i mean,
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I mean, if you don't know if today's
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If you don't know if today's the day or tomorrow
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The day or tomorrow or 11 1/2 days from now,
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Or 11 1/2 days from now, if your toughest spiritual
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If your toughest spiritual battle can't be written
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Battle can't be written in on your calendar,
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In on your calendar, if the devil doesn't
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If the devil doesn't send you a reminder e-mail
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Send you a reminder e-mail and like that ai
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And like that ai generated voicemail,
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Generated voicemail, "just so you know,
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"just so you know, in four hours."
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In four hours." like how do you defend
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Like how do you defend your faith against such things?
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Your faith against such things? well, the apostle paul told us,
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Well, the apostle paul told us, he says,
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He says, "therefore put on
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"therefore put on the full armor of god."
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The full armor of god." put it on.
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Put it on. don't just have the armor
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Don't just have the armor of god in your life collecting
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Of god in your life collecting dust on some shelf.
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Dust on some shelf. "put on the full armor of god
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"put on the full armor of god so that when the day
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So that when the day of evil comes,"
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Of evil comes," whenever that happens to be,
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Whenever that happens to be, "you may be able to take --
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"you may be able to take -- to stand your ground.
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To stand your ground. and after you have done
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And after you have done everything, to stand."
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Everything, to stand." paul wants you to have
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Paul wants you to have a lifestyle that keeps
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A lifestyle that keeps you protected
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You protected from temptation.
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From temptation. he doesn't want your
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He doesn't want your christianity to be like this
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Christianity to be like this little thing that you
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Little thing that you pencil into your schedule.
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Pencil into your schedule. he wants faith and prayer
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He wants faith and prayer and spiritual habits
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And spiritual habits and disciplines to be
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And disciplines to be like how you're rooted,
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Like how you're rooted, like a tree that doesn't
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Like a tree that doesn't leave the soil.
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Leave the soil. how you're grounded,
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How you're grounded, that your feet never move
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That your feet never move from this firm place where
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From this firm place where god wants you to be.
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God wants you to be. let me put it this way.
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Let me put it this way. s ome of you might remember
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S ome of you might remember in a previous message i told you
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In a previous message i told you where the real power
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Where the real power of a boxer's punch comes from.
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Of a boxer's punch comes from. do you remember that?
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Do you remember that? doesn't come from the fist,
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Doesn't come from the fist, doesn't come from a strong core,
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Doesn't come from a strong core, doesn't even come
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Doesn't even come from the hips or the legs.
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From the hips or the legs. it comes from?
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It comes from? it comes from the ground.
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It comes from the ground. it comes from the earth, right?
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It comes from the earth, right? float a boxer in the air,
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Float a boxer in the air, they won't be able to punch
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They won't be able to punch you very hard.
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You very hard. i was actually watching swimming
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I was actually watching swimming and i realized that's why
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And i realized that's why swimming is so exhausting.
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Swimming is so exhausting. have ever been swimming before?
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Have ever been swimming before? it's because there's
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It's because there's no ground to push off of,
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No ground to push off of, and you're relying
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And you're relying on your own strength.
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On your own strength. and it's super exhausting,
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And it's super exhausting, super-fast.
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Super-fast. in fact, the time the swimmers
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In fact, the time the swimmers swim the fastest is when?
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Swim the fastest is when? they push off the ground.
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They push off the ground. float a sumo wrestler in
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Float a sumo wrestler in the air and you could probably
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The air and you could probably push him backwards, right?
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Push him backwards, right? the strength is having something
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The strength is having something so much bigger than you that's
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So much bigger than you that's outside of you that you
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Outside of you that you can rely on.
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Can rely on. you know, it struck me
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You know, it struck me that not only does the power
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That not only does the power of a punch come
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Of a punch come from outside of us,
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From outside of us, but the power to stand firm
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But the power to stand firm when we're being pushed
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When we're being pushed is the same thing.
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Is the same thing. right?
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Right? you could pull up a six-year-old
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You could pull up a six-year-old from church up on stage,
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From church up on stage, and if i stood on
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And if i stood on my tippy toes,
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My tippy toes, that 6-year-old
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That 6-year-old could push me over.
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Could push me over. but if i'm grounded,
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But if i'm grounded, if i have a strong stance,
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If i have a strong stance, then their force has to get
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Then their force has to get through the earth itself.
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Through the earth itself. if i'm grounded in
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If i'm grounded in a good stance,
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A good stance, you can push and push and push,
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You can push and push and push, but i'm not going to move
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But i'm not going to move because i'm connected
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Because i'm connected to something much bigger
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To something much bigger outside of myself.
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Outside of myself. that's what paul means
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That's what paul means when he says,
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When he says, "put on the full armor of god.
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"put on the full armor of god. and after you have
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And after you have done everything,"
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Done everything," what does that mean?
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What does that mean? it means you're doing
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It means you're doing everything you can to stay
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Everything you can to stay connected to god.
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Connected to god. that that's how you
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That that's how you stand your ground.
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Stand your ground. so practically,
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So practically, what does this mean?
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What does this mean? well, if you're taking notes,
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Well, if you're taking notes, i'd love for you
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I'd love for you to write this down.
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To write this down. i think there were four things
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I think there were four things that help us stay
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That help us stay grounded in god,
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Grounded in god, and they are:
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And they are: passages, prayers, people,
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Passages, prayers, people, and a person.
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And a person. if you want to prepare yourself
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If you want to prepare yourself for the next temptation
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For the next temptation that you're going to face,
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That you're going to face, i would encourage you
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I would encourage you to have some specific passages,
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To have some specific passages, to have a life of prayer,
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To have a life of prayer, to have people who know
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To have people who know the battles you're fighting
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The battles you're fighting and to stay connected to jesus,
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And to stay connected to jesus, the person who died so that
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The person who died so that you would win this war.
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You would win this war. if you can, like, be equipped
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If you can, like, be equipped be ready with those four things,
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Be ready with those four things, i think you will be able
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I think you will be able to stand your ground
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To stand your ground against those hardest
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Against those hardest temptations that you face.
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Temptations that you face. let's give a few examples
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Let's give a few examples of that in practice.
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Of that in practice. let's say you're
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Let's say you're a person who struggles
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A person who struggles with insecurity and jealousy
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With insecurity and jealousy and envy,
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And envy, and just feeling like
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And just feeling like you're not enough,
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You're not enough, you're not worthy
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You're not worthy and everyone else is better
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And everyone else is better than you.
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Than you. and you just compare
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And you just compare yourself all the time
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Yourself all the time and you feel about this big.
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And you feel about this big. you know, some attractive person
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You know, some attractive person walks in the room,
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Walks in the room, and her skin and her hair
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And her skin and her hair and her fashion.
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And her fashion. and then she opens her mouth
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And then she opens her mouth and oh, she's intelligent
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And oh, she's intelligent and winsome and successful
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And winsome and successful in her career.
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In her career. like just like that,
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Like just like that, you're on your back feeling
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You're on your back feeling worthless and cursed.
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Worthless and cursed. but what would happen if you
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But what would happen if you would find a passage to help
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Would find a passage to help you with that battle?
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You with that battle? i'm thinking of the psalm
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I'm thinking of the psalm that says,
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That says, "god, i am fearfully
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"god, i am fearfully and wonderfully made."
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And wonderfully made." i know that full well.
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I know that full well. like god, you made me.
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Like god, you made me. i'm not an accident.
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I'm not an accident. you knit me together
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You knit me together in my mother's womb.
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In my mother's womb. you gave me my personality
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You gave me my personality and my place in this world.
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And my place in this world. you made me, me.
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You made me, me. not her, not him.
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Not her, not him. my purpose is to love you
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My purpose is to love you and love people right here.
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And love people right here. i don't have to be
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I don't have to be an instagram influencer,
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An instagram influencer, just want one person.
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Just want one person. what i love in jesus name
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What i love in jesus name matters to you.
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Matters to you. i praise you, god.
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I praise you, god. i know who i am.
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I know who i am. man, you could punch a demon
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Man, you could punch a demon in the face with that passage,
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In the face with that passage, and then you could pray over it.
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And then you could pray over it. "just, god help me
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"just, god help me to remember that.
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To remember that. help me to remember
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Help me to remember that comparison is a trap.
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That comparison is a trap. help me to remember that i'm me
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Help me to remember that i'm me and i'm not her
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And i'm not her and i don't need to because
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And i don't need to because i'm fearfully
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I'm fearfully and wonderfully made."
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And wonderfully made." and then what if
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And then what if you invited people?
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You invited people? like instead of smiling
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Like instead of smiling and nodding and, like,
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And nodding and, like, dying inside,
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Dying inside, what if you invited some close
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What if you invited some close christian friends to know
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Christian friends to know the battles that you fight?
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The battles that you fight? they could pray for you
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They could pray for you and encourage you and help you
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And encourage you and help you when the day of evil comes.
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When the day of evil comes. and what if you especially
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And what if you especially remember the person, jesus,
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Remember the person, jesus, who thank god,
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Who thank god, 2,000 years ago didn't come into
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2,000 years ago didn't come into the world and pick like
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The world and pick like the valedictorians and the first
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Team all conferences?
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He loved the broken
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And the outcast,
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The poor and the sick,
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Bleeding women
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And tax collectors,
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Prostitutes and drunks.
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So like,
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What if you would think,
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"man, there is a jesus
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Who loves me and he's not
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Waiting for some better
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Version of me?
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Like, right now his,
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His love could not be greater.
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The affection that he feels
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For me despite my
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Weaknesses and flaws."
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Like come on, ground
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Yourself in a good passage,
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"i'm fearfully,
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"i'm fearfully, wonderfully made,"
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Wonderfully made," in a prayer where you're
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In a prayer where you're talking to god
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Talking to god about such things,
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About such things, and people who can help you,
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And people who can help you, and in jesus who will help you.
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And in jesus who will help you. or let's say you struggle
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Or let's say you struggle with a sin like pornography.
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With a sin like pornography. and maybe for a lot of you
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And maybe for a lot of you it's been a minute.
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It's been a minute. it's been years
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It's been years since it started.
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Since it started. and you've told god
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And you've told god you're sorry how many times.
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You're sorry how many times. you know it's wrong
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You know it's wrong but you can't seem to escape.
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But you can't seem to escape. what would happen if you
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What would happen if you would fight back to stand
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Would fight back to stand firm with passages
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Firm with passages and prayers and people
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And prayers and people and a person?
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And a person? and maybe your passage
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And maybe your passage could be 1 corinthians 6:18,
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Could be 1 corinthians 6:18, "flee from sexual immorality."
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"flee from sexual immorality." run from it.
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Run from it. when you feel that temptation,
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When you feel that temptation, don't just sit there
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Don't just sit there and see how it goes.
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And see how it goes. don't start watching
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Don't start watching some tv show with like
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Some tv show with like too much skin in episode 1
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Too much skin in episode 1 and thinking the plot
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And thinking the plot will redeem it.
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Will redeem it. you have to run from it.
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You have to run from it. you have to run
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You have to run from the situations where
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From the situations where you fall into sin,
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You fall into sin, where you bring your phone
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Where you bring your phone into the bathroom into your --
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Into the bathroom into your -- whatever gets you in trouble,
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Whatever gets you in trouble, run from it, god says.
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Run from it, god says. and pray about it.
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And pray about it. sometimes we face temptations
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Sometimes we face temptations and we try to white knuckle it.
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And we try to white knuckle it. no, when you feel it, say,
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No, when you feel it, say, "god, help me.
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"god, help me. i want to honor
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I want to honor you with my body.
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You with my body. i want to honor my family.
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I want to honor my family. i want to honor the people
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I want to honor the people of this world,
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Of this world, people that you love.
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People that you love. please, like give
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Please, like give me self-control today."
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Me self-control today." oh, and hear me when i say this,
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Oh, and hear me when i say this, what if you brought people
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What if you brought people into that struggle?
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Into that struggle? listen, as a recovering
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Listen, as a recovering porn addict,
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Porn addict, i can tell you that you
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I can tell you that you will not escape this
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Will not escape this sin by yourself.
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Sin by yourself. smarter people than i have said,
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Smarter people than i have said, "we sin alone,
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"we sin alone, but we heal together."
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But we heal together." and, if you're
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And, if you're addicted right now,
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Addicted right now, you need to stop caring
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You need to stop caring about protecting your
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About protecting your perfect christian image
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Perfect christian image and you need to ask
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And you need to ask people for the help
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People for the help that you need.
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That you need. they will help you.
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They will help you. you need people that you
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You need people that you can text when temptation comes.
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Can text when temptation comes. you need friends that you can
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You need friends that you can tell when you've fallen in,
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Tell when you've fallen in, they'll remind you of jesus
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They'll remind you of jesus and your forgiveness.
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And your forgiveness. you need an
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You need an accountability partner
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Accountability partner who can who can walk with you.
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Who can who can walk with you. please, who --
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Please, who -- no one thinks you're
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No one thinks you're a perfect christian anyway.
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A perfect christian anyway. they already think
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They already think you're messed up.
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You're messed up. just tell them how so they
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Just tell them how so they can help you get better.
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Can help you get better. and what if you remembered
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And what if you remembered in the midst
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In the midst of that fight, jesus?
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Of that fight, jesus? and i thank god jesus was
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And i thank god jesus was the friend of prostitutes
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The friend of prostitutes and tax collectors.
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And tax collectors. he was the jesus who saved
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He was the jesus who saved the ephesians
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The ephesians and the corinthians,
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And the corinthians, who lived in sexually
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Who lived in sexually broken cultures,
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Broken cultures, who worshipped fertility idols.
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Who worshipped fertility idols. like, you are not
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Like, you are not the first sexual sinner
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The first sexual sinner jesus has ever met.
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Jesus has ever met. so, look to him.
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So, look to him. he's cleansed you at the cross,
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He's cleansed you at the cross, he's redeemed you by his blood.
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He's redeemed you by his blood. your sin is not too
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Your sin is not too much for him,
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Much for him, his mercy is so much more.
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His mercy is so much more. now, what would happened if
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Now, what would happened if you went back
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You went back to the same battles,
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To the same battles, but you went back
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But you went back with passages and prayers,
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With passages and prayers, and people and the person
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And people and the person named jesus?
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Named jesus? or let's say you're struggling
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Or let's say you're struggling to forgive someone
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To forgive someone who hurt you.
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Who hurt you. man, just all these fresh
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Man, just all these fresh triggers of what they did,
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Triggers of what they did, what they said.
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What they said. maybe it was your dad,
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Maybe it was your dad, maybe it was your ex,
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Maybe it was your ex, maybe it was someone
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Maybe it was someone who stabbed you
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Who stabbed you in the back at work.
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In the back at work. what if you memorized
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What if you memorized a passage like matthew 6,
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A passage like matthew 6, the prayer jesus taught:
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The prayer jesus taught: "our father in heaven forgive
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"our father in heaven forgive us our sins as we forgive
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Us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us."
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Those who sin against us." and what if before you
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And what if before you saw that person,
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Saw that person, you looked up
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You looked up to god and said
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To god and said "god, i was that guy.
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"god, i was that guy. i was the one who hurt you."
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I was the one who hurt you." yeah, i thought of our almighty
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Yeah, i thought of our almighty god when i heard the story
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God when i heard the story of this guy the other day.
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Of this guy the other day. there's a sculpture
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There's a sculpture of a famous olympic athlete
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Of a famous olympic athlete named milo of croton.
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Named milo of croton. have you heard of him,
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Have you heard of him, you olympics lovers?
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You olympics lovers? no?
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No? milo of croton lived more
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Milo of croton lived more than 500 years before
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Than 500 years before jesus was born.
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Jesus was born. he was an olympic wrestler.
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He was an olympic wrestler. he won his first
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He won his first olympic wrestling championship
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Olympic wrestling championship in the 540 b.c.
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In the 540 b.c. olympic games,
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Olympic games, and then he went on a streak
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And then he went on a streak of five straight olympics
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Of five straight olympics where he won gold,
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Where he won gold, gold, gold, gold, gold.
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Gold, gold, gold, gold. his last gold he was a man
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His last gold he was a man about my age,
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About my age, in his low 40s,
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In his low 40s, wrestling buff, young greek men
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Wrestling buff, young greek men and pinning them to the mat.
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And pinning them to the mat. he was a beast.
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He was a beast. he was so beasty, in fact,
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He was so beasty, in fact, that famous authors
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That famous authors like aristotle and cicero
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Like aristotle and cicero told the stories, myths,
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Told the stories, myths, and legends of mighty milo.
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And legends of mighty milo. in fact, milo was so strong,
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In fact, milo was so strong, he used to do feats
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He used to do feats of strength in public.
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Of strength in public. he'd stand in front
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He'd stand in front of a gathered crowd who
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Of a gathered crowd who was there to see his muscles.
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Was there to see his muscles. he would hold out
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He would hold out his hand like this,
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His hand like this, extend his fingers,
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Extend his fingers, and dare anyone in the crowd
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And dare anyone in the crowd to come up and bend
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To come up and bend his little finger backwards.
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His little finger backwards. no one could.
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No one could. he would stand on a greased
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He would stand on a greased disc and dare anyone
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Disc and dare anyone to push him off it.
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To push him off it. no one could.
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No one could. he would hold a pomegranate
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He would hold a pomegranate in his hand, cup it,
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In his hand, cup it, and dare someone
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And dare someone to take it from him.
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To take it from him. no one could.
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No one could. and after they all sat down,
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And after they all sat down, he opened his hand.
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He opened his hand. and the pomegranate
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And the pomegranate wasn't even bruised,
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Wasn't even bruised, because milo wasn't even trying.
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Because milo wasn't even trying. and then milo went to war.
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And then milo went to war. his homeland,
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His homeland, the people of croton,
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The people of croton, were attacked by an enemy,
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Were attacked by an enemy, so milo led them into battle.
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So milo led them into battle. they say he put on a
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They say he put on a lion's skin around his chest,
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Lion's skin around his chest, like old hercules used to do.
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Like old hercules used to do. he took his olympic
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He took his olympic wrestling crowns,
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Wrestling crowns, put them on his head,
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Put them on his head, picked up a giant club
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Picked up a giant club and was the first one
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And was the first one to storm into the fight.
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To storm into the fight. he was a strong man who
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He was a strong man who fought to protect his people.
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Fought to protect his people. and when i hear a story
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And when i hear a story like that,
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Like that, i think, "that's like my jesus."
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[laughing]
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Do not give me any of this
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Do not give me any of this lame church art with a jesus
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Lame church art with a jesus who's skinnier than i am, okay?
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Who's skinnier than i am, okay? i don't need chubby baby angels,
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I don't need chubby baby angels, i don't need a little jesus
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I don't need a little jesus who doesn't look like
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Who doesn't look like he could arm wrestle
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He could arm wrestle an 8-year-old girl scout.
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An 8-year-old girl scout. no, i need the real jesus.
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No, i need the real jesus. the jesus who put on
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The jesus who put on the full armor of god
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The full armor of god and he took his stand against
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And he took his stand against the forces of hell.
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The forces of hell. i want the biblical jesus who
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I want the biblical jesus who faced the devil's worst
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Faced the devil's worst and yet served god
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And yet served god with his best.
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With his best. i want the jesus who went
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I want the jesus who went into the wilderness and stood
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Into the wilderness and stood so strong that the devil
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So strong that the devil had to run with his tail
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Had to run with his tail between his legs.
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Between his legs. i want the jesus who made demons
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I want the jesus who made demons beg for mercy and their mothers
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Beg for mercy and their mothers when they came face to face
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When they came face to face with a single word.
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With a single word. i want the jesus who raised
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I want the jesus who raised the dead, healed the sick,
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The dead, healed the sick, and saved your soul when
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And saved your soul when he forgave you of your sins.
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He forgave you of your sins. i want the jesus who didn't
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I want the jesus who didn't stretch out his arms
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And dare people
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To bend his pinky,
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But the jesus who spread
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Out his arms so that
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We could be saved
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For all eternity.
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The bible says that there was
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Once a strong man named samson
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Who ripped apart a lion
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With his bare hands.
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But our jesus ripped apart
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The roaring lion
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With his pierced hands.
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And on easter morning he stood
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Up out of the grave so that
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You could stand up today.
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So you could get up out of your
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So you could get up out of your shame and regret and guilt.
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Shame and regret and guilt. so that you could stand up
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So that you could stand up in faith and with peace
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In faith and with peace and hope in your heart.
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And hope in your heart. so that one day you could stand
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So that one day you could stand with god in love, saved, safe,
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With god in love, saved, safe, and dearly loved.
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And dearly loved. my fellow soldiers in
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My fellow soldiers in the spiritual warfare,
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The spiritual warfare, i pray that today you find
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I pray that today you find a passage so you can
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A passage so you can take your stand.
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Take your stand. i pray that you put on the full
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I pray that you put on the full armor of god and pray
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Armor of god and pray so that you can stand firm.
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So that you can stand firm. i'm asking god that you can find
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I'm asking god that you can find your people who can stand
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Your people who can stand together and push
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Together and push back against the devil.
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Back against the devil. but more than anything,
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But more than anything, i pray today that
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I pray today that you believe in jesus,
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You believe in jesus, the capital p person who stood
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The capital p person who stood his ground so that you could
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His ground so that you could always stand with god.
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Always stand with god. may he be your
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May he be your strength today, amen.
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Strength today, amen. let's pray.
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Let's pray. oh, jesus, you are --
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Oh, jesus, you are -- you're sitting
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You're sitting at the right hand of god,
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At the right hand of god, and everything in our lives
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And everything in our lives is underneath your feet.
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Is underneath your feet. you're not panicking over
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You're not panicking over the temptations we face,
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The temptations we face, and you're not sweating
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And you're not sweating over the sins we've committed,
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Over the sins we've committed, they're so small
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They're so small compared to you.
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Compared to you. you're like the earth,
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You're like the earth, and we're one of 8 billion
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And we're one of 8 billion people standing on it.
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People standing on it. you're so much mightier.
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You're so much mightier. and so today we look to you.
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And so today we look to you. we don't look inside
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We don't look inside of ourselves.
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Of ourselves. we don't look in the mirror,
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We don't look in the mirror, we look to the cross,
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We look to the cross, and we look to your
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And we look to your great mighty power.
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Great mighty power. today we're trying
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Today we're trying to stand in your love, god.
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To stand in your love, god. jesus, we know that you fought
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Jesus, we know that you fought the ultimate battle
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The ultimate battle that we could have heaven.
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That we could have heaven. but we also know that
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But we also know that the battles we fight today,
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The battles we fight today, they do matter.
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The way we treat one
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Another it matters.
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The kind of people we are
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To represent you
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And represent this church,
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It matters.
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Whether we have self-control
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Tonight or we give in again,
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That matters.
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Whether we love people
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And forgive them,
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Or live in bitterness
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And selfishness,
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That matters too.
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So god, empower us.
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We're here today to put
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On your full armor
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That we could take our stand,
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And after we've done everything,
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To stand with you.
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Help us to do it.
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In those moments
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When temptation comes,
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God, may your holy spirit
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Remind us to pray
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And to reach out to people,
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And to remember that passage
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That we memorized
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In our heart.
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God, may the message
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Not end after i say "amen,"
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May it continue
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Into this week as we put on
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This full armor that
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We could fight the good
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Fight in jesus' name.
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It's in his name
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That we pray all these things,
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And everyone said, amen.
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>> what an important
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>> what an important lesson today, to endure,
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Lesson today, to endure, stand up and face
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Stand up and face the challenges of life
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The challenges of life being rooted in god's word
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Being rooted in god's word and grounded in his strength.
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And grounded in his strength. as long as we're talking
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As long as we're talking about battles,
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About battles, i want to tell you about
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I want to tell you about this month's new book,
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This month's new book, "when the devil attacks:
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"when the devil attacks: winning in the war zones,"
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Winning in the war zones," by time of grace's own
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By time of grace's own doctor bruce becker.
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Doctor bruce becker. this new book helps you
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This new book helps you discover how to put on
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Discover how to put on the armor of god
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The armor of god and overcome every attack with
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And overcome every attack with the power of god's word.
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The power of god's word. request your copy
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>> it's not
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If the devil attacks,
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It's when.
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He isn't a myth
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Or a metaphor, he's real.
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And while belief in him fades,
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His influence quietly grows
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Catching most people unprepared.
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From eden till now
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His strategy is the same,
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Deception, destruction, doubt.
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But god hasn't
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Left you defenseless.
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In "when the devil attacks:
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Winning in the war zones"
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Doctor bruce becker reveals
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The enemy's tactics.
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"when the devil attacks"
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Is our way of thanking you
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Or helping us equip
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More people to stand their
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Ground against temptation.
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Request yours today
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By calling 800-661-3311,
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Visiting timeofgrace.org
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Or writing us at
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P.o. box 301
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Milwaukee, wisconsin 53201.
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Mike Novotny - Standing Strong In Your Faith

October 17, 2025 | 29:5

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