WEBVTT - Are You Headed In The Right Direction?

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our

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<v Speaker 2>podcast and I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>it gives your perspective to see God is moving.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>I have an exciting word to present to you today. Okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>well let's do it. Then let's get in Philippians chapter

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<v Speaker 2>one together. I'm just going to share two verses that

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<v Speaker 2>introduced two different sections of Philippians chapter one, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I can come back and fill it in. I so

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<v Speaker 2>enjoyed Holly's message last week. She was preaching on James

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<v Speaker 2>and Ruth and just everybody. Old Testament, New Testament. She

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<v Speaker 2>helped us, she instructed us, she inspired us.

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<v Speaker 1>Look good doing it. I'm not gonna lie to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I was a little distracted at times and not thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about Jesus at all.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Lord is good. Touch somebody say he's good.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord is good, and so I want to keep

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<v Speaker 2>on going in the flow that I've been in on

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<v Speaker 2>functional faith. I've been hearing people that have been with

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<v Speaker 2>me like nine ten years saying this.

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<v Speaker 1>Is my favorite series you've ever done.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm not saying the other ones weren't good,

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<v Speaker 2>but this was really helping me. So I figured, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you've got momentum in an area, just

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<v Speaker 2>stay on it. So I'm going to stay on this

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<v Speaker 2>idea of functional faith for however long it takes you

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<v Speaker 2>to start living it out.

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<v Speaker 1>We might be here a while.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at Philippians Chapter one, verse twelve, and I am

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<v Speaker 2>bogged down in this chapter. Can't do it justice in

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<v Speaker 2>the time that's allotted today, But I do my best.

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<v Speaker 2>Where Paul says, now I want you to know, brothers

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<v Speaker 2>and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually

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<v Speaker 2>served to advance the gospel.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one heading. And then go to verse twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, I eagerly expect and hope that I will

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<v Speaker 2>in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage

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<v Speaker 2>so that now, as always by, Paul's really sticking his

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<v Speaker 2>neck out here, isn't he He's facing a trial before Caesar, and.

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<v Speaker 1>He's boasting of the power of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said, you know, I have a feeling that

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<v Speaker 2>whatever happens to me, that God's going to use it.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I eagerly expect and hope that I will

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<v Speaker 2>in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage

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<v Speaker 2>so that now, as always, Christ will be exalted in

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<v Speaker 2>my body, just like God sell me through before to

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<v Speaker 2>show himself strong on my behalf in this situation too.

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<v Speaker 2>Now as always Christ will be exalted in my body,

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<v Speaker 2>whether by life or by death. Rather than a title today,

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<v Speaker 2>for the message, I'm going to be teaching a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more than I'm going to be preaching. So I

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<v Speaker 2>want to use a question to get your thinking today.

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<v Speaker 2>And the question is are you headed in the right direction?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you headed in the right direction? And we'll do

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<v Speaker 2>our best to consider that and take a look at it.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's pray before we sit down and learn. Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>open our hearts. Your word needs good ground if it

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<v Speaker 2>is to grow and produce. So we ask you till

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<v Speaker 2>us open us and make us receptive and ready.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody say I'm ready. Tell the Lord say I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 2>In Jesus' name, Amen, you may be seated. Thank you, band.

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<v Speaker 2>I just love our worship teams so much. I love

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<v Speaker 2>our production teams, parking teams. I love our children's ministry teams.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody told me that the e kids album might have

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<v Speaker 2>been a Billboard album on the chart or something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty cool on the Billboard charts with the kids album.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't verify it, but it sounds cool, so I

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<v Speaker 2>just thought i'd say it.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll look it up later.

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<v Speaker 2>Look here because I want to I want to teach

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<v Speaker 2>today and I need a little bit of grace.

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<v Speaker 1>See about my handwriting.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna make you question whether or not you can

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<v Speaker 2>sit under a pastor with the level of intelligence that

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<v Speaker 2>my handwriting indicates. I have sent people birthday cards before,

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<v Speaker 2>handwritten birthday cards because I'm a I'm a good man,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a thoughtful person, and they didn't have any more

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<v Speaker 2>courtesy than to respond to me talking about my handwriting

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<v Speaker 2>on the handwritten birthday card.

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<v Speaker 1>Never mind what.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, the words of life that I spoke into

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<v Speaker 2>their soul. They say things like, wow, do you do

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<v Speaker 2>you do you get your kids to write the birthday

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<v Speaker 2>cards for you? I write that for you, and well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's just mean. So I figured that you're not that

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<v Speaker 2>type of people that you are loving and accepting. And

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<v Speaker 2>the message I want to use today requires a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of writing. I want to write some words on

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<v Speaker 2>the board and kind of teach from that standpoint. So

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<v Speaker 2>I want to plead for your forgiveness of my handwriting,

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<v Speaker 2>if you'd be willing to forgive me for my handwriting

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<v Speaker 2>in advance and for anything that I misspell, because there's

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<v Speaker 2>no spell check on a whiteboard, and so we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to try to do it, but you know, just kind

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<v Speaker 2>of to break it down. And I want you in

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<v Speaker 2>the posture of a learner today so the message can

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<v Speaker 2>last past when I finished preaching it and go into

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<v Speaker 2>your week with you. So you may want to write

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<v Speaker 2>some of these things down. And the first thing that

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<v Speaker 2>I want to mention from the text and really from

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<v Speaker 2>life is progress. Because they say, they say anything sounds

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<v Speaker 2>official if you started with they say. They say that

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<v Speaker 2>one of the basic elements and requirements of human happiness

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<v Speaker 2>is a sense of progress.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't be happy in a sustained.

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<v Speaker 2>Way if you don't feel like you're making progress in

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<v Speaker 2>life and in different areas of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I'm a little bit more ambitious than most people.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I'm not most people.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm me, but I certainly need a sense of progress

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<v Speaker 2>to stick with something. Yeah, I don't show up for

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<v Speaker 2>something that's not working. I don't just show up again

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<v Speaker 2>and again and again and again. If it's not working,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just stay home. And by the way, that's why

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<v Speaker 2>some men quit their marriages because it feels like they

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<v Speaker 2>never get back to that original state of love that

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<v Speaker 2>they had, and so it feels like they're going backwards

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<v Speaker 2>in the relationship. And a man won't show up to

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<v Speaker 2>play a game that he never can win at and

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<v Speaker 2>women too. I mean, it goes both ways, but we

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<v Speaker 2>all need a sense of progress. Everybody say progress.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you sound good today, you sound like you want

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<v Speaker 1>to make progress. I sat down with some of.

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<v Speaker 2>Our staff members this week and coached them for different areas.

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<v Speaker 1>You do know that I work between Sundays.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so in leading the church one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that I am privileged to do, not as much as

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<v Speaker 2>I would want to, but sometimes I get to do

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<v Speaker 2>a one on one session or a group session of coaching.

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<v Speaker 2>And three of the staff members who are in their

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<v Speaker 2>twenties asked a variation of the same question. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>it was interesting, and the idea was I do a

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<v Speaker 2>lot in ministry and I work hard, but it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>for me to tell am I making a difference? Or

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<v Speaker 2>is it effective? And essentially they're asking, am I making progress?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I don't mind working hard. I'm a hard worker,

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<v Speaker 2>but I need to know that it's working. And in

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<v Speaker 2>ministry that's hard to tell sometimes because you don't often

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<v Speaker 2>go home with a checked off list. It's not like

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<v Speaker 2>you mode seven lawns today and you can see the progress.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it's very difficult to see ministerial progress. And

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<v Speaker 2>Paul certainly knows something about that, who's writing in the

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<v Speaker 2>Book of Philippians. If progressed, then is essential to human happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>And if we can't feel satisfied and fulfilled in our

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<v Speaker 2>lives without progress, either as moms or as husbands, or

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<v Speaker 2>as employees in a church, or as business owners, or

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<v Speaker 2>as students or as Christians, then then how do we

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<v Speaker 2>make progress? And so you would say to me, and

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<v Speaker 2>you would be correct, that effort is essential to progress.

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<v Speaker 2>It amazes me by the way how something that sounds

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<v Speaker 2>so simple and seems so obvious seems to have skipped

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<v Speaker 2>a whole generation. Talk to me, how in the world

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<v Speaker 2>do you expect progress without effort? How you expect to

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<v Speaker 2>ace what you didn't study for? How you expect to

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<v Speaker 2>burn something off when you won't move what you got touch.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody say effort. So I need effort if I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to have progress, right, I need to push towards something

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<v Speaker 2>I need. I need to move towards something I need.

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<v Speaker 2>I need effort. It's gonna take effort. However, what I

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<v Speaker 2>would suggest to you today kind of my thought pattern

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<v Speaker 2>is that effort alone does not produce progress.

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<v Speaker 1>Effort alone is not enough. Now you know this.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've had a kid with a learning disability, and

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<v Speaker 2>some of you are school teachers, you can give.

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<v Speaker 1>A kid more and more and more and more work.

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<v Speaker 2>But if they are not learning correctly the way that

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<v Speaker 2>they need to learn, they'll eventually conclude I'm not a

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<v Speaker 2>good student because they're not making progress and the effort

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't help it.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I tell you another thing.

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<v Speaker 2>You won't make progress just because you're passionate about something.

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<v Speaker 2>Passion is not enough for progress. You can sincerely want

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<v Speaker 2>to make something better. I see people who sincerely want

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<v Speaker 2>to get in better shape but never learned how so

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<v Speaker 2>we don't just need effort.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you can see p people who go to the

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<v Speaker 1>gym six days a week and don't look like it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh it's quiet. It's quiet because you've been there. Effort

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<v Speaker 2>alone does not produce progress. I give you a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit fuller equation. Effort plus direction equals progress. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>y'allould say amen to that. I mean, I know it's real.

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<v Speaker 2>Common sense on one level is that in order to

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<v Speaker 2>make progress, I got to know that I'm headed in

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<v Speaker 2>the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>I preach from Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 2>If we want to go to Columbia, South Carolina, or Miami, Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>and I head north, I might get there quick, driving

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<v Speaker 2>ninety miles an hour, But is it progress? Progress is

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<v Speaker 2>determined by destination and my proximity to the destination. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>trying to say that if you get turned around the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong way, you'll get there fast. But when you get there,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll realize this ain't Miami, this ain't Columbia because I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I mean, I drove hard.

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<v Speaker 2>I had my hand on ten and my hand on two,

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<v Speaker 2>but I woke up in the wrong place. Because progress

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<v Speaker 2>is more than effort. Progress is effort in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I bring it up because could it be in

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<v Speaker 2>your life that you've been pointing your effort in the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong direction, Feeling tired, feeling frustrated, feeling stressed, feeling feeling

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<v Speaker 2>burned out, feeling like it didn't matter, feeling like it

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<v Speaker 2>didn't work. And sometimes all you need is somebody to

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<v Speaker 2>come along and point you in the right direction. As

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor, where are you headed? As the other neighbor,

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<v Speaker 2>Where are you headed? It's an important question, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>grateful that Paul get gives us a picture, a picture

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<v Speaker 2>of how he sees progress. How cool is it that

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<v Speaker 2>we not only get a narrative of Paul's missionary exploits

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<v Speaker 2>in the Book of Acts, but we have the letters

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<v Speaker 2>that he wrote. Because in the Book of Acts we

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<v Speaker 2>see what Paul did. In the letters that he wrote,

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<v Speaker 2>we saw how he thought. And to me, that's really

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<v Speaker 2>a privilege to get inside the head of one of

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest thinkers in the world, in the history of

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<v Speaker 2>the world, let alone one of the greatest Christians, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the greatest minds, and we get in his head

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<v Speaker 2>and he's writing to the Philippian Church. You know, he

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<v Speaker 2>started this church in eighty fifty. He was going through

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<v Speaker 2>on a missionary journey and Philippi was the first church

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<v Speaker 2>that he found. It, well, was the first one that

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<v Speaker 2>he preached in in Europe, and so he goes through

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<v Speaker 2>there and starts a church, and he visits, and he

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<v Speaker 2>stops back by a few more times.

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<v Speaker 1>But by the time he's writing the Book of Philippians.

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<v Speaker 2>There has been a turn of events and Paul is

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<v Speaker 2>in prison. Scholars debate as to whether Paul was in

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<v Speaker 2>Cesarea or whether he was in Rome. I take the

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<v Speaker 2>view that he was in Rome, and in Rome he

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<v Speaker 2>rented a house where he taught everybody who came to him.

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<v Speaker 2>He was under a form of house arrest for preaching

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<v Speaker 2>the gospel, and the Philippian church knew that he was

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<v Speaker 2>in prison. But these latest developments had the community at

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<v Speaker 2>the church at Philippiles shook up, and they're saying that

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<v Speaker 2>there has been a setback for the gospel because Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>who's kind of like the point guard for their team,

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<v Speaker 2>is locked in prison. That's kind of bad when your

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<v Speaker 2>point guard is on the bench in the championship and

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<v Speaker 2>they're worried about it. And so Paul writes to them

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<v Speaker 2>and he says, I need you to know something.

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<v Speaker 1>About what has happened. What had happened was Paul might say.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, we need to talk about what has happened

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<v Speaker 2>and in that phrase, that that phrase right there, for

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<v Speaker 2>everybody in the room would have a different meaning depending

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<v Speaker 2>on the time in.

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<v Speaker 1>Your life or the area of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You apply it to what happened when I was young,

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<v Speaker 2>what happened in my first marriage, or what what happened

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<v Speaker 2>that caused me to leave that job, what happened that

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<v Speaker 2>caused that relationship to fail? What what everybody say?

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<v Speaker 1>What happened?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, what happened was Paul got moved from his house

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<v Speaker 2>arrest to the palace guard where they would keep the

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<v Speaker 2>prisoners while they were waiting for the trial. And so

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<v Speaker 2>the church at Philippi is hearing secondhand information. There wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>good journalism in that day, very different than the day

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<v Speaker 2>we live in where the journalism is accurate. But Paul said, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to hear this straight from me, what

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<v Speaker 2>has happened. But then it's interesting because he doesn't go

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<v Speaker 2>on to detail what happened to him, which is weird.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes, I want to talk to you about what

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<v Speaker 2>has happened to me. But then and I love this

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm excited to share it with you. I was

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<v Speaker 2>telling him the last time I preached this, that this

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<v Speaker 2>is one of those sermons that if I wrote it

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<v Speaker 2>just for myself, it was worth the time. I preach

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<v Speaker 2>this stuff too. I watched this in the imax theater

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<v Speaker 2>of my own mind before I present it to the

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<v Speaker 2>general public viewing audience, and it got to me that Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>instead of going on to describe what happened to him,

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<v Speaker 2>which is he's falsely accused, he's been in prison for

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<v Speaker 2>his faith, he doesn't describe so much what has happened,

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<v Speaker 2>but instead he gives, and this is so important, an

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<v Speaker 2>interpretation not just of what has happened, because life really

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<v Speaker 2>isn't about what happened to you. Life really isn't about

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<v Speaker 2>what has happened. Life is more about what it means

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<v Speaker 2>to me. And Paul is not gonna spend the next

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen verses describing in detail what happened to it. He

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<v Speaker 2>makes a swift transition, can I teach this message? He

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<v Speaker 2>makes a swift transition to say, instead of going into

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<v Speaker 2>the details about what has happened, which is largely outside

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<v Speaker 2>of my control.

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<v Speaker 1>Because there's a lot of things that happen to you

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<v Speaker 1>that are in your control.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes you get in a situation where there's absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>nothing you can do about it.

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<v Speaker 1>And so Paul said, since I can't change.

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<v Speaker 2>The what, let me talk to you for a moment

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<v Speaker 2>about the why. And he starts talking about the very

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<v Speaker 2>first thing that your kids want to know, the moment

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<v Speaker 2>they start learning to use their words to ruin your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and what they want to know about every decision, every bedtime,

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<v Speaker 2>every curfew, every rule, is why. And then you get

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<v Speaker 2>to invoke that great parental privilege of the response that

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<v Speaker 2>every parent ought to use every chance you get while

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<v Speaker 2>you can. And it starts with because, and it ends with.

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<v Speaker 1>I said so. And it feels good just to look at.

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<v Speaker 2>Your kids and say, cause I this is not a courtroom,

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<v Speaker 2>this is not a negotiation. I do not have to

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<v Speaker 2>structure logic to help you understand my decision. It has

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<v Speaker 2>been implemented by the highest court in the lean.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, so, lest why pick it up?

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<v Speaker 2>And they asked this question because it's the most important

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<v Speaker 2>question of life.

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<v Speaker 1>Why why?

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<v Speaker 3>Why? Why? Why?

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<v Speaker 1>Why? Why?

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<v Speaker 2>And of course we grow out of this. We never

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<v Speaker 2>ask God why when we go through anything. That's only

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<v Speaker 2>children that do that. And so Paul says, life is

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<v Speaker 2>less about this and more. You don't realize how long

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<v Speaker 2>this word is until you write it in front of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thousand people. He said, let me give you instead

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<v Speaker 2>of a description of my current state, let me give

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<v Speaker 2>you an interpretation of my state. You know what faith is.

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<v Speaker 2>Faith is an interpretation. Faith is an interpretation. Paul's faith

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<v Speaker 2>didn't change this, It changed this. Paul's faith didn't affect.

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<v Speaker 1>This, it informed this. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things I love about the Holy Spirit

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<v Speaker 2>in my life is that he is my interpreter. He

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<v Speaker 2>helps me take a situation and instead of starting with what,

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<v Speaker 2>I start with why. Instead of instead of starting with what,

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<v Speaker 2>I start with why. Here's the secret. You can survive

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<v Speaker 2>any what if you have a good enough why. The

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<v Speaker 2>reason people quit when all hell breaks loose is because

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't have.

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<v Speaker 1>A strong enough why when they started.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason that people get so confused when they get

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<v Speaker 2>thrown in prison is because they didn't determine.

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<v Speaker 1>Their purpose before they were behind doors.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't tell that this is getting through to you.

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<v Speaker 1>So help me and touch somebody next to you and

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<v Speaker 1>tell them.

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<v Speaker 2>You need a why. You need a why. And see,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the thing. You can't depend on God to give

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<v Speaker 2>you the why. He's already given you the why. I

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<v Speaker 2>put you on earth to glorify Me. So whatever happens

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<v Speaker 2>to you, you already know the why before you see

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<v Speaker 2>the why.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the key.

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<v Speaker 2>Decide why before the what. Decide the why before the why.

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<v Speaker 2>Decide the why before the why.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna repeat it. I'm a redundant preacher. Decide the why.

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<v Speaker 2>So if I go into a situation and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what's gonna happen, I already predetermine the why. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not waiting to find out why. I predecided why. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>here to glorify God. I'm here to see his goodness revealed.

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<v Speaker 1>In my life. That's my why. Teuch, somebody say, you

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<v Speaker 1>can't take my why.

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<v Speaker 2>You can throw me in prison, but you can't take

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<v Speaker 2>my why. You can disrupt my financial situation, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can't take my why.

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<v Speaker 1>You might even mess.

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<v Speaker 2>With my marriage, but you can't take my why. You

0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:43.879
<v Speaker 2>can mess with my car, but you can't take my why.

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<v Speaker 2>My why is my why. You can't have my why.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a deep motivation, I've got a sense of purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>My life has a larger context. I'm here for the Gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm here for his glory. I'm here to bring him pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my why. That's my why. That's my why. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no what in the world that can defeat you if

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<v Speaker 2>you know your why.

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<v Speaker 1>I got my why. That's how I survived. I survived

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<v Speaker 1>on a why.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil threw a lot of what at me, but

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<v Speaker 2>I had my why intact before the what started.

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<v Speaker 1>Happening, and I can.

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<v Speaker 2>Make it through the what if I got a good why.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's look at how God might want to adjust

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<v Speaker 2>our interpretation.

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<v Speaker 1>Touch somebody say why why? That's the question. My dad

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<v Speaker 1>had this funny thing he used to do.

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<v Speaker 2>He would always interpret someone else's silence as judgment. So

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<v Speaker 2>he would tell me about somebody in the church and

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<v Speaker 2>he would say he thinks he's bitter than me. And

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<v Speaker 2>I would say why why do you think that? And

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<v Speaker 2>he would say, because he walked right by me and

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even speak to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you consider that perhaps he had something on his mind?

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<v Speaker 1>And my dad would hate you for seven years.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the lady stopped me at the baseball field

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<v Speaker 2>the other day and I had taken one of our

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<v Speaker 2>kids to the bathroom, and I was walking out of

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<v Speaker 2>the bathroom trying to get back to the field to

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<v Speaker 2>watch my kid play. And the lady said, well, just

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<v Speaker 2>walk by me then, and don't even ask how I'm

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<v Speaker 2>doing past her. How many want to know My response,

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<v Speaker 2>I simply said, right now, I'm dad more than i'm pastor.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care if you like it. That's what I said.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, But hello, I didn't notice you. I was

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<v Speaker 2>going to the bathroom is private, but hello, it is interpretation.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't not thinking about her, I wasn't not speaking

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<v Speaker 2>to her.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to the bathroom. Would you please stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Drawing thought bubbles over other people's heads.

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<v Speaker 1>This was part of Paul's issue.

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<v Speaker 2>There were these other preachers who wanted to use his

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<v Speaker 2>imprisonment as an opportunity to kind of like get ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of Paul, and so they were preaching, but they were

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<v Speaker 2>preaching with bad motives, and Paul said, it doesn't even matter.

0:24:36.560 --> 0:24:39.040
<v Speaker 2>Doesn't even matter to me. The important thing is they're

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<v Speaker 2>preaching christ. Paul said, I'm so focused on my own motives.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have time to worry about anybody Else's A

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<v Speaker 2>good marriage requires interpretation. Oh yes, it is a cross

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<v Speaker 2>culture or relationship, and you need an interpreter. You do,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Lord will help you interpret it and say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, she didn't really say that because she's mad

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<v Speaker 2>at you.

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<v Speaker 1>She just under a lot right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Lord will help you with that, and it'll

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<v Speaker 2>help you to forgive offenses and it'll help you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you.

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<v Speaker 2>Interpretation is everything in relationships. Interpretation is everything when you

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<v Speaker 2>face conflict. I can't count the number of times that

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<v Speaker 2>I wake up on a Monday and two things go

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<v Speaker 2>wrong and I go, guess, it's going to be that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of week. So I'm interpreting as an inconvenience, as

0:25:36.680 --> 0:25:39.320
<v Speaker 2>an omen that the universe has conspired against me with

0:25:39.359 --> 0:25:44.000
<v Speaker 2>the help of Lucifer himself, It's gonna be one of

0:25:44.040 --> 0:25:48.760
<v Speaker 2>those weeks. Now, that's an interpretation. You are not experiencing life.

0:25:48.840 --> 0:25:59.760
<v Speaker 2>You are experiencing your interpretation of life. Interpretation is the

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<v Speaker 2>ability that Paul has to say, watch this.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're hearing a lot about what has happened

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<v Speaker 1>to me and.

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<v Speaker 2>The church at Philippi apparently viewed it as a setback,

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<v Speaker 2>and it may be corny, but it's true. Paul said,

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a setback, is a setup because it has

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<v Speaker 2>actually served give me verse twelve on the screen. It

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<v Speaker 2>has actually somebody say, actually, actually, if you have the

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<v Speaker 2>right interpretation of what I'm going through, it has actually

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<v Speaker 2>served to advance the gospel. The word advance is interesting

0:26:36.280 --> 0:26:40.399
<v Speaker 2>in the original language because it denotes making headway in

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<v Speaker 2>spite of severe blows.

0:26:42.680 --> 0:26:44.119
<v Speaker 1>It means I'm rolling with.

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<v Speaker 2>The punches, but I'm still making progress. How many of

0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:52.040
<v Speaker 2>you have had to roll with the punches to make progress. Yeah,

0:26:52.200 --> 0:26:55.359
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't a steady straight line. It wasn't a path

0:26:55.400 --> 0:26:59.399
<v Speaker 2>that was unencumbered. You weren't walking along smelling flowers, but

0:26:59.440 --> 0:27:02.720
<v Speaker 2>you had to light uphill. But you may progress. And

0:27:02.720 --> 0:27:06.160
<v Speaker 2>Paul is saying, don't get it twisted. I may look chain,

0:27:06.520 --> 0:27:10.359
<v Speaker 2>but these chains on my ankles are actually serving to

0:27:10.480 --> 0:27:13.880
<v Speaker 2>advance God's purpose. Sometimes you got to look at what's

0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:17.280
<v Speaker 2>on you and realize it's subject to what's in you.

0:27:17.600 --> 0:27:20.120
<v Speaker 2>And God is doing something in my life. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm speaking to somebody by the spirit of God. It

0:27:23.359 --> 0:27:27.000
<v Speaker 2>looks like I'm going backwards, but it's propelling me forward.

0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:28.840
<v Speaker 1>It looks like a setback.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a set up.

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<v Speaker 1>Touch somebody say, it's a set up. You got to

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<v Speaker 1>get involved in this message. Touch somebody say, I'm moving forward.

0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:39.200
<v Speaker 3>I know I might not.

0:27:39.240 --> 0:27:41.919
<v Speaker 2>Look like I'm moving forward. I might be slow and

0:27:42.000 --> 0:27:45.119
<v Speaker 2>steady like the tortoise. But as long as I inch

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<v Speaker 2>my way in the right direction.

0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:48.920
<v Speaker 1>I cannot be stopped.

0:27:49.200 --> 0:27:50.560
<v Speaker 3>I will not be blocked.

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<v Speaker 2>The gospel cannot be contained. Get happy about the praisers.

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<v Speaker 2>You got a new interpretation. Oh it's really hard, Well,

0:28:04.320 --> 0:28:09.920
<v Speaker 2>God must be in it. You'll keep thinking, if it's

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<v Speaker 2>really hard, it must not be God. Jesus didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>to the cross with that line of logic, and you

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<v Speaker 2>won't get to your destiny either.

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<v Speaker 1>But you have to have a faith interpretation.

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<v Speaker 2>Is as helpful. All right, don't get nervous, But that's

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<v Speaker 2>my introduction. Sit down, I'll be quick. But what really

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<v Speaker 2>got me is this shift that Paul makes after talking

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<v Speaker 2>about after talking about his why, he said, I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>chains for Christ. And he said that around here, man,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, I got a captive audience, and I'm preaching

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<v Speaker 2>to all of them, the guards, the other prisoners. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>don't even worry about it. I know y'all think this

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<v Speaker 2>is a bad event. But faith is an interpretation of

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<v Speaker 2>event that sees progress even in pain.

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<v Speaker 1>My God, this preaching is rich.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like I need to go on the elevation

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<v Speaker 2>app and watch it back on Monday myself to get

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<v Speaker 2>the fullness of this message that God gave me. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody wrote me online one time and said, you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>say that you're preaching good when you're preaching, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll stop preaching every once in a while and say, ah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching good. And what I wanted to say is

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<v Speaker 2>if I don't like it, why in the world should you.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I want to preach something that I need

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<v Speaker 2>and that I like. But anyway, by the way, most

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<v Speaker 2>people who criticize you are really just showing you that

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<v Speaker 2>they don't like themselves very much interpretation though, and when

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<v Speaker 2>you see it that way, you can have compassion and say, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>well they must really be going through something.

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<v Speaker 1>How can I help? He makes a shift.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody say shift happens.

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<v Speaker 1>When he does it. I want to walk you through it.

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<v Speaker 2>He picks up in verse eighteen, and the Bible is

0:30:17.760 --> 0:30:20.160
<v Speaker 2>put in these verses for us. But originally there weren't

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<v Speaker 2>like verses breaking up the different letters.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just there so we can find it.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes it jumps in in a weird place. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think that happens in verse eighteen, because Paul says,

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<v Speaker 2>verse eighteen, but what does it matter? And that's a

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<v Speaker 2>phrase that you should use as well. What does it matter?

0:30:37.840 --> 0:30:38.560
<v Speaker 2>What does it matter?

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all pray for me that I.

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<v Speaker 2>Would get better at that because I take little things

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<v Speaker 2>really seriously.

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<v Speaker 1>So he holly laughed when I think that point. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a good sign. And he says, you know, what matters?

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<v Speaker 2>The important thing, the priority is that in every way,

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<v Speaker 2>whether from false motives or true through Christ is preached.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what matters to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And so everything that serves that purpose is fine with me,

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<v Speaker 2>whether I like it or not.

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<v Speaker 1>In the moment, that's what matters to me. What matters

0:31:12.120 --> 0:31:12.360
<v Speaker 1>to you?

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<v Speaker 2>What matters to you, because what matters to you will

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<v Speaker 2>determine the direction that you point your life in.

0:31:23.120 --> 0:31:24.880
<v Speaker 1>What matters to you, that's your destination.

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<v Speaker 2>So Paul says, what matters to me is that Christ

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<v Speaker 2>has preached, and that's happening. So you know, whatever they're

0:31:31.800 --> 0:31:37.480
<v Speaker 2>saying about me, that's fine. For the important thing is

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<v Speaker 2>that in every way, whether from false motives or true,

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<v Speaker 2>Christ is preached.

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<v Speaker 1>Because of this, I rejoice.

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<v Speaker 2>Now this next phrase to me should be a different

0:31:46.360 --> 0:31:47.840
<v Speaker 2>verse they put it right.

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<v Speaker 1>In the same verse.

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<v Speaker 2>But when Paul makes this next statement, he goes into

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<v Speaker 2>a completely different mode. He goes in a different zone.

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<v Speaker 2>And what I want to show you is the next

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<v Speaker 2>skill that Paul teaches us. And this is not the

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<v Speaker 2>skill of it interpretation. This is the skill come on,

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<v Speaker 2>say it when you got it, anticipation. It feel like

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<v Speaker 2>we'll a fortune up in here today, trying to buy

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<v Speaker 2>a vow.

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<v Speaker 1>Figure out what I'm writing on this court.

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<v Speaker 2>He shifts and he says, now that I've given you

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<v Speaker 2>my interpretation of what has happened, let me give you

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<v Speaker 2>my anticipation of what.

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<v Speaker 1>Say it of what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>And on one level, Paul says, I don't know. They

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<v Speaker 2>might kill me. I might live. I'm not sure about

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<v Speaker 2>that part. But I want you to notice the frame

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<v Speaker 2>of mind and the state of consciousness that Paul engages

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<v Speaker 2>over these ten verses, starting with eighteen B where I

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<v Speaker 2>read to you, where he said yes and I will

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<v Speaker 2>continue to rejoice.

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<v Speaker 1>He uses the word will. He's shifting.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I've spending off time talking to you about what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>That's over.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't control it, can't do anything about it. Okay, I've

0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:14.080
<v Speaker 2>acknowledged it. I've interpreted it. That's that.

0:33:14.480 --> 0:33:15.959
<v Speaker 1>Now I'm moving forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I want to tell you what will happen, and

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<v Speaker 2>I want us to do an exercise, okay, on every campus.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is for those of you at Butler High

0:33:22.560 --> 0:33:24.960
<v Speaker 2>Score Matthew's campus temporarily homeless.

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<v Speaker 1>This is for our uptown location.

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<v Speaker 2>This is for Weddington, This is for University City, this

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<v Speaker 2>is for Lake Norman.

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<v Speaker 1>This is even for those in Raleigh.

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<v Speaker 2>North Carolina, and Toronto, Canada who had record attendance last weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>I want all of you, whether you're good at math

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<v Speaker 2>or not, I want you to count with me the

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<v Speaker 2>number of times that the word will is used in

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<v Speaker 2>these ten verses that start in verse eighteen. There's the

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<v Speaker 2>first one. You already got it, so put your hand up.

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<v Speaker 2>Is one, he said, I will continue to rejoice.

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<v Speaker 1>Count out loud. That's next verse. I know he's.

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<v Speaker 2>Confident about this that through your prayers and God's provision

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<v Speaker 2>of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to

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<v Speaker 2>me will turn out.

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<v Speaker 1>For my deliverance.

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<v Speaker 2>I eagerly expect and hope that I in no way

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<v Speaker 2>be a shame, but have sufficient courage so that now

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:23.800
<v Speaker 2>as always, Christ be exalted in my body.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether by life or by death.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what, but I know why. And so

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<v Speaker 2>for me to live as Christ and to die is gain.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm to go on living in the body, this

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<v Speaker 2>mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose?

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<v Speaker 1>I do not know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm torn between the two. I desired apart and be

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<v Speaker 2>with Christ. Would have put up with anything anymore, be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot betterfies than heaven, much more necessary that I

0:34:44.239 --> 0:34:46.400
<v Speaker 2>remain in the body for you. The midst of this,

0:34:46.520 --> 0:34:51.399
<v Speaker 2>I know that I remain, and I continue with all

0:34:51.400 --> 0:34:57.920
<v Speaker 2>of you for your progress. Maybe sometimes our life is

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<v Speaker 2>meant to be more about somebody else's price, rest in

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<v Speaker 2>our own.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, let's keep counting.

0:35:07.160 --> 0:35:08.480
<v Speaker 2>And I just wanted to point that out because I

0:35:08.480 --> 0:35:10.200
<v Speaker 2>was talking about progress, and I wanted you to know

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's not all about you, so that through my

0:35:17.239 --> 0:35:21.080
<v Speaker 2>being with you again, you're boasting in Christ. Jesus abound

0:35:21.120 --> 0:35:28.440
<v Speaker 2>on account of me. Whatever happens, what has happened, whatever happens,

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<v Speaker 2>conduct yourselves in a minute word of the Gospel Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>and one that come see your on and hear about

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<v Speaker 2>you my absence, I will know that you stand firm

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<v Speaker 2>in one spirit. Now, only about three of you counted

0:35:38.480 --> 0:35:42.600
<v Speaker 2>with me through the whole time. But if you counted ten,

0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:50.640
<v Speaker 2>you counted right. Ten verses and ten times. He doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>say has, he says will. He doesn't say maybe, He

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<v Speaker 2>says will why because he has an eager expectation. Did

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<v Speaker 2>you see it in verse twenty? And this is what

0:36:08.200 --> 0:36:11.239
<v Speaker 2>we need? Okay, he said, I eagerly expect and hope.

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<v Speaker 2>How many are enjoying the Bible lesson today? He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I eagerly twenty expect and hope. I eagerly expect and hope.

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<v Speaker 2>I was interested to learn Jody Jennings that in Greek eagerly,

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<v Speaker 2>expect and hope are not verbs, but they're nouns, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're joined together by the word kai in Greek means and,

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<v Speaker 2>and they have within them the idea.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is where I really need you to focus, because.

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<v Speaker 2>I flunk Greek in college, and then I took it

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<v Speaker 2>again in seminary.

0:36:53.200 --> 0:36:55.280
<v Speaker 1>And I passed with a C plus.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm only telling you that for full disclosure, to

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<v Speaker 2>let you know that I don't typically.

0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:03.120
<v Speaker 1>Walk around my house quoting Greek.

0:37:05.160 --> 0:37:08.040
<v Speaker 2>But when I saw this in the text, It was

0:37:08.080 --> 0:37:10.440
<v Speaker 2>worth bringing out because when Paul says.

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<v Speaker 1>I eagerly expect.

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<v Speaker 2>He uses a word here's what's crazy, that has never

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<v Speaker 2>been used before. He made up his own word to

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<v Speaker 2>describe the kind of hope that you have to have

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<v Speaker 2>to survive in a situation.

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<v Speaker 1>Where there seems to be no way out.

0:37:30.200 --> 0:37:33.000
<v Speaker 2>Paul said, this is the kind of hope that there

0:37:33.040 --> 0:37:37.560
<v Speaker 2>is no vocabulary for. So Paul had to take three

0:37:37.600 --> 0:37:41.680
<v Speaker 2>words and put them together to make a new word

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<v Speaker 2>to describe the kind of hope that can make you

0:37:44.880 --> 0:37:47.680
<v Speaker 2>look at your kid on drugs and your husband acting

0:37:47.760 --> 0:37:51.759
<v Speaker 2>crazy and your money low and your emotions erect, and

0:37:51.800 --> 0:37:54.480
<v Speaker 2>say I still have an expectation.

0:37:54.239 --> 0:37:55.720
<v Speaker 1>And I still have a hope.

0:37:55.840 --> 0:37:58.360
<v Speaker 2>And so he looks through his vocabulary he goes, I

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<v Speaker 2>can't even I can't even think of.

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<v Speaker 1>How to tell you how I feel about it right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't. There's no word. So I'm gonna I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>make one up.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh And he makes up this word, and I'm

0:38:07.440 --> 0:38:08.879
<v Speaker 2>gonna give it to you right now, and you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>use it this week. The word in Greek is it's

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<v Speaker 2>made up of three words. Yeah, come on, let's say

0:38:26.120 --> 0:38:34.320
<v Speaker 2>it together. On the ground kind of three one two three,

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna need some remedial classes. Apo carra.

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<v Speaker 4>Dokia Appo carra Dokia, apacarra, appercara, donkia Come on, apacar

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<v Speaker 4>do you.

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<v Speaker 1>Opo?

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<v Speaker 2>It means to turn away with concentration, ignoring other interests.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the prefix.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Paul is good because I could preach a

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<v Speaker 2>whole sermon just on his prefix Appo. He said, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>in a situation right now when if I look to

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<v Speaker 2>my left, I see prison walls. If I look to

0:39:25.840 --> 0:39:28.320
<v Speaker 2>my right, I see prison walls. If I look to

0:39:28.400 --> 0:39:31.320
<v Speaker 2>my feet, I see a prisoner's chains. So I gotta

0:39:31.560 --> 0:39:37.000
<v Speaker 2>turn my head intentionally from what's over here and what's

0:39:37.080 --> 0:39:40.239
<v Speaker 2>over here. Everybody said, Appo, sometimes you got to turn

0:39:40.280 --> 0:39:43.799
<v Speaker 2>your head from what's here and what's here and what's here.

0:39:44.040 --> 0:39:46.680
<v Speaker 2>And so we said, I turn my head on purpose,

0:39:47.239 --> 0:39:53.680
<v Speaker 2>ignoring what I could be focused on. Apo apo apo

0:39:55.120 --> 0:40:01.840
<v Speaker 2>apakarra Karra means head. It doesn't require much explanation. It

0:40:02.000 --> 0:40:10.600
<v Speaker 2>literally means head. Apacara Pacara Dokia company that was originally

0:40:11.160 --> 0:40:15.160
<v Speaker 2>founded in Sweden that sells ready to assemble home furniture

0:40:16.080 --> 0:40:24.680
<v Speaker 2>and appliances and accessories dokia. Dokia originally means I'm trying

0:40:24.719 --> 0:40:27.600
<v Speaker 2>man to stretch forward.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you put it together, you get this meaning.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm gonna teach this to.

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<v Speaker 2>You and we are gonna break it out on whatever

0:40:36.800 --> 0:40:41.880
<v Speaker 2>situation comes up in your life this week that tries

0:40:42.000 --> 0:40:45.719
<v Speaker 2>to break your focus or steal your faith. You need

0:40:45.760 --> 0:40:51.239
<v Speaker 2>a little bit of apocara dokia, which means stretching the

0:40:51.520 --> 0:40:53.240
<v Speaker 2>head forward.

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<v Speaker 1>You missed it. I'm coming to this side. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in a prison cell right now and I can't move.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I was a better preacher.

0:41:02.520 --> 0:41:04.920
<v Speaker 2>If I was a better preacher, you'd get excited about

0:41:04.960 --> 0:41:08.240
<v Speaker 2>apple caara dokia because he said, I can't move my feet,

0:41:09.280 --> 0:41:14.040
<v Speaker 2>I can't move my body, but I'm stretching my head

0:41:15.440 --> 0:41:22.720
<v Speaker 2>forward toward the future, and so I will rejoice because

0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:29.319
<v Speaker 2>I'm stretching my head forward. Would you touch three people,

0:41:29.400 --> 0:41:33.400
<v Speaker 2>tell him stretch your head, stretch your head. See here's

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<v Speaker 2>the problem with a lot of people. A lot of people.

0:41:36.880 --> 0:41:42.279
<v Speaker 2>We have our heads so far up our past that we.

0:41:44.960 --> 0:41:46.000
<v Speaker 3>That we caiss.

0:41:47.840 --> 0:41:49.440
<v Speaker 1>That we can't see our future.

0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:54.920
<v Speaker 3>But God brought you to church today that gets your.

0:41:54.960 --> 0:41:58.880
<v Speaker 5>Head out your past and give you a little apple,

0:41:59.000 --> 0:42:00.240
<v Speaker 5>kara tokyo.

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<v Speaker 1>And ignor expectation.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm stretching my head toward what's next.

0:42:06.520 --> 0:42:08.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm not stuck in what was, I'm not.

0:42:09.000 --> 0:42:10.360
<v Speaker 2>Worried about what's gonna be.

0:42:10.640 --> 0:42:14.879
<v Speaker 5>I'm stretching my head toward Monday. I'm stretching my head

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<v Speaker 5>toward next year. I'm stretching my head toward retirement. I'm

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<v Speaker 5>stretching my head toward fullness.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm stretching my.

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<v Speaker 2>Head toward healing. And I'm stretching my head toward my mission.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's practice. Jump up on your feet. This is a

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<v Speaker 2>series called functional faith. Shove your neighbor, tell them stretch

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<v Speaker 2>your head. If you're gonna be fit, you gotta stretch.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're gonna have faith, you gotta stretch. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't stretch, you might break.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's stretch.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, let's stretch our hand strings. First of all,

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<v Speaker 2>I know how to stretch my hand strings. I know

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<v Speaker 2>how to stretch my hand strings. That's about as far

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<v Speaker 2>down as I'm willing to go in this tight suit

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<v Speaker 2>to demonstrat it to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Bad things, man, bad things. But I know how to.

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<v Speaker 2>Stretch my hand strings. I know how to stretch my back.

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<v Speaker 2>I know how to I know how to stretch my body,

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<v Speaker 2>but nobody teaches us how to stretch our head. Appercrudokia.

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<v Speaker 2>Stretch your head, Appercrudokia. There is a brighter day. Appercrudokia.

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<v Speaker 2>It does make a difference. Opper Carudokia. God is working

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<v Speaker 2>in my situation. Come on, say it, Appercrudokia. Tell the

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<v Speaker 2>devil what you got. Tell him devil, I got that, Appercoradokia.

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<v Speaker 1>And the next time you run up on me with discouragement,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to know. I'm turning my head and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>stretching my neck.

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<v Speaker 5>Apa Cardoki, all the dample.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on.

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<v Speaker 2>This is better than Brazilian jiu jitsu. This is better

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<v Speaker 2>than taekwon though. This is gonna teach you how to

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<v Speaker 2>stick your neck out. And I got good news for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul said, it doesn't matter if they kill me or

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<v Speaker 2>they let me live, because this is not a situational interpretation.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not a situational anticipation.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like preaching this. I'm gone teaching now. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in full all preaching mode. On the count of three,

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<v Speaker 1>when I say three, I want you to start with

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<v Speaker 1>your head to the right. You're of the right. And

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<v Speaker 1>when I say three, I want you to turn your head.

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<v Speaker 2>And the symbolic of all of the distractions that aren't

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<v Speaker 2>going to distract you this week, and all of the

0:44:37.719 --> 0:44:40.120
<v Speaker 2>cynicism that you're not even going to pay any attention

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<v Speaker 2>to this week, I want you to turn your head.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to give them an APPO on three.

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<v Speaker 1>This is your APO. What two three? Turn it? You

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<v Speaker 1>missed it?

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<v Speaker 2>One't quick enough? Turn your head to the left. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>we got a practice. I am your spiritual trainer.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to teach you what to do when life

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<v Speaker 1>gets stuff and I'm not here for you. And you

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<v Speaker 1>look into the right and you looking to the left.

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<v Speaker 2>On the count, I want you to jerk your head

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<v Speaker 2>forward and give yourself whiplash.

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<v Speaker 1>One two three APO. Do it again. Head to the right.

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<v Speaker 2>You're looking at that person, trying to see what they

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<v Speaker 2>think of you, looking at that situation.

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<v Speaker 1>Trying to see how that's gonna turn out. But on

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<v Speaker 1>the count of three, we got some APO for the devil.

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<v Speaker 2>On the counter three turn your head, shout OPO one

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<v Speaker 2>two three. That's the first step. Now we need the

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<v Speaker 2>donkie Everybody say donkyo. Now we need that thing where

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<v Speaker 2>you stretch your neck like a giraffe, where you look

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<v Speaker 2>forward to your future and smile at it, where you

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<v Speaker 2>look forward to problems and difficulties and say, I got

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<v Speaker 2>something for you called the Spirit of God for me

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<v Speaker 2>to live.

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<v Speaker 3>As Christ and to guy is game?

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<v Speaker 1>What's Paul saying?

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<v Speaker 2>He's saying, either way this turns out, I'm coming out ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>You missed it, he said.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what's gonna happen next, but I'm headed

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<v Speaker 2>in the right direction. Somebody shout, somebody shout, somebody shout,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody's shout, somebody shout, somebody's shout somebody. I'm not there yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm headed in the right correction. I got my

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<v Speaker 2>focus on, I got my brave on, I got my

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<v Speaker 2>courage home, I got my whole pong, I got my

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<v Speaker 2>faith on.

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<v Speaker 1>Get your hands out your pocket.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I say three, I want you to stretch

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<v Speaker 2>your neck towards your future.

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<v Speaker 5>W two three strategy.

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<v Speaker 3>You missed it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do it on every campus.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on on the counter of.

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<v Speaker 1>Three, stretch your head.

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<v Speaker 3>I put Carl.

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<v Speaker 2>Tokyo and tell the devil I'm coming toward my future

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<v Speaker 2>in faith.

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<v Speaker 3>What two three again? What two three what two three?

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<v Speaker 2>I pull?

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<v Speaker 3>What two three? Dora? What two three?

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<v Speaker 1>Donkyo?

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<v Speaker 3>What two three?

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<v Speaker 2>What?

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<v Speaker 3>Two three? You got it? You got it, you got it,

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<v Speaker 3>you got it, you got it, you got it.

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<v Speaker 1>Clad like you got it, Shout like you got it,

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<v Speaker 1>Rejoice like you gotta.

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<v Speaker 3>I will, God tell you to rejoice thord to.

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<v Speaker 1>Me, I feel cud about it.

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<v Speaker 3>To live is Christ the dying guy, And I'm coming

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<v Speaker 3>out ahead. Yeah, wha two three? Whoa two three?

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<v Speaker 2>This your new cadence this week. You're not going into

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<v Speaker 2>this week like thinking about what happened when you were thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>I got some for regret. It's called applecara, donkia turn.

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<v Speaker 1>My head from that. If I think about that too long,

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<v Speaker 1>I get depressed.

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<v Speaker 2>If I think about that too long, I start get bitter.

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<v Speaker 2>If I look over here, I might get jealous. If

0:48:03.960 --> 0:48:06.440
<v Speaker 2>I look over there, I might get discouraged. So I

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<v Speaker 2>got stretch my head toward my future in faith.

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<v Speaker 1>I will, I will, I will riduals now. Stretch your

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<v Speaker 1>hands to heave it. You stretch your head now, stretch

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<v Speaker 1>your hands to let the Lord know.

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<v Speaker 2>That what matters to me is what matters to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I have an eager expectation Applecarudokia. My expectation creates my hope.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know what, but I know why, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can survive the why when I know the why.

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<v Speaker 2>Lift your hands, Lord, We thank you for the word

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<v Speaker 2>that you gave us today. We thank you for the

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<v Speaker 2>instruction that you gave us through Paul. He told us

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<v Speaker 2>that we got to stretch our heads forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Forward, that we.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't do anything about the time that we've lost. We've

0:49:17.800 --> 0:49:22.400
<v Speaker 2>got to forget what's behind us and strained toward what's ahead.

0:49:24.320 --> 0:49:26.160
<v Speaker 2>That we got to get our eyes fixed on where

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<v Speaker 2>we're headed, to get our lives headed in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 2>And I pray it over your people now in Jesus' name,

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<v Speaker 2>that they would experience this week significant steps forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody, say forward forward, look at me for a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>I asked a race car driver one time, if you

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<v Speaker 2>were going to teach one thing about driving that people

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't know, what would it be? He said, You've always

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<v Speaker 2>he's got to keep your eyes where you want to go.

0:50:02.800 --> 0:50:04.759
<v Speaker 2>When you're on a track, you tend to look at

0:50:04.800 --> 0:50:06.759
<v Speaker 2>what you don't want to hit and what you don't

0:50:06.760 --> 0:50:09.560
<v Speaker 2>want to happen. He said that will always cause you

0:50:09.640 --> 0:50:12.359
<v Speaker 2>to crash every single time.

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<v Speaker 1>What was he talking about? Applecaradokia? Stretch your head.

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<v Speaker 2>Forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Forward. I can just see it this week that you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to preach this back to the people that.

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<v Speaker 2>You love, and you're going to preach it without words

0:50:32.719 --> 0:50:35.800
<v Speaker 2>when they start talking about what went wrong, And I

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<v Speaker 2>just want.

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<v Speaker 1>You to look at him and like a turtle coming

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<v Speaker 1>out of his shell.

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<v Speaker 2>Just I want moms to do this to your daughter

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<v Speaker 2>this week, But most importantly, I want you to do

0:50:51.760 --> 0:51:05.680
<v Speaker 2>it for yourself. I've already been practicing this in my

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<v Speaker 2>own life as I've prepared to preach it to you,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's amazing how just a quick shift stretch of

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<v Speaker 2>the head can get you out of discouragement, can get

0:51:17.320 --> 0:51:22.440
<v Speaker 2>you out of defeat, can get you out of despair. Forward, everybody,

0:51:22.520 --> 0:51:26.920
<v Speaker 2>say forward. That's where I'm looking. I'm looking forward. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't go into this week like this. I can't go

0:51:29.280 --> 0:51:31.719
<v Speaker 2>into this week like this. How am I going into

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<v Speaker 2>this week? I'm going say it forward? Are there any

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<v Speaker 2>forward thinkers in the house?

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