WEBVTT - Not As Long As My Song!

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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 podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>You God, how.

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<v Speaker 1>You praise the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>God is good all the time. God is good all

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<v Speaker 2>the time. In the valley, he's good.

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<v Speaker 1>Say Amen. On the mountain, he's good. Say Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>In the morning, he's good. In the evening, he's good.

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<v Speaker 2>I will bless the Lord at and his praise shall

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<v Speaker 2>be in my mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>O magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt his

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<v Speaker 1>name together.

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<v Speaker 2>Today I want to move right into our sermon. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to move right into the Word of God. Grab

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<v Speaker 2>your Bible, open your heart, stand up on your feet,

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<v Speaker 2>and get ready to re from the Lord. Tell your

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor I'm ready. Tell them you need to get ready too.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't sit next to a lazy neighbor today. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>if your neighbor looks hateful, you still got a minute

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<v Speaker 2>to move before I start preaching.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's welcome our global EPHAM online all around the world.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you only got one hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you're holding your Bible, but clap a little better

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<v Speaker 2>than that. Come on, welcome our Ethham. God is so

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<v Speaker 2>good and so faithful, got one for you today. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lord has been speaking to me. You mind if I

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<v Speaker 2>pray before I read the scripture?

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't really care if you mind or not.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna pray before I read the scripture. Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed so much as you showed me this message.

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<v Speaker 2>It helped me, administered to me and gave me that

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<v Speaker 2>it helped my mindset. It really gave me something to

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<v Speaker 2>hang on to in my own life this week, and

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<v Speaker 2>something to encourage those I love with. And now I'm

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<v Speaker 2>standing before thousands of people that I love with your love.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I don't know them personally, most of them, but

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<v Speaker 2>you know each of them intimately. And I pray that

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<v Speaker 2>you would help me in these moments that we have

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<v Speaker 2>together that are so precious and so rare, just undistracted,

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<v Speaker 2>unencumbered moments in your presence where hearts have been tilled

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<v Speaker 2>by the truths that we've sang through the praise that

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<v Speaker 2>we've lifted to your wonderful name. And now we're ready

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<v Speaker 2>to receive a word from you. Help me to show

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<v Speaker 2>them what you showed me. I believe if that happens,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll be helped. I believe if that happens, they'll be

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<v Speaker 2>set free. I believe that happens, stronghold will break in

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<v Speaker 2>this place, not just one stronghold, but stronghold after stronghold

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<v Speaker 2>after stronghold, be broken by your word. I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>in advance for testimonies that I will receive from this

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<v Speaker 2>word that you will release through me today in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 1>Psalm thirteen is our passage for today.

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<v Speaker 2>We're in part four of a series called That's What

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<v Speaker 2>I Thought. We're trying to take some of these patterns

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<v Speaker 2>that are in our lives that are paralyzing us, the

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<v Speaker 2>patterns that keep causing us needless pain, and to replace

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<v Speaker 2>those patterns with God's promises in God's processes for our thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>And so far we've looked at this from several different angles,

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<v Speaker 2>but today's will be the most practical one so far.

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<v Speaker 2>The Psalmist in Psalm thirteen has a prayer to lift

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<v Speaker 2>to God, and it starts like this, How long Lord

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<v Speaker 2>will you forget me forever? How long will you hide

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<v Speaker 2>your face from me. How long must I wrestle with

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<v Speaker 2>my thoughts, and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

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<v Speaker 1>How long will my enemy triumph over me?

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<v Speaker 2>Look on me and answer, Lord, my God, give light

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<v Speaker 2>to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and

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<v Speaker 2>my enemy will say I have overcome him, and my

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<v Speaker 2>foes will rejoice when I fall. But I trust in

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<v Speaker 2>your unfailing love. You see how that just lifted. The

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<v Speaker 2>sum is a lament. It's a cry for help. It's

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<v Speaker 2>filled with anguish. That's in the tone of sorrow. But

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<v Speaker 2>there is a lift within the lament. There is a

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<v Speaker 2>lift within your lament today when you cry to.

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<v Speaker 1>God, he won't just leave you crying.

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<v Speaker 2>For weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes

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<v Speaker 2>with the mourning. Somebody say, good morning. But I trust

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<v Speaker 2>in your unfailing love. My heart rejoices in your salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>I will sing the Lord's praise, for he has been

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<v Speaker 2>good to me. Go ahead and clap your hands for

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<v Speaker 2>the word of God. I want to give you my

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<v Speaker 2>title in a special way today, and I need you

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<v Speaker 2>to turn to your neighbor one more time. You know

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<v Speaker 2>i't to talk to him again after this. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to, but start by asking them a question. It's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna set up my subject for today. Tell your neighbor

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<v Speaker 2>first things first, Just tell them I know you've been

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<v Speaker 2>going through some trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at them and say I can tell now.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, look back at them and ask how long do

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<v Speaker 2>you think it's gonna last?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you ready?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Look back at them and answer that question. They just

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<v Speaker 2>ask you. Look them right in their eyes and tell them,

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<v Speaker 2>not as long as.

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<v Speaker 1>My song.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I want to preach you about today. Not

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<v Speaker 2>as long ask my song Father. Make it plain and

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<v Speaker 2>powerful and personal. In Jesus' name, I give you praise. Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>you may be seated, Give three hugs before you sit down, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Then be seated. God is good all the time. God

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<v Speaker 1>is good four times.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Psalm, the Psalmist asked the question that every

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<v Speaker 2>parent has heard on a road trip.

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<v Speaker 1>How long.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a pretty rainy week of weather in Charlotte,

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<v Speaker 2>North Carolina. Holly looked at me Friday and said, am

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<v Speaker 2>I ever going to see the sun again?

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<v Speaker 1>How long? Lord? Doesn't take long, does it?

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't take long for us to get gloomy, doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>take long for us to buy into a narrative that's

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<v Speaker 2>very negative, at least for me, doesn't take long. And

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<v Speaker 2>I have discovered that even the strongest faith only can

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<v Speaker 2>hold on so long through certain situations. And I have

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<v Speaker 2>discovered that the human will has its limits even when

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the will of God. Now I know I'm

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<v Speaker 2>starting early, but that would have been worth writing down

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<v Speaker 2>had you had your notebook ready, had I given you

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<v Speaker 2>a moment to get situated. Every human will has its limits,

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<v Speaker 2>even when you're in the will of God. Even when

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<v Speaker 2>you're doing what God called you to do, there is

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<v Speaker 2>a place that you hit a wall. So today I

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk from the subject how long Lord, But

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about three l's that I think

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<v Speaker 2>will help you. I'm going to give them to you

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<v Speaker 2>up front and we'll review them at the end. And

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<v Speaker 2>you've heard of lions and tigers and bears, right, this

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<v Speaker 2>is modeled after that, But it's not exactly that. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about limits and levels and loops. Limits

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<v Speaker 2>and levels and loops. Put those in the chat please,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're watching online or the comments, limits and levels

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<v Speaker 2>and loops.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen, limits and levels and loops. Amen, you say, I

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<v Speaker 2>say amen. My mind went to a personal experience that

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<v Speaker 2>we had this summer, which I mentioned briefly, but my

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<v Speaker 2>oldest son, Elijah, spent the very first weeks after he

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<v Speaker 2>graduated college in the hospital, and the first part of

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<v Speaker 2>it was planned because he had an issue with his

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<v Speaker 2>spine that we've been monitoring with the neurosurgeon for five years,

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<v Speaker 2>and upon the neurosurgeon's advice, we decided that he needed

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<v Speaker 2>to have the surgery.

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<v Speaker 1>And the surgery was not going to be easy.

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<v Speaker 2>No surgery is minor, No surgery is minor, and this

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<v Speaker 2>surgery wasn't even billed as minor, and so we were expecting.

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<v Speaker 1>A pretty rough recovery.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm not saying Elijah is not tough, but after

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<v Speaker 2>his surgery, it.

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<v Speaker 1>Was amazing to me how good he kept his attitude.

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<v Speaker 2>Because part of the surgery where they operated on him,

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<v Speaker 2>it was at the and I'm about to say stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really know what it means, but I heard

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<v Speaker 2>a doctor say it, and I'm regurgitating it to you. It

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<v Speaker 2>somehow affected his nausea, and so for the first four

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<v Speaker 2>days after his surgery he was just throwing up. He

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't need anything, but he didn't complain much and it

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<v Speaker 2>was amazing that he didn't complain much, because I've lived

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<v Speaker 2>with this kid twenty years, and I'm like, who are

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<v Speaker 2>you from? Whence cometh this strength and power and self

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<v Speaker 2>control and positive mental attitude. You've been watching David Goggins

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<v Speaker 2>and reading the Bible or something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not complaining, You're just ugging it out. And he

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<v Speaker 1>did that for.

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<v Speaker 2>Several days, and I tried to keep him company in

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<v Speaker 2>those days, and just any way I could think I've

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<v Speaker 2>spent time with him since he couldn't really eat, and

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<v Speaker 2>we watched entire seasons of Better Call, so I mean

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<v Speaker 2>the chosen and you know, right about the time when

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<v Speaker 2>it looked like his body was bouncing back, his fever

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<v Speaker 2>went up. And Holly is our family doctor, and so

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<v Speaker 2>she knew, I think that it's become infected, and she

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<v Speaker 2>took him to the er and it.

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<v Speaker 1>Had become infected at the sight of the surgery.

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<v Speaker 2>And so while we thought we might be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get him on any biotics, when he developed how do

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<v Speaker 2>you say it, Holly brunt bacterial meningitis. They came to

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<v Speaker 2>get him and said, we're going to have to do

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<v Speaker 2>the whole surgery over again. That was the moment where

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<v Speaker 2>his positive mental attitude left the building. And I got

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<v Speaker 2>it because I thought, remember the series, that I was

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<v Speaker 2>getting better, and I thought that this was almost over.

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<v Speaker 2>And I set a clock for myself that I am

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<v Speaker 2>not going to complain on this clock.

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<v Speaker 1>But that clock has run out.

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<v Speaker 2>And even the strongest human will has a limit, even

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<v Speaker 2>the strongest resolve has a limit when your win has

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<v Speaker 2>no inn in sight come because after the surgery, not

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<v Speaker 2>only was it worse the second time, but he stayed

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<v Speaker 2>in the hospital that time for the better part of

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<v Speaker 2>a week, went home. They put a pick line in

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<v Speaker 2>him to give him as antibiotics, and then what they

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<v Speaker 2>were putting in his body to keep him from becoming

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<v Speaker 2>infected and to get the infection out of his body

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<v Speaker 2>was making him nauseous again. So now I can't eat again.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I can't eat, I am not very happy

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<v Speaker 2>about anything. And don't tell me to praise the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>because I praised the Lord for the first week, but

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't planning on the second week or to have

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<v Speaker 2>these tubes for thirty days in my arms. And I

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<v Speaker 2>know there are people who are going through a lot

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<v Speaker 2>worse than that. And your condition is a lot more

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<v Speaker 2>serious than what I'm describing.

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<v Speaker 1>But perhaps we can agree together that.

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<v Speaker 2>Even the strongest human will has a limit, and it

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<v Speaker 2>seems like the person who wrote Psalm thirteen has hit

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<v Speaker 2>his limit. He doesn't start the beginning of the psalm

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<v Speaker 2>with praise or glory be or hallowd He says how long?

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<v Speaker 2>Not hallelujah, but how long Alujah.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a different kind of prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm choosing these psalms throughout our series to show

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<v Speaker 2>you that you can come to God honestly and sincerely

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<v Speaker 2>with your problems, but not focus on your problems and

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<v Speaker 2>not remain in the same place that you came when

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<v Speaker 2>you brought your problems to God. By the way, Elijah

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<v Speaker 2>is doing so well, he's doing so incredibly well.

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<v Speaker 1>He's actually working for me now, clipping my sermons for TikTok.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right. He's on the front road today.

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<v Speaker 2>They gave him today off, but he said, if you

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<v Speaker 2>get preaching too good, I might have to run to

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<v Speaker 2>the back and clip you real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The interesting thing about the psalmist complaint that ends in

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<v Speaker 2>praise but that starts with complaint is he says.

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<v Speaker 1>How long you forget me? Lord? How long? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to hide from me? I can't find you.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like you keep telling me God.

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<v Speaker 2>To do something, but then I do what I thought

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<v Speaker 2>you told me to do, and I'm not sure if

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<v Speaker 2>that's what you told me to do because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>feel you. I moved because I thought I was moving

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<v Speaker 2>in obedience to the will of God.

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<v Speaker 1>For my life.

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<v Speaker 2>But even when you're in the will of God, the

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<v Speaker 2>strongest human will can only hold on so long. And

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<v Speaker 2>when you get in that place of how long, how long?

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<v Speaker 2>I think I should say it like this. You can

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<v Speaker 2>only be strong for so long. You can only feel

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<v Speaker 2>forgotten for so long, you can only feel taken for

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<v Speaker 2>granted for so long. You can only do for others

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<v Speaker 2>so long, and say, well, I'm doing it for the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing it for the Lord. I'm doing it for

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord. I'm doing it for the Lord. Think you

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<v Speaker 2>would be nice, but I'm not doing it for thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing it for the Lord. And then you explode

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<v Speaker 2>on us because even the nicest, most polite, most servant

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<v Speaker 2>hearted person can only serve strong for so long before

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<v Speaker 2>you start wondering how long till they reciprocate for me?

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<v Speaker 2>Don't say amen. They'll know you're agitated with them and

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<v Speaker 2>you're about to explode any minute, and they need to duck.

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<v Speaker 2>How long will you forget me? How long will you

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<v Speaker 2>hide from me? He actually says something that I know

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<v Speaker 2>we've all felt in here. How long will my enemy

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<v Speaker 2>triumph over me? In other words, how long till I.

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<v Speaker 1>Get a win.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel like I'm winning anywhere. Maybe you felt

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<v Speaker 2>that way as a husband this week. If I'm winning

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<v Speaker 2>as a provider, I'm not winning as a parent. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>paying for stuff, but I don't have time to play

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<v Speaker 2>with my kids, because if I play with my kids,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't pay for the stuff, and they don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to play with nothing. But if I'm going to pay

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<v Speaker 2>for it, I gotta work for it. If I'm working

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<v Speaker 2>for it, I can't be with them. I can't win anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>How long.

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<v Speaker 1>I can retire?

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<v Speaker 3>How long?

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<v Speaker 1>Lord?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm making light of it, although there is nothing

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<v Speaker 2>light about the feeling, just to bring us into the thought,

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<v Speaker 2>how long will you forget me? Lord? How long will

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<v Speaker 2>you hide from me? How long will it be till

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<v Speaker 2>I feel you? How long will it be.

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<v Speaker 1>Till you confirm for me that this is the right

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<v Speaker 1>thing to do?

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<v Speaker 2>How long Lord, till I get this thing out of

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<v Speaker 2>my arm?

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<v Speaker 1>How long till I can.

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<v Speaker 2>Eat again, smile again, breathe deeply again and not feel

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<v Speaker 2>that shallow, crippling anxiety that I've been managing for three months.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't tell anybody, But how long you expect

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<v Speaker 2>me to smile at them while I'm stressed inside of myself?

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<v Speaker 1>How long is my enemy gonna win?

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<v Speaker 2>And I know you're mighty, and I know you're great,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know you're awesome, and I know you're wonderful,

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<v Speaker 2>But when are you going to do something about what

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<v Speaker 2>my enemy is doing to me? Do you see how

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<v Speaker 2>they're talking about me? Do you see how they're taking

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<v Speaker 2>advantage of me? Do you see how they're walking all

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<v Speaker 2>over me?

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<v Speaker 1>How long until you rise up and defend me? Lord?

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<v Speaker 4>How long?

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<v Speaker 2>But the one that felt so personal to me, and

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps it will feel personal to you as well, was

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<v Speaker 2>the one sandwiched right in the middle of all of that,

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<v Speaker 2>where he said in verse two. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if you ever had an experience where you thought that

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord wrote a special verse in your Bible because

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<v Speaker 2>he's been following you around. And the Lord just took

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<v Speaker 2>a verse that wasn't there before and put it in

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<v Speaker 2>there for you. I felt that way when I read thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>verse two, how long must I wrestle.

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<v Speaker 1>With my thoughts?

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<v Speaker 2>I totally get that question, How long will I wrestle

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<v Speaker 2>with my thoughts? You know, whoever wrote this song, he

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<v Speaker 2>must not be very tough, because if he was tough,

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<v Speaker 2>he would just buck up buckaroo, He would just get

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<v Speaker 2>over it. When life gave him lemons, he would just

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<v Speaker 2>make some lemonade. He must not be very strong in

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord this man.

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<v Speaker 1>Look in your Bible, Abby.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse not verse one, but right before verse one, and

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<v Speaker 2>you will see above Psalng thirteen the attribution of who

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<v Speaker 2>wrote this song. Although it does not mention what the

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<v Speaker 2>situation was that inspired the song, it gives us the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the person who wrote the song, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>a man named David. So I take back everything I

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<v Speaker 2>just said a minute ago about he must be a whimp,

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<v Speaker 2>he must not be very strong. I would never say

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<v Speaker 2>that about David, and I definitely wouldn't say it to

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<v Speaker 2>his face, even if I thought that David was an

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<v Speaker 2>emotional basket case. I wouldn't say it to David because

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<v Speaker 2>if David could find a rock. I might comment it

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<v Speaker 2>in the YouTube section about David, I wouldn't say it

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<v Speaker 2>to his face. Internet courage. That's what some people have

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<v Speaker 2>comment courage. But David had strong courage and strong faith,

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<v Speaker 2>which is why we are surprised to hear him talking

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<v Speaker 2>this way. Most scholars tell us that David wrote this

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<v Speaker 2>at the time of his life that he was no

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<v Speaker 2>longer a kid but not yet a king. Those transitional

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<v Speaker 2>moments in life, and in his specific instance, the king

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<v Speaker 2>who was king was trying to kill him because he

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<v Speaker 2>was threatened by him, and it is highly likely that

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<v Speaker 2>David wrote some thirteen. David wrote some thirteen in this

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<v Speaker 2>transitional moment of needing to trust God. But I'm stuck

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<v Speaker 2>on the fact that it was David, because when he

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<v Speaker 2>says how long must I wrestle with my thoughts? It

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<v Speaker 2>occurs to me that David was really good at wrestling.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll take you to the moment that David's name became famous. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the one that put David on the map.

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<v Speaker 2>You've heard it, you know it, you love it. It

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<v Speaker 2>involves an uncircumcised Philistine named Goliath. He hails from Philicitia

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<v Speaker 2>nine foot three inches tall, weighing in at three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty pounds, carrying a bronze spear, a javelin, and

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<v Speaker 2>a shield that's bigger than David. Here comes Goliath, and

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<v Speaker 2>for forty days he taunts the nation of Israel. For

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel seventeen, David shows up one day with cheese and bread,

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<v Speaker 2>disguised as a door dasher, but coming in as a deliverer.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear what I just said? Did you hear what

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<v Speaker 1>I just said?

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<v Speaker 2>He's disguised like door dash, but he's carrying deliverance, and

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<v Speaker 2>he hears the giant taunting the people of God and says,

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<v Speaker 2>how long has he been talking to you all like this?

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<v Speaker 2>How long are you gonna let him keep talking trash

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<v Speaker 2>when you have the truth? Well, see, David, he's a

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<v Speaker 2>big giant and you're a little boy. And the king

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<v Speaker 2>that was threatened by David, that didn't even really know

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<v Speaker 2>his name yet, says to David, you can't fight against him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's too big for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I just want to remind you of David's resume

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<v Speaker 2>pick up in First Samuel seventeen, verse thirty four. But

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<v Speaker 2>David said to Saul, that's the king that's the kid

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<v Speaker 2>talking to the king. Your servant has been keeping his

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<v Speaker 2>father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and

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<v Speaker 2>carried off a sheep from the flop, I went after it.

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<v Speaker 2>I struck it. I rescued the sheep from its mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>Checked this phrase. When it turned on me.

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<v Speaker 1>I seized it by its hair, struck and killed it.

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<v Speaker 1>You see what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't just kill.

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<v Speaker 2>The lion from a distance or say a prayer over it,

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<v Speaker 2>and God gave it a tumor and it died. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I grabbed it up close, and I wrestled with a lion.

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<v Speaker 3>And tore the sheep out of his mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>That's David. That's what he did.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Saul heard what he was capable of doing

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<v Speaker 2>with the mane of a lion, he sent him to

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<v Speaker 2>the battle line to fight the lion, and with one

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<v Speaker 2>smooth Stones had five ready, but only needed one. Smooth

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<v Speaker 2>Stone knocked the giant down, cut off his head, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says with a sling and a not a

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<v Speaker 2>sword in his hand, he triumphed.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the giant in verse fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>But the moment that I realized that David was very

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<v Speaker 2>good at dealing with a lion that turned on him.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the moment that I realized that this time in

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm thirteen, he is not dealing with a lion. He

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<v Speaker 2>is not dealing with a bear. And the problem in

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm thirteen is that David knows what to do with

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<v Speaker 2>an external threat. I can rip it apart. Give me

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<v Speaker 2>a challenge, I'll figure it out. If there was a problem, yo,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll solve it. David Newt as a saw. I'm also

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<v Speaker 2>if there's a lion in front of me, I know

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<v Speaker 2>what to do with the lion. I have a reliable

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<v Speaker 2>strategy for a lion. I can beat a bear. But

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<v Speaker 2>this time, David says, I am wrestling with my thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not wrestling with a lion this time, I'm wrestling

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<v Speaker 2>with my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>How long can I.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrestle with something that isn't coming from the outside. I

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<v Speaker 2>can deal with that, not with a to do list.

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<v Speaker 2>I can deal with that, not with a challenge that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm facing that I can plan for in an appointment,

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<v Speaker 2>or something that I can prep for with my knowledge

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<v Speaker 2>and my intellect and my skill. I've been able to

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<v Speaker 2>do that on several levels throughout the years. But now

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<v Speaker 2>now I'm dealing with something and it's not a bear.

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<v Speaker 2>It's my brain. It's not a lion, it's my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>So it bets the question what do I do when

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy moves the fight to the inside where I

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<v Speaker 2>can't leave it at the office where I can't leave

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<v Speaker 2>it in a location where I can't leave.

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<v Speaker 1>It for a nine to five And he hits his limit.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, how long I could deal with this

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<v Speaker 2>until they had to operate again?

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<v Speaker 1>I could deal with it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I was saying to the Lord the

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<v Speaker 2>other week, I said, I thought I was through with this,

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<v Speaker 2>And you.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever felt that way about something?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I was through with this because you already

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<v Speaker 2>praise the Lord for all your progress publicly at your group,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't really know how to go back and

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<v Speaker 2>tell the group that I got bad news, it got infected,

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<v Speaker 2>and I got to do it again because the first

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<v Speaker 2>time they prayed me through it, but this time they

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<v Speaker 2>might judge me because of it. Y'all, getting quiet, Preacher

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<v Speaker 2>is preaching truth. This is Holy goes truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now. I am on your case right now, how

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<v Speaker 1>long I could deal with it?

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<v Speaker 2>If you just give me a dumbbell, I can curl

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<v Speaker 2>a dumbell, But when I am a dumbbell, when I'm

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with stuff that's happening on the inside. You remember

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<v Speaker 2>last week we talked about Paul saying I put.

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<v Speaker 1>The ways of childhood behind me.

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<v Speaker 2>That's wonderful. You can put certain ways of childhood behind you.

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<v Speaker 2>I sold all my wrestling figures, all my lex Luger

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<v Speaker 2>and Sting and Ultimate Worrying Halkog, and I sold them all.

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<v Speaker 2>Wish I hadn't. They're worth a lot more money now.

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<v Speaker 2>But I put all that behind me.

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<v Speaker 1>But I still wrestle with the ways of childhood. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it begs the question, what do you do when

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<v Speaker 1>you hit your limit?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm speaking to somebody today and you feel like I have.

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<v Speaker 1>Hit my limit.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a pretty strong person, but I've hit my limit.

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<v Speaker 2>I can carry a lot, but I have hit my limit.

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<v Speaker 2>I have dealt with this, and I have coped with this,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have managed this, and I have managed not

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<v Speaker 2>to make everybody else crazy around me. But I'm going crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I have hit my limit. How long will you forget me?

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<v Speaker 2>How long will you hide?

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<v Speaker 1>God?

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<v Speaker 2>I can go a little while without feeling your presence,

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<v Speaker 2>but I haven't felt you in months. God, I can

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<v Speaker 2>go a little while without confirmation and just stay obedient

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<v Speaker 2>to the last thing that I heard.

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<v Speaker 1>But I need a side.

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<v Speaker 2>How long I can't believe I'm going through this again?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I was through with this. I thought I

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<v Speaker 2>was done with this. Why am I more tempted than ever?

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<v Speaker 2>Why am I more angry than ever? Why am I

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<v Speaker 2>having bitterness flashbacks?

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<v Speaker 1>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I forgave them. I thought they cut it

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<v Speaker 2>out of me. I thought they fixed it, and I

0:28:02.200 --> 0:28:05.480
<v Speaker 2>went back and they put me back into ICU. How

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<v Speaker 2>long am I gonna be here? I can only pretend

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<v Speaker 2>to be strong. So long I can't wear this uniform

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<v Speaker 2>home and wear it to work and pretend to be strong.

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<v Speaker 2>So David opens up to the Lord, and he realizes

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<v Speaker 2>that when you have hit your limit, and you can't

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<v Speaker 2>kill this with your hands, and you can't kill this

0:28:25.880 --> 0:28:29.080
<v Speaker 2>with your biceps, and you can't kill this with your

0:28:29.280 --> 0:28:32.679
<v Speaker 2>rational thinking, and you can't kill this with your college degree,

0:28:32.920 --> 0:28:35.719
<v Speaker 2>and you can't kill this with your willpower, and you

0:28:35.760 --> 0:28:38.880
<v Speaker 2>can't kill this with your focus determination, and you can't

0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:41.680
<v Speaker 2>kill this with your vitamins, and you can't kill this

0:28:41.760 --> 0:28:45.320
<v Speaker 2>with your collagen and your health routine and your cold plunge,

0:28:45.360 --> 0:28:47.680
<v Speaker 2>and I'll keep doing the stuff I'm supposed to do,

0:28:48.000 --> 0:28:50.560
<v Speaker 2>but it's not fixing the real problem I have. And

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<v Speaker 2>David realized that when you hit your limit, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>sign that you need to change your level. So whoever

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching to, when you hit your limit, change your level.

0:29:07.880 --> 0:29:10.680
<v Speaker 2>When you hit your limit, when you feel that in

0:29:10.720 --> 0:29:13.080
<v Speaker 2>the course of a twenty four hour period, in the

0:29:13.120 --> 0:29:15.600
<v Speaker 2>course of your college career, in the course of you

0:29:15.720 --> 0:29:18.280
<v Speaker 2>trying to raise your own family, in the course of

0:29:18.320 --> 0:29:21.120
<v Speaker 2>you feeling your way through the forest of your emotions

0:29:21.280 --> 0:29:24.120
<v Speaker 2>and your feelings of forsakenness.

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<v Speaker 1>When you hit your limit, change your level.

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<v Speaker 2>Limits and levels and loops, Oh my lions and tigers

0:29:37.360 --> 0:29:42.840
<v Speaker 2>and bears, Oh my. Wrestling with my thoughts of depression,

0:29:43.320 --> 0:29:47.160
<v Speaker 2>Wrestling with my thoughts of insecurity, Wrestling with my old

0:29:47.200 --> 0:29:51.800
<v Speaker 2>ways of handling situations, Wrestling with things that were passed

0:29:51.800 --> 0:29:55.280
<v Speaker 2>down to me or exemplified, Wrestling with my sin nature,

0:29:55.320 --> 0:29:57.719
<v Speaker 2>which is crucified with Christ but keeps trying to have

0:29:57.760 --> 0:30:01.520
<v Speaker 2>a resurrection. Wrestling with the things that I thought drowned

0:30:01.560 --> 0:30:04.120
<v Speaker 2>in the red sea. But why are they swimming after

0:30:04.200 --> 0:30:07.280
<v Speaker 2>me when I am wrestling with something that I can

0:30:07.320 --> 0:30:08.680
<v Speaker 2>tear apart with my hands.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one thing.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes the Bible says in Ephesians chapter six, verses

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<v Speaker 2>eleven and twelve, You've got to put on the whole

0:30:18.280 --> 0:30:22.040
<v Speaker 2>armor of God for the king. James says in verse twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>for we wrestle not against flesh and blood. This is

0:30:27.800 --> 0:30:31.560
<v Speaker 2>not a lion you're wrestling with. For we wrestle not

0:30:31.720 --> 0:30:35.120
<v Speaker 2>against flesh and blood. This is not a bear this time.

0:30:35.480 --> 0:30:39.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm wrestling with my thoughts. I'm wrestling with some secrets.

0:30:39.320 --> 0:30:43.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm wrestling with some shame. I'm wrestling with some strong temptation.

0:30:43.720 --> 0:30:46.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm wrestling with some not me. I'm wrestling with some

0:30:46.720 --> 0:30:49.760
<v Speaker 2>why me. I'm wrestling with some what about me? Well,

0:30:49.800 --> 0:30:52.960
<v Speaker 2>I am not wrestling anymore with flesh and blood, but

0:30:53.080 --> 0:30:59.080
<v Speaker 2>I am wrestling against principalities, against powers, against the rulers

0:30:59.400 --> 0:31:05.400
<v Speaker 2>of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness.

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<v Speaker 1>In high places.

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<v Speaker 3>See.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand something about wrestling, not because I watched Taul Hogan,

0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:15.520
<v Speaker 2>but because I have a son who is a wrestler.

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<v Speaker 2>Not WWF, but the kind of wrestling where they put

0:31:19.400 --> 0:31:21.680
<v Speaker 2>you on a mat for six minutes and.

0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:24.240
<v Speaker 1>You've got to outscore or pin the other person.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, in wrestling, I have a little experience because I

0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:31.120
<v Speaker 2>was a state champion in the eighth grade in a

0:31:31.160 --> 0:31:34.200
<v Speaker 2>freestyle tournament where there were no other entries in my

0:31:34.240 --> 0:31:35.520
<v Speaker 2>weight class category.

0:31:36.000 --> 0:31:37.280
<v Speaker 1>But Graham is pretty good.

0:31:37.600 --> 0:31:40.120
<v Speaker 2>And I took him to see the National Championship where

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<v Speaker 2>all the greatest college wrestlers were wrestling, and Carl Perry

0:31:43.640 --> 0:31:46.640
<v Speaker 2>was sitting next to me, who was a former national champion,

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:49.200
<v Speaker 2>and I said, tell me what to watch when they wrestle.

0:31:49.440 --> 0:31:51.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't really know what to watch. I understand wrestling,

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<v Speaker 2>but not at your level. I said, what do you

0:31:55.280 --> 0:31:58.920
<v Speaker 2>look for at your level? He said, at this level,

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<v Speaker 2>all of the guys were out there know how to

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<v Speaker 2>change levels. I said, I know what that means, but

0:32:05.240 --> 0:32:07.280
<v Speaker 2>pretend like I didn't. Then explain it to me so

0:32:07.360 --> 0:32:09.080
<v Speaker 2>I could explain it to somebody.

0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:10.560
<v Speaker 1>Else who doesn't know what it means.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, Well, when you stay too still too long,

0:32:13.760 --> 0:32:16.400
<v Speaker 2>you become predictable. But what you got to do at

0:32:16.480 --> 0:32:19.600
<v Speaker 2>this level, you got to change levels so quick that

0:32:19.680 --> 0:32:21.719
<v Speaker 2>I can't tell if you're about to pop me on

0:32:21.760 --> 0:32:24.120
<v Speaker 2>my head or pop me on my head to set

0:32:24.160 --> 0:32:27.040
<v Speaker 2>me up to grab my ankle, and the devil will

0:32:27.080 --> 0:32:29.040
<v Speaker 2>come at you so many different ways.

0:32:29.480 --> 0:32:31.440
<v Speaker 1>And have you standing still.

0:32:31.280 --> 0:32:34.800
<v Speaker 2>So long talking about how long am I gonna feel

0:32:34.840 --> 0:32:37.600
<v Speaker 2>like this? And how long is it gonna be like this?

0:32:38.040 --> 0:32:40.120
<v Speaker 2>And how long are they gonna forget about me?

0:32:40.520 --> 0:32:42.560
<v Speaker 1>And how long till they recognize me?

0:32:43.080 --> 0:32:45.800
<v Speaker 2>But if you have hit a wall called how long today,

0:32:46.200 --> 0:32:48.520
<v Speaker 2>and you have hit your limit and you don't see

0:32:48.560 --> 0:32:51.760
<v Speaker 2>a way to win this fight, the spirit of God said,

0:32:52.160 --> 0:32:56.680
<v Speaker 2>change levels. If you've been down too long, stand up

0:32:56.720 --> 0:32:57.840
<v Speaker 2>and praise the Lord.

0:32:58.360 --> 0:32:59.080
<v Speaker 3>Wake up the.

0:32:59.120 --> 0:33:01.040
<v Speaker 1>Lion inside your lungs.

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<v Speaker 5>You've been sitting there thirty four minutes thinking about my sermon,

0:33:05.680 --> 0:33:10.400
<v Speaker 5>But change levels for ten seconds. Jump up on your feet,

0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:17.200
<v Speaker 5>stick your chest out, and tell the devils I'm saved.

0:33:18.240 --> 0:33:22.800
<v Speaker 3>Say it, I'm saved. Change levels.

0:33:24.600 --> 0:33:28.800
<v Speaker 6>Before we wrestle none against low things.

0:33:29.600 --> 0:33:33.480
<v Speaker 3>We wrestle against high things. And if I'm.

0:33:33.320 --> 0:33:37.560
<v Speaker 5>Wrestling against the high thing, I know a higher thing

0:33:38.280 --> 0:33:40.040
<v Speaker 5>that can't bring it down.

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<v Speaker 2>I cast down strongholds, I cast down depression, I guess

0:33:48.800 --> 0:33:53.240
<v Speaker 2>out fear, I cast out padding, I guess out say,

0:33:53.880 --> 0:33:57.520
<v Speaker 2>I cast out suicide, hot castings.

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<v Speaker 1>Sit today that is above.

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<v Speaker 3>Every day help me live this day high five fourteen.

0:34:20.480 --> 0:34:25.400
<v Speaker 3>People say I'm changing levels. I'm changing levels.

0:34:26.760 --> 0:34:29.480
<v Speaker 6>I'm saying, Oh, there he goes, Oh there he goes,

0:34:30.000 --> 0:34:31.160
<v Speaker 6>there he goes, there she goes.

0:34:31.560 --> 0:34:32.759
<v Speaker 3>I can't predict her.

0:34:33.080 --> 0:34:36.040
<v Speaker 6>When I think I got her down, said gets back up.

0:34:36.719 --> 0:34:40.080
<v Speaker 6>When I think just getting browned, she starts to pray.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm facing.

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<v Speaker 1>David, said, I don't know how long this is going

0:35:13.120 --> 0:35:16.759
<v Speaker 1>to last. I don't know how long I'm going to

0:35:16.800 --> 0:35:20.319
<v Speaker 1>be hurting like this. I'll know how long I'm going

0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:22.480
<v Speaker 1>to have to push through this without any evidence that

0:35:22.600 --> 0:35:25.200
<v Speaker 1>God is working. I'll know how long. But I'll tell

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<v Speaker 1>you one thing, not as long.

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<v Speaker 2>As my.

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<v Speaker 1>Song.

0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:45.520
<v Speaker 2>And I talked about lions, and I talked about bears,

0:35:45.560 --> 0:35:48.040
<v Speaker 2>and I talked about limits, and I talked about levels,

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to talk about loops. Because when you

0:35:53.000 --> 0:35:57.040
<v Speaker 2>get to verse five, David has disrupted his own despair.

0:35:58.160 --> 0:36:01.960
<v Speaker 1>And prayer for deliverance. Y'all are sitting down like you're

0:36:02.000 --> 0:36:02.319
<v Speaker 1>not in a.

0:36:02.360 --> 0:36:03.840
<v Speaker 2>Hurry to get out of here and go back to

0:36:03.880 --> 0:36:05.160
<v Speaker 2>whatever hell you've been fighting.

0:36:06.239 --> 0:36:08.279
<v Speaker 1>I ain't not waiting at home, but a lion and

0:36:08.320 --> 0:36:08.920
<v Speaker 1>a bear for you.

0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:10.279
<v Speaker 2>Huh.

0:36:10.360 --> 0:36:12.640
<v Speaker 1>You might as well go ahead and get this Bible lesson.

0:36:15.080 --> 0:36:17.800
<v Speaker 2>But what happens so many times and an experience like

0:36:17.920 --> 0:36:20.760
<v Speaker 2>this that we won't admit is we get the lesson

0:36:21.719 --> 0:36:22.520
<v Speaker 2>and we leave.

0:36:24.280 --> 0:36:28.919
<v Speaker 1>And we don't get in the loop. Because David said

0:36:28.960 --> 0:36:31.160
<v Speaker 1>something so powerful in verse four.

0:36:31.200 --> 0:36:33.919
<v Speaker 2>He says, if you don't do something soon, God, I'm

0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:39.480
<v Speaker 2>going to fail, and my foes will rejoice when I fall. Now,

0:36:39.520 --> 0:36:41.160
<v Speaker 2>I told the Lord that I would share this with

0:36:41.280 --> 0:36:43.200
<v Speaker 2>you if the atmosphere fell open to it, and so

0:36:43.280 --> 0:36:46.560
<v Speaker 2>I will. There was a season of my ministry where

0:36:46.600 --> 0:36:49.600
<v Speaker 2>Holly and I were so paralyzed by the nature of

0:36:49.719 --> 0:36:52.600
<v Speaker 2>public ministry, public criticism in the age of AI, when

0:36:52.640 --> 0:36:54.839
<v Speaker 2>people can make up things that you said and make

0:36:54.880 --> 0:36:56.399
<v Speaker 2>it sound like you say it, and make it look

0:36:56.480 --> 0:36:58.440
<v Speaker 2>like you were standing there with Oscar the Grouch if

0:36:58.480 --> 0:37:01.840
<v Speaker 2>they want to. It's no longer to photoshop you into anything.

0:37:01.880 --> 0:37:05.800
<v Speaker 2>There was a time where I was so consumed with

0:37:06.000 --> 0:37:11.240
<v Speaker 2>the fear that something in ministry would cause me to fail,

0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:16.960
<v Speaker 2>or that my best had been behind me and it

0:37:17.080 --> 0:37:19.440
<v Speaker 2>was only going to get worse from here. So if

0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:22.399
<v Speaker 2>you're struggling with that in your own way, the fear

0:37:22.440 --> 0:37:25.520
<v Speaker 2>of failure or the fear of looking like a fool.

0:37:26.440 --> 0:37:29.799
<v Speaker 1>Listen to what the Lord gave me. And it really

0:37:29.920 --> 0:37:32.080
<v Speaker 1>parallels the thought process of David.

0:37:32.200 --> 0:37:36.240
<v Speaker 2>Not to compare myself to David, but I do relate

0:37:37.040 --> 0:37:39.360
<v Speaker 2>to the resistance and the wrestling that he felt. And

0:37:39.480 --> 0:37:41.840
<v Speaker 2>I thought for many years that the wrestling meant that

0:37:41.960 --> 0:37:45.640
<v Speaker 2>something was wrong with me. I thought that the fact

0:37:45.719 --> 0:37:49.239
<v Speaker 2>that I wrestle with this means that I am this.

0:37:51.160 --> 0:37:53.520
<v Speaker 2>I thought the wrestling meant that something was wrong with me.

0:37:54.800 --> 0:37:57.440
<v Speaker 2>I need to slow down before I show you what

0:37:57.560 --> 0:38:02.240
<v Speaker 2>I want to show you. In verse four, he says,

0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:05.439
<v Speaker 2>my foes will rejoice when I fall.

0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:11.160
<v Speaker 1>You see that. And there was a loop in my

0:38:11.320 --> 0:38:12.239
<v Speaker 1>mind that.

0:38:12.320 --> 0:38:17.000
<v Speaker 2>Went on for months and months and months. It's going

0:38:17.080 --> 0:38:19.760
<v Speaker 2>to end in failure. It's going to end in failure.

0:38:20.320 --> 0:38:22.799
<v Speaker 2>It's going to end in failure. I couldn't pinpoint why.

0:38:23.200 --> 0:38:25.319
<v Speaker 2>I did see other things that were happening to other

0:38:25.360 --> 0:38:28.719
<v Speaker 2>people all around me, and I thought, oh, man, you know,

0:38:28.920 --> 0:38:32.640
<v Speaker 2>I I'll know how long can I keep preaching and

0:38:33.400 --> 0:38:35.240
<v Speaker 2>you know, writing songs and doing ministry.

0:38:35.280 --> 0:38:36.480
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to do it in the flesh. I

0:38:36.520 --> 0:38:37.920
<v Speaker 1>want to do it in the spirit. But sometimes you

0:38:37.960 --> 0:38:38.480
<v Speaker 1>get tired.

0:38:39.719 --> 0:38:43.800
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you get tired too, and you wonder is this

0:38:44.080 --> 0:38:45.800
<v Speaker 2>going to end in failure?

0:38:47.560 --> 0:38:53.840
<v Speaker 1>So one day the Lord gave me a thought and

0:38:53.960 --> 0:38:56.200
<v Speaker 1>it busted me out of the prison.

0:38:57.440 --> 0:39:01.600
<v Speaker 2>That I was in that came from the loop of

0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:08.360
<v Speaker 2>thinking that I had entertained what if it is in failures?

0:39:08.400 --> 0:39:10.840
<v Speaker 2>Can infaiures can in failures, can in failure? And the

0:39:10.920 --> 0:39:12.239
<v Speaker 2>way he gave it to me was something that I

0:39:12.280 --> 0:39:14.880
<v Speaker 2>could latch onto. And I give it to you exactly

0:39:14.960 --> 0:39:16.399
<v Speaker 2>as he gave it to me, and I wrote it down.

0:39:17.800 --> 0:39:20.680
<v Speaker 2>He said, I want you to start confessing this over

0:39:20.760 --> 0:39:22.279
<v Speaker 2>your life, and I did it out loud every day

0:39:22.320 --> 0:39:28.840
<v Speaker 2>for a year. It may end in failure, but I

0:39:28.960 --> 0:39:39.959
<v Speaker 2>will not live in fear. And I've struggled to hold

0:39:40.000 --> 0:39:41.440
<v Speaker 2>to that and I've struggled to live it out.

0:39:41.480 --> 0:39:43.520
<v Speaker 1>But he gave it to me. It was one line.

0:39:43.600 --> 0:39:46.839
<v Speaker 1>He gave me, one line to deal with the lie.

0:39:46.920 --> 0:39:48.880
<v Speaker 2>Because see, the lie I was in the loop was

0:39:49.400 --> 0:39:53.440
<v Speaker 2>that if something fails, I'm a failure. But when I

0:39:53.560 --> 0:39:56.040
<v Speaker 2>realized that he loved me before I started a church.

0:39:58.480 --> 0:40:01.279
<v Speaker 2>He loved me when y'all got here. He'll love me

0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:05.080
<v Speaker 2>if you leave, He'll love me if I preach good.

0:40:06.280 --> 0:40:08.280
<v Speaker 1>He'll love me if I stand up here in stammer

0:40:08.320 --> 0:40:09.000
<v Speaker 1>and stutter and ud.

0:40:10.960 --> 0:40:13.200
<v Speaker 2>He knows what I'm trying to say, and he'll even

0:40:13.239 --> 0:40:15.400
<v Speaker 2>take his spirit and interpret and you'll tell me, Pastor,

0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:16.959
<v Speaker 2>that was awesome when you said this, And I won't

0:40:16.960 --> 0:40:18.399
<v Speaker 2>even have said that, and you'll have heard that because

0:40:18.440 --> 0:40:20.680
<v Speaker 2>God wanted to get it to you. So even if

0:40:20.719 --> 0:40:24.640
<v Speaker 2>it fails, watch this. It may end in failure, but

0:40:24.960 --> 0:40:30.879
<v Speaker 2>I will not live in fear. And that has done

0:40:31.000 --> 0:40:34.920
<v Speaker 2>more for me than all of my resistancy. Because you

0:40:35.000 --> 0:40:37.680
<v Speaker 2>try to wrestle at a certain level, You're like, oh, no, well,

0:40:37.719 --> 0:40:40.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna study you and I'm gonna do take my

0:40:40.400 --> 0:40:43.399
<v Speaker 2>creatine and I'm gonna do you know. But but even

0:40:43.480 --> 0:40:49.040
<v Speaker 2>that has his limits, So I change the level, change

0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:52.840
<v Speaker 2>the level. And David can't figure out how to battle

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:55.320
<v Speaker 2>his thoughts because this is not something he is fighting

0:40:55.400 --> 0:40:58.680
<v Speaker 2>that is turning on him on the outside. His own

0:40:58.840 --> 0:41:01.319
<v Speaker 2>mind is turning on him. We are do when your

0:41:01.360 --> 0:41:06.520
<v Speaker 2>mind turns on you? And why did David's mind attack

0:41:06.640 --> 0:41:12.000
<v Speaker 2>him so viciously? Is it possible that the minds that

0:41:12.120 --> 0:41:15.320
<v Speaker 2>are under the most vicious attack are also carrying the

0:41:15.400 --> 0:41:16.480
<v Speaker 2>most brilliant potential.

0:41:21.040 --> 0:41:24.920
<v Speaker 1>Think about what David went on to do David went on.

0:41:25.040 --> 0:41:28.480
<v Speaker 2>To become not only a king, but he became the

0:41:28.600 --> 0:41:32.160
<v Speaker 2>designer of the temple that was the house of God,

0:41:32.640 --> 0:41:35.720
<v Speaker 2>for which he gave the plans to his son Solomon.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he gave him the plans for the temple,

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<v Speaker 2>he said something very interesting in First Chronicles twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, well, that says he gave him the plans portico, building, storems,

0:41:48.960 --> 0:41:51.239
<v Speaker 2>upper parts, enterans, place of Atomas. So he had all

0:41:51.320 --> 0:41:53.400
<v Speaker 2>that mapped out verse twelve. And he gave him the

0:41:53.520 --> 0:41:58.520
<v Speaker 2>plans of all that the spirit had put in his

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<v Speaker 2>mind for the courts of the Temple of the Lord,

0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:05.960
<v Speaker 2>and all the surrounding rooms, treasuries, Temple of God, treasures

0:42:05.960 --> 0:42:08.520
<v Speaker 2>of the dedicated things. It goes onto lists in the

0:42:08.760 --> 0:42:15.240
<v Speaker 2>most specific detail, everything that God put into David's mind.

0:42:16.520 --> 0:42:22.160
<v Speaker 2>Now we understand why in Psalm thirteen he was wrestling

0:42:22.680 --> 0:42:28.920
<v Speaker 2>with his thoughts, because that mind was under attack by

0:42:29.000 --> 0:42:32.680
<v Speaker 2>the enemy, because it was the place that would conceive

0:42:32.920 --> 0:42:38.200
<v Speaker 2>something awesome for God, that mind from which the temple

0:42:38.239 --> 0:42:42.880
<v Speaker 2>would come, where the people would worship. That mind, that beautiful,

0:42:43.360 --> 0:42:47.640
<v Speaker 2>brilliant mind. It wasn't a broken mind. It was a

0:42:47.920 --> 0:42:52.560
<v Speaker 2>brilliant mind. The level of your battle tells you something

0:42:52.680 --> 0:42:55.280
<v Speaker 2>about the level that God is calling you to build.

0:42:56.480 --> 0:42:57.840
<v Speaker 1>The level of your battle.

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<v Speaker 2>See, when you have an overactive imagine nation, you can

0:43:01.200 --> 0:43:04.160
<v Speaker 2>build a temple. But if you have an overactive imagination,

0:43:04.600 --> 0:43:07.000
<v Speaker 2>you can also call Bathsheba to come and sleep with you,

0:43:07.080 --> 0:43:09.239
<v Speaker 2>even though she's not your wife, and make a plan

0:43:09.360 --> 0:43:11.240
<v Speaker 2>for her husband to get killed on the front lines

0:43:11.280 --> 0:43:11.720
<v Speaker 2>of battle.

0:43:12.080 --> 0:43:14.200
<v Speaker 1>And that is why it's important.

0:43:14.000 --> 0:43:16.880
<v Speaker 2>In this season of your life that you win the

0:43:17.040 --> 0:43:20.719
<v Speaker 2>battle for your mind, because there is something that God

0:43:20.840 --> 0:43:23.880
<v Speaker 2>wants to bring forth from your mind. I'm trying to

0:43:24.000 --> 0:43:27.320
<v Speaker 2>say that the place of the blueprint is always the

0:43:27.440 --> 0:43:30.640
<v Speaker 2>place of the battle. I'll say it again when God

0:43:30.800 --> 0:43:33.200
<v Speaker 2>is going to give you a blueprint. Some of you

0:43:33.320 --> 0:43:36.640
<v Speaker 2>are creating generational change. Some of you are doing it

0:43:36.840 --> 0:43:39.719
<v Speaker 2>different than your family ever did. Some of you are

0:43:39.840 --> 0:43:42.800
<v Speaker 2>setting a new direction, a new course for everybody with

0:43:42.920 --> 0:43:46.560
<v Speaker 2>your last name or maiden name in the future. And

0:43:46.719 --> 0:43:50.240
<v Speaker 2>the reason the battle has been so fierce in your mind.

0:43:50.640 --> 0:43:53.840
<v Speaker 2>There is so much material in your mind. There is

0:43:53.920 --> 0:43:57.560
<v Speaker 2>so much potential in your mind. David's mind would go

0:43:57.680 --> 0:44:01.279
<v Speaker 2>on to lead armies. His mind was capable of navigating

0:44:01.360 --> 0:44:04.480
<v Speaker 2>through the most arid terrain he can find water in

0:44:04.640 --> 0:44:07.320
<v Speaker 2>places that the troops that were chasing him would not

0:44:07.440 --> 0:44:10.720
<v Speaker 2>even dare to follow him into that mind. Of course

0:44:10.840 --> 0:44:13.680
<v Speaker 2>it was under attack. Of course it was a battle

0:44:14.040 --> 0:44:17.640
<v Speaker 2>that was the place of a blueprint. Of course you're struggling.

0:44:17.960 --> 0:44:21.320
<v Speaker 2>Of course you're dealing with issues. There's nothing wrong with you.

0:44:21.880 --> 0:44:25.720
<v Speaker 2>You're just a real one. You are resisting the enemy.

0:44:26.120 --> 0:44:29.200
<v Speaker 2>You are wrestling not against flesh and blood, but against

0:44:29.239 --> 0:44:30.960
<v Speaker 2>spiritual wickedness.

0:44:32.200 --> 0:44:36.040
<v Speaker 1>And isn't it amazing that the mind that created.

0:44:35.640 --> 0:44:40.800
<v Speaker 2>Something so magnificent as the Temple experienced so much misery?

0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:44.120
<v Speaker 2>And doesn't it give you hope to know that the

0:44:44.280 --> 0:44:47.520
<v Speaker 2>misery that you've been going through is just a clue

0:44:47.640 --> 0:44:48.880
<v Speaker 2>to the magnificence.

0:44:49.480 --> 0:44:51.160
<v Speaker 1>Let me say it like the Bible says it.

0:44:51.719 --> 0:44:56.279
<v Speaker 2>For our light and momentary afflictions are achieving for us

0:44:56.640 --> 0:45:00.960
<v Speaker 2>a far exceeding weight of glory. It will way everything

0:45:01.040 --> 0:45:03.880
<v Speaker 2>you've been through when you see what God builds. And

0:45:03.960 --> 0:45:06.800
<v Speaker 2>I'll prove it to you right now. Psalm thirteen is

0:45:06.880 --> 0:45:10.960
<v Speaker 2>written by David about a situation that we don't even

0:45:11.040 --> 0:45:14.120
<v Speaker 2>know what it was, and whatever situation he was going

0:45:14.200 --> 0:45:15.040
<v Speaker 2>through when he wrote it.

0:45:15.400 --> 0:45:19.239
<v Speaker 1>The situation is over, but we're still preaching about what

0:45:19.360 --> 0:45:19.760
<v Speaker 1>he wrote.

0:45:21.440 --> 0:45:26.440
<v Speaker 2>I said, the situation only lasted so long, but the

0:45:26.800 --> 0:45:29.839
<v Speaker 2>song was longer than the situation.

0:45:30.400 --> 0:45:31.960
<v Speaker 1>Because I'm standing.

0:45:31.600 --> 0:45:36.360
<v Speaker 2>Up in front of you thousands of years after he wrestled,

0:45:36.800 --> 0:45:39.279
<v Speaker 2>and I'm reading what he wrote, because he went through

0:45:39.360 --> 0:45:42.440
<v Speaker 2>what he went through. I came to tell you that

0:45:42.680 --> 0:45:45.560
<v Speaker 2>what you are going to see on the other side

0:45:45.600 --> 0:45:48.400
<v Speaker 2>of this will make what you're going through feel like

0:45:48.680 --> 0:45:49.560
<v Speaker 2>a short.

0:45:49.440 --> 0:45:53.000
<v Speaker 3>Time, a little while, just a little while, just a

0:45:53.160 --> 0:45:53.719
<v Speaker 3>little while.

0:46:01.040 --> 0:46:06.160
<v Speaker 1>And it all starts with verse five. I'm wrestling.

0:46:06.440 --> 0:46:10.160
<v Speaker 2>How long I'm forgotten, how long I'm forsaken, how long

0:46:10.400 --> 0:46:12.480
<v Speaker 2>you're hiding, how long I'm losing?

0:46:12.800 --> 0:46:13.279
<v Speaker 3>How long?

0:46:13.440 --> 0:46:21.080
<v Speaker 2>Verse five comes out of nowhere? But I trust, I trust,

0:46:21.360 --> 0:46:24.240
<v Speaker 2>But I trust you know how we love the shout

0:46:24.280 --> 0:46:28.120
<v Speaker 2>in church about but God. Yeah, sometimes it's not but

0:46:28.320 --> 0:46:35.000
<v Speaker 2>God that you're waiting on is but I Because sometimes

0:46:35.040 --> 0:46:37.360
<v Speaker 2>when you're asking God how long, he's asking you the

0:46:37.440 --> 0:46:43.680
<v Speaker 2>same question I see on that Sunday. But the Lord

0:46:43.760 --> 0:46:47.399
<v Speaker 2>wants you to know I've been wondering the same thing.

0:46:47.840 --> 0:46:49.480
<v Speaker 2>I've been wondering, how long you.

0:46:49.560 --> 0:46:52.759
<v Speaker 3>Gonna let the devil just tell you anything he wants

0:46:52.840 --> 0:46:53.239
<v Speaker 3>to tell you.

0:46:53.719 --> 0:46:57.040
<v Speaker 2>Unchallenged before you rebuke him and plead the.

0:46:57.080 --> 0:47:00.480
<v Speaker 6>Blood of Jesus for everything concerning your life.

0:47:00.680 --> 0:47:06.160
<v Speaker 3>How long, Oh I love it. I'm happy. Don't think

0:47:06.160 --> 0:47:08.680
<v Speaker 3>I'm mad. I'm not mad at you. I'm happy for you.

0:47:09.440 --> 0:47:14.200
<v Speaker 3>Because God said he's about to butt in. God said, you're.

0:47:14.120 --> 0:47:20.480
<v Speaker 2>Wrestling with some stuff that's unclean, unfamiliar, unmanageable, overwhelming. But

0:47:21.000 --> 0:47:28.440
<v Speaker 2>I trust in your unfailing love. My heart rejoices in

0:47:28.600 --> 0:47:32.040
<v Speaker 2>your salvation. Put me in f sharp verse six. I

0:47:32.200 --> 0:47:38.879
<v Speaker 2>will sing the Lord's praise, for he has been good

0:47:39.640 --> 0:47:40.880
<v Speaker 2>to me.

0:47:45.760 --> 0:47:46.280
<v Speaker 1>So watching.

0:47:50.760 --> 0:47:53.320
<v Speaker 2>When you have hit your limit, Blessed to the porn spirit,

0:47:53.760 --> 0:47:54.520
<v Speaker 2>for there's kingdom of heim.

0:47:54.560 --> 0:47:56.640
<v Speaker 1>Blessed those who home and thirst that for ushless they feel.

0:47:56.920 --> 0:47:59.600
<v Speaker 1>When you have hit your limit, Come to the waters,

0:47:59.640 --> 0:48:00.399
<v Speaker 1>all you who are.

0:48:00.320 --> 0:48:03.120
<v Speaker 2>Thirsty and by, come by bread and milk without why

0:48:03.320 --> 0:48:05.960
<v Speaker 2>without price? You can get it for free if you

0:48:06.080 --> 0:48:12.000
<v Speaker 2>come on your knees. He said, you need a new loop.

0:48:12.040 --> 0:48:15.160
<v Speaker 2>You've been in the How long till it gets better?

0:48:16.040 --> 0:48:16.279
<v Speaker 1>Loop?

0:48:16.360 --> 0:48:19.840
<v Speaker 2>How long till it changes loop? How long am I

0:48:19.920 --> 0:48:21.839
<v Speaker 2>going to be like this loop? How long are they

0:48:21.880 --> 0:48:22.560
<v Speaker 2>going to ignore me?

0:48:23.360 --> 0:48:25.440
<v Speaker 1>Loop? And I want to get you in a new

0:48:25.520 --> 0:48:39.040
<v Speaker 1>loop of how good God has already been to you.

0:48:40.120 --> 0:48:42.799
<v Speaker 2>Something just shifted in David in verse five. I can

0:48:42.880 --> 0:48:45.880
<v Speaker 2>tell it he realized, I can't fight this like a lion.

0:48:46.160 --> 0:48:48.640
<v Speaker 2>I can't fight this like a bear. I can't fight

0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:52.719
<v Speaker 2>this like my previous fights. I gotta fight this by

0:48:52.800 --> 0:48:55.680
<v Speaker 2>getting in a new loop, like when I killed the

0:48:55.760 --> 0:48:59.240
<v Speaker 2>lion and when I killed the bear, and I started

0:48:59.320 --> 0:49:02.920
<v Speaker 2>thinking to myself, how great my God was, not how

0:49:02.960 --> 0:49:06.520
<v Speaker 2>big my giant was, but I trust.

0:49:08.280 --> 0:49:14.200
<v Speaker 1>And when he said but when God butted in, he

0:49:14.440 --> 0:49:15.440
<v Speaker 1>ends his song.

0:49:16.239 --> 0:49:21.600
<v Speaker 2>Not singing about the struggle, but singing about the goodness

0:49:22.960 --> 0:49:24.280
<v Speaker 2>of God, for he has.

0:49:25.800 --> 0:49:28.239
<v Speaker 1>Been good to me.

0:49:30.480 --> 0:49:33.000
<v Speaker 2>And sometimes you get this message, and sometimes you watch

0:49:33.080 --> 0:49:35.800
<v Speaker 2>these videos, and sometimes you listen to this podcast and

0:49:35.920 --> 0:49:36.720
<v Speaker 2>you get the lesson.

0:49:36.760 --> 0:49:40.239
<v Speaker 1>But you don't get in the loop. You don't get

0:49:40.280 --> 0:49:44.640
<v Speaker 1>in the loop. You think worship is over because.

0:49:44.440 --> 0:49:45.840
<v Speaker 2>You've got to get out to your car, and you

0:49:45.920 --> 0:49:47.279
<v Speaker 2>think you got to get to your car, because you

0:49:47.320 --> 0:49:48.640
<v Speaker 2>got to get to your lunch, and you got to

0:49:48.640 --> 0:49:50.080
<v Speaker 2>get to your lunch, because you've got to get back

0:49:50.120 --> 0:49:50.919
<v Speaker 2>home and take your nap.

0:49:51.040 --> 0:49:51.799
<v Speaker 1>And you got to take your.

0:49:51.800 --> 0:49:53.480
<v Speaker 2>Nap so you can still wake up tired and go

0:49:53.560 --> 0:49:55.040
<v Speaker 2>into another week talking about God.

0:49:55.360 --> 0:50:03.319
<v Speaker 1>How long? How long?

0:50:05.160 --> 0:50:06.960
<v Speaker 2>David said, I don't know, but not as long as

0:50:07.000 --> 0:50:11.440
<v Speaker 2>my song, because I'm gonna outsing my struggle.

0:50:21.560 --> 0:50:23.800
<v Speaker 1>Hear me, if you can, I am gonna out praise

0:50:23.880 --> 0:50:29.960
<v Speaker 1>this problem. Let me go deeper.

0:50:30.400 --> 0:50:35.879
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna out trust this trouble. And it's a sign

0:50:35.960 --> 0:50:37.560
<v Speaker 2>that I can't fight it in my own flesh. I

0:50:37.600 --> 0:50:41.439
<v Speaker 2>wrestle not against flesh and blood. I'm wrestling against.

0:50:41.120 --> 0:50:41.719
<v Speaker 1>A high thing.

0:50:41.840 --> 0:50:45.319
<v Speaker 2>But I have a higher thing, So I will sing

0:50:46.800 --> 0:50:52.440
<v Speaker 2>and praise for he has everybody say he has been

0:50:52.560 --> 0:50:57.600
<v Speaker 2>good to me, and then then you might even get convinced.

0:50:57.680 --> 0:51:03.680
<v Speaker 2>You might, you might say he's been so good to me.

0:51:06.120 --> 0:51:07.560
<v Speaker 1>January of twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>Three, we were having a recording and we got together

0:51:09.400 --> 0:51:13.040
<v Speaker 2>to write some songs before the recording, and me and

0:51:13.160 --> 0:51:15.719
<v Speaker 2>Brandon and Chandler wrote a song one night called Ben

0:51:15.880 --> 0:51:19.720
<v Speaker 2>so Good and the chorus just said, you have been.

0:51:21.080 --> 0:51:28.200
<v Speaker 4>So good to me, God, I can't believe how you.

0:51:28.640 --> 0:51:33.960
<v Speaker 1>Love me, What a friend you have been.

0:51:45.360 --> 0:51:45.640
<v Speaker 3>Wow.

0:51:49.760 --> 0:51:51.600
<v Speaker 2>And you see what happened, how you just started singing

0:51:51.640 --> 0:51:54.840
<v Speaker 2>it again and you almost can't stop singing it.

0:51:57.520 --> 0:52:10.680
<v Speaker 1>That's because we wrote it be a loop and here's

0:52:10.719 --> 0:52:11.360
<v Speaker 1>what that means.

0:52:12.560 --> 0:52:15.680
<v Speaker 2>The first line of that chorus, which we ripped off

0:52:15.760 --> 0:52:19.600
<v Speaker 2>from Song thirteen, verse six, which we got from David,

0:52:20.400 --> 0:52:24.000
<v Speaker 2>who felt like God had left him, but he sang

0:52:24.080 --> 0:52:26.400
<v Speaker 2>a song that lasted longer than his trouble.

0:52:27.480 --> 0:52:29.839
<v Speaker 1>This trouble is not gonna last as long as my song.

0:52:30.120 --> 0:52:32.759
<v Speaker 2>If the devil thinks he's gonna outlast me, he's got

0:52:32.800 --> 0:52:35.160
<v Speaker 2>another thing called Me and the devil are having a

0:52:35.280 --> 0:52:39.160
<v Speaker 2>staring contest right now, And I'm looking unto Jesus, and

0:52:39.280 --> 0:52:40.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking I'm taking.

0:52:40.360 --> 0:52:43.840
<v Speaker 1>My eyes off the wind in the waves. So I

0:52:43.880 --> 0:52:46.279
<v Speaker 1>don't know how long this storm is gonna last. For

0:52:46.480 --> 0:52:52.400
<v Speaker 1>somebody shout, not as long as my song. So is

0:52:52.440 --> 0:52:55.759
<v Speaker 1>it possible that God doesn't always deliver us from it?

0:52:55.880 --> 0:53:01.520
<v Speaker 2>But he calls us to decide in it? David said,

0:53:01.560 --> 0:53:07.759
<v Speaker 2>But I trust in your unfailing love, and I'll sing.

0:53:09.040 --> 0:53:11.239
<v Speaker 2>If the trouble lasts seven days, I'm gonna sing eight.

0:53:11.400 --> 0:53:12.040
<v Speaker 1>I will sing.

0:53:13.760 --> 0:53:16.840
<v Speaker 2>If this illness lasts three months, I'll sing three months

0:53:17.239 --> 0:53:20.719
<v Speaker 2>and fourteen hours. Because I'm gonna outsing this struggle. I'm

0:53:20.800 --> 0:53:25.760
<v Speaker 2>going to outsing this doubt. I'm gonna outsing this issue

0:53:25.880 --> 0:53:28.840
<v Speaker 2>with my prodigal child. I'm going to outphrase that you

0:53:29.040 --> 0:53:32.080
<v Speaker 2>understand because I'm changing levels.

0:53:34.280 --> 0:53:36.560
<v Speaker 1>And the way it works is this. The first line

0:53:36.640 --> 0:53:40.640
<v Speaker 1>of the chorus leads into the last line of the chorus.

0:53:40.680 --> 0:53:47.440
<v Speaker 1>I'll show you how you love what a friend you

0:53:47.880 --> 0:53:49.319
<v Speaker 1>have been? First line?

0:53:50.320 --> 0:53:59.000
<v Speaker 4>So to me, God, I can't believe how you love me.

0:54:00.640 --> 0:54:03.640
<v Speaker 1>What you have been.

0:54:06.000 --> 0:54:09.480
<v Speaker 2>You can't stop singing, can you? You can't stop praising,

0:54:09.600 --> 0:54:14.960
<v Speaker 2>can you? Because you got in the loop. See see

0:54:15.000 --> 0:54:15.520
<v Speaker 2>that's the loop.

0:54:15.560 --> 0:54:18.680
<v Speaker 1>I want you living in this week, not how hard

0:54:18.719 --> 0:54:22.640
<v Speaker 1>it's been, but you have been so good to me.

0:54:24.480 --> 0:54:26.000
<v Speaker 4>God, I can't.

0:54:31.640 --> 0:54:33.799
<v Speaker 1>Stop singing just a second. I got to tell you something.

0:54:33.880 --> 0:54:38.000
<v Speaker 2>When we sang the song at the recording, it literally

0:54:38.160 --> 0:54:43.799
<v Speaker 2>went eighteen minutes in the room and the church had

0:54:43.880 --> 0:54:44.800
<v Speaker 2>never heard it before.

0:54:46.360 --> 0:54:47.040
<v Speaker 1>You don't believe me.

0:54:47.760 --> 0:54:49.600
<v Speaker 2>I took a screenshot of the voice memo of the

0:54:49.640 --> 0:54:51.520
<v Speaker 2>front of house mixed from the night we recorded.

0:54:51.760 --> 0:54:54.279
<v Speaker 1>Look at the timestamp on this. I don't know if

0:54:54.320 --> 0:54:54.840
<v Speaker 1>you can see it.

0:54:55.719 --> 0:55:01.759
<v Speaker 2>Eighteen minutes and forty seven second guests of a song

0:55:01.840 --> 0:55:06.600
<v Speaker 2>that the church had never sang. Why because it took

0:55:06.680 --> 0:55:12.160
<v Speaker 2>a line and made it a loop. Ye, And that's

0:55:12.239 --> 0:55:15.759
<v Speaker 2>what needs to happen in your heart. You understand, So

0:55:15.920 --> 0:55:21.760
<v Speaker 2>you just start thanking him. Now, be careful. The devil

0:55:21.800 --> 0:55:26.720
<v Speaker 2>will attack your thankfulness. He will attack your gratitude, because

0:55:26.760 --> 0:55:28.839
<v Speaker 2>if he can keep you down here fighting, he can

0:55:28.960 --> 0:55:32.200
<v Speaker 2>keep you down here losing and gasping for breath and

0:55:33.239 --> 0:55:34.800
<v Speaker 2>feeling sorry for yourself.

0:55:35.800 --> 0:55:37.200
<v Speaker 1>Because if I start.

0:55:37.480 --> 0:55:41.800
<v Speaker 2>Thanking him for the new day, I might start thinking

0:55:42.200 --> 0:55:43.800
<v Speaker 2>that I'm gonna make it till tomorrow.

0:55:45.400 --> 0:55:46.840
<v Speaker 1>And if I start thanking.

0:55:46.680 --> 0:55:49.759
<v Speaker 2>Him that I'm gonna make it till tomorrow, I might

0:55:49.840 --> 0:55:52.320
<v Speaker 2>start thinking that he has a hope in a future

0:55:52.360 --> 0:55:52.600
<v Speaker 2>for me.

0:55:53.560 --> 0:55:55.080
<v Speaker 1>And if I start thanking.

0:55:54.840 --> 0:55:56.680
<v Speaker 2>Him that he has a hope in a future for me,

0:55:57.440 --> 0:55:59.560
<v Speaker 2>I might get some friends and make a plan to

0:55:59.640 --> 0:56:02.480
<v Speaker 2>move my life for her. And if I start thanking

0:56:02.560 --> 0:56:04.560
<v Speaker 2>him for the new people he brought in my life,

0:56:05.320 --> 0:56:06.840
<v Speaker 2>I might start thinking that.

0:56:06.960 --> 0:56:09.640
<v Speaker 3>I don't have to do this by myself. And if

0:56:09.680 --> 0:56:11.400
<v Speaker 3>I start thinking him that.

0:56:11.520 --> 0:56:15.879
<v Speaker 6>I'm not in this by myself, I might start praising him.

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<v Speaker 6>At the midnight hour, Hey Paul, Hey.

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<v Speaker 3>Silas, how long you're gonna be in this prison? How

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<v Speaker 3>long is your sentence?

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<v Speaker 6>Silace said, I don't know, but not as long as

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<v Speaker 6>my song I got a song in midnight.

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<v Speaker 3>I gott a song through the age. How why? And singing.

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<v Speaker 2>So good?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh God? Again? Lift your head here.

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<v Speaker 2>You hell.

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<v Speaker 1>Job you sing?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh huh.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how long it's gonna last, but sing

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<v Speaker 1>it again. Not as long. H get that stuck in

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<v Speaker 1>your head for a minute. See what happens. Say it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And when the doctor's report doesn't look good. And

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<v Speaker 2>when you don't think you have what it takes to

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<v Speaker 2>move on, keep singing. If the storm keeps raging, keep singing.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you start.

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<v Speaker 2>Thinking, and you start thinking, don't be surprised.

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<v Speaker 1>If the enemies you see today you will see.

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<v Speaker 3>Them no more.

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<v Speaker 7>Because when I praise, when I praise, when I praise,

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<v Speaker 7>come on bad. I need to sing it one more time.

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<v Speaker 7>When peace like a river attended my way, When.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry slight sea billows roll, I gotta song, I gotta praise.

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<v Speaker 5>Keep singing, can't singing, can't singing.

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<v Speaker 6>Fire through the stupe.

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