WEBVTT - A New Point Of View (The Basin)

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'm coming to you now from the basin. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a special bonus teaching that I recorded just for

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<v Speaker 1>you to break it down a little more, to take

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<v Speaker 1>it a little deeper.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you enjoy this overflow message. Let me know,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go.

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<v Speaker 1>Since I'm saying there's so much more to the story,

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to point out that so much more

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<v Speaker 1>to the story may not just mean that it isn't

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<v Speaker 1>finished yet, like that there's more to come, but it also,

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<v Speaker 1>as a phrase, could mean the story as it has

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<v Speaker 1>been so far is much different than what you've been

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<v Speaker 1>told about it. Because in storytelling, point of view is everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So I want to talk about that point of view

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<v Speaker 1>is everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Point of view is everything.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever had a situation that felt really big

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<v Speaker 1>to you in one moment and really small in the next.

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<v Speaker 2>What was different?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the situation obviously can change, but let's say

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't. Have you ever had a situation that felt

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<v Speaker 1>in the moment like the biggest thing in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Later you saw that kept me up at night? That okay,

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<v Speaker 1>is probably that the point of view changed. The point

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<v Speaker 1>of view changes sometimes because of you changing. Sometimes the

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<v Speaker 1>point of view changes because of you as you change,

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<v Speaker 1>the way you see things changes as you mature, as

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<v Speaker 1>you grow, as you get tools. You should be able

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<v Speaker 1>to look back over your life and go, oh, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>I was.

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<v Speaker 2>A jerk there.

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<v Speaker 1>And you don't even have to necessarily call the person

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<v Speaker 1>and say I was a jerk four and a half

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, but at least to know it moving forward,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes you make repairs in relationships, and sometimes it

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<v Speaker 1>would do more harm to open an old wound. But see,

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<v Speaker 1>the point of view changes because of you changing, and

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't let God change you, that's where you

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<v Speaker 1>get stuck in a story. You go, oh, man, this

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<v Speaker 1>always happens to me and never gets my way, and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody always picks on me.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the why is everybody always picking on me? Character?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you can put it in the comments for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember, but you know, point of view is

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<v Speaker 1>everything when it comes to not only how you tell

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<v Speaker 1>a story to a friend. I was telling somebody the

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<v Speaker 1>other day about working with a certain individual and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, that was awesome.

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<v Speaker 2>They came in, they gave their all.

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<v Speaker 1>It was incredible, and sitting in the room didn't look

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<v Speaker 1>like they were on the same page as me. This

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<v Speaker 1>person who had come in and worked with me. I

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<v Speaker 1>had seen right, they were all in, they.

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<v Speaker 2>Were going hard.

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<v Speaker 1>The person in the room had been involved in the

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<v Speaker 1>lead up to the person coming in to work with me,

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<v Speaker 1>and in the lead up the person was really difficult, noncommittal, indecisive.

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<v Speaker 1>I put a lot of extra strain on my team

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<v Speaker 1>who was helping to arrange all of the details.

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<v Speaker 2>And so.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, in that particular situation, the person that was

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<v Speaker 1>sitting in the room with me had information that changed

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<v Speaker 1>the way that I saw the story.

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<v Speaker 2>There will be.

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<v Speaker 1>Times in your life where either an outside observer or

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<v Speaker 1>an inward witness will call to your mind something that

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<v Speaker 1>you just.

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<v Speaker 2>Know happened this way. I know they took advantage of me.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I did ninety seven percent of the work

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<v Speaker 1>and got three percent of the credit.

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<v Speaker 2>And then.

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<v Speaker 1>Time shifts the story because of you changing, growing, evaluating,

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<v Speaker 1>experiencing life, gaining ability for empathy. Because of you changes

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<v Speaker 1>your point of view changes. Now I'm gonna bring this

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<v Speaker 1>to the gospel real quick, because we could do Joshua

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<v Speaker 1>and Moses, but we could also do.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus and the Disciples.

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<v Speaker 1>Moses disciple, Joshua, Jesus disciple, Peter Imagine the difference of

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<v Speaker 1>Peter telling the story about Jesus in the garden of

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<v Speaker 1>Gethsemane before and after the resurrection. Imagine he's telling the

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<v Speaker 1>story they came up to get Jesus. He was praying,

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<v Speaker 1>we were sleeping. Maybe he leaves that part out of

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<v Speaker 1>the story. He was praying, we were sleeping, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was trying to help, because when Barabbas came to get him,

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<v Speaker 1>I cut his ear off, and Jesus didn't even appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>what I did for him.

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<v Speaker 2>He put his ear back on. He undid the work

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<v Speaker 2>I did.

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<v Speaker 1>And then all of a sudden, you know, at the cross,

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<v Speaker 1>when he denies Jesus in the courtyard, and then isn't

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<v Speaker 1>there at the cross, and then he's out fishing, and

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus comes to get him and talks about feed my sheep,

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<v Speaker 1>and he goes on in his ministry in the light

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<v Speaker 1>of the empty tomb rather than in the shadow of

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<v Speaker 1>the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe he told a different story.

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<v Speaker 1>After he had lived through a few stages of life,

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<v Speaker 1>and you will too, You will too. Maybe at the

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<v Speaker 1>at the time he wrote first Peter, because he was

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<v Speaker 1>older than he's saying, humble yourself like you don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what you don't know. Point of view is everything. I

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<v Speaker 1>was young and now I'm old, but I never seen

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<v Speaker 1>the righteous forsaken. And you know, we are not always

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<v Speaker 1>on the same page with God. We're not always on

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<v Speaker 1>the same page with God's spirit. And maybe be helpful

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<v Speaker 1>for us today sometimes to find those points of communion

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<v Speaker 1>and contact with God so we can get on the

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<v Speaker 1>same page, so that we can have his point of view.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that God has a purpose in the earth,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's working that purpose in your life. And there

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<v Speaker 1>is a bigger picture than any particular incidents or preference.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a bigger picture than your past up to this

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<v Speaker 1>point or your present pain. And to get into that

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<v Speaker 1>place with God where you can say, all right, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to be my new point of view.

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<v Speaker 1>And that means allowing him to speak things about you

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<v Speaker 1>how he sees you.

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<v Speaker 2>Because God sees you different.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you see you, your situation, your struggle, the injustices

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<v Speaker 1>that have been done to you, the mistakes that you've made,

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<v Speaker 1>and what you need to do next and what you

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<v Speaker 1>can do next.

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<v Speaker 2>Point of view is everything the Saint Peter that was.

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<v Speaker 1>Saying, never Lord telling Jesus what to do was say,

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<v Speaker 1>and humble yourself because of you changing, because of view,

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<v Speaker 1>because of you changing as you change, your point of

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<v Speaker 1>view changes.

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<v Speaker 2>Point of view is everything in the story.

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<v Speaker 1>So little exercise that I was introduced to recently, it

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<v Speaker 1>was saying, how would somebody who admires you describe you?

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<v Speaker 1>Try seeing yourself through the eyes of someone who admires you.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's hard for me because I am very self critical.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a hard time giving myself credit, and because

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<v Speaker 1>of that, I probably don't encourage others as much as

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<v Speaker 1>I should. But I'm working on this. And the advice

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<v Speaker 1>I see yourself through the eyes of someone who admires

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<v Speaker 1>you sounded good to me and a little fluffy, if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm honest. But in the process of considering it, I

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<v Speaker 1>realized that my wife Holly sees me through eyes of admiration.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not the kind of admiration that's based on

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<v Speaker 1>a lack of information where she doesn't know me really

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<v Speaker 1>well and she only sees a certain side.

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<v Speaker 2>Of me, so she admires me. She sees everything.

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<v Speaker 1>She sees the days in the past where I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>get out of bed because I was depressed.

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<v Speaker 2>She sees the days where I go hide.

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<v Speaker 1>Out in my man cave mind and barely engage with

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<v Speaker 1>the family. She sees the days that I'm irritated, she

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<v Speaker 1>sees the days that I'm short tempered, she sees the

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<v Speaker 1>days that I doubt myself, you know, on an even

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<v Speaker 1>more practical level, the messes that I make.

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<v Speaker 2>She sees the slob that I can be.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet even today, as I was waking up, I

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<v Speaker 1>opened this letter that she had written me. She gave

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<v Speaker 1>me a stack of letters for Christmas, and there were

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<v Speaker 1>only about four or five of them, but I was

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<v Speaker 1>on the fourth one, and she put a picture of

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<v Speaker 1>me with a little note about me.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a picture that she took of me

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<v Speaker 2>getting ready to preach in Los Angeles last year.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the picture, I'm kind of like sitting there

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<v Speaker 1>with my head in my hands, with my Bible in

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<v Speaker 1>my hand. And I know how I felt in that moment,

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<v Speaker 1>which was like, I'm not the man for this. Who

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<v Speaker 1>do I think I am going out to preach to

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<v Speaker 1>twelve thousand people at the forum in LA You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel all this self doubt, and I can almost

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<v Speaker 1>see the self doubt when I'm looking at the picture.

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<v Speaker 1>But she wrote me a note saying thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>working hard, thank you for not just relying on your

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<v Speaker 1>gifts strictly, but seeking God to preach to us. And

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<v Speaker 1>she said, I hope you forgive me for taking this

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<v Speaker 1>picture without asking your permission. And I thought, man, I

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<v Speaker 1>need to see myself sometimes through her eyes, because all

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<v Speaker 1>I see in those moments is what I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm afraid I can't do. But she saw a

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<v Speaker 1>man who was trying to seek God and lean into him.

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<v Speaker 1>Point of view is everything point of you, The point

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<v Speaker 1>of you. The point of your life is not just

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<v Speaker 1>to be self serving. The point of you, The point

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<v Speaker 1>of your life is to not just be a consumer

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<v Speaker 1>who eats all the messages professional marketers send to you

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<v Speaker 1>every day. The point of you is to glorify God

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<v Speaker 1>and to know him and to make him known. And

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<v Speaker 1>so when God says to Joshua, you will lead these

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<v Speaker 1>people to inherit the land which I promised their ancestors,

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<v Speaker 1>Joshua is getting God's point of you. Point of view,

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<v Speaker 1>What is the point of you being in this marriage,

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<v Speaker 1>What is the point of you being in this family,

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<v Speaker 1>What's the point of you being on that job?

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<v Speaker 2>What is the point of you being.

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<v Speaker 1>In that city Toronto, Wichitah, Houston, Charlotte. What is the

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<v Speaker 1>point of you being there? Is so the glory of

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<v Speaker 1>God can be revealed. He told Joshua, you are leading

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<v Speaker 1>these people into the promise, and God is fulfilling his purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>And from God's point of view, it didn't start with you,

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<v Speaker 1>So don't start with you. How could it stop with you.

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<v Speaker 1>He will begin a good work in you will be

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<v Speaker 1>faithful to complete it. God sees the end from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>That's his point of you. Point of view is everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that God can take you into the future.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember the apostle John, He said, after this,

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<v Speaker 1>I looked in there before me. It was a door

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<v Speaker 1>standing open in heaven John revelation for one. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that was different point of view, right. The voice say,

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<v Speaker 1>come up here, I'll show you the things that much

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<v Speaker 1>must take place.

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<v Speaker 2>After this, God said, I'll show you. Get with me.

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<v Speaker 2>Get around people.

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<v Speaker 1>Who will not flatter you, not just gas you, and

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<v Speaker 1>not only admire you in an empty way. People who

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<v Speaker 1>God can put in your life to see the things

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<v Speaker 1>that God put inside of you. Of view point of view,

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<v Speaker 1>Kingdom of Heaven is you and living from the inside out.

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<v Speaker 1>Looks like trusting God even when you can't see what

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to do, getting his point of view, his promise,

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<v Speaker 1>and walking in it. And I hope you enjoyed the podcast,

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