WEBVTT - Don’t Tap Out Tap In

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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 2>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>I am excited to share God's word with you. You

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<v Speaker 2>are excited to tell the person next to you, calm down,

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<v Speaker 2>you're scaring me. You're so excited, you're vibrating. Your energy

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<v Speaker 2>is off the charts. We want to share now with

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<v Speaker 2>the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah twenty seven Isaiah twenty seven

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<v Speaker 2>one through six some conversations that he was having with

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<v Speaker 2>Israel that God wants to continue with us. In Isaiah

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<v Speaker 2>chapter twenty seven, Verses one through six, brace yourself for

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<v Speaker 2>a bold word from the Almighty God, Isaiah twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>You're already they're waiting on me.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually I'm waiting on you. In that day, the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>will punish with his sword, his fears great and powerful sword, Leviathan,

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<v Speaker 2>the gliding serpent, Leviathan, the coiling serpent. He will slay

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<v Speaker 2>the monster of the sea in that day. Sing about

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<v Speaker 2>a fruitful vineyard, I the Lord watch over it. I

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<v Speaker 2>water it continually. I guard it day and night, so

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<v Speaker 2>that no one may harm me. I am not angry.

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<v Speaker 2>If only there were briars and thorns confronting me, I

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<v Speaker 2>would march against them in battle. I would set them

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<v Speaker 2>all on fire or else. Let them come to me

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<v Speaker 2>for refuge. Let them make peace with me. Yes, let

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<v Speaker 2>them make peace with me. Verse six. In days to come,

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<v Speaker 2>Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and

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<v Speaker 2>fill all the world with fruit. And I came with

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<v Speaker 2>the message for you today to tell you don't tap out.

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<v Speaker 1>Tap in.

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<v Speaker 2>Just for you. The Lord sent me don't tap out,

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<v Speaker 2>tap in, and on your way to your seat, touch

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<v Speaker 2>three people and say it's not over yet, not by

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<v Speaker 2>a long shot. Yes, Lord, it may be seated. Put

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<v Speaker 2>my title into comments. Don't tap out, tap in. Abby

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<v Speaker 2>asked me an interesting question three days ago, Dad, why

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<v Speaker 2>are you so against soccer? I explained to Abby. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not against soccer.

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<v Speaker 1>I respect it.

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<v Speaker 2>I just didn't grow up in it, so I don't

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<v Speaker 2>particularly love it. See, my roots are wrestling. I was

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<v Speaker 2>a seventh grade wrestler. Yeah, impressive, I know. Just need

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<v Speaker 2>you to know who you're listening to today. Seventh grade wrestler.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh.

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<v Speaker 2>And not so fun Because Graham, our middle child, is wrestling.

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<v Speaker 2>It's doing great, way better than I was. He has

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<v Speaker 2>exceeded his father's example. The student has has has.

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<v Speaker 1>Become the master. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, it's funny because I think the reason that

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<v Speaker 2>he likes wrestling. I can't prove this is because when

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<v Speaker 2>he was about five years old. We get a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of interesting messages for people who watch our sermons on

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<v Speaker 2>the church. But I got a message from a former

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<v Speaker 2>UFC champion, a mixed martial artist, who said he watched

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<v Speaker 2>our sermons and that they were a blessing to him

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<v Speaker 2>and that he'd like to speak to me. And so

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<v Speaker 2>when we talked, his name is Vitor and when we talked,

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<v Speaker 2>this has been about ten years ago. He invited me

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<v Speaker 2>to come watch him train, and I took Graham with

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<v Speaker 2>me to watch him train. And I thought that was

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<v Speaker 2>so amazing. But what was really cool he was so

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<v Speaker 2>nice to Graham. He got the first thing he did,

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<v Speaker 2>he got down on the ground and he showed Graham

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<v Speaker 2>the armbar and he let Graham put him in an

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<v Speaker 2>arm Now let me show you a picture of v

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<v Speaker 2>Tour just so you can know. Okay, So when I

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<v Speaker 2>say he let Graham put him in an armbar, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the only way it's going to happen. All right, you

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<v Speaker 2>could take that down. I know that looks like a

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<v Speaker 2>picture of me, but that's Vtor. You're confused. So Graham's

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<v Speaker 2>got him in the arm bar. Graham's only about five

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<v Speaker 2>years old. And v Tour starts tapping and Graham doesn't move,

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<v Speaker 2>and Graham just sits there and holds the armbar. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you know what arm bar? He's got his arm cranked

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<v Speaker 2>back like's about to break it between his legs. And

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<v Speaker 2>so Vitor's showing him this is a submission move. So

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<v Speaker 2>he's got him like this, and Vtor taps, which in

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<v Speaker 2>Mma means I give up, let me out.

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<v Speaker 1>You win.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Graham just stays right there and Vitor goes tap

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<v Speaker 2>tap tap tap tap, and I go, Graham, that means

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<v Speaker 2>let go, So Graham, let's go. And Vitor pulls him

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<v Speaker 2>to the side. He said, you're so strong, bro, but

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<v Speaker 2>always respect the tap.

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<v Speaker 1>When when someone taps, respect the tap. Let go.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you noticed that the devil doesn't really respect your tap.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna wake you all up.

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<v Speaker 2>Today because some of you have been trying to tap. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's enough now, okay, okay, quick quit picking on me, devil,

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<v Speaker 2>pick on somebody else. I got a few suggestions. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>give you a list.

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<v Speaker 1>Just just let me alone.

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<v Speaker 2>Tap tap uh there there are there are many of

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<v Speaker 2>us who have been trying to tap or or surren

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<v Speaker 2>not in the good I surrender all to the my

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<v Speaker 2>precious Savior kind of way, but the tap that says

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really done trying in this area of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really done loving with my heart. It costs too

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<v Speaker 2>much and it makes me feel too exposed. Tap in

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<v Speaker 2>this relationship, tap in, this quest to overcome this habit,

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<v Speaker 2>tap in this really living fully for Christ tap tap.

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<v Speaker 2>But the thing about the enemy, if you don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't rely. And I hate to compare Graham to

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<v Speaker 2>the devil, but just for a minute, just like Graham,

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<v Speaker 2>the devil does not respect the tap. So when you

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<v Speaker 2>give up on freedom to go back to slavery, you

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<v Speaker 2>get momentary relief, but greater bondage. In the end, you

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<v Speaker 2>think the devil I feel sorry for you because you tap.

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<v Speaker 2>You think the devil plays by the rules and leaves

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<v Speaker 2>you alone because you're tired. Oh I'm tired, I tap,

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<v Speaker 2>I give up. I think that's what a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>relapse is, not just in terms of substances, but when

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<v Speaker 2>we fall back into something, it's us tapping.

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<v Speaker 1>Going tap tap.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm done feeling this way, tap tap. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to feel lonely. I'd rather be high, tap tap. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to feel like this. I'd rather be with

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong influence system, be in isolation. Tap tap. I

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<v Speaker 2>get into the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, it's got a hold of me.

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<v Speaker 2>But the devil doesn't respect your tap. And that's why

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<v Speaker 2>giving in too self pity never produces progress. I'm preaching

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<v Speaker 2>like a motivational speaker today just to let you know that,

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<v Speaker 2>just because you know, this picture in the scripture is

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<v Speaker 2>a picture of a name that is ready to tap. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Isaiah's preaching to the entire nation of Israel deer in

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<v Speaker 2>the reign of Hezekiah and the Assyrians are coming to

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<v Speaker 2>take them, and in the process of preaching to them

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<v Speaker 2>to encourage them, the prophetic words speaks directly to their pain.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, in that day the Lord will punish with

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<v Speaker 2>his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword. What kind

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<v Speaker 2>of sword? Fierce, great and powerful touch? Somebody say, I've

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<v Speaker 2>got a big God tell them the next part, and

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<v Speaker 2>he likes me. So before you mess with me, you

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<v Speaker 2>might want to know who my friend is.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>You might want to know who my tag team partner

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<v Speaker 2>is before you start beating me up. That's a whole

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<v Speaker 2>message in the text that I read you. There are

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<v Speaker 2>a few things, and we'll go through them like this

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<v Speaker 2>in order. And I believe this is going to help

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<v Speaker 2>you in your life for those areas where you've been

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<v Speaker 2>trying to tap. I will admit that it isn't always

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<v Speaker 2>that you want to give up completely and tap. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just that a part of you in your life is

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<v Speaker 2>exhausted of trying to extend yourself and expand yourself, so

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<v Speaker 2>you go into shrinking mode. Look at me confused if

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<v Speaker 2>you want. But everybody in here has these four things

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<v Speaker 2>in their life. I'd like you to write them down

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<v Speaker 2>if you have a pin or something like that. One

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<v Speaker 2>there is a fight. Secondly there is fruit. Third there

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<v Speaker 2>is a fence. And fourth there is a future. A fight, fruit, fence,

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<v Speaker 2>and a future. In that day, the Lord will punish

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<v Speaker 2>with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword. If

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<v Speaker 2>God has his sword out, there's a fight going on,

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<v Speaker 2>just like the Assyrian were invading Israel. God is very

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<v Speaker 2>aware of what is messing with you. In this scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>It's interesting because Isaiah draws on a mythological figure called Leviathan.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone say Leviathan. Leviathan was known as the chaos monster

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<v Speaker 2>in the ancient world, and so drawing on a secular

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<v Speaker 2>example of a chaos monster. The legend went that in creation,

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<v Speaker 2>a higher power defeated the sea monster in order to

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<v Speaker 2>create the world. Well, Isaiah doesn't believe this as a myth,

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<v Speaker 2>but he uses it as an example, to bring a message.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, in that day, the Lord will punish with

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<v Speaker 2>his sword Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent.

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<v Speaker 2>He will slay the monster of the Sea. Now, scholars

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<v Speaker 2>suggest that perhaps these different mentions of Leviathan represent the

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<v Speaker 2>three major threats to the Israelites. One, there was Leviathan

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<v Speaker 2>the Assyrians, who were impending right now with an attack

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<v Speaker 2>that would be unsurvivable for God's nation. This is represented

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<v Speaker 2>by Leviathan the gliding serpent because it represents the Tigris River,

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<v Speaker 2>which was a smooth, fast river. Then you've got Leviathan

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<v Speaker 2>the coiling Serpent, which represents the rivers of Babylon, which

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<v Speaker 2>was Israel's other enemy, Babylon the Euphrates River, which would

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<v Speaker 2>snake and slow as it curved and twisted. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the river of Babylon, representing the second enemy. But the

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<v Speaker 2>third enemy is the monster of the sea, and that's Egypt.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the nation that originally sheltered God's people during famine

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<v Speaker 2>and oppressed them after the famine was over. Because many times,

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<v Speaker 2>the things that you run to in one season of

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<v Speaker 2>your life, you will need to be released from in

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<v Speaker 2>another season.

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<v Speaker 1>Of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And God says, in that day, I've got my sword drawn.

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<v Speaker 2>I see what's being done to you. I am fighting

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<v Speaker 2>for you. I'm in it with you. I'm working through you.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got your back. No weapon formed against you will prosper.

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<v Speaker 2>It will be produced, it will be forged in the flame,

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<v Speaker 2>but it will die in the air, because when the

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<v Speaker 2>wind of God's spirit takes the arrow off the trajectory

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, even what the enemy means for evil.

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<v Speaker 1>Will be used for good.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we use in preaching all of these different

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<v Speaker 2>characters like Pharaoh, who was the Egyptian god, where Moses

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<v Speaker 2>goes to Pharaoh and says, let my people go. Or

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<v Speaker 2>you might think about Goliath when David was trying to

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<v Speaker 2>save the nation from Goliath, the Philistine warrior, and he

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<v Speaker 2>stands up in front of Goliath and he says, you

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<v Speaker 2>defy the armies of the Living God. Today I defy you,

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<v Speaker 2>and God will give you into mind hands. And we

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<v Speaker 2>use throughout scripture all of these metaphors because we know

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<v Speaker 2>that we have a Goliath, and we know that we

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<v Speaker 2>have a Pharaoh. And yet what I was studying y'all

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<v Speaker 2>about Leviathan, I realized that while it represented maybe a Syria,

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<v Speaker 2>Babylon and Egypt in its original context, it represents something

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<v Speaker 2>different to each and every one of us in the room. Leviathan,

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<v Speaker 2>for most of us, is not necessarily like Pharaoh, who

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<v Speaker 2>you can see, or Goliath, who is big. What I

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<v Speaker 2>noticed about the passage, and I've been waiting all week

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<v Speaker 2>to teach you this, is that Leviathan's strength is in

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<v Speaker 2>his ability to hide.

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<v Speaker 1>So while there are giants that we face that we.

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<v Speaker 2>Can see, and while there are economic conditions that cause

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<v Speaker 2>us to be afraid, and while there are events in

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<v Speaker 2>our life that cause us to be stressed out, Leviathan

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<v Speaker 2>is a little different. Leviathan is not an ancient monster

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<v Speaker 2>at all. In fact, Leviathan is waiting for you for

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<v Speaker 2>when you get back home. For you see, the strength

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<v Speaker 2>of this sea monster is in its ability to hide.

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<v Speaker 2>Leviathan hides behind nice smiles, suppressing buried rage until it

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<v Speaker 2>explodes at the wrong time. And you wonder where the

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<v Speaker 2>hell did that come from. It came from Hell, but

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<v Speaker 2>it hid. Did you know that hell knows where to

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<v Speaker 2>hide in your life? When we say all Hell broke loose,

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<v Speaker 2>it didn't just break loose.

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<v Speaker 1>It built up and then it broke loose. And as

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<v Speaker 1>long as.

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<v Speaker 2>The enemy can keep you thinking you're fighting Pharaoh Goliath,

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<v Speaker 2>he can hide in the form of Leviathan and pull

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<v Speaker 2>you down every time you try to rise higher, and

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<v Speaker 2>leave you wondering where did that come from? It came

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<v Speaker 2>from hell. But the devil doesn't wear horns. The devil

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't own a red cape. The devil doesn't carry a pitchfork.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil just hides until the time that he knows

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<v Speaker 2>you're susceptible. But I feel like what Paul said is

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<v Speaker 2>relevant to us today and relevant to you and torrelevant

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<v Speaker 2>to me. We are not ignorant of the devil's schemes.

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<v Speaker 2>We you and I have the light of the Gospel

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus Christ to shine on Leviathan. And I thought today,

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<v Speaker 2>since you're already fighting with it, since you're already dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with it, since you already have to put up with it,

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<v Speaker 2>since you're already wondering, how long.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it going to be like this?

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<v Speaker 2>Since you can't really tell any of your friends about it,

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<v Speaker 2>because you can't even describe it. Me and you ought

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<v Speaker 2>to call a viathin out in the light of God's

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<v Speaker 2>presence today and talk about your leviatin and I'll start

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<v Speaker 2>the party. So here's mine.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>It comes in the form of insecurity. The insecurity manifests

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<v Speaker 2>itself in my irritability, and I'm usually irritated at something

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<v Speaker 2>that isn't even the cause of a problem, but it

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<v Speaker 2>usually locates a deeper insecurity than me. If I put

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<v Speaker 2>the mic down and walked off the stage, I did

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<v Speaker 2>enough for your gas money today by telling you that

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<v Speaker 2>many of us our biggest enemy is our insecurity. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the example I was. I was really really passionate

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<v Speaker 2>about music from a very young age. When I became

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<v Speaker 2>a pastor, I decided probably I wouldn't do music anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I ended up being the worship leader for

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<v Speaker 2>the first part of the church. But then when I

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<v Speaker 2>quit playing music, I felt like I was done writing songs.

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<v Speaker 2>This has been about a decade ago, but some starts

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<v Speaker 2>stirring at me, and I would start sending Chris a

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<v Speaker 2>little song ideas every once in a while, but I

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<v Speaker 2>just I would hum them into my phone, but I

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<v Speaker 2>was too embarrassed to really sing them. So I walk

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<v Speaker 2>around the house mumbling stuff into my phone. And one

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<v Speaker 2>day I'd try to get away from people. When I

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<v Speaker 2>did it, because it was kind of embarrassing, because I

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<v Speaker 2>really felt like this probably very good. But I would

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<v Speaker 2>mumble in my phone. One day, Holly walks in when

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<v Speaker 2>I mumbling in the phone, and she goes, what are

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<v Speaker 2>you doing? And she laughs? And when she laughed, I

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<v Speaker 2>lashed out. I said, I'm trying to write a song.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess I'm not allowed to write a song in

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<v Speaker 2>my own house. I'll never write another song in front

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<v Speaker 2>of you again. I'm sorry, we're the.

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<v Speaker 1>All she did. All she said was what are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>And if I had really been singing, she wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>had to ask, because she would.

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<v Speaker 1>Have seen your singing. But I was too scared to really.

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<v Speaker 2>Sing because there was something I had stuffed and suppressed

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<v Speaker 2>that I dreamed of doing. Now, when she walks by

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<v Speaker 2>and asks me about the thing that I'm trying to stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>I lash out because I think that her laughter is

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<v Speaker 2>aimed against me. Now I realized about myself that in

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<v Speaker 2>this specificace instance, I would rather make Holly my foe

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<v Speaker 2>than to deal with my fear. I'm trying to break

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<v Speaker 2>this Leviathan thing down, because you know, I preach about Leviathan.

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<v Speaker 1>You picture a fly and dragon. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Leviathan is your temper tantrums. Leviathan is your sharp cutting words.

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<v Speaker 2>Leviathan is that pushing away that you do of people

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<v Speaker 2>the moment that they try to love you for real.

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<v Speaker 2>Leviathan is that thing that grabs you and it's pulling

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<v Speaker 2>you down, but it kind of comforts you because it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like warmth.

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<v Speaker 1>Leviathan. I'm not talking about the devil.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about the way that Leviathan manifests in your

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<v Speaker 2>life and in my life. I had to admit that

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<v Speaker 2>my wife, who God sent to be my greatest partner,

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<v Speaker 2>was being treated like my opponent because of my own immaturity.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Lord spoke something to me. He said, you

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<v Speaker 2>would rather invent an enemy than deal with your insecurity.

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<v Speaker 2>You would rather fight against the one who's trying to

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<v Speaker 2>fight for you than to fight against the insecurity that

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<v Speaker 2>keeps you from seeing things as they really are.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about my Leviathan. It's a fight. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a fight for me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not happening on an external level. I can't point

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<v Speaker 2>to Vitour, I can't point to Graham, I can't point

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<v Speaker 2>to Holly. I can't point to haters. I can't point

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<v Speaker 2>to people. I can't point to critics. I could try,

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<v Speaker 2>I did try, But all of my life is like

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<v Speaker 2>I've been fighting the same guy, and I'm starting to wonder,

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<v Speaker 2>is it possible that it's not another guy I'm fighting

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<v Speaker 2>it all? Is it possible that all of your life

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<v Speaker 2>you have been fighting with something that you didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>how to name. And I love Isaiah because he says,

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<v Speaker 2>let's give this thing a name. So I know you're

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<v Speaker 2>fighting today, and I know it's a struggle today, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're frustrated today. So let's take a moment

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<v Speaker 2>and let's name what you're fighting. I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>name what you're fighting, what you're really wrestling with, not

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<v Speaker 2>what you want to blame it on, not what you

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<v Speaker 2>explain it by, not by what other people call it

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<v Speaker 2>or justify it as. But what are you really fighting?

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<v Speaker 2>When you numb with alcohol? What are you really fighting

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<v Speaker 2>when you numb with gossip?

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<v Speaker 1>What are you really fighting? Y'all?

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<v Speaker 2>If I keep preciating like this, we'll have plenty of

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<v Speaker 2>empty seats next week. So come on back. What are

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<v Speaker 2>you really fighting? Because I came to fight your Leviathan,

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<v Speaker 2>So you don't get high in church and go back

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<v Speaker 2>home to hell and get dragged down into the same

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<v Speaker 2>disease that ain't through your family generations before you. What

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<v Speaker 2>are you really fighting inside? It's a fight. I know

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<v Speaker 2>you got faith, but I know you're fighting too.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell your neighbor I'm in a fight.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell him.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry I don't look rested, but I'm in a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry I didn't sound too good singing earlier, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in a fight.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been losing my voice.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in a fight. I'm sorry, I'm not perfect, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in a fight. I'm sorry I don't have as

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<v Speaker 2>much patience as I wish I had, but I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>a fight. I've been fighting all my life. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff I've been fighting, I don't even know what

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<v Speaker 2>to call it, and I hadn't done therapy, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>afraid to take me thirty years to get to the

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<v Speaker 2>bottom of it. I'm in a fight. That's what Leviathan

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<v Speaker 2>will do to you. Leviathan will coil, Leviathan will glide,

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<v Speaker 2>Leviathan will get by so quiet you won't even see

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<v Speaker 2>that it's there, and then you'll jump out the boat

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<v Speaker 2>over something that was swimming underneath the waters. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual

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<v Speaker 2>wickedness in heavenly places. And I want you to know

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<v Speaker 2>that you're in a fight, but it's not your fight.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, sound like I didn't study enough. Like you

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<v Speaker 2>sound confused. You said I'm in a fight, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>not my fight.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, in that day, the Lord will punish

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<v Speaker 2>with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword, Leviathan

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<v Speaker 2>the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent. He will slay

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<v Speaker 2>the monster of the sea. So what I notice reading

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<v Speaker 2>that passage? The enemy is after me, but God doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>tell me to defeat the enemy. I'll read it again

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<v Speaker 2>until at least one person shouts about that. In that day,

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<v Speaker 2>God says, I will punish with my sword, my fears great,

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<v Speaker 2>powerful sword. Notice what the Lord didn't say in that day?

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to fight a little harder, and do

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<v Speaker 2>a little more, and try a little harder. God says,

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<v Speaker 2>I see what's going on in your life. I know

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<v Speaker 2>what's dragging you down in your spirit. I hear the

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<v Speaker 2>cries of your depression, I see the trembling hands that

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<v Speaker 2>your anxiety are causing. I see the trauma that you

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<v Speaker 2>bury deep enough to get it past people. But man

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<v Speaker 2>looks on the outward appearance, and God looks on the heart.

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<v Speaker 2>And God sees past the struggle, and God sees the source,

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<v Speaker 2>and God looks past your weakness, and God gives more strength.

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<v Speaker 2>What shall we say than in response to these things?

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<v Speaker 2>If God is for us, who can be against us?

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<v Speaker 2>Shall not He.

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<v Speaker 3>Who delivered his son freely give us all these things?

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<v Speaker 4>I came to announce it's his fight. Five five three.

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<v Speaker 4>People say, it's his fight. Okay, you don't get it yet,

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<v Speaker 4>let me help you get it.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not like God is not like Graham in

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<v Speaker 2>the story I told, and the devil is not vitor.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not at the mercy of anything or anyone

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<v Speaker 2>or anywhere to do what you're asking him to do

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. His sword is fierce, his sword is great.

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<v Speaker 2>His sword is powerful. His sword is fierce, his sword

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<v Speaker 2>is great, his sword is powerful. I know three things.

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<v Speaker 2>His sword is fierce, his sword is great, his sword

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<v Speaker 2>is powerful. And guess what that means for me? It

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<v Speaker 2>means that I don't have to focus on what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>fighting with. I can focus on the one who is

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<v Speaker 2>fighting with me in the battle anytime I choose. So,

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<v Speaker 2>if I could break it down for you, I'd say,

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<v Speaker 2>there is a fight, and there is a sword, but

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<v Speaker 2>the sword is in God's hand, not yours. This is

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<v Speaker 2>why all of our efforts to try to fight in

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<v Speaker 2>our flesh fail eventually, because.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not bigger than it.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like Graham trying to arm bar Vitour And wonder

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<v Speaker 2>and why does this keep happening to me? It's because

0:28:04.119 --> 0:28:09.160
<v Speaker 2>you haven't really understood your responsibility in this relationship with God.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, the fight is mine, the sword is his.

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<v Speaker 2>But watch this verse two in that day sing about

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<v Speaker 2>a fruitful vineyard. The sword is his, the song is mine.

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<v Speaker 2>And I will help you with this in any way

0:28:38.640 --> 0:28:44.440
<v Speaker 2>that I can, because I believe that your song is

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<v Speaker 2>God's sword. I believe that our worship of Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>is a powerful weapon against whatever has wrapped itself around

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<v Speaker 2>your life. And when I say worship, I am not

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<v Speaker 2>confined to the first twenty minutes of church. When I

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<v Speaker 2>think about worship, worship for me is a way of

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<v Speaker 2>looking at my life. When I praise His name, something

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<v Speaker 2>miraculous happens. My problems get smaller. I can't explain it.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I praise his name, stuff starts shrinking and

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<v Speaker 2>strength starts growing. So my question is have you been

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<v Speaker 2>more focused lately on your fight or your fruit? I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to focus more on your fruit and less

0:29:43.160 --> 0:29:46.880
<v Speaker 2>on your fight. I want you to focus more on

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<v Speaker 2>where God is growing you and less on how the

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<v Speaker 2>enemy is grabbing you.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that's happening right now.

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<v Speaker 2>The enemy is grabbing for your soul, grabbing for your peace,

0:29:59.080 --> 0:30:03.400
<v Speaker 2>grabbing for your family, grabbing for your right mind, grabbing

0:30:03.440 --> 0:30:08.160
<v Speaker 2>for your destiny, grapping for your advance, grabbing for your maturity,

0:30:08.480 --> 0:30:12.840
<v Speaker 2>grabbing for your discipleship, grabbing for your prayer life, grabbing

0:30:12.880 --> 0:30:17.760
<v Speaker 2>for your worship. But while he's grabbing, watch, God is

0:30:18.440 --> 0:30:23.480
<v Speaker 2>growing very practically. Let's let's let's.

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<v Speaker 1>Run it back real quick and walk it out.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a fight and there's fruit, And my question is

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<v Speaker 2>which one are you focused on more? Because the one

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<v Speaker 2>that you look at more and the one that you

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<v Speaker 2>speak about more will have the leverage in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Understand this, God is telling them to sing about a

0:30:46.680 --> 0:30:52.000
<v Speaker 2>vineyard that isn't even there yet. Sometimes you sing over

0:30:52.040 --> 0:30:59.960
<v Speaker 2>the fruit. Sometimes you sing over the seed. That's when

0:31:00.080 --> 0:31:03.200
<v Speaker 2>God has given you the potential for something. All this

0:31:03.240 --> 0:31:05.080
<v Speaker 2>is so prophetic, I'm gonna get an email about it

0:31:05.080 --> 0:31:05.680
<v Speaker 2>from somebody.

0:31:06.240 --> 0:31:07.360
<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be like Pastor Stephen.

0:31:07.360 --> 0:31:09.160
<v Speaker 2>I was that guy onto eighth row in the second seat,

0:31:09.160 --> 0:31:10.440
<v Speaker 2>and you remember me, and no I don't.

0:31:10.440 --> 0:31:11.640
<v Speaker 1>But I'm glad God's given.

0:31:11.400 --> 0:31:17.080
<v Speaker 2>It to you, because God will cause you sometime to

0:31:17.200 --> 0:31:18.000
<v Speaker 2>sing over.

0:31:19.280 --> 0:31:19.720
<v Speaker 1>A seed.

0:31:21.880 --> 0:31:25.840
<v Speaker 2>Remember the nation of Israel was facing captivity, and yet

0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:31.000
<v Speaker 2>in the chaos of captivity.

0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:31.280
<v Speaker 1>Comes forth the beauty of creation.

0:31:32.520 --> 0:31:35.200
<v Speaker 2>I see it happen in your life, as I appreciate

0:31:35.200 --> 0:31:38.880
<v Speaker 2>it to you that out of the chaos Leviathan, the

0:31:39.000 --> 0:31:44.880
<v Speaker 2>chaos monster, out of the chaos of this season, out

0:31:44.880 --> 0:31:47.640
<v Speaker 2>of the chaos of the mistake that you made, out

0:31:47.720 --> 0:31:49.840
<v Speaker 2>of the chaos of what was passed down to you

0:31:49.920 --> 0:31:52.600
<v Speaker 2>that you've been dealing with, out of the chaos of

0:31:52.640 --> 0:31:56.440
<v Speaker 2>a failed business, out of the chaos of a failed relationship,

0:31:56.800 --> 0:31:59.160
<v Speaker 2>out of the chaos of the distraction that you've been

0:31:59.200 --> 0:32:04.080
<v Speaker 2>dealing with, comes a new creation. And the Lord says,

0:32:04.080 --> 0:32:09.280
<v Speaker 2>I want you to start singing. One thing I realized

0:32:09.320 --> 0:32:14.000
<v Speaker 2>when we're worshiping together is that there are things that

0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:20.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm dealing with back home that God is doing because

0:32:20.520 --> 0:32:25.080
<v Speaker 2>of what's happening in here. When I look around and

0:32:25.120 --> 0:32:28.400
<v Speaker 2>I see you at church, I know that your decision

0:32:28.480 --> 0:32:34.880
<v Speaker 2>to be here doing this is waging war against whatever

0:32:34.960 --> 0:32:37.640
<v Speaker 2>is waiting for you when you leave this place.

0:32:40.560 --> 0:32:41.200
<v Speaker 1>You believe that.

0:32:42.920 --> 0:32:45.680
<v Speaker 2>One time somebody wanted healing from Jesus, and Jesus said,

0:32:45.720 --> 0:32:47.840
<v Speaker 2>go they're already healed, And at the exact time he

0:32:47.920 --> 0:32:49.720
<v Speaker 2>spoke the word, the child was healed.

0:32:49.720 --> 0:32:50.200
<v Speaker 1>Back home.

0:32:51.320 --> 0:32:55.760
<v Speaker 2>You want God to fight your battles. Start focusing more

0:32:55.840 --> 0:33:00.760
<v Speaker 2>on your fruit. Then you focus on the fight when

0:33:00.800 --> 0:33:04.200
<v Speaker 2>you call people. It's all right to vent, but don't

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:10.280
<v Speaker 2>vent so much that you ruin your vineyard. The Bible

0:33:10.320 --> 0:33:14.040
<v Speaker 2>says in Song of Solomon, chapter two, verse fifteen, you

0:33:14.120 --> 0:33:19.600
<v Speaker 2>gotta catch the little foxes that spoil the vine Isn't

0:33:19.640 --> 0:33:23.440
<v Speaker 2>it the little foxes? Isn't it the little thoughts that

0:33:23.480 --> 0:33:25.840
<v Speaker 2>you allow to repeat in your head? Isn't it the

0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:31.080
<v Speaker 2>little things that build up till you go with them?

0:33:31.160 --> 0:33:35.360
<v Speaker 2>Because Leviathan is what, He's a gliding serpent. He don't

0:33:35.360 --> 0:33:38.520
<v Speaker 2>make a lot of noise. He's a coiling serpent. He

0:33:38.560 --> 0:33:41.800
<v Speaker 2>doesn't say, hey, I'm the devil want to ruin your life.

0:33:41.960 --> 0:33:44.600
<v Speaker 1>Come along with me. We'll get it done together. It'll

0:33:44.640 --> 0:33:45.520
<v Speaker 1>be a lot of fun.

0:33:45.640 --> 0:33:48.120
<v Speaker 2>You'll end up in rehab, you'll have deep debt.

0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:49.520
<v Speaker 1>You'll be crippled in debt.

0:33:49.560 --> 0:33:51.720
<v Speaker 2>You'll never be able to afford to send your kids

0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:52.240
<v Speaker 2>to college.

0:33:52.440 --> 0:33:53.280
<v Speaker 1>Come on over here.

0:33:54.440 --> 0:33:59.040
<v Speaker 2>It's a gliding serpent. He's a coiling serpent. He is

0:33:59.080 --> 0:34:06.080
<v Speaker 2>a silent strategist. I'm real glad that my dad talked

0:34:06.080 --> 0:34:10.400
<v Speaker 2>to me about our family's genetic predisposition to alcoholism when

0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:14.000
<v Speaker 2>I was young. I think it's a brilliant thing that

0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:17.600
<v Speaker 2>he did for me now, because he took me aside

0:34:17.600 --> 0:34:19.600
<v Speaker 2>and talked to me. He kind of got in my

0:34:19.640 --> 0:34:22.840
<v Speaker 2>head and he convinced me, if you ever start drinking,

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:27.440
<v Speaker 2>you will love it. He's like, trust me, I do it.

0:34:29.040 --> 0:34:31.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm being honest with you, son, I'm telling you this

0:34:31.520 --> 0:34:34.360
<v Speaker 2>will be hard for you to beat. He's like, what

0:34:34.440 --> 0:34:36.319
<v Speaker 2>I think would be cool is if you just ever

0:34:36.360 --> 0:34:42.280
<v Speaker 2>do it. I'm like, dang man, that's all my friends,

0:34:42.800 --> 0:34:45.440
<v Speaker 2>you know. But he started this when I was like five,

0:34:47.000 --> 0:34:49.280
<v Speaker 2>and then about every year because my friends weren't drinking

0:34:49.320 --> 0:34:52.840
<v Speaker 2>when I was five and then every year he would

0:34:53.120 --> 0:34:56.600
<v Speaker 2>like renew the conversation. You know, if you ever start

0:34:56.600 --> 0:34:59.120
<v Speaker 2>doing it, you're gonna be homeless and probably end up

0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:01.279
<v Speaker 2>on heroin if you start dren an alcohol. He had

0:35:01.320 --> 0:35:04.000
<v Speaker 2>me so scared because he had seen what it did,

0:35:04.800 --> 0:35:06.680
<v Speaker 2>because it was all in his family. Now, yes, this

0:35:06.800 --> 0:35:08.759
<v Speaker 2>is an example, but we could substitute a lot of

0:35:08.760 --> 0:35:09.040
<v Speaker 2>things here.

0:35:09.040 --> 0:35:10.440
<v Speaker 1>But I'm going to tell you about my journey with this.

0:35:11.640 --> 0:35:15.000
<v Speaker 2>For years of my life, when I was an adult,

0:35:15.520 --> 0:35:17.759
<v Speaker 2>I would explain to people. Sometimes they'd go, want a glass?

0:35:17.800 --> 0:35:19.160
<v Speaker 2>Why are you on drink? You want this? I'd be like, no,

0:35:19.200 --> 0:35:22.040
<v Speaker 2>I don't drink. I don't drink, and I'm telling y'all.

0:35:22.080 --> 0:35:23.839
<v Speaker 2>They would look at me like I said, I don't

0:35:23.840 --> 0:35:32.920
<v Speaker 2>brush my teeth, I don't shower, I don't pray. They

0:35:32.920 --> 0:35:34.760
<v Speaker 2>look at me so crazy, like I was an alien

0:35:34.880 --> 0:35:36.560
<v Speaker 2>and me and Holly we would be around a lot

0:35:36.600 --> 0:35:38.120
<v Speaker 2>of people and no judgment on any of it. I

0:35:38.160 --> 0:35:40.239
<v Speaker 2>don't think it's sin to drink, but it was just

0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:45.600
<v Speaker 2>my dad had told me. Just so you know, this

0:35:45.719 --> 0:35:48.720
<v Speaker 2>Leviathan has ruined a lot of my life. He didn't

0:35:48.719 --> 0:35:50.560
<v Speaker 2>call it Leviathan, but that's what he was telling me

0:35:50.600 --> 0:35:54.520
<v Speaker 2>about He didn't give me Isaiah twenty seven to one.

0:35:54.719 --> 0:35:58.400
<v Speaker 2>He just said, if you ever start drinking, it's a

0:35:58.440 --> 0:36:02.840
<v Speaker 2>bad boy. So we're twenty five years old, now, thirty

0:36:02.920 --> 0:36:05.520
<v Speaker 2>years old, now sitting around Sometimes we'd be sitting around

0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:09.560
<v Speaker 2>with preachers. Hey, you want something to drink? No, we

0:36:09.560 --> 0:36:13.719
<v Speaker 2>didn't not school you go ahead, you don't drink. Why

0:36:13.760 --> 0:36:17.680
<v Speaker 2>don't you drink? Would you like a high sea? Would

0:36:17.719 --> 0:36:22.080
<v Speaker 2>you like a caprice sun? I'm telling you we have

0:36:22.200 --> 0:36:24.680
<v Speaker 2>been mocked over this more. And we've been mocked over

0:36:24.719 --> 0:36:26.759
<v Speaker 2>a lot of stuff. This one ranks up there with

0:36:26.800 --> 0:36:28.719
<v Speaker 2>all of them. And I would never say and you

0:36:28.760 --> 0:36:31.120
<v Speaker 2>shouldn't and I don't think that. I don't even believe that.

0:36:31.320 --> 0:36:34.040
<v Speaker 2>But what I would say is, this is something in

0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:39.320
<v Speaker 2>my life that I feel very predisposed. In fact, most

0:36:39.360 --> 0:36:42.440
<v Speaker 2>of my disciplines are a result of my weakness, not

0:36:42.520 --> 0:36:49.200
<v Speaker 2>my strength. If you saw how many diet cokes I

0:36:49.320 --> 0:36:52.440
<v Speaker 2>drink a day, you would be glad. I don't drink

0:36:52.480 --> 0:36:56.840
<v Speaker 2>alcohol because it could get ugly. And don't email me

0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:59.719
<v Speaker 2>about cancer and diet cokes. Everybody needs something in their

0:36:59.719 --> 0:37:03.040
<v Speaker 2>life look forward to. Do not take my asp tame away.

0:37:03.080 --> 0:37:06.480
<v Speaker 2>I fight you like that, get you an arm bar

0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:12.560
<v Speaker 2>and watch me, watch me, watch me, I said, I said,

0:37:12.600 --> 0:37:13.480
<v Speaker 2>we don't drink. We don't.

0:37:14.120 --> 0:37:15.239
<v Speaker 1>And I realized one day.

0:37:15.239 --> 0:37:19.919
<v Speaker 2>I realized that if I had lost my family to alcoholism,

0:37:21.600 --> 0:37:25.000
<v Speaker 2>and I told him, hey, I don't drink. I'm in recovery.

0:37:25.760 --> 0:37:29.160
<v Speaker 2>I lost my family, they'd go, that's great.

0:37:30.360 --> 0:37:33.759
<v Speaker 1>Good for you. You should write a book about that.

0:37:37.160 --> 0:37:39.320
<v Speaker 2>So I spoke to our youth at youth X in

0:37:39.440 --> 0:37:43.000
<v Speaker 2>Orlando this summer, and I told him about Leviathan.

0:37:43.840 --> 0:37:46.319
<v Speaker 1>And I said, everybody in here has a Leviathan.

0:37:47.280 --> 0:37:51.239
<v Speaker 2>Your parents have one, your preacher has one. Some of

0:37:51.280 --> 0:37:53.360
<v Speaker 2>them we know the name, and some of them we don't.

0:37:54.080 --> 0:37:57.359
<v Speaker 2>But one thing I do know right now is that

0:37:58.120 --> 0:38:04.440
<v Speaker 2>you have permission from God to become very intentional about

0:38:04.480 --> 0:38:09.200
<v Speaker 2>living your life in a way that protects you from

0:38:09.200 --> 0:38:16.160
<v Speaker 2>whatever threatens your destiny. So I told the youth, I'm

0:38:16.160 --> 0:38:21.239
<v Speaker 2>not in recovery. I'm in precovery. I made that up.

0:38:21.320 --> 0:38:21.799
<v Speaker 1>You like it.

0:38:22.200 --> 0:38:26.439
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna trademark that precovery. I know I am such

0:38:26.480 --> 0:38:30.200
<v Speaker 2>a mess. I know I am such a goofball. I

0:38:30.280 --> 0:38:33.080
<v Speaker 2>know I am such a dork. There are certain things

0:38:33.200 --> 0:38:36.879
<v Speaker 2>I can't handle or play with. So why not make

0:38:36.920 --> 0:38:40.480
<v Speaker 2>a decision today that I'm not gonna play with something

0:38:40.760 --> 0:38:42.319
<v Speaker 2>that I'm gonna have to pray for.

0:38:42.280 --> 0:38:45.000
<v Speaker 1>God to take away ten years from now.

0:38:45.320 --> 0:38:55.640
<v Speaker 3>Who the sun set's free is free of thee Now.

0:38:55.640 --> 0:38:57.680
<v Speaker 2>I got other stuff. I got road range, but I

0:38:57.719 --> 0:39:07.040
<v Speaker 2>can't stop driving. I got to eat food issues, but.

0:39:07.040 --> 0:39:10.160
<v Speaker 1>I can't go on them ten thousand day fast.

0:39:11.719 --> 0:39:15.879
<v Speaker 2>What I'm trying to get you to say is this

0:39:16.000 --> 0:39:22.200
<v Speaker 2>fruit in my life is valuable. And where there is fruit,

0:39:22.960 --> 0:39:32.120
<v Speaker 2>there needs to be a fence. And I got good

0:39:32.160 --> 0:39:34.520
<v Speaker 2>news for you. You know how you got a fence

0:39:34.560 --> 0:39:39.360
<v Speaker 2>for your dog, but it's buried under the ground, and

0:39:39.440 --> 0:39:43.000
<v Speaker 2>so the dog knows us there, but nobody else necessarily

0:39:43.000 --> 0:39:43.640
<v Speaker 2>knows this there.

0:39:44.600 --> 0:39:46.080
<v Speaker 1>And it's not a big fence because it.

0:39:46.080 --> 0:39:48.319
<v Speaker 2>Would be ugly, and wouldn't your hoa would kick you

0:39:48.320 --> 0:39:49.840
<v Speaker 2>out and find you and all of that. So you

0:39:49.880 --> 0:39:51.640
<v Speaker 2>can't put a fence. So you have to get one

0:39:51.680 --> 0:39:54.480
<v Speaker 2>of those fences that goes underground. This is what the

0:39:54.520 --> 0:39:58.720
<v Speaker 2>Lord says. He says, I'm your underground fence. Thank you Jesus.

0:39:58.760 --> 0:40:04.640
<v Speaker 2>I'll received this revelation, he said. I the Lord watch

0:40:04.680 --> 0:40:09.960
<v Speaker 2>over it. I water it continually and watch what God

0:40:10.040 --> 0:40:13.520
<v Speaker 2>does I know you've been fighting. I know it feels

0:40:13.520 --> 0:40:16.000
<v Speaker 2>stronger than you. I know you don't see how to

0:40:16.080 --> 0:40:18.719
<v Speaker 2>defeat it. I know it runs in your family. I

0:40:18.800 --> 0:40:20.960
<v Speaker 2>know you've been dealing with it a long time. I

0:40:21.040 --> 0:40:23.960
<v Speaker 2>know you want to tap out. I know it seems pointless.

0:40:24.160 --> 0:40:26.919
<v Speaker 2>I know it seems fruitless. Ah, But in that day

0:40:27.040 --> 0:40:30.400
<v Speaker 2>sing about a fruitful vineyard, and I announce over.

0:40:30.239 --> 0:40:31.560
<v Speaker 1>Your life, child of God.

0:40:31.960 --> 0:40:40.080
<v Speaker 2>You are God's garden, and God guards his guarden. And

0:40:40.280 --> 0:40:43.640
<v Speaker 2>God will not just allow anything to come into your life.

0:40:44.239 --> 0:40:46.759
<v Speaker 2>And God will not allow just anything to stay in

0:40:46.800 --> 0:40:49.960
<v Speaker 2>your life. And God will not just allow the enemy

0:40:50.040 --> 0:40:53.600
<v Speaker 2>to run ransack in your life anytime he wants to,

0:40:54.200 --> 0:40:57.880
<v Speaker 2>not forever, For the Lord says in that day, I

0:40:58.320 --> 0:41:01.759
<v Speaker 2>the Lord will water it, and I the Lord will

0:41:01.800 --> 0:41:05.600
<v Speaker 2>watch over it, and I guard it day and night,

0:41:06.000 --> 0:41:07.440
<v Speaker 2>so that no one.

0:41:07.600 --> 0:41:08.520
<v Speaker 1>May harm it.

0:41:08.800 --> 0:41:11.480
<v Speaker 2>Don't you see that you have a promise in the

0:41:11.520 --> 0:41:15.160
<v Speaker 2>scripture that you have a fight, But you also have

0:41:15.200 --> 0:41:19.040
<v Speaker 2>a fence. And you are not in this fight by yourself.

0:41:19.520 --> 0:41:21.960
<v Speaker 1>But there is a fence around your life.

0:41:22.400 --> 0:41:24.680
<v Speaker 2>And no, you can't always see the proof of it,

0:41:25.040 --> 0:41:27.000
<v Speaker 2>but it is an underground fence.

0:41:27.440 --> 0:41:27.680
<v Speaker 1>See.

0:41:27.719 --> 0:41:31.080
<v Speaker 2>I believe all your life God has had you fenced in.

0:41:31.600 --> 0:41:34.160
<v Speaker 2>There were times where you tried to go farther, you

0:41:34.200 --> 0:41:37.200
<v Speaker 2>couldn't go farther because you got a fence. There were

0:41:37.239 --> 0:41:39.880
<v Speaker 2>times where you tried to run away, but you couldn't

0:41:39.920 --> 0:41:41.080
<v Speaker 2>run away because you.

0:41:41.040 --> 0:41:41.720
<v Speaker 1>Had a fence.

0:41:42.160 --> 0:41:44.120
<v Speaker 2>And I need you to know today that you walked

0:41:44.160 --> 0:41:47.680
<v Speaker 2>in here with an invisible fence around you. And it

0:41:47.719 --> 0:41:49.920
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean that nothing bad is ever going to happen

0:41:50.000 --> 0:41:52.799
<v Speaker 2>to you, but it means that whatever comes against you

0:41:52.920 --> 0:41:55.799
<v Speaker 2>has to go through God. And by the time he

0:41:55.840 --> 0:42:00.279
<v Speaker 2>gets stun using this in your life, I declare that

0:42:00.400 --> 0:42:03.640
<v Speaker 2>Goliath's sword will cut off his own head.

0:42:03.719 --> 0:42:04.239
<v Speaker 1>Baby.

0:42:04.440 --> 0:42:08.440
<v Speaker 2>Plus, I got a fence. Somebody throw your hands up

0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:13.080
<v Speaker 2>saying I got a fence. I'm himmed in, I'm locked down,

0:42:13.400 --> 0:42:17.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm spoken for, I'm so loud, I'm ripped up, I'm

0:42:17.840 --> 0:42:20.320
<v Speaker 2>tied up. I'm tangled up by.

0:42:20.239 --> 0:42:21.280
<v Speaker 1>The word of God.

0:42:23.200 --> 0:42:26.400
<v Speaker 2>I got a fence, A fence to keep me in

0:42:26.480 --> 0:42:29.400
<v Speaker 2>his love, a fence to keep me in his grace.

0:42:29.960 --> 0:42:32.560
<v Speaker 2>Nothing can separate me from the love of God that

0:42:32.719 --> 0:42:37.680
<v Speaker 2>is in Christ. Jesus shall death, shall life, shall angels,

0:42:37.920 --> 0:42:42.239
<v Speaker 2>shall demons, shall principalities, Shall any power be able to

0:42:42.320 --> 0:42:45.240
<v Speaker 2>separate us from the love of God. No, because God

0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:48.920
<v Speaker 2>will not allow you to be separated from what you

0:42:49.000 --> 0:42:52.320
<v Speaker 2>are spoken for, and He has put his word inside

0:42:52.360 --> 0:43:00.799
<v Speaker 2>of you. There's a fence around you, fence around you.

0:43:01.800 --> 0:43:05.280
<v Speaker 2>There's a fence around you. You have got to start

0:43:05.320 --> 0:43:09.160
<v Speaker 2>recognizing in your life the tremendous value of the fruit

0:43:09.200 --> 0:43:15.239
<v Speaker 2>that you have been given. After all, y'all, that's what

0:43:15.320 --> 0:43:20.600
<v Speaker 2>the fight is about. It's about the fruit, and not

0:43:20.680 --> 0:43:24.319
<v Speaker 2>just the fruit that you already have, the fruit that's

0:43:24.360 --> 0:43:32.320
<v Speaker 2>coming forth in your future. Oh it's coming, it's coming.

0:43:33.160 --> 0:43:34.960
<v Speaker 1>Is my mic not on? I feel like they don't

0:43:34.960 --> 0:43:35.239
<v Speaker 1>hear this.

0:43:35.280 --> 0:43:37.560
<v Speaker 2>It's coming. They tell your neighbor. I don't think my

0:43:37.600 --> 0:43:39.120
<v Speaker 2>mic is working properly. Come, it's coming.

0:43:39.760 --> 0:43:41.400
<v Speaker 1>It's coming. It's coming.

0:43:42.000 --> 0:43:42.560
<v Speaker 2>It's coming.

0:43:43.040 --> 0:43:43.600
<v Speaker 1>It's coming.

0:43:44.040 --> 0:43:44.600
<v Speaker 2>It's coming.

0:43:44.880 --> 0:43:45.440
<v Speaker 1>It's coming.

0:43:45.600 --> 0:43:46.120
<v Speaker 2>It's coming.

0:43:46.239 --> 0:43:46.760
<v Speaker 1>It's coming.

0:43:46.920 --> 0:43:47.440
<v Speaker 2>It's coming.

0:43:47.520 --> 0:43:49.600
<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm getting this fence filed. It's coming.

0:43:49.840 --> 0:43:52.320
<v Speaker 2>That's why I'm getting TikTok off my phone. It's coming.

0:43:52.480 --> 0:43:54.719
<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm getting out of this. It's coming. That's

0:43:54.760 --> 0:43:55.240
<v Speaker 1>why I'm.

0:43:55.080 --> 0:43:57.960
<v Speaker 2>Protecting and guarding my heart for from it flow the

0:43:58.080 --> 0:44:09.040
<v Speaker 2>issues of life is coming. It's common. It's common. When

0:44:09.080 --> 0:44:11.440
<v Speaker 2>the fight is going down. That means the fruit is

0:44:11.480 --> 0:44:17.200
<v Speaker 2>coming forth. I speak not by cliche, but by the

0:44:17.239 --> 0:44:21.320
<v Speaker 2>spirit of God. Did he not say in the text

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<v Speaker 2>in Days to Come? Jacob will take root? You know?

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<v Speaker 2>I think a lot of times we assume that if

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<v Speaker 2>it's not seen, it's not happening. But my Bible says

0:44:38.840 --> 0:44:43.440
<v Speaker 2>that just like the enemy hides, so does God. Sometimes

0:44:46.400 --> 0:44:53.520
<v Speaker 2>it isn't always a feeling. It isn't always provable or verifiable. Yeah,

0:44:53.960 --> 0:44:57.560
<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's roots. And you know what you can't do

0:44:57.600 --> 0:45:05.000
<v Speaker 2>with roots, You can't rush them. The more I thought

0:45:05.040 --> 0:45:11.760
<v Speaker 2>about it, I realized that just like my roots are wrestling,

0:45:12.840 --> 0:45:19.120
<v Speaker 2>so are yours. I mean, maybe I'm taking it a

0:45:19.120 --> 0:45:23.680
<v Speaker 2>little too far sometimes I do, But I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>significant that the Lord is fighting Leviathan, and he mentions Jacob,

0:45:29.960 --> 0:45:32.040
<v Speaker 2>who was the father of the whole nation of Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>And while God is wrestling Leviathan, Jacob is wrestling with himself.

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<v Speaker 2>You must understand and bring into visibility that Jacob was

0:45:46.000 --> 0:45:52.160
<v Speaker 2>wrestling inside of his mother's womb in the dark. That

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<v Speaker 2>one night Jacob was going to meet his brother Esau,

0:45:54.760 --> 0:46:01.200
<v Speaker 2>and he wrestled with an angel all night long in

0:46:01.239 --> 0:46:04.799
<v Speaker 2>the dark and now here. He is again mentioned in

0:46:04.840 --> 0:46:10.000
<v Speaker 2>scripture verse six in Days to Come, Jacob will take root.

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<v Speaker 2>One thing I know about roots is that they don't

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<v Speaker 2>do anything significant until they are unseen. Because I keep

0:46:29.880 --> 0:46:32.640
<v Speaker 2>hearing you say I can't feel God right now. I

0:46:32.719 --> 0:46:34.319
<v Speaker 2>keep hearing you say, I don't know where God is.

0:46:34.400 --> 0:46:35.680
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I

0:46:35.719 --> 0:46:37.600
<v Speaker 2>don't know. I don't know what to do. I keep

0:46:37.600 --> 0:46:41.320
<v Speaker 2>hearing you pretend like he went away, but he didn't

0:46:41.320 --> 0:46:49.640
<v Speaker 2>go away. You're taking root. You're taking root, and your

0:46:49.719 --> 0:46:54.360
<v Speaker 2>roots are wrestling. See in mm A, they have something

0:46:54.400 --> 0:46:58.560
<v Speaker 2>called tap out, But in agriculture there's something called a

0:46:58.680 --> 0:46:59.440
<v Speaker 2>tap root.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, okay, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>What does an oak tree and a walnut tree, and

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<v Speaker 2>a carrot and a beat and you have in common?

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<v Speaker 1>They all have a tap root, not just any root.

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<v Speaker 2>The taproot is the first root that comes from the sea.

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<v Speaker 2>It goes directly down, and it goes down deep. It

0:47:25.360 --> 0:47:28.840
<v Speaker 2>goes down deep enough that it can reach water that

0:47:28.960 --> 0:47:31.040
<v Speaker 2>a surface root cannot reach.

0:47:31.840 --> 0:47:32.840
<v Speaker 1>It goes down.

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<v Speaker 2>Deep enough that should this plant encounter a drought at

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<v Speaker 2>any point in the future, it will hold the water

0:47:39.640 --> 0:47:42.880
<v Speaker 2>that it has because it went to the depth that

0:47:42.960 --> 0:47:47.040
<v Speaker 2>it needed to go to receive the nutrient and even

0:47:47.400 --> 0:47:49.479
<v Speaker 2>store it in its own root.

0:47:50.680 --> 0:47:52.160
<v Speaker 1>What does that have to do with you.

0:47:52.680 --> 0:47:55.680
<v Speaker 2>That's fine for a carrot, that's fine for a beat,

0:47:56.000 --> 0:47:57.480
<v Speaker 2>that's fine for a tree.

0:47:57.719 --> 0:48:00.080
<v Speaker 1>What does that have to do with me? You you

0:48:00.160 --> 0:48:03.719
<v Speaker 1>have a tap root named Jesus. Now, I'm not.

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<v Speaker 5>Preaching about Jacob. I'm not preaching about monsters. I'm not

0:48:08.080 --> 0:48:12.880
<v Speaker 5>preaching about Mma. I'm talking about Jesus. I'm talking about

0:48:12.880 --> 0:48:17.040
<v Speaker 5>my tap root. I'm talking about my inner witness. I'm

0:48:17.080 --> 0:48:20.080
<v Speaker 5>talking about Greater is he that is.

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<v Speaker 2>In me than he that is in the world. And

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<v Speaker 2>any time you decide to you can tap into it,

0:48:34.520 --> 0:48:37.719
<v Speaker 2>or you can tap out. But if you tap out,

0:48:37.719 --> 0:48:41.240
<v Speaker 2>and know this, the enemy's not going to leave you alone.

0:48:41.320 --> 0:48:43.040
<v Speaker 2>He doesn't respect that tap.

0:48:44.719 --> 0:48:50.120
<v Speaker 1>But if you tap in, if you get bold enough today.

0:48:51.239 --> 0:48:55.239
<v Speaker 2>To say, my savior bled and died for me, how

0:48:55.280 --> 0:48:58.239
<v Speaker 2>shall I live any longer in sin? If you get

0:48:58.280 --> 0:49:01.680
<v Speaker 2>bold enough to say, today, I know a name that

0:49:01.840 --> 0:49:05.600
<v Speaker 2>is greater than Leviathan. I know a name that is

0:49:05.640 --> 0:49:09.160
<v Speaker 2>greater than disease. I know a name that is greater

0:49:09.239 --> 0:49:15.279
<v Speaker 2>than depression. His name is Jesus, come on.

0:49:15.360 --> 0:49:16.279
<v Speaker 4>I'm looking for a.

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<v Speaker 2>Rooted church, a stable praise, a faithful, grateful rooting in him.

0:49:24.560 --> 0:49:29.400
<v Speaker 4>Frenches out, french is out, hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Lifted, fart open, grateful praise. So you start singing about

0:49:38.800 --> 0:49:47.840
<v Speaker 2>a fruitful vineyard. Because while you're singing, he's slaying. While

0:49:47.880 --> 0:49:52.840
<v Speaker 2>you're singing, while you're reaching, he's rooting.

0:49:53.280 --> 0:49:57.480
<v Speaker 1>He's rooting you. He's rooting you. He's for you, not

0:49:57.640 --> 0:50:01.880
<v Speaker 1>against you. He's with you, he hasn't forsaken.

0:50:01.360 --> 0:50:07.399
<v Speaker 2>You, and he's got you going down. So you can

0:50:07.520 --> 0:50:13.520
<v Speaker 2>drink and never run dry in days to come.

0:50:21.080 --> 0:50:25.560
<v Speaker 1>It's a question, dude, tap out or tap in?

0:50:27.320 --> 0:50:29.759
<v Speaker 2>Because Paul said, finally, my brothers, be strong in the

0:50:29.760 --> 0:50:34.160
<v Speaker 2>Lord and his mighty power. I want you to tap

0:50:34.160 --> 0:50:38.160
<v Speaker 2>into gratitude right now. I want you to sing about

0:50:38.200 --> 0:50:41.439
<v Speaker 2>fruit right now. I want you to sing about fruit,

0:50:41.480 --> 0:50:43.399
<v Speaker 2>even if it looks like a little bitty c put

0:50:43.400 --> 0:50:44.200
<v Speaker 2>it in the ground.

0:50:44.040 --> 0:50:48.920
<v Speaker 1>And watch it grow. I want you to start noticing.

0:50:49.040 --> 0:50:49.480
<v Speaker 1>Listen to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to start noticing where you're growing. All

0:50:55.120 --> 0:50:57.319
<v Speaker 2>I ever see you doing is putting yourself on a

0:50:57.320 --> 0:51:01.360
<v Speaker 2>guilt trip about where you're struggling. I want you to

0:51:01.400 --> 0:51:05.800
<v Speaker 2>start noticing where you're growing. I had to tell myself

0:51:05.800 --> 0:51:08.080
<v Speaker 2>one time. At least it only took me three days

0:51:08.080 --> 0:51:10.640
<v Speaker 2>to bounce back. This time, it used to take me

0:51:10.680 --> 0:51:15.960
<v Speaker 2>three weeks. I came back from something. I was so

0:51:16.200 --> 0:51:18.759
<v Speaker 2>down about it, and I was beating myself up. See

0:51:18.800 --> 0:51:20.960
<v Speaker 2>you're still just a little baby. You preach this stuff,

0:51:20.960 --> 0:51:23.520
<v Speaker 2>you don't live it. But then I thought, wait a minute,

0:51:23.680 --> 0:51:27.120
<v Speaker 2>I got a fruitful vineyard, I got a fence.

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<v Speaker 1>It's coming up in my life. It's taking root right now.

0:51:32.760 --> 0:51:34.600
<v Speaker 2>And that's why I think it'd be so sad for

0:51:34.640 --> 0:51:36.640
<v Speaker 2>you to click off my message and think it wasn't

0:51:36.640 --> 0:51:38.400
<v Speaker 2>for you because you don't feel like you're growing or

0:51:38.440 --> 0:51:43.440
<v Speaker 2>it's happening in your life. Just like that enemy hides,

0:51:45.280 --> 0:51:50.480
<v Speaker 2>so does God Sometimes. What if you saw the struggle

0:51:50.520 --> 0:51:55.720
<v Speaker 2>as soil? What if you thought it was really producing patience.

0:51:57.400 --> 0:52:11.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna tell you a secret. Praise is protection. The

0:52:11.560 --> 0:52:15.480
<v Speaker 2>bigger you get your view of God, the bigger you

0:52:15.520 --> 0:52:18.800
<v Speaker 2>get your understanding of his sword, which is his word.

0:52:20.520 --> 0:52:23.080
<v Speaker 1>It's his word. The sword of the Spirit is the

0:52:23.120 --> 0:52:23.760
<v Speaker 1>word of God.

0:52:25.000 --> 0:52:28.040
<v Speaker 2>The more you begin to worship and put his word

0:52:28.040 --> 0:52:31.040
<v Speaker 2>to work in your life. I believe not only are

0:52:31.080 --> 0:52:36.120
<v Speaker 2>you going to see the fruit, But you are going

0:52:36.160 --> 0:52:39.239
<v Speaker 2>to see a future that you wouldn't even believe if

0:52:39.239 --> 0:52:41.960
<v Speaker 2>I told you right now. I never know if God

0:52:41.960 --> 0:52:43.799
<v Speaker 2>gave me this message for a lot of people or

0:52:43.800 --> 0:52:46.120
<v Speaker 2>for a few. That's not my job to know that.

0:52:47.239 --> 0:52:50.799
<v Speaker 2>I'm just putting the seed in your heart. I talked

0:52:50.800 --> 0:52:53.680
<v Speaker 2>about a lot of stuff today. I talked about addiction.

0:52:54.600 --> 0:52:58.439
<v Speaker 2>I talked about depression. I talked about struggle. I talked

0:52:58.440 --> 0:53:02.920
<v Speaker 2>about sovereignty. I talked about biblical characters. I talked about

0:53:02.960 --> 0:53:06.160
<v Speaker 2>your character. But one thing I want you to hear

0:53:06.239 --> 0:53:11.240
<v Speaker 2>at the heart of this message, your tap root is Jesus.

0:53:15.120 --> 0:53:21.640
<v Speaker 2>Hold on, I'm a prove it to you. Didn't he

0:53:21.719 --> 0:53:27.919
<v Speaker 2>go down in the ground. Didn't he go down deep

0:53:28.000 --> 0:53:32.880
<v Speaker 2>enough that you would never have to die again? Didn't

0:53:32.880 --> 0:53:34.799
<v Speaker 2>he pay a great enough price that there is no

0:53:34.880 --> 0:53:40.759
<v Speaker 2>condemnation for us. Let's fill the world with fruit. Let's

0:53:40.760 --> 0:53:44.680
<v Speaker 2>fill the world with fruit. Let's fill the world with fruit.

0:53:47.360 --> 0:53:51.760
<v Speaker 2>Let's tap in to find out what's in you. Tired

0:53:51.800 --> 0:53:55.200
<v Speaker 2>of you tapping out? It doesn't even work anyway. It

0:53:55.239 --> 0:53:56.000
<v Speaker 2>doesn't even work.

0:53:55.880 --> 0:53:58.080
<v Speaker 1>Anyway, not for long.

0:53:58.760 --> 0:54:01.520
<v Speaker 2>But if you tap in, you got a well that

0:54:01.600 --> 0:54:08.000
<v Speaker 2>never runs dry. Father, God, I give you glory because

0:54:08.040 --> 0:54:09.520
<v Speaker 2>you gave me this word, and I thank you for

0:54:09.600 --> 0:54:12.160
<v Speaker 2>it before I appreachied it to them because I need it.

0:54:13.520 --> 0:54:13.879
<v Speaker 1>Right now.

0:54:13.920 --> 0:54:19.200
<v Speaker 2>We tap in. We tap in like we've got a

0:54:19.239 --> 0:54:23.160
<v Speaker 2>tag team partner, fresh, rested and ready in the corner,

0:54:24.800 --> 0:54:30.360
<v Speaker 2>like it's not our fight, like you have all power.

0:54:31.640 --> 0:54:33.600
<v Speaker 2>Come on, Church, you got to praise Him for yourself.

0:54:33.640 --> 0:54:37.480
<v Speaker 2>Your praise is your protection. Your praise is your not

0:54:37.560 --> 0:54:43.560
<v Speaker 2>my praise, not my preaching, your praise. Come on, if

0:54:43.600 --> 0:54:47.400
<v Speaker 2>you praise him, you'll see that whatever is surrounding you,

0:54:47.520 --> 0:54:48.839
<v Speaker 2>God is surrounding it.

0:54:49.080 --> 0:54:49.920
<v Speaker 1>You got a fix.

0:54:51.239 --> 0:54:56.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh Jesus, be a fish right here right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I will bless.

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<v Speaker 6>Hell time.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, this is not my fight. You are my defense.

0:55:10.239 --> 0:55:11.920
<v Speaker 1>You hold my life.

0:55:12.920 --> 0:55:17.000
<v Speaker 2>This is my loo is on my side?

0:55:17.200 --> 0:55:20.399
<v Speaker 6>Think you are You would call me fitz, Thank you

0:55:20.400 --> 0:55:22.480
<v Speaker 6>go She hold my life.

0:55:23.280 --> 0:55:24.840
<v Speaker 2>This is my love.

0:55:25.320 --> 0:55:27.239
<v Speaker 1>Is this is not my fire?

0:55:27.320 --> 0:55:30.760
<v Speaker 4>Come on, go ahead and tapping his mouthy fence, go ahead.

0:55:30.560 --> 0:55:33.360
<v Speaker 1>And tapping this Fred God, you got it.

0:55:33.400 --> 0:55:35.440
<v Speaker 2>This is my is.

0:55:35.840 --> 0:55:40.040
<v Speaker 1>You will found my side and you would call me fred.

0:55:42.960 --> 0:55:47.480
<v Speaker 2>Come on, this is this is not my fire?

0:55:48.480 --> 0:55:50.200
<v Speaker 5>She my de face?

0:55:50.960 --> 0:55:55.400
<v Speaker 6>Do you hold my life? This is my come on

0:55:55.600 --> 0:56:02.239
<v Speaker 6>like in my side, she would come me pray my

0:56:03.719 --> 0:56:10.879
<v Speaker 6>say Laura, com me you real with me, working.

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<v Speaker 1>Through me, Faddy for me.

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<v Speaker 4>Guy, he's not a cat.

0:56:17.480 --> 0:56:18.520
<v Speaker 2>You meal with me.

0:56:20.000 --> 0:56:21.080
<v Speaker 1>You're working to me.

0:56:22.480 --> 0:56:25.920
<v Speaker 6>You're Fridy for me. Guys, he's not a case me.

0:56:27.239 --> 0:56:31.239
<v Speaker 2>Oh you reading with me, You're working through me.

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<v Speaker 1>You're Friday for me.

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<v Speaker 2>God, he's not a cat. Me.

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<v Speaker 1>You hel with me, You're.

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<v Speaker 2>Working through me, fridy me. Thank you for joining us

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