WEBVTT - Backseat DJs Part 2

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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>Enjoy the message Joy is a focus before it's a feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>And so while we're chasing a feeling called joy, God

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<v Speaker 2>has given us the ability to choose not our feelings.

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<v Speaker 1>You ever tried to choose joy?

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<v Speaker 2>I saw it on Pinterest. I tried it. It sucked,

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<v Speaker 2>it didn't work. Then I felt guilty because I couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>find joy, and it made me feel less joy. So

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<v Speaker 2>now I'm in a joyless pit of joylessness. It is

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<v Speaker 2>cyclical joylessness and shame is the difference between choice and consequence.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy is a choice, really because some of the trials

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<v Speaker 2>that people go through are actual mental illness. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of hard for them to just feel happy because

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<v Speaker 2>they got a good parking space. And no matter how

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<v Speaker 2>much you tell them to feel happy, be happy, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>be happy.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel happy.

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<v Speaker 2>Counter blessings, James doesn't say counter blessings.

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<v Speaker 1>This isn't a nursery rhyme. It's a Bible scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, count it all joy, He said, learn how

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<v Speaker 2>to flip You might not know this statement, but there's

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<v Speaker 2>a there's a statement. In financial terms, it's an income statement.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's got your your income on one side, your

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<v Speaker 2>expenses on another. James says, if you can learn to

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<v Speaker 2>put some of the stuff in the income column that

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<v Speaker 2>you thought was an expense, some of the stuff in

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<v Speaker 2>the blessing column that you thought was a burden. If

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<v Speaker 2>you can flip the flow, you actually have more joy

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<v Speaker 2>than you're aware of.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're not gonna get it by.

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<v Speaker 2>Praying for a feeling. You're going to get it by

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<v Speaker 2>making choices. Joy is not a choice. In fact, the

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<v Speaker 2>worst way that I can get more joy is to

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<v Speaker 2>focus on getting more joy. The best way to stop

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<v Speaker 2>being happy is to ask yourself the question am I happy?

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<v Speaker 1>And see?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember my grandparents ever talking about this. If

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<v Speaker 2>they did, I don't remember it. I never remember my

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<v Speaker 2>grandmother my grandfather talking about are we really happy?

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't think like that.

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<v Speaker 2>There wasn't feeds and scrolling, There wasn't there wasn't all

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<v Speaker 2>this other stuff to make them feel unhappy in a

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<v Speaker 2>moment's notice, there wasn't There wasn't an infinite supply of

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<v Speaker 2>unhappiness in their pocket in the form of a device.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't have that, so they focused on something else.

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<v Speaker 1>What was it?

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<v Speaker 2>What is it that.

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<v Speaker 1>Brings joy?

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<v Speaker 2>If I focus on it, I know it is not.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not looking around? How are they doing? What do

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<v Speaker 2>they think? Where'd they go on vacation? Where's your thinking?

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<v Speaker 2>Where's he going on? What's she wearing when she is on?

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<v Speaker 2>What do they think about me?

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, that's not gonna do it, he said for

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<v Speaker 1>the joy set before him.

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<v Speaker 2>So I can't be looking all around and expecting to

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<v Speaker 2>have joy. I can't be judging my situation according to

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<v Speaker 2>other people's calling and expect to have joy. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>be judging my gift compared to.

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<v Speaker 1>Other people's talent and expect to have joy.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's so cliche because we say it every week,

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<v Speaker 2>but nothing destroys joy like comparison. The life you've got,

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<v Speaker 2>some of you would be so enjoyable if only you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do this while you were living it. If only

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't do this. I mean, it's hurting my neck

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<v Speaker 2>just to do it. To illustrate to you, imagine what

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<v Speaker 2>it's doing to your soul. You can't have joy that way.

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<v Speaker 2>It is destroying your joy. You're praying for more joy,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet you are destroying the joy God has given you.

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<v Speaker 1>The joy of your.

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<v Speaker 2>Salvation, the joy of your calling, the joy of your assignment. God,

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<v Speaker 2>give me more joy. Well, it's a decision not to

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<v Speaker 2>have joy. That's the worst way to get joy, the

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<v Speaker 2>decision of what I'm going to focus on.

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<v Speaker 1>And I can't get it like this.

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<v Speaker 2>And I definitely can't get it like this looking at

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<v Speaker 2>what's behind me.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't look back.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when God called Moses at the burning bush and

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<v Speaker 2>he said his name, he said, I am, not I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember he said I am, I will be. There's something

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<v Speaker 2>to that. There's something to that. It's echoed by David

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<v Speaker 2>in Psalm sixteen. He says, in your presence is the

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<v Speaker 2>fullness of joy. Presence. Everybody say that word presence. The

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<v Speaker 2>gift of joy is found in presence. But that doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean in church. That's not what it means to say,

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<v Speaker 2>in God's presence is the fullness of joy. Because God

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<v Speaker 2>would never limit his presence to a building. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean when you're doing everything right, then you're gonna feel

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<v Speaker 2>happy because God is not going to reward you based

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<v Speaker 2>on behavior. That's not the good news of the Gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>The gospel is for sinners. The Gospel is for the weak.

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<v Speaker 2>The Gospel is for the lame, The gospel is for

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<v Speaker 2>the broken. The Gospel is for those who feel ashamed.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not what it means. In your presence is fullness

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<v Speaker 2>of joy. That means joy can only really come to

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<v Speaker 2>my life when I am focused on what God is

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<v Speaker 2>doing in this moment. And I cannot focus on what

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<v Speaker 2>God is doing in this moment in my life if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm consumed with what He's doing in somebody else's or

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm still in regret and bitterness about what happened

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<v Speaker 2>three years ago, or three months ago, or even three

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<v Speaker 2>minutes ago. A lot of our lack of joy is

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<v Speaker 2>really not about possession.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about position.

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<v Speaker 2>What I mean is this, He set joy before him.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a question of God's presence. His presence is everywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a question of God's presence. You don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to ask Him to be with you. He already is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not about God's presence, it's about yours. Are you

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<v Speaker 2>present in this moment? Are you present in this trial?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you present in this worship service? Well, if you

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<v Speaker 2>are given praise for a second, we need this lesson friends, family, brothers, sisters, brethren, sister,

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<v Speaker 2>and mother's.

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<v Speaker 1>Father's children.

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<v Speaker 2>We can't go to a concert anymore without trying to

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<v Speaker 2>capture it. And I can't enjoy it because I'm too

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<v Speaker 2>busy trying to post it.

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<v Speaker 1>Kids do something cute? Capture it? Well, you can't, but

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<v Speaker 1>you're also gonna kill it. There is no quicker way

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<v Speaker 1>to kill your kid's.

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<v Speaker 2>Cuteness than trying to capture it. I swear demons come

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<v Speaker 2>out when you start trying to.

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<v Speaker 1>Capture stuff to post it.

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<v Speaker 2>God knows your heart and he sends something to your

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<v Speaker 2>iPhone I don't know, and it shoots beams into your children.

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<v Speaker 1>And they start. Can I show you a picture real quick?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like to be too indulgent in these sermons,

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<v Speaker 2>but and show my family off. But this is just

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<v Speaker 2>a quick picture of us on vacation before Christmas. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at that. Here's another picture. I'll show you.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple just so you can see.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna tell you something that you wouldn't see if

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<v Speaker 2>I put those on Instagram. Go back to the first

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<v Speaker 2>one again. Please that one looks happy, right, and go

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<v Speaker 2>to the other one. Can go to the other one.

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<v Speaker 2>That one looks sad. Let me tell something. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>my sad face.

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<v Speaker 1>M hm.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my RBF. That's my resting Bible face. That's my

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<v Speaker 2>really blessed face. That's my focus face. That's when I

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<v Speaker 2>was getting the sermon flip the flow at TGI Friday's

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<v Speaker 2>in the Miami International Airport and the d concourse.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm happy the other one put the other one up.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so mad at Abby.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the seventeenth time I tried to take a

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<v Speaker 2>selfie of us, and I wanted to throw her in

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<v Speaker 2>the ocean by the time it was over. Not in

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<v Speaker 2>a playful way. See, I'm just trying to get us

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<v Speaker 2>in this series to start take it down, start looking

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<v Speaker 2>beneath the surface and stuff, to stop looking at the

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<v Speaker 2>surface of stuff, and to stop, you know, discerning. I

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<v Speaker 2>found out that you can miss joy because you're looking

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<v Speaker 2>all around. You can miss joy because you're looking behind you.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the thing. You can also.

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<v Speaker 2>Miss joy because you're trying to look too far ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an equal danger.

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<v Speaker 2>And some of you, while I was preaching the part

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<v Speaker 2>about look around, you're like, nah, I'm good, bro, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>like fifty three.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't do that anymore. And when I was tell my.

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<v Speaker 2>Looking back, you're like, yeah, I already dealt with my

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<v Speaker 2>stuff back there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>But what you do is you look so far forward,

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<v Speaker 2>like I was doing the other day driving that new

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<v Speaker 2>car I told you about, and I can't get anywhere

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<v Speaker 2>without a GPS.

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<v Speaker 1>What it embarrass you for me?

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<v Speaker 2>If I told you I was going to my mom's

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<v Speaker 2>house in town and was following the GPS, that's how

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<v Speaker 2>bad my sense of direction is.

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<v Speaker 1>This true story. And I slammed into.

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<v Speaker 2>The back of another car because I was looking three

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<v Speaker 2>turns ahead and not looking three feet ahead. And it

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<v Speaker 2>might be destroying your joy. Not that you're like comparing,

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<v Speaker 2>or not that you're regretting, but maybe you just trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get so far out there, you know, Like my

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<v Speaker 2>retirement is down twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll catch back up just a lot of time, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But for those of us who need to plan, he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't say in your plans this fullness of joy, And

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<v Speaker 2>you can't even really affect the future from anywhere but

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<v Speaker 2>the present, and it's always an energy. So this is

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<v Speaker 2>my year of presence. I'm trying to figure out what

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<v Speaker 2>it means to find fullness of joy in God's presence.

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<v Speaker 2>And in order to find fullness of joy in His presence,

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<v Speaker 2>I have to bring my presence to my real life.

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<v Speaker 1>Not my presence to.

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<v Speaker 2>Some imaginary scenario, but the real life that God has

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<v Speaker 2>given me right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what's great about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go to Psalm sixteen for just a moment, and

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<v Speaker 2>I promise I'll start closing this.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you enjoying this teaching today is blessed in your life?

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<v Speaker 2>Touch somebody and say this is my happy face.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I was focused. I was happy because I was focused.

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<v Speaker 2>The other one, I was trying to show something to

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<v Speaker 2>the world that wasn't real. I was thinking maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>could get some likes on this, and so I wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>focused on what was right in front of me. But Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>for the joy set before him, endured. He didn't enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>the cross. He endured the cross because of joy set

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<v Speaker 2>before him. And now I want to give you the

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<v Speaker 2>whole sermon. Okay, here's the sermon in a sentence hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>you been preaching for thirty five minutes? Yeah, but I

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't said anything yet. Here's the sermon in a sentence.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot choose joy. You can only choose your priorities,

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<v Speaker 2>and your priorities control your joy. You can't choose joy

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<v Speaker 2>anymore than you can just can you think you can

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<v Speaker 2>choose joy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like trying to choose the weather. What you can choose.

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<v Speaker 2>Is your priority, and your priorities will ultimately control your joy.

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<v Speaker 1>Psalm sixteen. Put it on the screen for me, verse

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<v Speaker 1>what I start? Verse five? Please? The Lord is my

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<v Speaker 1>chosen portion. See the word chosen.

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<v Speaker 2>It means I have decided to make God the most

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<v Speaker 2>important thing in my life. I don't want to leave

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<v Speaker 2>that too abstract, because what does that mean read the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible first thing every morning?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe, but it.

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<v Speaker 2>Means more than that His will is what I want.

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<v Speaker 2>His ways are higher than my ways. So the Lord Yahweh,

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<v Speaker 2>the Great, I am the ever present help in time

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<v Speaker 2>of trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>He is my chosen portion.

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<v Speaker 2>I've looked at everything else that this world offers me

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<v Speaker 2>to enjoy, and yes, I can enjoy things that aren't

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily spiritual, but I do not need them to survive,

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<v Speaker 2>and I will not attach my joy to a temporal

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<v Speaker 2>pleasure anymore because I tried that.

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<v Speaker 1>I tried that.

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<v Speaker 2>I cheered for the Clemson Tigers when they were three

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<v Speaker 2>and eight, and when they won the second national championship

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<v Speaker 2>in the last few years, people were coming up to

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<v Speaker 2>me saying congratulations.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, for what. I enjoyed the game. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched the game. I liked it.

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<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed the forty four to sixteen victory. But I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't need college boys in spandex.

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<v Speaker 1>To give me a reason to live. That is not

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<v Speaker 1>my priority.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't invest my joy in what people I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know do With an oblong object made out of pigskin

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<v Speaker 2>converted into leather with some stitches for four fifteen minute increments,

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<v Speaker 2>it's throw priority. I enjoyed it, but my joy is

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<v Speaker 2>not in it. Last week, I told you something.

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<v Speaker 1>Very powerful about your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, when you know where it comes from, you

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<v Speaker 2>know how it comes out.

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<v Speaker 1>When you know where it comes from, you know how

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<v Speaker 1>it comes out.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what I want to tell you this week.

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<v Speaker 2>Where it comes from determines when it runs out. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the source of your joy. The way you can

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<v Speaker 2>know that is what are my priorities, Essama said, The

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is my chosen portion. And here's something Jesus said

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<v Speaker 2>that I've been thinking about all week. I've been meditating

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<v Speaker 2>on this. He said, Abide in me my words. Abide

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<v Speaker 2>in you. You bear much fruit. Sometimes you're gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>cut on, but you'll never be cut off. If you

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<v Speaker 2>abide in me and my words, abide in you, there

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<v Speaker 2>will be a constant flow of joy.

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<v Speaker 1>Like the vine and the branches. You're going to have

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<v Speaker 1>what you need.

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<v Speaker 2>The joy is going to flow from a place of

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<v Speaker 2>your rest and trust in me, not in your own effort,

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<v Speaker 2>and not in just certain things that happen. If they happen,

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<v Speaker 2>is fine, but don't confuse the ice and with the cake.

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<v Speaker 2>Abide in me, my words, Abide in you. Then he

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<v Speaker 2>says something in John fifteen eleven. Please I have told

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<v Speaker 2>you this so that my joy may be in you,

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<v Speaker 2>and that your joy may be complete. The Lord said,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of us are settling for partial joy, partial joy,

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<v Speaker 2>and we equate joy with the absence of sadness. Joy

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<v Speaker 2>is not the absence of sadness. If it was, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't have had it on the cross. He said, I

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<v Speaker 2>want my joy to be in you, but you've got

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<v Speaker 2>to own it because to just say, well, Jesus is

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<v Speaker 2>my joy, it doesn't really get to the heart of

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<v Speaker 2>why we could know Jesus and still not no joy.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's a decision.

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<v Speaker 2>When I give the wrong things too much priority in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, then those priorities control my joy. If my

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<v Speaker 2>priority is recognition, then recognition controls my joy. When people

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<v Speaker 2>recognize me, I will feel happy about it.

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<v Speaker 1>If my priority is recognition.

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<v Speaker 2>If my priority is convenience, then when something is inconvenient,

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<v Speaker 2>the inconvenience will steal my joy. But it really didn't

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<v Speaker 2>steal my joy, did it? Because I let it drive

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<v Speaker 2>and whatever is driving the car gets to DJ. So

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord told me in preparing this message that we've

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<v Speaker 2>got some backseat DJs that have been controlling our joy,

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<v Speaker 2>our feelings, our finances, our bank accounts, our status, our standing,

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<v Speaker 2>our situations. And today God wants you to tell some

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<v Speaker 2>of the things in your life that have been controlling

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<v Speaker 2>your joy from the back seat.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not my God, you are not my vine,

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<v Speaker 1>you are not my source, and you don't hold my joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy is something deeper than how I feel about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy is something deeper than what I post about. Joy

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<v Speaker 2>is something deeper than the way it feels. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>I am setting joy before me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm resetting my warnings. Now. When I do that, my

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<v Speaker 1>joy flows not from what it is, but from who

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<v Speaker 1>God is to me. This is the duration of joy.

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<v Speaker 2>And when my joy is running out, give me my point,

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<v Speaker 2>my last point. The duration of joy is because it's

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<v Speaker 2>coming from the wrong place. Where it comes from determines.

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<v Speaker 1>When it runs out.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wonder, where's your joy today. I had to

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<v Speaker 2>study this hard because I struggle to enjoy my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I really love my family, I really love my church.

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<v Speaker 1>I love what I get to do. It's a blessing

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<v Speaker 1>and a privilege.

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<v Speaker 2>But I have to admit to you that sometimes I

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<v Speaker 2>have been guilty of enduring something that God has given

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<v Speaker 2>me to enjoy, and every time it happened, it was

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<v Speaker 2>because of my priorities.

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<v Speaker 1>Your priorities control your joy.

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<v Speaker 2>You can try all you want to be happy, happy, happy,

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<v Speaker 2>and the quick hit stuff, the quick fixed stuff. It'll

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<v Speaker 2>get you through the next few hours, but where it

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<v Speaker 2>comes from determines when it runs out.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a well that never runs dry. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a joy.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a deep, abiding sense of joy that is

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<v Speaker 2>available to us that we have not been accessing. And

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<v Speaker 2>what we're praying for more of God is waiting for

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<v Speaker 2>us to order our lives around.

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<v Speaker 1>My joy is.

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<v Speaker 2>Too important for me to leave it up to whether

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<v Speaker 2>or not today goes well, or whether or not they

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<v Speaker 2>speak to me, or whether or not it turns out well.

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<v Speaker 2>Is too important. I can't afford. I'm getting older now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a twenty five year old anymore. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>distinguished thirty eight year old full of wisdom, and I

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<v Speaker 2>can't afford.

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<v Speaker 1>To just give my joy away just any time. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't afford to have these.

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<v Speaker 2>Back seat DJs just change in the temperature of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't afford to just let my emotions control my joy.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to pray for people today. Play something

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<v Speaker 2>more interesting, that's boring. I want to pray for people today.

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<v Speaker 2>There's just one chord. Pray for people today who have

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<v Speaker 2>allowed your joy to be controlled by something other than

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<v Speaker 2>the priority of God's presence in your life. And you

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<v Speaker 2>want me to pray for you to experience a vital

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<v Speaker 2>connection to God in the coming six days until we

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<v Speaker 2>meet again, Please stand.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want me to pray for you about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been allowing my joy to be connected to things

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<v Speaker 2>that can't sustain me.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so much more than I wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>To share with you, but I feel like I was

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<v Speaker 2>able to present this word to you on a level

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<v Speaker 2>that if you can just receive that much of it.

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<v Speaker 1>So flip it.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of going, Lord, I need more joy, like it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna come raining down in the form of candy pellets.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of praying, God, give me the wisdom to when

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<v Speaker 2>things come in my life to count it joy, to

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<v Speaker 2>consider it joy, because I know that the testing of

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<v Speaker 2>my faith produces patience. Teach me God to set joy

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<v Speaker 2>before me like Jesus did, like the Psalmist did. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is ever before me. He is on my

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<v Speaker 2>right hand. I will not be shaken in your presence.

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<v Speaker 2>Is the fullness of joy. And watch this at your

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<v Speaker 2>right hand. Pleasures forevermore. Not the kind to come and go,

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<v Speaker 2>Not the kind that leave you feeling worse afterwards, Not

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<v Speaker 2>the kind that leave you sick afterwards, Not the kind

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<v Speaker 2>that make you feel bad about it, shameful about it afterwards.

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<v Speaker 1>Perpetual pleasantness in the presence of God,