WEBVTT - Backseat DJs Part 1

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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.

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message. Look, I want to preach.

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<v Speaker 2>About joy today and I want to get there from

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<v Speaker 2>a story and then share several scriptures with you can't

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<v Speaker 2>tell your story. I just got a new car last year.

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<v Speaker 2>I drove a Nissan Maxima for ten years before I

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<v Speaker 2>bought this new car.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved my Nissan Maxima.

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<v Speaker 2>My car before this Nissan Maxima was a Nissan Maxima.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how much I liked my Nissan Maxima. I maximized

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<v Speaker 2>the Maxima and it was very good to me. Only

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<v Speaker 2>thing that I ever remember happening, other than the time

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<v Speaker 2>it cut off in an intersection, was that one day

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<v Speaker 2>I was driving down the road a few years ago

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<v Speaker 2>and my stereo system started doing strange things. It started

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<v Speaker 2>skipping around to different tracks without me telling it too,

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<v Speaker 2>and the volume kept increasing and decreasing, and so then.

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<v Speaker 1>I would put it back on the song. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to.

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<v Speaker 2>And I would turn down the volume or turn up

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<v Speaker 2>the volume, depending on it would go both ways without

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<v Speaker 2>me telling it too, without me turning the knob, and

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<v Speaker 2>it happened for about ten to fifteen minutes straight one

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<v Speaker 2>day that I was driving, and it seemed like my

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<v Speaker 2>speakers in my car had a mind of their own.

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<v Speaker 1>So I thought maybe my Maxima got a demon, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I looked in the backseat and realized it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a demon.

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<v Speaker 1>It was my daughter.

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<v Speaker 2>That she had the center console down and I never

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<v Speaker 2>rode back there, so I didn't realize that all the

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<v Speaker 2>years that I've had this car, you can control the

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<v Speaker 2>volume and skip tracks.

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<v Speaker 1>From back there.

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<v Speaker 2>And she was laughing, and Graham was back there and

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<v Speaker 2>he was laughing, and they were controlling something from the

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<v Speaker 2>back that I was trying to deal with in the front,

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<v Speaker 2>and they thought it was so funny, and I told

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<v Speaker 2>him stop that it's annoying. When I figured out what

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<v Speaker 2>they were doing, two or three minutes later, there goes

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<v Speaker 2>the volume up and down again. There goes track two,

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<v Speaker 2>track three, track four. Again, it's on shuffle. And I

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<v Speaker 2>turned around and said, I'm telling y'all stop, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>like it. It was maybe cute the first time for you,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's really driving me crazy up here. Stop and

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes go by and it starts happening again.

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<v Speaker 2>I pulled the car over the third time. I pulled

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<v Speaker 2>the car over the third time. I'm Providence Road. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>let me explain something to you. I said, y'all are

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<v Speaker 2>passengers in this maximum I'm the driver.

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<v Speaker 1>That means I'm the DJ.

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<v Speaker 2>I get to choose what comes on this stereo and

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<v Speaker 2>how loud it is because the driver gets.

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<v Speaker 1>To be the DJ.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to ap preach to you for about thirty

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<v Speaker 2>seven minutes today about back seat DJs, because I suspect

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<v Speaker 2>that there are some things in your life that are

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<v Speaker 2>being controlled from the back seat, that are being controlled

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<v Speaker 2>at a level that you're not realizing that they're being controlled.

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<v Speaker 2>And I believe that today God is going to use

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<v Speaker 2>me and trust me.

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<v Speaker 1>I study.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy has become more important to me every year that

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<v Speaker 2>I've been alive. I feel like in my twenties I

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<v Speaker 2>just cared about accomplishing things. I've been figuring out, what's

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<v Speaker 2>the point if you don't enjoy it? What's the point

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<v Speaker 2>in doing something awesome? If you are not in a

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<v Speaker 2>position to appreciate the accomplishment because you constantly need more.

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<v Speaker 2>And I spent my twenties and maybe the beginning of

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<v Speaker 2>my thirties just trying to get more, more, more. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>that meant more popularity. Sometimes that meant more impact. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>that meant more influence. Sometimes that meant more money, more resources,

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<v Speaker 2>more friends, more phone numbers, more connections.

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<v Speaker 1>But lately I've been asking the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>For more joy, and it sent me on a scriptural trajectory, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to bring you into it today.

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<v Speaker 2>Would it be all right if we talked for a

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<v Speaker 2>little while today about what's controlling your joy?

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<v Speaker 1>Amen? I'm excited. Do you feel my enthusiasm? James?

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter one, Verses two through four. We'll start here. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe they're some things that are destroying your joy that

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<v Speaker 2>you were unaware of, And James is going.

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<v Speaker 1>To teach us how to develop joy. Very different than

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<v Speaker 1>discovering joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Discovering joy means it's waiting somewhere and you got to

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<v Speaker 2>find it. It's waiting in your next career move, it's

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<v Speaker 2>waiting in your next relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>It's waiting somewhere. You're not right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But James is going to show us something that may

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<v Speaker 2>be familiar to a few of you, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>very strange if you consider what he's actually saying. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to just read those verses, just three verses

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<v Speaker 2>to you, he says, James, Chapter one, verus to consider

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<v Speaker 2>it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face

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<v Speaker 2>trials of many kinds.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not where I was looking for joy.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, that's not what I was praying for,

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<v Speaker 2>hoping for, asking for, believing for.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, this is what the Bible says.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,

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<v Speaker 2>whenever you face trials of many kinds. Because you know

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<v Speaker 2>that the testing of your faith produces perseverance, Let perseverance

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<v Speaker 2>finish its work so that you may be mature and complete,

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<v Speaker 2>not lacking anything. I'm glad he specified, because the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want to mention to you today, all of

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<v Speaker 2>these points they kind of followed the theme of DJ.

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<v Speaker 2>So the first one is the distinction of joy, the

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<v Speaker 2>distinction of joy knowing what it really is, understanding the

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<v Speaker 2>nature of it. And James helps us to do that

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<v Speaker 2>first bite, helping us to understand that there are trials

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<v Speaker 2>of many kinds, that's what verse two said. The old

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<v Speaker 2>King James that Pastor Mickey preached from said, diverse trials

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<v Speaker 2>because I have learned that we're not all going through

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<v Speaker 2>the same thing, but we are all going through something.

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<v Speaker 2>And how many know that there are as many different

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of trials as there are different drinks at Starbucks,

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<v Speaker 2>as there are different colors of paint at home depot.

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<v Speaker 2>I found out that there are trials that are associated

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<v Speaker 2>with plenty. There are trials that are associated with poverty.

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<v Speaker 2>I always understood the first one because everybody understands that

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<v Speaker 2>being broke is a battle. But management of resources can,

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<v Speaker 2>in its own way, test a part of your character

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<v Speaker 2>that if you're not prepared to have it testing, it

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<v Speaker 2>can create a lot more problems than financial poverty. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>financial riches can create relational poverty if there is not

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<v Speaker 2>the emotional maturity to help us to steward with understanding

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<v Speaker 2>what we've been given.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm appreaching today. If Y come along with you, it's truly.

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<v Speaker 2>There's single people trials, there's married people trials. There are

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<v Speaker 2>trials that are associated with loneliness, and there are trials

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<v Speaker 2>that are associated with companionship. There are many kinds of trials.

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<v Speaker 2>There are many different That's what James is saying.

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<v Speaker 1>He's making a.

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<v Speaker 2>Distinction, that there's different kinds of trials, And some of

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<v Speaker 2>us are like, well, can I try a different kind

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<v Speaker 2>of trial?

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<v Speaker 1>Like can I trade trials?

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<v Speaker 2>Like you're talking about rich people trials, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>try those for a little while you're talking about married

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<v Speaker 2>people trials. I'd like to try. I think I'd be

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<v Speaker 2>good at those trials. I think I'd be better prepared

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<v Speaker 2>for those trials. But we never again, after the year

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<v Speaker 2>that we had last year, get to associate joy with

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<v Speaker 2>status or success, because we have now seen it.

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<v Speaker 1>No matter how great your name is in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Eyes of people, you can still want to take your

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<v Speaker 2>very own life because joy is not a product of

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<v Speaker 2>what people say about you. Joy is not a product

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<v Speaker 2>of how people hold you in esteem or in disregard.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there's different kinds of trials. Added to that,

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<v Speaker 2>most of us don't understand the distinction between a temptation

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<v Speaker 2>and a trial. The language that James uses in this

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<v Speaker 2>biblical writing, the common Greek of his day, allows for both.

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<v Speaker 2>When he says trials of many kinds, he could just

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<v Speaker 2>as easily be referring to economic hardship or persecution that

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<v Speaker 2>many of this diaspora of tribes scattered abroad who are

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<v Speaker 2>believers in Jesus were experiencing, or he could be talking

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<v Speaker 2>about temptation. And it is important to know the distinction

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<v Speaker 2>between the kind of trials that you will experience in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, Otherwise you might spend years blaming the devil

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<v Speaker 2>for your bad decisions. There are different.

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<v Speaker 1>Kinds of trials.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of our trials are the result of evil in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, and that results in all kinds of different warfare.

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<v Speaker 1>That we could study for weeks about.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of our trials are the results of things that

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<v Speaker 2>we did contrary to our inner wisdom. There are many

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<v Speaker 2>different kinds of trials, and if you don't know the

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<v Speaker 2>difference between a temptation and a trial, you will try

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<v Speaker 2>to use the wrong tool on the trial. Because when tempted,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible teaches resistance.

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<v Speaker 1>When you are tempted to.

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<v Speaker 2>Step outside of the God given means by which you've

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<v Speaker 2>been empowered to meet your God given desires, the strategy,

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<v Speaker 2>the tool, the technique is resistance. When you face a trial, however,

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<v Speaker 2>not a temptation, but a trial, often the key is

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<v Speaker 2>not resistance, but acceptance. And this was important for me

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<v Speaker 2>to see the distinction because a lot of times I'm

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<v Speaker 2>accepting what I should resist and resisting what I should accept.

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<v Speaker 2>It is taking me time to learn the difference, is

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<v Speaker 2>taking me prayer to learn the difference. It's taking the

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<v Speaker 2>other's community to learn the difference. I'm having to get

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<v Speaker 2>into the Word of God to know the difference so

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<v Speaker 2>that I can approach my trials with wisdom. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what James one to five says, and it's connected

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<v Speaker 2>to this passage, even though I never thought it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It says, if any of you lacks wisdom, you should

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<v Speaker 2>ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault,

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<v Speaker 2>and it will be given to you. Now, if you

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<v Speaker 2>want to flip the flow this year, just to James.

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<v Speaker 1>One to five.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of asking everybody around you what you should do,

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<v Speaker 2>start with the source, Start with the solution. We're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about your problems with people who.

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<v Speaker 1>Are powerless to fix them.

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<v Speaker 2>It's making you feel worse, it's making them feel worse,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody's frustrated. So I need the wisdom to make

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<v Speaker 2>the distinction, to know the trial that I'm in. God

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<v Speaker 2>is this one that you want me to fight or

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<v Speaker 2>do you want me to do what the Parables said

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<v Speaker 2>to do one time with the weeds that were growing

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<v Speaker 2>up alongside the terrace, and leave it alone and let

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<v Speaker 2>you deal with it.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a distinction. There's different kinds of trials.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the stuff that I'm dealing with as a

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<v Speaker 2>parent right now is just called puberty. You can't cast

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<v Speaker 2>it out, you can't annoy it, you can't instruct it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a different kind of trial. It's just life.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the stuff I'm dealing with right now is

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<v Speaker 2>a temptation. Some of it is, actually, I believe, from

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<v Speaker 2>the pit of hell. Not that the devil is like

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<v Speaker 2>personally a signed to me, but just some stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>evil against my purpose. And don't give yourself too much credit,

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of us like to think that the

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<v Speaker 2>devil had nothing better to do than give us, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a flat tire, and I think the devil is much

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<v Speaker 2>busier than that. I think a lot of it comes

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<v Speaker 2>down to distinguishing the type of trial that I'm in,

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<v Speaker 2>which helps me to understand the distinctions between joy and pleasure.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, you know those little church signs that they do.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we should get one.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, at elevation the church signs where they

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<v Speaker 2>change the letters and they put up little quotes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I like this. I think we should get one.

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<v Speaker 1>How many vote we get a church sign.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's have our first ever church voted elevation church vote.

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<v Speaker 1>We should get a church sign and we could put

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<v Speaker 1>stuff up there like this. I saw this one. It

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<v Speaker 1>said no.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus, no Joy, but it was spelt k n ow Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>So the first one was no.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus, you don't have Jesus, you don't have joy k

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<v Speaker 2>and oh Jesus kN ow Jesus kN ow joy. And

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it's cute, but it's it's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>No Jesus, no Joy. There's a lot of things you

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<v Speaker 1>can enjoy without Jesus. Christy Kreme tastes.

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<v Speaker 2>Good whether you're saved or not.

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<v Speaker 1>My taste buds didn't get saved. It's fun to.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk bad about people whether you're saved or not.

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<v Speaker 1>Only differences. And this is important, is that.

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<v Speaker 2>The quality of the joy becomes more important than the

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<v Speaker 2>quantity of the joy.

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<v Speaker 1>You also hear.

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<v Speaker 2>Preachers say stuff like this, God doesn't care if you're happy.

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<v Speaker 2>He just wants to make you holy. And I can't

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<v Speaker 2>believe how many people will say amen to some business

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<v Speaker 2>like that that you but never.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel about your own kid.

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<v Speaker 2>How many parents do we have in the house, and

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<v Speaker 2>how many of you don't care if your kid is

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<v Speaker 2>ever happy in life at all. I'm gonna call child

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<v Speaker 2>Protective Services on y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>He ain't no good good father. No, he is a

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<v Speaker 1>good father, good gift. So I never got that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I never really understood the distinction between joy and happiness,

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<v Speaker 2>because like, there's not a difference in.

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<v Speaker 1>The Biblical language.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not difference like in English we have like phar

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<v Speaker 2>real happy, which is like dancing happy, and then in

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrew they had happy. It's the same word, it's blessed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same word as joy. When James says counted joy,

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<v Speaker 2>he means consider yourself supremely happy literal translation.

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<v Speaker 1>So we need to make the distinction. I guess between

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<v Speaker 1>generic joy.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus joy because he said verse two, consider it

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<v Speaker 2>pure joy. The way my mind works, if there's such

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<v Speaker 2>a thing as pure joy, there must be another kind

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<v Speaker 2>of joy.

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of cheated that a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>It's more a grammar issue because the literal translation is

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<v Speaker 2>count it all joy, so he doesn't say pure joy.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a verse for this, though. Let me do

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<v Speaker 2>it from a Let me do it from Hebrews chapter twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always loved this picture of joy because it helps

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<v Speaker 2>me to make a distinction between.

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<v Speaker 1>Joy and pleasure. Okay, pleasure can.

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<v Speaker 2>Be associated with joy, but joy is not dependent on pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the second thing I want to talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about the direction of joy. The

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<v Speaker 2>direction of joy. We're talking about backseat DJs, right, We're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about how sometimes we find our joy controlled by

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<v Speaker 2>circumstances and situations. But Jesus gives us a picture that

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<v Speaker 2>stands contrary to the cultural expectation of joy. And I

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<v Speaker 2>promise I'll read the scripture in a minute. But I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to tell you so much and don't know

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<v Speaker 2>where to start, where to stop. It's just it's all

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<v Speaker 2>in me today. There seems to be right now more

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<v Speaker 2>than there was like when my grandparents.

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<v Speaker 1>We're thirty and forty.

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<v Speaker 2>There seems to be a pressure for us to always

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<v Speaker 2>feel pleasure. It's no longer just a desire that we

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<v Speaker 2>have that we want to feel good. It's almost like

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<v Speaker 2>the way that social media has constructed our viewing experiences

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<v Speaker 2>of other people's lives through the filters of their most

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<v Speaker 2>desirable moments. There is something wrong with me If I

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<v Speaker 2>am not constantly happy all the time. That's a problem

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<v Speaker 2>with me because I am not genetically predisposed to be happy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just not.

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<v Speaker 2>I've found that out about myself early in life. I

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<v Speaker 2>am not like one of you who just finds reasons

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<v Speaker 2>to smell roses, who just finds reasons to be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all appreciate the rain, appreciate the sunshine. The

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<v Speaker 2>rain makes you feel relaxed. The sunshine makes you feel active.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find the joy in everything. I am not

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<v Speaker 2>of your species, and frankly you make me sick. But

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<v Speaker 2>joy is something different, because the pressure to feel pleasure

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<v Speaker 2>is part of the reason why we feel so miserable.

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<v Speaker 2>And now we are living in the midst of a

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<v Speaker 2>generation that thinks that joy is associated with a feeling

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<v Speaker 2>in your flesh. And it can be, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to be. It's important that I say it can

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<v Speaker 2>bring a feeling, but it doesn't start with the feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where we flip the flow. Can we flip

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<v Speaker 2>the flow? If anybody flipped the flow. It was Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Here he is up on a cross. Here he is

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<v Speaker 2>and his reputation is beyond repair. Here he is being

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<v Speaker 2>spat on and condescended to by the ones that he created.

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<v Speaker 2>And the writer of Hebrews, whoever he was, says, we

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<v Speaker 2>need to fix Hebrews twelve to two our eyes on Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>the pioneer and perfector or the author and finisher. Either

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<v Speaker 2>translation is acceptable of our faith. HM for the joy

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<v Speaker 2>set before him, he endured the cross. Now this is

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<v Speaker 2>where my message really happens. Okay, what have you set

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<v Speaker 2>before you? That is what your joy is connected to

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<v Speaker 2>what you have set before you, And I'll break that

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<v Speaker 2>down the best that I can. Joy is a point

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<v Speaker 2>of view. Joy is a way of looking at things.

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<v Speaker 1>This helps me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about you, but it sets me free

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<v Speaker 2>from feeling the need to feel a certain way. We

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<v Speaker 2>got so many people quitting their jobs because they're unhappy

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<v Speaker 2>and not really understanding that sometimes joy is not the

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<v Speaker 2>absence of sadness.

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<v Speaker 1>Or the presence of the spectacular.

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<v Speaker 2>And all we need to look at is that one

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<v Speaker 2>verse where it says that Jesus, for the joy that

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<v Speaker 2>was set before him.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to use that as a picture for a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>He set joy before him, so in order to endure

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<v Speaker 2>the cross, that's the next part, enduring the cross, scorning

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<v Speaker 2>as shame. He didn't find joy in the event. He

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<v Speaker 2>found joy in the guaranteed outcome.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the event.

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<v Speaker 2>He did not find joy in the feeling of hanging

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<v Speaker 2>on the cross.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't like because.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the son of God that the nails, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>transcended the laws of pain and the material laws of

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<v Speaker 2>the universe. It was just as painful, but because of purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>You understand, it's very different to go through pain with

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<v Speaker 2>purpose than pain without purpose. It's the difference between Graham

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<v Speaker 2>jumping on my.

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<v Speaker 1>Back he's only ninety pounds and me not knowing that.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna jump on my back and me feeling like

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<v Speaker 2>every disc just slipped like I'm seventy three years old

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<v Speaker 2>in my lower back. And the difference between me putting

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<v Speaker 2>ninety pounds on a bar to squat it.

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<v Speaker 1>If I do it on purpose, it's a warm up weight.

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<v Speaker 2>If I don't expect it, it might take me.

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<v Speaker 1>Down to the ground. Same weight. But what I was

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<v Speaker 1>ready for when Jesus hung on the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't surprised by the shame. He wasn't surprised by

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<v Speaker 2>the suffering. He wasn't surprised by the pain. He wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>surprised by the jeering. He wasn't surprised by their saliva.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't surprised by the blood. Joy is a focus

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<v Speaker 2>before it's a feeling. If you came to church just

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<v Speaker 2>to hear that I promise you got your gas money's worth.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy is a focus before it's a feeling.