WEBVTT - It's The Motion That Matters

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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. Come on, clap those hands. If you're thankful,

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do something real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's fill the place with praise with our testimony.

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<v Speaker 2>We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the

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<v Speaker 2>word of our testimony. Turn around and tell about three

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<v Speaker 2>people something that God has done for you. Just something

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<v Speaker 2>that you're thankful for today. It can be as simple

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<v Speaker 2>as He woke me up. It can be as deep

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<v Speaker 2>as He gave me peace. Put it in the chat.

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<v Speaker 2>Just about two or three things to be thankful for.

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<v Speaker 2>Two or three things to be thankful for. Two or

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<v Speaker 2>three things.

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<v Speaker 1>Shouldn't be hard breadth in my life. I got two

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<v Speaker 1>or three things to be thankful for.

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<v Speaker 2>Clothed in my right mind, I've got two or three

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<v Speaker 2>things to be thankful.

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<v Speaker 1>For, goodness and mercy.

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<v Speaker 2>I got two or three things He forgave my past,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's already in my future.

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<v Speaker 1>I got two or three things.

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<v Speaker 2>Allelujah.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good.

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<v Speaker 2>If there's anything that you want to accomplish during this

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<v Speaker 2>multitasking testimony service and you are single and they are too.

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<v Speaker 2>Just retrying to say I'm thankful that they seated us

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<v Speaker 2>next to one another today. I'm just grateful that I

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<v Speaker 2>get to be in proximity to your anointing.

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<v Speaker 1>How many are grateful to be in the House of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let me see how many of you grew up

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<v Speaker 2>with the King James Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>I was glad when they.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, unto me, let us go to the House of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord. And you know, it's a beautiful thing when

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<v Speaker 2>you want to be here. And I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>that's the case for you or not today, but somebody

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to be here and couldn't be here.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think all of us.

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<v Speaker 2>That can be here ought to thank God that he

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<v Speaker 2>kept us another day.

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<v Speaker 1>Praise the Lord. Hey, Dough, it's so good to have you, y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank God for Doe.

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<v Speaker 3>Here.

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<v Speaker 2>Congratulations on your marriage. Hey, listen, this is kind of funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I just thought of this. The last time I saw Doe.

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<v Speaker 2>Me and her and Josh went over in a writing

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<v Speaker 2>room one afternoon. We wrote that song new Thing Coming.

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<v Speaker 2>The next time I heard her name, she was getting married.

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<v Speaker 2>So when she said I've got a new thing coming.

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<v Speaker 1>God, you meant that thing. Hot five your neighbors saying,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that things. Good to have you, God, bless you.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a new thing coming, I mean that thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe that could be my New Year's sermon. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>that day.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>I see so many beautiful love Wheat T shirts. I

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<v Speaker 2>see a Metallica T shirt. I see a Panther's T shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>I see a Whitney T shirt. Do you even know

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<v Speaker 2>three Whitney songs? Okay, she's shaking her head vociferously. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe you. Then, I personally am so grateful to get

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<v Speaker 2>the pastor church where our generosity is legendary in our city.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know that a lot of people will say

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<v Speaker 2>different things about me and whether my jeans are too

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<v Speaker 2>tight or too baggy or things like that, and that's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>But one thing they can never question about this church

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<v Speaker 2>is your heart for the hurting to help people. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's awesome. And I know a lot of people like

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<v Speaker 2>to argue about who believes the right thing and this

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<v Speaker 2>and that, but when we get out there and show

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<v Speaker 2>the love of Jesus. It kind of silences all of

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<v Speaker 2>that and just puts it in action. So tell your

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<v Speaker 2>name where You're gonna look great in green. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>color of the shirt. It's more green, babe, than yellow.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at it kind of green. It's like completely green.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not even a little yellow. Didn't Holly look pretty

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<v Speaker 2>up here in her custom blue lovely shirt? Hu host shirt? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you can host me anytime. Y'all did that disgusted laugh thing?

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, get to the scripture. This is gross. I

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<v Speaker 2>bring greetings to all of our locations our Etham around

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<v Speaker 2>the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's welcome our Etham joining us online.

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<v Speaker 2>Let us know where you're joining from. Now I get

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<v Speaker 2>to serve you the Word of God. I'm excited and

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<v Speaker 2>you will be two. I'm only gonna read one verse

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<v Speaker 2>before I seat you this week, so your feet will

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<v Speaker 2>thank me. I didn't say I'm only going to preach

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<v Speaker 2>one verse. I'm going to read one. Sit you down,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we'll talk about two times in the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>that it was illustrated, because I think to see an

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<v Speaker 2>illustration of faith is what we really all want, not

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<v Speaker 2>just to have somebody tell us, hey, you should trust God,

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<v Speaker 2>or hey, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to be all right.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're like, how do you know that you've never

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<v Speaker 2>been through what I've been through? But the Bible gave

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<v Speaker 2>us all these case studies that we can always find

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<v Speaker 2>somebody in the Bible that went through something worse than

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<v Speaker 2>we're going through and God did something amazing for them,

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<v Speaker 2>and we hitch our.

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<v Speaker 1>Faith to this.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's what we want to do today, is hitch

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<v Speaker 2>our faith to two heroes in the Bible. And I'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell about that in the moment, But first let me

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<v Speaker 2>give you a verse in Second Corinthians, chapter five, verse seven.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm using the English Standard Version for a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more literal translation this week, just for accuracy's sake, where

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says parenthetically, and talking about life and death and

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<v Speaker 2>the tent of our mortal body and the immortality of

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<v Speaker 2>the eternity that is in our hearts, he says, parenthetically,

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<v Speaker 2>just eight words that are very very sale. Listen to this,

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<v Speaker 2>for we walk by faith, not by sight.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only eight words.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll say it again, for we walk by faith, not

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<v Speaker 2>by sight. Now touch your neighbor and give them my title,

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<v Speaker 2>say neighbor.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the motion that matters. Yeah, it's the motion that matters.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, while I got you warmed up, turn

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<v Speaker 2>to your other neighbors, say, other neighbor, it's the motion

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<v Speaker 2>that matters. Do like this when you're telling them with

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<v Speaker 2>your handjuster say it's the motion that matters. Amen, you

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<v Speaker 2>may be seated. It's the motion that matters. It's the

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<v Speaker 2>motion that matters.

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<v Speaker 1>We had a special event at the church Austin where

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<v Speaker 1>pastors were.

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<v Speaker 2>Able to come and bring their teams and there was

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<v Speaker 2>a breakout session just for church planters, people who were

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<v Speaker 2>in the first six to eight months of their church,

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<v Speaker 2>and we opened up the microphone for question and answer,

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<v Speaker 2>which is always risky, but it was a good group.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was feeling annointed and I was feeling a flow.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, ask me anything. Well, one guy asked a

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<v Speaker 2>great question. He said, at this stage, he said, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>four months in And I don't remember where he was from,

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<v Speaker 2>but I remember he said, at four months in, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you think is the most important skill that you

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<v Speaker 2>need at this stage? And again, this was several years

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<v Speaker 2>into our church. I don't remember how many, but it

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<v Speaker 2>was he thought I was like a professional or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that. He said, at this stage, what do you

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<v Speaker 2>think is the most important skill that you need?

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, four months in most important skill.

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<v Speaker 2>And I love these opportunities just to see what the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit will bring up to help somebody. So I

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<v Speaker 2>try to see who's in front of me and discern

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<v Speaker 2>what God wants me to say.

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<v Speaker 1>And my first thought was to go technical.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you need good children's ministry and good procedures

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<v Speaker 2>for accountability, and you need to pray. And I thought

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<v Speaker 2>of all the spiritual practical, but then it came to

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<v Speaker 2>me just like this, and it came out of me

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<v Speaker 2>like this. I said, I think the most important skill

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<v Speaker 2>for this stage is learning to step out in faith,

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<v Speaker 2>because there are going to be so many things that

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<v Speaker 2>you are going to have to do. And then I

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<v Speaker 2>started giving him examples. When we cleared out our bank

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<v Speaker 2>account in order to give one time, we gave the

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<v Speaker 2>offering away instead of taking the offering, told people to

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<v Speaker 2>go be a blessing in their community.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I told him about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I told him about the egg drop when we dropped

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<v Speaker 2>all these Easter eggs out of a helicopter two months

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<v Speaker 2>into the church and gave away xboxes and trusted God

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<v Speaker 2>that nobody would end up on the news fighting over

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<v Speaker 2>the xbox, and they did it.

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<v Speaker 1>So I said, you got to step out in faith.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just kept listening like I was going through

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<v Speaker 2>a highlight reil of all the times I stepped out

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<v Speaker 2>in faith. Well, I can't say God stopped me, but

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<v Speaker 2>something stopped me on the inside. And I looked at

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<v Speaker 2>that guy, and something on the inside of me said,

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to keep impressing him, keep going, because

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<v Speaker 2>you have stepped out in faith and more than you,

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<v Speaker 2>your your wife, your teen, this church has stepped out

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<v Speaker 2>in faith over and over again. But if you really

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<v Speaker 2>want to help this guy and not just impressing, I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to stop right now listing how you stepped

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<v Speaker 2>out in faith and tell him what the real most

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<v Speaker 2>important skill is. Tell him how to step out in doubt,

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<v Speaker 2>because you keep telling him what you did and then

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<v Speaker 2>what God did, because you did what you did, but

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<v Speaker 2>he needs to know some of what you felt while

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<v Speaker 2>you did what you did, so that God could do

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<v Speaker 2>when only he could do. So I shifted my answer

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle, I said, and all of that is wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't even know that.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't plan this pivot, but I didn't. I just

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<v Speaker 2>stopped right in the middle, I said. But even more

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<v Speaker 2>importantly than those times where you're going to feel an

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<v Speaker 2>amazing sense of courage and confidence that thus saith the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're taking this mountain, and we're taking this city,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're we're going to serve one hundred thousand hours

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<v Speaker 2>to our community in love week.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to tell you about some times where I

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<v Speaker 1>had to have.

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<v Speaker 2>Love Week but I felt hateful, and I felt hateful

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<v Speaker 2>because I had.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people saying things about me that weren't true.

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<v Speaker 2>And I had to stand up and preach love when

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<v Speaker 2>I felt hate.

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<v Speaker 1>So maybe the most important.

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<v Speaker 2>Skill isn't just stepping out in faith, but to learn

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<v Speaker 2>to step out in doubt.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I almost called.

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<v Speaker 2>Discermon that step out in doubt?

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<v Speaker 1>How to step out in doubt?

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<v Speaker 2>But I know how religious you are are, and you

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<v Speaker 2>would say unto me. But James one five through seven says,

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<v Speaker 2>let him who asks asking faith nothing wavering. For he

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<v Speaker 2>that wavereth is like a double minded man, unstable in

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<v Speaker 2>all of his ways, like a wave tossed.

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<v Speaker 1>To and fro let.

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<v Speaker 2>Not that man think he should receive anything. Why only talking,

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<v Speaker 2>King James, when you're arguing with preachers. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>let not that man think he should receive anything from

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a double minded man. I love that scripture,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet I think that a lot of times when

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<v Speaker 2>we see an example of.

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<v Speaker 1>Great faith, it is just as important for us to.

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<v Speaker 2>Realize that wherever there was the demonstration of great faith,

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<v Speaker 2>it was on the other side of strong doubt. Anybody

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<v Speaker 2>who stepped out in faith, which by the way, is

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<v Speaker 2>not a term in the Bible, is a concept in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>It just said we walk by faith. I just read

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<v Speaker 1>it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>But it doesn't necessarily negate the flip side of faith

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<v Speaker 2>for you to walk in it. And that is what

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<v Speaker 2>I hope to show you a little bit today, Just

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<v Speaker 2>a skill I want to give you for your life,

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<v Speaker 2>because I know that you're trying to figure out what

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<v Speaker 2>is the most important skill for raising a two year old?

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<v Speaker 2>What is the most important skill at this stage of

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<v Speaker 2>my life? And some of you would even say, and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't even know, because I'm sixty.

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<v Speaker 1>Two and you're not.

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<v Speaker 2>But I would suggest that whether sixty two or sixteen,

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<v Speaker 2>a four month old.

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<v Speaker 1>Church or a forty year old church, that.

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<v Speaker 2>The most important skill you will build in your life

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<v Speaker 2>is the ability to step out not only when the

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<v Speaker 2>feeling of faith makes it convenient, but when the conviction

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<v Speaker 2>of faith makes it necessary even though the convenience.

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<v Speaker 1>Is nowhere to be seen. Now, I am a skeptic.

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<v Speaker 2>So my kids will tell you. When they tell me anything,

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<v Speaker 2>I always say, what's your source? Because they will just

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<v Speaker 2>tell me the craziest stuff at the dinner table, and

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<v Speaker 2>they will tell me the craziest.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff about politics.

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<v Speaker 2>They will tell me the craziest thing about my own

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<v Speaker 2>staff that they heard. They will tell me the craziest

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<v Speaker 2>thing about what's going on in.

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<v Speaker 1>The larger world of I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>They've told about everything from eyeliner to steroids at my

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<v Speaker 2>dinner table. Did you know steroids are good for you?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, where did you see that?

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<v Speaker 1>Graham? The other day?

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<v Speaker 2>He said this most outrageous thing, he said, Dad, and

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<v Speaker 2>he said it like a fact, just a flat fat

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<v Speaker 2>he said, boom, And he just dropped it. And I said,

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<v Speaker 2>that is the dumbest thing that I've ever heard.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not true. He said, yes it is. I said, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not. And it wasn't really like a disrespectful thing.

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<v Speaker 2>We were kind of playing and he looks back at

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<v Speaker 2>me and he says, yes, it is, it's true. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>it can't be true. He said, yes, it is. I

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<v Speaker 2>saw a thing. Oh oh, you saw a thing. Oh well,

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<v Speaker 2>now it's definitely true because you saw a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell your neighbor you saw a thing. Yeah, so it

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<v Speaker 1>must be true because you saw a thing. You saw

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<v Speaker 1>a thing. So so, son, I know you saw a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>But before I'm gonna believe a thing, you gotta source

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<v Speaker 2>the thing that you saw if you want me to

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<v Speaker 2>believe it. And I'm gonna give you three points at

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<v Speaker 2>the very beginning of this message.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is not the message.

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<v Speaker 2>This is just the points that will build the message,

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<v Speaker 2>that will get to the point of the message.

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<v Speaker 1>Write them down. They all start with the letter B.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are wavering today and if you are wondering today,

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<v Speaker 2>if you can make it to the other side, there

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<v Speaker 2>are three things happening at all times. Number one, you behold.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two, you believe. Number three you behave. We behold.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody say we behold. Come on, put these in the chat.

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<v Speaker 2>I need participation. We behold, we believe, we behave. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought you'd like this LJ because it's B three like

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<v Speaker 2>that organ. Yeah, we behold, we see a thing, Graham said,

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<v Speaker 2>I saw a thing. We have never lived in a

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<v Speaker 2>time where you see more stuff. And I wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>warned my same gray hoodie if I'd have known we

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<v Speaker 2>were going to preach to each other like this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm it's all right. I'm happy to match you.

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<v Speaker 2>I see a thing, and I believe a thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>I behave away.

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<v Speaker 1>I see a thing, which.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know if right now, anything I see

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<v Speaker 2>I used to say I have to see it to

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<v Speaker 2>believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I have to see it and verify.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know if the trees that were in

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<v Speaker 2>my backyard this morning are AI right.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I don't know. They look pretty real.

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<v Speaker 2>Put my hand through the tree to see if it's real.

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<v Speaker 2>Is this a simulation? I don't know. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if they really said that. I get these clips. People

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<v Speaker 2>want to show me stuff all the time. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>what this political candidate said, and I google one time

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<v Speaker 2>and find out they didn't say any of that.

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<v Speaker 1>They made the voice sound just like the lips move.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a weird. I'll just be honest with y'all. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a weird.

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<v Speaker 2>Time to do this, to talk to y'all, because they

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<v Speaker 2>can show you stuff that I said that I didn't say,

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<v Speaker 2>or slice what I do say to.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen, not what I said. And so people will want

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<v Speaker 1>to come up to me, oh, did you hear what

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<v Speaker 1>they said? Did you see what they did? Did you

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<v Speaker 1>hear it? Did you see it?

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<v Speaker 2>And I've learned to tell my kids that I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to see it unless you can source it. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the kind of preaching that I notice nobody

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<v Speaker 2>shouts about. Because we want God to set us free

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<v Speaker 2>of everything but our gossip, everything but our slander. We

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<v Speaker 2>want God to give us peace, but we don't want

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<v Speaker 2>him to meddle with any of the processes that are

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<v Speaker 2>making us anxious. And I am trying to say that

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes you see a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Graham said, I saw a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not doubting that you saw a thing, But for

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<v Speaker 2>you to just see a thing and believe a thing

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<v Speaker 2>is immature. For you to just see a thing and

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<v Speaker 2>believe it is to put too much confidence in your senses,

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<v Speaker 2>because your senses are not your sin.

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<v Speaker 1>Sy When it comes to this fight of faith, the

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<v Speaker 1>spirit is.

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<v Speaker 2>There is coming a time in your life where you

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<v Speaker 2>are going to have to get to the root in

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<v Speaker 2>this season of your life, for the challenges that you face,

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<v Speaker 2>for the responsibilities.

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<v Speaker 1>That you carry.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta calm down because I get excited because I

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<v Speaker 2>see how it all works now, because I realized that

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<v Speaker 2>some of the things that are a problem in my

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<v Speaker 2>behavior are a problem in my belief. But before I

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<v Speaker 2>believe the thing, I had to see a thing. If

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<v Speaker 2>I behold a thing and believe a thing, I will

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<v Speaker 2>behave away. Some of us hate the way we behave,

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<v Speaker 2>but we will not change what we behold. We'll be three.

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<v Speaker 2>Lit'll be three. We'll be three, We'll be three. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So what I behold, I saw a thing. I believe

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<v Speaker 2>the thing, didn't even check it out, seef it's real.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I behave away.

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<v Speaker 2>And so now I have seen so many things making

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<v Speaker 2>me think that that person is my enemy because they're

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<v Speaker 2>of a different political persuasion. And I have beheld enough

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<v Speaker 2>of that information and data in my phone that now

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<v Speaker 2>I behave in a way that is completely contrary to

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<v Speaker 2>the character of Christ, who is bigger than either political party.

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<v Speaker 1>But I can't believe that because I don't behold that

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<v Speaker 1>y'all know this preaching is much better than this response.

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<v Speaker 1>There's an imbalance in the room today.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, do you really believe this that we walk

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<v Speaker 2>by faith not by sight, because because because that means

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<v Speaker 2>faith is not primarily a feeling. That means that faith,

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<v Speaker 2>biblical faith. I'm not talking about manifesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Your dream job, dream card, dream house, dream beach.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna manifest my island. Well, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>have to staff an island, so I'm not manifesting that. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I can barely keep my bed made in my house.

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<v Speaker 2>But biblical faith, whose object is Jesus in the finished

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<v Speaker 2>work that he did on across of his resurrection from

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<v Speaker 2>the deck, kind of faith faith in Jesus and what

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<v Speaker 2>He's done. We walk by faith, the kind of Paul's

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<v Speaker 2>talking about and secret the in chapter five, I'm about

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<v Speaker 2>to show you Moses and Peter, two leaders who both

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<v Speaker 2>needed to step out.

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<v Speaker 1>In doubt with no feeling of faith. Can you do that?

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<v Speaker 1>Can I do that? Do I still do it? Or

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<v Speaker 1>did I just do.

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<v Speaker 2>It when the church was young and I was twenty

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<v Speaker 2>six with nothing to lose? These are the things that

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<v Speaker 2>have been challenging me.

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<v Speaker 1>Faith is not a feeling, it's a behavior.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the best news I've ever given you, because

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<v Speaker 2>what it means watch this is you can be at

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<v Speaker 2>an emotional low and a faith high. So what it

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<v Speaker 2>means is all the people who say, well, you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>doubt or think that, or ever deal with that or

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<v Speaker 2>struggle with that, if you really knew Jesus, it means

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<v Speaker 2>that from now on you get to take them to

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<v Speaker 2>Second Corinthians chapter five, verse seven and say, my faith

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<v Speaker 2>is not about what I feel. It is about the

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<v Speaker 2>way I behave. And I do not mean that if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't behave correctly, you don't have faith.

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<v Speaker 1>What I mean is it's the motion that matters. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me show you what I'm talking about. In Exodus chapter fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a Bible story that I have come to really,

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<v Speaker 2>really love. It is called the Parting of the Red Sea.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, that's only what you call it if you

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<v Speaker 2>fast forward to the part where it parted. We love

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<v Speaker 2>the part where it parted. Just a side note, don't

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<v Speaker 2>you love.

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<v Speaker 1>The part where it parts, the part where God did it?

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<v Speaker 2>I told a songwriting room the other day, I said, y'all,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if we could put ocean splitting or

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<v Speaker 2>mountains moving in any more songs. I think we found

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<v Speaker 2>every way to say that we can. But you know

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<v Speaker 2>is powerful for a reason, because everybody has.

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<v Speaker 1>One of those.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, well, this is the part in Exodus chapter

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen that I think is kind of funny. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to use Exodus fourteen and Matthew fourteen to remind

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<v Speaker 2>you today that it's the motion that matters. You did

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<v Speaker 2>the exact right thing by getting in your car, spending

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<v Speaker 2>your expensive gas money to get to this church on

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<v Speaker 2>this day at this location, because it's the motion that matters.

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<v Speaker 1>And listen to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care if y'all fought all the way here

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<v Speaker 2>and you cuss them out in biblical coin a Greek.

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<v Speaker 2>You did the right thing to drag your cuss and

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<v Speaker 2>tongue in this room so you can have these ears

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<v Speaker 2>sanctified by the word of God, so you can cut

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<v Speaker 2>your cussing in half by the time.

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<v Speaker 1>You get back next week.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's the motion that matters.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't judge where I am.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know where I started from, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have a frame of reference for how hard this is

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<v Speaker 2>for me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the motion that matters. They've come a long way.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses and the children of Israel, they've been through so

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<v Speaker 2>much unimaginable, a four hundred and thirty year cry to

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<v Speaker 2>God that seemed unanswered but not now is not known.

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<v Speaker 2>And at the appointed time God sent a deliverer named Moses,

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<v Speaker 2>who himself was pretty old, and he taught the most

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<v Speaker 2>important skill for this stage of life in old age.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Moses said, I can't speak good and I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Do it, and I killed an.

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<v Speaker 2>Egyptian, and how will I go to Pharaoh's an Egyptian

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<v Speaker 2>and say, let the people go?

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<v Speaker 1>And what they don't believe me?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not a motivational speaker. And Moses, the non

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<v Speaker 2>motivational speaker, ends up with the most important message of

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<v Speaker 2>all time.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he stepped out in doubt. Prove me otherwise. Quote

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<v Speaker 1>every scripture you wanted me.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the greatest leaders God used, told God he

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't do it, and then did it.

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<v Speaker 1>And then did it, and then did it. Well. He

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<v Speaker 1>did all he could do.

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<v Speaker 2>He put some plagues on the people, and he even

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<v Speaker 2>got the Egyptians to give plunder to the Israelites so

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<v Speaker 2>they would not leave empty handed.

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<v Speaker 1>Now with the wealth of an entire nation on their back.

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<v Speaker 1>The children of Israel, two millions strong, are marching boldly.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says, out of Egypt.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Here comes the part that I think is kind

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<v Speaker 2>of funny, and I think this happens in our life.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse ten, when Pharaoh drew near. Pharaoh's the enemy that

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<v Speaker 2>they just left, that they thought they were free from.

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<v Speaker 2>But they weren't quite yet, but they thought they were.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're in motion, right, And then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>Pharaoh the Bible gives exact numbers as six hundred chariots

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<v Speaker 2>and his best fighting men is now chasing them down

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<v Speaker 2>because not only.

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<v Speaker 1>Have they lost their labor, but they've given up their wealth.

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<v Speaker 2>And so Pharaoh drew near, and the people of Israel

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<v Speaker 2>lifted up their eyes. Is the scripture on the screen,

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<v Speaker 2>shout the next word, and they saw something. They saw

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<v Speaker 2>a thing. They saw a thing that they thought they

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<v Speaker 2>had just left. Touch your neighbors, say, I saw a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I was doing pretty good with my eating plan, but

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<v Speaker 2>I was trying to make it practical.

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't texting any girls because I was gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>this season of my life straight.

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<v Speaker 5>But us.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, y'all don't like that. David was on the roof

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<v Speaker 1>one day and he.

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<v Speaker 2>So now look at me all hypocritical and holy sanctimonials,

0:26:10.040 --> 0:26:13.480
<v Speaker 2>like you never saw a thing and beheld something and

0:26:13.520 --> 0:26:16.680
<v Speaker 2>believed something and behaved away. But in order to really

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<v Speaker 2>understand why you're behaving that way, don't you understand why

0:26:18.920 --> 0:26:19.720
<v Speaker 2>you're believing that way?

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<v Speaker 1>And to understand why you're believing that way.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you have to really think back to what you

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<v Speaker 2>beheld that made you believe that. So I completely understand

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<v Speaker 2>what comes next for us to judge the Israelites because

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<v Speaker 2>spoiler alert, they get scared, they see Pharaoh and they

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<v Speaker 2>feel fear.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, how could they do that? God turned seas into highways.

0:26:42.680 --> 0:26:44.080
<v Speaker 1>They didn't know that song.

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<v Speaker 2>They were living it. I'm living this, I'm walking by it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm having to take uncertain steps. I thought God would

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<v Speaker 2>fix me just right before he made me preach to you.

0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:10.040
<v Speaker 2>But the truth is, sometimes I will preach to you

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<v Speaker 2>a lesson that I have limped to.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can do the same.

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<v Speaker 2>Now in this particular instance, it's like you judging an

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic athlete, thinking to yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I could probably do that. No, you probably couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh drew near you ever watched this?

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<v Speaker 2>For it?

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<v Speaker 1>You're like, I think I probably could you. No, I

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<v Speaker 1>probably couldn't do that. Not like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I could do a version of that, but not exactly that.

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<v Speaker 1>They lifted up their eyes.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I want you to really get in this text

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<v Speaker 2>with me today, because I told you we put too.

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<v Speaker 1>Much confidence in our senses.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know we have to use our senses to

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<v Speaker 2>keep ourselves from getting our fingers burned on stoves and

0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:50.320
<v Speaker 2>walking across crowded highways and things like that. But we

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<v Speaker 2>cannot make decisions with our senses when it comes to

0:27:54.440 --> 0:27:56.199
<v Speaker 2>this next step of faith in this season of our

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<v Speaker 2>life and the way we see ourself and the way

0:27:57.680 --> 0:27:59.240
<v Speaker 2>we see the people that God has given us, the

0:27:59.280 --> 0:28:05.960
<v Speaker 2>impact your senses will get you killed. Here's why they

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<v Speaker 2>looked up and behold the Egyptians were marching after them,

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<v Speaker 2>and they feared greatly. Is this a sin, No, it's

0:28:15.960 --> 0:28:26.159
<v Speaker 2>a feeling. The sin is the decision after the feeling. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and God forgives that sin too. But if you really

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<v Speaker 2>want to be free from it, you got to ask

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<v Speaker 2>the question, what did I lift my eyes up and

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<v Speaker 2>see that is dragging me back into a past that

0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:44.960
<v Speaker 2>I said I would leave behind. What is making me

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<v Speaker 2>so afraid that I keep running back to stuff that.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I'm done with.

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<v Speaker 2>What do I keep seeing that makes me fight off

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<v Speaker 2>people that love me?

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<v Speaker 1>What do I keep remembering?

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<v Speaker 6>Is the the devil controlling your whole future with an

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<v Speaker 6>old movie? An old movie I'm talking nineteen eighty eight

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<v Speaker 6>block Buster b.

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<v Speaker 2>Kin Rewind, Karate kids stuff, the devil kids showing you

0:29:19.880 --> 0:29:23.320
<v Speaker 2>stuff you got kicked in nineteen eighty eight, and he

0:29:23.400 --> 0:29:25.719
<v Speaker 2>doesn't even have to resist you anymore. All he has

0:29:25.760 --> 0:29:33.000
<v Speaker 2>to do is get you to rewind. I came to

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<v Speaker 2>find out what are you beholding? Because if you keep

0:29:36.640 --> 0:29:40.960
<v Speaker 2>beholding what they want to feed you. Yes, I'm talking

0:29:41.000 --> 0:29:43.960
<v Speaker 2>about everything that's on our news right now. Yes, I'm

0:29:44.000 --> 0:29:47.560
<v Speaker 2>talking about everybody that's vying for your attention. Your attention

0:29:47.720 --> 0:29:50.479
<v Speaker 2>is too expensive to keep giving it to things that

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<v Speaker 2>do not have your best interest at heart. I know

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying. God said this to me. God said

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<v Speaker 2>this to me. Your attention is too expensive. It is

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<v Speaker 2>costing you your freedom.

0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:16.600
<v Speaker 1>That pornography isn't really free if you could see how

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<v Speaker 1>expensive it was as it affects your intimacy.

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<v Speaker 2>You would run from it, not welcome it. But we

0:30:26.480 --> 0:30:30.720
<v Speaker 2>don't see that part. The enemy always hides the expense

0:30:32.200 --> 0:30:38.960
<v Speaker 2>illuminates the benefits, the feeling of relief. Now the Israelites,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, they're in a physical moment. And I told

0:30:41.720 --> 0:30:43.680
<v Speaker 2>you this was funny, and there's probably nothing funny about

0:30:43.680 --> 0:30:47.080
<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying right now, here's the funny part. Watch

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<v Speaker 2>how Moses wants to deal with this in faith, and

0:30:51.320 --> 0:30:53.800
<v Speaker 2>how God tells Moses to deal with it by faith,

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<v Speaker 2>because this will speak directly to that thing that you

0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:59.719
<v Speaker 2>are overthinking in your mind right now. Just for complete honesty,

0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:02.520
<v Speaker 2>so I'm not up here total by myself naked. How

0:31:02.520 --> 0:31:05.760
<v Speaker 2>many of you are dealing with uncertainty right now in

0:31:05.800 --> 0:31:08.360
<v Speaker 2>an area of your life where you are trying to

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<v Speaker 2>figure out whether the doubt that you have is something

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<v Speaker 2>that you should pay attention to as caution or step

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<v Speaker 2>forward because God is calling you to have faith.

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<v Speaker 1>This will help you.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't tell you exactly right or wrong in this,

0:31:22.960 --> 0:31:24.880
<v Speaker 2>but I can give you a picture. And here's the picture.

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<v Speaker 2>They cried out to the Lord. Verse number ten.

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<v Speaker 1>They cried out to the Lord. This sounds good.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what's supposed to do right very emotional, and they

0:31:33.800 --> 0:31:37.640
<v Speaker 2>should be. Now I'm not minimizing their situation here, but

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<v Speaker 2>watch how quickly they forget what God just did in

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<v Speaker 2>delivering them.

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<v Speaker 1>And watch how quickly fear.

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<v Speaker 2>Can cancel out and make you forget how bad it

0:31:50.080 --> 0:31:54.320
<v Speaker 2>really was where you were. In an attempt to go back,

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<v Speaker 2>they said to Moses, it's because or excuse me, is

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<v Speaker 2>it because there are no graves in Egypt that you've

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<v Speaker 2>taken us away to die in the wilderness. What have

0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:10.880
<v Speaker 2>you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt?

0:32:11.480 --> 0:32:13.200
<v Speaker 2>Is this not what we said to you in Egypt?

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<v Speaker 2>Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians, For

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<v Speaker 2>it would have been better to serve the Egyptians than

0:32:18.720 --> 0:32:24.200
<v Speaker 2>to die in the wilderness, would it. Fear will make

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<v Speaker 2>you think that, depression will make you think that, pressure

0:32:29.640 --> 0:32:30.400
<v Speaker 2>will make you think that.

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<v Speaker 1>And all three of those things are present. So I

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<v Speaker 1>get it. And now Moses, the great.

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<v Speaker 2>Motivational speaker, he's going to give the question an answer

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<v Speaker 2>at the seminar.

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<v Speaker 1>What do we do now? Moses stands up.

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<v Speaker 7>He says he's not a very good speaker, but he's

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<v Speaker 7>given it his best right now, and Moses said to

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<v Speaker 7>the people, fear not, try that again.

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<v Speaker 1>Fear not. Yeah, let's just morek a messy fear not.

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<v Speaker 2>Stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord, which

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<v Speaker 2>he will.

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<v Speaker 1>Work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you.

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<v Speaker 2>See today you shall never see again. And if y'all

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<v Speaker 2>don't shout over verse fourteen, I'm gonna get a new church.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord will fight for you.

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<v Speaker 2>And you have only two Be silent, Oh, be silent.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't shout because he's wrong. Sounds good, but he's wrong

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<v Speaker 2>with shit. We're always that way because sometimes it is.

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<v Speaker 2>But in this case it's wrong. Because there is a

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<v Speaker 2>body of water called the Red Sea in front of you.

0:33:44.920 --> 0:33:45.760
<v Speaker 1>You can't cross it.

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<v Speaker 2>There are chariots from Egypt behind you. You can outrun them.

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<v Speaker 2>So Moses's advice right here, one translation says, you need

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<v Speaker 2>only be still. We've all heard before. Be still and

0:33:58.840 --> 0:34:02.080
<v Speaker 2>know that he is God. And sometimes this will be

0:34:02.200 --> 0:34:08.520
<v Speaker 2>the instruction. But for this moment, for this Moses, for

0:34:08.760 --> 0:34:14.840
<v Speaker 2>this nation, for this situation, being still will get you killed.

0:34:17.080 --> 0:34:21.600
<v Speaker 1>So watch God. I love God. Then the Lord said

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<v Speaker 1>to Moses, why do you cry to me?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's not very nice. Jehovah Jirah. He's supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>be my provider. I'm crying to you because you're Jehovah

0:34:36.800 --> 0:34:40.840
<v Speaker 2>Nissi my banner. I'm crying to you because you're Jehovah

0:34:40.840 --> 0:34:44.600
<v Speaker 2>Shalom my peace. I'm crying to you because I can't

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<v Speaker 2>do this, and I'm emotional, and I'm afraid, and Moses

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<v Speaker 2>is old, and the people are angry, and the peace

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<v Speaker 2>is very slow.

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<v Speaker 1>Look.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, look, if you travel with five kids a lot

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<v Speaker 2>and extra to two hours to get across town, if

0:35:02.120 --> 0:35:07.400
<v Speaker 2>you travel with two million, this isn't going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>very fast.

0:35:09.440 --> 0:35:11.960
<v Speaker 1>And the Lord said to Moses, I know.

0:35:11.880 --> 0:35:13.040
<v Speaker 2>I got a lot on you, and I know it

0:35:13.040 --> 0:35:17.680
<v Speaker 2>seems impossible, but why do you cry to me? Tell

0:35:17.920 --> 0:35:26.279
<v Speaker 2>the people of Israel to go forward? You are not

0:35:26.400 --> 0:35:36.000
<v Speaker 2>going to fix this with emotions. So, Moses, Mozetta, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to appreciate to all genders and people and all that,

0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:43.359
<v Speaker 2>whatever it is that you're looking at right now, I

0:35:43.400 --> 0:35:46.520
<v Speaker 2>want you to know something about emotions. They can be

0:35:46.719 --> 0:35:51.279
<v Speaker 2>helpful guides to get us to a certain place, but

0:35:51.440 --> 0:35:57.319
<v Speaker 2>sometimes sitting with the emotion endlessly just creates more of

0:35:58.239 --> 0:36:01.319
<v Speaker 2>what you are asking God to take you out of

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<v Speaker 2>and the only way to deal with it is to

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<v Speaker 2>go through it.

0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:09.279
<v Speaker 1>Is to go through it.

0:36:10.080 --> 0:36:13.960
<v Speaker 2>And that's what God told Moses. He said, you can

0:36:13.960 --> 0:36:15.759
<v Speaker 2>cry about this all day. We could pray about it.

0:36:15.800 --> 0:36:17.479
<v Speaker 2>You can study a verse about it, you can quote

0:36:17.480 --> 0:36:18.719
<v Speaker 2>about it, you can do all of that.

0:36:19.040 --> 0:36:20.320
<v Speaker 1>But the only way.

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<v Speaker 2>For us to deal with this is for you to

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<v Speaker 2>tell the people to go forward.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there's one more instruction that he.

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<v Speaker 2>Gives Moses, and I thought was significant and really kind

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<v Speaker 2>of silly in the face of the challenge at hand.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, verse sixteen, lift up.

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<v Speaker 2>Your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea

0:36:38.880 --> 0:36:42.200
<v Speaker 2>and divide it that the people of Israel may go

0:36:42.280 --> 0:36:44.640
<v Speaker 2>through the sea on dry ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, that will totally work. How we read the

0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:53.040
<v Speaker 1>Bible with these cotton candy eyes, I'll never even know.

0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:56.080
<v Speaker 2>We got this fake filter we put on all the

0:36:56.120 --> 0:36:57.640
<v Speaker 2>stories like, yeah, that's the way it works.

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<v Speaker 1>Put the staff and.

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<v Speaker 2>Let them go.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw the thing he did it.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw a thing. I saw a movie about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses just put up his staff. It's the difference to

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<v Speaker 2>read the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>And do the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I guarantee you all of my scholarly confidence, low as.

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<v Speaker 1>It may be that Moses's hand was shaking because he's all.

0:37:28.880 --> 0:37:34.160
<v Speaker 2>And because he's scared, but the fact that his hand

0:37:34.320 --> 0:37:35.240
<v Speaker 2>was shaken.

0:37:36.840 --> 0:37:42.359
<v Speaker 1>Did not stop to see from splitting. And what I'm saying.

0:37:42.160 --> 0:37:46.920
<v Speaker 2>Is, you can do it with a shaky hand. You

0:37:47.040 --> 0:37:50.440
<v Speaker 2>can do it with knocking knees. You can do it

0:37:50.480 --> 0:37:53.160
<v Speaker 2>with a lump in your throat. Oh yeah, Taylor, I

0:37:53.200 --> 0:37:54.960
<v Speaker 2>can do it with a broken heart.

0:37:55.840 --> 0:37:58.320
<v Speaker 1>I can prace him with a painful situation.

0:37:59.320 --> 0:38:02.320
<v Speaker 2>I can make progress in a cloudy condition.

0:38:04.840 --> 0:38:09.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, just like that. Give God praise, just like that, Cause.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you today you just lifted your hands freely,

0:38:13.320 --> 0:38:14.520
<v Speaker 2>but some of y'all.

0:38:14.400 --> 0:38:15.720
<v Speaker 1>Your hands felt heavy.

0:38:16.120 --> 0:38:18.600
<v Speaker 2>And I keep meeting people and they say, well, when

0:38:18.640 --> 0:38:22.200
<v Speaker 2>I really feel like it, then I'll praise God, because

0:38:22.239 --> 0:38:24.400
<v Speaker 2>sometimes I don't want to fake it and come to

0:38:24.520 --> 0:38:26.960
<v Speaker 2>church and sing God, You've been so good to me,

0:38:27.239 --> 0:38:29.520
<v Speaker 2>because I don't really feel like He's been good to me.

0:38:29.960 --> 0:38:33.200
<v Speaker 2>But I realized something in the spirit that praise is

0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:38.440
<v Speaker 2>a pushback. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, praise is a pushback.

0:38:39.600 --> 0:38:40.080
<v Speaker 1>Praises.

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<v Speaker 2>How I tell the red sea, you stand here, you

0:38:43.680 --> 0:38:47.840
<v Speaker 2>stand there, praises, How I tell my doubt, you stand here,

0:38:48.160 --> 0:38:51.200
<v Speaker 2>you stand there, and even if I stretch my.

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<v Speaker 1>Hand shaky, it's the motion that matters.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think you need a better staff. The best

0:39:03.719 --> 0:39:08.080
<v Speaker 2>staff can't split a c Stop thinking you need an

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<v Speaker 2>external upgrade. All you need is an internal commitment to

0:39:13.320 --> 0:39:17.160
<v Speaker 2>God that I will step out, not just when I

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<v Speaker 2>feel something, not just when something good happens to me,

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<v Speaker 2>not just.

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<v Speaker 1>When I have a good idea. I'll step out with

0:39:24.000 --> 0:39:26.520
<v Speaker 1>a bad idea and buffet till it shies.

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<v Speaker 2>Telling you the most important skill is right here. Because

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see anywhere in the text.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you do.

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<v Speaker 2>You can go study and write me an email about it.

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<v Speaker 2>If their feelings changed, whether their feelings change, they're still

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<v Speaker 2>mad at Moses.

0:39:48.960 --> 0:39:50.680
<v Speaker 1>Moses is certainly.

0:39:50.480 --> 0:39:54.000
<v Speaker 2>Mad at them because everything I do for my kids

0:39:54.000 --> 0:39:55.600
<v Speaker 2>that they don't think me for, I get mad at

0:39:56.760 --> 0:39:58.600
<v Speaker 2>And this is a pretty big thing he did for.

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<v Speaker 1>Them to get them out.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think sometimes we stay stuck in resentment, and

0:40:04.640 --> 0:40:06.560
<v Speaker 2>then we let us called the root of bitterness, keep

0:40:06.640 --> 0:40:11.840
<v Speaker 2>us anchored to situations that we can move through. And

0:40:11.880 --> 0:40:13.919
<v Speaker 2>everything you feel God knows about, and everything you feel

0:40:13.960 --> 0:40:15.319
<v Speaker 2>God cares about, everything.

0:40:15.000 --> 0:40:19.600
<v Speaker 1>You feel God is comfortable in the presence of But

0:40:19.680 --> 0:40:23.320
<v Speaker 1>you have to let it move through you. By moving

0:40:23.400 --> 0:40:23.839
<v Speaker 1>through it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you always surrender to it, you never gain strength

0:40:33.160 --> 0:40:36.600
<v Speaker 2>or freedom, whatever it is.

0:40:38.440 --> 0:40:41.439
<v Speaker 1>But God, what do you mean? Look at the verse?

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<v Speaker 2>One whole word God gave me here that I think

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be so powerful for somebody. I don't

0:40:46.600 --> 0:40:49.360
<v Speaker 2>want to forget to say it. He said, if you

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<v Speaker 2>be still, you get killed. But that wasn't the word.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the word.

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<v Speaker 2>Why you tell me about this problem? Tell the people

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel to go forward? And I thought to myself,

0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:05.840
<v Speaker 2>wait a minute. They're on foot, the chariots have wheels,

0:41:06.960 --> 0:41:09.920
<v Speaker 2>they have children. All of the people chasing them are

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<v Speaker 2>fighting it. You ever feel like there's nothing you can

0:41:12.320 --> 0:41:15.359
<v Speaker 2>do to catch up now, like you are so far

0:41:15.480 --> 0:41:18.239
<v Speaker 2>behind in your life that even if I run as

0:41:18.280 --> 0:41:20.080
<v Speaker 2>fast as I can, all this I have to drag

0:41:20.160 --> 0:41:20.560
<v Speaker 2>behind me.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Lord said, go forward, watch this, not fast?

0:41:29.520 --> 0:41:37.680
<v Speaker 1>Just forward. Isn't that good? Not fast? He said, it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to be fast.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're loaded down by a lot of things,

0:41:40.800 --> 0:41:43.160
<v Speaker 2>and I know you're on foot, and I know you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get that kind of training, and I know that

0:41:45.440 --> 0:41:48.520
<v Speaker 2>you've lost some years, and I know that you've wasted

0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:50.799
<v Speaker 2>away some opportunities. And I know you killed a few

0:41:50.840 --> 0:41:53.280
<v Speaker 2>brain cells, and I know you closed a few doors,

0:41:53.320 --> 0:41:55.160
<v Speaker 2>and some people that won't call you back. And I

0:41:55.200 --> 0:41:56.800
<v Speaker 2>know there's gonna be some things you're gonna have to

0:41:56.880 --> 0:41:59.480
<v Speaker 2>navigate through. And you feel like what's in front of

0:41:59.480 --> 0:42:01.839
<v Speaker 2>you is too big and what's behind.

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<v Speaker 8>You is too fast. But you don't have to go fast.

0:42:06.120 --> 0:42:14.160
<v Speaker 8>You just have to go forward. Why because after the

0:42:14.200 --> 0:42:19.440
<v Speaker 8>water parts for you, it's gonna close back over your enemies.

0:42:22.480 --> 0:42:27.560
<v Speaker 2>And you're on foot, and Pharaoh has wheels, so it

0:42:27.560 --> 0:42:30.360
<v Speaker 2>would seem like there's no way you can outrun him.

0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:33.319
<v Speaker 2>But there's one thing your enemy didn't count on when

0:42:33.320 --> 0:42:37.640
<v Speaker 2>he was chasing you with this. Chariots wheels don't work

0:42:37.680 --> 0:42:46.720
<v Speaker 2>in water. If Pharaoh was gonna chase you, he should

0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:50.200
<v Speaker 2>have brought a boat. Because what he didn't count on

0:42:50.760 --> 0:42:52.719
<v Speaker 2>is that when you do help me.

0:42:52.719 --> 0:42:56.480
<v Speaker 1>Preach before I have a cardiac arrest in front.

0:42:56.280 --> 0:43:01.520
<v Speaker 2>Of two thousand people, God said, I'm not looking for

0:43:01.560 --> 0:43:04.080
<v Speaker 2>you to be fast enough. I'm not looking for you

0:43:04.160 --> 0:43:06.439
<v Speaker 2>to make up for time that you lost. I don't

0:43:06.600 --> 0:43:09.960
<v Speaker 2>make up the time you lost. How redeem the years

0:43:10.320 --> 0:43:11.279
<v Speaker 2>that the kicker.

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<v Speaker 5>Worm has He I'll deal with your past. I'll deal

0:43:15.840 --> 0:43:19.680
<v Speaker 5>with your credit, I deal with your boss, I'll deal

0:43:19.719 --> 0:43:21.560
<v Speaker 5>with the market, I'll deal with the.

0:43:24.680 --> 0:43:31.080
<v Speaker 2>Hot five seven people say, will still working water, will

0:43:31.160 --> 0:43:36.080
<v Speaker 2>still work in water when you get out here in faith,

0:43:36.440 --> 0:43:37.680
<v Speaker 2>there's not a thing.

0:43:37.520 --> 0:43:40.200
<v Speaker 1>The devil can do to drag your back.

0:43:40.600 --> 0:43:43.360
<v Speaker 5>God's wheels don't work in water.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear what I'm saying. I don't have to be fast.

0:43:51.200 --> 0:43:55.160
<v Speaker 2>I just gotta move forward because your stuck wheel can't

0:43:55.200 --> 0:44:05.240
<v Speaker 2>catch my slow feet. You will journey with me now

0:44:06.040 --> 0:44:12.440
<v Speaker 2>over twelve hundred miles to another sea. In scripture, over,

0:44:12.640 --> 0:44:15.640
<v Speaker 2>excuse me, two hundred miles in twelve hundred years.

0:44:16.200 --> 0:44:19.120
<v Speaker 1>So we're covering a great distance. I understand that.

0:44:20.120 --> 0:44:22.799
<v Speaker 2>And if I may fast forward for a moment to

0:44:22.920 --> 0:44:26.160
<v Speaker 2>one of your favorite Bible stories, because you want to

0:44:26.200 --> 0:44:27.520
<v Speaker 2>be like this guy so much.

0:44:29.440 --> 0:44:33.720
<v Speaker 1>Old Peter, old.

0:44:33.560 --> 0:44:39.319
<v Speaker 2>Fish and empty net, foulmouth gospel preaching, Peter, Oh, you're

0:44:39.360 --> 0:44:47.440
<v Speaker 2>hacking Peter Old Pentecost Sunday, Peter, Oh, Simon, Peter, Oh,

0:44:47.520 --> 0:44:48.120
<v Speaker 2>crazy Peter.

0:44:49.680 --> 0:44:50.560
<v Speaker 1>Old Peter took.

0:44:50.360 --> 0:44:52.040
<v Speaker 2>His boat, let Jesus preach in it, and then took

0:44:52.080 --> 0:44:54.959
<v Speaker 2>his boat and did whatever Jesus told him all around

0:44:55.000 --> 0:44:58.680
<v Speaker 2>the Sea of Galilee, Matthew chapter fourteen says that Jesus

0:44:58.719 --> 0:45:01.480
<v Speaker 2>performed a great miracle fed fi thousand men, women and children.

0:45:01.480 --> 0:45:03.360
<v Speaker 2>I told you last week, don't let the math distract you.

0:45:04.400 --> 0:45:06.319
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter how many there are, matters how much

0:45:06.320 --> 0:45:16.759
<v Speaker 2>he is. Oh, it doesn't matter how many they are.

0:45:16.800 --> 0:45:19.600
<v Speaker 2>It matters how much he is, greater as he that

0:45:19.719 --> 0:45:22.840
<v Speaker 2>is in. I gotta teach you all the Bible, so

0:45:22.920 --> 0:45:25.920
<v Speaker 2>y'all know this stuff so you can step out in

0:45:27.120 --> 0:45:28.960
<v Speaker 2>doubt and change.

0:45:28.760 --> 0:45:31.360
<v Speaker 4>It to faith. The step is what makes it faith,

0:45:31.800 --> 0:45:36.960
<v Speaker 4>not the feeling. The step is what makes it faith.

0:45:37.160 --> 0:45:41.640
<v Speaker 4>The behavior. You gotta switch this thing. You keep beholding,

0:45:42.600 --> 0:45:48.480
<v Speaker 4>believing and then behaving. But if we can switch it,

0:45:49.040 --> 0:45:51.279
<v Speaker 4>if we can switch it, if you.

0:45:51.239 --> 0:45:57.719
<v Speaker 2>Could believe and behave according to what you believe, you

0:45:57.760 --> 0:46:01.160
<v Speaker 2>would behold things that you don't even know where possible.

0:46:04.320 --> 0:46:07.680
<v Speaker 2>Then you'll see a thing. Then you'll see a thing.

0:46:08.920 --> 0:46:13.440
<v Speaker 2>You'll see a thing, and you'll speak a thing. God says,

0:46:14.080 --> 0:46:16.839
<v Speaker 2>I'm not forsaken. You'll see a thing, you'll feel a thing,

0:46:17.160 --> 0:46:19.439
<v Speaker 2>and you'll speak a thing. God says, no weapon formed

0:46:19.440 --> 0:46:22.719
<v Speaker 2>against me will prosper. You'll see a thing and you'll

0:46:22.760 --> 0:46:25.759
<v Speaker 2>speak a thing. It is for his glory, not my

0:46:25.880 --> 0:46:27.399
<v Speaker 2>self righteousness. That I have been saved.

0:46:27.440 --> 0:46:28.840
<v Speaker 1>It is the gift of God, not of works, so

0:46:28.920 --> 0:46:29.560
<v Speaker 1>that no one can both.

0:46:29.680 --> 0:46:32.239
<v Speaker 2>You'll see a thing, and you will speak a thing,

0:46:32.800 --> 0:46:35.080
<v Speaker 2>and the devil will show you things all the time

0:46:35.120 --> 0:46:36.920
<v Speaker 2>in your mind. Oh yeah, he doesn't even have to

0:46:36.960 --> 0:46:39.319
<v Speaker 2>do it physically. He showed Jesus all the kingdoms of

0:46:39.360 --> 0:46:42.200
<v Speaker 2>this world right in his own mind during the forty

0:46:42.280 --> 0:46:46.719
<v Speaker 2>day fast. But Jesus saw another thing. I want to

0:46:46.760 --> 0:46:49.080
<v Speaker 2>teach you how to see another thing. Matthew Chapter fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says that the disciples got in the boat

0:46:52.000 --> 0:46:56.719
<v Speaker 2>why because Jesus told them to go to the other side.

0:46:57.080 --> 0:47:00.759
<v Speaker 2>Tell your neighbor, I want you to see once on

0:47:00.800 --> 0:47:06.640
<v Speaker 2>your other side, so you cannot die in this storm.

0:47:07.719 --> 0:47:10.840
<v Speaker 1>Tell him you can cry.

0:47:09.800 --> 0:47:15.920
<v Speaker 2>You can complain, you can rest, but you can't quit, because.

0:47:15.640 --> 0:47:19.080
<v Speaker 1>It's the motion that matters. Clap your hands if.

0:47:19.000 --> 0:47:21.640
<v Speaker 2>You know it's the motion that matters, now, Matthew fourteen.

0:47:23.520 --> 0:47:27.360
<v Speaker 1>Matthew fourteen. After feeding five.

0:47:27.200 --> 0:47:32.040
<v Speaker 2>Thousand, immediately Jesus verse twenty two made the disciples get

0:47:32.080 --> 0:47:35.640
<v Speaker 2>into the boat and go before him to the other side.

0:47:36.480 --> 0:47:39.200
<v Speaker 2>While he dismissed the crowd Notice what he didn't give

0:47:39.239 --> 0:47:42.759
<v Speaker 2>them an agenda. Notice what he didn't give them information.

0:47:43.239 --> 0:47:47.359
<v Speaker 2>Notice what he didn't give them a timetable. I thought

0:47:47.360 --> 0:47:47.759
<v Speaker 2>about my.

0:47:47.800 --> 0:47:51.640
<v Speaker 1>Dog Bo here. I thought about how I don't know

0:47:51.680 --> 0:47:53.200
<v Speaker 1>if y'all know, we have a Boston terior.

0:47:53.880 --> 0:47:55.319
<v Speaker 2>It was kind of a big deal in the church

0:47:55.360 --> 0:47:57.719
<v Speaker 2>because for years I told the family that they were

0:47:57.760 --> 0:48:00.480
<v Speaker 2>not responsible enough to have a dog. Was right, but

0:48:00.520 --> 0:48:03.000
<v Speaker 2>I bought him on anyway, Holly and Abbey, of course,

0:48:03.040 --> 0:48:06.560
<v Speaker 2>have done wonderfully with Bo. Graham has fulfilled every prophecy

0:48:06.640 --> 0:48:09.320
<v Speaker 2>I had of his irresponsibility.

0:48:08.440 --> 0:48:10.200
<v Speaker 1>About the dog, because he saw a thing.

0:48:10.520 --> 0:48:16.800
<v Speaker 4>All right, now, love your body.

0:48:18.040 --> 0:48:22.960
<v Speaker 2>Bo is an anxiety dog. Not that he helps us

0:48:23.000 --> 0:48:28.000
<v Speaker 2>with our anxiety. He has so much anxiety, and incrementally

0:48:28.080 --> 0:48:28.719
<v Speaker 2>it's getting worse.

0:48:28.719 --> 0:48:30.279
<v Speaker 1>I'll show you a picture of Bow real quick, put

0:48:30.320 --> 0:48:30.760
<v Speaker 1>on screen.

0:48:31.880 --> 0:48:34.880
<v Speaker 2>And that picture was sent to us while we were

0:48:34.920 --> 0:48:37.880
<v Speaker 2>away on a trip for elevation nights preaching and ministering,

0:48:37.920 --> 0:48:41.360
<v Speaker 2>and one of our wonderful people that are on the

0:48:41.400 --> 0:48:43.400
<v Speaker 2>team was send us a picture to show us Bo.

0:48:43.680 --> 0:48:46.319
<v Speaker 2>And we all said to each other, we can't tell

0:48:46.360 --> 0:48:49.560
<v Speaker 2>from that picture whether he's freaking out, losing his mind,

0:48:49.640 --> 0:48:51.479
<v Speaker 2>or having the time of his life because they both

0:48:51.560 --> 0:48:55.520
<v Speaker 2>make the same face. That's how he looks when he's horrified,

0:48:55.560 --> 0:48:58.840
<v Speaker 2>that's how he looks when he's happy. And so you

0:48:58.880 --> 0:49:01.040
<v Speaker 2>can't really tell what's going on from that picture. Now

0:49:01.040 --> 0:49:03.320
<v Speaker 2>you can take it down. But there are two things

0:49:03.360 --> 0:49:06.440
<v Speaker 2>that bo will be scared of, and both of these.

0:49:06.320 --> 0:49:09.239
<v Speaker 1>Fears are acquired. Acquired. I don't think he had them

0:49:09.239 --> 0:49:10.880
<v Speaker 1>when we first got him. We got him very little.

0:49:11.000 --> 0:49:12.640
<v Speaker 1>And please don't send any emails for how to remedy

0:49:12.640 --> 0:49:13.000
<v Speaker 1>any of this.

0:49:13.520 --> 0:49:17.120
<v Speaker 2>He's already under the supervision of a wonderful veterinarian and

0:49:17.120 --> 0:49:20.319
<v Speaker 2>Holly's working on all of that. But anytime that he

0:49:20.520 --> 0:49:30.960
<v Speaker 2>sees everybody say sees these two things a suitcase, or anytime.

0:49:30.440 --> 0:49:32.680
<v Speaker 1>He hears a storm.

0:49:34.360 --> 0:49:38.880
<v Speaker 2>So he's afraid of two things, a suitcase and a

0:49:38.920 --> 0:49:43.760
<v Speaker 2>storm because the first one a suitcase. He's seen those before,

0:49:44.800 --> 0:49:48.120
<v Speaker 2>and sometimes when he sees one of those, we're back

0:49:48.880 --> 0:49:51.440
<v Speaker 2>twenty four hours later. He didn't even have time to

0:49:51.440 --> 0:49:55.640
<v Speaker 2>miss us. But we've been gone from him two weeks before,

0:49:55.960 --> 0:49:59.120
<v Speaker 2>and I think he likes us because when the suitcase

0:49:59.160 --> 0:50:01.800
<v Speaker 2>comes out, he starts following us everywhere. How many of

0:50:01.840 --> 0:50:04.439
<v Speaker 2>y'all your dog does the same thing, because not because

0:50:04.480 --> 0:50:06.080
<v Speaker 2>you're leaving, but because I don't know how long it's

0:50:06.080 --> 0:50:06.440
<v Speaker 2>gonna be.

0:50:06.440 --> 0:50:08.279
<v Speaker 1>Because you don't have a way to communicate this to me.

0:50:10.320 --> 0:50:15.680
<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, I'll see on the other side, here's your suitcase.

0:50:16.800 --> 0:50:21.759
<v Speaker 1>And the disciples are like, yeah, but like we're gonna

0:50:21.760 --> 0:50:22.480
<v Speaker 1>be there a while.

0:50:23.600 --> 0:50:25.680
<v Speaker 2>You come in to night, you come in on, how

0:50:25.719 --> 0:50:28.560
<v Speaker 2>much time you need alone, I know you're tired. None

0:50:28.560 --> 0:50:28.719
<v Speaker 2>of that.

0:50:28.920 --> 0:50:34.759
<v Speaker 1>Just this is not good. I call it transition.

0:50:35.280 --> 0:50:43.200
<v Speaker 2>With no timestamp, I can't fast forward to know how

0:50:43.239 --> 0:50:46.040
<v Speaker 2>this ends or how we get back. And Jesus certainly

0:50:46.080 --> 0:50:48.200
<v Speaker 2>didn't tell them what happened next, because not only did

0:50:48.200 --> 0:50:50.960
<v Speaker 2>they have a suitcase, but they had a storm. That's

0:50:50.960 --> 0:50:53.560
<v Speaker 2>the second thing both afraid of. And as you know,

0:50:53.600 --> 0:50:56.920
<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have to see anything or even really hear anything.

0:50:58.320 --> 0:51:03.680
<v Speaker 2>This worrisome dog, this prayerless dog, who does not trust

0:51:03.680 --> 0:51:04.160
<v Speaker 2>God at all.

0:51:05.600 --> 0:51:07.160
<v Speaker 1>If I tell.

0:51:07.040 --> 0:51:11.920
<v Speaker 2>You he can smell a storm three weeks before it happens,

0:51:12.520 --> 0:51:14.360
<v Speaker 2>he'll know his Thursday two pm, I need to have

0:51:14.400 --> 0:51:16.480
<v Speaker 2>a panic attack, and he will prep for the panic attack.

0:51:17.280 --> 0:51:18.960
<v Speaker 1>Tell you is true? Is it true? Is it true?

0:51:18.960 --> 0:51:19.480
<v Speaker 1>The dog is?

0:51:19.480 --> 0:51:21.600
<v Speaker 2>The dog is losing his mind, and we're working on that.

0:51:22.280 --> 0:51:25.960
<v Speaker 2>But I bring it to you as an illustration to

0:51:26.040 --> 0:51:30.920
<v Speaker 2>say that we all deal with suitcases and storms, and

0:51:30.960 --> 0:51:35.759
<v Speaker 2>we're really not much different than the dog. Because I

0:51:35.800 --> 0:51:39.080
<v Speaker 2>don't know how long I'm gonna have to be in

0:51:39.120 --> 0:51:44.120
<v Speaker 2>this transitional place, I'll know how long they're gonna like me.

0:51:44.640 --> 0:51:46.920
<v Speaker 2>I don't know how long till they decide to leave me,

0:51:47.040 --> 0:51:47.960
<v Speaker 2>like the last.

0:51:47.680 --> 0:51:48.600
<v Speaker 1>Person did too.

0:51:49.560 --> 0:51:52.239
<v Speaker 2>I've seen this before, and I'm not okay with it,

0:51:52.320 --> 0:51:55.240
<v Speaker 2>not because of the transition, but because.

0:51:55.640 --> 0:51:56.600
<v Speaker 1>I don't know the time.

0:51:56.680 --> 0:52:01.200
<v Speaker 2>Dable imagine now you are not only a disciple in

0:52:01.320 --> 0:52:07.160
<v Speaker 2>transition suitcase, but as you are transitioning verse twenty three.

0:52:07.520 --> 0:52:09.719
<v Speaker 2>After he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on

0:52:09.719 --> 0:52:12.680
<v Speaker 2>the mountain side by himself to pray, and when evening came,

0:52:12.719 --> 0:52:15.880
<v Speaker 2>he was there alone. But the boat by this time

0:52:16.160 --> 0:52:20.920
<v Speaker 2>was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves,

0:52:21.880 --> 0:52:25.960
<v Speaker 2>for the wind was against them. Now I've got a

0:52:26.040 --> 0:52:30.719
<v Speaker 2>suitcase and a storm. I would never pull out a

0:52:30.760 --> 0:52:33.520
<v Speaker 2>suitcase during a storm in front of boat. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it might be his last puppy moment memory, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>happening at the same time in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's a transition, and it's trouble, and I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Stepping out in doubt, and I've got things validating that

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<v Speaker 2>this may not be the best time. And so what

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<v Speaker 2>do I do?

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<v Speaker 1>Well? Watch this as they are rowing.

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<v Speaker 2>Visibility is low, timetable, uncertain, their life in the balance,

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<v Speaker 2>their future very very questionable. The Bible says, now you

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<v Speaker 2>believe the Bible, right, come on, you believe the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see something in the Bible today.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says the wind was against them, and in

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth watch of the Night, verse twenty five, he

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<v Speaker 2>came to them walking on the sea. But when the

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<v Speaker 2>disciples saw a thing walking on the sea, they were terrified.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's Jesus. But they don't know that. They just

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<v Speaker 2>see a thing. They don't know the thing they're looking at.

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<v Speaker 2>And the thing that they're afraid of is the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that they were praying for. Touch somebody, say help is

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<v Speaker 2>on the way. He came out to them walking on

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<v Speaker 2>the sea, and they were terrified and said it's a ghost.

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<v Speaker 2>And they cried out like the Israelites in fear. But

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<v Speaker 2>immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, take.

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<v Speaker 1>Heart, it is I do not be afraid.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I need to ask a question, because I am

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<v Speaker 2>not surprised that Jesus can walk on water.

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<v Speaker 1>He can do whatever he want with what he's spoke

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<v Speaker 1>into existence.

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<v Speaker 2>Colossian says, all things were created by him, for him,

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<v Speaker 2>through him, and not anything that was made was made,

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<v Speaker 2>but that it was made in him, by him and

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<v Speaker 2>for him. I am not surprised that he can transcend

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<v Speaker 2>what he spoke. I am not surprised that he can

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<v Speaker 2>suspend the laws of buoyancy. I am not surprised that

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<v Speaker 2>he is on water. Look at verse twenty five. I'm surprised.

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<v Speaker 2>Why are you walking? If they're in trouble, shouldn't you run?

0:54:38.960 --> 0:54:40.359
<v Speaker 2>Shouldn't you hurry up to get there?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you walking? Why are you walking? God?

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<v Speaker 2>Why you tell me not know?

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<v Speaker 1>When my brother Lazarus is sick? Why are you walking?

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<v Speaker 2>Come on?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you walking? Jesus? And the question is why

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<v Speaker 1>don't you? Because that's what matters in this moment he said,

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<v Speaker 1>it is, I do not be afraid. Next verse.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the guy you want to be like. Right

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<v Speaker 2>next verse, please on my screen. Next verse, the next one,

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<v Speaker 2>the next, next one, now that one, that one, the

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<v Speaker 2>one before that twenty eight twenty eight, Hey, there we go,

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<v Speaker 2>and Peter answered him.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord, if it is you, if watch him get delivered

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<v Speaker 1>on an if, well, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotta step out on what is pete is the substance

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<v Speaker 2>of things helped for? But I can't see it right now,

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<v Speaker 2>so I gotta step out on.

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<v Speaker 1>Doubt. But Hugh does just like a wave of the sea,

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<v Speaker 1>tossed and driven Your quote and diverse wrong. That's about

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<v Speaker 1>your confidence in God, not your confidence in you.

0:56:07.760 --> 0:56:10.000
<v Speaker 2>Peter doesn't question what Jesus can do. He just questions,

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<v Speaker 2>is a you? That's the thing nobody tells us. If

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<v Speaker 2>it's you, how many of you are walking on an if?

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<v Speaker 1>Right now? Just if? Just if? If it's you, command

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<v Speaker 1>me to come to you on the water.

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<v Speaker 2>Next verse, Jesus talks to Peter like he's bo come.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh. That's like how you talk to a dog.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you need to simplify what you do next in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Sometimes you are so complicated that you can't

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<v Speaker 2>be saved because you over complicated. Sometimes it is as

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<v Speaker 2>simple as one four letter word, come, come, come.

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<v Speaker 1>If it is you, tell me to come, she said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>let me give you seventeen proofs to this me. No no, no, no. Come.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll show you who I am while you walk toward me.

0:57:03.239 --> 0:57:05.680
<v Speaker 1>I'll show you who I am while you walk toward me.

0:57:07.040 --> 0:57:09.479
<v Speaker 2>You meet me tomorrow morning with your Bible. I'll show

0:57:09.520 --> 0:57:12.239
<v Speaker 2>you who I am while you walk toward me. You

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<v Speaker 2>say you're sorry for what you did and own that

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<v Speaker 2>thing and move forward in it, and set up an

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<v Speaker 2>appointment to work through the root issues so it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>happen again.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll show you who I am while you walk

0:57:22.320 --> 0:57:22.680
<v Speaker 1>toward me.

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<v Speaker 2>For we walk by faith, not by sight. He told Peter, come,

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<v Speaker 2>and so Peter verse twenty nine, got out the boat

0:57:37.880 --> 0:57:44.600
<v Speaker 2>and walked on the water. Wouldn't you run? Maybe that's

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<v Speaker 2>all he could do in that moment, was just walk.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how it makes it any safer to

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<v Speaker 2>walk on water than.

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<v Speaker 1>To run on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Or maybe there's a lesson the day that wait on

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord will re knew their strength.

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<v Speaker 1>They will walk and not be weary. They will walk.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what it is is. Walking.

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<v Speaker 2>My faith is stepping out on doubt and finding out

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<v Speaker 2>He's good. You have got to do this thing doubting

0:58:20.720 --> 0:58:24.280
<v Speaker 2>so that God can give you faith when your foot hits.

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<v Speaker 1>The next step. That is how I see you.

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<v Speaker 2>I do not see you as a horrible person who

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't really trust God because you're struggling right now to

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<v Speaker 2>even think he hears your prayers.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see you that way. I see it kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like Peter, like if if if, if.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus does not rebuke you for your feelings, because

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<v Speaker 2>it's the motion.

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<v Speaker 1>That matters.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop punishing yourself for having the wrong emotions.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep showing up and see what God does.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, keep showing up and keep saying, Okay, God, what

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<v Speaker 2>can I learn from that? This is the discipline of discipleshift.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the motion that matters. Is not how fast you

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<v Speaker 2>can get to him. Peter steps out of the boat,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not about how fast he gets to Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>because he's walking, and he's walking, and you will notice

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<v Speaker 2>that the Bible says in verse thirty, when he saw

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<v Speaker 2>the wind, he was afraid. He what he saw a thing,

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<v Speaker 2>And when he saw a thing, he lost sight of

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<v Speaker 2>someone that was greater than the thing that he saw.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm almost there. It's the motion that matters. The wind

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<v Speaker 2>was blowing the whole time. That's not what knocked you down.

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<v Speaker 2>It was when your eyes shifted to the thing and

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<v Speaker 2>not the one who is greater than all fans. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what happened. And when he saw the wind, he was

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<v Speaker 2>afraid and beginning to sink. He cried out, please let

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<v Speaker 2>me minister this to you today, Lord save me.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold

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<v Speaker 1>of him. Say unto him, you have little faith. Why'd

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<v Speaker 1>you doubt you'd be like? See what he doubted? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but he didn't drown, did he? You won't drown stepping out.

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<v Speaker 2>You drown if you have a pity party and plan

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<v Speaker 2>your funeral in the place of your last disappointment.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how you drown. But if you move forward, God's

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<v Speaker 1>got something for you. God's got someone for you. God's

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<v Speaker 1>got a fresh word for you. God's got manna everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>in your wilderness. God's got fruit in Canaan waiting the

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<v Speaker 1>right time to come up out of the ground. Why

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<v Speaker 1>did you die? See, it's not how fast Peter could

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<v Speaker 1>get to Jesus. Give me Verse thirty one. Immediately Jesus reached.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not how fast you can get to Jesus, is

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<v Speaker 2>how fast he can get to you. Because it's the

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<v Speaker 2>motion that matters. So let's wage Warren push back on

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<v Speaker 2>anxiety today. It's not how quick the panic attack comes

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<v Speaker 2>on you. It's how quickly God can come in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of the attack and deliver you from the fowler's snare.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the motion that matters. It has never hinged on

1:01:49.120 --> 1:01:52.280
<v Speaker 2>your gift. It has never hinged on your goodness. It

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<v Speaker 2>is never hinged on your right stepping.

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<v Speaker 1>It's on his right reaching. This is not the step

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<v Speaker 1>that counts. This has God got.

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<v Speaker 2>You in a season right now that He is teaching

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<v Speaker 2>you to reach for him Because God, I have my doubts.

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<v Speaker 2>If I could tell you one skill that you need

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<v Speaker 2>to learn in your life, it's to reach for.

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<v Speaker 1>Him when you sink like a rock, reach for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't run from him.

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<v Speaker 2>You keep getting taught that you can't come to God

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<v Speaker 2>unless you perfectly have faith. Tell Peter he got back

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<v Speaker 2>in the boat and set an Olympic.

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<v Speaker 1>World record for water walking. I don't care if it

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<v Speaker 1>was two seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>He beat John, he beat James, he beat barked all

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<v Speaker 2>of you. All they got was a boat ride. Peter

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<v Speaker 2>got a world record. You can have bronze, you can

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<v Speaker 2>have silver. Give me my gold medal because I stepped

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<v Speaker 2>out and I slipped, but he reached out, had I

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<v Speaker 2>sun hand. I'm here today worship big help. Does I

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<v Speaker 2>got tho shit? I got bushit, I got a mirror

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<v Speaker 2>a goal because I got moulship.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the motion that matters.

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<v Speaker 2>Just about the time Peter sees a thing the wind,

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<v Speaker 2>he sees another thing, the hand of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to see another thing. I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to see another thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see another thing, maybe, just maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>if you could walk by faith, if you can believe,

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<v Speaker 2>you will behold.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can believe. I'm trying to say, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to see it to believe it. You have to

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<v Speaker 1>believe it to see it.

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<v Speaker 2>One prophet said, I hear the sound of the abundance

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<v Speaker 2>of rain, and the man said, there's nothing there.

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<v Speaker 1>Six times he said go back wide, because it's the

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<v Speaker 1>motion that matters. And the seventh time, the servants say,

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<v Speaker 1>I can see a cloud.

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<v Speaker 2>Heavy with rain, and it looks like it's tiny, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's headed our way.

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<v Speaker 1>I can see a cloud heavy with rain.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I see the wind, but I see something else.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like revival head and miles. Yeah, I see

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<v Speaker 1>the bills, but I see something else. I can see

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<v Speaker 1>a cloud heavy with rain. What's it looked like? And

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like freedom?

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<v Speaker 2>Tell pharoh, it's headed.

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<v Speaker 1>All the way. I get see it heavy? Hey up?

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<v Speaker 1>What he's heavy?

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<v Speaker 2>It looks like.

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