WEBVTT - You Must Be Important Part 2

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 3>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 3>You know how I know you're important.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes boldness to call your sermon you must be important.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes boldness to call your sermon that. But I

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<v Speaker 2>know it not because of the car you drive, not

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<v Speaker 2>because of the house you live in, not because I

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<v Speaker 2>looked up how.

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<v Speaker 3>Many Instagram followers you have.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're important because of your storm. See the

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<v Speaker 2>size of your storm tells me something about your importance.

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<v Speaker 2>The size of your storm lets me know the importance

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<v Speaker 2>of your assignment.

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<v Speaker 3>The devil doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Start a storm for somebody who is not threatened by If.

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<v Speaker 3>You're going through a storm, there's something so big on

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<v Speaker 3>the other side. And if you met.

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<v Speaker 2>High five three, people say you must be important because

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<v Speaker 2>that big, bad devil's been huffing and puffing and he

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<v Speaker 2>thought he would blow your house down.

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<v Speaker 4>But the trial to serve to prove your foundation.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, my house is on the rock.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't. I was so confused for so long.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought the storm meant that God had left me,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, But in this passage, the storm means He's

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<v Speaker 2>on the way.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you hear what I said?

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<v Speaker 5>If you're going through a storm right now, or if

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<v Speaker 5>one happens to hit on Thursday morning, I want you

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<v Speaker 5>to know that the storm is a sign that Grace

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<v Speaker 5>is on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says the storm came up suddenly the moment

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus started in the direction of the man, here came

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<v Speaker 2>a storm, not because God wasn't with him, but precisely

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<v Speaker 2>because he was headed.

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<v Speaker 3>In his direction.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So if that's true, if what I just

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<v Speaker 2>said is true, that there is a storm that proves

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<v Speaker 2>nobody attacks what isn't valuable, I promise you if I

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<v Speaker 2>went to play Game seven today, Lebron wouldn't guard me.

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<v Speaker 1>I promise you.

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<v Speaker 2>They would let me run all round that court and

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<v Speaker 2>do whatever I wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 3>They would hand me the ball gladly.

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<v Speaker 1>You only guard.

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<v Speaker 2>Why would you guard someone who wasn't in a position

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<v Speaker 2>to score?

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're important. Look here, Brooke.

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<v Speaker 2>When I prepared this message, I was like everybody won't

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<v Speaker 2>get this message because they'll do this thing. When I

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<v Speaker 2>get to this man called Legion and I say he

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<v Speaker 2>was living among the tombs and cutting himself with stones,

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<v Speaker 2>they would disassociate themselves and say, well, I got some problems,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm not that bad. And when he says my

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<v Speaker 2>name is Legion, they'll back up off of him and

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<v Speaker 2>they'll disassociate in the text and they'll say, well, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>like the Disciples going through a storm, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>the man called Legion.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, are you so sure?

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<v Speaker 2>Because it said he lived among the tombs, so you

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<v Speaker 2>don't go to dead places?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you sure?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you sure this isn't you somewhere in here? It

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<v Speaker 2>may have a different demonstration, but it's the same dynamic

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<v Speaker 2>because they said they would try to chain him up

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<v Speaker 2>and he would break the chains and they couldn't hold

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<v Speaker 2>him anymore, and he would hurt himself. Are you telling

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<v Speaker 2>me there's no area of your life where you're out

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<v Speaker 2>of control? I started to study the text, thinking I

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<v Speaker 2>was like Jesus, and who do I need to go help.

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<v Speaker 2>The more I studied it, I thought maybe there's some

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<v Speaker 2>Legion in me. I don't mean demonic possession, But I

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<v Speaker 2>do mean oppression. I've got my own chains. I'll tell

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<v Speaker 2>you the greatest secret God ever showed me about you,

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<v Speaker 2>Yes you. He told me that all y'all are crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>True story.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew the man was crazy when he got on

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<v Speaker 2>the boat. It didn't stop him from coming. That got

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<v Speaker 2>me excited. I figure maybe he knows about my issues too.

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<v Speaker 3>I am Legion.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, Legion is six thousand foot soldiers. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of demons. Jesus said, what is your name? You

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<v Speaker 2>know my name? Do you know yours? Do you know

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<v Speaker 2>who you are? Or do you have so many different

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<v Speaker 2>personas you know, because we're all Legion, we're all a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of Legion. There are many means. Somebody told

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<v Speaker 2>me that looks just like me. They say she's your

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<v Speaker 2>mini me. I was like, you don't know how true

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<v Speaker 2>that is. There are many mes.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh. There's online you. There's Sunday Morning you. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>only one I ever get to see.

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<v Speaker 2>But then I found out there's a Friday night You.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't make me interview your spouse, please, I will pull

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<v Speaker 2>them up here and give them the mic.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a you.

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<v Speaker 2>Only she knows he knows there's a youth that only

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<v Speaker 2>you know, there's a youth that cries out there or not.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't cut yourself with stones, I understand that.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes you inflict pain on yourself and you can't

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<v Speaker 2>stop it, and you don't even know why you keep

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<v Speaker 2>pushing people away. You've been living among the tombs so long.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody's tomb is them all. Somebody's tomb is pornography. Somebody's

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<v Speaker 2>tomb is an addiction that if we named it in

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<v Speaker 2>the room, you think surely that person wouldn't come to church.

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<v Speaker 2>You be surprised how quick the demons run to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Those demons ran before Jesus and fell before him and said,

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<v Speaker 2>don't make us leave. Got it like we wanted here?

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<v Speaker 2>We got these people on lockdown. But they knew that

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<v Speaker 2>this man was important to Jesus, and they knew they

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<v Speaker 2>knew that they were about to have to vacate the

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<v Speaker 2>premises of this man's personality and his psychology, and they

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<v Speaker 2>knew that someone strong enough to subdue them had finally

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<v Speaker 2>showed up in the region of the Gharriceanes. Because you've

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<v Speaker 2>tried everything else, and you've run to everyone else. But

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<v Speaker 2>I declared today you were in the presence of a

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<v Speaker 2>greater grace. And what works couldn't do, and the law

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't do, and chains couldn't do, and shackles couldn't do,

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<v Speaker 2>God's about to do it in your life. Grace can

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<v Speaker 2>do what shames can't do. So now we get to

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<v Speaker 2>the part about the pigs. We hadn't even got to

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<v Speaker 2>the pigs yet. The pigs are the most important part.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the part where I'm wondering why the demons

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to get inside the pigs. And on the surface,

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<v Speaker 2>I understand that the devil never wants to give up

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<v Speaker 2>any ground. You understand once he has established a foothold.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you don't believe in the devil? I

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<v Speaker 2>want to see who hadn't had kids yet? That's all

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to do. He doesn't want you to be

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<v Speaker 2>the first one in your family not to need drink

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<v Speaker 2>to feel good about yourself. He doesn't want you to

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<v Speaker 2>be the first one in your family to be able

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<v Speaker 2>to stay stable in a relationship rather than running around.

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<v Speaker 2>So what does he want? He wants to stand guard

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<v Speaker 2>in the area. And this is a brilliant strategy. I

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<v Speaker 2>gotta give it to these devils. The devils are smarter

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<v Speaker 2>than a lot of church people. They know how to

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<v Speaker 2>get information, they know how to accomplish a purpose, and

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<v Speaker 2>they know how to discern what is valuable.

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<v Speaker 1>This is it? Stay with me? Are you with me?

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, We're on something.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you with me?

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<v Speaker 2>Lean into this word, the word you resist, This is the.

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<v Speaker 3>One that you need.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is in this house. The presence of God is

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<v Speaker 2>in this place. The power of a mighty God is

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<v Speaker 2>in this moment. Now, So Jesus says.

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<v Speaker 3>You gotta go.

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<v Speaker 2>Let that man go. He's important to me. I went

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<v Speaker 2>through the storm to get to him. I went through

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<v Speaker 2>the thunder and the lightning to get to him. I

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<v Speaker 2>went through bucketfuls of water, bail out of Peter's boat

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<v Speaker 2>to get to him. I came two hours across the

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<v Speaker 2>Sea of Galilee. And I've only got three years to

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<v Speaker 2>change the world. This, this man is a vip. I

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<v Speaker 2>know everybody else has forgotten about him, but I want

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<v Speaker 2>him now. Let me say something real quick. If he

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<v Speaker 2>went through the storm for this man, and he went

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<v Speaker 2>to the cross for you, how valuable must you be?

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<v Speaker 3>How much is your life?

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<v Speaker 2>For he said God, and Jesus said, okay, you can

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<v Speaker 2>go into the pigs.

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<v Speaker 1>And they went into the pigs.

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<v Speaker 3>And then they made the pigs trawl.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the demons know two things. One, pigs can't swim.

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<v Speaker 1>But we all know that. What the demons know that

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the demons understood that the people in the

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<v Speaker 2>region cared more about.

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<v Speaker 1>The pigs than they did about the man. This is

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand pigs.

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<v Speaker 2>This represents a significant part of the portfolio of these

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<v Speaker 2>pig owners. This is a region that is known for

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<v Speaker 2>raising pigs. So what does the enemy attack? Whatever you

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<v Speaker 2>value the most, and yes, he knows what you value,

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<v Speaker 2>And yes, he knows how to hit you where it

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<v Speaker 2>hurts the most. And that's why he'll use people to

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<v Speaker 2>get to your relationship with God. What's really most valuable

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<v Speaker 2>is your relationship with God. But he knows if he

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<v Speaker 2>can get people to offend you, you will do what

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<v Speaker 2>the people did. You will send Jesus away because you

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<v Speaker 2>are offended by people.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows where to hit you. He knows where your

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<v Speaker 1>insecurity is.

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<v Speaker 2>He knows your playlist, what you say to yourself about yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows your proclivities, your perversions, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Knows what makes you feel ashamed, so he hits you

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<v Speaker 2>there to make you lash out in anger.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows how to keep you bound.

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<v Speaker 2>And since he couldn't stay in the man, the devil

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<v Speaker 2>went into the pigs. If I killed the pigs, they'll

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<v Speaker 2>send Jesus away. Let me hurt Job. This is when

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<v Speaker 2>the devil had a meeting with God. He said, I've

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<v Speaker 2>been going to and fro looking for somebody to devour.

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<v Speaker 2>And God said, have you checked out my boy?

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<v Speaker 1>Job? Job's a bad dude. This is an updated translation.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a little more modern. Probably says it in your Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>And the devil said, he's only serving you. He's only

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<v Speaker 2>serving you because his herd is still intact. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>touch his body, let me touch his children. The enemy

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<v Speaker 2>will use anything to get to your faith. What he's

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<v Speaker 2>after is your relationship with God. But he will use

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<v Speaker 2>the pigs to get you to push away the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of God. He knows exactly where you're vulnerable. Guess where

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<v Speaker 2>you're the most vulnerable. Wherever you place the greatest value.

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<v Speaker 2>These pigs were worth two million dollars in modern money.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, if I can.

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<v Speaker 2>Get in the pigs and make the pigs drown, in

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<v Speaker 2>the water. The people will be so afraid because they

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<v Speaker 2>lost their pigs that they will send Jesus away. I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder where the enemy attacked you. I bet it was

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<v Speaker 2>in the place of your greatest value. But guess what

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<v Speaker 2>I got good news. He only attacks what's valuable. So

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<v Speaker 2>if he has has attacked you lately, get ready to shallow.

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<v Speaker 2>Guess what that means about you? You must be important, you,

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<v Speaker 2>o God. The devil knows more about your destiny than

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<v Speaker 2>you do. There must be something on your life. Can

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<v Speaker 2>I preach this like God gave it to me? God said,

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<v Speaker 2>some of you are breaking generational curses and you don't

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<v Speaker 2>even know it.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's why it's been so hard.

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<v Speaker 6>And that's why it's been so strong, and that's why

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<v Speaker 6>it's been so dark, because you're so strong, and you're

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<v Speaker 6>so positioned, and you're so important to his purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>You must be important.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil wouldn't tie you up if he wasn't afraid

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<v Speaker 2>of what would happen if you got loose. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>buy an amen, but I don't need one. This is

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<v Speaker 2>good in my soul. I said he wouldn't tie you up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the opposite. I thought.

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<v Speaker 2>The storm meant God had left me. I found out

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<v Speaker 2>it meant that Grace was on the way. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>the shackles meant God couldn't use me. I found out

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<v Speaker 2>that the shackles mean God is looking for someone.

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<v Speaker 3>Who knows how to break.

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<v Speaker 2>Says now, I just wonder, are there any chain breakers

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<v Speaker 2>in the house today?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you see chain.

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<v Speaker 2>Breakers, rock hill shain breakers. If you're a chain breaker

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<v Speaker 2>and you know it, and you've been through some things

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<v Speaker 2>and you have some issues, and you forgot who you

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<v Speaker 2>were for a moment, but in the presence of God today,

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<v Speaker 2>you're starting to remember.

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<v Speaker 3>I am a child of God.

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<v Speaker 4>Take a few moments and praise Him.

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<v Speaker 3>For what's on the other side.

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<v Speaker 4>Come on, children, come on, come on, say breakers, come on.

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<v Speaker 3>And praise him.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm on the screen.

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<v Speaker 4>Shall it to God with the voice of trial. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't care you belong to a country club. Shallah to

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<v Speaker 4>God with the voice of trial.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a sane breaker.

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<v Speaker 3>You must be important. He threw you in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Fire so he could show never conniess her that he

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<v Speaker 2>is God.

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<v Speaker 3>You must be important.

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<v Speaker 2>He lets you spend the night with the lions so

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<v Speaker 2>he could shut the lion's mouth and demonstrate his strength.

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<v Speaker 3>You must be important.

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<v Speaker 2>He drowned all those horses in the Red Sea so

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<v Speaker 2>that the nations would know that he is God.

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<v Speaker 3>You must be important.

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<v Speaker 1>Hot five.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody looks happy and say you must be important.

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<v Speaker 3>You gotta be, You gotta be.

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<v Speaker 2>How else do you explain the fact that you're still here?

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<v Speaker 2>Everything that can be shaken will be shaken, so that

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<v Speaker 2>only that which cannot be shaken will remain. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what it means if you're still here. You weren't shaken.

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<v Speaker 2>The trial came the foundation's quick.

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<v Speaker 4>But the house stood firm because it wasn't on the sand.

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<v Speaker 3>This man.

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<v Speaker 2>Was so important that Jesus went through the storm to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get to him.

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<v Speaker 2>And you were so important that Jesus went through gethseemone

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<v Speaker 2>to get to you. You were so important that he

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<v Speaker 2>passed through the membrane of eternity into the construct called

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<v Speaker 2>time to come to you. Don't you ever let the

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<v Speaker 2>devil tell you against somebody else needs to raise those kids.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't you ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Let the devil tell you against somebody.

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<v Speaker 3>Else belongs in that spot.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't.

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<v Speaker 3>And the next storm that.

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<v Speaker 2>Comes, I want you to wave it on by, because

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<v Speaker 2>there must be something so great on the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen. In my Bible, it says something very strange.

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<v Speaker 2>It says that when Jesus set the man free, the

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<v Speaker 2>man went and got down in the boat because he

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<v Speaker 2>was like, you are not leaving me here with these people.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at verse eighteen. I didn't read it to y'all

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<v Speaker 1>saving him.

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<v Speaker 2>As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who

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<v Speaker 2>was demon possessed begged to go with him. That's like,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're in my car on the way home, that

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<v Speaker 2>would be weird. Now we got a contrast because the

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<v Speaker 2>demons are like, don't make us leave, and the man

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<v Speaker 2>is like, don't make me stay. And it's sexy to

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<v Speaker 2>want to step out into something new. And the brother

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<v Speaker 2>is clothed and in his right mind, and he's amazed

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<v Speaker 2>and he's grateful and he wants to be on Jesus team.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's like, I'm gonna come with you, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>that's cool. I promise no more of that cutting, chain

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<v Speaker 2>breaking stuff. Let me keep the books. I see that

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<v Speaker 2>guy you got Judas. I don't think he the devil

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<v Speaker 2>knows the devil. I'm telling you, let me be your treasurer.

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<v Speaker 2>But something happened so strange to me because I just

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<v Speaker 2>read in Mark two where Jesus called the disciples and

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<v Speaker 2>he said, come follow me. Leave what you know and

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<v Speaker 2>follow me, and I'm gonna show you how to do

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<v Speaker 2>something new for my glory.

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<v Speaker 1>And they had the faith to go.

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<v Speaker 2>And it takes a lot of faith to leave a

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<v Speaker 2>situation you're familiar with. It takes faith to go. But

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus did something kind of strange. She looked back at

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<v Speaker 2>the man and he said, you can't follow me. Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>didn't let him leave, but said, I need you to

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<v Speaker 2>go home to the same situation that I delivered you in.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to take you out of it. I

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<v Speaker 2>took it out of you. I changed your condition, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to leave you in the circumstance.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I want these people to watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>Go home and tell them how much the Lord has

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<v Speaker 2>done for you. Give me my verse please thank you,

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<v Speaker 2>and how he has had mercy on you. I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to be a trophy. In fact, it's better than that.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at Verse twenty touch somebody say you must be

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<v Speaker 2>so important. I don't know why the ushers let me

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<v Speaker 2>sit next to you.

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<v Speaker 1>You must be so important. And he went away and

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<v Speaker 1>begin to tell him to the capitalists.

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<v Speaker 2>That's ten cities. The man became a missionary. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we could call this sermon from maniac to missionary. I

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<v Speaker 2>need somebody crazy enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Because when the people see how much you've changed, they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be amazed.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God gives you the faith to go. Other times

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<v Speaker 2>he gives you the grace to stay. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's amazing too, because some of you are in a

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<v Speaker 2>difficult place and all you want to do is escape.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, take me with you, I mean, let me get

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<v Speaker 1>a new start.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes in those moments, and you know, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>in one where you just want to escape the situation

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<v Speaker 2>or the pain of the trial, God says, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to give you something better than the faith to go.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to give you the grace to stay.

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<v Speaker 2>See, you are so important to me. And who wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>even living with the people, became the first missionary to

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<v Speaker 2>the Gentiles. He was the first one. Some of you

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<v Speaker 2>are going to be the first. You are going to

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<v Speaker 2>be the first to break a chain. None of your

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<v Speaker 2>friends have done it, none of your family did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody around you believes you can do it. And you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't believe in yourself. But in this moment, the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord is in this place.

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<v Speaker 1>Because now I know who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I was worthless. I believe that for years,

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<v Speaker 2>But now I know who I am. He came through

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<v Speaker 2>all that for me. Now I know who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the enemy only attacks what's valuable.