WEBVTT - Talk Yourself Into It

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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. Well, thank you, worship team. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to go into the Word of God today. I spoke

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<v Speaker 2>to you last week on the subject of confidence, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to continue along those thoughts. From what I

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<v Speaker 2>could tell, the sermon help some people. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 2>it helped everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of y'all are beyond help.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't really believe that, but it resonated with

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<v Speaker 2>some people. So in a similar vein today, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to bring a message of encouragement. Let's look together at

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua chapter one. Normally I have you stand for the scripture,

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<v Speaker 2>but I kind of have a few scriptures today, so

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<v Speaker 2>I thought you could just sit there and I read

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<v Speaker 2>it for you and Joshua chapter one, verse six through nine.

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<v Speaker 2>And this message that God gave me is a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a practical thing and something that's been helpful

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. And so I hope that it'll be

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<v Speaker 2>helpful to you. Very simple message. This is an epic text.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't speak for the sermon. The sermon may be good,

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<v Speaker 2>it may not be, but this text is legendary.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're going into the locker room where.

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<v Speaker 2>God is giving Joshua a halftime talk, and he's telling

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<v Speaker 2>him what he must do and how he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>do it, because Joshua has big shoes to fill, and

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua has a job to do, and Joshua has a

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<v Speaker 2>purpose to accomplish. And so God is getting his men

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<v Speaker 2>ready because how many know that God will never give

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<v Speaker 2>you a purpose, that he will not prepare you for

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<v Speaker 2>all of your life up until this point, the parts

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<v Speaker 2>that you like, the parts that you didn't like, the

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<v Speaker 2>parts that you understood, in the parts that you're still

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<v Speaker 2>trying to understand, you can know this that they were

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<v Speaker 2>all preparing you for God's purpose. The moment that you

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<v Speaker 2>believe that you can really embrace whatever comes into your life,

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<v Speaker 2>knowing that if God didn't send it, he'll still use it.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything that comes against you can become a weapon in

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<v Speaker 2>the hands of God fighting for you.

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<v Speaker 1>So God is telling.

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua in a period of transition for the nation of Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>that the job is too big for him, but the

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<v Speaker 2>God who is with him is bigger than the giants

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<v Speaker 2>that stand before him. In convincing him of this, he

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<v Speaker 2>tells him in verse six of Joshua chapter one, be

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<v Speaker 2>strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to

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<v Speaker 2>inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. You.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice how good my eyesight is.

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<v Speaker 2>I can read my Bible from all the way back here.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you over forty five verse extremely jealous?

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<v Speaker 1>Right now?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to employ my good eyesight while I've got it.

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<v Speaker 2>He said it again, be strong and courageous. This we

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<v Speaker 2>already said that God, remember in verse six. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm saying it again because I know how you are,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know how quickly your courage evaporates. I wish

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<v Speaker 2>rad Straup were here. He's on staff with our students,

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<v Speaker 2>and he asked me a profound question the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, why is it that no matter how much

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<v Speaker 2>people encourage me, I can't keep myself encouraged. I'll find

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<v Speaker 2>some way if somebody compliments me, to disqualify the compliment

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<v Speaker 2>or to cancel it out. I'll tell myself. Well, they're

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<v Speaker 2>just being nice. They're saying that because they have to

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<v Speaker 2>say that. They're just saying that to make me feel good.

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<v Speaker 2>And so maybe there's something to the repetition factor here.

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<v Speaker 2>That God knows that between verse six and verse seven

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<v Speaker 2>something happened to make you discouraged, and so he encourages

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<v Speaker 2>you again, be strong and courageous, Be careful to obey

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<v Speaker 2>all the law my servant Moses gave you.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't turn from it to the right or to the left.

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<v Speaker 2>I know there's a lot of things trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>you off track and get you off course, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't beat this. You got a job to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to be successful wherever you go. This

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<v Speaker 2>is God's heart for you, and in order to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to keep this book of the Law always

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<v Speaker 2>on your lips. Meditate on it day and night, so

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<v Speaker 2>that you may be careful to.

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<v Speaker 1>Do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous

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<v Speaker 1>and successful.

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<v Speaker 2>Have I not commanded you be strong and courageous, Do

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<v Speaker 2>not be afraid, do not be discouraged, For the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>your God will be with you wherever you go.

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<v Speaker 1>You're looking for something to write down, Write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>God's presence is guaranteed, but his promises are optional. I

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<v Speaker 2>will be with you wherever you go, But how far

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<v Speaker 2>you want to go is up to you. Even if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't go into the things that I have prepared

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<v Speaker 2>for you in your life, I'll be with you.

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<v Speaker 1>You make your bed in hell, I'll be with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Belly of the fish, I'll be with you. Hide out

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<v Speaker 2>from Jezebel in a cave. I'll be with you. Murder

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<v Speaker 2>an Egyptian and run to the desert.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be with you in Midian.

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<v Speaker 2>So the fact that God will be with you, his

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<v Speaker 2>presence is guaranteed, it is not conditional.

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<v Speaker 1>But the way that you.

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<v Speaker 2>Experience his promises, well, a lot of that is up

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<v Speaker 2>to you. And so God mentions to Joshua with two things.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I teach you a little bit today? He says,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be afraid, don't be discouraged. Don't be afraid, don't

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<v Speaker 2>be discouraged. I'll talk to a friend the other day,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were laughing at each other about how we

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<v Speaker 2>insert ourselves into biblical stories and shrink down the magnitude

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<v Speaker 2>of the stories to fit our situations, which are sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>not that big of a deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like David killed Goliath and.

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<v Speaker 1>You can lose fifteen pounds too, do you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Like Goliath just becomes whatever you need him to be. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>Goliath can be your student loan. He's no longer this

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<v Speaker 2>life threatening nation defying giant. Now we've got Goliath representing

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<v Speaker 2>your car payment. You can take him down in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the Lord. That's what we do in the

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<v Speaker 2>case of I don't know. I could use a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of examples and't I was talking to a friend the

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<v Speaker 2>other day and he was negotiating a real estate contract

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<v Speaker 2>and he was comparing himself to Moses and the guy

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<v Speaker 2>who owned the land to Pharaoh, and he said, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like Moses going before Pharaoh and it's just a

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<v Speaker 2>little thirty thousand square foot building, you know. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>now got this contonstruct where in his mind he's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like put himself in the biblical story.

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<v Speaker 1>It's easy to do that with Joshua.

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<v Speaker 2>So now God's telling Joshua, I'm gonna lead you into

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<v Speaker 2>this land. You're gonna have to lead millions of vagabond

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<v Speaker 2>nomadic people who love to complain and forget what I

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<v Speaker 2>do for them.

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<v Speaker 1>The moment I do it.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want you to go get them ready and

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<v Speaker 2>go do that, okay, and by the way, don't be afraid,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be discouraged.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's easy for us.

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<v Speaker 2>To make the jump because we want to personalize the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible and all of a sudden, now instead of taking

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<v Speaker 2>over the land and leading millions of people, it's just

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<v Speaker 2>symbolic of.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever we need to do in our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's like the apartment that we hope we get

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<v Speaker 2>or the college we want to get into, and so we.

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<v Speaker 1>Can shrink it down. But I think part of that

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<v Speaker 1>is good.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe sometimes I go too far with it because I

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<v Speaker 2>have a passion as a preacher to make it personal.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like I failed if all of that did

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<v Speaker 2>is teach you a history lesson about somebody who lived

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<v Speaker 2>a long time ago called Joshua. So there's a part

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<v Speaker 2>of me that wants to make it personal. Perhaps sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>I take it too far, and we forget the magnitude

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<v Speaker 2>of the miracles that the Bible illustrates.

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<v Speaker 1>That Joshua going.

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<v Speaker 2>Into the Promised Land wasn't like you asking a girl

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<v Speaker 2>out on a date.

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<v Speaker 1>But we can do that in our.

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<v Speaker 2>Desire to personalize the Bible, which I think is a

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<v Speaker 2>good thing. We can well, we can miss the point

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<v Speaker 2>or loose the perspective, and so I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>bring it into perspective here that Joshua.

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<v Speaker 1>Must have been terrified. You know what, I read that scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>That feel while I was reading it that you're like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>get over it, Joshua, go do it, you know, just

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<v Speaker 2>get up and do it. Get up and do it,

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<v Speaker 2>Get up and do it. I got to defeat the Jebusites,

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<v Speaker 2>the Hitsites, the Parasites, the Canaanites, the Cellulites, those most

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<v Speaker 2>dreadful enemies of all. And God tells him to do something.

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<v Speaker 2>He tells him to do something in the face of

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<v Speaker 2>all of these enemies that he knows he must encounter.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, be strong and courageous. Then he tells him

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<v Speaker 2>what not to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged.

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<v Speaker 2>Something within me rises to Joshua's defense. I can't help

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<v Speaker 2>it if I feel afraid. I can't help it if

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<v Speaker 2>I feel discouraged. How can you tell me not to

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<v Speaker 2>feel afraid? God, when all of these battles that I've

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<v Speaker 2>never fought before waiting in front of me, How can

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<v Speaker 2>you tell me not to be afraid when I'm leading

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<v Speaker 2>people who have only known.

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<v Speaker 1>The wilderness into warfare. How can you tell me not to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be discouraged when I have to go in under resource

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<v Speaker 2>then may be overwhelmed.

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<v Speaker 1>How can you tell me.

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<v Speaker 2>Not to feel afraid and not to feel discouraged? But

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't say don't feel afraid, and he didn't say

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<v Speaker 2>don't feel discouraged.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the.

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<v Speaker 2>Essence of what God wants to say to you is

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<v Speaker 2>just because you feel afraid doesn't mean you have to

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<v Speaker 2>be afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>Just because you feel.

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<v Speaker 2>Discouraged doesn't mean you have to be discouraged. Just because

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<v Speaker 2>you have fear doesn't mean fear has to have you.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, talk to me somebody. And for most of us,

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<v Speaker 2>our default setting is fear and discouragement.

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<v Speaker 1>Our default setting.

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<v Speaker 2>In the situations that are unfamiliar to us is anxiety

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<v Speaker 2>and discouragement. You see, God has given you a destiny.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to believe that, even if you can't

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<v Speaker 2>see it right now, even if it's not your destiny

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<v Speaker 2>to lead millions of people into the Promised land, God

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<v Speaker 2>has given you a destiny as a parent. God has

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<v Speaker 2>given you a destiny on your job. It's part of

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<v Speaker 2>your destiny. God has given you a job to do.

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<v Speaker 2>And know you're not Joshua, but you have a job

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<v Speaker 2>to do. I would like for you to repeat after

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<v Speaker 2>me the following declaration, I have a destiny all right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I need you to know that the bigger the death,

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<v Speaker 2>the bigger the enemies.

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<v Speaker 1>That was helpful for me to.

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<v Speaker 2>Realize because in seasons of my life I was hard

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<v Speaker 2>on myself, feeling like there was something wrong with me.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's because God's promises in my life, while they

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<v Speaker 2>seemed attractive, sometimes aren't so automatic as we think that

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<v Speaker 2>they should be. In the text that I read to you,

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<v Speaker 2>God is telling Joshua that the real enemies to your

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<v Speaker 2>destiny are not the Canaanites. The real enemy of your

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<v Speaker 2>destiny are not the Hittites.

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<v Speaker 1>The real enemies of.

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<v Speaker 2>Your destinies are not the Jugsites. These are all the

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<v Speaker 2>people that he would face as he moved forward in faith.

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<v Speaker 2>But God wants Joshua to know that your real enemy

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<v Speaker 2>is not another person.

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<v Speaker 1>Your real enemy is not even a situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you don't know this, you'll spend your whole

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<v Speaker 2>life fighting the wrong things. God says, let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what to fight. Fight your fear. Let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what to fight, fight your discouragement. If you can

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<v Speaker 2>fight discouragement, you can fulfill your destiny.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna say it over my shoulder, to the left

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<v Speaker 1>side of the room. If you can fight your fear,

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<v Speaker 1>if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Can face your fear, you can move forward into your destiny.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is important for Joshua to know. See, because

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<v Speaker 1>Joshua has been around a while.

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<v Speaker 2>By the time that God is calling him Bible background,

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<v Speaker 2>he's already.

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<v Speaker 1>Served under Moses. He served under Moses as.

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<v Speaker 2>A commander, and he won some great battles under Moses,

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<v Speaker 2>and he did some great things under Moses. But now

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<v Speaker 2>Moses has left the building, and so God is talking

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua into Now.

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<v Speaker 1>God is very persuasive, Okay, So when.

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<v Speaker 2>God tries to talk you into something, as we've already seen.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll use repetition.

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<v Speaker 2>But he also knows how to locate the thing that

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<v Speaker 2>is keeping you from doing what you're called to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the people of.

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<v Speaker 2>God are standing at the edge of something. They are

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<v Speaker 2>out of Egypt, but they are not yet into Canaan.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where so many Christians live.

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<v Speaker 2>I've come out of some things, but I haven't moved

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<v Speaker 2>into the things. I've made some progress, but I have

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<v Speaker 2>not fully possessed the promise. I've become aware of God's presence,

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<v Speaker 2>but I haven't fully accessed his promises. And that's where

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua stands. And he's been here before forty years ago, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Moses was in a position to possess the promised land,

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<v Speaker 1>and he sent some spies into the land.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people don't know this part of the story,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. I mean, they may have heard a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit about it, but they don't know the details, the

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<v Speaker 2>details that kept them from experiencing their destiny, the details

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<v Speaker 2>that caused hundreds of thousands of them to die in

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<v Speaker 2>the desert looking at promises that they could have possessed,

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<v Speaker 2>The details that keep you from being the dad that

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<v Speaker 2>God called you to be, doing the things God called

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<v Speaker 2>you to do, enjoying the life that Christ himself.

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<v Speaker 1>Died to give you. I feel a.

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<v Speaker 2>Holy burden on this message today because somebody is looking

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<v Speaker 2>at a promise that you're not living in. And the

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<v Speaker 2>reason that you're not living in it has nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>do with creditors, and it has nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 2>seventh grade teachers and it doesn't even have anything to

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<v Speaker 2>do with what you experienced in your past.

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<v Speaker 1>It is your fear and discouragement.

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<v Speaker 2>And so Joshua goes into the land forty years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember he was serving under Moses at this time. And

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<v Speaker 2>he goes into the land and he looks at it,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's eleven other spies. There's Joshua and Caleb and

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<v Speaker 2>ten other spies. And they go into the land and

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<v Speaker 2>they look around. They come back and it's interesting. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to show you this. Can I show you? Look

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<v Speaker 2>at numbers Chapter fourteen, The Bible gives a recording of

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<v Speaker 2>the report that the men brought back, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of sad to me. It says in numbers thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty one and thirty two that the men who had

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<v Speaker 2>gone up with him said, we can't attack those people.

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<v Speaker 1>They are stronger than we are. And they spread among the.

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<v Speaker 2>Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored.

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<v Speaker 2>And they said, the land we explored devours those living

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<v Speaker 2>in it. All the people we saw there are of

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<v Speaker 2>great size. Let me point out something to you that

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<v Speaker 2>you may miss on the surface. They were being realistic.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of what they're saying is true. They are bigger,

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<v Speaker 2>They are stronger.

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<v Speaker 1>We can't do it on our own.

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<v Speaker 2>On our own, but Joshua knew something that those spies

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<v Speaker 2>had forgotten.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not on our own. We have a promise.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a promise of God's presence, and if he's

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<v Speaker 2>with us, he's more than the.

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<v Speaker 1>World against us.

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<v Speaker 2>And so these spies are trying to talk Moses out

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<v Speaker 2>of the very thing that God brought them here for.

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<v Speaker 2>These spies are trying.

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<v Speaker 1>To, let me ask you a question.

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<v Speaker 2>What have you talked yourself out of that God.

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<v Speaker 1>Is trying to bring you into?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you talking yourself out of right now that

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<v Speaker 2>God is trying to bring you into in your relationships?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you talking yourself out of that God is

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<v Speaker 2>trying to bring you into in your personal life? And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care what category you use. We've all got

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<v Speaker 2>something that we're talking ourselves out of.

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<v Speaker 1>The message God gave me today is that.

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<v Speaker 2>You can talk yourself into it. Just like you've been

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<v Speaker 2>talking yourself out of it, you can talk yourself into it.

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<v Speaker 2>One thing I noticed about myself from an early age

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<v Speaker 2>is that I can be persuasive when I need to be.

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<v Speaker 2>And so sometimes in school, when I would need an

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<v Speaker 2>extension on a paper I knew I could usually get

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<v Speaker 2>one because I have this way of talking myself out

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<v Speaker 2>of things.

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<v Speaker 1>To understand. It comes in handy as a preacher to

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<v Speaker 1>be persuasive because you have to get people.

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<v Speaker 2>To do things that they need to do that they

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to do. And so you're trying to tell

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<v Speaker 2>people to trust God and their finances. And problem with

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<v Speaker 2>that is they already feel broken. So now that you

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<v Speaker 2>tell them that they want to trust God with their finances,

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<v Speaker 2>if they need to trust God with their finances, they

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to trust God with their finances because they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have many finances. But you want to get them

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<v Speaker 2>to see that the reason you don't have any finances

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<v Speaker 2>because you're not trusting God in your finances. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>trust God and your finances, it would open your eyes

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<v Speaker 2>to the supply that He has available for you. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you see Khi first as his kingdom and his righteousness.

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<v Speaker 1>All these things. I'm preaching. My watch off my wrists.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how excited I am about the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Just hold it rus so I don't even want it back.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even care what time it is. I might

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<v Speaker 2>preach through lunch, because there's some things in your life

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<v Speaker 2>that you've been talking yourself out of. One time, my

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<v Speaker 2>senior year of high school, they put me in an

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<v Speaker 2>ap English class with Eunice Cox, and Eunice Cox was

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<v Speaker 2>rumored to be a tough teacher. But it's no problem

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<v Speaker 2>for me. I got this because I got the gift.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I came upon my first book report and

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't going to finish it on time. I knew

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't fish it on time, but I wasn't worried about

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<v Speaker 2>it because I could talk my way out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always talked my way out of things, speeding tickets

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<v Speaker 2>and all kinds of things I've talked myself out of.

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<v Speaker 2>Why not this paper too. But Eunice Cox was waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for me at the door and she said, I noticed

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't turn your assignment in. And I smiled real

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<v Speaker 2>sweet because I got some southern charm. I grew up

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<v Speaker 2>in a small town. I know how to talk to people,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, miss Cox, I said I was going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you about this, and she said, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to hear it. And she said, she said, Stephen Furdet,

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<v Speaker 2>you have met your match in Eunice Cox, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>but miscop.

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<v Speaker 1>She said no.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, but I was gonna no, And I said,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, well, what can I do? She said, well you,

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<v Speaker 2>if I were you, I'd try to get a good

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<v Speaker 2>gread one on the other ones, because you did a

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<v Speaker 2>zero on this one, and you might want to bring

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<v Speaker 2>up your average.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I want you to understand something.

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<v Speaker 2>When God called Moses, Moses was reluctant to do what

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<v Speaker 2>God had called him to do. And Moses had a

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<v Speaker 2>million excuses, and so do you Why you can't be it,

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<v Speaker 2>why you can't do it, why you can't go forward?

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<v Speaker 1>And it come on, how many of you are good

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<v Speaker 1>at talking yourself out of things?

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you, by the time I get done

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<v Speaker 2>preaching sometimes and you've even had your lunch, you have

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<v Speaker 2>forgotten what the sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>Is e than about. Shame on you. And I'm just kidding.

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<v Speaker 1>It's how it works.

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<v Speaker 2>We are so quick to talk ourselves out of things.

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<v Speaker 2>But when Moses started telling God, you know, I can't speak,

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<v Speaker 2>and I can't do it, and I'm not eloquent, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trained, and I'm not equipped, and I'm not able.

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<v Speaker 2>God said to Moses, you have met your match in Eunus.

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<v Speaker 2>Cos you have met your match in the Lord your God.

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<v Speaker 2>Have I not commanded you? I don't even want to

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<v Speaker 2>hear it out of your mouth. Why you can't. I

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<v Speaker 2>am the greater one, I am the power within you.

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<v Speaker 2>I am the one who calls you by name. I

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<v Speaker 2>know what's in God because I put it in you.

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<v Speaker 2>I know what you don't have because I left it out,

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<v Speaker 2>and I command you.

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<v Speaker 1>To be courageous. So it occurs to me.

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<v Speaker 2>That maybe the reason that God is speaking to Joshua

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<v Speaker 2>on this level is because Joshua has seen firsthand the

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<v Speaker 2>devastation that it causes when God's people talk themselves out of.

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<v Speaker 1>What God is trying to bring them into.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, those spies said to Moses, we can't do it.

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<v Speaker 1>They're stronger, they're bigger. And Joshua spoke.

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<v Speaker 2>Up and he got everybody's attention. The Bible says in

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<v Speaker 2>numbers fourteen six that he tore his clothes and said

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<v Speaker 2>to the entire Israelite assembly, Hey, come.

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<v Speaker 1>On, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>The land we passed through and its lord is exceedingly good.

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<v Speaker 2>If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead

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<v Speaker 2>us into that land, a land flowing with milk and

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<v Speaker 2>honey and will give it to us only.

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<v Speaker 1>Do not rebel.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't do this, don't die outside of your destiny. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>let your fear keep you from your future. Don't be discouraged,

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<v Speaker 2>don't rebel. If the Lord is pleased, he'll leave us

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<v Speaker 2>in land us sloan milkod out even give it to us.

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<v Speaker 1>Only.

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<v Speaker 2>Do not rebel against the Lord, and do not be

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<v Speaker 2>afraid of the people of the land. And stop get

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<v Speaker 2>forfeiting your future for your fear of people. Stop forfeiting

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<v Speaker 2>your future, for your fear of failure.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear me, stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Forfeiting your future because of what they might think about you.

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<v Speaker 2>Their protection is gone. But the Lord is with us.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you gotta believe down deep in your soul

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<v Speaker 2>that God is with me in this moment. He's with

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<v Speaker 2>me when I'm feeling, He's with me when I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>He's with me when I'm faithful. He's with me when

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<v Speaker 2>I'm faithless. He's with me when I'm right. He's with

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<v Speaker 2>me when I'm wrong. He's with me when I'm a whole.

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<v Speaker 2>He's with me when I'm broken. Somebody shout, God is

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<v Speaker 2>with me. Touch your neighbors say he's with you too.

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<v Speaker 2>He's with you too. No matter how hard Joshua tried,

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<v Speaker 2>he couldn't talk Moses into it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know why, because nobody.

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<v Speaker 2>Can talk you into your destiny. But you touch your neighbors,

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<v Speaker 2>say talk yourself into it, talk yourself into it.

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<v Speaker 1>It is interesting that when God speaks.

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<v Speaker 2>To Joshua, he tells him what to do, lead these

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<v Speaker 2>people to inherit the land. Now, the problem with a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of us is that we have shrunk our lives

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<v Speaker 2>down to the size of our own personal interest. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't have anything bigger than us worth fighting for, so

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't take much to discourage us. If I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>preach every time I don't feel like preaching, you would

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<v Speaker 2>hear from me three times a year. You know how

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<v Speaker 2>I preach every week. I talk myself into it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I tell myself, there's somebody come into church today who's suicide.

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<v Speaker 2>There's somebody coming to church today whose kid is on drugs.

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<v Speaker 2>There's somebody coming to church today that has been told

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<v Speaker 2>all their life they're workless, and you get to tell

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<v Speaker 2>them God loves them, and maybe you can smile at

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<v Speaker 2>them and make them feel through your countenance that God

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<v Speaker 2>has not forgotten them, that he.

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<v Speaker 1>Knows them by name. But by the time I stopped.

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<v Speaker 2>Talking to myself, I'm ready to talk to you. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>We can preach, now we can do it. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>can go.

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<v Speaker 2>But see, you've got to talk yourself into your purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need to ask God to give me a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a purpose. You have a purpose to glorify God,

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<v Speaker 2>to be transformed into the image of Christ, to be

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<v Speaker 2>conformed into the image of Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not that you don't have a purpose, is it.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time God truest to bring you into it, you

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<v Speaker 2>talk yourself out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he says, this is not just a value, Joshua.

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<v Speaker 1>There are people to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Your destiny is connected to something much bigger than you.

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<v Speaker 1>So go do it and be strong and courageous.

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<v Speaker 2>But God is a good coach, and a good coach

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't just motivate you. He instructs you.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow yea. And so he gives him the mechanics. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is what I was excited about. I mean that part.

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<v Speaker 2>I was excited about that part too, But I really

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to.

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<v Speaker 1>Show you this. He said in verse A.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep this book of the Law always on your lips.

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<v Speaker 2>This this stood out to me in Deuteronomy thirty one,

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<v Speaker 2>I told you I have a lot of scripture today.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't that kind of what you came for? Though? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>us are.

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<v Speaker 2>In don me thirty one Before Moses died and climbed

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<v Speaker 2>up on Mountaineebow, and he died. And God didn't let

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<v Speaker 2>the Israelites find his body because he knew that if

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<v Speaker 2>they found his body, they would continue to worship his bones.

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<v Speaker 2>Because sometimes the only way for God to get you

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<v Speaker 2>to move past something in your life is completely taken away.

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<v Speaker 2>Before he died, he called the nation together, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>and he gave him a little speech. He gave him

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<v Speaker 2>a little talk. He gave him a little uh. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going into the land, but you are. Joshua's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna lead you. He pulls Joshua beside him, and he

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<v Speaker 2>tells him be strong and courageous, for you must go

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<v Speaker 2>with this people on the land. The Lord swore to

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<v Speaker 2>their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it

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<v Speaker 2>among them as their inheritance.

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<v Speaker 1>Not you may, but you must. Not you should, but

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<v Speaker 1>you must, and you must do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And as you do it, know that the Lord himself

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<v Speaker 2>goes before you and will be with you.

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<v Speaker 1>He will never leave you, nor forsake you. Do not

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<v Speaker 1>be afraid. Do not be.

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<v Speaker 2>So. When God speaks to Joshua after the death of Moses,

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua has heard.

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<v Speaker 1>This speech before. It's not his first time here yet.

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<v Speaker 2>But when God gives the speech, he adds one thing

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<v Speaker 2>that Moses left out. See, Moses told him what to do,

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<v Speaker 2>told him why to do it. God showed Joshua, how

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<v Speaker 2>would you like to know how to keep yourself encouraged?

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<v Speaker 2>Because you need to know they aren't always going to

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<v Speaker 2>text you encouragement when you need it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's part of being a grown Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to learn to encourage yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta tell you.

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<v Speaker 2>Touch your neighbor and say, I can encourage myself. If

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<v Speaker 2>you encourage me, I appreciate it. If you're nice to me,

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate it. If you say kind things to me,

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<v Speaker 2>that's cool. But I need you to know that even

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't, if you get too busy, or if

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<v Speaker 2>you forget about me, or if you don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>to say to me, I need you to know I

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<v Speaker 2>can encourage myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Greater is he that is in me than he that

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<v Speaker 1>is in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I learned to encourage myself because I can't always count

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<v Speaker 2>on a text, and I can't always count on a hunk,

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<v Speaker 2>and I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Always count on a man, and I can't always even

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<v Speaker 1>count on my own friends.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can encourage myself. So God, God tells Joshua,

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<v Speaker 2>He says, I'm not always gonna speak to you like this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you have moments in.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life where God himself will speak to you, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>One time, I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming home to Charlotte when we were first starting the church,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was nervous, and I was afraid and discouraged.

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<v Speaker 2>I was discouraged because people weren't showing up yet, and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Was afraid because I didn't know if they ever would.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I was afraid and discouraged. And those are

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<v Speaker 2>two states. You cannot fulfill your destiny. And let me

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<v Speaker 2>show you something. If you are afraid right now, it

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<v Speaker 2>is not because the devil is making you afraid. There

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<v Speaker 2>is somebody on your road that has more to be

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<v Speaker 2>afraid of than you, and yet the confession of their

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<v Speaker 2>life is I have fear, but fear to doesn't have me.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are discouraged. It is not.

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<v Speaker 2>Because of your conditions or your circumstances. They may have

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<v Speaker 2>been a contributing factor, but they are not the deciding factor.

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<v Speaker 2>Discouragement is a decision that I make. Discouragement is a conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>That I have with myself.

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<v Speaker 2>Discouragement is that thing inside of me that says this

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<v Speaker 2>is the way it will always be. See it's not

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<v Speaker 2>getting any better. See that woman right there doesn't like

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<v Speaker 2>your sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>Look how she's looking at you, and that guy's asleep.

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<v Speaker 2>Discouragement is a little voice inside of your head that

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<v Speaker 2>you listen to. And our problem Doctor Martin Lloyd Jones,

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<v Speaker 2>the great Welsh preacher, once said, our problem is that

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<v Speaker 2>we spend too much time listening to ourselves and not

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<v Speaker 2>enough time talking to ourselves. Now, y'all are about to

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<v Speaker 2>think I'm crazy, but I talk to myself all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you talk.

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<v Speaker 2>To yourself all the time? Well, sure you do.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been doing it since you were three mm boom

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<v Speaker 1>boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

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<v Speaker 1>boom boom boom.

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<v Speaker 2>But somewhere along the way between putting together legos and

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<v Speaker 2>the big one Gules hit and the widowing Gules hit,

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<v Speaker 2>and you talked yourself through it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now somewhere along the way.

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<v Speaker 2>You turned against yourself wood, and.

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<v Speaker 1>So now you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Listening to yourself like the sawmistead. He was having a

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<v Speaker 2>bad day, and so he started talking about the day

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<v Speaker 2>he was having. And he said in Psalm forty two,

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<v Speaker 2>verse four, he said, these things I remember as I

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<v Speaker 2>pour out my soul, how I used to go to

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<v Speaker 2>the House of God under the protection of the mighty

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<v Speaker 2>one shouts of joy. You know, right before this, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>my tears have been my food day and night. And

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<v Speaker 2>he's he's in this cycle. But he did something in

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<v Speaker 2>verse five. It's kind of a strange technique. And and

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<v Speaker 2>and if you do this, people might think that you're crazy,

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<v Speaker 2>but if you don't do it, you really will be crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can decide.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether you want people to think you're crazy or whether

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<v Speaker 2>you really want to be crazy. Because he's been listening

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<v Speaker 2>to himself for four verses, he's been listening to his tears,

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<v Speaker 2>he's been listening to his trials, he's been listening to

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<v Speaker 2>his past. But in verse five he totally shifts and

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<v Speaker 2>instead of listening to himself.

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<v Speaker 1>He starts preaching to himself. It's very powerful. Why my

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<v Speaker 1>soul are you so downcasted? What did you see the shift?

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, I'm done with this. If I wake up

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning and ask myself how.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel, I'm gonna be fifty to fifty at best.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna wake up in the morning and tell

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<v Speaker 2>myself this will change your life, and tell myself today

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna be blessed today. We're going to be favored today.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to be a blessing today. We're gonna take

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<v Speaker 2>new ground today. We're gonna encourage somebody else today, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna see the goodness of the court morning, the land

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<v Speaker 2>of the living today. Why are you so downcast on

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<v Speaker 2>my soul? Why so disturbed in me? And then he

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<v Speaker 2>does something very powerful. He puts himself in his place.

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<v Speaker 2>Puts your hope in God, for I will yet praise him.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you gotta put yourself in your place.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes you gotta.

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<v Speaker 2>Make discouragement bow its need in the presence of God,

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<v Speaker 2>and fear must battle.

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<v Speaker 1>To faith in the presence of God. Somebody give him

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<v Speaker 1>a praise right now, Hey, Joshua, here's how you do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a land I'm taking you to. There's a promise

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm leading you to, but you're going to have

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<v Speaker 2>to talk yourself into it. Meditate on the Law day

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<v Speaker 2>and night. The Law was five books of the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>that we have now, Genesis, Exodus, Levic as numbers do

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<v Speaker 2>run me Torah. It was a bible that Joshua had.

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<v Speaker 2>God said, your life will follow the direction of your conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>Your courage comes from your conversation, so does.

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<v Speaker 1>Your fear, So does your discourage.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, not just your conversations with others, but your conversation

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<v Speaker 2>with your self. So keep this Book of the Law

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<v Speaker 2>on your lips, not just in your mind, on your lips.

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<v Speaker 2>The Hebrew word for meditate is haga, and it means

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<v Speaker 2>to mutter, because there was a Hebrew tradition that while

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<v Speaker 2>they studied the text and reflected upon it.

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<v Speaker 1>They would mutter love the Lord. You go your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>See, it's not enough to read the Bible. You have

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<v Speaker 2>to rehearse the Bible. Come on Gaston Campus. It is

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<v Speaker 2>not enough for you to hear this word. It is

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<v Speaker 2>not enough for you to listen to me. Speak if

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<v Speaker 2>you are going to live in that place.

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<v Speaker 1>What place? I'm not going to the land of Canaan. No, no, no.

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<v Speaker 1>But God has promised you his peace.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are going to have his peace in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to have to talk yourself into peace. God

0:34:58.960 --> 0:35:01.359
<v Speaker 2>has given you his If you are going to live

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<v Speaker 2>in courage and fulfill your purpose, you're going to have

0:35:05.200 --> 0:35:08.520
<v Speaker 2>to talk yourself into your purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep it on your lips.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So what you need and I'm going to get

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<v Speaker 2>very practical now, because what good is all this screaming

0:35:18.239 --> 0:35:22.759
<v Speaker 2>and shouting if the moment it leaves my lips, it

0:35:22.840 --> 0:35:27.520
<v Speaker 2>leaves your heart. The way that you keep it is

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<v Speaker 2>you need a phrase to fight with.

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<v Speaker 1>Hear me.

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<v Speaker 2>Your mind is always going to be murmuring and muttering.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you noticed that? Okay, it's always going to be

0:35:38.680 --> 0:35:38.960
<v Speaker 1>doing it.

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<v Speaker 2>So what you want to do is take control of

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<v Speaker 2>the conversation by the spirit of God. And the way

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<v Speaker 2>you do that, you need a phrase to fight the

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<v Speaker 2>devil with. Here's my current phrase to fight the devil with?

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<v Speaker 2>This How I fight fear because I have a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of fear. I know I'm not supposed to. I know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of the church. But I get scared sometimes,

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<v Speaker 2>scared of big stuff and scared of stupid stuff. But

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<v Speaker 2>I have learned that if I'm in a state of fear,

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<v Speaker 2>the reason I'm there is because I talk myself, And

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<v Speaker 2>if I talk to myself, then I can talk myself.

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<v Speaker 2>There are really only two fears. They all fall under

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<v Speaker 2>these categories. It's the fear of falling short and the

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<v Speaker 2>fear of running out. Any fear you have in your

0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:37.839
<v Speaker 2>life falls into one of those two categories. If you're

0:36:37.880 --> 0:36:40.799
<v Speaker 2>scared to lose a relationship, it's because you're afraid of

0:36:40.840 --> 0:36:43.560
<v Speaker 2>falling short in someone's eyes, or you're afraid of running

0:36:43.560 --> 0:36:45.520
<v Speaker 2>out of love, and if they're not there, you won't

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<v Speaker 2>have love.

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<v Speaker 1>Every fear that you've ever had in.

0:36:47.640 --> 0:36:50.719
<v Speaker 2>Your life falls under those two categories. Fear that I

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<v Speaker 2>will fall short or that I will not be enough,

0:36:53.280 --> 0:36:55.000
<v Speaker 2>and fear that I will run out, that I.

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<v Speaker 1>Will not have enough. So, since I know.

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<v Speaker 2>That the key to me person and encourage and in

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<v Speaker 2>strength and in purpose is to fight.

0:37:05.239 --> 0:37:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Back, somebody say fight back.

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<v Speaker 2>You are not going to take the land automatically, and

0:37:10.280 --> 0:37:12.879
<v Speaker 2>you are not going to live in peace and purpose automatically.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've got a phrase that I do, and his

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<v Speaker 2>four syllables on the front and his four syllables on

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<v Speaker 2>the back, and I did it in four.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you can breathe in four times and breathe out

0:37:22.239 --> 0:37:24.640
<v Speaker 1>four times. So I do it all the time. And

0:37:24.680 --> 0:37:27.319
<v Speaker 1>the devil doesn't like it. He really really hates it.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm doing it more and more because I like

0:37:29.680 --> 0:37:31.600
<v Speaker 2>to make it mad and I like to fight back.

0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:33.000
<v Speaker 2>I like to let him know he can't just push

0:37:33.080 --> 0:37:35.120
<v Speaker 2>me around and keep me stuck in the wilderness. And

0:37:35.160 --> 0:37:37.200
<v Speaker 2>he's not going to have my destiny and he's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to disrupt God's dream for my life with discouragement.

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<v Speaker 2>And anytime he rolls up on me and tries to

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<v Speaker 2>make my soul downcast, I got some for him because

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<v Speaker 2>he's trained my fingers for war and my hands for battle,

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<v Speaker 2>and he will not keep me out of the land

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<v Speaker 2>God's promise. He will not keep me out of the purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to raise my kids to love God.

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to serve God and my generation. I

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<v Speaker 2>am going to complete the calling that God has placed

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<v Speaker 2>on my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I am going to go forward in Jesus' name. I

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<v Speaker 1>am going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Build the kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>I am going to see it come to pass.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just do this. I say Christ is in me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the first half. I am enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't you try it? You know, if you send

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<v Speaker 2>in a restaurant and so I says, here, taste this,

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<v Speaker 2>taste this, taste this, you try it.

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<v Speaker 1>Say Christ is in me. I am enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell them to your neighbor, tell them Christ is in you.

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<v Speaker 1>You are enough. I love people who absolutely refuse to

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<v Speaker 1>participate with anything you do in church.

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<v Speaker 2>Do they have a secret meeting before church? Where does

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<v Speaker 2>this happen in the lobby?

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<v Speaker 1>When he says, touch your neighbor, do nothing, It's okay,

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay. Let's go for ninety seven percent participation. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're about eighty. Touch your neighbors.

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<v Speaker 2>Say Christ is in you.

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<v Speaker 1>You are enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you gotta get it in that order, because if

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<v Speaker 2>you start with you are enough, it's just a matter

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<v Speaker 2>of time before you find out that is just not true.

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<v Speaker 2>They're stronger than we are. Yeah, but didn't you hear

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<v Speaker 2>the verse.

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<v Speaker 1>Level Christ is in me, I am enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's take the volume up a little bit. Christ is

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<v Speaker 2>in me, I am enough. Think about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Fear that you have. Look at it and say Christ

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<v Speaker 1>is in me, I am enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about what was discouraging you last night, robbing you

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<v Speaker 2>of your sleep, robbing you if you're tolling, robbing you

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<v Speaker 2>of your peace, robbing you of your purpose, and shout

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<v Speaker 2>it out last say Christ is in me.

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<v Speaker 1>I am enough. Now, now break it down.

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<v Speaker 2>If you walk around shouting like that, it's gonna cost

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<v Speaker 2>some trouble for you at your job.

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<v Speaker 1>So God tells Joshua. He says, keep it on your.

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<v Speaker 2>Lips, as the background, as the soundtrack.

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<v Speaker 1>And take it into any situation that you face.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it because God at once gives him a

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<v Speaker 2>big destiny. How many of you believe that God has

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<v Speaker 2>a destiny for you? How many of you want to

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<v Speaker 2>believe that God has a destiny for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of hard sometimes because.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought i'd be there by now, and I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>there by now. Well, well, he gives him a big destiny,

0:40:33.360 --> 0:40:36.480
<v Speaker 2>but he gives him a small direction. He said, for

0:40:36.600 --> 0:40:39.759
<v Speaker 2>you to fulfill your destiny, you're going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>talk yourself into it. So I was flying into Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 2>You can stand I'm closer. I was flying into Charlotte

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<v Speaker 2>one time. Did you get blessed by this word at all? Today?

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<v Speaker 2>I was, I was flying into Charlotte one time, and

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<v Speaker 2>I started to tell you the story how I was

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<v Speaker 2>discouraged and afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>And while we were landing, I opened my window.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember it real clearly because the guy next

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<v Speaker 2>to me had been sleeping and he was kind of

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<v Speaker 2>mad when I opened the window. But I opened the

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<v Speaker 2>window and looked out and it was a perfect setting,

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<v Speaker 2>like the sun was setting. And remember I was afraid

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<v Speaker 2>and discouraged. And I'm not comparing myself to Joshua. Why

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have some kind of grandiose idea of what

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<v Speaker 2>God put me.

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<v Speaker 1>In the earth to do.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, for my calling, for my part to

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<v Speaker 2>play in the kingdom, I take it very seriously. And

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that God has given me a promise, and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that God has given me a purpose, and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that He desires me to live in peace

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<v Speaker 2>as I fulfill that purpose and possess that promise. And

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<v Speaker 2>so I was we were landing, and it was like men,

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<v Speaker 2>like a scene out of Thomas Kincaid. You know what

0:41:58.719 --> 0:42:00.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm saying? Like that, do you know that the guy

0:42:00.719 --> 0:42:01.600
<v Speaker 2>who paints all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like the.

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<v Speaker 2>City of Charlotte was bathed in the orange sunset.

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<v Speaker 1>And orange was our.

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<v Speaker 2>Church color, and it's also the color of God's team,

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<v Speaker 2>the Clemson Tigers. And so these two things served to

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<v Speaker 2>confirm to me that God, God was speaking.

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<v Speaker 1>I just felt something.

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<v Speaker 2>I got my notebook out that I had and I

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<v Speaker 2>just wrote down, just fast as I could write the

0:42:20.080 --> 0:42:21.600
<v Speaker 2>impressions that I was receiving.

0:42:21.239 --> 0:42:23.319
<v Speaker 1>As we were landing in Charlotte. And it started with

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<v Speaker 1>this idea, this is your city.

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<v Speaker 2>I have given it to you for influence, not that

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<v Speaker 2>it is in other people's city too, but just that

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<v Speaker 2>God had called me here. You made the right decision,

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<v Speaker 2>you did it, and I want to give it. And

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<v Speaker 2>it was about a page and a half of stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that I wrote down, and a couple of days later

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<v Speaker 2>I read it to our team. It's very encouraging, very inspiring.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason I told you that story is because I

0:42:42.360 --> 0:42:46.879
<v Speaker 2>have landed in Charlotte many times since then. Almost every

0:42:46.880 --> 0:42:49.360
<v Speaker 2>time I'm landing, I opened my window just in case

0:42:50.880 --> 0:42:52.640
<v Speaker 2>that can happen again. And you know what, It's never

0:42:52.760 --> 0:42:55.560
<v Speaker 2>happened like that again ever ever.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I've even put my notebook out and gotten

0:42:57.480 --> 0:42:57.920
<v Speaker 1>my pen.

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<v Speaker 2>Ready, and what I see is, but see, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>live in a place where you're depending on God to

0:43:08.280 --> 0:43:15.200
<v Speaker 2>always give you a sunset and a poem. And the

0:43:15.280 --> 0:43:19.160
<v Speaker 2>since I get from the Lord is I've already spoken my.

0:43:19.280 --> 0:43:20.200
<v Speaker 1>Promise to you.

0:43:21.719 --> 0:43:32.600
<v Speaker 2>Now you've got to speak it to yourself. There are

0:43:32.640 --> 0:43:36.080
<v Speaker 2>some promises in your life that you have not yet possessed.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're waiting on somebody, or you're waiting on God,

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<v Speaker 2>or you're waiting on a circumstance to a line.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not going to happen that way. If you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to experience the.

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<v Speaker 2>Peace of God, it won't be because God gives it

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<v Speaker 2>to you. He's already given you peace. In John fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven, when.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, like Moses, was preparing his followers for his departure

0:43:59.520 --> 0:44:01.960
<v Speaker 1>and telling them about the Holy Spirit that was coming

0:44:02.239 --> 0:44:04.680
<v Speaker 1>and not only to live with them, but to live in.

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<v Speaker 2>Them, God told Joshuah, I'm with you, but God tells

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<v Speaker 2>you something even better. He says, I'm in you, Christ

0:44:11.400 --> 0:44:15.880
<v Speaker 2>is in me, and I'm more than enough. And he

0:44:15.960 --> 0:44:20.320
<v Speaker 2>tells his followers peace I leave with you my peace.

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<v Speaker 2>I give to you. I don't give like the world gifts.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't let your hearts be troubled. Don't let them be afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>You see it, You see it. Don't let your heart

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<v Speaker 1>be troubled. Don't let it be afraid. Why are you

0:44:35.440 --> 0:44:38.520
<v Speaker 1>so downcast? Stop listening to.

0:44:38.400 --> 0:44:43.640
<v Speaker 2>Your situation and start preaching to your situation. In the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the Lord, tripones will live in the name

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<v Speaker 2>of Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>The promise will come to pass.

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<v Speaker 2>So Jesus said, I have given you my peace. I'll

0:45:00.200 --> 0:45:08.080
<v Speaker 2>talk yourself into it day and night, the refrain of

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<v Speaker 2>my heart. You need a phrase to fight the devil with.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not afraid anymore. I feel fear, but I'm not afraid.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't say I couldn't feel it. He just said

0:45:21.440 --> 0:45:25.000
<v Speaker 2>I had to face it. He didn't say that the

0:45:25.000 --> 0:45:26.920
<v Speaker 2>fear wouldn't come upon me. He just said that it

0:45:26.920 --> 0:45:30.799
<v Speaker 2>shouldn't define me. Come on, I'm preaching to somebody. You've

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<v Speaker 2>been stuck, you've been afraid, you've been terrified, you've been

0:45:34.920 --> 0:45:35.960
<v Speaker 2>worried about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You've been stressed.

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<v Speaker 2>But lift your hands in the presence of the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>and say, Christ is in me.

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<v Speaker 1>I am enough. Say it again, Christ is in me.

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<v Speaker 1>I am enough one more time.

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<v Speaker 2>God said it three times to Joshua.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to say it three times too. Christ

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<v Speaker 1>is in me. I am enough. Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Clap your hands and thank God. Clap your hands and

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<v Speaker 3>praise God. Open your mouth and speak, pray, speak peace.

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<v Speaker 3>I will yeah, pray so my God and my God.

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