WEBVTT - God Has Given Me Everything I Need For The Season I'm In.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation

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<v Speaker 1>Church and this is our podcast. I wanted to thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>it builds your faith. Hope it gives your perspective to

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<v Speaker 1>see God is moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to get this in your heart as we

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<v Speaker 1>close this mindset masterclass, not as we close this process,

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<v Speaker 1>because it is a daily decision that you have to make,

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<v Speaker 1>which me will I be? Which you will you do?

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<v Speaker 1>You're not done choosing. It's not a one time event.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to give you this last little nugget for

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<v Speaker 1>the seasons where you're struggling. It may not even just

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<v Speaker 1>be one rep. It may not even be just one day,

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<v Speaker 1>It may not even be just one month. You may

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<v Speaker 1>go through long stretches of time. Yeah, with a little reprieve.

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<v Speaker 1>But you might say this is mostly a struggle. The

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<v Speaker 1>stage of life my kids are at right now, this

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<v Speaker 1>business challenge relative to my industry, this rhythm of my

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<v Speaker 1>life that feels completely unsustainable. And while I don't always

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<v Speaker 1>think that we should seek out more struggle, I think

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<v Speaker 1>we have to know that when we struggle, God gives

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<v Speaker 1>strength if you can know that in those moments and

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<v Speaker 1>say to God the greatest three word prayer that I

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<v Speaker 1>never heard, help me fail. I don't ask God to

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<v Speaker 1>help me fail. I want him to help me win,

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<v Speaker 1>help me succeed, help me crush, help me kill, help

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<v Speaker 1>me destroy. You know, like, well, you don't want to win.

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<v Speaker 2>You're saying help me stretch, help me grow for those

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<v Speaker 2>who are like an aversion to fail. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>it is important that well, I chose the language help

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<v Speaker 2>me fail, because it's inevitable that you are going to

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<v Speaker 2>feel like you're failing, but maybe you're not. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>I think is so interesting about you being a success

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<v Speaker 2>coach is that some people go, well.

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<v Speaker 1>A success coach? Is that really scriptural to success? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, God told Joshua, I'll give you good success,

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of success that God gives, a good success

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<v Speaker 1>where you make a difference for him and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>rip your life apart. I mean, you wrote a whole

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<v Speaker 1>book called High Performance Habits about people who are not

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<v Speaker 1>just succeeding over here and then making a mess of

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<v Speaker 1>their relationships, are destroying their health. God wants to bring

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<v Speaker 1>all these things to integration in our life. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think just as important as what's our definition of success

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<v Speaker 1>is the question what's your definition of failure? Who said

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<v Speaker 1>it fail? Right? We talked in an earlier masterclass about

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<v Speaker 1>disappointment and disappointment is relative to time, and when you

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<v Speaker 1>remove the element of time, you don't have to be

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<v Speaker 1>disappointed because it's going to happen and it's in God's hands.

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<v Speaker 1>So what do you walk people through when they are

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<v Speaker 1>experiencing what they perceive to be failure? But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as a coach, ah, this is a growth moment, this

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<v Speaker 1>is a growth season. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the first part is always as I said earlier,

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<v Speaker 2>just remove the surprise from people. It's like they're so

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<v Speaker 2>shocked that they had a bad performance. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>you've been on tour for three years. You didn't think

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<v Speaker 2>one of them you were going to suck or you

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<v Speaker 2>just remove like the struggle and the failure is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be there and it is a personal definition. You

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<v Speaker 2>thought you failed, but fifteen thousand people chanted. You thought

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<v Speaker 2>you failed, but you weren't arrested the next day you

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<v Speaker 2>thought you I mean, we have these cataclysmic things about

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<v Speaker 2>failure and we always realize failure is a personal definition.

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<v Speaker 2>So first someone to go why were you surprised? Second,

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<v Speaker 2>what is your definition? Tell me what does that mean

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<v Speaker 2>that you failed? And what's interesting when people use the

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<v Speaker 2>terminology of failure, they drop into the fixed mindset right

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<v Speaker 2>away because they believed that the failure stopped something I

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<v Speaker 2>failed and it's just like this defined event and their

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<v Speaker 2>progress stopped and their growth will stop. And so their

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<v Speaker 2>definition of failure off and off comes with it like

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<v Speaker 2>a stop sign, and I have to say, oh, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no stop sign. That was an incident in life. Tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be forty other incidents. That was one struggle.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have another thousand. So there was no stop sign.

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<v Speaker 2>It was something that occurred, but it occurred in the

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<v Speaker 2>stream of life. And now you're downstream of that difficulty

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<v Speaker 2>and now you're going to face another boulder that's similar. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you going to navigate this one? Because that's

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<v Speaker 2>what that gave you. That difficulty gave you navigation instructions.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't a failure, it was a navigation instruction manual.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like love that. Hey, Okay, you hit this thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't go right.

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<v Speaker 2>That boulder is going to appear in the stream again,

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<v Speaker 2>probably a lot of times until you learn.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>So, now you know the boulder is coming up, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>let me skal up. Let me learn how to navigate that.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me learn how to use my ore and snap

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<v Speaker 2>my hip and the kayak to pop around that boulder. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>let me skill up. So next time I face it,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a little stronger. Yeah, I'm a little smarter. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a little more wide. And so that's a developmental standpoint.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't say I stopped there, it's forever fixed. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>always gonna be ruined here. It says that's probably gonna

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<v Speaker 2>come up again. Let me teach myself. How would the

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<v Speaker 2>best self deal with it? How would I skill up

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with it better. It's taking a struggle that's inevitable,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's equipping ourselves for the future. And maybe what

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<v Speaker 2>came out of that struggle is I'm going to equip

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<v Speaker 2>myself to be kinder next time. I'm going to equip

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<v Speaker 2>myself to be more patient. I'm going to equip myself

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<v Speaker 2>to develop a skill that I can do this or

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<v Speaker 2>that so that doesn't feel so harsh or surprising or

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<v Speaker 2>awful next time. Because that's maturity is we get better

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<v Speaker 2>at things like you do as a speaker, right my metaphor,

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<v Speaker 2>but for that would be I trained myself to speak

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<v Speaker 2>to a small group, and then a slightly bigger group,

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<v Speaker 2>and a slightly bigger group, and a slightly The problem

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<v Speaker 2>was I was, you know, probably level of a thousand people.

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<v Speaker 2>I still felt like I wanted to throw up before

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<v Speaker 2>going out there, and I had to say, I need

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<v Speaker 2>to train myself to be in a good place to

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<v Speaker 2>handle life's challenges. M M. And that's what I want

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<v Speaker 2>people to hear, is like, the struggles are inevitable. Train

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<v Speaker 2>yourself to be in a good place, learning from your

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<v Speaker 2>past lessons and preparing yourself now for the struggle that

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<v Speaker 2>you're in because the season that you're in, which is

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<v Speaker 2>why I love the chapter title here. Yeah, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>the season that you're in, you're equipped, you're in bolden,

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<v Speaker 2>You got backing, and you have to step in faith

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<v Speaker 2>and stay in motion and not hit the stop sign.

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<v Speaker 1>Step in faith because the struggle is not a stop sign.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a strength builder. It's a struggle build strength. So

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<v Speaker 1>write these two down struggle build strength, not all struggle.

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<v Speaker 1>Some struggle you're struggling because you're stubborn, like, you're not

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to still be struggling with this. You're supposed to apologize,

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<v Speaker 1>quit trying to prove your right. But when the struggle

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<v Speaker 1>is something that God is taking you through and leading

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<v Speaker 1>you through is going to build strength.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't put a stop sign on the struggle.

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<v Speaker 1>Put a stop sign on the struggle, especially when it's

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<v Speaker 1>bad and you didn't want it. I mean people, I

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<v Speaker 1>know you. You minister to.

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<v Speaker 2>People who who've their struggle or their challenge, and this

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<v Speaker 2>season they lost a child, and when you tell them, well,

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<v Speaker 2>just be strong through it, it sounds so flippant. But

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes when you say there will be strength, you'll be

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<v Speaker 2>provided for.

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<v Speaker 1>But also don't stop there.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, don't forget you do have maybe another child,

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<v Speaker 2>or don't forget that your life doesn't have to stop because.

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<v Speaker 1>They were called.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I think it's a matter of when our

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<v Speaker 2>struggles hurt us and there's no growth from them, is

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<v Speaker 2>when we put that stop sign and we think that

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<v Speaker 2>ended our life, that ended our progress, that ended our reputation.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when I say don't put a stop sign

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<v Speaker 2>on a struggle, it's not trying to say that anyone

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<v Speaker 2>ever wanted those terrible things that happened to us that

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<v Speaker 2>are our struggles and problems. It's saying when you have

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<v Speaker 2>that terrible thing and that awful thing and you can't

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<v Speaker 2>find the strength. When they hear guys like I say

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<v Speaker 2>well there's strength there, and they're like, I can't find

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<v Speaker 2>there's no strength that came from this awful I lost

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<v Speaker 2>my dad.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no strength from that. Brendan, I go, yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't feel like.

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<v Speaker 2>It, and you might be right, but don't stop living

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<v Speaker 2>because your dad didn't want you to stop living.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't want you to stop living.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the most important thing when you say that

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<v Speaker 2>there's a season for everything and that God is with you,

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<v Speaker 2>there is don't put stop signs on the struggle.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I don't preach to the people in my church

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<v Speaker 1>in those moments they preach to me. You know, it

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a role reversal because I love that. I have

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<v Speaker 1>seen amazing faith from people in our church who have

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<v Speaker 1>gone through the most agonizing situations over and over again,

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<v Speaker 1>and in those moments they become the messenger to me.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's almost like they take the pulpit in their

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<v Speaker 1>life and I learn I become the parishioner. And for

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<v Speaker 1>some reason, I feel compelled to share this, And I

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<v Speaker 1>never thought that this master class session would go to

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<v Speaker 1>this place, but I feel like it's supposed to. Of

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<v Speaker 1>one of my favorite church members. His name is literally

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Layman. You know we have like ministers in Layman.

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<v Speaker 1>He's literally Layman. So I always tell me he's my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite Layman. And one night they were at church and

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<v Speaker 1>his oldest son died in a car wreck while he

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<v Speaker 1>sat in church, and his phone was off and he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't find out till he left church. And after his

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<v Speaker 1>son had gone to heaven, and after we had done

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<v Speaker 1>the funeral and everything, I watched him and I wondered,

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<v Speaker 1>what will he still want to pray? Will he still

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<v Speaker 1>want to come to church? Would I? If I was

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<v Speaker 1>in church and my son wasn't drunk. My son wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>doing anything wrong. My son was a good kid. But

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<v Speaker 1>what he did was was he preached a whole life

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<v Speaker 1>message back to me through his decisions. Because before his

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<v Speaker 1>son died, his I had wanted to start a fishing

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<v Speaker 1>club and they love to fish together, and he never

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<v Speaker 1>got to do it. And when Riley died, Tom decided

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to start the fishing club. But it's not

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<v Speaker 1>just going to be fishing for fish. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be fishing for men. Like Jesus said, I will make

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<v Speaker 1>you fishers of men.

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<v Speaker 3>It's beautiful and man, they started this club called Riley's Catch,

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<v Speaker 3>and not only you've seen hundred kids come to Christ

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<v Speaker 3>through the club because they actually not just give them

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<v Speaker 3>these amazing experiences, but they share the gospel with them.

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<v Speaker 1>But I've told his story to our church with his permission.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's better than me being up there saying there's

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<v Speaker 1>strength in the struggle, right Like, this isn't pinterest from

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<v Speaker 1>the pulpit that we're trying to give people today. I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen it. I've seen that the strength that Tom and

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<v Speaker 1>Lisa Layman, and we could name a lot more, the

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<v Speaker 1>strength that they needed for the season that they never

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<v Speaker 1>would have chosen, was there. I don't know how. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how the spot or helped them when they

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<v Speaker 1>felt like I probably can't take another breath, and then

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<v Speaker 1>they did. I don't know if I can put on

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<v Speaker 1>my face and smile at people today at church when

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<v Speaker 1>my son is no longer here and we were in

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<v Speaker 1>church trying to be a good family. But when you

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<v Speaker 1>see that from my point of view as a pastor,

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<v Speaker 1>it's what lets me know that what we preach and

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<v Speaker 1>teach is more than platitudes and cliches. Right, these are

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<v Speaker 1>the words of God for you, because when you get

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<v Speaker 1>into that season, if you're in that season right now,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's the loss of someone or whether it's you

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<v Speaker 1>know something within yourself that you lost. You lost your compass,

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<v Speaker 1>you lost your joy, you lost your direction, you lost

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<v Speaker 1>your enthusiasm. We're not here to qualify whose loss is deeper.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're in it, it feels deep. I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to remember the Bible story. And it's crazy how this

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<v Speaker 1>session is coming together. I feel like it must be

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<v Speaker 1>really annointed for somebody to hear because we planned on

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<v Speaker 1>talking about Peter, who was a fisherman in the Bible,

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<v Speaker 1>and Peter Man, the dude had a lot of strengths,

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<v Speaker 1>but he was stupid. I mean he was he run

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<v Speaker 1>up on somebody and cut off their ear trying to

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<v Speaker 1>defend Jesus, and Jesus is like I am trying to

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<v Speaker 1>go to the cross. They came here to do what

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<v Speaker 1>they're supposed to do. Let them pass. Jesus puts the

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<v Speaker 1>ear back on. He ain't put up with so much

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<v Speaker 1>out of Peter. But you know what, when Jesus was

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<v Speaker 1>starting his ministry and he needed a boat to preach from,

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<v Speaker 1>he looked at Peter's boat and said, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>use his boat. And Peter's like, cool, you can preach

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<v Speaker 1>from my boat. You need somewhere to stand, You need

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere to push out where you can get away from

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<v Speaker 1>the crowds and your voice will echo over the water. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>use my boat. And that was his first decision. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you can get in my boat. Now. He had no

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<v Speaker 1>idea at that point that he was going to go

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<v Speaker 1>all around the Sea of Galilee and See Jesus heal

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<v Speaker 1>blind eyes, See Jesus caused those who could not speak

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<v Speaker 1>to utter their first words. See Jesus feed people off

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<v Speaker 1>of a Do you have Captain D's or Long John

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<v Speaker 1>silver Is or any of those little fish restaurants back

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<v Speaker 1>in Montana. You know, he's multiplying food, and he's performing miracles,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's healing people that others wouldn't touch, all because

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<v Speaker 1>Peter let him in his boat. And I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>a significant moment when you say God, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what's ahead for me, but you can get in the

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<v Speaker 1>boat with me. You can have my life, my gifts,

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<v Speaker 1>my skills, and I don't know what my potential is

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<v Speaker 1>for you. In fact, sometimes I feel like it's not

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<v Speaker 1>like these other people. But if you're calling me, you're

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<v Speaker 1>speaking to me. If you gave me this to do,

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<v Speaker 1>if you put me in this season, this assignment, come

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<v Speaker 1>on in. And then when Jesus goes to the cross,

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<v Speaker 1>Peter doesn't do so well. And Jesus told Peter he

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't gonna do so well. He said, Peter, Satan has

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<v Speaker 1>asked to sift you as wheat. And Peter's probably thinking

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<v Speaker 1>you told him he couldn't write like he's gonna tempt

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<v Speaker 1>you and test you. But Jesus said, yeah, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna deny that. You know me, You're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>a moment of failure. You're gonna fail. But Simon I

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<v Speaker 1>prayed for you because his name was Simon before it

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<v Speaker 1>was Peter. Jesus changed his name like he does for

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<v Speaker 1>all of us. He gives you a new nature, and

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<v Speaker 1>he said, uh, I prayed for you that when you fail,

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<v Speaker 1>that your faith would not fail. And that when you return,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll strengthen your brothers. So now fast forward. Jesus has

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<v Speaker 1>died on the cross, he's risen from the grave. Peter

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<v Speaker 1>has seen that Jesus is alive, but he doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>know what's next for him. And that might be you

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<v Speaker 1>right now, like I just don't know what's next for me. Remember,

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<v Speaker 1>everything that is next in your life is connected to

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<v Speaker 1>what you do right now. God has given you everything

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<v Speaker 1>you need for this season that you're in. So Peter

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<v Speaker 1>says something in the scripture. He goes, I'm going fishing.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've heard preachers say, you know, Peter was backsliding.

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<v Speaker 1>He was going back to his old life and going fishing. No,

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<v Speaker 1>he needed dinner. He's trying to feed everybody. Jesus being

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<v Speaker 1>risen from the dead didn't mean that they didn't need nutrition.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's going back fishing, doing what he knows to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And I gotta wonder Brendan also, was he going back

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<v Speaker 1>to the last place where he knew that God could

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<v Speaker 1>use him, That's where he'd connected before. Was he going

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<v Speaker 1>back to that same sea of galley, that area called

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<v Speaker 1>Capernaum where he had dropped Jesus off to teach a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit and heal a little bit and multiply those

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<v Speaker 1>bread and loaves. Was he running from Jesus or was

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<v Speaker 1>he looking for Jesus. I remember when he called me

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<v Speaker 1>on the lake. I remember when he got in my boat.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when he walked toward me on the water.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got to think, like, the memories are going

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<v Speaker 1>through his mind, and maybe if I just get back

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<v Speaker 1>out here and I fish. And suddenly at the moment

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<v Speaker 1>of his failure, after he fished all night and caught nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>which is exactly what happened the first time Jesus used

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<v Speaker 1>his boat, He's like full circle with this failure, because

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<v Speaker 1>we never stop going through moments and nights and situations

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<v Speaker 1>and relationships and opportunities and ventures where it doesn't work

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<v Speaker 1>out like we wanted it to. But the Bible says

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<v Speaker 1>that a voice called out, saying, friends, do you have

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<v Speaker 1>any fish? And Peter recognized something that's Jesus, and he

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<v Speaker 1>jumped in that water and swam toward Jesus. Because he

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<v Speaker 1>was impulsive, he gotta stayed in the boat. Probably got

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<v Speaker 1>there quicker, Yeah, but he was so excited to have

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<v Speaker 1>another chance, and he realized the truth that I want

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<v Speaker 1>to leave you with as we close out this session together,

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<v Speaker 1>he realized in that moment that God brought me through

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<v Speaker 1>that season of my failure, and he is bringing me

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<v Speaker 1>in to a season of even greater effectiveness. Because remember

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<v Speaker 1>Peter started out as a fisherman, but Jesus called him

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<v Speaker 1>to feed his sheep. He turned him from a fisherman,

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<v Speaker 1>a fisher of men, into a shepherd, and he went

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<v Speaker 1>on to influence the church like few people in history.

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<v Speaker 1>All that from letting Jesus in his boat, all that

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<v Speaker 1>on the other side of his embarrassment, on the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of his betrayal, and I just want you to

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<v Speaker 1>get to the other side. I know this session isn't

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<v Speaker 1>quite as practical, and I know we haven't given five

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<v Speaker 1>steps for moving through failure, and we're kind of moving

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<v Speaker 1>in the realm of images right now, but I just

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<v Speaker 1>feel like this is where we want to leave. This

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<v Speaker 1>message in your heart is that God has already chosen you,

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<v Speaker 1>with your unique abilities, with your unique background, with your

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<v Speaker 1>small town or big city self, with your tall self,

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<v Speaker 1>short self, with your loud self, quiet self, with your

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<v Speaker 1>introverted extroverted self. God chose you. The question is will

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<v Speaker 1>you choose you. Will you choose the you that God

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<v Speaker 1>knew before you were ever born, The you that is

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<v Speaker 1>capable of making a difference, The you that is capable

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<v Speaker 1>of moving through generational patterns that held your mom back

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<v Speaker 1>in your dad back, like I think that is available

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<v Speaker 1>to you right now, in this moment and in every moment.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is the decision knowing that God that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to be somebody else, that if I need

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<v Speaker 1>to have it, God will bring it, that if I

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<v Speaker 1>need to be good at it, I can grow into it.

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<v Speaker 1>That God will send me people that I need to

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<v Speaker 1>teach me what I need to know, people to help

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm supposed to help, people to link up with

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<v Speaker 1>or are strong where I'm weak. God will supply all

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<v Speaker 1>my needs according to His glorious riches in Christ. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry I'm preaching Brendan, but this is my life message.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what I believe for each and every one

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<v Speaker 1>of you, that there is a shepherd in you. There

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<v Speaker 1>is a next level of what God wants to do

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<v Speaker 1>through your life. And it may not look like more

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<v Speaker 1>followers on Instagram, or it may and it may not

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<v Speaker 1>look like you know starting seventeen companies or it may.

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<v Speaker 1>But I know one thing. I know that God shows

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<v Speaker 1>you for something that you are the perfect person for.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you can anchor that belief, no matter what stormy,

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<v Speaker 1>let me see your tossed on. No matter what failure

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<v Speaker 1>seasons you go through, no matter what mistakes you have

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<v Speaker 1>to go back and correct, I promise you this much.

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<v Speaker 1>You will have the grace you need. You will have

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<v Speaker 1>the gift you need. It's in you right now. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not on the treadmill chase in future you. Peter was

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<v Speaker 1>Peter while he was still calling himself Simon. Peter was

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<v Speaker 1>a shepherd while he was still catching fish. Peter was

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<v Speaker 1>a fisher of men even when his nets were empty.

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<v Speaker 1>Peter was a preacher even when he was cursing and

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<v Speaker 1>denying Christ. It's in you right now. God has given

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<v Speaker 1>me everything I need for the season I'm in. So

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<v Speaker 1>expect growth, Expect stages. Expect there to be some times

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<v Speaker 1>where the seed is underground and you don't see anything happening.

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<v Speaker 1>That's okay. God is often doing the most when we

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<v Speaker 1>see the least. Expect harvest, Expect blessings, Expect things to

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<v Speaker 1>be grateful for. Expect a testimony from your experience from

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<v Speaker 1>these scriptures getting in your heart. Expect for the truth

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<v Speaker 1>to take root and bear fruit in your life. But

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<v Speaker 1>while you're waiting for it, just believe I'm planted in

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<v Speaker 1>the soil of God's purpose for me, and nothing can

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<v Speaker 1>pluck me out of his hand. Thank you for joining us.

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