WEBVTT - Don't Miss Your Turn

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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.

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<v Speaker 1>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.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>If you wouldn't mind standing, I'd like to preach, and

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<v Speaker 2>I want to read the scripture while you stand. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want to just share a simple message today from

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<v Speaker 2>First Samuel classic text. God has given me a fresh

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<v Speaker 2>insight on First Samuel chapter seventeen, and I just want

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<v Speaker 2>to give you verses forty eight through fifty one.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love this little Bible story.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the one where David kills Goliath spoiler alert. And

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<v Speaker 2>I think there'll be some things in this message today

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<v Speaker 2>that will be pertin it to your personal life as

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<v Speaker 2>well as our plight. Is a nation, so I like it.

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<v Speaker 2>Lean in and listen carefully. I believe there is a

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<v Speaker 2>word from the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>In this house. How many are ready to receive it?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on? Are you excited? How many want to hear

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<v Speaker 1>from God? Today?

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<v Speaker 2>As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran

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<v Speaker 2>quickly toward the battle line. God's people don't run from trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>We run toward it in the name of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>He ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him,

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<v Speaker 2>Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he

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<v Speaker 2>slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead, and

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<v Speaker 2>the stone sank into his forehead and he fell face

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<v Speaker 2>down on the ground. So David triumphed over the Philistine

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<v Speaker 2>with a sling and a stone, without a sword in

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<v Speaker 2>his hand, he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

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<v Speaker 2>David ran and stood over him. He took hold of

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<v Speaker 2>the Philistine's sword, drew it from the sheath. After he

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<v Speaker 2>killed him, cut off his head with his own sword.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you got to take what the devil brings against

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<v Speaker 2>you and put it to use to do the work

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<v Speaker 2>of God. And when the Philistines saw that their hero

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<v Speaker 2>was dead, they turned and ran. They turned and ran.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I need you to announce my title to your neighbor.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And this might be something that your wife says to

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<v Speaker 2>you when you're driving. You might have said this to

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<v Speaker 2>your husband today trying to find elevation Valentine or whatever

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<v Speaker 2>campus you're at. But would you look at your neighbor

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<v Speaker 2>and give them my title. Say neighbor, don't miss your turn.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at your other neighbor and say you might miss

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<v Speaker 2>your turn. Pay attention, don't miss your turn. Amen, you

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<v Speaker 2>may be seated.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Worship team, Thank you worship team. All are

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<v Speaker 3>worship teams. Oh man, so much I want to say

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<v Speaker 3>to you. Let me just look at you real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a new building, so I don't know where everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>sitting and used to having people all my familiar faces.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I'm looking for my love. I'm looking for my

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<v Speaker 1>love this school.

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<v Speaker 2>Those of you at the other campuses, you can't see this,

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<v Speaker 2>but the way we've set up the room is very strategic.

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<v Speaker 2>We have it where everybody can keep an eye on

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<v Speaker 2>each other and monitor them to make sure that they

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<v Speaker 2>are paying attention and being responsive in the sermon. So,

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<v Speaker 2>those of you on my right, if these people over

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<v Speaker 2>here start looking like they're dozing off, they start looking bored,

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<v Speaker 2>you could shoot a spitball at them. You can do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you have to do this side. Over here on

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<v Speaker 2>the left side, these people really love Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, it's going to be a competition. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to get to see over.

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<v Speaker 2>The course of the coming weeks and months which section

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<v Speaker 2>loves Jesus the most, and so it should be interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>But I just want to share a little bit with

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<v Speaker 1>you today.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to get something on your mind as

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<v Speaker 2>we look at this classic text in the Valley of Elaw,

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<v Speaker 2>where the giant from God, who some say was nine

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<v Speaker 2>three inches tall, has come to defy the armies of

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<v Speaker 2>the Living God, and a boy named David decides to

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<v Speaker 2>do something about it. I want you to think if

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<v Speaker 2>you would just for a moment about something in your

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<v Speaker 2>life that you almost missed out.

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<v Speaker 1>On, and that.

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<v Speaker 2>You you you came really close to missing out on it,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know you did it, and now that you're

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<v Speaker 2>looking back on it, you are like, oh, I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>glad that I didn't let fear or apathy or laziness

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<v Speaker 2>or other people keep me from doing that, because I

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<v Speaker 2>would have missed so much. In fact, some of you,

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<v Speaker 2>to listen to other people, you never gonna come to

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<v Speaker 2>the church, you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>And you would have missed out because it is a

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<v Speaker 1>great place. It's great people. I said, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>great place with great people. Come on, y'all, let's break

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<v Speaker 1>it in this building.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't be looking at me stuffy, Amen. Something you would

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<v Speaker 2>have I missed out on Holly, of course, is of

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<v Speaker 2>thinking about if she had said no instead of I do,

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<v Speaker 2>how much she would have missed.

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<v Speaker 1>She would have missed her miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>She would have missed her man, she would have missed

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<v Speaker 2>her moment. Aren't you glad you didn't miss it? You

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<v Speaker 2>know different things in life, opportunities that you had that

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<v Speaker 2>scared you at the time. Amy, Think about if when

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<v Speaker 2>I took unk chunks out the Golden Corral and said

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<v Speaker 2>start the church with me, Hattie said, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't want to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to keep on working physical therapy, rubbing on

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<v Speaker 2>old people's backsides.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to keep serving. Then nothing wrong being a

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<v Speaker 1>physical therapist. I'm just having a little humor here with you.

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<v Speaker 2>But just imagine you wouldn't even be here on the

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<v Speaker 2>front row watching.

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<v Speaker 1>The grand opening of a location.

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<v Speaker 2>Last night, I gave away almost a quarter of a

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars, because that's what you do when you move into.

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<v Speaker 1>A thirty million dollar building. You give away quarter of

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<v Speaker 1>a million dollars just to make the devil mad, to

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<v Speaker 1>let him know that the church is on the move.

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<v Speaker 2>As a matter of fact, I want to make a

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<v Speaker 2>prophetic announcement. This church is not gonna miss our turn

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<v Speaker 2>We are determined in this season in our cities to.

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<v Speaker 1>Shine like never before.

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<v Speaker 2>The world needs us now and we're not gonna miss.

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<v Speaker 1>Our turn out.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a big believer in having regrets. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that what's better is if you can learn the lesson,

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<v Speaker 2>get the benefit of the lesson without the burden of

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<v Speaker 2>the regret. You know what I'm saying, get the burden

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<v Speaker 2>of the lesson or the benefit or whatever I said

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<v Speaker 2>of the lesson j LA, without the burden of the regret.

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<v Speaker 1>What I do believe in is the power of pregret.

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<v Speaker 1>I made up the word. I believe that.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can learn how in your life to experience

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<v Speaker 2>what you would experience if you did something dumb in

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<v Speaker 2>your emotions without having to do the dumb thing and

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<v Speaker 2>deal with the consequences and the disaster of your decision,

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's.

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<v Speaker 1>A good thing. I might write a book about this,

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<v Speaker 1>the power of pregret.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, so you can learn how to discern guys

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<v Speaker 2>that you shouldn't date by seeing the patterns that he's

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<v Speaker 2>like the last guy, he's like the last guy, and

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<v Speaker 2>if I go out with him, and if I sleep

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<v Speaker 2>with him, I'm going to end up having to be

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<v Speaker 2>in the same cycle. And so I think there's something

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<v Speaker 2>to learn from the things that we've missed out on,

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<v Speaker 2>the things that we've almost missed out on. You may

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<v Speaker 2>think this is a strange introduction, and I forgot that

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<v Speaker 2>my text was David and Goliath. But this common text

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<v Speaker 2>has an often overlook application I find in First Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>sixteen and seventeen. And those of you at are Matthew's

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<v Speaker 2>campus are going to be particularly interested in this sermon

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<v Speaker 2>because I began to share on this topic with you

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<v Speaker 2>a few weeks ago when I came over in supp

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<v Speaker 2>I do for a visit because I was noticing that

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<v Speaker 2>the climax of the story, when David took his slingshot,

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<v Speaker 2>his rocks, his shepherding equipment, and used it to kill

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<v Speaker 2>a giant named Goliath, it almost didn't happen. It it

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<v Speaker 2>almost didn't happen. It's one of the those famous Bible stories.

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<v Speaker 2>It's epic, and we learned it in Sunday school. Was

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<v Speaker 2>very violent thing to teach our children. But for some reason,

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<v Speaker 2>we do uh that that with with the first of

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<v Speaker 2>five stones, he took him down. That that that David,

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<v Speaker 2>the unlikely one, took down the giant that had defied

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<v Speaker 2>in this challenge of champions, in this ancient format and

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<v Speaker 2>known as representative combat, where the sides would say, instead

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<v Speaker 2>of you sending all of your men and us sending

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<v Speaker 2>all of our men, why don't we eased to send

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<v Speaker 2>our best fighter, and whoever wins that fight will represent

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the nation. And in this contest, we're

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<v Speaker 2>very familiar with the conquest of David, with the moment

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<v Speaker 2>where he stands Goliath. But I want to suggest to

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<v Speaker 2>you that it almost didn't happen. I think a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of us miss our turn to be used by God

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<v Speaker 2>because of disappointment.

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<v Speaker 1>In our life, setbacks we've experienced.

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<v Speaker 2>On the other side of disappointment, often we can see

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<v Speaker 2>that our disappointments led us to our destiny. I'm preaching

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<v Speaker 2>better than you're talking back to me. I'll give you

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<v Speaker 2>a minute to catch up. Is that some of the

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<v Speaker 2>things that we thought we wanted were the things that

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<v Speaker 2>God had to withhold to make room for the things

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<v Speaker 2>that we ultimately needed. It is easier to clap about

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<v Speaker 2>that when you're not living through it. Have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>noticed how the way we explained something after the event

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<v Speaker 2>has transpired is often much different than how we experienced it.

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<v Speaker 2>And we say, after we've experienced something that you know, well,

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<v Speaker 2>it all turned out for the good.

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<v Speaker 1>But you weren't so sure about that.

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<v Speaker 2>While it was happening. You weren't so sure about that

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<v Speaker 2>during the divorce. But now after the divorce you can say, Okay, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know I didn't want the divorce, and I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>saying the divorce was God's will, but I can see

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<v Speaker 2>how God's even using that now in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you're going.

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<v Speaker 2>Through it, it feels like death and you can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Even see any life after this.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't see how the fact that they laid you

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<v Speaker 2>off from that job was actually preparing you for something,

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<v Speaker 2>teaching you some things, gonna get you some discipline in

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<v Speaker 2>some areas, and that later on a door would open

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<v Speaker 2>up that God.

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<v Speaker 1>Would use to move you into new dimensions.

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<v Speaker 2>But you can't see the destiny in the face of

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<v Speaker 2>the disappointment. David is an illustration of how to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with disappointment.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe you want to know the truth about it.

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<v Speaker 2>David was more than just a shepherd, more than just

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<v Speaker 2>a giant killer. He was a future king in training.

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<v Speaker 2>I know many of you know this, but for the

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<v Speaker 2>benefit of those who may not have gotten to go

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<v Speaker 2>to vacation Bible school, let me share a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of the context for Samuel sixteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I teach you a little bit? Can I teach

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<v Speaker 1>you a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>On the day that Samuel came to town to replace Saul,

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<v Speaker 2>because the Lord was grieved that he made Psaul king,

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<v Speaker 2>because although Saul had the stature of a king, he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have the.

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<v Speaker 1>Heart of a shepherd. God give us shepherds.

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<v Speaker 2>Even in our nation, in political seats of power, that

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<v Speaker 2>will have a heart for your people. Give us pastors

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<v Speaker 2>and fathers and leaders that.

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<v Speaker 1>Will have a heart for your people.

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<v Speaker 2>And so God said, I'm looking for a man after

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<v Speaker 2>my own heart. Well, when Samuel came to town with

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<v Speaker 2>this horn of oil, which was symbolically.

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<v Speaker 1>Poured on the head of the next king, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Went to Jesse's house because that's where God told him

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<v Speaker 2>to go. He said, the next king is in Jesse's house.

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<v Speaker 2>But he didn't tell him which of Jesse's eight sons

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be the king. Because sometimes God will

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<v Speaker 2>give you enough of the details to get you in

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<v Speaker 2>the right area, but he won't give you enough specifics

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<v Speaker 2>where you don't need him to show you what to

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<v Speaker 2>do next.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes we want God to show us.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything about our life and our decisions, but if he did,

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<v Speaker 2>we wouldn't need him. So he gives us enough light

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<v Speaker 2>to know the next step, but not enough light where

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<v Speaker 2>we won't need him to guide us along the path.

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<v Speaker 2>So he goes to Jesse's How Samuel the prophet goes

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<v Speaker 2>to Jesse's house and he and he looks at all

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<v Speaker 2>the sons of Jesse. Eliab was the oldest one. One's

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<v Speaker 2>name was Shemma. All these boys that were so impressive.

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<v Speaker 2>Eliab was very tall, Saul was tall. And God said,

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<v Speaker 2>not him, and not him, and not him, and not him,

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<v Speaker 2>and not him and not him. I love this about God,

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<v Speaker 2>that he selects what man rejects. He uses the weak

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<v Speaker 2>things of the world to confound the wise. And after

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<v Speaker 2>they passed over all seven of the select sons, Samuel says,

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<v Speaker 2>do you have another one? And when Jesse talks about David,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't even have the common courtesy.

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<v Speaker 1>To mention his name.

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<v Speaker 2>He calls him, I want to read this to you

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<v Speaker 2>is in verse eleven, Chapter sixteen, Verse eleven, Jesse said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>there's the youngest. There's the youngest. He doesn't identify him

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<v Speaker 2>according to his potential, just his current position.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, life will do this.

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<v Speaker 2>To you, try to label you according to your educational background,

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<v Speaker 2>according to your ethnicity, according to whether you're a man

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<v Speaker 2>or a woman, according to your life will try to label.

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<v Speaker 1>You this way.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there's the youngest, but he's been in the sheep.

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<v Speaker 2>And Samuel said, sin for him. We won't sit down

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<v Speaker 2>until he arrives. And the one that they didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Even think to bring in the room, zoom, was the one.

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<v Speaker 2>That God had chosen from the foundation of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to make an announcement.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't disappoint what God has appointed. You can't disappoint

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<v Speaker 2>when God calls your name, when God gets ready to

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<v Speaker 2>use you, when God gets ready to do work in

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<v Speaker 2>your life, when God gets ready to raise you up,

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<v Speaker 2>when God gets ready to send you forward, when God

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<v Speaker 2>gets ready to stir up your gift, when God gets

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<v Speaker 2>ready to.

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<v Speaker 1>Release your purpose. This new stage breach is pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel good about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Shut somebody next to you and tell him he's calling

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<v Speaker 2>your name, and see. I love God because he knew

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<v Speaker 2>how to find David even in the field.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't need David to be in the lineup. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know what.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to position yourself in front of people

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<v Speaker 2>to be used by God. You don't have to convince

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<v Speaker 2>a committee that you're good enough for grace of God.

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<v Speaker 1>How many are grateful.

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<v Speaker 2>But God chooses sobidly whom he wills, and uses sofidly

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<v Speaker 2>whom he wills.

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<v Speaker 1>And when God gets.

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<v Speaker 2>Ready to use you, there's no devil in hell.

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<v Speaker 1>They just stop. Touch your neighbors say don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Miss it, don't miss your turn and see. If it

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<v Speaker 2>had been up to people, David wouldn't have gotten his turn.

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<v Speaker 2>But when God says it's your time, he knows exactly

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<v Speaker 2>where to find you. Don't stress out about it. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>worry about whether or not people appreciate you. Don't even

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<v Speaker 2>worry about whether they notice you. Don't even worry about

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<v Speaker 2>whether they call you by your correct name.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot disappoint what God has appointed. But if David

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't been in the field keeping sheep, he wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>been prepared to lead people what he's what he should

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<v Speaker 2>have could have would have seen as being very insignificant,

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<v Speaker 2>was exactly the thing that he needed to prepare him

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<v Speaker 2>for his assignment. It's a funny thing, though, because you

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<v Speaker 2>know you would expect and after this moment where David

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<v Speaker 2>is anointed and pointed and called to be a king,

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<v Speaker 2>that the next scene we would see would be that

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<v Speaker 2>of David.

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<v Speaker 1>And his driver making a trip.

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<v Speaker 2>Perhaps Deniman Marcus, come on, if God told you you

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<v Speaker 2>would be the next king, wouldn't you want to go

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<v Speaker 2>try on some robes and some crowns.

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<v Speaker 1>Size forty two short?

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<v Speaker 2>Wouldn't you want to try on some versace crowns Armani wrote,

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<v Speaker 2>I need, I need to get ready for this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes we expect that when God announces a change

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<v Speaker 2>in our life, it's going to be activated immediately, and

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<v Speaker 2>we get confused when God says it's your time, but

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<v Speaker 2>he makes us wait our turn. And sometimes God is

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<v Speaker 2>doing things that It was on that day that David

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<v Speaker 2>was announced to be a king, but it would be

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<v Speaker 2>many years later.

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<v Speaker 1>That he would wear the crown.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when you give your life to Christ in

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<v Speaker 2>a moment, you're saved in a moment you're forgiven, and

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<v Speaker 2>a moment you're cleansed, and a moment you're redeemed. All

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<v Speaker 2>of those things are true of you immediately. All of

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<v Speaker 2>the changes that those new realities are meant to produce

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<v Speaker 2>in your life happened not immediately, but gradually.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I see people do?

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<v Speaker 2>I see people become very discouraged in the process of

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<v Speaker 2>awaiting the change that God initiated, because we're a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit confused. I remember Elijah was so confused when we

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<v Speaker 2>gave the money to build Elevation Valentine.

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<v Speaker 1>We bought the land back in twenty twelve, and Elijah was.

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<v Speaker 2>Six years old at the time, and he gave an offering.

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<v Speaker 2>Our whole family was supposed to give, and so I

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<v Speaker 2>let Elijah give seventy dollars of my money that we

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<v Speaker 2>pretended was his.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like all the money that he thinks he has.

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<v Speaker 1>And after he gave the.

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<v Speaker 2>Money, he said, so, Daddy, we're having church at Elevation

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<v Speaker 2>Valentine next Sunday, because in his mind I gave money.

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<v Speaker 2>And so now now it's four years later now and

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<v Speaker 2>here we are finally. We bought the land. In one season.

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<v Speaker 1>We built the building in the next.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes you walk away from your initial investment because

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<v Speaker 2>you don't see the immediate development. I'm trying to say,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes you give up on your calling too easily.

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<v Speaker 1>And you miss your turn.

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<v Speaker 2>David didn't go on, try on crowns and practice is

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<v Speaker 2>king wave and practice signing kingly autographs. David went back

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<v Speaker 2>to the sheep field to do what he was doing

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<v Speaker 2>before until one day, everybody say, one day, one day

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<v Speaker 2>he was given an.

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<v Speaker 1>Assignment by his father.

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<v Speaker 2>His father turns to him one day, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if a lot of people know this part of

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<v Speaker 2>the story, because everybody knows about the sling shot, and

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<v Speaker 2>everybody knows about Goliath, and everybody knows about well how

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<v Speaker 2>Goliath fell.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll tell you what, if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Ever want to be a preacher, you should preach about Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>People love to hear sermons about Goliath because everybody has

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<v Speaker 2>something in their life that's bigger than them. Everybody has

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<v Speaker 2>something in their life that's been intimidating them. Everybody has

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<v Speaker 2>a fear and anxiety and addiction.

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<v Speaker 1>I could go around the room.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I could probably point in people and look

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<v Speaker 2>at them long enough and guess what your goliath is?

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<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all spend too much. Some y'all eat too much,

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<v Speaker 2>some of y'all talk too much. Some of y'all chudged

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<v Speaker 2>too much. Can I keep going? I won't do it,

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<v Speaker 2>but I could. And everybody has a Goliath right preach

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<v Speaker 2>about Goliath and makes for good preaching, man, And Goliath

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<v Speaker 2>is going to fall down, and you could kill the giant.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that, man.

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<v Speaker 2>But can I tell you something that fascinating to me?

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<v Speaker 2>If the Lord spoke to me. Lord spoke to me,

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<v Speaker 2>I was studying this text. Lord said to me, most

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<v Speaker 2>of the people you're talking to never even get to Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>You're trying to teach them how to kill an enemy

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<v Speaker 2>that they're never even going to meet. So when he

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<v Speaker 2>said that to me, you know, not out loud, it

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of this impression I got.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, what do you mean?

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<v Speaker 2>And I went back to the text and I remembered this.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw this back in college. In fact, I used

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<v Speaker 2>to share about it in college because I thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was important to talk about faithfulness in the small things.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was one day everybody say one day, say

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<v Speaker 2>a loud or say one day touch your neighbors.

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<v Speaker 1>Say this could be your day for a turnaround, now, Jesse.

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<v Speaker 1>This is for Samuel seventeen seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>It says that this giant from Gaff named Goliath was

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<v Speaker 2>confronting and defying the people of God for forty days,

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<v Speaker 2>and every day he would talk them.

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<v Speaker 1>But Jesse said to his son David, huh.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse seventeen is kind of confusing, because Jesse must have

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<v Speaker 2>forgotten that he was talking to a future king, because

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<v Speaker 2>what he asked him to do was so menial. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>take this etha of roasted grain and these ten loaves

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<v Speaker 2>of bread for your brothers, and hurry to their camp.

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<v Speaker 1>And David could have said, who do you think you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking to?

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't you hear what Samuel said about me? I am

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<v Speaker 2>a man of potential, and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't have time to run your little errands.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to take bread and cheese to the

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<v Speaker 2>same brothers who didn't even bring me into the room

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<v Speaker 2>when Samuel came to choose a king. But this is

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<v Speaker 2>the test, see to see if David will do the

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<v Speaker 2>basic things. Sometimes we want God to use us to

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<v Speaker 2>do a big thing, and we won't even do the basics.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk to me somebody, how in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Can God use us to do something big and we

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<v Speaker 2>won't even do something basic. I love David's heart because

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<v Speaker 2>the story could have stopped right here if he had said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not doing that. I'm a king, I'm not doing that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not your demeaning to me. I'm not doing that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know all the ways that we disobey God, these

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<v Speaker 2>little things that he asked us to do. Call your

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<v Speaker 2>sister and tell her you're sorry. Reach out to somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who looks different than you and listen to them about

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<v Speaker 2>their struggle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's funny to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of us want to kill Goliath, but we don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to tend sheep, and we don't want to make deliveries.

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<v Speaker 1>We want to see big victories.

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<v Speaker 2>But how in the world can God use us to

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<v Speaker 2>kill giants if we can't even follow simple instructions.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says.

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<v Speaker 2>That David, and I think this is why God used him.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, every time we see David in the scripture,

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<v Speaker 2>he's moving now. He says at first though, that he

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<v Speaker 2>ran to Goliath. But you got to understand before he

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<v Speaker 2>ran to Goliath. Look at verse twenty. It says early

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning, David left the flock in the care of.

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<v Speaker 1>A shepherd, loaded up and set out.

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<v Speaker 2>Now here's what David didn't know at the time, because

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<v Speaker 2>we know it and it's much easier to interpret what

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<v Speaker 2>God is going to do when you know the ending.

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<v Speaker 2>But can I tell you something David did not know

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<v Speaker 2>that this was Fir Samuel seventeen.

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<v Speaker 1>From his perspective, this was just another day.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes God raps destiny in what we perceive is just

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<v Speaker 2>another day. The same day that he was told to

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<v Speaker 2>take bread to the battle lines was the same day.

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<v Speaker 1>He stood over Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>But he didn't know that, and he would have missed

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<v Speaker 2>his turn if he did not obey. And so for me,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm asking God to use me in big ways, but

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<v Speaker 2>will I obey him in the small ways?

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, I bet if you will pray, God

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<v Speaker 1>show me.

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<v Speaker 2>A small way, because we all right now are concern

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<v Speaker 2>about things in our nation. Josh van Allman was telling me.

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<v Speaker 2>He's an officer, he serves. How long have you been

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<v Speaker 2>Charlotte Police. How long have you been on the force.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been twelve years. He's also been serving in the

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<v Speaker 2>church for all ten and.

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<v Speaker 1>A half years.

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<v Speaker 2>Josh drives me to church every week, So I can

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<v Speaker 2>look at my notes in the car, and so I

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<v Speaker 2>thought that's a safer way than me driving and looking

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<v Speaker 2>at my notes, and so I can get ready on

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<v Speaker 2>the way.

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<v Speaker 1>And he was telling me just.

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<v Speaker 2>This week about people black people, white people coming up

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<v Speaker 2>to him and buying lunch for him. I thought that

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<v Speaker 2>was amazing. I thought that just he said it was

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<v Speaker 2>a small thing, he said, but to me, that just

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<v Speaker 2>went a long way. I know his wife appreciates it.

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<v Speaker 2>He also told me how somebody spat on him this

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<v Speaker 2>week while he was walking down the street with his

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<v Speaker 2>little girl.

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<v Speaker 1>And so here's the thing. We can get up in.

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<v Speaker 4>Our churches and preach really big stuff, you know, deep stuff, reconciliation,

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<v Speaker 4>high sounding stuff, unity, But I think probably our small.

0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:16.360
<v Speaker 2>Acts of actual love go a lot farther than our

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<v Speaker 2>loud screaming preaching.

0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:19.840
<v Speaker 1>Like I'm doing right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And God wants to know, will you do the small things?

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes the blessing of God is in doing the thing

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<v Speaker 2>that seems beneath you. We always want to look beyond,

0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:39.720
<v Speaker 2>God says, sometimes it's in doing the thing that seems

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<v Speaker 2>beneath you that releases the blessing.

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<v Speaker 1>We're on vacation this past.

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<v Speaker 2>Month and we rode our bikes over to the farmer's market.

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<v Speaker 2>Because we're such a charming family, we rode our bike

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<v Speaker 2>over to the farmer market there in the little town

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<v Speaker 2>where we were staying.

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<v Speaker 1>And Holly's idea and.

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<v Speaker 2>When we walked in, just tell you the story kind

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<v Speaker 2>of how it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Was that air love you man.

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<v Speaker 2>While we walked in, this girl who was behind a booth.

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<v Speaker 2>She was selling cupcakes and and candy and other sugar

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<v Speaker 2>confection items.

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<v Speaker 1>Name was Adie May, Adie May.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm going to tell you how I know her

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<v Speaker 2>name in a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>But she she started screaming behind her.

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<v Speaker 2>But oh my god, I said, sorry to bother you,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm like a total fangirl.

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<v Speaker 1>I love your podcast, I love your turns. Can I

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<v Speaker 1>a sealthie? I was like, yes, of course, to take

0:28:47.760 --> 0:28:50.240
<v Speaker 1>a somethie. And she was super nice.

0:28:50.280 --> 0:28:51.920
<v Speaker 2>So we stood there for a minute, talked to her,

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<v Speaker 2>found out you know that where I was from, she

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<v Speaker 2>also had some family from there.

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<v Speaker 1>All stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>We was talked from minute and she goes, boy is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be so excited so jealous when I.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell him I met you. I was like really, and

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<v Speaker 1>I said cool, who's your pastor? She said his name.

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<v Speaker 1>I never heard his name and she said, I said,

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<v Speaker 1>that's great, and she said, uh.

0:29:13.960 --> 0:29:16.680
<v Speaker 2>And in my church, she said, we're having holy convocation

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<v Speaker 2>this week.

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<v Speaker 1>You should come.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm thinking, in the back of my mind, girl,

0:29:22.640 --> 0:29:23.920
<v Speaker 2>i am on vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not coming to your complication, not this week.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the Lord, I love his church, but I

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<v Speaker 1>am chilling.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just thinking that right, And I'm like, oh,

0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:38.160
<v Speaker 2>that's great. I'll come in complications, complications, that's great. And

0:29:38.240 --> 0:29:40.880
<v Speaker 2>so she goes, yeah, it's convocation, and she listed off

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<v Speaker 2>the people who were preaching and.

0:29:42.080 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 1>The dates and all that, and one of the guys.

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<v Speaker 2>She mentioned is a preacher that I greatly respect and

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<v Speaker 2>I actually have been wanting to meet him.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I was like, well, that's cool. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>something told me just write it down, just write it down.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, sometimes you just get this little thing and

0:29:57.640 --> 0:29:58.960
<v Speaker 2>you're not even sure if it's God.

0:29:59.080 --> 0:29:59.920
<v Speaker 1>You're not ready to say.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Lord spoke to me, just like, just write

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<v Speaker 2>it down, just a little thought, just write this down,

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<v Speaker 2>just a little thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody say little things. You talked about the little things.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just write it down.

0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:11.960
<v Speaker 2>And uh, you know, and and I wrote it down

0:30:12.000 --> 0:30:14.880
<v Speaker 2>the dates and everything like that, and I walked away,

0:30:15.120 --> 0:30:17.120
<v Speaker 2>and she came back over to our table. She was

0:30:17.160 --> 0:30:20.200
<v Speaker 2>so nice, and she brought all these uh all these

0:30:20.280 --> 0:30:27.920
<v Speaker 2>cupcakes and candies and sugar confection items over to us

0:30:27.960 --> 0:30:30.320
<v Speaker 2>and she was like, I just brought something for your kids.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, thanks, and uh, you've can come

0:30:35.080 --> 0:30:35.520
<v Speaker 2>watch them.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just brought you something. It was so sweet, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And she was like.

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<v Speaker 5>And I just called my pastor and and she said

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<v Speaker 5>and he and he and he told me that we

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<v Speaker 5>had actually invited you to come speak at our convocation,

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<v Speaker 5>but your office told us that you were.

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<v Speaker 1>On vacation this week.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I said, well, obviously you can see that

0:30:59.080 --> 0:30:59.840
<v Speaker 2>I am there was.

0:31:01.400 --> 0:31:02.880
<v Speaker 1>We really are on vacation.

0:31:05.360 --> 0:31:10.160
<v Speaker 2>So anyway, I texted Jess and said, hey, just I said,

0:31:10.200 --> 0:31:12.720
<v Speaker 2>reach out to this pastor, the one that was coming

0:31:12.760 --> 0:31:16.000
<v Speaker 2>to town and on this certain date, I said, and

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<v Speaker 2>see if he wants to meet up for lunch.

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<v Speaker 1>We'd been trying to meet each other before and we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get to.

0:31:19.920 --> 0:31:21.920
<v Speaker 2>I said, just tell him I'm close by to the

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<v Speaker 2>church he's going to be preaching at and I'm not

0:31:23.400 --> 0:31:25.800
<v Speaker 2>going to the church service, but just tell him if

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<v Speaker 2>he wants to eat after before church, I would love

0:31:28.320 --> 0:31:30.240
<v Speaker 2>to have a meal with him, and just let me know.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter, just let me know. I don't just

0:31:32.280 --> 0:31:34.400
<v Speaker 1>let me know. And so, you know, some time passes

0:31:34.440 --> 0:31:36.080
<v Speaker 1>and everything just says I'll let you know, and I

0:31:36.120 --> 0:31:36.880
<v Speaker 1>forget all about it.

0:31:36.920 --> 0:31:38.400
<v Speaker 2>I forget all about the whole.

0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:39.920
<v Speaker 1>Holy convocation among the beach.

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<v Speaker 2>Then one day, it's about three o'clock in the afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>Jess text me and says, Hey, the pastor was going

0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:49.000
<v Speaker 2>to come and meet with you, but he actually his

0:31:49.240 --> 0:31:51.600
<v Speaker 2>back went out in the airport and they had to

0:31:51.640 --> 0:31:54.720
<v Speaker 2>take him in for emergency surgery and he's not even

0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:56.560
<v Speaker 2>going to be able to make the trip, so he's

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<v Speaker 2>not going.

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<v Speaker 1>To be able to have dinner with you tonight. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, that's cool.

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<v Speaker 2>When I get the text from Jess, I'm reading all this,

0:32:02.360 --> 0:32:03.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking that's cool.

0:32:03.560 --> 0:32:06.400
<v Speaker 1>Moment I put my phone away, something fuck to me again.

0:32:06.400 --> 0:32:07.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure as God at this point, and I

0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:10.200
<v Speaker 2>don't even really want to hear from God at this point,

0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:13.640
<v Speaker 2>but something fuck to me and said, remember they had

0:32:13.680 --> 0:32:18.720
<v Speaker 2>wanted you to come preach at the convocation. Call the church,

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<v Speaker 2>and to which I said, Lord, I don't even know

0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:29.280
<v Speaker 2>the phone number, to which the Lord said, google it.

0:32:34.400 --> 0:32:38.640
<v Speaker 1>So I'm like, what am I gonna do. I'm gonna

0:32:38.680 --> 0:32:42.480
<v Speaker 1>call the church and say, hey, I never invite myself

0:32:42.520 --> 0:32:45.520
<v Speaker 1>to go preach somewhere. That's kind of creepy. Hey I'm

0:32:45.520 --> 0:32:50.640
<v Speaker 1>gonna come preaching your church. I don't do that. I

0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:52.920
<v Speaker 1>don't do that. But the Lord was like, you do

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<v Speaker 1>what I tell you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>So so I by this time, it's three thirty and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, man, they've already got a speaker.

0:33:01.120 --> 0:33:04.040
<v Speaker 1>There's thing is tonight, but I'll call. This is stupid.

0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:08.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm called church, called church, looked up the number, and

0:33:08.160 --> 0:33:10.080
<v Speaker 2>it rings and rings and rings and rings.

0:33:10.080 --> 0:33:11.320
<v Speaker 1>It rings like five times.

0:33:11.320 --> 0:33:15.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, Lord, didn't tell me to leave a voicemail,

0:33:17.040 --> 0:33:20.600
<v Speaker 2>so I promise you. On the sixth ring, God picks up,

0:33:20.640 --> 0:33:22.240
<v Speaker 2>says the name of the church and how can.

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<v Speaker 1>I help you. I'm like crap, and I said, hey, man,

0:33:29.120 --> 0:33:30.360
<v Speaker 1>this is my name.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Stephen Ferdick. Come over in Charlotte. And I was

0:33:33.200 --> 0:33:36.520
<v Speaker 2>just calling, I know, to talk to the bishop. I

0:33:36.560 --> 0:33:40.200
<v Speaker 2>know he's not available. I'm sure he's not available. But

0:33:40.280 --> 0:33:42.240
<v Speaker 2>you don't have to give him a message or anything.

0:33:42.800 --> 0:33:44.920
<v Speaker 2>He's no, no, no, I'll give him a message. What's

0:33:44.960 --> 0:33:45.720
<v Speaker 2>a message?

0:33:46.080 --> 0:33:48.600
<v Speaker 1>I said, well, you just tell him. Here's my phone number.

0:33:48.600 --> 0:33:50.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm calling about the revival. If he wants to call

0:33:50.560 --> 0:33:51.760
<v Speaker 1>me back. He doesn't have to call me back. You

0:33:51.800 --> 0:33:53.479
<v Speaker 1>probably have time to call me back or anything like that.

0:33:53.680 --> 0:33:54.640
<v Speaker 1>Just calling about the revival.

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<v Speaker 2>A few minutes later, the pastor and he goes, are

0:34:02.880 --> 0:34:03.800
<v Speaker 2>you serious?

0:34:05.160 --> 0:34:07.920
<v Speaker 1>Are you serious that you're calling me right now?

0:34:08.120 --> 0:34:14.960
<v Speaker 2>I said, yeah, I said, I met Addie May over.

0:34:13.400 --> 0:34:14.719
<v Speaker 1>At the Farmer's market.

0:34:16.239 --> 0:34:19.680
<v Speaker 2>And I told her that I was here on vacation,

0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:20.600
<v Speaker 2>and she told.

0:34:20.440 --> 0:34:21.960
<v Speaker 1>Me that you would invite me. I know you probably

0:34:21.960 --> 0:34:22.399
<v Speaker 1>don't want.

0:34:22.320 --> 0:34:23.560
<v Speaker 2>To do this, and I know you got to cover,

0:34:23.640 --> 0:34:25.719
<v Speaker 2>but I heard that your speaker is back, went out

0:34:25.760 --> 0:34:27.200
<v Speaker 2>and all this, and I'm sure you got it cover

0:34:27.320 --> 0:34:30.120
<v Speaker 2>by now, but I just felt like prompted to tell

0:34:30.160 --> 0:34:32.239
<v Speaker 2>you that if you want me to come preach, and

0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:34.400
<v Speaker 2>I'll preach. I'm on vacation and everything like that, but

0:34:34.600 --> 0:34:36.440
<v Speaker 2>you want to come preach, he said.

0:34:37.000 --> 0:34:38.600
<v Speaker 1>We were praying this morning.

0:34:40.360 --> 0:34:44.000
<v Speaker 2>He said, I've had the most crazy week you can imagine.

0:34:44.000 --> 0:34:45.680
<v Speaker 1>I've done three funerals. This week.

0:34:45.920 --> 0:34:49.200
<v Speaker 2>I called five of my friends and asked them could

0:34:49.239 --> 0:34:50.160
<v Speaker 2>they come preach tonight.

0:34:50.280 --> 0:34:51.279
<v Speaker 1>None of them could come.

0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:55.120
<v Speaker 2>You are the only speaker that we invited to their

0:34:55.440 --> 0:35:01.160
<v Speaker 2>convocation that couldn't come. He said, would you come tonight

0:35:02.160 --> 0:35:05.960
<v Speaker 2>and preach for us? He said, because I was so

0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:09.600
<v Speaker 2>stressed out when I was praying and I got up

0:35:09.600 --> 0:35:13.000
<v Speaker 2>from prayer and one of my staff members looked at

0:35:13.000 --> 0:35:14.200
<v Speaker 2>me and said, don't worry about it.

0:35:14.280 --> 0:35:21.120
<v Speaker 1>Pastor. God has a ram in the bush. And I said, well,

0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:24.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm your ram, baby. What time do I show up

0:35:24.560 --> 0:35:25.240
<v Speaker 1>at the church.

0:35:27.560 --> 0:35:29.600
<v Speaker 2>Where is the church? I don't even know where the

0:35:29.680 --> 0:35:33.000
<v Speaker 2>church is. He said, don't worry about it. I'll send

0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:36.839
<v Speaker 2>you a car. I'll pick you up. And man, I'm

0:35:36.840 --> 0:35:38.839
<v Speaker 2>gonna tell you. They picked me up and I went

0:35:38.880 --> 0:35:40.480
<v Speaker 2>to church. I told him, I said, I don't have

0:35:40.520 --> 0:35:44.440
<v Speaker 2>any church clothes now, because this is holy convocation. People

0:35:44.440 --> 0:35:47.600
<v Speaker 2>got church hats and church dresses. I said, man, all

0:35:47.640 --> 0:35:51.000
<v Speaker 2>I have is T shirts and skinny jeans and Yeezies.

0:35:52.280 --> 0:35:54.680
<v Speaker 1>And he said this all right, I'll wear my jeans

0:35:54.719 --> 0:35:59.879
<v Speaker 1>and my Jeezy's too, he'd get them Jesus. I said

0:36:00.000 --> 0:36:00.279
<v Speaker 1>all right.

0:36:00.360 --> 0:36:02.960
<v Speaker 2>I said, I'll be there and man, it was amazing.

0:36:03.040 --> 0:36:05.240
<v Speaker 2>And he got up and he told his church, he said,

0:36:05.719 --> 0:36:06.800
<v Speaker 2>our speaker.

0:36:06.440 --> 0:36:06.879
<v Speaker 1>Is not here.

0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:08.960
<v Speaker 2>And they all moaned and growned because they all loved

0:36:08.960 --> 0:36:10.399
<v Speaker 2>that preacher couldn't make it.

0:36:10.640 --> 0:36:12.960
<v Speaker 1>And they all moaned and grown and he said, and

0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:14.319
<v Speaker 1>that's y'all's problem.

0:36:14.520 --> 0:36:17.920
<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all come for the personality, oh that you

0:36:18.080 --> 0:36:21.000
<v Speaker 2>come for the principles of the presence of God and

0:36:21.080 --> 0:36:21.879
<v Speaker 2>the power.

0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:26.799
<v Speaker 1>Of the man. He laid them out, and then he

0:36:26.880 --> 0:36:27.800
<v Speaker 1>told the story.

0:36:28.520 --> 0:36:30.520
<v Speaker 2>And just I don't even know how well I preached

0:36:30.560 --> 0:36:32.319
<v Speaker 2>that night or anything like that. I mean, I gave

0:36:32.320 --> 0:36:34.840
<v Speaker 2>it everything I had the best I could on short

0:36:34.960 --> 0:36:38.000
<v Speaker 2>notice in my ye'zis and my T shirt at.

0:36:37.840 --> 0:36:38.840
<v Speaker 1>The Holy Convocation.

0:36:39.200 --> 0:36:41.040
<v Speaker 2>But God shoot up in an amazing when you know that,

0:36:41.080 --> 0:36:43.520
<v Speaker 2>Pastor said to me. He said, in twenty seven years

0:36:43.520 --> 0:36:46.400
<v Speaker 2>of ministry, I've never been more convinced of God's favor

0:36:46.440 --> 0:36:49.360
<v Speaker 2>on my life than to know that he heard my prayer.

0:36:56.640 --> 0:37:02.000
<v Speaker 1>But I told you that story not because not because

0:37:02.040 --> 0:37:06.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm so obedient. I didn't even want to do it.

0:37:06.920 --> 0:37:09.080
<v Speaker 1>It turned out to be a blessing. I would have

0:37:09.160 --> 0:37:09.680
<v Speaker 1>missed it.

0:37:10.160 --> 0:37:12.719
<v Speaker 2>I would have missed the blessing if I would have

0:37:12.760 --> 0:37:17.400
<v Speaker 2>ignored the impression, but really I would have missed the

0:37:17.440 --> 0:37:23.600
<v Speaker 2>blessing of Addie made hadn't brought over a cupcake. When

0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Addie May showed up to work that day, she had

0:37:26.960 --> 0:37:27.879
<v Speaker 2>no idea that she.

0:37:28.000 --> 0:37:32.359
<v Speaker 1>Was the answer to her church's prayers. Do you see

0:37:32.400 --> 0:37:33.799
<v Speaker 1>what I'm trying to say to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to say that God wants to use.

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<v Speaker 1>You right where you are, with what you have.

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<v Speaker 2>David said, I don't have much. All I got is

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<v Speaker 2>a sling in a stone. But in the name of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord.

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<v Speaker 6>Goliath, when I do what I do with what I have,

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<v Speaker 6>you've kind of down. And I declare that when the

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<v Speaker 6>people of God do what we can in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Power we have, colia must fall.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody shout about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Touch your neighbors said, don't miss your turn, don't miss

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<v Speaker 2>your turn. If David had not been willing to do

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<v Speaker 2>the simple thing, he never would have seen the supernatural thing.

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<v Speaker 2>And I guess why the Lord put this message on

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<v Speaker 2>my heart. Everyone's standing is because in our nation right now,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of supernatural breakthroughs.

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<v Speaker 1>That we need.

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<v Speaker 2>Systemic racism is a real issue.

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<v Speaker 1>There are epidemics in our land and we're praying to

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<v Speaker 1>God about stuff I want to get beyond that. Even

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<v Speaker 1>I want to get beyond that. See.

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting this message ready while I was still

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<v Speaker 2>in Australia and I got on the plane.

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<v Speaker 1>I had my little message ready when I landed.

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<v Speaker 2>While I was in the air, young men gets shot

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<v Speaker 2>in Paton Rouge.

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<v Speaker 1>Young men gets shot in Minnesota. And I look at

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<v Speaker 1>that and I was like, Okay. I was thinking, I

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<v Speaker 1>need to change my message now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've prepared a message on David and Goliath before I

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<v Speaker 2>left Australia. I came back to America and I realized

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<v Speaker 2>everything that's going on, and I thought, well, this isn't

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<v Speaker 2>an appropriate message anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord said, yeah, it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just looking at Goliath on the wrong level. When

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<v Speaker 2>we preach about Goliath, we make it a personal issue,

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<v Speaker 2>your addiction, your struggle.

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<v Speaker 1>Your debt, your depression. But when I was reading it

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<v Speaker 1>this time, the Lord showed.

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<v Speaker 2>Me Goliath wasn't a personal issue for David. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a national issue that was keeping.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole nation deadlocked in the stranglehold of fear.

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<v Speaker 2>Something interesting happened just before David went to fight Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says that when David showed up that day.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he's got his cheese and his bread. He's

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<v Speaker 1>just doing a simple thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't think that because you can't affect something at the

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<v Speaker 2>highest level of power, that God can't use you in

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<v Speaker 2>a great way. David wasn't even in the army and

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<v Speaker 2>he won the war. I said, he wasn't even in

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<v Speaker 2>a uniform. He didn't even have a weapon that was

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<v Speaker 2>fit for combat.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's the one who brought down the giant. So

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<v Speaker 1>so David.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's this giant taunting the armies of God.

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<v Speaker 1>And he says, what's up with this? This isn't right.

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<v Speaker 2>He can't talk that way about my God. He can't

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<v Speaker 2>talk that way about my people. He can't talk that way.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't right. And his brother overheard him, Eliah, the

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<v Speaker 2>tall one, and he comes up to David, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we actually accused this David when Eliah verse twenty eight,

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<v Speaker 2>David's older brother, the one that they thought was fit

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<v Speaker 2>to be a king, the one that you would have

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<v Speaker 2>thought won the battle. When Eliab heard David's conversation, he

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<v Speaker 2>burned with anger at him and asked, why have you

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<v Speaker 2>come down here?

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<v Speaker 1>And with whom did you leave those few shit in

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<v Speaker 1>the wilderness. Do you know what.

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<v Speaker 2>If David and this really spoke to me. And I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't say this in my message last night, but I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to.

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<v Speaker 1>Say it today.

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<v Speaker 2>If David would have listened to Eliab, he never would

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<v Speaker 2>have even seen Goliath. If David would have fought with

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<v Speaker 2>his brother, he never would have killed his enemy. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I think the devil tries to do

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<v Speaker 2>to keep us from being victorious as a church, as

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<v Speaker 2>a people, as a nation, as the body of Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants to keep us so divided, fighting each other

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<v Speaker 2>that we never even engage our real enemy. We're not

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<v Speaker 2>fighting each other, We're not against each other.

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<v Speaker 1>You're my brother, you're my sister. We're in this together.

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<v Speaker 2>If we're gonna oh my darkness, we gotta stand together.

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<v Speaker 2>So David has his eyes on something bigger, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says in verse twenty nine, I close with this.

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<v Speaker 2>Now what have I done? Can't I even speak? And

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<v Speaker 2>then he did something much. He then turned away to

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<v Speaker 2>someone else. He then turned away. Touch your neighbor one

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<v Speaker 2>more time. This will be the last time, and tell him.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't miss your turn.

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<v Speaker 2>See, because if you get distracted by Eliab. If you

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<v Speaker 2>get distracted by what the media presents to us, that's

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<v Speaker 2>not reality, that's an image that is projected to.

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<v Speaker 1>Sell us on fear.

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<v Speaker 2>If you'll fight Eliath, you'll miss Goliath. But I feel

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<v Speaker 2>a turn coming in the Body of Christ, and we

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<v Speaker 2>will stand together and we will turn together.

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<v Speaker 1>I hear second Chronicles say, if my.

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<v Speaker 2>Vegle who are called by my name, will humble themselves

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<v Speaker 2>and pray and seek my.

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<v Speaker 7>Face and turn and turn and turn. I want to

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<v Speaker 7>plead with the Body of Christ, don't miss your ter.

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<v Speaker 7>You are the light of the world, and you are

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<v Speaker 7>the sought of the earth. And Goliath, my small in

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<v Speaker 7>the name.

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<v Speaker 4>Of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 8>In justice, my small in the name on the law

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<v Speaker 8>prejudice mys all, and.

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<v Speaker 1>How the Lord come on out the church comedy. That's all.

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