WEBVTT - The Danger of A Dream

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>it 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>This is a scripture in Genesis chapter thirty seven, verse

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<v Speaker 2>five that has in it so much so many of

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<v Speaker 2>you who know the story of the biblical character Joseph

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<v Speaker 2>will be tempted to fast forward again to the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the story, and I will challenge you not to,

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<v Speaker 2>because this is where the sermon starts today in Genesis

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven, verse five. For a few weeks out of

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<v Speaker 2>every year, I plan my teaching to be independent of

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<v Speaker 2>a series. A lot of times I teach around one theme,

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<v Speaker 2>but then I clear parts of the calendar intentionally. I've

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<v Speaker 2>learned to do this now in thirteen years of pastoring,

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<v Speaker 2>that you just need to leave a little room for

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<v Speaker 2>some things that have been in your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>This particular message.

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<v Speaker 2>I was able to share some of the content with

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<v Speaker 2>our staff last year and really been waiting for an

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity to share it with you, and so I'm very

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<v Speaker 2>excited about it today.

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<v Speaker 1>But just one verse to get us started.

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<v Speaker 2>In Genesis, chapter thirty seven, verse five, the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to

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<v Speaker 2>his brothers, they hated him all the more so for

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<v Speaker 2>everybody who's thinking that when you get a good idea,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's going to go fund you, they're not, and that

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's going to support you. And understand you don't expect

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<v Speaker 2>that because this message. I want to speak to you

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<v Speaker 2>about your dreams today, the dreams God has put in

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<v Speaker 2>your heart, but I want to talk about it from

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<v Speaker 2>an unusual subject heading called the danger of a dream.

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<v Speaker 2>And this message comes with a warning label. If you

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<v Speaker 2>like your nice, little comfortable version of the way life

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<v Speaker 2>is supposed to be, slip out now click off, now

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<v Speaker 2>watch a ted talk. But this message is for somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who has a God given dream or he's starting to

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<v Speaker 2>sense it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just pray.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, let's pray right now, Lord, open our hearts

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<v Speaker 2>to receive what you say and then give us the

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<v Speaker 2>courage to obey it. That's our prayer in Jesus' name, Amen,

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<v Speaker 2>you may be seated. I wonder a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>time what my kids will remember about their childhood, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm scared they'll remember all the scenes I want them

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<v Speaker 2>to delete. It seems like they remember the times I

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<v Speaker 2>got mad more than the times I bought them stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't like it. But I will say that

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<v Speaker 2>some of the things that stand out to me about

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<v Speaker 2>my childhood, particularly my teenage years, are some of the

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<v Speaker 2>more random incidents. One thing that I remember from my

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<v Speaker 2>childhood and my mom remembers it a little differently than

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<v Speaker 2>I do, but she's out of town today, so I

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<v Speaker 2>can tell this story. The way I want to tell

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<v Speaker 2>it is when I was auditioning for this band, and

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<v Speaker 2>I won't bore you with the long story, but my

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<v Speaker 2>dream from age seventeen on was to be a pastor.

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<v Speaker 2>But before that, I wanted to be a punk rocker

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<v Speaker 2>and I almost had the chance because I was at

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<v Speaker 2>the North Charleston Coliseum.

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<v Speaker 1>Have I told you this story? Robert best story ever?

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<v Speaker 2>Green Day was playing at the North Charleston Coliseum and

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<v Speaker 2>Billy Joe Armstrong called me up on stage and gave

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<v Speaker 2>me his guitar to play a guitar solo. And it

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<v Speaker 2>was something he had been doing every night on tour.

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<v Speaker 2>He was looking for the most talented kid in the room,

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<v Speaker 2>which that night was me, or just whatever kid looked

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<v Speaker 2>the most excited, or whatever the case was, and he

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<v Speaker 2>put his Fender Stratocaster around my neck.

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<v Speaker 1>True story.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fifteen years old and I played the guitar solo

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<v Speaker 2>for a three chord song called Knowledge by the band

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<v Speaker 2>Operation Ivy. I still remember how the song went, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sing it for you right now because it's

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<v Speaker 2>waste of time.

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<v Speaker 1>We need to get back to Genesis thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 2>But what that set off was kind of like a

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<v Speaker 2>chain of events where I became a lot more popular

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<v Speaker 2>in school, and I was so excited. The next morning,

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<v Speaker 2>I woke up and I was listening to the radio

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<v Speaker 2>and the DJ his name was the Critic, was talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the Green Day Show. And I was getting ready

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<v Speaker 2>for school listening to the radio, still excited, only slept

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<v Speaker 2>about an hour, excited to get to school, excited to

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<v Speaker 2>be like how you like me now to all the

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<v Speaker 2>girls who didn't pay me attention the day before. And

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, oh, he said the Green Day Show last night.

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<v Speaker 2>He said it wasn't a very great show, but there

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<v Speaker 2>was one part he said there was a kid who

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<v Speaker 2>got up on stage and ripped on guitar. He was

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<v Speaker 2>the highlight of the show. He stole the show. His

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<v Speaker 2>word's not mine. I'm very humble. I would not say

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<v Speaker 2>it that way, but that's the way he said it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the way the critics said it. And so I

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<v Speaker 2>called in. I called the radio station. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to put me through. That's me he's talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm about to go to school right now. I got

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<v Speaker 2>to leave in like five minutes. My mom's waiting for me.

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<v Speaker 2>But that was me he was talking about on stage

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<v Speaker 2>that played guitar. Put me through to the critic, and

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<v Speaker 2>they put me through to the critic and I said, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>that was me you're talking about. He said, well, hey, kid,

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<v Speaker 2>bring your demo tape by because I told him had

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<v Speaker 2>a band, and he was like, bring your demo tape

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<v Speaker 2>by and we'll play it on the air. We didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a demo tape, but that's all right because we

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<v Speaker 2>eventually saved three hundred dollars made a demo tape.

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<v Speaker 1>I took it to the critic. He played it on

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<v Speaker 1>the air, and when I was leaving.

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<v Speaker 2>This is several months later, he said by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I am putting together a band. It'd be kind of

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<v Speaker 2>cool to have a fifteen year old kid in the band.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you want to audition for it, you learn

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<v Speaker 2>these songs and you can audition from my band. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that'd be amazing because we'd be playing at

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<v Speaker 2>the Music Farm and we'd be playing all around truston

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<v Speaker 2>South Carolina, and that'd be pretty cool gig for a

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen year old. So I locked myself in the room.

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<v Speaker 2>I start learning all the songs on the tape. A

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<v Speaker 2>tape A tape is and my mom walks in one night.

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<v Speaker 2>This is all I'm gonna say this, because I promise,

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<v Speaker 2>I know you didn't come to hear me talk about

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<v Speaker 2>my nostalgic fifteen year old memories, but come out of dream.

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<v Speaker 2>My mom walks in, picks up the tape, and all

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<v Speaker 2>of the songs on the tape had cusswords in the title.

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<v Speaker 2>And then even the name of the band had a

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<v Speaker 2>cussword in the name of the band. And Buck's laughing

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<v Speaker 2>because the name of the band is so inappropriate. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't say it in church, I can't even allude to

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<v Speaker 2>it in church. But that was the band I was

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<v Speaker 2>auditioning for and my mom, who was a Methodist minister's daughter,

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<v Speaker 2>had old fashioned monks corner values, and she's like, what

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<v Speaker 2>is this. I'm like, this is the band I'm auditioning before.

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<v Speaker 2>And she said, if you think I'm going to let

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<v Speaker 2>you go audition for this band, You've lost your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>If you think I'm gonna let you audition for a

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<v Speaker 2>band called the Beads, then you've lost your mind, to

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<v Speaker 2>which I said, then I'll run away from home. You

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<v Speaker 2>will not stand in the way of my dream, right

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<v Speaker 2>because a dream will make you bold. And we never

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<v Speaker 2>got to find out whether or not I would have

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<v Speaker 2>had the courage to pack it all up and head

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<v Speaker 2>out on the mean streets a monk's corner on my

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<v Speaker 2>own to chase my dream, because I auditioned for the

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<v Speaker 2>band and I didn't make it. But the point of

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<v Speaker 2>the story that I'm trying to tell you is this

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<v Speaker 2>that a lot of times the dream we start out with,

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<v Speaker 2>the dream that we think we see in one stage

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<v Speaker 2>of our life, will show up later in our life

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<v Speaker 2>in a different dimension, and it will be such a

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<v Speaker 2>different dimension that we will not even recognize the dream

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<v Speaker 2>as the original dream. The Bible says that when Joseph

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<v Speaker 2>was seventeen years old, he had a dream, and his

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<v Speaker 2>brothers hated him all the more for it. That phrase

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<v Speaker 2>all the more lets me know that Joseph's brothers already

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<v Speaker 2>didn't like him, And we can argue if we want to,

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<v Speaker 2>about whether Joseph was wise to share with his brothers

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<v Speaker 2>the content of his dream. There is such a thing

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<v Speaker 2>as talking too much, posting too much. There is such

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<v Speaker 2>a thing as sharing too much. There is such a

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<v Speaker 2>thing as thinking that everybody else wants to hear what

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<v Speaker 2>God has put on your heart. But one thing that

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<v Speaker 2>we can conclude from the text, even from a biological perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that Joseph was different. And one thing I've noticed

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<v Speaker 1>about having a dream is that a dream makes you different.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph was different from his brothers, not only in his aspirations,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was he was from a different mother.

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<v Speaker 1>They shared the same father, Jacob.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I listed their names, you might recognize a

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<v Speaker 2>few of them. They were the patriarchs of the tribes

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel. But Joseph didn't come through the same mom

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<v Speaker 2>that his brothers came through. He was the son of Rachel,

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<v Speaker 2>the pretty one that his Dad really liked and when

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph saw that Rachel his favorite wife, Holley, you're my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite wife, by the way, I want to put that

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<v Speaker 2>in this message.

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<v Speaker 1>Had given him a son.

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<v Speaker 2>He liked him, he liked him extra special, and he

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<v Speaker 2>treated him special, and he felt differently about Joseph than

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<v Speaker 2>the other boys. To the point I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>you've if you've read the story lately, but you remember

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<v Speaker 2>he bought him Magucci coat, and and Joseph's always wearing

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<v Speaker 2>it around all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, you like my coat. And his brothers are like,

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<v Speaker 1>we hate your coat. You like you like my coat?

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<v Speaker 1>You like my coat? You know, They're like, we we

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<v Speaker 1>hate we we hate you. We we hate you because

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<v Speaker 1>you're different.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Now, I have a teenage son right now, and

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that I'm trying to work out

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<v Speaker 2>with him in real time is that people accept what

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<v Speaker 2>is the same, but they eventually respect what is different.

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<v Speaker 2>People eventually come around and respect what stands out. But

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<v Speaker 2>what happens to most of us is that the moment

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<v Speaker 2>we start to realize the differences between us and other people,

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<v Speaker 2>we downplay our distinctives in order to fit in and

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<v Speaker 2>conform with culture.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing I'm proud.

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<v Speaker 2>About when I read about Joseph, And I know it's

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<v Speaker 2>weird to say that I'm proud of Joseph like he cares,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm proud that he had the courage to wear

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<v Speaker 2>his coat anyway, you know what I mean. It may

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<v Speaker 2>have been unwise, but I'm proud of him that.

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<v Speaker 1>He was not afraid to show up in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Room looking different because he was clothed with the fabric

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<v Speaker 2>of the favor of his father. And I wonder, are

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<v Speaker 2>you courageous enough to wear your coat? Because a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of times, what I've found that God will begin to

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<v Speaker 2>show you things about yourself, about your life, about your calling,

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<v Speaker 2>about your direction, about what He's put inside of you,

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<v Speaker 2>about the gifts He's given you. But someone will, someone

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<v Speaker 2>will actually beat the distinctive out of you. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know clearly enough that I have a calling from God,

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<v Speaker 2>who is greater than people, and if he is for me,

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<v Speaker 2>who can be against me? Touch somebody next to you

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<v Speaker 2>and say, I'm gonna.

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<v Speaker 1>Wear my coat.

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<v Speaker 2>Even if people criticize me for it. I'm not ashamed

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<v Speaker 2>to walk in the love and the favor of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh we need some Christians.

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<v Speaker 2>Who don't check their coat at the door of culture,

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<v Speaker 2>who are unashamed to be optimistic about the future because

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<v Speaker 2>you know God is already there, if He is the

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<v Speaker 2>author and the finisher of your faith.

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<v Speaker 1>You see what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>A dream will make you different, and it takes courage

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<v Speaker 2>to be different.

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<v Speaker 1>It takes to speak different.

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<v Speaker 2>If you get a hold of a dream, or better said,

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<v Speaker 2>if a dream gets hold of you from the throne

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<v Speaker 2>of God, it'll make you walk different, talk different, think different,

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<v Speaker 2>eat different, drink different, party different, texts different.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll make you different. Dream will make you different.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm glad that Joseph had the courage to be different,

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<v Speaker 2>and I wonder do we have the courage to be different.

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<v Speaker 1>The weird thing about.

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<v Speaker 2>Our church is that a lot of times people will

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<v Speaker 2>be attracted to our church because it's different, and then

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<v Speaker 2>when they get to the church, they start trying to

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<v Speaker 2>tell us how we need to make it like the

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<v Speaker 2>church that they left to come to the church that

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<v Speaker 2>was different. Yeah, I don't want to say amen to

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<v Speaker 2>the preacher today. It's the truest thing, Like you're attracted

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<v Speaker 2>to something because it's different, and they even say it's

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<v Speaker 2>a marriage that before marriage, opposites attracted and then opposites attacked.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you're attracted to what's different, you're drawn to what's different,

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<v Speaker 2>not at first.

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<v Speaker 1>At first you fear it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why they had to take the Old Town Road

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<v Speaker 2>off of the Billboard charts on country music because it

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<v Speaker 2>was too different. They couldn't they couldn't find a category

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<v Speaker 2>for it, and they said, it's not country enough, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's not rap enough, and we don't know what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's different. That's why they crucify Jesus. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have many preachers.

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<v Speaker 2>They can put a little Nasaks and Jesus in the

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<v Speaker 2>same paragraph. But he was so different, we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what to do with him. He's grace and truth. He's different.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody shot him different. And I don't mean different in style.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean different in substance. I don't mean different just

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<v Speaker 2>for the sake of difference, because that's frankly kind of annoying.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's always a temptation, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I've noticed that some people just want to be different,

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<v Speaker 2>just to be different. But there's nothing different about being different.

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<v Speaker 2>To be different, there's something about being different because you

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<v Speaker 2>have a different set of values and a different dream. See,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't just dream of making it through the day.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't just dream of surviving my life. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>just dream.

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<v Speaker 1>When you get a dream, it'll make you different.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll start sacrificing, and people will think you're crazy because

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<v Speaker 2>of what you sacrifice. Even if you go on a

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<v Speaker 2>diet because you have a dream to lose twenty pounds,

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<v Speaker 2>the first thing that everybody around you is going to say.

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<v Speaker 3>Is you're not fine anymore. You used to meet someone's fine.

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<v Speaker 3>You used to just eat all the time when you

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<v Speaker 3>ain't contained. Why are you now. Don't let the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that they don't have the discipline to eat something different

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<v Speaker 3>cause you to give up on a goal that.

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<v Speaker 1>You set that's real for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And if it's true with the diet, it's much more

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<v Speaker 2>true with I wonder have you been dumbing down yourself

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<v Speaker 2>because to be different is too painful, And if you're

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<v Speaker 2>not careful, you will be conformed to the patterns of

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<v Speaker 2>this world, rather than being transformed by the renewing of

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<v Speaker 2>your mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Christians are supposed to.

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<v Speaker 2>See different, think different, understand different.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a different perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>I always thought that Joseph's life was a story about perseverance.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Joseph had a dream when he was young,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he had to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Through a lot of things.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, don't give up because eventually you will

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<v Speaker 2>achieve your dream. Yet, that is a cultural understanding of dreams,

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<v Speaker 2>not a Christian understanding of dreams, not a scriptural understanding

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<v Speaker 2>of dreams. And we have a really bad habit of

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<v Speaker 2>taking a concept like a dream and then overlaying our

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<v Speaker 2>own preferences and our own prejudices on that concept, and

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<v Speaker 2>so we make it what it's not, and.

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<v Speaker 1>We miss what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's really common for people to say, follow your dreams.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet, if you study the life of Joseph, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean really read every single word John and Tittle,

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<v Speaker 2>every single invention, every single period in Comma, like I

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<v Speaker 2>did preparing to preach this, you will see a phrase

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<v Speaker 2>iterated over and over again, no matter what he went through,

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<v Speaker 2>that says, the Lord was with Joseph. That's a statement

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<v Speaker 2>about God's presence. You will see that wherever he was,

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<v Speaker 2>God promoted him, and that's a statement about purpose. But

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<v Speaker 2>the story of Joseph is not about getting a dream

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<v Speaker 2>and holding on tight to the dream and persevering, because

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<v Speaker 2>I used to think this was the story of Joseph, Like, don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Let anybody talk you out of your dream.

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<v Speaker 2>If your mom told you that you're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>the next you know, the next whatever. Just hold on

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<v Speaker 2>to your dream. And then anybody who doesn't agree with

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<v Speaker 2>your dream as a hater.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe not.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe your mom just loved you too much to hear

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<v Speaker 2>the bad notes you were hitting and you're not supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be a professional singer.

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<v Speaker 1>Does the thought No, I'm sick of it. I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>sick of it because we take Joseph. It's not fair

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<v Speaker 1>to Joseph. Joseph went through this whole life. He was

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<v Speaker 1>called and chosen, and.

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<v Speaker 2>There was all kinds of conflict that came along.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're like, Joseph had a dream. Do you have

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<v Speaker 1>a dream? Would you like to open your own company?

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<v Speaker 2>Be like Joseph, have a dream, and then you can

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<v Speaker 2>make it from the pit to the palace.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on in the pit, because there's a palace on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me go into it for a moment. That is

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<v Speaker 2>not the story of Joseph's life. The story of Joseph's

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<v Speaker 2>life has nothing to do with if you have a

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<v Speaker 2>dream that you can think of that's big enough, God

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<v Speaker 2>is obligated.

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<v Speaker 1>To bless it. Watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph didn't ask God for a dream. Joseph did not

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<v Speaker 2>make a vision board. That doesn't mean you can't make one.

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<v Speaker 2>I've made a few myself. Let's just be clear that

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<v Speaker 2>we mean the same thing when we say a dream,

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<v Speaker 2>and then and then it becomes very devastating.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch this, because your dream can become a distraction.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph's dream was very specific and epic, and it had

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<v Speaker 2>broad implications, you know. And he tells his brothers his dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>He comes out in his coat one day and they're like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh God, this guy. And so he comes over and

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<v Speaker 2>they're like, you talk to him this time.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sick of talking to him. He's like, hey, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>guess what I had a dream. You want to hear

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<v Speaker 1>my dream.

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<v Speaker 2>They're like, no, we hate your dream, we hate your coat,

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<v Speaker 2>we hate your voice, we hate you You're different.

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<v Speaker 1>But he didn't really, he didn't really care if they

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to hear it. He was going to tell him anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph needed a journal, by the way, so he could

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<v Speaker 2>write some of this down and not tell other people.

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<v Speaker 2>He needed somewhere he could just process his dreams where

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't let other people get involved too soon. Nevertheless,

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<v Speaker 2>even Joseph's inability to discern the nature of the dream

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<v Speaker 2>and who was capable of handing it, played a part

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<v Speaker 2>and leading him to the place where he could do

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<v Speaker 2>the dream that God put in his heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you feel God on that what I just said?

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<v Speaker 2>Because God's dream for my life will involve my decisions,

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<v Speaker 2>even if my decisions are immature. God will use some

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<v Speaker 2>of the desires in your heart that aren't good desires

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<v Speaker 2>at first. But Psalm thirty four thirty seven four says,

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<v Speaker 2>if you delight yourself in the Lord, he will give

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<v Speaker 2>you the desires of your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>And he will take the desires that you had.

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<v Speaker 2>And purify them, and he will rinse them, and he

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<v Speaker 2>will separate the wheat from the chaff to bring you

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<v Speaker 2>to an ultimate place, a purpose. But when Joseph started

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<v Speaker 2>sharing his dream with his brothers, it was all about him.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, I had a dream, and it was awesome. We

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<v Speaker 4>were binding our sheaves of grain, and we were in

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<v Speaker 4>let your sheaves started bowing down to my sheaves.

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<v Speaker 1>And and in that awesome and they're like, no, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not awesome. We hate your dream, we hate your cod

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<v Speaker 1>we hate you. And he's like, but then I had

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<v Speaker 1>another dream, and in this dream there were eleven stars.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why Joseph sounds like Keanu reeves.

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<v Speaker 2>There were eleven stars and a sun and the moon,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were all bowing down to me.

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<v Speaker 1>In my dream awesome. And they're like, no, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>like your dream.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, we hate your dream so much that we

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<v Speaker 2>are about to push you in.

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<v Speaker 1>A pit and leave you for dead.

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<v Speaker 2>And if it hadn't have been for Reuben, who decided

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<v Speaker 2>we should at least get twenty shekels of silver out

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<v Speaker 2>of this boy, there's no need to kill him when

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<v Speaker 2>we can profit off of him, they wouldn't have sold

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<v Speaker 2>him to the Ishmaeli Caravan.

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<v Speaker 1>They would have left him for dead.

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<v Speaker 2>But understand that even Joseph's decision to speak about his

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<v Speaker 2>dream prematurely was part of what God used to motivate

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<v Speaker 2>his brothers to push him in the pit. At the

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<v Speaker 2>same time they did that, and Ishmaelik Caravan was setting

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<v Speaker 2>out to bring whoever they would pick.

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<v Speaker 1>Up along the way back to the place of slavery.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it was a place of slavery at that point,

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<v Speaker 2>but it would ultimately become a place of deliverance. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna teach the Bible today because when Joseph was picked

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<v Speaker 2>up and put in Potterphar's house, he served so well

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<v Speaker 2>in Potterphar's house that everything Potiphar put under him prosper.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when Potiphar saw how Joseph served, he promoted

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<v Speaker 2>him to a position of influence. But he wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>been in Potiphar's house to begin with if he hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>been pushed in a pit, and he wouldn't have been

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<v Speaker 2>pushed in a pit if he didn't wear a coat.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when you leave your coat in the closet

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<v Speaker 2>and downplay your dream to fit in with people who

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<v Speaker 2>don't like you because you're different, you can't end up

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<v Speaker 2>in the position you need to be in. I'm preaching

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<v Speaker 2>to somebody who's different. The more like Christ you become,

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<v Speaker 2>the more different from culture you will be. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>all right to be weird, and it's all right to

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<v Speaker 2>have hope.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right to have vision, and it's all right to.

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<v Speaker 1>Know who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>And all of this happened because Joseph had a dream,

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<v Speaker 2>And yet Joseph's dream looked nothing when it finally happened,

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<v Speaker 2>like it looked in the distance when he first saw it.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you relate to this.

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<v Speaker 2>How sometimes marriage looks different in the distance than it

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<v Speaker 2>does after twenty years. I need all my people who

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<v Speaker 2>have been married over twenty years to just wave at

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<v Speaker 2>me real quick and let me know that it's so

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<v Speaker 2>much different, so much different, so much better, so much harder,

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<v Speaker 2>so much different. Not like the movies that I saw,

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<v Speaker 2>not like the songs that I heard.

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<v Speaker 1>Different, It's just different.

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<v Speaker 2>Because when Joseph is young, he sees shiny stars, but

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes when it comes up closer, it's not so shiny anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>Having kids is different. This is where me and Holly

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<v Speaker 2>are different. She always dreamed of being a parent. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't dream of being a parent. I dreamed of being

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<v Speaker 2>a punk rocker and then a preacher. But one of

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<v Speaker 2>our staff members was having a baby the other day

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<v Speaker 2>and he was telling me how happy he was, and

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<v Speaker 2>he was like, O always dreamed of being a dad,

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<v Speaker 2>And that made me feel sorry for my kids, because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I didn't even like kick in as a

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<v Speaker 2>dad until they were five you know that's so worthless.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, if we can really be honest and not

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<v Speaker 2>put this one online. I dreaded being a dad because

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<v Speaker 2>all I ever saw kids do was make people have

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<v Speaker 2>to leave restaurants before they finish their meal. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like now, there is no greater delight in my life

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<v Speaker 2>than my kids thirty percent at the time, There's no

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<v Speaker 2>greater investment. There's nothing I'm more passionate about. There's nothing

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<v Speaker 2>that can just wake me up more and make me

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<v Speaker 2>realize what matters more. But it wasn't the thing I

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<v Speaker 2>dreamed about. It was the thing that I did, and

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<v Speaker 2>when I did it, God gave me the desire for it.

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<v Speaker 1>But it didn't start as a dream. It started as

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<v Speaker 1>a duty.

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<v Speaker 2>This is so critical for a world and a time

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<v Speaker 2>where all we're ever told is follow your dreams. There

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<v Speaker 2>is no record in Genesis thirty seven, thirty eight, thirty nine,

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<v Speaker 2>forty forty one, two forty three, forty four, forty five

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<v Speaker 2>where the Bible says and Joseph remembered his dream and

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<v Speaker 2>pushed on through because when life gets hard, you got

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<v Speaker 2>to have a dream, and sometimes life will give you hurdles.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, this is really.

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<v Speaker 2>Allward or this little motif I've gotten myself into right here,

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<v Speaker 2>this little, this pastic motivational speaker thing that I've set

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<v Speaker 2>up here.

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<v Speaker 1>But just follow your dreams. You know what I can't find.

0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:14.800
<v Speaker 2>In Genesis where Joseph followed his dream. What I saw

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<v Speaker 2>in Genesis was Joseph's dream followed him.

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<v Speaker 1>So watch this. I don't follow dreams. I follow Jesus,

0:25:24.280 --> 0:25:27.359
<v Speaker 1>and when I do, dreams follow me.

0:25:31.600 --> 0:25:37.320
<v Speaker 2>Joseph's dream followed Joseph. It followed him to Potterphar's house,

0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:41.280
<v Speaker 2>it followed him to prison, it followed him into Pharaoh's court,

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<v Speaker 2>because dreams follow me when I follow Jesus. If you

0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:48.679
<v Speaker 2>look behind your life, you will see very clearly that

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<v Speaker 2>some of the things that God did for you, and

0:25:51.200 --> 0:25:53.399
<v Speaker 2>some of the doors he opened for you, and some

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<v Speaker 2>of the ways he made for you, and some of

0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:59.280
<v Speaker 2>the opportunities that he granted for you were accidental from

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<v Speaker 2>your perspective. But I've got good news for you. God's

0:26:03.440 --> 0:26:05.920
<v Speaker 2>dream for you is bigger than your dream for you.

0:26:06.520 --> 0:26:09.400
<v Speaker 2>Just because it doesn't look shiny when you see it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean it isn't real. God said, you've got the

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<v Speaker 2>right dream.

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<v Speaker 1>You just need to see it differently. The fact of

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<v Speaker 1>the matter is.

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<v Speaker 2>That some of us are standing in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>our dream, but we can't see it because it feels

0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:33.840
<v Speaker 2>different than we thought it would when we first saw it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I believe in dreams. I had a dream about you.

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<v Speaker 2>I dreamed that you would be here in this church,

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<v Speaker 2>and God did that.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's a lot different than I thought it would

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<v Speaker 1>be because y'all are different, and it's different. Y'all are different.

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<v Speaker 2>You're different than the person three seats down for you,

0:27:01.359 --> 0:27:03.960
<v Speaker 2>and you grew up in vacation Bible school, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>thinking like Joseph is when that Jesus' dad, And they

0:27:07.080 --> 0:27:09.399
<v Speaker 2>were like this, I don't and I'm trying to appreach

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<v Speaker 2>to all these different people. It's just different. It's different

0:27:16.119 --> 0:27:18.600
<v Speaker 2>because you picture like Joseph had a dream. Have you

0:27:18.640 --> 0:27:22.080
<v Speaker 2>got a dream? Everybody had a dream. You had a dream,

0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:24.000
<v Speaker 2>Doctor King had a dream.

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<v Speaker 1>You have a dream. It's not the same kind of dream.

0:27:26.840 --> 0:27:30.560
<v Speaker 2>You know, this was a This was a dream that

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph didn't decide for himself.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't follow your dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>Because what if your dream was just the first draft?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you open to a revision? I wanted to I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to be a punk rocker. I wanted to sing songs,

0:27:53.600 --> 0:27:55.959
<v Speaker 2>but I didn't know God was gonna let me write

0:27:56.000 --> 0:28:00.000
<v Speaker 2>songs and pastor a church that churches around the world

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<v Speaker 2>world would sing.

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<v Speaker 1>As an expression or as an anthem of faith.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't my dream, but God took that desire and

0:28:08.680 --> 0:28:09.440
<v Speaker 2>he gave me the dream.

0:28:09.480 --> 0:28:11.280
<v Speaker 1>And I don't have to be the one singing the song.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to be a part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the value of a bigger picture.

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<v Speaker 2>But your dream can be a distraction because now you're

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<v Speaker 2>not following Jesus.

0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:24.720
<v Speaker 1>You're following your dreaming. When your dream takes you down an.

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<v Speaker 2>Unexpected path, you start to complain and freak out and

0:28:27.400 --> 0:28:31.280
<v Speaker 2>get frustrated, and you are missing the dream because you

0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:34.080
<v Speaker 2>will not wake up to the reality. Sometimes we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know the difference between a dream and a fantasy. I

0:28:41.440 --> 0:28:46.800
<v Speaker 2>told our staff recently, this is the dream when you're

0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:51.120
<v Speaker 2>frustrated in ministry. Remember that some of you were watching

0:28:51.160 --> 0:28:53.600
<v Speaker 2>elevision church online before you came to work here, and

0:28:53.640 --> 0:28:55.520
<v Speaker 2>you thought, oh, if I could ever get there one day.

0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:59.880
<v Speaker 2>But you didn't know that the baptism tank was gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be half full when you got here, and you'd have

0:29:01.760 --> 0:29:03.560
<v Speaker 2>to fill it up right before and next time you

0:29:03.800 --> 0:29:05.760
<v Speaker 2>next time you have to get here and the volunteers

0:29:05.800 --> 0:29:07.600
<v Speaker 2>don't show up, and next time you have to just

0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:11.600
<v Speaker 2>just say to yourself, this is the dream.

0:29:11.760 --> 0:29:14.520
<v Speaker 1>Huh.

0:29:14.560 --> 0:29:16.200
<v Speaker 2>Waking up in the middle of the night as a

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<v Speaker 2>new mom, this is the dream. Even if you have

0:29:18.320 --> 0:29:20.080
<v Speaker 2>to fake a smile. The devil won't know the difference.

0:29:20.080 --> 0:29:22.840
<v Speaker 2>All I see is that you're smiling. This is the dream.

0:29:24.120 --> 0:29:28.160
<v Speaker 2>And yet it won't feel like American idol. And yet

0:29:28.160 --> 0:29:31.320
<v Speaker 2>it won't feel like an Olympic gold medal ceremony, because

0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:31.800
<v Speaker 2>it's not that.

0:29:31.800 --> 0:29:33.800
<v Speaker 1>Kind of dream.

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<v Speaker 2>By the time Joseph's dream finally came true, because dreams

0:29:37.640 --> 0:29:43.120
<v Speaker 2>do come true, it was two decades later. Not only

0:29:43.240 --> 0:29:46.800
<v Speaker 2>been falsely in prison, not only had he been forgotten about,

0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:51.280
<v Speaker 2>not only had he been misunderstood, not only was he

0:29:51.760 --> 0:29:54.720
<v Speaker 2>incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit, but in the

0:29:54.760 --> 0:29:56.840
<v Speaker 2>process of it, he was unappreciated for his part in

0:29:56.840 --> 0:30:01.000
<v Speaker 2>someone else's freedom. Yet, when he finally got to his dream,

0:30:02.160 --> 0:30:04.560
<v Speaker 2>he realized something that is very hard for us to

0:30:04.560 --> 0:30:10.680
<v Speaker 2>comprehend in an Instagram world. That God develops dreams in

0:30:10.720 --> 0:30:16.560
<v Speaker 2>the dark room and The issue is that we have

0:30:16.640 --> 0:30:19.760
<v Speaker 2>an Instagram expectation, but we serve a darkroom God.

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<v Speaker 1>For the four of y'all who are clapping, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>keep preaching. When you get your picture.

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<v Speaker 2>Really developed by a professional, they don't post it ten

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<v Speaker 2>seconds after they took it with a prefabricated filter by

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<v Speaker 2>Instagram incorporator. They take it into a special room and

0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 2>they do special things in a special room. If any

0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:50.160
<v Speaker 2>of y'all ever had to drop some film off at CVS,

0:30:51.360 --> 0:30:52.920
<v Speaker 2>if any of you ever had to go through a

0:30:52.920 --> 0:30:56.400
<v Speaker 2>season of your life where you had to trust a professional,

0:30:57.200 --> 0:30:59.480
<v Speaker 2>where you had to put something in the hands of God,

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<v Speaker 2>where you had to hand him the negatives, and trust

0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:10.240
<v Speaker 2>him to take the negatives and take them into the

0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:13.840
<v Speaker 2>secret place of the Most High, and take them into

0:31:13.840 --> 0:31:16.920
<v Speaker 2>the place of his purpose, and take them into the

0:31:16.960 --> 0:31:19.680
<v Speaker 2>place of his wisdom, and take them into the mystery.

0:31:20.240 --> 0:31:22.600
<v Speaker 2>And trust him that if I put it in his hands,

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<v Speaker 2>and if I have the patience to let it develop,

0:31:26.040 --> 0:31:28.920
<v Speaker 2>if I have the patience to know that every scene

0:31:29.040 --> 0:31:32.280
<v Speaker 2>of my life is playing a part in the bigger picture,

0:31:32.720 --> 0:31:34.800
<v Speaker 2>not of the dream that I had, but of the

0:31:34.880 --> 0:31:38.080
<v Speaker 2>desire that was in God's heart, and I might be

0:31:38.240 --> 0:31:40.360
<v Speaker 2>standing in the middle of a dream that I don't

0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:43.760
<v Speaker 2>have the clarity to see right now because the picture

0:31:43.800 --> 0:31:47.520
<v Speaker 2>does not match for my preference. But watch this, I'm

0:31:47.880 --> 0:31:52.040
<v Speaker 2>willing and ready and able to trust God even in

0:31:52.120 --> 0:31:56.800
<v Speaker 2>the dark places of my disappointment, because I understand that

0:31:56.840 --> 0:32:00.560
<v Speaker 2>some of God's greatest work happens in the dark where

0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:03.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't understand. And I'm feeling around, and I thought

0:32:03.760 --> 0:32:05.680
<v Speaker 2>I was going to be done with this by now,

0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:08.080
<v Speaker 2>and I thought i'd be different by now. And this

0:32:08.160 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 2>is not how they put it on the box, and

0:32:10.240 --> 0:32:12.680
<v Speaker 2>this is not how the Hamburger looked on the commercial.

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<v Speaker 2>But here I am God, and I trust you, not

0:32:15.800 --> 0:32:19.120
<v Speaker 2>my dream. I trust you, not my idea. I will

0:32:19.160 --> 0:32:23.200
<v Speaker 2>not make my ideas my idol. I'm worshiping you, I'm

0:32:23.320 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 2>serving you. It's not about position, it's about purpose. So

0:32:38.680 --> 0:32:42.320
<v Speaker 2>when he finally had his dream come true, it was

0:32:42.360 --> 0:32:45.800
<v Speaker 2>not in the form of shiny stars. It was in

0:32:45.880 --> 0:32:50.640
<v Speaker 2>the form of his eleven brothers who betrayed him, coming

0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:54.920
<v Speaker 2>to him and asking for food. And Joseph is in

0:32:55.040 --> 0:32:59.040
<v Speaker 2>Pharaoh's court distributing the grain for not only that nation,

0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:02.000
<v Speaker 2>but for all the surrounding nations. And he looks up

0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:04.239
<v Speaker 2>at his brothers who hurt him, who are standing with

0:33:04.280 --> 0:33:10.800
<v Speaker 2>their hands out, and realizes, this is the dream. I'm

0:33:10.840 --> 0:33:16.720
<v Speaker 2>at the center. But it's not for status, it's for service.

0:33:27.920 --> 0:33:29.840
<v Speaker 1>Has God been trying to get you to see that

0:33:30.320 --> 0:33:31.560
<v Speaker 1>in your own life? Lately?

0:33:31.640 --> 0:33:39.160
<v Speaker 2>We attach ourselves to a version of a dream that

0:33:39.280 --> 0:33:41.400
<v Speaker 2>may not have even come from God to begin with.

0:33:43.080 --> 0:33:46.600
<v Speaker 2>And what if the greatest thing God is going to

0:33:46.640 --> 0:33:50.280
<v Speaker 2>do through your life is what He is going to

0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:54.080
<v Speaker 2>allow you to contribute to somebody else's Are you open

0:33:54.120 --> 0:34:02.800
<v Speaker 2>to that dream? When the angel came to marry, he said,

0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:06.480
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have a baby. When the Angel came to

0:34:06.600 --> 0:34:09.719
<v Speaker 2>Joseph in a dream, he said, you're gonna help her.

0:34:10.800 --> 0:34:14.399
<v Speaker 2>What if the dream God has for me isn't even

0:34:14.440 --> 0:34:20.200
<v Speaker 2>about me. It's the danger of a dream to start

0:34:20.200 --> 0:34:22.680
<v Speaker 2>thinking like this is what my kids are gonna grow

0:34:22.719 --> 0:34:27.160
<v Speaker 2>up and do, Okay, Like get your Harvard mug out

0:34:27.160 --> 0:34:29.160
<v Speaker 2>of your coffee mug cabinet.

0:34:29.840 --> 0:34:32.319
<v Speaker 1>And what if your kid doesn't turn out to do

0:34:32.440 --> 0:34:33.440
<v Speaker 1>what you wanted him to do.

0:34:33.760 --> 0:34:37.880
<v Speaker 2>What if God has a different dream for them? What

0:34:37.960 --> 0:34:43.279
<v Speaker 2>if it's better, What if it's deeper. What if the

0:34:43.320 --> 0:34:45.040
<v Speaker 2>reason God lets your dream.

0:34:44.840 --> 0:34:46.520
<v Speaker 1>Die is because it wasn't big enough.

0:34:51.400 --> 0:34:55.920
<v Speaker 2>When we put too much pressure on a dream to

0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:59.719
<v Speaker 2>come true, we allow our dream to become a di

0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:04.440
<v Speaker 2>traction from the season that we're in. And I preached

0:35:04.480 --> 0:35:07.160
<v Speaker 2>this way because if Joseph had gone around looking for

0:35:07.480 --> 0:35:10.759
<v Speaker 2>stars for his dream, you know, reach for the stars.

0:35:10.840 --> 0:35:12.880
<v Speaker 2>But it wasn't in the form of a star that

0:35:12.960 --> 0:35:15.560
<v Speaker 2>the dream came. It was in the form of his brothers.

0:35:15.800 --> 0:35:18.040
<v Speaker 2>It was in the form of his responsibility.

0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:21.439
<v Speaker 1>It was in the form of a duty. You don't

0:35:21.560 --> 0:35:25.440
<v Speaker 1>have to have some grand, dynamic dream to serve God.

0:35:25.760 --> 0:35:29.280
<v Speaker 2>Stop feeling guilty because you don't have some huge dream

0:35:29.400 --> 0:35:34.200
<v Speaker 2>to end cancer, or to or to start a new

0:35:34.400 --> 0:35:37.480
<v Speaker 2>to start a new ministry, or to maybe like be

0:35:37.600 --> 0:35:41.200
<v Speaker 2>the next Bill Gates or Elon Musk or go to space.

0:35:41.640 --> 0:35:43.480
<v Speaker 1>Maybe you don't have the talent for that.

0:35:43.840 --> 0:35:45.920
<v Speaker 2>You don't have to have a huge dream, but you

0:35:46.040 --> 0:35:50.319
<v Speaker 2>do need to serve a purpose in this season. And

0:35:50.360 --> 0:35:56.239
<v Speaker 2>I wonder, is there's somebody here watching online who was

0:35:56.280 --> 0:36:00.160
<v Speaker 2>standing right in the middle of the dream, but it

0:36:00.200 --> 0:36:02.080
<v Speaker 2>looks different than it did in the distance.

0:36:03.800 --> 0:36:04.359
<v Speaker 1>This is the.

0:36:04.360 --> 0:36:11.279
<v Speaker 2>Dream to know him, to serve him, to love him.

0:36:13.840 --> 0:36:16.839
<v Speaker 2>And there's two types of people in the room. Some

0:36:16.880 --> 0:36:20.200
<v Speaker 2>of you were discouraged because you had a dream and

0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:23.799
<v Speaker 2>it didn't happen, hasn't happened yet, don't know if it will.

0:36:25.560 --> 0:36:29.840
<v Speaker 1>And others are disillusioned because you're in your dream, but

0:36:29.840 --> 0:36:31.359
<v Speaker 1>it's different than you thought it was going to be.

0:36:33.120 --> 0:36:35.360
<v Speaker 1>You're standing in the middle, but it's your brother's around you.

0:36:39.120 --> 0:36:42.759
<v Speaker 2>God said that today was going to be a day

0:36:42.800 --> 0:36:47.400
<v Speaker 2>for you, for you to see the dream for what

0:36:47.440 --> 0:36:51.600
<v Speaker 2>it really is and let go of the illusion of

0:36:51.640 --> 0:36:54.760
<v Speaker 2>what you thought it would be. If you stand right now,

0:36:56.040 --> 0:37:02.040
<v Speaker 2>I'll pray for you.

0:37:02.040 --> 0:37:05.680
<v Speaker 1>You could put your notebook down. I'm done teaching.

0:37:09.560 --> 0:37:11.279
<v Speaker 2>It's one of those things that we all have to

0:37:12.520 --> 0:37:16.560
<v Speaker 2>deal with at different points in our life, to realize

0:37:16.560 --> 0:37:19.720
<v Speaker 2>that this is what I saw, but it just doesn't

0:37:19.719 --> 0:37:20.319
<v Speaker 2>feel the same.

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:24.840
<v Speaker 1>Are you open to a different dream.

0:37:25.040 --> 0:37:28.440
<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's not even a different dream, maybe it's just

0:37:28.480 --> 0:37:34.480
<v Speaker 2>a more mature version of it. The Disciples had a

0:37:34.560 --> 0:37:38.080
<v Speaker 2>dream for Jesus, you know, he's going to restore the

0:37:38.160 --> 0:37:41.200
<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of Israel. When they saw him hanging on the cross,

0:37:41.200 --> 0:37:43.760
<v Speaker 2>they didn't know what to do with that. That wasn't

0:37:43.760 --> 0:37:45.920
<v Speaker 2>the way they saw liberation. But that's the way he

0:37:46.000 --> 0:37:49.759
<v Speaker 2>did it, and it is in the process of doing it,

0:37:50.239 --> 0:37:52.400
<v Speaker 2>and it is in the process of accepting it.

0:37:52.719 --> 0:37:54.080
<v Speaker 1>That greater faith is born.

0:37:55.360 --> 0:37:59.440
<v Speaker 2>Father, Today I thank you for the illumination that you've

0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:04.480
<v Speaker 2>given us through your word and by your spirit. I

0:38:04.480 --> 0:38:06.640
<v Speaker 2>felt like you were using me while I was preaching

0:38:06.680 --> 0:38:09.320
<v Speaker 2>to speak to somebody on a personal level, and I

0:38:09.400 --> 0:38:11.719
<v Speaker 2>want to thank you for that because I want to

0:38:11.760 --> 0:38:14.000
<v Speaker 2>be used by you. But now God, I want to

0:38:14.000 --> 0:38:16.400
<v Speaker 2>step out of the way, and I want them to

0:38:16.440 --> 0:38:19.400
<v Speaker 2>hear what they need to hear from you, because it

0:38:19.480 --> 0:38:21.000
<v Speaker 2>didn't turn out the way they dreamed.

0:38:22.760 --> 0:38:23.400
<v Speaker 1>It's different.

0:38:24.960 --> 0:38:29.440
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't look so shiny anymore, it doesn't look so

0:38:30.360 --> 0:38:34.239
<v Speaker 2>sexy anymore. Now it's time for them to embrace the

0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:37.799
<v Speaker 2>purpose for the season that you've placed them in and

0:38:37.920 --> 0:38:40.480
<v Speaker 2>let go of the one that may never come, or

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<v Speaker 2>let go of the one that was. This is the dream.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody make that confession. This is the dream. And so

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<v Speaker 2>God give them the perspective to go back into their lives,

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<v Speaker 2>go back into their homes, go back into their jobs, and.

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<v Speaker 1>See it how you see it.

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<v Speaker 2>In a world that's obsessed with stats, us in position,

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<v Speaker 2>make us servants of purpose to serve your purpose in

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<v Speaker 2>every season that we're in and to find our satisfaction

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<v Speaker 2>in that.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for joining us.

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<v Speaker 2>this ministry. Is because of you that this ministry is possible.

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