WEBVTT - Setup In The Stronghold

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>it gives you perspective to see God is moving in

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

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<v Speaker 2>This week's sam as Psalm on I got some good news.

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<v Speaker 2>My oldest son has fallen in love with an album,

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<v Speaker 2>something I feared may never happen because you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>live in the day of the single. Nobody listens to

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<v Speaker 2>albums anymore. But my son, having impeccable good taste, mostly

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<v Speaker 2>informed by his genetic code, has fallen in love with

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<v Speaker 2>an album. If we weren't in church, i'd tell you

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<v Speaker 2>that it's a Kendrick Lamar album. But what was so

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<v Speaker 2>good to me about that is I was scared that

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<v Speaker 2>he would never have the experience that I had when

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<v Speaker 2>I was about his age. He's twelve, and he uh

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<v Speaker 2>and he would just listen to songs, you know, Spotify

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<v Speaker 2>stream songs and just you know, garbage stuff that's out

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<v Speaker 2>there now. I didn't know if he'd get into good

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<v Speaker 2>quality music and and and I never knew if he

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<v Speaker 2>would have the moment that Eric and I had growing

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<v Speaker 2>up in the mean streets of Monks Corner, South Carolina,

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<v Speaker 2>falling in love with.

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<v Speaker 1>With an album. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>The first album that I fell in love with was,

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<v Speaker 2>of course by the great Christian worship band Guns n' Roses. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>The prophet Axel Rose was the first preacher whoever touched my.

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<v Speaker 1>Soul in a powerful way.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wanted him to have that experience, to really

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<v Speaker 2>get into the music. And and he looked at me

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<v Speaker 2>the other day he said, I just feel like Kendrick

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<v Speaker 2>gets me. Compton and Wax are just to light. But

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<v Speaker 2>that point aside, it was good. It was good to

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<v Speaker 2>me to see him get into I wanted him to

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<v Speaker 2>know that, you know, I wanted him to feel that

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<v Speaker 2>I've I wanted him to know that it's not just

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<v Speaker 2>because see like in this series, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>know that God gets you, and I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>get into God. Can you see how excited I am,

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<v Speaker 2>or caffeinated or something in some combination of caffeine and

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ. You got me fired up to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>that God gets you and touch somebody and say I

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<v Speaker 2>don't get you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank God he does.

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<v Speaker 2>And the more you get into God, you realize that

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<v Speaker 2>God gets you all of you. And yet when we

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<v Speaker 2>come into church, sometimes we read little fragments of scriptures

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<v Speaker 2>and phrases and things that sound good. It's like people

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<v Speaker 2>who say, oh, I don't listen to the lyrics, I

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<v Speaker 2>just like the beat.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate those people.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't understand the depth the backstory.

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<v Speaker 1>You just like the beat.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes we're like that in church. You know, I

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<v Speaker 2>will bless the Lord at all times, and his praise

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<v Speaker 2>shall continually be in my mouth, not thinking about what

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<v Speaker 2>that says.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just like how it sounds like, yeah, I will.

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<v Speaker 2>Bless the Lord as occasionally once in a while on

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday for twenty eight minutes. I will bless the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>at all time. I mean all the time, not all times,

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<v Speaker 2>not like all the time all the time. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to get in front of people and do it

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<v Speaker 2>or anything like that. But you know, I'm not not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna lift my hands or any but you know it

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<v Speaker 2>sounds good.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to beat. So I thought what we do today.

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<v Speaker 2>Last week we were focused on Psalm fifty nine, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Was a banger.

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<v Speaker 2>We discovered that not only is David a shepherd, but

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<v Speaker 2>he is a goat, the goat the greatest.

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<v Speaker 1>Of all times.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people were offended by that assertation that David was

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest rapper of all time.

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<v Speaker 1>I stand by it.

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<v Speaker 2>We are rocking to his mixtape, The Book of Psalms.

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<v Speaker 1>Free Millennia.

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<v Speaker 2>After he pinned these words, they still resonate in our souls.

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<v Speaker 2>But this week we're going to look at some things

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<v Speaker 2>that he said that might surprise us. In Psalm one

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<v Speaker 2>and this is more of a ballad.

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<v Speaker 1>The tempo is a little slower.

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<v Speaker 2>Because David is conflicted and he cries out to God

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<v Speaker 2>about it. I want to read all seven verses from

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<v Speaker 2>Someone forty two where David says, I cry aloud to

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord. I lift up my voice to the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint. Before him,

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<v Speaker 2>I tell my trouble. When my spirit grows faint within me,

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<v Speaker 2>it is you who watch over my way. In the

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<v Speaker 2>path where I walk, people have hidden a snare for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Look and see there is no one at my right hand.

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<v Speaker 2>No one is concerned for me. I have no refuge.

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<v Speaker 2>No one cares for my life. Elijah, nobody's praying for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I looked around for help, and all I found was hardship.

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<v Speaker 2>I cry verse five to you, Lord, I say you

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<v Speaker 2>are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need.

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<v Speaker 2>Rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are

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<v Speaker 2>too strong for me. Set me free from my prison,

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<v Speaker 2>that I may praise or name.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to so.

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<v Speaker 2>Bad, but I can't right now. Set me free. Only

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<v Speaker 2>you have the keys to do it. Then the righteous

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<v Speaker 2>will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

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<v Speaker 2>One more thing I want to read you before we

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<v Speaker 2>talk about it for a few moments from for Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two. This is the backstory. This is the backstory

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<v Speaker 2>to the to the beat, and just one verse for

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<v Speaker 2>now for Samuel twenty two, verse five. But the prophet

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<v Speaker 2>God said to David, do not stay in the stronghold,

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<v Speaker 2>go into the land of Judah. So David left and

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<v Speaker 2>went to the forest of hered My subject for today is.

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<v Speaker 1>The setup in the stronghold.

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<v Speaker 2>When we started song, I don't know if you found

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<v Speaker 2>yourself like me, wanting to tell.

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<v Speaker 1>David that you're not allowed to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>When he cries aloud to the Lord in verse one

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<v Speaker 2>and lifts up his voice to the Lord for mercy

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<v Speaker 2>in verse one.

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<v Speaker 1>At this point in.

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<v Speaker 2>The psalm, I have predicted this predicament. It is in

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<v Speaker 2>verse two that I'm a little surprised when David says,

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<v Speaker 2>I pour out before him my complaint. At this point,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to pull David aside and say, didn't you

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<v Speaker 2>know that you were supposed to bless the Lord at

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<v Speaker 2>all times and his praise continually be in your mouth?

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<v Speaker 2>And David said back to me, yeah, I wrote that

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<v Speaker 2>psalm too, that Psalm thirty four. But this one's a

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<v Speaker 2>little different, because sometimes before my mouth can be filled

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<v Speaker 2>with praise, I have to pour out something else to

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<v Speaker 2>make room for what I know seeing now disappoint of

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<v Speaker 2>the sermon where people start getting real confused on me,

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<v Speaker 2>because we have been taught sometimes that unless we can

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<v Speaker 2>come to God the right way, we can't come to

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<v Speaker 2>him at all. And the fact of the matter is

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of us don't pray, don't worship, and don't

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<v Speaker 2>enter into the presence of God in that specific and

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<v Speaker 2>tangible way wherein He can heal the issues of your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>because we are scared of what would happen if we

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<v Speaker 2>really opened ourselves up and told him. In fact, I

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<v Speaker 2>was talking to my friend. I'm not going to say

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<v Speaker 2>his name. I don't want embarrass Eric Phillips, but we

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<v Speaker 2>were talking the other day how for us, it's very

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<v Speaker 2>difficult for us sometimes to tell God how we're feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is funny because I have a feeling that he

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<v Speaker 2>already knows how I'm feeling. But I'm scared to tell him.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's why I'm scared to tell him. I know

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<v Speaker 2>why I'm scared to tell him because of something my

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<v Speaker 2>dad used to say. My dad used to say whenever

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<v Speaker 2>I would start crying. He had this line he would

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<v Speaker 2>say to get me to stop, and the line was,

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<v Speaker 2>finish it if you know it. If you don't stop

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<v Speaker 2>that crying, I'll give you. Your dad was an abusive

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<v Speaker 2>maniac as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, my dad is a great time.

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<v Speaker 2>And I get it, and I get it, But when

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<v Speaker 2>David uses this image, I was surprised because I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>used to the psalms being a place where we.

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<v Speaker 1>Pour out our praise.

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<v Speaker 2>I was surprised to see David pour out his complaint

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<v Speaker 2>because I didn't think you were supposed to complain if

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<v Speaker 2>God was good to you.

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<v Speaker 1>And I read the whole psalm, and he.

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<v Speaker 2>Started the song saying he was pouring out his complaint,

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<v Speaker 2>and he ended the song by saying that God was

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<v Speaker 2>good to him. And I couldn't put the two together,

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<v Speaker 2>because what do you have to complain about if God

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<v Speaker 2>has been good to you. I'm sometimes afraid to complain

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<v Speaker 2>in the presence of God, and so I don't pray

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<v Speaker 2>because I can't say what I know I'm supposed to say.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't say anything because I'm gonna tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm scared that if I say what I really want

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<v Speaker 2>to say, God might give me something to cry about.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm scared sometimes to pray to God before I come

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<v Speaker 2>preach what I really feel like praying to God, which

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<v Speaker 2>is I'm not feeling this today, because I'm scared if

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<v Speaker 2>I say that to him, he'll put some on my

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<v Speaker 2>voice box where I can't preach.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm afraid if.

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<v Speaker 2>I complain to God about my children, then he might

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<v Speaker 2>look on somebody else who's been praying that they could

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<v Speaker 2>have kids, and they can have kids. And here I

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<v Speaker 2>am complaining about something that I pray and ask God

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<v Speaker 2>to give me, and I feel kind of guilty. So

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<v Speaker 2>now I stand at the distance and I won't tell

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<v Speaker 2>God what I have to say. But I learned something

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<v Speaker 2>about God is that he is the only safe place.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I can pour out my complaint.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I don't learn how to pour out my

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<v Speaker 2>complaints in His presence, they will spill over somewhere else

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<v Speaker 2>Where else can I go but his presence? Who else

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<v Speaker 2>could I tell but the one who knit me? Where

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<v Speaker 2>else where else is it safe? What are you gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna go on Facebook and tell your troubles. The

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<v Speaker 2>presence of God is not a place.

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<v Speaker 1>To bypass your emotions. It's a place to process them.

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<v Speaker 2>And what that means is this, The only way into

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<v Speaker 2>the presence of God is from where you really are,

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<v Speaker 2>not from.

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<v Speaker 1>Where you wish you were.

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<v Speaker 2>You can start your prayers with O Sovereign God of

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<v Speaker 2>the Seas and Nemo and Dorian Sydney, Australia, Oh God,

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<v Speaker 2>Sovereign Father. Can start there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's preferable.

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<v Speaker 2>But in case you can't, in cases one of those days,

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<v Speaker 2>in case you don't even feel saved, in case you

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<v Speaker 2>just want to bash some heads, bust some heads, in

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<v Speaker 2>cases one of those stays, in case you don't feel

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<v Speaker 2>God at all, you know it's okay to tell God

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel you right now, but I need you. God,

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<v Speaker 2>come to my rescue. You know who I am, You

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<v Speaker 2>know how much I need. How in the world are

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<v Speaker 2>you gonna get to the place the attitude, the mindset

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<v Speaker 2>that God wants you to have and where he wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to be if you don't start from where you

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<v Speaker 2>really are. So it gives me permission. If David did it, teuch,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody say, if David did it, If David did it,

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<v Speaker 2>so can I and pour out my complaint in his presence?

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<v Speaker 2>And he said, he said, I I cried allowed to

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Allowed.

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<v Speaker 2>The word has different meanings. If you spell it, you

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<v Speaker 2>know you're allowed to complain.

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<v Speaker 1>Allowed.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is something that took me a long time

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<v Speaker 2>to learn because I always tried to fight what was

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<v Speaker 2>going on in my mind in my mind. The only

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<v Speaker 2>problem with fighting what's going on in my mind in

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<v Speaker 2>my mind is that is enemy held territory because I

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<v Speaker 2>have strongholds in my mind. And when I go to

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<v Speaker 2>pray and my heart is overwhelmed, my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't keep up with my spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>Because my spirit knows what I need to pray, but

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<v Speaker 2>my mind gets in the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Who am I helping? So far? Who am I helping?

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<v Speaker 1>So what I do? I wish I would have brought

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<v Speaker 1>him out. I didn't remember to bring him out.

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<v Speaker 2>I have some airport that I put in my ear

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<v Speaker 2>so people will think I'm having a conversation on the

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<v Speaker 2>phone in case they look in my car, or in

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<v Speaker 2>case they see me going through well. I don't ever

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<v Speaker 2>go to Target, but if I happen to go to

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<v Speaker 2>Target once a year my annual trip to Hell, I

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<v Speaker 2>would put in my AirPod.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't fight my mind in my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I can't win the level on the level that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fighting on. I have to get altitude. I have

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<v Speaker 2>to fight from an elevated place. So I fight my

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<v Speaker 2>mind with my mouth. You can pray any way you

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<v Speaker 2>want to, but when you really get in a situation,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't fight in your mind. You pray out loud.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you for the next seven days. The next

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<v Speaker 2>seven days, you can do whatever you want after that,

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<v Speaker 2>but for the next seven days, tell somebody for the

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<v Speaker 2>next seven days you're allowed to pray.

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<v Speaker 1>Allowed. I want you to stop. I want you to stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Closing your eyes and worrying and calling it prayer because

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<v Speaker 2>you can think a thousand things at once? How many

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<v Speaker 2>can how many aren't even paying attention to me?

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<v Speaker 1>Right now? You got something in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Oven, but you can only say one thing at a time.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I open my mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not just being emotional, I'm being strategic. In fact, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a shout right now to let God know.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on rock Hill, shout somebody.

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<v Speaker 3>In the back of Valentine, shout.

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<v Speaker 1>In the overflow. Let's tell the place with praise. And

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<v Speaker 1>see what I love about God is.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to start with the script of the

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<v Speaker 2>mightiest onliest Goddess. One is stuff, the sunniest and the stars.

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<v Speaker 2>I can look at God and said God, I hate

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<v Speaker 2>myself right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see how I just acted? And God will say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>matter of fact, I did. And I see how you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna act tomorrow. And I decided to send my son

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<v Speaker 1>to die for you, with.

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<v Speaker 3>Complete foreknowledge of all of your false.

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<v Speaker 1>If I make my bed in hell, you are there.

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<v Speaker 2>If I say out dwell in the othermost parts of

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<v Speaker 2>the sea.

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<v Speaker 1>God is in the depressed place. God is in the darkness.

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<v Speaker 1>God is in the cave. And David starts writing this

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<v Speaker 1>song and.

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<v Speaker 2>He has good acoustics, because you know you can sing

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<v Speaker 2>good in the shower, because the acoustics make you think

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<v Speaker 2>you can carry a tune. You ever did that you

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<v Speaker 2>got in the shower, You like I should probably I

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<v Speaker 2>should probably get an agent.

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<v Speaker 1>I sound just like the recording. But the acoustics in

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<v Speaker 1>the shower make you think.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, David has good acoustics because he's under attack.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's in a cave.

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<v Speaker 2>And some of the best expressions of your relationship with

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<v Speaker 2>God will be born not when you are crowned in victory,

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<v Speaker 2>but when you are hiding in despair. So David is

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<v Speaker 2>a giant killer, and David has a future as a

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<v Speaker 2>leader of an entire nation that God has called out

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<v Speaker 2>his people. Have you ever had your calling in conflict

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<v Speaker 2>with your circumstances? This is David's situation.

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<v Speaker 1>In PS.

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned briefly, but I want to go back to

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<v Speaker 2>it the historical record in First Samuel twenty two, because

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<v Speaker 2>David is in a safe place, a cave, in a duel,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says in verse one, David left Gath. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to do something real cool this week, go

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<v Speaker 2>and study where Goliath was from.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I'm go ahead and tell you now because I

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<v Speaker 1>studied it for you. It's Gath.

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<v Speaker 2>So he has to go hide in the place where

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<v Speaker 2>he just defeated an enemy. He has to go hide

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<v Speaker 2>for a little while in a place that he doesn't belong.

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<v Speaker 2>The problem with Dave that going to get this when

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<v Speaker 2>they see him. He's still got Goliath's sword that he

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<v Speaker 2>took after he cut off his head and maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of blood on it.

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<v Speaker 1>And David is on the run from Saul.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's throne he is going to occupy, and so he

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<v Speaker 2>can't stay in the place he belongs because the king

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<v Speaker 2>wants to kill him.

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<v Speaker 1>But he can't stay with the enemies that he's fighting against.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever felt like you didn't fit anywhere? Just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of quite fit? Are there at least three weird

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<v Speaker 2>people like me in here? Do you ever feel like

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<v Speaker 2>you don't fit where you came from, you don't fit

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<v Speaker 2>where you're going. Have you ever felt too churchy to

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<v Speaker 2>be worldly, but a little too worldly to fit in

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<v Speaker 2>some churches where you have to And so David I

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<v Speaker 2>had something right there, and David he escapes. But watch this,

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<v Speaker 2>This is the phrase that got my attention. Everybody say escape, escape,

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<v Speaker 2>because everybody has a way that they escape. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>guns n' roses was for me. That's what that's what

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah's headphones are for him.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a way for me to escape just for a

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<v Speaker 1>little while.

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<v Speaker 2>I can get out of my situation and get into

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<v Speaker 2>something else. But the way that you escape, here's the principle,

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<v Speaker 2>could lead to greater captivity. So it is it is

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<v Speaker 2>so important where you go when you run, because sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>what you run to will end up running you.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says.

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<v Speaker 2>That David escaped from the land of God and he

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<v Speaker 2>was safe from the sphere of Saul, and he escaped

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<v Speaker 2>to give me my verse the cave, which is a

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<v Speaker 2>safe place, but he escaped to something that he was

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<v Speaker 2>trapped in. Now we understand what David had to complain

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<v Speaker 2>about in Someone forty two, because he's supposed to be a.

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<v Speaker 1>King and he's stuck in a cave and he's safe,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's stuck and he knows there is more to

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<v Speaker 1>me than this, and he is shocked. Now watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>David is not surprised by the enemies that surround him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's surprised by the friends that didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>David was not expecting that it would be easy to

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<v Speaker 2>be a king. He was not expecting to ascend to

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<v Speaker 2>the throne without any battles. He wasn't expecting cotton candy, lollipop,

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<v Speaker 2>Santa Claus yahweh. He wasn't expecting to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>take the moving sidewalk to the throne to rule the people.

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<v Speaker 2>But he was expecting that the people God called him

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<v Speaker 2>to serve would have his back. And he looks around

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<v Speaker 2>in Psalm from the Cave of Adullam and says, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not surprised by who's surrounding me to kill me. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>surprised that nobody is surrounding me that cares about me.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you ever looked around and been surprised?

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<v Speaker 1>Where are the people I helped? Where are the people

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<v Speaker 1>I prayed for? Where are the people? This is what

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<v Speaker 1>it's like to be a parent.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it must be lonely for David in the cave,

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<v Speaker 2>to be aul alone in the cave.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I kept reading and I discovered he wasn't alone.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I show you I have a seat, I'll show you.

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<v Speaker 1>I love this stuff, man, touch.

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<v Speaker 3>Somebody, say get into it, get into it, get into it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't just settle for a little a little cassette single,

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<v Speaker 2>a single. Yeah, don't just settle for a little, a

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<v Speaker 2>little This is the Dane the larn me.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you like to beat.

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<v Speaker 2>The backstory is this David is in the deepest place

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<v Speaker 2>of despair, not because he's surrounded by trouble, but because

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<v Speaker 2>he can't find his support, and he's in a stronghold,

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<v Speaker 2>looking for a support system, looking for somebody to be

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<v Speaker 2>there for him. You mean I I killed this giant

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<v Speaker 2>that was defying the whole nation. You mean you mean

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<v Speaker 2>I helped you move, was trying to make it practical

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<v Speaker 2>or something we can live with, because most of us

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<v Speaker 2>aren't hiding from wicked kings.

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<v Speaker 1>But it doesn't mean that we can't relate.

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<v Speaker 3>Mm hm.

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<v Speaker 2>David says, I looked around and nobody was there, But

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't true. Just read the whole rest of the verse.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse one, same verse. He's in the cave of Adullum.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where he was. He says, I looked to my

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<v Speaker 1>right and nobody was there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what he wrote some forty two, and his brothers

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<v Speaker 2>and father's household herd about it, and they went down

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<v Speaker 2>to him there. So he was surrounded. But there is

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<v Speaker 2>a difference between being surrounded and feeling supported. And God

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<v Speaker 2>sends David some people in a cave, and maybe he

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<v Speaker 2>wrote that before they came.

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe he wrote it a they came. Here's one

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<v Speaker 1>thing I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody in that cave needed something from David.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's how I know.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible describes David's team in verse two. It says,

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<v Speaker 2>not only did his brothers and father come, who, by.

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<v Speaker 1>The way, didn't believe in him.

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<v Speaker 2>His dad didn't even bring him in on draft day

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<v Speaker 2>when Samuel came through town with a horn.

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<v Speaker 1>Of oil looking for the next king.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you want some help in the cave because Saul's

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<v Speaker 2>gone crazy, and you think maybe I can defend you

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm good with a.

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<v Speaker 1>Sword in a slingshot.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel like people only call on you in certain times,

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<v Speaker 2>like you don't hear from them for two years, and

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<v Speaker 2>when they call you, you kind of want to say,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't you just cut the crap and tell me

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<v Speaker 2>what you want? Because I know you didn't call me

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<v Speaker 2>to check on me. I know there's no way in

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<v Speaker 2>the world you just called me to see how.

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Then let's just skip through the preliminaries.

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<v Speaker 2>How you doing bro, how I'm doing is just tell

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<v Speaker 2>me what you need, and I'll tell you whether I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do it or not. But let's just cut through

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<v Speaker 2>all this so I can save the time that you

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<v Speaker 2>would spend pretending like you care about me.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's just me. I would bless the Lord at

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<v Speaker 1>all times.

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<v Speaker 2>And and David is surrounded, but he does not feel supported.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got a full email email inbox. Does anybody still

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<v Speaker 2>email anymore? By the way, Okay, And it's not that

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<v Speaker 2>he's not getting any text, it's just that they're all transactional.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that he doesn't know anybody, it's just that

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<v Speaker 2>nobody really knows him. Nobody cares. He didn't say nobody came.

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<v Speaker 2>He said nobody cares. I got a crowd around me,

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<v Speaker 2>and I smile so good. They have no idea that

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it's all fake, so quiet it's getting

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<v Speaker 2>That's when I'm preaching my bad when they're standing up

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<v Speaker 2>and shouting and all that, I ain't saying nothing really important.

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<v Speaker 1>When it gets like that here, you're that funeral vibe.

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<v Speaker 1>After that, that's what I like. Who really cares?

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<v Speaker 2>If I couldn't provide for them?

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<v Speaker 1>Would they care? I think I wonder sometimes if I.

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<v Speaker 2>Couldn't pick up the mic, if I couldn't do what

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<v Speaker 2>I did, who would I be.

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<v Speaker 1>And who would really love me? If I didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a big church.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just trying to tell you I'm not David, but

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<v Speaker 2>I can.

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<v Speaker 1>Relate, and I have a feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>Every husband can relate, every wife can relate, every friend

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<v Speaker 2>can relate.

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<v Speaker 1>I know every parent can relate.

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<v Speaker 2>To look around in wonderm does anybody really care about

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<v Speaker 2>me as a person?

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<v Speaker 1>When are they gonna ask me? How were you? And

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<v Speaker 1>everybody around me needs something from me. Look who God

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<v Speaker 1>sent to David in the cave. Thanks a lot, God.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at verse two.

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<v Speaker 2>All those who were in distress, or in debt or

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<v Speaker 2>discontented gathered around him.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, this is my team.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh. Really, I don't know the sequence. Nobody does. But

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<v Speaker 2>what's God messing with?

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<v Speaker 1>David?

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody surrounds me, And God said, all right, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>put four hundred. The Bible says there were four hundred

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<v Speaker 2>of them. I'm gonna send four hundred rough the roughest

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<v Speaker 2>thugs you've ever seen in your You're gonna have some

0:28:55.360 --> 0:28:58.600
<v Speaker 2>company in the cave now, David Hey, make some room,

0:28:59.080 --> 0:29:02.200
<v Speaker 2>get the cot red. I heard you, David, here comes

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<v Speaker 2>some backup.

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<v Speaker 1>But God one David didn't. No, can I preach? Can

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<v Speaker 1>I preach? These men would be the same men who

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<v Speaker 1>would bring him to the throne. These men.

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<v Speaker 2>That God sent to David in the cave would be

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<v Speaker 2>the same man who would chase down lions in pits

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<v Speaker 2>on snowy days.

0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:52.480
<v Speaker 1>And rip their mouths open. And if they wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>been rough, they couldn't have been relentless. And if David

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't been in the cave, they wouldn't have come. Damn.

0:30:01.400 --> 0:30:03.800
<v Speaker 1>It was a setup, That's what I'm trying to say.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a setup.

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<v Speaker 2>There are some things that can only come together in

0:30:09.960 --> 0:30:13.040
<v Speaker 2>the cave when you get alone and you feel alone,

0:30:13.240 --> 0:30:15.760
<v Speaker 2>and you say God, I needs you, And God says,

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<v Speaker 2>now that you know that, I'm what's Indeed, I can

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<v Speaker 2>give you what you don't even know they pray for

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<v Speaker 2>if you'll get deferent and open your mouth and get real.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, is anybody ready to get real with God?

0:30:29.120 --> 0:30:41.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm done pretending. I'm done playing do it by faith,

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<v Speaker 2>touch by people say you got what you need, You

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<v Speaker 2>got what you need, You got what you need.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, you see you got what you need. You

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<v Speaker 1>got what you need.

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<v Speaker 2>It might look like debt, it might look like disorientation,

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<v Speaker 2>it might look like discontent. But those were David's mighty

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<v Speaker 2>men in disguise. I'm telling you, a little boy, lunch

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<v Speaker 2>isn't all you can eat buffet with God puts his

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<v Speaker 2>hand on it.

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<v Speaker 1>What you have is what's your need for where you are.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not stuck. It is not over, so can't

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<v Speaker 1>kill you. And you're not alone. Shout about it. Come on,

0:31:15.880 --> 0:31:27.960
<v Speaker 1>shout about it. So David is not alone. Touch somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>say you're not alone. You're not alone. Look them in

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<v Speaker 1>the eyes, say you're not alone. You're not alone.

0:31:35.880 --> 0:31:37.240
<v Speaker 2>The person on the other side of you that you've

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<v Speaker 2>been ignoring every time I told you to turn to

0:31:38.600 --> 0:31:40.400
<v Speaker 2>your neighbor, look at them and say you're not alone either.

0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:49.720
<v Speaker 2>Don't leave him. You've been in a stronghold. David doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>know what's next, and he says something real crazy. He

0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:57.239
<v Speaker 2>says something real crazy because the men come to him,

0:31:57.920 --> 0:32:03.760
<v Speaker 2>the broke relatives come to him. Everybody wants a piece

0:32:03.800 --> 0:32:12.720
<v Speaker 2>of David now that he's got a contract, right, And

0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:18.719
<v Speaker 2>he's like, I don't know I'm in this place right now.

0:32:20.000 --> 0:32:24.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm in this cave. And he leaves the cave with

0:32:25.120 --> 0:32:36.280
<v Speaker 1>these folk, and he's got to do something with his

0:32:36.440 --> 0:32:37.080
<v Speaker 1>mom and dad.

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<v Speaker 2>So he goes down to Moab, where they have good

0:32:40.240 --> 0:32:43.720
<v Speaker 2>retirement communities assisted living.

0:32:44.120 --> 0:32:46.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't know he went there.

0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:49.960
<v Speaker 2>He had a tie there because his great great grandmother

0:32:50.160 --> 0:32:51.400
<v Speaker 2>was a moabike.

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<v Speaker 1>You can study this as much as you want.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of connections here, and which ones you

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<v Speaker 2>see determines is determined by how you look. When he

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<v Speaker 2>drops his parents off in Moab, I want to read

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<v Speaker 2>you this. I didn't really get to keen on this

0:33:07.200 --> 0:33:09.120
<v Speaker 2>last time, but I want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Say it here. He tells the king of Moab. He's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I need a place, a safe place for my family

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<v Speaker 1>to stay.

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<v Speaker 2>So will you look after mom and dad who weren't

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<v Speaker 2>really looking out for me, who demean me. You know

0:33:26.760 --> 0:33:29.040
<v Speaker 2>how it says David was a man after God's own heart.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how Jesus is called the son of David.

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<v Speaker 2>They had one thing in common. They did it for

0:33:35.480 --> 0:33:38.400
<v Speaker 2>others who wouldn't do it for them. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>They were willing to die for the people who were

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<v Speaker 1>willing to kill them.

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<v Speaker 2>And so David makes arrangements for his parents to stay

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<v Speaker 2>in Moab. Only problem with Moab is not really a

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<v Speaker 2>bad place. I don't want you to conjure up images

0:33:56.120 --> 0:33:58.200
<v Speaker 2>of Ninevu where they would impale their enemies.

0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:01.160
<v Speaker 1>I don't want you to think Nero or.

0:34:01.120 --> 0:34:04.680
<v Speaker 2>Anything like that was persecuting the New Testament Church, frying

0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:05.640
<v Speaker 2>them in vats of oil.

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<v Speaker 1>But Moab Moab was a place where they worshiped other gods.

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<v Speaker 2>And so David goes down to a place that's not

0:34:17.360 --> 0:34:22.480
<v Speaker 2>necessarily bad, but sometimes you go places to survive.

0:34:24.560 --> 0:34:27.720
<v Speaker 1>That end up imprisoning you in the process.

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<v Speaker 2>And he drops off his parents and he says verse three,

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<v Speaker 2>verse three, can they stay while I or until I

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<v Speaker 2>learn what God will do for me? David, you know

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<v Speaker 2>that you're destined to be a king?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I do, but right now.

0:34:53.800 --> 0:34:58.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm in this cave of confusion, and what I know

0:34:59.080 --> 0:35:02.440
<v Speaker 2>God has promised me does not take away the confusion

0:35:02.560 --> 0:35:07.840
<v Speaker 2>of wondering how he will bring it to pass. So

0:35:07.960 --> 0:35:11.920
<v Speaker 2>I need a safe place to stay while I figure

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<v Speaker 2>out how is God going to do this? And he

0:35:17.280 --> 0:35:19.759
<v Speaker 2>drops his parents off and he's got everything verse four

0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:23.600
<v Speaker 2>under control. The king says, sure, and what else are

0:35:23.600 --> 0:35:26.000
<v Speaker 2>you going to say to David, hit you with a

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<v Speaker 2>rock or something.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't help him.

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<v Speaker 2>Out, and they stay with him as long as David

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<v Speaker 2>was in Oh, there it is the stronghold. God sent

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<v Speaker 2>me to preach to somebody today who's in the stronghold.

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<v Speaker 2>The stronghold is not a bad thing. Please understand that

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<v Speaker 2>when Second Corinthians ten four says we demolish strongholds, you

0:35:47.239 --> 0:35:49.440
<v Speaker 2>stick around church a little while. You hear us say

0:35:49.520 --> 0:35:52.040
<v Speaker 2>some churchy things, these little vocabulary words that we have,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll talk about pulling down strongholds.

0:35:55.440 --> 0:35:58.319
<v Speaker 1>But before you pull them down, understand what they actually are.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you understand the military term that a stronghold

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<v Speaker 1>is a fortified place.

0:36:04.280 --> 0:36:08.080
<v Speaker 2>A stronghold is a place where opposing forces can't get

0:36:08.120 --> 0:36:11.600
<v Speaker 2>to you. But a stronghold that protects you from one

0:36:11.800 --> 0:36:16.120
<v Speaker 2>enemy might imprison you to another one. So the Prophet

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<v Speaker 2>God says to David in one of the only two

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<v Speaker 2>times that we see him in scripture, the Prophet God

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<v Speaker 2>says something to David that I believe the spirit of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord might be saying to you today. Lake Norman

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<v Speaker 2>University Online, Kansas, Nebraska. From sea to Shining Sea, I

0:36:33.280 --> 0:36:37.080
<v Speaker 2>want to make an announcement teenagers, people who are not

0:36:37.320 --> 0:36:41.239
<v Speaker 2>teenagers anymore, people who have lived several lifetimes since your

0:36:41.320 --> 0:36:43.920
<v Speaker 2>teenage years. I want, I want to. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>declare the word of the Lord to you, and the

0:36:45.960 --> 0:36:48.040
<v Speaker 2>word of the Lord to you as this for Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two five. Do not stay in the stronghold because

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<v Speaker 2>it's a setup. Because if you stay in Moab too

0:36:59.719 --> 0:37:02.680
<v Speaker 2>long now, state of mind, it may not be a

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<v Speaker 2>physical location.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not talking about your marriage.

0:37:05.320 --> 0:37:07.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm not telling you to get a divorce and blame

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<v Speaker 2>it on God because he said leave Moab.

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<v Speaker 1>I know people take my message and say twist them, but.

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<v Speaker 2>The stronghold is usually something that you ran too.

0:37:23.200 --> 0:37:27.600
<v Speaker 1>To protect you. Let's see how real you're willing to

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<v Speaker 1>be now.

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<v Speaker 2>I want all the pessimists to raise your hand right now,

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<v Speaker 2>all the pessimist, all the spouses a pessimists, grab the

0:37:42.080 --> 0:37:45.719
<v Speaker 2>wrist of your partner and make them play along with

0:37:46.800 --> 0:37:52.080
<v Speaker 2>high interactive sir men. I'm gonna tell you why you're

0:37:52.120 --> 0:38:01.359
<v Speaker 2>a pessimist. It's a defense mechanism. It protects you from disappointment.

0:38:08.040 --> 0:38:12.520
<v Speaker 2>It protects you, like the gin Blossoms used to say,

0:38:13.560 --> 0:38:15.560
<v Speaker 2>if you don't expect too much from me, you might

0:38:15.640 --> 0:38:21.040
<v Speaker 2>not be let down. So I got let down and

0:38:21.160 --> 0:38:24.520
<v Speaker 2>I didn't like how that felt. So now I just

0:38:24.719 --> 0:38:27.640
<v Speaker 2>expect people to suck, and when they do, I'm not surprised.

0:38:30.080 --> 0:38:35.080
<v Speaker 2>Come on, how many pessimists in the house. And it's

0:38:35.160 --> 0:38:39.239
<v Speaker 2>fine to be realistic. But what you don't know when

0:38:39.280 --> 0:38:43.319
<v Speaker 2>you developed the pattern of pessimism neurologically in your brain

0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:47.239
<v Speaker 2>and spiritually in your heart. When you hide in that stronghold,

0:38:47.719 --> 0:38:53.239
<v Speaker 2>it protects you, but it traps you. It protects you,

0:38:54.000 --> 0:38:58.239
<v Speaker 2>but it also ensnares you because you now create the

0:38:58.360 --> 0:39:02.560
<v Speaker 2>reality that you projected through your expectation. So you are

0:39:02.640 --> 0:39:05.640
<v Speaker 2>not surprised that life sucks. But life sucks because you

0:39:05.760 --> 0:39:09.600
<v Speaker 2>were not prepared to be surprised by anything other than

0:39:09.640 --> 0:39:12.879
<v Speaker 2>the fallen condition of sinful man. And so when God

0:39:13.040 --> 0:39:15.399
<v Speaker 2>really wants to show you his goodness in the land

0:39:15.440 --> 0:39:17.920
<v Speaker 2>of the living, you can't see.

0:39:17.760 --> 0:39:20.959
<v Speaker 1>It because you're in the stronghold.

0:39:24.000 --> 0:39:27.480
<v Speaker 2>So pessimism protects you from disappointment.

0:39:27.160 --> 0:39:31.480
<v Speaker 1>But it imprisons you as it protects you.

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<v Speaker 2>Every addiction is, at its root a form of self defense. Wow,

0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:45.440
<v Speaker 2>because I'm taking something, or I'm seeing something, or I'm doing.

0:39:45.360 --> 0:39:47.440
<v Speaker 1>Something or I'm saying something.

0:39:47.160 --> 0:39:49.360
<v Speaker 2>Because you can be addicted to a whole lot of

0:39:49.400 --> 0:39:52.160
<v Speaker 2>stuff more than pills. I got some friends that are

0:39:52.239 --> 0:40:00.839
<v Speaker 2>addicted to problems. If it even looks it's like it's

0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:03.360
<v Speaker 2>going to be a good day, they will spike the

0:40:03.440 --> 0:40:06.520
<v Speaker 2>coffee just to screw things up so they can feel

0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:13.480
<v Speaker 2>normal in a state of self sabotage. I'm preaching like

0:40:13.560 --> 0:40:18.080
<v Speaker 2>I know you now. Only God could show me this

0:40:18.239 --> 0:40:21.880
<v Speaker 2>about you. You are addicted to drama.

0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:23.000
<v Speaker 1>It protects you.

0:40:24.000 --> 0:40:27.280
<v Speaker 2>The drama protects you from having to be productive and steady,

0:40:28.400 --> 0:40:30.960
<v Speaker 2>because if you create drama, you'll have something to blame.

0:40:33.920 --> 0:40:36.440
<v Speaker 2>It's a way of escape. That's why a lot of

0:40:36.560 --> 0:40:40.719
<v Speaker 2>us blame others. It's a stronghold. It's a stronghold. It's

0:40:40.800 --> 0:40:43.440
<v Speaker 2>a way for me to not have to take responsibility

0:40:43.760 --> 0:40:45.040
<v Speaker 2>because if I.

0:40:45.120 --> 0:40:47.520
<v Speaker 1>Blame you, I don't have to deal with the shame

0:40:47.600 --> 0:40:52.759
<v Speaker 1>of me. And now I'm imprisoned to bitterness.

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<v Speaker 2>And David, if you stay in the cave, you won't

0:40:57.840 --> 0:41:03.799
<v Speaker 2>be able to save the people of Kayla. David had

0:41:03.840 --> 0:41:04.400
<v Speaker 2>a battle to.

0:41:04.480 --> 0:41:07.680
<v Speaker 1>Fight in Judah that he didn't know about.

0:41:09.640 --> 0:41:12.560
<v Speaker 2>He had an army that God was forming that he

0:41:12.640 --> 0:41:15.800
<v Speaker 2>couldn't see for what they were because he was in

0:41:15.880 --> 0:41:18.920
<v Speaker 2>the stronghold. And there are things that God has surrounded

0:41:18.960 --> 0:41:23.640
<v Speaker 2>you with that you can't see in the stronghold. So

0:41:23.800 --> 0:41:26.280
<v Speaker 2>the prophet says, you gotta.

0:41:26.080 --> 0:41:29.640
<v Speaker 1>Go to Judah. You gotta go to Judah.

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<v Speaker 2>If I had a fired up church, I would preach

0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:38.879
<v Speaker 2>this saying, if this was code Orange Revival. Oh, if

0:41:38.960 --> 0:41:41.880
<v Speaker 2>I was at Matthew's right now, if I was at

0:41:41.960 --> 0:41:44.759
<v Speaker 2>Lake Norman, I would have you touch seven people and

0:41:44.840 --> 0:41:47.439
<v Speaker 2>tell him get to Judah. Get to Judah as quick

0:41:47.480 --> 0:41:50.439
<v Speaker 2>as you can. Get to Judah. Judah is the place

0:41:50.520 --> 0:41:55.359
<v Speaker 2>that represents praise. In fact, the very word Judah means praise. Now,

0:41:55.440 --> 0:41:59.440
<v Speaker 2>I see what David was doing in Somes is what

0:42:00.040 --> 0:42:03.600
<v Speaker 2>it was saying in First Samuel twenty two. I'm leaving

0:42:03.680 --> 0:42:09.120
<v Speaker 2>this stronghold. I'm stepping outside of myself, outside of my feelings,

0:42:09.520 --> 0:42:13.160
<v Speaker 2>outside of my circumstance, and I'll step it in my

0:42:13.360 --> 0:42:14.480
<v Speaker 2>future hits.

0:42:14.600 --> 0:42:19.480
<v Speaker 3>Anybody going to Judah today, come on, get it, pray,

0:42:26.800 --> 0:42:29.560
<v Speaker 3>get to Judah. Get to Judah.

0:42:30.760 --> 0:42:33.719
<v Speaker 1>You won't see what God can do for you in

0:42:33.880 --> 0:42:34.560
<v Speaker 1>this cave.

0:42:35.000 --> 0:42:36.400
<v Speaker 3>You gotta go to Judah.

0:42:36.800 --> 0:42:39.560
<v Speaker 2>You gotta get back to the place where you will

0:42:39.640 --> 0:42:43.000
<v Speaker 2>be crowned as king. You gotta get back to the promise.

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<v Speaker 2>See Thithan starts stand up and help me close this sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>He starts some.

0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:58.000
<v Speaker 2>Trapped in a cave, but he ends put verse seven up.

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<v Speaker 2>He in someone for forty two coming out of prison.

0:43:04.400 --> 0:43:10.520
<v Speaker 2>He starts some one forty two behind bars, but he

0:43:10.719 --> 0:43:14.120
<v Speaker 2>ends someone forty two riding bars.

0:43:15.360 --> 0:43:21.960
<v Speaker 1>He starts some one forty two in a cave that

0:43:22.080 --> 0:43:22.720
<v Speaker 1>seems safe.

0:43:23.960 --> 0:43:27.360
<v Speaker 2>He ends someone forty two knowing that God is my

0:43:27.520 --> 0:43:31.800
<v Speaker 2>refuge and nothing can by any means harm me.

0:43:32.520 --> 0:43:40.160
<v Speaker 4>Nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing, nothing, nothing, no one,

0:43:40.640 --> 0:43:45.760
<v Speaker 4>nothing can stand against the promise of God. He started

0:43:45.840 --> 0:43:48.400
<v Speaker 4>with complaint, but by the time he got.

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<v Speaker 1>Done, he was filled with praise.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you came the third turning, but why.

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<v Speaker 1>Not lift your hands and praise out.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not stop where are starting?

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<v Speaker 1>JP not stand where I start?

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