WEBVTT - It’s Going To Happen Here

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>gives your perspective to see God is moving in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 1>Glory to God. Well, we have a very very.

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<v Speaker 2>Special album that we just released this week, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I also want to echo what Chris said that it is.

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<v Speaker 2>An amazing, amazing church to be a part of that

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<v Speaker 2>releases songs into the world. Have you thought about the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that the songs that we release from this place,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody say, from this place, might end up helping somebody

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<v Speaker 2>in the most difficult season of their life, maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>year from now, maybe in several years. They'll need those

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<v Speaker 2>words at just the right time. And that is what

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<v Speaker 2>I love about Elevation Church is that our partnership in

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<v Speaker 2>the Gospel enables us to take our ministry places that

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<v Speaker 2>we may never physically go, but the word of God goes.

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<v Speaker 2>And when God sends his word, healing always follows. So

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<v Speaker 2>we do pray that these songs the new album. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not so much doing a promotion when when meets fire

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<v Speaker 2>available everywhere music is downloaded, stolen, or stream But I

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<v Speaker 2>am just making sure that you are aware that.

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<v Speaker 1>You can worship God anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, tell your neighbor, I can worship him anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, clap your hands. Look at your neighbor again

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<v Speaker 2>and say, I can do this anywhere. I can do

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<v Speaker 2>this anywhere. I can start clapping my hands when my

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<v Speaker 2>kids are acting crazy. I can do this anywhere. I

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<v Speaker 2>can lift my hands when the weight is too heavy.

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<v Speaker 2>I can do this anywhere. Put it in the chat

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Epham say I can do it anywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>I can do it anywhere. So that's so exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's also thank God for all of our youth team,

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<v Speaker 2>our volunteers are sad our eGroup leaders, our security teams.

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<v Speaker 1>What an amazing week we had. And since you know

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<v Speaker 1>that I haven't preached in a few weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to thank everyone that stood in the pulpit

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<v Speaker 2>and shared God's word with you. I trust that you

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<v Speaker 2>receive exactly what you needed from God's word. Also, since

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't preached in a few weeks, I'm ready to

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<v Speaker 2>do it right now without further ado. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>share with you today from Genesis chapter forty one.

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<v Speaker 1>Please remain standing as.

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<v Speaker 2>I read my scripture Genesis chapter forty one.

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<v Speaker 1>And be patient with me. I may be a little rusty,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm ready. Oh that would preach. I'm rusty, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Moses eighty years old, stretching out of staff over

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<v Speaker 2>the red Sea.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm rusted, but I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you have had the devil tell you're

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<v Speaker 2>too old to do something that God's calling you to do?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, you just got your word. I'm rusted,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 2>I like that. This is what I do while i'm

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<v Speaker 2>off by the way, I think of things to preach.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm not preaching. I'm really, really, really messed up.

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<v Speaker 1>But it is great to see you.

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<v Speaker 2>We've had a great time of rest, reflection, study, and

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<v Speaker 2>creativity with the family.

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<v Speaker 1>And thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>You said welcome home, Thank you, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to make sure he said something nice before

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<v Speaker 2>I agreed with it. And what people are shouting out

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes well. In Genesis chapter forty one, verse fifty, a

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<v Speaker 2>very interesting moment in Joseph's life, and the Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>before the years of famine came, two sons were born

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<v Speaker 2>to Joseph by asking that daughter of Potipherah priest avonn

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<v Speaker 2>and Joseph named his firstborn Manassa and said, it is

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<v Speaker 2>because God has made me forget.

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<v Speaker 1>The name Manassa in Hebrew sounds.

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<v Speaker 2>Like the Hebrew word for forget, so he said, it

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<v Speaker 2>is because God has made me forget all my trouble

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<v Speaker 2>and all my father's household verse fifty two. The second

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<v Speaker 2>son he named Ephraim and said, it is because God

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<v Speaker 2>has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's powerful, but let's read just a little more.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says the seven years of abundance in Egypt

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<v Speaker 2>came to an end, and the seven years of famine began.

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<v Speaker 2>Just as Joseph had said, there was famine in all

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<v Speaker 2>the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt

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<v Speaker 2>there was food. When all Egypt began to feel the famine,

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<v Speaker 2>the people cried to Pharaoh.

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<v Speaker 1>For food.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Pharaoh told the Egyptians, go to Joseph and do

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<v Speaker 2>what he tells you. Go back to verse fifty two

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<v Speaker 2>for a moment. He named his second born Ephraim and said,

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<v Speaker 2>it is because God has made me fruitful in the

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<v Speaker 2>land of my suffering, and I want to appreach to

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<v Speaker 2>you from a subject today about increased in Egypt. Increased

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<v Speaker 2>in Egypt. And the subtitle for this message is is

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen here. It's going to happen here. And

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<v Speaker 2>tell your neighbor it's going to happen here, and tell them. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>sit down, you may be seen him. How much would

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<v Speaker 2>you love it if you could go back and give

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<v Speaker 2>yourself a name rather than letting your parents do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I asked my kids the other day, if you could

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<v Speaker 2>rename yourself, what name would you choose?

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<v Speaker 1>And they all had different names. Elijah wanted to be

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<v Speaker 1>Justin after of course.

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Bieber from earlier fascination in his life. Everybody went

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<v Speaker 2>around the table shared what their name is would be.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an interesting thing when we read the Bible. There

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<v Speaker 2>is so much significance given to the names of the

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<v Speaker 2>characters culturally. And the name Joseph is a name that

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<v Speaker 2>was given to him by his mother, Rachel. She wanted

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<v Speaker 2>a baby for so long and she couldn't have a baby,

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<v Speaker 2>and her sister was able to have babies, and when

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<v Speaker 2>she was having babies, she was doing it through maid servants,

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<v Speaker 2>and so when she had her first natural.

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<v Speaker 1>Baby biological baby.

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<v Speaker 2>She named that baby Joseph, and it means he will

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<v Speaker 2>increase or may he add that's the meaning of the

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<v Speaker 2>name Joseph, because she wanted more babies. Well, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>has happened since the birth of Joseph, and this particular

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<v Speaker 2>instance in Genesis chapter forty one, and just to bring

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<v Speaker 2>you up to speed on some of the things that

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph has been through his life really reads like the

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<v Speaker 2>resume of somebody who does not have God involved in

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<v Speaker 2>their life. And you may take issue with that, because

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<v Speaker 2>obviously God was with Joseph. But I'm just saying if

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't assume that God was with him, you would

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<v Speaker 2>probably infer from the events that transpire that God was not,

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<v Speaker 2>because you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know how we do.

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<v Speaker 2>When somebody's doing really good in life, we assume they're

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<v Speaker 2>blessed and God is with them and God's hand is

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<v Speaker 2>on them. But if someone struggles, a lot of times

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<v Speaker 2>will think that, well, they must be doing something wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>or they must be disobedient, or and sometimes it is

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes we suffer for different reasons. And I do want

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<v Speaker 2>you to know this before I go any further. Everyone

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<v Speaker 2>suffers somewhere everyone, what I just told you, those three

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<v Speaker 2>words can kill your jealousy about anybody that you envy,

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<v Speaker 2>because anybody that you envy in your life, there is

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<v Speaker 2>something in their life that if you knew about it,

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<v Speaker 2>you wouldn't trade places with them or ten minutes. And

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<v Speaker 2>this important to point out. Maybe else should do another

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<v Speaker 2>youth x around. This whole subject is about influence, about

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<v Speaker 2>the misery of influence in a day and age where

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<v Speaker 2>the term influencer is almost meant to sell something. Influence

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<v Speaker 2>is expensive, and so anybody who has a lot of influence, they.

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<v Speaker 1>Often pay a great cost.

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<v Speaker 2>It has cost Joseph a lot to stand in this moment,

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<v Speaker 2>That's all I'm saying. And so we're reading about him

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<v Speaker 2>naming two sons that are born to him. But the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says something really interesting, huh. It says that these

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<v Speaker 2>sons were born to him before the famine. Now, Joseph

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<v Speaker 2>has predicted a famine in the land. He had the

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<v Speaker 2>ability to interpret dreams, and so when Pharaoh called Joseph

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<v Speaker 2>to interpret his dream, Joseph said, well, you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>seven years of plenty or abundance, and then you'll have

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<v Speaker 2>seven years of famine. So wisdom would dictate that you

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<v Speaker 2>take the good years, set some aside so that you

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<v Speaker 2>are ready for the lean years. When you have a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>don't just consume the lot that you've got, but keep

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<v Speaker 2>a little so that when it gets lean, when it

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<v Speaker 2>gets lean. Sometimes, even in church, if we're having a

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<v Speaker 2>really good Sunday, I'll pull out my phone and take

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<v Speaker 2>a quick video to show the devil the video for.

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<v Speaker 1>The sundays that don't feel so good.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to remember this moment because the next moment

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<v Speaker 2>might not be as wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to treasure this, I want to take this in.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to take the good things that happen to

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<v Speaker 2>me and bank those blessings so that when I go

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<v Speaker 2>through a season of discouragement or defeat, I can point

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<v Speaker 2>back to something that I know God did for me. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a physical famine, but we could apply this

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<v Speaker 2>to our emotions. We could apply to our experiences. However,

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph has been elevated to a position where the only

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<v Speaker 2>person more powerful than him in all of the land

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<v Speaker 2>of Egypt is the Pharaoh. He's done this by administrating

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<v Speaker 2>the food supply.

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<v Speaker 1>He's taken grain from.

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<v Speaker 2>Each of the cities in Egypt and stationed on the

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<v Speaker 2>outposts in silos some grain so that when the famine hits,

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<v Speaker 2>there will be food in Egypt. And in doing this,

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph has given himself a lot of significance nationally in

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<v Speaker 2>a place called Egypt. It's hard for us to read

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<v Speaker 2>about Egypt, knowing what we know about Egypt that is

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<v Speaker 2>about to happen. As a matter of fact, when I

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<v Speaker 2>say Egypt, most of us think of the place where

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<v Speaker 2>God's people would be enslaved for four hundred and thirty years.

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<v Speaker 2>To be enslaved in Egypt happened generations after Joseph was gone,

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<v Speaker 2>and God raised up a man named Moses to say

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<v Speaker 2>to Pharaoh, let my people go. Isn't it interesting that

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<v Speaker 2>the same place they escaped to from the famine was

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<v Speaker 2>the place they became enslaved in and needed to be

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<v Speaker 2>set free from the Truth of the matter is a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of the things that feed us in one season

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<v Speaker 2>of our life, A lot of the things that help

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<v Speaker 2>us in one season of our life. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that serve to shelter us in one season

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<v Speaker 2>of our life, will shackle us in another. Have you

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<v Speaker 2>ever run to something for shelter, but it turned into shackles.

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<v Speaker 2>Just in case y'all forgot how this works, I am

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<v Speaker 2>preaching already, and y'all can talk back to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't been gone that long.

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<v Speaker 2>I ran to Egypt for shelter, but I left Egypt

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<v Speaker 2>in shackles. In Egypt, not only would the people of

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<v Speaker 2>God experience great pain, but Joseph never wanted to go

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<v Speaker 2>to Egypt in the first place. Egypt wasn't on Joseph's

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<v Speaker 2>bucket list. Egypt wasn't on Joseph's itinerary, his travel dream

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<v Speaker 2>destination list.

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph was let me give you a little recap.

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<v Speaker 2>Pushed into a pit by his brothers, sold into slavery,

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<v Speaker 2>picked up by the Ishmael like caravan, put in the

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<v Speaker 2>house of a man named Potiphar, treated as a slave

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<v Speaker 2>for almost a decade, rose to prominence in that house,

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<v Speaker 2>and then, after rising to prominence, was falsely accused of

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<v Speaker 2>a sexual offense, landing him in prison for a space not.

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<v Speaker 1>Less than two years.

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<v Speaker 2>In prison, he met a man whose dream he interpreted,

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<v Speaker 2>who was released because of Joseph's gift. And when that

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<v Speaker 2>man left prison, he was the cup bearer to the

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<v Speaker 2>king Joseph said, tell your boss about me, so I

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<v Speaker 2>don't rot in this prison. Well, the cupbearer gets out

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<v Speaker 2>and forgot all about Joseph.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you believe he did that?

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<v Speaker 2>He forgot all about the man who gave him the

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<v Speaker 2>prophecy of freedom. He forgot all about the man who

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<v Speaker 2>gave him the hope to hold on. He forgot about

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph for two years until one day Pharaoh had a

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<v Speaker 2>dream that needed Joseph, and the cup bearer remembered there

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<v Speaker 2>was this guy in the prison who had a special

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<v Speaker 2>ability to interpret dreams. And I wonder if we go

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<v Speaker 2>get him right now, could he tell you the meaning

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<v Speaker 2>of your dream?

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<v Speaker 1>And here's where I want.

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<v Speaker 2>To pause and point out that God is sovereign in

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<v Speaker 2>his scheduling of your life. Think of the two years

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<v Speaker 2>that Joseph sat in prison, wondering, will they ever remember me?

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of good that did?

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody appreciates me ever tells me thank you for washing

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<v Speaker 2>the dishes. Maybe I'm not talking about Joseph now, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about you. Nobody ever appreciates me for giving

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<v Speaker 2>them awry. What do they just think I'm a free

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<v Speaker 2>uber black? What do they just think I'm a free

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<v Speaker 2>Do they just think I'm a free door dash? Do

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<v Speaker 2>they just think I'm a free private chef? Did they

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<v Speaker 2>just think I'm a freehousekeeper? Nobody appreciates me? And yet

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<v Speaker 2>there seems to be a sense in which if Joseph

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<v Speaker 2>had gotten out of that prison any earlier than he did,

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<v Speaker 2>he wouldn't have been in position to fulfill his purpose

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<v Speaker 2>that he was created for.

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<v Speaker 1>I think of it in terms of food.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we're talking about a famine because Holly and

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<v Speaker 2>I have different definitions of when food is too old

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<v Speaker 2>to eat. Yeah, she has a very elastic understanding of

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<v Speaker 2>an expiration date. She calls it an expiration recommendation, recommendation,

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<v Speaker 2>and she goes by smell and I go what it

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<v Speaker 2>says on the label. And especially when it comes to fruit,

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<v Speaker 2>she likes a little bit of brown. I went to

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<v Speaker 2>throw a peach away the other day, and she caught

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<v Speaker 2>the peach before it went in the trash can.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't even know she was athletic.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never seen such hand eye coordination from this woman

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<v Speaker 2>in my life till I went to throw away a

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<v Speaker 2>peach and she caught it, and she said, put that back.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, put it back. Is brown. She said, brown

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<v Speaker 2>ain't bad because she knows the difference between when it's

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<v Speaker 2>rotten and when it's ripe. Now, if you are Joseph

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<v Speaker 2>sitting in a prison for a space of two years,

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<v Speaker 2>feeling as if the prime of your life is rotting away,

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<v Speaker 2>and you're riding away and your physical strength is rotting away,

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<v Speaker 2>only to find out that maybe the reason that God

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<v Speaker 2>kept you in that situation for that length of time,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe the reason the cup bearer forgot you so you

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<v Speaker 2>stayed in there, was because if you had been released

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<v Speaker 2>from that prison one day sooner, you would have missed

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<v Speaker 2>the window of opportunity for you to demonstrate the gift

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<v Speaker 2>that God gave you.

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<v Speaker 1>So tell your neighbor you're not rotten. You're right. Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I see people in my heart who are feeling right

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<v Speaker 2>now like it should have happened a long time ago,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I'm behind all my friends, Like it's not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>happen for me because I'm supposed to be married by

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<v Speaker 2>the age of twenty four. But God said, I know

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<v Speaker 2>what ripe looks like.

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<v Speaker 1>God said, I know the.

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<v Speaker 2>Difference between when you're still getting ready and when you

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<v Speaker 2>think you're ready. God says I know how to leave

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<v Speaker 2>the thing in the obscure place until the opportunity has

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<v Speaker 2>reached its optimal positioning high five three people say, I'm right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm right. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>This will work against discouragement, because the enemy will tell

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<v Speaker 2>you that too much time has passed, Too many years

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<v Speaker 2>have gone, too many other people have gone ahead of you,

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<v Speaker 2>too many experiences have eluded you. Too many things that

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<v Speaker 2>you should have learned you didn't learn. I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>preaching to tell somebody at just the right time, if

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<v Speaker 2>you humble yourself under his mighty hand. I'm rusty, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm right. Mixing my metaphors. Let's get back to the text.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says that Joseph had two children.

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<v Speaker 1>Before the famine.

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<v Speaker 2>Now it's good that he had them before the famine,

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<v Speaker 2>because sometimes God will send you a blessing before a

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<v Speaker 2>trial to remind you of who he is, so that

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<v Speaker 2>you don't let the trial discourage you to the point

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<v Speaker 2>that you want to quit.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says that.

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<v Speaker 2>Two sons were born of Asanath, the daughter of Potipharah,

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<v Speaker 2>the priest of an In case you're wondering who that is,

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<v Speaker 2>she was really important.

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<v Speaker 1>These people were royalty, but they were not Hebrews. They

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<v Speaker 1>were Egyptians.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine Joseph's surprise when he realized God is going to

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<v Speaker 2>give me a family, but He's going to do it

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<v Speaker 2>through foreigners.

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<v Speaker 1>You know how we get in.

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<v Speaker 2>Our mind how God is going to do things in

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<v Speaker 2>our life. You know how you were picking out what

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<v Speaker 2>college of kids were going to go to. When they

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<v Speaker 2>were three months old. You bought them a little duke

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<v Speaker 2>passe and they had to be a tar heel. But

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<v Speaker 2>you know this serves to illustreet the principle that I

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<v Speaker 2>really stood up to preach to you today, and it's this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to happen here.

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<v Speaker 2>Long were the days that Joseph would think, maybe one

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<v Speaker 2>day I'll get to.

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<v Speaker 1>Go back home to Canaan.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe one day I'll get to reconcile with my brothers

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<v Speaker 2>who betrayed me.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe one day they'll tell me that they're sorry and

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<v Speaker 1>that they were wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe one day I will again get to take in

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<v Speaker 2>the familiar sights and sounds of the place where I

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<v Speaker 2>came from. And imagine Joseph's surprise when, instead of God

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<v Speaker 2>taking him back to his homeland, he gave him the

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<v Speaker 2>gift of a family in the place of his hardship.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually when we preach about Egypt, we talk about coming

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<v Speaker 2>out of Egypt. In fact, the Bible says, give me

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<v Speaker 2>the scripture from Leviticus that I sent earlier, or Deuteronomy, rather,

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<v Speaker 2>where the Lord tells his people he brings them out

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<v Speaker 2>of Egypt, be careful that you do not forget the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord who brought you what out of Egypt, out of

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<v Speaker 2>the land of slavery. God's warning his people after he

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<v Speaker 2>brings them out of that place that grew to be

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<v Speaker 2>so dreadful for them, breaks without straw and forced labor

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<v Speaker 2>under the heavy whips of their.

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<v Speaker 1>Masters, who knew not of Joseph.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, be careful, don't forget when I bring you out.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet we're reading a passage today that suggests that

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<v Speaker 2>even in Egypt. Everybody say, even in Egypt, there are

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<v Speaker 2>some things that God can do.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though you didn't choose to go there.

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<v Speaker 2>I am preaching to somebody today who is in a

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<v Speaker 2>place in your life where you did not choose to

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<v Speaker 2>go there, dealing with the situation that you did not

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<v Speaker 2>choose to create for yourself. Joseph did not go to

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<v Speaker 2>Egypt as a traveler. He went to Egypt as a slave.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet the Bible says in verse fifty two, watch

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<v Speaker 2>this God has made me fruitful in the land of

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<v Speaker 2>my sufferings.

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<v Speaker 1>So now here.

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<v Speaker 2>Comes the question, how can God make you fruitful in

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<v Speaker 2>something that you want to be free from? We all

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<v Speaker 2>have things, and you can shake me off if you

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<v Speaker 2>want to, And you can.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretend like this is for the person sitting on your row,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want.

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<v Speaker 2>We all have things that we need to be free

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<v Speaker 2>from want to be free from. We all have places

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<v Speaker 2>that we never plan to go. Some of us have

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<v Speaker 2>mental conditions that were passed on to us genetically. They

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<v Speaker 2>are not even the result necessarily of behavior. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>the demons that you're fighting are from your daddy. And

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<v Speaker 2>the demons don't leave just because you said the name

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus. They still have to be fought against.

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<v Speaker 1>For the rest of your life. And you imagine a.

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<v Speaker 2>Day when I'll be free of this, when I no

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<v Speaker 2>longer desire this, when I no longer feel this way,

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<v Speaker 2>when depression will no longer show up like a dark

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<v Speaker 2>cloud over my life, when anxiety will no longer overwhelm

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<v Speaker 2>my soul. One day I'm gonna be free from this.

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<v Speaker 2>But I came to preach you can be fruitful in it.

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<v Speaker 2>Why you're waiting to be free from it? And it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen the moment you'll decide to name it manassa.

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<v Speaker 2>Manassa means forget.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet, No, let's study this, say down, we gotta study it.

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<v Speaker 1>We gotta study it. Sounds good, but let's study it,

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<v Speaker 1>he said.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph named his first one and verse fifty one Nasa

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<v Speaker 2>say manassa, and said, it is because God has made

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<v Speaker 2>me forget all my trouble and all my father's household.

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<v Speaker 1>Why if you forgot it, why are we still talking

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<v Speaker 1>about it? You don't forget something like this.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't forget having your your coat of many colors

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<v Speaker 2>stripped from you, dipped in animal blood, presented to your

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<v Speaker 2>father as a proof or a token of your death

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<v Speaker 2>when you are still very much alive. You don't forget

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<v Speaker 2>being pushed in a pit, half dead and carted to

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<v Speaker 2>a foreign place to serve as a slave. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>forget any of that. And the Bible says that he

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<v Speaker 2>said he forgot, so is he lying? No, No, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not a lie. It's a lens. Because when he says

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<v Speaker 2>that what God gave me.

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<v Speaker 1>How many have something God gave you, God gave you,

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<v Speaker 1>God gave you, He.

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<v Speaker 2>Says, when I consider what God gave me, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I think about what was taken from me, the years

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<v Speaker 2>that were stolen from me, the peace that was stolen

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<v Speaker 2>from me. I believe Joseph probably struggled with intense self

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<v Speaker 2>hatred temptation, because when you are treated this way by

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<v Speaker 2>your brothers, it makes you doubt yourself. Many people who

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<v Speaker 2>come through abuse, they take the anger that they cannot

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<v Speaker 2>bear to project outward or do not have the power

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<v Speaker 2>to project outward, and turn it inward, and then it

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<v Speaker 2>eats you alive, and it chows through all of the

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<v Speaker 2>fruit of your future because you are stuck in something

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<v Speaker 2>that someone else did.

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<v Speaker 1>But Joseph said, Joseph said, when I.

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<v Speaker 2>See what God gave me, this baby that I'm holding

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<v Speaker 2>in a place I never chose to go to, in

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<v Speaker 2>a situation that I never thought I would have to

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<v Speaker 2>settle into, in a season of my life that I

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<v Speaker 2>never saw coming. It isn't that he stopped remembering what

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<v Speaker 2>he went through. He just refocused what he was looking at.

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<v Speaker 2>And the word of the Lord is refocus, Refocus, Refocus.

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<v Speaker 2>I know your body is holding a lot of trauma,

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<v Speaker 2>but refocus. I know you have abandonment issues because everybody

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<v Speaker 2>who you let in somehow let you down. But refocus.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a manassa in your arms. Refocus. I know that

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<v Speaker 2>some things you were cheated out of were unfair, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know that if you could go back and have

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<v Speaker 2>it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Differently, you would. You didn't choose it.

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<v Speaker 2>And the things that you never chose don't mean you

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<v Speaker 2>can't grow through them.

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<v Speaker 1>Just because I didn't choose to.

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<v Speaker 2>Go through it doesn't mean I can't choose to grow

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<v Speaker 2>through it. So it is a mass matter a focus.

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<v Speaker 1>LJ. You played so good on the album, don't y'all

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<v Speaker 1>love l J?

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<v Speaker 3>L J.

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<v Speaker 2>Scottie shay Ois is over there.

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<v Speaker 1>They played so good, y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>When you go on YouTube and look at the songs,

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<v Speaker 2>don't go into comments. The comments will kill your joy

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<v Speaker 2>because we will put a song out that says, oh

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<v Speaker 2>my God, you've been so good to me, and someone

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<v Speaker 2>will put in the comments, well, what if he hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>been that good to me?

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<v Speaker 1>That must be nice for you that God has been

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<v Speaker 1>good to you. But God hasn't been that good to me,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and I want to One day, I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna make up a name, so I'm go on YouTube

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<v Speaker 2>and say all the stuff that I want to say

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<v Speaker 2>back and nobody knows me, and I'm gonna have the

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<v Speaker 2>IT department set it up real secure where nobody can

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<v Speaker 2>track it back through any kind of AI or AARP

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<v Speaker 2>or any of that stuff, and then.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go on there and say the goodness of

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<v Speaker 1>God is a perspective, a perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>The goodness of God is not freedom from problems. The

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<v Speaker 2>goodness of God is not freedom from pain. The goodness

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<v Speaker 2>of God is a perspective that starts with him and

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<v Speaker 2>works its way outwards. Joseph is not saying it didn't happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Joseph is not in denial. Joseph is not stuffing it down,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's just gonna come out sideways. As a matter

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<v Speaker 2>of fact, when he says I forgot my father's household,

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<v Speaker 2>all of us who know what happens in Genesis forty three,

0:27:40.480 --> 0:27:43.000
<v Speaker 2>forty four, and forty five, we kind of want to

0:27:43.080 --> 0:27:46.719
<v Speaker 2>laugh because the people that he's trying to forget, his

0:27:46.800 --> 0:27:50.080
<v Speaker 2>brothers who betrayed him, they are actually about to show

0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:55.280
<v Speaker 2>up asking him for food. Sometimes God will call you

0:27:55.359 --> 0:28:03.480
<v Speaker 2>to feed something that you wanted to forget. Sometimes God

0:28:03.520 --> 0:28:05.919
<v Speaker 2>will call you to go back to a place that

0:28:06.080 --> 0:28:10.360
<v Speaker 2>caused you so much pain, and from the wounds that

0:28:10.440 --> 0:28:15.960
<v Speaker 2>you suffered will become a womb that birth's healing for

0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:20.560
<v Speaker 2>someone else. And that's what I think Joseph is saying.

0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:27.040
<v Speaker 2>He caused me to forget, to refocus, to see what

0:28:27.119 --> 0:28:32.040
<v Speaker 2>God is doing right here in Egypt. I never thought

0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:35.240
<v Speaker 2>I would have an Egyptian wife. I never thought i'd

0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:39.680
<v Speaker 2>had these have Egyptian kids. I definitely never thought that

0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:43.000
<v Speaker 2>I'd be overseeing all of the grain in a time

0:28:43.040 --> 0:28:45.479
<v Speaker 2>of the famine. I never thought people would be asking

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:47.440
<v Speaker 2>me what to do. People been telling me what to

0:28:47.480 --> 0:28:50.800
<v Speaker 2>do my whole life. My big brothers told me what

0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:53.400
<v Speaker 2>to do. Potiphard told me what to do. The jailer

0:28:53.440 --> 0:28:55.440
<v Speaker 2>told me what to do. And now all of a sudden,

0:28:55.480 --> 0:28:58.880
<v Speaker 2>I find myself in a position where God has given

0:28:58.920 --> 0:29:02.960
<v Speaker 2>me the ability to make a decision. And he realizes

0:29:04.560 --> 0:29:09.600
<v Speaker 2>that while I was enslaved in Egypt, God was increasing

0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:11.280
<v Speaker 2>me in.

0:29:11.400 --> 0:29:15.120
<v Speaker 1>The very place where I was enslaved.

0:29:16.360 --> 0:29:18.760
<v Speaker 2>And now he can look at his other child Ephraim

0:29:19.800 --> 0:29:22.719
<v Speaker 2>and say something so powerful that I don't know if

0:29:22.720 --> 0:29:26.920
<v Speaker 2>we truly understand the meaning of it. He says, God

0:29:27.000 --> 0:29:32.000
<v Speaker 2>has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.

0:29:33.360 --> 0:29:37.920
<v Speaker 2>Don't you wish God would just keep you from the suffering?

0:29:39.000 --> 0:29:41.600
<v Speaker 2>He doesn't do that. And right now I think we

0:29:41.640 --> 0:29:46.320
<v Speaker 2>need an illustration. So bring out my bring out my

0:29:46.600 --> 0:29:51.120
<v Speaker 2>illustration devices. Boys, y'all, give them a hand as they come.

0:29:51.880 --> 0:29:59.480
<v Speaker 2>This is gonna be good. Thank you so much. Appreciate

0:29:59.520 --> 0:30:04.360
<v Speaker 2>you very much for that, y'all. I got two things

0:30:04.400 --> 0:30:05.880
<v Speaker 2>that I have on my person right now. I was

0:30:05.920 --> 0:30:08.240
<v Speaker 2>praying about how to bring this message home because I thought, man,

0:30:08.280 --> 0:30:09.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't just want them to feel like today. I

0:30:09.920 --> 0:30:11.280
<v Speaker 2>just told them a bunch of stuff about a guy

0:30:11.280 --> 0:30:13.440
<v Speaker 2>who lived thousands of years ago, and they just talked

0:30:13.440 --> 0:30:16.640
<v Speaker 2>about these metaphors and abstract analogies, and you know, with

0:30:16.680 --> 0:30:18.520
<v Speaker 2>the things that people are going through in their life today,

0:30:18.520 --> 0:30:20.400
<v Speaker 2>I really want them to understand what it means for

0:30:20.400 --> 0:30:22.400
<v Speaker 2>God to make you fruitful in the land of your suffering.

0:30:22.440 --> 0:30:24.920
<v Speaker 2>Because the thing about fruit in the land of suffering

0:30:25.000 --> 0:30:28.080
<v Speaker 2>is that the earth makes whatever is inside the thing grow.

0:30:30.800 --> 0:30:34.920
<v Speaker 2>The earth is neutral, The earth is not good or

0:30:34.960 --> 0:30:37.760
<v Speaker 2>bad until somebody works it, then it can become fertile.

0:30:39.720 --> 0:30:42.240
<v Speaker 2>But all that the earth can do is pull out

0:30:42.360 --> 0:30:45.320
<v Speaker 2>what's inside of the sea. Now we live in a

0:30:45.400 --> 0:30:47.800
<v Speaker 2>time where we respect a whole lot more about the

0:30:47.960 --> 0:30:52.000
<v Speaker 2>external appearance than the internal reality.

0:30:52.600 --> 0:30:53.440
<v Speaker 1>Oh yes we do.

0:30:54.440 --> 0:30:57.000
<v Speaker 2>If you do bicep curls for the next year every day,

0:30:57.040 --> 0:30:59.920
<v Speaker 2>get some big muscles or something like that. Where you

0:31:00.200 --> 0:31:02.000
<v Speaker 2>go people talk about sons out and guns out and

0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:03.840
<v Speaker 2>put those away, and you have license to carry those

0:31:03.840 --> 0:31:04.640
<v Speaker 2>and everything like that.

0:31:04.960 --> 0:31:05.480
<v Speaker 1>You read the.

0:31:05.440 --> 0:31:07.560
<v Speaker 2>Bible for one hundred days or a year or something

0:31:07.600 --> 0:31:09.239
<v Speaker 2>like that, Nobody's go walk around being like, man, your

0:31:09.240 --> 0:31:12.440
<v Speaker 2>Philippians knowledge is really like you know what I'm saying,

0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:15.520
<v Speaker 2>sons out, son of God.

0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:22.880
<v Speaker 1>Therefore, I want to illustrate what I think we don't.

0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:29.800
<v Speaker 2>Understand about suffering, because everybody suffers somewhere, but not everybody

0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:31.760
<v Speaker 2>gets something out of it.

0:31:33.120 --> 0:31:35.920
<v Speaker 1>Not all suffering is productive.

0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:45.240
<v Speaker 2>There is a difference between the suffering that brings forth

0:31:45.360 --> 0:31:51.720
<v Speaker 2>fruit and the suffering that increases fear and shame.

0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:54.680
<v Speaker 1>And the issue comes down to.

0:31:56.680 --> 0:32:01.440
<v Speaker 2>What was in Joseph when Joseph went into Egypt.

0:32:02.600 --> 0:32:04.440
<v Speaker 1>That's the issue.

0:32:05.200 --> 0:32:09.480
<v Speaker 2>When Joseph went to Egypt, he already had his integrity.

0:32:10.320 --> 0:32:14.040
<v Speaker 2>So when they took his coat, it didn't matter because

0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:17.800
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't about what was on him, it was about

0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:23.560
<v Speaker 2>what was in him. When Joseph was accused, they tried

0:32:23.600 --> 0:32:27.200
<v Speaker 2>to throw dirt on his name. But even though they

0:32:27.200 --> 0:32:31.320
<v Speaker 2>put dirt on his name, it didn't change his nature

0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:37.560
<v Speaker 2>because Joseph went into Egypt fruitful. And the Bible says

0:32:37.600 --> 0:32:40.680
<v Speaker 2>that when the whole world was suffering from a famine,

0:32:40.800 --> 0:32:43.959
<v Speaker 2>there was food in Egypt. And I suggest that the

0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:47.640
<v Speaker 2>only reason there was food in Egypt was because there

0:32:47.720 --> 0:32:52.440
<v Speaker 2>was Joseph in Egypt. Sometimes God will put you in

0:32:52.480 --> 0:32:56.520
<v Speaker 2>a situation because He puts something in you that that

0:32:56.600 --> 0:33:01.280
<v Speaker 2>situation needs. So all the prayer, so if God get

0:33:01.320 --> 0:33:04.840
<v Speaker 2>me out of this, God get me through this. There

0:33:04.840 --> 0:33:07.760
<v Speaker 2>are things that God wants to do as you go

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:10.760
<v Speaker 2>through them that if you don't do those things, you.

0:33:10.720 --> 0:33:13.160
<v Speaker 1>Can't be fruitful.

0:33:13.280 --> 0:33:15.680
<v Speaker 2>And I will demonstrate why some of the stuff that

0:33:15.760 --> 0:33:18.600
<v Speaker 2>is happening in your life right now that you feel

0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:22.440
<v Speaker 2>is shameful and embarrassing and terrible, and it may be.

0:33:22.640 --> 0:33:25.120
<v Speaker 2>I will show you why it might not be what

0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:27.480
<v Speaker 2>you think it is. And I'm gonna use two objects

0:33:27.480 --> 0:33:31.320
<v Speaker 2>to illustrate one I have in my pocket and one

0:33:31.360 --> 0:33:36.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm wearing on my feet. So I'm gonna show you

0:33:37.520 --> 0:33:41.080
<v Speaker 2>two items and then you can decide what you think

0:33:41.080 --> 0:33:45.800
<v Speaker 2>about my illustration. These items seem to have not much

0:33:45.840 --> 0:33:49.200
<v Speaker 2>in common, but I promise you they do.

0:33:50.920 --> 0:33:58.040
<v Speaker 1>This is a sneaker. This is a seed.

0:33:59.520 --> 0:34:06.960
<v Speaker 2>Technically it's a peach pit, but inside the pit is

0:34:07.000 --> 0:34:08.200
<v Speaker 2>the seed, so it's a seed.

0:34:09.040 --> 0:34:14.080
<v Speaker 1>Now look, what does a sneaker and a seed have

0:34:14.200 --> 0:34:14.720
<v Speaker 1>in common?

0:34:16.920 --> 0:34:17.040
<v Speaker 3>Uh?

0:34:18.080 --> 0:34:19.040
<v Speaker 1>Answer class.

0:34:21.400 --> 0:34:26.360
<v Speaker 2>Both of them have to get dirty sometimes, but one

0:34:26.400 --> 0:34:26.920
<v Speaker 2>was made to.

0:34:30.040 --> 0:34:32.960
<v Speaker 1>Follow me, this seed.

0:34:34.360 --> 0:34:38.560
<v Speaker 2>If I take this seed, this peach pit and put

0:34:38.600 --> 0:34:52.840
<v Speaker 2>it in this dirt, in the dirt, and then yeah,

0:34:52.960 --> 0:35:00.319
<v Speaker 2>I should use to headset Mike today. The there was

0:35:00.360 --> 0:35:04.040
<v Speaker 2>no part of you that found any of that tragic.

0:35:07.640 --> 0:35:14.400
<v Speaker 1>Nobody winced, nobody cringed. But if.

0:35:16.360 --> 0:35:21.720
<v Speaker 2>What's wrong with y'all? I just did it to the sea.

0:35:23.239 --> 0:35:27.880
<v Speaker 2>But if don't do it, don't do it. Don't do it?

0:35:29.239 --> 0:35:32.560
<v Speaker 1>Why oh oh?

0:35:32.600 --> 0:35:35.919
<v Speaker 2>Because this only has value externally.

0:35:38.520 --> 0:35:45.840
<v Speaker 1>So if I do this to these, it ruins them.

0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:55.919
<v Speaker 1>If I do this to these, I just.

0:35:56.000 --> 0:36:03.640
<v Speaker 2>Decreased the value. Because the value of the sneakers was

0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:06.359
<v Speaker 2>how clean the sneakers were.

0:36:08.280 --> 0:36:11.920
<v Speaker 1>But if I have a seed, and I take the seed.

0:36:12.280 --> 0:36:14.560
<v Speaker 1>I just put the seed in.

0:36:14.600 --> 0:36:17.279
<v Speaker 2>The same stuff up put the sneakers in.

0:36:18.040 --> 0:36:23.680
<v Speaker 1>And when I did this, you didn't say no.

0:36:24.680 --> 0:36:30.120
<v Speaker 2>You realized that what ruined the value of the sneakers

0:36:30.600 --> 0:36:35.279
<v Speaker 2>revealed the potential of the seed. And I came to

0:36:35.360 --> 0:36:37.600
<v Speaker 2>declare that you're one of these.

0:36:41.200 --> 0:36:47.040
<v Speaker 1>You're one of these, kam No, one of these.

0:36:48.800 --> 0:37:01.240
<v Speaker 4>What the seed of Abraham? How the seed of Abraham?

0:37:00.840 --> 0:37:05.520
<v Speaker 2>So so when the devil does this, realize I'm one

0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:09.000
<v Speaker 2>of these. And it didn't ruin you what you went through,

0:37:09.520 --> 0:37:12.279
<v Speaker 2>And it didn't ruin you that they rejected you, and

0:37:12.360 --> 0:37:15.000
<v Speaker 2>it didn't ruin you that you made a mistake, and

0:37:15.040 --> 0:37:18.439
<v Speaker 2>it didn't ruin you because the value of you has

0:37:18.600 --> 0:37:21.719
<v Speaker 2>never been the shoe were increased. The value of you

0:37:21.800 --> 0:37:25.840
<v Speaker 2>has never been that you were squeaky clean. The value

0:37:25.920 --> 0:37:29.600
<v Speaker 2>of you is that Christ is in you. And if

0:37:29.680 --> 0:37:33.280
<v Speaker 2>Christ is in you, and I'm preaching in my socks

0:37:33.760 --> 0:37:37.640
<v Speaker 2>to let you know, the seed is still good, the

0:37:37.880 --> 0:37:41.799
<v Speaker 2>seed is still clean, the seed can still.

0:37:41.560 --> 0:37:51.759
<v Speaker 1>Work high five three people say is in you? Is

0:37:51.840 --> 0:38:00.120
<v Speaker 1>in you? The value is in you? So now I hear.

0:38:00.160 --> 0:38:06.120
<v Speaker 2>Joseph saying he made me fruitful in my suffering, y'all

0:38:06.200 --> 0:38:11.840
<v Speaker 2>missed it. He made me fruitful in my suffering. My

0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:18.880
<v Speaker 2>faith turns suffering to soil. My faith turns suffering to soil.

0:38:19.440 --> 0:38:22.360
<v Speaker 2>Jesus didn't resurrect till they put him in the soil.

0:38:23.080 --> 0:38:25.120
<v Speaker 2>Jesus didn't get up until they put.

0:38:25.040 --> 0:38:25.800
<v Speaker 1>Him in the ground.

0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:31.759
<v Speaker 5>And some of the fruit that God has produced in

0:38:31.880 --> 0:38:37.160
<v Speaker 5>my life happened when I was in a place that

0:38:37.280 --> 0:38:40.040
<v Speaker 5>I never wanted to go.

0:38:40.640 --> 0:38:43.360
<v Speaker 2>I can't believe you were so worried about my sneakers,

0:38:43.360 --> 0:38:47.000
<v Speaker 2>and you're not worried about your mind, your soul, your purpose,

0:38:47.400 --> 0:38:52.520
<v Speaker 2>your destiny, your gratitude, your kids, your integrity, your habits,

0:38:52.760 --> 0:38:56.600
<v Speaker 2>your prayer life, your discipline. You see what I'm saying.

0:38:58.760 --> 0:39:04.000
<v Speaker 2>That dirt did not hurt that seed. It turned it

0:39:04.280 --> 0:39:16.200
<v Speaker 2>to a harvest. That's why you came to church today

0:39:18.360 --> 0:39:22.120
<v Speaker 2>because some of the things that you have been through

0:39:22.120 --> 0:39:27.120
<v Speaker 2>in your life. If your value were external, it ruined you.

0:39:29.960 --> 0:39:35.120
<v Speaker 2>But if your value is internal, it did not ruin you.

0:39:36.480 --> 0:39:55.000
<v Speaker 1>It revealed you. So that this can become this, So

0:39:55.239 --> 0:39:55.640
<v Speaker 1>that this.

0:39:58.880 --> 0:40:05.720
<v Speaker 2>Can become this, so that Joseph can stand before his family.

0:40:05.880 --> 0:40:07.759
<v Speaker 2>He was ready for the famine, but he wasn't ready

0:40:07.760 --> 0:40:08.960
<v Speaker 2>for his family, because that's.

0:40:08.840 --> 0:40:11.240
<v Speaker 1>Where he really hurt.

0:40:12.120 --> 0:40:17.560
<v Speaker 2>But understanding that you are fruitful in the place of

0:40:17.560 --> 0:40:21.960
<v Speaker 2>your suffering, well, it makes you look at It makes

0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:23.680
<v Speaker 2>you look at bad things people say about you a

0:40:23.680 --> 0:40:27.000
<v Speaker 2>little differently. It makes you look at the things that

0:40:27.040 --> 0:40:28.240
<v Speaker 2>you don't like a little differently.

0:40:29.360 --> 0:40:31.000
<v Speaker 1>You go, wait a minute.

0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:37.399
<v Speaker 2>If if this goes in this and I'm a lot

0:40:37.400 --> 0:40:41.480
<v Speaker 2>of seats now that was my last one. If this

0:40:41.600 --> 0:40:46.320
<v Speaker 2>goes in this, then it will begin to absorb the moisture.

0:40:47.239 --> 0:40:50.920
<v Speaker 2>If this goes into this, it will begin to spread

0:40:50.960 --> 0:40:51.840
<v Speaker 2>apart and shatter.

0:40:52.120 --> 0:40:55.440
<v Speaker 1>If it starts to shatter, then it can start to sprout.

0:40:55.480 --> 0:40:57.880
<v Speaker 2>If it starts to sprout, it can grow down to

0:40:57.920 --> 0:41:00.520
<v Speaker 2>get the nutrients and the minerals and reach to get

0:41:00.520 --> 0:41:08.080
<v Speaker 2>the light. But it starts, Joseph said, in the place

0:41:09.320 --> 0:41:12.920
<v Speaker 2>of my suffering. And this is why it's really important

0:41:13.960 --> 0:41:18.440
<v Speaker 2>that you don't get stuck in what you suffered. Because

0:41:18.480 --> 0:41:22.960
<v Speaker 2>you've already suffered enough. Don't you want to have something

0:41:23.000 --> 0:41:29.719
<v Speaker 2>to show for it. We'll say that again, you have

0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:31.320
<v Speaker 2>already suffered enough.

0:41:32.560 --> 0:41:33.840
<v Speaker 1>Don't you want to have something to show for it?

0:41:33.880 --> 0:41:35.680
<v Speaker 2>And I'm applying this to every type of suffering, even

0:41:35.719 --> 0:41:38.800
<v Speaker 2>if your suffering was caused by your sin. You've suffered enough,

0:41:39.920 --> 0:41:41.840
<v Speaker 2>don't you want to learn from it and repent and

0:41:41.880 --> 0:41:44.279
<v Speaker 2>cling the blood of Jesus and get clean so you

0:41:44.320 --> 0:41:48.239
<v Speaker 2>can help somebody else not fall into the same pit. Ooh,

0:41:49.120 --> 0:41:51.319
<v Speaker 2>I wish I had another peach pit, I thought, Oh,

0:41:51.360 --> 0:41:53.280
<v Speaker 2>I got one, I got one more. I thank you, Lauren.

0:41:53.880 --> 0:41:58.319
<v Speaker 2>Joseph was put into a pit, and the seed is

0:41:58.400 --> 0:42:06.880
<v Speaker 2>in the pit. Help me, where's your sern? And the

0:42:06.920 --> 0:42:13.000
<v Speaker 2>pit represented potential because God was keeping him there to

0:42:13.040 --> 0:42:20.680
<v Speaker 2>get him to Egypt. Your life is not random. God

0:42:20.719 --> 0:42:28.040
<v Speaker 2>is sovereign. Your life is not rotting, it's ripe. Everything

0:42:28.080 --> 0:42:30.879
<v Speaker 2>you've been through is for this moment. If Joseph had

0:42:30.920 --> 0:42:33.440
<v Speaker 2>met his family one year earlier, he wouldn't have been

0:42:33.440 --> 0:42:35.040
<v Speaker 2>ready to embrace them.

0:42:35.560 --> 0:42:36.719
<v Speaker 1>He would have retaliated.

0:42:37.840 --> 0:42:40.160
<v Speaker 2>So stop telling God when he needs to do stuff

0:42:40.280 --> 0:42:41.160
<v Speaker 2>and be a seed.

0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:44.880
<v Speaker 1>Be a seed.

0:42:48.200 --> 0:42:50.440
<v Speaker 2>And when you are a seed and you are in soil,

0:42:50.480 --> 0:42:52.879
<v Speaker 2>and you are in darkness and you are in obscurity,

0:42:53.040 --> 0:42:54.960
<v Speaker 2>it can begin to feel like nothing is happening. But

0:42:55.000 --> 0:42:56.960
<v Speaker 2>anybody who's ever planned and anything can tell you the

0:42:57.000 --> 0:42:59.560
<v Speaker 2>most activity is happening once the seed is no longer visible.

0:43:01.400 --> 0:43:03.480
<v Speaker 2>So do not let the absence of visible activity in

0:43:03.520 --> 0:43:05.360
<v Speaker 2>your life confuse you to think that the presence of

0:43:05.360 --> 0:43:11.239
<v Speaker 2>God has weakened or taken a day off. That seat

0:43:11.400 --> 0:43:13.680
<v Speaker 2>is doing stuff, not that one that I just put in.

0:43:13.760 --> 0:43:15.400
<v Speaker 2>It would have to be taken care of. But you

0:43:15.480 --> 0:43:20.919
<v Speaker 2>get the analogy, right, it's breaking so that it can

0:43:21.880 --> 0:43:28.719
<v Speaker 2>but blossom. And so was Joseph, and so are you.

0:43:30.360 --> 0:43:33.520
<v Speaker 2>And he was in a place that he never wanted

0:43:33.560 --> 0:43:36.839
<v Speaker 2>to go. Are you there right now you're like, yes,

0:43:37.000 --> 0:43:38.160
<v Speaker 2>I didn't want to come to church.

0:43:38.239 --> 0:43:41.040
<v Speaker 1>My mom made me come. I'm not talking about church.

0:43:41.120 --> 0:43:43.640
<v Speaker 1>You wanted to be here. You love to hear me preach,

0:43:43.640 --> 0:43:45.120
<v Speaker 1>It's one of your favorite things in the world. To do.

0:43:51.960 --> 0:43:53.920
<v Speaker 1>That response was so weak. Y'all made me want to

0:43:53.920 --> 0:43:59.400
<v Speaker 1>take another vacation. And then some of y'all didn't even

0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:00.000
<v Speaker 1>want to be in Charpe.

0:44:01.920 --> 0:44:03.240
<v Speaker 2>Some of you didn't want to live in a city

0:44:04.360 --> 0:44:06.840
<v Speaker 2>or Rono, Goorli or wherever you want to put this camera.

0:44:07.200 --> 0:44:08.600
<v Speaker 2>You know, we could, we could, We could go around

0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:10.919
<v Speaker 2>the world and say I didn't want to I didn't

0:44:10.960 --> 0:44:21.680
<v Speaker 2>want to be here in this soil. Soil isn't sexy.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's where it happens, that's where the heart shell

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<v Speaker 2>breaks off, so that what is inside then grab on

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<v Speaker 2>and shoot forth and fill the world with fruit. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the beauty of this message is that we can apply

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<v Speaker 2>what I have just said to any situation in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>because I just told you about a God who can

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<v Speaker 2>increase you in Egypt, a place that God's people would

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<v Speaker 2>celebrate coming out of, and Joseph said, he increas me

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<v Speaker 2>in the very place where I was dragged, kicking and screaming.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't have to be a situation that you chose

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<v Speaker 1>for you to grow through it.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't have to be a situation that you like

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<v Speaker 2>for you to stay in it. It doesn't have to

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<v Speaker 2>be a state of mind that you enjoy for it

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<v Speaker 2>to be productive.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time I get ready to preach, not.

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<v Speaker 2>Nine out of ten times, not ninety nine out of

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred times. Every time I prepare to preach to you,

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<v Speaker 2>just before the breakthrough of the word comes mounting anxiety.

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<v Speaker 2>Almost it feels like the flu. I want to go

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<v Speaker 2>to bed, I want to call in sick. I have

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<v Speaker 2>learned that that is a sign that I'm in.

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<v Speaker 1>The rich soil.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that I have broken through the surface and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>in the soil.

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<v Speaker 1>And now.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't ever sit with your anxiety and process

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<v Speaker 2>it with God, but you just run straight to pills,

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<v Speaker 2>You just run straight porn. You just run straight to

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<v Speaker 2>people who will say what you want to hear. If

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<v Speaker 2>you don't ever sit with it and work through it,

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<v Speaker 2>you will never see what was in you that was

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<v Speaker 2>designed to be broken away in the soil of your fruitful.

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<v Speaker 1>Place.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought Canaan was the land with fruit. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>the Promised Land was the land of fruit.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that was the land God was taking them to.

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph said, I have a god who.

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<v Speaker 2>If the land doesn't have fruit, he'll bring fruit out

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<v Speaker 2>of you.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll do it in your school. If every kid in.

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<v Speaker 2>Your school is crazy, you'll be the sane one. Just

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<v Speaker 2>so am out a walk in the ways of God.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what the seed was made for. I see some

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<v Speaker 2>of our kids going back to school in August and saying,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna happen here. There's gonna be a revival here,

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<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be an outpouring here, there's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 2>day of Pentecost. Fully come here, I'm gonna do it here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna happen on YouTube. It's gonna happen here. It's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen in my family. It's gonna happen here. It's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen in my mid life. It's gonna happen here.

0:47:14.239 --> 0:47:17.560
<v Speaker 2>It's gonna happen in my old age. It's gonna happen here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna happen in my failure. It's gonna happen here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna happen here. Tell the person next Year's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>happen here, here, here, here. I read about a God

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<v Speaker 2>who would give me a land with fruit in it,

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<v Speaker 2>But I also have a God who put fruit inside

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<v Speaker 2>of me. This is for those difficult situations that you

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<v Speaker 2>can't change. This is for those decisions that others made

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<v Speaker 2>that set you back. This is for those times where

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<v Speaker 2>you can't reverse course. This is for those things that

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<v Speaker 2>you can't see how God is working.

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<v Speaker 1>This is for.

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<v Speaker 6>Those things you are not this, you are.

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<v Speaker 1>One of these.

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<v Speaker 2>Get your hands sturdy, Come on, get your hands sturdy.

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<v Speaker 2>Dig till you find what you were designed to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Dig till you find the source of the pain.

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<v Speaker 2>Dig till you find the will and resolved to forgive

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<v Speaker 2>what you can't forget Dick till you get it, and

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<v Speaker 2>everything you've been through, even what broke you, was only

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<v Speaker 2>designed to show you what was in you and the

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<v Speaker 2>God who put you there.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe every.

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<v Speaker 2>Place in your life you walk into you can have

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<v Speaker 2>the confidence God put me here. Now, don't be an

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<v Speaker 2>alcoholic and go to the bar and say, God put

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<v Speaker 2>me here. Don't take my words, make something stupid out

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<v Speaker 2>of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't twist my sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>But the state in life that you are in is

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<v Speaker 2>the soil. God changed things. No, God change me, God

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<v Speaker 2>change me. Let me tell you something in my sock

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<v Speaker 2>feet with my dirty right hand that I hope you

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<v Speaker 2>never forget this picture. That man looks at the outward appearance,

0:49:36.760 --> 0:49:43.560
<v Speaker 2>God looks at the heart. And my Bible says in

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<v Speaker 2>Romans eighteen that the sufferings of this present time are

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<v Speaker 2>not worthy to be compared with the glory that will

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<v Speaker 2>be revealed.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be revealed. Is happening here.

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<v Speaker 2>Let God have it. Let God have it. Your surrender

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<v Speaker 2>turns soil into a place of new beginnings.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe I should say it the way I wrote

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<v Speaker 1>it in my notes before.

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<v Speaker 2>I just messed it up because that didn't make a

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<v Speaker 2>bit of sense. Your surrender turns your suffering into soil.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I meant to say. That's what I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say.

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<v Speaker 2>So stand up on your feet, lift your hands to

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<v Speaker 2>your Father in heaven, who knows what he put in you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thousand lives can be put on you.

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<v Speaker 2>If the truth is in you, what does it matter

0:50:59.200 --> 0:51:03.000
<v Speaker 2>the weight of others that expectations maybe put on you.

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<v Speaker 2>But if God's approval is in you, this is my

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<v Speaker 2>beloved son with him.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm well pleased.

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<v Speaker 2>Even Jesus went to Egypt and he's with you in

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<v Speaker 2>your Egypt.

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<v Speaker 1>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>You are increasing in Egypt. Things are going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>here that are going to blow your mind.

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<v Speaker 1>I need you to.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop delaying the idea that God has to do everything

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<v Speaker 2>you want him to do before he can use you,

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<v Speaker 2>before you can be happy. Eat your lunch today with gratitude,

0:51:34.840 --> 0:51:37.360
<v Speaker 2>and every bite you to thank God that you have

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<v Speaker 2>something to put in your mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what the four ol one k is.

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<v Speaker 1>Be grateful is God in you.

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<v Speaker 2>It is God in you, willing and acting to his

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<v Speaker 2>good pleasure. Father, I thank you for all of these seeds.

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<v Speaker 2>Who knows what Joseph's are increasing even under the water

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<v Speaker 2>of this word. Today, Father, as we confess that the

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<v Speaker 2>dirt that was meant to hurt us actually produced to

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<v Speaker 2>harvest from what is inside of us, I pray that

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<v Speaker 2>this would be rayma and flesh to everyone who hears it,

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<v Speaker 2>that they would know exactly what it is that they

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<v Speaker 2>were meant to see and what they were meant to

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<v Speaker 2>release and refocus. For Father, if we stay mentally in

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<v Speaker 2>our father's household and do not release those things, we

0:52:35.600 --> 0:52:41.879
<v Speaker 2>can't hold Manassa, we cannot hold e from I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to turn your palms up to Heaven now, just

0:52:44.000 --> 0:52:49.560
<v Speaker 2>like you're offering something to God, and like you're receiving

0:52:49.640 --> 0:52:55.839
<v Speaker 2>something from God. I want you to first give him

0:52:56.040 --> 0:53:03.000
<v Speaker 2>what happened. Give him what happened, hard as it was,

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<v Speaker 2>awful as it was, give him what happened. And now

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<v Speaker 2>I want to tell you that in his presence, there

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<v Speaker 2>are some things he wants to put in those empty hands,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>Here, is going to happen here. This is a place

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<v Speaker 3>of healing, This is.

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<v Speaker 2>A place of newness of life, This is a place

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<v Speaker 2>of salvation, and this is a place of freedom right here.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you don't want to be in Egypt. But

0:53:43.440 --> 0:53:47.760
<v Speaker 2>let's get Egypt out of you. He called it Manassa.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a Hebrew name. He called it Ephraim, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrew name. I will not let where I am defind

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<v Speaker 2>who I am. I am a child of God. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>begin to celebrate. That's good. That means you're receiving. That

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<v Speaker 2>means your receiving.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh how great the love of the Father. Oh how

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<v Speaker 7>great the gift of the Sun. Oh how great the power?

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<v Speaker 1>Jeez? What a save? What a save? I was lost

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<v Speaker 1>in sin and you found me, Hollliah, you save my soul.

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<v Speaker 1>I was saying money, raise what I mean?

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<v Speaker 3>What?

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