WEBVTT - With God, There's Always A Way (The Basin)

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, I'm coming to you now from the basin. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a special bonus teaching that I recorded just for

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<v Speaker 1>you to break it down a little more, to take

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<v Speaker 1>it a little deeper.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you enjoy this overflow message. Let me know,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go. You know, many times in.

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<v Speaker 1>Our life, even when things don't go the way we

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<v Speaker 1>wanted them to, or when things happen in a really

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<v Speaker 1>horrible way, I've noticed a lot of people still find

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<v Speaker 1>a way through that to rejoice, to redeem the situation,

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<v Speaker 1>and to show God's glory in it, and that always

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<v Speaker 1>inspires me. I have three people that come to my

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<v Speaker 1>mind every single time I mentioned that, who I've witnessed

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<v Speaker 1>in my life that found a way that when the

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<v Speaker 1>healing didn't come or the protection wasn't there, and the

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<v Speaker 1>worst thing happened, these three people that I think about

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<v Speaker 1>moved forward and they move forward with mourning, broken hearts,

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<v Speaker 1>never quite the same again. But when I say with God,

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<v Speaker 1>there's always a way, that's what I mean. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>mean there's always a way to avoid suffering. Because Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>went on a road that we call via Dolorosa, the

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<v Speaker 1>way of suffering, to the cross, and he prayed, if

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<v Speaker 1>there is any other way, Father, let this cut.

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<v Speaker 2>Pass from me.

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<v Speaker 1>Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done. So Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>himself shows us that the way, the truth and the life.

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<v Speaker 1>He shows us, the one who is the way, shows

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<v Speaker 1>us that the way to our salvation was through his cross.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're not saying with God, there's always a way

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<v Speaker 1>around suffering, but there is always a way through whatever

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<v Speaker 1>God leads you through. Ate though I walk through the

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<v Speaker 1>valley of the shadow of Death, that will fear no evil,

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<v Speaker 1>for Thou art with me. So the second confession that

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<v Speaker 1>came to me the other day, and I love things

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<v Speaker 1>I can get in my heart and even say out

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<v Speaker 1>loud and write down if they have meaning to me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking for things that kind of help me get

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<v Speaker 1>my faith stirred up, help me get my focus on God,

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<v Speaker 1>help me get my horizons broadened, so I don't just

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<v Speaker 1>live in my own head. But the second thing God

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<v Speaker 1>gave me when I was thinking about going to preach

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<v Speaker 1>is God is not out to get me. He is

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<v Speaker 1>in it with me, working through me, fighting for me.

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<v Speaker 1>And I thought about that as it relates to preaching

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<v Speaker 1>and ministering. I think for many years, I had a

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<v Speaker 1>very subtle and buried fear that I didn't even know

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<v Speaker 1>was there, that somehow in the process of preaching, that

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to screw it up, and almost not

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<v Speaker 1>that God wanted me to, but almost that I was

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<v Speaker 1>doomed too. And I wouldness said, man, God is out

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<v Speaker 1>to get me. I think what I would have thought, though, was, Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not perfect. I'm not worthy to preach this message.

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<v Speaker 1>And even though I don't have this list of things

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<v Speaker 1>that are in my life where I'm just trying to

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<v Speaker 1>be a hypocrite. Yeah, I struggle with things and I

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<v Speaker 1>wrestle with things, just like all of you do. But

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<v Speaker 1>standing up, I'm not saying that I'm perfect. But man,

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<v Speaker 1>i'd have probably deserved to preach this. And since I

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<v Speaker 1>don't deserve it, and since I don't know all this

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<v Speaker 1>Greek and Hebrew and I probably could have studied more

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<v Speaker 1>or learned more, I could.

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<v Speaker 2>Be living this out more, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Or there's not enough examples of historical Christian figures in

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<v Speaker 1>this sermon, and it's too modern, or it's not modern enough.

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<v Speaker 1>It's you know, all these reasons why I think my

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<v Speaker 1>either my life or my knowledge disqualifies me almost thought

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<v Speaker 1>of it like God didn't want to bless my message.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I didn't always feel this way, but a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times I would and kind of waiting for

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for God to pull the rug out from under me,

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<v Speaker 1>or waiting for You ever seen like a trap door

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<v Speaker 1>open and somebody just fall down, And that's what I

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<v Speaker 1>mean by God out to get me in preaching and

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<v Speaker 1>in life. You know, I think one of one of

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<v Speaker 1>the artists that I listened to a few years ago

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<v Speaker 1>said is God playing a joke on me? Like he

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<v Speaker 1>was talking about having success and wondering is God playing

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<v Speaker 1>a joke on me?

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<v Speaker 2>It sounds weird to talk about God that way, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Almost feeling like God is looking for a reason to

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<v Speaker 1>take take things away. God is looking for a reason

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<v Speaker 1>to to send things into chaos in our life. And

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<v Speaker 1>I understand there's a lot of scriptural passages where we

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<v Speaker 1>see God dealing with his people in a way that

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<v Speaker 1>seems harsh to us, and just from a literal interpretation,

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<v Speaker 1>it is harsh. We do have now in the model

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<v Speaker 1>of Jesus and in the life of Jesus, in the

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<v Speaker 1>reality of Jesus. The assurance that God is looking for

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<v Speaker 1>a way to love us. Now, I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>let that sink him. God is looking for a way

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<v Speaker 1>to love me, and will I let him in? Because

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<v Speaker 1>he's looking for ways to love me. He's looking for

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<v Speaker 1>ways to use me. He's looking for ways to encourage me,

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<v Speaker 1>strengthen me, build me up, help me. Not always the

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<v Speaker 1>way that I tell him he should, don't get me

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<v Speaker 1>wrong about that. But God is always looking for a

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<v Speaker 1>way to show his love to me and through me.

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<v Speaker 1>He got down in the fire. The fourth man in

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<v Speaker 1>the fire was Jesus. I believe with those Hebrew boys

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<v Speaker 1>to let him know I'm in it with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in it with you. That's what he told Joshua. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>We were setting up Joshua yesterday in my sermon, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to preach about Joshua some in the in

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<v Speaker 1>the next few weeks. God willing, and he said to Joshua,

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<v Speaker 1>don't turn from it to the right or to the left,

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<v Speaker 1>for the.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, your God will be with you wherever you go.

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<v Speaker 1>So stay in the law of the Lord, meditate on

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<v Speaker 1>his law day and night. We might even take that

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<v Speaker 1>further and say stay in faith, you know, stay in

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<v Speaker 1>the word of God, stay in the promises of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay in the spirit, walk in step with the spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>The New Testament teaches us.

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<v Speaker 2>And and be strong in the Lord, and put on

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<v Speaker 2>his armor.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Lord your God, he told Joshua, will be

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<v Speaker 1>with you wherever you go. So if you're somewhere, even

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere you don't like, God is in it with you.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're somewhere, even if it's somewhere you feel stuck,

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<v Speaker 1>God is stuck in it with you. Wait, wait, God

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<v Speaker 1>is and stuck.

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<v Speaker 2>I beg to differ. He is stuck in it with

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<v Speaker 2>you because God lives in you. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So now God can do anything. God can blow blow

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<v Speaker 1>up the whole situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Man. He could.

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<v Speaker 1>He could turn over tables into the temple. He can

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<v Speaker 1>he can blast open a red sea. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>that God doesn't have the capacity. But what I mean

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<v Speaker 1>is is that when when Jesus said I will never

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<v Speaker 1>leave you or forsake you, when he came hunting down

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<v Speaker 1>Peter in the boat after he went fishing, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Wanted us to see that He's in it with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Like like Adrian said to Rocky and Rocky four, now

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<v Speaker 1>Rocky four, uh ish is basically like the New Testament

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<v Speaker 1>of the Rocky movies, all right, and all the creed

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<v Speaker 1>stuff is commentaries, okay, and then Rocky one, two, and

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<v Speaker 1>three of the Old Testament. But that's another time. But

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<v Speaker 1>Adrian said, I'm I'm I'm with you no matter what.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Lord says that to you, I'm in it

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<v Speaker 1>with you. I'm in it with you. Ask Paul and Silas,

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<v Speaker 1>who were in prison. If God is in it with you,

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<v Speaker 1>ask ask ask who else can we ask?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you could put an example, your own example in

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<v Speaker 2>the chat?

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<v Speaker 1>Ask hmm, I know, we could ask ask David who

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<v Speaker 1>was at the cave of Adullum. If God is with you,

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<v Speaker 1>ask Jonah, who had God put him in a fish,

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<v Speaker 1>speak to the fish to vomit him out.

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<v Speaker 2>If God is in it with you, God is in

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<v Speaker 2>it with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Ask the disciples who thought Jesus didn't care about them

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<v Speaker 1>because he was sleeping in the hull of the ship

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<v Speaker 1>in the storm. If Jesus is in it with you,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, he's in it with you. He's in it

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<v Speaker 1>with you. Number two, he's working through you. That part's

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<v Speaker 1>important because it gets the focus off of just selfishly

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<v Speaker 1>going like, okay, Lord, you must savior you're my snuggie.

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<v Speaker 1>You must special someone. You're in it with me. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>follow around down here in the fear together. No, it

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<v Speaker 1>is God who works in you, both too willing to

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<v Speaker 1>do according to his good pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>He's he's in it with you, working through you.

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<v Speaker 1>Even when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, which I

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned yesterday, Now Jesus, that's what I pulled out of

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<v Speaker 1>that text. Now, Jesus, he's standing here now. He wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>there when they wanted him to come, But he's in

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<v Speaker 1>it with you now. He even wept because he loved

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<v Speaker 1>the sisters so much, and he said that this sickness

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<v Speaker 1>will not end in death, but it is for God's

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<v Speaker 1>glory that God's son might be revealed. And even the

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<v Speaker 1>resurrection of Lazarus was something that Jesus was using as

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<v Speaker 1>his own road to purpose and our redemption in South

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<v Speaker 1>was leading him to Jerusalem, because when he raised Lazarus,

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<v Speaker 1>that's when the chief priest inscribes really got set on

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<v Speaker 1>killing him.

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<v Speaker 2>So God was using Lazarus.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to say he was using him as a

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<v Speaker 1>prop He was using him as a prop to set

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<v Speaker 1>up the resurrection of his son Jesus Christ, and don't

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<v Speaker 1>let that make you feel too bad, because God working

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<v Speaker 1>through you is the highest honor.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the highest honor for God to flow.

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<v Speaker 1>Through you, move through you, to speak through you, to

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<v Speaker 1>think through you, to wrap your arms around somebody, give love,

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<v Speaker 1>to serve through you. God is in it with me,

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<v Speaker 1>working through me, fighting for me. And that brings us

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<v Speaker 1>back to what I started out saying that with God

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<v Speaker 1>there's always a way, and by faith I will find it,

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<v Speaker 1>and by faith I will fight for it. God is

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<v Speaker 1>fighting for me all right back to the passage where

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<v Speaker 1>in Luke chapter five, these men, these four men are

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<v Speaker 1>bringing their friend to Jesus. Y'all thought I forgot my

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<v Speaker 1>Bible passage. Y'all have no faith in me, But by

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<v Speaker 1>faith I will find it. In Luke chapter five. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I love doing these videos, man. I should put these

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<v Speaker 1>out one day. Maybe I'll put this one out. I

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<v Speaker 1>just do them here for my own personal discipline and

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<v Speaker 1>development and time with God. But maybe I'll put this

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<v Speaker 1>one out where it says that the power of the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick people. That

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<v Speaker 1>where the doctor said there's no way they can be healed.

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<v Speaker 1>People where the mental health specialist said, there's no way

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<v Speaker 1>for this to be helped, people who their inside voice

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<v Speaker 1>has told them is never going to change. It says

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<v Speaker 1>that the power of the Lord was there for Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>to he'll sick. Some men came this is Luke five eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to

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<v Speaker 1>take into the house to lay in before Jesus, who

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<v Speaker 1>had the power to make a way for this man

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<v Speaker 1>to be healed. Now verse nineteen. When they could not

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to do this, because the crowd, when

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<v Speaker 1>they could not find a way, they must have had

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<v Speaker 1>the same tape playing in their head, the same recording

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<v Speaker 1>playing in their head when they could not find a way.

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<v Speaker 1>With God, there's always a way. When they could not

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<v Speaker 1>find a way, but with God, there's always a way. Imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm rolling up on the healing service. We're here to

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<v Speaker 1>see Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a friend. He's very, very sick. As you

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<v Speaker 2>can see. He can't move from this map. What's his name? Matt?

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, sorry, but you and Matt gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to come back next week because there's no room left. Okay, cool,

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<v Speaker 1>big crowd, Okay, Cool, what would you have done in

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<v Speaker 1>this situation? What do you do when you try to

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<v Speaker 1>go after something that God is calling you to go

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<v Speaker 1>after in any area, you know, to make a difference

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<v Speaker 1>in someone's life, to complete something that God is stirring

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<v Speaker 1>in you, just to you know, take a step toward

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<v Speaker 1>the things that you know He's purpose. I'm being generic

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<v Speaker 1>here on purpose so that I don't rule anybody out.

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<v Speaker 1>When you can't find a way, what do you do?

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<v Speaker 1>Most people walk away walk away well okay, or they

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<v Speaker 1>say I'm a wait on the Lord, and that's good

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<v Speaker 1>to do. That's good to do when you are finding

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<v Speaker 1>yourself in manipulation, impatience, starting to do things outside of

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<v Speaker 1>God's values to accomplish your own vision that you see

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<v Speaker 1>that you want.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very good to wait on the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>But in this case, they knew that the power of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord was there to heal Jesus, and they knew

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<v Speaker 1>that Jesus was not the one keeping them out of

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<v Speaker 1>the room.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>So watch what they did when they couldnot find a way.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody say, with God, there's always a way. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>first thing You've got to believe. You got to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that he who made the heavens and the sea, and

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<v Speaker 1>measured out the universe.

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<v Speaker 2>He who spoke. And it was he who.

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<v Speaker 1>Calls things that are not as though they are, He

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<v Speaker 1>who enliven's dead wounds, He who causes the rain to

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<v Speaker 1>fall on barren land and brings forth out of parched ground.

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<v Speaker 2>He will always make a way. But watch this, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to find it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, when they cannot find a way to

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<v Speaker 1>do this because the crowd, they went up on the

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<v Speaker 1>roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles,

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, I'm getting you to Jesus. I'm getting you

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<v Speaker 1>to Jesus. I'm getting to Jesus. I'm getting this issue

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<v Speaker 1>to Jesus. I'm going to bring this to the one

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<v Speaker 1>who can do something about it. I'm gonna do it

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<v Speaker 1>by faith. Here's why this verse came to me, this

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<v Speaker 1>story that I love so much.

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<v Speaker 2>I apprecied it many times.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's why it came to me as an illustration of

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<v Speaker 1>the affirmation that I gave you with God.

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<v Speaker 2>There's always a way. The power of the God God

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<v Speaker 2>is with Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>And at first it seemed like there was in a way.

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<v Speaker 1>But with God, there's always a way. And look what

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus said when he verse twenty saw their faith. He said, friend,

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<v Speaker 1>your sins are forgiven. And how did he see their faith?

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<v Speaker 1>Because they found a way, And how did they find

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<v Speaker 1>a way?

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<v Speaker 2>By faith? By faith, I will find it. By faith, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Will find a way to get to my wife's heart

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<v Speaker 1>and show her that I love her.

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<v Speaker 2>By faith, I will find find a.

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<v Speaker 1>To pass on these values that are important to me

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<v Speaker 1>to my kids, even in a corrupt culture. By faith,

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<v Speaker 1>I will find a way to get up on my

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<v Speaker 1>feet and be a provider. By faith, I will find

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<v Speaker 1>a way, because with God, there's always a way. And

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<v Speaker 1>by faith, not by works, not by smarts, not by skills.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, you could argue that this was not a

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<v Speaker 1>very smart thing at all to go up on the roof,

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<v Speaker 1>dig the tiles, and lower the stretcher.

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<v Speaker 2>But they did it, and Jesus didn't call it foolish.

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<v Speaker 2>She called it faith. And I'm not saying be destructive,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm saying be creative, be creative, be creative with

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<v Speaker 2>your faith. I'm a find a way. Some weeks, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel a little lost in what I'm supposed.

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<v Speaker 1>To preach that week or what I'm supposed to create

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<v Speaker 1>that week, But I got to start with the thing that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, God is in this with me, working

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<v Speaker 1>through me.

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<v Speaker 2>He's fighting for me.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's a way, there's a way, and by faith,

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<v Speaker 1>I will find it. I will find it because God

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<v Speaker 1>is in it with me. God is working through me.

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<v Speaker 1>God is fighting for me. I mentioned Paul and Silas

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<v Speaker 1>in prison. If God will get with you in prison,

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<v Speaker 1>it'll get with you anywhere. And I know they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>do anything wrong to be in prison, but you know

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<v Speaker 1>the analogy is still good, right, who wants to go

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<v Speaker 1>to prison?

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<v Speaker 2>God?

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<v Speaker 1>And the crazy thing was that when the door's open,

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<v Speaker 1>do you remember this story in next chapter sixteen, verse

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five, when the doors flung open and everyone's prison

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<v Speaker 1>bands were loose, and God made a way for them

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<v Speaker 1>to get out, and they stayed.

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<v Speaker 2>They stayed.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul and Silas stayed in the prison even though they

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<v Speaker 1>could leave freely. And the guard woke up to kill

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<v Speaker 1>himself and Paul's I don't kill yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all here, let me tell you by Jesus, And

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<v Speaker 1>that prison guard got saved, which always demonstrated to me

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<v Speaker 1>a very powerful principle. A lot of times, what we're

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<v Speaker 1>looking for a way out of God is looking for

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<v Speaker 1>a way into. So I'm trying to escape situations, going God,

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<v Speaker 1>get me a way out, and God's say.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to weigh in. That's what I want.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to work through you in this. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to show my strength in this. Let him in because

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<v Speaker 1>there's a way. But you got to unblock your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't be bitter, you can't be in survival mode.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to open up your heart a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>today and say, Lord, I know there's a way that

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<v Speaker 1>you can use this. I know there's a way you

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<v Speaker 1>can do this. I know there's a way we can

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<v Speaker 1>go forward in it. By faith, help me find it.

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<v Speaker 1>You won't find it.

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<v Speaker 2>By fear.

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<v Speaker 1>You will only see dead ends through the lens of fear.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all you ever see through the lens of fear

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<v Speaker 1>is dead after dead end. But by faith, I will

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<v Speaker 1>find a way. Hey, I hope you enjoyed the podcast,

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