WEBVTT - The God Of Already

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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 1>Be sure to.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you're blessed today.

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<v Speaker 3>How this song the way?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on?

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<v Speaker 2>Lift your hands like this. God, we receive you in

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<v Speaker 2>this place. King of kings and Lord of lords, exalted

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<v Speaker 2>and lifted high, ever present, always faithful. Anything you want

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<v Speaker 2>to do today, Lord, whoever you want to heal, whoever

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<v Speaker 2>you want to set free, whoever you want to change.

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<v Speaker 4>Do it again. You've done it before, Do it again.

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<v Speaker 4>Do it again and again and again.

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<v Speaker 2>We give you glory and we rejoice in your presence

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<v Speaker 2>in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen, Glory to God.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I have to tell you what to do,

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<v Speaker 2>but just in case, high five to seven people and

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<v Speaker 2>tell him he's going.

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<v Speaker 1>To do it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, God is so faithful.

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<v Speaker 1>How many know He's a faithful God.

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<v Speaker 2>You know I've been preaching this series about God, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean hopefully all the things we preach here are

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<v Speaker 2>about God. But in a very unique way, God has

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<v Speaker 2>been downloading to us that there's so much about him.

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<v Speaker 1>There are so.

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<v Speaker 2>Many ways that He desires to show up in our

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<v Speaker 2>lives that we haven't recognized yet. And so I started

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<v Speaker 2>Week one, I talked about how he's the God of also.

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<v Speaker 2>That message really meant a lot to me because it

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<v Speaker 2>reminded me that, you know, we haven't met all of

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<v Speaker 2>God yet. God isn't changing or morphing or expanding. He can't.

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<v Speaker 2>He's immutable, he can't change. But we, certainly, as we

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<v Speaker 2>moved through the different seasons of our lives, need to

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<v Speaker 2>see Him in different ways. And so he's the God

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<v Speaker 2>of also. Last week we preached on how he's the

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<v Speaker 2>God of.

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<v Speaker 4>Again and again and again and again, because if.

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<v Speaker 1>He's other, stop stop, because I got to move on

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<v Speaker 1>to part three.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave me a part three, And today I want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk to you about how he's not only the

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<v Speaker 2>God of also, and not only the God of again,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's the God of already, the glory of the terms.

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<v Speaker 2>So real, quick, shake three hands and say it's on

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<v Speaker 2>the way, and you may be seated.

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<v Speaker 1>The God have already. You may be seated. You're here

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<v Speaker 1>for a reason today. You're here for a reason. Today.

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<v Speaker 1>God has something for you today.

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<v Speaker 2>The spirit of Thank you so much, in the spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of last week's message about the God of again, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to use the same passage from last week again,

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<v Speaker 2>John twenty one, Verses four through nine. Will select a

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<v Speaker 2>little different passage this time, but from the same story

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<v Speaker 2>and time permitting, I want to also hit that Luke

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen again from the Prodigal Sun. One was the story

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus told a parable to teach, and one was

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<v Speaker 2>a miracle that he performed, but they share a similar

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<v Speaker 2>lesson the God of already verse four. Early in the morning,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus stood on the shore, but his disciples did not realize.

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<v Speaker 1>That it was Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>He called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish? No,

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<v Speaker 2>they answered, and he said, throw your net on the

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<v Speaker 2>right side of the boat and you'll find some. And

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<v Speaker 2>when they did, they were unable to haul in the

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<v Speaker 2>net because of the large number of fish. The disciple,

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<v Speaker 2>whom Jesus loved, said to Peter, it is the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>And as soon as Simon Peter heard him say it

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<v Speaker 2>is the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him,

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<v Speaker 2>for he'd taking it off, and jumped into the water.

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<v Speaker 2>The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net

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<v Speaker 2>full of fish, for they were not.

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<v Speaker 1>Far from shore. They were not far.

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<v Speaker 2>Put it in the chat, not far, and tell your

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<v Speaker 2>neighbor not far, not far from shore. About one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>yards makes me get ready for football season.

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<v Speaker 1>About one hundred yards.

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<v Speaker 2>When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals

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<v Speaker 2>there with fish on it and some bread. When they landed,

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<v Speaker 2>they saw fire burning coals there with fish on it

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<v Speaker 2>and some bread. The god of already and this message

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<v Speaker 2>has a subtitle, let him cook. I thought, I'll tell

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<v Speaker 2>you a little story. I couldn't remember. If I shared it.

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<v Speaker 2>My oldest son said he had never heard it. When

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<v Speaker 2>I was in high school, right after I got really

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<v Speaker 2>fired up for Jesus Christ, I was running around telling

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<v Speaker 2>everybody that they needed to be saved and they were going.

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<v Speaker 1>To hell and I wasn't, and so be like me.

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<v Speaker 2>I was burning all my Motley Crew and Guns n'

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<v Speaker 2>Roses CDs and listening to Striper and burned my Pantera

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<v Speaker 2>and went over to Petra. If you're in the subculture,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you don't know, you don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't need to know. And so I just tell

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<v Speaker 1>people all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I was very very bold, some would say zeal without knowledge,

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<v Speaker 2>but I was. I was excited, fired up my dad.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in church at the time. He'd been in

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<v Speaker 2>church when I was a little boy. My mom always

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<v Speaker 2>took us to church, but my dad wasn't in church

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<v Speaker 2>at the time. He would go out and play golf

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<v Speaker 2>on Sundays, a little part three golf course, get drunk

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<v Speaker 2>with my uncle, and I think that sort of an atonement.

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<v Speaker 2>When I was getting ready to go to church, he

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<v Speaker 2>would wake up early and cook us breakfast, and so

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<v Speaker 2>he'd be over there making.

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<v Speaker 1>Some scrambled eggs and grits.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't like grits, I don't need you as

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<v Speaker 2>a member Elevation Church. And then he would make on

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<v Speaker 2>occasions some corn beef hash.

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<v Speaker 1>Some fried baloney.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was all because he felt bad because he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't going to church, so'd wake up early and cook

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<v Speaker 2>for us, and then he'd go off to the golf

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<v Speaker 2>course and we go to church.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was going on for a little while.

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<v Speaker 2>One Sunday morning, I remember really clearly whatever came over me.

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<v Speaker 2>I looked at him and said, Dad, this breakfast is great,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for making it. But I want to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you something now. I'm only sixteen, seventeen years old something

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<v Speaker 2>like that. I said, it's not going to be long

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<v Speaker 2>before God's going to get a hold of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been praying for you, and God answers my prayers,

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<v Speaker 2>and pretty soon you're gonna turn to the Lord, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be crazy, and you're gonna be reading the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible all the time and going to church and not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be just cooking breakfast and going off. You can

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<v Speaker 2>cook this breakfast today, but eventually, soon and very soon,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll be going.

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<v Speaker 1>Church with us.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't remember if he said anything. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>go to church that day. He kept cooking, and I

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<v Speaker 2>ate and went to church. It was about a year

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<v Speaker 2>or more later when I had gone off to college

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<v Speaker 2>and I came back home to preach at Santi Circle

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<v Speaker 2>Community Church for a weekend. And after I preached the sermon,

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<v Speaker 2>my dad came down for the altar call, and when

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<v Speaker 2>I went down to pray with him, he said, never

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<v Speaker 2>stop preaching. Well, you know, we had many bumps and

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<v Speaker 2>bruises after that. He wasn't raptured up to heaven. He

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<v Speaker 2>didn't become the next Pope, Billy Graham or Bill Gates

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<v Speaker 2>for that matter, But it really was a change in

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<v Speaker 2>his life. He started memorizing the Bible and stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 2>He told me something, He said, remember that day when

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<v Speaker 2>you told me when I was cooking breakfast that God

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<v Speaker 2>was going to get ahold of my life and all

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<v Speaker 2>this stuff you were saying to me. I said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because I was proud of my prophecy having come to pass.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, what I didn't tell you is I felt

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<v Speaker 2>so sorry for you when you were saying all that,

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<v Speaker 2>because I thought He's going to be so disappointed.

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<v Speaker 1>He has no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>And I felt so sorry for you that you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know how low I was and how far I was

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<v Speaker 2>from God. And I was standing in the shower every

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<v Speaker 2>morning before I go open the barber shop and just think, God,

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<v Speaker 2>if you give me the strength to get through this day,

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<v Speaker 2>I promise I'll change. But I couldn't change. And so

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<v Speaker 2>I sat there and listened to you, and I felt

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<v Speaker 2>so bad that you were that crazy and that naive

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<v Speaker 2>to think that I could change because you didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>how far away I was.

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<v Speaker 1>We're doing me a favor.

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<v Speaker 2>Will you look at your neighbor real quick and say

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<v Speaker 2>you're not as far as you think you are. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what God knows that you don't. That's what the devil

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<v Speaker 2>knows that you don't. That from that life that God

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<v Speaker 2>has called you to live, and from that victory that

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<v Speaker 2>He's called you to accomplish in his name, from that

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<v Speaker 2>freedom that to you feels like some sort of dream.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, you're not as far as.

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<v Speaker 2>You think you are, because the God of already is

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<v Speaker 2>in the house. I tell you that story not to

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<v Speaker 2>impress you, but as the motivational speakers would say, to

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<v Speaker 2>press impress upon you, or rather to reflect myself on

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<v Speaker 2>these moments that we have in our life, like I

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<v Speaker 2>had with my dad, where you know something you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how you know it, You sense it, even though

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<v Speaker 2>your senses.

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<v Speaker 1>Are telling you different, your spirit says it.

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<v Speaker 2>It actually just came to me this morning to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you that story as I was asking God, how can

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<v Speaker 2>I bring them into this text, which is a story

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<v Speaker 2>about a fisherman named Peter who was called to be

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<v Speaker 2>a shepherd and had to make a transition because he

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<v Speaker 2>had been through an experience where he'd let himself down,

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<v Speaker 2>and he thought, let Jesus down. Now he's out there

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<v Speaker 2>fishing and Jesus is on the shore and.

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<v Speaker 1>I was wondering, like, what was happening in that moment

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<v Speaker 1>with my dad?

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<v Speaker 2>What's happening in those moments of our life where.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing is seen to be already in progress.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you remember when they used to interrupt your regularly

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<v Speaker 2>scheduled programming to give you a news report or a

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<v Speaker 2>weather report. Used to be watching Family Matters on Friday night,

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<v Speaker 2>watching Arkle try to get Laura Winslow one more time

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday night, and the news would come on, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a storm. They just interrupt your regularly scheduled program. And

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<v Speaker 2>then when they would get back to the program, after

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<v Speaker 2>they had said whatever they needed to say and just

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<v Speaker 2>broke in on your program, they say, we now return

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<v Speaker 2>to your regularly scheduled programming already in progress, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it would just go right back. No DVR, you can't rewind,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know, Erkele still isn't with Laura like like always,

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<v Speaker 2>and you just drop right back in in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of it because it's already in progress. Now that's the

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<v Speaker 2>challenge with the text I read you, because I just

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<v Speaker 2>jumped right into something where you know, Peter has denied

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus three times, he's out fishing, who knows how bad

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<v Speaker 2>he felt, who knows how far he felt. He's already

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<v Speaker 2>seen Jesus. But Jesus shows up again. And I loved

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<v Speaker 2>verse four. This really touched me because I related to it.

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<v Speaker 2>It said early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore,

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<v Speaker 2>but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, kind of far off in the distance.

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<v Speaker 2>They're tired, they've been fishing all night, caught nothing, frustrated,

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<v Speaker 2>probably a little discouraged, and they did not realize it

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<v Speaker 2>was Jesus. But that doesn't mean he wasn't there. In Seminary,

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<v Speaker 2>they taught me this term that stuck with me. It's

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<v Speaker 2>called the already not yet view of scripture. And it

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like a contradiction, but it's not. It's just the

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<v Speaker 2>tension that we all live in. Everybody say already, now,

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<v Speaker 2>say not yet this side. You can be already already.

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<v Speaker 2>Y'all don't sound ready. How about y'all be already. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to be not yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Already. Ah. Yeah. They taught me that in Seminary.

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<v Speaker 2>The Kingdom of God came when Jesus came to earth,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, the Kingdom of God is at hand.

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<v Speaker 2>And he inaugurated that kingdom with miracles, signs, and wonders.

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<v Speaker 1>He did amazing things.

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<v Speaker 2>He was crucified, dead and buried, risen from the dead,

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<v Speaker 2>He's send it to the right hand of God, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's coming again to establish his kingdom once and for all.

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<v Speaker 1>He already died for the sins of all who will

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<v Speaker 1>believe on him.

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<v Speaker 2>He already rose to life, and he's risen with all

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<v Speaker 2>power in the keys of death, hell and grave are

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<v Speaker 2>in his hand. He's interceding for you right now. He's

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<v Speaker 2>already paid the price, he's already won the victory. But

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<v Speaker 2>as the Bible talks about these realities, there is a

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<v Speaker 2>sense in which they are already fulfilled and a sense

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<v Speaker 2>in which they are y'all still aren't ready. Maybe next

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<v Speaker 2>week I'll do it again again, and you can try

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<v Speaker 2>it again. But the picture here is that if the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says you are saved, it will also say you

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<v Speaker 2>will be saved. And so it's talking about something that

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<v Speaker 2>happened and something that will happen. And it's like, I

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<v Speaker 2>am saved right now from the penalty of.

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<v Speaker 1>My sin, but I.

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<v Speaker 2>Am still not completely set free from the pattern of sin,

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<v Speaker 2>and That's why I can say I'm already a child

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<v Speaker 2>of God, but I'm not yet well behaved. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>yet grown up like I want to be. It's the

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<v Speaker 2>already not yet. And I think if you'll look at

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible that way, it'll help you understand why sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>you see things in the Bible and you're like, oh am,

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<v Speaker 2>I even a Christian Hugh pray without ceasing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't live that way.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you already praise, but though without ceasing part that's

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<v Speaker 2>the not yet. Or the Bible even says that we

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<v Speaker 2>have been adopted into God's family, and then it says

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<v Speaker 2>that we are awaiting our adoption.

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<v Speaker 1>Which one is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's already technically true, but I have not yet

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<v Speaker 2>fully understood all of the implications of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It'd be like if they switched cameras right now.

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<v Speaker 2>You know there's somebody back there that's on the other camera,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just.

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<v Speaker 1>Switch to this one.

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<v Speaker 2>And he had to be ready to do it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I gave him no preparation. That's why I had to

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<v Speaker 2>be there. He was already there waiting for a word

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<v Speaker 2>in order to do what he was there to do.

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<v Speaker 2>So you find yourself in moments in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You get the sense that.

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<v Speaker 2>You are dealing with the not yetness of you, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're hearing about the alreadiness of God, and it can

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<v Speaker 2>be hard to reconcile. So I think that's the scene

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<v Speaker 2>here with Peter and Jesus having breakfast on the shore.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that was the scene that day with me

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<v Speaker 2>having breakfast with my dad.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's the scene in.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life as well, and I invite you into it

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<v Speaker 2>for all of your not yetness.

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<v Speaker 1>One scripture that I really love.

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<v Speaker 2>I honestly had never really paid attention to it, just

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<v Speaker 2>skimmed right over it. But Paul is describing this in

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<v Speaker 2>Second Corinthians six ' ten, So he kind of describes

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<v Speaker 2>it and it sounds a little schizophrenic, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>he's just being real. He says, second Corinthian six ' ten.

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<v Speaker 2>We are sorrowful yet always rejoicing. Then that sounds Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>you need some medicine or something. Man, You kind of

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<v Speaker 2>can't decide. I'm serious, sorrowful yet always rejoicing. And then

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<v Speaker 2>it gets better. He says, poor yet making many rich,

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<v Speaker 2>having nothing yet possessing everything. He's showing us this shift,

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<v Speaker 2>just a little shift. He's like we're sorrowful, yeah, rejoicing,

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<v Speaker 2>we're poor, recounting poor, but out of our poverty.

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<v Speaker 1>It's creating a spiritual richness in the earth. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>glad about that.

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<v Speaker 2>And then that last part really got me because I

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<v Speaker 2>taught you this last week, and I want to go

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<v Speaker 2>a little deeper, he said, having put it back up,

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<v Speaker 2>having nothing yet possessing everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is where I showed you my trick last week.

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<v Speaker 2>When I start getting entitled, when I start getting petty,

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<v Speaker 2>when I start forgetting what God has given me, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a little trick that I've learned to do to realize

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<v Speaker 2>that I have everything. Oh yeah, you're looking at a

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<v Speaker 2>blessed man, A very blessed man.

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<v Speaker 1>I got it all.

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<v Speaker 2>I have everything, And here's how I get everything. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna teach you how to get everything in five seconds,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, because I can really convince myself. Nobody loves me,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody hates me. I guess I'll go eat worms. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess I'll just go over in my corner write one

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<v Speaker 2>of my other little sermons, and nobody loves me.

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<v Speaker 5>And then I go, no, oh, this is ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 2>Not only have I been blessed with so many things.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do an exercise where I imagine the loss

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<v Speaker 2>of someone that I love the most. I imagine the loss.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, that's very negative. No, watch where it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get me, because it's very very powerful. I imagine what

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<v Speaker 2>if I lost Holly? What would I give to have

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<v Speaker 2>her back? Two hundred dollars? Come on, man, everything, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>kill you in take yours if I have to to

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<v Speaker 2>get her back, everything, whatever it takes. I'll be uh,

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<v Speaker 2>what's the movie ransom. I'll be Mel Gibson. I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>Liam Neeson. I will storm through the gates of hell.

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<v Speaker 2>I would do I would give everything to have.

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<v Speaker 1>Her back, and I have her now, So what do

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<v Speaker 1>I have everything? See how quick that was.

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<v Speaker 2>I went from like being annoyed, being perturbed, just being

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<v Speaker 2>all you know, how stupid we can get when we

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<v Speaker 2>get adjusted to something that we've had access to too long.

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<v Speaker 2>We get acclimated to what's available, and then.

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<v Speaker 1>We become unaware of.

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<v Speaker 2>How valuable it is because we become too acclimated to

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<v Speaker 2>what's available.

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<v Speaker 1>So when it says in verse four, oh, I got

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<v Speaker 1>to give you a little bit more about this.

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<v Speaker 2>Early in the morning Jesus done on the shore, but

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<v Speaker 2>the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. I

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<v Speaker 2>realized that their awareness had not caught up with his.

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<v Speaker 1>Theareness yet he was there. They weren't aware.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet he was no less there because they weren't aware

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<v Speaker 2>of it. He's standing on the shore, cooking fish, getting

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<v Speaker 2>ready for them to haul in some more fish.

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<v Speaker 1>They'ven have plenty of fish. It's gonna be fished today.

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<v Speaker 2>But the one thing they couldn't know in that moment

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<v Speaker 2>was that he was already there where they were headed for.

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<v Speaker 2>But there was something he wanted to show them before

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<v Speaker 2>they got there too. And so I look at Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>in this passage and I realized that it's one.

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<v Speaker 1>Thing to look back over my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like teaching and preaching and shouting and praising today,

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<v Speaker 2>and I see almost like a sign hanging over every

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<v Speaker 2>open door in my life, Jesus was here, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like almost I think of Jesus as a graffiti artist.

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<v Speaker 2>You know how they have a tag and they tag

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<v Speaker 2>when they do it, and Jesus does it legally, but

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<v Speaker 2>they tag it.

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<v Speaker 1>I read, I studied a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Bit the first graffiti artist that was recognized for his

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<v Speaker 2>tag was named Cornbread and he was really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>He was in Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 2>He hopped over the fence at the Philadelphia Zoo one

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<v Speaker 2>time when he was seventeen and spray painted the side

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<v Speaker 2>of an elephant and he tagged it Cornbread Lives.

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<v Speaker 1>And I look back over.

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<v Speaker 2>My life now and I see all these tags over

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<v Speaker 2>not just the open doors and the opportunities God gave me,

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<v Speaker 2>but even some of the closed doors that God didn't

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<v Speaker 2>let me go through.

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<v Speaker 1>And now I look.

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<v Speaker 2>Back and I see a tag that he says, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>was here. I look back over some of the relationships

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<v Speaker 2>that God brought into my life and some of the

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<v Speaker 2>ones that I asked him for and he said not yet,

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<v Speaker 2>not yet. I look back over some of the already

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<v Speaker 2>blessings in my life, and I see that, hey, God

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<v Speaker 2>has already been working on this for a long time

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<v Speaker 2>for me. I mean, He's already done so much for me.

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<v Speaker 2>And the more that I access the already blessings in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, the more aware I am no takers get ready.

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<v Speaker 2>The more aware I am of the already blessings, the

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<v Speaker 2>better I can deal with the not yet questions. Reach

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<v Speaker 2>verdeck I already am in this good to get in

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<v Speaker 2>a space where you go, wait a minute, wait a minute. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there are some things that I want God to add

0:25:15.800 --> 0:25:19.240
<v Speaker 2>to my life, but being blessed.

0:25:18.840 --> 0:25:21.359
<v Speaker 1>Is not about what he might or might not add.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about what I access that I already have, and

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<v Speaker 2>learning to access what I already have is the process

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<v Speaker 2>of gratitude, and gratitude is the access point to joy.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I.

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<v Speaker 2>Love my little exercise, because when I am unaware of

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<v Speaker 2>a blessing, I feel like it's not there, even though

0:25:49.080 --> 0:25:49.440
<v Speaker 2>it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Read the scripture, Jesus was on the shore.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't know it. He's there. They're not aware he

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<v Speaker 2>can be there. But until you are aware that he

0:26:00.440 --> 0:26:02.320
<v Speaker 2>is there, it will feel as if he's not.

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<v Speaker 1>So the challenge of this.

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<v Speaker 2>Season of my life as a grown man is not

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<v Speaker 2>to look back and say Jesus was there, but to

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<v Speaker 2>stand in the middle of my not yet and declare.

0:26:20.440 --> 0:26:23.280
<v Speaker 1>Jesus is here.

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<v Speaker 5>I've got to tag it while.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going through it so I can hold to the

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<v Speaker 2>truth in this situation that what I will look back

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<v Speaker 2>on in my life in the next season and say

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<v Speaker 2>God was there, He's here in it right now, but

0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:47.080
<v Speaker 2>his thearness always outpaces your awareness, which is how you

0:26:47.119 --> 0:26:47.720
<v Speaker 2>end up like my.

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<v Speaker 1>Dad, and you go. I felt sorry for you, You

0:26:52.160 --> 0:26:55.560
<v Speaker 1>felt sorry for me. I feel sorry for you.

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<v Speaker 2>God was working on your dumb butt and you were

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<v Speaker 2>too mind to say it.

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<v Speaker 1>God sent it, arrogant little seventeen year old punk. Were

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<v Speaker 1>some Doc Martin's.

0:27:08.640 --> 0:27:10.280
<v Speaker 2>To tell you God's going to turn your life around,

0:27:10.320 --> 0:27:11.159
<v Speaker 2>and you couldn't see it.

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<v Speaker 1>He was there, you just weren't aware of it. How

0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:22.080
<v Speaker 1>mean y'all got something you're worried about this week coming

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<v Speaker 1>up in your life. And I mean this week.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not talking about when you turn ninety four and

0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:29.320
<v Speaker 2>will there still be Social Security and will Biden still

0:27:29.320 --> 0:27:30.919
<v Speaker 2>be president or somebody older.

0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:38.639
<v Speaker 1>But this week, this week, all right.

0:27:39.160 --> 0:27:46.760
<v Speaker 2>God's going to beat you to it. Let me get

0:27:46.760 --> 0:27:58.520
<v Speaker 2>more specific. Jesus is already there. Oh that's so nice.

0:27:59.520 --> 0:28:02.800
<v Speaker 2>Imagine Jesus is already there. This is the problem with

0:28:02.840 --> 0:28:05.800
<v Speaker 2>you Christians. You just have this imaginary friend named Jesus

0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:07.640
<v Speaker 2>that you think is going to work everything.

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<v Speaker 1>Out for you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not imaginary. It's not imaginary for me. And I

0:28:17.680 --> 0:28:20.159
<v Speaker 2>don't know if you can say the same thing. I

0:28:20.320 --> 0:28:22.960
<v Speaker 2>have more proof that He has been there for me

0:28:24.440 --> 0:28:26.120
<v Speaker 2>than almost any other person.

0:28:25.840 --> 0:28:27.520
<v Speaker 1>In my life.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you wanted to convince me that God wasn't real,

0:28:36.840 --> 0:28:39.840
<v Speaker 2>you should have done that a long time ago, because

0:28:39.880 --> 0:28:43.560
<v Speaker 2>you're a little late, because I've already seen the ways

0:28:43.560 --> 0:28:47.520
<v Speaker 2>that He's made for me. I've already seen the things

0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:51.280
<v Speaker 2>that he's brought me through. I have already seen him

0:28:51.320 --> 0:28:56.280
<v Speaker 2>bring water from a rock. I have already seen him. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>high five somebody and say I already know. So you

0:29:00.560 --> 0:29:01.360
<v Speaker 2>can't make.

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<v Speaker 1>Me doubt him because I know too much about him.

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<v Speaker 1>I already know. I'm not studying a book to find

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<v Speaker 1>out if he's real. I'm not waiting on.

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<v Speaker 5>A scientist to bust stop in.

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<v Speaker 2>A molecule or splinting at him to tell me if

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<v Speaker 2>Christ lives. I got the tag over my life, said, jeez,

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<v Speaker 2>I lives.

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<v Speaker 5>If you know he's alive, shout up, Come on, give him.

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<v Speaker 1>An already praise. What's it already praise?

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<v Speaker 2>It's when I praise him in a.

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<v Speaker 1>Not yet situation for a blessing that he's all right.

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<v Speaker 5>I need pressed down, singing together.

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<v Speaker 4>Whoever I.

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<v Speaker 1>Need to teach, but high five at least three people.

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<v Speaker 1>But you didn't tell me what to tell him.

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<v Speaker 6>See ah, I think we need to recognize the connection

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<v Speaker 6>between appreciating our already as we.

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<v Speaker 1>Anticipate are not yet.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the greatest skill that God can give you

0:30:56.880 --> 0:31:04.360
<v Speaker 2>to help you fight depression, distraction, discouragement, temptation. See when

0:31:04.400 --> 0:31:08.880
<v Speaker 2>you stay in not yet and forget you're already, you

0:31:09.040 --> 0:31:14.720
<v Speaker 2>go running after stuff that is less than you because

0:31:14.760 --> 0:31:18.800
<v Speaker 2>you got tired of waiting on something that was not

0:31:18.920 --> 0:31:33.040
<v Speaker 2>yet ready for you. But when you know who you are,

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<v Speaker 2>when you know what you've already gotten, when you know

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<v Speaker 2>who's already chosen.

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<v Speaker 5>You to be His called you by name, seal you with.

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<v Speaker 7>His spirit, adopted you as his child, you can stand

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<v Speaker 7>in your already and say, like Paul, I don't have

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<v Speaker 7>it yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that word.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to therapy and my therapist taught me how

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<v Speaker 2>to say that word.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm serious. It helped me.

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<v Speaker 2>I say I just can't figure it out, and the

0:32:12.240 --> 0:32:16.760
<v Speaker 2>therapist will interrupt and say, ah, yet, I got.

0:32:16.560 --> 0:32:19.440
<v Speaker 1>All my nerves. I said, I'm not paying you to

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<v Speaker 1>correct me.

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<v Speaker 2>I said I can't figure it out and I hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>figured it out, and the therapist will say yet, And

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<v Speaker 2>every time they said, yet, it took me back to

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<v Speaker 2>how many things God had already done for me.

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<v Speaker 8>I see, My already gave me the balance for my

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<v Speaker 8>not yet.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I want you to imagine things being out

0:32:47.160 --> 0:32:48.640
<v Speaker 2>of your life that are in your life, so you

0:32:48.680 --> 0:32:50.960
<v Speaker 2>can get back in your already. I drove up to

0:32:50.960 --> 0:32:54.040
<v Speaker 2>the church today and I was like, oh man, this church,

0:32:54.200 --> 0:32:55.520
<v Speaker 2>it got so much debt.

0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:57.760
<v Speaker 1>We just got to pay off all our debt. Oh wait, no,

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<v Speaker 1>God already paid off our debt.

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<v Speaker 2>That made me want Now you'll see why I'm in

0:33:06.800 --> 0:33:08.080
<v Speaker 2>such a good mood preaching today.

0:33:09.120 --> 0:33:11.160
<v Speaker 1>I preach real good with no debt on my back.

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<v Speaker 2>It didn't get paid off in those five minutes before

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<v Speaker 2>I came out to preach to you. I just recalled

0:33:18.120 --> 0:33:23.240
<v Speaker 2>it to my mind, and I accessed thee already, so I.

0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:24.680
<v Speaker 1>Can move ahead into the not yet.

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<v Speaker 2>You ever thought about how many things in this passage

0:33:29.880 --> 0:33:34.920
<v Speaker 2>of scripture that Jesus asked the disciples that he.

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<v Speaker 1>Already knew. It's kind of funny. Please hear me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not disrespecting Jesus when I say this. I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>using a current term to describe something that's in the text.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was trolling these boys. I don't mean like troll

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<v Speaker 2>the motor on the boat. I mean like troll of

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<v Speaker 2>messing with them.

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<v Speaker 1>Us. Jesus said, uh, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, I did a sermon that made him

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<v Speaker 2>mad one time, called sneaky Jesus. They thought I meant

0:34:04.280 --> 0:34:06.800
<v Speaker 2>that he was deceptive. I didn't mean deceptive. I mean

0:34:06.840 --> 0:34:10.560
<v Speaker 2>he'll sneak up on you. He snuck up on the shore.

0:34:11.719 --> 0:34:15.279
<v Speaker 2>Didn't tell him it was him, all right, So they

0:34:15.320 --> 0:34:18.200
<v Speaker 2>don't recognize him. He's there, they're not aware. That's just

0:34:18.200 --> 0:34:20.440
<v Speaker 2>like you right now. He is there in ways you're.

0:34:20.239 --> 0:34:21.600
<v Speaker 1>Not aware of right now.

0:34:23.520 --> 0:34:25.120
<v Speaker 2>And you'll look back and see the tag and it

0:34:25.160 --> 0:34:29.960
<v Speaker 2>won't say Cornbread lives. It'll say Jesus lives. But you

0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:33.480
<v Speaker 2>got to see it now. So he's on the shore

0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:36.919
<v Speaker 2>and they don't know he's there. And then verse five,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, friends, haven't you any fish?

0:34:43.200 --> 0:34:46.719
<v Speaker 1>So the one who created fish doesn't know if they've

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<v Speaker 1>caught any.

0:34:49.280 --> 0:34:53.880
<v Speaker 2>I think I speculate that he already knew, because he's

0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:57.200
<v Speaker 2>sovereign and he's God, so I think he knew. So

0:34:57.239 --> 0:35:01.680
<v Speaker 2>they say no, and then he says, okay, throw your

0:35:01.680 --> 0:35:03.120
<v Speaker 2>nets over to the right side of the boat, and

0:35:03.160 --> 0:35:03.759
<v Speaker 2>you'll find something.

0:35:05.040 --> 0:35:05.239
<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing that he knew is where the fish were.

0:35:08.760 --> 0:35:12.399
<v Speaker 2>He already knew that. And the other thing he knew

0:35:12.400 --> 0:35:14.319
<v Speaker 2>is that their nets were going to break and they

0:35:14.320 --> 0:35:17.279
<v Speaker 2>couldn't haul him in without some help. But then because

0:35:17.280 --> 0:35:19.960
<v Speaker 2>the nets didn't end up breaking. But the disciple whom

0:35:20.000 --> 0:35:21.360
<v Speaker 2>Jesus lost said to Peter is the Lord. As soon

0:35:21.400 --> 0:35:22.800
<v Speaker 2>as Simon Peter hurt and say is the Lord, he

0:35:22.840 --> 0:35:25.040
<v Speaker 2>wrapped the telagramerun and jumped into the water.

0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:27.600
<v Speaker 1>And what I really.

0:35:28.000 --> 0:35:30.960
<v Speaker 2>Couldn't get over about this passage, and I don't know

0:35:30.960 --> 0:35:35.319
<v Speaker 2>if you noticed it, is that it said they were

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<v Speaker 2>not far from the shore, about one hundred yards.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, so.

0:35:45.440 --> 0:35:50.480
<v Speaker 2>Let's do some math. They're in the boat fishing, catching nothing.

0:35:50.760 --> 0:35:53.200
<v Speaker 2>Jesus is on the shore one hundred yards away. I

0:35:53.239 --> 0:35:56.160
<v Speaker 2>don't know the exact dimensions of Peter's boat. It is

0:35:56.200 --> 0:36:00.200
<v Speaker 2>Peter's boat. That's why Jesus chose Peter to be his disciple,

0:36:00.719 --> 0:36:02.200
<v Speaker 2>because Jesus needed transportation.

0:36:04.000 --> 0:36:06.000
<v Speaker 1>I heard all these deep things. He chose Peter because

0:36:06.000 --> 0:36:09.320
<v Speaker 1>he was no. It wasn't his boldness, it was his boat.

0:36:09.360 --> 0:36:10.520
<v Speaker 1>That's why Jesus chose him.

0:36:10.560 --> 0:36:12.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm settling it once in for all and his boldness,

0:36:12.840 --> 0:36:15.240
<v Speaker 2>but mostly his boat because he needed to travel around.

0:36:15.400 --> 0:36:17.680
<v Speaker 2>So now Peter's back in that boat and he's fishing.

0:36:17.960 --> 0:36:20.000
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know the exact dimensions of the boat,

0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:23.360
<v Speaker 2>but I do know one thing. No matter how big

0:36:23.400 --> 0:36:26.040
<v Speaker 2>this boat was, is there anybody here who has a boat?

0:36:27.000 --> 0:36:27.520
<v Speaker 1>Got a boat?

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, God's not going to strike you for having

0:36:30.040 --> 0:36:33.880
<v Speaker 2>a boat. You have a boat in tithe and go

0:36:33.920 --> 0:36:39.520
<v Speaker 2>to heaven, all right? How big could the boat be?

0:36:40.200 --> 0:36:42.200
<v Speaker 2>If it was, let's say it was like a pretty

0:36:42.200 --> 0:36:45.840
<v Speaker 2>big fishing boat, but just a singular boat. Some research

0:36:45.920 --> 0:36:47.800
<v Speaker 2>that I accessed, it doesn't say it in the text.

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<v Speaker 1>It said it might have been about eight feet wide max.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not about right.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it conceivable that it would have been eight feet wide?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So you mean to tell me.

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<v Speaker 2>They have been fishing all night and they are about

0:37:06.200 --> 0:37:11.520
<v Speaker 2>to row in one hundred yards to the shore and

0:37:12.200 --> 0:37:15.960
<v Speaker 2>from one side of the boat to the other. Is

0:37:16.000 --> 0:37:23.360
<v Speaker 2>the difference between we're starving and we're stuffed.

0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:26.399
<v Speaker 1>You mean to.

0:37:26.360 --> 0:37:31.520
<v Speaker 2>Tell me that they've been out there all night and

0:37:33.040 --> 0:37:36.160
<v Speaker 2>at just the moment they're about to give up. I'm

0:37:36.160 --> 0:37:40.600
<v Speaker 2>prophesying to somebody prophesying to somebody at just the moment

0:37:40.640 --> 0:37:43.360
<v Speaker 2>they're about to row the boat ashore one hundred yards.

0:37:44.440 --> 0:37:47.799
<v Speaker 1>What they don't know in that moment.

0:37:48.800 --> 0:37:51.640
<v Speaker 2>Is that if they take the nets from the left

0:37:51.680 --> 0:37:55.719
<v Speaker 2>side of the boat to the right side of the boat,

0:37:57.320 --> 0:38:01.719
<v Speaker 2>and if the boat is only eight feet and the

0:38:01.920 --> 0:38:09.200
<v Speaker 2>shore is one hundred yards away, that means it's easier

0:38:09.760 --> 0:38:12.600
<v Speaker 2>for them to keep fishing than.

0:38:12.480 --> 0:38:13.680
<v Speaker 1>It is for them to give up.

0:38:16.920 --> 0:38:21.640
<v Speaker 2>Follow me, you gotta go one hundred yards to give up,

0:38:23.000 --> 0:38:25.120
<v Speaker 2>but you only gotta go eight feet.

0:38:27.120 --> 0:38:28.240
<v Speaker 1>For a great catch.

0:38:31.800 --> 0:38:36.560
<v Speaker 2>And the fish aren't on the way when you drop

0:38:36.600 --> 0:38:37.120
<v Speaker 2>the nets.

0:38:40.160 --> 0:38:42.240
<v Speaker 1>The fish are.

0:38:44.480 --> 0:38:52.560
<v Speaker 2>Already the fish at the moment you drop the nets.

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<v Speaker 1>The fish don't start to swim. Nah.

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<v Speaker 9>That's what Jesus got to the shore early, because it's oh.

0:39:00.320 --> 0:39:04.239
<v Speaker 2>The fish to swim, and they did. So. When you

0:39:04.320 --> 0:39:09.719
<v Speaker 2>drop your nets in your not yet season, you need.

0:39:09.480 --> 0:39:13.600
<v Speaker 9>To know that what's your fishing for is not far

0:39:13.880 --> 0:39:16.480
<v Speaker 9>from you.

0:39:16.480 --> 0:39:20.840
<v Speaker 5>You might be eight feet away from.

0:39:20.640 --> 0:39:27.400
<v Speaker 9>A new day, eight feet away from restoration, eight feet

0:39:27.440 --> 0:39:33.400
<v Speaker 9>away from freedom from your addiction, eight feet away from

0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:36.520
<v Speaker 9>a relationship that will take you out.

0:39:36.320 --> 0:39:40.000
<v Speaker 1>Of the loneliness and bring you into fruitful union.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, feet away when you hate to miss your harvest

0:39:46.840 --> 0:39:53.120
<v Speaker 2>and find out it was only eight feet away.

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<v Speaker 6>It's gonna be big, baby, It's gonna be big.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be big. You're gonna make a difference. You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna tell others. You're gonna help others. You're not just

0:40:02.920 --> 0:40:06.000
<v Speaker 1>gonna be selfish. You're gonna serve others. God already knows

0:40:06.040 --> 0:40:06.560
<v Speaker 1>what he's.

0:40:06.360 --> 0:40:09.480
<v Speaker 2>Called you to do, and the devil wants you to

0:40:09.520 --> 0:40:11.520
<v Speaker 2>pull that boat in and give up because he knows

0:40:12.200 --> 0:40:17.560
<v Speaker 2>you're eight feet away. See, it is the principle that

0:40:17.719 --> 0:40:21.839
<v Speaker 2>sometimes a small shift can make a big difference. A

0:40:21.880 --> 0:40:26.120
<v Speaker 2>small shift just to make a small shift. Today, you're

0:40:26.120 --> 0:40:31.920
<v Speaker 2>not as far as you think you are. Whoever this

0:40:32.120 --> 0:40:35.640
<v Speaker 2>word is for, it is burning like a fire in

0:40:35.719 --> 0:40:39.759
<v Speaker 2>my bones. You're not as far as you think you are.

0:40:43.520 --> 0:40:44.040
<v Speaker 1>I wish I.

0:40:44.040 --> 0:40:46.160
<v Speaker 2>Could muster the faith I had when I told my

0:40:46.280 --> 0:40:48.919
<v Speaker 2>dad that you're not as far as you think you are.

0:40:50.320 --> 0:40:53.200
<v Speaker 2>God can snatch you with his pinky finger. He's strong,

0:40:54.920 --> 0:40:58.879
<v Speaker 2>his hand is not slack. I don't care how far

0:40:59.000 --> 0:41:01.120
<v Speaker 2>you are. You're not as you think you are. Not

0:41:01.200 --> 0:41:07.000
<v Speaker 2>from God. He's God who told the sun when to rise,

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<v Speaker 2>and he did he's God.

0:41:09.719 --> 0:41:11.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about.

0:41:10.719 --> 0:41:15.360
<v Speaker 2>God who told the storm to be still and it did.

0:41:15.800 --> 0:41:19.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about God who told the walls when to

0:41:19.560 --> 0:41:20.439
<v Speaker 2>fall and they did.

0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:23.600
<v Speaker 5>I'm talking about God who told the bones.

0:41:23.160 --> 0:41:27.640
<v Speaker 1>Come alive and they did. I'm gonna have another one.

0:41:27.719 --> 0:41:31.680
<v Speaker 2>And if he told the fish when to swim and

0:41:31.800 --> 0:41:32.600
<v Speaker 2>they did.

0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:34.000
<v Speaker 1>He will again.

0:41:34.440 --> 0:41:38.600
<v Speaker 2>And if he told the fish when to swim and

0:41:38.800 --> 0:41:40.920
<v Speaker 2>they did, he will again.

0:41:41.320 --> 0:41:42.280
<v Speaker 1>It's a remix.

0:41:42.800 --> 0:41:47.600
<v Speaker 5>We hadn't even released him original. Yes, and we're already

0:41:47.680 --> 0:41:48.960
<v Speaker 5>working on the remix.

0:41:49.640 --> 0:41:50.560
<v Speaker 1>Because he's God.

0:41:51.440 --> 0:41:52.240
<v Speaker 10>Her, He's God.

0:41:53.160 --> 0:41:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Hardy's stay bo.

0:41:54.880 --> 0:41:59.000
<v Speaker 5>Did you hear any devil? Cause he's God's how Handy's God?

0:42:00.040 --> 0:42:00.680
<v Speaker 2>Dad? He saith?

0:42:00.840 --> 0:42:06.640
<v Speaker 5>Who man, it's all away, it's all away, it's all away.

0:42:07.480 --> 0:42:08.359
<v Speaker 3>It's on the way.

0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:09.720
<v Speaker 1>Let your dad's gown.

0:42:13.960 --> 0:42:16.960
<v Speaker 5>WHOA?

0:42:18.080 --> 0:42:20.120
<v Speaker 1>So I see a picture right now? Stay with me,

0:42:20.160 --> 0:42:22.280
<v Speaker 1>Stay with me, Stay with me. I want to minister

0:42:22.360 --> 0:42:25.360
<v Speaker 1>to somebody. You think you are so far from God.

0:42:25.680 --> 0:42:26.120
<v Speaker 1>Watch this.

0:42:26.719 --> 0:42:30.719
<v Speaker 2>Not only was Jesus only one hundred yards away and

0:42:30.800 --> 0:42:33.879
<v Speaker 2>they had no idea that he was. And not only

0:42:33.920 --> 0:42:36.160
<v Speaker 2>were the fish only eight feet away and they had

0:42:36.200 --> 0:42:45.279
<v Speaker 2>no idea that they were. But Peter, you have already

0:42:45.360 --> 0:42:52.080
<v Speaker 2>been restored in God's eyes. Now it's time for you

0:42:52.200 --> 0:42:58.680
<v Speaker 2>to be restored in your eyes. Receive it, Receiver it,

0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:08.880
<v Speaker 2>Paul said, you can go from having nothing to possessing everything.

0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:18.680
<v Speaker 2>Having nothing yet possessing everything. Your nets are empty. You

0:43:18.719 --> 0:43:19.800
<v Speaker 2>don't have it yet.

0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:24.160
<v Speaker 8>That doesn't mean it's not there. So the gift you

0:43:24.239 --> 0:43:29.759
<v Speaker 8>have is real. It just isn't fully grown yet. The

0:43:29.800 --> 0:43:31.960
<v Speaker 8>forgiveness that you have is real.

0:43:32.320 --> 0:43:35.960
<v Speaker 2>You're just not fully acquainted and familiar with your freedom

0:43:35.960 --> 0:43:40.000
<v Speaker 2>in Christ yet. I'm saving your money on a therapy bill.

0:43:40.080 --> 0:43:41.160
<v Speaker 2>This is what they're going to do if you go

0:43:41.239 --> 0:43:41.640
<v Speaker 2>over there.

0:43:41.760 --> 0:43:43.759
<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to save you some money on a therapy bill.

0:43:43.960 --> 0:43:48.680
<v Speaker 2>Drop a little something in the bucket for your therapist today.

0:43:49.480 --> 0:43:52.320
<v Speaker 2>I want you to see the power of your yet,

0:43:54.000 --> 0:43:58.239
<v Speaker 2>and to believe in the God of already is to

0:43:58.320 --> 0:44:04.520
<v Speaker 2>trust the God of Yet with every step to take,

0:44:05.920 --> 0:44:10.080
<v Speaker 2>with every habit that you implement. A lady told me

0:44:10.080 --> 0:44:13.560
<v Speaker 2>at elevation nights. She was standing there, and I did

0:44:13.600 --> 0:44:15.120
<v Speaker 2>the thing that y'all hate when I do. And I said,

0:44:15.120 --> 0:44:16.759
<v Speaker 2>turn to your neighbor and say And she said, I

0:44:16.840 --> 0:44:19.640
<v Speaker 2>rolled my eyes, and you made me say something to

0:44:19.640 --> 0:44:22.760
<v Speaker 2>my neighbor and he was tall, and I was single,

0:44:23.560 --> 0:44:24.640
<v Speaker 2>and he was sending.

0:44:26.400 --> 0:44:29.239
<v Speaker 1>And she wrote me a letter and said, today he

0:44:29.400 --> 0:44:30.200
<v Speaker 1>is my husband.

0:44:30.960 --> 0:44:33.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm not making it up. I'm not making it up.

0:44:33.719 --> 0:44:36.200
<v Speaker 2>I'll print the email. I'll put it on Twitter's faces

0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:37.560
<v Speaker 2>and my Space.

0:44:48.239 --> 0:44:50.720
<v Speaker 1>I mean because something as simple as turned to your neighbor.

0:44:55.040 --> 0:44:59.480
<v Speaker 1>Turn to your neighbor real quick and tell him not yet,

0:44:59.520 --> 0:45:04.360
<v Speaker 1>not yet yet, not yet. I thought he was finished.

0:45:04.360 --> 0:45:04.719
<v Speaker 3>Not yet.

0:45:06.440 --> 0:45:09.520
<v Speaker 11>Hey, hey, so so imagine.

0:45:10.120 --> 0:45:11.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you could stay and softly LJ.

0:45:12.360 --> 0:45:13.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm done teaching, but I want to give you the

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<v Speaker 2>picture from Luke fifteen, because I would hate not to

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<v Speaker 2>give you this. You remember how I told you there

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<v Speaker 2>are two stories here, and Jesus taught one and then

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<v Speaker 2>the other one he actually acted out, and they're both

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<v Speaker 2>saying the same thing, that you're not as far as

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<v Speaker 2>you think you are. There were two sons and one

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<v Speaker 2>son to his father. I want my share of the

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<v Speaker 2>inheritance now, Luke fifteen. So he set up to a

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<v Speaker 2>distant country. What kind of country? Say it again? A

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<v Speaker 2>distant country. While he was there, he spent all that

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<v Speaker 2>he had on riotous living. For a little while went good,

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<v Speaker 2>but then eventually he came to a point where nobody

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<v Speaker 2>knew how bad it was, and he longed to fill

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<v Speaker 2>his stomach with the husk that the swine ate. He

0:45:57.400 --> 0:46:02.280
<v Speaker 2>was that low. Finally, Bubble says, he came to himself.

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<v Speaker 2>He came to himself. I believe somebody's coming to yourself today.

0:46:10.200 --> 0:46:14.480
<v Speaker 2>And God is already there. God already sees you like

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<v Speaker 2>you really are. You just don't yet. Came to himself

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, how many of my father's hired servants

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<v Speaker 2>have food to spair, and here I am starving to death.

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<v Speaker 2>I will arise and go to my father, and perhaps

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<v Speaker 2>he will make me like one of his hired servants.

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<v Speaker 2>So verse twenty is where it really picks up for

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<v Speaker 2>our purpose as we close today.

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<v Speaker 1>It said that he got up and went to his father, but.

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<v Speaker 2>While he was still a long way off, his father

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<v Speaker 2>saw him. How many times did I read this story

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<v Speaker 2>and never really notice what was happening, Because just before this.

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<v Speaker 1>This boy is making a story that he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell his dad.

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<v Speaker 2>He's making his plan to get back in good graces

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<v Speaker 2>with his dad, to reconcile, to get back where he belongs.

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<v Speaker 2>And a lot of you are like that. You're like, OK,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna get my life together. I'm gonna do this.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna join a gym, and

0:47:08.360 --> 0:47:11.759
<v Speaker 2>then I'm gonna drink smoothie and then I'm gonna I

0:47:11.760 --> 0:47:12.680
<v Speaker 2>don't want to smooth.

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<v Speaker 1>Want milk shake.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna drink a milkshake. And then I'm gonna join

0:47:14.600 --> 0:47:18.680
<v Speaker 2>a gym and I'm gonna join that gym where they

0:47:18.719 --> 0:47:20.320
<v Speaker 2>have milkshakes at the gym and pizza.

0:47:20.440 --> 0:47:23.760
<v Speaker 1>I like that gem.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's playing it all out, but he's tired, he's exhausted,

0:47:26.160 --> 0:47:28.839
<v Speaker 2>he's a shame. And not to make light of the story,

0:47:28.880 --> 0:47:31.399
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he really doesn't know. Am I even gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be welcome back? Is this even gonna work? And I

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<v Speaker 2>don't just mean this for people y'all who are I mean,

0:47:37.640 --> 0:47:39.520
<v Speaker 2>I certainly mean this for people who don't know God,

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<v Speaker 2>but for those of us who do. There are times

0:47:41.120 --> 0:47:45.440
<v Speaker 2>in our life where we think, I feel sorry for you, preacher.

0:47:45.440 --> 0:47:48.239
<v Speaker 1>You're telling me all this, but you don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>far I am.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know what's going on with me and my wife.

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<v Speaker 2>One guy finally told me the other day, he said,

0:47:58.760 --> 0:48:01.040
<v Speaker 2>I've been faking you out for five months. I keep

0:48:01.640 --> 0:48:04.080
<v Speaker 2>telling you everything's good, but because I don't want you

0:48:04.120 --> 0:48:05.400
<v Speaker 2>to think bad of me, because you're a preacher.

0:48:05.400 --> 0:48:07.359
<v Speaker 1>But I hain't had a job for five months.

0:48:07.360 --> 0:48:09.280
<v Speaker 2>I've been leaving the house every day just going to Panera,

0:48:09.320 --> 0:48:10.600
<v Speaker 2>so my kids would think I had a job.

0:48:10.640 --> 0:48:11.440
<v Speaker 1>And I don't know what I'm gonna do.

0:48:11.440 --> 0:48:14.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm running out of money, and all over the room

0:48:14.760 --> 0:48:20.759
<v Speaker 2>there are not yet empty nets.

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<v Speaker 1>All over the world.

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<v Speaker 2>So you get this strategy in your mind and you think, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>here's how I'm gonna get it together.

0:48:29.160 --> 0:48:32.360
<v Speaker 1>Here's sow I'm gonna fix it. And you know that

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<v Speaker 1>could be exhausting.

0:48:34.400 --> 0:48:36.480
<v Speaker 2>It can stop you from even taking the first step. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta imagine with every step that the boy is taking,

0:48:42.280 --> 0:48:45.960
<v Speaker 2>he's thinking, God, I hope, I hope Dad will have

0:48:46.120 --> 0:48:50.279
<v Speaker 2>me back, even if he'll just let me sleep outside.

0:48:51.000 --> 0:48:53.920
<v Speaker 2>I'll prove myself. I'll work my way back. I'll get there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get there. It may take me years, I'll get there.

0:48:59.160 --> 0:49:01.759
<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna make a each to him. Remember it's

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<v Speaker 2>a distant country. So he's got a long walk.

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<v Speaker 1>Ahead of him.

0:49:06.520 --> 0:49:09.000
<v Speaker 2>And at some point along this long walk, as he's

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<v Speaker 2>rehearsing his speech, father, I'm no longer worthy making me

0:49:11.680 --> 0:49:12.440
<v Speaker 2>a hired servant.

0:49:12.680 --> 0:49:13.960
<v Speaker 1>I've disgraced you, I've shamed you.

0:49:13.960 --> 0:49:17.120
<v Speaker 2>I've sinned, and I'm sorry. Maybe I should put the

0:49:17.120 --> 0:49:19.600
<v Speaker 2>first part first. So I'm sorry, I have sinned.

0:49:20.320 --> 0:49:21.440
<v Speaker 1>I sinned. I'm sorry.

0:49:21.480 --> 0:49:23.600
<v Speaker 2>And every step he's working this out and rehearsing it

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<v Speaker 2>in his mind.

0:49:24.400 --> 0:49:26.160
<v Speaker 1>Here's how many get back, here's how many to do it.

0:49:26.200 --> 0:49:28.720
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna I'm gonna say to my father. I'm gonna

0:49:28.719 --> 0:49:31.360
<v Speaker 2>say to my father. I'm gonna say to my father.

0:49:32.480 --> 0:49:39.600
<v Speaker 2>And while he's rehearsing his speech, somehow, someway, his father

0:49:41.280 --> 0:49:45.320
<v Speaker 2>is already running toward.

0:49:45.160 --> 0:49:54.759
<v Speaker 11>Them, and you look up and you realize, oh, he's

0:49:54.800 --> 0:49:55.439
<v Speaker 11>already here.

0:49:58.680 --> 0:50:03.680
<v Speaker 2>While he was still a long way off, well, he

0:50:03.800 --> 0:50:06.000
<v Speaker 2>still thought I have so far to go.

0:50:08.200 --> 0:50:10.200
<v Speaker 1>And the one that he was planning to gravel to.

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<v Speaker 11>Grabs him with grace.

0:50:16.280 --> 0:50:20.840
<v Speaker 1>And pulls him in. You're not as far as you

0:50:20.920 --> 0:50:21.400
<v Speaker 1>think you are.

0:50:23.320 --> 0:50:25.440
<v Speaker 2>It takes a while to put your life back together,

0:50:27.080 --> 0:50:29.279
<v Speaker 2>but it only takes a moment to be right with God.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all it is.

0:50:36.440 --> 0:50:41.319
<v Speaker 2>He already decided it, he already paid for it.

0:50:43.719 --> 0:50:50.560
<v Speaker 1>You were always his, you always will be his, always

0:50:50.680 --> 0:50:54.640
<v Speaker 1>have been welcomed in his presence, always will be loved.

0:50:59.160 --> 0:51:04.359
<v Speaker 2>The God have already is the God of every Not yet.

0:51:05.840 --> 0:51:09.560
<v Speaker 1>We stand in the middle today, and I want to

0:51:09.600 --> 0:51:11.480
<v Speaker 1>tell you save your speech.

0:51:13.480 --> 0:51:15.800
<v Speaker 2>God doesn't need you to tell them twenty five reasons

0:51:15.800 --> 0:51:20.000
<v Speaker 2>you're sorry. Just come to them and say, Father, I'm yours,

0:51:22.200 --> 0:51:28.080
<v Speaker 2>and I trust that everything I'm worried about. And tomorrow

0:51:28.719 --> 0:51:36.080
<v Speaker 2>you're already there. You're already on the shore. You're not far,

0:51:38.440 --> 0:51:47.120
<v Speaker 2>so I'm not far. I'm already loved. I'm already Choseph.

0:51:47.239 --> 0:51:51.360
<v Speaker 2>I know who I am. I'm a child of God.

0:51:52.080 --> 0:51:57.480
<v Speaker 2>Nothing can change that. I know what you've spoken. I'm

0:51:57.520 --> 0:52:02.680
<v Speaker 2>already loved more than I could imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>That is enough, mon.

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<v Speaker 12>Moy, I know who lied, I know what's useful. I'm moready,

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<v Speaker 12>more than doggety Marger, the bloody isinglady.

0:52:41.080 --> 0:52:53.400
<v Speaker 10>I'm bracial, and though who lied, I know what's useful

0:52:53.440 --> 0:53:00.160
<v Speaker 10>locking more already, boy the dog be.

0:53:00.360 --> 0:53:04.160
<v Speaker 1>Mad body.

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<v Speaker 3>Seem already. I'm already Jos, I know who. I know

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<v Speaker 3>what you say?

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<v Speaker 11>One thing?

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<v Speaker 13>Pay is he not? Ham already already.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe, Joe, who.

0:53:49.400 --> 0:53:55.480
<v Speaker 1>I know what you come more than I paid?

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<v Speaker 3>Hurdy is he.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey?

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