WEBVTT - I'm Not Stuck Unless I Stop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>This amazing, this amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>This amazed.

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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to give you a chance, in case

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<v Speaker 2>you're still amazed by the grace of God, to celebrate him.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell your neighbor if you only knew, tell him, if

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<v Speaker 2>you only knew what I've been through and the wrong

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<v Speaker 2>things I've done, you'd be amazed that I'm still singing.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell them what I am. I am what I am

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<v Speaker 1>by the grace of God. I know that much.

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<v Speaker 3>It's amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, shout out loud.

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<v Speaker 3>It's amazed. It's amazed.

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<v Speaker 4>It's Amazay's amazed where he brought me from.

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<v Speaker 3>It's amazed.

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<v Speaker 5>It's amazed.

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<v Speaker 4>Why the same messy easy, it's amazed.

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<v Speaker 1>Glory to God. Well, let's lift up a praise like

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<v Speaker 1>amazed people. How do amaze people praise God? Glory to God?

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>I thank God that I get the opportunity to shepherd

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<v Speaker 2>you and to serve you.

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<v Speaker 1>As a minister of the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>My job is to put God's word in your heart

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<v Speaker 2>in every way that I possibly can. If it needs

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<v Speaker 2>a song, if it needs a sermon, if it needs

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<v Speaker 2>a book, If God has it and he gives it

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<v Speaker 2>to me, I won't even wrap it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll just give it to you unwrapped, out the box.

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<v Speaker 1>How many love those out of the box words from God? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got one today. Yeah, I got one today. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited what he shared with me to share with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Be in prayer for us.

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<v Speaker 2>We're due to be in Hershey, Pennsylvania, about sixty hours

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<v Speaker 2>from now or so, maybe a little less than that.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna be ministering to people all over the northeastern

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<v Speaker 2>United States, and we're gonna be in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio,

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<v Speaker 2>Grand Rapids, Michigan, and three other places Boston and Philly.

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<v Speaker 1>And Long Island. Now listen.

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<v Speaker 1>When you do, you will get the audiobook of.

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<v Speaker 2>Do the New You for free, and that'll be great.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm excited those of you that will be seeing

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<v Speaker 2>in the next few days. We're gonna sing and worship

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<v Speaker 2>and pray. God is gonna move and break chains and

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<v Speaker 2>part seas and lift the spirit of heaviness, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna save people and heal people and deliver people. And

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<v Speaker 2>we're counting on our church family to pray for us

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<v Speaker 2>and to lift us up before the throne and ask

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<v Speaker 2>that God would use our entire teams, a whole army

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<v Speaker 2>to go out there and do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And thank you for having our back. Do you have

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<v Speaker 1>our back? Do you have our back?

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<v Speaker 3>All right?

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<v Speaker 1>Then well I'm good. If you got my back, I'm good.

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<v Speaker 2>Also I want to thank every single one of you

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<v Speaker 2>who have supported the new book this week. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>if you bought it, if you shared about it, if

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<v Speaker 2>you left a positive review, thank you. I believe the

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<v Speaker 2>message is important. We're taking our time over the next

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<v Speaker 2>few weeks because we're on a journey together, a journey

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<v Speaker 2>to be more like Jesus, a journey to follow him

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<v Speaker 2>into our future. And this journey of following Jesus cannot.

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<v Speaker 1>Be done alone.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's why I'm so grateful that we don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to today. I want to pray one more time before

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<v Speaker 2>we take our seat, that the Holy Spirit would be

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<v Speaker 2>our guide.

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<v Speaker 1>I also want to encourage you.

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<v Speaker 2>Every single one of you, whether online or at a camp,

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<v Speaker 2>has an opportunity to join what we call our E

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<v Speaker 2>groups today. The E stands for empowerment. I bet you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know that. You thought it stood for elevation. Nope,

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<v Speaker 2>it stands for empowerment because getting the instructions from God

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<v Speaker 2>without having the empowerment to live them out.

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<v Speaker 1>Will frustrate you.

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<v Speaker 2>So these groups are our way of putting some very

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful people in front of you who voluntarily have given

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<v Speaker 2>their time, their homes, their caprice sons and their fudge

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<v Speaker 2>rounds to feed you physically and spiritually. So please click

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<v Speaker 2>on the link, stop by at the location. You cannot

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<v Speaker 2>do the new you without the right y'all. You know

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<v Speaker 2>that the Bible says you are a chosen people, people plural,

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<v Speaker 2>you singular.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to get around the right people.

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<v Speaker 2>And this year, I'm looking for some people who are

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<v Speaker 2>headed where I'm headed, and are hearing what I'm hearing,

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<v Speaker 2>and who want to be like.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus with me. So let's follow Jesus together.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you ready for mindset one?

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<v Speaker 3>All right?

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody shouted, and after you shout this, you can take

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<v Speaker 2>your seat.

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<v Speaker 1>Say I'm not stuck unless I stop now. High five

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<v Speaker 1>six people say, don't stop now. The ain't mad. You

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<v Speaker 1>may be seated.

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<v Speaker 2>Bring the screen, let's teach, let's preach. Put it in

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<v Speaker 2>the comments. I'm not stuck unless I stop. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>stuck unless I stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Pray for my handwriting. I'm gonna put some words on

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<v Speaker 1>that screen.

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<v Speaker 2>First, I want to read this word to you from

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew chapter twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>There's some water, this sweater is in my mouth. Pomeranian anointing.

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<v Speaker 6>Ah, thank you, Congratulations to Graham Ferdick State Champion. Congratulations

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<v Speaker 6>to Elijah Ferdick, who released my most personal interview ever

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<v Speaker 6>on the Youth Nation podcast. This league, we'll put it

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<v Speaker 6>out together, and y'all have had some amazing guests, but

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<v Speaker 6>I checked in mindus the highest of you y'all ever

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<v Speaker 6>put out.

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<v Speaker 2>It's congratulations. More so, congratulations to Abby who's taking pictures

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<v Speaker 2>on the photography team somewhere. I asked her when I

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<v Speaker 2>woke her up this morning, I said, how many smiles

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<v Speaker 2>do you want during the sermon today because they have

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<v Speaker 2>to get pictures of me smiling?

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<v Speaker 1>And she says, sometimes I don't smile at them. She

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<v Speaker 1>said ten, so we'll try to get there.

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<v Speaker 2>She said, I need you to smile ten times, but

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<v Speaker 2>not all in a row. Matthew Chapter twenty, Matthew Chapter twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>verse twenty nine through thirty four.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, Let's do it on screen. Yeah, let's

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<v Speaker 1>do it on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>I asked, Brody, can you put the whole Bible on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen for me and I can just pull it

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<v Speaker 2>up at will?

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<v Speaker 1>And he did that for me. You'll give it up

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<v Speaker 1>for Brody. Thank you, Brodie.

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew Chapter twenty. What am I doing? I got a

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<v Speaker 2>stylist back here. Aha, all the way down to verse

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nine. Two blind men receive side. As Jesus and

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<v Speaker 2>his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

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<v Speaker 2>Two blind men, we're sitting by the roadside, and when

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<v Speaker 2>they heard that Jesus was going by. I think y'all

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<v Speaker 2>need to get the whole thing on the screen, don't you. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there it is. You got to see all this. And

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<v Speaker 2>those of you that are adjusting to the font size,

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<v Speaker 2>you're old like me. This is like size five hundred

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<v Speaker 2>font and some of us are still struggling.

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<v Speaker 1>Happy birth, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when

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<v Speaker 2>they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>Son of David. I'm not going to use my whole

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<v Speaker 2>full shouting right now, not this early in the sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>When they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted,

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<v Speaker 2>Lord Love, Lord son of David, have mercy on us.

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<v Speaker 2>The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet.

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<v Speaker 5>But they.

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<v Speaker 1>Shouted all the louder.

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<v Speaker 2>I like these guys, I said, I like these guys.

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<v Speaker 2>The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted

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<v Speaker 2>all the louder, Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Son of David, have mercy on us.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's shout that, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

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<v Speaker 1>Now. If you don't need mercy, keep your mouth shut.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you need mercy in your life because you're

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<v Speaker 2>not always perfect, shout with me.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord son of David, have mercy on us. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus stopped and called them, what do you want

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<v Speaker 2>me to do for you?

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<v Speaker 1>He asked Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>They answered, we want our sight, and Jesus had compassion

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<v Speaker 2>on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their

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<v Speaker 2>sight and followed him. So say it again. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>stuck unless I stop. I want to make a connection.

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<v Speaker 2>As we study this today where it says they received

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<v Speaker 2>their sight and followed him, I want to draw your

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<v Speaker 2>attention to something. Is that, if you go back to

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<v Speaker 2>the beginning of the passage, these men have experienced an

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<v Speaker 2>amazing change. How many believe that God can still change

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<v Speaker 2>your life in an amazing way at any moment, at

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<v Speaker 2>any age, at any stage, And it can come from

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<v Speaker 2>a direction that you never see it coming. And it

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<v Speaker 2>can happen at a time when you had convinced yourself

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<v Speaker 2>that it was over, and when you feel the stuckest.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when God does some of his best stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a friend in high school who had a

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<v Speaker 2>big truck, and he just lived for when somebody got

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<v Speaker 2>stuck so he could show off his truck.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a God who has a big truck.

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<v Speaker 2>He lives for the moments when somebody gets stuck so

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<v Speaker 2>he can show what he's got. The stuck word is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of a nice word to use to describe how

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<v Speaker 2>we feel. Sometimes we could use a lot of other

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<v Speaker 2>words as well, depression and anxiety, and states that we

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<v Speaker 2>get stuck in situations and circumstances that seem insurmountable. Relational

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<v Speaker 2>profiles that never seem to change though everyone else seems

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<v Speaker 2>to change theirs, Monthly habits that seem unbreakable, in patterns

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<v Speaker 2>of thought that seem to be embedded into the very

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<v Speaker 2>way that you are.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what we're challenging in this series. Do the new You.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I wrote the book. I don't just want

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<v Speaker 2>to be your life coach. I want to be your

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<v Speaker 2>holy ghost life coach. Can I be your holy ghost

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<v Speaker 2>life coach for a few minutes today and talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the way that discipleship, which is really what we're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about following Jesus' discipleship. Put that word in the comments, please, discipleship.

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<v Speaker 2>Discipleship is always about redefinition. And I'll explain in the

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<v Speaker 2>passage we just read. These two men had a physical problem.

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<v Speaker 2>They were blind. This blindness is not only limited to

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<v Speaker 2>the physical realm. The disciples who followed Jesus were blind

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<v Speaker 2>not because they couldn't use their eyes, but because they

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<v Speaker 2>could not see what he was doing even as he

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<v Speaker 2>did it. They would fight over position. As he was

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<v Speaker 2>speaking about purpose, and even as he was moving toward

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<v Speaker 2>the cross to save the world from its sins, they

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<v Speaker 2>were arguing about status and who gets the best seats

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven? Can you believe that the disciples were blind?

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<v Speaker 2>The men were blind? The Bible says that there were

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<v Speaker 2>two blind men sitting by the roadside, probably begging, because

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<v Speaker 2>the procession called Passover was happen. And now Passover was

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<v Speaker 2>an annual feast for the Jews. This one was different.

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<v Speaker 2>This one was different because Jesus was going not to

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<v Speaker 2>see the lamb that was sacrificed in the Passover, but

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<v Speaker 2>to be the lamb. He wasn't going just to commemorate

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<v Speaker 2>an event in history. He was coming to redefine history

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<v Speaker 2>as we knew it. It's a significant moment in Jesus's life,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet everything in the passage screams of limitation. For

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<v Speaker 2>although Jesus is fully God and able to do whatever

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<v Speaker 2>he wants, he doesn't have much time left to walk

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<v Speaker 2>the earth as a man. He's one week away from

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<v Speaker 2>hanging on a cross, just a little bit over a

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<v Speaker 2>week away from rising from the dead.

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<v Speaker 1>He's headed to Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 2>He's headed to Jerusalem to face the cheers of the

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<v Speaker 2>crowd when he arrives, riding on a donkey as they

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<v Speaker 2>spread their palm branches on the road, saying Hosanna, Hosanna, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Means save now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet days later, many of the same crowds that shouted Hosannah.

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<v Speaker 1>Will be shouting crucify him.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't ever commit your view of yourself to a crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>If they like you, wonderful.

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<v Speaker 2>If they don't like you, and God still loves you,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll still have something to eat and somewhere to live

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<v Speaker 2>in His presence. I don't know what I'm talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>and therefore Jesus never committed his identity to the opinion

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<v Speaker 2>of a crowd, and you can't either. I wish I

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<v Speaker 2>was preaching just to the youth right now. I would

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you about your crowd, and I would tell

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<v Speaker 2>you that you are becoming too much like your crowd

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<v Speaker 2>and too little like your Christ. Your Christ can help

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<v Speaker 2>you stand out from the crowd. Your Christ can help

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<v Speaker 2>you go the right way, even if the whole crowd

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<v Speaker 2>goes the wrong way. But I'm getting ahead of myself,

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<v Speaker 2>because I want to talk about the two men who

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<v Speaker 2>were blind. And notice it says two things happened to

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<v Speaker 2>them because they shouted. Everybody shouts, say whoo, everybody say, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>have mercy on me. That's what they shouted. And when

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<v Speaker 2>they shouted, he called them. And when he called them,

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<v Speaker 2>he touched them. And when he touched them, he healed them.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he healed them, this is what I thought

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<v Speaker 2>was the best part of the text. In verse thirty four,

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<v Speaker 2>it said they received their site and followed him. Now

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<v Speaker 2>all the way back to the beginning of the passage,

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<v Speaker 2>you see this little chapter heading right here.

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<v Speaker 1>That is not originally in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, this is the part that is the word of

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<v Speaker 2>God that was translated from the original language.

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<v Speaker 1>This is something somebody put.

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<v Speaker 2>In a study Bible to tell you this is a

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<v Speaker 2>new section. But the Bible isn't like Netflix with chapter titles,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, the Bible doesn't have track ID.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible is just written.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no chapter in verse divisions, and there are certainly

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<v Speaker 2>no subject headings. So what was written here I want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about for a moment, and I want us

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<v Speaker 2>to think about for a moment. And the reason that

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted it to be on the screen is so

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<v Speaker 2>that you can see it for yourself. And I have

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<v Speaker 2>a question. It says two blind men receive site. And

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<v Speaker 2>here's my question. If this happened, why are they still

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<v Speaker 2>called that? If they received their site, it stands.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason that they are no longer blind.

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<v Speaker 2>I would like to suggest that we retitle this passage.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't change the passage. Just call it what actually happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Call it what actually happened. Maybe instead of calling this

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<v Speaker 2>chapter two blind men received their sight, because if they see,

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<v Speaker 2>they're no longer blind. But people will memorize how they

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<v Speaker 2>met you and call you that for the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>your natural days.

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<v Speaker 1>I would suggest that God is the author of your story.

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<v Speaker 2>I would suggest that he is the Alpha and Omega.

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<v Speaker 2>I would suggest that it's him holding the pen. I'm smiling, Abby,

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<v Speaker 2>Do you see me smiling. I'm smiling because I know

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<v Speaker 2>he turned it around for me. I'm smiling because I

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<v Speaker 2>know it doesn't matter what they called me. I'm smiling

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<v Speaker 2>because I know he did some things for me. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's amazing grace. How sweet the sound that saved a

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<v Speaker 2>wretch like me? Hot once was lost, but now I'm found?

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<v Speaker 1>Was blind West line? West line?

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody shoutst line, I'm waiting.

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<v Speaker 1>For this section. Y'all are sleeping touch.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody say I was line, but I'm not now now

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<v Speaker 2>I see.

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<v Speaker 1>How about we.

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<v Speaker 2>Call this passage not two blind men received sidewatch this?

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<v Speaker 2>Can I do this? Am I gonna get in trouble?

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<v Speaker 2>In trouble? No, I don't think I'm gonna get in

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<v Speaker 2>trouble because I think we need to.

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<v Speaker 1>Call it too bold men. How you like that devil.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna call them what their condition said they were.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna call them what their past had them

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<v Speaker 2>trapped in. I'm not gonna call them what they had

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<v Speaker 2>known up to that point before they met the Savior

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<v Speaker 2>who knew them from before they were born. How about

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<v Speaker 2>we call this passage two, bold men become disciples because

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<v Speaker 2>in verse twenty nine three people like it.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to like it.

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<v Speaker 7>God did it anyway. You don't have to love for it.

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<v Speaker 7>God does what he wants to do. The whole crowd

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<v Speaker 7>was telling them stop shouting. Stop that, that's ridiculous. Would

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<v Speaker 7>you stomp that? Look at your never say stomp that?

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<v Speaker 1>Do it like I did it with that whatever voice that.

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<v Speaker 2>Was, stomp that na stomp that. The whole crowd told

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<v Speaker 2>them to be quiet. The whole crowd told them to

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<v Speaker 2>be quiet. I circled the phrase I'm looking for you

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<v Speaker 2>there it is, told them, told them, let's circle it again.

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<v Speaker 2>The whole crowd told them this is pointless. Don't you

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<v Speaker 2>see you're blind. No making jokes. I'm just bringing the

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<v Speaker 2>irony of it to the surface. But I love their boldness. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to speculate that maybe their blindness contributed

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<v Speaker 2>to their boldness. The Bible says that we walk by faith,

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<v Speaker 2>not by sight, and maybe if they had seen how

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<v Speaker 2>big the crowd was around Jesus, they wouldn't have had

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<v Speaker 2>the faith to say anything about their own condition. For

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<v Speaker 2>all of you who think that we shouldn't preach about

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<v Speaker 2>personal growth from the pulpit. When Jesus asked them in

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<v Speaker 2>and what do you want? They didn't pray about environmental

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<v Speaker 2>pollution or carbon footprint or world hunger. They asked for

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<v Speaker 2>something that they needed. And Jesus did not turn them

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<v Speaker 2>away as selfish, but he enabled them to experience what

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<v Speaker 2>their previous tradition had indicated was not possible. There are

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<v Speaker 2>some of you here, and there is a whole crowd

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<v Speaker 2>telling you just keep it down, don't even bother, don't

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<v Speaker 2>even worry about it. But the interesting thing is not

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<v Speaker 2>all crowds are outside.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of the crowds that tell us to keep it down.

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<v Speaker 2>Are the crowds you carry inside from.

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<v Speaker 1>The voices of fear that you've accumulated in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you don't even really understand sometimes how the

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<v Speaker 2>trauma of what you went through became your template for

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<v Speaker 2>where you think God.

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<v Speaker 1>Can take you.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the problem that I have when people say

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<v Speaker 2>I'm finding myself. If I'm finding myself, it means I'm lost.

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<v Speaker 2>If I'm lost, I need a guide. I have come

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<v Speaker 2>to the point in my life that the only way

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to find me is to follow Jesus, because

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<v Speaker 2>the only one who really knows what my life is

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be, or mean or produce is the manufacturer

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<v Speaker 2>or the Bible calls the gardener who planted the potential

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<v Speaker 2>in me to begin with, let's talk for a moment

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<v Speaker 2>about this crowd that told them to be quiet. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what your insecurities are trying to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you today. I don't know what your regrets are trying

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you today.

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<v Speaker 1>For some of you, it's this constant voice that.

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<v Speaker 2>Says, you missed it, you blew it. It's over, you

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<v Speaker 2>wasted it. It's gone, and you can't now if it

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<v Speaker 2>was going to it would have by now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's stronger than you and you can't go back now.

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<v Speaker 2>And you shouldn't have done it, but you did do it,

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<v Speaker 2>and now you have to.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep doing it. It is the voice of the crowd

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<v Speaker 1>telling you stop it.

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<v Speaker 2>Even being at church today was a struggle for some

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<v Speaker 2>of us, because while you want to hear God's voice,

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<v Speaker 2>there's another voice telling you you really need to stop

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<v Speaker 2>going to church. It's not changing your life anyway. Why

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<v Speaker 2>do you keep serving God? Why do you keep trying

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<v Speaker 2>to be a person of integrity? Don't you notice that

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<v Speaker 2>the nice guy's finished last anyway?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you trying to be pure?

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't you notice that all your friends who have no

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<v Speaker 2>sexual morals are getting the girls and you're not. Why

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<v Speaker 2>are you even trying to reclaim this part of your

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<v Speaker 2>life when every time you try it only gets harder.

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<v Speaker 2>Why are you even going back to rehab right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Why would you even try again? Just stop, Just give

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<v Speaker 2>up on yourself. Everybody else has given up on you.

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<v Speaker 2>The voice of the crowd on the inside is louder

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<v Speaker 2>than the voice of the crowd on the outside. There

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<v Speaker 2>is no noise cancelation for the voice of the crowd

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<v Speaker 2>on the outside. There is no numbing of the things

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<v Speaker 2>that you say inside of yourself that keep you down.

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<v Speaker 2>So I know that while the voice of God is

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<v Speaker 2>going forth today, calling you forward into some things, calling

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<v Speaker 2>you out of some things and into some others, calling

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<v Speaker 2>you above some things, so that the things that are

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<v Speaker 2>under your feet can stay there where they belong, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can walk on ahead into your future, I know

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<v Speaker 2>there is another voice telling you just stop. But I

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<v Speaker 2>love these gold blind, these bold men. If you get

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<v Speaker 2>to heaven and you want to meet these two men

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<v Speaker 2>from Matthew twenty. Make sure you ask for them by

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<v Speaker 2>the right name, because if you ask for the blind

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<v Speaker 2>men in Matthew chapter twenty, nobody will come.

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<v Speaker 1>To meet you and sign your book.

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<v Speaker 2>So say, I want to meet those bold brothers from

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew chapter twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to meet those bold brothers who.

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<v Speaker 2>Decided I'm leaving the life I knew and following into

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<v Speaker 2>the new, I'm going forward. They shouted, and the crowd

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<v Speaker 2>said stop. They shouted, Lord, have mercy on us.

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<v Speaker 1>They shouted. Everybody say they shouted. Nobody shouted saying they shouted,

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<v Speaker 1>And I love that they shouted.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you everybody shout some kind of way, Just shout

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<v Speaker 2>some kind of way. What is amazing about their shout.

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<v Speaker 2>What is amazing about their shout is that it indicates

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<v Speaker 2>a principle that I think will be very important to

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<v Speaker 2>you in this season of your life. Don't ever let

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<v Speaker 2>what you don't have keep you from using what you do. Remember, Saints,

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<v Speaker 2>they couldn't see, but you don't have to see the shout.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, you don't have to see to shout. Not

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<v Speaker 2>only did they shout, but watch this when Jesus called,

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<v Speaker 2>they came because you don't have to see to step.

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<v Speaker 2>It's harder, but you can still do it. I came

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<v Speaker 2>to preach to somebody today who feels stuck. And the

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<v Speaker 2>issue is not that you're stuck. The issue is that

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<v Speaker 2>you've stopped. The issue is not.

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<v Speaker 1>That God has done with you, not by a long shot.

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<v Speaker 2>The issue is that you have allowed what you don't have,

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<v Speaker 2>your sight, to keep you from using what you do have,

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<v Speaker 2>your shout and your steps. Because even if I have

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<v Speaker 2>to shout and stumble and shout and stumble and shout

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<v Speaker 2>and stumble, I can still get there, even if I

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<v Speaker 2>have to proclaim I am the righteousness of God, and

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<v Speaker 2>stumble and sin and proclaim that I am the righteousness

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<v Speaker 2>of God, and stumble and sin and proclaim that I

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<v Speaker 2>am the righteousness of God because Jesus died for me,

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<v Speaker 2>and stumble and sin and carry the heavy burden of

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<v Speaker 2>my habits. But know that every day He's transforming me.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I have to stumble, a stumble is still

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<v Speaker 2>a step. Put it in the chat right now while

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<v Speaker 2>it's fresh.

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<v Speaker 8>A stumble is still a step, and a shout is

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<v Speaker 8>still a shout. Even if I shout with my eyes closed,

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<v Speaker 8>Watch this, Lord, I close my eyes, I couldn't see,

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<v Speaker 8>but I could shout. Right now, I'm in the season

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<v Speaker 8>of my life where there are some things.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't see clearly. I don't know which one God

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<v Speaker 2>wants me to do next. I don't know how God's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna make away on this.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how he's gonna help me pay it off.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how I'm gonna bounce back from it.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't know who's gonna be with me in

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<v Speaker 2>this season. But the fact that I can't see it

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<v Speaker 2>will not stop me from shouting about it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my decision. Come on, tell somebody you're not stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>You just stopped. You just stopped. You just stopped.

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<v Speaker 2>You Stop being optimistic because you didn't see any evidence.

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<v Speaker 2>You stop believing you could rise above it because nobody

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<v Speaker 2>in your family ever had. You'll stop believing that it

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<v Speaker 2>could really be true for you, even though God spoke it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to be ignorant about the challenges that

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<v Speaker 2>you face. I'm just trying to issue a higher point

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<v Speaker 2>of view than the one you've been living with. They

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<v Speaker 2>heard that Jesus was coming and they shouted, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>take this message to a Pentecostal church and preach it

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<v Speaker 2>like it needs to be preached. This bapt Episcopalian community

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<v Speaker 2>fellowship don't know how to preach for the Word of

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<v Speaker 2>God because we would have shouted. We would have shouted

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<v Speaker 2>seven times by now have we really been listening? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting warmed up. I need you to know something.

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<v Speaker 2>I need you to know something. There is nothing that

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<v Speaker 2>you're not that God will require to do what He

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<v Speaker 2>intends to do through your life. You know how many

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<v Speaker 2>people give up and stop on something that God spoke

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<v Speaker 2>to them just because they don't see I talked to one.

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<v Speaker 1>Guy who told me I would have started at church.

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<v Speaker 1>He's seventy.

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<v Speaker 2>He said I would have started at church, but I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know how to do children's ministry.

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<v Speaker 1>It would surprise you what stops people.

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<v Speaker 2>He was anointed to preach, he was anointed to teach,

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<v Speaker 2>he was anointed to lead, and yet he couldn't see

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<v Speaker 2>that in leading someone else to do what they were

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<v Speaker 2>gifted to do children's ministry, he could have moved past

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<v Speaker 2>the limitation. The key premise of my message is this

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<v Speaker 2>and the mindset that I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Not stuck unless I stop. It's very simple but I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I should break it down for you.

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<v Speaker 2>And so.

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<v Speaker 1>What what what? What? What? What? Why? Well, maybe that's

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<v Speaker 1>the word God wanted you to get to today. You're

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<v Speaker 1>telling me, and I'm.

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<v Speaker 5>Telling you, I'm ded knowing, get go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>Through the valley, through the storm. I'm the worship it

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<v Speaker 2>all the more. Raise is a weapon. It's more than

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<v Speaker 2>a sound.

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<v Speaker 1>Raise this the water my enemy's drout is I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>dying in this red sea. Pharaoh is, I'm not dying

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<v Speaker 1>in this red seat. Fear is, I'm not dying in

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<v Speaker 1>this red sea. See it is.

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<v Speaker 2>Shame is just races getting praise.

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<v Speaker 1>If you know how to shout, do it now? How

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<v Speaker 1>abom now?

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<v Speaker 5>How of them?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Would be a very good time the show. No, no,

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<v Speaker 2>don't shout now. Save it for a football game. No no,

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<v Speaker 2>don't shout now, Save it for a baseball game.

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<v Speaker 1>No, don't shout now, say that for march madness. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not like God brought through this far.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like hey, mad way after a way.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like he's for a com miracol sh after miracle.

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<v Speaker 5>It's not like he open no after floor watch this

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<v Speaker 5>dun for many.

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<v Speaker 1>Southing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like those two bold men. I'm shouting before I

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<v Speaker 2>can see it. Oh, I saw something, y'all. I saw something, y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw something in my Bible. I brought this Bible

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<v Speaker 2>up here on this screen to show you something. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to show it to you right now. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>saving this. I'm excited about it. I'm excited about what

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<v Speaker 2>God did. I'm excited about who he did it for.

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<v Speaker 2>He did it for the ones that no one else

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<v Speaker 2>was paying attention to. He did it for the ones

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<v Speaker 2>who are in the most desperate situation. He's gonna do

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<v Speaker 2>it for the one here today who's hurting the most.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna do it for the one here today who

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<v Speaker 2>is confused. He's gonna do it here for the one

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<v Speaker 2>today who is reaching out to him. He's gonna do

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<v Speaker 2>it for the one today who doesn't have much time left.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna do it for the one today who wasted

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<v Speaker 2>some of the good seasons. He's gonna do it here

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<v Speaker 2>today for somebody who's weak in your body. He's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do it for somebody who's stuck. Because he's got a

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<v Speaker 2>really big truck and he likes to show you what

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<v Speaker 2>he can pull you out off.

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<v Speaker 1>So, if you've been in something, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says that Jesus did it for the blind men,

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<v Speaker 2>and he did it instantly, and he did it compassionately,

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<v Speaker 2>and he touched them. And when he touched them, did

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<v Speaker 2>you see that he touched them? He didn't need to

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<v Speaker 2>shout anymore because God doesn't have.

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<v Speaker 1>To shout when he's close to you.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you can't hear him right now, if you

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<v Speaker 2>can't feel him right now, if you can't see him

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<v Speaker 2>right now, maybe you will hear the still small voice

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<v Speaker 2>and feel a touch and of a sudden what the

0:36:25.400 --> 0:36:29.359
<v Speaker 2>crowd told them had no power over the Savior who

0:36:29.480 --> 0:36:34.720
<v Speaker 2>touched them. When God touches you, no matter what fear

0:36:34.840 --> 0:36:38.319
<v Speaker 2>tells you, no matter what the enemy tells you, tim

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what he told you, when God touches you,

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<v Speaker 2>did you wear those sunglasses to help me illustrate this

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<v Speaker 2>sermon today? When God touches you, and he says, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't care what they've told you. I don't care what

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<v Speaker 2>they've called you. I don't care how they've labeled you.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care if they said it's a learning disability.

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<v Speaker 1>Knock. When this ability meets the disability, God.

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<v Speaker 2>Will raise up something that is absolutely race compounding amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing grace.

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<v Speaker 2>And he did it for people who couldn't see it,

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<v Speaker 2>and he didn't for people who couldn't do it for themself.

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<v Speaker 2>And he called them and they followed. And I was

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<v Speaker 2>reading this passage over and over again, and I realized

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<v Speaker 2>that he did not come to them.

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<v Speaker 1>He called them because when he found them, they were sitting.

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<v Speaker 2>But he didn't want to leave them sitting in Jericho.

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted to get them stepping toward Jerusalem. This is

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<v Speaker 2>why God doesn't always make it easy for you. This

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<v Speaker 2>is why even in the moments where he has compassion,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes in his compassion, he'll tell you come. It does

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<v Speaker 2>not say Jesus went to them. As a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 2>what it says is absolutely amazing. Everybody say amazing. I

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<v Speaker 2>want y'all to love this Bible. I want y'all to

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<v Speaker 2>get a highlight or a blue one and a yellow one,

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<v Speaker 2>and a pink one, and a raspberry one and a

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<v Speaker 2>scented one.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I want you to sniff that raspberry in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>And start looking for the righteousness of God in the

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<v Speaker 2>Word of God and the revelation of God with your

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<v Speaker 2>raspberry highlighter and start circling stuff that God speaks to

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<v Speaker 2>you so you can get a better word over your family.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, got ge go, got got go, get y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm shutting upbout what I'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody shout Lord, say Lord, and now be the crowd

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<v Speaker 2>say stop, say Lord, not be the crowd say stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Desides say Lord, say loud, loud. By the way, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say something. I love these guys, it says. When

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<v Speaker 1>the crowd told them to be quiet, they shouted all

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<v Speaker 1>the louder. So let's practice. Everybody say stop on this side.

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<v Speaker 1>Now say Lord. Now say stop louder, louder, louder, say stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Now watch this stop. Crowd says stop. Fear says stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Insecurity says stop past that stop did she says stop?

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<v Speaker 9>The pressure say stop. Anxiety says stop. And because they

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<v Speaker 9>didn't stop, because put it back on the screen, tech team.

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<v Speaker 9>I gotta show this to my Epham. I gotta show

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<v Speaker 9>this to somebody who has made.

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<v Speaker 1>Up your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna stop following Jesus. I'm not gonna stop

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<v Speaker 2>praying about it. I'm not gonna stop seeking him. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna stop encouraging. I'm not gonna stop using my gift.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna stop using this annoying thing. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna stop speaking life. I'm not gonna stop praising him.

0:40:14.680 --> 0:40:17.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna stop trusting him. I'm not gonna stop.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna stop. And because they didn't stop, Jesus did.

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<v Speaker 1>He did.

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<v Speaker 2>Because they didn't stop, they just shouted, louder I love him.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only did they not stop, they took it to

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<v Speaker 2>another level. Not only did they not stop, they took

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<v Speaker 2>it to another level. And not only did they get here,

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<v Speaker 2>they followed Jesus and they didn't go back to Jericho.

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<v Speaker 1>All of this started with a shout. I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>back to Jericho. And it started with a shout. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I seem to remember something in the Bible. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you can help me pull it on about

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<v Speaker 1>a shout in Jericho.

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<v Speaker 2>I seem to remember something. Can we find it in

0:41:36.719 --> 0:41:40.319
<v Speaker 2>the Bible? Come on, everybody who wants this good part

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<v Speaker 2>of the words, shout right now, shout lader. Everybody who

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<v Speaker 2>wants God to give you an update and make you

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<v Speaker 2>a disciple, and purge you, and purify you and get

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<v Speaker 2>your mind right and bring his spirit to break change,

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<v Speaker 2>make some noose. This is not the first shout in Jericho.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says in Joshua, chapter six, verse number.

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<v Speaker 1>One, somebody shout. Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred.

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<v Speaker 2>You remember Jericho. You remember Jericho. It was the first

0:42:29.120 --> 0:42:32.399
<v Speaker 2>city that God called his people to take over. After

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<v Speaker 2>forty years of stuck in the wilderness, after forty years

0:42:36.760 --> 0:42:40.400
<v Speaker 2>of going in circles, after forty years of saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Those giants are bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>Than us, after a whole generation complained and wasted away

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<v Speaker 2>and waged not a war against.

0:42:48.080 --> 0:42:52.279
<v Speaker 1>Their enemies, but a war against their own destiny. Now

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<v Speaker 1>Jericho was securely barred up.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk about stuck. You're standing at the edge of something.

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<v Speaker 2>How many feel like this. I'm at the edge of

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<v Speaker 2>something and I can't get in. I'm at the edge

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<v Speaker 2>of joy, but I can't keep it. I'm at the

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<v Speaker 2>edge of a blessing, but I keep messing it up.

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<v Speaker 2>And I get a little bit, and I spend more,

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<v Speaker 2>and I get a little bit, and I eat more,

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<v Speaker 2>and I stuff in a numb and I don't understand why.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Jericho was securely barred because.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the Israelites. Remember, the enemy is intimidated by you

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<v Speaker 2>because he knows who's fighting for you.

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<v Speaker 1>No one went in, no one came out. They are stuck.

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<v Speaker 1>But where the previous generation stopped, they didn't, The Bible

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<v Speaker 1>says in verse two.

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<v Speaker 2>Then the Lord said to Joshua, see, I have delivered

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<v Speaker 2>past tense Jericho into your hands, along with its king

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<v Speaker 2>and it's fighting men. March around the city once. Oh cool, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I could do that. Yeah, I'll march around the city once.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna give me the victory. If I just march

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<v Speaker 2>around the city once.

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<v Speaker 1>That sign me. I'm doing to do it. Absolutely do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm join Jim and I'm gonna meditation app on my

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<v Speaker 2>phone as well in a Bible blam, the Bible blam.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna reading the message Bible. I really like the

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<v Speaker 1>message Bible. That's great. But nothing happened once. March around

0:44:15.360 --> 0:44:16.840
<v Speaker 1>the city once. Is what I told Josha. What this

0:44:16.880 --> 0:44:18.440
<v Speaker 1>is what I told you. March aro on once with

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<v Speaker 1>all the arm men.

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<v Speaker 3>Do this for.

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<v Speaker 1>Six days.

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<v Speaker 2>Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams horns in front

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<v Speaker 2>of the art. Now on the seventh day, take a

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<v Speaker 2>few deep breaks because you're about to shot again.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell the people in your apartment. Don't get nervous. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>about to shot again, though. Just tell them, Just tell them, Hey,

0:44:40.400 --> 0:44:42.160
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna hear me holler. But don't call nine one one.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't call nine one one, Just call Joshua was six.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I'm shouting about something that I can't see right now, because.

0:44:49.920 --> 0:44:51.479
<v Speaker 1>I'm shouting about something I can't feel.

0:44:51.560 --> 0:44:53.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm shouting about something I don't have the factual backing

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<v Speaker 2>for right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Eh, I'm shouting about something you can't see right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Have them march around seven times with the priest blowing

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<v Speaker 2>the trumpets. Remember every day they marched and nothing happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Took faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day you pray and believe and nothing comes back

0:45:12.880 --> 0:45:14.560
<v Speaker 2>in the form of love toward your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Is a day that takes faith. Every day that the desire.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't leave you, but you commit to get back up

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<v Speaker 2>even though.

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<v Speaker 1>You slip, takes faith.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you're waiting for the walls to fall, and

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<v Speaker 2>so you're waiting for the pain to go away, and

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<v Speaker 2>so you're waiting for it to get easier, and so

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<v Speaker 2>you're waiting for the right pill to fix it. And

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<v Speaker 2>so you're waiting for the right key to break it

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<v Speaker 2>and unlock it forever. But the Bible says that it

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<v Speaker 2>took six days of stuck, and on the seventh day,

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<v Speaker 2>I appreached a message one time called don't stop on six.

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<v Speaker 2>I preached that message when I was going through hell.

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<v Speaker 2>I preached that message when the media was saying that

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<v Speaker 2>I was a liar and a hypocrite and that I

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<v Speaker 2>was buying my way onto a bestseller list with my

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<v Speaker 2>book that I never did, and that we were faking baptisms,

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<v Speaker 2>and that I preached that message don't stop on six.

0:46:15.120 --> 0:46:17.440
<v Speaker 1>And I walked around the podium and I got down

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<v Speaker 1>on my face.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm forty four now, so I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>do that part anymore because getting up is different. But

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<v Speaker 2>I got down on my face and I talked about

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<v Speaker 2>the lapse where you have to crawl, and I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about the nights where you have to fake it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about the days where you have to go

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<v Speaker 2>in the bathroom at work and cry and go I

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<v Speaker 2>can't even get through the day.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's nine forty five in the morning, and the

0:46:37.600 --> 0:46:38.760
<v Speaker 1>Bible seems it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Just hieroglyphics to me right now, and the impulse is

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<v Speaker 2>stronger than my integrity right now.

0:46:43.520 --> 0:46:44.400
<v Speaker 1>And I preached and I.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, don't stop on six because on the seventh day,

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<v Speaker 2>you never.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, this might be the one.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this might be the time, and this might

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<v Speaker 2>be the day, and this might be the seed, and

0:46:57.440 --> 0:47:00.480
<v Speaker 2>this might be the season, and this might be the moment,

0:47:00.719 --> 0:47:03.319
<v Speaker 2>and you might be the one to break it off

0:47:03.400 --> 0:47:05.040
<v Speaker 2>of everybody with your last.

0:47:04.920 --> 0:47:07.960
<v Speaker 1>Name who is yet to be born. So don't stop.

0:47:11.880 --> 0:47:16.000
<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says when you march around the city

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<v Speaker 2>seven times, everybody shouts seven.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the number of completion.

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<v Speaker 2>Now high five to seven people and say, I'm getting

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<v Speaker 2>this done.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm getting this done. I'm getting this done. I'm getting

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<v Speaker 1>this done.

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<v Speaker 2>What you say, kid going, keep going, keep going, kid going?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, stumble yeah, slip, Yeah, I did it. Yeah. I

0:47:43.840 --> 0:47:45.840
<v Speaker 1>struggle with it, but I'm done it.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I'm not it.

0:47:48.200 --> 0:47:51.319
<v Speaker 1>No, I'm not in. I got a new man. I'm

0:47:51.400 --> 0:47:54.000
<v Speaker 1>not a blond man. I'm a bold man.

0:47:54.280 --> 0:47:55.480
<v Speaker 3>I'm not the old man.

0:47:56.040 --> 0:47:59.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm a new man. I'm a new man. I'm a

0:47:59.560 --> 0:48:01.680
<v Speaker 1>new man. Yeah, I'm an man.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch this.

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<v Speaker 1>Verse five is my verse. Verse five is my verse.

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<v Speaker 1>Put it on the lower thirds, so I can preach it.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody shout, don't stop.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't stop shouting, and Jesus stopped in the middle

0:48:20.920 --> 0:48:23.080
<v Speaker 2>of the street on the way to the cross to

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<v Speaker 2>save the world, and he's calling you right now.

0:48:28.200 --> 0:48:29.680
<v Speaker 1>He stopped this moment in time.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you, God stopped the relationship that you were

0:48:33.560 --> 0:48:36.759
<v Speaker 2>addicted to so he could open your eyes to who

0:48:36.800 --> 0:48:40.799
<v Speaker 2>you really are. Some of you, God stopped the job

0:48:40.920 --> 0:48:44.080
<v Speaker 2>that you were greater than, so that you would develop

0:48:44.160 --> 0:48:46.520
<v Speaker 2>your skill and humility to go to the next level

0:48:46.560 --> 0:48:47.640
<v Speaker 2>and learn from the mistake.

0:48:48.880 --> 0:48:52.279
<v Speaker 1>When you don't stop, God does.

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<v Speaker 2>A silence, accusation, A silence condemnation.

0:48:57.160 --> 0:48:57.840
<v Speaker 1>I silence.

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<v Speaker 2>What the crowd says, I what your instagram feed says

0:49:01.840 --> 0:49:02.520
<v Speaker 2>I silence?

0:49:02.600 --> 0:49:04.920
<v Speaker 1>What your negative result says? Silence.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that the crowd has to be quiet, and the

0:49:10.440 --> 0:49:16.200
<v Speaker 2>Christ has called you, let's look at this Jericho shout.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't realize when I read about the blind Man

0:49:20.480 --> 0:49:24.799
<v Speaker 2>that the shout that they released in Jericho was an echo.

0:49:31.000 --> 0:49:34.160
<v Speaker 1>It was the echo in Jericho.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you know anything about what happens next in

0:49:38.320 --> 0:49:43.319
<v Speaker 2>this passage in chapter six, verse five of Joshua, now

0:49:43.400 --> 0:49:48.200
<v Speaker 2>we're ready. The Bible says, when you hear them, sound

0:49:48.920 --> 0:49:55.000
<v Speaker 2>a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army

0:49:56.000 --> 0:49:56.400
<v Speaker 2>give a.

0:49:58.920 --> 0:50:08.640
<v Speaker 1>What you're gonna do? You mean I preached an hour

0:50:09.840 --> 0:50:12.400
<v Speaker 1>in this heavy sweater and you still don't know what

0:50:12.560 --> 0:50:15.239
<v Speaker 1>to do? Are you kidding me?

0:50:16.680 --> 0:50:20.040
<v Speaker 10>You mean I wrote a whole book, I've been pastor

0:50:20.280 --> 0:50:25.680
<v Speaker 10>a whole trip, and you still eighteen years and we

0:50:25.920 --> 0:50:28.000
<v Speaker 10>still don't know what to do with the wall.

0:50:28.600 --> 0:50:29.359
<v Speaker 1>What's this thing?

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<v Speaker 3>What's a wall? To away? Megger?

0:50:33.680 --> 0:50:35.600
<v Speaker 1>What's a wall to away? Meger?

0:50:36.800 --> 0:50:37.480
<v Speaker 3>What's a day?

0:50:37.680 --> 0:50:41.960
<v Speaker 1>Joza Bregger? What's a day? Joazagleger?

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<v Speaker 3>Shut down? What's a wall? What's a wa way?

0:50:47.719 --> 0:50:48.040
<v Speaker 1>Mega?

0:50:50.239 --> 0:50:50.800
<v Speaker 3>And here it is?

0:50:52.440 --> 0:50:56.959
<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, when you hear them, sound a long

0:50:57.200 --> 0:51:02.040
<v Speaker 2>blast on the trumpets, have the whole army gives.

0:51:02.719 --> 0:51:03.640
<v Speaker 3>A loud.

0:51:04.920 --> 0:51:13.520
<v Speaker 1>Shout. Watch this wats this? No, no, no, stop stop.

0:51:13.600 --> 0:51:16.560
<v Speaker 1>If you shout, you might get joy. If you shout,

0:51:16.840 --> 0:51:17.880
<v Speaker 1>you might get an answer.

0:51:18.200 --> 0:51:20.520
<v Speaker 2>If you shout, can I get out of your self

0:51:20.600 --> 0:51:22.920
<v Speaker 2>consciousness and get Christ's conscious?

0:51:23.320 --> 0:51:24.440
<v Speaker 3>Go shout loud.

0:51:33.800 --> 0:51:37.880
<v Speaker 2>Have the whole army give a loud shout, And it says,

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<v Speaker 2>then the wall will collapse.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch this, not shout? Win? Can you read that well, look,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's got an eraser. I'll do it again.

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<v Speaker 1>Not shout win the wall collapses, shout, shout what you're

0:52:11.520 --> 0:52:17.600
<v Speaker 1>showing about? What your showing about? Something I can't see.

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<v Speaker 2>But they stop at and it's gotta cook down.

0:52:23.719 --> 0:52:28.160
<v Speaker 4>It's gotta clok down, saying it's gotta come down.

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<v Speaker 1>I said this gotta cook down.

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<v Speaker 4>Stop this gotta pump down. Tell your neighbor it's kinda

0:52:36.880 --> 0:52:43.880
<v Speaker 4>come down. It's gotta come down. It's gotta colm down.

0:52:45.680 --> 0:52:50.160
<v Speaker 4>It's gotta come down. When we show this, gotta come down.

0:52:50.920 --> 0:52:55.600
<v Speaker 4>When your sad gotta come down. I said this gotta

0:52:55.719 --> 0:52:59.399
<v Speaker 4>bump down, it's gotta come down, gotta come down.

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<v Speaker 1>I praise when outnumbered.

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<v Speaker 2>I praise when surrounded, because praises the waters my enemy's drowning.

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<v Speaker 2>I praise when I feel it. I praise when I go.

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<v Speaker 2>I praise because I know what. You're still in control.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm on this.

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<v Speaker 1>I praise because you're faithful. I praise because you're true

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<v Speaker 1>what you're shouting about. I praise gous.

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<v Speaker 2>Sais nobody come here, Chris greater than you?

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<v Speaker 1>Not give him the good purse. My praise is a weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's lolling in a sound Why Why.

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<v Speaker 5>My praise is a show down that breaks caer coo down. Yeah, Chios,

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<v Speaker 5>cool down, that breaks carriers?

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<v Speaker 1>Cool down. Yeah, my praise is a show.

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