WEBVTT - I Caught A Thought

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 1>You ready? You sure?

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<v Speaker 3>Ready for the work? A good catch, y'all. Don't have

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<v Speaker 3>confidence in me. You got nervous?

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<v Speaker 1>Ready? You ready?

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<v Speaker 4>Josh better stick with the front row.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a very retigious society.

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<v Speaker 1>Ready, It's like she did. We're about to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Around the audience response to my best premium minister, my

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<v Speaker 2>brother look at somebody next to you and say, I.

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<v Speaker 6>Caught a thought. I caught a thought. Chunks you ready,

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<v Speaker 6>let's see.

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<v Speaker 1>Caught it? Sorry about that, Collie caught something.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way. This guy who just threw me the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like my best friend in the world. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>the worst. He's always blaming people when he gets sick.

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<v Speaker 2>He's always trying to track back to who had a

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<v Speaker 2>running nose four months ago, blaming it on my kids.

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<v Speaker 2>You know it soon So you came back from the

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<v Speaker 2>mission trip. I think I caught it from them. It

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<v Speaker 2>was food poisoning. You can't catch food poisoning. Why are

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<v Speaker 2>you trying to blame the missionary because you've got a

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<v Speaker 2>stomach virus.

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<v Speaker 1>He's magnum pi trying to investigate. It's a pop culture

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<v Speaker 1>reference for the young people, very relevant and current. I

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<v Speaker 1>caught it. Look at somebody and say, I caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me ask you something.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it possible to catch an attitude? You got anybody

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<v Speaker 2>just when you see their name on your phone. Y'all

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<v Speaker 2>responding a little too much to this, you might be

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<v Speaker 2>giving yourself away.

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<v Speaker 1>I caught a thought?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you catch Can you catch faith? Can you catch fear?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you catch an idea? Can you catch a dream?

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<v Speaker 2>Can you catch a vision? Can you catch a word

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<v Speaker 2>from God that will cause you to worship from a

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<v Speaker 2>deep place past the shallows of feelings and emotions? You're

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<v Speaker 2>here today because you caught a thought. You thought you

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<v Speaker 2>should come to church. You caught a ride and you came.

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<v Speaker 2>But before you caught a ride, you caught a thought

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<v Speaker 2>I should go to church. And because you caught a thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you're about to look at twelve people. Ready, that's how

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<v Speaker 2>we all too. I caught a thought. Now I'm them

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<v Speaker 2>fonstrating this physically, but I want to demonstrate it scripturely.

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<v Speaker 2>Go in your Bible to Numbers, chapter thirteen, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to look at a passage of scripture.

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<v Speaker 1>That has been really helpful to me.

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<v Speaker 2>So many times through the years when I am caught

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<v Speaker 2>between two thoughts, and when one thought says you should

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<v Speaker 2>and you can, and one thought says you can't, so

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<v Speaker 2>don't try.

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<v Speaker 1>This passage has often helped my perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a familiar story for anybody who knows about

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<v Speaker 2>Father Abraham had many sons, and many sons had Father Abraham.

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<v Speaker 2>I am one of them, and so are you. So

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<v Speaker 2>let's just praise the Lord. That Bible school stuff. It

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<v Speaker 2>works in grown up life too, because the children of

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham are of course coming into the land that God

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<v Speaker 2>promised them, and in the Book of Numbers, they have

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<v Speaker 2>the opportunity to receive the gift, but they get more

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<v Speaker 2>focused on the giants that oppose them than the gift

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<v Speaker 2>that God has given them.

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<v Speaker 1>And that happens to us all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>So what we see in Numbers chapter thirteen, verse thirty,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm so excited to show you this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm having to contain. My excitement.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that there will always be a thought that God

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<v Speaker 2>will bring you to deliver you. There will always be

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<v Speaker 2>a thought that the enemy will bring to destroy you.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're both right here in numbers. Chapter thirteen. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>study this together. The Bible says, then Caleb silenced the

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<v Speaker 2>people before Moses and said, we should go up and

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<v Speaker 2>take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.

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<v Speaker 2>But the men who had gone up with him said,

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<v Speaker 2>we can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Attack those people.

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<v Speaker 2>They are stronger than we are. And they spread among

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<v Speaker 2>the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored.

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<v Speaker 2>They said, the land we explored devours those living in it.

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<v Speaker 2>All the people we saw there are of great size.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw the Nephilum there, the descendants of Anak come

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<v Speaker 2>from the Nephilum. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>and we looked the same to them.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop.

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<v Speaker 2>There was no conversation between the giants and the spies

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<v Speaker 2>about who was bigger. That wasn't what they heard, that

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<v Speaker 2>was what they thought. The nation never saw the promised

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<v Speaker 2>land for themselves. They relied on the support or the

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<v Speaker 2>report of the spies to give them a picture of

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<v Speaker 2>the promise of God as well as give them a

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<v Speaker 2>prediction about the outcome. And it wasn't because they saw something.

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<v Speaker 2>It was because they heard something. And what they heard

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<v Speaker 2>was a result of something that the spies thought. So

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<v Speaker 2>when it said in the scripture, they spread among the

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<v Speaker 2>Israelites a bad report, and that report kept the Israelites

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<v Speaker 2>from going into the land that God had given them.

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<v Speaker 2>I realized it is possible to be stopped not because

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<v Speaker 2>of your giants, but because of your thoughts, not because

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<v Speaker 2>of something that is actually bigger than you, but because

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<v Speaker 2>of something that you have made bigger than you on

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<v Speaker 2>the movie screen of your mind. How many of you

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<v Speaker 2>have an Imax screen in your mind, and you can

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<v Speaker 2>blow things up all to all different proportions. The whole

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<v Speaker 2>nation caught a thought, and it made their faith weak.

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<v Speaker 2>And God had given them the land, and they could

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<v Speaker 2>have had the land. In fact, the land was already theirs.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the enemy can't take away anything that God has

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<v Speaker 2>given to you. However, if he can attack your faith

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<v Speaker 2>through weakening your immune.

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<v Speaker 1>System, that faith immune system that is.

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<v Speaker 2>Supposed to filter out those microscopic germs, those seeds of

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<v Speaker 2>discontent that will cause you to walk away from what

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<v Speaker 2>God has calling you to walk into. Although he can't

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<v Speaker 2>take it away from you, if he can get to

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<v Speaker 2>your faith, if he can get to that part of

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<v Speaker 2>you that believes God and cause it to be disrupted

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<v Speaker 2>by something that your eyes see or your ears. Here,

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit, help me say this the right way. He

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<v Speaker 2>can't take it. So what he wants to do is

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<v Speaker 2>to move you from a place of believing that He

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<v Speaker 2>loves you, called you, qualified you, set you apart, put

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<v Speaker 2>you there to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And the issue with me is that I.

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<v Speaker 2>Experience both thoughts, both voices simultaneously.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me try to break this down.

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<v Speaker 2>I got Caleb telling me this is one thought you

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<v Speaker 2>should you can, and then I got ten other spies.

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<v Speaker 2>You ever noticed how it seems to be more reasons

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<v Speaker 2>why you shouldn't than that you should.

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<v Speaker 1>You ever felt outnumbered in your thought life? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>I got ten spies. Now the spies are going into

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<v Speaker 2>the land. And the number one rule of being a

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<v Speaker 2>spy is don't get caught, right yo with me? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the number one rule of being a spy. Whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you do, sneak in. And Joshua told him, or Moses

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<v Speaker 2>told him. Joshua was one of the two spies that

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<v Speaker 2>sought the right way, and he told him. Moses told

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua and Caleb into ten other spies. He said, when

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<v Speaker 2>you go in there, make sure, make sure that they

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<v Speaker 2>don't see you. Okay, But then they got caught. But

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't get caught by their enemies. They got caught

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<v Speaker 2>by their insecurities. I'm a preached to you. They got

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<v Speaker 2>caught by a thought. And the thought was, we're not

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<v Speaker 2>big enough. The thought was we don't have enough.

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<v Speaker 1>The thought is, we can't they're bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>And so then now all of a sudden they are

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<v Speaker 2>dominated not by their enemies, but by their thoughts. And

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<v Speaker 2>God said that I was preaching to somebody today who

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<v Speaker 2>is caught between two thoughts. One is telling you that

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<v Speaker 2>God gave you everything you need to raise that child.

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<v Speaker 2>The other is telling you that you're the one who

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<v Speaker 2>screwed them up. I'm a preaching to your business today.

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<v Speaker 2>One is telling you that it's all right. God can

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<v Speaker 2>restore the years that the locusts have eaten. The other

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<v Speaker 2>is telling you you've wasted too much time and now

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<v Speaker 2>nothing good can happen in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm caught between two.

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<v Speaker 2>Thoughts and On one hand, I see the size of

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<v Speaker 2>the grapes, I see the size of the promise, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know the size of my God. On the other hand,

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<v Speaker 2>I hear all of the reasons why a great, big

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<v Speaker 2>God could not use a little puny person like me

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<v Speaker 2>from Monks Corner, South Carolina, a little puny person like

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<v Speaker 2>me who never did this on this level before.

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<v Speaker 1>Even as I preach to you, I'm caught between two thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>She looks like she's never heard a better sermon in

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<v Speaker 2>her life.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody up there looks.

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<v Speaker 2>Like they hate me and are contemplating how they can

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<v Speaker 2>slip out. And how did I get stuck in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of this row for this sermon? And why is

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<v Speaker 2>he yelling like that? And that shirt is too bright

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<v Speaker 2>and it hurts my eyes, and I just want to

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<v Speaker 2>get out of here. I'm a preach to you. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a preach to the I'm a preach to the love

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<v Speaker 2>in the room. I'm going to preach to the faith.

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<v Speaker 2>You're feeling better, Lja. He had to miss last Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the first time he's missed playing behind me in

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<v Speaker 2>three years.

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<v Speaker 1>He's never missed, but he caught. He caught a stomach bug,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not gonna lie to you. This may make

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<v Speaker 1>me a bad pastor.

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<v Speaker 2>When I saw him Tuesday, I waved at him.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't wap him up. I don't love him that much.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to spend the whole week throwing up

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<v Speaker 2>just to tell you, hello, we can do this virtually.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you, man, praying for you from a distance,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not getting close enough to catch it.

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<v Speaker 1>M hm.

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<v Speaker 2>And honestly, this is why I had to stop hanging

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<v Speaker 2>out with some certain people, because I started realizing, you

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<v Speaker 2>catch what you're close to. Now, if you need to

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<v Speaker 2>take out your phone at this point in my sermon

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<v Speaker 2>and do some surgery with that, swipe left, delete, move.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all don't need to lift your hands to

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<v Speaker 2>have more faith, you need to swipe your thumb because

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<v Speaker 2>it is your contacts. I caught something. I catch something

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<v Speaker 2>every time I'm around them, every time I scroll.

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<v Speaker 1>I noticed this the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>I get in a certain mood and I can't figure

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<v Speaker 2>out how was I so happy three minutes ago?

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<v Speaker 1>And now have you ever had a switch that quick? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>So I started studying it, and I realized that before

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<v Speaker 2>I caught a feeling, I caught a thought. Now, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>that thought is just me going through my feed and

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<v Speaker 2>I will see something that won't register. Now, here's what

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<v Speaker 2>I noticed. You don't feel it while you're scrolling. When

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<v Speaker 2>I ate a whole bag of oreos one Thanksgiving after

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<v Speaker 2>I'd already eaten three meals, I didn't feel sick while

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<v Speaker 2>I was eating them. My taste buds didn't tell me

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<v Speaker 2>to stop. So I'm scrolling and I don't feel sick

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<v Speaker 2>until after I've stopped.

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<v Speaker 1>What I realized about myself.

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<v Speaker 2>And maybe you're more spiritually mature than me, and you

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<v Speaker 2>can find a church where the pastor is whole.

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<v Speaker 1>Healthy and doesn't have these issues.

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<v Speaker 2>But for all of us who understand that, sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>are mad about something that you saw ten minutes minutes

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<v Speaker 2>ago on your phone because you were in everybody else's

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<v Speaker 2>life but your own, trying to figure out am I

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<v Speaker 2>better than them? Are they better than me? And so

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<v Speaker 2>what happened while I was scrolling? I saw them on vacation,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know they're in debt. So I caught a

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<v Speaker 2>thought of judgment. Why should they be on vacation when

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<v Speaker 2>I know they're in debt? And now I feel sick?

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<v Speaker 2>Ten minutes later because of the thought that I caught

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<v Speaker 2>while I scrolled through somebody else's situation that has nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to do with my responsibility. Y'all gonna help me with this,

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<v Speaker 2>or am I gonna? So what happened to me was

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<v Speaker 2>I caught a thought of offense, and then I reaped

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<v Speaker 2>an attitude of frustration.

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<v Speaker 1>I got offended the other.

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<v Speaker 2>Day because I saw God blessing somebody that he wasn't supposed.

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<v Speaker 1>To bless.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you ever watch godja do something awesome for the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong person?

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't consult you?

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<v Speaker 2>And so I found myself feeling insecure. The reason that

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<v Speaker 2>I felt insecure in myself is because I caught a

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<v Speaker 2>thought of offense about somebody else. Now here's what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>You become a victim of your own judgment. When you

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<v Speaker 2>judge others that way, you judge you that way. So

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<v Speaker 2>when you catch a thought of judging others, don't be

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<v Speaker 2>surprised when the judgment comes upon you. The less y'all say, amen,

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<v Speaker 2>the more I know I'm preaching.

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<v Speaker 1>So I caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>I caught a thought, and I realized that the thought

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<v Speaker 2>that I hold on to the thought.

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<v Speaker 1>That I you know, like you can catch a wave.

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<v Speaker 2>You could catch a football for the game win touchdown,

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<v Speaker 2>like Graham Fredick did yesterday, just this very yesterday. But

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<v Speaker 2>I never knew I could catch a thought. I knew

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<v Speaker 2>you could catch a case. I had some relatives that

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<v Speaker 2>did it. I knew you could catch a cold. But

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<v Speaker 2>I found out you could catch a thought. And then

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<v Speaker 2>I trace sometimes the weakness of my faith, and I

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<v Speaker 2>ask myself the question, where did that thought come from?

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<v Speaker 2>And it's important where it came from, because where it

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<v Speaker 2>comes from determines where it leads to. My issue is

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<v Speaker 2>that when I say I hear from God, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>hear him out loud. God bless you if you do.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never heard the audible voice of God ever. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he speaks through my wife all the time. But other

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<v Speaker 2>than that exception, I've never heard the audible voice of God.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have, I'm not mad at you unless you

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<v Speaker 2>start trying to use it to manipulate people by making

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<v Speaker 2>up stuff that God told you, because God has three

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<v Speaker 2>way calling and he can tell us both. So don't

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<v Speaker 2>tell me God spoke to you something that I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>in agreement with and try to get me to do

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<v Speaker 2>something you.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to do by saying God told you to, especially

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<v Speaker 1>if you.

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<v Speaker 2>Say God told you to quit your job because you're

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<v Speaker 2>just tired of dealing with frustrating people. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if that's God or if you're just tired. Need to

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<v Speaker 2>get some sleep and have better attitude when you show up.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never heard from God out loud. One guy asked

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<v Speaker 2>me one time. He was like, when you say God

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<v Speaker 2>spoke to you.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you know?

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<v Speaker 2>Great question, because I don't hear God at an auditory level,

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<v Speaker 2>so when I say God spoke, that can be misleading.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>When Peter said Jesus spoke to me, it was literal.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus was a person. He spoke to me. I was

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<v Speaker 2>fishing one night. I hadn't caught anything. I was frustrated,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jesus said, let down your nets in the deep

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<v Speaker 2>for a catch. And Peter would say, at first, I

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<v Speaker 2>was frustrated because I thought you're a carpenter. I'm a fisherman.

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<v Speaker 2>You do your job, I'll do mine. You wanted my

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<v Speaker 2>boat to preach from. I didn't know you were going

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<v Speaker 2>to try to drive it. But watch this, because you

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<v Speaker 2>say so, I will let down the nets.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>When he let down the nets. He caught a great

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<v Speaker 2>number of fish. But God was showing me that before

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<v Speaker 2>he caught the fish, he caught a you like this church,

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<v Speaker 2>Before there was a seat, there was a thought.

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<v Speaker 7>Now see the issue with this is I don't hear

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<v Speaker 7>God out loud like that, and so I connect with

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<v Speaker 7>God not at an auditory or sensory level.

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<v Speaker 2>I connect with God at the level of thought. Which

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<v Speaker 2>would be fine if God spoke to me at the

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<v Speaker 2>level of thought, and he was the only one who

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<v Speaker 2>spoke that way.

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<v Speaker 1>But I got this other joker. They call him the devil.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I say the devil tempts me or the

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<v Speaker 2>devil discourages me, I'm not talking about a guy in

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<v Speaker 2>a Halloween costume that he got on clearance at Target,

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<v Speaker 2>walking up with a pitchfork and a cape and some horns.

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<v Speaker 2>I never saw the devil like that. I just put

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<v Speaker 2>him off my shoulder. He's not on my shoulder when

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<v Speaker 2>he comes to me. He comes to me through a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>So now I got God.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking to me through my thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got the enemy trying to speak against what God

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<v Speaker 2>spoke to me through my thoughts. I got two voices

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<v Speaker 2>on the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Device, and I'm caught between a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>One is telling me your greatest years are ahead of you.

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<v Speaker 2>One is telling me, you've already done all the good

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<v Speaker 2>things you're gonna do. You better write it out because

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<v Speaker 2>it won't be much longer. One is telling me go

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<v Speaker 2>ahead and speak it and say it and do it

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<v Speaker 2>and step into it and believe for it. And the

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<v Speaker 2>other one is telling me, well, you better not go

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<v Speaker 2>too far out there. You know, if you go too

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<v Speaker 2>far out there, you be embarrassed. And after off you

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<v Speaker 2>climb high, they can pull you down.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm caught between Caleb we Can and the other spies.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm caught.

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<v Speaker 2>Caught got a thought. I got caught. I got caught

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<v Speaker 2>by a thought. I don't know how it happened, but y'all,

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<v Speaker 2>I got this thought that goes through my mind all

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<v Speaker 2>the time that says it doesn't matter, just all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I could be doing anything and it'll be like it's

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<v Speaker 2>almost the way the thought. You know that eye roll

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<v Speaker 2>emoji that you yeah, that's that would be the face

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<v Speaker 2>of it, But the thought behind it is like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>who cares doesn't matter? You ever had that thought catch

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<v Speaker 2>you trying to do something? Mm hmm raise your hand again.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've ever had that.

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<v Speaker 1>Thought, why did y'all raise y'all saying so much higher?

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<v Speaker 1>The second time?

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<v Speaker 2>I asked her, Oh oh, oh.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you say it exactly like that,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's crazy how many people I talked to. And

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<v Speaker 2>I used to think it was people who didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of confidence, but then I realized professional athletes

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<v Speaker 2>have this thought that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>They are the ones who are society worships. And still

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<v Speaker 2>there's a thought. It's a thought that's going around. The

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<v Speaker 2>reason is going around so much more now than it

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<v Speaker 2>used to go around is because now we don't judge

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves or measure ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the calling God has given us.

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<v Speaker 2>We compare ourselves to a fictionalized account of somebody else's life.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where you always get in trouble. Now, get this point.

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<v Speaker 2>You always get in trouble when you start comparing your

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<v Speaker 2>calling to somebody else's because when you compare callings, you

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<v Speaker 2>catch insecurity. When you compare callings, you catch in sufficiency.

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<v Speaker 1>When I think I'm not enough, you know I'm not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Even the disciples, you know it's not enough food to

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<v Speaker 2>go around.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, you need to send them away.

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<v Speaker 2>How many times have I sent away something that God

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<v Speaker 2>put in my life because I caught a thought that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not enough. They wandered around and around and around

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<v Speaker 2>in the wilderness for forty years, not because of their enemy,

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<v Speaker 2>but because of their thought.

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<v Speaker 1>And then even sometimes when things are going.

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<v Speaker 2>Good, I got this thought. I don't know where it

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<v Speaker 2>comes from. I don't think it's God. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it is. It's hard to tell sometimes because it's not

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<v Speaker 2>like he talks like this. I don't even know what

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<v Speaker 2>that was. I'm glad he didn't talk like that. That

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<v Speaker 2>was super weird.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, like Morgan Freeman. It's just a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, if God sounded like Morgan Freeman, you could

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<v Speaker 2>do it. If you narrated your life like that, you

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<v Speaker 2>could do it.

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<v Speaker 1>You could make it. You would go to sleep and

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<v Speaker 1>wake up and just be ready for the day.

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<v Speaker 2>But it comes like a thought. You know, even when

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<v Speaker 2>it's going good, it won't last. They'll leave you too.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't count on them. Then you sabotage the gift

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<v Speaker 2>because you're not securing it, because even while it's happening,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't believe this is real. This is my thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know where I caught them. I had a

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<v Speaker 2>good mom, good dad. I mean, they weren't perfect, don't

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<v Speaker 2>get me wrong. I wish I could trace it back

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<v Speaker 2>to just one traumatic event. I think that would be easier,

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<v Speaker 2>not enough. Where that thought come from. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>where it comes from, but I know where it takes me.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I look back on the seasons of my

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<v Speaker 2>life that I was so deep in depression. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know the Bible verses. Yeah, I know better

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<v Speaker 2>than you. Let's have a quote in contest, Rejoice in

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord Always. I will say it again, rejoice see

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<v Speaker 2>my hand motions.

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<v Speaker 1>I know the verse rejoicing the Lord Always.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Paul says, I will say it again, rejoice. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you can say it as many times as you want to.

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<v Speaker 5>Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sad right now and I can't find my way out,

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<v Speaker 2>and so now I'm fighting on the.

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<v Speaker 1>Level of my feelings. But watch this before it became

0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:45.960
<v Speaker 1>a feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>And look, even Paul, it wasn't just like most was

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<v Speaker 2>a bad leader. Even Paul had to fight against opposing

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<v Speaker 2>voices and thought systems that undermine the essence of the grace.

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<v Speaker 2>Of God in the gospel, even in the churches that

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<v Speaker 2>he started, even in the church at Corinth he would

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<v Speaker 2>write to that church, and what would happen to them

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<v Speaker 2>was they would they would they would be led astray

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<v Speaker 2>or the word he likes to use in Second Corinthians

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<v Speaker 2>is deceived. He says, I fear that you're being deceived

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<v Speaker 2>by the power of suggestion. He uses the example. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>like Eve was deceived by the serpent. You remember that

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<v Speaker 2>story when God said you can eat any of this,

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<v Speaker 2>And then she caught a thought from a snake. She

0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:51.880
<v Speaker 2>allows something that was beneath her to speak to her,

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:54.200
<v Speaker 2>and she caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 1>See, I never had a snake slither up to me

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<v Speaker 1>and talk to me. I wish I did.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish it was a snake that I could chop

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<v Speaker 2>the head off of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a thought. And I have to live with this

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<v Speaker 1>and I have to deal with it.

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<v Speaker 2>And the serpent said to Eve, did God really say

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<v Speaker 2>you see it? He introduces a doubt into the possibility

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<v Speaker 2>and potential of faith, causing her to focus on what

0:28:20.880 --> 0:28:24.440
<v Speaker 2>is not available rather than what is. And Paul says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm afraid that you will be deceived because there's these

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<v Speaker 2>there's these spies in the church at Corinth, and there

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<v Speaker 2>they're leading the Christians astray. They're doing it by the

0:28:40.440 --> 0:28:43.000
<v Speaker 2>power of thought. They are introducing the thought into the

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<v Speaker 2>Church that you need something other than Christ to justify you.

0:28:48.520 --> 0:28:51.760
<v Speaker 2>He says, I fear that you have been led astray

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<v Speaker 2>from your pure devotion to Christ. And pure is the

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<v Speaker 2>right word. That's the important word.

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<v Speaker 1>Pure.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that uncontaminated place that you access occasionally where you

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<v Speaker 2>know that God's got you and everything is going to

0:29:06.720 --> 0:29:09.600
<v Speaker 2>be all right. You ever just felt that and you

0:29:09.600 --> 0:29:11.120
<v Speaker 2>had no reason to, and you didn't even have the

0:29:11.120 --> 0:29:14.160
<v Speaker 2>facts to back it up. You ever just felt that,

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<v Speaker 2>Like Wow, I just feel like I feel like I'm

0:29:17.840 --> 0:29:19.480
<v Speaker 2>gonna make it and God's going to do it. And

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<v Speaker 2>I just feel it. And I can't even prove it

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<v Speaker 2>on a flow chart or anything like that, but I

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<v Speaker 2>just What happens is the enemy deceives you. He can't

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<v Speaker 2>take what God gave you.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to make sure you know that he can't

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<v Speaker 2>take what God gave you. But if he can get

0:29:41.880 --> 0:29:45.280
<v Speaker 2>you to catch a thought that opposes it, he can

0:29:45.400 --> 0:29:48.480
<v Speaker 2>keep you so weak that you will not walk into it.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is what he says to the church at

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<v Speaker 2>Corinth Because they got spies running and around introducing lies

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<v Speaker 2>to the church. They got thoughts that oppose the knowledge

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<v Speaker 2>of God. In fact, that's how he phrases it in

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<v Speaker 2>tewod Corinthians ten, verse four. He says, the weapons we

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<v Speaker 2>fight with are not the weapons of the world. On

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<v Speaker 2>the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. What's

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<v Speaker 2>a stronghold in military terms is a place that you

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<v Speaker 2>go to seek refuge, a stronghold where you set up

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<v Speaker 2>to do a battle where the enemy can't get to you,

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<v Speaker 2>or it can become a place where the enemy traps

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<v Speaker 2>you in He says, what happens in a physical battle

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<v Speaker 2>can happen mentally, spiritually, emotionally to any one of us

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<v Speaker 2>at any time.

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<v Speaker 1>See, because it is.

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<v Speaker 2>With the thought that I can experience God. I can

0:30:58.960 --> 0:31:01.920
<v Speaker 2>catch a thought of g Jesus and his grace for me,

0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:04.920
<v Speaker 2>and his love for me, and his mercy toward me,

0:31:05.480 --> 0:31:08.840
<v Speaker 2>and that thought can move me to worship Him in

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<v Speaker 2>the beauty of holiness, in the splendor of his magnificence.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I want to say this one thought of

0:31:16.440 --> 0:31:20.760
<v Speaker 2>Jesus can lift you above any wave of worrying. One

0:31:20.840 --> 0:31:25.000
<v Speaker 2>thought of Jesus. Have you been having trouble breathing this week?

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<v Speaker 2>Get a thought on your mind of the goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 2>You see that battle he brought you through, You see

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<v Speaker 2>that way he made for you, And.

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<v Speaker 1>Just one thought of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>How many no one thought can lift me out of

0:31:38.360 --> 0:31:50.080
<v Speaker 2>the pit one thought. But a stronghold can also Ensnare

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<v Speaker 2>you a thought I'm not enough? A thought I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>what they're thinking about me right now.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not.

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<v Speaker 2>But that thought I thought, this isn't gonna end. Well,

0:32:07.280 --> 0:32:11.640
<v Speaker 2>that thought, I'm not what they think I am. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>one of my here's one of my strongholds. If they

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<v Speaker 2>really knew you, they wouldn't like you, if they really knew.

0:32:21.360 --> 0:32:30.400
<v Speaker 2>Because all of us are bluffing. All of us are

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<v Speaker 2>faking it. All your little cool friends are faking it.

0:32:34.360 --> 0:32:37.640
<v Speaker 2>They all got acne, they all got his shoes, They

0:32:37.680 --> 0:32:41.120
<v Speaker 2>all feel lonely, and none of y'all are cool. Everybody's

0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:45.600
<v Speaker 2>faking it the expense. If your shoes are you ain't perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>But Paul, they were coming in the church like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>he's an impostor, he's not a real one. They were

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<v Speaker 2>introducing a thought to rob them. You know, the devil

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<v Speaker 2>is a thief. Right, he can't take your promise, so

0:33:08.600 --> 0:33:12.160
<v Speaker 2>now he wants to steal your thoughts. Bob was reading

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<v Speaker 2>something in Proverbs. Can I show you this real quick?

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't get show him last night. In Proverbs, Chapter six,

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<v Speaker 2>verse thirty, it says people do not despise a thief

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<v Speaker 2>if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he's starving.

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<v Speaker 2>A thief is just a thief. You know, the enemy

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<v Speaker 2>is a thief. You can't blame him for trying to

0:33:29.120 --> 0:33:31.520
<v Speaker 2>steal what he doesn't want you to have. But check

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<v Speaker 2>the next verse. I love this verse thirty one. Yet

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<v Speaker 2>if he is caught. Yet, if he is caught, he

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<v Speaker 2>must pay seven full. So today we came into this

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<v Speaker 2>service to catch a thief and to let him know.

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<v Speaker 2>Give me my joy back, give me my peace back,

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<v Speaker 2>give me my wisdom back, give me the joy of

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<v Speaker 2>my salvation.

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<v Speaker 1>Restore seventh fall con talk.

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of thought, I realize that he loves me,

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<v Speaker 2>and if he loves me, it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Matter if you like me. I kind of thought, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>bold about it. I form for it. I'm made for it,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm called to it.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe I'll walk right forward into my future holding

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<v Speaker 2>on to a thought of the favor of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of y'all need to catch this. Come on, catch this.

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<v Speaker 2>Favor, catch this word, catch this joy, catch this peace.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been hanging around Facebook, but you came in here

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<v Speaker 2>for some faith today.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't you. Well, catch this. God is for you. He's

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<v Speaker 1>more than the world against you.

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<v Speaker 2>Kick those ten spies out of your hand and listen

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<v Speaker 2>to Caleb.

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<v Speaker 1>We can, we should, we will.

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<v Speaker 8>He is.

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<v Speaker 2>I have my air.

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<v Speaker 1>Hi five of them and say, I caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 1>I caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>I caught a thought, just like I caught a cold

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<v Speaker 2>last February.

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<v Speaker 1>I caught a thought. I found out that he is Avil.

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<v Speaker 1>I found out that he who.

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<v Speaker 2>Began a good work in me will be faithful to

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<v Speaker 2>complete it. I found out he is the bread of life.

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<v Speaker 2>He is how Shadai, He is more than enough. I

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<v Speaker 2>caught a thought of God. A thought brought me into depression,

0:35:40.400 --> 0:35:42.200
<v Speaker 2>and a thought he was going to bring me out.

0:35:43.840 --> 0:35:48.160
<v Speaker 2>When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince

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<v Speaker 2>of Glory died.

0:35:49.760 --> 0:35:53.760
<v Speaker 1>My richest gain I count but loss and poor contempt

0:35:53.840 --> 0:35:56.239
<v Speaker 1>on all my pride. What's he saying? I caught a

0:35:56.320 --> 0:35:58.239
<v Speaker 1>thought the.

0:35:58.160 --> 0:36:02.640
<v Speaker 2>Goodness of God, and that lifted me out of the

0:36:02.680 --> 0:36:08.840
<v Speaker 2>pit of my despair. You can't keep the thought from coming.

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<v Speaker 2>But what's what Paul said? He said, we demolish strongholds.

0:36:14.719 --> 0:36:19.839
<v Speaker 2>How do we destroy it? Verse five is important? He said,

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<v Speaker 2>we demolish every spy that says we can't and every

0:36:26.760 --> 0:36:31.080
<v Speaker 2>pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God.

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<v Speaker 2>How many knows something about God that is deeper than

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<v Speaker 2>a feeling. I mean, you've known it since you were

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<v Speaker 2>a child. You've known it in your soul, you've known

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<v Speaker 2>it in your spirit. Deep calls to deep. So when

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<v Speaker 2>I have a thought that opposes what I know about God,

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<v Speaker 2>what you're gonna do about it? I can't keep it

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<v Speaker 2>from coming. But he said, we take captive, yeah, every

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<v Speaker 2>thought to make it obey Christ. And so when they

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<v Speaker 2>say you seem different this week, you don't look so

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<v Speaker 2>stressed this week, tell them, oh, yeah, it's craziest thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I caught a thought. It was about this big I

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<v Speaker 1>found out God is about this. I caught a thought

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<v Speaker 1>of his greatness.

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<v Speaker 2>I magnified him in my mind, I begin to rejoice

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<v Speaker 2>in the rock of my salvation. This I recall to

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<v Speaker 2>my mind. Therefore I have hope. I caught a thought

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<v Speaker 2>and it led me.

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<v Speaker 1>To a hope.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the thought that you hold on to, the one

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<v Speaker 2>that you allow to dominate, that will be the stronghold

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. If the Lord is your stronghold, if

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<v Speaker 2>he is the place where you hide, if you catch

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<v Speaker 2>a thought, a glimpse of your calling.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, here it is.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a woman who was bleeding on the inside.

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<v Speaker 2>She heard Jesus coming through her part of town. She

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<v Speaker 2>had done everything to fix it at the level.

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<v Speaker 9>Of the symptom, but nothing worked. The condition that she

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<v Speaker 9>had was a deep one. It was causing her to

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<v Speaker 9>hemorrhage and lose blood, just like many of us are

0:38:55.360 --> 0:39:01.640
<v Speaker 9>hemorrhaging emotionally and losing energy and losing hope. When she

0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:07.000
<v Speaker 9>heard Jesus passing through, her desperation for a change caused

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<v Speaker 9>her to do something dramatic in her life because she

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<v Speaker 9>had gotten a second opinion, and a third opinion, in

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<v Speaker 9>a fourth opinion, and none of that word.

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<v Speaker 1>But here comes healing and here comes hope.

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<v Speaker 5>And the Bible says that she did what she had

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<v Speaker 5>to do to get through all of the people who

0:39:28.640 --> 0:39:33.880
<v Speaker 5>could have blocked her, and to grab a hole to

0:39:34.000 --> 0:39:37.200
<v Speaker 5>catch Jesus as he was passing by to heal somebody else.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's moving quickly, and Peter's backing everybody away. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>touch him. He's in a hurry.

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<v Speaker 2>But she reaches out, and the Bible says that she

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<v Speaker 2>is this verse thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, she touched his cloak. She caught him. She caught

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<v Speaker 1>his cloak. She caught what could heal her.

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<v Speaker 8>She caught a flow, she caught a miracle, she caught

0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:17.520
<v Speaker 8>a change verse thirty eight because she thought.

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<v Speaker 1>Before I caught the answer. I caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, before I caught forgiveness. I caught a thought before

0:40:45.480 --> 0:40:50.600
<v Speaker 2>I caught bitterness. I caught a thought. If I can

0:40:50.640 --> 0:40:55.600
<v Speaker 2>catch a thought, I can catch his cloak. And if

0:40:55.640 --> 0:41:00.879
<v Speaker 2>I can touch him, he can make me well. With

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<v Speaker 2>everyone standing and your hands lifted to heaven like you

0:41:06.000 --> 0:41:10.360
<v Speaker 2>need to catch what Heaven has today, I declare over

0:41:10.400 --> 0:41:11.080
<v Speaker 2>your life.

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<v Speaker 1>That faith and favor are flowing.

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<v Speaker 2>From the person of Jesus in the form of the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit in this moment, across every location and our

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<v Speaker 2>epam around the world.

0:41:28.000 --> 0:41:28.560
<v Speaker 1>Catch this.

0:41:30.520 --> 0:41:34.440
<v Speaker 2>You've been holding on to thoughts of low self worth

0:41:34.480 --> 0:41:37.960
<v Speaker 2>and low self esteem, all to lead you to this

0:41:38.080 --> 0:41:40.799
<v Speaker 2>moment in the presence of Jesus, that if you can

0:41:40.840 --> 0:41:45.719
<v Speaker 2>catch a thought, the woman was made well because she

0:41:45.920 --> 0:41:46.800
<v Speaker 2>touched his cloak.

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<v Speaker 1>She touched his cloak because she caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>And there are great opportunities for love and for joy,

0:41:54.000 --> 0:41:57.800
<v Speaker 2>and for peace and for provision. There is a great

0:41:57.880 --> 0:42:03.239
<v Speaker 2>calling and assignment on your life, My sister. There is

0:42:03.320 --> 0:42:08.000
<v Speaker 2>a tremendous promise in front of you. And there's Caleb

0:42:08.040 --> 0:42:12.640
<v Speaker 2>saying you should. You can, And there's ten other spies

0:42:12.680 --> 0:42:16.319
<v Speaker 2>saying you can. And I don't care if you're out

0:42:16.400 --> 0:42:20.560
<v Speaker 2>number ten to two. If you will follow Caleb into Canaan,

0:42:20.800 --> 0:42:23.480
<v Speaker 2>you can eat the fruit of the land. You can

0:42:23.560 --> 0:42:26.600
<v Speaker 2>experience the joy of the Lord, if you can catch

0:42:26.640 --> 0:42:30.600
<v Speaker 2>this thought. This I recall to my mind. I caught

0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:33.600
<v Speaker 2>a thought, and it lifted me from my despair. I

0:42:33.680 --> 0:42:36.320
<v Speaker 2>caught a thought and it lifted me from my addiction.

0:42:36.719 --> 0:42:39.279
<v Speaker 2>I caught a thought of Jesus, and it lifted me

0:42:39.360 --> 0:42:43.760
<v Speaker 2>from my shame. And I begin to rejoice and worship Him.

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<v Speaker 1>With gladness because I caught a thought.

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<v Speaker 2>A victory for the battle belongs to the Lord. He

0:42:58.600 --> 0:43:02.600
<v Speaker 2>is my stronghold. He is the strength of my life,

0:43:03.600 --> 0:43:06.759
<v Speaker 2>and I will not be put to shame, for the

0:43:06.960 --> 0:43:10.800
<v Speaker 2>joy of the Lord is my strength. Come on, catch

0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:15.640
<v Speaker 2>this victory, catch this wind. Lift your sails and catch

0:43:15.680 --> 0:43:16.480
<v Speaker 2>this victory.

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<v Speaker 1>Catch this wind.

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<v Speaker 2>Sing it over the people, Chris till they catch it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna see it in the land of the Living.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna see the goodness of God. I'm gonna sing it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna see till I see it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna see sixy. Come on, touches.

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<v Speaker 2>God, touch his resence, touches Healingna Tom, I'm gonna see

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<v Speaker 2>you sixy.

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<v Speaker 1>For come on, you can catch It's an impartation.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna see your fixy.

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