WEBVTT - Silent Sermons

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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.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message. Welcome to church.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the final installment of Bars and Battles. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I know how tragic it is for you to learn

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<v Speaker 2>that this is our final week of this series.

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you have enjoyed it and then.

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<v Speaker 2>Got to stop somewhere. I learned that, and you got

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<v Speaker 2>to start somewhere. You got to stop somewhere. It's usually

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<v Speaker 2>harder for me as a preacher to know where to

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<v Speaker 2>start the sermon than where to stop it, because usually

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<v Speaker 2>usually I know where I'm going.

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<v Speaker 1>When I start.

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<v Speaker 2>When I start preaching to you, I know where I'm going,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't always know how to get you into it,

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<v Speaker 2>because well, when I first started.

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<v Speaker 1>Preaching, I just assumed that at.

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<v Speaker 2>The beginning of my sermon, everybody was as excited as

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<v Speaker 2>I was about what I had been learning all week.

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<v Speaker 2>But I found out they had real lives, and so

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<v Speaker 2>you got to start somewhere, and sometimes it feels like

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<v Speaker 2>we have to get our energy to match up. When

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<v Speaker 2>I first started preaching, I came in so, I came

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<v Speaker 2>in so hot. I've just come up screaming and yelling

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<v Speaker 2>and hollering at the people in the first five minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>But I find out sometimes you got to give them time.

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<v Speaker 2>To merge into traffic and got to let the caffeine

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<v Speaker 2>kick in. My pastor, Pastor Mickey, he used to always

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<v Speaker 2>start his sermons the same way. Every time he started

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<v Speaker 2>the sermon. Well, he would read his scripture, and then

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<v Speaker 2>he would pray, and at the end of his prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>he would end his prayer the same way. Every single

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<v Speaker 2>time he would he would pray, read scripture, he would pray,

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<v Speaker 2>and then he would say, lit the words of my

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<v Speaker 2>mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in

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<v Speaker 2>thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

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<v Speaker 1>And I thought he made that up.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know he was plagiarizing Psalm nineteen fourteen. I thought, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's so deep and profound, And one day I looked

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<v Speaker 2>and it was right there in the Bible. But I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of thought, maybe that was like a good luck

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<v Speaker 2>thing to say before you preach, you know, let the

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<v Speaker 2>words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart

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<v Speaker 2>be acceptable in your sight. I thought it was like saying, God,

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<v Speaker 2>help me not to mess up, and help them to listen,

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<v Speaker 2>help them to pay attention. That's a good thing to

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<v Speaker 2>pray when you start a sermon. Let the words of

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<v Speaker 2>my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable

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<v Speaker 2>in your sight.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh Lord, my Strength and Redeemer. It's kind of cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it means that anytime I preach, there are two

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<v Speaker 2>sermons happening, the one that I'm preaching and the one

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<v Speaker 2>you're hearing. And sometimes those two are not the same.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to talk to you for a few

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<v Speaker 2>moments today about silent sermons. Silent sermons, and what we'll

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<v Speaker 2>do is we'll read the whole Psalm Psalm nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll read the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm want to ask you to stand to your feet

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<v Speaker 2>in honor of the reading of God's Word at all

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<v Speaker 2>of our locations. Many say this is David's greatest hit

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<v Speaker 2>of all of his psalms.

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<v Speaker 1>This is to some of his finest work. C. S.

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<v Speaker 2>Lewis said it's one of the greatest lyrics in human history,

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<v Speaker 2>and who are you to argue with C. S. Lewis

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<v Speaker 2>touch somebody say this must be a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>It really is.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to all fourteen verses. The heavens declare the glory

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<v Speaker 2>of God. The skies proclaim the work of his hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Day after day, they pour forth speech, night after night

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<v Speaker 2>they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words,

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<v Speaker 2>No sound is heard from them, yet their voice goes

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<v Speaker 2>out into all the earth.

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<v Speaker 1>What a paradox this is, he said. They have no vocal.

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<v Speaker 2>Cords, no esophagus, no larynx, yet they speak so loudly.

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<v Speaker 1>The skies declare the glory of God.

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<v Speaker 2>And the heavens show forth his power in such a

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<v Speaker 2>way that it reaches the end of the earth. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a silent sermon. Their words go to the ends of

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<v Speaker 2>the world. In the heavens, God has pitched a tent

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<v Speaker 2>for the sun. It's like a bridegroom coming out of

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<v Speaker 2>his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

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<v Speaker 2>It rises at one end of the heavens and makes

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<v Speaker 2>it circuit to the other. Nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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<v Speaker 2>The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul.

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<v Speaker 2>The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wives the

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<v Speaker 2>simple touch.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody say, God's word works.

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<v Speaker 2>The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to

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<v Speaker 2>the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving

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<v Speaker 2>light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is pure,

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<v Speaker 2>enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm, and

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<v Speaker 2>all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold,

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<v Speaker 2>than much pure gold. They are sweeter than Krispy Kreme

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<v Speaker 2>North Carolina translation. Then honey from the honeycomb. By them,

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<v Speaker 2>your servant is worn in keeping them, in keeping them,

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<v Speaker 2>not just in hearing them, but in retaining them. In

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<v Speaker 2>keeping them, there's great reward. But who can discern their

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<v Speaker 2>own errors? Forgive my hidden false Keep your servant also

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<v Speaker 2>from willful sins.

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<v Speaker 1>May they not rule over me.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression. And

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<v Speaker 2>here comes Pastor Mickey's verse.

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<v Speaker 1>Made the words of my mouth, he said it in

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<v Speaker 1>the King James English.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Pastor Mickey is seventy eight, made the words of

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<v Speaker 2>my mouth and the meditation of my heart. Take it

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<v Speaker 2>down be acceptable in thy sight, Oh Lord, my strength

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<v Speaker 2>and my redeemer. And now that I said the scripture,

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<v Speaker 2>we can get the sermons started have a sea. It

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<v Speaker 2>matters where you start. It matters where you start. You

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<v Speaker 2>agree with me, it matters how you start your day.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's use a few examples with your spouse. Holly and

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<v Speaker 2>I were very happy on our honeymoon night and the

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<v Speaker 2>next morning, I'm not going with this where you think

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going with this.

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<v Speaker 1>When she looked at.

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<v Speaker 2>Me and I looked at her, and we had both

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<v Speaker 2>been up, and we had both brushed our teeth, and

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<v Speaker 2>we had both been awake for fifteen minutes, and we

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<v Speaker 2>had not said a word, And she looked at me,

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<v Speaker 2>and I looked at her, and we knew that we

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<v Speaker 2>had made the right decision because she looked at me

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<v Speaker 2>and she said to me, you don't like to talk

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning either, And I said, no, I hate

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<v Speaker 2>people in the morning.

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<v Speaker 1>And we knew it was meant to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be because we can start our morning without saying a word.

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<v Speaker 2>We could start our morning without saying a word. And

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<v Speaker 2>I found out that you can preach a sermon without

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<v Speaker 2>saying a word. Some of the loudest sermons I will

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<v Speaker 2>preach will be with my life, not with my lips.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, if.

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<v Speaker 2>I've preached one sermon with my lips and another with

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<v Speaker 2>my life. It won't be long before nobody wants to

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<v Speaker 2>hear what I have to say, no matter how loud

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<v Speaker 2>I say that silent sermons, there's the one that I preach,

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<v Speaker 2>and then there's the one that I live. My grandfather

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<v Speaker 2>was a preacher. I only heard him preach one time

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<v Speaker 2>that I remember. Probably heard him preach other times that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember, but I remember only one sermon that

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<v Speaker 2>I ever heard him preach. Can't remember what he preached,

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<v Speaker 2>but remember hearing him preach one time. I saw him

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<v Speaker 2>preach hundreds of times. There's a difference. I saw him

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<v Speaker 2>comb my grandmother's hair when she didn't even know his

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<v Speaker 2>name anymore because Alzheimer's had completely erased her memory of him.

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<v Speaker 2>But it didn't matter, because, like you've heard so many

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<v Speaker 2>times before, he would say, she might not know who

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<v Speaker 2>I am, but I know I.

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<v Speaker 1>Know who I am even if she doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I am the kind of husband that will

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<v Speaker 2>comb her hair and show up every morning when visiting

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<v Speaker 2>our start and not leave until they kick me out,

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<v Speaker 2>and take her to Wendy's every day for lunch. And

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<v Speaker 2>he had no integrity because they would share a diet

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<v Speaker 2>coke every day at Wendy's and get free refills and

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<v Speaker 2>only pay for one instead of two. But see, he

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<v Speaker 2>was preaching a silent sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>He wasn't the first one.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't the first one to preach a silent sermon,

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<v Speaker 2>because Moses was a man that God wanted to use,

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<v Speaker 2>but he wasn't very good with words. So God said,

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry about what you're going to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to give you a stick, And if you take.

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<v Speaker 2>The stick and stretch it out, touch somebody, say stretch

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<v Speaker 2>it out. It's always in the stretch that you discover

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<v Speaker 2>the supply. It's always in the stretch that you discover

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<v Speaker 2>the strength. It's always in the stretch that you discover

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<v Speaker 2>the supernatural. You'll be get warmed up by now somebody

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<v Speaker 2>shall stretch. God said, Moses, if you'll stretch your staff

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<v Speaker 2>over the waters, you won't have to say a word.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll make the water's part and the people will know

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of God I am, not by the words

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<v Speaker 2>that you speak, but I'll make the waters free for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a silent sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses wasn't the only one who preached a silent sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>One woman in the Bible was so taken by the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of Jesus Christ that she's snuck in a room

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<v Speaker 2>with some perfume, some really expensive perfume.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bible says it was worth a year's wages.

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<v Speaker 2>And people knew that she loved Jesus not because of

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<v Speaker 2>her speech, but because of the smell of the fragrance

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<v Speaker 2>that she poured out at his feet. Now, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>find one time where she said a word in the passage,

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<v Speaker 2>but Jesus said, wherever the Gospel has preached, the memory

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<v Speaker 2>of what this woman has done will be told. Because

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<v Speaker 2>some sermons are preached through smell rather than by sound.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll prove it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Shadrackneeshak in a bed and a go went down.

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<v Speaker 1>In a fiery furnace. I'm preaching now.

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<v Speaker 2>We passed the introduction, and they turned up the heat

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<v Speaker 2>seven times hotter than normal, and.

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<v Speaker 1>They thought it would kill them.

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<v Speaker 2>But when they came out, they didn't even smell like smoke.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you don't smell like what you've been through,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you've been.

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<v Speaker 2>Through the fire but you're not bitter about.

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<v Speaker 3>It, it's a silent sonon Jesus got down in the

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<v Speaker 3>dirt one day and a woman who had been.

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<v Speaker 2>Caught in the act of adultree was about to get stone.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, if you've never done anything deserving of becoming human, target, practice.

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<v Speaker 4>Goliad and fire away.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he knelt down in the dirt, said not

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<v Speaker 2>another word. And everybody started walking away.

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<v Speaker 1>And he said not a word. He was writing in

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<v Speaker 1>the dirt.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he was writing their names and what they

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<v Speaker 2>did on prom night, But I don't know what he wrote.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe just the essence of his presence was enough that

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<v Speaker 2>his perfection became a reflection of their need for grace.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the greatest sermons are silent sermons. Silent sermons.

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<v Speaker 2>Those guys preached one today. Before I ever opened my mouth,

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<v Speaker 2>the preaching started. Sam and Brian you don't know him.

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<v Speaker 2>They brought my pulpit out. They said something before I

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<v Speaker 2>said something. First of all, they said that this is

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<v Speaker 2>a heavy pulpit they've been lifting. By the way, when

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<v Speaker 2>you're really strong, you don't have to talk about how

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<v Speaker 2>strong you are.

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<v Speaker 1>Real strength show, and when you.

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<v Speaker 2>Really love God, sometimes it's something that's a seemingly insignificant

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<v Speaker 2>act of service. I wonder if their sermon will actually

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<v Speaker 2>mean more to God than mine because nobody will download

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<v Speaker 2>Sam's podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>But he preached it's.

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<v Speaker 2>A silent sermon. People ask me off, and when are

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<v Speaker 2>you gonna let Holly preach more? Well, first of all,

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<v Speaker 2>she told me two times a year. Any more than that,

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<v Speaker 2>and she's leaving me. She don't liked it that much,

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<v Speaker 2>but she preaches every week. Every week, she preaches every week.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't believe me, just look over at her

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<v Speaker 2>right now. She's got her notebook open and this is

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<v Speaker 2>the second time she's heard this sermon and she's still

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<v Speaker 2>pretending to take notes and writing a grocery lesson. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not true. She gets something new out of it every time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a silent sermon, a silence sermon. Can you preach

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<v Speaker 2>a silent sermon? Lazarus did? The Bible says that Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>needed some way to reveal that he was not only healer,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was resurrection. But if he said it, people

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<v Speaker 2>might doubt it.

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<v Speaker 4>But if he did it, somebody had to die.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes the greatest sermon of.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life will be by the things that you went through.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I love it because that same passage where

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<v Speaker 2>the woman broke the perfume.

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<v Speaker 1>Her name was Mary.

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<v Speaker 2>She was lazarus sister, And while she was pouring out perfume,

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<v Speaker 2>Lazarus was chilling lean back at the table. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to say a word. The fact that he was

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<v Speaker 2>dead and now alive, the fact that.

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<v Speaker 4>He was in the ground and was now sitting at.

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<v Speaker 2>The table, was proof of the power of God.

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<v Speaker 1>How many don't. Just the fact that you showed up.

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<v Speaker 2>To church today makes the devil sick.

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<v Speaker 1>He can't s the singing in the House of God.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm preaching by my very presence, but it's a silent sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>So when David says the sun makes it circuit, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not giving us a science lesson. He's showing us something

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<v Speaker 2>about how creation preaches silent sermons day after day and

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<v Speaker 2>night after night. He said, they pour forth the glory

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<v Speaker 2>of God. They speak, but you can't hear it. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of God's greatest work is seen, not heard, not heard.

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<v Speaker 2>The skies preach a silent sermon. The consistency of the

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<v Speaker 2>solar system says something to us about the nature of

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<v Speaker 2>life that it is cyclical. Some of the things that

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<v Speaker 2>you think are circumstance your life are actually cyclical. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's a big part of maturity is learning what's cyclical,

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<v Speaker 2>and not just running around from situation to situation, but

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<v Speaker 2>understanding the cycles that create the situations, because if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't understand the cycle that creates a situation, you will

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<v Speaker 2>be dealing with situation after situation after situation after situation.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need to be a science teacher to explain

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<v Speaker 2>to you that the solar system operates on cycles. You

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<v Speaker 2>understand we're making a trip right now. We do it

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<v Speaker 2>every three sixty five. Sometimes it takes us three sixty

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<v Speaker 2>six on those leap years, but we're making a cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>David said that the heavens are declaring the glory of

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<v Speaker 2>God and they keep on doing it consistently in the cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>And although we know that technically he's not a explaining

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<v Speaker 2>how the universe works, he's giving us a picture of

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<v Speaker 2>the Sun in its circuit.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole text kind of has.

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<v Speaker 2>This theme of it that we're going round and round

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<v Speaker 2>and round and round. He ends the Psalm saying, may

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<v Speaker 2>the words of my mouth and the meditations of my

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<v Speaker 2>heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength

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<v Speaker 2>and my Redeemer. He starts with the solar system, the

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<v Speaker 2>heavens declare the glory of God, and he ends with

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<v Speaker 2>his soul. So from the solar system to his soul,

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<v Speaker 2>everything is on a cycle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever you're thinking about right now, it's because of a cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I think it's very very good to start

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<v Speaker 2>your day with God because it starts the cycle from

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<v Speaker 2>the right place. I think that's why it's really important

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<v Speaker 2>if you can read a Bible verse before you read

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<v Speaker 2>a Facebook post, because it's just a better, purer cycle.

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<v Speaker 2>If it's possible before you check email, check your n email.

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<v Speaker 2>I just threw that in for the corny people. I

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<v Speaker 2>would never say that. A lesser preacher would say something

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<v Speaker 2>like that.

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<v Speaker 1>To somebody, say it's a cycle, and he uses this phrase.

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<v Speaker 2>The meditation of my heart. You'll get it together. Wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>that bad? Meditation is not a hot yoga term. Meditation

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<v Speaker 2>is not a term reserved exclusively for Eastern religion. Meditation

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<v Speaker 2>actually in Hebrew is a musical term.

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<v Speaker 1>How beut you didn't know that. That's why I'm telling you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, David, here's where I learned about what meditation is,

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<v Speaker 2>because for years and years and years and years I

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<v Speaker 2>thought that what I said to God was my prayer life,

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<v Speaker 2>as I say a lot of stuff to God, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would say all the stuff that I need God

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<v Speaker 2>to do, and sometimes I would lose focus, and I

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<v Speaker 2>had prayer lists and prayer thoughts and all that, and

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<v Speaker 2>it felt real boring. I didn't realize that there were

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<v Speaker 2>some things that God wanted to say to me. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't understand the power of the silent sermon until I

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<v Speaker 2>went to see Ed Shearon in concert.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have nothing against Ed Shearon.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I think Ed Shearon has written some beautiful songs.

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<v Speaker 2>How many would agree that Ed Shearon has written some

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful songs three of you.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm just saying this is not a rant against

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<v Speaker 1>Ed Shearon.

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<v Speaker 2>But I went to see Ed Shearon because Holly likes

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<v Speaker 2>boring music and.

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<v Speaker 4>Ed Shearon had an interesting way of.

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<v Speaker 2>Doing a concert. And it was surprising to me because

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<v Speaker 2>Ed Sheeran did a whole concert without a band, a

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<v Speaker 2>whole ninety minute set in an arena. When I say

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<v Speaker 2>it was boring, now, maybe I'm just spoiled because I

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<v Speaker 2>passed her at church with the greatest musicians you will

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<v Speaker 2>find anywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>In the city.

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<v Speaker 2>The Saint come on GTA the continent.

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<v Speaker 4>To not ed no not ed ed.

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<v Speaker 2>Shearon didn't even have a band, no bass player, no

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<v Speaker 2>kick drum, no electric guitar. Ninety minutes of him with

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<v Speaker 2>his guitar and his accent, and he had this little pedal.

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<v Speaker 2>Come here, David's gonna help me. Yeah, give it up

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<v Speaker 2>for David. This is the other.

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<v Speaker 1>King, David. This is David, David.

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<v Speaker 2>Liota, the king of the strings, the king of the

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<v Speaker 2>six string guitar. David's going to do his best at

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<v Speaker 2>Shearon impersonation because what that Shearon.

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<v Speaker 1>Did, Now, I had to ask somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>The first time I saw I'd do this, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know what it was because I've saw him. He would

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<v Speaker 2>play something and then he would stop playing it, but

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<v Speaker 2>it kept going. And that's because he had one of these, right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called a loop station. If you're taking notes, you

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<v Speaker 2>look like you're waiting for something to write down. At

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<v Speaker 2>some point in this sermon, write down the word loop, loop, loop,

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<v Speaker 2>and shows how the looping station worked. Because he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a drummer because apparently he's cheap, so instead of

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<v Speaker 2>instead of hiring a drummer, he made his own drums

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<v Speaker 2>on the guitar. Just give him an example. See what

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<v Speaker 2>he did. He looped it. Now we gotta beat See

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<v Speaker 2>you can move to that a little bit. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>not doing anything. But he set something in motion and

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<v Speaker 2>there it is. Now put something on top of it. Loop,

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<v Speaker 2>something else. Oh that's a nice David. I like that

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<v Speaker 2>jazzy Major seven stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty soulful for a white boy. That's good, David.

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<v Speaker 1>There's something else on it. All we're doing stack in

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<v Speaker 1>the loops. That's all we're doing. Come on, that's too

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<v Speaker 1>sexy for church, David. Take it all the way back down.

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<v Speaker 1>Take something out, Take that out.

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<v Speaker 5>All started, all these layers started with a loop.

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<v Speaker 1>With a loop.

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<v Speaker 2>Now what I found out, David, how you make it stop?

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<v Speaker 2>Because sometimes I wonder that about my heart? How do

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<v Speaker 2>I make it stop?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I get stuck in a loop. You ever been

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<v Speaker 2>stuck in a loop. I'm talking about it in.

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<v Speaker 1>Your mind now, not at the guitar or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been stuck in a loop where you find yourself

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<v Speaker 2>in an absolute state of panic.

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<v Speaker 1>That started Watch this with a silent sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>Mosses isn't the only one who preached silent sermons. Lazarus

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<v Speaker 2>isn't the only one who preached silent sermons. Jesus isn't

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<v Speaker 2>the only one who preached a silent sermon. David isn't

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<v Speaker 2>the only one who preached a silent sermon. Not only

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<v Speaker 2>do the stars and the sun, and the skies and

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<v Speaker 2>the solar.

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<v Speaker 1>System preach a silent sermon. I got bad news for you.

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<v Speaker 2>The devil preaches silent sermons.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets you in a loop.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm done with you, David, thank you so much. Give

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<v Speaker 2>him a hand our very ownette searing. You ever been

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<v Speaker 2>stuck in a loop of lives?

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<v Speaker 1>He's talked to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel awful, lonely up here concord.

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<v Speaker 1>They're giving me no law. You don't admit it, but some.

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<v Speaker 2>Of your relationships went off track, not because of what

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<v Speaker 2>was said in the relationship, but because of what was

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<v Speaker 2>not said, what you started saying to your self.

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<v Speaker 1>He said within himself.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what the.

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<v Speaker 2>Rich man did in the parable when he said to himself,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll build many barns, I'll take life easy. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know that very night his life would be required.

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<v Speaker 1>He said to himself. It matters where you start with

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<v Speaker 1>what you.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about, and self is a very small sun for

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<v Speaker 2>your life to orbit around. It's a very limited loop.

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<v Speaker 2>Self is a is a very small scale to see

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<v Speaker 2>the world in.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, sing with me, do ray me me me me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just me singing the song me that many of

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<v Speaker 2>us me have been singing all week? Me me me

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<v Speaker 2>me me?

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<v Speaker 1>What's your favorite meditation?

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<v Speaker 2>Me me? What are they thinking about me? Me?

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<v Speaker 1>When is anybody ever gonna notice me?

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<v Speaker 2>I changed the key, but it's still about me. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>I can find a way to make anything about me.

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<v Speaker 1>Me me, me, me, me, me me. Come on, let's

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<v Speaker 1>acquire practice.

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<v Speaker 2>Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of

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<v Speaker 2>my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Me me me, me, me, me, me.

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<v Speaker 2>Me me me me me.

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<v Speaker 1>Me me me.

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<v Speaker 2>Me me me me me.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's a hit ella.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think anybody's gonna buy the album. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think it's gonna bring me joy. I don't think it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna bring me peace. I don't think I'm gonna figure

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<v Speaker 2>out a solution if I start with myself. I need

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<v Speaker 2>a new loop, I said, I need a new loop.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you came to church today, not just the

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<v Speaker 2>hero A sermon, but to preach one to yourself. Why

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<v Speaker 2>don't you start with your source and not with yourself?

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<v Speaker 2>Now to him, come on, who is Abel?

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<v Speaker 4>Shout up town?

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<v Speaker 1>To do immeasurably more than I asked for.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine, I'm tired of that track.

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<v Speaker 1>Me me me me me me me me me me

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<v Speaker 1>me me me me me.

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<v Speaker 2>Me me me me me me me me me me.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought about singing it till it wasn't funny anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>And it sounds like we're already at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>I know how long it would take.

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<v Speaker 2>How long will it take until you change that meditation?

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<v Speaker 1>Realizing that if.

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<v Speaker 2>You start with yourself, you say in yourself, and you

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<v Speaker 2>will always be limited by who you are.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you start with the great I.

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<v Speaker 2>Am, David said, who's that? They said, I think his

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<v Speaker 2>name's Goliath. David said, I'll fight him. Saul said, you're small.

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<v Speaker 2>David said, I'm not coming against him in myself or

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<v Speaker 2>in my name, but I come against you in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the Lord the Sky. I declare the glory

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<v Speaker 2>of God. Notice David did not start with what was

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<v Speaker 2>in his heart. You start with what's in your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll scare yourself to death. That's a horror movie to

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<v Speaker 2>start with what's in your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to preach.

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<v Speaker 2>One time, and the guy who invited me, I've never

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<v Speaker 2>been to.

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<v Speaker 1>His church before. He said, just share us on your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, oh, no, you don't want me to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna share us in heaven because if I tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what's in my heart, it won't help any of us.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't start my meditation with what's in myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I noticed that every meditation, and again, don't think meditation.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about the loop.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about the lines that loop over and over again

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<v Speaker 2>in the way that you think. Think about how you

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<v Speaker 2>have this subtle way, if you let yourself into turning

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<v Speaker 2>every interaction into a stage on which you.

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<v Speaker 1>Were the star. I don't do that. I don't like

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<v Speaker 1>to be noticed. I don't do that. I don't like.

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<v Speaker 2>People to even look at me. I'm not that type

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<v Speaker 2>of person. This must be a preacher thing. No, I

0:30:15.440 --> 0:30:20.480
<v Speaker 2>promise you. You talk too much sometimes. I promise you.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the stuff that you post. Oh you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>think I was talking about your Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>Fee, did you?

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you some of you need to go home

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<v Speaker 2>and change the bio on your on your Instagram, and

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<v Speaker 2>it should just say what it's really all about?

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<v Speaker 1>Me? Me, me, me.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, Just give us an expectation of what's going to

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<v Speaker 2>happen on that fee when you're easily offended, when everything's

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<v Speaker 2>an insult.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see how.

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<v Speaker 2>They looked at me. They weren't looking at you. They

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<v Speaker 2>were thinking about dinner. They have not bought groceries this week,

0:30:58.240 --> 0:31:01.440
<v Speaker 2>and their mom has cancer. You get outside yourself and

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<v Speaker 2>think about something bigger.

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<v Speaker 4>The skies declare the glory of God.

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<v Speaker 2>People like this, bigger than what happens in here.

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<v Speaker 1>Do your neighbor a real favor, Look at him and say.

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<v Speaker 2>Get out your head. Get out of your head. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a horrible place to take your orders. Am I preaching

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<v Speaker 2>or am I preaching? Every meditation, every loop that starts

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<v Speaker 2>with self ends in one of two places. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to look for this in your life this week.

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<v Speaker 2>It's either going to end in scarcity or shame. Every

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<v Speaker 2>sermon that you preach to yourself, and you are always

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<v Speaker 2>preaching to yourself. In fact, Martin Lloyd Jones said that

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<v Speaker 2>our problem is we spend too much time listening to

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves and not enough time preaching to ourselves. Isn't that

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<v Speaker 2>what David psalms have shown us where he would say

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<v Speaker 2>to his soul, is time to go to school. Bless

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me,

0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:19.320
<v Speaker 2>Bless his holy name. He's preaching to himself, and.

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<v Speaker 1>So are you.

0:32:20.120 --> 0:32:22.800
<v Speaker 2>But when you preach to yourself from yourself, your sermon

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<v Speaker 2>will always lead to scarcity. Brene Brown says that the

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<v Speaker 2>number one meditation of many of our hearts is not enough.

0:32:34.640 --> 0:32:38.120
<v Speaker 2>She says, we apply it to time, we apply it

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<v Speaker 2>to money, we apply it to our talent, and the

0:32:42.040 --> 0:32:43.880
<v Speaker 2>sermon that plays in our mind, if we would ever

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<v Speaker 2>stop and listen to it, it starts every morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>How much sleep did you get last night?

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<v Speaker 1>How much money do you make on that job?

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<v Speaker 2>Graham asked me the other day, Dad, is fifty six

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<v Speaker 2>a year a lot of money? I said, it is

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<v Speaker 2>till you make it. That might be the devil's favorite sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>Not enough, not enough, not enough. He preached it to

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<v Speaker 2>the disciples because they looked at five thousand men and

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<v Speaker 2>women and children, and Jesus said, feed them. And they said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't have a whole lot. And we don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot. We have five loaves and two fish.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not enough because they were starting with their selves,

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<v Speaker 2>but they were standing next to the source. I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>how different the story would be if you would ask

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<v Speaker 2>the source instead of asking yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Check the source.

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<v Speaker 4>He's smarter than enough. Somebody shout, he's more. He's small.

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<v Speaker 1>YA will never shout in the.

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<v Speaker 4>Back of the room.

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<v Speaker 1>And I start hollering like this.

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<v Speaker 4>I know y'all don't like it when.

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<v Speaker 1>I holler, but this is not a silent sermon. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a loud sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody shout, he's more more than enough.

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<v Speaker 3>Every need, every deficiency, all my failures.

0:34:16.160 --> 0:34:20.399
<v Speaker 2>His blood is enough, his grace is enough, his word

0:34:20.520 --> 0:34:24.040
<v Speaker 2>is enough. The law of the Lord is pure, reviving

0:34:24.120 --> 0:34:32.480
<v Speaker 2>the soul. But if I start with myself, I end

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<v Speaker 2>with scarcity.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a loop because I start down here, and so.

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<v Speaker 2>By the time I've looped around through my day, I

0:34:43.640 --> 0:34:47.000
<v Speaker 2>end my day feeling completed. I wonder if you got

0:34:47.000 --> 0:34:50.120
<v Speaker 2>a new loop. I wonder if you got a new

0:34:50.200 --> 0:34:56.320
<v Speaker 2>loop and started with the source instead of starting with yourself.

0:34:58.360 --> 0:35:01.440
<v Speaker 2>I wonder how the cycle would change if you started

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<v Speaker 2>with your source. I know it's basic, but didn't David

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<v Speaker 2>start with the heavens and then move toward his heart.

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<v Speaker 1>The skies declare the glory of God. They show forth

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<v Speaker 1>his power day after.

0:35:15.800 --> 0:35:19.560
<v Speaker 2>Day and night after night, and day after day and

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<v Speaker 2>night after night. And all I've got to do to

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<v Speaker 2>stay and step with God is keep the beat of

0:35:25.520 --> 0:35:30.160
<v Speaker 2>Heaven happening inside my heart. Because there's always enough in heaven.

0:35:30.440 --> 0:35:34.880
<v Speaker 2>There's always enough patience in heaven. There's always enough provision

0:35:34.920 --> 0:35:39.560
<v Speaker 2>in heaven. There's always enough bread in heaven. There's always enough,

0:35:39.960 --> 0:35:44.600
<v Speaker 2>always enough, always enough. My God shall supply all of

0:35:44.640 --> 0:35:47.560
<v Speaker 2>your needs according What if you got in that loop.

0:35:47.800 --> 0:35:53.920
<v Speaker 2>What if you ask God to fill your empty places

0:35:55.400 --> 0:35:59.400
<v Speaker 2>and you start with yourself, You in in scarcity. You

0:35:59.440 --> 0:36:07.239
<v Speaker 2>start with your self, you end in shame. Because I

0:36:07.280 --> 0:36:10.719
<v Speaker 2>look at myself and I feel like David. David does

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<v Speaker 2>something weird. I think he wrote this song. It's contested

0:36:15.000 --> 0:36:16.560
<v Speaker 2>he might have written it, he might have not written it.

0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:20.560
<v Speaker 2>But let's give him credit because this is a song

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<v Speaker 2>that embodies a characteristic known as wisdom poetry. It kind

0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:30.640
<v Speaker 2>of switches beats in the middle of the song. It's

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<v Speaker 2>going on and on about the skies and to have

0:36:32.719 --> 0:36:35.400
<v Speaker 2>his For many years they thought it was two different

0:36:36.040 --> 0:36:39.520
<v Speaker 2>poems put together as they were studying back and trying

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<v Speaker 2>to find out how it was written and when it

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<v Speaker 2>was written. It was such a sharp break at verse

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<v Speaker 2>seven that they thought, well, maybe this is a different thing.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're talking about the skies.

0:36:47.480 --> 0:36:51.759
<v Speaker 2>And the sun and the stars. And then all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, David makes a break in verse seven and

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<v Speaker 2>he starts talking about the law of the Lord. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what he says, perfect refreshing the soul.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at verse twelve. But who can discern their own errors?

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<v Speaker 1>So he is an.

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<v Speaker 2>Imperfect man looking into a perfect law. He's looking at

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<v Speaker 2>what the law is and what it does, and how

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<v Speaker 2>it brings peace, wisdom, and joy. But yet he knows

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<v Speaker 2>that he has broken the very law that produces the

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<v Speaker 2>very things that he wants. I don't think it's much

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<v Speaker 2>of a break, because he is contemplating how the heavens

0:37:42.280 --> 0:37:45.279
<v Speaker 2>are able to effortlessly declare the glory of.

0:37:45.239 --> 0:37:47.040
<v Speaker 1>God, but he cannot.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I'm stuck in a cycle called sin, and there

0:37:55.640 --> 0:37:59.439
<v Speaker 2>are secrets in my heart that, no matter how much

0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:02.200
<v Speaker 2>I dress him up with the words of my mouth,

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<v Speaker 2>the meditations of my heart falls short of the glory

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<v Speaker 2>of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul knew it too.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, what the law was powerless to do in

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<v Speaker 2>that it was weakened by the sinful nature. Look what

0:38:18.560 --> 0:38:25.040
<v Speaker 2>God did. God started a new loop. See through the law,

0:38:25.400 --> 0:38:28.160
<v Speaker 2>man tried to reach his way to God.

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<v Speaker 1>But it was a.

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<v Speaker 2>Cycle of shame caused by sin. So I reach and

0:38:34.440 --> 0:38:38.440
<v Speaker 2>fall short, and try and fall short, and repent and

0:38:38.520 --> 0:38:41.720
<v Speaker 2>fall short, and get up and fall down, and reach

0:38:42.000 --> 0:38:45.200
<v Speaker 2>and fall short and try and fall short, and get

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<v Speaker 2>up and fall down. And God broke the cycle. For

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<v Speaker 2>in the fullness of time, God.

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<v Speaker 1>Sit for his son in the likeness of sinful man, to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be a sin offering. For what the law was powerless

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<v Speaker 2>to do in the I was weakened by the sinful nature.

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<v Speaker 2>God did by sending his own son in the likeness

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<v Speaker 2>of sinful man.

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<v Speaker 1>So that we can say, there is therefore.

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<v Speaker 4>Now no condemn.

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<v Speaker 1>There is therefore let me give you a new loop.

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<v Speaker 2>No condemnation, no condemnation, no condemnation for.

0:39:27.280 --> 0:39:28.880
<v Speaker 1>Those who are in Christ Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the kind of gospel preaching that got me

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<v Speaker 2>to the cross.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the kind of.

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<v Speaker 2>Gospel preaching that will break the change of shame off

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<v Speaker 2>of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the kind of gospel preaching that you can

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<v Speaker 1>preach on.

0:39:41.440 --> 0:39:46.000
<v Speaker 2>Monday morning, Tuesday nine, Wednesday afternoon. You can preach this

0:39:46.160 --> 0:39:52.879
<v Speaker 2>stuff for yourself. There is therefore now no condemnation. Why

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm in Christ. In other words, to seven people

0:39:59.480 --> 0:40:02.200
<v Speaker 2>that tell them, I, I got a new loop. I got

0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:05.960
<v Speaker 2>a new loop. That's what the gospel gives me. A

0:40:06.040 --> 0:40:11.080
<v Speaker 2>new meditation. And watch this. I no longer live by situation.

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<v Speaker 2>You're ready to jump up. I live by revelation. I

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<v Speaker 2>know who he is, I know who I am in him.

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<v Speaker 4>You better touch seven more people.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell him I got a revelation.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a revelation, or whatever I go through, I

0:40:29.040 --> 0:40:31.120
<v Speaker 2>got a revelation of who's.

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<v Speaker 4>In the fire with me. I know what he did.

0:40:33.880 --> 0:40:36.359
<v Speaker 4>I know who he is. I know who I am

0:40:36.480 --> 0:40:40.480
<v Speaker 4>at him. I got a new loop. I'm losing my voice.

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<v Speaker 4>All shout for me.

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<v Speaker 2>You get that in your heart, you'd be finishing the

0:40:57.880 --> 0:41:03.320
<v Speaker 2>devil's sermons in no time. He might start them, but

0:41:03.400 --> 0:41:13.400
<v Speaker 2>you let Grace finish them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The devil

0:41:13.400 --> 0:41:18.240
<v Speaker 2>will be scared to talk to you. He will because

0:41:18.239 --> 0:41:22.240
<v Speaker 2>every failure he brings up is going to trigger within

0:41:22.280 --> 0:41:26.480
<v Speaker 2>your mind a new loop. To realize that Grace is

0:41:26.520 --> 0:41:28.360
<v Speaker 2>greater than my failure.

0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:30.480
<v Speaker 1>Grace is greater.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Maybe you're gonna live in a new loop.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not the sermon that I preach to you

0:41:41.560 --> 0:41:43.120
<v Speaker 2>that determines the course of your life.

0:41:45.200 --> 0:41:56.400
<v Speaker 1>It's a sermon you preach to yourself. That's what you

0:41:56.440 --> 0:41:57.400
<v Speaker 1>say to yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of

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<v Speaker 2>my heart be acceptable, acceptable, accept accept, Accept.

0:42:14.160 --> 0:42:15.600
<v Speaker 1>What God says about.

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<v Speaker 2>You, reject everything else, and live your life under.

0:42:21.040 --> 0:42:28.600
<v Speaker 1>An open heaven. And the heavens declare.

0:42:28.280 --> 0:42:31.480
<v Speaker 2>The glory of God, and the skies declare His wonder

0:42:31.800 --> 0:42:33.960
<v Speaker 2>Day after day they pour forth speech, and.

0:42:33.920 --> 0:42:36.040
<v Speaker 1>They don't need any words to do it. It's a

0:42:36.200 --> 0:42:37.120
<v Speaker 1>silent sermon.

0:42:38.680 --> 0:42:41.520
<v Speaker 2>It's the silent sermon that determines whether or not you

0:42:41.560 --> 0:42:43.920
<v Speaker 2>step out on faith or stay in your comfort zone.

0:42:44.040 --> 0:42:47.000
<v Speaker 2>It's the silent sermon you preach to yourself that determines

0:42:47.000 --> 0:42:48.720
<v Speaker 2>whether you continue to live in a place of regret

0:42:48.719 --> 0:42:51.360
<v Speaker 2>and resentment, or you step forward into your tomorrow believing

0:42:51.360 --> 0:42:53.120
<v Speaker 2>that God will use all things for the good of

0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:55.520
<v Speaker 2>those who love Him and are called according to his purpose.

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<v Speaker 6>It's not this, it's the second sermon. We thought it

0:43:03.920 --> 0:43:06.879
<v Speaker 6>was so weird that the.

0:43:07.040 --> 0:43:09.279
<v Speaker 2>Preacher would pray, let the words of my mouth and

0:43:09.320 --> 0:43:11.960
<v Speaker 2>the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight.

0:43:12.000 --> 0:43:14.200
<v Speaker 2>But I get it now. He was saying, there's two

0:43:14.239 --> 0:43:17.719
<v Speaker 2>sermons happening. There's what I say to you, and there's

0:43:17.760 --> 0:43:22.640
<v Speaker 2>what you say to yourself. And you've got to learn

0:43:22.680 --> 0:43:28.920
<v Speaker 2>how to be the coach of your own soul. I

0:43:28.960 --> 0:43:35.920
<v Speaker 2>wish Davo Sweeney was here. He could help us. I

0:43:36.080 --> 0:43:42.840
<v Speaker 2>was considering hiring a coach recently for leadership, and I

0:43:42.880 --> 0:43:46.040
<v Speaker 2>wanted somebody who could help me to analyze my own leadership.

0:43:46.080 --> 0:43:47.239
<v Speaker 1>And that's probably a good thing to do.

0:43:47.280 --> 0:43:51.560
<v Speaker 2>But I was praying about it, and God said, be

0:43:51.640 --> 0:43:59.560
<v Speaker 2>your own head coach, head coach, you hear me. I

0:43:59.560 --> 0:44:02.800
<v Speaker 2>thought about titling this message help. My mind is a mess,

0:44:02.840 --> 0:44:04.640
<v Speaker 2>and I don't know where to start to put it

0:44:04.760 --> 0:44:07.959
<v Speaker 2>in order that would be more accurate to our real lives.

0:44:08.000 --> 0:44:09.960
<v Speaker 2>But I started to call it the Silent sermon instead,

0:44:10.000 --> 0:44:13.360
<v Speaker 2>because I found out that I have a second self.

0:44:15.840 --> 0:44:17.919
<v Speaker 2>I have the self that tells me everything that's wrong

0:44:18.000 --> 0:44:21.560
<v Speaker 2>with me, and then I have this second self.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not really even me.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a deposit guaranteeing my inheritance is the Holy spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of God dwelling in me. When I say he's in

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<v Speaker 2>my heart, I'm not talking about an organ anymore than

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<v Speaker 2>David is talking about the sun as being a celestial body.

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking about the faithfulness of God in poetic language.

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<v Speaker 1>It is theology wrapped in poetry.

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<v Speaker 2>So when he said the meditations of my heart, I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>I need to be my own head coach. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that I need to let the God in me talk

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<v Speaker 2>to the me and me. I think I need to

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<v Speaker 2>start letting my second self talk to my.

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<v Speaker 1>Screwed up self.

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<v Speaker 2>I even started doing it practically, And for me, I

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<v Speaker 2>have to get out of my head set to write

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<v Speaker 2>things down because up.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is whoa.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't keep it straight, comes real fast, But when

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<v Speaker 2>I write it down, it helps me.

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<v Speaker 1>To slow down a little bit and focus. Slow down.

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<v Speaker 1>It gets that constant me.

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<v Speaker 4>Me, me, me, me.

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<v Speaker 2>So that the real me can speak.

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<v Speaker 1>And I write letters to me from the other me.

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<v Speaker 2>I know what schizophrenic pastor is not what you always

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<v Speaker 2>pray for.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna help somebody, though, I write on the top

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<v Speaker 1>of my page. I write down every time I do this,

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<v Speaker 1>three times a week, holy ghost coaches notes.

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<v Speaker 2>I write it down, and then I talked to myself,

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<v Speaker 2>like I like myself, believe in myself, see myself, and

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<v Speaker 2>know myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I figure all of those are characteristics of the

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<v Speaker 1>God in me. So if I can sit down long

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<v Speaker 1>enough to listen.

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<v Speaker 2>To what Elijah heard as a still small voice, see

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<v Speaker 2>the wind came through the rocks, and Elijah heard nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>I could preach a good sermon. We can sing a

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<v Speaker 2>good song, you might not get it. The fire blazed high.

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah heard nothing, nothing reassuring. Wind blew the fire, Earth

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<v Speaker 2>started shaking. Earth, wind and fire did an opening act,

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<v Speaker 2>and Elijah wasn't impressed.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Hebrew word is interesting. It says God was

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<v Speaker 1>in the whisper.

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<v Speaker 2>It was in that silent sermon that Elijah realized that

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<v Speaker 2>what he was running from was already taken care of.

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<v Speaker 2>It was in that silent sermon that he realized God

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<v Speaker 2>had already appointed someone to put to death those who.

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<v Speaker 1>Threatened his own life.

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<v Speaker 2>It was in that silent sermon that Elijah realized that

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<v Speaker 2>there was already a successor appointed, that his ministry had

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<v Speaker 2>not been in vain. It was in that silent sermon

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<v Speaker 2>that he realized that there was still work to be done,

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<v Speaker 2>and I can't stay in this place of self pity anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the silent sermon, the silent sermon. I wonder if

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<v Speaker 1>that's why Joshua told the people.

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<v Speaker 2>Not to say anything for the first six days they

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<v Speaker 2>walked around the wall, because he knew they would start

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<v Speaker 2>saying stuff to talk each other out of going into

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<v Speaker 2>the land God had given him. Sometimes the best strategy

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<v Speaker 2>is shut up. I know you've always wanted to do this,

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<v Speaker 2>and you hated touching your neighbor in church until this point.

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<v Speaker 2>But look at them and say, shut off. That's the strategy.

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<v Speaker 1>Shut off. Well, you like that a little too much.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm worried about rock Hill. There might be a fight

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<v Speaker 1>in the parking lot.

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<v Speaker 2>And on the seventh day you can shout, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>the shout after the silence. So I write little coaches

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<v Speaker 2>notes to myself. No, you can't see them, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>for you. I don't talk to myself like I used

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<v Speaker 2>to as much anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I still do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll never forget asking Amy Korb, But do you always

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<v Speaker 2>walk around telling yourself what an idiot you are?

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<v Speaker 1>She said, I've never done that in my life. Oh yeah, me, neither.

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<v Speaker 1>I was asking for a friend. I said, she's onto something.

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<v Speaker 1>I realized one time, I would beat myself up.

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<v Speaker 2>If anybody else was talking to me the way I

0:49:02.560 --> 0:49:03.799
<v Speaker 2>was talking to me, I'd beat myself up.

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<v Speaker 1>I would beat them up.

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<v Speaker 2>If I was bigger than them, I would beat them up.

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<v Speaker 2>If they didn't know any moves, I would beat them up.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm living in loops of shame and scarcity, and

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<v Speaker 2>God has really given me his grace. And it'd be

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<v Speaker 2>life changing for you to start some new loops. It'd

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<v Speaker 2>be life changing for you to pray what Pastor Mickey prayed.

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<v Speaker 2>It'd be life changing for you to change your silent sermons.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to them. Do they start with me? They're going

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<v Speaker 2>to end in shame. Do they start with me, They're

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<v Speaker 2>going to end in scarcity. But if you start with

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<v Speaker 2>the source, I bet you'll find springs of living water

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<v Speaker 2>that had been waiting to well up within you.

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<v Speaker 1>They're waiting to burst forth.

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<v Speaker 2>So good. The best sermon Jesus ever preached, as far

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<v Speaker 2>as I'm concerned. He preached it to the woman at

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<v Speaker 2>the well. I mean, he said a lot of good

0:50:08.920 --> 0:50:11.080
<v Speaker 2>things to her. He said, I'm the water you've been

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<v Speaker 2>looking for. Where you've been running around, what's been happening

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<v Speaker 2>in your heart. It's like a well that can hold water.

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<v Speaker 2>But my favorite part of his sermon isn't what he said,

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<v Speaker 2>it's where he sat. The Bible says he sat on

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<v Speaker 2>a well and waited for a woman. It took me

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<v Speaker 2>years to see that he was a well.

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<v Speaker 1>On a well.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a well within you that will not run dry.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a God within you who does not fail.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a grace within you that is not ashamed.

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<v Speaker 2>But I can't give you this water.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to drink it for yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe God wants to whisper to us in this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to be very still, very quiet. Just

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<v Speaker 2>close your eyes, quit thinking about.

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<v Speaker 1>Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me me.

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<v Speaker 7>See how good that feels. See right there is the

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<v Speaker 7>presence of God. See right there is the peace that

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<v Speaker 7>passes all understandable. See right there, how the blood of

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<v Speaker 7>Jesus speaks a better word over your life. It's the silencer.

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<v Speaker 7>It's the silence that can be heard. It's the part

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<v Speaker 7>of you that knows that greater is he that's in

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<v Speaker 7>me than he that's in the world. It's the part

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<v Speaker 7>of you that knows that God will supply all my

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<v Speaker 7>needs and be faithful.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the part of you that knows, and it's in you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for joining us.

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