WEBVTT - The Gift In The Grind

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>podcast and 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.

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<v Speaker 2>I have one verse of scripture that I want to

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<v Speaker 2>preach on today.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not choose the scripture. It chows me.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I would say it jumped up and bit

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<v Speaker 2>me on, bit me on my neck and told me

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<v Speaker 2>preach me or I'll kill you. It's just that fierce

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<v Speaker 2>the way that this verse came to me. It's in

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<v Speaker 2>First Corinthians, chapter fifteen, verse ten. You know what, though,

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<v Speaker 2>if we preach on just one verse today, if we

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<v Speaker 2>preach on verse Corinthians fifteen ten, how's that going to

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<v Speaker 2>make verse nine feel? And if we skip by verse

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<v Speaker 2>eight to get to verse nine. So I only want

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<v Speaker 2>to preach one verse, but I think I should start

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<v Speaker 2>at verse one so that we do not offend any

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<v Speaker 2>of the other verses. Support we need contextually in order

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<v Speaker 2>to give the full illumination of the meaning of the verse.

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<v Speaker 2>So listen to these words now from the apostle Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't make you stand the whole time. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're new here, you get a little nervous. At this

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<v Speaker 2>point we do sit down, and then some people stand

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<v Speaker 2>back up, just the ones who love Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>They jump up while I'm preaching and stuff. I'm kidding.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>You can love Jesus and sit down to It's just

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<v Speaker 2>you love him more if you stand up. But you

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<v Speaker 2>can love him a little bit and sit to a sermon. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the

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<v Speaker 2>gospel I preach to you, which you received and on

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<v Speaker 2>which you have taken your stand. By this gospel, you

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<v Speaker 2>are saved if you hold firmly to the word I

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<v Speaker 2>preach to you. Otherwise you have believed in vain. Would

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<v Speaker 2>you touch your neighbor and tell them, don't waste it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't waste it. For what I received, I passed on

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<v Speaker 2>to you as a first importance, that Christ died for

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<v Speaker 2>our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried,

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<v Speaker 2>and that he was raised on the third day according

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<v Speaker 2>to the scriptures, and that he appeared to Seethus and

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<v Speaker 2>then to the twelve after that he appeared to more

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<v Speaker 2>than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time, most of whom are still living, though some

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<v Speaker 2>have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, and then

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<v Speaker 2>to all the apostles, and last of all, he appeared

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<v Speaker 2>to me, also as to one abnormally born. For I

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<v Speaker 2>am the least of the apostles, and do not even

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<v Speaker 2>deserve to be called an apostle because I persecuted the

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<v Speaker 2>Church of God.

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<v Speaker 1>But everybody shot. But that's one of the biggest.

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<v Speaker 2>Words in the Bible, by the way, I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a big word, three letters, but it's a big word.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody shall butt. I was going down. I thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was over. They laid him in the ground, and Hell

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<v Speaker 2>had a party on Friday night. Ask somebody next to you, say,

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<v Speaker 2>how big is yours?

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I want to know.

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<v Speaker 3>But by the grace of God, I am what I am.

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<v Speaker 3>And His grace to me was not without effect. No,

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<v Speaker 3>I worked harder than all of.

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<v Speaker 2>Them, yet not I but the grace of God that

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<v Speaker 2>was with me. I want to speak to you for

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<v Speaker 2>a few moments today on this subject. The gift in

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<v Speaker 2>the grind, the gift in the grind on your way

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<v Speaker 2>to your seat, touch somebody and say I'm on my grind.

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<v Speaker 2>You've seen that hashtag on Instagram. Right on my grind

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<v Speaker 2>hashtag Jim flow hashtag, humbled hashtag, filter free hashtag, paleo hashtag, CrossFit,

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<v Speaker 2>bro hashtag, it's every day brostag hashtag.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my grind. No, you're not on your grind, you're

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<v Speaker 1>on your phone. Put down your phone and just go

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<v Speaker 1>to the gym.

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<v Speaker 2>If you go to the gym enough, you won't have

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<v Speaker 2>to post about it.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll all notice the results. Unless you want to show

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<v Speaker 1>off your shoes.

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<v Speaker 2>Then take a selfie. I mentioned it because Paul is

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<v Speaker 2>it's coming across a little bit humble braggy in First Corinthians.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I know he's the Apostle Paul and everything

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<v Speaker 2>he says is supposed to be so wonderful. But I

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<v Speaker 2>will be honest with you. I like the Bible, Like

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<v Speaker 2>I really like the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>What a relief. It wouldn't matter if I liked it

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<v Speaker 1>or not, it would be true.

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<v Speaker 2>But I happen to like the Bible now more than

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<v Speaker 2>when I first started reading it. It's just that now

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like everybody in the Bible all the time

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<v Speaker 2>like Jonah, because God went through so much trouble to

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<v Speaker 2>get Jonah to preach a message in Nineveh, and then

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<v Speaker 2>by the time he preached the message after God had

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<v Speaker 2>to track him down and dispatch a whale and send

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<v Speaker 2>a storm and all of this nonsense. That Jonah couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>just go where he was supposed to preach and say

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<v Speaker 2>what he was supposed to say. When he did preach,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't even that great of a sermon. This was

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<v Speaker 2>his whole sermon. Forty days an interval will be destroyed. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>anybody could have done that. And I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>offend you so early in the sermon. I usually save

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<v Speaker 2>that until about the twenty two minute mark.

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<v Speaker 1>Right here, Paul is annoying me a little bit, a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, just a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he doesn't care that I'm annoyed with this

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<v Speaker 2>passage that he wrote to the church at Corinth. He's

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<v Speaker 2>not writing it as a letter to me or to

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<v Speaker 2>you as his primary audience. He's trying to get the

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<v Speaker 2>church in Corinth to live out what God has invested

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<v Speaker 2>put in. That's really the challenge of life is to

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<v Speaker 2>live out what God has put in. What makes that

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<v Speaker 2>difficult is the grind. The grind the glory of God

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<v Speaker 2>is such a wonderful, mesmerizing and peace inducing concept when

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<v Speaker 2>we're together like this, I wonder if I would be

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<v Speaker 2>able to preach as well if I had to follow

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<v Speaker 2>you onto your job and see the people that you

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<v Speaker 2>deal with. I wonder if my sermons would be well,

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<v Speaker 2>you're saying amen a little too loud right now, we offended.

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<v Speaker 2>But there is a sense in which every time I

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<v Speaker 2>stand up to preach, I am aware that the Gospel

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<v Speaker 2>has to be lived out not in the confines of

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<v Speaker 2>a cathedral, but in the grind of everyday life. And

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<v Speaker 2>life is a grind, and marriage is a grind.

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<v Speaker 1>I know their vows were beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's some stuff they didn't put in those valves

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<v Speaker 2>because they didn't know about them yet. But four years

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<v Speaker 2>into marriage, if they could say the vowels the way

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<v Speaker 2>they really go, it wouldn't be big broad concepts like.

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<v Speaker 1>Sickness and health and life.

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<v Speaker 2>And death, because there's a lot of stuff in between

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<v Speaker 2>life and death called grime. It's called do I really

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<v Speaker 2>have to remind you to put.

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<v Speaker 1>Gas in the car?

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<v Speaker 2>You're forty seven years old, and we've been talking about

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<v Speaker 2>this for twenty one years. Did you really leave the

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<v Speaker 2>van on empty account? That's why people get divorced. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not big things. It's seven hundred and ninety three dirty

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<v Speaker 2>socks left in the room after I told you forty

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<v Speaker 2>three times. I'm not sure, mom, pick up after yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a grind. And I was confused because I

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<v Speaker 1>thought people working.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought people quit their jobs because big, horrible things happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And I thought people gave up on themselves because of catastrophic,

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<v Speaker 2>cataclysmic events. I found out that it's the grind. The

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<v Speaker 2>grind makes ministers put down their microphone. I think I

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<v Speaker 2>think they put down their microphone, not because they quit

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<v Speaker 2>loving Jesus or left their first love. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>grind makes volunteers quit showing.

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<v Speaker 1>Up to serve because it's kind of our fault.

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<v Speaker 2>When we sign you up to volunteer, we show you

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<v Speaker 2>the glory, but we hide the grind.

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<v Speaker 1>You see these beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Women with the welcome team t shirts on there, I

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<v Speaker 2>guarantee you some people on their team didn't show up

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<v Speaker 2>to serve that we're supposed to serve today. Now that

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<v Speaker 2>happens to you enough Sunday mornings when you put aside

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<v Speaker 2>your Sunday morning to serve and somebody didn't even have

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff ready that you needed to serve. After a while,

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<v Speaker 2>you rip your name tag off and you say, I

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<v Speaker 2>love Jesus, but this sucks, and I can serve God

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<v Speaker 2>in my own way. I think I'll serve him on

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<v Speaker 2>the boat. I have a boat ministry.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus. This stuff on the boat. I'm gonna go on

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<v Speaker 1>the boat too. Lake Norman.

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<v Speaker 2>They had seventy volunteers sign up for Lake Norman to

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<v Speaker 2>volunteer at Lake Norman this weekend. I'm just gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>upfront with you and tell you what they may not have.

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<v Speaker 1>Told you at the campus.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a grind. It's a grime. I mean it's a

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<v Speaker 2>good grind, and God's gonna do great things, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>a grime. How uninspiring could the introduction to.

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<v Speaker 1>My sermon possibly be?

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<v Speaker 2>But to tell you that, after you've picked out the

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<v Speaker 2>baby names, and after they throw you a gender reveal

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<v Speaker 2>party and a gender reveal reveal party, and a gender

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<v Speaker 2>reveal reveal reveal reveal party, here comes to grind. The

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<v Speaker 2>grind of diapers, the grind of long nights, the grind

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<v Speaker 2>of Red Eyes and Red Bull. But the good news

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<v Speaker 2>is if you make it through the infancy stage, the

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<v Speaker 2>grind stops.

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<v Speaker 1>After that.

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<v Speaker 2>Raising children is easy, no more grind. Just sitting next

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<v Speaker 2>to your child, tell them you're a grind. I love you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm grateful for you. See that's the thing. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>ungrateful for what God has given me. That's not why

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<v Speaker 2>I get a bad attitude. That's not why sometimes don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to show up.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate.

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<v Speaker 2>I know there are people who would love to have

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<v Speaker 2>my life, and it makes me feel bad and guilty

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<v Speaker 2>when you compare my life to somebody else, and I think, well,

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<v Speaker 2>it could be worse.

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<v Speaker 1>And people will say things like when you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You could be in the hospital room, if you know

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<v Speaker 2>somebody in the hospital room would love.

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<v Speaker 1>To go to your job Monday, but they're not going.

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<v Speaker 1>And I am, and I'm in the grind, and I

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<v Speaker 1>am grateful I have a job. But there's just sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>that the grind.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Paul is talking to a church that would have

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<v Speaker 2>been very familiar with the grind.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not some little town.

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<v Speaker 2>Core is a major city, not exactly a port city,

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<v Speaker 2>but connected to one that meant they had all the

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<v Speaker 2>infrastructure of an urban city. That meant that the transportation

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<v Speaker 2>systems were complicated, so they knew what it was to

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<v Speaker 2>have a traffic jam. Just the grind, just the grind

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<v Speaker 2>of trying to figure out how to worship Christ in

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<v Speaker 2>a culture that is counter christ. Just the grind, trying

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out how to serve Christ and a culture

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<v Speaker 2>that is counter Christ from what is culturally normative is

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<v Speaker 2>counter Christian. It's a grind, just a grind. And Paul

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<v Speaker 2>reminds them of the importance of the Gospel. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to remind you not of the information that

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<v Speaker 2>the Gospel contains, but the importance of it, because the

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<v Speaker 2>grind can.

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<v Speaker 1>Make you forget what's really important. You know this.

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<v Speaker 2>The grind can make you lose a sense of priority

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<v Speaker 2>that start giving your best energy to your lowest priorities.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just the grime. Paul writes to them that he

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<v Speaker 2>understands it. He does it in a strange way, though,

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<v Speaker 2>And this is where he started to get on my

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<v Speaker 2>nerves a little bit, because when he said, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to remind you of the Gospel and the resurrection, which

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<v Speaker 2>is your hope.

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<v Speaker 1>I was with him when he said, if you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Hold on to it, and you don't really believe in it,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like.

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<v Speaker 1>It never happened.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand what he's saying, not that God is going

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<v Speaker 2>to take his grace away, but that sometimes if I

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<v Speaker 2>don't walk in, at what good is it. I understand

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<v Speaker 2>why he's saying. This gospel did not originate with me.

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<v Speaker 2>It just came through me because a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>probably worship Paul and saw him as some indispensable gift

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<v Speaker 2>to the body of Christ. But he realized that really

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<v Speaker 2>all he was doing was regifting what God had given

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<v Speaker 2>to him. I understand his sequence. How he said that

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<v Speaker 2>he was the last one in to this og apostle group,

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<v Speaker 2>How he said that almost everybody seemed to be picked

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<v Speaker 2>before him. And then, in a blinding light on the

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<v Speaker 2>road to Damascus, as he was on his way to

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<v Speaker 2>persecute Christians, the very Christ who he was persecuting by

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<v Speaker 2>coming against those who stood for his name, knocked him

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<v Speaker 2>off of his horse. Oh yes, God will closeline you

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<v Speaker 2>if you are headed in the wrong direction, because He

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<v Speaker 2>loves you too much to let you waste your whole

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<v Speaker 2>life headed for a destination that will ultimately disappoint you.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I preach a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>So I get it when Paul says that I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have anything that I didn't receive, and I'm with him

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<v Speaker 2>when he says that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all Gospel all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>When he gets to this part though, verse nine, we

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<v Speaker 2>should look at it again. For I am the least

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<v Speaker 2>of the Apostles. I'm not buying it, partially because his

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<v Speaker 2>very name is almost synonymous with apostle.

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<v Speaker 1>If I said the Apostle, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Then let you fill in the blank, you know who

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<v Speaker 2>wrote thirteen of the twenty seven New Testament books, the Apostle. See,

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't say Bartholomew, and he was one two.

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<v Speaker 1>But you didn't name your kid that the Apostle, Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>And so for him to be saying, oh, oh, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is not his rookie year, I get it. In

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<v Speaker 2>your first year, you've been killing Christians, or at least

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<v Speaker 2>consenting to their murder. They laid the garments at your

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<v Speaker 2>feet when Stephen was stone, when Jesus Christ gave a

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<v Speaker 2>standing ovation to Stephen because of his boldness, and you

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<v Speaker 2>stood there watching it, and not only watching it, but

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<v Speaker 2>endorsing it and supporting it.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand how at.

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<v Speaker 2>That point it could take you a little while. But

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<v Speaker 2>you've been in the game thirty years, planting churches all

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the Roman Empire, taking it where didn't dare to

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<v Speaker 2>take it.

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<v Speaker 1>And in fact, Peter had.

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<v Speaker 2>A sort of prejudice that didn't show itself except when

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<v Speaker 2>he was around people who he thought were as prejudice

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<v Speaker 2>as he was.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul wasn't that way. Paul didn't talk.

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<v Speaker 2>One way in front of one group or one race,

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<v Speaker 2>and then talk another way when he got around his

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<v Speaker 2>friends or his boys.

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<v Speaker 1>He was just determined to take the gospel to all people.

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<v Speaker 2>I just said something right there, one person, all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>But Paul said, you know, really, I don't feel worthy

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<v Speaker 2>of this.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been in it so long, and I know I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a legend.

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't even really feel like what you think

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<v Speaker 2>I am. I don't even really feel like I deserve

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<v Speaker 2>this title. And I'm doing the job and I'm filling

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<v Speaker 2>the position. But can I be honest with you, Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>I feel more like a little boy than I do

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<v Speaker 2>like a dad. It's the difference between the title.

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<v Speaker 1>Others give me and the truth I tell myself.

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<v Speaker 2>And Paul knew a truth about himself that caused him to.

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<v Speaker 1>Always feel a little unworthy of his title. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the least of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Apostles, and I don't deserve to be calling apostle.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>That's like the singers who just sing so good and

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<v Speaker 2>then you're like, oh, you know, that was so good,

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<v Speaker 2>and try to shut up. You know you can sing,

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<v Speaker 2>And then there's some other ones who think they can

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<v Speaker 2>sing and need a friend. I remember the first compliment

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<v Speaker 2>I was ever given as a preacher, and there was

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<v Speaker 2>a lesson in it because I preached this little sermon

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<v Speaker 2>about the time that Peter was walking on the water

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<v Speaker 2>and he saw the wind in the waves and he

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<v Speaker 2>began to sing. I was sixteen years old preaching amongst

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<v Speaker 2>corny n I Methodist Church. Because at age sixteen, you

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<v Speaker 2>know all about the wind and waves of life qualifies

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<v Speaker 2>you to bring a word to the people. And I

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<v Speaker 2>got done preaching my sermon. And when you first start preaching,

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<v Speaker 2>people are very kind. They see it as their responsibility

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<v Speaker 2>to help bridge.

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<v Speaker 1>The gap between your attention and your performance. So they

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<v Speaker 1>say sweet things, especially in the South.

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<v Speaker 2>They might not mean them, but Southerners will say it anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>and George Altman came up to me after my first

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<v Speaker 2>sermon and said, you did a good job today. George

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<v Speaker 2>Altman was a legend at the church. He'd been in

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<v Speaker 2>the church longer than the church had been in the church.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, you did a good job today. And when

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<v Speaker 2>he said it, I felt like that I shouldn't just

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<v Speaker 2>say thank you, because that felt kind of arrogant that

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<v Speaker 2>I should say something spiritual back. So mister George said

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<v Speaker 2>that was a good job today. I said thank you,

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<v Speaker 2>But it wasn't me. It was all God. And George

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<v Speaker 2>Aupman said, it wasn't that good. You know, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of you in it. If it would have

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<v Speaker 2>been all God, touch somebody say you're not that good,

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<v Speaker 2>and I feel pope. Not only does it feel a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit like a humble brag.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not even deserve to be an apostle. It's all God.

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<v Speaker 2>And he knows he's smart, and he knows he's of

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<v Speaker 2>the tribe of Benjamin, and he knows he's a Pharisee

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<v Speaker 2>of Pharisees, and he knows that he studied under the Meleel,

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<v Speaker 2>who was the Jedi spiritual teacher of Judaic tradition, and

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<v Speaker 2>he knows all of this.

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<v Speaker 1>But he said, you know, I really don't even feel

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<v Speaker 1>like an apostle. But then he confused me because in

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<v Speaker 1>verse ten he can't make up his mind watch this.

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<v Speaker 1>But by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Grace of God, I am what I am, and his

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<v Speaker 2>grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked

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<v Speaker 2>harder than all of them, than Cephists, than the twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>than the five hundred. I outworked everybody that God picked.

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<v Speaker 1>Before me, yet not I. But it was the grace

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<v Speaker 1>of God that was with me. So which one was it? Paul?

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<v Speaker 1>I worked harder than all of them. I took the

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<v Speaker 1>gustel where none of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Would dare to go, shipwrecks and lashings and accusations. I

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<v Speaker 2>was on my grind, but it wasn't me, it was

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<v Speaker 2>Oh God, was it?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it your grind? Or was it God's grace?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe in talking to dead people, but I

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<v Speaker 2>saw I feel like Paul answered me this week. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it was a holy spirit and said, why do you

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<v Speaker 2>always try to keep two things apart? Then in the

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<v Speaker 2>mind of God go together? And I realized that I

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<v Speaker 2>was doing with the text what often happens even in

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<v Speaker 2>our own nation.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that two things that are really.

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<v Speaker 2>Meant to go together get so divided, and now we

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<v Speaker 2>see as opposites two things that actually cannot operate unless

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<v Speaker 2>they operate in tandem. So one person will say I

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<v Speaker 2>want justice and another person will say, but I'm a patriot.

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<v Speaker 2>But those two are not opposites, because you can't be

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<v Speaker 2>a patriot if.

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<v Speaker 1>There is not justice. It's got to work together. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you hear me? What God has joined together? Let not

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<v Speaker 1>man separate.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not just a Mariage scripture.

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<v Speaker 1>We do it all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>So we got some people who want to read the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible on their couch and say, I'm all about grace.

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<v Speaker 2>You know you really preciously with your girlfriend.

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<v Speaker 1>You should make a commitment to her marriage.

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<v Speaker 2>And you probably anybody wou say about something Sharley, No,

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<v Speaker 2>I am what I am? Got the spirit of Popeye

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<v Speaker 2>comes over you when somebody starts saying something, Amn, what

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<v Speaker 2>I am?

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<v Speaker 1>I wan what I want? God knows what I want.

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<v Speaker 1>He even't want me to want it. He should have

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<v Speaker 1>made me different. Well, he should have made me, should

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<v Speaker 1>have made me want like all these women. And should

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's his fault. He made him look good.

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<v Speaker 2>I like your awkward laughter where you feel like we

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<v Speaker 2>got out of church and got into real real life.

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<v Speaker 1>The grind, the grind, the grind, the grind, all had

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<v Speaker 1>the grace of God. You know, I don't go to church,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, me and God, we got our thing.

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<v Speaker 1>We chill over in the game.

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<v Speaker 2>See fantasy football is how I connect with God. That's

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<v Speaker 2>my connection with God because I feel like he's my

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback and God speaks to.

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<v Speaker 1>Me over the game. It's a great thing. You wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>understand those of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Who like commit yourself to church and discipline you, you

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<v Speaker 2>just don't get the grace of God. Paul said, no, no, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>no no, you don't get the grind. Paul said, I

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<v Speaker 2>got grace and I got grind. Those two are not opposites.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got grace and I've got truth. Those two are

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<v Speaker 2>not opposites. I've got grace. But it's not this fake grace,

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<v Speaker 2>this cheap grace, this phony grace that finds you and

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<v Speaker 2>just covers you. This is a grace that changes you.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul said. When you've been where I've been, and you've

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<v Speaker 2>done what I've done, and God.

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<v Speaker 1>Picks you up off of a thirty Damascus.

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<v Speaker 2>Road and gives you a mission, and forgives your sins

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<v Speaker 2>and cleanses you from your unrighteousness and sets your feet

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<v Speaker 2>on a rock. When you get this kind of grace,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't stay on the couch. You walk into your

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<v Speaker 2>calling determined and committed to be what he calls you

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<v Speaker 2>to be.

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<v Speaker 1>I am what I am because of his grace.

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<v Speaker 2>And I will not stay what I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm becoming what I shall be by the grace of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Give him a shout of praise. If you got grace,

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<v Speaker 1>come on.

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<v Speaker 2>All the way to the top. Praise Him for his grace.

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<v Speaker 2>Grace will make you praise him. Grace will make you persevere.

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<v Speaker 2>Race we'll make you get up and go again. Grace

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<v Speaker 2>will make you change your ways. Grace will make you

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<v Speaker 2>say I'm sorry. Grace will make you stick it out.

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<v Speaker 1>Did anybody make it by the grace of God? So

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<v Speaker 1>Paul said, there's two ways to look at this.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm on my I'm on my grind. I'm serving God

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<v Speaker 2>more than all of them. And the reason I serve

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<v Speaker 2>God more than all of them is because I needed

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<v Speaker 2>more grace than any of them. This is the part

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<v Speaker 2>of the sermon where the people who aren't perfect should shout,

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<v Speaker 2>because when you know that you don't deserve what God

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<v Speaker 2>has given you, nobody has to make you serve God.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, every breakfast a gift, every step is grace,

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<v Speaker 2>every day is grace.

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<v Speaker 1>His mercies are new with every rising up the sun.

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<v Speaker 2>I want all the unworthy people to shout, all the

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<v Speaker 2>undeserving people to shout. Come on rock Hill, come on Gaston,

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<v Speaker 2>come on Lake Norman, come on you see, come on Blakeney.

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<v Speaker 1>You might want to jump up on your feet for

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen seconds and second for his unmars.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I got grind.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, And I'm not grinding to get God's favor.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm grinding because I've already got God's favor.

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<v Speaker 4>I got grace in the grind. So I want to

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<v Speaker 4>make a new hashtag. I want to make a new hashtag.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to post this week hashtag on my grind,

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<v Speaker 1>but change it a little bit. Sit down, I'll show you.

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<v Speaker 2>It says I worked harder than them all. I'll work

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<v Speaker 2>them all because I'll send them all. I worked them

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<v Speaker 2>all because of what I knew about me, Not so

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<v Speaker 2>God would love me, but because he did so much

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't bust through the front door and annoying his

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<v Speaker 2>feet with perfume to earn his acceptance. It was because

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<v Speaker 2>he had already given me his acceptance. It meant so

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<v Speaker 2>much to me.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm on my grime. But it's not really me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's his grace to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And perhaps here a distinction would be helpful between the

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<v Speaker 2>common grace of God that is given to all men,

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<v Speaker 2>the saving grace of God which brings us into right

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with Him, and then that particular grace of God

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<v Speaker 2>that God has given you and no one else, Elijah.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave me a grace to raise you. Any other

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<v Speaker 2>Dad in this room would fail at it. But I

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<v Speaker 2>can do this because I got grace for it, not

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<v Speaker 2>that I need it. I got grace for it. God

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't just give you a grace to save you. He

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<v Speaker 2>gives you a special grace for your grind. God does

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<v Speaker 2>not just give grace to a preacher when he stands

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<v Speaker 2>in a pulpit. He gives grace for negotiation in a boardroom.

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<v Speaker 2>If that's your place, that's your grace. God has given

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<v Speaker 2>you a particular grace. It is custom design to fit

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<v Speaker 2>in the space where God has assigned you.

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<v Speaker 1>Paul said, it was his grace to me, his grace

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<v Speaker 1>to me. Verse three. I passed on to you that

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<v Speaker 1>which was given to me, the grace that God gave me.

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<v Speaker 1>I regifted it to you. That's all I did.

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<v Speaker 2>I get weary when I try to pass on to

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<v Speaker 2>others what God did not give to me. But when

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<v Speaker 2>I stay on my grind, hashtag in my grace, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the new hashtag.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on my grind. Tell somebody say I'm on my grind,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm in my grace. Hashtag in my grace. That's how.

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<v Speaker 1>Give me that bag. Follow me around you follow me

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<v Speaker 1>with that bag. I want you to go into situations

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<v Speaker 1>this week. Can I use you? You don't look so sure.

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<v Speaker 2>Is those situations in your life that require extra grace

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<v Speaker 2>those people in your life. One author called it e

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<v Speaker 2>g R people Extra grace acquired people. Do not make

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<v Speaker 2>eye contact with the person you came to church with

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<v Speaker 2>right now. That would be the worst thing you could do.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want you to take the situation in your

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<v Speaker 1>life this week that the grind and in your mind.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to see it as a gift. So

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<v Speaker 1>I got a whole bag of bows and I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to take the situation this week.

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<v Speaker 2>That you've been asking God to take away anymont and

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<v Speaker 2>when that person comes your way, then tries your soul

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<v Speaker 2>to the marrow of its essence.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh god, how many of you just had a flash

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<v Speaker 1>image of who they are? Put a bowl on them

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<v Speaker 1>in your mind. Now, don't do it?

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<v Speaker 2>Really?

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<v Speaker 1>Then you know I might but that person that you

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<v Speaker 1>got to deal with and you can't make them go away.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to find here.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the gift in the grind. Oh, thank you,

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<v Speaker 2>annoying person. Thank you long drive to work. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>needing to listen to my audio Bible that is on

0:30:42.560 --> 0:30:46.000
<v Speaker 2>my iPhone app and you just gave me thirty seven

0:30:46.160 --> 0:30:47.360
<v Speaker 2>extra minutes to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>What a gift. It's the gift in the grind. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you dentist office. Just a little stuff, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just a little stuff forgiving me the opportunity to meditate.

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<v Speaker 1>And even though this dntal hygienesi is trying to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to me while she has an instrument of death in

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<v Speaker 1>my mouth, why do they do that. I'll take this

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<v Speaker 1>as a gift. You look better with that. It's a gift.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a gift. It's a gift. Everybody shot it's a gift.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a gift.

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<v Speaker 2>It didn't look like a gift at first, but you

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<v Speaker 2>know that person that doesn't like you, that God is

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<v Speaker 2>using to set you free from the need to have

0:31:46.520 --> 0:31:52.960
<v Speaker 2>people like you. It's a gift. It's a gift. Shout

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<v Speaker 2>it out, love by faith, it's a gift. Doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to feel good to be good. All things work together.

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<v Speaker 1>Of them.

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<v Speaker 2>They loved God and are called according to his purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm looking for the gift in the grind. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>looking for the gift in the discouragement. Imagine how much

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<v Speaker 2>fun is gonna be to go through the boring.

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<v Speaker 5>Parts of your week with a back full of bothes,

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<v Speaker 5>just looking for the grace of God, just looking for

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<v Speaker 5>the mercy of God, just looking for the gift of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if I seek, I will find, and if I knock,

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<v Speaker 2>the door will be open. And if I embrace the grid,

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<v Speaker 2>I can receive the gift.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the Word became flesh.

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<v Speaker 2>And dwelt a loove us, and we beheld his glory,

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<v Speaker 2>the glory, yes, of the only begotten, of the Father, full.

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<v Speaker 1>Of grace and truth. Does somebody say, I gotta give.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a guilt. It's a guilt. That's how I do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm out of boze. You take the bag. I got

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<v Speaker 1>a gift. I five everybody in your vicinity.

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<v Speaker 2>A second.

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<v Speaker 1>What a gumft, what a gamp?

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<v Speaker 6>My weakness is a gift. My struggle is against God

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<v Speaker 6>could have knocked Paul off of his horse.

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<v Speaker 2>Before he ever consented to the killing of a Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>But if he had done it too early, Paul would

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<v Speaker 2>have valued it too little.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>That when God really wants to use somebody in a

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<v Speaker 2>great way, just like they took the olives to make

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<v Speaker 2>the oil that went in the lamps that went in

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<v Speaker 2>the tabernacle so that they could burn in the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord, had to be hand pressed so that

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<v Speaker 2>there would be no pulp in the lamp that would

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<v Speaker 2>cause the light not to burn as brightly or as long.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a feeling that God does to the life,

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<v Speaker 2>that he really wants to handpick what they would do

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<v Speaker 2>to those olives, and he hand presses the life to

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<v Speaker 2>get the oil to flow from the purest place. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what the grind is for. To get out my pride.

0:34:28.320 --> 0:34:32.840
<v Speaker 2>That's what the grind is for to get out myself reliance.

0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:38.000
<v Speaker 2>That's what the grind is for, to get out my superiority.

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<v Speaker 2>If God would have given it to me too early,

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<v Speaker 2>I would have thought I was better. But now I

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<v Speaker 2>can say I don't even deserve to be what you're

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<v Speaker 2>calling me.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm in. But it's not me, but it's in me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want my grind when.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm in my grace. Here's the challenge. The enemy can't

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<v Speaker 2>stop God from giving you grace, so he wants to

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<v Speaker 2>stop you from using it. And I want to ask

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<v Speaker 2>a question of everyone who made the choice to come

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<v Speaker 2>to church today, have you been wasting your grace?

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<v Speaker 1>Paul said, God gave me so much grace.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Eugene Peterson tried to translate his version of

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<v Speaker 2>First Corinthiums fifteen ten in the Message Bible, he had

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<v Speaker 2>to say it like this, God has been so very

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<v Speaker 2>good to me, and I don't intend to waste a

0:35:37.320 --> 0:35:42.080
<v Speaker 2>drop of it. I won't waste it because it costs

0:35:42.120 --> 0:35:48.200
<v Speaker 2>too much. Waste is relative to value. When you've had

0:35:48.280 --> 0:35:51.040
<v Speaker 2>so much of something for so long, you lose the

0:35:51.160 --> 0:35:55.239
<v Speaker 2>value of it, and so you use it and you

0:35:55.320 --> 0:35:59.040
<v Speaker 2>abuse it because you have lost your sense, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to remind you of the gospel.

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<v Speaker 1>I preach to you, the gospel that God gave to

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<v Speaker 1>me and I gave to you.

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<v Speaker 2>And now you're in this gospel and you're in disgrace,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're wasting it.

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<v Speaker 1>The church at Corinth had.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of problems, not only idolatry, not only sexism,

0:36:15.680 --> 0:36:18.760
<v Speaker 2>not only divisions in the church, not only sexual problems.

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<v Speaker 1>But they had gift envy.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a church full of gifted people that were

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<v Speaker 2>walking around with other people's gift on their wish list.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you envy someone else's gift, you waste your grace.

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<v Speaker 2>When you wish that you had what they had, you

0:36:48.480 --> 0:36:53.000
<v Speaker 2>missed the gift that God has given you. Don't waste

0:36:53.080 --> 0:36:58.880
<v Speaker 2>your grace because you're wishing for someone else's. Well, if

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<v Speaker 2>I could be like her, I guess I would. Paul said,

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<v Speaker 2>I am what I am, and guess what that means.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not what I'm not.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's okay because I got my own grace. I

0:37:13.600 --> 0:37:16.719
<v Speaker 2>got my own grace. I don't need yours. I got

0:37:16.800 --> 0:37:21.640
<v Speaker 2>my own. How many times have we wasted the grace

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<v Speaker 2>that God has given us because we have envied the

0:37:25.000 --> 0:37:30.520
<v Speaker 2>gifts that he gave another. I see people miss the

0:37:30.680 --> 0:37:33.680
<v Speaker 2>season that they're in because they're waiting on the one

0:37:33.760 --> 0:37:37.840
<v Speaker 2>that's to come. You will waste the grace of this

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<v Speaker 2>season if your focus is on the next one. And

0:37:45.360 --> 0:37:50.359
<v Speaker 2>now you're weary, and now you're burden. Now you want

0:37:50.400 --> 0:37:54.359
<v Speaker 2>to give up because you've wait, not that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the grace, you're wasting it. It's right there be

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<v Speaker 2>sad to get to heaven. And there's a big pile

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<v Speaker 2>of all the grace that God gave you each day

0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:12.080
<v Speaker 2>that you didn't appropriate because you were.

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<v Speaker 1>Waiting until you felt worthy.

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<v Speaker 7>Paul said, I know what I did, but if I

0:38:19.840 --> 0:38:24.960
<v Speaker 7>stay in my shame, I will waste my grace. And

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<v Speaker 7>the price that was paid for me to stand in

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<v Speaker 7>this grace was too great for me to waste it.

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<v Speaker 7>I will not waste my grace. The pastes behind me,

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<v Speaker 7>the crosses before.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Will not waste the grace of this day. This is

0:38:53.480 --> 0:38:59.120
<v Speaker 1>the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice

0:38:59.640 --> 0:39:03.880
<v Speaker 1>and be glad in it. I refuse to leave any

0:39:04.239 --> 0:39:09.000
<v Speaker 1>grace misappropriated.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm done wishing that I was someone else, because

0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:21.439
<v Speaker 2>I am what I am by the grace of God,

0:39:22.280 --> 0:39:24.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm done wishing that I was in a season or

0:39:24.520 --> 0:39:27.880
<v Speaker 2>a situation that you know what. I am done wasting

0:39:28.280 --> 0:39:32.680
<v Speaker 2>the grace that God has given me worrying about situations

0:39:32.719 --> 0:39:33.480
<v Speaker 2>that I can't control.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. I'm done.

0:39:38.360 --> 0:39:42.560
<v Speaker 2>I have wasted enough time crying over stuff that was

0:39:42.719 --> 0:39:46.080
<v Speaker 2>over and missing stuff that I was living in.

0:39:46.560 --> 0:39:56.120
<v Speaker 1>I will not waste the grace of this day. The

0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:58.800
<v Speaker 1>Spirit of God helped me minister this message to someone.

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<v Speaker 2>You have been wasting your grace, the great grace of God, greater,

0:40:07.520 --> 0:40:10.239
<v Speaker 2>greater than all of our sin, greater than all of

0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:14.600
<v Speaker 2>our sin. Great grace, somebody shall great grace, great grace

0:40:16.040 --> 0:40:24.680
<v Speaker 2>when you don't value it, you don't get it. And

0:40:24.800 --> 0:40:29.600
<v Speaker 2>you know that grind that we talked about earlier, the

0:40:29.680 --> 0:40:33.360
<v Speaker 2>stuff that you wish would stop in your life. I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't want to close the sermon this way, but God

0:40:35.280 --> 0:40:37.960
<v Speaker 2>told me too, because he said that it didn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>how I wanted to close the sermon, It mattered what

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<v Speaker 2>was true.

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<v Speaker 1>That grind is what produces the grace.

0:40:50.400 --> 0:40:55.399
<v Speaker 8>That's where the grace comes right into that place, right

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<v Speaker 8>into that insecurity, right into that revolving joys.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand up so I can pray for you.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been wasting your grace, Paul said, I didn't ever

0:41:10.560 --> 0:41:14.560
<v Speaker 2>feel worthy, but I was made worthy, and I will

0:41:14.680 --> 0:41:17.080
<v Speaker 2>not waste the grace of God waiting for a feeling

0:41:17.160 --> 0:41:19.080
<v Speaker 2>to accompany the truth.

0:41:20.120 --> 0:41:23.400
<v Speaker 1>I won't waste ants.

0:41:23.440 --> 0:41:25.640
<v Speaker 2>You just lift your hands to heaven if you want

0:41:25.640 --> 0:41:28.439
<v Speaker 2>to receive a fresh empowering of the grace of God,

0:41:29.480 --> 0:41:32.360
<v Speaker 2>because I know you need it. Man, I know the

0:41:32.440 --> 0:41:36.759
<v Speaker 2>grind is real. I know sometimes it just grinds the

0:41:36.840 --> 0:41:43.200
<v Speaker 2>joy right out of you. Father, And your presence is

0:41:43.280 --> 0:41:48.440
<v Speaker 2>the fullness of joy at your right hand, pleasures forevermore.

0:41:48.680 --> 0:41:49.520
<v Speaker 1>It never runs out.

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<v Speaker 2>We thank you today for common grace that's given to

0:41:56.560 --> 0:42:01.600
<v Speaker 2>all men, your loving kindness, your disposition in favor of

0:42:01.640 --> 0:42:04.760
<v Speaker 2>the human race that you created. Well, thank you today

0:42:04.880 --> 0:42:09.200
<v Speaker 2>for saving grace that took away the penalty of our sin,

0:42:11.120 --> 0:42:13.800
<v Speaker 2>the effects of our shame, and set us free to

0:42:13.960 --> 0:42:19.000
<v Speaker 2>know you. I also thank you today for that special grace,

0:42:20.760 --> 0:42:25.920
<v Speaker 2>that special grace for special struggles, that grace that comes

0:42:25.960 --> 0:42:31.200
<v Speaker 2>in hospital rooms, that grace that comes in layoffs, that

0:42:31.320 --> 0:42:34.839
<v Speaker 2>grace that comes in financial crisis, that grace that comes

0:42:34.880 --> 0:42:38.520
<v Speaker 2>in the kind of success that seems unsustainable. I thank

0:42:38.600 --> 0:42:47.400
<v Speaker 2>you for disgrace this gift in Jesus' name, look at

0:42:47.480 --> 0:42:50.960
<v Speaker 2>me for a moment. Sometimes you're waiting for God to

0:42:51.040 --> 0:42:54.840
<v Speaker 2>give you something that He already gave you, and you

0:42:54.880 --> 0:42:59.160
<v Speaker 2>don't know you have it. One time, we were about

0:42:59.200 --> 0:43:04.000
<v Speaker 2>to write a song and I was opening us up

0:43:04.040 --> 0:43:07.960
<v Speaker 2>in prayer. It seemed the pastoral thing to do, and

0:43:08.080 --> 0:43:12.040
<v Speaker 2>my prayer to me sounded very spiritual. I prayed out loud, God,

0:43:12.120 --> 0:43:14.480
<v Speaker 2>we're here before you today, and we asked that you

0:43:14.520 --> 0:43:18.879
<v Speaker 2>would give us a song. I prayed that out loud.

0:43:18.960 --> 0:43:20.879
<v Speaker 2>I felt God speak back to me, not out loud,

0:43:20.920 --> 0:43:23.200
<v Speaker 2>but inside. I say, God, give us a song. I

0:43:23.280 --> 0:43:31.920
<v Speaker 2>felt God say, you give me one. Because I have

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<v Speaker 2>given you your mouth, your mind, your ears, your spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>your vocabulary, my word, your experiences.

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<v Speaker 9>I have given you the grace, Now give me a song.

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<v Speaker 9>I believe God wants you to give him a song today.

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<v Speaker 9>I believe if you would open your mouth right now,

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<v Speaker 9>in this moment, the grace of God would invade situation,

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<v Speaker 9>the grace.

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<v Speaker 1>Of God that would invade shame. Thank you for joining us.

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