WEBVTT - Backseat DJs

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message. Look, I want to preach about joy

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<v Speaker 2>today and I want to get there from a story

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<v Speaker 2>and then share several scriptures with you can't tell your story.

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<v Speaker 2>I just got a new car last year. I drove

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<v Speaker 2>a Nissan Maxima for ten years before I bought this

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<v Speaker 2>new car.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved my Nissan Maxima.

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<v Speaker 2>My car before this Nissan Maxima was a Nissan Maxima.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how much I liked my Nissan Maxima. I maximized

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<v Speaker 2>the Maxima and it was very good to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Only thing that I ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember happening, other than the time it cut off in

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<v Speaker 2>an intersection, was that one day I was driving down

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<v Speaker 2>the road a few years ago and my stereo system

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<v Speaker 2>started doing strange things. It started skipping around to different

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<v Speaker 2>tracks without me telling it too, and the volume kept

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<v Speaker 2>increasing and decreasing, and so then.

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<v Speaker 1>I would put it back on the song. I wanted to.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to, and I would turn down the volume or

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<v Speaker 2>turn up the volume, depending on it would go both

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<v Speaker 2>ways without me telling it too, without me turning the knob,

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<v Speaker 2>and it happened for about ten to fifteen minutes straight

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<v Speaker 2>one day that I was driving, and it seemed like

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<v Speaker 2>my speakers in my car had a mind of their own.

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<v Speaker 1>So I thought maybe my Maxima got a demon, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I looked in the backseat and.

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<v Speaker 1>Realized it wasn't a demon. It was my daughter.

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<v Speaker 2>That she had the center console down and I never

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<v Speaker 2>rode back there, so I didn't realize that all the

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<v Speaker 2>years that I've had this car, you can control the

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<v Speaker 2>volume and skip tracks.

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<v Speaker 1>From back there.

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<v Speaker 2>And she was laughing, and Graham was back there and

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<v Speaker 2>he would laughing, and they were controlling something from the

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<v Speaker 2>back that I was trying to deal with in the front,

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<v Speaker 2>and they thought it was so funny, and I told

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<v Speaker 2>him to stop that it's annoying. When I figured out

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<v Speaker 2>what they were doing, two or three minutes later, there

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<v Speaker 2>goes the volume up and down again. There goes track two,

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<v Speaker 2>track three, track four. Again, it's on shuffle.

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<v Speaker 1>And I turned around and said, I'm telling y'all stop.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like it.

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<v Speaker 2>It was maybe cute the first time for you, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's really driving me crazy up here. Stop and a

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<v Speaker 2>few minutes go by and it starts happening again. I

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<v Speaker 2>pulled the car over the third time. I pulled the

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<v Speaker 2>car over the third time. I'm Providence Road. I said,

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<v Speaker 2>let me explain something to you. I said, y'all are

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<v Speaker 2>passengers in this maximum I'm the driver.

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<v Speaker 1>That means I'm the DJ.

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<v Speaker 2>I get to choose what comes on this stereo and

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<v Speaker 2>how loud it is because the driver gets.

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<v Speaker 1>To be the DJ.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to appreach to you for about thirty seven

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<v Speaker 2>minutes today about back seat DJs, because I suspect that

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<v Speaker 2>there are some things in your life that are being

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<v Speaker 2>controlled from the back seat, that are being controlled at

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<v Speaker 2>a level that you're not realizing that they're being controlled.

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<v Speaker 2>And I believe that today God is going to use

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<v Speaker 2>me and trust me.

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<v Speaker 1>I study.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy has become more important to me every year that.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been alive.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like in my twenties I just cared about

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<v Speaker 2>accomplishing things. In my thirties, I've been figuring out, what's

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<v Speaker 2>the point if you don't enjoy it? What's the point

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<v Speaker 2>in doing something? Awesome if you are not in a

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<v Speaker 2>position to appreciate the accomplishment because you constantly need more.

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<v Speaker 2>And I spent my twenties and maybe the beginning of

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<v Speaker 2>my thirties just trying to get more, more, more. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>that meant more popularity. Sometimes that meant more impact. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>that meant more influence. Sometimes that meant more money, more resources,

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<v Speaker 2>more friends, more phone numbers, more connections.

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<v Speaker 1>But lately I've been asking the.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord for more joy, and it sent me on a

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<v Speaker 2>scriptural trajectory.

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<v Speaker 1>And I want to bring you into it today.

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<v Speaker 2>Would it be all right if we talked for a

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<v Speaker 2>little while today about what's controlling your joy? Amen, I'm excited.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you feel my enthusiasm? James Chapter one, verses two

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<v Speaker 2>through four. We'll start here. I believe there's some things,

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<v Speaker 2>things that are destroying your joy that you were unaware of.

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<v Speaker 2>And James is going to teach us how to develop joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Very different than discovering joy. Discovering joy means it's waiting

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<v Speaker 2>somewhere and you got to find it. It's waiting in

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<v Speaker 2>your next career move, it's waiting in your next relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>It's waiting somewhere. You're not right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But James is going to show us something that may

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<v Speaker 2>be familiar to a few of you, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>very strange if you consider.

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<v Speaker 1>What he's actually saying. And I'm going to just read

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<v Speaker 1>those verses, just three verses to.

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<v Speaker 2>You, he says, James, Chapter one, verus to consider it

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<v Speaker 2>pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials

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<v Speaker 2>of many kinds. That's not where I was looking for joy,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, that's not what I was praying for,

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<v Speaker 2>hoping for, asking for, believing for. Anyway, he said, consider

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<v Speaker 2>it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face

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<v Speaker 2>trials of many kinds. Because you know that the testing

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<v Speaker 2>of your faith produces perseverance, Let perseverance finish its work

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<v Speaker 2>so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad he specified, because the first thing I want

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<v Speaker 2>to mention to you today, all of these points they

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<v Speaker 2>kind of followed the theme of DJ. So the first

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<v Speaker 2>one is the distinction of joy, the distinction of joy

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<v Speaker 2>knowing what it really is, understanding the nature of it.

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<v Speaker 2>And James helps us to do that first bite, helping

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<v Speaker 2>us to understand that there are trials of many kinds.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what verse two, said the old King James that

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<v Speaker 2>Pastor Mickey preached from said, diverse trials because I have

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<v Speaker 2>learned that we're not all going through the same thing,

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<v Speaker 2>but we are all going through something. And how many

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<v Speaker 2>know that there are as many different kinds of trials

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<v Speaker 2>as there are different drinks at Starbucks, as there are

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<v Speaker 2>different colors of paint at home depot. I found out

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<v Speaker 2>that there are trials that are associated with plenty. There

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<v Speaker 2>are trials that are associated with poverty. I always understood

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<v Speaker 2>the first one because everybody understands that being broke is

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<v Speaker 2>a battle. But management of resources can, in its own way,

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<v Speaker 2>test a part of your character that if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>prepared to have it testing, it can create a lot

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<v Speaker 2>more problems than financial poverty. In fact, financial riches can

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<v Speaker 2>create relational poverty if there is not the emotional maturity

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<v Speaker 2>to help us to steward with understanding what we've been given.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm appreaching today. If y'all come along with you, it's

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<v Speaker 1>true me.

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<v Speaker 2>There's single people trials, there's married people trials. There are

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<v Speaker 2>trials that are associated with loneliness, and there are trials

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<v Speaker 2>that are associated with companionship. There are many kinds of trials.

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<v Speaker 2>There are many different That's what James is saying. He's

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<v Speaker 2>making a distinction that there's different kinds of trials, and

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<v Speaker 2>some of us are like, well, can I try a

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<v Speaker 2>different kind of trial?

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<v Speaker 1>Like can I trade trials?

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<v Speaker 2>Like you're talking about rich people trials, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>try those for a little while you're talking about married

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<v Speaker 2>people trials. I'd like to try. I think I'd be

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<v Speaker 2>good at those trials. I think I'd be better prepared

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<v Speaker 2>for those trials. But we never again, after the year

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<v Speaker 2>that we had last year, get to associate joy with

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<v Speaker 2>status or success, because we have now seen that no

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<v Speaker 2>matter how great your name is in the eyes of people,

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<v Speaker 2>you can still want to take your very own life

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<v Speaker 2>because joy is not a product of what people say

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<v Speaker 2>about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Joy is not.

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<v Speaker 2>A product of how people hold you in esteem or

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<v Speaker 2>in disregard. And so there's different kinds of trials. Added

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<v Speaker 2>to that, most of us don't understand the distinction between

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<v Speaker 2>a temptation and a trial. The language that James uses

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<v Speaker 2>in this biblical writing, the common Greek of his day,

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<v Speaker 2>allows for both. When he says trials of many kinds,

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<v Speaker 2>he could just as easily be referring to economic hardship

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<v Speaker 2>or persecution that many of this diaspora of tribes scattered

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<v Speaker 2>abroad who were believers in Jesus were experiencing, or he

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<v Speaker 2>could be talking about temptation. And it is important to

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<v Speaker 2>know the distinction between the kind of trials that you

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<v Speaker 2>will experience in your life, otherwise you might in years

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<v Speaker 2>blaming the devil for your bad decisions. There are different

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of trials. Some of our trials are the result

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<v Speaker 2>of evil in the world, and that results in all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of different warfare that we could study for weeks about.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of our trials are the results of things that

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<v Speaker 2>we did contrary to our inner wisdom. There are many

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<v Speaker 2>different kinds of trials, and if you don't know the

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<v Speaker 2>difference between a temptation and a trial, you will try

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<v Speaker 2>to use the wrong tool on the trial. Because when tempted,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible teaches resistance. When you are tempted to step

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<v Speaker 2>outside of the God given means by which you've been

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<v Speaker 2>empowered to meet your God given desires, the strategy, the tool,

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<v Speaker 2>the technique is resistance. A trial, however, not a temptation,

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<v Speaker 2>but a trial.

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<v Speaker 1>Often the key is not resistance but acceptance.

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<v Speaker 2>And this was important for me to see the distinction

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of times I'm accepting what I should

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<v Speaker 2>resist and resisting what I should accept. It is taking

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<v Speaker 2>me time to learn the difference, is taking me prayer

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<v Speaker 2>to learn the difference. It's taking the other's community to

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<v Speaker 2>learn the difference. I'm having to get into the Word

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<v Speaker 2>of God to know the difference so that I can

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<v Speaker 2>approach my trials with wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, that's.

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<v Speaker 2>What James one to five says, and it's connected to

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<v Speaker 2>this passage, even.

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<v Speaker 1>Though I never thought it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It says, if any of you lacks wisdom, you should

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<v Speaker 2>ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault,

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<v Speaker 2>and it will be given to you. Now, if you

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<v Speaker 2>want to flip the flow this year, just do.

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<v Speaker 1>James one to five.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of asking everybody around you what you should do,

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<v Speaker 2>start with the source, start with the solution. We're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about your problems with people who are powerless to fix them.

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<v Speaker 2>It's making you feel worse, it's making them feel worse,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody's frustrated. So I need the wisdom to make

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<v Speaker 2>the distinction to know the trial that I'm in. God,

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<v Speaker 2>is this one that you want me to fight, or

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<v Speaker 2>do you want me to do what the Parables said

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<v Speaker 2>to do one time with the weeds that were growing

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<v Speaker 2>up alongside the terrace and leave it alone and let

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<v Speaker 2>you deal with it.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a distinction. There's different kinds of trials.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the stuff that I'm dealing with as a

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<v Speaker 2>parent right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Is just called puberty.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't cast it out, you can't annoy it, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't instruct it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a different kind of trial. It's just life.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the stuff I'm dealing with right now is

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<v Speaker 2>a temptation.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of it is actually, I believe, from the pit

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<v Speaker 1>of hell.

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<v Speaker 2>Not that the devil is like personally a sign to me,

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<v Speaker 2>but just some stuff is evil against my purpose. And

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<v Speaker 2>don't give yourself too much credit, because a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>us like to think that the devil had nothing better

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<v Speaker 2>to do than give us, you know, a flat tire,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think the devil is much busier than that.

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<v Speaker 2>I think a lot of it comes down to distinguishing

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<v Speaker 2>the type of trial that I'm in, which helps me

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<v Speaker 2>to understand the distinctions between joy and pleasure. Oh, you

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<v Speaker 2>know those little church signs that they do, I think

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<v Speaker 2>we should get one by the way at elevation the

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<v Speaker 2>church signs where they change the letters and they put

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<v Speaker 2>up little quotes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I like this.

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<v Speaker 2>I think we should get one. How many vote we

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<v Speaker 2>get a church sign. Let's have our first ever church

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<v Speaker 2>voted elevation church vote. We should get a church sign

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<v Speaker 2>and we could put stuff up there like this.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw this one.

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<v Speaker 2>It said no Jesus, no Joy, but it was felt,

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<v Speaker 2>k now Jesus. So the first one was no Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have Jesus, you don't have joy. K and

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<v Speaker 2>oh Jesus, k and ow Jesus, kN ow joy. And

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it's cute, but it's it's not true.

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<v Speaker 1>No Jesus, no joy. There's a lot of things you

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<v Speaker 1>can enjoy without Jesus. Christy Kreme tastes.

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<v Speaker 2>Good whether you're saved or not.

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<v Speaker 1>My taste buds didn't get saved. It's fun to.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk bad about people whether you're saved or not.

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<v Speaker 1>Only differences.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is important, is that the quality of the

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<v Speaker 2>joy becomes more important than the quantity of the joy.

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<v Speaker 2>You also hear preachers say stuff like this, God doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>care if you're happy. He just wants to make you holy.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't believe how many people will say amen

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<v Speaker 2>to some business like that that you would never feel

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<v Speaker 2>about your own kid. How many parents do we have

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<v Speaker 2>in the house, and how many of you don't care

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<v Speaker 2>if your kid is ever happy in life at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna call.

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<v Speaker 2>Child Protective Services on.

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all. Ain't a good good father. No, he is a

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<v Speaker 1>good father, good gift.

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<v Speaker 2>So I never got that, and I never really understood

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<v Speaker 2>the distinction between joy and happiness, because like, there's not

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<v Speaker 2>a difference in the Biblical language. It's not difference Like

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<v Speaker 2>in English we have like phar real happy, which is

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<v Speaker 2>like dancing happy, and then in Hebrew they had happy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same word, it's blessed. It's the same word

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<v Speaker 2>as joy. When James says counted joy, he means consider

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<v Speaker 2>yourself supremely happy literal translation. So we need to make

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<v Speaker 2>the distinction, I guess between generic joy.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jesus joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Because he said verse two, consider it pure joy. The

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<v Speaker 2>way my mind works, if there's such a thing as

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<v Speaker 2>pure joy, there must be another kind of joy.

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of cheated that a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>It's more a grammar issue because the literal translation is

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<v Speaker 2>count it all joy. So he doesn't say pure joy.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a verse for this, though. Let me do

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<v Speaker 2>it from a Let me do it from Hebrews chapter twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>I've always loved this picture of joy because it helps

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<v Speaker 2>me to make a distinction between.

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<v Speaker 1>Joy and pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, pleasure can be associated with joy, but joy is

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<v Speaker 2>not dependent on pleasure. This is the second thing I

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about. I want to talk about the

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<v Speaker 2>direction of joy. The direction of joy. We're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>backseat DJs, right, We're talking about how sometimes we find

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<v Speaker 2>our joy controlled by circumstances and situations. But Jesus gives

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<v Speaker 2>us a picture that stands contrary to the cultural expectation

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<v Speaker 2>of joy.

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<v Speaker 1>And I promise I'll read the scripture in a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just want to tell you so much, and

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't know where to start, where to stop.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just it's all in me today.

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<v Speaker 2>There seems to be right now more than there was

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<v Speaker 2>like when my grandparents. We're thirty and forty, there seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be a pressure for us to always feel pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>It's no longer just a desire that we have that

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<v Speaker 2>we want to feel good. It's almost like the way

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<v Speaker 2>that social media has constructed our viewing experiences of other

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<v Speaker 2>people's lives through the filters of their most desirable moments,

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<v Speaker 2>there is something wrong with me. If I am not

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<v Speaker 2>constantly happy all the time. That's a problem with me

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<v Speaker 2>because I am not genetically predisposed to be happy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just not.

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<v Speaker 2>I've found that out about myself early in life. I

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<v Speaker 2>am not like one of you who just finds reasons

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<v Speaker 2>to smell roses, who just finds reasons to be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all appreciate the rain, appreciate the sunshine. The

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<v Speaker 2>rain makes you feel relaxed. The sunshine makes you feel active.

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<v Speaker 2>You can find the joy in everything. I am not

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<v Speaker 2>of your species, and frankly you make me sick. But

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<v Speaker 2>joy is something different, because the pressure to feel pleasure

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<v Speaker 2>is part of the reason why we feel so miserable.

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<v Speaker 2>And now we are living in the midst of a

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<v Speaker 2>generation that thinks that joy is associated with a feeling

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<v Speaker 2>in your flesh. And it can be, but it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to be. It's important that I say it can

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<v Speaker 2>bring a feeling, but it doesn't start with the feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where we flip the flow. Can we flip

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<v Speaker 2>the flow? If anybody flipped the flow it was Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Here he is up on a cross. Here he is

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<v Speaker 2>mocked and and his reputation.

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<v Speaker 1>Is beyond repair.

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<v Speaker 2>Here he is being spat on and condescended to by

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<v Speaker 2>the ones that he created. And the writer of Hebrews,

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<v Speaker 2>whoever he was, says, we need to fix Hebrews twelve

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<v Speaker 2>to two our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector

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<v Speaker 2>or the author and finisher. Either translation is acceptable of

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<v Speaker 2>our faith. HM for the joy set before him, he

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<v Speaker 2>endured the cross. Now this is where my message really happens. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>what have you set before you? That is what your

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<v Speaker 2>joy is connected to what you have set before you,

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll break that down the best that I can.

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<v Speaker 1>Joy is a point of view. Joy is a way

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<v Speaker 1>of looking at things. This helps me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about you, but it sets me free

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<v Speaker 2>from feeling the need to feel a certain way. We

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<v Speaker 2>got so many people quitting their jobs because they're unhappy

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<v Speaker 2>and not really understanding that sometimes joy is not the

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<v Speaker 2>absence of sadness.

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<v Speaker 1>Or the presence of the spectacular.

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<v Speaker 2>And all we need to look at is that one

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<v Speaker 2>verse where it says that Jesus for the joy that

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<v Speaker 2>was set before him, I want to use that as

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<v Speaker 2>a picture for a moment. He set joy before him,

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<v Speaker 2>so in order to endure the cross, that's the next part,

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<v Speaker 2>enduring the cross, scorning as shame.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't find joy in the event. He found joy

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<v Speaker 1>in the guaranteed outcome of the event.

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<v Speaker 2>He did not find joy in the feeling of hanging

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<v Speaker 2>on the crops. It wasn't like because he was the

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<v Speaker 2>son of God that the nails, you know, transcended the

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<v Speaker 2>laws of pain and the material laws of the universe.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just as.

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<v Speaker 2>Painful, but because of purpose. You understand, it's very different

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<v Speaker 2>to go through pain with purpose than pain without purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the difference between Graham jumping on my back he's

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<v Speaker 2>only ninety pounds and me not knowing that he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>jump on my back and me feeling like every disc

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<v Speaker 2>just slipped like I'm seventy three years old in my

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<v Speaker 2>lower back. And the difference between me putting ninety pounds

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<v Speaker 2>on a bar to squat it.

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<v Speaker 1>If I do it on purpose, it's a warm up weight.

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<v Speaker 2>If I don't expect it, it might take me down.

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<v Speaker 1>To the ground. Same weight. But what I was ready

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<v Speaker 1>for when Jesus hung on the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't surprised by the shame. He wasn't surprised by

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<v Speaker 2>the suffering. He wasn't surprised by the pain, He wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>surprised by the jeering. He wasn't surprised by their saliva.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't surprised by the blood.

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<v Speaker 1>Joy is a focus before it's a feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>If you came to church just to hear that I

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<v Speaker 2>promise you got.

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<v Speaker 1>Your gas money's worth.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy is a focus before it's a feeling. And so

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<v Speaker 2>while we're chasing a feeling called joy has given us.

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<v Speaker 1>The ability to choose not our feelings. You ever tried

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<v Speaker 1>to choose joy? I saw it on Pinterest. I tried it.

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<v Speaker 1>It sucked, it didn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I felt guilty because I couldn't find joy, and

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<v Speaker 2>it made me feel less joy. So now I'm in

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<v Speaker 2>a joyless pit of joylessness. It is cyclical. Joylessness and

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<v Speaker 2>shame is the difference between choice and consequence. Joy is

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<v Speaker 2>a choice, really because some of the trials that people

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<v Speaker 2>go through are actual mental illness, and it's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>hard for them to just feel happy because they've got

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<v Speaker 2>a good parking space, and no matter how much you

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<v Speaker 2>tell them to feel happy, be happy, you know, be happy,

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<v Speaker 2>feel happy, counter blessings. James doesn't say counter blessings. This

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<v Speaker 2>is in a nursery rhyme. It's a Bible scripture. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>count it all joy. He said, learn how to flip.

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<v Speaker 2>You might not know this statement, but there's a there's

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<v Speaker 2>a statement. In financial terms, it's an income statement. It's

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<v Speaker 2>it's got your your income on one side, your expenses

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<v Speaker 2>on another. James says, if you can learn to put

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<v Speaker 2>some of the stuff in the income column that you

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<v Speaker 2>thought was an expense, some of the stuff in the

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<v Speaker 2>blessing column that you thought was a burden. If you

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<v Speaker 2>can flip the flow, you actually have more joy than

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<v Speaker 2>you're aware of. But you're not gonna get it by

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<v Speaker 2>praying for a feeling. You're going to get it by

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<v Speaker 2>making choices. Joy is not a choice. In fact, the

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<v Speaker 2>worst way that I can get more joy is to

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<v Speaker 2>focus on getting more joy.

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<v Speaker 1>The best way to.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop being happy is to ask yourself the question am

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<v Speaker 2>I happy?

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<v Speaker 1>And see?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't remember my grandparents ever talking about this. If

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<v Speaker 2>they did, I don't remember it. I never remember my

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<v Speaker 2>grandmother my grandfather talking about are we really happy? They

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<v Speaker 2>didn't think like that. There wasn't feeds and scrolling. There

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't There wasn't all this other stuff to make them

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<v Speaker 2>feel unhappy at.

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<v Speaker 1>A moment's notice. There wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>There wasn't an infinite supply of unhappiness in their pocket

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<v Speaker 2>in the form of a device. They didn't have that,

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<v Speaker 2>so they focused on something else.

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<v Speaker 1>What was it? What is it that.

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<v Speaker 2>Brings joy? If I focus on it, I know it

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<v Speaker 2>is not. It's not looking around. How are they doing?

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<v Speaker 2>What do they think? Where are they go on vacation?

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<v Speaker 2>Where's she taking, where's he going on? What's she wearing

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<v Speaker 2>when she is on? What do they think about me? No, No,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not gonna do it, he said for the joy

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<v Speaker 2>set before him. I can't be looking all around and

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<v Speaker 2>expecting to have joy. I can't be judging my situation

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<v Speaker 2>according to other people's calling and expect to have joy.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't be judging my gift compared to other people's

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<v Speaker 2>talent and expect to have joy. I know is so

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<v Speaker 2>cliche because we say it every week, but nothing destroys

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<v Speaker 2>joy like comparison. The life you've got some of you

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<v Speaker 2>would be so enjoyable if only you didn't do this

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<v Speaker 2>while you were living it. If only you didn't do this.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's hurting my neck just to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>To illustrate to you, imagine what is doing to your soul.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't have joy that way. It is destroying your joy.

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<v Speaker 2>You're praying for more joy, and yet you are destroying

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<v Speaker 2>the joy God has given you, the joy of your salvation,

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<v Speaker 2>the joy of your calling, the joy of your assignment.

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<v Speaker 1>God give me more joy. Well, it's a decision not

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<v Speaker 1>to have joy. That's the worst way.

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<v Speaker 2>To get joy, the decision of what I'm gonna focus on.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't get it like this. And I definitely

0:27:15.359 --> 0:27:17.960
<v Speaker 2>can't get it like this looking.

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<v Speaker 1>At what's behind me. I can't. I can't look back.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when God called Moses at the burning bush and

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<v Speaker 2>he said his name, he said, I am not I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember he said, I am not, I will be. There's

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<v Speaker 2>something to that. There's something to that. It's echoed by

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<v Speaker 2>David in Psalm sixteen. He says, in your presence is

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<v Speaker 2>the fullness of joy. Presence. Everybody say that word presence.

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<v Speaker 2>The gift of joy is found in presence. But that

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean in church, that's not what it means to say,

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<v Speaker 2>in God's presence is the fullness of joy, because God

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<v Speaker 2>would never limit his presence to a building. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean when you're doing everything right, then you're gonna feel happy,

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<v Speaker 2>because God is not going to reward you based on behavior.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not the good news of the Gospel. The gospel

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<v Speaker 2>is for sinners. The Gospel is for the weak. The

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<v Speaker 2>gospel is for the lame. The gospel is for the broken.

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<v Speaker 2>The Gospel is for those who feel ashamed. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>what it means. In your presence is fullness of joy.

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<v Speaker 2>That means joy can only really come to my life

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<v Speaker 2>when I am focused on what God is doing in

0:28:29.200 --> 0:28:34.639
<v Speaker 2>this moment. And I cannot focus on what God is

0:28:34.680 --> 0:28:38.400
<v Speaker 2>doing in this moment in my life if I'm consumed

0:28:38.440 --> 0:28:41.800
<v Speaker 2>with what He's doing in somebody else's or if I'm

0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:45.200
<v Speaker 2>still in regret and bitterness about what happened three years ago,

0:28:46.040 --> 0:28:49.840
<v Speaker 2>or three months ago, or even three minutes ago. A

0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:53.040
<v Speaker 2>lot of our lack of joy is really not about possession.

0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:54.440
<v Speaker 1>It's about position.

0:28:55.280 --> 0:28:59.760
<v Speaker 2>What I mean is this, He set joy before him.

0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:04.160
<v Speaker 2>It's not a question of God's presence. His presence is everywhere.

0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:07.120
<v Speaker 2>It's not a question of God's presence. You don't have

0:29:07.160 --> 0:29:09.680
<v Speaker 2>to ask him to be with you. He already is.

0:29:10.040 --> 0:29:13.920
<v Speaker 2>It's not about God's presence, It's about yours. Are you

0:29:14.160 --> 0:29:18.680
<v Speaker 2>present in this moment? Are you present in this trial?

0:29:19.120 --> 0:29:24.120
<v Speaker 2>Are you present in this worship service? Well, if you

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:44.000
<v Speaker 2>are giving praise for a second, we need this lesson friends, family, brothers, sisters, brethren, sistern, mother's,

0:29:44.080 --> 0:29:48.880
<v Speaker 2>father's children. We can't go to a concert anymore without

0:29:48.920 --> 0:29:55.880
<v Speaker 2>trying to capture it, and I can't enjoy it because

0:29:55.920 --> 0:30:04.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm too busy trying to post it. Kids do something cute,

0:30:04.240 --> 0:30:07.640
<v Speaker 2>capture it? Well, you can't, but you're also gonna kill it.

0:30:08.280 --> 0:30:11.560
<v Speaker 2>There is no quicker way to kill your kid's cuteness

0:30:11.600 --> 0:30:14.640
<v Speaker 2>than trying to capture it. I swear demons come out

0:30:14.640 --> 0:30:17.040
<v Speaker 2>when you start trying to capture stuff to post it.

0:30:17.120 --> 0:30:19.400
<v Speaker 2>God knows your heart and he sends something to your

0:30:19.400 --> 0:30:21.560
<v Speaker 2>iPhone I don't know, and it shoots beams into your

0:30:21.600 --> 0:30:22.680
<v Speaker 2>children and they start.

0:30:25.480 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 1>I can't show you a picture real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like to be too indulgent in these sermons,

0:30:29.760 --> 0:30:31.960
<v Speaker 2>but and show my family off. But this is just

0:30:31.960 --> 0:30:37.840
<v Speaker 2>a quick picture of us on vacation before Christmas. Look

0:30:37.880 --> 0:30:42.520
<v Speaker 2>at that. Here's another picture. I'll show you a couple

0:30:43.080 --> 0:30:49.560
<v Speaker 2>just so you can see. I'm gonna tell you something

0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:52.440
<v Speaker 2>that you wouldn't see if I put those on Instagram.

0:30:53.240 --> 0:30:56.520
<v Speaker 2>Go back to the first one again. Please, That one

0:30:56.520 --> 0:31:00.719
<v Speaker 2>looks happy, right, and go to the other one. Can

0:31:00.800 --> 0:31:04.640
<v Speaker 2>go to the other one. That one looks sad. Let

0:31:04.680 --> 0:31:09.240
<v Speaker 2>me tell you something. That's not my sad face. M hm.

0:31:10.080 --> 0:31:15.040
<v Speaker 2>That's my RBF. That's my resting Bible face. That's my

0:31:15.200 --> 0:31:20.480
<v Speaker 2>really blessed face. That's my focus face. That's when I

0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:26.000
<v Speaker 2>was getting the sermon flip the flow at TGI Fridays

0:31:27.200 --> 0:31:29.440
<v Speaker 2>in the Miami International Airport in the d concourse.

0:31:33.280 --> 0:31:36.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm happy the other one put the other one out.

0:31:37.120 --> 0:31:38.240
<v Speaker 1>I was so mad at Abby.

0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:43.080
<v Speaker 2>That was the seventeenth time I tried to take a

0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:46.400
<v Speaker 2>selfie of us, and I wanted to throw her in

0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:48.920
<v Speaker 2>the ocean by the time it was over. Not in

0:31:48.920 --> 0:31:49.800
<v Speaker 2>a playful way.

0:31:53.720 --> 0:31:54.960
<v Speaker 1>Let's see.

0:31:55.560 --> 0:31:59.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm just trying to get us in this series to

0:31:59.080 --> 0:32:03.640
<v Speaker 2>start take it down, start looking beneath the surface and stuff,

0:32:05.520 --> 0:32:10.600
<v Speaker 2>to stop looking at the surface of stuff, and to stop,

0:32:11.000 --> 0:32:14.520
<v Speaker 2>you know, discerning. I found out that you can miss

0:32:14.680 --> 0:32:18.280
<v Speaker 2>joy because you're looking all around. You can miss joy

0:32:18.360 --> 0:32:19.400
<v Speaker 2>because you're looking behind you.

0:32:19.440 --> 0:32:22.160
<v Speaker 1>But here's the thing, you can also miss.

0:32:22.120 --> 0:32:23.840
<v Speaker 2>Joy because you're trying to look too far ahead.

0:32:27.080 --> 0:32:28.280
<v Speaker 1>It's an equal danger.

0:32:29.680 --> 0:32:31.400
<v Speaker 2>And some of you, while I was preaching the part

0:32:31.440 --> 0:32:33.360
<v Speaker 2>about looking around, you're like, nah, I'm good, bro, I'm

0:32:33.360 --> 0:32:33.960
<v Speaker 2>like fifty three.

0:32:34.000 --> 0:32:35.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't do that anymore. And when I was tell

0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:36.360
<v Speaker 1>my looking back.

0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:38.240
<v Speaker 2>You're like, yeah, I already dealt with my stuff back there.

0:32:38.360 --> 0:32:41.680
<v Speaker 1>It's fine. But what you do is you look so

0:32:41.960 --> 0:32:43.200
<v Speaker 1>far forward.

0:32:44.680 --> 0:32:47.600
<v Speaker 2>Like I was doing the other day driving that new

0:32:47.600 --> 0:32:50.400
<v Speaker 2>car I told you about, and I can't get anywhere

0:32:50.400 --> 0:32:51.280
<v Speaker 2>without a GPS.

0:32:52.120 --> 0:32:53.160
<v Speaker 1>What did embarrass you for me?

0:32:53.200 --> 0:32:54.760
<v Speaker 2>If I told you I was going to my mom's

0:32:54.760 --> 0:32:57.960
<v Speaker 2>house in town and was following the GPS, that's how

0:32:58.000 --> 0:32:59.360
<v Speaker 2>bad my sense of direction is.

0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:04.000
<v Speaker 1>This true story. And I slammed into the.

0:33:03.920 --> 0:33:09.200
<v Speaker 2>Back of another car because I was looking three turns

0:33:09.200 --> 0:33:19.000
<v Speaker 2>ahead and not looking three feet ahead. And it might

0:33:19.040 --> 0:33:21.840
<v Speaker 2>be destroying your joy. Not that you're like comparing, or

0:33:21.880 --> 0:33:23.320
<v Speaker 2>not that you're regretting.

0:33:23.800 --> 0:33:25.640
<v Speaker 1>But maybe you're just trying to get.

0:33:25.520 --> 0:33:31.480
<v Speaker 2>So far out there, you know, like my retirement is down,

0:33:31.520 --> 0:33:33.320
<v Speaker 2>you're twenty four, it'll catch back up.

0:33:34.840 --> 0:33:39.880
<v Speaker 1>It's a lot of timing, you know. But for those

0:33:39.920 --> 0:33:40.400
<v Speaker 1>of us who.

0:33:40.360 --> 0:33:43.680
<v Speaker 2>Need to plan, he didn't say in your plans this

0:33:43.760 --> 0:33:48.920
<v Speaker 2>fullness of joy. And you can't even really affect the

0:33:48.960 --> 0:33:54.160
<v Speaker 2>future from anywhere but the present, and it's all wasted energy.

0:33:55.200 --> 0:33:58.400
<v Speaker 1>So this is my year of presence.

0:33:58.440 --> 0:34:01.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to figure out what it means to find

0:34:01.200 --> 0:34:04.680
<v Speaker 2>fullness of joy in God's presence. And in order to

0:34:04.800 --> 0:34:07.600
<v Speaker 2>find fullness of joy in His presence, I have to

0:34:07.600 --> 0:34:10.959
<v Speaker 2>bring my presence to my real life.

0:34:12.200 --> 0:34:13.279
<v Speaker 1>Not my presence to.

0:34:16.160 --> 0:34:22.279
<v Speaker 2>Some imaginary scenario, but the real life that God has given.

0:34:22.000 --> 0:34:25.600
<v Speaker 1>Me right now. And you know what's great about it.

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:27.960
<v Speaker 2>Let's go to Psalm sixteen for just a moment, and

0:34:28.000 --> 0:34:29.920
<v Speaker 2>I promise I'll start closing this.

0:34:30.000 --> 0:34:33.160
<v Speaker 1>Are you enjoying this teaching today? Is this blessing your life?

0:34:35.640 --> 0:34:42.080
<v Speaker 2>Touch somebody and say this is my happy face? Because

0:34:42.120 --> 0:34:44.640
<v Speaker 2>I was focused. I was happy because I was focused.

0:34:44.800 --> 0:34:46.560
<v Speaker 2>The other one, I was trying to show something to

0:34:46.600 --> 0:34:48.799
<v Speaker 2>the world that wasn't real. I was thinking maybe I

0:34:48.800 --> 0:34:50.879
<v Speaker 2>could get some likes on this, and so I wasn't

0:34:50.920 --> 0:34:52.719
<v Speaker 2>focused on what was right in front of me. But

0:34:52.880 --> 0:34:57.440
<v Speaker 2>Jesus for the joy set before him endured He didn't

0:34:57.560 --> 0:35:02.600
<v Speaker 2>enjoy the cross. He you're the cross because of joy

0:35:02.840 --> 0:35:04.360
<v Speaker 2>set before him. And now I want to give you

0:35:04.360 --> 0:35:07.440
<v Speaker 2>the whole sermon. Okay, here's the sermon in a sentence.

0:35:07.600 --> 0:35:09.440
<v Speaker 2>Hadn't you been preaching for thirty five minutes yet? But

0:35:09.480 --> 0:35:12.080
<v Speaker 2>I hadn't said anything yet. Here's the sermon in a sentence.

0:35:12.920 --> 0:35:17.879
<v Speaker 2>You cannot choose joy. You can only choose your priorities,

0:35:19.640 --> 0:35:26.600
<v Speaker 2>and your priorities control your joy. You can't choose joy

0:35:26.719 --> 0:35:30.719
<v Speaker 2>anymore than you can just can you think you can

0:35:30.800 --> 0:35:31.520
<v Speaker 2>choose joy.

0:35:31.719 --> 0:35:35.960
<v Speaker 1>It's like trying to choose the weather. What you can choose.

0:35:35.800 --> 0:35:41.320
<v Speaker 2>Is your priority, and your priorities will ultimately control your joy.

0:35:42.719 --> 0:35:44.880
<v Speaker 1>Psalm sixteen. Put it on the screen for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Verse when I start verse five, please, the Lord is

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<v Speaker 2>my chosen portion.

0:35:49.480 --> 0:35:50.400
<v Speaker 1>See the word chosen.

0:35:51.080 --> 0:35:55.280
<v Speaker 2>It means I have decided to make God the most

0:35:55.360 --> 0:35:58.359
<v Speaker 2>important thing in my life. I don't want to leave

0:35:58.400 --> 0:36:00.360
<v Speaker 2>that too abstract, because what does that mean? Read the

0:36:00.360 --> 0:36:02.680
<v Speaker 2>Bible first thing every morning? Maybe, but it means more

0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:07.360
<v Speaker 2>than that His will is what I want. His waves

0:36:07.640 --> 0:36:11.560
<v Speaker 2>are higher than my waves. So the Lord Yahweh, the Great,

0:36:11.600 --> 0:36:13.840
<v Speaker 2>I am the ever present help in time of trouble,

0:36:14.080 --> 0:36:17.279
<v Speaker 2>he is my chosen portion. I've looked at everything else

0:36:17.360 --> 0:36:20.000
<v Speaker 2>that this world offers me to enjoy, and yes, I

0:36:20.000 --> 0:36:24.400
<v Speaker 2>can enjoy things that aren't necessarily spiritual, but I do

0:36:24.520 --> 0:36:28.920
<v Speaker 2>not need them to survive. And I will not attach

0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:34.120
<v Speaker 2>my joy to a temporal pleasure anymore because I tried that.

0:36:36.120 --> 0:36:37.040
<v Speaker 1>I tried that.

0:36:38.120 --> 0:36:41.120
<v Speaker 2>I cheered for the Clemson Tigers when they were three

0:36:41.120 --> 0:36:46.800
<v Speaker 2>and eight, and when they won the second national championship

0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:49.840
<v Speaker 2>in the last few years, people were coming up to

0:36:49.840 --> 0:36:51.799
<v Speaker 2>me saying congratulations.

0:36:52.719 --> 0:36:54.680
<v Speaker 1>I was like, for what.

0:36:56.520 --> 0:37:00.919
<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed the game. I watched the game. I liked it.

0:37:03.200 --> 0:37:08.080
<v Speaker 2>I enjoyed the forty four to sixteen victory. But I

0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:14.120
<v Speaker 2>didn't need college boys in Spandex to give me a

0:37:14.160 --> 0:37:14.960
<v Speaker 2>reason to live.

0:37:15.080 --> 0:37:19.600
<v Speaker 1>That is not my priority. I can't invest my.

0:37:19.760 --> 0:37:23.080
<v Speaker 2>Joy in what people I don't know do with an

0:37:23.080 --> 0:37:26.759
<v Speaker 2>oblong object made out of pigskin converted into leather with

0:37:26.800 --> 0:37:32.880
<v Speaker 2>some stitches for four fifteen minute increments, it's the wrong priority.

0:37:33.280 --> 0:37:35.719
<v Speaker 1>I enjoyed it, but my joy is not in it.

0:37:42.239 --> 0:37:45.560
<v Speaker 2>Last week, I told you something very powerful about your heart.

0:37:46.000 --> 0:37:49.480
<v Speaker 2>I said, when you know where it comes from, you

0:37:49.560 --> 0:37:52.799
<v Speaker 2>know how it comes out. When you know where it

0:37:52.840 --> 0:37:55.520
<v Speaker 2>comes from you know how it comes out.

0:37:55.560 --> 0:37:56.960
<v Speaker 1>This is what I want to tell you this week.

0:37:57.480 --> 0:38:07.360
<v Speaker 2>Where it comes from determines when it runs out. This

0:38:07.440 --> 0:38:11.200
<v Speaker 2>is the source of your joy. The way you can

0:38:11.239 --> 0:38:17.759
<v Speaker 2>know that is what are my priorities. Psalma said, The

0:38:17.800 --> 0:38:21.759
<v Speaker 2>Lord is my chosen portion. And here's something Jesus said

0:38:21.760 --> 0:38:23.840
<v Speaker 2>that I've been thinking about all week. I've been meditating

0:38:23.840 --> 0:38:26.680
<v Speaker 2>on this. He said, Abide in me my words. Abide

0:38:26.680 --> 0:38:29.719
<v Speaker 2>in you. You bear much fruit. Sometimes you're going to

0:38:29.800 --> 0:38:32.759
<v Speaker 2>get cut on, but you'll never be cut off. If

0:38:32.800 --> 0:38:35.000
<v Speaker 2>you abide in me and my words, abide in you,

0:38:35.040 --> 0:38:36.920
<v Speaker 2>there will be a constant flow of joy.

0:38:37.560 --> 0:38:39.920
<v Speaker 1>Like the vine and the branches. You're going to have

0:38:39.960 --> 0:38:41.959
<v Speaker 1>what you need. The joy is going to.

0:38:41.840 --> 0:38:44.880
<v Speaker 2>Flow from a place of your rest and trust in me,

0:38:45.320 --> 0:38:47.319
<v Speaker 2>not in your own effort, and not in just certain

0:38:47.360 --> 0:38:49.200
<v Speaker 2>things that happen. If they happen, is fine, but don't

0:38:49.200 --> 0:38:50.479
<v Speaker 2>confuse the icing with the cake.

0:38:50.640 --> 0:38:52.560
<v Speaker 1>Abide in me my words. Abide in you.

0:38:52.800 --> 0:38:57.200
<v Speaker 2>Many says something in John fifteen eleven. Please I have

0:38:57.280 --> 0:39:01.040
<v Speaker 2>told you this so that my joy may be in you,

0:39:02.440 --> 0:39:07.759
<v Speaker 2>and that your joy may be complete. The Lord said,

0:39:07.800 --> 0:39:14.040
<v Speaker 2>A lot of us are settling for partial joy. Partial joy,

0:39:15.760 --> 0:39:19.399
<v Speaker 2>and we equate joy with the absence of sadness. Joy

0:39:19.480 --> 0:39:22.720
<v Speaker 2>is not the absence of sadness. If it was, Jesus

0:39:22.719 --> 0:39:25.719
<v Speaker 2>couldn't have had it on the cross. He said, I

0:39:25.760 --> 0:39:29.440
<v Speaker 2>want my joy to be in you, but you've got

0:39:29.440 --> 0:39:32.759
<v Speaker 2>to own it because to just say, well, Jesus is

0:39:32.800 --> 0:39:35.799
<v Speaker 2>my joy, it doesn't really get to the heart of

0:39:35.880 --> 0:39:41.360
<v Speaker 2>why we could know Jesus and still not no joy,

0:39:42.200 --> 0:39:46.240
<v Speaker 2>because it's a decision. When I give the wrong things

0:39:46.280 --> 0:39:51.960
<v Speaker 2>too much priority in my life, then those priorities control

0:39:52.000 --> 0:39:59.360
<v Speaker 2>my joy. If my priority is recognition, then recognition controls

0:39:59.400 --> 0:40:04.560
<v Speaker 2>my joy. When people recognize me, I will feel happy

0:40:04.719 --> 0:40:05.200
<v Speaker 2>about it.

0:40:05.560 --> 0:40:07.680
<v Speaker 1>If my priority is recognition.

0:40:09.040 --> 0:40:15.920
<v Speaker 2>If my priority is convenience, then when something is inconvenient,

0:40:16.880 --> 0:40:20.919
<v Speaker 2>the inconvenience will steal my joy. But it really didn't

0:40:20.960 --> 0:40:23.840
<v Speaker 2>steal my joy, did it? Because I let it drive

0:40:29.040 --> 0:40:33.239
<v Speaker 2>and whatever is driving the car gets to DJ. So

0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:36.279
<v Speaker 2>the Lord told me in preparing this message that we've

0:40:36.320 --> 0:40:41.480
<v Speaker 2>got some back seat DJs that have been controlling our joy,

0:40:42.120 --> 0:40:48.560
<v Speaker 2>our feelings, our finances, our bank accounts, our status, our standing,

0:40:49.000 --> 0:40:53.759
<v Speaker 2>our situations. And today God wants you to tell some

0:40:53.840 --> 0:40:55.640
<v Speaker 2>of the things in your life that have been controlling

0:40:55.719 --> 0:40:59.160
<v Speaker 2>your joy from the back seat. You are not my God,

0:40:59.800 --> 0:41:03.400
<v Speaker 2>you are not my vine, you are not my source,

0:41:04.000 --> 0:41:07.840
<v Speaker 2>and you don't hold my joy. Joy is something deeper

0:41:07.880 --> 0:41:11.160
<v Speaker 2>than how I feel about it. Joy is something deeper

0:41:11.200 --> 0:41:14.480
<v Speaker 2>than what I post about. Joy is something deeper than

0:41:14.520 --> 0:41:18.360
<v Speaker 2>the way it feels. Right now, I am setting joy

0:41:18.760 --> 0:41:19.400
<v Speaker 2>before me.

0:41:20.360 --> 0:41:22.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm resetting my warnings.

0:41:22.280 --> 0:41:25.759
<v Speaker 2>Now. When I do that, my joy flows not from

0:41:25.760 --> 0:41:28.440
<v Speaker 2>what it is, but from who God is to me.

0:41:30.480 --> 0:41:35.959
<v Speaker 2>This is the duration of joy. And when my joy

0:41:36.080 --> 0:41:38.719
<v Speaker 2>is running out, give me my point, my last point.

0:41:38.760 --> 0:41:42.400
<v Speaker 2>The duration of joy is because it's coming from the

0:41:42.440 --> 0:41:48.960
<v Speaker 2>wrong place. Where it comes from determines when it runs out.

0:41:52.200 --> 0:41:58.239
<v Speaker 2>And I wonder, where's your joy today. I had to

0:41:58.280 --> 0:42:01.640
<v Speaker 2>study this hard because I struggle to enjoy my life.

0:42:04.120 --> 0:42:07.800
<v Speaker 2>I really love my family, I really love my church.

0:42:09.040 --> 0:42:11.880
<v Speaker 2>I love what I get to do. It's a blessing

0:42:11.920 --> 0:42:15.120
<v Speaker 2>and a privilege. But I have to admit to you

0:42:15.200 --> 0:42:18.600
<v Speaker 2>that sometimes I have been guilty of enduring something that

0:42:18.640 --> 0:42:23.560
<v Speaker 2>God has given me to enjoy, and every time it happened,

0:42:24.320 --> 0:42:26.760
<v Speaker 2>it was because of my priorities.

0:42:28.320 --> 0:42:30.080
<v Speaker 1>Your priorities control your joy.

0:42:30.160 --> 0:42:34.000
<v Speaker 2>You can try all you want to be happy, happy, happy,

0:42:34.120 --> 0:42:40.000
<v Speaker 2>and the quick hit stuff, the quick fixed stuff. It'll

0:42:40.000 --> 0:42:43.560
<v Speaker 2>get you through the next few hours, but where it

0:42:43.600 --> 0:42:46.399
<v Speaker 2>comes from determines when it runs out.

0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:51.400
<v Speaker 1>There is a well that never runs dry. There is

0:42:51.480 --> 0:42:51.879
<v Speaker 1>a joy.

0:42:51.920 --> 0:42:55.400
<v Speaker 2>There is a deep, abiding sense of joy that is

0:42:55.400 --> 0:42:58.719
<v Speaker 2>available to us that we have not been accessing. And

0:42:58.760 --> 0:43:02.160
<v Speaker 2>what we're praying for more off, God is waiting for

0:43:02.239 --> 0:43:06.560
<v Speaker 2>us to order our lives around. My joy is too

0:43:06.560 --> 0:43:08.880
<v Speaker 2>important for me to leave it up to whether or

0:43:08.960 --> 0:43:12.320
<v Speaker 2>not today goes well, or whether or not they speak

0:43:12.360 --> 0:43:14.759
<v Speaker 2>to me, or whether or not it turns out well.

0:43:15.040 --> 0:43:18.560
<v Speaker 2>Is too important. I can't afford. I'm getting older now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a twenty five year old anymore. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>distinguished thirty eight year old full of wisdom, and I

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<v Speaker 2>can't afford.

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<v Speaker 1>To just give my joy away just any time.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't afford to have these back seat DJs just

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<v Speaker 2>changing the temperature of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't afford to just let my emotions control my joy.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to pray for people today. Play something

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<v Speaker 2>more interesting, that's boring. I want to pray for people

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<v Speaker 2>today is just one chord. Pray for people today who

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<v Speaker 2>have allowed your joy to be controlled by something other

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<v Speaker 2>than the priority of God's presence in your life, And

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<v Speaker 2>you want me to pray for you to experience a

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<v Speaker 2>vital connection to God in the coming six days until

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<v Speaker 2>we meet again.

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<v Speaker 1>Please stand if you want me to pray for you

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<v Speaker 1>about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been allowing my joy to be connected to things

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<v Speaker 2>that can't sustain me.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so much more that I wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>To share with you, but I feel like I was

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<v Speaker 2>able to present this word to you on a level

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<v Speaker 2>that if you can just receive that much of it,

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<v Speaker 2>So flip it instead of going, Lord, I need more joy,

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<v Speaker 2>like it's gonna come raining down in the form of

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<v Speaker 2>candy pellets. Instead of praying, God, give me the wisdom

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<v Speaker 2>to when things come in my life to count it joy,

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<v Speaker 2>to consider it joy, because I know that the testing

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<v Speaker 2>of my faith patience teach me God to set joy

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<v Speaker 2>before me, like Jesus did, like the Psalmists did. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is ever before me. He is in my

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<v Speaker 2>right hand. I will not be shaken in your presence

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<v Speaker 2>is the fullness of joy. And watch this at your

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<v Speaker 2>right hand, pleasures forevermore, not the kind that come and go,

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<v Speaker 2>not the kind that leave you feeling worse afterwards. Not

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<v Speaker 2>the kind that leave you sick afterwards, not the kind

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<v Speaker 2>that make you feel bad about it, shameful about it afterwards,

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<v Speaker 2>perpetual pleasantness in the presence of God, Father. I thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for each person who you brought here today. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they've been in that season of mourning you are in.

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<v Speaker 1>I in mourning.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you that your word says that weeping may endure

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<v Speaker 2>for a night, but joy comes with the morning. And

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<v Speaker 2>we bless you because what that means to us today

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<v Speaker 2>is that in everything that is happening in our life

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<v Speaker 2>right now, there is an opportunity for joy. I confess

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<v Speaker 2>to you before these people, God that I need this

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<v Speaker 2>message more than anybody who heard it. I'm preaching this

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<v Speaker 2>today God because sometimes in my life I have set

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<v Speaker 2>things before me that had no place being my priority,

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<v Speaker 2>and every time I did, I was disappointed.

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<v Speaker 1>And every time I.

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<v Speaker 2>Did, I got a hit, but it didn't fix anything.

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<v Speaker 2>So this week, would you show us what's truly important.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you help us to see.

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<v Speaker 2>Our lives with the wisdom that only you provide. Help

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<v Speaker 2>us to understand that joy does not come from better circumstances.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy does not come from human acclaim. Joy comes from

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<v Speaker 2>ordered priorities. We want to seek first your kingdom. We

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<v Speaker 2>want to know what matters to you, and we thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for it in Jesus' name, hey.

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