WEBVTT - I'm Glad It Happened

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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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to share with you nine verses of

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<v Speaker 2>scripture and finish something that I started back in twenty fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>It seems like to me that New Year's Eve is

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect time to finish your business. And I started

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<v Speaker 2>something in twenty fourteen. I preached a little message about

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<v Speaker 2>holding on to the promise of God through the storms

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<v Speaker 2>of life. And I called the message from something that

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<v Speaker 2>the apostle Paul said during a shipwreck that he survived.

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<v Speaker 2>I called the message it will happen the first message

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<v Speaker 2>this year. God gave me a sequel to that message

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<v Speaker 2>that I preached a few months ago in our church,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was about making sense of setbacks and that

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<v Speaker 2>after you have survived the storm, you have to find

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<v Speaker 2>out why you survived.

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<v Speaker 1>It was for a reason.

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<v Speaker 2>So we followed Paul from the Adriatic Sea where he

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<v Speaker 2>was adrift with no hope of being saved all the

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<v Speaker 2>way to a little strange island called Malta, where God

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<v Speaker 2>used him to perform miracles and release healing. Not without difficulty,

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<v Speaker 2>but destiny never is. It's difficult by design that way,

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<v Speaker 2>when God uses you, you won't get confused about who is

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<v Speaker 2>doing the great things, and you'll give him the glory.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we preached that message this year, and that

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<v Speaker 2>message was called it had to Happen. And I've heard

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of good feedback about those messages. But tonight

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<v Speaker 2>I want to complete the trilogy, and I want to

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<v Speaker 2>finish this series of messages from Philippians chapter one, verses

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<v Speaker 2>twelve through twenty. We're going to follow Paul all the

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<v Speaker 2>way to Rome. He's crossed the Mediterranean, he's left Malta

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<v Speaker 2>after three months of ministry. He's now, according to many scholars,

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<v Speaker 2>under house arrest in Rome, where the Book of Acts

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<v Speaker 2>incidentally ends. But his ministry did an end where the

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<v Speaker 2>book did. And I want to pick up on this

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<v Speaker 2>letter that he wrote from the prison in Rome and

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<v Speaker 2>just read it to you. I'm going to take my

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<v Speaker 2>time to read it because the context of this message

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<v Speaker 2>will determine whether or not you can receive it at

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<v Speaker 2>a level that will make it effective in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And starting in verse twelve, Paul says, now I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened

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<v Speaker 2>to me has actually served to advance the Gospel. As

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<v Speaker 2>a result, it has become clear throughout the whole Palace

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<v Speaker 2>Guard and to everyone else, that I am in chains

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<v Speaker 2>for Christ and because of my chains. Not in spite

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<v Speaker 2>of my chains, but the power of God is being

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<v Speaker 2>released through the thing that you might pity me for

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<v Speaker 2>because of my chains, because of my confinement, there is

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<v Speaker 2>a great purpose unfolding where I am positioned. As a result,

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<v Speaker 2>it has become clear throughout the whole Palace Guard and

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<v Speaker 2>to everyone else that I am in Chaine for Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>and because of my chains. Most of the brothers and

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<v Speaker 2>sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all

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<v Speaker 2>the more to proclaim the Gospel without fear. It's true

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<v Speaker 2>that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but

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<v Speaker 2>others out of love, knowing that I am put here.

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<v Speaker 1>See, when you understand.

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<v Speaker 2>That God is positioning you, you don't fear what people

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<v Speaker 2>might do to you, because there is not a situation

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<v Speaker 2>that they can put you in that God will not

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<v Speaker 2>show up in the midst of don't make me preach,

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<v Speaker 2>because I'm just trying to read the scripture and I

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't even really set it up appropriately yet, and I

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<v Speaker 2>only got so long on this clock. But as those

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrew boys who went into a fiery furnace, if a

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<v Speaker 2>fourth man won't step in just when it gets cranked

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<v Speaker 2>up seven times hotter than it's supposed to be, and

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<v Speaker 2>the only thing that's gonna fall off in the fire

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<v Speaker 2>is the ropes that had you bown. God lets you

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<v Speaker 2>be in the fire to set you free. And so

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<v Speaker 2>he said the former seventeen preached Christ out of selfish ambition,

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<v Speaker 2>not sincerely supposing they can stir up trouble for me

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<v Speaker 2>while I am in chains. This is a cool part

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<v Speaker 2>that only an old man can say. But what does

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<v Speaker 2>it matter. I live enough to let some of my

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<v Speaker 2>concerns fall off of me. Now I have a sense

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<v Speaker 2>of priority, and I'm not concerned about what they say,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm not concerned about their motives, because God's intention

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<v Speaker 2>is always more powerful than human motive. The important thing

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<v Speaker 2>is that in every way, whether from false motives or true,

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<v Speaker 2>Christ is preached, and because of this. Because of this,

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<v Speaker 2>I rejoice, not because of a new car, but because

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<v Speaker 2>of a calling.

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<v Speaker 1>Because of this, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Rejoice, yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I

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<v Speaker 2>know that, through your prayers and God's provision of the

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will

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<v Speaker 2>turn out for my deliverance. I eagerly expect and hope

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<v Speaker 2>that I will in no way be ashamed, but will

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<v Speaker 2>have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will

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<v Speaker 2>be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I read all that just to go back to

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<v Speaker 2>verse twelve where I started. Now, I want you to know,

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<v Speaker 2>brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me, what

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<v Speaker 2>has happened to me, has actually served to advance the gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, it will happen. It had to happen. And

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<v Speaker 2>my message for you tonight, if you can say it

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<v Speaker 2>with Paul by faith, is this, it will happen.

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<v Speaker 1>It had to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>But tonight look at your neighbor and say, I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to know I'm glad it happened. Now, this one's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be kind of tough to get with this,

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<v Speaker 2>because there are really two reasons that we put on

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<v Speaker 2>this praise party. One year I turned to Holly, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>we're getting too old to try to stay up on

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<v Speaker 2>New Year's Eve without accountability.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's have church on New Year's Eve.

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<v Speaker 2>And it really serves two purposes if you allow it to.

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<v Speaker 2>It serves the purpose of allowing you to reflect and expect.

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<v Speaker 2>So two questions I want to hang over your head

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<v Speaker 2>as you sit there tonight on whatever campus or around

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<v Speaker 2>whatever screen, how are your viewing this? I want to

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<v Speaker 2>ask you two things. Are you where you want to be?

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<v Speaker 2>And are you ready for what's next? God brought you

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<v Speaker 2>here tonight to give you the opportunity to reflect and

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<v Speaker 2>to expect. So as I reflect, am I where I

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<v Speaker 2>want to be? And as I expect, am I ready

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<v Speaker 2>for what's next? Now, as you reflect, you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>understand that reflection must be done correctly in order to

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<v Speaker 2>be productive. There is a way of reflecting on your life,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think this is why some of us avoid

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<v Speaker 2>looking back that can leave you paralyzed in a sense.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a type of reflection that does not energize you.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a type of reflection that can.

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<v Speaker 1>Bring you into a state of resentment.

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<v Speaker 2>As you look back over what happened to you for

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<v Speaker 2>you this year, there may be a temptation for you

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<v Speaker 2>to reflect to the point of resentment. And there may

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<v Speaker 2>be some people this year who were supposed to support you,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe you expected them to be standing by you,

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<v Speaker 2>but you find yourself a little more lonely at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of this year. You're even going through your photo

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<v Speaker 2>stream on your phone. I found can be dangerous because

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<v Speaker 2>some of the people that I'm scrolling through that I

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<v Speaker 2>felt one way about in January, I feel differently about

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<v Speaker 2>them in December because and you have to be careful.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to be careful if you want to go

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<v Speaker 2>back on the timeline. You may feel some things and

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<v Speaker 2>when you reflect, it's important that you avoid resentment on

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<v Speaker 2>one level. But I think also you should be very

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<v Speaker 2>careful when you reflect, because not only can you begin

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<v Speaker 2>to resent opportunities that you didn't get or maybe ways

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<v Speaker 2>that you were not acknowledged, which can bring you into

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<v Speaker 2>a state of resentment, but you also got to watch

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<v Speaker 2>out for regret. This is like the devils are in

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<v Speaker 2>r you know, regret and resentment, Now they're really the same.

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<v Speaker 2>Regret is just resentment turned inward. It's when you take

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<v Speaker 2>a look at where you said you would be on

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<v Speaker 2>December thirty one, twenty seventeen, and the scale says something

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<v Speaker 2>different than your list said three sixty five ago. Or

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<v Speaker 2>it can be when you are thinking about all of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Dance recitals that you missed.

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<v Speaker 2>Or it could be that you think about how you

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<v Speaker 2>promised to be more faithful in church this year, but

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't quite make it happen. But you did get

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<v Speaker 2>here tonight, high five of your neighbor and say you're

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<v Speaker 2>ahead for twenty eighteen. You already got a gold star

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<v Speaker 2>on the Jesus Christ chart. Now, there is a type

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<v Speaker 2>of reflection that leads to regret.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a type of reflection that leads to resentment.

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<v Speaker 2>But the right kind of reflection will lead to resolution.

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<v Speaker 2>The right kind of reflection as demonstrated by the apostle

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<v Speaker 2>Paul in Philippians Chapter one from I Believe a Roman

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<v Speaker 2>prison cell, which was really a rented home where.

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<v Speaker 1>He was allowed to see people.

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<v Speaker 2>But remember now he's been waiting for a trial for

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<v Speaker 2>maybe as much as four years, and still after four

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<v Speaker 2>years of bouncing around from prelate to pre late, from

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<v Speaker 2>governor to governor, there's still no resolution for his situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Yet Paul exhibits the kind of attitude in Philippians chapter

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<v Speaker 2>one that I am striving to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Manifest in my own life. As he reflects, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Demonstrates that your spirit does not have to be a

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<v Speaker 2>reflection of your situation. What I'm trying to say is

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<v Speaker 2>you do not have to allow your outlook to be

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<v Speaker 2>defined by the events that brought you to this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul proves it clearly in Philippians chapter one, verse twelve

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<v Speaker 2>through twenty. And really I see him in Philippians chapter one,

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<v Speaker 2>verses twelve through twenty, correcting some of the rumors that

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<v Speaker 2>have apparently begun to surface in ephesis about his situation.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mean to say ephesis, I mean to say Philippi.

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<v Speaker 2>But really, everybody, every church that Paul started has started

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<v Speaker 2>to talk a little bit. I can almost hear them

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<v Speaker 2>whispering behind his back.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you hear about Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>He still hasn't had his trial yet, looks like his

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<v Speaker 2>ministry is over.

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<v Speaker 1>It's horrible what happened to Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>He was only trying to help, but you know, he

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<v Speaker 2>probably pushed it a little too far. He kept on

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<v Speaker 2>preaching to the Gentiles, and the Jews told him to

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<v Speaker 2>stop it, but he wouldn't stop it, and then he

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<v Speaker 2>told those gentiles they didn't have to get circumcised. And well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he probably if he would have toned it

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<v Speaker 2>down a little bit, you know, if he wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>appealed his case to Caesar, he might have got set

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<v Speaker 2>free by Festus. Did you hear what happened to Paul?

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<v Speaker 2>It's horrible what happened to Paul. Terrible thing what happened

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<v Speaker 2>to Paul. You can almost hear them whispering from the

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<v Speaker 2>church at Philippi, which Paul founded a decade earlier.

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<v Speaker 1>But now some things have happened.

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<v Speaker 2>And not only has time passed, but it seems that

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<v Speaker 2>Paul's ministry has come.

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<v Speaker 1>To a grinding hall.

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<v Speaker 2>There is to be no more movement during this period.

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<v Speaker 1>And I can almost hear.

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<v Speaker 2>The whispers from the Church at Philippi when Paul speaks

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<v Speaker 2>up in verse twelve and says, now, I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to

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<v Speaker 2>me has actually somebody say, actually, actually I know what

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<v Speaker 2>you heard. But forget what you heard for a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me set the record straight and you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>hear the spirit of the Lord saying tonight that before

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<v Speaker 2>you leave twenty seventeen, you need to set the record

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<v Speaker 2>straight about.

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<v Speaker 1>What really went down this year. You need to set

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<v Speaker 1>the record straight.

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<v Speaker 2>As a matter of fact, we came tonight to give

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<v Speaker 2>God praise for what he brought us through, and we

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<v Speaker 2>came tonight to make our commitment to Him that we

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<v Speaker 2>will follow him throughout the course of this year, no

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<v Speaker 2>matter how the road might wind or where it might

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<v Speaker 2>lead us. But we also came to set the record straight,

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<v Speaker 2>to let the devil know that everything we went through

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<v Speaker 2>this year was a scroof of the promise and the

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<v Speaker 2>power and the unlimited potential of the ever ruling, ever rating,

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<v Speaker 2>ever present. God, tell your neighbor, I came to set

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<v Speaker 2>the record straight. I don't know what you heard. You

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<v Speaker 2>might have heard that I was on the way down,

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<v Speaker 2>but I came to set the record straight. There's some

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<v Speaker 2>things I need you to.

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<v Speaker 1>Know before January hits my watch.

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<v Speaker 2>So one thing I'm trying to before I make a

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<v Speaker 2>New Year's resolution, I want to make a few revisions.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul wants to make a few revisions. Let's talk for

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<v Speaker 2>a moment about the revision. The revision. I've noticed a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of times that when we write a song or

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<v Speaker 2>when I write a sermon, the magic happens not on

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<v Speaker 2>the first draft or the second draft or the third draft,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is in the revision that the potential of

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<v Speaker 2>the song or the sermon is revealed. Oh. I love that,

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<v Speaker 2>because when I think about it, I think that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>there are some things this year where I'm getting the

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<v Speaker 2>story wrong and I need to see it differently. He's

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<v Speaker 2>not looking good for Paul. That looks like he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>make it. It doesn't look like it's embarrassing when your

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<v Speaker 2>pastor is in jail.

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<v Speaker 1>I would imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you never have to find out firsthand what

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<v Speaker 2>that's like, not planning that.

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<v Speaker 1>But remember, now.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been driven across the Adriatic Sea, three months in Malta.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he finds himself in Rome and he's still waiting,

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<v Speaker 2>and the situation is still unresolved.

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<v Speaker 1>But he's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Resolution is not an event, It is a decision. And

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<v Speaker 2>as Paul reflects from Rome and looks at what's happening,

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<v Speaker 2>he understands that, Well, sometimes people will misjudge your situation

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<v Speaker 2>because they do not know the backstory, and so he

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<v Speaker 2>is informing them. He's taking the opportunity to inform them

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<v Speaker 2>about what is apparent and what is actual. I love

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<v Speaker 2>it because sometimes what's happening on the surface is not

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<v Speaker 2>the real story. And so Paul is focusing here not

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<v Speaker 2>on what is happening to him, but what is happening

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<v Speaker 2>through him. The story that you tell is dependent on

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<v Speaker 2>the point of view that you have. So while others

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<v Speaker 2>are looking at Paul's life from the outside end, they

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<v Speaker 2>are judging him a failure.

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<v Speaker 1>While others are.

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<v Speaker 2>Looking at Paul's life from the outside end, they're saying

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<v Speaker 2>he's going down now. While others are looking at Paul's

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<v Speaker 2>life from the outside end far away from Philippi across

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<v Speaker 2>the Mediterranean Sea, it doesn't look.

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<v Speaker 1>Good from Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>But Paul is not looking at his situation from the

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<v Speaker 2>outside end. He's looking at his situation from.

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<v Speaker 1>The inside out.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the inside is where the spirit of God lives,

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<v Speaker 2>and the spirit of God lives in you. Greater is

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<v Speaker 2>he that is in you than he that is in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. So it means that no matter what resistance

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<v Speaker 2>is against me, somebody shot, I'm glad it happened. There

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<v Speaker 2>are some things that I went through this year that

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't like. There are some things that I went

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<v Speaker 2>through this year that hurt. And I'm not saying that

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't hurt. They hurt. I'm not saying that they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't hurt. They hurt, Like hell, you should have.

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<v Speaker 1>Left your kids home. It's New Year's Eve. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>saying that I would have chosen.

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<v Speaker 2>Them if I had had the opportunity. But now that

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<v Speaker 2>I've been through it, there is something that I learned

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<v Speaker 2>through what I went through that made me who I am,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm standing to take John didn't come to given praise.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody shot. I'm glad.

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<v Speaker 2>They probably felt sorry for Paul. They were probably signing

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<v Speaker 2>petitions to their senators to get Paul out of prison.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul said, stop all your petitions. Don't feel sorry for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I know I got these chains on me.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm freer than all y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>Now. I didn't like it at the time. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get it at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't make.

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<v Speaker 2>Sense while I was in it. But I've been here

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<v Speaker 2>long enough to recognize, and I've been through enough storms

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<v Speaker 2>to know. And I held on to the planks of

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<v Speaker 2>the boat and made it across the sea and saw

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<v Speaker 2>Gods provision at a level that now I can tell

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<v Speaker 2>you that actually God is up to something. Vaul says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a hostage. I want you to say that

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<v Speaker 2>because this is a revision that you need to make,

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<v Speaker 2>because some of you have made yourself the victim of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen, and we need to.

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<v Speaker 1>Make some revisions.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you cannot leave twenty seventeen like a victim and

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<v Speaker 2>go into twenty eighteen like a victor. And you've got

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<v Speaker 2>to make a decision tonight. You've got to revise some

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<v Speaker 2>of the stuff in your story and take a cue

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<v Speaker 2>from Paul. I was confused at first because he said,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has.

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<v Speaker 1>Happened to me.

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<v Speaker 2>But then he gives no detail about what actually happened

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<v Speaker 2>to him. All he talks about is what God did

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<v Speaker 2>through the events that he could have been bitter about.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a hostage.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't feel sorry for me. In fact, Paul might say,

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<v Speaker 2>I always wanted to go to Rome to preach the gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think I'd have to drag these shackles through

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<v Speaker 2>the streets to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>But it actually works out.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty good, because all these guards have to listen to

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<v Speaker 2>me preach anytime I open my mouth. I'm not a hostage.

0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:14.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm not a hostage to your opinions. I'm not a

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<v Speaker 2>hostage to what went wrong. I hear Paul saying all

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<v Speaker 2>the way from Rome, shouting across the Mediterranean Sea, shouting

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<v Speaker 2>all the way into twenty seventeen, just before midnight Eastern

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<v Speaker 2>Standard time, shouting to Elevation Blakeney, shouting to University City,

0:21:34.200 --> 0:21:38.640
<v Speaker 2>shouting to Lake Norman, shouting to the overflowing Valentine, shouting

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<v Speaker 2>to the epham watching online. I hear God shouting into

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<v Speaker 2>your iPhone.

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<v Speaker 1>Ten.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear this message. I hear Paul saying, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>a hostage. I'm a weapon. See, I'm made up my

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<v Speaker 2>mind anywhere God puts me, there's no purpose for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a hostage. You better stuff your neighbor right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Say I'm not a hostage. I'm a weapon, formed in

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<v Speaker 2>the fire hell, steady, in.

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<v Speaker 1>The hands of God. And it ain't nothing dark it.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody shut out a weapon, wats out devil.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time he'll cut on me.

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<v Speaker 1>You make me sharper.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm loading now, I'm focused now I mean, now I

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<v Speaker 2>know what matters now. He was like a sphirit of

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<v Speaker 2>God is breaking out on this side of the church.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody thoughts you were trapped. It's not you this trapped.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the enemy. If you got the devil on the run,

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<v Speaker 2>come to your.

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<v Speaker 1>Back town, go set the record straight. I came here

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<v Speaker 1>and change.

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<v Speaker 2>But because I'm here, somebody's gonna get set free.

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<v Speaker 1>God would be here, not Caesar, not Festus.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't the boat that brought me here. It was

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<v Speaker 2>the purpose of God. People goes.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought something out. I found out that I found out.

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<v Speaker 1>I got like twenty six minutes. I found out.

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<v Speaker 2>That that progress is relative to priorities. I'll ask a question.

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<v Speaker 2>It's kind of stupid illustration, but it's late. Uh what

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<v Speaker 2>was that progress? Come on? Now, it depends on what

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<v Speaker 2>destination I intended to arrive at. Just because I stepped

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<v Speaker 2>toward you doesn't mean that's where I had in mind

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<v Speaker 2>to go. So I might have been going the wrong

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<v Speaker 2>way if I really needed to get over here, because

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking all night how cool it would be

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<v Speaker 2>to preach from up here, just all the way up

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<v Speaker 2>at the top.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's see, this might be progress.

0:24:17.720 --> 0:24:25.639
<v Speaker 2>I can't tell yet because progress is relative to priorities. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't come tonight to do cardio. I already got

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<v Speaker 2>my workout before we came, right right down the word,

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<v Speaker 2>did you write down revision? Because there's some parts of

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<v Speaker 2>your story you need to rewrite before we go into

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<v Speaker 2>a new year, because if you carry the mentality that

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<v Speaker 2>you are trapped in a situation, or trapped in what

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<v Speaker 2>they thought, or trapped in what they did, or trapped

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<v Speaker 2>in the event, somebody shot, I'm glad it happened. And

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<v Speaker 2>here's why number two, Because I'm focused on the results.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to like the event to celebrate the result.

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<v Speaker 2>And I if you saw it, but Paul said it clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, as a result, that's thirteen as they want

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<v Speaker 2>to reinforce it with screen support. As a result. I

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<v Speaker 2>was talking to one CrossFit dude. We were talking about

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<v Speaker 2>exercise a minute ago. One crossfitter in the whole New

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<v Speaker 2>Year's Eve praise party, and he was meeting me at

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<v Speaker 2>an event that I was preaching at. He said he

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<v Speaker 2>was coming. He was a little lady, wasn't too late.

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<v Speaker 2>But he was apologizing because apparently he likes to be prompt.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, so sorry, I just had a great workout. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>to me, that's paradoxical in nature great workout. I never

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<v Speaker 2>felt that way about a workout. I said, what was

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<v Speaker 2>a great workout? What made it great? He said, I

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<v Speaker 2>threw up three times. Now, brain damage twisted value system.

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<v Speaker 1>But I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>What he enjoyed wasn't how he felt during the routine

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<v Speaker 2>of working out. You don't have to like what it

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<v Speaker 2>felt like to appreciate the change that it is creating.

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<v Speaker 2>And a lot of us when we assess a year,

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<v Speaker 2>we assess it by how much we enjoyed the different

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<v Speaker 2>experiences in that year. I was reading an interesting book

0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:31.360
<v Speaker 2>by the Heath Brothers. They have written several books. They're

0:26:31.680 --> 0:26:34.760
<v Speaker 2>more sociological in nature, but they're also good for businesses.

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<v Speaker 2>Most recent book The Power of Moments. It gave a

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<v Speaker 2>snapshot of what psychologists call the peak ind theory. And

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<v Speaker 2>here's what they say. When we assess our experiences, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't average our minute by minute sensations. Rather, we tend

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<v Speaker 2>to remember flagship moments. That's the peaks, the pits, and

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<v Speaker 2>the transition. They used the example of Disney World. They said,

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<v Speaker 2>if you were rating your experience at Disney World minute

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<v Speaker 2>by minute on a scale of one to ten, your

0:27:12.760 --> 0:27:16.040
<v Speaker 2>average rating would probably be one point seven, and no

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<v Speaker 2>one would ever go if you think of all the

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<v Speaker 2>lines that you stand in and all of the heat

0:27:21.000 --> 0:27:24.400
<v Speaker 2>that you endure, and it's a small, small world after all,

0:27:24.680 --> 0:27:31.320
<v Speaker 2>what a blessing. But you don't assess the experience by

0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:34.440
<v Speaker 2>what did they say? Your minute by minute sensations. Rather,

0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:39.480
<v Speaker 2>we tend to remember the peak and the end, or

0:27:39.720 --> 0:27:43.159
<v Speaker 2>the peaks, the pits and the transition. So when I

0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:48.840
<v Speaker 2>say to you, how was this year for you, don't

0:27:48.880 --> 0:27:52.639
<v Speaker 2>be so quick to call it a bad year just

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<v Speaker 2>because you went through some hard things.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to.

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<v Speaker 2>Get you, by faith to accept whatever God allowed, and

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<v Speaker 2>not only that, but to now see how it actually

0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:20.200
<v Speaker 2>can serve to advance the gospel. If that's not your priority,

0:28:21.480 --> 0:28:24.680
<v Speaker 2>if God is not your focus, then you have no

0:28:24.760 --> 0:28:27.399
<v Speaker 2>way of measuring your progress against a standard that you

0:28:27.520 --> 0:28:32.320
<v Speaker 2>have not set for your life. Paul isn't writing about

0:28:32.359 --> 0:28:36.359
<v Speaker 2>how wonderful the food is. Paul is not writing about

0:28:36.440 --> 0:28:40.640
<v Speaker 2>how strong the Wi Fi signal is in the Roman

0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:47.000
<v Speaker 2>prison system. What he's talking about is the results. He's saying,

0:28:47.800 --> 0:28:50.160
<v Speaker 2>I don't necessarily like what I'm going through. And I'm

0:28:50.200 --> 0:28:53.160
<v Speaker 2>not saying that it's fair. That's not the point. The

0:28:53.280 --> 0:28:55.960
<v Speaker 2>point is that God is achieving a purpose through this

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<v Speaker 2>that is making it clearer and clearer what he put

0:29:00.200 --> 0:29:02.680
<v Speaker 2>me on the earth for. So touch somebody and say

0:29:02.680 --> 0:29:07.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm making progress. I'm making progress, And as long as

0:29:07.440 --> 0:29:09.800
<v Speaker 2>I know I'm making progress, I can endure anything.

0:29:10.640 --> 0:29:11.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it happened.

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<v Speaker 2>I was reminiscent with a friend about something that happened

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<v Speaker 2>earlier this year. What happened was so horrible. At the time,

0:29:18.160 --> 0:29:20.120
<v Speaker 2>we didn't think we could make it through. But you know,

0:29:20.160 --> 0:29:22.200
<v Speaker 2>when we were talking about it and looking back on it,

0:29:22.560 --> 0:29:25.040
<v Speaker 2>we realized that some things are so much better. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, now, how many of you can relate?

0:29:26.600 --> 0:29:29.320
<v Speaker 2>Somebody broke up with you and you thought you couldn't

0:29:29.320 --> 0:29:31.560
<v Speaker 2>make it without them, And then you looked them up

0:29:31.600 --> 0:29:34.560
<v Speaker 2>on Facebook and you fell on your knees and thank

0:29:34.800 --> 0:29:35.720
<v Speaker 2>God that.

0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:37.040
<v Speaker 1>They broke your heart.

0:29:37.400 --> 0:29:43.080
<v Speaker 2>Oh, thank God they weren't interested in me. Look what

0:29:43.320 --> 0:29:51.360
<v Speaker 2>could have been. Look what the Lord has done. I

0:29:51.440 --> 0:29:55.360
<v Speaker 2>don't always understand the reason, but I praise God for

0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:55.959
<v Speaker 2>the result.

0:29:57.320 --> 0:29:58.520
<v Speaker 1>This takes faith.

0:29:59.440 --> 0:30:03.480
<v Speaker 2>Can you praise God for the result of a situation

0:30:03.680 --> 0:30:09.440
<v Speaker 2>that has not yet resolved, not to say ten years later.

0:30:09.320 --> 0:30:10.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it happened.

0:30:10.960 --> 0:30:15.400
<v Speaker 2>But while you are still sitting in a Roman prison self,

0:30:15.760 --> 0:30:20.160
<v Speaker 2>can you say, God, if you're gonna get some glory

0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:22.520
<v Speaker 2>out of this, I'm glad.

0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:31.360
<v Speaker 1>Paul might have talked to Lazarus.

0:30:32.520 --> 0:30:35.760
<v Speaker 2>He might have. I don't know when Lazarus died the

0:30:35.840 --> 0:30:36.360
<v Speaker 2>second time.

0:30:36.560 --> 0:30:38.440
<v Speaker 1>Now, the first time he died was weird.

0:30:39.680 --> 0:30:42.520
<v Speaker 2>Because Jesus knew he was sick, and he was about

0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:44.680
<v Speaker 2>to go to him, but he delayed his trip to

0:30:44.760 --> 0:30:48.680
<v Speaker 2>let him die. Weirdest thing in the world for the

0:30:48.800 --> 0:30:52.960
<v Speaker 2>Son of God, the savior of a humankind, the compassionate Christ,

0:30:53.280 --> 0:30:55.800
<v Speaker 2>the one who comes the hair of lambs on his

0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:58.520
<v Speaker 2>lap as he sings lullabies to the lambs. You know,

0:30:58.600 --> 0:31:01.240
<v Speaker 2>the Jesus you always hear about. He says something so

0:31:01.440 --> 0:31:04.040
<v Speaker 2>shocking to his disciples when they came to him with

0:31:04.080 --> 0:31:06.680
<v Speaker 2>the news that Lazarus, who he loved, had died. And

0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:07.920
<v Speaker 2>I want to put it on the screen because you

0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:09.440
<v Speaker 2>won't believe it's in the Bible if I don't show

0:31:09.480 --> 0:31:15.040
<v Speaker 2>it to you, He told his disciples plainly, Lazarus is dead.

0:31:15.280 --> 0:31:21.680
<v Speaker 2>Watch what comes next. Not weeping, not tears, but for

0:31:21.800 --> 0:31:35.520
<v Speaker 2>your sake. I'm glad. I'm glad it happened. I'm glad

0:31:35.560 --> 0:31:40.360
<v Speaker 2>I didn't get there in time to heal him. I'm

0:31:40.400 --> 0:31:46.040
<v Speaker 2>glad because now I get to show you a level

0:31:48.280 --> 0:31:56.440
<v Speaker 2>of my glory that you could not see if I

0:31:56.520 --> 0:31:59.120
<v Speaker 2>had shown up and done what you thought I should do.

0:32:02.880 --> 0:32:06.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad it happened. I looked at my friend. I said,

0:32:06.320 --> 0:32:13.120
<v Speaker 2>you know, I wouldn't choose what we went through, but

0:32:13.200 --> 0:32:18.200
<v Speaker 2>I don't think i'd change it either. I don't think

0:32:18.240 --> 0:32:23.920
<v Speaker 2>I would change it. See, I'm glad it happened, whatever

0:32:24.040 --> 0:32:27.000
<v Speaker 2>it may be for you. I'm not talking about the promotion.

0:32:27.120 --> 0:32:30.880
<v Speaker 2>Of course you're glad that happened. I'm not talking about

0:32:30.880 --> 0:32:33.160
<v Speaker 2>the miracle breakthrough that you got to check in the mail,

0:32:33.200 --> 0:32:34.000
<v Speaker 2>the tax refund.

0:32:34.040 --> 0:32:35.240
<v Speaker 1>Of course you're glad that happened.

0:32:37.960 --> 0:32:41.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about the thing that other people feel sorry

0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:46.440
<v Speaker 2>for you about having the faith to say, I'm glad

0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:53.240
<v Speaker 2>for my weakness. It led me to deeper strength. Getting

0:32:53.320 --> 0:32:57.320
<v Speaker 2>quiet at the praise party. I know how to preacher

0:32:57.360 --> 0:32:59.040
<v Speaker 2>you into a little bit of frenzy. I can do

0:32:59.120 --> 0:33:04.360
<v Speaker 2>that anytime. This is the deep work that requires mature

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:06.120
<v Speaker 2>faith to.

0:33:06.160 --> 0:33:07.280
<v Speaker 1>Be able to look at something.

0:33:07.280 --> 0:33:09.040
<v Speaker 2>When I grew up in the Methodist Church, we used

0:33:09.080 --> 0:33:11.240
<v Speaker 2>to have in the youth group, we had prayer request

0:33:11.280 --> 0:33:12.160
<v Speaker 2>and praise reports.

0:33:13.840 --> 0:33:17.440
<v Speaker 1>This is old school. Why don't we bring that back

0:33:17.480 --> 0:33:18.920
<v Speaker 1>into church. That would be wonderful.

0:33:18.960 --> 0:33:21.200
<v Speaker 2>Pastor Steven though people are too crazy and I will

0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:22.000
<v Speaker 2>not give them the mic.

0:33:22.080 --> 0:33:23.880
<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, that's great.

0:33:29.840 --> 0:33:32.520
<v Speaker 2>But Paul would have messed up praise reports and prayer

0:33:32.560 --> 0:33:34.400
<v Speaker 2>requests because the praise reports is where you put the

0:33:34.480 --> 0:33:37.240
<v Speaker 2>good stuff and the prayer request is where you put

0:33:37.240 --> 0:33:37.840
<v Speaker 2>the bad stuff.

0:33:39.640 --> 0:33:40.520
<v Speaker 1>But Paul has.

0:33:40.400 --> 0:33:42.560
<v Speaker 2>Reached the point in his life now where he said,

0:33:45.480 --> 0:33:51.560
<v Speaker 2>I don't know the difference anymore. My prayer requests have

0:33:51.760 --> 0:33:58.000
<v Speaker 2>become my praise reports because I know y'all are praying

0:33:58.080 --> 0:34:00.560
<v Speaker 2>for me to get out of prison, and I gotta be.

0:34:00.600 --> 0:34:01.160
<v Speaker 1>Honest with you.

0:34:01.720 --> 0:34:03.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm running a revival and I'm not sure I'm ready

0:34:04.000 --> 0:34:06.400
<v Speaker 2>to leave yet. So could y'all bring the prayers down

0:34:06.440 --> 0:34:09.000
<v Speaker 2>a little bit, because I think there's something God still

0:34:09.080 --> 0:34:11.400
<v Speaker 2>wants to do while I'm in this prison.

0:34:12.840 --> 0:34:13.719
<v Speaker 1>Are y'all clapping to.

0:34:13.760 --> 0:34:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Be polite or do you really believe that some of

0:34:16.760 --> 0:34:17.400
<v Speaker 2>the things.

0:34:17.239 --> 0:34:23.120
<v Speaker 1>You would have prayed away are the instruments of change.

0:34:25.920 --> 0:34:30.480
<v Speaker 2>And see Paul has no problem rejoicing because he knows

0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:31.160
<v Speaker 2>the result.

0:34:32.520 --> 0:34:34.800
<v Speaker 1>He knows the result when I showed.

0:34:34.680 --> 0:34:38.040
<v Speaker 2>Graham Rockie for I wasn't nervous when Drugo won the

0:34:38.120 --> 0:34:39.080
<v Speaker 2>first three rounds.

0:34:39.120 --> 0:34:41.239
<v Speaker 1>Why I know how this ends.

0:34:42.640 --> 0:34:45.400
<v Speaker 2>Some of y'all need to look at twenty eighteen before

0:34:45.480 --> 0:34:48.880
<v Speaker 2>it even gets started and declare, in the face of the.

0:34:49.000 --> 0:34:53.400
<v Speaker 1>Devil, I'm not nervous. I'm not worried. I'm not anxious.

0:34:53.680 --> 0:34:56.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm not freaked down, stess down, nutched out, I know

0:34:57.040 --> 0:35:01.239
<v Speaker 2>how this is. That take a teen seconds right here

0:35:01.600 --> 0:35:05.200
<v Speaker 2>and brace him for how it is before it even

0:35:12.960 --> 0:35:17.399
<v Speaker 2>on the temple. Hanks says he hates when you get

0:35:17.560 --> 0:35:22.399
<v Speaker 2>glad about what's your eyes have not seen and your

0:35:22.520 --> 0:35:32.600
<v Speaker 2>ears have not heard. God is going to get some

0:35:32.880 --> 0:35:39.000
<v Speaker 2>glory out of everything I've gone through, and the more

0:35:39.080 --> 0:35:41.680
<v Speaker 2>I've gone through, the greater the glory.

0:35:42.120 --> 0:35:51.000
<v Speaker 3>Shout about that this is a resurrection moment. Glad about it.

0:35:51.920 --> 0:35:55.560
<v Speaker 3>I'm glad about it. I'm not glad about the pain.

0:35:56.280 --> 0:35:59.560
<v Speaker 3>I'm glad that in the pain is a purpose. I'm

0:35:59.640 --> 0:36:04.439
<v Speaker 3>glad about it. Somebody say I'm glad about it, I'm

0:36:04.520 --> 0:36:07.319
<v Speaker 3>glad about it. I cried enough about it. I spent

0:36:07.520 --> 0:36:09.200
<v Speaker 3>enough time wishing it would go away.

0:36:09.600 --> 0:36:13.360
<v Speaker 2>But now I'm standing here with my praise intact in

0:36:13.520 --> 0:36:26.600
<v Speaker 2>my right mind, I'm glad about it. I'm glad. I'm

0:36:26.640 --> 0:36:31.879
<v Speaker 2>glad they rejected me, showed me that God was enough

0:36:31.920 --> 0:36:32.680
<v Speaker 2>and I don't need them.

0:36:37.440 --> 0:36:38.960
<v Speaker 1>Where'd y'all go on that one? Where did you go?

0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:46.399
<v Speaker 2>IU? Didn't hear anything on that one? And so Paul

0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:50.000
<v Speaker 2>makes a resolution. Now he made the revision. He set

0:36:50.040 --> 0:36:53.520
<v Speaker 2>the record straight. He said, I want you to know

0:36:53.600 --> 0:36:55.839
<v Speaker 2>what really was really happening here, because y'all are feeling

0:36:55.880 --> 0:36:58.440
<v Speaker 2>sorry for me, but don't don't feel sorry for me,

0:37:00.080 --> 0:37:08.000
<v Speaker 2>and results God's getting some glory through my life. Don't

0:37:08.000 --> 0:37:10.839
<v Speaker 2>feel sorry for me. Some of y'all need to call

0:37:10.920 --> 0:37:14.239
<v Speaker 2>some people and say, uh, I don't need you to apologize,

0:37:18.480 --> 0:37:21.720
<v Speaker 2>and then if you want to mess with their whole

0:37:22.239 --> 0:37:30.600
<v Speaker 2>mental statement, send them a gift card. Whoever hurts you. No,

0:37:30.800 --> 0:37:35.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm serious about it. When I first preached it will happen,

0:37:35.920 --> 0:37:38.040
<v Speaker 2>I told you about that message. Did I tell you

0:37:38.080 --> 0:37:41.040
<v Speaker 2>about it? I can't remember. It was a It was

0:37:41.120 --> 0:37:43.480
<v Speaker 2>a It was a real tough message to preach because

0:37:44.200 --> 0:37:47.000
<v Speaker 2>I appreciate it. Under attack, for our church was under

0:37:47.040 --> 0:37:49.560
<v Speaker 2>attack about something that was very important to us, which

0:37:49.640 --> 0:37:53.799
<v Speaker 2>was our baptisms. And there was a fictitious story run

0:37:53.920 --> 0:38:00.160
<v Speaker 2>by a very unethical and scrupulous journalist who insinuated that we.

0:38:00.200 --> 0:38:02.879
<v Speaker 1>Fake baptisms in our church.

0:38:03.840 --> 0:38:05.800
<v Speaker 2>Now, I got to be careful right now because this

0:38:05.960 --> 0:38:07.719
<v Speaker 2>is on tape and everything like that, and it's in

0:38:07.800 --> 0:38:10.680
<v Speaker 2>the archives forever, and I don't want to say anything

0:38:10.760 --> 0:38:12.839
<v Speaker 2>right here that could hurt me at a future point.

0:38:16.000 --> 0:38:17.600
<v Speaker 1>Can I tell you I'm actually.

0:38:17.360 --> 0:38:21.400
<v Speaker 2>Glad that he did what he did because when he

0:38:21.520 --> 0:38:23.759
<v Speaker 2>ran that story at the time, he ran the story

0:38:23.760 --> 0:38:26.600
<v Speaker 2>and said we faked our baptisms, we did baptisms only

0:38:26.719 --> 0:38:31.239
<v Speaker 2>once a year and occasionally throughout. But when he ran

0:38:31.320 --> 0:38:36.600
<v Speaker 2>the story, I got the idea that maybe the area

0:38:36.680 --> 0:38:41.800
<v Speaker 2>that they're attacking us is the area where we should advance.

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:44.960
<v Speaker 2>And now.

0:38:48.520 --> 0:38:50.439
<v Speaker 1>Now we do baptisms every week.

0:38:53.000 --> 0:38:58.200
<v Speaker 2>So now, please, I am not asking for another story,

0:39:02.600 --> 0:39:03.960
<v Speaker 2>but I can say about that one.

0:39:05.719 --> 0:39:08.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it happened.

0:39:09.600 --> 0:39:09.920
<v Speaker 2>I am.

0:39:10.520 --> 0:39:11.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry.

0:39:11.600 --> 0:39:14.880
<v Speaker 2>I know it sounds kind of sadistic. I know it

0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:17.359
<v Speaker 2>sounds kind of weird to be glad that somebody came

0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:21.360
<v Speaker 2>against me. But I'm glad it happened, aren't Aren't you

0:39:21.560 --> 0:39:24.520
<v Speaker 2>glad that the storm stripped away everything that you really

0:39:24.600 --> 0:39:27.080
<v Speaker 2>didn't need so you could know what was core to

0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:29.960
<v Speaker 2>the essential nature of who Christ made you to be.

0:39:32.000 --> 0:39:35.239
<v Speaker 2>Aren't you glad that you're not going into the next

0:39:35.360 --> 0:39:44.680
<v Speaker 2>year carrying dead weight of workless relationships? Aren't you glad

0:39:44.880 --> 0:39:48.920
<v Speaker 2>that God closed some doors so that you wouldn't spend

0:39:49.040 --> 0:39:50.759
<v Speaker 2>years of your life in the wrong room.

0:39:54.840 --> 0:40:01.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it happened. I am glad it happened. I'm glad.

0:40:02.360 --> 0:40:04.160
<v Speaker 1>I might not be able to smile when I say it,

0:40:04.280 --> 0:40:11.120
<v Speaker 1>but I'm getting there. I'm glad. I'm glad it happened.

0:40:13.200 --> 0:40:18.600
<v Speaker 1>He said, I made a resolution. How about this just

0:40:18.680 --> 0:40:20.640
<v Speaker 1>one New Year's resolution. This is the only one you

0:40:20.719 --> 0:40:21.120
<v Speaker 1>really need.

0:40:21.920 --> 0:40:23.440
<v Speaker 2>I mean, do everything else you want to do to

0:40:23.600 --> 0:40:26.320
<v Speaker 2>save the money, put the kids to college fund, go

0:40:26.440 --> 0:40:28.320
<v Speaker 2>to the moon with Elon Musk. I don't care what

0:40:28.400 --> 0:40:33.279
<v Speaker 2>you do, but do this too. This is eighteen b yes,

0:40:35.120 --> 0:40:40.640
<v Speaker 2>and I will continue to rejoice. Now that's the resolution.

0:40:44.920 --> 0:40:47.840
<v Speaker 2>I worry about that word rejoice because.

0:40:47.600 --> 0:40:51.279
<v Speaker 1>I think that you might think that it only means this.

0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:59.520
<v Speaker 2>Or this. No, he's making a decision or a resolution,

0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:06.359
<v Speaker 2>because remember, resolution is a decision, not an event. I'm

0:41:06.400 --> 0:41:09.520
<v Speaker 2>not waiting to see how this turns out before I

0:41:09.640 --> 0:41:16.279
<v Speaker 2>make my decision about my faith. So I reflect and

0:41:16.400 --> 0:41:19.840
<v Speaker 2>I expect, and Paul says, I don't know how this

0:41:19.960 --> 0:41:21.719
<v Speaker 2>is going to turn out. Yet they might kill me.

0:41:22.080 --> 0:41:23.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what you're going through this right now,

0:41:24.120 --> 0:41:26.919
<v Speaker 2>but it ain't this bad. That's why I brought Paul

0:41:27.000 --> 0:41:30.879
<v Speaker 2>to the praise party, because if I say this crap,

0:41:30.920 --> 0:41:32.480
<v Speaker 2>you might just think I had never been through anything.

0:41:32.719 --> 0:41:35.080
<v Speaker 2>But you haven't been through You haven't had your life

0:41:35.120 --> 0:41:39.959
<v Speaker 2>on the line for the gospel, not yet. So Paul says,

0:41:40.320 --> 0:41:42.560
<v Speaker 2>I want you to know I've made my resolution and

0:41:42.840 --> 0:41:44.360
<v Speaker 2>I will continue to rejoice.

0:41:44.480 --> 0:41:46.600
<v Speaker 1>Oh Paul, did you get good news? Are they about

0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:47.040
<v Speaker 1>to release it?

0:41:47.200 --> 0:41:52.120
<v Speaker 2>Don't know. Resolution is not an event, it's a decision.

0:41:53.320 --> 0:42:00.160
<v Speaker 2>Now watch the decision. It's verse twenty, verse twenty. He says, Oh,

0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:02.080
<v Speaker 2>we get it. We gotta get nineteen as well. It's

0:42:02.160 --> 0:42:03.919
<v Speaker 2>just too good. I can't do this to nineteen, can't.

0:42:03.960 --> 0:42:06.040
<v Speaker 2>I can't leave nineteen sitting right there just looking all

0:42:06.120 --> 0:42:11.840
<v Speaker 2>pretty for I know that through your prayers and God's

0:42:11.920 --> 0:42:15.880
<v Speaker 2>provision of the spirit of Jesus Christ. What has happened?

0:42:15.960 --> 0:42:19.359
<v Speaker 2>Somebody say, I'm glad it happened. I want that ringing

0:42:19.440 --> 0:42:21.800
<v Speaker 2>in your spirit. So you go out really confessing it

0:42:22.040 --> 0:42:24.359
<v Speaker 2>and really declaring it, and really living in that state

0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:27.960
<v Speaker 2>of rejoicing that is not dependent on the outcome of

0:42:28.080 --> 0:42:31.160
<v Speaker 2>your situation. I know that what has happened to me

0:42:31.760 --> 0:42:38.879
<v Speaker 2>will turn out for my deliverance. And here's the word

0:42:39.400 --> 0:42:44.000
<v Speaker 2>I eagerly expect. How many remember I preached a whole

0:42:44.120 --> 0:42:48.320
<v Speaker 2>sermon on the Greek word that Paul made up because

0:42:48.360 --> 0:42:51.799
<v Speaker 2>he couldn't find a word in the lexicon that described

0:42:51.840 --> 0:42:54.799
<v Speaker 2>how he felt about the situation, because he couldn't say

0:42:55.000 --> 0:42:57.719
<v Speaker 2>I have a good feeling about this. Oh no, no,

0:42:57.880 --> 0:43:01.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm enthusiastic, Bill. It wasn't one of those things. It

0:43:01.560 --> 0:43:04.600
<v Speaker 2>was a from the gut gladness that only comes when

0:43:04.680 --> 0:43:07.680
<v Speaker 2>your sole priority is the glory of God and nothing

0:43:07.719 --> 0:43:12.080
<v Speaker 2>else holds weight in the court of your reasoning. So

0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:15.240
<v Speaker 2>he made up a word from three different words. Remember apo,

0:43:15.680 --> 0:43:24.760
<v Speaker 2>kara dokia three words apo to look away, kara, head, dokia, stretch.

0:43:25.800 --> 0:43:29.880
<v Speaker 2>Paul said, I'm chained to the floor, but these chains

0:43:29.920 --> 0:43:34.040
<v Speaker 2>make a good sermon prop because my feet are bound,

0:43:34.200 --> 0:43:39.400
<v Speaker 2>but my mind is free. And I can't change my

0:43:39.560 --> 0:43:42.720
<v Speaker 2>situation right now, but I can make up my mind.

0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:45.600
<v Speaker 2>And here's when I've decided, and I need about one

0:43:45.719 --> 0:43:48.400
<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty people who will make this decision.

0:43:48.920 --> 0:43:53.799
<v Speaker 1>I eagerly expect. In other words, I stretch my.

0:43:54.000 --> 0:44:03.239
<v Speaker 2>Head toward my future. I can see we need some exercise.

0:44:03.280 --> 0:44:06.600
<v Speaker 2>Stand up. I'm gonna help you with your New Year's resolution.

0:44:06.760 --> 0:44:09.160
<v Speaker 2>You wanted to exercise more. We're gonna do it before

0:44:09.200 --> 0:44:12.000
<v Speaker 2>you hit the parking lot tonight. High five your neighbors say,

0:44:12.000 --> 0:44:12.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad it happened.

0:44:14.040 --> 0:44:18.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it happened. I'm glad it happened. Now I

0:44:18.760 --> 0:44:19.840
<v Speaker 1>want you to do me a favor.

0:44:20.040 --> 0:44:22.279
<v Speaker 2>Everybody, every campus, even the cool people who are too

0:44:22.320 --> 0:44:23.839
<v Speaker 2>cool to high five your neighbor. Every time I tell

0:44:23.880 --> 0:44:27.840
<v Speaker 2>you to high five your neighbor, I want you to

0:44:27.920 --> 0:44:36.400
<v Speaker 2>turn around one hundred and eighty degrees now. If you

0:44:36.480 --> 0:44:39.960
<v Speaker 2>are geometrically challenged, you should be facing the opposite direction

0:44:41.000 --> 0:44:41.680
<v Speaker 2>a moment ago.

0:44:45.120 --> 0:44:45.440
<v Speaker 1>All right.

0:44:51.120 --> 0:44:54.360
<v Speaker 2>The word of God on this pulpit represents the promises

0:44:54.440 --> 0:44:55.920
<v Speaker 2>that God has made to you in the future that

0:44:55.960 --> 0:44:56.720
<v Speaker 2>He has in store.

0:44:57.880 --> 0:45:01.800
<v Speaker 1>And we came to night, to reflect, but also to expect.

0:45:06.760 --> 0:45:07.600
<v Speaker 1>You can't.

0:45:09.800 --> 0:45:12.080
<v Speaker 2>Go into what's next that has your name on it,

0:45:13.280 --> 0:45:19.000
<v Speaker 2>your next assignment, your next breakthrough, your next level of influence,

0:45:20.520 --> 0:45:24.520
<v Speaker 2>your next season of real joy. You can't go into

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<v Speaker 2>it facing this way. What happened happened. It happened, whether

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<v Speaker 2>you wanted it to or not, Whether it was your

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<v Speaker 2>fault or not, happen. Acknowledge it. There were some disappointments

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<v Speaker 2>this year, some stuff that broke your heart. But you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot experience the purpose of God in twenty eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>With your head in your past.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear the spirit of God saying, tonight's turnaround time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's turn around time. Don't turn around yet, messing up

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<v Speaker 2>my illustration, Paul said, I eagerly expect that what has

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<v Speaker 2>happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. No,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to turn ninety degrees, ninety degrees, just ninety,

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<v Speaker 2>just ninety, just ninety degrees. I don't care which ninety,

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<v Speaker 2>just ninety, preferably so you're facing someone else? Could you

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<v Speaker 2>face somebody? Hey, now shut up, don't strike up a conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>But listen. Listen to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't go into this next year facing your past,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can't go into this next year facing other people.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot look to them and compare yourself to them

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<v Speaker 2>and compare your situation to theirs.

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<v Speaker 1>Not in going to the future that God has for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul said, I want you to know that what has

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<v Speaker 2>happened to me, what God has for me, is for me.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes we are so busy comparing our situation to

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<v Speaker 2>the situation of others. We are locked in cycles of

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<v Speaker 2>resentment and regret. But it's turnaround time. Somebody shouts, turn

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<v Speaker 2>around time.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to turn another ninety degrees and we

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<v Speaker 2>all should be facing forward.

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<v Speaker 1>This is where, this is where I'm facing.

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<v Speaker 2>I got my eyes, put the camera on the put

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<v Speaker 2>the camera on the puppet.

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<v Speaker 1>I got my eyes on the word that God spoke

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<v Speaker 1>to me.

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<v Speaker 2>My eyes are on the high calling of God.

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<v Speaker 1>In Christ Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>I got my head out my past, I got my

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<v Speaker 2>feet in my lane.

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<v Speaker 1>I got my eyes on.

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<v Speaker 2>The prize for which God called me heaven word in Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it happened. I'm glad it happened.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad for the dangers, the toils, the snares. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>glad for the battles. I'm glad for the blessings. I

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<v Speaker 2>came tonight to give you praise.

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<v Speaker 3>For all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>God, all things work together for the good because I'm called.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on. We only got a few minutes to get

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<v Speaker 2>ready for what's next.

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<v Speaker 1>We only got a few minutes to get ready. Somebody's shot.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready now. I've made peace with what's behind me.

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<v Speaker 2>My eyes are all the choice set before me, and

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<v Speaker 2>there is a thought who reads upub me.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for joining us.

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