WEBVTT - It's Worth The Dirt

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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 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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<v Speaker 1>this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, somebody help me lift the lad.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, let's live the name of Jesus. Pair the

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<v Speaker 2>name of Mama name Jesus. Listen redeems, Jesus, listens unifl

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<v Speaker 2>saor Jesus, glorious Lord, He's Manuel gone with us and

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<v Speaker 2>his name. Tell me came wonderful come flor mighty die

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<v Speaker 2>everlasting Mother.

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<v Speaker 3>Ding up peve head, Lord of Lord. What's his name?

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus? What she seesa ivy coming for your name.

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<v Speaker 3>Je Jesus, Jesus, if be.

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<v Speaker 2>Time, healing in the name of Jesus, Salvation in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of Jesus, Freedom, in the name of Jesus, no

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<v Speaker 2>other name but Jesus, the only.

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<v Speaker 1>Name that saves. Father. I thank you today that when

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what to do, I know who to call.

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<v Speaker 1>I ask you today, Lord, show up for your people.

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<v Speaker 1>They've called on you, They've cried to you. We believe

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<v Speaker 1>in your word. Your word says that if we call,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll hear us. In the day of trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray right now, Lord that for every storm that

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<v Speaker 2>may be happening, whether it's a physical storm that the

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<v Speaker 2>weatherman was talking about, or whether it's an emotional storm

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<v Speaker 2>that no one knows of, that you would speak peace

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<v Speaker 2>to it. Peace, be still, Peace, be still. Yours is

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<v Speaker 2>the voice that doesn't need a sound system.

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<v Speaker 1>Peace be still. Yours is the power that never goes out.

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<v Speaker 1>Peace be still.

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<v Speaker 3>But you reach around and hug seven people and tell

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<v Speaker 3>them this.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord is going to give you extra blessings for

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<v Speaker 2>being here today. Those of you online, how are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>God is with you, mighty warrior. Get out of the

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<v Speaker 2>wine press, stop worrying about it, and worship through it.

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<v Speaker 1>God is with you in this storm.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what the enemy is.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says He'll prepare a table in the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of your enemies. Our God is great and greatly to

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<v Speaker 2>be praised. Everybody say my God is great. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>either say it with your lips or type it with

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<v Speaker 2>your fingers, or use your thumbs. Put it in the

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<v Speaker 2>comments right now. Say my God is great. Tell him

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<v Speaker 2>yours is great too. Come on, tell your neighbor we

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<v Speaker 2>got the same God. Tell him he likes me better,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're both his kids. How many secretly feel like

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<v Speaker 2>you're one of God's favorites? Just slip your finger up

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<v Speaker 2>right here.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to welcome everybody that's a part of our church,

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<v Speaker 1>our global e fam around the world. Let's welcome all

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<v Speaker 1>those who are joining us online today. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>an interesting dilemma.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been hearing weather reports an apocalyptic storm that may

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<v Speaker 2>be coming. And while we take that seriously, and while

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<v Speaker 2>we'll be working with our outreach partners to help all

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<v Speaker 2>of those who are affected and to minister to those

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<v Speaker 2>who are in need, you know, it gets kind of

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<v Speaker 2>hard sometimes because there's always a report, there's always a

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<v Speaker 2>reason not to do something.

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<v Speaker 1>And when we heard that the storm.

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<v Speaker 2>Was coming right here through where we live, it was

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation, you know, should we cancel church?

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<v Speaker 1>And something inside of me was like, this.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Elevation Church, and if anything, we can't cancel. So

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<v Speaker 2>if anything, we got to sneak up on the devil

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<v Speaker 2>day early.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's what we're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>We gathered together about fifteen hundred of the most safe,

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<v Speaker 2>sanctified people and the Carolinas.

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<v Speaker 1>Some from Virginia.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, these are watch this. These are holy ghosts

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<v Speaker 3>filled believers.

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<v Speaker 1>In the room today. That's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>We checked all the Uversion Bible reading plans in the church,

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<v Speaker 2>and the people with the perfect streaks got to come

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<v Speaker 2>to church today. So we're sharing this with you a

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<v Speaker 2>little early. The Lord is in this place, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>been an interesting day here in the room. It's been interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only do they say a storm is coming, but

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<v Speaker 2>something happened that's never happened in the twenty years of

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<v Speaker 2>this church. The entire sound system went out like five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred times while we were trying to transition into the sermon,

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<v Speaker 2>and we kept on having to sing the third and

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<v Speaker 2>fourth and fifth verses of songs that only have two verses.

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<v Speaker 1>That was interesting as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And I started thinking about all of that, and I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Lord, well, maybe you didn't want us.

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<v Speaker 1>To bring this message today. Maybe you didn't want me

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<v Speaker 1>to preach today.

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<v Speaker 2>All these distractions and all these hindrances and all these obstacles.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you didn't want me to have this service today.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you didn't want me to preach this work today,

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<v Speaker 1>and something inside me said no.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe the devil didn't see we misinterpret when things go wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I don't even know if my MIC's gonna work

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<v Speaker 2>for this whole sermon, but I need every prayer warrior

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<v Speaker 2>praying that this word would.

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<v Speaker 1>Reach right where it's supposed to go. We welcome you

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<v Speaker 1>into the.

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<v Speaker 3>Presence of the Lord today. Wherever you are, whatever you're

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<v Speaker 3>going through.

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<v Speaker 2>God has a word for you, and no word from

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<v Speaker 2>God will return void. Isaiah fifty five says, as the

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<v Speaker 2>rain falls from the heaven and waters the earth and

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<v Speaker 2>causes it to flourish, so will.

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<v Speaker 1>God's word be that comes forth from his mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>It will not return unto him void. It will accomplish

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<v Speaker 2>what he said it to do. How many are excited

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<v Speaker 2>about the word today? Come on, clap your hands on

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<v Speaker 2>your couch, roll call everybody, puts your name in the chat,

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<v Speaker 2>and open your Bible. Please to Matthew chapter thirteen, Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter thirteen, verses thirty one and thirty two, and Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter thirteen, verse forty four. I'm going to share a

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<v Speaker 2>little scripture today with you that is really going to

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<v Speaker 2>help you in your life. And if while I'm preaching,

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<v Speaker 2>the microphone pops and struggles and strains underneath the weight

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<v Speaker 2>of this anointing, I will scream so loud that the

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<v Speaker 2>dude in the back row will fall down the stairs

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<v Speaker 2>from the shock, until my voice.

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<v Speaker 1>Is raw and the Lord will speak. Now, listen to this.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Matthew chapter thirteen, verse thirty one and thirty two,

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<v Speaker 2>and Matthew Chapter thirteen, verse forty four. Jesus told them

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<v Speaker 2>another parable. He said, the Kingdom of Heaven is like

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<v Speaker 2>a mustard seed which a man took and planted in

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<v Speaker 2>his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds,

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<v Speaker 2>Yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden

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<v Speaker 2>plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come

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<v Speaker 2>perch in its branches. Wow verse forty four. The Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When

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<v Speaker 2>a man found it, he hid it again, and then

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<v Speaker 2>in his joy, went and sold all he had and

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<v Speaker 2>bought that feel. I have a word from the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>for you today. The Lord told me to tell you it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Worth the dirt. It's worth the dirt. Father, These moments

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<v Speaker 1>in your presence are precious.

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<v Speaker 2>We pray for your protection and a hedge of your

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<v Speaker 2>glory around each of your children today so that they

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<v Speaker 2>can receive what you speak.

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<v Speaker 1>However it comes out. This is your word and your

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<v Speaker 1>church in Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen, touch your neighbor and tell him it's worth the

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<v Speaker 2>dirt on your way to your seat.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you had to wait for this sermon, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be worth it now.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a feeling that this microphone is not going

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<v Speaker 2>to hold up today, But I think what I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to do is I'm just going to preach this as

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<v Speaker 2>awkward as it needs to be preached, unless that becomes

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<v Speaker 2>so distracting that we can't take it. And if somebody

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<v Speaker 2>wants to run the target and buy me a megaphone,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll preach.

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<v Speaker 1>Through that as well. You know, God is so good.

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<v Speaker 2>He teaches us to discern in different seasons of our

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<v Speaker 2>life whether or not something is worth it. And maturity

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<v Speaker 2>is learning to see when something will be worth it

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<v Speaker 2>and embrace it and when it's not worth it to

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<v Speaker 2>walk away. That's what maturity is. Being mature in your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about recognizing when it's worth it and when it

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<v Speaker 2>isn't worth it. And not only recognize it, but walk

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<v Speaker 2>away when it's not worth it. Tell your neighbor just

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<v Speaker 2>practice real quick saying it's not even worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not even worth it. Some things are, some things aren't.

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<v Speaker 2>For years, when I would go watch Graham wrestle, usually

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<v Speaker 2>I was spending my saturdays in a sweaty gym that

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<v Speaker 2>smelled like boy, smelled like the worst parts of a boy.

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<v Speaker 1>By about two o'clock in the afternoon, it would be

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<v Speaker 1>cooking in that oven.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason I know that it was worth it is

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<v Speaker 2>because the first time he ever won a big wrestling tournament,

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<v Speaker 2>I said to him afterwards, Man, I'm so glad I

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<v Speaker 2>was here to see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason that I almost wasn't there was because I

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<v Speaker 2>had to bring in a guest preacher to preach for

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<v Speaker 2>me in order to be at this tournament. And there

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<v Speaker 2>was a part of me sitting there like, man, thousands

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<v Speaker 2>of people that need the gospel, and then my son's resting.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it worth it to not preach to go watch

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<v Speaker 2>him in this tournament? So he wins the whole thing, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're sitting at pizza hut where all of my

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<v Speaker 2>food addiction issues began.

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<v Speaker 1>With the book at Club.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm serious, all of my food reward issues is started

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<v Speaker 2>in the fourth grade reading The Babysitters Club and getting

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<v Speaker 2>pizza for it.

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<v Speaker 1>Shouldn't have confessed that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, We're sitting there Pizza Hut celebrating his gold medal,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, man, I'm so glad I came. What

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<v Speaker 2>if you'd have won the whole tournament and I hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>been here to see it? And he said, well, if

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<v Speaker 2>you hadn't been here to see it, I probably wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>have won it. If you hadn't been here to see it,

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<v Speaker 2>I probably wouldn't have won it. So every time I'd

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<v Speaker 2>be hauling my butt into a gym with some boy's

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<v Speaker 2>feet propped up on the bleachers behind me, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>at a wrestling tournament, they turned the whole gym into.

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<v Speaker 1>A locker room. It's awesome, it's incredible, And.

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<v Speaker 2>In a room full of half naked men packed to

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<v Speaker 2>the gills and me sitting there in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>all of it with my OCD, I'm going, it's worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's worth it. It's worth it. It's worth it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>Not just because he's going to go to the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>But because he told me it's worth it. Tell somebody

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's worth it. Some times you got to preach

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<v Speaker 2>with the mic popping because it's worth it. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>got to come out the.

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<v Speaker 4>Church a day early on a Saturday because it's worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it's worth it. And wisdom is knowing when it's

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<v Speaker 1>worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>Wisdom is the ability to hear that little whisper that

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<v Speaker 2>God will give you.

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<v Speaker 1>From time to time and say it's worth it. Stick

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<v Speaker 1>with this, it's worth it. Log on church online today,

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<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be worth it. Yeah, keep trying to fix

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<v Speaker 1>that relationship. It's worth it. And sometimes it's just a

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<v Speaker 1>little whisper.

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<v Speaker 2>God will encourage you in the moment where you feel

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<v Speaker 2>like giving up, and he'll say, no, no, no, it's

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<v Speaker 2>worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep doing it. It's worth it. Just whisper to your neighbor,

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<v Speaker 1>say it's worth it. Now. Tell them to say it's

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<v Speaker 1>worth it when it's worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know what, I had a moment the other day,

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<v Speaker 2>and it happened when I was bending down to tie

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<v Speaker 2>my shoes and Holly was in the other room laughing

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<v Speaker 2>at me, and she said, Babe, you're tying your shoes

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<v Speaker 2>like you are eighty eight, and I said, I know, babe,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't. I can't help it. That's the price that

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<v Speaker 2>I pay for this physique. It just comes with soreness.

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<v Speaker 2>And she said, yeah, but the trade off, like you

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<v Speaker 2>look great, but do you really have to do you

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<v Speaker 2>really have to go that hard on leg day that

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<v Speaker 2>you can't tie your shoes? And I had a moment

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<v Speaker 2>standing there in the closet listening to my wife mock me,

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<v Speaker 2>a moment of maturity where I decided, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>She's right, this is not worth it, even though that

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<v Speaker 2>lady at the gym fifteen years ago made fun of

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<v Speaker 2>me and said do you ever do leg day?

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<v Speaker 1>And created a complex inside of me.

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<v Speaker 2>While I was wearing my shorts, I was bending down

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<v Speaker 2>to tie my shoes, and something just hit me real quick, like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, Nobody is looking at your ham strings. Nobody,

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<v Speaker 2>not even Holly wants to see your ham strings. So

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<v Speaker 2>just wear some sweats and cover your quads. What are

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<v Speaker 2>you trying to be a quad model? That was the

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<v Speaker 2>last day I ever did heavy squats because it's not

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<v Speaker 2>worth it. I came to set somebody free from leg

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<v Speaker 2>day today, you're too old for that. Now, you're not

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be going down that deep.

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<v Speaker 1>If the Lord would have.

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<v Speaker 2>Made you have been down like that, he'd have put

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<v Speaker 2>hinges on your hips. It's not helping anybody, and nobody

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<v Speaker 2>is looking at your calves.

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<v Speaker 1>Cover them up.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>Wear some baggy jeans and tie your shoes and be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>In Matthew chapter thirteen, what a transition full of out

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<v Speaker 2>all the stuffs today on snow day. In Matthew chapter thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is giving a very important lesson to his disciples

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<v Speaker 2>on what's worth it, because he knows there will be

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<v Speaker 2>a time soon to come when he goes to the

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<v Speaker 2>cross and their commitment to him will be challenged by

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<v Speaker 2>that cross.

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<v Speaker 1>See, they left a lot to follow him.

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<v Speaker 2>They left their fishing businesses, they left their tax collecting agencies.

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<v Speaker 2>Many of them even left their family's approval to follow

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<v Speaker 2>this wonderworking rebel priest named Jesus of Nazareth, who is

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<v Speaker 2>considered a heretic by many. And at the moment that

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<v Speaker 2>he could have called the legion of angels to get

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<v Speaker 2>him down off the cross, and didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder did they wonder? Was it worth it? And

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder who I'm preaching to today that wonders is

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<v Speaker 1>it worth it?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it worth it for me to keep serving God?

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't seem to be doing me any good. Is

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<v Speaker 2>it worth it for me to keep being pure as

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<v Speaker 2>a teenager? Everybody else is having more fun than I am?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it worth it for me to be the weird

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<v Speaker 2>kid that doesn't get invited to the parties Because I

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<v Speaker 2>have a standard.

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<v Speaker 1>Of purity and I have a direction of destiny.

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<v Speaker 2>I have learned at this stage of my life how

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<v Speaker 2>important it is that we are not driven by external

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<v Speaker 2>and others focused metrics of what matters.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to decide what is worth it from within.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to, or else you'll jump on every trend,

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<v Speaker 2>or else you will burn yourself out and then ask

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<v Speaker 2>God to light your fire.

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<v Speaker 1>But God can't light a fire when you.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't have the priorities to put His presence first in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. And I think this is your year to

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<v Speaker 2>decide what's worth it to you and to commit to

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<v Speaker 2>what is and to walk away from what isn't.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not permission to quit your job, because I

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<v Speaker 1>bet you like that check. That check is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>worth It is kind of worth it's kind of worth

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<v Speaker 1>your boss's bad breath, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 2>The health insurance is kind of worth it That dental

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<v Speaker 2>insurance make you put up with a lot of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>See.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's very difficult for us in the moment

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<v Speaker 2>to know is it worth it. It's easy to look

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<v Speaker 2>back and say that wasn't worth it. It's easy to

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<v Speaker 2>look back and say that was worth it. Where the

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<v Speaker 2>Holy Spirit comes in is to look at something and

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<v Speaker 2>to realize this is worth it, and the Lord will

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<v Speaker 2>whisper it's worth it. I know it doesn't look like much,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's worth it. I know it's hard for you

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<v Speaker 2>and nobody's appreciating you, but it's worth it. I've called

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<v Speaker 2>you to it, and then the Holy Spirit will whisper

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<v Speaker 2>to you. Sometimes it's not worth it. I know you

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<v Speaker 2>want to tell them off, save your breath. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>worth it. I know you want to put them in

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<v Speaker 2>their place, and you can do it, but it's not

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<v Speaker 2>worth it. You're going to be sore tomorrow if you

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<v Speaker 2>go off today.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you're going to have to apologize and create more

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<v Speaker 1>work for yourself. Just put it in the comments.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not worth it. I learned that about leg day.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm still learning it about life. I'm learning that

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<v Speaker 2>it is not worth it for me to respond to

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<v Speaker 2>every criticism. I mean, let's be honest, I've had my

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<v Speaker 2>fair share of practice. How many of y'all that go

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<v Speaker 2>to this church have ever heard somebody say something bad

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<v Speaker 2>about me?

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you wanted to punch them in the mountain?

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<v Speaker 2>I love y'all. That's our real church right there. One

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<v Speaker 2>of my friends asked me one time. He's like, Pastor,

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<v Speaker 2>don't you feel like the staff you got around you

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<v Speaker 2>is too saved? Don't you feel like you need a

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<v Speaker 2>few barely saved, just out of prison ministry staff around

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<v Speaker 2>you just to handle the nonsense? I thought, No, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not worth it. Peter didn't get this. When they came

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<v Speaker 2>to get Jesus, he.

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<v Speaker 3>Started cutting off ears, and Jesus said.

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<v Speaker 1>What is this? It's not worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing can stop me from going to the cross because

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<v Speaker 2>that's what God sent me to do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not worth it. That phrase right there will set

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<v Speaker 1>you free. It's not worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not worth it because if I defend myself to

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<v Speaker 2>a critic and I win, what have I won? A

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<v Speaker 2>critic who changed their mind? What prize do I get

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<v Speaker 2>for changing their mind? If I change your mind, I

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<v Speaker 2>get what.

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<v Speaker 1>See.

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<v Speaker 2>I might win an argument, but it's too expensive because it.

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<v Speaker 1>Cost me my peace. So I rather keep my peace

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<v Speaker 1>than win an argument. Jesus is helping his disciples to

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<v Speaker 1>discern what's worth it.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what he's doing in your life right now.

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<v Speaker 2>He's allowing some things to be pruned. He's allowing some

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<v Speaker 2>things to be moved. He's allowing some.

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<v Speaker 1>People that were in your life to move to a

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<v Speaker 1>different circle.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that you don't love them, It's just that

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<v Speaker 2>you can't invest in everybody in this season of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And so God graciously moves people into different seasons so

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<v Speaker 2>that you can focus on what's right in front of you,

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<v Speaker 2>so God can show you what's worth it. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>God lets you have that really bad hangover, so you

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<v Speaker 2>could realize this is not worth it. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to pass this crap on to my kids. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want them to have to struggle with the sediction because

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<v Speaker 2>it's not worth it. And in Matthew chapter thirteen, we

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<v Speaker 2>get two parables of seven that are mentioned by Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Gospel of Matthew, they are the mysteries of

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<v Speaker 2>the kingdom. One of those mysteries is the mystery of

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<v Speaker 2>the mustard seed, and one is the treasure in the field.

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<v Speaker 1>And what they both hold in common to me is

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<v Speaker 1>not a parent on the surface.

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<v Speaker 2>He told them another parable, The Kingdom of Heaven is

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<v Speaker 2>like a mustard seed which a man took and planted

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<v Speaker 2>in his field. That's a beautiful scripture to me, because

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<v Speaker 2>a mustard seed is indeed the parabolic smallest seed that

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<v Speaker 2>was known at the time, not technically, but it was

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<v Speaker 2>commonly accepted to say it's as small as a mustard seed.

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<v Speaker 2>Go on, though it is the smallest of all seeds,

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<v Speaker 2>yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden

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<v Speaker 2>plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come

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<v Speaker 2>and perch in its franchis. To me, this speaks to

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<v Speaker 2>the temptation that I feel so often in my life

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<v Speaker 2>to dismiss something that God is doing because of a

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<v Speaker 2>small beginning. Because of a small beginning. I can think

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<v Speaker 2>of so many examples in my life where it was

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<v Speaker 2>little until it wasn't a little thing that almost seemed

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<v Speaker 2>so inconsequential, and it was little until it wasn't, and

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<v Speaker 2>I found out when God speaks to us, he usually

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<v Speaker 2>speaks little things to us.

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<v Speaker 1>It's worth it. It's little until it isn't. What's the

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<v Speaker 1>first thing that Jesus told Peter to do, not leave

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<v Speaker 1>your nets and follow me.

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<v Speaker 2>He just said, put down the nets for a catch. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's something that Peter did all the time. It was

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<v Speaker 2>little until it wasn't. Because when Jesus told him to

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<v Speaker 2>do the little thing, put down the nets for a catch,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus had a big thing in mind. Oh, somebody say,

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<v Speaker 2>God's got something big for me. Come on, say you

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<v Speaker 2>got to say that with some volume. Now, God's God

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<v Speaker 2>something big for me. Say it again, God's God something

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<v Speaker 2>big for me. It starts as a seed. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you dismiss the seed, you miss the thing. The Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>of heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it like, Jesus tell us what the Kingdom of

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<v Speaker 1>Heaven is like. It's like the smallest seed.

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<v Speaker 2>It's almost microscopic, but it can be miraculous, and.

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<v Speaker 1>It just takes time.

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<v Speaker 2>Is worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>It just takes time. It matters. It just takes time.

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<v Speaker 2>And I have a phone full of proof that everything

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<v Speaker 2>that God does big starts small. I have a phone

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<v Speaker 2>full of voice notes that have songs that we sing

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<v Speaker 2>in our church that started as a little melody idea

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<v Speaker 2>that we hummed into the phone. If you heard it,

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<v Speaker 2>you would think I was having a nervous breakdown. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't sound like a song, It doesn't sound like anything.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds like a mumble. It sounds like a mustard seed.

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<v Speaker 2>But God turns some of those mumbles into anthems that

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<v Speaker 2>people can sing when they're looking at mountains. So now

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<v Speaker 2>I remember, watch this. It's little until it isn't. It's

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<v Speaker 2>little until it isn't. One day David was told by

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<v Speaker 2>his father to carry some cheese and bread to the

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<v Speaker 2>battle lines.

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<v Speaker 1>To his brothers. Well, that's a little thing.

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<v Speaker 2>All he's doing at this point that I can tell,

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<v Speaker 2>is doing an uber driver's job with.

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<v Speaker 1>A king's anointing.

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<v Speaker 2>But David sets out to do a little thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>he takes his little cheeses and his little breads from

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<v Speaker 2>watching his little sheep with his little self, the smallest brother,

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<v Speaker 2>and he shows up little. But when he gets to

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<v Speaker 2>the battle lines, he hears the shout of a big giant,

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<v Speaker 2>this giant nine feet tall. So now all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>what was little that morning? Take this meal to your

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<v Speaker 2>brothers turned into the biggest opportunity of his life. Because

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<v Speaker 2>it's little till it isn't. Say it it's little, til

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<v Speaker 2>it isn't. This side, say it's little, this side, say

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<v Speaker 2>till it isn't. Elijah the prophet told his servant, go

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<v Speaker 2>check the sky. I hear the sound of the abundance

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<v Speaker 2>of rain is getting stormy. I know there's been a

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<v Speaker 2>drought in the land. And the servant came back seven

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<v Speaker 2>times and said there's nothing there.

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<v Speaker 1>And on the seventh time, not the six to seventh, he.

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<v Speaker 3>Came back and said, well, I see a cloud, but

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's little. It's just the size of a man's hand.

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<v Speaker 2>And Elijah said, well, you better tell Ahab hitch up

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<v Speaker 2>his chariots, because it might be little now.

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<v Speaker 3>But it is loaded. And I came to preach to

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<v Speaker 3>somebody's life.

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<v Speaker 2>It might be little now going back to get your degree.

0:25:58.200 --> 0:26:01.320
<v Speaker 2>It might be little now having integrity on your job.

0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:02.919
<v Speaker 1>It might be little now.

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<v Speaker 3>Making your first appointment with a trainer.

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<v Speaker 2>It might be little now putting the word of God

0:26:07.960 --> 0:26:10.160
<v Speaker 2>in your kid's heart, dragging them to church.

0:26:10.600 --> 0:26:13.200
<v Speaker 3>It might be little now breeding a verse a day.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be little now.

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<v Speaker 3>But little as much as God is in it, little

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<v Speaker 3>as much.

0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:25.760
<v Speaker 2>Jesus was preaching one day, the crowds were hungry.

0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:26.720
<v Speaker 3>He told the.

0:26:26.800 --> 0:26:29.720
<v Speaker 2>Disciples to feed them, and he asked him, what do

0:26:29.800 --> 0:26:33.080
<v Speaker 2>you have? They said, just a little bit. There's a

0:26:33.200 --> 0:26:36.639
<v Speaker 2>little boy with a little lunch and a big crowd

0:26:37.000 --> 0:26:39.879
<v Speaker 2>with a few loaves. And what we have is little

0:26:40.280 --> 0:26:44.040
<v Speaker 2>and as little till it isn't. And when he touched it,

0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:49.440
<v Speaker 2>what was little became leftovers. Because it's only little till

0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:53.720
<v Speaker 2>it isn't. Come on, give God a little praise, little pray,

0:26:53.840 --> 0:26:58.320
<v Speaker 2>little brave, little praise, little prays, little braves, little braids.

0:26:58.960 --> 0:27:02.200
<v Speaker 2>I see a cloud the size of a man's hand,

0:27:02.680 --> 0:27:05.960
<v Speaker 2>I see it rising in your life. Or maybe I

0:27:06.000 --> 0:27:09.879
<v Speaker 2>should say I see a cloud the size of a

0:27:09.960 --> 0:27:13.520
<v Speaker 2>man's hand, and I see a seed the size of

0:27:13.640 --> 0:27:17.000
<v Speaker 2>a mustard seed. And Jesus said, some of the most

0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:19.440
<v Speaker 2>significant things God will do in your life will be

0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:24.760
<v Speaker 2>some of the smallest things when they start. All right,

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:27.560
<v Speaker 2>if I send you all home right now, I think

0:27:27.640 --> 0:27:31.400
<v Speaker 2>it was worth it just to encourage you with that much.

0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:35.200
<v Speaker 2>It's little till it isn't. Can I break that down

0:27:35.200 --> 0:27:38.120
<v Speaker 2>a little more? Though, I want to make it worth

0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:40.920
<v Speaker 2>your while. Tell somebody is worth it. It's worth it

0:27:41.040 --> 0:27:43.480
<v Speaker 2>to come to church. It's worth it to put on

0:27:43.560 --> 0:27:46.959
<v Speaker 2>your uncomfortable shoes and your pants that don't have an

0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:50.560
<v Speaker 2>elastic waistband and get in the House of God and

0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:52.280
<v Speaker 2>get in a place where you can hear. And it

0:27:52.440 --> 0:27:55.000
<v Speaker 2>is worth it to devote yourself to the word of God.

0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:58.680
<v Speaker 2>And I'm gonna tell you something right now about the

0:27:58.800 --> 0:28:01.879
<v Speaker 2>mustard seed that a tree. And I don't know if

0:28:01.880 --> 0:28:04.200
<v Speaker 2>you can kind of make this jump with me, But

0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:10.639
<v Speaker 2>it's not only true about the kingdom that it's little

0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:16.240
<v Speaker 2>until it isn't, but it's also true about compromise.

0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:23.520
<v Speaker 1>It's little.

0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:33.960
<v Speaker 2>Till it isn't. It's one glass of wine until you

0:28:34.040 --> 0:28:37.240
<v Speaker 2>go through something that makes you need three and five

0:28:38.360 --> 0:28:38.840
<v Speaker 2>and seven.

0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:40.000
<v Speaker 1>I wish y'all would.

0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Look at me like that, Well, I'm not allowed to

0:28:43.760 --> 0:28:46.480
<v Speaker 2>have a standard in my life. I'm not telling you

0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:49.880
<v Speaker 2>not to drink. What I am saying about this is

0:28:49.960 --> 0:28:52.840
<v Speaker 2>that I had people make fun of me almost every

0:28:53.240 --> 0:28:56.720
<v Speaker 2>year of my teenage and adult life when they found

0:28:56.760 --> 0:29:00.560
<v Speaker 2>out that I have chosen I can't handle alcohol, and

0:29:00.640 --> 0:29:03.560
<v Speaker 2>they're like, what do you think it's a sin?

0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:07.400
<v Speaker 5>I'm like, no, I don't think it's a sin. I

0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:15.120
<v Speaker 5>just think for me is slippery. It's slippery.

0:29:16.440 --> 0:29:20.320
<v Speaker 1>Because I know me and I am already addicted to

0:29:20.520 --> 0:29:24.720
<v Speaker 1>enough stuff. I do not need to invite chemical demons

0:29:24.760 --> 0:29:26.920
<v Speaker 1>into places where.

0:29:26.720 --> 0:29:29.280
<v Speaker 2>I already have plenty of this function. You know what

0:29:29.320 --> 0:29:33.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm saying, I'm not inviting a gang of demons into

0:29:33.360 --> 0:29:35.920
<v Speaker 2>my life. When my dad struggled with it, and his

0:29:36.120 --> 0:29:39.360
<v Speaker 2>dad struggled with it, and the Lord gave me a

0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:41.480
<v Speaker 2>real revelation about this. One day, I was watching a

0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:43.240
<v Speaker 2>famous celebrity and they were on a talk show and

0:29:43.320 --> 0:29:47.080
<v Speaker 2>they were celebrating like seventeen years of sobriety, and everybody clatform.

0:29:48.600 --> 0:29:52.280
<v Speaker 2>Everybody clapped. Seventeen years sober. That's amazing. Everybody clatform. Everybody

0:29:52.400 --> 0:29:55.240
<v Speaker 2>was clapping. The whole studio audience was clapping. I thought,

0:29:55.320 --> 0:29:58.360
<v Speaker 2>that's crazy. They will clap for that. But if a

0:29:58.400 --> 0:30:00.800
<v Speaker 2>teenager decides I'm not going to drink, everybody will make

0:30:00.880 --> 0:30:01.760
<v Speaker 2>you feel like a fool.

0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:05.880
<v Speaker 1>So why do we celebrate after.

0:30:05.800 --> 0:30:07.680
<v Speaker 2>They have made such a mess that they need a

0:30:07.800 --> 0:30:11.680
<v Speaker 2>miracle to make it right? But we can't celebrate when

0:30:11.720 --> 0:30:14.000
<v Speaker 2>you put the measures in your life to keep you

0:30:14.120 --> 0:30:17.960
<v Speaker 2>from the evil in the first place. So if we

0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:24.240
<v Speaker 2>can celebrate recovery, we can celebrate precovery. It means that

0:30:24.320 --> 0:30:27.160
<v Speaker 2>I can make some little decisions in my life that

0:30:27.400 --> 0:30:32.000
<v Speaker 2>might keep a guardrail up for the future. Because it's

0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:39.040
<v Speaker 2>little till it isn't. It's little till it isn't. And

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:41.720
<v Speaker 2>you're saying, what does this have to do with dirt?

0:30:43.080 --> 0:30:46.400
<v Speaker 2>You said it's worth the dirt, that's your title. What

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:54.320
<v Speaker 2>does dirt have to do with decisions? I was looking

0:30:54.360 --> 0:30:57.320
<v Speaker 2>at these parables, you know. The one I preached about

0:30:57.320 --> 0:30:59.560
<v Speaker 2>a few weeks ago was the wheat and the wats.

0:31:00.800 --> 0:31:03.720
<v Speaker 2>I preached about that how the enemy will always do

0:31:03.840 --> 0:31:06.760
<v Speaker 2>something right beside whatever God does, in order to try

0:31:06.840 --> 0:31:09.680
<v Speaker 2>to get you discouraged and get you to give up.

0:31:10.200 --> 0:31:11.960
<v Speaker 1>And I do feel like that I'm preaching to.

0:31:11.960 --> 0:31:15.080
<v Speaker 2>A lot of people today who are discouraged either by

0:31:15.520 --> 0:31:18.040
<v Speaker 2>the seeming insignificance of what God has called you to do.

0:31:18.280 --> 0:31:20.000
<v Speaker 2>I mean, good Lord, what parent in the room has

0:31:20.040 --> 0:31:23.760
<v Speaker 2>not been discouraged to think none of this matters. All

0:31:23.800 --> 0:31:25.560
<v Speaker 2>the little things you do for your kids, all the

0:31:25.600 --> 0:31:27.320
<v Speaker 2>things they don't say thank you for, all the little

0:31:27.360 --> 0:31:29.560
<v Speaker 2>pieces of advice you try to give all the little

0:31:29.600 --> 0:31:31.360
<v Speaker 2>things that you may do that go unnoticed, all of

0:31:31.400 --> 0:31:33.480
<v Speaker 2>the little ways you try to correct. There's nobody in

0:31:33.520 --> 0:31:36.120
<v Speaker 2>here who hasn't felt the idea of this isn't worth it,

0:31:37.360 --> 0:31:42.040
<v Speaker 2>or at the very least, this isn't working, and it's

0:31:42.120 --> 0:31:44.560
<v Speaker 2>not worth it. Because it's not working, it's not nothing's

0:31:44.600 --> 0:31:49.240
<v Speaker 2>getting better. But notice something about the mustard seed.

0:31:50.920 --> 0:31:52.000
<v Speaker 1>It became.

0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:53.960
<v Speaker 2>What it was.

0:31:55.480 --> 0:32:02.479
<v Speaker 1>In an unseen place. Notice the mustard seed was very small,

0:32:02.640 --> 0:32:04.120
<v Speaker 1>the smallest of all seeds.

0:32:04.920 --> 0:32:10.200
<v Speaker 2>Yet Verse thirty two says when it grows, it is

0:32:10.560 --> 0:32:12.000
<v Speaker 2>the largest of garden plants.

0:32:12.040 --> 0:32:14.320
<v Speaker 1>Now, I just need to preach this like its Bible study.

0:32:14.360 --> 0:32:16.920
<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm gonna talk to y'all, not like you're a

0:32:17.120 --> 0:32:19.080
<v Speaker 2>Sunday morning crowd. I'm gonna talk to you like you're

0:32:19.080 --> 0:32:24.160
<v Speaker 2>a seminary class. It doesn't say when it grows it

0:32:25.000 --> 0:32:29.000
<v Speaker 2>becomes the largest of garden plants. It says when it

0:32:29.080 --> 0:32:34.440
<v Speaker 2>grows it is the largest of garden plants. That means

0:32:34.520 --> 0:32:38.720
<v Speaker 2>it already was when it went in the ground. It

0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:48.840
<v Speaker 2>just needed somewhere to grow. What made the difference between

0:32:48.880 --> 0:32:52.560
<v Speaker 2>the mustard seed being this big and being this big,

0:32:53.240 --> 0:32:53.840
<v Speaker 2>What made the.

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<v Speaker 1>Difference was the dirt. We don't like dirt. We don't

0:33:00.920 --> 0:33:04.520
<v Speaker 1>like dirt. We like shine. We don't like dirt. We

0:33:04.760 --> 0:33:09.720
<v Speaker 1>like dreams. We don't like dirt. We don't like dirty churches.

0:33:10.440 --> 0:33:13.400
<v Speaker 2>We go around to churches, and if one church has

0:33:13.440 --> 0:33:15.840
<v Speaker 2>a problem with it, we'll leave that church and go

0:33:16.000 --> 0:33:19.080
<v Speaker 2>to another church. And you know, some of us, we're

0:33:19.120 --> 0:33:22.120
<v Speaker 2>going from church to church looking for dirt. And we

0:33:22.240 --> 0:33:25.240
<v Speaker 2>are drawn to the church because that church helped me

0:33:25.840 --> 0:33:29.000
<v Speaker 2>and that church blessed me. But stay around any church

0:33:29.120 --> 0:33:33.680
<v Speaker 2>long enough, you'll find dirt. I mean, even the purest church,

0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:36.000
<v Speaker 2>even the church that says like we're the real church.

0:33:36.080 --> 0:33:38.960
<v Speaker 2>We preach the real gospel. We preach the real truth.

0:33:39.320 --> 0:33:43.160
<v Speaker 2>They got dirt. They've got dirt. I promise you. I

0:33:43.280 --> 0:33:46.280
<v Speaker 2>have lived to see the days when some of the

0:33:46.360 --> 0:33:49.520
<v Speaker 2>most judgmental people that I ever met in my life

0:33:50.200 --> 0:33:52.880
<v Speaker 2>turned out to be the most jacked up people that I.

0:33:52.920 --> 0:33:53.960
<v Speaker 1>Ever met in my life.

0:33:54.320 --> 0:33:56.479
<v Speaker 2>And the reason they were so mean is because they

0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:59.440
<v Speaker 2>were so messed up, and rather than admit they were

0:33:59.480 --> 0:34:02.200
<v Speaker 2>messed up, they just decided to be mean. So let

0:34:02.240 --> 0:34:03.800
<v Speaker 2>me go ahead and save you a lot of trouble.

0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:08.000
<v Speaker 2>This church has dirt. The person you're sitting next to

0:34:08.520 --> 0:34:11.360
<v Speaker 2>has dirt. The person that you're sitting next to.

0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:12.640
<v Speaker 1>Has some things that.

0:34:12.719 --> 0:34:15.160
<v Speaker 2>They carry with them that they're not proud of that

0:34:15.280 --> 0:34:17.200
<v Speaker 2>if you meet them in the wrong place, they might

0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:18.680
<v Speaker 2>not have a good response.

0:34:21.360 --> 0:34:24.600
<v Speaker 3>But notice in the passage that it was the dirt.

0:34:24.760 --> 0:34:27.720
<v Speaker 3>I'm not glorifying sin, but it was the dirt.

0:34:27.840 --> 0:34:30.520
<v Speaker 1>It was something that we try to remove.

0:34:30.600 --> 0:34:33.840
<v Speaker 2>It was something that we don't value that made the

0:34:33.960 --> 0:34:38.000
<v Speaker 2>mustard seed become something that you would not see on

0:34:38.160 --> 0:34:42.960
<v Speaker 2>the surface. This trial that you're going through, this shame

0:34:43.120 --> 0:34:46.279
<v Speaker 2>that you're dealing with, this issue that you're pushing through.

0:34:46.719 --> 0:34:49.400
<v Speaker 2>Whether or not you grow from it depends on how

0:34:49.480 --> 0:34:56.480
<v Speaker 2>you interpret the dirt. Because if I see the dirt

0:34:57.200 --> 0:34:59.759
<v Speaker 2>as a place to avoid, I will never go through

0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:02.719
<v Speaker 2>the processes that will make me grow, and I'll run

0:35:02.760 --> 0:35:05.520
<v Speaker 2>from church to church looking for a church with no dirt.

0:35:05.560 --> 0:35:08.560
<v Speaker 1>But can I tell you something, You grow in the dirt.

0:35:09.160 --> 0:35:10.640
<v Speaker 1>You grow in community.

0:35:11.080 --> 0:35:14.200
<v Speaker 2>You grow when you have to work through conflict, quit

0:35:14.360 --> 0:35:15.600
<v Speaker 2>switching people.

0:35:15.719 --> 0:35:17.680
<v Speaker 3>And start letting God change you.

0:35:19.960 --> 0:35:23.640
<v Speaker 2>It can't grow if it never gets planted. You can't

0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:28.680
<v Speaker 2>grow if you never get planted. And yes, there come

0:35:28.760 --> 0:35:30.880
<v Speaker 2>times to leave jobs and yes, there come times to

0:35:31.000 --> 0:35:33.680
<v Speaker 2>leave relationships, and yes there comes time to leave churches.

0:35:34.920 --> 0:35:36.319
<v Speaker 2>But I want to tell you that some of us

0:35:36.480 --> 0:35:39.320
<v Speaker 2>never produce our potential because we are never planted in

0:35:39.360 --> 0:35:45.719
<v Speaker 2>our purpose. And sometimes you just have to decide, this

0:35:45.880 --> 0:35:49.200
<v Speaker 2>is worth it. Devil, you can't have it. This is

0:35:49.280 --> 0:35:52.279
<v Speaker 2>worth it for fighting for me. Now that might not

0:35:52.400 --> 0:35:52.840
<v Speaker 2>be devil.

0:35:52.880 --> 0:35:55.520
<v Speaker 1>You can have that. I'll pay you to take it.

0:35:57.239 --> 0:36:04.000
<v Speaker 1>This is not worth it, but this is worth it.

0:36:04.080 --> 0:36:05.719
<v Speaker 1>The word of the Lord for somebody. Is this one's

0:36:05.760 --> 0:36:07.880
<v Speaker 1>worth it? This one's worth it.

0:36:08.239 --> 0:36:10.040
<v Speaker 2>I know it's small. I know you don't see it

0:36:10.160 --> 0:36:12.200
<v Speaker 2>right now. I know it's taking longer than you thought.

0:36:12.360 --> 0:36:14.400
<v Speaker 2>I know the momentum is tricky right now. I know

0:36:14.480 --> 0:36:16.600
<v Speaker 2>the winds are against you. But this one's worth it.

0:36:17.760 --> 0:36:18.880
<v Speaker 1>This is not just anything.

0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:21.120
<v Speaker 2>You cannot keep this cycle up of running from things

0:36:21.160 --> 0:36:23.279
<v Speaker 2>when they get hard, you will never grow that way.

0:36:23.719 --> 0:36:27.080
<v Speaker 2>This one's worth it. And I know it's dirty. I

0:36:27.239 --> 0:36:29.879
<v Speaker 2>know it's messy, I know is sloppy. I know it'll

0:36:29.920 --> 0:36:32.759
<v Speaker 2>be easier for you to just hide. But this one

0:36:33.440 --> 0:36:34.840
<v Speaker 2>is worth it.

0:36:35.719 --> 0:36:40.360
<v Speaker 6>It's worth the dirt that's where it grew. It's worth

0:36:40.920 --> 0:36:44.200
<v Speaker 6>the dirt that's where it learned to break through. It's

0:36:44.360 --> 0:36:45.880
<v Speaker 6>worth the dirt.

0:36:48.120 --> 0:36:53.480
<v Speaker 2>And yet there's another parable, another parable that Jesus told

0:36:53.520 --> 0:36:58.359
<v Speaker 2>about dirt. He talked in Matthew thirteen forty four about

0:36:58.400 --> 0:37:02.560
<v Speaker 2>how the Kingdom of Heaven is also like Now watch this.

0:37:03.960 --> 0:37:08.000
<v Speaker 2>In the first parable, he's talking about a tree that

0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:10.640
<v Speaker 2>has to go into the dirt to become what it

0:37:10.719 --> 0:37:15.200
<v Speaker 2>already is. In this parable, he's talking about a treasure

0:37:16.600 --> 0:37:18.400
<v Speaker 2>that is hidden in the dirt.

0:37:19.040 --> 0:37:20.720
<v Speaker 1>But it does not lessen its value.

0:37:21.520 --> 0:37:24.360
<v Speaker 2>For he said, the Kingdom of Heaven forty four is

0:37:24.440 --> 0:37:26.680
<v Speaker 2>like a treasure hidden.

0:37:27.000 --> 0:37:27.560
<v Speaker 1>In a field.

0:37:28.520 --> 0:37:32.880
<v Speaker 2>When a man found it, he hid it again, and

0:37:33.040 --> 0:37:36.960
<v Speaker 2>then in his joy, he went and sold everything he had.

0:37:37.040 --> 0:37:40.719
<v Speaker 2>He was happy, he was putting everything on eBay, and

0:37:40.920 --> 0:37:44.239
<v Speaker 2>happy because the Kingdom of God is like this is

0:37:44.360 --> 0:37:46.440
<v Speaker 2>so precious, it's such a priority.

0:37:46.680 --> 0:37:48.800
<v Speaker 1>The Kingdom of God is such a treasure.

0:37:49.560 --> 0:37:52.800
<v Speaker 2>When he found it, he sold everything he had and

0:37:53.000 --> 0:37:54.480
<v Speaker 2>bought the treasure.

0:37:55.280 --> 0:37:55.440
<v Speaker 1>Right.

0:37:56.400 --> 0:37:56.640
<v Speaker 2>Wrong.

0:37:59.000 --> 0:38:03.400
<v Speaker 1>It does not say he bought the treasure. He bought

0:38:04.840 --> 0:38:05.320
<v Speaker 1>the field.

0:38:06.440 --> 0:38:08.759
<v Speaker 2>And the last time I checked, fields are made of

0:38:11.000 --> 0:38:14.320
<v Speaker 2>and the last time I checked. In Genesis one, verse seven,

0:38:14.800 --> 0:38:16.760
<v Speaker 2>you are made.

0:38:18.640 --> 0:38:19.120
<v Speaker 1>Of dirt.

0:38:21.520 --> 0:38:27.080
<v Speaker 2>And when God created you, he reached down into the dirt.

0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:32.120
<v Speaker 2>God didn't make you from stars. God reached down into

0:38:33.160 --> 0:38:37.560
<v Speaker 2>the dirt, and when he breathed on what was dirty.

0:38:38.520 --> 0:38:40.240
<v Speaker 3>The breath of what is holy.

0:38:41.120 --> 0:38:44.240
<v Speaker 2>In Genesis, it says that the man became a living

0:38:44.400 --> 0:38:50.759
<v Speaker 2>being because God says, the dirt is worth it. When

0:38:50.840 --> 0:38:53.880
<v Speaker 2>I breathe on it, it's worth it. When I speak

0:38:54.000 --> 0:38:59.600
<v Speaker 2>to it, it's worth it. Matthew thirteen forty four taught

0:38:59.640 --> 0:39:03.720
<v Speaker 2>me about marriage. It says that a man found a treasure.

0:39:03.760 --> 0:39:06.319
<v Speaker 2>The Kingdom of God is like a man who found a.

0:39:06.360 --> 0:39:09.080
<v Speaker 1>Treasure, and he was so happy about the treasure that

0:39:09.200 --> 0:39:10.799
<v Speaker 1>he sold everything he had.

0:39:10.960 --> 0:39:13.200
<v Speaker 2>Number One, it taught me that marriage means I'm going

0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:16.480
<v Speaker 2>to be broke buying stuff I don't even want. Number Two,

0:39:16.920 --> 0:39:21.440
<v Speaker 2>it taught me that when I bought Holly her ring,

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:27.120
<v Speaker 2>y'all didn't know where I was going with that kind

0:39:27.160 --> 0:39:30.080
<v Speaker 2>of marriage. Do y'all have, y'all?

0:39:30.080 --> 0:39:30.680
<v Speaker 1>When I bought a.

0:39:30.760 --> 0:39:33.279
<v Speaker 2>Ring, I spent every dollar I had on the ring

0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:37.239
<v Speaker 2>three thousand dollars. Three thousand dollars in two thousand and two.

0:39:38.239 --> 0:39:42.000
<v Speaker 2>Adjust that for inflation. Big money to your boy.

0:39:43.040 --> 0:39:43.640
<v Speaker 1>But I did it.

0:39:44.400 --> 0:39:46.560
<v Speaker 2>I was happy to do it. I met with this

0:39:46.719 --> 0:39:49.400
<v Speaker 2>shady dude up in a pawn shop somewhere. I said, Now,

0:39:49.400 --> 0:39:51.359
<v Speaker 2>how do I know it's real? He showed me all

0:39:51.400 --> 0:39:52.759
<v Speaker 2>these papers. I believed him.

0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:59.239
<v Speaker 1>Now I've upgraded her ring for every decade that she

0:39:59.320 --> 0:40:03.800
<v Speaker 1>has dealt with me, just to remind her, Just to

0:40:03.880 --> 0:40:08.600
<v Speaker 1>remind her that is worth the dirt.

0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:13.000
<v Speaker 2>Get that diamond a little bit bigger, just to remind her.

0:40:13.719 --> 0:40:17.520
<v Speaker 1>In case she forgets. I'm sure she doesn't. I've been

0:40:17.520 --> 0:40:18.040
<v Speaker 1>looking back on that.

0:40:18.160 --> 0:40:21.279
<v Speaker 2>Is anybody engaged in the room today, anybody engaged to

0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:22.040
<v Speaker 2>be married.

0:40:23.320 --> 0:40:28.920
<v Speaker 1>For real? Where congratulations, you got a ring and everything?

0:40:30.320 --> 0:40:30.719
<v Speaker 1>A ring?

0:40:30.920 --> 0:40:31.200
<v Speaker 3>Pop?

0:40:35.320 --> 0:40:37.600
<v Speaker 1>Do you really have a fiance? Is that part true?

0:40:38.800 --> 0:40:43.520
<v Speaker 1>Show me, good job. I'm so happy for you.

0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:46.560
<v Speaker 2>But this is one thing I want you to understand,

0:40:46.680 --> 0:40:48.400
<v Speaker 2>and I really want to use this as an example

0:40:48.480 --> 0:40:52.080
<v Speaker 2>for everybody in the room. When I put the ring

0:40:52.160 --> 0:40:56.520
<v Speaker 2>on Holly's finger, I got down on one knee at

0:40:56.600 --> 0:40:57.520
<v Speaker 2>Furman University.

0:40:59.480 --> 0:41:03.320
<v Speaker 1>She said I do, But she didn't say I do

0:41:03.480 --> 0:41:09.280
<v Speaker 1>to the diamond. She said I do to the dirt.

0:41:11.080 --> 0:41:13.560
<v Speaker 2>So I just want to I just want to say,

0:41:14.880 --> 0:41:18.279
<v Speaker 2>you're saying I do to the dirt. Because the men

0:41:18.320 --> 0:41:20.200
<v Speaker 2>didn't buy the treasure he bought the field that the

0:41:20.280 --> 0:41:25.719
<v Speaker 2>treasure was at. So when she said I do, she

0:41:25.920 --> 0:41:29.000
<v Speaker 2>was saying I do to the dirt. That would have

0:41:29.040 --> 0:41:32.000
<v Speaker 2>been easy at that point in our relationship for her

0:41:32.080 --> 0:41:34.560
<v Speaker 2>to say I do to my anointing, because she'd seen

0:41:34.600 --> 0:41:35.800
<v Speaker 2>me operate in ministry.

0:41:37.239 --> 0:41:39.120
<v Speaker 1>She had seen me go and minister and I would

0:41:39.200 --> 0:41:41.239
<v Speaker 1>I would preach just like I preached. Now, I was

0:41:41.280 --> 0:41:44.400
<v Speaker 1>always passionate, I was I was. I was always edgy.

0:41:44.960 --> 0:41:46.640
<v Speaker 2>I always said things that I went back and thought

0:41:46.680 --> 0:41:47.800
<v Speaker 2>later I shouldn't have said it like that.

0:41:48.160 --> 0:41:50.239
<v Speaker 1>But I always had heart. And she would see me

0:41:50.320 --> 0:41:50.600
<v Speaker 1>try to.

0:41:50.600 --> 0:41:53.120
<v Speaker 2>Break through a room and give people an opportunity to

0:41:53.200 --> 0:41:54.319
<v Speaker 2>meet Jesus where they were.

0:41:54.600 --> 0:41:56.000
<v Speaker 1>And I know that's one of the reasons that she

0:41:56.080 --> 0:41:56.840
<v Speaker 1>fell in love with me.

0:41:57.080 --> 0:41:58.640
<v Speaker 2>And I know that she was saying I do to

0:41:58.760 --> 0:42:01.400
<v Speaker 2>my anointing because she felt like God had called us

0:42:01.480 --> 0:42:04.400
<v Speaker 2>together to minister and it was a lifelong thing. And

0:42:04.480 --> 0:42:07.600
<v Speaker 2>I know she said yes to my anointing, my treasure,

0:42:07.960 --> 0:42:11.279
<v Speaker 2>But she was also saying, I do to my anxiety,

0:42:13.920 --> 0:42:17.440
<v Speaker 2>because what she never could have known is that behind

0:42:17.520 --> 0:42:21.960
<v Speaker 2>the anointing to preach is the anxiety that is the

0:42:22.080 --> 0:42:23.759
<v Speaker 2>constant companion of God's call.

0:42:25.520 --> 0:42:29.239
<v Speaker 1>And when she said I do to the diamond, she

0:42:29.480 --> 0:42:32.080
<v Speaker 1>was saying, I do to the dirt.

0:42:33.960 --> 0:42:35.799
<v Speaker 2>And the woman that has sat on the front row

0:42:36.280 --> 0:42:38.680
<v Speaker 2>to hear me preach, and the woman that has been

0:42:38.719 --> 0:42:41.719
<v Speaker 2>around the world to hear me preach, and the woman

0:42:41.800 --> 0:42:47.239
<v Speaker 2>that has gotten two upgrades on her diamond goes home

0:42:48.560 --> 0:42:53.400
<v Speaker 2>and accepts the dirt. Not that I'm a hypocrite, not

0:42:53.560 --> 0:42:56.120
<v Speaker 2>that there is a darkness in my life that is

0:42:56.160 --> 0:42:59.759
<v Speaker 2>the result of me not knowing God. But everybody has

0:43:00.640 --> 0:43:02.960
<v Speaker 2>a treasure in a field.

0:43:04.840 --> 0:43:08.640
<v Speaker 1>Everybody has a diamond and a dirt, you know, she

0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:09.560
<v Speaker 1>said to me last night.

0:43:09.680 --> 0:43:12.480
<v Speaker 2>I said, Babe, I'm all out of whack. I'm preaching

0:43:12.520 --> 0:43:14.760
<v Speaker 2>a day early. I don't know why I feel anxious.

0:43:15.040 --> 0:43:17.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry I feel anxious so much. She said, Stop

0:43:17.800 --> 0:43:20.120
<v Speaker 2>apologizing for it, and tell me how I can help you.

0:43:21.480 --> 0:43:26.960
<v Speaker 1>What she's saying, she's saying. She's saying, I do the dirt.

0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:34.720
<v Speaker 2>We need some people, whether it's husbands, wives, staff members

0:43:34.760 --> 0:43:42.560
<v Speaker 2>at Elevation Church. We need some people Christians, believers, moms, dads, students.

0:43:42.920 --> 0:43:44.800
<v Speaker 1>We need some people who will say, you know what,

0:43:45.440 --> 0:43:48.000
<v Speaker 1>I don't just run around from field to field when

0:43:48.040 --> 0:43:48.800
<v Speaker 1>it gets dirty.

0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:51.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't just run around from trend to trend, chasing

0:43:51.960 --> 0:43:53.240
<v Speaker 2>stuff to fix my life.

0:43:53.719 --> 0:43:55.520
<v Speaker 3>I'm not a quick fixed Christian.

0:43:56.080 --> 0:44:00.759
<v Speaker 2>I do dirt, and you will find me for raising God,

0:44:01.200 --> 0:44:04.279
<v Speaker 2>and you will find me fulfilling purpose, and you will

0:44:04.400 --> 0:44:07.600
<v Speaker 2>find me on my post. Because I didn't just say

0:44:07.680 --> 0:44:10.480
<v Speaker 2>I do to the diamond. I don't just show up

0:44:10.520 --> 0:44:13.680
<v Speaker 2>when a shiny I show up with a shovel.

0:44:14.320 --> 0:44:16.440
<v Speaker 3>I do dirt.

0:44:16.719 --> 0:44:20.000
<v Speaker 2>If the sound goes out, I'll say it again. If

0:44:20.080 --> 0:44:23.560
<v Speaker 2>the snow comes down, I'll preach it early. If hell

0:44:23.680 --> 0:44:28.960
<v Speaker 2>breaks loose, I'll come out on fire because I do dirt.

0:44:29.200 --> 0:44:32.400
<v Speaker 2>If I go broke, I've never seen the righteous forsaken.

0:44:32.840 --> 0:44:36.920
<v Speaker 3>If they hate me, he loves me. I do dirt

0:44:37.280 --> 0:44:40.240
<v Speaker 3>because God does dirt.

0:44:41.120 --> 0:44:46.160
<v Speaker 2>God does dirt, not only in creation but in incarnation.

0:44:47.120 --> 0:44:50.880
<v Speaker 2>For God saw man in his dirt, in his filth,

0:44:51.320 --> 0:44:55.799
<v Speaker 2>in his blood, in his works, in his salvation less stake,

0:44:56.280 --> 0:45:00.600
<v Speaker 2>in his worst moment. And God from heaven send Jesus.

0:45:00.400 --> 0:45:04.200
<v Speaker 3>From a throne, from a throne to a cross, who

0:45:04.280 --> 0:45:08.760
<v Speaker 3>would pay such a price for the sin of the world.

0:45:09.160 --> 0:45:11.360
<v Speaker 2>Here's your king, crucified.

0:45:11.800 --> 0:45:12.560
<v Speaker 1>What's he saying?

0:45:13.040 --> 0:45:14.360
<v Speaker 2>I do.

0:45:16.160 --> 0:45:16.480
<v Speaker 3>Dirt?

0:45:19.160 --> 0:45:23.200
<v Speaker 2>And when Jesus paid for you on Calvary. He didn't

0:45:23.360 --> 0:45:27.920
<v Speaker 2>just buy diamonds. He bought dirt.

0:45:35.520 --> 0:45:40.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm thankful for a God who does dirt.

0:45:42.400 --> 0:45:45.279
<v Speaker 2>I'm grateful that He looks at me covered and all

0:45:45.360 --> 0:45:47.479
<v Speaker 2>of the things that I should have cast off, and said,

0:45:48.360 --> 0:45:54.439
<v Speaker 2>it's worth the dirt. It's worth the dirt. It's worth

0:45:54.480 --> 0:45:59.279
<v Speaker 2>being misunderstood. Sometimes it's worth the dirt. This right here,

0:46:00.480 --> 0:46:03.560
<v Speaker 2>this one's worth it. This one ain't.

0:46:05.520 --> 0:46:10.759
<v Speaker 1>This one is. And when God whispers it's worth it,

0:46:10.760 --> 0:46:21.560
<v Speaker 1>it's worth the dirt. Like a treasure hidden in a field,

0:46:22.400 --> 0:46:25.960
<v Speaker 1>can't see it on the surface. Write this down. You

0:46:26.080 --> 0:46:34.600
<v Speaker 1>don't trip over treasure. You dig it out. Stop looking

0:46:34.640 --> 0:46:37.279
<v Speaker 1>for God to put stuff on the surface. This one

0:46:37.360 --> 0:46:43.200
<v Speaker 1>he dug for. It was hidden. If it ain't buried,

0:46:44.280 --> 0:46:45.560
<v Speaker 1>it probably ain't treasure.

0:46:48.960 --> 0:46:51.640
<v Speaker 2>And that's why in this season of your life you're

0:46:51.680 --> 0:46:54.440
<v Speaker 2>having to fight through some difficulties. You're having to fight

0:46:54.560 --> 0:46:58.400
<v Speaker 2>through some dirt. But the dirt served a purpose. It

0:46:58.640 --> 0:47:03.680
<v Speaker 2>made the mustard seed. Watch this branch out now. Notice

0:47:04.280 --> 0:47:06.680
<v Speaker 2>the baby seed was so small you couldn't see it.

0:47:07.560 --> 0:47:09.520
<v Speaker 2>But in the end of the parable, Jesus said, this

0:47:09.680 --> 0:47:15.000
<v Speaker 2>seed that is not big, it's little until it isn't.

0:47:15.200 --> 0:47:17.520
<v Speaker 2>And by the end of this seed's time in the dirt,

0:47:18.960 --> 0:47:22.120
<v Speaker 2>it had branches coming out the ground, showing.

0:47:21.960 --> 0:47:22.480
<v Speaker 1>Verse thirty two.

0:47:22.480 --> 0:47:23.919
<v Speaker 2>I want you to see it with your own eyes,

0:47:24.640 --> 0:47:26.600
<v Speaker 2>he said, in the branches are so big that the

0:47:26.680 --> 0:47:31.160
<v Speaker 2>birds come and perch in the branches. I don't know

0:47:31.200 --> 0:47:34.120
<v Speaker 2>if you can receive this or not, but the battle

0:47:34.160 --> 0:47:36.840
<v Speaker 2>that you have been going through in your life, the

0:47:36.960 --> 0:47:47.080
<v Speaker 2>battle is for the branches, because when the tree gets

0:47:47.160 --> 0:47:50.200
<v Speaker 2>done growing, it's going to be like this. Now it's

0:47:50.360 --> 0:47:53.680
<v Speaker 2>like this, and you've been wondering, why is the devil

0:47:53.800 --> 0:47:56.879
<v Speaker 2>picking on me? I'm nobody. Why is it so hard

0:47:56.920 --> 0:48:01.840
<v Speaker 2>for me? I'm not that it's because of your branches.

0:48:06.000 --> 0:48:09.640
<v Speaker 2>It is because that God wants to use you to

0:48:09.719 --> 0:48:12.440
<v Speaker 2>bring generational blessing.

0:48:12.400 --> 0:48:15.320
<v Speaker 1>To people who will come after you. That's what the

0:48:15.400 --> 0:48:16.200
<v Speaker 1>battle is about.

0:48:18.600 --> 0:48:21.759
<v Speaker 2>I look back on this time in our church when

0:48:21.920 --> 0:48:24.480
<v Speaker 2>the devil was after us when we were young, and

0:48:24.640 --> 0:48:26.799
<v Speaker 2>I know why he came after us when we were young,

0:48:27.160 --> 0:48:31.680
<v Speaker 2>because of you. If we died while we were young,

0:48:32.160 --> 0:48:35.960
<v Speaker 2>we never would have reached you. If this church did

0:48:36.040 --> 0:48:39.480
<v Speaker 2>not exist, if he could have snatched the seed. Matthew

0:48:39.560 --> 0:48:42.080
<v Speaker 2>Chapter three, Verse three, if he could have taken the

0:48:42.200 --> 0:48:43.800
<v Speaker 2>seed and scorched.

0:48:43.320 --> 0:48:46.040
<v Speaker 1>It with the sun. Matthew, Chapter thirteen, verse five.

0:48:46.440 --> 0:48:48.440
<v Speaker 2>If he could have taken the seat and choked it

0:48:48.520 --> 0:48:50.080
<v Speaker 2>out with the worries of.

0:48:50.160 --> 0:48:53.240
<v Speaker 1>This life, it would not be spreading to the earth today.

0:48:53.480 --> 0:48:55.279
<v Speaker 2>And I would not be able to look into this

0:48:55.480 --> 0:48:59.280
<v Speaker 2>camera and tell you that Jesus saves and Jesus cleanses,

0:48:59.520 --> 0:49:00.720
<v Speaker 2>and God does dirt.

0:49:00.960 --> 0:49:03.239
<v Speaker 1>And the cross is God saying I came for this

0:49:06.360 --> 0:49:11.279
<v Speaker 1>and the battle was for the branches? Is that not

0:49:11.920 --> 0:49:12.560
<v Speaker 1>true of you?

0:49:13.200 --> 0:49:15.759
<v Speaker 2>Did God not know what was in you when he

0:49:15.920 --> 0:49:17.360
<v Speaker 2>put you in the situation?

0:49:17.920 --> 0:49:21.160
<v Speaker 3>And you've got to trust that it's worth the dirt.

0:49:23.320 --> 0:49:26.799
<v Speaker 2>See, because I've seen God move mountains, I've seen God

0:49:26.960 --> 0:49:30.560
<v Speaker 2>make ways, And now that I've seen what a tree

0:49:30.800 --> 0:49:34.600
<v Speaker 2>can be, I understand what I am fighting for. I

0:49:34.800 --> 0:49:38.520
<v Speaker 2>understand that the battle is for your branches. You've got

0:49:38.640 --> 0:49:41.680
<v Speaker 2>to get free. You've got to get you've got to

0:49:41.760 --> 0:49:42.239
<v Speaker 2>get back.

0:49:42.600 --> 0:49:43.960
<v Speaker 1>You've got to bounce from this.

0:49:44.360 --> 0:49:47.520
<v Speaker 3>You've got to recover, you've got to move forward. You

0:49:47.680 --> 0:49:49.680
<v Speaker 3>got to show them what it looks like when we

0:49:49.840 --> 0:49:50.040
<v Speaker 3>do it.

0:49:50.160 --> 0:49:50.600
<v Speaker 1>Anyway.

0:49:51.000 --> 0:49:54.120
<v Speaker 2>You've got to The battle is not over your sea.

0:49:54.640 --> 0:49:57.640
<v Speaker 2>The battle is over your tree. The battle is over

0:49:57.760 --> 0:50:04.879
<v Speaker 2>your branches. And when I see what God is doing

0:50:04.960 --> 0:50:07.160
<v Speaker 2>in this church, even when I see it in my

0:50:07.280 --> 0:50:10.759
<v Speaker 2>own family, do you understand that the devil has fought

0:50:10.840 --> 0:50:15.680
<v Speaker 2>me so hard through the years, so many times I've

0:50:15.719 --> 0:50:16.359
<v Speaker 2>wanted to quit.

0:50:16.600 --> 0:50:17.360
<v Speaker 1>It's not worth it.

0:50:19.040 --> 0:50:21.239
<v Speaker 2>And I know you felt that way too. If a

0:50:21.360 --> 0:50:26.160
<v Speaker 2>preacher feels that way, surely you feel that way. I've

0:50:26.200 --> 0:50:27.480
<v Speaker 2>preached the souls.

0:50:27.200 --> 0:50:29.600
<v Speaker 1>For a living. Sometimes all you feel like you do

0:50:29.960 --> 0:50:37.800
<v Speaker 1>is organize chaos. But one night the summer, I was

0:50:37.880 --> 0:50:42.200
<v Speaker 1>walking through our house and Elijah and Graham and Abbey

0:50:42.280 --> 0:50:43.680
<v Speaker 1>were there upstairs.

0:50:45.280 --> 0:50:47.399
<v Speaker 2>Down at the bottom of the stairs on a Sunday night,

0:50:49.600 --> 0:50:53.239
<v Speaker 2>there was this we'll just show them real quick, this

0:50:53.440 --> 0:50:54.480
<v Speaker 2>picture I want to give you.

0:50:56.680 --> 0:50:58.120
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you can see it real good.

0:51:01.560 --> 0:51:09.200
<v Speaker 1>But that's shoes. That's the shoes of about one hundred teenagers.

0:51:10.719 --> 0:51:18.320
<v Speaker 2>Those shoes smell like wrestling jem on a Saturday afternoon,

0:51:19.120 --> 0:51:23.120
<v Speaker 2>same smell. And all these shoes at the bottom of

0:51:23.239 --> 0:51:27.960
<v Speaker 2>my stairs, and all this noise in my house and

0:51:28.120 --> 0:51:29.520
<v Speaker 2>downstairs were the shoes.

0:51:30.960 --> 0:51:33.520
<v Speaker 1>And upstairs in our house.

0:51:34.560 --> 0:51:39.880
<v Speaker 2>Was Graham Abby Elijah's over there somewhere. My wife is downstairs,

0:51:39.960 --> 0:51:44.120
<v Speaker 2>the shoes are at the thing, and upstairs with some kids.

0:51:44.200 --> 0:51:51.799
<v Speaker 1>Now show them the video jumping, singing, praising the Lord.

0:52:03.440 --> 0:52:08.600
<v Speaker 2>And the ceiling was shaken too, and the ceiling was shaken,

0:52:12.280 --> 0:52:13.480
<v Speaker 2>and the ceiling.

0:52:15.320 --> 0:52:18.720
<v Speaker 1>Was shaken. And I walked upstairs and said, y'all gotta

0:52:18.719 --> 0:52:21.240
<v Speaker 1>get out. This is not the New Testament.

0:52:21.280 --> 0:52:23.400
<v Speaker 2>I know they tore off the roof in the New Testament,

0:52:23.520 --> 0:52:25.920
<v Speaker 2>but my homeowner's insurance doesn't cover it.

0:52:26.040 --> 0:52:26.799
<v Speaker 3>Go outside.

0:52:28.200 --> 0:52:32.600
<v Speaker 1>But I got the picture that downstairs. Show them the picture.

0:52:34.320 --> 0:52:45.200
<v Speaker 1>Downstairs was the dirt, and upstairs, what's the worship? And

0:52:45.400 --> 0:52:54.239
<v Speaker 1>downstairs was the dirt? And upstairs, what's the worship? And

0:52:54.440 --> 0:53:01.440
<v Speaker 1>downstairs was the process, and upstairs was the praise.

0:53:02.160 --> 0:53:04.640
<v Speaker 2>And I'm trying to get you to see that you

0:53:04.760 --> 0:53:10.520
<v Speaker 2>can worship God because the turt is worth it.

0:53:13.640 --> 0:53:17.720
<v Speaker 1>God does dirk.

0:53:20.560 --> 0:53:23.120
<v Speaker 2>I prepared this word today hoping that it would go

0:53:23.200 --> 0:53:27.279
<v Speaker 2>out online to our entire church community all over the world.

0:53:28.360 --> 0:53:29.120
<v Speaker 1>But if one of you.

0:53:29.239 --> 0:53:36.240
<v Speaker 4>Today you needed to hear the whisper of God saying

0:53:39.760 --> 0:53:50.080
<v Speaker 4>it's working, then it's working. Everybody does the diamonds.

0:53:51.600 --> 0:53:54.040
<v Speaker 1>God does the dirk.

0:53:55.360 --> 0:53:58.600
<v Speaker 2>With your head bowed and your eyes closed, received the

0:53:58.680 --> 0:54:00.560
<v Speaker 2>mystery of the parable of the luster, to see it

0:54:00.600 --> 0:54:01.279
<v Speaker 2>in the treasure in.

0:54:01.320 --> 0:54:03.959
<v Speaker 1>The field, is that God does dirt.

0:54:06.280 --> 0:54:08.120
<v Speaker 2>No matter what the enemy has thrown on your life

0:54:09.080 --> 0:54:10.879
<v Speaker 2>to try to stop you from growing, it won't work.

0:54:11.760 --> 0:54:16.080
<v Speaker 1>It's only going to grow you more. Yes, Lord, I'll

0:54:16.080 --> 0:54:18.799
<v Speaker 1>say it again, It's only going to grow you more.

0:54:21.760 --> 0:54:26.440
<v Speaker 2>Whatever it is, it's worth the dirt. It's worth you

0:54:26.760 --> 0:54:29.799
<v Speaker 2>going through a season of repentance.

0:54:30.719 --> 0:54:36.160
<v Speaker 1>To live a life healed. It's worth the dirt. It's

0:54:36.280 --> 0:54:39.600
<v Speaker 1>worth God stripping some things away so he can bring

0:54:39.719 --> 0:54:40.440
<v Speaker 1>some things for it.

0:54:43.719 --> 0:54:47.640
<v Speaker 2>There is treasure inside of you. I know people don't

0:54:47.719 --> 0:54:49.440
<v Speaker 2>like it when I preach like this. They say, oh, well,

0:54:49.480 --> 0:54:50.600
<v Speaker 2>tell them how sinful they are.

0:54:50.840 --> 0:54:53.879
<v Speaker 1>You know that already. I came to remind you. God

0:54:54.600 --> 0:55:00.960
<v Speaker 1>does dirt. He breathes on brokenness. It's worth it.

0:55:02.880 --> 0:55:06.320
<v Speaker 2>Jesus stretched his arms because it's worth it. I encourage

0:55:06.320 --> 0:55:09.400
<v Speaker 2>you today, say I do to the dirt. Make a

0:55:09.480 --> 0:55:11.360
<v Speaker 2>commitment in your life. Lord, no matter how long it

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<v Speaker 2>takes me, I believe you can wash me clean.

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<v Speaker 1>God.

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<v Speaker 2>Here I am again, dirty again, disappointed again.

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<v Speaker 1>But I heard you do dirt.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard you came from heaven, lived in a little

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<v Speaker 2>town called Nazareth and died on a cruel cross. The

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<v Speaker 2>splinters in your back, and the lashes, the wounds in

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<v Speaker 2>your side, the nails in your hands.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard you do, dirt. Father.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you take my life today, all that I am,

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<v Speaker 2>all that I'm not, my little loaves, my little mustard

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<v Speaker 2>seed life, and bring branches forth from them. Father, I

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<v Speaker 2>pray today for those who are feeling alone, or abandoned,

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<v Speaker 2>or forsaken.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe they've even buried their hope.

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<v Speaker 2>As I prayed to you, Lord, I'm reminded that the

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<v Speaker 2>seed appeared to be buried, but it was indeed planted.

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<v Speaker 2>That means it served a purpose. I thank you that

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<v Speaker 2>the dirt is serving a purpose in each of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>And I thank you that there is a treasure that

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<v Speaker 2>the world cannot touch. We thank you that the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>of Heaven is that treasure. You're worth it, Lord, not

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<v Speaker 2>just what you do for us, but who you are

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<v Speaker 2>to us. You are worth it. You're worthy of our worship,

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<v Speaker 2>you're worthy of our praise, You're worthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>And now, God, I commend these treasures in a field

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<v Speaker 2>to you, the diamonds and the dirt.

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<v Speaker 1>I thank you that you know what you're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>You know where you planted them, and I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that they're growing by grace. Thank you for this word that.

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<v Speaker 1>We received today.

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<v Speaker 2>We will never be the same with head still bowed

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<v Speaker 2>and eyes still closed. There's somebody who's hearing this message today,

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<v Speaker 2>and you need to give your life to Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to clean yourself up to come to God.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why God came to you. He does the cleaning,

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<v Speaker 1>you do the coming. You come to him like you are,

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<v Speaker 1>and you won't leave that way.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus will change you. Jesus will save you to the uttermost.

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<v Speaker 2>Call on the name of the Lord and.

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<v Speaker 1>You will be saved.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna pray a prayer right now, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to give your life to Jesus, repeat this

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<v Speaker 2>prayer after me. We're gonna pray it out loud in

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<v Speaker 2>the room for the benefit of those all over the

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<v Speaker 2>world who are coming to Christ in this moment. Repeat

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<v Speaker 2>after me, Heavenly Father, I am a sinner in need

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<v Speaker 2>of a savior, and I believe that Jesus Christ is

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<v Speaker 2>the Son of God and the Savior of the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And today I make Jesus the Lord of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe he died that I would be forgiven, was

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<v Speaker 2>buried and rose again to give me life.

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<v Speaker 1>I receive your life. Here's mine.

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<v Speaker 3>I am a child of God.

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<v Speaker 1>I am a new creation on the counter of three.

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<v Speaker 2>If you prayed that prayer, shoot your hand in the

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<v Speaker 2>air one two, three, or if you're watching online to

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<v Speaker 2>put it in the chat.

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<v Speaker 1>Say I perceive Jesus. Come on, let's thank.

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<v Speaker 2>God all over the world, all over the globe, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>who just prayed that.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you Jesus for new beginnings. Thank you for joining us.

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