WEBVTT - The God Of After

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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 hope you're blessed today right now online.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're joining us as a part of our efam,

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<v Speaker 2>put in the chat where you're joining us from. We

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<v Speaker 2>have been in a flow in the church and God

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<v Speaker 2>has been speaking to us the last few weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, he's been speaking to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I learned a long time ago just to stay

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<v Speaker 2>in the flow with the Holy Spirit and as long

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<v Speaker 2>as he would. And so I'm going to stay in

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<v Speaker 2>the same flow that I've been in the last few

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<v Speaker 2>weeks and continue with the scripture that I love in

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<v Speaker 2>one Peter, first Peter, chapter five, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>pick up in verse eight. I want you to go

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<v Speaker 2>back and read the whole chapter when you get home,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm going to pick up in verse eight today

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<v Speaker 2>for the sake of time and give you this. We

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<v Speaker 2>have an instruction and a promise, And first comes the

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<v Speaker 2>instruction in verse eight verse Peter five eight, be alert

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<v Speaker 2>and of sober mind your enemy. The devil prowls around

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<v Speaker 2>like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him,

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<v Speaker 2>standing firm in the faith because you know that the

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<v Speaker 2>family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same

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<v Speaker 2>kind of sufferings.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the verse that I want us to really

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<v Speaker 1>think about today.

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<v Speaker 2>And the God of all Grace, who called you to

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<v Speaker 2>his eternal glory in Christ after you have suffered a

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<v Speaker 2>little while, will himself restore you and make you strong,

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<v Speaker 2>firm and steadfast.

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<v Speaker 1>And that good.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's read it again, that verse and the God of

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<v Speaker 2>all Grace. The first week we talked about the God

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<v Speaker 2>of also, and then we talked about the God of again,

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<v Speaker 2>and we talked about last week the God of Already

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still not over that message. I'm still not over

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<v Speaker 2>that message. But today I thought we would talk from

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<v Speaker 2>verse ten in verse Peter, where he said, and the

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<v Speaker 2>God of all Grace, who called you to his eternal

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<v Speaker 2>glory in Christ, after you've suffered a little while, will

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<v Speaker 2>himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you guess my subject for today? And the God

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<v Speaker 2>of that we could do that too, but little bit later,

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<v Speaker 2>who called you to his eternal glory in Christ after

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<v Speaker 2>you have suffered a little while will himself restore you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk about the God of After, the

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<v Speaker 2>God of After.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you join me in praying again?

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<v Speaker 2>Father, I thank you for each precious person that you

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<v Speaker 2>brought under the covering of your word. Today, in your

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<v Speaker 2>shadow most high, we find refuge and strength and safety.

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<v Speaker 2>I prayed that this could be a place of safety,

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<v Speaker 2>a place of strength for everybody who needs your voice

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<v Speaker 2>today in a specific way in their life.

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<v Speaker 1>Hit the target. Holy Spirit, I offer you.

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<v Speaker 2>All of me, and I asked that you would make

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<v Speaker 2>up the difference what they need and what I know.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a really really wide chasm between the two, but

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<v Speaker 2>not for you. You can speak to the exact thing

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<v Speaker 2>that they need. And I trust that you will, and

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<v Speaker 2>that you already are. In Jesus' name, Amen, you may

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<v Speaker 2>be seated the God of After. You ever had a

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<v Speaker 2>delayed reaction where you got the joke but it was

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<v Speaker 2>like too late to laugh without kind of looking kind

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<v Speaker 2>of bad. Or you get the perfect comeback for somebody,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's like three and a half hours later.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't exactly meet up with them and do it again.

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<v Speaker 2>I think sometimes the delayed reaction would be a good

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<v Speaker 2>thing in my life. A little space between what happens

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<v Speaker 2>and how I act wouldn't hurt that bad, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes because I'm quick on my feet. But that works

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<v Speaker 2>against me, because sometimes I'm quick on my feet, and

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<v Speaker 2>so I get myself into situations before I've had the

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<v Speaker 2>chance to think about them. And that's probably why I

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<v Speaker 2>love this scripture where Peter is saying, be alert and

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<v Speaker 2>sober minded and get ready for the devil, because he's

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<v Speaker 2>coming for you.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just the fact of it, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And there is no amount of preaching in the world

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<v Speaker 2>that can prevent the enemy's attack. In your life specifically,

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<v Speaker 2>there is a suffering that we all must endure. But

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<v Speaker 2>two things I want you to know about this suffering

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<v Speaker 2>before we get really into this message today, is that

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, this scripture suggests that whatever suffering you're going through,

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<v Speaker 2>it's only for now. It's only for now. Say that

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<v Speaker 2>out loud, it's only for now. Put it in the chat, please,

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<v Speaker 2>it's only for now. Tell your neighbor it's only for now.

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<v Speaker 2>That's number one. And number two, it's not for nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you feel that when I said it? Somebody's under

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<v Speaker 2>it a tact in this room right now? It was

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<v Speaker 2>a battle for you to even get to church because

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<v Speaker 2>of what you've been dealing with. And two things about

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<v Speaker 2>this suffering that the scripture says, it's only for now,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not for nothing. It's a productive kind of suffering,

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<v Speaker 2>not the stupid kind of suffering that you do when

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<v Speaker 2>you're stubborn. You know, when you hit yourself with the

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<v Speaker 2>hammer and hit yourself with the hammer again and ask

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<v Speaker 2>God to take the swelling down.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is a.

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<v Speaker 2>Type of suffering that he's talking about that is common,

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<v Speaker 2>and that it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually come for a reason. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that I was talking about last Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 2>I spoke to my staff Wednesday, and after I spoke

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<v Speaker 2>to the staff, I spoke to a smaller group of

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<v Speaker 2>like twenty of the top staff new staff, and I

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<v Speaker 2>had a conversation with a young lady because in the

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<v Speaker 2>staff teaching, I was talking about how you deal with

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<v Speaker 2>correction or specifically not fighting against things that God is

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<v Speaker 2>trying to sin to help you in your life, which

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<v Speaker 2>is something I struggle with. And so she had a

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<v Speaker 2>follow up question after the session that I did with

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<v Speaker 2>the staff. She said, well, when you're a fighter and

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<v Speaker 2>you're sitting there in the moment and somebody's like challenging

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<v Speaker 2>you or saying something that's really making you go crazy,

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<v Speaker 2>and that fighter wants to rise up in you and

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<v Speaker 2>just fight back. How do you, in the moment receive

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<v Speaker 2>that interaction and really process it positively?

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I never process positively in the moment, almost never.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't either, But after.

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<v Speaker 2>After, you know, then that's usually where a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>my spiritual growth happens is after I screw it up

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<v Speaker 2>and the Holy Spirit shows me how you screwed that up?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you like to keep screwing that up?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you like to have me show you how to

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<v Speaker 2>stop screwing stuff up in your life? And I'm like, well, lord,

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<v Speaker 2>it just depends, like what am I gonna have to

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<v Speaker 2>do to stop screwing it up?

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<v Speaker 1>And I gonna have to go back and apologize.

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<v Speaker 2>And I want you to realize that spiritual growth is

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<v Speaker 2>not measured by perfection in the moment, but really on

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<v Speaker 2>your ability to go back after the fact and be

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<v Speaker 2>correctible by Christ so you don't get frustrated with yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>I told the staff member who asked me that, I said,

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<v Speaker 2>just yesterday, just yesterday, this guy honked at me, you

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<v Speaker 2>know where this is going, and with my elevation sticker

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<v Speaker 2>on my car, he hanked at me and he pulled

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<v Speaker 2>out in front of me. Let me set this up

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<v Speaker 2>for you, this fool.

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<v Speaker 1>This brother.

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<v Speaker 2>Figuring out who I'm talking to today when he pulls

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<v Speaker 2>out in front of me, I'm going to speed limit.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing nothing wrong. I mean nothing wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't always say that on the road, but in

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<v Speaker 2>this particular instance.

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<v Speaker 1>He hanks it me and he pulled out in front

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<v Speaker 1>of me.

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<v Speaker 2>So yes, I stopped the car, and yes.

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<v Speaker 1>I backed up, and yes, I said are you good?

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<v Speaker 2>But I smiled when I said it, and I kept

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<v Speaker 2>my voice really low, and he said are you good?

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, I don't know. That depends are you good?

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you're good, I'm good. But if you're not good,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to get all the way back to my

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<v Speaker 2>house and try to think what made me back up

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<v Speaker 2>and talk to this guy on the road like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this guy might be getting.

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<v Speaker 2>Baptized someday in my church.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know this guy. He might be some special Forces.

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<v Speaker 2>He might have something in the glove box that will

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<v Speaker 2>make my last Sunday, my last Sunday preaching.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know any of it. I don't even think

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<v Speaker 1>about it in the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>I think about all that after And then I tracked

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<v Speaker 2>back and I was like, why was I so tight?

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<v Speaker 1>Why couldn't I just laugh at this.

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<v Speaker 2>Blessed tool of the Lord for my sanctification and drive on.

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<v Speaker 2>I realized what we did right before that was take

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<v Speaker 2>family Christmas pictures. My wife has me taken the family

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas pictures now in August.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course I'm edgy.

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<v Speaker 2>Who wants to take family Christmas pictures even in December,

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<v Speaker 2>let alone in August.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know all the fights.

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<v Speaker 2>That we have been through in family Christmas pictures through

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<v Speaker 2>the years.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course I'm a little edgy.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm bringing this up as a humorous example and

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<v Speaker 2>my own expense to show you how imature I can be.

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<v Speaker 2>But that I realized that something happened and before he

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<v Speaker 2>pulled out in front of me and hanked at me.

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<v Speaker 2>That made me back up in middle of the road

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<v Speaker 2>and act like I'm thirteen. And then sometimes in our

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<v Speaker 2>own lives, we never take the time after we act

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<v Speaker 2>a certain.

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<v Speaker 1>Way to back up and ask the question, what was.

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<v Speaker 2>It that put me in that frame of mind to

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<v Speaker 2>act that way. So then we just repeat the behavior

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<v Speaker 2>over and over again, and the devil just picks our

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<v Speaker 2>lives apart because we never stopped to ask the question

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<v Speaker 2>after we.

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<v Speaker 1>Act away we don't want to act. I mean, that

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<v Speaker 1>could have gone much worse.

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<v Speaker 2>It was ended up being a pretty mild story in

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<v Speaker 2>my estimation of how it could have gone. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there are other things in my life that I look at,

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<v Speaker 2>like times when I am completely unreasonable, and I have

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<v Speaker 2>to go back.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes and say what was it before?

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's what Peter means when he says in

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<v Speaker 2>verse eight, put it back up, be alert, sober minded,

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<v Speaker 2>to recognize when the enemy attacks you where you are

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<v Speaker 2>most vulnerable to his attacks, because without asking that question,

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<v Speaker 2>you just kind of repeat the same stuff over and

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<v Speaker 2>over again. Some of my best growth moments in God

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<v Speaker 2>have been after my worst performance moments outside of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I go back and say, what was it?

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<v Speaker 2>You ever had something you did where you're like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, it wasn't that that made me act like that,

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<v Speaker 2>So what was it that made me act like that?

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<v Speaker 2>What was it that made me so irritated about something

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<v Speaker 2>that was so insignificant? Why did something so small, like

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<v Speaker 2>a pebble in my shoe cause me to walk so crooked?

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes when you go back and you look at it,

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, Oh, yeah, that's what it was. I actually,

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<v Speaker 2>in the process of taking those Stanley pictures, I think

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<v Speaker 2>I was very stressed, and I think I was a

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<v Speaker 2>little sad because I'm sending my son off to college

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<v Speaker 2>next week, and I'm not going back on all of

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<v Speaker 2>this to blame it, but so that next time I

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<v Speaker 2>come up on it, I can beat it.

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<v Speaker 3>Can I teach this message today?

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes when the enemy attacks you, you act like it

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<v Speaker 2>was a surprise attack. But if you would pay attention

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<v Speaker 2>to your own life, you could be ready for some

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<v Speaker 2>of the stuff that comes at you regularly. You can't

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<v Speaker 2>resist the devil that you're not ready for.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just getting warmed up. I hadn't even got to

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<v Speaker 1>my good verse yet.

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<v Speaker 2>But he said be alert and sober minded or clear headed.

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<v Speaker 2>One translation would say, because the devil, the enemy prowls

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<v Speaker 2>around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

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<v Speaker 2>So if he can eat you alive with anxiety, he

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<v Speaker 2>will because he's looking for his lunch. If he can

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<v Speaker 2>eat you alive with the fence, he will because he's

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<v Speaker 2>looking for his lunch. If he can eat you alive

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<v Speaker 2>with the memory of something that you did that God

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<v Speaker 2>has already forgiven, he will because he's looking for his lunch.

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<v Speaker 2>He is looking for someone who has not taken inventory

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<v Speaker 2>of their lives to go back and track the times

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<v Speaker 2>that you know what, it seems like the enemy always

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<v Speaker 2>attacks me here, and he always attacks me when. But

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<v Speaker 2>when you have an unreflective life, when you are just

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<v Speaker 2>reactive all the time, every attack that happens to you,

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<v Speaker 2>you are not re ready for You cannot resist it.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no readiness where there is no reflection.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get better and better and better in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, not at blaming stuff that happened, but going like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>what was it that put me in that state that.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't ready for that?

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<v Speaker 2>And how next time when I'm going into that situation,

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<v Speaker 2>can I be a little more ready for it. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>God will uncover really weird stuff for you like this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you an example. When I get really hyped.

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<v Speaker 2>Up before I preach, it's a setup for me to

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<v Speaker 2>be disappointed if you're not hyped up when I start preaching.

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<v Speaker 1>But Here's what happened. I pulled into a private space today.

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<v Speaker 2>You had to drive through some traffic and people and

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. I didn't have to bring any kids

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<v Speaker 2>to church today. Holly did all that, So of course

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ready. I have to get anybody dressed, anybody in

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<v Speaker 2>the car on time. I didn't have anybody count for

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<v Speaker 2>but myself. The only person I had to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>had his clothes on and shoes on and showered.

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<v Speaker 1>Up was me. Oh, I'm in a good mood, but

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<v Speaker 1>what if you're not. So I realized that, like.

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta be ready when I come out here to preach,

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<v Speaker 2>that you might not be ready to listen yet. Because

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm not, then when the discouragement comes, when I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh no, they don't look like they're really into this.

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<v Speaker 2>Well they're into it, but it's just like a cold

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<v Speaker 2>plunge for them, like they just got to get settled

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<v Speaker 2>into it. Let him sit there a minute, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I asked Scott one time, because when people yawn when

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<v Speaker 2>I'm preaching, that really sets me.

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<v Speaker 1>Off, like really sets me off.

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<v Speaker 2>If you ever notice in my sermon where I take

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<v Speaker 2>a sharp turn and it gets really really rough, all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden like really mean or like condemnation. I

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<v Speaker 2>start talk about hell and judgment and stuff like that,

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<v Speaker 2>I probably saw somebody yawn. That's probably what just happened.

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<v Speaker 2>And I remember something. Even this week, I was thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about this because in psychology they call it triggers, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know different things that it could be a smell,

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<v Speaker 2>it could be a sight, it could be a sound,

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<v Speaker 2>It can be a lot of different things. But I

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<v Speaker 2>remembered that there was one boy when I was first

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<v Speaker 2>learning to teach the Bible, and he would full on yawn,

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<v Speaker 2>not like yon, like he was trying to hide.

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<v Speaker 1>It, but he would full on, stretch back yawn. His

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<v Speaker 1>shirt would stretch up over his belly.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to look at his belly, his open mouth

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<v Speaker 2>is opened abdomen and all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was when I was first learning to preach.

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<v Speaker 2>And I realized that that kid was right in front

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<v Speaker 2>of me when I was first learning to teach the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to say his name, but he would

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<v Speaker 2>yawn while I was preaching the Bible. And so to

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<v Speaker 2>this day, if I see somebody y it actually sets

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<v Speaker 2>me in a place where I feel like a beginning

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<v Speaker 2>preacher isn't that weird? Or maybe I just need more therapy.

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<v Speaker 2>But even recognizing that, it gives me a moment to know, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that guy yawning, he might have worked third shift, he

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<v Speaker 2>might be tired because maybe he's visiting somebody in nursing,

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<v Speaker 2>or or he stayed up all night playing video games.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's not mine to judge. But if I recognize

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<v Speaker 2>that that puts me in a bad place, then I

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<v Speaker 2>can be ready watch this, to respond rather than to react,

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<v Speaker 2>and to resist the temptation before I attack, before I'm attacked.

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<v Speaker 2>Because faith does not give you the ability to prevent

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy's attack.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish it did.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish that by faith we could rebuke every panic

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<v Speaker 2>attack in the room, every financial attack in the room,

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<v Speaker 2>every attack on your physical body in the room.

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<v Speaker 1>If I had the power to do it, I would

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<v Speaker 1>do it. I would love to do it for you.

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<v Speaker 2>But there is nothing in fir Peter five eight, or

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<v Speaker 2>any of the rest of the Bible that suggests that

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<v Speaker 2>at will we can just rebuke the devil's attack and prevent.

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<v Speaker 1>The devil's attack.

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<v Speaker 2>But we can plan for what you're going to do

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<v Speaker 2>the next time he does attack.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why Peter called him a roaring lion.

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<v Speaker 2>Before he ever comes to devour you, there's always a roar.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you recognize him when he roars?

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<v Speaker 1>Or do we live lives that never reflect?

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<v Speaker 2>And say? Why do I keep ending up in this situation?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is the devil always picking on me? Why am

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<v Speaker 2>I always in this bad relational pattern? Why are people

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<v Speaker 2>always and here coming to my eight? Then? Why am

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<v Speaker 2>I never you know, it's always this thing of blaming

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<v Speaker 2>it or do we want to beat it and resist

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<v Speaker 2>it and get stronger from it. I think it would

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<v Speaker 2>be easier to resist temptation if the consequences were immediate

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<v Speaker 2>of the sin. I think that would be really easy

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<v Speaker 2>to resist. I think even overeating if the bad stuff

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<v Speaker 2>happened while you ate. No, I'm serious, if if if

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<v Speaker 2>if the cellulite grew as you chewed, you stop chewing.

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<v Speaker 1>You are noticed.

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<v Speaker 2>How the benefits of discipline are delayed and the payoffs

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<v Speaker 2>of donuts are immediate. I mean a quick, sweet relief,

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<v Speaker 2>a glazed relief. And I'm getting hungry, y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>I fast before I preach.

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<v Speaker 2>But but there's there's there's there is a hidden expense

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<v Speaker 2>to sin and a quick hit for sin, and there

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<v Speaker 2>is a hidden benefit of discipline that doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Kick in quick. But you'll be glad you did it after.

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<v Speaker 2>I used to always say I could do is if

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<v Speaker 2>my abs would pop pop pop pop while I crunched

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<v Speaker 2>when I crunch on a fredo. If I could crunch

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<v Speaker 2>on a fredo and the fat would pop, I could

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<v Speaker 2>stop with the fridos. But it is the delay that

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<v Speaker 2>gets me trapped. The consequence comes.

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<v Speaker 1>After after somebody shout.

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<v Speaker 2>After It's the most amazing thing. What the devil will

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<v Speaker 2>hide from you when he tempts you. It's an amazing thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What he'll bait that hook with that you don't see

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<v Speaker 2>when you bite. It is not until after you are

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<v Speaker 2>hooked that this isn't so fun anymore. It's not until

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<v Speaker 2>after you can't get rid of the habit that you

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<v Speaker 2>wish you had found in a healthier way to deal with

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<v Speaker 2>your emotions. And this is why we must teach in

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<v Speaker 2>church not only the deliverance of the Holy Spirit, but

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<v Speaker 2>the disciplines of the grace of God, so that we

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<v Speaker 2>can help people make decisions today that they will be

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<v Speaker 2>glad for after.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to pray to God after you fail.

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<v Speaker 2>But I also want you to pray to God before

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<v Speaker 2>you fail, so that maybe he can spare you some

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<v Speaker 2>of the pain. That you could put something in his

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<v Speaker 2>hands before you get caught in it, so that God

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<v Speaker 2>could spare you from some of the wasted years. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is not even in my notes, but I just

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I need to go off for a minute

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<v Speaker 2>and say, sometimes we create our own suffering because of

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<v Speaker 2>shortcuts that we take because of how we want to

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<v Speaker 2>feel right now. But I heard a wise preacher say,

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<v Speaker 2>never give up what you want most for what you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, because there are some things you.

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<v Speaker 2>Want to be in the future that are going to

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<v Speaker 2>require some adjustments to what you need to do right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Even some of the scriptures that you hear in some

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<v Speaker 2>of the messages you hear that will challenge you the most,

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<v Speaker 2>will help you the most after now. I want in

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<v Speaker 2>my life not only to get better at tracking back

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<v Speaker 2>and noticing what happens in those moments where I feel

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<v Speaker 2>under attacked. I mean, if you will look at your

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<v Speaker 2>life and I did it this week, you'll find patterns

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<v Speaker 2>of this is the times where the enemy attacks me.

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<v Speaker 2>That if I build some different things into these rhythms

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<v Speaker 2>of my life, I can be more ready. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think our rhythms and our readiness go hand in hand.

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<v Speaker 2>The rhythm of your life cannot be marked by isolation

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<v Speaker 2>and still be flowing in victory. The rhythm of your

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<v Speaker 2>life cannot be marked by constant, chronic complaining and still

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<v Speaker 2>have an outcome of overflowing joy. And the enemy is

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<v Speaker 2>look at this phrase. He's looking for someone to devour.

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<v Speaker 2>He's looking for someone who's not paying attention. He's looking

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<v Speaker 2>for someone who just took family pictures and is just

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<v Speaker 2>a little thankful for their family and just a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit triggered by the holy experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it really went good. Everybody was good. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know why I was in a bad mode. It

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<v Speaker 1>went great, the photographers were great, it was happy. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just something about it. And then I look at it

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, okay, okay, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Next year when we take family pictures, I am not

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<v Speaker 2>going to back up my car and almost fight any rednecks.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay next year, No, no, no, next time.

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<v Speaker 2>Next time I find myself susceptible, I am going to

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<v Speaker 2>feed my spirit and talk to myself and be a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more ready for that.

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<v Speaker 1>And all of that.

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<v Speaker 2>You can do so if you will just take some

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<v Speaker 2>time in your life and especially do it after your

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<v Speaker 2>only two times. You need to do this after you

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<v Speaker 2>win and after you lose. When you win over a victory,

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<v Speaker 2>say what was it that got me ready for that?

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<v Speaker 1>Y'all?

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<v Speaker 2>I got certain friends that I found out when I

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<v Speaker 2>talked to them, I win more.

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<v Speaker 1>You got anybody like that in your life? Now, let

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<v Speaker 1>me turn around so you can have a private moment.

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<v Speaker 1>I have other friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Who when I talk to them and spend time with them,

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<v Speaker 2>it puts me in this spend cycle and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know why, but I've end up more cynical on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side.

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<v Speaker 1>Pay attention to all of that, because sometimes in your.

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<v Speaker 2>Life you'll notice, oh, when this happens, it is the

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<v Speaker 2>consequence of something that came before it, And a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of times that is a relational consequence of who you

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<v Speaker 2>are spending the most time around. Here's another thing about

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<v Speaker 2>since you asked me about Instagram. Sometimes you feel to

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<v Speaker 2>your stomach, but it's not your stomach. It's what you

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<v Speaker 2>scrolled through fifteen minutes ago that made you judge something,

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<v Speaker 2>feel something, see something that triggered a response in you.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the moment that it was triggered, it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>show up. It doesn't show up in the moment that

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<v Speaker 2>you see it. It shows up.

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<v Speaker 1>After.

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<v Speaker 2>If the moment you were looking at this stuff, you

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<v Speaker 2>were like, this is making me more judgmental and less content,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is causing me to kill my own appreciation

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<v Speaker 2>for my own life and only as.

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<v Speaker 1>Fire to things that aren't even a part of my calling.

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<v Speaker 2>If you thought that while you were looking at it,

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<v Speaker 2>you would stop looking at it.

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<v Speaker 4>But the devil hides the hook. The devil hides the hook.

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<v Speaker 4>The devil hides the hook. Somebody say, the devil hides

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<v Speaker 4>the hook. Now touch somebody and say stop biting. How

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<v Speaker 4>many times is he going to have to reel you

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<v Speaker 4>in before.

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<v Speaker 2>You resist him, before you can see it coming, and

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<v Speaker 2>say no, I'm not even gonna take the bait.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even get paid to argue with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even nobody is worth that in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not coming down.

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<v Speaker 2>There for this anymore, because if you don't see it,

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<v Speaker 2>he will eat you alive. He's looking for someone to devour,

0:27:21.920 --> 0:27:24.600
<v Speaker 2>and the one he can devour the most is the

0:27:24.600 --> 0:27:29.720
<v Speaker 2>one who is vulnerable and doesn't know it. When you

0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:33.119
<v Speaker 2>know you're vulnerable. It gives you an opportunity to be

0:27:33.240 --> 0:27:40.119
<v Speaker 2>vigilant when you know where you're vulnerable. And so this

0:27:40.160 --> 0:27:42.520
<v Speaker 2>great Apostle writes a letter to the church that's being

0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:46.560
<v Speaker 2>persecuted somewhere between eighty sixty and seventy, and he's writing

0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:48.439
<v Speaker 2>to them about their sufferings and their time, but it

0:27:48.480 --> 0:27:52.320
<v Speaker 2>also applies to ours. He says, be alert and sober minded,

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<v Speaker 2>because the enemy is looking for someone.

0:27:59.400 --> 0:28:03.320
<v Speaker 1>To devour. Is it you? Is it you?

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<v Speaker 2>Have you trained him that anytime he tries that you'll

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<v Speaker 2>lie down and go with it. That anytime he takes

0:28:15.160 --> 0:28:18.440
<v Speaker 2>you down that dark path, all he has.

0:28:18.359 --> 0:28:21.360
<v Speaker 1>To do is lure you out there? Is it you?

0:28:24.040 --> 0:28:26.160
<v Speaker 2>Is it you that every time he can even suggest

0:28:26.640 --> 0:28:30.080
<v Speaker 2>an anxious thought to you, the enemy can get you

0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:31.760
<v Speaker 2>to go down so deep in it that it's going

0:28:31.800 --> 0:28:33.119
<v Speaker 2>to take you three days to recover.

0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:35.280
<v Speaker 1>Is it you that if he.

0:28:35.240 --> 0:28:38.400
<v Speaker 2>Can make you a little uncomfortable about something, you will

0:28:38.440 --> 0:28:40.960
<v Speaker 2>reach for something to feel instant relief that is going

0:28:41.000 --> 0:28:47.600
<v Speaker 2>to bring you an after effect that's going to cause

0:28:47.600 --> 0:28:49.800
<v Speaker 2>you to be in captivity?

0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:52.560
<v Speaker 1>Is it you? Is it you?

0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:55.440
<v Speaker 2>If you're not paying attention to the patterns in your life.

0:28:56.280 --> 0:29:02.360
<v Speaker 2>You are easy pray for the enemy. You gotta get

0:29:02.360 --> 0:29:06.720
<v Speaker 2>into spirit lad reflection, where the Holy Spirit takes you

0:29:06.760 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 2>back through your day and shows you ways that you

0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:13.120
<v Speaker 2>can handle things next time. Not so you can blame

0:29:13.160 --> 0:29:14.760
<v Speaker 2>what happened in your day or in your life, but

0:29:14.840 --> 0:29:18.719
<v Speaker 2>so that you can beat it next time, because there

0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:23.160
<v Speaker 2>will be a next time. There will be a next time.

0:29:24.840 --> 0:29:27.600
<v Speaker 2>If the devil hadn't messed with you, good news. You

0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:29.960
<v Speaker 2>can practice this message. Very soon.

0:29:31.480 --> 0:29:33.480
<v Speaker 1>He'll mess with you again. You're like, I don't I

0:29:33.560 --> 0:29:35.160
<v Speaker 1>know that he's just been leaving me alone. I don't

0:29:35.160 --> 0:29:40.080
<v Speaker 1>really need this message.

0:29:40.440 --> 0:29:43.840
<v Speaker 2>Keep this message right there, like, don't put it in

0:29:43.880 --> 0:29:45.840
<v Speaker 2>the fridge, because it's just you gonna need it. You

0:29:45.840 --> 0:29:49.920
<v Speaker 2>could leave it right there. It's gonna be right there soon.

0:29:52.840 --> 0:30:00.479
<v Speaker 2>He's looking for someone to devour. He's looking for somebody,

0:30:01.360 --> 0:30:05.560
<v Speaker 2>somebody who's vulnerable. You got to ask the question, don't

0:30:05.560 --> 0:30:11.440
<v Speaker 2>you what came before this attack that caused me to

0:30:11.480 --> 0:30:15.520
<v Speaker 2>be in a vulnerable position. That's a great question to ask.

0:30:16.880 --> 0:30:18.560
<v Speaker 2>And the more you ask it, I believe, the more

0:30:18.640 --> 0:30:20.600
<v Speaker 2>that God will show you and give you an awareness

0:30:20.640 --> 0:30:23.160
<v Speaker 2>and an alertness. Because you can't prevent the attack, but

0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:28.440
<v Speaker 2>you can plan for it after. I don't usually respond

0:30:28.520 --> 0:30:30.480
<v Speaker 2>right in the moment, but it's when I go back

0:30:30.520 --> 0:30:32.240
<v Speaker 2>and ask the question, God, what do you want me

0:30:32.320 --> 0:30:35.920
<v Speaker 2>to see about that that I can know next time?

0:30:36.880 --> 0:30:37.720
<v Speaker 1>And that's how I grow.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not fancy, I know, it's not amazing, it's not sexy,

0:30:44.720 --> 0:30:45.920
<v Speaker 2>but it's what Peter said.

0:30:45.960 --> 0:30:48.680
<v Speaker 1>He said, be alert and a sober mind. Your enemy.

0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:52.720
<v Speaker 1>The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking.

0:30:53.880 --> 0:31:02.120
<v Speaker 2>For someone. Who's he looking for someone? Someone he can devour?

0:31:03.440 --> 0:31:06.600
<v Speaker 2>And you got to ask the question, don't you If

0:31:06.600 --> 0:31:09.280
<v Speaker 2>the enemy is attacking me right now? How is he

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 2>attacking me? When does he tend to attack me? I

0:31:12.200 --> 0:31:14.200
<v Speaker 2>want to be alert to this. I don't want to

0:31:14.240 --> 0:31:17.440
<v Speaker 2>be ignorant of his schemes. When does he attack me?

0:31:17.800 --> 0:31:20.240
<v Speaker 2>How does he attack me? What are those access points

0:31:20.280 --> 0:31:22.360
<v Speaker 2>where I let him get to me? What are the things?

0:31:22.560 --> 0:31:26.160
<v Speaker 2>And that is a valid question, and we have to

0:31:26.320 --> 0:31:28.560
<v Speaker 2>ask it or we'll keep repeating.

0:31:28.080 --> 0:31:29.200
<v Speaker 1>The same patterns.

0:31:30.520 --> 0:31:33.080
<v Speaker 2>But there's another question I want you to start asking,

0:31:34.640 --> 0:31:36.840
<v Speaker 2>and I want you to ask this question right after

0:31:36.960 --> 0:31:40.480
<v Speaker 2>you ask where is the enemy attacking me? Because you

0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:42.480
<v Speaker 2>can mention a few areas today I know you could

0:31:42.680 --> 0:31:44.520
<v Speaker 2>if we passed the mic around and you were honest

0:31:44.520 --> 0:31:46.560
<v Speaker 2>and weren't scared to be in judge, you could name

0:31:46.600 --> 0:31:47.120
<v Speaker 2>a few.

0:31:46.920 --> 0:31:49.280
<v Speaker 1>Places he attacks you. They might be some.

0:31:49.320 --> 0:31:52.240
<v Speaker 2>Areas that are more socially acceptable, or they might be

0:31:52.280 --> 0:31:55.440
<v Speaker 2>some areas that cost shame. But you could answer the question.

0:31:55.520 --> 0:31:57.720
<v Speaker 2>And if I asked it, where is it that the

0:31:57.840 --> 0:32:02.240
<v Speaker 2>enemy attacks you? And what usually comes before it that

0:32:02.360 --> 0:32:05.160
<v Speaker 2>causes you to give into it, that makes you weak

0:32:05.240 --> 0:32:05.560
<v Speaker 2>for it?

0:32:05.600 --> 0:32:08.440
<v Speaker 1>What is that? But there's another question that I want

0:32:08.480 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 1>you to learn to ask, and I think this is

0:32:10.400 --> 0:32:11.600
<v Speaker 1>also very powerful.

0:32:12.680 --> 0:32:16.560
<v Speaker 2>If the enemy is attacking you as much as he's

0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:20.440
<v Speaker 2>attacking you in your life, I want to ask the.

0:32:20.440 --> 0:32:31.200
<v Speaker 1>Question, what is it about you that he knows that

0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:33.320
<v Speaker 1>is causing him to attack you like that?

0:32:36.840 --> 0:32:41.320
<v Speaker 2>If he's looking for someone to devour and he's picking

0:32:41.400 --> 0:32:47.400
<v Speaker 2>on you, then what is it about you that causes

0:32:47.440 --> 0:32:52.120
<v Speaker 2>you to be a target? In other words, how many

0:32:52.160 --> 0:32:54.200
<v Speaker 2>of you feel like the devil has just really been

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:56.760
<v Speaker 2>after you or someone that you love in this last season?

0:32:56.960 --> 0:32:59.160
<v Speaker 2>And this is not a trick question. I really want

0:32:59.200 --> 0:33:00.960
<v Speaker 2>to see who to aim this spit at when I

0:33:00.960 --> 0:33:05.240
<v Speaker 2>appreciate it. I want to know if the enemy is

0:33:05.280 --> 0:33:11.680
<v Speaker 2>attacking you like that? What is he after? What is

0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:20.120
<v Speaker 2>it that God has inside of you that may even

0:33:20.200 --> 0:33:24.320
<v Speaker 2>be unknown to you right now that he sees about

0:33:24.360 --> 0:33:27.360
<v Speaker 2>your future that is causing him.

0:33:27.200 --> 0:33:28.840
<v Speaker 1>To fight you so hard like that?

0:33:31.240 --> 0:33:34.520
<v Speaker 2>What is this spirit of heaviness that's been on you lately?

0:33:34.600 --> 0:33:37.920
<v Speaker 1>Really about? See? Because I know on the surface we.

0:33:37.920 --> 0:33:41.520
<v Speaker 2>Tell ourselves, well, the reason I'm depressed is because I

0:33:41.720 --> 0:33:44.320
<v Speaker 2>just suck, because I'm not much, because I don't have

0:33:44.400 --> 0:33:47.080
<v Speaker 2>the resilience, I don't have the fortitude, I don't have.

0:33:47.040 --> 0:33:50.160
<v Speaker 1>The moral character. That's why I'm dealing with this insecurity?

0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:52.520
<v Speaker 1>Is it?

0:33:52.560 --> 0:33:55.600
<v Speaker 2>Is that why you're dealing with the insecurity because you're

0:33:55.600 --> 0:33:57.280
<v Speaker 2>really a nobody?

0:33:58.360 --> 0:34:00.720
<v Speaker 1>Or is the devil looking for someone.

0:34:03.000 --> 0:34:07.480
<v Speaker 2>Someone who has something, something that they don't see the

0:34:07.560 --> 0:34:13.000
<v Speaker 2>true value of yet, so that he can catch you

0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:19.080
<v Speaker 2>in your vulnerability, so that you never see your true value,

0:34:19.120 --> 0:34:20.240
<v Speaker 2>so that you never.

0:34:20.160 --> 0:34:24.280
<v Speaker 1>Do what God gave you to do in the earth?

0:34:27.880 --> 0:34:33.920
<v Speaker 1>What's the after? What's the after? If you've been.

0:34:33.840 --> 0:34:37.759
<v Speaker 2>Discouraged, really discouraged and down in your soul lately and

0:34:37.800 --> 0:34:41.000
<v Speaker 2>you've been thinking that must mean that my bestness behind me?

0:34:41.239 --> 0:34:47.440
<v Speaker 2>Is that really true? Or is there something I'm just curious.

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:54.680
<v Speaker 2>Is there something so significant in the next stage of

0:34:54.800 --> 0:35:02.200
<v Speaker 2>your life and you can't see it? But maybe the

0:35:02.520 --> 0:35:05.680
<v Speaker 2>enemy has more vision for your life than you do,

0:35:06.320 --> 0:35:09.080
<v Speaker 2>because he sees something that's in you.

0:35:09.520 --> 0:35:12.880
<v Speaker 1>In the scene form. And if it ever comes forward,

0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:16.000
<v Speaker 1>if it ever gets watered.

0:35:16.320 --> 0:35:19.520
<v Speaker 2>If it ever gets l liked, if it ever gets

0:35:19.560 --> 0:35:23.400
<v Speaker 2>full grown, it's gonna spread out and bear fruit and

0:35:23.560 --> 0:35:25.920
<v Speaker 2>touch lines and change the world.

0:35:28.800 --> 0:35:29.680
<v Speaker 1>What's he after?

0:35:33.239 --> 0:35:36.399
<v Speaker 2>Get real good at answering how the enemy's attacking. Well,

0:35:36.440 --> 0:35:38.799
<v Speaker 2>you give me these headaches, Well, he's give me these

0:35:38.840 --> 0:35:42.359
<v Speaker 2>problems on my job. Well he's surrounding me with these people. Well,

0:35:42.440 --> 0:35:46.239
<v Speaker 2>nobody gives me credit. Okay, we can focus on how

0:35:46.280 --> 0:35:48.880
<v Speaker 2>he's attacking you, or we can spend a minute and

0:35:48.920 --> 0:35:50.800
<v Speaker 2>think about why.

0:35:51.800 --> 0:35:55.600
<v Speaker 1>What is he after? In my life?

0:35:55.880 --> 0:36:01.239
<v Speaker 5>The greatest seasons of temptation to quit, just before the

0:36:01.280 --> 0:36:06.600
<v Speaker 5>most significant moments of breakthrough, I came to prop.

0:36:06.400 --> 0:36:10.040
<v Speaker 2>Aside of somebody today.

0:36:10.800 --> 0:36:12.719
<v Speaker 1>I don't care what has been before.

0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:16.400
<v Speaker 6>I didn't come to preach about the God that you

0:36:16.520 --> 0:36:20.200
<v Speaker 6>knew before. I didn't come to preach about the time

0:36:20.239 --> 0:36:23.840
<v Speaker 6>you wasted last year. I didn't come to preach about

0:36:23.840 --> 0:36:26.440
<v Speaker 6>how your week went last week is.

0:36:26.640 --> 0:36:30.520
<v Speaker 2>Sunday morning, and I came with a message about the

0:36:30.600 --> 0:36:31.520
<v Speaker 2>god of after.

0:36:39.560 --> 0:36:42.120
<v Speaker 1>It's just a question, ask your neighbor, what's he after?

0:36:43.360 --> 0:36:44.440
<v Speaker 1>What's he after?

0:36:44.800 --> 0:36:48.000
<v Speaker 2>Because the enemy doesn't have unlimited artillery, So if he's

0:36:48.040 --> 0:36:50.719
<v Speaker 2>coming at you and he shouldn't at you, that must

0:36:50.760 --> 0:36:54.600
<v Speaker 2>mean you have something that he wants. That must mean

0:36:54.600 --> 0:36:58.480
<v Speaker 2>that you have something of value. I've been to about

0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:01.560
<v Speaker 2>ten Carolina Panthers game since I lived in Charlotte.

0:37:01.719 --> 0:37:03.040
<v Speaker 1>Nobody ever tackled me.

0:37:05.800 --> 0:37:08.000
<v Speaker 2>I guess I didn't have anything they wanted.

0:37:09.440 --> 0:37:11.319
<v Speaker 1>I bet if I had that ball and I was

0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:14.680
<v Speaker 1>on that field and I was headed towards something that could.

0:37:14.400 --> 0:37:17.880
<v Speaker 2>Actually inflict damage on the opponent, I get tackled.

0:37:18.080 --> 0:37:21.200
<v Speaker 1>I get hit. Some of us aren't getting hit because.

0:37:20.960 --> 0:37:24.800
<v Speaker 2>We're not headed toward anything. But if you're headed towards something,

0:37:26.200 --> 0:37:29.040
<v Speaker 2>I need three people in a Vand if you're handed

0:37:29.120 --> 0:37:34.759
<v Speaker 2>towards something, if you're handed towards something, maybe.

0:37:34.480 --> 0:37:38.040
<v Speaker 1>That's why he's been on your heels. Maybe that's why

0:37:38.160 --> 0:37:41.600
<v Speaker 1>spit kind of rough. Maybe that's why is Ben kind

0:37:41.640 --> 0:37:45.200
<v Speaker 1>of rocky. Maybe that's why that storm has been blowing.

0:37:45.680 --> 0:37:49.840
<v Speaker 7>Because when I get to that stong knock out somebody

0:37:49.840 --> 0:37:56.040
<v Speaker 7>who's like needs my life.

0:37:58.280 --> 0:38:01.200
<v Speaker 1>I wonder what he's after. I wonder what your.

0:38:01.200 --> 0:38:04.360
<v Speaker 2>Carrier that you're not even aware of yet. I wonder

0:38:04.400 --> 0:38:06.760
<v Speaker 2>what you're gonna be talking about a year from now

0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 2>that you don't even not asking for yet. Woo. It's powerful, y'all,

0:38:23.280 --> 0:38:28.799
<v Speaker 2>it's powerful. Has that devil been after you? We'll get

0:38:28.880 --> 0:38:33.319
<v Speaker 2>happy because that means you have something worth attacking.

0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:37.640
<v Speaker 1>That means it's not over for you. That means it's something.

0:38:40.520 --> 0:38:47.560
<v Speaker 7>Oh oh oh, I'm gonna sup this.

0:38:51.920 --> 0:38:55.000
<v Speaker 2>The devil sort of took you out before you heard

0:38:55.080 --> 0:38:58.000
<v Speaker 2>this sermon, because after this, look.

0:38:58.080 --> 0:39:02.680
<v Speaker 7>You're tack on track, backing up, fight, you're backing up.

0:39:04.560 --> 0:39:14.839
<v Speaker 1>Hey, hey, hey, hey.

0:39:13.040 --> 0:39:19.680
<v Speaker 3>No, we should have took a selfie before I started appreciating,

0:39:21.040 --> 0:39:22.720
<v Speaker 3>so you could have a before picture.

0:39:25.239 --> 0:39:27.080
<v Speaker 1>Because when you leave this church.

0:39:26.880 --> 0:39:31.080
<v Speaker 2>Today, No, no, I gotta appreciate it like God gave

0:39:31.120 --> 0:39:31.440
<v Speaker 2>it to me.

0:39:31.520 --> 0:39:33.239
<v Speaker 1>I can't mess it up. I can't mess it up.

0:39:34.000 --> 0:39:37.759
<v Speaker 2>And the God of all grace who called you to

0:39:38.400 --> 0:39:47.280
<v Speaker 2>eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,

0:39:49.360 --> 0:39:51.359
<v Speaker 2>set your timer for a minute flat. I set your

0:39:51.360 --> 0:39:53.720
<v Speaker 2>timer for a minute, one minute, one minute on the timer,

0:39:53.760 --> 0:39:54.800
<v Speaker 2>one minute on your phone.

0:39:54.880 --> 0:39:55.839
<v Speaker 1>One minute on the.

0:39:55.760 --> 0:39:59.880
<v Speaker 2>Timer, somebody say, after, after, after, tell me.

0:39:59.840 --> 0:40:01.719
<v Speaker 1>What you got it set for one minute? For one minute.

0:40:01.760 --> 0:40:03.799
<v Speaker 1>I want one minute. I want one minute. Peter uses

0:40:03.800 --> 0:40:05.680
<v Speaker 1>a very very significant phrase.

0:40:05.719 --> 0:40:09.520
<v Speaker 2>He says, after you have suffered a little while, somebody say,

0:40:09.560 --> 0:40:11.799
<v Speaker 2>a little while, a little while? How many have you

0:40:11.840 --> 0:40:14.799
<v Speaker 2>been suffering for a little while? Oh, it's been a while.

0:40:14.880 --> 0:40:16.839
<v Speaker 2>It's been a while I've been dealing with this. It's

0:40:16.840 --> 0:40:18.160
<v Speaker 2>been a while i've been dealing with this.

0:40:18.440 --> 0:40:20.360
<v Speaker 1>It's been a while that I felt like this. He

0:40:20.440 --> 0:40:23.239
<v Speaker 1>still hadn't started his timer yet. He's about to start

0:40:23.280 --> 0:40:24.080
<v Speaker 1>it in a minute.

0:40:24.360 --> 0:40:28.640
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes it's prolonged suffering, right. Sometimes you ask the question

0:40:28.840 --> 0:40:30.160
<v Speaker 2>like I asked the Lord one time.

0:40:30.200 --> 0:40:33.560
<v Speaker 1>I read that scripture. It said in a little while, after.

0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:35.360
<v Speaker 3>You've suffered a little while, I asked God.

0:40:35.280 --> 0:40:39.719
<v Speaker 2>How long is a little while? So I want one

0:40:39.760 --> 0:40:42.080
<v Speaker 2>minute on the timer. That's an hour.

0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:46.480
<v Speaker 1>I need a minute. We have a different definition of

0:40:46.520 --> 0:40:47.200
<v Speaker 1>a little while.

0:40:47.760 --> 0:40:50.920
<v Speaker 2>I need the countdown timer, not the count up timer.

0:40:51.000 --> 0:40:53.480
<v Speaker 2>I need the alarm where it's going to go off

0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:56.919
<v Speaker 2>in a minute. Because God gave me something to say

0:40:56.960 --> 0:40:59.279
<v Speaker 2>to somebody, and I don't know who it is. We

0:40:59.320 --> 0:41:01.520
<v Speaker 2>got fifty seconds left now.

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<v Speaker 8>Not all suffering ends in a short time, but there

0:41:05.280 --> 0:41:07.800
<v Speaker 8>is a decision that you can make in a moment

0:41:08.400 --> 0:41:11.000
<v Speaker 8>where you can say, you know what, I have stayed

0:41:11.120 --> 0:41:14.080
<v Speaker 8>stuck in this season long enough.

0:41:15.280 --> 0:41:21.040
<v Speaker 2>I have replayed this memory long enough, I have laid

0:41:21.080 --> 0:41:26.720
<v Speaker 2>down and died twenty eight long enough. And Peter says

0:41:26.760 --> 0:41:31.480
<v Speaker 2>that after you have suffered a little while, just a

0:41:31.520 --> 0:41:35.520
<v Speaker 2>little while, it's just a little while. It's only for now.

0:41:35.920 --> 0:41:38.680
<v Speaker 2>I know it seems like forever when you're going through it.

0:41:38.880 --> 0:41:43.879
<v Speaker 2>But ten seconds, nine seconds, eight seconds, seven.

0:41:43.640 --> 0:41:47.960
<v Speaker 1>Seconds, six y five. Hold be real quiet, be real quiet.

0:41:52.200 --> 0:41:58.800
<v Speaker 2>Oh, his ringer is off.

0:41:58.840 --> 0:42:05.080
<v Speaker 3>You are the worst illustration and partners, all right.

0:42:06.400 --> 0:42:08.600
<v Speaker 1>So since his alarm filled, I need you to help me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna need you to help me.

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<v Speaker 2>Since his ringer was on silent, I'm gonna need you

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<v Speaker 2>to be the alarm for your neighbor. I'm gonna need

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<v Speaker 2>you to be the alarm for your neighbor.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand out, stand up, stand up, stand up, stand up,

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<v Speaker 1>stand up. We're getting ready now. We're getting ready.

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<v Speaker 2>Now because it's been a minute for some of you,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been a minute since you felt the joy of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord it's been a minute since you've seen yourself

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<v Speaker 2>in the future. It's been a minute since you've opened

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<v Speaker 2>yourself up to a new possibility. But I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to look at your neighbor when I say three, I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to look at your neighbor and say, it's

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<v Speaker 2>been a minute. One, two, three, it's been a minute.

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<v Speaker 1>But guess what.

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<v Speaker 2>Look back at them and say it has been a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell him it's been kind of hard. I've been crying

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<v Speaker 2>about it. I've been stressing about it. I got a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of questions about it, and I'm not exp in

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<v Speaker 2>a quick fix. But tell him it's been a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is my after. This is oh God, my after.

0:43:15.200 --> 0:43:19.120
<v Speaker 2>This is my after.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch. No, the problem's not over yet.

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<v Speaker 2>But my.

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<v Speaker 1>It's our set. My that's a sets, our set.

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<v Speaker 2>This is my after not when I'm perfect. But I've

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<v Speaker 2>suffered enough to know now that he's the god.

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<v Speaker 1>Of Who better to teach us this than Peter Peter?

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<v Speaker 2>Why would the enemy pick on Peter? He wasn't anything

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<v Speaker 2>but a fisherman. The devil never attacks what you are

0:44:15.000 --> 0:44:25.520
<v Speaker 2>right now, He attacks what you're gonna be.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what he's after.

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<v Speaker 2>Because wait till you see what your kids are gonna be,

0:44:34.320 --> 0:44:38.000
<v Speaker 2>that's what he's after. Wait till you see what they're

0:44:38.040 --> 0:44:41.840
<v Speaker 2>gonna do, that's what he's after. Wait till you see

0:44:41.880 --> 0:44:46.240
<v Speaker 2>how the grace of God flows through you generationally.

0:44:46.960 --> 0:44:51.920
<v Speaker 1>That's what he's after. The Bible says that.

0:44:51.960 --> 0:44:54.640
<v Speaker 2>A righteous man walks in his integrity.

0:44:54.800 --> 0:44:58.320
<v Speaker 1>You gotta see this from Proverbs twenty seven. I saw this, and.

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<v Speaker 2>His children are list after him.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of the stuff you're fighting right now is not

0:45:07.719 --> 0:45:09.520
<v Speaker 2>about what you are right now.

0:45:09.960 --> 0:45:19.520
<v Speaker 1>It's about what's coming after you. Shout after.

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<v Speaker 2>So even as Peter was warming himself by the fire,

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<v Speaker 2>denying Christ, even as Peter was denying that he even

0:45:36.520 --> 0:45:43.120
<v Speaker 2>knew Jesus, even as Peter was doubting that he wanted

0:45:43.120 --> 0:45:56.880
<v Speaker 2>to be a disciple, the enemy was after him because

0:45:56.880 --> 0:46:00.000
<v Speaker 2>if he can kill Peter and take his faith by

0:45:59.880 --> 0:46:00.399
<v Speaker 2>the fire.

0:46:02.040 --> 0:46:03.000
<v Speaker 1>Peter never preaches.

0:46:03.040 --> 0:46:09.840
<v Speaker 2>On the day of Pentecost, three thousand were saved that day.

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<v Speaker 2>After the suffer a little while, after you suffer a

0:46:20.920 --> 0:46:26.040
<v Speaker 2>little while. That's what the attack is about. Stop thinking

0:46:26.280 --> 0:46:31.160
<v Speaker 2>that the things that you struggle with prove your insignificance.

0:46:33.080 --> 0:46:41.800
<v Speaker 2>They actually point to your value.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're going to change the trigger response.

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<v Speaker 2>This week, something bad starts coming to you as a

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<v Speaker 2>feeling or a temptation. Oh, there must be something that

0:46:56.960 --> 0:47:00.960
<v Speaker 2>the enemy is after that I'm meant to do this week.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of it. You will never know it while

0:47:04.480 --> 0:47:10.080
<v Speaker 1>you're in it. That's what your faith is for. That's

0:47:10.120 --> 0:47:15.120
<v Speaker 1>what your faith is for. We never know how God

0:47:15.200 --> 0:47:17.000
<v Speaker 1>is using us or what He's doing in the moment.

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<v Speaker 2>Most specifically, there are some of the things that you

0:47:20.840 --> 0:47:26.200
<v Speaker 2>will not feel in the moment that you will, by faith,

0:47:26.480 --> 0:47:35.560
<v Speaker 2>experience in the future if you resist the enemy. Because

0:47:35.600 --> 0:47:39.359
<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you I have stood many times to pray

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<v Speaker 2>with people and preach to people who had little faith,

0:47:44.800 --> 0:47:49.279
<v Speaker 2>and it had been worn down to a nub, and

0:47:49.320 --> 0:47:52.200
<v Speaker 2>in the moment that we prayed, we experienced nothing resembling

0:47:52.200 --> 0:47:53.440
<v Speaker 2>the feeling of a breakthrough.

0:47:55.080 --> 0:47:58.000
<v Speaker 1>We only knew after.

0:47:59.400 --> 0:48:03.520
<v Speaker 2>A little while what God would do, And sometimes trusting

0:48:03.560 --> 0:48:06.960
<v Speaker 2>Him with that timeline called a little while is the

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<v Speaker 2>hardest part of all.

0:48:13.120 --> 0:48:13.440
<v Speaker 1>I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was back after preaching different song I don't want

0:48:20.360 --> 0:48:28.680
<v Speaker 2>that one. It was I don't remember what city, maybe

0:48:28.680 --> 0:48:33.640
<v Speaker 2>in Denver, that they brought back a guy to pray

0:48:33.680 --> 0:48:37.960
<v Speaker 2>with me, and they said his seven year old has

0:48:38.040 --> 0:48:40.879
<v Speaker 2>a They explained the condition to me at the time.

0:48:40.920 --> 0:48:43.400
<v Speaker 2>I didn't really even understand everything they were saying, and

0:48:43.480 --> 0:48:46.520
<v Speaker 2>I'm not really good at explaining medical things, but they

0:48:47.560 --> 0:48:51.120
<v Speaker 2>his brain tissue. The seven year old, his brain tissue

0:48:51.239 --> 0:48:55.880
<v Speaker 2>had extended into a spinal column, and they diagnosed that

0:48:56.280 --> 0:48:58.600
<v Speaker 2>a few years earlier, but then assists developed in the

0:48:58.600 --> 0:49:02.040
<v Speaker 2>spinal column, so then that was something that would be

0:49:02.040 --> 0:49:04.200
<v Speaker 2>life threatening but would be operated on when he.

0:49:04.120 --> 0:49:04.960
<v Speaker 1>Was a little bit older.

0:49:05.000 --> 0:49:08.080
<v Speaker 2>So now they had just taken them in for a

0:49:08.120 --> 0:49:12.080
<v Speaker 2>scan and they were going back in two days to

0:49:12.120 --> 0:49:15.080
<v Speaker 2>get the meeting with the specialist and maybe schedule the surgery.

0:49:16.680 --> 0:49:20.400
<v Speaker 2>So in the meantime, they came to Elevation Nights and

0:49:20.440 --> 0:49:22.360
<v Speaker 2>someone brought them over and said pray for them, would you?

0:49:22.440 --> 0:49:24.759
<v Speaker 2>Their son is having surgery, and I said I will,

0:49:24.880 --> 0:49:27.120
<v Speaker 2>and I learned as much as I could learn in

0:49:27.120 --> 0:49:28.040
<v Speaker 2>that short time and pray.

0:49:29.440 --> 0:49:31.280
<v Speaker 1>I don't even really remember praying the prayer.

0:49:32.440 --> 0:49:35.880
<v Speaker 2>But the dad that I prayed for, he just last

0:49:35.880 --> 0:49:38.480
<v Speaker 2>week told me the end of the story that I

0:49:38.520 --> 0:49:42.520
<v Speaker 2>didn't know. He said, when you prayed for us back there,

0:49:43.480 --> 0:49:46.600
<v Speaker 2>he said, I did not even want for you to

0:49:46.640 --> 0:49:51.960
<v Speaker 2>pray for me. It made me angry that you were

0:49:51.960 --> 0:49:56.319
<v Speaker 2>praying because you didn't know our situation. And how dare

0:49:56.360 --> 0:49:58.880
<v Speaker 2>you say a prayer that God would heal our child

0:49:59.560 --> 0:50:03.919
<v Speaker 2>when you don't even though the situation. And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>but whatever little bit of faith was left in me,

0:50:06.080 --> 0:50:09.239
<v Speaker 2>and whatever faith was in my wife, it kicked a

0:50:09.239 --> 0:50:12.560
<v Speaker 2>little bit when you prayed. Two days later, we went

0:50:12.560 --> 0:50:17.400
<v Speaker 2>to our appointment and the doctor brought the scan. The

0:50:17.400 --> 0:50:38.520
<v Speaker 2>specialists said, so, when did you have the surgery. He said,

0:50:38.520 --> 0:50:40.319
<v Speaker 2>we haven't had the surgery. That's why we're here to

0:50:40.320 --> 0:50:42.480
<v Speaker 2>talk to you about possibly scheduling the surgery.

0:50:42.480 --> 0:50:43.560
<v Speaker 1>But we need to see the scan.

0:50:45.120 --> 0:50:48.600
<v Speaker 2>And he held up the scan, and he held up

0:50:49.200 --> 0:50:53.440
<v Speaker 2>the scan from the cyst, and then he held up

0:50:53.440 --> 0:50:57.160
<v Speaker 2>the scan from a few days ago, and he said.

0:50:56.840 --> 0:51:02.480
<v Speaker 1>This one, this one, this is the one.

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<v Speaker 2>Of what it would should look like if there were

0:51:05.640 --> 0:51:08.319
<v Speaker 2>a perfectly executed surgery.

0:51:08.480 --> 0:51:11.239
<v Speaker 1>This is what it would look like.

0:51:15.840 --> 0:51:28.239
<v Speaker 2>This if it were a perfectly executed surgery, this is

0:51:28.280 --> 0:51:29.600
<v Speaker 2>what the picture would look like.

0:51:33.920 --> 0:51:35.759
<v Speaker 1>And he told me, I didn't even want you to

0:51:35.800 --> 0:51:40.040
<v Speaker 1>pray for me, and I didn't really feel anything when

0:51:40.080 --> 0:51:43.400
<v Speaker 1>you prayed. But when we went back.

0:51:45.120 --> 0:51:52.040
<v Speaker 2>After, I know you don't even feel like praying about

0:51:52.040 --> 0:51:57.040
<v Speaker 2>that thing anymore. Sometimes I know you don't really feel

0:51:57.040 --> 0:51:59.280
<v Speaker 2>like going and trying to get this thing under control

0:51:59.320 --> 0:52:01.640
<v Speaker 2>one more time. I'm not saying that everybody with the

0:52:01.719 --> 0:52:04.399
<v Speaker 2>disease can expect a different report next week. I don't

0:52:04.400 --> 0:52:06.040
<v Speaker 2>have the power to say that, but I can tell

0:52:06.080 --> 0:52:13.719
<v Speaker 2>you this. He's the God of all grace. He's the

0:52:13.719 --> 0:52:20.000
<v Speaker 2>God of all grace. So if you need a healing

0:52:20.040 --> 0:52:23.120
<v Speaker 2>and he gives you the grace for healing, that's wonderful.

0:52:24.280 --> 0:52:27.560
<v Speaker 2>But if he gives you the grace to endure the suffering,

0:52:28.840 --> 0:52:35.080
<v Speaker 2>that's wonderful too. He's the God of all grace, and

0:52:35.120 --> 0:52:39.680
<v Speaker 2>he's the God of after No matter how many times

0:52:39.719 --> 0:52:43.920
<v Speaker 2>Peter denied Christ, it could not outrun the revelation that

0:52:44.000 --> 0:52:48.719
<v Speaker 2>He had. You are Peter, and upon this rock I

0:52:48.800 --> 0:52:54.120
<v Speaker 2>will build my church. Has the enemy been attacking your

0:52:54.160 --> 0:52:59.239
<v Speaker 2>mind lately? He is after the ideas that God is

0:52:59.320 --> 0:53:01.600
<v Speaker 2>going to give you in the future to make this

0:53:01.719 --> 0:53:03.760
<v Speaker 2>world so much more like heaven honor.

0:53:04.719 --> 0:53:09.240
<v Speaker 1>That's what he's after. Now.

0:53:09.280 --> 0:53:15.800
<v Speaker 2>Faith is standing right in the middle of it, even

0:53:15.800 --> 0:53:18.160
<v Speaker 2>as you don't know how long a little while may be,

0:53:19.280 --> 0:53:24.040
<v Speaker 2>and knowing that after this there will be more grace.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not over for you. God is not through with you. Father.

0:53:34.120 --> 0:53:37.359
<v Speaker 2>As I have released your word today, I have since

0:53:37.560 --> 0:53:42.640
<v Speaker 2>virtue going forth and flowing to your people. There are

0:53:42.680 --> 0:53:48.360
<v Speaker 2>specific situations, specific names and needs diagnosies. There is a

0:53:48.560 --> 0:53:51.320
<v Speaker 2>very certain thing that you wanted to say to somebody today,

0:53:52.360 --> 0:53:55.239
<v Speaker 2>and I pray that you have echoed that Now. I

0:53:55.280 --> 0:53:58.480
<v Speaker 2>ask God that your Holy Spirit would make the direct

0:53:58.560 --> 0:54:04.399
<v Speaker 2>application so that it can go deep into their soul. Lord,

0:54:04.440 --> 0:54:06.880
<v Speaker 2>they may never know what comes after this season of

0:54:06.880 --> 0:54:10.640
<v Speaker 2>struggle if they don't stand firm, But if they can

0:54:10.640 --> 0:54:16.160
<v Speaker 2>make it through this, then God of all grace, who

0:54:16.160 --> 0:54:19.800
<v Speaker 2>has called them to eternal glory after they have suffered

0:54:20.800 --> 0:54:24.040
<v Speaker 2>a little while, will himself make them strong.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you enjoyed the podcast, and if you did,

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<v Speaker 2>get you all of these new messages as soon as

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<v Speaker 2>they're available. I also want to take a moment and

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<v Speaker 2>thank all of you who are a part of Elevation.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether you support us financially, or serve with us, or

0:54:42.800 --> 0:54:45.520
<v Speaker 2>just share these messages, it's because of you that we're

0:54:45.520 --> 0:54:47.960
<v Speaker 2>able to reach people all around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you want more information, on how to be

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<v Speaker 1>a part of Elevation. Click the link in the description.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks again for listening.

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<v Speaker 2>Make sure to leave a review, share the message and subscribe.

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<v Speaker 1>God bless you.