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Lures: The Lure of Power

October 25, 2016

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Bil Cornelius

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Lures: The Lure of Power

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- Bil Cornelius: Could it be
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that we're wanting something
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without having to pay the price
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for it?
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"Just give me a wand and I can
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just wave it and get what
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I want.
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That's what I want to do.
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Let me just shake me nose and,
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wow, dinner's served.
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That was great.
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I didn't even have to put an
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apron on and get messy.
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There it is, dinner's served."
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See, the lure of power is that
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we want to skip the process.
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The truth is is that everything
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- Bil: You are the church and
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- Bil: Welcome.
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How you guys doing?
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Great to have you here today.
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Thanks for joining us.
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If you got your outlines,
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pull those out if you would.
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As you do that, let's hear our
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mission statement together
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across all of our campuses.
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We are here to do, what?
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To take as many people to heaven
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as we can before we die, period.
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That's what we're all about here
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at Church Unlimited.
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Again, thanks for being a part
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of our services today.
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We're glad that you guys have
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joined us today.
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We're gonna look at Jesus in
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Matthew chapter 4.
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If you got your Bibles,
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Matthew chapter 4.
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It says, "Then Jesus was led by
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the Spirit into the wilderness
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to be tempted."
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I find it interesting that it
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says here Jesus was led by
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the Spirit.
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So, the Spirit of God leads him
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into the desert where the Spirit
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of God knows the devil's gonna
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be there to tempt him.
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Now, wait a minute, I mean we
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know the Bible's very clear that
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that God does not tempt us,
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so why would the Spirit of God
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allow Jesus to go into a
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situation where we know he's
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gonna be weak because he's not
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eating and he's gonna be
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tempted?
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Bad combination,
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weak and tempted,
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bad, bad, bad combination.
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So, why would the Lord allow
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this to happen unless this was
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part of God's purpose?
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Can I tell you something that
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may surprise you?
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That thing you struggle with,
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are you trying to pray away
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the one thing that makes you go
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to God more than anything?
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Are you asking God to remove the
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one thing that makes you seek
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him more than anything?
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See, even if our lures,
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in our temptations,
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God has his purpose accomplished
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because whatever your weakness
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is, whatever your kryptonite is,
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and we all have something
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different, whatever it is,
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I bet it does drive you to your
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knees.
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I bet it does make you say,
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"Lord, I need your help.
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God, I need you in my life.
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I do not know how to deal with
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And so, it makes us go to God.
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So, it says here, "Then Jesus
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was led by the Spirit into
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the wilderness to be tempted
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by the devil."
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Now, it says here the devil, it
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says, "After fasting 40 days and
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40 nights, he was hungry."
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No surprise there, right,
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Jesus is hungry 'cause he hasn't
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eaten.
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It says, "The tempter came to
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him and said, 'If you are
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the Son of God, tell these
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Now, that sounds pretty good
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actually.
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I'm sure Jesus was like,
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"Mmm, that's not a bad idea.
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I mean, I'm pretty hungry.
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I hadn't eaten in 40 days."
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But did you notice how the devil
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said it?
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He said, "If you really are
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the Son of God."
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Do you notice he's trying to get
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Jesus to question who he is?
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So, I think it's interesting
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that the devil's strategy is
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really typically not to get you
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to question who God is.
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He's okay with you believing in
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God.
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He wants to make sure you don't
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believe in yourself 'cause
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here's what that looks like,
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"Oh, God can do big things.
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I know he can."
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Okay, the Lord wants to do big
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things through you.
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"Oh, oh, not me.
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No, no, no, I'm not good
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enough."
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So, see, we know that God's
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a good God, and he's a big God,
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and that he can move mountains
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but somehow we think that we
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can't access that 'cause we're
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not very good.
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And so, the devil wants to get
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you to doubt yourself.
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So Jesus, the devil even says to
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him, "You know, if you're
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the Son of God."
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Well, first of all, the devil
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knew he was the Son of God.
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I mean, he knew that.
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And so, for him to say this,
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he was trying to get Jesus off
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his game, and the devil's trying
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to get you off your game too by
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getting you to doubt yourself.
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So, just keep that in mind.
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And so, there's no reason to
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doubt yourself.
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You gotta remember who God made
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you to be.
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But it says here,
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"Jesus answered him."
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So, he says, "Hey, you know,
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I know you're hungry and if you
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really are the Son of God,
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why don't you go ahead and
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turn those stones into bread?
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Jesus answered, "It is written:
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'Man shall not live on bread
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alone, but on every word that
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comes from the mouth of God.'"
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So, Jesus is saying, "You know,
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that sounds really nice.
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It does sound really good to eat
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right now, but I'll eat later.
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But you know what?
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I'm not here to depend upon
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food.
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I'm here in the desert hungry to
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depend upon my Father."
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And so, one of the ways that we
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all fall into the lure of power,
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number one, it's that play when
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you act independently of
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the Father.
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You see, what we oftentimes fall
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for is we're not trying to power
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trip thinking that we're all
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that but what we do is we try to
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live the Christian life apart
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from spending time with God.
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So, what we're really saying is,
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"I got enough power of my own.
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I got this, so I'll serve Jesus
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without hanging out with him.
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I'll try to overcome my
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struggles without calling on his
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power."
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And so, the temptation,
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the lure of power is for us to
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somehow think that we can
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replace Jesus as the Lord of our
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lives.
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You're supposed to need God.
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You're supposed to not be able
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to do it on your own because
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then you're supposed to call on
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him.
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It's an act of worship to
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depend upon God to say,
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"God, I need you.
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I need you desperately.
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I can't pull this off on my own.
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I've tried.
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I have tried to succeed in this.
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I can't do it."
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And God says, "That's right.
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I knew that and that's why you
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need me."
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Don't fall for the lure that's
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at play for power to act
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independently of the Father.
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So, what's the answer for this?
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The answer is pray to pray and
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surrender and say, "God,
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I need to connect with you.
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I need you in my life.
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I gotta call out to you."
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So, the answer here it says,
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"We fall for the lure of power
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thinking that somehow we're in
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charge of our own lives.
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Say, "Lord, I'm gonna pray.
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I'm gonna surrender this to you.
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I'm gonna trust in you."
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One of the ways you know you're
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falling for the lure of power in
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your life to act independently
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of the Father if you're worried
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all the time.
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Are you worried about things?
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Are you paranoid?
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Are you nervous?
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"Oh, what's gonna happen here?
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Oh, what's gonna happen there?
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Oh, I don't know the future.
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I don't know what's gonna
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happen."
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People say, "Oh, I'm so worried
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about the future 'cause I don't
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know the future."
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Let's just back up for a second.
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Do you ever think you were gonna
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know the future?
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Like, who told you you were
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gonna know the future.
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Like, you're not God.
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Of course, you don't know
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the future.
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But see, what happens is if
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you're not worshiping,
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then you're worrying.
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The way you overcome worry is to
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worship because what you're
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saying is you're saying,
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"God, I resign as manager of
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the universe and I'm gonna allow
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you to be in charge."
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Which he smiles and says, "Yeah,
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I been in charge the whole time.
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Glad you finally figured that
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out."
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And if you resign as manager of
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the universe, you'll discover
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the next day, it still runs on
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its own because God's in charge.
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You're not in charge.
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And so, we stress out.
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We get worried.
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That's a sign we're not
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depending upon God.
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So, whatever you're lacking,
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Jesus in this case was lacking
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food, but he knew where he lacks
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is where he's supposed to
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connect with the father.
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So, where you're lacking,
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the answer isn't to get
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paranoid, or freaked out,
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or just start grasping for
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anything that will work.
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Instead say,
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"God, I'm gonna trust you.
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I'm lacking money.
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You're my resource.
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You know, Lord, I'm not happy.
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I gotta find my happiness in
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you.
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Lord, I don't have the person
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I want in my life or my
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relationships aren't going good.
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I'm gonna depend upon you to
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turn that around.
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Lord, my career's not where
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I want it.
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God, I'm gonna ask you to guide
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me.
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Lord, I'm not very good with
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money and I'm in a big mess
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right now.
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Lord, I need your counsel."
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If you'll begin to depend upon
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God, he'll come through for you
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because he put it in the
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foundations of the world when he
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began history, he already sent.
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'Cause it says he spoke
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the world in existence.
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He also spoke to all your needs
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and before--listen, Jesus died
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before you needed him to.
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Then what makes you think
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everything else you need hasn't
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already been sent your way?
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Listen, God is rarely early
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but never late.
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You can trust that what you
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need when you need it,
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you'll have it.
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And so, if you feel like you're
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lacking something,
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the only thing you're lacking is
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turning to him and saying,
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"God, I just need to trust you.
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I just need to trust in you and
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know that you are there for me."
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Look at the next temptation
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here.
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"Then the devil took him to
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the holy city, and had him stand
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on the highest point of
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the Temple.
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'If you are the Son of God--'"
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Notice again, he's trying to go
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after his character,
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his integrity, and he's starting
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to go after his identity.
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"If you're the Son of God,"
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right?
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Of course, we know he is.
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"'If you're the Son of God,'
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he said, 'throw yourself down.
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For it is written: "He will
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command his angels concerning
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you, and they will lift you up
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in their hands."'"
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This is one of the only places
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in the Bible, I think it's
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the only place in the Bible,
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that the devil quotes Scripture.
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So, apparently, we need to be
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careful.
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Just 'cause someone quotes
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a Scripture to us, doesn't mean
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it's really of God.
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Now, the Scriptures of God, but
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they can be taken out of context
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and clearly, the devil is not
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meaning well by quoting
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the Scripture so he's taking it
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out of context.
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He says, "'If you're really
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the Son of God, then throw
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yourself down.
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He will command his angels
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concerning you, and they will
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lift you up in their hands,
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so that you will not strike your
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foot against a stone.'
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Jesus answered him, 'It is also
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written: "Do not put the Lord
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your God to the test."'"
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So, the temptation here is
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something we also all fall into.
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The temptation is he says,
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"Hey, let's go to the top of
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the temple in this religious
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environment of Jerusalem think
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about how cool it will be if
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you're like the pinnacle of
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the temple."
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The temple is this really tall
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building, and you're up there
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and then you step off
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the building and it looks like
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you're gonna fall and die.
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And the angels you know will
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catch you.
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How cool will you look to
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everyone?
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People will be like,
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"Man, that's Jesus right there.
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Boom, check him out, man.
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That is awesome, you know?
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And so, think about how awesome
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you'll look, how spiritual
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you'll look.
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Oh, man, Jesus it will be
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great."
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And Jesus is like, "Yeah,
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that's not what I'm here for."
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Jesus is like, "I'm not here for
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popularity contest.
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I didn't come to this earth so
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everyone will like me."
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You know, I wonder if any of us
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have fallen for the lure of
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power of wanting to be liked,
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of wanting to be Mr. Big,
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Mrs. Awesome, of wanting
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everyone to think that we're
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super special, that we're super
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spiritual and better than
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others.
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I mean, I don't think any of you
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guys have fallen for that,
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right?
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I mean, I haven't checked your
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social media account lately.
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And those of you who are
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religious in the room right now
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and are hearing this right now
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thinking, "Oh yeah, I'm not into
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all that."
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But are you trying to look
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spiritual?
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Do you want people to know that
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you know the Bible better than
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they do?
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Do you want people to know just
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how spiritual you are?
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You know, frankly, I can just
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use all the illustrations I can
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possibly come up with for,
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you know, stories and points
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I'm making.
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I just like to leave out the
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ones that involve my own
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failures 'cause, you know, then
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you'd like think I'm like human.
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All of us want to impress other
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people.
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We do, we fall for the lure.
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The lure of power's at play when
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you try to look important, or
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more spiritual, or better than
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others.
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We all fall for this.
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You know, this is a real lure of
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power with gossip.
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You know, gossip's really about
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power.
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Let me tell you what gossip
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really is.
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Gossip is when you hear
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something you like about someone
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you don't.
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That's what gossip is.
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You know, oh but in a church
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world we don't call it gossip,
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we call it a prayer request.
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"Oh, we need to prayer for so
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and so, did you hear?
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Did you hear?
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Oh, well, let me fill you in.
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We need to pray for them,"
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right?
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And so, the reality is that we
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kind of like it.
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We kind of like it when someone
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goes down, especially if they
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had it all together.
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"Oh, you heard about so and so,
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right?
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Do you know what their kid did,
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right?"
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I mean, let's be honest, it
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feels good when Mrs. Perfect mom
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has a kid act up.
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You're like, "Oh, that's just
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great."
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You know, we kind of like it.
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I mean, let's just be honest,
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right?
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It's really true that we don't
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talk about someone who's
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succeeding in the office.
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Oh no, we, "You know, so and so,
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they got in trouble with
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the boss."
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But we never say,
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"Hey, you know, so and so
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won the award this year.
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I don't want to talk about
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that," 'cause that doesn't make
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you look good, right?
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We all desire that we fall for
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this lure to want to be
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important but the Bible's very
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clear that we should be lifting
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up Jesus, not ourselves.
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So, the answer's real simple.
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The answer's actually one of our
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core values.
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You want to write this down.
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The answer is honor, to honor
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others, this means we put others
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first 'cause it's not all about
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you.
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What if you just begin to honor
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people around you and you say,
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"Man, you look great today.
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You know what?
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You're just really a great
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person.
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You know what?
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You're just the best employee.
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I just hey, you know what?
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I'm just so thankful for you."
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And just honor other people.
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Just try it.
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It will blow your mind.
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Just begin to pour into other
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people because this breaks
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the lure of power in your life
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to want to look like you're all
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that, to want to look important,
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to want to always look
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attractive and perfect and like
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everything's going just right in
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your life all the time.
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This breaks that lure in our
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lives.
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It's really a big deal.
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Now, the last one is where
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I really want to kind of park
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for a second, okay, because this
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is the ultimate lure of power.
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And we don't think about it as
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power, but it is.
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Look at the last temptation that
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the devil throws at Jesus.
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Mind you, he's hungry.
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He's tired, 'cause he's had no
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food, right?
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And so, he's tempting him when
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he's at his worst physically,
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right?
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And so, the devil says this,
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"Again, the devil took him to
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a very high mountain and
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showed him all the kingdoms of
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the world and their splendor.
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'All this I will give you,'
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he said, 'if you will bow down
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and worship me.'
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Jesus said to him,
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'Away from me, Satan!
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For it is written: "Worship
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the Lord your God, and serve him
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only."'
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Then the devil left him,
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and angels came and attended
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him."
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Here we've got the ultimate
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temptation of power.
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So, let me explain this.
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So, first of all, the devil
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says, "Hey, check it out,
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Jesus. I'll give you all these."
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He probably took him over to
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Rome.
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Rome was the most influential
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city in the world at that time.
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He's like, "I'll give you Rome,
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man.
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You'll be the man.
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You'll be like the head
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philosopher, man.
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I mean, forget all these
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philosophers.
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You'll if the philosopher.
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You'll be the guy, right?
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You can run the whole world."
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Now, you may be thinking,
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how can the devil offer him
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the world?
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I mean, is it the devil's?
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Let me show you a Scripture.
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It says in John 12:31,
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"The time for judging this world
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has come, when Satan,
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the ruler of this world,
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will be cast out."
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You see, you need to understand
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something about the devil,
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he runs the world.
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If you don't know that, you're
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gonna be really frustrated
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and offended all the time.
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Every time someone else's album
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comes out, "Why did they have to
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write a song about that?
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That's so offensive.
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I can't believe they'd even put
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that in a song.
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Oh my gosh, you seen that new TV
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show, oh, It's horrible.
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Oh, my goodness.
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You know what they're putting in
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textbooks now at school?
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I can't believe that these
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people are doing this, and the
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government's trying to pass this
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law, and they're so
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anti-Christian.
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Oh, they're just horrible."
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What'd you expect?
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The world's not run by Christ.
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The world's run by the devil.
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"Oh, I just feel like it's
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getting worse."
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Right, it is according to
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the Bible every year getting
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worse and worse until Jesus
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comes back.
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That's what the Bible actually
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says.
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So, instead of freaking out all
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the time, that's to be expected.
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The problem is is when
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Christians act like
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non-Christians, that's the real
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challenge, right?
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It's like, "I'm having a hard
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time just trying to be godly
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myself, let alone, trying to ask
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someone who doesn't even know
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Jesus to act like Jesus.
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That's crazy."
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And so, it says here that he's
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over the world.
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So, he says, "Hey, Jesus,
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since you know I got all of it,
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I'll give it to you.
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All you gotta do is bow
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the knee."
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And Jesus won't do it.
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What was the devil really doing?
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He was saying, "You don't need
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to go die on a cross.
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You know, if you want to
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dominate the world,
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if you want to be in charge,
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I'll just give it to you.
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You don't have to go die on
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the cross for that.
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I mean, talk about a pain,
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literally.
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You sure you want to do that?
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Don't do that.
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Just skip all that.
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I'll just give you the world."
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Let me show you another
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Scripture.
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It says in Matthew 16:21,
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"From that time on Jesus began
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to explain to his disciples that
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he must go to Jerusalem and
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suffer many things at the hands
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of the elders, the chief priests
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and the teachers of the law,
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and that he must be killed and
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on the third day be raised to
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life."
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Now, Jesus was a very popular
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teacher until he began to talk
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about this.
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I mean, they're like,
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"I love Jesus.
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Man, he's the man.
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Come on, everybody chant with
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me.
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Jesus, Jesus, Jesus."
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Right, they were like,
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"He's the man.
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He's awesome.
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Did you see him heal that guy
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that was blind and now he can
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see?
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Did you see, you know, that
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person that couldn't walk and
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now they're walking around?
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And he walked on water.
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And my favorite miracle, he
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turned all that water into wine.
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I mean, that's cool.
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You know, he took some kid's
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lunch and he fed all of us from
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it.
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I mean, that's awesome."
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And they're like,
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"Yeah man, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
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Oh, what's he gonna teach on
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today?"
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And all of a sudden, he gets up
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and says, "If you're gonna be my
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follower, you gotta take up your
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own cross and you gotta suffer
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with me to follow me,
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and I got to go die."
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"Jesus, Jesus, what?
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Can I get a refund?
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I didn't know that was what
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the seminar was about, what?
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This is not what I was hoping.
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You gotta die?"
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In fact, remember what we talked
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about this that when Peter said
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to Jesus, "Oh, you don't have to
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die.
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Lord, we'll die for you."
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And what did he say to him?
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He said, "Get behind me, Satan."
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Like whoa.
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I thought Peter was his friend.
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He just called him Satan.
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And then Judas comes along,
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kisses Jesus on the cheek.
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As he's betraying him he says,
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"Go down what you're gonna do,
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friend."
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So, you call Judas your friend
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and Peter who actually is your
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friend, you call him Satan.
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This doesn't make sense.
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But it makes perfect sense in
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the light of his purpose.
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He was saying, "Peter, I know
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you mean well but my purpose is
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to die.
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I came to die.
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So, Judas, while he's betraying
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me, actually is helping me enter
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into ultimately my glory."
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Does that make sense?
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So, it seems opposite.
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Check out the next Scripture.
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Look at this.
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It says in
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Philippians 2, verse 8,
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"He humbled himself in obedience
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to God and died a criminals
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death on a cross.
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Therefore, God elevated him to
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the place of highest honor and
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gave him the name above all
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other names, that at the name of
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Jesus every knee should bow, in
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heaven and on earth and under
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the earth," heaven, hell, and
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earth, "every tongue will
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declare that Jesus Christ is
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Lord, to the glory of God
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the Father."
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So, Jesus was like, "Hey devil,
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I'm not gonna fall for this
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little you'll give me whole
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world because after I do what
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I'm gonna do, I'm gonna have
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the world, heaven, and hell,
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all under me.
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So, I don't need the cheap
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imitation you're trying to sell
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me when I'm about to have the
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real thing because I'm gonna go
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to that cross.
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I'm not skipping the cross."
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And here is the greatest lure of
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power that we all fall for.
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Are you ready?
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Turn to the person next to you
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and say, "This is gonna be
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profound."
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Let them know right now 'cause
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it's not from me.
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Here it is, the biggest
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temptation, the biggest lure of
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power we fall for is that we all
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want to skip the process.
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"Oh, Jesus, you don't have to go
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to the cross."
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There is no Messiah,
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there is no resurrection without
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a death on the cross.
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And what we're tempted--this is
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why we like power.
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We don't say we like power.
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We wouldn't say that,
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"I want power, ha, ha, ha."
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We're not like that but the way
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we want power is we think, "Oh
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man, you know, I see this friend
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of mine and they're really in
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good shape.
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And I've been reading all these
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books and it say I'm supposed to
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work out every day, and eat
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right, and eat real clean,
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and eat no carb.
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And that's what I gotta do.
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But you know I went over to GNC
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and they got this little pill.
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And we just take the pill,
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I look like the girl or guy on
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the bottle."
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Are you falling for that lure
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that says you can skip
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the process of exercise and
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eating right?
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Because actually those things
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have a perverse effect.
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When you try to cheat the
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process, you become unhealthy
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because now not only are you not
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losing the weight and getting in
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good shape, now you got a heart
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palpitation problem.
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How's that healthy?
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It's a perverse effect.
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It's just funny kind of how that
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works.
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So, we keep trying to skip
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the process.
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And maybe that's not your
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struggle.
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Maybe you say, "Well, I mean,
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pastor, I'm not struggling with
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that but, you know, I just want
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to know God and walk with him."
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You know, you're saying that but
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when's the last time you really
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prayed to the Lord without being
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in church and not before your
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meal?
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But you just said, "God I want
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to just spend time with you,
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I want to walk with you"?
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See, everybody wants to know
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Jesus but nobody wants to share
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in his sufferings.
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But if you're really gonna have
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his character, that's the price.
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Someone says to me, "Oh,
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I want to be a Godly person.
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I really want to love the Lord.
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And I want to be just a great
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people person and really just
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impact people's lives."
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And God says, "Oh, you want to
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be a people person?
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Awesome.
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I'm gonna put jerk one and
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jerk two on either side of you
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in your cubicle for the next
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3 years."
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"No Lord, I don't want that.
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Can you not do that?"
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"But you said you want to be a
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people person and nothing makes
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you a people person like
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difficult people."
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In other words, the way you
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learn to get along with anyone
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is having to get along with
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the worst of everyone.
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Could it be that we're wanting
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something without having to
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pay the price for it?
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This is the power of temptation.
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This is why we all like
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Disney movies.
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This is why we always like, you
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know, the Harry Potter stuff.
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"Just give me a wand and
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I can just wave it and get what
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I want.
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That's what I want to do.
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Let me just shake my nose and,
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wow, dinner's served.
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That was great.
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I didn't even have to put an
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apron on and get messy.
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There it is, dinner's served.
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I can wave a wand and
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get what I want."
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See, the lure of power is that
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we want to skip the process.
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"I can do my boss' job.
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Why does he have the job?
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Why does she have the job?
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Why don't I?"
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You ever notice that your boss
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has a lot more wrinkles than
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you?
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Could it be that they've been
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there for 25 years and
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you've been there for 3?
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And so, they paid a price.
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They haven't skipped the process
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to get to that next level of
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the company and now you're
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complaining 'cause you haven't
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been there long enough.
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You haven't paid your dues.
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God does want to bless you and
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he put a principle into the
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universe to bless you called
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what a man sows, he shall also?
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Right.
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I remember when we brought home
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Sophie from Russia.
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She was this cute, little,
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pudgy thing, man.
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She just was chunky chunk.
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She's not anymore.
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She's beautiful now right here
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in the front row.
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But I will tell you she was just
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a little, chunky, little baby,
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and she wanted no part of me.
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And this is true, Jess.
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I mean, she wanted no part of me
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at all 'cause she had never seen
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boys ever, which I kind of wish
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I could go back to those days
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now but that's a whole other
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story.
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But the thing is is that I mean
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she--in the orphanage,
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there was just all there was was
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ladies that took care of her.
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So, she never had any kind of
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men around her at all.
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So she, I was like a UFO, man.
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She was like, "I don't know what
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you are but you smell.
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And you're bigger and just,
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yeah, I'm just not gonna hang
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out with you at all."
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So, she just did not connect
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with me and it was almost
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offensive 'cause I was like,
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went all the way across the
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world to get this kid, you know?
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I'm trying to pour into her and
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she wants nothing to do with me.
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And so, then I finally realized,
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okay, get over yourself, man.
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She's 8 months, okay?
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She doesn't know.
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And so, I remember Jessica say,
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"You know what?
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I'm tired.
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You know, I was up last night.
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Honey, would you take tonight?
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'Cause you know she's gonna wake
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up."
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I was like, "All right,
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sure I'll do that."
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And we kind of switched off and
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Jessica would do one night,
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I'd do another.
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And so, I would lay there and
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I gotta be honest with you,
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it wasn't pretty.
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It wasn't like super spiritual
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going on at all.
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So, this is what I looked like
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most of the time.
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I was just laying like this and
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I would be like, "Sophie.
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Sophie, no, come back.
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Come over here.
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Don't get hurt.
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Sophie?"
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And that's what it looked like.
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You know what I mean?
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I mean, I was just so tired.
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I was like, oh, my gosh.
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She's exhausting.
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And she would just play with her
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little toys and stuff like,
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and she'd look over at me
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and then go play.
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And she wouldn't come anywhere
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near me.
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And I'd try to pull her over,
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and she no, no.
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And I was just like man,
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I'm so tired.
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I'm just exhausted.
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Why am I even do thing this?
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She doesn't want to see me.
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I'm so tired.
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Until one night and I was
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I was like, I just knew Jess was
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gonna walk in.
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"Hey baby, no, I'm up.
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I'm good.
00:22:54.050 --> 00:22:54.210
I'm up."
00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:58.000
And I'm laying there, and I wake
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up and Sophie's right here.
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I was like, hey.
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And that was the night that
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[congregation applauding]
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And here's the truth, I would
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never give up that process of
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late nights, being tired for
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anything.
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Mom, I know you're tired but
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there is a bond that happens on
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those late nights.
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You know, it's going on.
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Where do you think a mother's
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love comes from?
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And it's a process, and it's
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painful, and it's exhausting,
00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:44.050
but it is worth it.
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Is it not?
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You wouldn't trade it for
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the world.
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The truth is is that everything
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that's worth anything has
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a process.
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What area of your life are you
00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:57.290
not where you want to be?
00:23:57.290 --> 00:24:00.050
Are you skipping the process?
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Whatever it is that you want,
00:24:02.130 --> 00:24:04.020
understand this, you're going
00:24:04.020 --> 00:24:06.050
for the goal, but God's going
00:24:06.050 --> 00:24:08.170
for developing you.
00:24:08.170 --> 00:24:11.150
He's not as interested in what
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you get as who you become in
00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:15.130
the process.
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If God instantly allowed you to
00:24:16.150 --> 00:24:18.050
wave a little wand, use power,
00:24:18.050 --> 00:24:20.180
and just get what you want,
00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.270
the problem is you wouldn't have
00:24:21.270 --> 00:24:22.240
the character, or the capacity,
00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:24.280
or the integrity to keep what it
00:24:24.280 --> 00:24:26.140
is you want.
00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:28.220
"Oh, so you're saying I should
00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:31.090
learn to manage this small
00:24:31.090 --> 00:24:33.070
amount of money," whatever small
00:24:33.070 --> 00:24:35.020
is for you, "so I can get a
00:24:35.020 --> 00:24:37.150
little more.
00:24:37.150 --> 00:24:39.130
And if I'm faithful with this,
00:24:39.130 --> 00:24:41.250
then I get a little more.
00:24:41.250 --> 00:24:43.050
If I'm faithful with this--"
00:24:43.050 --> 00:24:44.100
Exactly.
00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:45.230
You can't skip the process.
00:24:45.230 --> 00:24:47.180
"Well, sounds nice you say that
00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.260
in a big ole church, pastor.
00:24:48.260 --> 00:24:50.080
All these lights, and buildings,
00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:51.240
and 12 campuses all over.
00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.130
I mean, look at you, I mean you
00:24:53.130 --> 00:24:55.140
can just get up there and say
00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:56.030
that."
00:24:56.030 --> 00:24:56.190
Well, you know, it's true.
00:24:56.190 --> 00:24:58.190
It was easy to do all this.
00:24:58.190 --> 00:25:00.090
It was just a quick
00:25:00.090 --> 00:25:01.020
18-1/2 years, that's it.
00:25:01.290 --> 00:25:04.290
Just a real fast.
00:25:04.290 --> 00:25:05.200
Right, honey?
00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.050
Just quick 18-1/2 years, right?
00:25:06.050 --> 00:25:08.270
People coming and people going.
00:25:08.270 --> 00:25:11.030
Starting teams, trying to get
00:25:11.030 --> 00:25:11.280
people in small groups, praying,
00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:13.140
reaching out to more people.
00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:15.140
You know, staying faithful when
00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:16.240
we're getting criticized.
00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.270
Just staying faithful, preaching
00:25:17.270 --> 00:25:19.030
in season, out of season.
00:25:19.030 --> 00:25:20.000
Just a real quick 18-1/2 years
00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.160
Whatever it is that you want,
00:25:25.290 --> 00:25:28.040
it's not fast.
00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:29.200
If it's fast, it's not real.
00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:35.100
If it's strong, you didn't skip
00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:38.090
- Bil: Hey, thanks so much for
00:25:46.210 --> 00:25:47.140
watching the program today.
00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:49.020
I've got a question for you.
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Have you asked Jesus Christ to
00:25:50.150 --> 00:25:51.200
be your Lord and Savior?
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Have you prayed a simple prayer
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that guarantees that you will go
00:25:55.030 --> 00:25:57.000
to heaven because you know
00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.230
Jesus?
00:25:58.230 --> 00:25:59.220
Would you pray this prayer with
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me right now?
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You can just say this out loud.
00:26:01.110 --> 00:26:02.160
You can say, "Dear Jesus,
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I realize I need you.
00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:05.280
I believe you died on the cross
00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:07.000
for me to pay the price for
00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.140
my sins and I believe you
00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:10.070
rose again.
00:26:10.070 --> 00:26:11.080
Please come into my heart, be my
00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:12.230
Lord and be my Savior.
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Thank you, Jesus, for saving me.
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