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The Abba Who Nutures Like A Mother Part 2

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

March 4, 2018

27:30

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

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The Abba Who Nutures Like A Mother Part 2

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- DID YOU KNOW THAT SCIENTISTS ARE NOW TELLING US
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THAT THERE IS LIGHT IN EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THE UNIVERSE.
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NOW LIGHT IS MADE UP OF ENERGY QUANTA, CALLED PHOTONS.
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AND THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILLION PHOTONS
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PER SQUARE METER.
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96% OF THE UNIVERSE IS UNKNOWABLE,
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MADE UP OF DARK ENERGY, BLACK MATTER AND BLACK HOLES.
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AND YET, EVEN IN THE PLACES THAT APPEAR TO BE THE DARKEST,
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SCIENTISTS TELL US LIGHT IS THERE.
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PHOTONS ARE ALL BUT OMNIPRESENT.
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NO WONDER THE APOSTLE JOHN SAID "GOD IS LIGHT.
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"AND IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL."
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THE APOSTLE JAMES SAYS THAT
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"OUR GOD IS THE FATHER OF LIGHTS,
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"IN WHOM IS NO SHADOW OF TURNING."
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LIKE LIGHT, GOD IS EVERYWHERE.
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DAVID SAID "WHERE CAN I FLEE FROM YOUR PRESENCE, OH LORD?
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"IF I ASCEND UP TO THE HEAVENS OR DWELL IN SHIELD.
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"IF I TAKE THE WINGS OF THE MORNING
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"OR GO TO THE UTTERMOST DEEPS OF THE SEA,
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"BEHOLD THOU ART THERE."
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SO TO ASK THE QUESTION WHERE IS GOD
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IS LIKE ASKING WHAT SHAPE IS YELLOW.
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GOD IS EVERYWHERE, EVEN IN THE PLACES THAT APPEAR TO BE
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THE DARKEST IN YOUR LIFE.
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WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE DARK DAY OF DESPAIR,
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AND THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL,
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WHEN YOU'RE SWIMMING THROUGH THE STICKS
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AND TREKKING THROUGH TOPHET
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AND VENTURING TO THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
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GOD IS THERE.
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GOD DOES NOT ISOLATE FROM YOUR DARKNESS,
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HE INFILTRATES YOUR DARKNESS.
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[MUSIC]
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THE SPEED OF LIGHT
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IS THE ONE STABLE ELEMENT IN ALL OF EXISTENCE.
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SO TOO, DAVID SAID, IN PSALM 27,
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"YOU ARE MY LIGHT, WHOM SHALL I FEAR."
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GOD IS THE ONE STABLE ELEMENT IN YOUR CHAOTIC WORLD.
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER.
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THE ONLY THING NEW ABOUT GOD ARE HIS MERCIES.
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HIS MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING, BUT GOD HIMSELF,
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LIKE THE SPEED OF LIGHT, IS STABLE.
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SO JUST AS GOD IS LIKE THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN PHOTONS,
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IN THAT HE'S EVERYWHERE AND ALWAYS STABLE,
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SO TOO WE ARE TO BE HIS LIGHTS TO THIS GENERATION.
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IN PHILIPPIANS 2:15, PAUL SAYS, "WE SHINE AS LIGHTS
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"IN A WICKED AND PERVERSE GENERATION."
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NOW THAT WORD THAT PAUL USED FOR LIGHTS
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IS THE WORD PHOSTERES IN GREEK.
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THAT'S THE SAME WORD THE AUTHOR OF GENESIS USES
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IN THE SEPTUAGINT WHEN HE WRITES
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THAT GOD PUT THE SUN, MOON AND STARS UP IN SPACE.
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PHOSTERES.
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SO JUST AS THE DARKER THE HEAVENS ARE IN THE SKY,
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THE MORE THE STARS,
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THE PHOSTERES CAN POP,
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SO TOO GOD FROM THE HEAVENS LOOKS DOWN AT EARTH
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AND SEES THE DARKER OUR WORLD IS,
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THE MORE WE, HIS PHOSTERES GET A POP
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AGAINST THE PERVERSITY.
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SO LET'S STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW DARK THE WORLD IS.
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AND LET'S START USING THE DARKNESS AS A BACKDROP
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AGAINST WHICH TO SHINE ALL THE BRIGHTER
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FOR THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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80% OF THE BIBLE IS EITHER POETRY OR A STORY.
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AND THIS POETIC STORY OF GOD'S LOVE
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FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION, IS A LOVE LETTER
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IN WHICH HE ADDRESSES THE HARDEST QUESTIONS
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THAT MAKE US QUESTION HIS LOVE.
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AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
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ZION ASKS, ZION STANDS FOR JERUSALEM,
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HAS THE LORD FORSAKEN ME, HAS THE LORD FORGOTTEN ME?
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I'M BEN COURSON, AND YOU'RE WATCHING HOPE GENERATION.
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AND YOU JUST TOOK IN A SCENE FROM OUR PREVIOUS EPISODE.
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TODAY'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED
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THE ABBA WHO NURTURES LIKE A MOTHER.
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MY HEART FOR US IS THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND
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THAT GOD IS NOT A MAN, HE IS NOT A WOMAN,
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RATHER HE IS EL SHADDAI.
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PSALM 90 CALLS HIM THE MOST HIGH, IT CALLS HIM EL SHADDAI.
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PSALM 90, 91 YOU CAN READ THIS.
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THE WORD EL IS A MASCULINE FORM.
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THE WORD SHADDAI IS A FEMININE FORM.
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SO GOD IS BOTH MASCULINE AND HE HAS A FEMININE SIDE.
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HE IS BOTH SO STRONG HE CAN LIFT ISLANDS AS THOUGH
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THEY WERE A LITTLE THING.
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HE'S NOT AN IRON CURLER, HE'S AN ISLAND CURLER.
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THAT'S WHAT ISAIAH SAID.
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BUT HE'S ALSO LIKE A MOTHER HEN, JESUS SAID.
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LIKE A MOTHER HEN GATHERING HIS CHICKS.
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SO HE HAS THE PERFECT FULLNESS
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OF BOTH SIDES OF THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE SPECTRUM.
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SO IT'S NOT JUST GOD OUR FATHER,
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BUT POETICALLY THE MOTHERHOOD OF GOD IS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL.
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AND A MOTHER REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT GOD LOOKS LIKE,
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BECAUSE LISTEN TO THIS, WHEN A MOTHER GIVES BIRTH,
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IT'S BEAUTIFUL BUT IT AIN'T PRETTY.
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[ALL LAUGHING]
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LIKE BRINGING HUMANS INTO THE WORLD
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IS NOT NICE, NEAT RIGHT ANGLES.
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT,
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BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM
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AND HONESTLY I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A HOSPITAL ROOM,
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EXCEPT FOR WHEN I, MYSELF WAS BORN,
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BUT LIKE IT'S REALLY BLOODY FROM WHAT I CAN TELL.
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AND WHAT A WOMAN DOES IS SHE EXPOSES HERSELF
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IN HALF NAKEDNESS AND THROUGH LABOR PAINS
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IS LITERALLY BREAKING HER BODY, OPENING HER BODY
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TO GIVE BIRTH TO HER CHILD.
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AND AS MY FRIENDS LIKE TO SAY
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WHENEVER WE NEED TO LEAVE SOMEWHERE,
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I THINK PETER, YOU MIGHT HAVE TOLD ME THIS,
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"LET'S MAKE LIKE A BABY AND HEAD OUT."
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BUT ANYWAYS, WAS THAT YOU OR NO?
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THE THING IS, SHE LITERALLY BREAKS OPEN HER BODY
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TO GIVE BIRTH TO HER CHILD.
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THIS IS MY BODY, BROKEN FOR YOU.
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ISN'T THAT WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS?
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THIS IS MY BODY, BROKEN FOR YOU AS HE LABORED
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IN PAIN ON THE CROSS TO GIVE SECOND BIRTH
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THAT WE MIGHT BE BORN AGAIN.
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[CONGREGATION APPLAUDS]
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THIS IS MY BODY, BROKEN FOR YOU.
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NOW LISTEN TO THE 2ND PART.
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THEN, SHE GIVES BIRTH TO THIS CHILD,
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BREAKING APART HER BODY TO GIVE BIRTH TO HER CHILD.
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LISTEN TO THE 2ND PART.
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THE NEXT THING THE BABY DOES, WHAT DOES IT DO
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RIGHT WHEN HE GETS OUT OF THE WOMB?
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CRIES, HE CRIES.
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AND WHAT DOES THE MOTHER DO?
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SHE DOESN'T SAY OH YOU'RE HUNGRY?
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LET ME GET YOU SOME TACO BELL.
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I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
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SHE DOESN'T SAY OH YOU'RE HUNGRY,
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LET ME GO TO THE STORE AND GET YOU SOME MILK.
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SHE SAYS YOU'RE HUNGRY, TAKE, EAT, THIS IS MY BODY.
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EAT FROM MY BODY, NOT I WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU A FOOD SOURCE.
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SHE SAYS I AM THE FOOD SOURCE.
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AS THE BABY FEEDS MILK FROM ITS MOTHER.
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JESUS DOESN'T SAY LET ME SHOW YOU THE WAY,
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HE SAYS "I AM THE WAY."
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HE DIDN'T SAY LET ME GIVE YOU BREAD FROM HEAVEN,
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HE SAYS "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.
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"TAKE, EAT, THIS IS MY BODY.
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"IF YOU'VE SEEN ME YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER,
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"BUT IF YOU'VE SEEN ME YOU'VE ALSO SEEN THE MOTHERHOOD
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"OF THE FULL NATURE OF THE GODHEAD."
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NOW LISTEN TO THIS, THEN, THE MOTHER TAKES THE BABY HOME
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AND WHAT DOES THE BABY DO THE FIRST NIGHT?
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KEEPS THE MOM UP.
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THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
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NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS. [LAUGHS]
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IF THAT'S NOT A VERSE ABOUT MOTHERS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
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DOESN'T SLEEP.
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WHY, BECAUSE SHE IS SO ATTUNED TO THE CRIES OF HER CHILD.
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SHE NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS.
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AT NIGHT SOMETIMES YOU'RE CRYING
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AND YOU MAKE YOUR BED FLOAT IN TEARS AS DAVID DID.
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BUT IF YOU CAN'T SLEEP, STOP COUNTING SHEEP,
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START TALKING TO THE SHEPHERD.
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BECAUSE HE NEITHER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS,
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HE'S UP ALL NIGHT ATTUNED TO THE CRIES OF THE CREATED.
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SO GOD SAYS "I'M LIKE A NURSING MOTHER.
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"I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET ABOUT YOU
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"AND I OFFER THE COMFORT OF MYSELF."
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AND I LOVE THIS, WHEN A BABY CRIES, THE MOM UNDERSTANDS IT.
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LIKE MY NEPHEW EVERETT, HE'S JUST THE CUTEST KID EVER.
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HE IS JUST A RASCAL.
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THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE HIM.
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HE IS A RASCAL.
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HE HAS BLONDE HAIR AND IT STICKS OUT IN THE BACK
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AND HE LOOK EXACTLY LIKE DENNIS THE MENACE.
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I HAVE MORE FUN WITH EVERETT THAN LIKE,
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I JUST HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITH HIM.
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BUT WHEN EVERETT TALKS,
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING.
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AND THEN MARY AND SHAE, THEY'LL LISTEN TO EVERETT
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AND THEY'RE LIKE OH YEAH, THIS IS WHAT HE SAID.
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I JUST HEAR THIS LIKE GARBLED WORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE GREEK.
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THEY'RE LIKE OH YEAH, HE WANTS HIS BUZZ LIGHTYEAR TOY.
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I'M LIKE HOW DID YOU GET THAT FROM THAT SENTENCE?
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HE JUST WANT I WANT BUZZ LIGHTYEAR?
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I THOUGHT HE SAID SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
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BUT THE MOTHER, EVEN JUST WHEN, BUZZ. BUZZ.
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WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
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OH HE WANTS BUZZ, HE WANTS TO WATCH TOY STORY AGAIN.
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NO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CRIES OF EVERETT OR REL,
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JUST AH! BUT THE PARENTS DO.
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THE PARENTS CAN TRANSLATE THE CRIES.
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LISTEN, ROMAN 8 SAYS, THE HOLY SPIRIT PRAYS THROUGH US
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WITH GROANINGS THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED.
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SO SOMETIMES WE GO THROUGH SUCH HORRID THINGS
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THAT WE CANNOT DEPICT OUR GRIEF
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THROUGH MERE VERBIAGE OR WORDS AND WE'RE JUST LIKE [CRIES].
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GOD ALL I CAN SAY IS [CRIES].
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GOD'S LIKE OH I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED.
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COME TO ME, LET ME FEED YOU.
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- WOMAN IN CONGREGATION: AW.
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[CONGREGATION LAUGHS]
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- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THAT RESPONSE JUST NOW,
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BUT I'M GONNA KEEP GOING.
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I LOVE IT, I LOVE THIS GROUP.
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[CRIES]
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I GOT IN A LONGBOARDING ACCIDENT THE OTHER DAY,
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AND SOME OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS,
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IT WAS LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO.
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I BOMBED A HILL IN THE DARK
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WITH NOTHING BUT AN iPHONE FLASHLIGHT.
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IT WAS AFTER I TAUGHT MONDAY NIGHT.
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ME AND THE MONDAY NIGHT GROUP,
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WE WENT UP TO THIS HILL, AND BOMBED A HILL.
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I HAD NOTHING BUT E.D.M. MUSIC PLAYING
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AND AN iPHONE FLASHLIGHT IN THE DARK AND I BOMBED A HILL.
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MY FRIEND SAID "DON'T DO IT."
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WHICH OF COURSE MADE ME WANT TO.
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I BOMBED THE HILL IN THE DARK
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AND I WAS HEADING STRAIGHT TOWARD A CAR.
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AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT CAR WAS MY OWN.
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IT WAS SO DARK I COULDN'T EVEN SEE.
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I JUST SAW THERE WAS AN OBJECT PARKED AT THE BOTTOM.
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SO I COULDN'T SEE WHERE I WAS GOING.
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I GOT THE SPEED WOBBLES AND AT THE LAST SECOND,
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I TRIED TO HARD TURN TO THE RIGHT.
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AND WHEN I WAS SPEED WOBBLING AND TURNING IN TO THE RIGHT,
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LITERALLY I REMEMBER THIS SO VIVIDLY,
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ONE WORD WENT THROUGH MY MIND. SHOOT.
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[CONGREGATION LAUGHS]
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IF YOU'VE LONGBOARDED YOU KNOW THAT MOMENT
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WHEN YOUR SPEED WOBBLES ARE SO OUT OF CONTROL
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THAT YOU'RE JUST LIKE DENZEL WASHINGTON, IT'S OVER.
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GAME OVER.
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AND I CRASHED AND TORE MY AC
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AND THAT'S WHY I WAS PREACHING IN A SLING FOR LIKE A WEEK.
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BUT ANYWAYS, AFTER THAT ALL I COULD DO WAS,
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MY FRIENDS WERE THERE AND ALL I COULD JUST DO IS.
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[GROANING]
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AND THEY'RE LIKE "WE KNOW WHAT YOU NEED,
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"WE'RE GOING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM."
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AND GOD IS A FRIEND THAT STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER
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AND LIKE A MOTHER HE KNOWS WHEN YOU JUST START [GROANING].
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GROANING, HE'S LIKE OH I KNOW
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EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW.
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AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T PRAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THE WORDS.
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I SAY MY PRAYER TIMES AREN'T AS RICH AS THEY USED TO BE,
00:12:22.170 --> 00:12:24.250
'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND THE WORDS.
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JESUS SAID "YOU'RE NOT HEARD FOR YOUR MUCH SPEAKING."
00:12:26.030 --> 00:12:27.280
THE BIBLE SAYS CRY OUT TO GOD.
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SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE THE WORDS, THAT'S OKAY,
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JUST GO GOD [YELLS].
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GOD'S LIKE PERFECT.
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I GOTCHA.
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WHEN REL STARTS CRYING, MARY'S LIKE I GOTCHA.
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I GOT YOU.
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AND ACTUALLY THERE ARE POLYNESIAN TRIBES
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THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD FOR GRIEF.
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AND SO WHEN THEIR LOVED ONES DIE
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IN SOME THESE POLYNESIAN TRIBES,
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THE CLOSEST WORD THEY HAVE TO GRIEF IS THE WORD FATIGUE.
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AND SO WHEN SOMEBODY DIES THEY SAY I FEEL FATIGUE.
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AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD TO ARTICULATE WHAT GRIEF IS.
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AND SOCIOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS TELL US
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THAT WHEN A NATIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE
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DO NOT HAVE A LABEL FOR A CERTAIN EMOTION,
00:13:07.110 --> 00:13:09.120
THEY CANNOT BE CONSCIOUS OF SAID EMOTION,
00:13:09.150 --> 00:13:12.020
BECAUSE CONSCIOUSNESS AND LABELS
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ARE INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED ON A CELLULAR, VISCERAL LEVEL.
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AND SO THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD FOR GRIEF.
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SO THEY JUST SAY I FEEL FATIGUE.
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AND BY THE WAY, ALEX, YOU SEND ME THIS TEXT THE OTHER DAY
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THAT I LOVE.
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ALEX SENT ME THIS TEXT, LISTEN TO THIS.
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"FATIGUE IS THE PRICE OF LEADERSHIP.
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"THE WORLD IS RUN BY TIRED MEN."
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[CONGREGATION LAUGHS]
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LIKE WHO TEXTS SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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THAT IS AWESOME!
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IT WAS SO GOOD.
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HE JUST TEXTS ME THIS.
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IF EVERYBODY SENT TEXTS LIKE THIS,
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I WOULD LIKE THE STATISTIC THAT WE LOOK AT OUR PHONE
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AND PULL IT OUT ONCE EVERY SIX MINUTES,
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AND LOOK AT OUR PHONE 150 TIMES A DAY
00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.120
AND RELEASE DOPAMINE LOOPS IN OUR BRAINS,
00:13:51.150 --> 00:13:53.180
WHICH IS WHY OUR CRANIAL PACKAGE
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IS SO ADDICTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:13:55.050 --> 00:13:57.050
BUT IF WE GOT TEXTS LIKE THAT EVERY DAY,
00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.180
I'D BE ALL FOR IT.
00:13:58.210 --> 00:13:59.210
"FATIGUE IS THE PRICE OF LEADERSHIP.
00:14:00.260 --> 00:14:02.030
"THE WORLD IS RUN BY TIRED MEN."
00:14:02.060 --> 00:14:03.140
THESE POLYNESIAN TRIBES,
00:14:03.170 --> 00:14:04.130
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD FOR GRIEF,
00:14:04.160 --> 00:14:05.250
THEY ONLY CAN USE THE WORD FATIGUE,
00:14:05.280 --> 00:14:07.170
WHICH IS THE CLOSEST THING
00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.240
THAT'S AKIN TO THAT ORIGINAL VERBIAGE.
00:14:08.270 --> 00:14:11.100
AND MY POINT IS, THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE
00:14:11.130 --> 00:14:13.050
IS THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE WORDS, WE DON'T HAVE LABELS,
00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:15.240
THAT'S OKAY.
00:14:15.270 --> 00:14:16.290
JUST GROAN, THE SPIRIT PRAYS THROUGH THOSE GROANS.
00:14:17.020 --> 00:14:19.170
IN FACT THE SPIRIT IS SO CLOSE TO GOD HE IS GOD.
00:14:20.210 --> 00:14:23.070
GOD UNDERSTANDS THIS LANGUAGE SO MUCH
00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:25.000
THAT HE'S LIKE I'M LISTENING TO MYSELF THROUGH YOU.
00:14:25.030 --> 00:14:27.200
DID YOU CATCH THAT?
00:14:29.060 --> 00:14:30.130
AND PSALM 56 SAYS ALL OUR TEARS ARE IN HIS BOTTLE.
00:14:32.090 --> 00:14:36.140
ALL OF OUR TEARS ARE IN HIS BOTTLE,
00:14:36.170 --> 00:14:38.200
THEY ARE ALL IN HIS BOOK.
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SOMETIMES THE MOST ELOQUENT PRAYERS YOU CAN EVER PRAY
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ARE TEARS, THAT'S IT.
00:14:43.030 --> 00:14:45.030
JUST HE COLLECTS 'EM IN HIS BOTTLE.
00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:46.070
HE'S LIKE OOOH I LOVE THOSE.
00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:47.230
THOSE PRAYERS ARE SO GOOD
00:14:47.260 --> 00:14:48.290
I GOTTA COLLECT THOSE PRAYERS IN MY BOTTLE.
00:14:49.020 --> 00:14:51.160
TEARS ARE SOME OF THE MOST PRECIOUS PRAYERS TO GOD.
00:14:51.190 --> 00:14:54.050
AND SO, DO NOT FEEL SAD FOR YOUR TEARS
00:14:55.290 --> 00:14:58.190
AS ROCKS NEVER REGRET THE WATERFALLS.
00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:01.160
[CONGREGATION RELUCTANTLY CLAPS]
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THIS JUST MAKES ME SO FROTHY RIGHT NOW.
00:15:11.170 --> 00:15:13.200
DO NOT FEEL SAD FOR YOUR TEARS
00:15:16.090 --> 00:15:17.210
AS ROCKS NEVER REGRET THE WATERFALLS.
00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:20.130
THE FATHER WILL NEVER CAUSE HIS CHILD
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THE NEEDLESS TEAR, EVER.
00:15:22.180 --> 00:15:24.260
THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU SOW IN TEARS, YOU WILL REAP IN JOY.
00:15:24.290 --> 00:15:27.190
THE BIBLE SAYS WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR THE NIGHT
00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:29.280
BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING.
00:15:30.010 --> 00:15:31.030
GOD WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING TO YOU.
00:15:31.060 --> 00:15:33.080
WHY IS GOD DOING THIS TO YOU?
00:15:33.110 --> 00:15:34.090
IT'S NOT GOD.
00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.240
WHAT GOD'S DOING IS HE'S DOING THINGS FOR YOU
00:15:35.270 --> 00:15:37.220
AND REDEEMING THE PAIN THAT THE ENEMY MEANT TO DESTROY YOU,
00:15:37.250 --> 00:15:40.030
HE'LL TURN IT FOR GOOD.
00:15:40.060 --> 00:15:41.170
BUT HE IS NOT THE CAUSE OF YOUR PAIN.
00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.160
HE IS NOT THE CAUSE OF YOUR HURT.
00:15:43.190 --> 00:15:45.070
HE IS NOT THE CAUSE OF YOUR SUFFERING.
00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:46.290
HE IS GOOD.
00:15:47.020 --> 00:15:48.030
AND WHAT HE DOES IS HE TURNS YOUR SORROW INTO JOY
00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:50.150
THAT THE ENEMY MEANT TO DESTROY YOU,
00:15:50.180 --> 00:15:52.040
GOD IS USING TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH.
00:15:52.070 --> 00:15:54.040
[CONGREGATION CHEERS AND APPLAUDS]
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THAT'S IMPORTANT.
00:15:55.150 --> 00:15:56.110
THE PROBLEM WITH JOB
00:15:59.050 --> 00:16:00.050
IS HE'S LIKE WHY IS GOD DOING THIS TO ME.
00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:01.220
AND GOD'S LIKE UH I DIDN'T.
00:16:01.250 --> 00:16:03.130
WHO DID IT TO JOB? THE ENEMY.
00:16:05.040 --> 00:16:07.170
SO LISTEN TO THIS. JOB -- I GOTTA GO HERE.
00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:11.110
JOB WAS CRYING, HE WAS GROANING,
00:16:11.140 --> 00:16:14.050
HE WAS SUFFERING AND HE WAS QUESTIONING
00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:16.100
WHETHER GOD IS REALLY GOOD.
00:16:16.130 --> 00:16:17.140
AND YOU REMEMBER JOB HAD ALL OF THE SABIEN RAIDERS
00:16:17.170 --> 00:16:20.190
STEAL HIS POSSESSIONS.
00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:22.050
HE WAS THE RICHEST AND GREATEST MAN IN THE EAST.
00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:24.170
WHAT LEBRON IS TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE,
00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:26.190
AND STEPH IS TO THE WEST, LEBRON WAS TO THE EASTERN WORLD.
00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:30.080
HE WAS THE GREATEST OF THE EAST.
00:16:30.110 --> 00:16:31.180
SO RICH, THAT HE WAS LITERALLY THE RICHEST MAN
00:16:31.210 --> 00:16:34.230
IN HIS PART OF THE WORLD.
00:16:34.260 --> 00:16:36.070
ALL OF HIS POSSESSIONS GOT STOLEN.
00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.270
AND HE WENT IN ONE DAY FROM THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD
00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:40.170
TO OVERNIGHT, THE POOREST MAN IN THE WORLD.
00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.270
EVERYTHING TAKEN FROM HIM.
00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:45.010
THEN, JOB GOT SO SICK HE HAD BOILS ON HIS SKIN,
00:16:45.040 --> 00:16:49.150
WHICH HE HAD TO SCRAPE OFF WITH A PIECE OF POTTERY.
00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:52.280
I CRY WHEN I GET A HEADACHE AND I DON'T HAVE TYLENOL.
00:16:54.140 --> 00:16:57.120
JOB IS SCRAPING BOILS OFF HIS SKIN
00:16:57.150 --> 00:17:00.030
WITH A PIECE OF POTTERY?
00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:02.150
THEN, ALL OF JOB'S KIDS DIE.
00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:05.080
IN A WHIRLWIND.
00:17:06.090 --> 00:17:07.090
NOW ISN'T IT INTERESTING
00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.170
THAT WHEN GOD SHOWED UP TO JOB AT THE END OF THE STORY,
00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.250
WHAT DID HE SHOW UP IN?
00:17:12.280 --> 00:17:14.020
A WHIRLWIND. WHY?
00:17:14.050 --> 00:17:16.100
BECAUSE IN THE PLACE THAT THE ENEMY SENT A WHIRLWIND
00:17:16.130 --> 00:17:18.140
TO KILL YOUR KIDS, THAT IS THE SAME PLACE
00:17:18.170 --> 00:17:20.120
GOD WILL SHOW UP TO MAKE THE ENEMY PAY.
00:17:20.150 --> 00:17:23.080
- [WOMAN] WOW, THAT IS SO COOL!
00:17:23.110 --> 00:17:25.290
- COME ON!
00:17:26.020 --> 00:17:26.270
- [WOMAN] WOW!
00:17:30.010 --> 00:17:31.060
- SO IN THIS WHIRLWIND,
00:17:33.070 --> 00:17:34.200
THE PLACE OF JOB'S GREATEST SUFFERING,
00:17:35.150 --> 00:17:37.190
THAT'S WHERE GOD SHOWS UP TO COMFORT HIM.
00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:40.110
NOW IT GETS CRAZIER.
00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.210
IN JOB CHAPTER 10, JOB IN THE MIDST OF HIS PAIN,
00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:45.250
IN THIS MIDST OF HIS SUFFERING,
00:17:45.280 --> 00:17:47.060
LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS, THIS IS INSANE.
00:17:47.090 --> 00:17:49.210
JOB, IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS SUFFERING,
00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:51.080
THIS IS JOB 10, HE SAYS,
00:17:51.110 --> 00:17:54.080
"LORD, YOU HAVE GRANTED ME FAVOR."
00:17:57.280 --> 00:18:02.030
HOW DO YOU EVEN SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT
00:18:06.020 --> 00:18:08.010
WHEN YOUR KIDS DIED,
00:18:09.040 --> 00:18:10.040
YOUR WIFE SAYS CURSE GOD SO YOU DIE TOO,
00:18:10.070 --> 00:18:12.250
YOUR POSSESSIONS ARE STOLEN FROM YOU,
00:18:12.280 --> 00:18:15.160
AND YOU'RE SO SICK YOU'RE SCRAPING BOILS OFF YOUR SKIN
00:18:15.190 --> 00:18:17.220
WITH A PIECE OF POTTERY.
00:18:17.250 --> 00:18:19.010
HE SAYS, "LORD YOU HAVE GRANTED ME FAVOR.
00:18:20.270 --> 00:18:24.070
"EVEN IF YOU SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST YOU.
00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:28.110
"THE LORD GIVES, THE LORD TAKES AWAY.
00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.110
"BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:34.030
"I WILL WAIT FOR MY CHANGE TO COME."
00:18:35.290 --> 00:18:37.250
THESE ARE ALL QUOTES FROM JOB.
00:18:37.280 --> 00:18:39.130
HE SAID, "THO MY FLESH BE DESTROYED,
00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:44.210
"IN MY FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD,
00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.210
"FOR BEHOLD MY REDEEMER LIVES."
00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:48.140
JOB 10, "THOU HAS GRANTED ME FAVOR."
00:18:48.170 --> 00:18:52.010
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE CRAZY THING IS?
00:18:53.210 --> 00:18:54.270
HE WAS RIGHT.
00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.280
JOB HAD AN AWESOME LIFE.
00:18:57.100 --> 00:19:00.290
CAN I TELL YOU WHY?
00:19:01.020 --> 00:19:02.200
MOST PEOPLE THINK JOB GOT THE BAD BOOK.
00:19:02.230 --> 00:19:05.130
LIKE I HEAR PEOPLE SAY ALL THE TIME,
00:19:06.190 --> 00:19:08.210
IT'D BE SO AWESOME TO BE DAVID, A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART.
00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:11.240
IT WOULD BE SO AMAZING TO BE ELIJAH,
00:19:11.270 --> 00:19:14.020
CALLING DOWN DRAGON BALL Z LIKE FIREBALLS FROM HEAVEN.
00:19:14.050 --> 00:19:16.160
I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY
00:19:16.190 --> 00:19:17.230
GOD I WANT MY LIFE TO BE LIKE JOB.
00:19:17.260 --> 00:19:19.290
BUT JOB HAD AN INCREDIBLE LIFE. HOW SO?
00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:26.000
COMMENTARIES TELL US THAT THOSE 40 CHAPTERS THAT DOCUMENT
00:19:26.030 --> 00:19:28.280
JOB'S SUFFERING WAS NINE MONTHS LONG.
00:19:29.010 --> 00:19:31.280
AND WE TAKE THE NUMEROLOGY AND CHRONOLOGY
00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.100
OF THE 40 CHAPTERS OF JOB,
00:19:37.130 --> 00:19:38.200
WHICH DICTATES MOST OF THE BOOK, AND WE THINK THAT,
00:19:38.230 --> 00:19:41.170
WE ASSUME THAT THAT WAS JOB'S WHOLE LIFE. IT WASN'T.
00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:44.290
IT WAS NINE MONTHS.
00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:46.220
WHAT DOES A MOTHER DO IN NINE MONTHS?
00:19:46.250 --> 00:19:49.110
AND GOD, LIKE A MOTHER, HE GIVES BIRTH
00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:55.060
TO THE MOST AMAZING THINGS IN OUR LIFE,
00:19:55.090 --> 00:19:56.230
SOMETIMES WHEN THE ENEMY'S TRYING TO DESTROY US
00:19:56.260 --> 00:19:58.150
OVER THOSE NINE MONTHS.
00:19:58.180 --> 00:20:00.040
AND LISTEN, IT SAYS THAT AFTER JOB
00:20:00.070 --> 00:20:03.240
GOT DOUBLE FOR HIS TROUBLE, MEMBER ZECHARIAH SAYS
00:20:03.270 --> 00:20:07.020
"TURN TO THE STRONGHOLD YOU PRISONERS OF HOPE,
00:20:07.050 --> 00:20:08.260
"EVEN TODAY DO I DECLARE THAT I WILL RESTORE DOUBLE TO YOU."
00:20:08.290 --> 00:20:11.270
ALTHOUGH JOB'S TROUBLE DOUBLED,
00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.100
HE GOT DOUBLE FOR HIS TROUBLE.
00:20:13.130 --> 00:20:15.250
HE GOT TWICE AS MANY BLESSINGS AS BEFORE
00:20:15.280 --> 00:20:17.180
BECAUSE ZECHARIAH PROPHESIED, TURN TO THE STRONGHOLDS
00:20:17.210 --> 00:20:19.290
YOU PRISONERS OF HOPE,
00:20:20.020 --> 00:20:21.090
"EVEN TODAY DO I DECLARE THAT I WILL RESTORE DOUBLE TO YOU."
00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:23.230
ALTHOUGH HIS TROUBLE DOUBLED, HE GOT DOUBLE FOR HIS TROUBLE.
00:20:23.260 --> 00:20:26.070
TWICE THE SHEEP, TWICE THE CATTLE,
00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:27.190
TWICE THE OXEN, TWICE THE WELLS
00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:29.080
TWICE THE STRENGTH, TWICE THE FAVOR,
00:20:29.110 --> 00:20:32.020
TWICE THE BLESSINGS.
00:20:33.170 --> 00:20:35.100
AND LISTEN, IT SAYS THE ONLY THING
00:20:35.130 --> 00:20:37.040
HE DIDN'T GET TWICE AS MUCH OF WAS HIS KIDS.
00:20:37.070 --> 00:20:38.280
HE GOT THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF KIDS
00:20:39.010 --> 00:20:40.290
THAT HE HAD WHEN THEY FIRST WERE BORN
00:20:41.020 --> 00:20:43.030
AND THEN DIED IN A WHIRLWIND. WHY?
00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:45.020
BECAUSE JOB DIDN'T LOSE HIS FIRST KIDS,
00:20:45.050 --> 00:20:48.050
THEY JUST CHANGED ADDRESSES.
00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:49.210
TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT FROM THE LORD.
00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:52.200
TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.
00:20:52.230 --> 00:20:54.240
SO THE FACT THAT HE LOST THAT NUMBER OF KIDS,
00:20:54.270 --> 00:20:56.280
THEN HAD THAT EXACT SAME NUMBER OF KIDS,
00:20:57.010 --> 00:20:58.270
MEANS THAT HE GOT TWICE THE AMOUNT OF KIDS.
00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.200
THEY WERE JUST IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
00:21:00.230 --> 00:21:02.190
THEN, IT SAYS JOB LIVED 140 YEARS.
00:21:03.230 --> 00:21:08.230
AND SAW HIS GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
00:21:08.260 --> 00:21:11.000
AND THE PROBLEM IS WE JUDGE 140 YEARS ON NINE MONTHS.
00:21:11.030 --> 00:21:15.210
WE JUDGE THE REST OF OUR LIFE ON THIS CURRENT SEASON.
00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:18.150
WOULD YOU TAKE NINE MONTHS OF SUFFERING
00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.290
FOR 140 YEARS OF AWESOMENESS?
00:21:20.020 --> 00:21:22.230
[CONGREGATION AGREES]
00:21:22.260 --> 00:21:24.120
AND, DON'T FORGET, HE LIVED AN AWESOME LIFE
00:21:24.150 --> 00:21:26.160
BEFORE THAT NINE MONTHS OF SUFFERING TOO.
00:21:26.190 --> 00:21:28.200
AND THEN 140 YEARS AFTER.
00:21:28.230 --> 00:21:30.150
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IT IS A MISTAKE
00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:32.250
TO JUDGE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ON THIS CURRENT SEASON.
00:21:32.280 --> 00:21:35.190
WHEN YOU'RE GROANING, WHEN YOU'RE WEEPING,
00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:38.020
WHEN YOU'RE CRYING, WHEN YOU'RE WAILING,
00:21:38.050 --> 00:21:39.120
IT IS A MISTAKE TO JUDGE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
00:21:39.150 --> 00:21:42.240
ON THIS CURRENT SEASON.
00:21:42.270 --> 00:21:43.290
CAN I SPEAK FROM MY HEART ON THIS?
00:21:44.020 --> 00:21:45.230
A YEAR AND ONE MONTH AGO,
00:21:47.070 --> 00:21:49.100
I WAS SO HEARTBROKEN OVER A SITUATION IN MY LIFE,
00:21:50.070 --> 00:21:54.000
I WAS SO DEPRESSED THAT I LITERALLY WANTED TO DIE.
00:21:54.030 --> 00:21:57.130
I DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE BUT I WOULD SIT IN MY HOUSE
00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:00.220
AND I WOULD LOOK AT MY WALLS AND I WANTED TO DIE.
00:22:00.250 --> 00:22:03.280
I LITERALLY JUST WANTED TO DIE.
00:22:04.010 --> 00:22:05.180
AND I THOUGHT I WILL NEVER HAVE JOY AGAIN.
00:22:06.260 --> 00:22:11.160
BECAUSE MY HEART WAS HURTING
00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:14.180
AND I'M LIKE STRUGGLING WITH DEEP, DEEP, DEEP DESPAIR,
00:22:14.210 --> 00:22:17.120
AND I'M LIKE I'M NEVER GONNA BE HAPPY AGAIN.
00:22:17.150 --> 00:22:20.060
LIKE GOD, I'M JUST GONNA THROW MYSELF IN YOUR ARMS
00:22:20.090 --> 00:22:23.240
AND I'M JUST GONNA GROAN AND CRY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
00:22:23.270 --> 00:22:27.050
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS, OVER A YEAR LATER,
00:22:28.030 --> 00:22:31.070
GOD HAS RESTORED SO MUCH JOY TO ME,
00:22:32.090 --> 00:22:35.210
GOD HAS RESTORED SO MUCH PEACE TO ME,
00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:39.150
THAT LIKE I CAN'T WAIT TO LONGBOARD
00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:41.050
AND LISTEN TO E.D.M. AND WORSHIP GOD
00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:42.240
WHEN I LOOK AT THE STARS WITH WIND BLOWING IN MY FACE
00:22:42.270 --> 00:22:44.260
EVEN IF I TEAR MY ACROMIOCLAVICULAR BONE.
00:22:44.290 --> 00:22:47.150
[CONGREGATION LAUGHS]
00:22:48.110 --> 00:22:51.160
DON'T JUDGE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ON ONE SEASON.
00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:55.080
IT'S NINE MONTHS. NINE MONTHS.
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AND 140 YEARS AFTER,
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YOU'RE GONNA SUCK THE MORROW OUT OF LIFE.
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TO USE THE MOTHER ANALOGY.
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AND YOU'RE GONNA LTD, LIVE THE DREAM.
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ARE YOU TRACKING WITH ME, 'CAUSE, THIS IS HUGE STUFF.
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[CONGREGATION APPLAUDS]
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GOD DIDN'T JUST BRING JOB OUT.
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HE MADE THE ENEMY PAY.
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AND WE SEE THIS ALSO SO VIVIDLY IN THE LIFE OF JESUS.
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YOU REMEMBER, OKAY HERE'S THE DEAL,
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YOU CAN'T SEE HOPE RIGHT NOW, SOME OF YOU.
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SOME OF YOU CAME TO CHURCH TODAY
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AND YOU'RE LIKE I LITERALLY CANNOT SEE HOPE ANYWHERE.
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I CAN'T SEE HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT.
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THE BIBLE IS ALWAYS SPEAKING AGAINST YOUR SENSES
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AND IT'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT I SHOULD LIVE BY FAITH.
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WE DO NOT WALK BY SIGHT, WE WALK BY FAITH.
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ROMANS 5 SAYS HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE. WHY?
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BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE ISN'T REAL. SO MUCH OF THE TIME.
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AND WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE IS REAL.
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NOW I'M NOT JUST TALKING SPIRITUALITY,
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I'M TALKING SCIENTIFICALLY. LISTEN, DID YOU KNOW
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THAT A LOTTA THE THINGS YOU SEE AREN'T REAL?
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FOR EXAMPLE, COLORS DON'T EXIST.
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SCIENTISTS ARE NOW CLAIMING
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AND SCIENTISTS NOW HAVE DEVELOPED A THEORY
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THAT IS DICTATING AND DECREEING
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THAT COLORS HAVE NO OBJECTIVE EXISTENCE.
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THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE EXISTENCE TO PINK.
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THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE EXISTENCE TO BLUE.
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COLORS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A PLAY OF ENERGY QUANTA
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CALLED PHOTONS, DURING UV RAYS ON YOUR CORNEAL RETINA,
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BUT IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN AN ILLUSION ON YOUR EYESIGHT.
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THAT'S WHY IF YOU GO INTO A DARK ROOM, THERE ARE NO COLORS.
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WHY?
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BECAUSE COLORS AND LIGHT ARE THE SAME THING.
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UV RAYS IN THE ENERGY QUANTA OF PHOTONS THAT IS LIGHT,
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FOUR MILLIONS PHOTONS PER SQUARE METER
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ARE JUST PLAYING ON YOUR CORNEAL RETINA
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AND CRANIAL PACKAGE TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE
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THAT YOU'RE SEEING COLORS.
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BUT THERE'S NO OBJECTIVE EXISTENCE TO BLUE.
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IT'S JUST A TRICK OF THE LIGHT.
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THAT'S WHY IN THE DARK YOU CAN'T SEE COLORS,
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'CAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST.
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LISTEN TO THIS.
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GRAVITY,
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OR ACTUALLY I'M GONNA HOLD OFF ON GRAVITY FOR A SECOND
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'CAUSE HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
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YOUR CHAIR. YOU'RE LIKE, OH, MY CHAIR EXISTS.
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MY CHAIR IS SOLID.
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MY CHAIR IS SOLID, I'M SITTING ON IT,
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IT'S JUST SO SOLID, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
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FALLING THROUGH IT. IT LOOKS REALLY SOLID. BUT IT'S NOT.
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YOUR CHAIR IS MADE UP OF PROTONS, NEUTRONS, ELECTRONS,
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WHICH MAKE UP AN ATOM AND DON'T TRUST ADAMS,
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THEY MAKE UP EVERYTHING.
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[CONGREGATION LAUGHS]
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YOU'LL GET IT ON YOUR WAY HOME.
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YOU'RE LIKE NO, I GET IT NOW I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY.
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OKAY SO ATOMS MAKE UP EVERYTHING.
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AND AN ATOM IS JUST A SNOW FLURRY OF PARTICLES,
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PROTONS, NEUTRONS, ELECTRONS
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AND 150 OTHER SUBATOMIC PARTICLES,
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MUONS, QUARKS, THE HIGGS BOSON, ET CETERA,
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THAT ARE MOVING AS SUCH RAPID RATES,
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SOME OF THESE PARTICLES DO 47.000 LAPS
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AROUND A FOUR MILE TUNNEL IN ONE SECOND.
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AND THEY'RE MOVING AT SUCH INTENSE SPEEDS
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THAT WE THINK IT'S SOLID, BUT IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN
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A SNOW FLURRY OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT,
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QUANTUM COMMUNICATION, AND THESE SPEEDS ARE SO RAPID
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THAT THEY LOOK SOLID.
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BUT IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A SNOW FLURRY OF PARTICLES.
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WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, YOUR CHAIR IS NOT SOLID.
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IT LOOKS SOLID BUT YOUR EYE IS DECEIVING YOU.
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LET'S TAKE IN AN UPCOMING SCENE
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FROM OUR FORTHCOMING EPISODE.
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THERE'S A LOTTA THINGS WE DON'T SEE THAT ARE REAL.
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AND WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HOPE,
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT REAL.
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PAUL SAYS IF YOU CAN SEE HOPE YOU KNOW IT'S NOT REAL.
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HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE.
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"FATIGUE IS THE PRICE OF LEADERSHIP.
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"THE WORLD IS RUN BY TIRED MEN."
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EVEN YOUTHS GROW WEARY AND LACK STRENGTH,
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BUT THOSE WHO WAIT UPON THE LORD,
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THOSE WHO HOPE IN THE LORD WILL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH
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AND RUN AND NOT GROW WEARY.
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MAKE SURE YOU SET YOUR DVR FOR THIS TIME
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TO TAKE IN OUR NEXT EPISODE.
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I'M BEN COURSON, AND WE'LL SEE YA LATER, HOPE GENERATORS.
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[MUSIC]
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-I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOUR STORIES OF HOPE HAVE IMPACTED
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THE TEAM OF HOPE GENERATION TO KNOW THAT LIVES ARE BEING
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CHANGED BY THE MESSAGE OF THE GOD OF HOPE.
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