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Joyful Confident Welcome Part 2

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

May 20, 2018

27:30

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

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Joyful Confident Welcome Part 2

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[MUSIC]
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- THE SCARS YOU SHARE BECOME LIGHTHOUSES
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FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE HEADED
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TO THE SAME ROCKS YOU HIT.
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WHEN THE DEVIL WHISPERS INTO YOUR EAR,
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"YOU CAN'T SURVIVE THIS STORM."
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JUST WHISPER BACK, "I AM THE STORM."
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[MUSIC]
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WITH GOD ON YOUR SIDE, YOU CAN ENDURE EUROCLYDON.
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YOU CAN SURVIVE THE STORM.
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YOU CAN THOLE THE THUNDERHEAD, AND TREAD UPON THE TEMPEST.
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YOU CAN BRAVE THE WAVE BECAUSE HE'S CALLED YOU
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TO BE A STORM STILLER, A WAVE WALKER, A GIANT KILLER,
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AND THE SUN STOPPER FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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[MUSIC]
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JUST BECAUSE YOUR STORM IS PRESENT
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DOES NOT MEAN YOUR SAVIOR IS ABSENT,
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AND THE STORM CANNOT TAKE YOU WHERE GOD CANNOT KEEP YOU.
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BECAUSE WHILE THE WIND AND THE WAVES COULD NOT WAKE JESUS,
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THE CRY OF HUMAN NEED COULD.
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[MUSIC]
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WHEN THE LORD IS WITH YOU IN YOUR BOAT,
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WAVES ARE FOR WALKING ON, AND BUMPS IN THE ROAD
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ARE THERE TO TAKE YOU HIGHER,
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BECAUSE HE WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR SAFE HAVEN.
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SO IF THE GREAT PILOT IS BEHIND THE WHEEL,
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WHY SHOULD THE CAPTAIN PACE THE DECK?
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[MUSIC]
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- THERE ARE 150 SUBATOMIC PARTICLES, 150.
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DO YOU REALIZE WE DIDN'T EVEN
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DISCOVER THE ATOM UNTIL THE 1800s?
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AND THEN IN THE 1800s, WE FOUND OUT
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EVERYTHING IS MADE UP OF ATOMS.
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BUT AN ATOM IS SO SMALL THAT IT IS IN SIZE TO A GOLF BALL,
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WHAT A GOLF BALL IN SIZE
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TO THE WORLD, TO THE PLANET, EARTH.
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IT'S JUST A TINY THING.
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AND SINCE THEN, THROUGH OUR MICROSCOPES,
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WE'VE DISCOVERED 150 MORE SUBATOMIC PARTICLES.
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AND THESE PARTICLES ARE JUST FILTHY.
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THIS IS BEN COURSON AND YOU'RE TUNED IN TO HOPE GENERATION.
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TAKING PART TWO OF AN EPISODE ENTITLED,
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"JOYFUL CONFIDENT WELCOME."
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YOU ARE NOT SWIRLING PROTONS, YOU ARE A PRONOUN.
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YOU ARE NOT A CARBON FOOTPRINT,
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YOU ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
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YOU WERE MEANT TO LIVE WITH WONDER, TO LIVE WITH JOY,
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TO WELCOME ALL THE MIRACLES GOD
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WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR LIFE.
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ALBERT EINSTEIN ONCE SAID, "EITHER YOU GO THROUGH
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"LIFE BELIEVING EVERYTHING IS A MIRACLE,
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"OR NOTHING IS A MIRACLE."
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AND WE KNOW THAT THIS WHOLE THING
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IS TOO MAGICAL TO NOT BELIEVE.
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WE PASSED THROUGH THE WARDROBE, LIVING IN MIDDLE-EARTH.
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THIS WHOLE THING IT TOO MIRACULOUS TO DENY
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THAT CREATION TESTIFIES OF A CREATOR.
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SO, LET'S BE FILLED WITH CHILD-LIKE AWE AND JOY,
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AS WE ABSORB AND ENJOY THIS TEACHING,
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"JOYFUL CONFIDENT WELCOME."
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[MUSIC]
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YOU ARE NOT A CARBON FOOTPRINT, YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD.
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YOU ARE NOT SWIRLING PARTICLES,
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YOU ARE A FORCED TO BE RECKONED WITH.
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YOU ARE NOT MERELY A BODY WITH A SOUL,
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YOU'RE A SOUL THAT JUST SO HAPPENS TO HAVE A BODY.
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YOU'RE A POWERHOUSE, YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD.
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AND IT'S TIME WE GO OUT THERE AND CHANGE THIS ROCK.
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[CHUCKLES] WE ARE SEEING A MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW.
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IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
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I AM SEEING SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE,
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NOT JUST HAVING FAITH IN GOD, AT THIS POINT,
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BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE SELLING OUT FOR HIM.
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THEY'RE BECOMING SO--
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EVERYWHERE I GO, I'M SEEING THIS.
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NOT ONLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT EVEN EVERYWHERE I TRAVEL.
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MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LIKE,
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"I AM TURNING ON TO THIS THING."
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BECAUSE ENTHUSIASM ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S TAUGHT,
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IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CAUGHT.
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AND WHEN YOU'RE EVER AROUND SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT THE FIRE,
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SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT THE FIRE, THAT FIRE DOESN'T BURN YOU,
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IT JUST BURNS WHAT YOU ARE NOT.
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BECAUSE YOU ARE AN IMAGE OF THE CONSUMING FIRE,
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WHICH IS GOD.
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AND WHEN YOU CATCH THAT FIRE, YOU'RE LIKE,
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"OKAY, I WANT THIS, I'M IN, LET'S DO THIS THING."
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AND ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, REALLY,
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WE'RE SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE WAKING UP TO GOD OF HOPE.
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THAT LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT,
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IT JUST HAS TO BE LIVED.
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JESUS SAID, "I'VE COME THAT YE MIGHT LIVE.
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"THAT YE MIGHT LIVE ETERNALLY, ABUNDANTLY,
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"MORE AND BETTER LIFE THAN YOU EVER DREAMED OF,"
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AS JOHN 10:10 SAYS.
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AND WE'RE SEEING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE
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GETTING PASSIONATE ABOUT THE LORD,
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GETTING ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE LORD,
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NOT BECAUSE OF RELIGION. IT'S ISN'T CUTTING IT ANYMORE.
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IT'S BECAUSE OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOD OF HOPE.
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AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS WAS ABOUT.
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HE PITTED HIMSELF AGAINST THE ASSEMBLED
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MIGHT OF JEWISH ORTHODOXY.
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HE EVEN SPLIT THEIR TEMPLE VEIL
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BECAUSE THE JEWS HAD DONE WHAT ALL RELIGION DOES,
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THEY HAD BUILT A VEIL THAT SEPARATED GOD FROM MAN.
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AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULD GO
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INTO GOD'S PRESENCE WAS THE PASTOR, WAS THE PRIEST.
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BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE ISRAELITES WANTED.
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ON MOUNT SINAI, THEY SAID, "MOSES, YOU TALK TO US.
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"WE DON'T WANNA HEAR FROM GOD OURSELVES.
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"WE WANT YOU TO TALK TO US."
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AND GOD'S LIKE, "I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU."
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BUT THEY'RE LIKE, "NO, NO, NO, WE DON'T WANNA HEAR GOD.
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"WE WANNA HEAR MOSES TELL US ABOUT GOD."
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AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS TODAY.
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WE PUT THIS VEIL HERE AND WE SAY,
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"WE WANT A PASTOR TO TELL ME ABOUT GOD.
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"WE WANT A PRIEST TO TELL ME ABOUT GOD."
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AND JESUS SAYS, "WAIT, I AM THE WAY.
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"I AM THE GREAT HIGH PRIEST.
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"YOU CAN COME BOLDLY TO THRONE OF GRACE
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"TO OBTAIN MERCY AND HELP IN TIME OF NEED,
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"EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, FROM THE YOUNGEST,
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"TO THE OLDEST, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PAST IS,
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"NO MATTER WHAT WORRIES YOU FOR THE FUTURE,
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"NO MATTER WHAT SINS YOU'VE COMMITTED IN THE PAST,
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"EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
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"YOU HAVE FAITH IN THE LORD,
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"YOU CAN COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE,
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"AND TALK TO THE CREATOR OF NEUTRONS, STARS,
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"AND TALK TO THE CREATOR WHO MADE FLAMINGOS,
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"WHICH CAN ONLY EAT WHEN THEIR HEADS ARE UPSIDE DOWN,
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"AND TALK TO THE CREATOR OF ALBATROSS BIRDS,
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"WHO FLY 25 MILES PER HOUR WHILE SLEEPING,
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"AND TALK TO THE CREATOR OF OSTRICHES,
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"WHICH ARE THE TALLEST BIRDS ON PLANET EARTH,
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"AND SOMETIMES STEP ON THEIR OWN EGGS
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"'CAUSE THEY'RE REALLY CLUMSY, "AND GOD HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR.
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"YOU CAN TALK TO THE GOD WHO CREATED IN-N-OUT,
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"WHICH TASTES LIKE LOVE WITHOUT
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"THE FEAR OF LOVE'S DISSOLUTION."
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[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
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YOU HAVE ACCESS AND YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD.
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THE BIBLE DOESN'T EMPHASIZE YOU AS A WOMAN OF GOD.
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THAT'S WHAT WE CALL PEOPLE.
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"OH, SHE'S A WOMAN OF GOD, SHE'S A PRAYER WARRIOR."
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WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT PHRASE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
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IT'S NOT, "YOU'RE A MAN OF GOD.
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"OH, HE'S A MAN OF GOD, YOU'RE A MAN OF THE CLOTH.
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"YOU'RE A MAN OF GOD, AREN'T YOU?
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"YOU DON'T REALLY DRESS LIKE ONE,
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"LOOK LIKE ONE, TALK LIKE ONE,
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"OR ACT LIKE ONE, BUT TECHNICALLY."
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I GOT A DM TODAY, "DO YOU HAVE A LICENSE TO PREACH?"
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I'M LIKE, "I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION."
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DO I HAVE A LICENSE TO PREACH?
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THAT'S LIKE HOW WE THINK TODAY.
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OH, YOU NEED TO BE ORDAINED, YOU NEED TO HAVE A LICENSE.
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WHATEVER, BUT THAT'S OLD COVENANT STUFF,
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THAT'S RELIGIOSITY, THAT'S CHURCHIANITY.
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THE TRUTH IS, THE BIBLE DOESN'T CALL YOU, "A MAN OF GOD."
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THE BIBLE DOESN'T CALL YOU, "A WOMAN OF GOD."
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THE BIBLE CALLS YOU, "A CHILD OF GOD."
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AND IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD,
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YOU ARE AN HEIR OF GOD, AND A JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST.
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AND WHENEVER YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH HIS SUFFERINGS,
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YOU'RE ALSO GONNA SHARE IN HIS GLORY.
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SO, IT'S ALL GREAT NEWS! WE
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SHOULD BE THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!
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IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ENTHUSIASTIC,
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WHY ARE WE GETTING UP IN THE MORNING?
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IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS LIFE
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THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO ENTER INTO, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
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IF WE'RE NOT GONNA ABSORB OUR BEING
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INTO THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE,
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WHO MADE US WITH A TELEOLOGIC DESIGN AND PURPOSE,
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THEN WHY ARE WE GETTING UP?
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IS IT TO WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK FOR 40 YEARS,
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TO RETIRE ON 40% OF OUR INCOME?
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AND THEN, WE'RE 72 YEARS OLD AND WE'RE LIKE,
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"THAT WAS GREAT, I DIED IN MY 20s,
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"AND NOW I'M ABOUT TO BE BURIED IN MY 70s.
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"THAT WAS A GREAT LIFE.
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"AND NOW, MY LIFE IS FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES,
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"AND IT'S THE WORSE MOVIE I EVER SAW
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"BECAUSE I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE WATCHING MOVIES
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"WHEN I WASN'T WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK."
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OR WE CAN SAY, "WE'RE GONNA LIVE THE MOVIE.
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"WE'RE GONNA LIVE THE STORY."
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THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD DURING CHRISTMASTIME
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WAS THAT THE SAVIOR, THE SON OF GOD,
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HAD COME INTO THE WORLD.
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THAT WE MIGHT ALSO KNOW THAT WE CAN BE CHILDREN OF GOD,
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THAT WE CAN LIVE UP TO WHO WE ALREADY ARE.
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AND JESUS SAID, "I AM HAVING FUN WITH THE MISSION."
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AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID, QUOTING ISAIAH 61,
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"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HAS ANOINTED ME
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"TO HEAL BROKEN HEARTS.
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"HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTAINS.
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"HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND.
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"HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO FREE THE CAPTIVES,
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"TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE OPPRESSED,
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"AND TO SAY THAT THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD HAS COME."
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AND AFTER HE SAID THAT, HE SAID--
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MANY PEOPLE IN ELIJAH AND ELISHA'S TIME,
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WIDOWS, AND GENERALS, HEY,
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THEY HAD LEPROSY AND THEY WERE SICK.
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BUT WHO DID ELIJAH AND ELISHA HEAL?
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THEY HEALED NAAMAN THE SYRIAN. THEY HEALED A PHOENICIAN WOMAN.
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THEY HEALED AND MINISTERED TO PEOPLE
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WHO WERE NOT PART OF THE JEWISH RACE.
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THEY WENT OUTSIDE THE BOX OF RELIGION
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AND OFFERED THE WORLD A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
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AND WHAT THEY DID TO JESUS RIGHT THEN [LAUGHS].
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THEY TOOK HIM TO A CLIFF AND TRIED TO PUSH HIM OFF.
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I AM LOVING IT WHEN RELIGIOUS PEOPLE GET TICKED AT ME.
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I'M LIKE, "YES, YES, I'M GONNA LOVE 'EM,
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"I'M GONNA HONOR THEM."
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BUT IF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE GET TICKED AT ME,
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OH, MAN, I AM FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS
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OF MY FAVORITE LEADER OF ALL TIME.
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BECAUSE JESUS GOT CRUCIFIED BY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
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AND SO MY HEART, FOR US,
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IS THAT WE WOULD BE SO LOVING, SO HONORING,
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BUT ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
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SO UNCARING AND UNFEARFUL
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OF WHAT RELIGIOUS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US,
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OR WHAT ATHEISTS OR COLLEGE PROFESSORS
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ARE SAYING WE NEED TO BELIEVE.
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AND WE'RE LIKE, "WE ARE GONNA MAXIMUM SEND IT
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"TO ETERNITY AND BEYOND, WHY ELSE WOULD WE BE ALIVE?"
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WE ARE BAFFLED TO FIGHT BETTER.
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WE SLEEP TO WAKE, WE FALL TO RISE.
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WE MIGHT HAVE HELL AROUND US,
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BUT BABY, WE GOT HEAVEN INSIDE US.
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WE MIGHT GO THROUGH HELL,
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BUT WE AIN'T GONNA SMELL LIKE SMOKE.
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WE MIGHT BE AT OUR ROPE'S END, BUT WE AIN'T AT OUR HOPE'S END.
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WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL OUR GOD HOW BIG OUR MOUNTAIN IS.
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WE'RE GONNA TELL OUR MOUNTAIN HOW BIG OUR GOD IS.
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WE'RE GONNA RELAX AND SIT BACK
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'CAUSE EVERY SET BACK IS A SETUP FOR A COMEBACK.
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WE WERE CALLED TO BE GAME CHANGERS,
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WORLD SHAPERS, RISK TAKERS, HISTORY MAKERS,
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SUN STOPPERS, STORM STILLERS, GIANT KILLERS
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AND PLANET SHAKERS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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SO, WHY WOULD WE GET UP IN THE MORNING SAYING,
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"OH, MAN, THIS IS ANOTHER DAY,
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"AND I'M JUST GONNA GO WITH THE FLOW,"?
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AND INSTEAD SAY, "I'M ABOUT TO CONQUER
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"THE ROAD VALLEY IN MY CORNER OF THE EARTH,
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"AND DO A DINT IN THE UNIVERSE
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"BECAUSE I'M A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
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"THE BIBLE CALLS ME A COG, CHILD OF GOD.
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"SO, I'M JUST GONNA LIVE UP
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"TO THE CHAMP GOD ALL READY SAYS I AM."
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[AUDIENCE CHEERS AND APPLAUDS]
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BE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO,
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WHEN YOUR FEET HIT THE GROUND IN THE MORNING,
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THE DEVIL'S LIKE, "OH, SHOOT, HE'S UP!"
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[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
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"OH, NO, HE'S AWAKE!"
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OKAY, IF THIS IS GONNA BE CONTROVERSIAL,
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THEN WE GOTTA GET INTO OUR ACTUAL TEXT.
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BUT WATCH THIS, AND IT'LL BE REALLY BRIEF.
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WATCH THIS THOUGH.
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WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR IN THE MORNING,
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YOU SAID, "WOW, [CHUCKLES] WOW. "YOU LOOK A LOT LIKE GOD TODAY."
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YOU SAID, "WHAT, WHAT, WHAT?"
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LISTEN, THE BIBLE SAYS,
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"MAN AND WOMAN WERE MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD."
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THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD.
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AND CHILDREN LOOK LIKE THE SPITTING IMAGE OF THEIR FATHER.
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EXCEPT FOR ME, I DIDN'T INHERIT MY DAD'S MUSCLES
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OR HIS AWESOME BEARD, BUT OMITTING THAT.
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[AUDIENCE CHUCKLING]
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YOU'RE LIKE, "WHOA, I'M MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD?
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"WHOA, I AM THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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"WHOA, HE'S ABBA FATHER, AND I'M HIS CHILD?
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"I LOOK LIKE GOD TODAY."
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AND WHAT IF, EVERYWHERE YOU WENT,
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YOU'RE LIKE, "I LOOK LIKE GOD TODAY."
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS YOU WERE LIKE,
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"I AM ACCIDENTALLY JUST DISCOVERING SUPERPOWERS."
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AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO,
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YOU'RE JUST ZAPPING THE ENEMY ALL OVER.
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YOU'RE JUST ZAPPING THEM.
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YOU'RE LIKE, "OH, MY GOODNESS.
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"I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD THIS POWER."
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YOU'RE LIKE RAY, WHO'S SUDDENLY,
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LIKE MOVING ROCKS AND SPLITTING STONE.
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AND YOU'RE LIKE, "THIS WAS IN ME?"
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THE BIBLE SAYS THE SAME SPIRIT
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THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD,
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LIVES IN YOUR MORTAL BODY TO QUICKEN YOU TO LIFE.
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AND ONCE YOU DISCOVER THAT THE SUPERPOWERS
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ARE ALREADY LYING DORMANT INSIDE OF YOU,
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YOU, AS A CHILD OF GOD, ARE GONNA DESTROY HELL
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AND POPULATE HEAVEN FOR A LIVING.
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COME ON! [AUDIENCE CHEERS]
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BUT WE'VE GOTTA KNOW THAT THAT POWER'S IN US.
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TAKE A LOOK AT TITUS CHAPTER THREE.
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WATCH THIS REAL BRIEFLY.
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TITUS CHAPTER THREE SAYS, "BUT WHEN."
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THIS IS VERSE FOUR.
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"BUT WHEN THE KINDNESS AND THE LOVE OF GOD,
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"OUR SAVIOR TOWARD APPEARED NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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WHERE DO WE GET GRACE, LOVE, SALVATION,
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REDEMPTION, RESTORATION, WHERE DOES THAT ALL COME?
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IS IT BECAUSE WE DID A BUNCH OF RELIGIOUS STUFF?
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NO, "NOT BY OUR WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
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"WHICH WE HAVE DONE," BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT?
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HE IS MERCY [CHUCKLES], GOD IS SO MERCIFUL.
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HIS MERCY ENDORSED FOREVER.
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EXODUS 34 SAYS, "GOD IS FULL OF COMPASSION OF GREAT MERCY.
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"SHOWS MERCY TO THOUSANDS."
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THAT MEANS ENUMERABLE PEOPLE RECEIVE HIS MERCY.
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AND THAT'S THE MOST QUOTED VERSE IN THE BIBLE BY THE BIBLE.
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WHAT JOHN 3:16 IS TO US, EXODUS 34 WAS TO THE JEWS.
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THE MOST QUOTED VERSE IN THE BIBLE BY THE BIBLE IS,
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"GOD IS OF GREAT MERCY, HIS MERCY ENDORSED FOREVER."
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"ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY, HE SAVED US.
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"THROUGH THE WASHING OF REGENERATION."
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MAN, WE WERE HOMO SAPIENS, NOW WE'RE HOPE-OSAPIENS.
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WE WERE B-POSTLES, NOW WE'RE APOSTLES.
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WE WERE AINTS, NOW WE'RE SAINTS.
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"THROUGH THE WASHING OF REGENERATION."
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WE'RE A REGENERATION.
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WE'RE GOING FROM A DESPAIRED GENERATION
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THAT CONSUMES MORE PILLS DUE TO ANXIETY
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AND DEPRESSION THAN THE REST OF THE EARTH,
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COMBINED BY THREE TIMES OVER.
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WE'RE GOING FROM A DEPRESSED GENERATION
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TO A HOPE GENERATION, A REGENERATION,
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A GENERATION THAT'S NOT BORN ONCE,
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A GENERATION THAT'S BORN TWICE,
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THAT TRULY COMES ALIVE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BORN AGAIN.
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"THROUGH THE WASHING OF REGENERATION,
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"AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,"
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THAT SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD IS IN YOU.
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"WHOM HE POURED OUT ON US ABUNDANTLY."
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THIS WASN'T A GIFT THAT HE GAVE SPARINGLY.
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HE GIVES THE HOLY SPIRIT ABUNDANTLY.
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WHEN YOU'RE A NOMINAL BELIEVER,
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YOU'RE LIKE, "HEY, LISTEN, I WANT MORE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
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BUT WHEN YOU GET MORE MATURE IN YOUR FAITH,
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YOU'RE LIKE, "MAN, IT'S NOT JUST
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"THAT I WANT MORE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THAT'S POWER.
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"I WANT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HAVE MORE OF ME,
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"THAT'S A PERSON, AND THE MORE I KNOW THE PERSON,
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"THE MORE I'LL GET THE POWER.
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"BUT I CAN'T DO IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND."
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SO, WATCH THIS, "WHOM HE POURED OUT ON US ABUNDANTLY
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"THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR,
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"THAT HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE.
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"WE SHOULD BECOME HEIRS TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE."
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WE ARE HEIRS TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
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THIS IS A FAITHFUL SAYING,
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"AND THESE THINGS I WANT YOU TO AFFIRM CONSTANTLY.
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"THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN GOD
00:16:15.170 --> 00:16:17.030
"SHOULD BE CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS.
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"THESE THINGS ARE GOOD AND PROFITABLE TO MEN."
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LOOK AT THAT PHRASE AGAIN, "WE HAVE BECOME HEIRS,
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"ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE."
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PAUL SAYS, "THIS IS A FAITHFUL SAYING."
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THAT WAS HAVE BECOME HEIRS TO THE GRACE OF GOD
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TO THE HOPE, TO THE HOPE, TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
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AND ONCE YOU KNOW THAT, MAN,
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IT'S JUST GONNA RESULT IN ALL THESE GOOD WORKS,
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THESE SUPERPOWERS, THIS CLEANING UP OUR GENERATION,
00:16:39.290 --> 00:16:42.170
CLEANING UP THE STREETS, MAKING A DIFFERENCE,
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WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:16:44.290 --> 00:16:47.140
HAS BEEN GIVEN ABUNDANTLY TO YOU. NOW, WATCH THIS.
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- WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS AT MY GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE ONE DAY.
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AND WE HEARD THIS ENGINE SOUND.
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NOW, MY GRANDPARENT'S LIVED LIKE WAY UP IN THE WOODS,
00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:02.090
AND WE HEARD THE REVVING UP OF AN ENGINE.
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AND WE'RE LIKE, "WHAT IS THIS THING?"
00:17:04.060 --> 00:17:06.150
ME AND MY SISTER WERE LIKE, "WHAT'S THAT LOUD ENGINE?"
00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:09.100
AND IT WAS TEARING TOWARD US.
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AND WE'RE OUT IN THE FOREST, LIKE OUT IN THE WOODS.
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THEY JUST LIVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
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IN APPLEGATE, LIKE UP IN THE HILLS.
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AND THERE'S THIS WOODED FOREST,
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AND WE HEAR THIS REVVING ENGINE, AND WE'RE LIKE,
00:17:19.150 --> 00:17:20.240
"IS THIS LIKE THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE?
00:17:20.270 --> 00:17:22.180
"WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE?"
00:17:22.210 --> 00:17:24.170
AND SURE ENOUGH, I SEE THIS MOTORCYCLE,
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THIS DIRT BIKE COME ROARING
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THROUGH THESE TREES.
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AND I LOOK, AND I REALIZE IT'S MY GRANDFATHER.
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[AUDIENCE CHUCKLING]
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MY GRANDFATHER PROCEEDS TO--
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MY GRANDPA, FRIENDS, KEYWORD, "GRANDPA".
00:17:43.290 --> 00:17:47.280
[CHUCKLES] GRAMPS, GRANDPA PROCEEDS TO GO OFF A JUMP.
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[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
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MY GRANDFATHER, MY GRANDFATHER.
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[AUDIENCE LAUGHS] MY GRANDPA, NO JOKE.
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LEAPS OFF THIS JUMP, OVER MY MOM'S VAN.
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[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
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AND THEN, JUST OFF TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND WAVED GOODBYE.
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AND THAT WAS HOW WE SAID GOODBYE TO GRANDPA.
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FIRST OF ALL, HOW DOPE IS THAT?
00:18:13.280 --> 00:18:15.270
[AUDIENCE CHUCKLING]
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THAT'S A MAXIMUM SENT.
00:18:19.130 --> 00:18:21.100
EVERYONE ALWAYS ASKS ME, "WHAT DOES 'SEND IT' MEAN?"
00:18:21.130 --> 00:18:23.280
WATCH "ARE YOU SILLY" ON YOUTUBE,
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OR JUST THINK OF THAT STORY.
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THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO SEND IT.
00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:29.050
ALTHOUGH, SENDING IT USUALLY IMPLIES A FACE PLANT.
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WHICH, IF YOU'RE NOT FACE PLANTING,
00:18:31.040 --> 00:18:32.070
IF YOU'RE NOT FAILING, YOU'RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING.
00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:34.140
THANK YOU, SOME OF YOU ARE PICKING THIS UP.
00:18:35.250 --> 00:18:38.020
BUT WATCH THIS.
00:18:39.020 --> 00:18:40.070
MY GRANDFATHER COULD'VE SAID, "GRANDPA'S DON'T DO THAT.
00:18:42.050 --> 00:18:46.240
"GRANDPA'S DON'T JUMP OVER
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"VOLKSWAGEN VANS TO SAY GOODBYE."
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AND IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE HE CLEARED THE WAY.
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LIKE, IF I WERE DOING THAT, WHICH I WOULDN'T,
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I'D BE LIKE, "GUYS, CAN I MAKE SURE YOU'RE OUT OF THE WAY?"
00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:58.200
LIKE, I'D BE LIKE, "EVERYONE GET."
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LIKE, FOR ALL I KNOW, I COULD'VE BEEN LIKE,
00:19:00.170 --> 00:19:02.030
RUNNING AMONG THE FLOWERS, AND PICKING DAFFODILS.
00:19:02.060 --> 00:19:04.130
THAT SOUNDED REALLY WEIRD, BUT MY SISTER,
00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:06.170
SHE COULD'VE BEEN LIKE PLUCKING DAFFODILS.
00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:08.040
I DIDN'T JUST PLUCK FLOWERS, AS A KID.
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BUT LIKE, HE COULD'VE RUN INTO US.
00:19:10.090 --> 00:19:12.130
HE DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
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LISTEN, HE LEAPT BEFORE HE LOOKED.
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AS A GRANDPA, HE LEAPT BEFORE HE LOOKED.
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AND HE'S JUST LIKE, "I'M GONNA SEND THIS THING."
00:19:19.030 --> 00:19:21.220
THAT IS HOW WE LIVE OUR LIFE.
00:19:21.250 --> 00:19:23.040
IN FACT, THE OLDER WE GET, I HOPE WE'RE SENDING IT HARDER.
00:19:23.070 --> 00:19:27.150
I HOPE THAT JOURNEY OF HOPE WILL MEET IN 60 YEARS,
00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:31.040
AND WE'RE ALL COMING IN WITH OUR CANES,
00:19:31.070 --> 00:19:32.190
AND JUST LIKE, "OH, DUDE, HOW'S YOUR BACK?"
00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:34.060
"OH, MY BACK'S ACHING,
00:19:34.090 --> 00:19:35.070
"NOT BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING CHECKERS ALL DAY.
00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:37.010
"MY BACK IS ACHING 'CAUSE I JUST JUMPED
00:19:37.040 --> 00:19:38.160
"OVER YOUR MOM'S VAN." [AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
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AGE DOESN'T MATTER, DO YOU GET THIS?
00:19:43.280 --> 00:19:46.270
IT DOESN'T, SOME PEOPLE THINK,
00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:48.270
LIKE THEY'RE JUST TALKING LIKE,
00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.260
"OH, YOU'RE REACHING THE YOUNG PEOPLE."
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I'M LIKE, "OKAY."
00:19:51.030 --> 00:19:52.080
AGE DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL.
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AGE IS A CONSTRUCT, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:56.110
TIME AND SPACE ARE THE SAME THING.
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AND AGE IS JUST HOW MANY TRIPS YOU'VE TAKEN AROUND THE SUN.
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THAT, TO ME, DOES NOT DEFINE WHO WE ARE.
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WHAT WE SAY IS, "WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS BE A CHILD."
00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.110
LIKE, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE GRAY HAIRS,
00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.160
WE'RE LIKE, "CAN I JUMP OVER THIS BUS RIGHT NOW?"
00:20:06.190 --> 00:20:08.130
"NO, THAT'S REALLY STUPID AND CHILDISH."
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"EXACTLY, DO IT." [AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
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DO YOU KNOW HOW AFRAID THE ENEMY IS
00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.270
OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T SCARED OF HIM?
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[CHUCKLES] PEOPLE WHO SAY, "I HAVE SO MUCH HOPE."
00:20:19.030 --> 00:20:22.010
I USED TO BE AFRAID OF THE DARK,
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BUT NOW THE DARK IS AFRAID OF ME.
00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:25.260
I USED TO BE SCARED OF THE DARK, BUT NOW THE DARK IS SCARED OF ME
00:20:25.290 --> 00:20:29.130
BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE POWER OF DARKNESS THAT IS TO BE FEARED,
00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:32.150
IT IS FEAR THAT GIVES POWER TO THE DARKNESS.
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SO, I'M GONNA ABIDE BY THE MOST REPEATED COMMANDMENT
00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:37.100
IN THE BIBLE, THE HEART OF SCRIPTURE,
00:20:37.130 --> 00:20:39.000
WHICH IS, "DO NOT FEAR."
00:20:39.030 --> 00:20:41.000
THE BIBLE SAYS, "YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF FEAR."
00:20:41.030 --> 00:20:43.130
BUT OF POWER, ZAP, OF LOVE.
00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:46.010
POWER THAT CASTS OUT ALL THE FEAR AND A SOUND MIND.
00:20:46.040 --> 00:20:49.000
I HAVE TRUE SANITY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY
00:20:49.030 --> 00:20:51.010
LOOKING CRAZY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
00:20:51.040 --> 00:20:52.270
BUT THE ONLY ONES FOR ME ARE THE MAD ONES,
00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.240
THE ONES WHO ARE MAD TO LIVE,
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MAD TO MOVE, DESIRES OF EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME,
00:20:56.030 --> 00:20:58.280
WHO NEVER YAWN OR SAY A COMMON PLACE THING,
00:20:59.010 --> 00:21:01.030
BUT BURN, BURN, BURN LIKE FABULOUS YELLOW ROMAN CANDLES,
00:21:01.060 --> 00:21:04.170
BURSTING LIKE SPIDERS ACROSS THE STARS.
00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:07.110
[AUDIENCE WHOOPS]
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THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CHANGE THE WORLD
00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:10.200
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN.
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IF THEY SAY OF US, "YOUR MUCH LEARNING HAS MADE YOU MAD."
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LIKE FELIX AND FESTUS,
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THE GOVERNOR SAID TO PAUL THE APOSTLE.
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IF THE WORLD SAY, "YOU ARE CRAZY.
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"YOU'RE THE CHRIST FOLK, YOU'RE THE SECT OF THE NAZARENES,
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"YOU'RE THE WAY, YOU'RE SOME NUTTY PEOPLE
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"OUT THERE IN THE WOODS."
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WE SAY, "GREAT, I MIGHT BE IN THE WOODS,
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"BUT I'M GONNA JUMP OVER SOME VANS OUT HERE."
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[AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
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WE SAY, "WE'RE GONNA MAXIMUM SEND IT.
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"WE'RE GONNA ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD.
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"WE'RE GONNA EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD."
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BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE OF ONE YOU
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WERE MADE TO CREATE A DINT IN THE UNIVERSE,
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TO GO OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSE,
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FOR THE UNIVERSE TO EXPERIENCE YOU, TO BE SALT AND LIGHT,
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NOT JUST LETTING THE WORLD HAPPEN TO YOU,
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BUT YOU GO HAPPEN TO THE WORLD.
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AND WATCH THIS, PAUL SAYS,
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"WE ARE SAVED BY THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE."
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YOU HAVE A BULLETPROOF SOUL,
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YOU'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE, NOTHING CAN KILL YOU.
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LIKE, WHAT IF YOU JUST WALKED AROUND,
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LIKE, "NOTHING CAN KILL ME."
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YOU JUST WOULDN'T HAVE FEAR,
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AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING GOD'S BEEN TEACHING ME LATELY,
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IS HOW MUCH FEAR SHOULD YOU HAVE? ZERO.
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ZERO.
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ZERO ABOUT EVERYTHING 'CAUSE HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
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I THINK, "OH, I'M NOT GONNA FEAR LIKE THE BIG STUFF.
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"BUT THE LITTLE STUFF, LIKE THE BILLS,
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"I'M SUPER WORRIED ABOUT.
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"OR THE SCORPION THAT FELL ON MY SHIRT MILL CREEK FALLS,
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"I'M SCARED OF THAT." DON'T BE SCARED OF ANYTHING.
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HEARTBREAK, DEATH, BILLS, GOSSIP;
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THE ANXIETY THAT YOU'RE FEARFUL, THAT YOU'LL NEVER OVERCOME,
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NOTHING, ZERO FEAR.
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GO OUT THERE AND LIVE WITH YOUR SUPERPOWERS UNLEASHED.
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YOU ARE A TIGER, YOU ARE A LION.
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NOBODY CAN CHAIN YOU WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.
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THERE ARE THESE ELEPHANTS IN AFRICA
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THAT WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE BABY ELEPHANTS,
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THEY'LL BE TIED TO A LITTLE PEG, A LITTLE TENT PEG,
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AND THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE
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'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST LITTLE CHUBBY,
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LITTLE ELEPHANTS THAT CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
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SO, THEY'RE LIKE, "OH, SHOOT, I'M CHAINED TO THIS PEG."
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AND THE FUNNY THING IS, THESE CIRCUS ELEPHANTS,
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THEY GROW OLDER AND OLDER AND OLDER, AND THEY GET SO BIG.
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THEY'RE LIKE THE BEHEMOTH THAT JOB SPEAKS OF.
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THAT'S WHAT SOME SCHOLARS THINK
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JOB WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE ELEPHANT.
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THE BEHEMOTH, AND THEY BECOME THESE HUGE CREATURES,
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AND YOU CAN POKE THEM WITH A STICK,
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YOU CAN UPSET THEM, AND THEN RUN AWAY.
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AND THEY COULD RUN AFTER YOU,
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BUT WHEN THE CHAIN PULLS BACK AT THEM,
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THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.
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AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HOLDING THE ELEPHANT BACK,
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AND IT'S THE SAME TENT PEG
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THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHAINED TO ALL THEIR LIFE.
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SO, THEY'VE GROWN UP BELIEVING,
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"I CAN'T GO BEYOND THIS POINT.
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"I AM CHAINED TO A PEG, AND THIS PEG,
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"EVER SINCE I WAS A BABY, KEPT ME BACK."
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BUT LITTLE DOES IT KNOW, IT HAS POWERS INSIDE IT TO RIP
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THAT THING OUT OF THE GROUND, AND EXTIRPATE IT.
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THAT'S HOW YOU, AND LOT OF YOU, YOU'RE LIKE,
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"OH, I'M CHAINED TO FEAR,
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"I CAN'T ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD,
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"I CAN'T FOLLOW MY DREAMS."
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AND YOU'RE LIKE CHAINED TO NOTHING.
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IT'S FEAR, IT'S A TENT PEG, IT HAS NO POWER OVER YOU.
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YOU DON'T HAVE THE SPIRIT OF FEAR.
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LIVE UP TO WHO YOU ALREADY ARE.
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WHETHER YOU BELIEVE, IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN,
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OR IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN'T,
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HENRY FORD SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT EITHER WAY."
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SO, IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN'T GO
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BEYOND YOUR LITTLE BOUNDARIES OF RELIGION,
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OR ATHEISM, OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND YOU'RE JUST STUCK HERE,
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AND YOU CAN'T USE YOUR SUPERPOWERS, YOU'RE RIGHT.
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BUT IF YOU'LL BELIEVE WHAT PAUL SAYS,
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ABUNDANTLY, THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS BEEN GIVEN UNTO YOU,
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YOU HAVE THE HOPE AS AN HEIR OF ETERNAL LIFE.
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YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE, AND RIP THAT THING TO SHREDS,
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AND YOU'RE GONNA RUN FREE.
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I WANT YOU TO RUN FREE, YOU ARE NO LONGER A SLAVE TO FEAR.
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YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD.
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YOU ARE NO LONGER A SLAVE TO FEAR, YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD.
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YOU ARE NO LONGER A SLAVE TO FEAR, YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD.
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WE ARE NO LONGER SLAVES TO FEAR. WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD.
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WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER.
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WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE,
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AGAIN TO FEAR, BUT THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION.
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BY WHOM WE CRY, "ABBA FATHER."
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WE HAVE THIS POWER INSIDE OF US, UNLEASH IT.
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UNLEASH IT, UNLEASH IT.
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AND GO MAXIMUM SEND ON THE UNIVERSE.
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WE RAN OUT OF TIME HERE.
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BUT HERE IS A SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT
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OUR NEXT EPISODE HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.
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WHAT DOES PAUL SAY? WE HAVE JOYFUL CONFIDENT WELCOME
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THAT WE ARE HEIRS OF ETERNAL LIFE,
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AND WE HAVE RECEIVED, ABUNDANTLY,
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THE POWERS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
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WE SHOULD WALK AROUND LIKE
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THE MOST CONFIDENT PEOPLE OF ALL TIME.
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MY CONFIDENCE IS NOT JUST HUMAN CONFIDENCE.
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IT'S NOT HUMANISM, LIKE DAVID HUME.
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MY CONFIDENCE IS GOD-FIDENCE.
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IT'S PLACED IN THE FACT THAT I AM A CHILD OF GOD.
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[MUSIC]
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WE HAVE JOYFUL CONFIDENT WELCOME
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BECAUSE WE ARE MORE THAN THE SUM OF OUR KNOWABLE PARTS.
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SOME PEOPLE PHILOSOPHIZE THAT YOU GONNA BE
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NOTHING MORE THAN COAL DUG UP BY HUMANS OF THE FUTURE,
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PUT IN THEIR FIREPLACE, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE SMOKE,
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SPURTING OUT OF THEIR CHIMNEY IN THE ETHER
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IN A MILLION YEARS FROM NOW. BUT THE TRUTH IS, YOU ARE MORE
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THAN THE SUM OF YOUR KNOWABLE PARTS.
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YOU ARE NOT JUST SWIRLING PARTICLE AND EMBODIED MATTER.
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YOU'RE NOT JUST PROTONS, YOU ARE A PRONOUN.
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YOU ARE A SOUL, AND A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
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SO, YOU CONTINUE TO WALK WITH,
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TALK TO, AND FOLLOW AFTER THE LORD,
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BELIEVING YOU ARE THE APPLE OF HIS EYE,
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AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE.
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THE IS HOPE GENERATION, I'M BEN COURSON.
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AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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UNTIL THEN, MAY THE HOPE BE WITH YOU.
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[MUSIC]
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I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOUR STORIES OF HOPE
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HAVE IMPACTED THE TEAM OF HOPE GENERATION
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TO KNOW THAT LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED
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BY THE MESSAGE OF THE GOD OF HOPE.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCESS MORE HOPE CONTENT,
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CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE,
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OUR YOUTUBE VIDEOS, HEAR OUR RADIO BROADCASTS,
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ACCESS OUR APP AND PODCASTS. YOU CAN VISIT BENCOURSON.COM.
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