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No Common Muggle Part 1

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

January 14, 2018

27:30

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

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No Common Muggle Part 1

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- YOU KNOW WHAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS?
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WE FEATHERLESS BIPEDS CREATED A WHOLE LOT OF
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PROBLEMS FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE IN THE GARDEN OF
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EDEN, THE ENEMY WHO'S VERY GOOD AT BEING VERY BAD, TOLD
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ADAM AND EVE, "IF YOU EAT THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, YOU
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WILL BE LIKE GOD." BUT TWO CHAPTERS EARLIER, GENESIS 1
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TELLS US ADAM AND EVE WERE MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD.
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IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, HE CREATED THEM.
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AND THE ENEMY DOES THE SAME THING TODAY.
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HE CREATES A LOT OF MESSES FOR US WHEN WE DON'T BELIEVE
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OUR CREATED VALUE, THAT WE ARE ALREADY MADE
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IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD.
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WE'RE GOING TO DELVE MORE DEEPLY INTO THE FACT THAT WE
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ARE THE HIGHEST FORM OF GOD'S CREATION IN THIS
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TEACHING ENTITLED "NO COMMON MUGGLE".
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YOU'RE WATCHING HOPE GENERATION, AND I'M YOUR
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HOST BEN COURSON.
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- I WANT TO OPEN UP TONIGHT'S MESSAGE BY ASKING
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YOU A QUESTION: HOW DO YOU DEFINE A WILL?
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HOW DO YOU DEFINE A WILL? IT'S A DEAD GIVE AWAY.
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[LAUGHTER]
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DID I JUST GET CLAPPING FROM THAT JOKE?
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THAT JUST MADE MY DAY.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, HOW DO I KNOW IF GOD'S GOT A
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GOODWILL TOWARD ME?
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WELL, THIS IS HAPPENED AT JESUS' BIRTH.
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THE FIRST THING THAT THE ANGELS WERE TELLING THE
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SHEPHERDS WAS, "PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN."
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HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU GOODWILL.
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HIS WILL IS GOOD. HOW DO YOU KNOW?
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IT'S A DEAD GIVE AWAY. HE LOVES YOU TO DEATH.
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IF YOU EVER DOUBT WHETHER GOD HAS GOODWILL TOWARD YOU,
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LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE CROSS.
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JESUS SAYS GOD LOVES YOU TO DEATH.
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HE EXPOSES THE MYTH OF REDEMPTIVE VIOLENCE, TURNS
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THE OTHER CHEEK, SHOWS THE WEAKEST TO BE STRONG.
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WHEN HE COULD HAVE FOUGHT BACK WITH LEGIONS OF ANGELS,
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WHEN HE COULD HAVE SAID, "PETER, TAKE OUT YOUR
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SWORD," HE SAID, "PETER, PUT AWAY YOUR SWORD." HE SAID,
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"I HAVE COME NOT TO DESTROY.
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THE SON OF MAN HAS COME TO SAVE." AND WHEN HE DIES ON
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THE CROSS, IT'S A DEAD GIVE AWAY THAT GOD LOVES
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YOU TO DEATH.
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HE'S GOT GOODWILL TOWARD YOU, AND THE PSALMIST SAYS,
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"HIS LOVING KINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE." THAT'S
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HOW YOU KNOW GOD HAS GOODWILL TOWARD YOU.
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I'M JUST SAYING.
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GOD'S WILL IS TO LOVE ON YOU, AND LISTEN,
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GOD'S WILL IS GOD'S BILL.
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WHERE GOD GUIDES, GOD ALWAYS PROVIDES, AND IF YOU DON'T
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GO AFTER WHAT GOD'S TOLD YOU TO GO AFTER,
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YOU'LL NEVER HAVE IT.
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IF YOU DON'T ASK, THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS "NO", AND IF YOU
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DON'T STEP FORWARD, THEN YOU'LL ALWAYS BE IN
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THE SAME PLACE.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, "WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE ASK NOT." HOW
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MUCH DIFFERENTLY WOULD YOU PRAY, HOW MUCH MORE FROM GOD
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WOULD YOU ASK IF YOU KNEW THAT HE HAD
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GOODWILL TOWARD YOU? IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND.
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I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK GOD HAS GOODWILL
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TOWARD US BECAUSE OF HOW WE PRAY.
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LIKE, HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
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PRAYERS IS, "LORD, PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND
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ME." NOW, I'VE PRAYED THAT BEFORE, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY
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BEEF WITH IT, BUT IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, IF
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YOU COULD ASK THE GOD WHO CREATED JUPITER'S MOONS
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ANYTHING, AND YOU'RE SAYING, "LORD, GIVE ME A BUSH." IS
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THAT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT?
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IT'S LIKE THE DEVIL MUST HATE LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING.
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YOU'RE LIKE, "LORD, GIVE ME A BUSH." AND THEN WE SAY, "I
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ECHO WHAT MY BROTHER SAID." AND WE SAY "MY BROTHER"
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BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HIS NAME.
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[LAUGHTER]
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I ECHO THAT, BUSH, BUSH, BUSH, BUSH.
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IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU TO SAY THAT IF YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT
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WING, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY. I THINK, REALLY?
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IF YOU COULD ASK GOD ANYTHING -- OR HERE'S
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ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PRAYERS, "LORD, BLESS THIS
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FOOD TO MY BODY." AND WE'RE EATING TACO BELL.
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[LAUGHTER]
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SO, ESSENTIALLY, I'M SAYING, "LORD, WOULD YOU CHANGE THE
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MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF THIS GRUB I'M ABOUT TO EAT?"
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AND JESUS IS LIKE, WELL, I TURNED WATER INTO WINE,
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SO I COULD DO IT AGAIN, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY...
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WHAT IF YOU WERE TALKING TO BILL GATES, AND YOU SAID --
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WHAT IF BILL GATES CAME TO YOU AND SAID, "YOU CAN ASK,
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AND YOU WILL RECEIVE"?
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WHAT IF YOU SAID TO HIM, "BILL, I JUST ASK THAT
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YOU'D BLESS THIS DAY." WHAT WOULD BILL SAY?
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LIKE, "WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?"
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"I HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND YOU COULD ASK ME FOR A
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CHOPPER, AND YOU'RE ASKING THAT I BLESS YOUR DAY?
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LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN ASKING?"
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AND YOU'RE LIKE, "I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
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I HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE SAY IT.
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IT'S CHRISTIANESE." SO HERE'S GOD IN THE PSALMS WHO
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SAYS, "I OWN THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS." WHAT HE'S
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SAYING IS, MY RESOURCES ARE ENDLESS, AND YOU'RE
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ASKING FOR A BUSH?
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THAT'S WHAT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION IS, IT'S A BUSH.
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GOD'S LIKE, I OWN THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS, AND
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YOU'RE PRAYING THESE -- BEN, I'M SPEAKING TO MYSELF --
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BEN, YOU'RE PRAYING THESE VAGUE, GENERIC PRAYERS
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AS IF I DON'T HAVE GOODWILL TOWARD YOU.
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SO YOU'RE JUST PRAYING SAFE PRAYERS LIKE, "OH, LORD,
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BLESS THIS DAY." THAT'S LIKE ME GOING TO A DENTIST WHEN I
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HAVE A TOOTH INFECTION.
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IF I HAVE A CAVITY, AND I GO TO THE DENTIST, AND HE SAYS,
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"OKAY, WHICH TOOTH WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO EXTRACT?"
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AND I'M LIKE, "OH, I DON'T KNOW.
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JUST PULL OUT ANY TOOTH." [LAUGHTER]
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NO, WHEN I GO TO THE DENTIST, I SAY,
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"ACTUALLY, THE THIRD MOLAR FROM THE BACK LEFT IS REALLY
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THE ONE THAT IS FILLED CAN CAVITIES.
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WOULD YOU PLEASE PULL THAT TOOTH?"
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AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE COME TO THE LORD, WE'RE SO VAGUE
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BECAUSE WE DOUBT WHETHER HE HAS GOODWILL TOWARD US BUT
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IT'S A DEAD GIVE AWAY WHAT HIS WILL IS, THAT HE
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LOVES YOU TO DEATH.
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LOOK AT THE CROSS AND HIS LOVING KINDNESS IS
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BETTER THAN LIFE. LOOK AT THE
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PSALMS. SO THE LORD IS AFTER SPECIFICITY IN OUR PRAYERS.
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WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE SAY SPECIFICITY?
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[AUDIENCE RESPONDS]
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HE WANTS YOU TO BE SPECIFIC.
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THAT'S WHAT HE SAID TO SOLOMON.
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WHEN SOLOMON BECAME KING, THE LORD SHOWED UP TO HIM IN
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A DREAM AND SAID, SOLOMON, I'LL GIVE YOU
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ANYTHING YOU ASK.
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SOLOMON DIDN'T ASK FOR RICHES.
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HE DIDN'T ASK FOR A LONG LIFE, AND HE DIDN'T ASK FOR
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THE DEATH OF HIS ENEMIES.
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HE ASKED FOR AN UNDERSTANDING HEART, AND THE
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LORD SAID, "BECAUSE YOU HAVE ASKED FOR WISDOM, I WILL
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GIVE YOU RICHES, HONOR, AND A LONG LIFE AND THE DEATH
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OF YOUR ENEMIES.
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I'LL GIVE YOU PEACE ON ALL SIDES." YOU'RE SOLOMON,
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SHALOM, THE SON OF SALEM, THE SON OF JERUSALEM, THE
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SON OF PEACE, I'LL GIVE YOU ALL OF THAT BECAUSE YOU
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SOUGHT FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND I'LL ADD ALL OF
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THESE OTHER THINGS TO YOUR KINGDOM, BUT SOLOMON,
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YOU WERE SPECIFIC.
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YOU SAID, LORD, I WANT AN UNDERSTANDING HEART.
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I'M LIKE A CHILD.
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I DON'T KNOW MY WAY, AND I DON'T KNOW MY WAY
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OUT OF THIS CITY.
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YOU'VE ENTRUSTED WITH THE KINGDOM OF MY FATHER DAVID,
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AND IT'S AS MULTITUDINOUS AS THE GRAINS OF SAND
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ON THE SEA SHORE.
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THAT'S HOW MANY INHABITANTS JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL HAS.
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I NEED WISDOM TO DOLE OUT TRUE JUSTICE.
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AND GOD SAID, FINE, I'LL GIVE YOU WISDOM.
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BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, "YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK
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NOT." HE WAS AFTER SOLOMON'S SPECIFICITY.
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HE SAID, SPECIFIC, WHAT DO YOU WANT?
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WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF THE LORD CAME TO YOU IN A DREAM
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AND SAID, ASK ANYTHING?
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HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
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JESUS WAS APPROACHING A MAN WHO WAS A BLIND BEGGAR, AND
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THE BLIND BEGGAR SAID, "SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY OF ME."
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AND THE CROWD TOLD HIM TO PIPE DOWN BECAUSE IN JESUS'
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DAY, RABBIS, HISTORICALLY, WOULD WANDER WHILE PREACHING.
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SO HE WAS LIKE WALKING PROBABLY WHILE GIVING A
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BIBLE STUDY, AND THIS GUY WAS INTERRUPTING JESUS'
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SERMON AND SHRIEKING, "SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME!"
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AND THEY SAID, PIPE DOWN.
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AND HE STARTED SHRIEKING ALL THE LOUDER, "SON OF DAVID,
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HAVE MERCY ON ME!!"
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AND JESUS APPROACHED HIM -- AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID.
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THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES.
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HE SAYS, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?
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IT'S LIKE, UM, JESUS, ISN'T IT KIND OF OBVIOUS?
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HE'S BLIND. BUT WHAT WAS JESUS DOING?
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HE WAS AFTER THE BLIND BEGGAR'S SPECIFICITY.
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I WANT YOU TO BE SPECIFIC.
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU REMEMBER -- I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, BUT
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WHEN YOU REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC THING YOU ASKED FOR
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WHEN I ANSWER THAT PRAYER, THEN I'M GOING GET ALL THE
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CREDIT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PRAY MORE BECAUSE YOU'RE
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GOING KNOW PRAYER WORKS.
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BUT IF YOU'RE JUST ASKING, "BLESS THIS DAY", AND YOU
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GET YOUR SIGHT BACK, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY
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GOING TO GIVE ME CREDIT.
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BUT WHEN I ANSWER SPECIFIC PRAYERS, THEN I'M GOING TO
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GET THE CREDIT FOR IT AND, GOD SAYS, I'M GOING TO BUILD
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YOUR FAITH TO PRAY TO ME MORE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
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SEE THAT PRAYER PRODUCES RESULTS.
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ASK, AND YOU SHALL -- I LOVE THIS MATTHEW 7:7, THIS IS SO
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COOL -- "ASK, AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.
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SEEK, AND YOU SHALL FIND.
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KNOCK, AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU."
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IT'S AN ACRONYM. ASK, SEEK, KNOCK.
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A-S-K. A, ASK.
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S, SEEK. K, KNOCK. A-S-K, ASK.
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YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
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AND REASON WE DON'T ASK, LISTEN, IS BECAUSE WE'RE
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AFRAID OF GETTING OUR HOPES LET UP, AND SOMETIMES THE
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LORD DOESN'T ANSWER OUR PRAYER IN THE WAY WE WANT.
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THIS HAPPENED TO PAUL.
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THEY TIMES HE ASKED THE LORD TO REMOVE THIS STAKE IN THE
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FLESH, THIS THORN IN THE FLESH, AND JESUS SAID, I'M
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NOT GOING TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE MY GRACE IS
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SUFFICIENT FOR YOU.
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MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN YOUR WEAKNESS.
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SO PAUL SAID, ACTUALLY, I GLORY IN TRIBULATION KNOWING
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THAT TRIBULATION PRODUCES PATIENCE, EXPERIENCE, HOPE,
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AND HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED.
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AND SO IF THE LORD SAYS, NO, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER IT'S
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BECAUSE IF HE CLOSES ONE DOOR, HE'S GOING TO OPEN AN
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EVEN GREATER DOOR.
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EVERY EXIT IS AN ENTRY TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GLAD THAT GOD DIDN'T -- HOW MANY
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OF YOU WHO ARE OVER LIKE 25 ARE GLAD THAT GOD DIDN'T
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ANSWER YOUR PRAYER TO BE WITH THAT GIRL WHEN YOU
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WERE 16? THANK GOD. WHY?
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BECAUSE HE HAD A BETTER GIRL IN STORE FOR YOU.
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AND SO, TOO, PAUL COULD SAY, ACTUALLY, LOOKING BACK, I'M
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GLAD THAT THE LORD DIDN'T TAKE AWAY MY THORN IN THE
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FLESH BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY -- MY PROBLEM WAS
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NOT MY PRISON.
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MY PROBLEM AND PAIN WAS A PLATFORM FOR HIS POWER.
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AND SO WHAT WE GOT TO DO IS WITH THE LORD, IF HE DOESN'T
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MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, REMEMBER THIS: IF GOD ALWAYS
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MET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, HOW WOULD HE BE ABLE
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TO EXCEED THEM?
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SO EITHER WAY, WE'D BE FOOLISH NOT TO GET
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OUR HOPE UP.
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EVERYBODY PLEASE SAY, I'M GOING TO GET MY HOPE UP.
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[AUDIENCE RESPONDS]
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BECAUSE HERE'S THE ANOMALY: GOD IS MORE WILLING TO GIVE
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THAN WE ARE WILLING TO ASK.
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NOTICE JESUS' TEACHING.
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IT WASN'T, FATHER, WOULD YOU PLEASE BE MORE WILLING TO
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GIVE TO YOUR KIDS?
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HE SAYS TO THE PEOPLE, WOULD YOU BE MORE WILLING TO ASK
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FROM YOUR FATHER?
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HE DOESN'T SAY, FATHER, PLEASE BE MORE GIVING.
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HE SAYS TO HIS PEOPLE, PLEASE BE MORE ASKING.
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IT'S TERRIBLE GRAMMAR, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.
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HE SAYS, ASK, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE.
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THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE RECEIVING.
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THE PROBLEM IS THE ASKING.
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LIKE YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
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ASK, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE.
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HE'S SAYING, THE FATHER IS MORE WILLING TO GIVE
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THAN WE ARE TO ASK.
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AND LISTEN, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW GOD
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HAS GOODWILL TOWARD YOU, THAT HE LOVES YOU TO DEATH,
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THAT HIS LOVING KINDNESS IS BETTER THAN LIFE,
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THAT GOD'S WILL IS GOD'S BILL. IT'S A DEAD GIVE AWAY.
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YOU SEE IT AT THE CROSS.
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IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU PERCEIVE GOD AS HAVING AN
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ALACRITY AND EAGERNESS TO GIVE BECAUSE HOW YOU
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PERCEIVE GOD DICTATES HOW YOU WILL RECEIVE FROM GOD.
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THIS IS WHAT NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE IS NOW SHOWING US.
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I JUST LEARNED THIS TODAY IN STUDYING FOR THIS TEXT.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT SCIENCE IS NOW TELLING US -- THIS IS
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NUTS TO ME -- SCIENCE IS NOW TELLING US THAT WHAT WE
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BELIEVE ABOUT GOD IS A HUGE PART OF
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YOUR IDENTITY FORMATION.
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AGAIN, SCIENCE IS NOW SHOWING US NEUROLOGICALLY
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THAT WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT GOD IS A HUGE PART
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OF OUR IDENTITY FORMATION.
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WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT GOD ENCOMPASSES A SIGNIFICANT
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AMOUNT OF NEUROLOGICAL REAL ESTATE.
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WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT GOD IS
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SOMETHING YOU MENTALLY INVEST IN DEEPLY.
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THAT'S WHY, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS, "HE'S THE GOD OF
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HOPE", ROMANS 15...
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THAT'S WHY, WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS, "GOD IS LOVE",
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I JOHN 4...
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THAT'S WHY, WHEN JESUS SAID, "GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT
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HE GAVE...", JOHN 3:16...
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WHEN YOU BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT GOD THAT WAY,
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IT WILL ACTUALLY SHIFT YOUR IDENTITY.
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SO BECAUSE WE KNOW GOD HAS GOODWILL TOWARD US, WE'RE
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GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR IDENTITY TONIGHT.
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JUST AS NEUROLOGICALLY WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT GOD IS A
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HUGE PART OF THE YOUR IDENTITY FORMATION, SO, TOO,
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WE'RE GOING TO LEARN WHAT OUR IDENTITY IS TONIGHT FROM
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THIS GOD OF GOODWILL WHO CREATED US.
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LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT PSALM 139.
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NOW, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THE OLD TESTAMENT TONIGHT.
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WHAT YOU GOT TO GET ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT IS IT'S A
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SNEAK PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS.
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I REALLY LIKE GOING TO THE MOVIE THEATER.
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I LOVE GOING INTO THE MOVIE THEATER.
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I LIKE TO TAKE UP MY WHOLE ROW.
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[LAUGHTER]
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I LIKE MY WHOLE ROW. I LOVE THE POPCORN.
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I LOVE MY FROZEN COKE.
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I LOVE GOING TO THE MOVIES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ONE OF MY
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FAVORITE PARTS OF THE MOVIE IS TO BE HONEST?
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IT'S THE ANTICIPATION.
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IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL MOVIE ITSELF. I LOVE THE PREVIEWS.
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I LOVE -- HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?
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YOU SIT IN THE MOVIE, AND YOU'RE WATCHING A PREVIEW --
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AND PREVIEWS ARE SO GOOD.
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THEY'RE LIKE THE TWO MINUTE HIGHLIGHT REEL ALL CRAMMED
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INTO JUST ONE LITTLE PREVIEW OF THE MOVIE ITSELF.
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NOWADAYS, IT'S LIKE WHY WOULD I SEE THE MOVIE?
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I JUST SAW THE HIGHLIGHTS IN TWO MINUTES, AND THE PREVIEW
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IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE.
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BUT HAVE YOU EVER SAT IN A PREVIEW, AND YOU'RE LIKE
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WATCHING SUCH A GOOD PREVIEW THAT YOU THINK -- YOU GET
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REALLY DEPRESSED BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, SHOOT, I'M IN A
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MOVIE THAT'S NOT AS GOOD AS THAT.
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DOES THAT EVER HAPPEN TO YOU?
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THE PREVIEW IS SO GOOD THAT YOU'RE LIKE CAUGHT UP IN THE
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PLOT, AND THEN THE PREVIEW ENDS, AND YOU'RE LIKE OH,
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WAIT, WHAT MOVIE AM I HERE TO SEE?
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AND YOU GET DEPRESSED.
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YOU'RE LIKE, OH, SHOOT, IT WAS FROZEN, AND I JUST SAW A
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PREVIEW FOR THE NEXT LORD OF THE RINGS.
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[LAUGHTER]
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SO THE OLD TESTAMENT, WHAT IT IS, AND YOU GOTTA GET
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THIS, IT'S A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS, BUT IN
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THIS CASE SHALL THE MOVIE IS BETTER THAN THE PREVIEW.
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IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT THE NEW TESTAMENT REVEALS IS WHAT
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THE OLD TESTAMENT CONCEALS.
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HERE'S WHAT I MEAN.
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WHEN YOU READ THE OLD TESTAMENT, THIS IS BIG
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THEOLOGY, THE NEW TESTAMENT IS IN THE OLD.
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IT'S JUST CONCEALED.
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AND THE OLD TESTAMENT IS IN THE NEW.
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IT'S JUST NOW REVEALED.
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SO WHEN YOU SEE PHRASES LIKE "YOUR LOVING KINDNESS IS
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BETTER THAN LIFE", THIS IS A PREVIEW OF COMING
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ATTRACTIONS WHEN JESUS WOULD SHOW, THE FATHER
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LOVES ME TO DEATH.
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IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER,
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AND I'D DIE FOR YOU. I LOVE YOU TO DEATH.
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SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT PSALM 139 TO REALLY GET OUR
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IDENTITY AS WE KNOW GOD'S GOODWILL IN MAKING US.
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NOW, USUALLY I READ OUT OF THE OLD KING JIMMY.
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TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO READ OUT OF THE NEW LIVING
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BECAUSE I WAS READING THE NEW LIVING RECENTLY,
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AND THIS TEXT JUST POPPED OUT TO ME.
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WHAT THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION IS IS IT'S JUST
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LIKE REALLY MODERN DAY LANGUAGE SO YOU CAN
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UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING SAID.
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LISTEN TO THIS, PSALM 139.
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I'M GOING TO READ VERSES 13-18 IN THE NEW LIVING.
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HERE IT IS, VERSE 13, SPEAKING OF GOD, "YOU MADE
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ALL THE DELICATE INNER PARTS OF MY BODY AND KNIT ME
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TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB.
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THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SO WONDERFULLY COMPLEX.
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YOUR WORKMANSHIP IS MARVELOUS.
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HOW WELL I KNOW IT." BY THE WAY, I LOVE
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HOW HUMBLE HE IS.
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HE'S TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF.
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HE'S LIKE, "YOUR WORKMANSHIP IS MARVELOUS.
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HOW WELL I KNOW IT."
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VERSE 15, "YOU WATCHED ME AS I WAS BEING FORMED IN UTTER
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SECLUSION AS I WAS WOVEN TOGETHER IN THE DARK
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OF THE WOMB.
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YOU SAW ME BEFORE I WAS BORN.
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EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE WAS RECORDED IN YOUR BOOK.
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EVERY MOMENT WAS LAID OUT BEFORE A SINGLE DAY HAD
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PASSED." VERSE 17, "HOW PRECIOUS ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
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ABOUT ME, OH, GOD. THEY CANNOT BE NUMBERED.
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I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THEM.
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THEY OUTNUMBER THE GRAINS OF SAND, AND WHEN I WAKE UP,
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YOU ARE STILL WITH ME." NOW TRACK WITH ME HERE.
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LOOK AT THIS.
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VERSE 13, HE SAYS, "YOU KNIT MY DELICATE PARTS TOGETHER
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IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB." YOUR EYE BALLS ARE SOME
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OF THE MOST DELICATE PARTS OF YOUR BODY.
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GOD MADE THOSE IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB.
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HE SAYS, "THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME
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SO WONDERFULLY COMPLEX.
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I AM YOUR MARVELOUS WORKMANSHIP.
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HOW WELL I KNOW IT." VERSE 15, HE SAYS, "YOU WOVEN ME
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TOGETHER WHEN I WAS IN THE DARK OF THE WOMB." VERSE 16,
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HE SAYS, "EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE WAS RECORDED
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IN YOUR BOOK." WHY?
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BECAUSE HE'S THE AUTHOR OF YOUR FAITH.
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HEBREWS 12, HE'S THE AUTHOR OF YOUR FAITH.
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SO HE WROTE EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE IN HIS BOOK.
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I LOVE THIS, VERSE 17, "YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT ME ARE SO
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PRECIOUS THAT I CAN'T EVEN NUMBER THEM." AND HE SAYS IN
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VERSE 18, "WHEN I WAKE UP, YOU'RE STILL WITH ME." THE
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FIRST THING WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW
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IT'S MONDAY, AND I HATE MONDAYS, AND I WAKE UP, AND
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IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF WORK, THE FIRST THING I WAKE
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UP TO IS GOD.
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AND THEN NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS.
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THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS.
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HE SAYS, "YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT ME ARE MORE IN NUMBER
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THAN THE GRAINS OF SAND." NOW, HOW MANY
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THOUGHTS IS THAT?
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A LOT, BUT THE EARTH IS ROUGHLY -- WE'RE SPEAKING
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VERY ROUGHLY HERE -- 7.5 TIMES TEN TO THE 18TH
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POWER GRAINS OF SAND.
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SO THE EARTH HAS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN-
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QUINTILLION, FIVE-HUNDRED QUADRILLION GRAINS OF SAND.
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AND THE PSALMIST SAYS, "YOU THINK ABOUT ME MORE THAN
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THAT." LISTEN, IF YOU THINK GOD'S MAD AT
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YOU, READ THIS VERSE.
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HE SAYS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT I CAN'T STOP
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THINKING ABOUT YOU.
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WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE, YOU CAN'T STOP
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THINKING ABOUT THEM.
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EVERY SMELL REMINDS YOU OF YOUR LOVED ONE.
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EVERY SONG REMINDS YOU OF YOUR LOVED ONE.
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YOUR FRIENDS ARE WALKING ON EGG SHELLS WHEN YOUR LOVED
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ONE BROKE UP WITH YOU BECAUSE EVERYTHING REMINDS
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YOU OF YOUR LOVED ONE.
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YOU CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONE.
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THAT'S WHAT GOD IS SAYING.
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HE'S NOT SAYING I'M MAD AT YOU.
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HE'S SAYING I'M MAD ABOUT YOU.
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NOT I'M MAD AT YOU, BUT I'M MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU.
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WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE SAY CHURCH.
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[AUDIENCE RESPONDS] BECAUSE HE THINKS ABOUT YOU MORE
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THAN SEVEN-QUINTILLION FIVE- HUNDRED QUADRILLION
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GRAINS OF SAND.
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HE HAS MORE THOUGHT THAN THAT WHEN
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HE THINKS ABOUT YOU.
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SO I LOVE WHAT THE PSALMIST SAYS.
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THIS IS HOW HE PERCEIVES GOD.
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IT DICTATES HOW HE RECEIVES FROM GOD.
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OKAY, GOD, YOU HAVE SUCH GOODWILL TOWARD ME THAT YOU
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MADE ME -- HE SAID, I AM YOUR MARVELOUS WORKMANSHIP.
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ONE TRANSLATION SAYS, "I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY
00:19:20.110 --> 00:19:22.090
MADE." IT SAYS, "THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME WONDERFULLY
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COMPLEX." WHAT DOES HE DO?
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HE THANKS THE LORD.
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THANK YOU THAT YOU MADE ME THIS WAY.
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WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU THANKED GOD FOR THE
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WAY HE MADE YOU?
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SOME OF YOU SAY, MAN, I'M REALLY NERDY.
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I HAVE SOME SILLY QUIRKS. I'M A GOOF BALL.
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WHEN ARE YOU LIKE, GOD, THANK YOU THAT YOU MADE ME
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THAT WAY?
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IT SAYS IN THE PSALM, THANK YOU THAT YOU MADE ME
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THE WAY I AM.
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WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU JUST SAID, GOD, THANK YOU
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THAT YOU MADE ME THIS WAY?
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THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.
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IN VERSE 13, HE SAYS, "THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME
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WONDERFULLY COMPLEX. IT'S INTERESTING.
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JESUS WAS REALLY AFTER THANKFULNESS.
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DO YOU REMEMBER IN THE GOSPELS, HE WALKS INTO THIS
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LEPER COLONY, AS IT WERE; SEES TEN LEPERS, AND IT SAYS
00:20:06.130 --> 00:20:08.070
THEY STAND AFAR OFF.
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AND THEY SAY, "JESUS, MESSIAH, HAVE MERCY ON US."
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AND THE REASON THEY STOOD AFAR OFF WAS BECAUSE
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ACCORDING TO THE LEVITICAL LAW, IF YOU HAD LEPROSY, YOU
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WERE UNCLEAN, AND MOSES DIDN'T WANT THE CONTAGION OF
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THE LEPERS TO BE INFECTIOUS AND GET NEAR OTHER PEOPLE
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BECAUSE LEPROSY SPREAD REALLY FAST.
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SO IF YOU WERE A LEPER, YOU WERE OSTRACIZED.
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YOU HAD TO STAY A STONE'S THROW AWAY AND SAY,
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"UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!"
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WHENEVER YOU WOULD APPROACH A COUPLE.
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AND JESUS -- I LOVE THIS -- HE DIDN'T COME TO ISOLATE.
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HE CAME TO INFILTRATE.
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HE GOES RIGHT INTO THE LEPER COLONY, AND HE SAYS --
00:20:42.110 --> 00:20:45.060
I LOVE THIS -- "GO SHOW YOURSELF TO THE PRIESTS."
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NOW, WHY DID HE SAY THAT?
00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:49.060
BECAUSE IN LEVITICUS, IF YOU WERE HEALED OF LEPROSY, YOU
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WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE PRIEST, AND THE PRIEST
00:20:51.290 --> 00:20:54.090
WOULD THEN DECLARE YOU CEREMONIALLY CLEAN.
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SO WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS, WHEN YOU OBEY MY IMPOSSIBLE
00:20:57.030 --> 00:21:00.020
COMMAND TO GO TO THE PRIEST AND TELL THEM THAT THIS
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LIFE-THREATENING, FATAL, INCURABLE DISEASE HAS JUST
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BEEN CURED BY ME, IN THE FACT OF DOING THE
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IMPOSSIBLE, YOU WILL BE EMPOWERED TO
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DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. HERE'S WHAT I MEAN.
00:21:12.010 --> 00:21:14.070
JESUS IS OFTEN ASKING BIBLE CHARACTERS TO DO CRAZY
00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:17.130
THINGS, BUT GOD'S COMMANDMENTS
00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:20.040
ARE GOD'S ENABLEMENTS.
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HE SAYS TO THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND, "STRETCH OUT
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YOUR HAND." IF I WERE THAT GUY, I'D SAY, "I CAN'T." BUT
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IT SAYS, "AS HE STRETCHED IT OUT, HE WAS MADE WHOLE."
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JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 14 TO PETER, "COME," SPEAKING OF
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WALKING ON WATER. PETER DIDN'T SAY, I CAN'T! I'M NOT SUPERMAN!
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PETER'S LIKE, OKAY, I'LL TRY.
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IN THE LEPER STORY, HE SAYS, "GO SHOW YOURSELF TO THE
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PRIESTS." AND IT SAYS, AS THEY WENT TO TELL THE
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PRIESTS THAT THEY WERE HEALED, AS THEY WENT,
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THEY WERE MADE WHOLE.
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GOD'S COMMANDMENTS ARE GOD'S ENABLEMENTS.
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AND WHEN HE ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE, HE
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WILL GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE
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THE GOD WHO CAUSE YOU TO IT WILL BRING YOU THROUGH IT.
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BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.
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THEY'RE SO HAPPY THAT THEY'RE HEALED THAT THEY
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FORGET TO SAY, THANK YOU, LORD, FOR MAKING ME HEALED!
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THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU MADE ME!
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THANK YOU FOR CURING ME!
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THEY ALL FORGOT EXCEPT ONE GUY, AND IT WAS A SAMARITAN.
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YOU KNOW HOW JESUS IS ALWAYS TALKING GOOD ABOUT
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SAMARITANS.
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LIKE, I LOVE HOW JESUS GOES RIGHT INTO SAMARITAN VILLAGE
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WHEN JAMES AND JOHN WANT TO TORCH THEM.
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JESUS IS LIKE, I WANT TO TOUCH THEM.
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I LOVE HOW THEY'RE AMAZED THAT HE SPOKE WITH A
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SAMARITAN WOMAN IN JOHN 4 BECAUSE IN THAT CULTURE,
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THEY BELIEVED THAT SAMARITANS WERE OF LESS
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WORTH THAN THEIR DONKEY, AND JESUS HAS HIS LONGEST
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CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN.
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I LOVE WHEN JESUS TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT
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TRUE LOVE LOOKS LIKE.
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HE SAYS, IT LOOKS LIKE THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
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AND I LOVE HOW IN THIS STORY, HE SEES A SAMARITAN
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WHO COMES BACK TO THANK HIM.
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JESUS LOVED SAMARITANS; WHY?
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BECAUSE THEY WERE THE OUTCASTS.
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THEY WERE THE ODD BALLS.
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IF YOU WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE TO BE ODD.
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[LAUGHTER]
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AND JESUS SAYS, I'M GOING TO SCRAPE FROM THE
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BOTTOM OF THE BARREL.
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I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE DREGS OF SOCIETY AND SAY
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YOUR LIFE MATTERS TO ME.
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YOU WERE IMAGO DEI, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
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THE SAMARITAN, HE PRAISES JESUS, AND JESUS LOOKED AT
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THIS MAN, AND HE SAID, THANK YOU THAT YOU THANKED ME.
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THANK YOU FOR SAYING THANK YOU, BUT WHY DIDN'T THE
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OTHER NINE THANK ME?
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WERE NOT TEN HEALED AND ONLY ONE CAME BACK.
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BUT NOTICE AWAY SAID TO THE LEPER.
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HE SAID, "YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU --"
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SAY IT OUT LOUD... [AUDIENCE RESPONDS] WHOLE.
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THE OTHER NINE WERE PHYSICALLY HEALED, BUT YOU
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ALONE ARE SPIRITUALLY WHOLE.
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THIS IS HOLISTIC.
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YOU WERE NOT JUST HEALED IN YOUR BODY, YOU WERE
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HEALED IN YOUR SOUL; WHY?
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BECAUSE YOU CAME BACK WITH A GRATITUDE ATTITUDE.
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IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS.
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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS THAT
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CREATES A WHOLENESS IN YOU, THAT FOSTERS FAITH IN YOU.
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FAITH IS TO PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN GOD'S BASKET, THEN
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COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
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I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PRIEST EVEN BEFORE I'M
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HEALED AND TELL THE PRIEST I'M HEALTHY AND
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THANK GOD BEFOREHAND.
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THIS IS WHAT THE LEPER DID.
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HE COMES BACK, AND HE THANKS THE LORD,
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AND HE'S MADE WHOLE.
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I THINK MY BROTHER POINTED THIS OUT.
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HERE'S THE WORST THANKSGIVING PRAYER EVER.
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WE'RE COMING UP ON THANKSGIVING
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HERE THIS MONTH.
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NOTICE THE PSALMIST SAYS, "THANK YOU THAT I AM MADE
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WONDERFULLY COMPLEX." BUT THIS IS THE WORST
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THANKSGIVING PRAYER EVER.
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DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF THE PHARISEE
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THAT JESUS TOLD?
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AND THE PHARISEE WAS GIVING HIS THANKSGIVING PRAYER.
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HE'S LIKE, GOD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT I
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FAST TWICE A WEEK.
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GOD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT I GIVE A TENTH OF
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EVERYTHING I HAVE.
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GOD, I THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT I'M NOT LIKE THAT TAX
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COLLECTOR OVER THERE.
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AND JESUS WAS KIND OF MOCKING THE PHARISEE.
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THAT WOULD BE LIKE AT THANKSGIVING DINNER, DO YOU
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GUYS HAVE TO SAY THANKS AROUND THE TABLE EVER?
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WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
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I'M THANKFUL FOR GRANDMA.
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WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
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I'M THANKFUL FOR THESE CHEESE POTATOES.
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WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? I'M THANKFUL FOR STARS.
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I LOVE SPACE. WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
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YOU'RE LIKE, YOU HAVE A WEIRD FAMILY.
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WELL, THIS IS MY IMAGINARY FAMILY IN MY HEAD.
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[LAUGHTER]
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WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
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MAN, I'M THANKFUL FOR GATORADE, WHATEVER.
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WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?
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I'M THANKFUL THAT I AM AWESOME AND NOT LIKE
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EVERYBODY ELSE AND SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEM.
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THANK YOU, GOD.
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JESUS LIKE, THAT IS THE WORST
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THANKSGIVING PRAYER EVER.
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SO WHEN THE PSALMIST IS LIKE -- HE'S BEING
00:25:18.150 --> 00:25:20.100
LIKE THE LEPER.
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HE'S HAVING HIS FAITH MADE WHOLE.
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HE'S LIKE, "THANK YOU, GOD, FOR MAKING ME WONDERFULLY
00:25:23.090 --> 00:25:24.250
COMPLEX." NOT LIKE THAT PHARISEE SAYING, I'M
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THANKFUL THAT I'M AWESOME.
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HE'S SAYING, I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE AWESOME FOR
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MAKING ME THE WAY YOU DID.
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[MUSIC]
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- WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FEATHER THE BREAKS HERE
00:25:33.250 --> 00:25:35.090
TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME, BUT HERE'S A SNEAK
00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:37.220
PREVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING SEE IN OUR NEXT EPISODE.
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- THIS IS WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT YOU, AND THIS WILL
00:25:41.010 --> 00:25:42.270
NEUROLOGICALLY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FORM THE WAY YOU
00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:45.180
THINK ABOUT GOD AND THEREFORE HOW
00:25:45.210 --> 00:25:47.120
YOU RECEIVE FROM GOD.
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THIS IS HUGE IN FORMING YOUR IDENTITY.
00:25:49.030 --> 00:25:51.240
YOU GOT TO GET THIS ABOUT GOD.
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WHEN HE MADE FEATHERLESS BIPEDS, HOMOSAPIENS, HUMAN
00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:57.080
BEINGS WHO MAKE FIRES AND HANG DICE FROM REAR VIEW
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MIRRORS, HE SEES THEM, THESE CLEVER LITTLE FOLK, THESE
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CURIOUS CREATURES, AND HE SAYS, "IT IS
00:26:06.010 --> 00:26:09.280
VERY GOOD," INITIALLY.
00:26:10.010 --> 00:26:12.270
AND HE SAYS, "IT IS VERY GOOD." GOD DID
00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:16.010
MAKE YOU VERY GOOD.
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HE THOUGHT IT WAS SO GOOD THAT HE SAID OF MAN AND
00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:19.150
WOMAN, THEY ARE IMAGO DEI. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:24.240
THEY ARE THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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- GOD IS NOT MAD AT YOU.
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HE'S MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU.
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YOU ARE THE HIGHEST FORM OF GOD'S CREATION, IMAGO DEI,
00:26:33.040 --> 00:26:35.150
MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD, NO COMMON MUGGLE.
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SO MAKE SURE YOU SET YOUR DVR FOR THIS TIME TO WATCH
00:26:39.030 --> 00:26:41.160
OUR NEXT EPISODE.
00:26:41.190 --> 00:26:43.190
I'M BEN COURSON, AND YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING HOPE
00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:46.060
GENERATION.
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[MUSIC]
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- WORDS FAIL ME WHEN I TRY ARTICULATE OUR GRATEFUL I AM
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TO YOU HOPE GENERATORS WHO HAVE GIVEN FINANCIALLY
00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:05.100
TO THIS SHOW.
00:27:05.130 --> 00:27:07.070
KNOW THAT ANY OF YOUR DONATIONS DON'T GO
00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.270
TO MY POCKET.
00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.160
IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THIS SHOW TO CONTINUE TO AIR THE
00:27:10.190 --> 00:27:12.250
MESSAGE OF THE GOD OF HOPE ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEB SITE AND
00:27:15.170 --> 00:27:18.130
DONATE ON THE INTERNET.
00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:20.090
YOU CAN TEXT AMOUNT TO THE NUMBER YOU SEE ON THE
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SCREEN, OR YOU CAN SIMPLY MAIL A COLLECT
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TO THIS ADDRESS.
00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:26.180
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING HOPE GEN POSSIBLE.
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