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January 9, 2017
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Living by Faith with Mike & DeeDee Freeman

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  • and if you're not fixed in the revelation of love
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  • you gonna flow with the majority.
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  • Watch this.
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  • Simply so you won't stand out.
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  • And there's coming moments when you
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  • gonna have to stand up and stand out.
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  • And that is your day of promotion.
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  • It is your day of visitation.
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  • It is your day of increase.
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  • While others are bowing, you gonna stand.
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  • Today, on Living by Faith...
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  • There's a process that you are currently in right now.
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  • You don't hear what I'm saying to you!
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  • There's a process that you are currently in right now
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  • that has a specific outcome.
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  • And it's gonna come out.
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  • does not discriminate.
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  • Come on, man.
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  • This favor that's upon my house, it is not fate.
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  • It's not just fate would have it.
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  • It is a favor.
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  • Did you all show the video from Debbie?
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  • - Yes.
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  • - [All] Amen.
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  • That was September 30.
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  • That's the same intercession
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  • that's declaring over your house.
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  • (applause)
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  • See, see, here's the problem. Here's the problem.
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  • You become so familiar with your enviornment
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  • that it can no longer help you.
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  • And the same environment you're in, I'm in,
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  • but, I'm capitalizing all of the environment
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  • and I'm literally pleasing God.
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  • "Pleasing God" meaning, okay, okay,
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  • that's so much to talk about.
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  • That's what has caused me to be so late.
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  • And then, they come to church,
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  • "Thank you, thank you Jesus for all,
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  • "all that You done for..."
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  • God, I dance.
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  • And if you could've seen the dance that was in my mind.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • You ever gone back out on the basketball court,
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  • and the things you can do in your mind.
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  • (laughter)
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  • I was dancing so good, I'm talking about
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  • it was so good, in my mind I threw my hand behind.
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  • You remember them saints used to hold up their skirt?
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  • (laughter, applause)
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  • Did they sing the same song here?
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  • - [All] Yeah!
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  • - God.
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  • And I'm thanking God for all.
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  • But it is not fate, it is favor,
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  • but, this favor is activated by faith.
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  • So, Hebrews says, 11:6. Give it to me.
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  • What does Hebrews 11:6 say?
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  • "Without faith, it is impossible to please God."
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  • And most have concluded that this pleasing God
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  • is something that you're doing germane to your lifestyle.
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  • He is not talking about that.
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  • Because on the very best day of your best behavior
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  • it will not equate to just...
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  • Your best day, the Scripture says,
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  • is the equivalent of filthy rags.
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  • So, there's no way that you can ever please God
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  • by anything you can do.
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  • The pleasing God relative to what that is saying
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  • comes solely through Jesus Christ.
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  • When He declared, "This is My beloved son, in whom I am..."
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  • - [All] Wealthy.
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  • - Come on, talk to me, He's what?
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  • - [All] Wealthy.
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  • - The pleasing as it relates to that kind of pleasing
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  • has been accomplished in Jesus.
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  • So, because you are in Jesus,
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  • you're automatically pleasing God.
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  • Turn to your neighbor, "I please God."
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  • - [All] I please God.
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  • - "And He's pleased with me."
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  • - [All] And He's pleased with me.
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  • - "Because, - [All] Because
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  • - "of Jesus the Christ." - [All] of Jesus the Christ.
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  • - But there are some criteria that must be met
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  • as it relates to Hebrews, chapter 6,
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  • when it's talking about pleasing.
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  • In life, there are some criteria that must be met.
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  • You have to please that criteria in order to qualify.
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  • The qualifying criteria in pleasing God
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  • relative to what Hebrews is saying,
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  • is simply believing what He says.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • - There were certain numbers I had to put in
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  • in my combination lock to please that system
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  • in order to gain access into the lock.
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  • This particular pleasing is that I believe God and I have
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  • met the requirement to have Him to give me
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  • everything I desire.
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  • When I pray, I believe I'll receive.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • Are you getting what Im saying to you?
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  • Hunch your neighbor and say,
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  • "He's preaching his lesson already."
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  • - [All] He's preaching his lesson already.
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  • This girl gets married.
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  • She posts one message.
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  • She gets on an plane to go to Dubai.
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  • They land, turn on their equipment,
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  • bing, bing, bing, bam, boom, boom,
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  • bing, bing, bam, bam, bam.
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  • And the phone calls come in.
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  • It looked like that happened just overnight.
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  • But, what you may fail to realize is that
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  • when she signed that covenant at 13,
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  • her process to where she is now began.
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  • (applause)
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  • And God had this outcome on the table when she was 13.
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  • (applause)
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  • I'm not talking about Brelyn,
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  • I'm trying to preach a lesson to you.
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  • There's a process that you are currently in right now.
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  • You don't hear what I'm saying to you!
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  • There's a process that you are currently in right now
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  • that has a specific outcome.
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  • And it's gonna come out.
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  • Do you realize at any time in that 10-year span
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  • from 13 to the moment she said, "I do,"
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  • she could have forfeited everything that she's living now.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • But, when the heat was on.
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  • And I personally know about some of the heat that was on.
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  • That literally wanted to push her out of this position
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  • in this process that would have made
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  • all of what she has right now.
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  • I talked to Bishop Jakes on yesterday.
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  • And he was sharing.
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  • I done got so many calls.
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  • That was a shame, I'm just dropping names.
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  • (laughter)
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  • That was one of the best calls I got.
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  • Out of all them other calls, we have a publicist now.
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  • We have kept our mouths shut and let them haters hate on us
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  • all throughout this week, and we haven't responded at all.
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  • Some of y'all are gangsters, though.
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  • Some of y'all ain't playing that.
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  • "That's my pastor, I know him, you don't know him.
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  • "You just mind your doggone business.
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  • "You just mad, 'cause your daughter's a T.H.O.T."
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  • (laughter, applause)
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  • Y'all was crazy.
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  • Don't mess with my man.
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  • We got some work to do in this church.
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  • Y'all came out the woodwork, represent!
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  • - [DeeDee] Go back teaching and kill yourself.
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  • - We need that "kill yourself" principal here.
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  • (laughter)
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  • - No, but one of the people said,
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  • "Let the people fight for you,
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  • "you don't have to fight for yourself."
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  • (church agrees)
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  • - I don't just come in here and talk.
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  • When we had these prayer meetings,
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  • don't you dare miss another one.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • Turn to your neighbor and say,
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  • "You have a world changer sitting over here
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  • "in the seat next to you." Go on.
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  • You got a world changer.
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  • - [All] You got a world changer sitting here
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  • in the seat next to you.
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  • Some of y'all don't even if know
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  • that God is orchestrating and arranging people.
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  • Because when I was on the phone with him, I said,
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  • "I don't know how to do this, sir.
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  • "I've never gotten this kind of attention.
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  • "It's on my house, what do I do?"
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  • He picked up the phone, hold on, he picked up the phone.
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  • Bishop said, "You gotta realize I can get
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  • "the president and Puffy on the phone right now."
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  • (applause)
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  • Hunch your neighbor and say,
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  • "That's gangster right there."
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  • - [All] That's gangster. (laughter)
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  • - And some of y'all want to be self-made.
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  • - The pleasing God is just simply
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  • believing what He says about you.
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  • And how can they hear,
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  • except they have a preacher?
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  • And how can he preach,
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  • except he'd been sent?
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  • There are those who just went.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • You got to start saying, "It's something on this dude's life
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  • "that now makes me, forces me, compels me to listen to him."
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  • I'm just trying to have a discussion here.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • So, the Apostle Paul says something quite intriguing.
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  • Okay, let's deal with this. Can we just deal with this?
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  • Okay, I ain't gonna have time.
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  • I'm not, I'm not going to have the full amount
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  • of time that I need with you in this exchange.
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  • But, let's just sit down like,
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  • if you will, in the living room.
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  • God, this is a living room.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • Hunch your neighbor and say, "You get it
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  • - [All] You get it.
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  • - "or go get another seat."
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  • (laughter)
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  • This is the living room right here.
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  • This is the living room right here.
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  • And tell 'em "It's alive because I'm in it."
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  • - [All] It's alive because I'm in it.
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  • - But, look at this revelation, would you please?
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  • Philippians, chapter 2.
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  • "Therefore." What's the "therefore" there for.
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  • Because he obviously said you're right.
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  • Who said that, Kanet.
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  • Because, you obviously said something in chapter 1
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  • where literally now forces him to say,
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  • "Okay, so then, or therefore."
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  • Well, let's go look at it.
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  • I haven't looked at it in this lesson.
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  • Look at it, give me the last verse of chapter 1.
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  • Because you got to understand,
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  • these chapters and verses were only
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  • placed in there for identification purposes.
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  • If we had to just look through this entire letter
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  • without any kind of what? Markers?
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  • Read it, baby.
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  • - [DeeDee] Okay, starting at verse 29, it says
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  • "For to you, it has been granted on behalf of Christ,
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  • "not only to believe in Him,
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  • "but also to suffer for His sake."
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  • 30, "Having the same conflict which
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  • "you saw in me, now here is in me."
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  • - So, then verse 1 says,
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  • - [DeeDee] Therefore...(echoes)
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  • - [Mike] Don't put down the mic, baby,
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  • just keep flowing with me.
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  • - [Wife] Okay, baby. - All right. (laughter)
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  • - "Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ...
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  • - Okay, slow down, back up to 29 and read.
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  • - Okay, 29. "For to you it has been
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  • "granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him,
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  • "but also to suffer for His sake."
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  • - "To suffer for His sake, not only to believe in Him,
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  • "but to suffer for His sake." Go on.
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  • - [DeeDee] "Having the same conflict which you saw him me,
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  • "now here is in me."
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  • - Huh?
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  • Okay, "Having the same conflict,
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  • "what you saw in me and now hear,"
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  • I didn't get that.
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  • "Here is in me."
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  • God.
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  • Linda, Linda, Linda, honey, honey, listen, listen.
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  • (laughter)
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  • Here. Who you listen to, you will soon become like.
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  • That's a tweet, right there, boy.
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  • You hear me, Keisha?
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  • So, are we going to verse 1 now?
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  • - [DeeDee] Yes.
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  • - Okay, so, if you're not thinking chapters and verse
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  • because you can cut down now in your thinking
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  • like we're moving on to another subject matter.
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  • We aren't, we're continuing from what he just said, right?
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  • I said, "Right."
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  • (church agrees)
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  • Push the person in front of you.
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  • Say, "Would you answer that, man?"
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  • I said push 'em in the back.
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  • Poke 'em in the back, put your finger in their back.
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  • (laughter)
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  • You better not listen to everything that man tells you.
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  • - [DeeDee] 'Cause chapters and verses was just added...
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  • - And you know what else I've stopped doing?
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  • Having church.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • I'm done with having church.
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  • Y'all can keep having it if you want to, I'm not.
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  • When I discovered that I could have church
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  • without being saved, that concerned me.
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  • You didn't know you could have church
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  • without being saved?
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  • The preacher can have church and not be saved.
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  • And the Word still works.
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  • I am no longer having church, I'm done.
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  • I'm only interested in being the church, from here on out.
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  • Matter of fact, we don't even go to church.
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  • Turn to your neighbor and say,
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  • "We don't go to church no more."
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  • (church agrees)
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  • This is a statement that you'll never hear of preacher say:
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  • "I want you to stop coming to church."
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  • God-dog, that's good.
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  • Turn to your neighbor and say, "Stop it, stop it, stop it."
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  • (laughter)
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  • "Don't you come to church not another day."
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  • Not another day.
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  • You are then, apparently without understanding, Danice.
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  • You got to be without understanding
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  • if you're coming to church when He called you to church.
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  • (church agrees)
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  • This is not the church. Say that, please.
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  • - [All] This is not the church.
  • 00:18:32.010 --> 00:18:33.280
  • - [Mike] Say, "This brick, - [All] This brick
  • 00:18:33.280 --> 00:18:35.230
  • - [Mike] "this mortar - [All] this mortar
  • 00:18:35.230 --> 00:18:37.080
  • - [Mike] "is not the church." - [All] "is not the church.
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  • - "I am - [All] I am
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  • - "the church of the living God."
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  • Would the real church please shout out?
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  • (all shouting)
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  • Some of y'all were ready to stand up.
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  • Notice the Scripture didn't say,
  • 00:19:01.250 --> 00:19:03.120
  • "I have come so that you might have church."
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  • He says that, "I've come so that you may have life."
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  • And there are more Christians having
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  • better church then they're having life.
  • 00:19:12.190 --> 00:19:14.260
  • (church agrees)
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  • 'Cause they've trained you to do church, but they're not...
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  • My churchgoing days are officially over.
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  • That's an interesting icebreaker for tomorrow's discussion.
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  • I quit going to church yesterday.
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  • You look at somebody,
  • 00:19:39.030 --> 00:19:40.140
  • "You know I quit just going to church yesterday."
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  • They're like, 'cause they know you as churchgoers.
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  • Don't do people know you as churchgoers?
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  • - [All] Yes.
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  • - Oh, okay. Thank you, Jesus.
  • 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:50.050
  • (laughter)
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  • Call Him up and say,
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  • "You know what? I ain't going to church no more."
  • 00:19:52.110 --> 00:19:54.110
  • (laughter)
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  • Just to break the ice, so you can have that discussion.
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  • Look how interesting of a discussion
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  • we've had this week about virginity.
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  • I didn't know people were that...
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  • I've heard some retarded stuff.
  • 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:18.240
  • (church agrees)
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  • She said my hymen was intact.
  • 00:20:24.130 --> 00:20:27.180
  • "Well, that doesn't mean anything,
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  • "because you can break your hymen playing basketball."
  • 00:20:29.190 --> 00:20:32.240
  • (laughter)
  • 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:34.210
  • What does that have to do with the hymen being intact,
  • 00:20:36.210 --> 00:20:40.130
  • and proving of virginity?
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  • If it's gonna break, I understand it's gonna
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  • break in different activities.
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  • But, we're talking about its intact.
  • 00:20:46.170 --> 00:20:49.060
  • (church agrees)
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  • I'm like, God, my mother used to tell me
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  • people will perceive you to be smart
  • 00:20:58.080 --> 00:21:01.040
  • until you open your mouth.
  • 00:21:01.040 --> 00:21:03.080
  • (laughter)
  • 00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:05.080
  • Just get all the facts first.
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  • He says, "Therefore."
  • 00:21:14.030 --> 00:21:16.080
  • So, we discover now what's the "Therefore" there for.
  • 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:23.200
  • It's there for if there is any consolation in Christ,
  • 00:21:23.230 --> 00:21:28.230
  • therefore, if there is any comfort of love, any, any,
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  • if you can find any good thing.
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  • My mama used to always say
  • 00:21:40.130 --> 00:21:41.280
  • if you can't find nothing good to say,
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  • - [All] Don't say nothing.
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  • - don't say it at all, but if there's anything
  • 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:51.110
  • good you can say, just focus on that.
  • 00:21:51.110 --> 00:21:54.250
  • That's what the Apostle Paul is saying.
  • 00:21:54.250 --> 00:21:56.130
  • He said, "If there's any comfort of love,
  • 00:21:56.130 --> 00:21:59.020
  • "if there is any fellowship of the Spirit,
  • 00:21:59.020 --> 00:22:02.200
  • "if we got any affection and mercy,
  • 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:05.110
  • "if there is anything here, fulfill ye my joy
  • 00:22:05.110 --> 00:22:10.110
  • "by being like-minded."
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  • Oh, Lord.
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  • Tell your neighbor,
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  • "I want you to throw it up in 'Park' right now.
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  • "Throw it up in 'Park' right now."
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  • Tell 'em, "Throw it up in 'Park.' "
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  • And tell 'em, "Get your foot off the brake."
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  • - [All] Get your foot off the brake.
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  • - Make sure we're in "Park."
  • 00:22:29.230 --> 00:22:32.050
  • You ever reluctantly kind of taken your
  • 00:22:32.050 --> 00:22:34.180
  • foot off the brake to ensure that it's in "Park"?
  • 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:38.290
  • Okay, and then you take your foot off,
  • 00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:41.170
  • you know you got it in "Park."
  • 00:22:41.170 --> 00:22:42.270
  • So, let's Park here, because when I was
  • 00:22:42.270 --> 00:22:44.180
  • studying this lesson here, I couldn't go any further
  • 00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:49.130
  • than this "being like-minded" because
  • 00:22:49.130 --> 00:22:51.140
  • now I'm milking this whole thing.
  • 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:54.270
  • Because Paul has me in a bit of a dilemma here.
  • 00:22:54.270 --> 00:22:59.050
  • I'm challenged, I'm thinking.
  • 00:22:59.050 --> 00:23:01.240
  • Now, "be like-minded."
  • 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:03.070
  • So, you're saying, okay, if you see anything
  • 00:23:03.070 --> 00:23:07.180
  • that I'm doing in my life that is worthy of anything,
  • 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:12.180
  • then I need you to be like I am in my mind.
  • 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:18.130
  • Now, how can you become like somebody in their mind?
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  • Any psychology majors in here?
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  • Let's talk about the mind.
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  • Psychology majors, come here, come here.
  • 00:23:31.260 --> 00:23:33.210
  • Psychology majors, come here, don't be scared.
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  • Hurry up.
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  • I mean would you make it quick?
  • 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:42.070
  • Y'all looking so fine. Come on up here, don't be scared.
  • 00:23:42.070 --> 00:23:44.240
  • - You're beautiful, too. I love your hair, look at you.
  • 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:48.260
  • You're beautiful too, here.
  • 00:23:48.260 --> 00:23:50.260
  • (laughter)
  • 00:23:50.260 --> 00:23:53.090
  • - Albany State.
  • 00:23:54.260 --> 00:23:56.010
  • - Albany State, psychology majors.
  • 00:23:56.010 --> 00:23:58.210
  • Y'all help a brother out.
  • 00:23:58.210 --> 00:24:01.020
  • Have a seat, sit down, you sit down there.
  • 00:24:01.020 --> 00:24:02.240
  • Y'all don't have to all sit down.
  • 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.010
  • Especially you, you be careful.
  • 00:24:04.010 --> 00:24:06.070
  • We need a lap cloth.
  • 00:24:06.070 --> 00:24:07.130
  • - Yes, we do.
  • 00:24:07.130 --> 00:24:09.050
  • - [Mike] We need church.
  • 00:24:09.050 --> 00:24:12.020
  • Psychology major?
  • 00:24:12.020 --> 00:24:13.130
  • Well, what took you so long?
  • 00:24:13.130 --> 00:24:17.020
  • Come here. Sit down. I mean, be seated, please.
  • 00:24:17.020 --> 00:24:20.230
  • Now, the godfather of psychology.
  • 00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:26.060
  • (laughter)
  • 00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:27.110
  • Who would that be?
  • 00:24:27.110 --> 00:24:28.160
  • - Freud. - [Mike] Freud.
  • 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:31.110
  • Sigmund Freud. Sig.
  • 00:24:31.110 --> 00:24:33.240
  • - [Woman] Pass the mic.
  • 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:35.040
  • - Sig said a lot of interesting and profound things.
  • 00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:39.270
  • One thing that Henry picked up from Sig about thinking,
  • 00:24:39.270 --> 00:24:43.120
  • Henry, that'd be Ford.
  • 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:45.270
  • You're familiar with Henry Ford?
  • 00:24:45.270 --> 00:24:47.100
  • - Yes.
  • 00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.080
  • - The maker of Ford products.
  • 00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:51.060
  • Ford says, "I believe thinking is not done
  • 00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:56.020
  • "because it happens to be a most difficult task for most."
  • 00:24:56.020 --> 00:25:00.290
  • God-dog, that was shade.
  • 00:25:00.290 --> 00:25:03.020
  • (laughter)
  • 00:25:03.020 --> 00:25:06.020
  • Most people don't think because it's difficult.
  • 00:25:06.020 --> 00:25:10.110
  • There are some intricacies relative to thinking
  • 00:25:10.110 --> 00:25:14.260
  • that requires depth, patience,
  • 00:25:14.260 --> 00:25:19.260
  • understanding of things.
  • 00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:22.120
  • Here is my first question: Can the mind the x-rayed?
  • 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:26.210
  • - [All Women] No.
  • 00:25:32.030 --> 00:25:34.040
  • - So, where is it?
  • 00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:40.210
  • - That's the main question.
  • 00:25:42.070 --> 00:25:44.060
  • - That's a psychology major as well.
  • 00:25:46.020 --> 00:25:48.050
  • No, I don't think you're a psychology major.
  • 00:25:48.050 --> 00:25:51.180
  • - I got a bachelor's in psychology.
  • 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:55.290
  • - Oh, my baby's smart.
  • 00:25:55.290 --> 00:25:58.270
  • - No, I just read the books.
  • 00:26:00.090 --> 00:26:02.290
  • - Where is it?
  • 00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:07.250
  • - I always thought it's in my heart.
  • 00:26:11.130 --> 00:26:14.180
  • - Dr. Grisette, do you care to join us?
  • 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:17.020
  • He said, "Oh, my God, I am not a psychology major."
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  • I'm asking you not to trust me.
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  • I'm telling you, you don't have to trust me,
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  • just watch me.
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  • Watch me, watch me, watch me.
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  • Just watch me, just watch me.
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  • "But, you will know them by the fruit that they bear."
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  • You just watch my fruit.
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