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Praise | Ben Courson | November 24, 2020

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November 24, 2020

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Bobby Schuller hosts Ben Courson from Los Angeles; CA.

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Praise | Ben Courson | November 24, 2020

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♪♪
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- TONIGHT ON PRAISE,FROM LOS ANGELES, FOUNDER
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OF HOPE GENERATION, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND TV AND
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RADIO HOST, BEN COURSON.
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♪♪
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- AND NOWBOBBY SCHULLER.
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- BOBBY SCHULLER:WELCOME TO PRAISE.
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WE'RE SO SO GLAD THATYOU'RE JOINING US, AND I
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BELIEVE THAT IF YOU'RERIGHT HERE ON THIS
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STATION RIGHT NOW, I WANTTO YOU WATCH THIS WHOLE
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EPISODE BECAUSE I REALLYTHINK THAT WHAT WE'RE
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ABOUT TO TALK ABOUTCOULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
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I THINK THAT GOD WANTSYOU TO BE WATCHING RIGHT
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NOW, AND I BELIEVE THATGOD HAS A WORD FOR YOU.
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MAYBE YOU'RE GOINGTHROUGH JUST LIKE A RUT.
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MAYBE A TOUGH TIME, ANDTODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK
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ABOUT THANKFULNESS,PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF
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THE SCIENCE OFTHANKFULNESS
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AND THEOLOGY.
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BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING TOTALK ABOUT HOW DO WE GET
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OUT OF THESE RUTS?
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HOW DO WE GET OUT OFTHESE DIFFICULT TIMES
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WHEN SO MUCH CRAZY, WEIRDSTUFF IS GOING ON IN THE
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WORLD AND IN THE COUNTRY,
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HOW CAN WE STILLBE JOYFUL, HAPPY,
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OVERFLOWING PEOPLE?
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AND I'M SO SO THRILLED TOHAVE MY GUY, BEN COURSON.
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BEN, HOW ARE YOU MAN?
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- I'M SO GLAD IGET TO BE WITH YOU.
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I LOVE IT EVERYTIME, BOBBY.
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- I AM SO STOKED THAT WEHAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO
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TALK SPECIALLY ONTHANKFULNESS.
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- I FEEL LIKE I HANGOUT WITH YOU MORE THAN
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MOST PEOPLE INOREGON WHERE I LIVE.
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- THAT'S A GOOD THING.
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- LIKE WE DO.
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WE HANG OUT EVERYCOUPLE MONTHS.
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- WELL, WE'REBOTH PASTORS.
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WE'RE BOTH PASTORS KIDS,WE CAN COMMISERATE ABOUT
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THAT STUFF.
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- AND WE BOTH HAVEINFLUENTIAL PASTOR DADS.
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- YEAH, TOTALLY.
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- GROWING UP IN HIGHSCHOOL IN ORANGE COUNTY
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SO IT'S GREAT.
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- SO YOU GREW UP INORANGE COUNTY HERE?
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- I DID.
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I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOLAT CALVARY COSTA MESA.
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- AWESOME.
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- ACTUALLY I HAVEA FUNNY STORY.
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I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULDSHARE THIS BUT I'M GOING TO.
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- GO.
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- WHEN I WAS 14 OR15 YEARS OLD, THE TBN
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BUILDING USED TO BEACROSS THE STREET FROM MY
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HOUSE ON BEAR.
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AND ME AND MY FRIEND,AGAIN I WAS 14 OR 15,
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WE'D PLAY HIDE ANDSEEK IN THE BUILDING.
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[LAUGHTER]
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- YOU WOULDACTUALLY GET IN?
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- THAT'S MYORIGINS AT TBN.
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- SO HOLD ON.
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YOU WOULD ACTUALLY LIKEGET INTO THE BUILDING,
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LIKE BREAK INTOTHE TBN BUILDING?
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- WELL, NO.
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IT WAS WHEN YOU COULDLIKE, YOU COULD WALK IN
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AND IT WAS VERYGRANDIOSE, RIGHT.
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SO THERE WAS THIS LIVE INSTUDIO SORT OF SETTING,
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AND WE'D HIDE BEHINDTHE CHAIRS AND STUFF.
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- THAT'S AMAZING.
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I REMEMBER THAT BUILDING.
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- SO I'VE COME A LONGWAY IN OTHER WORDS.
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- YEAH.
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- I'M NOT PLAYING HIDEAND SEEK IN TBN ANYMORE.
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- WELL, I REMEMBER BOTHMEETING PAUL AND JAN IN
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THAT BUILDING, AND JUSTLOVING THEM BOTH SO MUCH.
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I STILL REMEMBER THEFIRST TIME I MET JAN, AND
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I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TOMAKE OF HER BECAUSE I'D
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ONLY SEEN HER ON TV.
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AND SHE HAD THIS BIBLEWHICH I THINK SHE JUST
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CARRIED IT WITH HEREVERYWHERE, AND IT WAS
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FULL OF NOTES AND STUFF.
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AND SHE TOLD ME I WASHER FAVORITE MINISTER.
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NOW, MY GUESS LATER WASTHAT SHE PROBABLY SAID
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THAT TO EVERY MINISTER,BUT IT REALLY TOUCHED
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MY HEART.
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BUT THE CROUCHES AND MYGRANDPARENTS THEY HAD A
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GREAT RELATIONSHIP.
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WE'RE GRATEFUL TOBE PART OF TBN.
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BUT, YEAH.
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THAT WAS A COOL SPACEACROSS FROM SOUTH COAST PLAZA.
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WELL ANYWAY, SO THERE'S ALOT OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO
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KNOWING YOU, BEN, YOU ARELIKE SERIOUSLY ONE OF THE
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MOST JOYFUL, FUN, OVERTHE TOP, AMAZING PEOPLE
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REALLY, AND IT'S FUNNYWATCHING YOUR INSTAGRAM
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BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYSLIKE SKATING AND DOING
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STUFF WITH LIKE, I DON'TKNOW, YO-YOS OR FOOD
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OR WHATEVER.
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- IT'S TRUE.
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- A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHTBE SURPRISED THAT YOU
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HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED INTHE PAST WITH THINGS LIKE
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DEPRESSION, PROBABLY SOMECOMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS,
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THINGS LIKE THAT.
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WHAT DO YOU SAY TOSOMEONE WHO IS WATCHING
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RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'SGETTING DARKER, IT'S
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GETTER COLDER, ANDTHEY'RE LIKE IT'S KIND OF
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LIKE MY LIFE.
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THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING.
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THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLETHAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
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- ANYTHING FROM THE LACKOF PHOTO THERAPY WHEN THE
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WEATHER IS CHANGINGAND SEASONAL
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EFFECTIVE DISORDER.
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- WHAT'S PHOTO THERAPY?
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- WELL, BASICALLY JUSTTHE LACK OF PHOTONS
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HITTING YOUR SKIN.
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RESEARCHERS ANDSCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND
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OVER THE PAST FEW DECADESTHAT JUST VITAMIN D IS
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VERY MUCH HEALING FORPEOPLE, AND SO DURING THE
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WINTER SEASON WHEN IT'SMORE CLOUDY, YOU CAN GET
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SEASONAL EFFECTIVEDISORDER, AND STAY INDOORS.
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I MEAN, WE LIVE IN AGENERATION NOW, BOBBY,
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WHERE RESEARCHERSARE TELLING US AND
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SOCIOLOGISTS ARE NOWDECLARING THAT WE'RE THE
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MOST DEPRESSEDGENERATION ON RECORD.
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NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHOINTERVIEWED THE 14
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CENTURY BURGUNDIANS TOAFFIRM THAT FACT, BUT
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SOMEHOW THEY'RE SAYING --- CAN I INTERRUPT YOU
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RIGHT THERE?
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I'VE HEARD THAT SO MANYTIMES AND I THINK IT'S TRUE.
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- I DO, TOO.
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- WHY IS IT?
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WHY IS IT THAT YOU'VE GOTA GENERATION THAT HAS SO
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MUCH OPPORTUNITYAVAILABLE TO THEM.
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- THAT'S RIGHT.
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- I MEAN, THERE'SA MILLION THINGS.
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YOU CAN START A YOU TUBECHANNEL AND IF YOU'RE
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LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MR.BEAST OR SOMEONE, YOU
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KNOW, SOME RANDOM RID,YOU MAKE MILLIONS OF
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DOLLARS, HELPALL THESE PEOPLE.
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- AND TICK TOCK'S ALGORITHMAND ALL OF THAT.
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SO HERE'S ONE OF THEMAIN REASONS WHY WE'RE
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DEPRESSED ACCORDING TOTHE RESEARCH AND THE DATA
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IS BECAUSE OF SOCIALMEDIA WHICH LEADS ME TO
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WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAYABOUT BEING INDOORS ALL
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THE TIME.
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SO ONE OF THE REASONSWHY WE DO POST THESE
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VIDEOS AND THERE'S ONECOMING OUT HERE WITHIN
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THE WEEK WHERE I'MHOLDING ONTO A ROPE AND
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BEING PULLED BY ATRUCK ON MY SKATEBOARD
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PREACHING A MESSAGEWHILE SKATING.
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AND PEOPLE SEE THAT ANDTHEY'RE LIKE,
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THAT'S CRAZY.
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BUT I WANT TO SHOW MYGENERATION, AND THIS IS
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VERY IMPORTANT TO ME,THAT YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE.
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AND I JUST ACTUALLY WANTTO TALK TO THE AUDIENCE
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FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THISBECAUSE ONE OF THE
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REASONS WE'RE SODEPRESSED, THIS IS WHAT
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RESEARCHERS TELL US ISBECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
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SO WHAT HAPPENS IS LIKETHE CREATORS OF INSTAGRAM
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FOR EXAMPLE THEY CREATEDTHE SWIPE FEATURE SO THAT
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EVERY TIME YOURREFRESHING YOUR FEED ON
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INSTAGRAM, AND THISIS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR
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PARENTS TO KNOW IF YOUHAVE KIDS OUR AGE OR
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YOUNGER, WHEN YOU'REREFRESHING YOUR FEED,
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IT'S THE SAME MECHANISMTHAT YOU USE WITH YOUR
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HAND AT AGAMBLING MACHINE.
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SO THEY DIDTHAT ON PURPOSE.
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IT'S A SUBLIMINALPAVLOVIAN DOG SALIVATION
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AS IT WERE WHERE YOU'REREFRESHING YOUR FEED IS
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BECAUSE WHAT IT DOESIS IT'S TRIGGERING A
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DOPAMINE LOOP WHICH ISTHE SAME CHEMICAL THAT
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GAMBLING INDUCES BECAUSEWHEN YOU GO TO A SLOT
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MACHINE, YOU DON'T KNOWIF YOU'RE GOING TO WIN OR
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LOSE, AND THAT'STHE ADDICTIVE RUSH.
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THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENINGON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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YOU DON'T KNOW WHATYOU'RE GOING TO GET NEXT.
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IT'S A GAMBLE.
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IS IT A THUMBS UP?
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IS IT A THUMBS DOWN?
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IS IT A POST THAT'S GOINGTO ENCOURAGE ME OR MAKE
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ME FEEL WORSE ABOUTMY LIFE AS I COMPARE?
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IS THIS A GOOD COMMENTOR A NEGATIVE COMMENT?
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SO WE LIVE INSIDESCROLLING, AND SO FEW OF
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US ARE ACTUALLY LIVING.
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AND THERE IS JUST POWERTO GOING OUTSIDE.
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I LOVE HOW THE BIBLE INMALACHI CALLS GOD THE S-U-N,
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THE SUN OFRIGHTEOUSNESS WITH
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HEALING IN HIS WINGS.
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AND THERE IS HEALINGPOWER JUST GOING OUTSIDE,
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AND THE VERY PRESENCE OFGOD HAS THAT VITAMIN D
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LIKE QUALITY AS JESUSCALLS HIMSELF THE LIGHT
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OF THE WORLD.
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- DO YOU THINK PEOPLESHOULD DELETE THEIR
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SOCIAL MEDIA?
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- THAT'S AGREAT QUESTION.
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- I MEAN, YOU'RE BIGON INSTAGRAM AND
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OTHER THINGS.
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- WELL, I'LL TELL YOUWHAT, LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA'S--
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AND I'M GOING TO GETCONTROVERSIAL HERE, BUT
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SOCIAL MEDIA IS KIND OF-- I'VE HEARD IT SAID BY A
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BRITISH PERSON BECAUSETHE GUN LAWS ARE
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DIFFERENT THERE, BUT HESAID SOCIAL MEDIA IS KIND
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OF LIKE GUNS, WE ALL KNOWTHEY'RE BAD FOR US BUT
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THEY'RE OUT THERE.
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LIKE, WHAT AREYOU GOING TO DO?
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TRY TO RECALL ALL OF IT?
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THE THING IS IS IN AVIRTUAL --
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- IT'S LIKE TV.
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WE'RE USING TV RIGHT NOW.
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TV CAN HAVE THE SAMECRIPPLING EFFECT, BUT IF
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YOU USE IT FOR THE RIGHTEFFECT TO REACH PEOPLE
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FOR THE GOSPEL,THAT'S POSITIVE.
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- AND HERE'S THE THINGABOUT THAT, BOBBY.
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PAUL THE APOSTLE WASAT THE CUTTING-EDGE
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OF TECHNOLOGY.
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HE WAS USING THEDICTATION OF LETTERS
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WHICH WAS IN THATTIME WAS CUTTING-EDGE
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TECHNOLOGY, THEROMANS ROADS.
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I MEAN, HE WAS USING THEPERSIAN MAILING SYSTEM SO
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HE COULD SEND THESELETTERS FROM PRISON.
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- YEAH.
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- SO I THINK AS LONG ASWE'RE USING IT NOT JUST
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TO IMPRESS FOR NARCISSISTICVAIN GLORY, BUT IF WE'RE
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USING IT TO IMPACT, TOSORT OF PUSH PEOPLE INTO
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD, THENI THINK IT'S USED
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FOR THE GOOD.
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- WELL, WE'RE GOING INTOA SEASON WHERE I THINK SO
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MUCH OF ALL THE STUFFIS BALANCE, RIGHT?
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WE ALWAYS JUST WANTTO CUT IT OUT, CUT
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EVERYTHING OUT INSTEAD OFFINDING BALANCE, AND I
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THINK ONE OF THE THEMESWE WANTED TO GET TO TODAY
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IS THE IMPORTANCEOF THANKFULNESS.
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IT'S THE SEASON OFTHANKSGIVING, WE'RE GOING
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INTO CHRISTMAS, AND IT'SA TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE
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SUPPOSED TO BE THANKFUL.
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ACTUALLY I SAW A GREATVIDEO THAT YOU DID ON
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THIS THAT I THINK PEOPLEWOULD LOVE TO TAKE
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A LOOK AT.
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CHECK THIS OUT.
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♪♪
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- LIFE CYCLES INSEASONS, WHEN AUTUMN
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FALLS UPON US AND WINTERLOOMS IN FRONT OF US, WE
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CAN STILL LEADA LIFESTYLE
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OF THANKSGIVING.
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IN THE STORY OF JESUS ANDTHE LEPERS, ONLY ONE OUT
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OF THE TEN THAT HAD BEENHEALED TURNED BACK TO
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GIVE THANKS.
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WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE10% PERCENT THAT
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SHOW GRATITUDE.
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OUT OF THE 860.3 MILLION
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WORDS WE SPEAKIN OUR LIFETIME, LET'S
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MAKE A LOT OF THOSEWORDS OF THANKFULNESS.
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♪♪
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- IF YOU'RE JUST JOININGUS, WELCOME TO PRAISE.
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I AM BOBBY SCHULLER.
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AND I'M SO OVERJOYEDJUST TO BE HERE WITH BEN
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COURSON, MY GOODFRIEND AND PASTOR.
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BEN, I LOVE TALKING ABOUTTHANKFULNESS BECAUSE, YOU
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KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSETHINGS THAT IT'S LIKE, DO
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YOU THINK PEOPLE JUSTLIKE CHOOSE TO
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BE THANKFUL?
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I MEAN, LIKE -OR IS ITSOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO
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KIND OF LIKE JUST-LIKE HOW IMPORTANT IS
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THANKFULNESS IN THELIFE OF A DISCIPLE?
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- I'LL TELL YOUWHAT, I BELIEVE GOD'S
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COMMANDMENTS AREGOD'S ENABLEMENTS.
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AND PAUL THE APOSTLESAID IN EVERYTHING
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GIVE THANKS.
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- CAN YOU STOP THERE?
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AREGOD'S ENABLEMENTS.
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- SO WHEN GOD TELLS YOUTO DO SOMETHING, HE GIVES
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YOU THE POWER TO DO IT.
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- GIVES YOU THEPOWER TO DO IT.
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THAT'S GOOD.
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- SO WHEN PAUL SAYS INEVERYTHING GIVE THANKS,
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HE WOULDN'T TELL YOUTO DO IT IF THE SPIRIT
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DIDN'T ALREADY ENABLE YOUWITH THE POWER TO DO IT.
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- THAT'S RIGHT.
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- IF YOU REALLY THINKABOUT IT JUST AS WE
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TALKED ABOUT INTHAT VIDEO,
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860.3 MILLION WORDSOVER OUR LIFE.
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IT TAKES 72 DIFFERENTMUSCLES TO PRODUCE SPEECH.
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WE'RE EXERTING ALLTHIS ENERGY INTO
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COMMUNICATION, AND HOWMANY OF THOSE WORDS ARE
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GOING TO BE WORDSOF GRATITUDE
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AND THANKFULNESS?
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HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLESAYS AGAIN IN MALACHI.
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WE'RE GOING TO THEOBSCURE PLACES TODAY.
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- AWESOME.
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- BUT IT SAYS THAT WHENWE SPEAK WORDS THAT ARE
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HONORING GOD'S NAME, THATGOD HEARKENS, AND THE
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WORD FOR HEARKEN INHEBREW IS USED OF A DOG
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WHOSE EARS PERK UP WHENHE HEARS THE VOICE OF HIS
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MASTER, HEARS SOMETHINGTHAT INTERESTS HIM.
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THAT'S THE WORD USEDOF GOD LISTENING.
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HIS EARS PERK UP, ANDIT SAYS HE WRITES THOSE
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WORDS DOWN IN ABOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.
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THAT'S WHAT ITSAYS IN MALACHI.
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SO HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THATIDEA THAT WHEN WE SPEAK
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WORDS OF THANKFULNESSTHAT GOD IN THIS POETIC
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IMAGERY IS WRITINGTHEM DOWN IN A BOOK
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OF REMEMBRANCE?
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AND THAT MAKES ME WANTTO SPEAK MORE WORDS
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OF GRATITUDE.
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- IT'S INTERESTING, IREMEMBER READING WHEN I
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WAS --I ACTUALLY DIDLIKE A FORMAL STUDY ON
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HAPPINESS BECAUSE ABOUTTEN YEARS AGO THERE WAS A
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LOT OF LITERATURE ANDPSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE
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WORD HAPPINESS, NOT ASMUCH ABOUT GOOD LIFE OR
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-- AND IT WAS INTERESTINGTO FIND THAT MOST OF THE
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STUDIES AGREED THATTRAUMATIC EVENTS IN YOUR
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LIFE OR GREAT EVENTSIN YOUR LIFE DIDN'T
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PERMANENTLYCHANGE YOUR LIFE.
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SO WHAT THEY FOUND LIKE --- WOW.
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- LIKE THEY USEDTHIS EXAMPLE.
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SO IF SOMEONE WINS THELOTTERY, THEY'RE GOING TO
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HAVE LIKE SIX MONTHS OFBEING OVER THE MOON, YOU
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KNOW, STOKED, AND THEY'REHELPING PEOPLE AND
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THEY'RE BUYING ALL THETHINGS THEY ALWAYS WANTED
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AND THEY'RE PAYING OFFDEBT AND THEY GOT ALL
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THIS FREEDOM AND THEYQUIT THEIR JOB, BUT AFTER
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ABOUT SIX MONTHS THEYJUST KIND OF FEEL THE
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SAME THAT THEYWERE BEFORE.
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AND THE OPPOSITE WAS TRUEFOR PEOPLE THAT WENT
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THROUGH TRAUMATIC EVENTS,SAY SOMEONE WHO LOST
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THEIR ABILITY TO WALK ORSOMEONE WHO -SOMETHING
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LIKE THAT.
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THEY FOUND THOSE PEOPLEON AVERAGE TEND TO HAVE
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ABOUT SIX MONTHS OFREALLY HARD TIMES.
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- WOW.
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- BUT ENDEDUP ADJUSTING.
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IT KIND OF REMINDS MEI THINK IT WAS DOSTOEVSKY
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SAID A HUMAN BEINGIS SOMEONE WHO CAN
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GET USED TO ANYTHING.
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- YES.
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- AND I THINK THAT WHATTHEY FOUND THOUGH IN
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ANOTHER STUDY THAT I READTHAT THE ONLY THING THAT
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THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TOPROVE IN A LAB THAT
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PERMANENTLY INCREASESA PERSON'S OVERALL
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HAPPINESS WERE SOMETYPE OF DISCIPLINE
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OF THANKFULNESS.
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SO NOT JUST LIKE FEELINGTHANKFUL BUT LIKE HAVING
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SOME KIND OF APRACTICE WHERE I'M
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DOING SOMETHING.
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SO LIKE ONE THAT THEY'VEBEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE
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MULTIPLE TIMES WASEVERYDAY OR EVERY WEEK,
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I'M SORRY, WRITING DOWNFIVE RANDOM THINGS YOU'RE
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THANKFUL FOR.
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AND THEY MADE THEMOST LIKE DEPRESSED,
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FRUSTRATED, SAD PEOPLE,AND THEY WERE ABLE TO
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MEASURE THAT OVER TIME ASPEOPLE DID THIS, THEIR
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OVERALL HAPPINESSINCREASED.
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AND THEN CIRCLING BACKMONTHS AND YEARS LATER
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THAT IT STAYED HIGHER,LIKE IT STAYED THAT WAY.
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- WOW.
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- SO IT'S ONE THING THATPERMANENTLY CHANGED.
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SO LIKE ONE GUY WAS LIKEI'M THANKFUL FOR MY BED.
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I'M THANKFULFOR MY SOCKS.
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I'M THANKFUL FOR MY CAT.
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LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEENVERY HARD -HE FELT LIKE
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THERE WASN'T A LOTTO BE HAPPY ABOUT.
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AND I THINK IT'S SOINTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN
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YOU READ THE BIBLE, SOMUCH IS ABOUT LIKE EVEN
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OUR LITURGIES AND OURPRAYERS, AND THE HEBREW
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PRAYERS AND CHRISTIANPRAYERS, SO MUCH IS
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ABOUT THANKFULNESS.
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- IT IS.
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- AND ABOUT LIKE IT'SALMOST LIKE BEING FORCED
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TO BE THANKFUL AGAIN.
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- YOU'RE RIGHT.
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AND THAT'S NOT WINKINGOUR EYE AT OUR SUFFERING.
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YOU KNOW, 50% SCHOLARSTELL US THAT THE PSALMS
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ARE LAMENT IS.
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SO NEARLY HALF THEPSALMS ARE LAMENTS.
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- YEAH.
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- BUT WHAT'S A MASSIVEPORTION OF PSALMS?
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ITS PRAISING THE LORDWITH LOUD INSTRUMENTS,
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GIVING THANKS FOR HISMERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLEENCOURAGES US TO DO.
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AND I THINK, BOBBY, THISMESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT,
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AND I JUST WANT TO SAYTHIS TO YOU WATCHING AT
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HOME, DURING THE HOLIDAYSEASON A LOT OF TIMES
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THIS IS A VERYCHALLENGING TIME BECAUSE
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THERE'S MONEY STRESS,THERE'S FINANCIAL ISSUES
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THAT YOU'RE GOINGTHROUGH, THERE'S FAMILY
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MEMBERS THAT PERHAPS ARENO LONGER WITH YOU OR
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TOPOGRAPHICAL TRIGGERSTHAT ARE REMINDING YOU
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OF HEARTBREAK.
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AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLETHE HOLIDAYS
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ARE STRESSFUL.
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IN FACT, ONE STUDY SHOWSUS THAT 38% OF PEOPLE
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ARE MORE STRESSED.
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THERE'S A 38% INCREASEIN STRESS FOR THOSE GOING
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THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS.
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SO THIS CAN BE ASTRESSFUL TIME ARE, AND
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THAT'S WHY I WANT TOENCOURAGE YOU TO SORT OF
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DISARM YOUR STRESSBY GIVING THANKS.
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BECAUSE HERE'S WHATRESEARCH ALSO FOUND.
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NOT ONLY DOES IT INCREASEHAPPINESS WHICH IS
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VERY POWERFUL.
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BY THE WAY, ARISTOTLEBELIEVED THAT HAPPINESS
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WAS NOT A FEELING.
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IT WAS THE OVERALLNARRATIVE ARK OF A
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PERSON'S SUCCESSFUL LIFE.
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SO LIKE LOOKING AT THEENTIRETY OF YOUR LIFE
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WHICH I THINK ISINTERESTING, BUT ALSO
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RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THATWHEN YOU'RE THANKFUL, YOU
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WILL HAVE GREATER NEURALSENSITIVITY IN YOUR
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MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX,AND YOU'LL BE MORE
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PREDISPOSED TO GIVEMONEY TO A CAUSE.
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SO YOU'LL BEMORE GENEROUS.
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YOU'LL ACTUALLY BEMORE INTELLIGENT.
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YOU'LL BE MORE JOYFULAS YOU POINTED OUT.
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SO WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS INEVERYTHING GIVE THANKS,
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THIS ISN'T A DUTY OR ABURDEN FOR US TO SORT
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OF SLAVE UNDER.
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ABOUT IT'S ACTUALLY ANEMPOWERING LIBERTY THAT
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WE GET TO WALK IN.
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- IT'S INTERESTINGBECAUSE WHENEVER I -I'M
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TRYING TO THINK OF TIMESWHEN I PERSONALLY WAS IN
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A HUGE RUT.
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SOMETIMES HEARING THESTUFF CAN FEEL ANNOYING.
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LIKE IF SOMEBODY ELSE-LIKE IF I HEARD SOMEONE
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ON TV GO OKAY, BETHANKFUL, YOU CAN'T -IT'S
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HARD WHENYOU'RE IN A PIT.
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IT'S LIKE YOU ALMOST HAVETO SAY IT TO YOURSELF.
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IF SOMEBODY ELSE TELLSYOU TO BE THANKFUL,
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SOMEHOW THATCAN BE ANNOYING.
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BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT RUTAND YOU'RE LIKE NO, I'M
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CHOOSING FOR MYSELF TO BETHANKFUL BECAUSE I KNOW
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THAT WILL HELP ME.
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AND YOU BEGIN TOLIST THOSE THINGS.
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I FEEL LIKE THERE DOESHAVE TO BE A
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COMMITMENT ALMOST.
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I ALMOST FEEL LIKE WHENTHINGS ARE REALLY GOOD,
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THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TOBE LIKE OKAY, I'M NOT
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ALWAYS GOINGTO FEEL GREAT.
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YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN ACOUPLE OF WEEKS I'M NOT
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GOING TO FEEL GOOD, BUTI'M GOING TO CHOOSE
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TO BE THANKFUL.
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- YOU'RE RIGHT.
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- I'M GOING TO MAKE ACHOICE WHEN THAT TIME
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COMES TO BE THANKFUL SOI'M EQUIPPED TO GET OUT
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OF THE RUT.
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- IT'S VOLUNTARY.
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IT'S OF YOUROWN VOLITION.
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AND HERE'S WHAT PAULSAID, HE SAID BE ANXIOUS
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FOR NOTHING BUT INEVERYTHING WITH PRAYER
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AND SUPPLICATION ANDTHANKSGIVING, LET YOUR
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REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN TOGOD, AND THE PEACE OF GOD
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WHICH SURPASSES ALLUNDERSTANDING WILL GUARD
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YOUR HEARTS AND MINDTHROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
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THAT WORD GUARD IN THEGREEK LANGUAGE IS USED OF
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A PRISON SENTINEL, SO THEPRISON SENTINEL OF PEACE
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WILL STAND GUARD OVERYOUR THOUGHTS WHEN YOU
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KEEP THESE CAPTIVE.
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PAUL SAID TAKE YOURTHOUGHTS CAPTIVE.
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THE SECURITY GUARD OFPEACE WILL MAKE SURE THAT
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PEACE IN YOUR THOUGHTSSTAY CAPTIVE IN YOUR
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HEART AND YOUR MIND.
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WHEN?
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WHEN YOU NOT ONLY PRAYWITH YOUR SUPPLICATION
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AND REQUESTS BUTWITH THANKSGIVING.
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AND I FOUND THIS IN MYPRAYER TIMES NOT TO GET
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OVERLY UBER PHARISAICHERE TALKING MY
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PRAYER TIMES BUT THISHAS BEEN HUGE FOR ME, IS
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SOMETIMES I BELIEVE GODWILL JUST TELL ME BEN,
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START THANKINGME FOR STUFF.
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AND THEN I START GOINGTHROUGH THIS LIST AFTER
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TELLING HIM MY PROBLEMSAND STUFF I'M GOING
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THROUGH, I STARTING TOTHROUGH THIS LIST OF ALL
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THE THINGS THAT GOD HASDONE FOR ME IN PRAYER.
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AND WHEN I START GIVINGTHANKS, I'M LIKE I FEEL
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SO MUCH PEACE.
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YESTERDAY I WAS AT A BOOKSIGNING, AND JUST WRITING
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IN PEOPLE'S BOOKS.
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AND SOMEBODY CAME TO MEAND SAID YOU KNOW, BEN,
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HOW DO I OVERCOME THISFEELING THAT, YOU KNOW,
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THE GLORY DAYSARE BEHIND ME?
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MY BEST DAYSARE BEHIND ME.
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AND WHAT I SAID TO HIM ISEVERY TIME YOU THINK OF
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HOW THESE AMAZINGMEMORIES ARE IN YOUR
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PAST, THAT'S A MOTIVATORTO REMIND YOU OF HOW GOOD
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GOD'S GOING TOBE IN THE FUTURE.
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IF HE DID THAT IN THEPAST, WHAT'S HE GOING TO
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DO IN YOUR FUTURE?
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IT'S NOT GLORY TO GORY.
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IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUNDIS THE GOSPEL STORY.
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- YEAH.
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THAT'S A BIG PART OFIT, ISN'T IT, THE PAST?
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LIKE THERE'S SO MANYPEOPLE THAT ARE DWELLING
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ON WHAT THEYUSED TO HAVE.
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- YOU'RE RIGHT.
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- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOULOSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE OR
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MAYBE YOU GO THROUGH ABAD DIVORCE OR A LOT OF
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EMPTY NESTERS, I USEDTO HAVE MY FAMILY.
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MY KIDS MOVED OUT.
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I'M FEELING LONELY, THATSO MUCH IS LIKE DWELLING
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ON EVERYTHING I'VE LOST.
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AND HOW DOES SOMEBODY IFTHEY'RE FEELING THAT WAY,
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IT'S HARD TO BELIEVESPECIALLY AS WE GET
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OLDER, YOU KNOW, AND OURHEALTH ISN'T AS GOOD AND
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OUR OPPORTUNITIESAREN'T AS GOOD.
00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.426
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSTTHEIR JOBS DURING
00:17:51.527 --> 00:17:52.828
COVID 19.
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- THAT'S TRUE.
00:17:53.795 --> 00:17:54.930
- IT'S LIKE SO HARDSOMETIMES, HAVE FAITH TO
00:17:55.030 --> 00:17:56.765
TO REALLY BELIEVE THATSOMETHING BETTER
00:17:56.865 --> 00:17:58.567
IS COMING.
00:17:58.667 --> 00:18:00.102
WHAT DO YOU SAY TOSOMEONE THAT'S JUST LIKE
00:18:00.202 --> 00:18:02.437
MAN, I USED TO HAVE THISAMAZING LIFE, AND
00:18:02.538 --> 00:18:04.273
IT'S GONE.
00:18:04.373 --> 00:18:05.440
I'M TRYING TO BUILD ITBACK, BUT IT'S JUST SO
00:18:05.541 --> 00:18:06.909
HARD TO BELIEVE THATTOMORROW COULD BE BETTER
00:18:07.009 --> 00:18:09.611
THAN YESTERDAY.
00:18:09.711 --> 00:18:10.879
- YEAH.
00:18:10.979 --> 00:18:12.080
I WOULD TELL THEM WE AREFORGED BY ADVERSITY.
00:18:12.181 --> 00:18:15.617
WE ARE FORGEDBY ADVERSITY.
00:18:15.717 --> 00:18:17.886
THIS IS CALLED INTHEOLOGICAL TERMS, JOHN
00:18:17.986 --> 00:18:20.222
HICKS IRENAEAN THEODICY,AND IT'S AN
00:18:20.322 --> 00:18:23.492
ANCIENT BIBLICALCHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY THAT
00:18:23.592 --> 00:18:27.029
IN ORDER TO GET INTO THEFULLNESS OF THE LIKENESS
00:18:27.129 --> 00:18:29.998
OF GOD, AS PAUL CALLEDIT THE FULL STATURE OF
00:18:30.098 --> 00:18:32.067
CHRIST, WE HAVE TO SUFFERIN ORDER TO GET THERE.
00:18:32.167 --> 00:18:34.736
HERE'S A VERSE THATPEOPLE DON'T OFTEN QUOTE.
00:18:34.836 --> 00:18:36.405
IT'S HEBREWS 2: 10.
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WE ALL KNOW THAT JESUS ISPERFECT, BUT HOW DID HE
00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:39.942
GET PERFECT?
00:18:40.042 --> 00:18:41.009
HEBREWS 2: 10 SAYS THECAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION,
00:18:41.109 --> 00:18:43.912
JESUS, WAS MADE PERFECTTHROUGH SUFFERING.
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AND I JUST WANT TO REMINDYOU THAT GOD IS NOT THE
00:18:47.316 --> 00:18:50.385
CAUSE OF EVIL.
00:18:50.485 --> 00:18:51.787
I DO NOT BELIEVE THATGOD IS THE CAUSE
00:18:51.887 --> 00:18:53.422
OF SUFFERING.
00:18:53.522 --> 00:18:54.556
HE IS THE GOD AND FATHEROF ALL LIGHTS, EVERY GOOD
00:18:54.656 --> 00:18:57.092
AND PERFECT GIFTCOMES FROM HIM.
00:18:57.192 --> 00:18:58.427
BUT WHEN THE ENEMYSEEKS TO HARM YOU, JUST
00:18:58.527 --> 00:19:00.495
REMEMBER GOD CAN REDEEMIT, AND HE CAN USE IT
00:19:00.596 --> 00:19:03.632
THAT AS A SOUL MAKINGTHEOICY THAT EVERY
00:19:03.732 --> 00:19:06.235
ADVERSITY YOU GO THROUGHFORGES YOU SO THAT GOD IS
00:19:06.335 --> 00:19:08.704
A CONSUMING FIRE WHONEVER BURNS WHAT YOU ARE.
00:19:08.804 --> 00:19:10.706
HE ONLY BURNSWHAT YOU ARE NOT.
00:19:10.806 --> 00:19:12.507
AND THAT FIREISN'T BURNING YOU.
00:19:12.608 --> 00:19:14.276
IT'S FORGING YOU.
00:19:14.376 --> 00:19:15.310
SO DON'T BE SURPRISED BYTHESE FIERY TRIBULATIONS
00:19:15.410 --> 00:19:17.212
BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT IWOULD SAY, EVERY FIRE
00:19:17.312 --> 00:19:19.681
THAT YOU GO THROUGH ISFORGING YOUR SPIRIT INTO
00:19:19.781 --> 00:19:22.484
STEEL, AND IT'S TEMPERINGYOUR SOUL INTO IRON AND
00:19:22.584 --> 00:19:25.587
WHEN YOU -EVERY SUCCESSFULPERSON BY THE WAY NOT TO
00:19:25.687 --> 00:19:28.423
GET ALL MOTIVATIONALSPEAKER BUT THIS IS TRUE,
00:19:28.523 --> 00:19:30.292
THEY LEARN TO REFRAMEPAIN BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T
00:19:30.392 --> 00:19:32.794
RETRAIN YOUR BRAIN YOU'REJUST ALWAYS GOING TO
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THINK ABOUT ALL THE BADTHINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
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TO YOU.
00:19:35.731 --> 00:19:36.665
- WHAT DO YOUMEAN REFRAME PAIN?
00:19:36.765 --> 00:19:37.966
- SO LIKE FOR ME AS YOUKNOW BOBBY, I'VE SHARED
00:19:38.066 --> 00:19:41.403
THIS BEFORE, BUT MYBROTHER DIED AND MY
00:19:41.503 --> 00:19:43.505
SISTER DIED, AND IHAVE A STALKER WHO
00:19:43.605 --> 00:19:45.674
FOLLOWS ME AROUND.
00:19:45.774 --> 00:19:46.742
HE WAS PROTESTING SO LOUDAT A FLORIDA EVENT I WAS
00:19:46.842 --> 00:19:48.777
DOING A FEW WEEKS AGODIGITALLY THAT HE CAUSED
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A CAR ACCIDENT.
00:19:50.646 --> 00:19:51.747
AND YOU GO THROUGH THISSTUFF, AND SOMETIMES I
00:19:51.847 --> 00:19:53.815
SIT THERE AND I'M LIKEMY LIFE IS TERRIBLE,
00:19:53.915 --> 00:19:56.418
YOU KNOW.
00:19:56.518 --> 00:19:57.352
LIKE I COULD STARTTO THINK THAT.
00:19:57.452 --> 00:19:58.487
MY COUNSELOR SAID I HAVEONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
00:19:58.587 --> 00:20:00.822
CASES OF DEPRESSIONSHE'D EVER HAD TO TREAT.
00:20:00.922 --> 00:20:03.458
SO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:20:03.558 --> 00:20:04.893
AND THEN LIKE AFTERGETTING DIAGNOSED WITH
00:20:04.993 --> 00:20:06.061
COMPLEX PTSD, I DON'TWANT TO JUST THROW THAT
00:20:06.161 --> 00:20:08.664
AROUND LIGHTLY.
00:20:08.764 --> 00:20:09.765
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHATCOMPLEX PTSD WAS UNTIL
00:20:09.865 --> 00:20:11.933
SHE DIAGNOSED ME WITH IT.
00:20:12.034 --> 00:20:13.235
- WHAT IS IT?
00:20:13.335 --> 00:20:15.103
- IT MEANS THAT YOUDON'T JUST GO THROUGH
00:20:15.203 --> 00:20:16.772
ONE TRAUMA.
00:20:16.872 --> 00:20:17.839
YOU GO THROUGH A WHOLESERIES, AND IT'S TOO MUCH
00:20:17.939 --> 00:20:19.474
FOR YOU TO ASSIMILATE, SO WHATHAPPENED IN MY SITUATION IS--
00:20:19.574 --> 00:20:22.210
- OFCOURSE YOU DID THOUGH.
00:20:22.311 --> 00:20:24.646
I MEAN YOU LOST YOURBROTHER, YOUR SISTER.
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I MEAN, THAT'S --
00:20:27.949 --> 00:20:28.917
- AND I ALMOST TRIED TO
00:20:29.017 --> 00:20:30.018
COMMIT SUICIDEA FEW TIMES.
00:20:30.118 --> 00:20:31.019
- THAT'S A LOT.
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THAT IS A LOTTO GO THROUGH.
00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:33.388
- YEAH, SO THERE WERETIMES AND I'M JUST GOING
00:20:33.488 --> 00:20:35.324
TO BE HONEST.
00:20:35.424 --> 00:20:36.458
IN FACT, THE VIDEO THATWE JUST PLAYED THAT WAS A
00:20:36.558 --> 00:20:38.827
VERY HARD SEASON WHEN WEFILMED THAT
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THANKFULNESS VIDEO.
00:20:40.595 --> 00:20:41.596
- WAS IT REALLY?
00:20:41.697 --> 00:20:42.597
- I REMEMBER WHEN WEWERE IN THAT PUMPKIN
00:20:42.698 --> 00:20:43.799
PATCH WE WERE WALKINGTHROUGH, I WAS
00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:45.100
HATING LIFE.
00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.901
- I DON'T WANTTO BE HERE.
00:20:46.001 --> 00:20:47.035
- I DIDN'T WANT TO BETHERE, AND I LOOK BACK
00:20:47.135 --> 00:20:48.437
NOW AND I'M LIKE, GOD,HEAVEN IS SO REAL.
00:20:48.537 --> 00:20:51.340
I BELIEVE IT, I'M GOINGTO SEE MY BROTHER AND
00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:54.009
SISTER AGAIN, AND I'M SOTHANKFUL FOR THE TIME I
00:20:54.109 --> 00:20:55.977
HAD WITH THEM.
00:20:56.078 --> 00:20:56.878
AND IT'S NOTJUST IN THE PAST.
00:20:56.978 --> 00:20:58.613
IT'S IN THE FUTURE I'MGOING TO SEE THEM AGAIN,
00:20:58.714 --> 00:21:00.582
AND IF I REALLY BELIEVETHAT, I'M REFRAMING MY
00:21:00.682 --> 00:21:02.951
PAIN AND REALIZING THATNOW I CAN HELP ALL THESE
00:21:03.051 --> 00:21:04.720
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVELOST THEIR LOVED ONES,
00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:07.456
AND SO IF YOU CAN REFRAMEYOUR PAIN AND SEE IT IN A
00:21:07.556 --> 00:21:10.258
WAY THAT IS ACTUALLYADVANTAGEOUS, THAT WHAT
00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:13.395
THE ENEMY MEANS FOR EVILGOD MEANS FOR GOOD, THEN
00:21:13.495 --> 00:21:15.430
SUDDENLY YOU REALLYCAN BE THANKFUL IN
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ALL THINGS.
00:21:18.266 --> 00:21:19.668
- I'VE NOTICED HOW THEREARE A LOT OF PASTORS WHO
00:21:19.768 --> 00:21:22.504
LIKE YOU WHO ARE SOPOWERFUL IN THEIR SPIRIT
00:21:22.604 --> 00:21:25.474
AND THE WAY THEY PREACH,AND VERY OFTEN IT'S
00:21:25.574 --> 00:21:28.076
FUELED OR A LOT OF PEOPLEDON'T KNOW THIS BUT VERY
00:21:28.176 --> 00:21:30.045
OFTEN IT'S FUELEDBY PERSONAL LOSS.
00:21:30.145 --> 00:21:31.980
AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUTTHAT, I WAS THINKING OF 2
00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:34.416
PEOPLE, PAUL DOHERTY E, WHOIS BILLY JOE DOHERTY'S
00:21:34.516 --> 00:21:36.885
SON, MY GOOD FRIEND, HE'SBILLY JOE DOHERTY PASSED
00:21:36.985 --> 00:21:40.088
AWAY, AND PAUL TOOK OVERTHE CHURCH AND IT'S JUST
00:21:40.188 --> 00:21:42.758
DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
00:21:42.858 --> 00:21:44.693
BUT YOU CAN TELL THAT THEPAIN OF LOSING HIS DAD IS
00:21:44.793 --> 00:21:48.463
A POSITIVE DRIVERIN A WAY FOR HIM.
00:21:48.563 --> 00:21:51.366
SAME THING FORJOEL OSTEEN.
00:21:51.466 --> 00:21:52.901
LIKE JOEL OSTEEN WHEN HELOST -HE WAS REALLY CLOSE
00:21:53.001 --> 00:21:54.503
TO HIS DAD AND ANY TIME ITALKS ABOUT HIS DAD, YOU
00:21:54.603 --> 00:21:58.473
CAN SEE HIM KIND OF STARTTO EITHER CRY OR GET A
00:21:58.573 --> 00:22:02.711
LITTLE BROKEN UP.
00:22:02.811 --> 00:22:04.312
BUT IN BOTH THEIR CASESAND MANY OTHER MINISTERS
00:22:04.413 --> 00:22:06.148
CASES I'M THINKING OF,THE LOSS OF A SPOUSE, OF
00:22:06.248 --> 00:22:08.483
A DAD OR A SIBLING ORSOME PERSON YOU'RE SUPER
00:22:08.583 --> 00:22:11.453
CLOSE TO, FOR WHATEVERREASON SEEMS TO BE A BIG
00:22:11.553 --> 00:22:15.924
DRIVER FOR THEM MAKINGAN IMPACT FOR GOD.
00:22:16.024 --> 00:22:19.861
IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'SLIKE SATAN DID THIS
00:22:19.961 --> 00:22:23.999
HORRIBLE THING ANDTHEY'RE JUST LIKE NO. NO.
00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:26.568
I'M NOT GOING -I'M GOINGTO DO THE OPPOSITE
00:22:26.668 --> 00:22:28.970
OR SOMETHING.
00:22:29.070 --> 00:22:29.905
DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY?
00:22:30.005 --> 00:22:30.806
- YES.
00:22:30.906 --> 00:22:31.773
I SEE THAT INJACOB AND JOSEPH.
00:22:31.873 --> 00:22:33.341
SO JACOB SAID ALL THESETHINGS ARE AGAINST ME.
00:22:33.442 --> 00:22:35.777
HIS SON JOSEPH SAID WHOWHAT YOU MEANT FOR EVIL
00:22:35.877 --> 00:22:38.814
GOD MEANT FOR GOOD.
00:22:38.914 --> 00:22:39.915
IT'S THAT SIMPLEAS A BINARY.
00:22:40.015 --> 00:22:42.350
SO MY MOM IS LIKE MY ROLEMODEL, LIKE I WANT TO BE
00:22:42.451 --> 00:22:45.687
MY MOM BASICALLY WHEN IGROW UP IF I EVER DO.
00:22:45.787 --> 00:22:47.689
SHE IS SO HOPEFUL.
00:22:47.789 --> 00:22:49.624
SHE WILL NOT LET THEBLINDS BE CLOSED.
00:22:49.724 --> 00:22:52.027
SHE WILL NOT COME INTO AHOUSE WITHOUT TURNING ON
00:22:52.127 --> 00:22:53.829
THE MUSIC.
00:22:53.929 --> 00:22:54.830
IT'S ALWAYS HOPE.
00:22:54.930 --> 00:22:56.097
ALWAYS HOPE.
00:22:56.198 --> 00:22:56.998
AND SHE'S BEENTHROUGH A LOT.
00:22:57.098 --> 00:22:58.200
SHE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT.
00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:59.034
- OF COURSE.
00:22:59.134 --> 00:23:00.101
- AND SO HERHOPE IS DEEP.
00:23:00.202 --> 00:23:01.069
IT'S DEEP HOPE.
00:23:01.169 --> 00:23:02.304
IT'S NOT JUST LIKEFLUFFY PINK LACEY PILLOW
00:23:02.404 --> 00:23:04.172
GREETING CARD HOPE,LIKE SUN BEAMS AND
00:23:04.272 --> 00:23:06.441
UNICORNSEVERYWHERE.
00:23:06.541 --> 00:23:07.509
IT'S REAL HOPE.
00:23:07.609 --> 00:23:08.677
AND WHAT I'VE LEARNEDFROM HER --
00:23:08.777 --> 00:23:10.045
- AND OF COURSE YOUR SIBLINGSWERE HER KIDS.
00:23:10.145 --> 00:23:11.279
- EXACTLY.
00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:12.380
SO WHEN YOU GO THROUGHTHIS, LIKE YOU CAN FIND
00:23:12.481 --> 00:23:15.217
AN ANCHOR OF HOPE.
00:23:15.317 --> 00:23:16.818
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLECALLS IT, SO I ACTUALLY
00:23:16.918 --> 00:23:18.453
WANT TO SHARE SOMETHINGKIND OF INTERESTING,
00:23:18.553 --> 00:23:19.988
BOBBY, ABOUT LIKE HOW TOHANDLE THIS ADVERSITY AND
00:23:20.088 --> 00:23:24.292
HOW TO BE THANKFULDURING IT.
00:23:24.392 --> 00:23:25.694
SO YESTERDAY I WAS DOINGNAVY SEAL TRAINING WITH
00:23:25.794 --> 00:23:28.497
MY FRIEND CHAD WILLIAMS.
00:23:28.597 --> 00:23:29.764
HE WROTE A BOOK CALLEDSEAL OF GOD, AND HE PUTS
00:23:29.865 --> 00:23:31.867
ME THROUGH SEALTRAINING REGULARLY.
00:23:31.967 --> 00:23:34.102
- THAT'S AWESOME.
00:23:34.202 --> 00:23:35.136
- BECAUSE IT REALLYCLEARS MY BRAIN BECAUSE
00:23:35.237 --> 00:23:37.539
YOU KNOW ENDORPHINSACTIVATE OPIATE
00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:39.174
INTERCEPTORS AND HELPHEAL YOUR BRAIN ACTUALLY.
00:23:39.274 --> 00:23:41.676
A 40 MINUTE JOG IS THESAME EFFECT ON THE BRIAN
00:23:41.776 --> 00:23:44.045
RESEARCH SAYS AS A STRONGANTI-DEPRESSANT SO YOU
00:23:44.145 --> 00:23:46.414
JUST FEEL BETTER AFTERTHIS KIND OF STUFF.
00:23:46.515 --> 00:23:48.483
AND ONE OF THE THINGSTHAT HE TEACHES ME, I
00:23:48.583 --> 00:23:50.552
LEARNED SO MUCH THROUGHTHESE SEAL TRAINING IS
00:23:50.652 --> 00:23:52.254
THAT THE ONLY EASYDAY WAS YESTERDAY.
00:23:52.354 --> 00:23:54.656
WE ARE FORGEDBY ADVERSITY.
00:23:54.756 --> 00:23:56.391
YESTERDAY LITERALLYCARRYING, THIS 100 POUND
00:23:56.491 --> 00:23:59.928
BALL UP THE MOUNTAIN,THIS LITTLE MOUNTAIN, HE
00:24:00.028 --> 00:24:02.097
JUST SAID HOW MUCH CAN WESUFFER IN THE NEXT HOUR
00:24:02.197 --> 00:24:04.199
AND A HALF.
00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.267
AND IT WAS LIKEINSPIRING.
00:24:05.367 --> 00:24:06.835
IT WAS INSPIRED.
00:24:06.935 --> 00:24:07.869
- SURE.
00:24:07.969 --> 00:24:08.904
- SO WHAT NAVY SEALSDO, THIS IS TRUE IS THEY
00:24:09.004 --> 00:24:10.272
PRACTICE SOMETHING CALLEDCOGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING
00:24:10.372 --> 00:24:13.008
AND WHAT THAT MEANS ISWHEN THEY'RE GETTING SHOT
00:24:13.108 --> 00:24:15.076
AT OUR UNDERGOING96 HOURS OF SLEEP
00:24:15.176 --> 00:24:16.912
DEPRIVATION OR GETTINGHYPOTHERMIA IN THE CORONADO
00:24:17.012 --> 00:24:19.080
BAY DURING HELLWEEK, WHAT THEY DO IS
00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:21.583
THEY PRACTICE COGNITIVERESTRUCTURING WHICH MEANS
00:24:21.683 --> 00:24:24.085
WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPENTO THEM THEY FORCE
00:24:24.185 --> 00:24:26.121
THEMSELVES TOSAY GOOD TIMES.
00:24:26.221 --> 00:24:28.924
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAYBULLETS ARE FLYING AT THEM?
00:24:29.024 --> 00:24:30.458
GOOD TIMES.
00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:32.060
- YEAH.- AND IT CONVINCES THEIR BRAIN,
00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:34.563
COGNITIVELY RESTRUCTURESTHE BRAIN THROUGH
00:24:34.663 --> 00:24:36.164
NEURO PLASTICITY.
00:24:36.264 --> 00:24:37.299
- GOOD TIMES.
00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:38.500
GOOD TIMES. FREEZING.
00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.534
- WELL CHAD WAS SAYINGWHEN WE WERE FREEZING IN
00:24:39.634 --> 00:24:41.069
THE HYPOTHERMIC BAY,THEY'D SHOUT OUT TO THEIR
00:24:41.169 --> 00:24:44.172
INSTRUCTORS BRRRRRR!
00:24:44.272 --> 00:24:46.174
JOKING, LIKE THISIS ALL YOU GOT?
00:24:46.274 --> 00:24:48.209
LIKE ACTING LIKETHEY WERE FREEZING.
00:24:48.310 --> 00:24:49.611
- YEAH.
00:24:49.711 --> 00:24:50.679
- JUST KIND OF IN AJOKING WAY TAUNTING
00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.881
THEIR TORMENTERS.
00:24:52.981 --> 00:24:54.115
AND WHAT HELPED ME ABOUTTHIS MIND SET IS THE BIBLE
00:24:54.215 --> 00:24:56.551
IS ALWAYS USINGWARFARE IMAGERY.
00:24:56.651 --> 00:24:58.720
WE WRESTLE AGAINSTPRINCIPALITIES
00:24:58.820 --> 00:25:00.188
AND POWERS.
00:25:00.288 --> 00:25:01.256
THE WEAPONS OF OURWARFARE ARE MIGHTY IN GOD
00:25:01.356 --> 00:25:02.891
TO THE PULLING DOWNOF STRONGHOLDS.
00:25:02.991 --> 00:25:04.025
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINSTUS WILL PROSPER.
00:25:04.125 --> 00:25:05.493
GOD IS A WARRIOR,EXODUS 15: 3.
00:25:05.594 --> 00:25:08.096
AND THAT'S WHAT JOELMEANT SAID LET THE WEAK
00:25:08.196 --> 00:25:10.432
SAY I AM STRONG.
00:25:10.532 --> 00:25:11.933
AND EVEN IF YOU DON'TFEEL IT, YOU START
00:25:12.033 --> 00:25:13.602
SPEAKING IT, AND WHEN YOUSTART SPEAKING IT, IT
00:25:13.702 --> 00:25:15.537
ACTUALLY STARTS TOCHANGE YOUR BRAIN.
00:25:15.637 --> 00:25:17.472
AND THAT'S WHY POWER OFLIFE AND DEATH IS IN THE
00:25:17.572 --> 00:25:19.174
TONGUE, SO JUST BYSPEAKING WORDS OF
00:25:19.274 --> 00:25:20.742
THANKFULNESS IT MIGHTNOT FEEL POWERFUL AT THE
00:25:20.842 --> 00:25:23.111
MOMENT BUT BY SAYING GOODTIMES WHEN IT FEELS LIKE
00:25:23.211 --> 00:25:25.580
IT'S BAD TIMES, YOU'LLACTUALLY REFRAME YOUR
00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:27.716
PAIN AND RETRAIN YOURBRAIN TO FIND JOY IN
00:25:27.816 --> 00:25:30.385
THE ADVERSITY.
00:25:30.485 --> 00:25:31.486
- THAT'S AWESOME.
00:25:31.586 --> 00:25:32.587
THERE'S A GREAT PHRASETHAT I'VE HEARD YOU SAY
00:25:32.687 --> 00:25:33.722
IN YOUR SERMONS.
00:25:33.822 --> 00:25:35.624
YOU MADE A VIDEO ABOUT ITTOO CALLED THANKS LIVING.
00:25:35.724 --> 00:25:38.560
LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.
00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.295
- IF YOU WANT TO MARVELAT GOD, IF YOU NEED A
00:25:45.767 --> 00:25:47.636
REASON TO BE THANKFUL, GOOUTSIDE AND LOOK AT THE STARS.
00:25:47.736 --> 00:25:50.271
[MUSIC]
00:25:50.372 --> 00:25:51.606
IT'S LIKE THANK YOU, GOD.
00:25:51.706 --> 00:25:52.941
YOU DIDN'T HAVETO DO THAT.
00:25:53.041 --> 00:25:55.677
YOU ARE HEIRS WITH GODAND JOINT HEIRS
00:25:55.777 --> 00:25:57.078
WITH CHRIST.
00:25:57.178 --> 00:25:58.046
THE EARTH IS GIVENTO THE SONS OF MEN.
00:25:58.146 --> 00:25:59.214
YOU ARE KINGSAND PRIESTS.
00:25:59.314 --> 00:25:59.948
ENJOY MY CREATION.
00:26:00.048 --> 00:26:00.715
HAVE DOMINION OVER IT.
00:26:00.815 --> 00:26:01.383
SUBDUE IT
00:26:01.483 --> 00:26:02.050
THE BOOK OF GENESIS SAYS.
00:26:02.150 --> 00:26:03.318
I MADE ALL THIS FOR MYGLORY AND FOR YOUR GOOD
00:26:03.418 --> 00:26:05.687
SO STAND IN AWE ANDWONDER TO THE GOD WHO
00:26:05.787 --> 00:26:08.523
MADE HEAVENS.
00:26:08.623 --> 00:26:11.092
HIS MERCYENDURES FOREVER.
00:26:11.192 --> 00:26:14.329
IF YOU NEED THINGS TOBE THANKFUL FOR,
00:26:14.429 --> 00:26:15.697
LOOK BACKWARDS.
00:26:15.797 --> 00:26:17.932
DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE.
00:26:18.033 --> 00:26:19.434
LOOK BACK AT YOUR STORYAND SAY WOW, GOD, YOU
00:26:19.534 --> 00:26:22.070
ANSWERED SOME PRAYERS.
00:26:22.170 --> 00:26:23.204
HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:26:23.304 --> 00:26:24.205
WHEN I LOOK BACK ATISRAEL'S NARRATIVE,
00:26:24.305 --> 00:26:26.274
REMEMBER THEY WERE LESSINDIVIDUALISTIC.
00:26:26.374 --> 00:26:27.742
SO TO HIM THIS IS ABLESSING AS HE LOOKS BACK
00:26:27.842 --> 00:26:30.011
PATRIOTICALLY ATHIS NATION'S PAST.
00:26:30.111 --> 00:26:31.780
HE SAYS ME AND MY PEOPLE,GOD, YOU'VE BEEN VERY
00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:35.283
VERY GOOD TO US BECAUSEWHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
00:26:35.383 --> 00:26:38.853
YOU LOOK BACK AND YOU'RELIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:26:38.953 --> 00:26:40.622
I WENT THROUGH SOME REALBATTLES, BUT PHARAOH
00:26:40.722 --> 00:26:41.990
DROWNED IN THE SEA.
00:26:42.090 --> 00:26:43.258
THANK YOU, GOD.
00:26:43.358 --> 00:26:44.459
YOU'VE BEENVERY GOOD TO ME.
00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:46.227
[MUSIC]
00:26:46.327 --> 00:26:49.597
I KNOW YOU HAVE BATTLESAND IT'S HARD TO BE
00:26:49.698 --> 00:26:50.832
THANKFUL.
00:26:50.932 --> 00:26:52.100
WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTINGBATTLES, REMEMBER THAT
00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.435
THE HEBREW WORD FORPRAYER LITERALLY MEANS
00:26:53.535 --> 00:26:56.037
TO WRESTLE.
00:26:56.137 --> 00:26:58.339
JUST LIKE JACOB HIS THIGHWAS POPPED OUT OF SOCKET.
00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:01.176
WHEN HE WRESTLED.
00:27:01.276 --> 00:27:03.778
IF YOU'RE WRESTLINGTHROUGH STUFF TONIGHT,
00:27:03.878 --> 00:27:05.146
THAT IS A FORM OF PRAYER.
00:27:05.246 --> 00:27:07.415
BE THE 10% PERCENT.
00:27:07.515 --> 00:27:09.184
THE LEPER WHO TURNEDBACK TO PRAISE.
00:27:09.284 --> 00:27:11.152
ONE OUT OF TEN TURN BACKTO PRAISE JESUS FOR
00:27:11.252 --> 00:27:14.089
HEALING HIM.
00:27:14.189 --> 00:27:15.557
LEAD A LIFESTYLEOF THANKS LIVING.
00:27:15.657 --> 00:27:17.092
WHY?
00:27:17.192 --> 00:27:18.960
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MAJORREASON TO LIVE A LIFE OF
00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:21.529
THANKSGIVING.
00:27:21.629 --> 00:27:23.965
BECAUSE, MY FRIENDS, HISMERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
00:27:24.065 --> 00:27:28.336
♪♪
00:27:28.436 --> 00:27:35.143
- WELL, YOU'RE WATCHINGPRAISE, AND IT'S SUCH A
00:27:35.243 --> 00:27:36.478
JOY TO BE HERE WITH BENCOURSON, AND WE JUST WANT
00:27:36.578 --> 00:27:39.380
YOU TO KNOW WE'RE SO FORYOU, AND WE ARE PRAYING
00:27:39.481 --> 00:27:42.083
FOR YOU AND WEBELIEVE IN YOU
00:27:42.183 --> 00:27:43.218
AND I JUST BELIEVE YOURBEST DAYS ARE AHEAD.
00:27:43.318 --> 00:27:45.754
IF YOU'RE WATCHING THISNOW AND YOU'RE LIKE MAN,
00:27:45.854 --> 00:27:47.789
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'MGONNA GET THROUGH WINTER,
00:27:47.889 --> 00:27:49.591
OR MAYBE YOU'RE GOINGTHROUGH A TOUGH TIME, LET
00:27:49.691 --> 00:27:51.593
THIS BE A MESSAGE FROMTHE LORD TO YOU THAT
00:27:51.693 --> 00:27:53.928
YOUR BEST DAYS AREYET TO COME.
00:27:54.028 --> 00:27:55.497
AND I BELIEVE IN 2021,WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE
00:27:55.597 --> 00:27:57.966
CORNER, IT'S CRAZY TOBELIEVE, I'M GONNA PRAY
00:27:58.066 --> 00:28:00.168
AND BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BEAN AWESOME YEAR FOR YOU,
00:28:00.268 --> 00:28:02.370
BREAKTHROUGH IN YOURFINANCES, AND YOUR
00:28:02.470 --> 00:28:04.105
RELATIONSHIPS, AND YOURHEALTH, AND ESPECIALLY
00:28:04.205 --> 00:28:06.341
THAT YOU'RE GONNA BEDRAWING CLOSER TO THE
00:28:06.441 --> 00:28:08.409
LORD DURING THIS TIME.
00:28:08.510 --> 00:28:09.878
WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUTLOSS, BEN, I THINK
00:28:09.978 --> 00:28:12.113
SOMETIMES IT'S EASY FORPEOPLE TO FORGET THAT
00:28:12.213 --> 00:28:14.783
GOD DOES LOVE TOBLESS HIS PEOPLE.
00:28:14.883 --> 00:28:17.585
YOU DON'T SEE IT AS MUCHSOMETIMES IN THE NEW
00:28:17.685 --> 00:28:19.454
TESTAMENT IN TERMS OFLIKE-- THIS IS SOMETHING
00:28:19.554 --> 00:28:22.223
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALOT, LIKE, THIS IDEA OF
00:28:22.323 --> 00:28:25.460
MILK AND HONEY THAT GODDOES WANT US TO BRING--
00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:28.029
- I HEARD YOU PREACHABOUT THAT ACTUALLY
00:28:28.129 --> 00:28:29.464
IN ONE OF YOUR SERMONS.
00:28:29.564 --> 00:28:30.532
- YEAH, WHEN I INTERVIEWEDYOU. THAT'S RIGHT.
00:28:30.632 --> 00:28:31.966
- I LOVED THAT!
00:28:32.066 --> 00:28:33.301
- FOR SURE YOU CAN TAKETHIS THING TOO FAR IN
00:28:33.401 --> 00:28:35.937
TERMS OF GOD WANTING TOBLESS PEOPLE, BUT GOD
00:28:36.037 --> 00:28:39.440
CLEARLY WANTED TO BLESSISRAEL, A LAND FLOWING
00:28:39.541 --> 00:28:43.011
WITH MILK AND HONEY.
00:28:43.111 --> 00:28:44.445
MILK AND HONEY MEANSCATTLE AND FARMLAND, SO
00:28:44.546 --> 00:28:47.448
MILK IS THE CATTLE ANDI DON'T KNOW WHY HONEY
00:28:47.549 --> 00:28:50.118
MEANS FARMLAND. PROBABLYBECAUSE IT SOUNDS BETTER.
00:28:50.218 --> 00:28:52.086
IT DOES, IT SOUNDS GOOD.
00:28:52.187 --> 00:28:54.088
- SOUNDS MORE OFFICIAL.
00:28:54.189 --> 00:28:55.323
- BUT GOD REALLY DOESWANT US TO, IT'S LIKE
00:28:55.423 --> 00:28:57.992
GOD WANTS HIS PEOPLETO LEAD GOOD LIVES.
00:28:58.092 --> 00:29:01.629
HE TAUGHT US TO PRAY "ONEARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN."
00:29:01.729 --> 00:29:05.066
JESUS DIDN'T GO AROUNDMAKING PEOPLE SICK,
00:29:05.166 --> 00:29:07.869
AND I THINK IT'S SO GOOD TO--
00:29:07.969 --> 00:29:09.304
- NOT ONCE.- NOT ONCE MAN. NO.
00:29:09.404 --> 00:29:11.840
AND IT'S SO GOOD TOREALIGN THAT WE LIVE IN A
00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:14.242
FALLEN WORLD, BUT GODIS BREAKING THROUGH
00:29:14.342 --> 00:29:17.212
IN ALL OF THESE WAYS.
00:29:17.312 --> 00:29:18.446
THE REASON I BRING THISUP IS IT'S EASY FOR
00:29:18.546 --> 00:29:20.682
CHRISTIANS TO FEEL LIKEGOD DOESN'T REALLY CARE
00:29:20.782 --> 00:29:22.684
ABOUT I HAVE A SALIVAISSUE OR SOMETHING, OR I
00:29:22.784 --> 00:29:26.120
HAVE A, I DON'T KNOW,SOME WEIRD THING,
00:29:26.221 --> 00:29:30.058
HEALTH ISSUE. REMEMBERORAL ROBERTS USED TO SAY
00:29:30.158 --> 00:29:32.327
EVERYBODY'S ALITTLE BIT SICK.
00:29:32.427 --> 00:29:34.062
HE WOULD TALK ABOUT HOWTHERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
00:29:34.162 --> 00:29:36.965
ISSUES, AND SO OFTENPEOPLE DIDN'T, NOT ONLY
00:29:37.065 --> 00:29:40.201
DIDN'T RELEASE THEIR FAITHFOR HEALING, BUT PEOPLE
00:29:40.301 --> 00:29:42.303
FELT LIKE THEIR LITTLE THINGDIDN'T MATTER TO GOD.
00:29:42.403 --> 00:29:45.340
BUT MY DAUGHTER, MY KIDS,I ADORE MY KIDS, AND THEY
00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:49.344
HAVE THE LITTLEST THINGAND THEY BRING IT TO ME,
00:29:49.444 --> 00:29:50.912
I PROBABLY CARE MOREABOUT IT THAN THEY DO.
00:29:51.012 --> 00:29:53.348
GOD LOVES US SOMUCH, DOESN'T HE.
00:29:53.448 --> 00:29:54.749
- AND TO CARRY THATTHOUGHT FURTHER, THE
00:29:54.849 --> 00:29:56.551
FATHERHOOD OF BOBBYSCHULLER WITH HIS KID,
00:29:56.651 --> 00:29:59.654
YOU CARE. YOU CARE.
00:29:59.754 --> 00:30:00.955
I'M NOT A DAD BUT IIMAGINE YOU CARE.
00:30:01.055 --> 00:30:02.991
LIKE, AS A DAD YOU'LLJUST NATURALLY FEEL THIS
00:30:03.091 --> 00:30:05.360
AFFECTION FOR A KID.
00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.661
- ABSOLUTELY.
00:30:06.761 --> 00:30:07.862
- SO JESUS, IT'SINTERESTING BECAUSE HE
00:30:07.962 --> 00:30:10.198
SAID IF YOUR EARTHLYPARENTS WHO ARE EVIL,
00:30:10.298 --> 00:30:13.034
REALLY EVIL IN COMPARISONTO GOD, WANT TO GIVE GOOD
00:30:13.134 --> 00:30:15.169
GIFTS TO YOUR KIDS,HOW MUCH MORE WILL THE
00:30:15.270 --> 00:30:18.106
HEAVENLY FATHER-- IN ONEPASSAGE HE SAID GIVE GOOD
00:30:18.206 --> 00:30:20.208
GIFTS. IN ANOTHER PASSAGE HESAID GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:30:20.308 --> 00:30:23.011
TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
00:30:23.111 --> 00:30:24.212
NOW, HERE WAS THECONTEXT OF THAT.
00:30:24.312 --> 00:30:26.281
I'M GONNA GET A LITTLEDEEP FOR A SECOND AND
00:30:26.381 --> 00:30:27.782
THEN COME UP TO THESURFACE, BUT BASICALLY
00:30:27.882 --> 00:30:30.118
HE USED THREE EXAMPLES.
00:30:30.218 --> 00:30:31.653
HE SAID NO DAD WOULD GIVEHIS SON A ROCK IF HE
00:30:31.753 --> 00:30:34.989
ASKED FOR A LOAF OFBREAD, OR A SNAKE IF HE
00:30:35.089 --> 00:30:38.259
ASKED FOR FISH, OR ASCORPION IF HE ASKED FOR
00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:42.163
AN EGG. NOW THESE SOUNDLIKE THREE ARBITRARY
00:30:42.263 --> 00:30:44.565
SIMILES OR METAPHORS.
00:30:44.666 --> 00:30:46.801
WHY WOULD HE USETHESE EXAMPLES?
00:30:46.901 --> 00:30:48.236
BACK THEN ROCKS IN HISGEOGRAPHY, THEY WERE LIME
00:30:48.336 --> 00:30:52.073
STONES WHERE JESUS LIVEDAND THEY LOOKED LIKE
00:30:52.173 --> 00:30:53.775
LOAVES OF BREAD.
00:30:53.875 --> 00:30:55.343
SO A DAD COULDTECHNICALLY TRICK HIS KID
00:30:55.443 --> 00:30:56.844
AND SAY HERE'S ALIMESTONE AND THE KID
00:30:56.945 --> 00:30:58.780
WOULD BREAK HIS TEETH.
00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:00.014
WHEN HE SAID NO DAD WOULDGIVE HIS SON A SNAKE
00:31:00.114 --> 00:31:02.417
IF HE ASKED FOR A FISH,
00:31:02.517 --> 00:31:03.618
THE WORD SNAKE IN GREEK,ONE SCHOLAR ACTUALLY
00:31:03.718 --> 00:31:05.853
TRANSLATES THAT AS EEL.
00:31:05.954 --> 00:31:08.122
SO YOU CAN TRANSLATE IT ASSEA SNAKE AND EELS WERE
00:31:08.222 --> 00:31:10.591
PART OF THE FORBIDDEN FOODGROUPS IN THE LEVITICAL LAW.
00:31:10.692 --> 00:31:13.528
SO COULD YOU IMAGINE, HISSON IS LIKE, CAN I HAVE
00:31:13.628 --> 00:31:15.830
SEAFOOD DAD? ANDTHEN HE'S LIKE YES,
00:31:15.930 --> 00:31:18.032
LET'S GO EAT SEAFOOD, AN EEL.
00:31:18.132 --> 00:31:19.968
AND THEN THE SON WOULDSAY I CAN'T EAT THAT.
00:31:20.068 --> 00:31:21.536
IT IS SEAFOOD BUT IT'SFORBIDDEN BY LEVITICUS.
00:31:21.636 --> 00:31:23.871
THEN THE LAST ONE IS NODAD WOULD GIVE HIS SON
00:31:23.972 --> 00:31:26.741
SCORPION IF HEASKED FOR AN EGG.
00:31:26.841 --> 00:31:29.310
NOW THERE'S ACTUALLY APALE KIND OF SCORPION IN
00:31:29.410 --> 00:31:31.346
NATURE THAT WHEN ITRESTS, IT ROLLS UP INTO A
00:31:31.446 --> 00:31:33.214
BALL AND IT LOOKSLIKE AN EGG.
00:31:33.314 --> 00:31:34.716
- YEAH.
00:31:34.816 --> 00:31:35.917
- SO YOU COULD SAY HAPPYEASTER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:31:36.017 --> 00:31:37.485
I KNOW IT'S THANKSGIVINGBUT HAPPY EASTER.
00:31:37.585 --> 00:31:39.187
AND THIS SCORPIONSTINGS HIM.
00:31:39.287 --> 00:31:41.122
BUT WHAT'S REALLYINTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS
00:31:41.222 --> 00:31:43.491
IN ALL THOSE EXAMPLESJESUS USED, HE'S SAYING
00:31:43.591 --> 00:31:47.128
NO DAD'S GONNA TRICK HISKID. AND I WANT TO
00:31:47.228 --> 00:31:50.665
MAKE THIS POINT BECAUSETHIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:31:50.765 --> 00:31:52.633
I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLESAY OH, THIS IS THE LAST
00:31:52.734 --> 00:31:55.636
THING I WANT TO DO,LIKE BE A MISSIONARY IN
00:31:55.737 --> 00:31:57.438
ZIMBABWE, SO THAT'S WHATGOD'S GONNA SEND ME TO DO.
00:31:57.538 --> 00:31:59.307
I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THATALL THE TIME, AND I GET
00:31:59.407 --> 00:32:00.942
THAT IT'S A GOOD HEART,BUT LIKE THE LAST THING
00:32:01.042 --> 00:32:03.344
I WANT TO DO BECAUSE GODHAS A SENSE OF HUMOR IS
00:32:03.444 --> 00:32:05.346
THE FIRST THING HE'SGONNA MAKE ME DO.
00:32:05.446 --> 00:32:07.281
AND I GET THE HEARTTHERE, BUT JESUS IS
00:32:07.382 --> 00:32:08.983
SAYING THAT'S ACTUALLYNOT HOW THE FATHER WORKS.
00:32:09.083 --> 00:32:11.019
HE DOESN'T TRICK YOU.
00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:12.286
AND WHAT'S EVEN MOREFASCINATING ABOUT THAT IS
00:32:12.387 --> 00:32:14.455
THAT BACK THEN HE STARTEDWITH BREAD, THEN HE MOVED
00:32:14.555 --> 00:32:16.791
ONTO FISH, THEN HEMOVED ONTO EGGS IN THAT
00:32:16.891 --> 00:32:18.993
EXAMPLE. BREAD WAS IN SUPPLY.
00:32:19.093 --> 00:32:21.362
IT TOOK CARE OF YOURDAILY NEEDS, NOT VERY TASTY.
00:32:21.462 --> 00:32:23.364
FISH WAS A STEP UP.
00:32:23.464 --> 00:32:25.333
LIKE, THAT'S GETTING ALITTLE, THAT'S MORE OF A
00:32:25.433 --> 00:32:26.834
TASTY DISH. BUT THEN EGGS.
00:32:26.934 --> 00:32:29.070
THERE WASN'T EVEN FARMINGPOULTRY UNTIL THE NEW
00:32:29.170 --> 00:32:31.105
TESTAMENT, SO THERE WASN'TTHE RAISING OF CHICKENS.
00:32:31.205 --> 00:32:33.541
IT WAS A NEW THING.
00:32:33.641 --> 00:32:35.043
AND THERE'S ONLY ONEPERSON WHOEVER ATE AN EGG
00:32:35.143 --> 00:32:37.011
IN THE BIBLE AND IT'SJOB BECAUSE HE WAS RICH.
00:32:37.111 --> 00:32:39.747
REMEMBER HOW HE WAS RICH.
00:32:39.847 --> 00:32:41.049
HE TALKED ABOUTEATING AN EGG.
00:32:41.149 --> 00:32:42.784
SO WHAT JESUS IS SAYINGIS IF YOU FOLLOW THAT
00:32:42.884 --> 00:32:46.020
PROGRESSION, DON'T JUSTSTOP WITH YOUR DAILY NEEDS.
00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:49.323
MOVE ONTO FISH, THETASTY. AND DON'T JUST
00:32:49.424 --> 00:32:51.826
STOP THERE, MOVE ONTOTHE LUXURY OF EGGS.
00:32:51.926 --> 00:32:54.095
IN OTHER WORDS, HEAVEN ISMORE READY TO GIVE THAN
00:32:54.195 --> 00:32:56.197
GOD IS TO ASK. AND PRAYERIS NOT OVERCOMING GOD'S
00:32:56.297 --> 00:32:58.633
RELUCTANCE, IT'S LAYINGHOLD OF GOD'S WILLINGNESS.
00:32:58.733 --> 00:33:01.269
WHEN WE HAVE THIS MINDSETOF REMEMBERING ALL THE
00:33:01.369 --> 00:33:03.838
THINGS HE DID FOR US INTHE PAST, WE'RE GONNA
00:33:03.938 --> 00:33:05.706
REACH FOR EVEN GREATERGIFTS IN THE FUTURE
00:33:05.807 --> 00:33:07.442
BECAUSE GOD'S EAGER, HE'SMORE EAGER TO GIVE
00:33:07.542 --> 00:33:09.410
THAN WE ARE TO PRAY.
00:33:09.510 --> 00:33:10.945
- WELL, AND I THINK TOOIN THIS TOPIC OF GOD
00:33:11.045 --> 00:33:14.248
BLESSING US, I THINK THATTHERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
00:33:14.348 --> 00:33:17.885
THANKSGIVING THAT SEEMSTO JUST OPEN UP, LIKE
00:33:17.985 --> 00:33:21.756
GRATITUDE IS A MAGNET FORMIRACLES. RIGHT?
00:33:21.856 --> 00:33:24.325
THERE'S SOMETHING THATWHEN WE'RE THANKFUL,
00:33:24.425 --> 00:33:27.361
JUST LIKE THE WHOLE WORLDOPENS UP FOR US.
00:33:27.462 --> 00:33:30.231
I WAS THINKING OF THIS ONETIME MY NEPHEW, CALEB, I
00:33:30.331 --> 00:33:35.136
GAVE HIM-- HIS BIRTHDAYIS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, AND
00:33:35.236 --> 00:33:38.673
SO I GAVE HIM, I THINKIT WAS LIKE FIVE BUCKS
00:33:38.773 --> 00:33:42.143
BECAUSE HIS PARENTSWANTED, THEY SAID HE
00:33:42.243 --> 00:33:44.112
WANTED CASH ON HISBIRTHDAY ONE YEAR.
00:33:44.212 --> 00:33:45.847
AND HE WAS LIKE "UNCLEBOBBY, THANK YOU!
00:33:45.947 --> 00:33:48.649
OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH!IT'S SO AWESOME!"
00:33:48.749 --> 00:33:51.219
SO THE NEXT YEAR WHEN ISAW, I COULDN'T WAIT,
00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:53.588
AND THIS TIME I WASGIVING HIM 20 BUCKS.
00:33:53.688 --> 00:33:55.523
AND HE WAS LIKE PLAYINGVIDEO GAMES, AND I WALKED
00:33:55.623 --> 00:33:58.893
OVER, WAS LIKE CALEBWHAT'S UP? HE'S LIKE
00:33:58.993 --> 00:34:00.294
HEY UNCLE BOBBY.PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
00:34:00.394 --> 00:34:02.563
I WAS LIKE HERE YOU GOMAN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
00:34:02.663 --> 00:34:04.198
TWENTY BUCKS!
00:34:04.298 --> 00:34:05.433
AND HE WAS LIKE CHEWINGSOMETHING, LIKE,
00:34:05.533 --> 00:34:07.201
PUT IT IN HIS POCKET,GOES THANKS.
00:34:07.301 --> 00:34:10.037
BACK TO HIS THING.AND I WAS SO LIKE--
00:34:10.138 --> 00:34:12.974
- YEAH!
00:34:13.074 --> 00:34:14.242
- THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW?
00:34:14.342 --> 00:34:15.810
AND IT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSEHE LATER, HE CARED.
00:34:15.910 --> 00:34:19.280
HE'S THE SWEETESTCOOLEST KID.
00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:21.349
HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
00:34:21.449 --> 00:34:22.850
- YOU CAN'T INTERRUPTTEENAGERS AT VIDEO GAMES.
00:34:22.950 --> 00:34:24.652
- BUT ISN'T IT FUNNY HOWFOR ME, I WAS SO EXCITED
00:34:24.752 --> 00:34:27.488
THE SECOND TIME TO GIVEHIM MORE BECAUSE THE
00:34:27.588 --> 00:34:30.324
FIRST TIME HEWAS SO THANKFUL.
00:34:30.424 --> 00:34:33.227
AND I THINK THERE ISSOMETHING ABOUT JUST LIKE
00:34:33.327 --> 00:34:36.297
WHEN WE GET SO EXCITEDWHEN WHERE WE LEARN--
00:34:36.397 --> 00:34:39.467
- THE FATHER IS STOKED.
00:34:39.567 --> 00:34:41.202
- WHEN WE GET STOKED,THE FATHER GETS STOKED.
00:34:41.302 --> 00:34:43.504
THAT'S A VERY CALIFORNIAWAY OF SAYING IT BUT
00:34:43.604 --> 00:34:45.106
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:34:45.206 --> 00:34:46.474
WHEN WE GET EXCITED ABOUT--I THINK GOD'S A PERSON.
00:34:46.574 --> 00:34:49.877
- YEAH. HE IS.
00:34:49.977 --> 00:34:51.245
- AND IT'S LIKE IFWE'RE EXCITED,
00:34:51.345 --> 00:34:53.915
HE'S GONNA GET EXCITED.
00:34:54.015 --> 00:34:55.249
- AND YOU KNOW THERE'STHIS BEAUTIFUL LATIN
00:34:55.349 --> 00:34:57.218
PHRASE, CORUM DEO,THAT THEOLOGIANS USE AND
00:34:57.318 --> 00:34:59.987
IT MEANS IN THEFACE OF GOD.
00:35:00.087 --> 00:35:02.323
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THATTHIS IS THE IRONIC BLESSING.
00:35:02.423 --> 00:35:05.927
MAY THE LORD MAKE HISFACE TO SHINE UPON YOU.
00:35:06.027 --> 00:35:08.563
SO THAT'S LITERALLY MEANINGMAY HE SMILE ON YOU.
00:35:08.663 --> 00:35:11.966
HAVE YOU EVER SAID OH,THAT PERSON, THEIR SMILE
00:35:12.066 --> 00:35:14.368
LIGHTS UP THE ROOM.
00:35:14.468 --> 00:35:16.370
OR THEY HAVE ABEAMING SMILE.
00:35:16.470 --> 00:35:18.372
THAT'S HOW GOD IS.
00:35:18.472 --> 00:35:19.674
HE'S GOT SUCHA BIG SMILE.
00:35:19.774 --> 00:35:21.309
HE'S BEAMING TOWARD US.
00:35:21.409 --> 00:35:22.743
WHEN WE WALK CORUM DEO,IN THE LIGHT OF HIS
00:35:22.843 --> 00:35:25.046
COUNTENANCE, WE'REGONNA WANT TO MAKE
00:35:25.146 --> 00:35:26.614
THAT SMILE EVEN BIGGER.
00:35:26.714 --> 00:35:28.282
AND THE MORE GOD GETSSTOKED ABOUT HOW THANKFUL
00:35:28.382 --> 00:35:31.552
WE ARE AND HOW PSYCHED WEARE ABOUT THE GIFTS THAT
00:35:31.652 --> 00:35:33.888
HE GAVE, THEN IT'SSORT OF SYMBIOTIC AND
00:35:33.988 --> 00:35:36.090
SYNCHRONISTIC ANDCOMPOUNDS UPON ITSELF.
00:35:36.190 --> 00:35:38.092
AND GOD JUT WANTS TO KEEPGIVING BECAUSE HE WOULD
00:35:38.192 --> 00:35:40.127
ANYWAY, APART FROM OURWORKS, BUT HOW MUCH MORE
00:35:40.228 --> 00:35:42.763
JOYFUL WOULD THAT MAKETHE FATHER'S HEART.
00:35:42.863 --> 00:35:44.265
AND THAT'S WHY ONTHE CONTRARY LIKE
00:35:44.365 --> 00:35:46.601
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSEDIDEA, PAUL SAYS IN
00:35:46.701 --> 00:35:49.103
EPHESIANS, DON'T GRIEVETHE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:35:49.203 --> 00:35:51.505
AND I THINK A LOT OFPEOPLE TREAT THE HOLY
00:35:51.606 --> 00:35:53.274
SPIRIT AS SORT OF ACOSMIC FORCE SIMILAR TO
00:35:53.374 --> 00:35:56.310
LIKE THE LIGHT AND DARKSIDE OF STAR WARS, BUT
00:35:56.410 --> 00:35:59.146
PAUL WAS CLEARLY SAYINGTHE HOLY SPIRIT CAN GET
00:35:59.247 --> 00:36:01.315
SAD. THE HOLYSPIRIT CAN GET SAD.
00:36:01.415 --> 00:36:03.718
SO I THINK REALIZING THATWE'RE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF
00:36:03.818 --> 00:36:07.355
GOD. GOD HAS EMOTIONSLIKE WE DO.
00:36:07.455 --> 00:36:09.890
NOW HE'S IN COMPLETECONTROL OF THEM, BUT
00:36:09.991 --> 00:36:11.859
REALIZING THAT WILL MAKEUS WANT TO BE SENSITIVE
00:36:11.959 --> 00:36:14.929
TO GOD AND WANT TOSHOW HIM THANKFULNESS.
00:36:15.029 --> 00:36:18.399
HE'S ALWAYS STRONG, BUTWE LOVE HIM SO MUCH
00:36:18.499 --> 00:36:20.668
BECAUSE HE LOVED USFIRST, WE'RE GONNA WANT
00:36:20.768 --> 00:36:21.969
TO MAKE THATSMILE BIGGER.
00:36:22.069 --> 00:36:23.404
- IN YOUR LAST VIDEOTHAT WE HAD, YOU TALKED
00:36:23.504 --> 00:36:25.339
ABOUT THE TEN LEPERS.
00:36:25.439 --> 00:36:27.508
AND THERE'S THIS VIEWI HAVE WHERE I PART
00:36:27.608 --> 00:36:30.044
FROM MOST MINISTERS.
00:36:30.144 --> 00:36:32.280
SO I'VE HEARD GREAT MENAND WOMEN OF GOD WHO ARE
00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:35.249
MUCH SMARTER THAN I AMSAY THIS A LOT,
00:36:35.349 --> 00:36:37.918
AND I DISAGREE. I'MPROBABLY WRONG.
00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.755
BUT THIS IDEA OF EXPECTATION,THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE
00:36:40.855 --> 00:36:44.025
EXPECTATION. EXPECTATIONSOR EXPECTATION OF GOD
00:36:44.125 --> 00:36:47.528
I THINK IS ACTUALLY WRONG.
00:36:47.628 --> 00:36:49.063
I THINK THAT'S A BIGMISTAKE BECAUSE UM, I
00:36:49.163 --> 00:36:53.000
THINK IT'S GOOD TO EXPECTTHAT GOOD THINGS ARE
00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:55.836
COMING, BUT TO EXPECT ASPECIFIC THING, I DON'T--
00:36:55.936 --> 00:37:00.074
THIS IS JUSTBOBBY TALKING, RIGHT?
00:37:00.174 --> 00:37:01.709
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'STHE BEST THING.
00:37:01.809 --> 00:37:04.912
I THINK GRATITUDE ISOPPOSED TO EXPECTATION.
00:37:05.012 --> 00:37:08.416
SO WHEN WE'RE REALLYTHANKFUL, WE'RE NOT
00:37:08.516 --> 00:37:10.951
THINKING ABOUT SOMETHINGWE NEED TO GET THAT WE
00:37:11.052 --> 00:37:13.321
DON'T HAVE, AND WE'RE NOTFOCUSED ON WHAT WE'VE
00:37:13.421 --> 00:37:16.857
LOST, WE'RE FOCUSED ONWHAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW,
00:37:16.957 --> 00:37:19.927
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WEHAVE AND BEING GRATEFUL.
00:37:20.027 --> 00:37:21.929
SOMETIMES I THINK THATTHERE'S A THIN LINE
00:37:22.029 --> 00:37:24.332
BETWEEN EXPECTATION ANDENTITLEMENT WHICH I THINK
00:37:24.432 --> 00:37:27.134
REALLY SHRINKS THE SOUL.
00:37:27.234 --> 00:37:28.769
AND IN THAT STORY YOU'RETALKING ABOUT, ONE THING
00:37:28.869 --> 00:37:31.272
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLEFORGET TO TALK ABOUT IS
00:37:31.372 --> 00:37:33.874
THAT THOSE TEN LEPERSARE SAMARITANS.
00:37:33.974 --> 00:37:35.643
- YES.
00:37:35.743 --> 00:37:36.811
- SO SAMARITANS ANDJEWS HATED EACH OTHER.
00:37:36.911 --> 00:37:39.447
I MEAN, IT WAS--
00:37:39.547 --> 00:37:40.848
- DANGEROUS.
00:37:40.948 --> 00:37:42.383
- YEAH, YOU COULDN'T-- INJESUS' DAY YOU COULDN'T,
00:37:42.483 --> 00:37:44.852
IF YOU WERE A JEW, YOUCOULDN'T GO THROUGH
00:37:44.952 --> 00:37:45.986
SAMARIA OR VICE VERSAWITHOUT GETTING BEAT UP.
00:37:46.087 --> 00:37:49.423
- CAN I INTERJECTSOMETHING REAL QUICK,
00:37:49.523 --> 00:37:50.825
AND I WANT YOU TO KEEPGOING, BUT IT NEVER SAYS,
00:37:50.925 --> 00:37:53.127
YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS.
00:37:53.227 --> 00:37:54.228
IT NEVER SAYS THEDISCIPLES WERE AMAZED
00:37:54.328 --> 00:37:55.730
THAT JESUS WALKED ONWATER, THAT HE FED 5.000
00:37:55.830 --> 00:37:58.132
PEOPLE WITH THELUNCHABLE, OR THAT HE
00:37:58.232 --> 00:37:59.600
ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:01.001
IT SAYS THAT THEY WEREAMAZED THAT HE SPOKE TO
00:38:01.102 --> 00:38:03.070
A WOMAN BECAUSE SHEWAS SAMARITAN.
00:38:03.170 --> 00:38:05.873
THAT'S HOW CRAZY IT WAS.THE ONLY TIME THEY
00:38:05.973 --> 00:38:09.110
WERE AMAZED WAS WHEN HESPOKE TO A SAMARITAN.
00:38:09.210 --> 00:38:11.212
- THE SAMARITANS IN THEJEWISH MIND IN THE FIRST
00:38:11.312 --> 00:38:13.547
CENTURY, ESPECIALLY DURINGPHARISAICAL JUDAISM, IT JUST,
00:38:13.647 --> 00:38:16.183
THE SAMARITANS WERE SLIME.THEY WERE ENEMIES.
00:38:16.283 --> 00:38:19.653
THEY HATED EACH OTHER.
00:38:19.754 --> 00:38:20.921
AND THEY WERE LIKE, KINDOF LIKE HALF-BROTHERS
00:38:21.021 --> 00:38:23.758
BECAUSE THE SAMARITANSARE HALF JEWISH.
00:38:23.858 --> 00:38:25.359
- BECAUSE THEY WEREN'TASSYRIAN, YEAH.
00:38:25.459 --> 00:38:26.994
- BUT THE FUNNY THING ISLIKE JESUS SAYS TO THEM,
00:38:27.094 --> 00:38:29.029
I WANT YOU TO GO TO THETEMPLE IN JERUSALEM,
00:38:29.130 --> 00:38:31.465
NOT THE TEMPLE IN SAMARIA,AND SHOW THEM.
00:38:31.565 --> 00:38:34.568
SO I THINK, I THINK THATIT WAS, THAT THE OTHER
00:38:34.668 --> 00:38:38.873
GUYS, I THINK THE OTHERLEPERS WERE JEWISH, BUT
00:38:38.973 --> 00:38:42.376
THE GUY THAT THEY SENT CAMEBACK WAS A SAMARITAN.
00:38:42.476 --> 00:38:44.712
SO FOR THE...
00:38:44.812 --> 00:38:46.313
- WOW!
00:38:46.414 --> 00:38:47.348
- SO THE NINETHAT WENT...
00:38:47.448 --> 00:38:48.516
- SO IT DOESN'T SAY THE OTHERNINE WERE SAMARITAN?
00:38:48.616 --> 00:38:50.117
- IF I REMEMBER, NO.
00:38:50.217 --> 00:38:51.385
- WOW, I JUST ALWAYSPICTURED THEM ALL.
00:38:51.485 --> 00:38:52.887
THAT'S INTERESTING.
00:38:52.987 --> 00:38:54.021
- NO, IT WAS NINE JEWISHLEPERS AND ONE SAMARITAN
00:38:54.121 --> 00:38:56.190
LEPER BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN ALEPER COLONY, WHO CARES.
00:38:56.290 --> 00:38:58.325
SO THEY'RE ALL WALKING.
00:38:58.426 --> 00:39:00.060
I HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN,BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT
00:39:00.161 --> 00:39:01.429
SAID THAT THEY ALL GOTO THE JEWISH TEMPLE.
00:39:01.529 --> 00:39:04.365
AND I THINK THE NINEEXPECT THAT THEY'RE
00:39:04.465 --> 00:39:06.901
GONNA GET HEALED.
00:39:07.001 --> 00:39:08.102
THEY'RE LIKE YEAH, WE'REGONNA GO TO THE PRIEST,
00:39:08.202 --> 00:39:09.804
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THISGREAT RABBI, WE'RE GONNA
00:39:09.904 --> 00:39:12.506
GET HEALED, AND THAT'SGONNA BE GREAT!
00:39:12.606 --> 00:39:14.909
BUT THE SAMARITAN, ITHINK HE'S THINKING LIKE
00:39:15.009 --> 00:39:17.044
I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWSTHAT I'M A SAMARITAN.
00:39:17.144 --> 00:39:21.549
I THINK HE'S KINDOF FAKING IT.
00:39:21.649 --> 00:39:23.117
I THINK HE'S LIKE FAKEIT TILL YOU MAKE IT.
00:39:23.217 --> 00:39:24.552
- A HUNDRED PERCENT.
00:39:24.652 --> 00:39:25.753
- HE SAID IT, I'MGONNA DO IT.
00:39:25.853 --> 00:39:28.522
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO GOINTO JUDAH, I'M NOT
00:39:28.622 --> 00:39:31.192
SUPPOSED TO GO INTOJERUSALEM AT ALL.
00:39:31.292 --> 00:39:32.960
I MIGHT GET MURDERED.
00:39:33.060 --> 00:39:34.495
NOT ONLY THAT, I'M GONNA GOTO THE HEART OF JERUSALEM.
00:39:34.595 --> 00:39:36.997
I'M GONNA SHOW MYSELF TOA PRIEST AS A SAMARITAN.
00:39:37.097 --> 00:39:40.201
- BECAUSE THEY WERE PUBLICHEALTH OFFICIALS BACK THEN.
00:39:40.301 --> 00:39:41.869
- THEY WERE. THAT'S RIGHT.
00:39:41.969 --> 00:39:43.437
AND SO HE SHOWS HIMSELFTO THE PRIEST, HE'S
00:39:43.537 --> 00:39:45.439
HEALED, AND HE'S THE ONEGUY THAT COMES BACK.
00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:48.242
HE FREAKS OUT.
00:39:48.342 --> 00:39:49.376
I THINK SO MUCH OF THATIS ABOUT BEING SAMARITAN,
00:39:49.477 --> 00:39:51.479
ABOUT KIND OF LIKETHINKING IT'S PROBABLY
00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:54.248
NOT GONNA WORK BUT I'LLJUST TRY IT ANYWAY.
00:39:54.348 --> 00:39:56.517
AND I THINK SO MUCH OF LIFE,SO MUCH BEING THANKFUL
00:39:56.617 --> 00:40:00.054
IN LIFE TO ME IS A LOTOF THOSE BIG SURPRISES.
00:40:00.154 --> 00:40:03.958
IT'S NOT BEING LIKE, IT'SLIKE ONE ASSUMING THAT
00:40:04.058 --> 00:40:06.694
WHATEVER I CAN DREAMUP, GOD CAN DREAM UP
00:40:06.794 --> 00:40:08.496
SOMETHINGBIGGER, YOU KNOW.
00:40:08.596 --> 00:40:10.331
AND KIND OF BEING LIKEGOD, I BELIEVE GOOD IS
00:40:10.431 --> 00:40:13.701
COMING IN MY LIFE, BUTI'M NOT GONNA DWELL ON
00:40:13.801 --> 00:40:15.870
WHAT THAT THINGHAS TO BE.
00:40:15.970 --> 00:40:18.072
WE GET REALLY STUCK, IT'SSO EASY TO GET STUCK ON I
00:40:18.172 --> 00:40:20.774
NEED A SPOUSE, OR I NEEDTO HAVE KIDS, OR I NEED
00:40:20.875 --> 00:40:23.978
THIS SPECIFIC JOB, OR INEED THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY
00:40:24.078 --> 00:40:26.113
OR LIVE IN THIS PLACE.
00:40:26.213 --> 00:40:27.681
AND I THINK A LOT OFPEOPLE ARE BEING TAUGHT
00:40:27.781 --> 00:40:29.950
TO EXPECT THOSE THINGS.
00:40:30.050 --> 00:40:31.986
IT'S GOOD TO WORK TOWARDSTHEM AND HAVE THOSE
00:40:32.086 --> 00:40:33.621
GOALS, BUT YOU'VE GOTTO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE
00:40:33.721 --> 00:40:35.789
SOMETIMES IT ERODESTHANKFULNESS.
00:40:35.890 --> 00:40:37.558
- AND YOU KNOW,THANKFULNESS IS
00:40:37.658 --> 00:40:39.293
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF USIF WE HAVE EYES TO SEE
00:40:39.393 --> 00:40:42.329
AND EARS TO HEAR. YOUKNOW IT'S INTERESTING
00:40:42.429 --> 00:40:44.865
IS JESUS WOULDCONSTANTLY SAY THAT.
00:40:44.965 --> 00:40:46.934
HE WHO HAS EARS TOHEAR, LET HIM HEAR.
00:40:47.034 --> 00:40:49.436
AND ONCE YOU SEE,YOU CAN'T UNSEE.
00:40:49.537 --> 00:40:52.239
AND THIS HAPPENEDTO ME THE OTHER DAY.
00:40:52.339 --> 00:40:53.874
I WASN'T PLANNING TOSHARE THIS STORY, BUT YOU
00:40:53.974 --> 00:40:56.877
KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THEWHOLE EARTH IS FILLED
00:40:56.977 --> 00:40:59.046
WITH GOD'S GLORY, ANDROMANS TEACHES THAT.
00:40:59.146 --> 00:41:02.550
PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT ANEXCUSE IF THEY SAY
00:41:02.650 --> 00:41:04.084
THERE'S NO GOD BECAUSECREATION ITSELF
00:41:04.184 --> 00:41:06.053
TESTIFIES OF A CREATOR.
00:41:06.153 --> 00:41:08.088
IT'S NOT JUST ANARBITRARY CAPRICIOUS
00:41:08.188 --> 00:41:10.024
RANDOM BYPRODUCT OFFORTUITOUS EVENTS.
00:41:10.124 --> 00:41:12.526
NO, IT HAS GOD'SFINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT.
00:41:12.626 --> 00:41:15.362
SO THE OTHER DAY I JUMPEDOFF THIS ROCK INTO THE
00:41:15.462 --> 00:41:17.965
RIVER BECAUSE YOU KNOWI LIKE TO ADVENTURE.
00:41:18.065 --> 00:41:19.667
- IT'S A CLASSICBEN THING TO DO.
00:41:19.767 --> 00:41:21.001
- YEAH, I FINISHEDSTUDYING, SO I'M LIKE
00:41:21.101 --> 00:41:23.470
I'M GONNA JUMP OFF THISROCK INTO THE RIVER.
00:41:23.571 --> 00:41:25.573
AND I CLIMBED BACK UP THEROCK AFTER I JUMPED IN
00:41:25.673 --> 00:41:28.576
AND I SAW THISDOG FLOATING.
00:41:28.676 --> 00:41:31.078
WELL, ACTUALLY ITHOUGHT IT WAS A LOG.
00:41:31.178 --> 00:41:32.479
I SAW THIS LOG FLOATINGDOWN THE RIVER.
00:41:32.580 --> 00:41:34.348
AND THEN I REALIZED THATIT WAS AN ANIMATED LOG,
00:41:34.448 --> 00:41:36.383
SO I'M LIKE THAT'S A DOG,THAT'S A DOG AND IT
00:41:36.483 --> 00:41:38.552
WAS FLOATING TOWARDME DOWN THE RIVER.
00:41:38.652 --> 00:41:40.554
AND THEN I REALIZEDTHE DOG HAD A FIN,
00:41:40.654 --> 00:41:43.657
AND I'M LIKE THAT'S ARIVER OTTER!
00:41:43.757 --> 00:41:45.626
SO I'D NEVER SEEN A RIVEROTTER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
00:41:45.726 --> 00:41:47.895
SO IT WAS THE RIVER OTTERWAS FLOATING NEXT TO ME
00:41:47.995 --> 00:41:51.332
AND I JUST STARTEDFREAKING OUT.
00:41:51.432 --> 00:41:53.701
LIKE, I'M LIKE THIS IS--- IN A GOOD WAY OR?
00:41:53.801 --> 00:41:55.803
- NO IN A GOOD WAY, I'M LIKETHIS IS THE SICKEST THING
00:41:55.903 --> 00:41:57.738
EVER. THIS IS SO COOL,A RIVER OTTER!
00:41:57.838 --> 00:42:00.040
THERE IS THIS BOOK TITLETHAT I THINK IS SO GOOD.
00:42:00.140 --> 00:42:02.543
THE ONLY WAY TO SEE ISTO FORGET THE NAME OF
00:42:02.643 --> 00:42:04.945
THE THING YOU SEE.
00:42:05.045 --> 00:42:06.380
SO I WANT TO EXPLAINTHIS, WHAT I MEAN.
00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:08.415
- ONLY WAY TOSEE IS TO FORGET.
00:42:08.515 --> 00:42:10.784
- THE ONLY WAY TOPROPERLY SEE, TO TRULY
00:42:10.884 --> 00:42:12.486
SEE IS TO FORGET THE NAMEOF THE THING YOU SEE.
00:42:12.586 --> 00:42:14.922
A LOT OF PEOPLE,ACCORDING TO ZOOLOGICAL,
00:42:15.022 --> 00:42:18.325
ICHTHYOLOGICAL TAXONOMYWOULD SAY WELL THAT'S A
00:42:18.425 --> 00:42:21.228
RIVER OTTER, AND THEY'DSAY THE GENUS OR WHATEVER.
00:42:21.328 --> 00:42:23.831
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOWTHE NAME OF THAT, IT'S
00:42:23.931 --> 00:42:26.400
LIKE A MER-DOG TO ME,IT'S LIKE A MERMAID DOG.
00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:28.869
IT'S A RIVER OTTERFLOATING DOWN THE RIVER.
00:42:28.969 --> 00:42:30.437
AND ACTUALLY...
00:42:30.537 --> 00:42:31.705
- I'VE GOT TO SEE APICTURE OF THIS THING.
00:42:31.805 --> 00:42:33.073
- THIS REALLY IMPACTEDMY WALK WITH GOD ACTUALLY
00:42:33.173 --> 00:42:34.775
AND MY PRAYER TIMEBECAUSE IT'S SO
00:42:34.875 --> 00:42:36.510
EASY TO GET JADED.
00:42:36.610 --> 00:42:38.145
YOU READ ABOUT WHAT'SHAPPENING POLITICALLY,
00:42:38.245 --> 00:42:40.114
YOU SEE WE'VE HAD MOREHURRICANES IN 2020 THAN
00:42:40.214 --> 00:42:42.583
WE COULD HAVEEVEN IMAGINED.
00:42:42.683 --> 00:42:44.685
WE'VE HAD 36 WILD FIRESRAGING THROUGH OREGON.
00:42:44.785 --> 00:42:46.887
WE GET SO JADED AS ACULTURE, AND I WANT TO
00:42:46.987 --> 00:42:49.023
REAWAKEN PEOPLE TO WONDERAND TO SEE JOY AND TO
00:42:49.123 --> 00:42:53.060
FLOURISH IN THANKFULNESS.
00:42:53.160 --> 00:42:54.928
AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOUDO THIS IS JUST TO FORGET
00:42:55.029 --> 00:42:57.464
THE LABELS OF THINGSLIKE OH, I'VE SEEN THAT
00:42:57.564 --> 00:42:59.233
BEFORE, I SAW THAT ON THEINTERNET, THAT'S THIS NAME.
00:42:59.333 --> 00:43:01.735
AND SEE IT WITH NEWEYES FOR THE FIRST TIME
00:43:01.835 --> 00:43:03.904
BECAUSE WHATPSYCHOLOGISTS NOW TELL US
00:43:04.004 --> 00:43:05.939
IS THAT LABELS SHAPECONSCIOUSNESS.
00:43:06.040 --> 00:43:08.475
WE MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THISBEFORE BUT THE GREEKS
00:43:08.575 --> 00:43:10.678
COULDN'T SEE BLUE,PSYCHOLOGISTS NOW BELIEVE.
00:43:10.778 --> 00:43:13.681
- REALLY?
00:43:13.781 --> 00:43:14.748
- THEY NEVER USEDTHE WORD BLUE.
00:43:14.848 --> 00:43:16.850
THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
00:43:16.950 --> 00:43:17.885
SO HOMER WROTE ABOUTTHE WINE DARK SEA.
00:43:17.985 --> 00:43:20.220
AND SO PSYCHOLOGISTSACTUALLY BELIEVE THEY
00:43:20.320 --> 00:43:23.257
COULDN'T SEE BLUE BECAUSETHEY DIDN'T HAVE A LABEL
00:43:23.357 --> 00:43:25.092
FOR IT. AND THAT'S WHYLITTLE KIDS SUBCONSCIOUSLY
00:43:25.192 --> 00:43:27.728
ARE ALWAYS SAYING WHAT'STHAT? WHAT'S THAT?
00:43:27.828 --> 00:43:29.530
THEY HAVE BIG EYES.WHAT'S THAT?
00:43:29.630 --> 00:43:31.432
- THEY PROBABLY COULD SEE ITIF THEY COULD LEARN OR.
00:43:31.532 --> 00:43:34.568
- THEY COULDN'T SEE BLUE.
00:43:34.668 --> 00:43:36.203
AND IF YOU LOOK UP THEDEFINITION OF COLOR IN
00:43:36.303 --> 00:43:38.706
THE DICTIONARY, IT'S ASUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE.
00:43:38.806 --> 00:43:41.442
IT'S WILD. THERE'S NOOBJECTIVE EXISTENCE OF COLOR
00:43:41.542 --> 00:43:43.510
BECAUSE OF THE ILLUSORYENERGY QUANTI PHOTONS
00:43:43.610 --> 00:43:46.346
PLAYING ON OURPHOTO RECEPTORS
00:43:46.447 --> 00:43:47.681
AND CORNEAL RETINA.
00:43:47.781 --> 00:43:48.849
THERE'S A LONG SCIENTIFICTHING, BUT THEY COULDN'T
00:43:48.949 --> 00:43:50.818
SEE BLUE, AND HERE'SWHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
00:43:50.918 --> 00:43:52.653
IN CERTAIN POLYNESIANTRIBES, THEY DON'T
00:43:52.753 --> 00:43:54.354
HAVE A WORD FOR GRIEF,SO WHEN SOMEONE DIES,
00:43:54.455 --> 00:43:56.690
THEY SAY THEYEXPERIENCED FATIGUE.
00:43:56.790 --> 00:43:58.792
AND SO YOUR LABELS AREACTUALLY SHAPING YOUR
00:43:58.892 --> 00:44:03.030
CONSCIOUSNESS. THIS ISLIKE PSYCHOLOGY 101.
00:44:03.130 --> 00:44:05.099
- YEAH.
00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:06.300
- SO WHEN I FORGOT THENAME OF THIS RIVER OTTER
00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:09.303
AND I JUST SAW THISMAGICAL MIRACULOUS
00:44:09.403 --> 00:44:12.439
CREATURE FLOATING DOWNTHE RIVER, I'M LIKE GOD,
00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:14.908
YOU'RE SO AMAZING!
00:44:15.008 --> 00:44:16.376
AND YOU CAN JUST THANKGOD FOR THE RIVER OTTER.
00:44:16.477 --> 00:44:18.812
YOU CAN THANK GOD FOREVERYTHING AROUND YOU.
00:44:18.912 --> 00:44:20.748
IF YOU JUST FORGET YOURJADED LABELS AND YOU
00:44:20.848 --> 00:44:23.550
START TO SEE GOD'S WONDERAND MIRACLES ALL AROUND
00:44:23.650 --> 00:44:26.120
YOU. ALBERT EINSTEINSAID IT SO PERFECTLY.
00:44:26.220 --> 00:44:28.622
HE SAID EITHER YOU GOTHROUGH LIFE BELIEVING
00:44:28.722 --> 00:44:31.291
EVERYTHING'S A MIRACLEOR NOTHING'S A MIRACLE.
00:44:31.391 --> 00:44:34.294
AND I WANT TO GO THROUGHLIFE SEEING EVERYTHING
00:44:34.394 --> 00:44:36.463
AS A MIRACLE. A LIFEOF THANKFULNESS.
00:44:36.563 --> 00:44:38.832
- IT IS WEIRD WHEN YOU THINKABOUT A MIRACLE, I MEAN
00:44:38.932 --> 00:44:42.870
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AMIRACLE, LIKE IT'S LIKE
00:44:42.970 --> 00:44:46.340
ONCE YOU LABEL IT, ITBECOMES LIKE A GREAT
00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:48.342
EXAMPLE IS LIKETHE PLACEBO.
00:44:48.442 --> 00:44:50.511
IF YOU'RE GONNA TEST AMEDICINE, A LOT OF THESE
00:44:50.611 --> 00:44:52.980
MEDICINES 30 PERCENTOF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:44:53.080 --> 00:44:54.948
TAKING LIKE A SALT PILLOR SUGAR PILL, IT DOES
00:44:55.048 --> 00:44:57.818
LITERALLY NOTHING, WILLGET BETTER JUST BECAUSE
00:44:57.918 --> 00:45:00.354
THEY THINK THEY'REGETTING A TREATMENT.
00:45:00.454 --> 00:45:02.523
SO THEY'RE LIKE OH, WELL,WE'LL JUST LABEL THAT
00:45:02.623 --> 00:45:04.892
PLACEBO WHEN THEY SHOULDBE LIKE FREAKING OUT.
00:45:04.992 --> 00:45:08.462
LIKE, THERE'S NOEXPLANATION FOR WHY.
00:45:08.562 --> 00:45:11.465
- YOU'RE RIGHT.
00:45:11.565 --> 00:45:12.499
- THEY SHOULDBE FREAKING OUT.
00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.734
- I KNOW.
00:45:13.834 --> 00:45:14.968
- LIKE 30 PERCENT OFPEOPLE ARE JUST GONNA GET
00:45:15.068 --> 00:45:16.703
BETTER JUST BECAUSE THEYBELIEVE THAT THEY'RE
00:45:16.804 --> 00:45:18.472
GONNA GET BETTER.THAT'S CRAZY.
00:45:18.572 --> 00:45:20.140
- LET IT BE DONEACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH.
00:45:20.240 --> 00:45:22.709
THAT'S WHAT JESUS WOULDSAY, ACCORDING TO YOUR
00:45:22.810 --> 00:45:24.244
FAITH. AND HERE'SWHAT I WANT TO SAY.
00:45:24.344 --> 00:45:25.879
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE OH,BEN, YOU HAVE SO MUCH
00:45:25.979 --> 00:45:27.347
ENERGY, LIKE WHY DO YOUHAVE SO MUCH ENERGY?
00:45:27.447 --> 00:45:29.416
THE WORD ENTHUSIASM COMESFROM THE WORD EN, WHICH
00:45:29.516 --> 00:45:32.820
MEANS IN, AND THEOS,WHICH MEANS GOD.
00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:35.322
WHEN YOU'RE IN GOD,YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE
00:45:35.422 --> 00:45:38.592
ENTHUSIASTIC. THAT'SWHAT I WANT TO DO IS,
00:45:38.692 --> 00:45:41.795
HERE'S THE THING BOBBY.
00:45:41.895 --> 00:45:43.597
WE HAVE ALL DONE THEPOST-MODERNIST, MOVE TO
00:45:43.697 --> 00:45:47.134
BROOKLYN, ROLL YOUR EYESAND BECOMING CYNICS,
00:45:47.234 --> 00:45:50.070
WINK AT THE CAMERASELF-REFERENCE, LIKE
00:45:50.170 --> 00:45:51.872
DON'T TAKE R2 SERIOUSLY,NOTHING MATTERS, THIS IS
00:45:51.972 --> 00:45:54.474
ALL ONE ONTOLOGICALEXISTENTIAL NAVAL GAZING
00:45:54.575 --> 00:45:57.811
CIRCUITOUS NOTHINGNESS.
00:45:57.911 --> 00:46:00.380
AND I'VE NEVER MET A KIDWHO SAYS WHEN I GROW UP,
00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:02.749
I WANT TO BE A CYNIC.
00:46:02.850 --> 00:46:04.284
- I LOVE THAT YOU CHOSEBROOKLYN BY THE WAY.
00:46:04.384 --> 00:46:06.353
- WELL, IT'S LIKE NO KIDEVER SAYS I WANT TO GROW
00:46:06.453 --> 00:46:08.755
UP TO BE A CYNIC. WE'VEALREADY DONE THAT.
00:46:08.856 --> 00:46:11.158
THAT WAS THE 90S WAS LIKETHE PINNACLE OF THAT AS
00:46:11.258 --> 00:46:13.861
WELL. THAT'S WHERE LIKE, IDON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY
00:46:13.961 --> 00:46:16.396
A CERTAIN TV SHOW ONHERE BUT A LOT OF
00:46:16.496 --> 00:46:18.131
CYNICAL EVEN CARTOONS.
00:46:18.232 --> 00:46:19.366
- TOTALLY, YEAH.
00:46:19.466 --> 00:46:20.667
- AND SO THAT'S WHAT IWANT TO SAY IS LIKE JESUS
00:46:20.767 --> 00:46:22.603
WAS ON TO SOMETHING WHENHE SAID IF YOU WANT TO
00:46:22.703 --> 00:46:25.839
ENTER THE KINGDOM,BECOME AS A CHILD.
00:46:25.939 --> 00:46:27.741
IF YOU GIVE A CHILD ALITTLE TOY THAT'S A
00:46:27.841 --> 00:46:30.344
DOLLAR, THEY FREAK OUT.
00:46:30.444 --> 00:46:32.079
THEY'RE THANKFUL.THEY'RE JOYOUS.
00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:33.847
AND I THINK IF WE CAN GETTHIS CHILDLIKE WONDER
00:46:33.947 --> 00:46:36.283
BACK, THEN WE'LL HAVEAN INTRODUCTION TO JOY.
00:46:36.383 --> 00:46:39.486
- YEAH, BEN, YOU MODELTHAT SO WELL TOO.
00:46:39.586 --> 00:46:41.622
AGAIN, BECAUSE I KNOWYOU'VE TALKED IN THE PAST
00:46:41.722 --> 00:46:43.790
ABOUT YOUR STRUGGLES, IREALLY APPRECIATE HOW
00:46:43.891 --> 00:46:47.461
YOU'RE REALLY MODELINGTO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR
00:46:47.561 --> 00:46:49.596
CONGREGATION, ANDPEOPLE THAT FOLLOW YOUR
00:46:49.696 --> 00:46:52.299
PROGRAM THAT EVEN THOUGHYOU MIGHT STRUGGLE WITH
00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:54.801
DEPRESSIVE THINGS ANDSOME OF THESE THINGS, YOU
00:46:54.902 --> 00:46:57.104
CAN, THAT GOD HAS A WAY,IF YOU'RE WILLING TO
00:46:57.204 --> 00:46:59.373
RESPOND THAT GOD HAS AWAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
00:46:59.473 --> 00:47:02.075
IN YOUR LIFE AND TO KINDOF HELP THOSE PEOPLE OUT.
00:47:02.175 --> 00:47:05.045
WE'RE COMING TO AN END OFTHE SHOW, BUT BEFORE WE
00:47:05.145 --> 00:47:08.081
GET TO THAT, I REALLY, ITHINK THERE IS, I JUST
00:47:08.181 --> 00:47:11.151
BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BESOMEBODY WATCHING NOW WHO
00:47:11.251 --> 00:47:13.387
HAS JUST MESSED UP THEIRLIFE, OR SOMEBODY WHO IS
00:47:13.487 --> 00:47:17.024
IN A HOLE, AND SOMEBODYWHO'S SAYING I NEED THE
00:47:17.124 --> 00:47:19.393
LORD. I NEED TO COMEBACK TO THE LORD.
00:47:19.493 --> 00:47:23.030
AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOUTO GIVE THAT PERSON AN
00:47:23.130 --> 00:47:25.866
OPPORTUNITY NOW TORECEIVE CHRIST AND COME
00:47:25.966 --> 00:47:29.236
BACK TO HIM. WOULDYOU DO THAT?
00:47:29.336 --> 00:47:31.004
- YEAH, THE BIBLE SAYSWE ARE SAVED BY GRACE
00:47:31.104 --> 00:47:33.640
THROUGH FAITH. BYGRACE THROUGH FAITH.
00:47:33.740 --> 00:47:36.343
THAT'S EPHESIANS.
00:47:36.443 --> 00:47:37.644
ROMANS SAYS WEARE SAVED IN HOPE.
00:47:37.744 --> 00:47:40.514
SO WE'RE SAVED BY GRACETHROUGH FAITH IN HOPE.
00:47:40.614 --> 00:47:44.117
THE MESSAGE OF THEUNIVERSE IS NOT THAT THE
00:47:44.217 --> 00:47:46.553
MESSIAH WAS CRUCIFIED ANDTHAT'S THE END OF THE STORY.
00:47:46.653 --> 00:47:49.156
NO. HE WENT THROUGH FRIDAYAND GOT TO SUNDAY.
00:47:49.256 --> 00:47:51.925
THE MESSAGE OF THE COSMOSIS THERE IS AN EMPTY TOMB.
00:47:52.025 --> 00:47:55.395
JESUS SAID IF YOU BELIEVEON HIM WHO HAS SENT ME,
00:47:55.495 --> 00:47:58.465
YOU WILL PASS FROM DEATHINTO LIFE OR ACTUALLY
00:47:58.565 --> 00:48:00.867
PAST TENSE. YOU HAVE PASSEDFROM DEATH INTO LIFE.
00:48:00.968 --> 00:48:04.037
ETERNAL LIFE CANBEGIN RIGHT NOW.
00:48:04.137 --> 00:48:06.106
WHAT I THINK IS SOFASCINATING IS JESUS SAID
00:48:06.206 --> 00:48:08.208
IN JOHN 10 THAT HE HASCOME TO GIVE LIFE
00:48:08.308 --> 00:48:11.378
AND THAT MORE ABUNDANTLY.
00:48:11.478 --> 00:48:12.679
THE WORD LIFEIN GREEK IS ZOE.
00:48:12.779 --> 00:48:14.614
IT'S NOT BIOS, JUSTBIOLOGICALLY YOUR HEART'S
00:48:14.715 --> 00:48:16.516
BEATING. NO, IT'S ZOE.
00:48:16.616 --> 00:48:18.318
IT'S AN OVER AND ABOVEKIND OF FLOURISHING LIFE.
00:48:18.418 --> 00:48:20.921
NOT ONLY LIFE HERE BUTETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN.
00:48:21.021 --> 00:48:23.256
AND I'M SO THANKFUL THATWE ARE SAVED BY GRACE
00:48:23.357 --> 00:48:25.559
THROUGH FAITH IN HOPE.
00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:27.294
SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGEYOU TO PUT YOUR FAITH IN
00:48:27.394 --> 00:48:29.029
HIM, TO BELIEVE IN HIM.
00:48:29.129 --> 00:48:30.597
AND NOT ONLY DOES HE GIVEUS SALVATION AND LOVE AND
00:48:30.697 --> 00:48:33.600
HOPE, BUT EVEN HEGIVES US A NEW LABEL.
00:48:33.700 --> 00:48:36.103
IN THE BOOK OFREVELATION, NOT ONLY DOES
00:48:36.203 --> 00:48:37.838
JOHN SAY IN THE GOSPELTHAT WE CAN BE BORN
00:48:37.938 --> 00:48:41.141
AGAIN, BUT IT ALSO SAYSIN REVELATION WHEN JOHN
00:48:41.241 --> 00:48:43.710
WROTE REVELATION THAT TOHIM WHO OVERCOMES, JESUS
00:48:43.810 --> 00:48:46.413
WILL GIVE A BOWL OFHIDDEN MANNA AND A WHITE
00:48:46.513 --> 00:48:48.648
STONE WITH A NEW NAMETHAT ONLY THE RECEIVER
00:48:48.749 --> 00:48:51.184
WILL KNOW. SO GOD CANGIVE YOU A NEW LABEL.
00:48:51.284 --> 00:48:54.688
LIKE, IF YOU HAVE MESSEDUP YOUR REPUTATION, IF
00:48:54.788 --> 00:48:56.757
YOU MESSED UP YOUR NAME,MESSED UP YOUR LIFE, I
00:48:56.857 --> 00:48:58.992
HAVE GOOD NEWS, YOU PUTYOUR FAITH IN THE LORD
00:48:59.092 --> 00:49:01.028
AND GUESS WHAT, HE GIVESYOU A WHITE STONE WITH A
00:49:01.128 --> 00:49:03.797
NEW NAME YOU CAN BE BORNAGAIN THROUGH FAITH.
00:49:03.897 --> 00:49:07.634
- YEAH, AND FOR ALL OFYOU WHO ARE THERE, WE
00:49:07.734 --> 00:49:08.902
JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGEYOU TO MAKE A DECISION
00:49:09.002 --> 00:49:10.370
TODAY TO FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:49:10.470 --> 00:49:12.239
I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME TOFAITH, I HEARD AN ALTAR
00:49:12.339 --> 00:49:15.976
CALL BUT I DIDN'T PRAY APRAYER. I JUST DECIDED.
00:49:16.076 --> 00:49:18.412
I JUST DECIDED AND I WASLIKE I'M GONNA FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:49:18.512 --> 00:49:21.948
- WOW.
00:49:22.049 --> 00:49:23.116
- I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.
00:49:23.216 --> 00:49:24.785
THERE WAS AN ALTARCALL, I DIDN'T GO DOWN.
00:49:24.885 --> 00:49:26.753
I DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY, IDIDN'T RAISE MY HAND, I
00:49:26.853 --> 00:49:29.022
JUST MADE A DECISION I'MGONNA FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:49:29.122 --> 00:49:31.224
AND I'VE NEVERTURNED BACK.
00:49:31.324 --> 00:49:32.426
- LOOK WHEREYOUR LIFE IS NOW.
00:49:32.526 --> 00:49:33.827
YOU REALLY, YOU REALLY...
00:49:33.927 --> 00:49:35.362
- OF COURSE I DIDBECAUSE IT REALLY
00:49:35.462 --> 00:49:36.696
MATTERED TO ME.
00:49:36.797 --> 00:49:38.231
THE BIBLE, PRAYING APRAYER IS A GREAT WAY TO
00:49:38.331 --> 00:49:39.966
RECEIVE CHRIST. THERE'SLOTS OF WAYS TO DO IT.
00:49:40.067 --> 00:49:42.035
BUT AT THE END OF THEDAY, IT'S MAKING A
00:49:42.135 --> 00:49:43.770
DECISION TO FOLLOW CHRISTAND NEVER TURN BACK.
00:49:43.870 --> 00:49:45.739
I WANT TO ENCOURAGEYOU TO DO THAT TODAY.
00:49:45.839 --> 00:49:47.374
JUST MAKE A DECISIONRIGHT NOW YOU'RE GONNA
00:49:47.474 --> 00:49:49.376
FOLLOW CHRIST ANDYOU'LL BE SAVED.
00:49:49.476 --> 00:49:51.078
BEN, I LOVE THESE VIDEOSYOU MAKE AND THERE'S ONE
00:49:51.178 --> 00:49:52.979
I WANT PEOPLE TO SEETHAT I THINK REALLY WILL
00:49:53.080 --> 00:49:55.248
TOUCH PEOPLE'S HEARTS.
00:49:55.348 --> 00:49:56.483
IT'S CALLED INHERITANCE.CHECK THIS OUT.
00:49:56.583 --> 00:49:59.052
- WHAT IF I TOLD YOU WE WEREDESTINED FOR GREATNESS
00:50:01.488 --> 00:50:04.257
AS HIGH KINGSAND QUEENS OF NARNIA,
00:50:04.357 --> 00:50:07.027
CHILDREN OF ASLAN?
00:50:07.127 --> 00:50:09.262
BECAUSE THE TRUTH ISROMANS 8 SAYS THAT WE ARE
00:50:11.164 --> 00:50:13.400
HEIRS OF GOD AND JOINTHEIRS WITH CHRIST.
00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:17.471
NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:50:17.571 --> 00:50:18.905
DO YOU REMEMBER HOW THEBIBLE SAYS JESUS WAS
00:50:19.005 --> 00:50:20.440
BAPTIZED WHENHE WAS ABOUT 30?
00:50:20.540 --> 00:50:22.909
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANTFACT BECAUSE IN JESUS
00:50:23.009 --> 00:50:25.479
GENERATION, WHEN A MANTURNED 30, THAT'S WHEN HE
00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:28.915
RECEIVED HIS INHERITANCEFROM HIS DAD.
00:50:29.015 --> 00:50:32.385
SO A JEWISH MAN CAME INTOHIS FATHER'S INHERITANCE
00:50:32.486 --> 00:50:35.088
WHEN HE TURNED 30.
00:50:35.188 --> 00:50:37.557
ISN'T THAT INTERESTINGTHAT JESUS GOT BAPTIZED
00:50:37.657 --> 00:50:39.926
AT 30, AND HE NEVER DIDA MIRACLE AS RECORDED IN
00:50:40.026 --> 00:50:43.363
SCRIPTURE UNTIL HE TURNED30 BECAUSE IT WAS THEN
00:50:43.463 --> 00:50:46.266
THAT HE ENTERED INTOHIS INHERITANCE.
00:50:46.366 --> 00:50:49.169
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE AREMANY MANSIONS, FEAR NOT
00:50:49.269 --> 00:50:51.271
LITTLE FLOCK, IT'S HISGOOD PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU
00:50:51.371 --> 00:50:53.507
THE KINGDOM WHICH JESUSHAS THE RIGHT TO MEDIATE.
00:50:53.607 --> 00:50:56.143
HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BETHE MEANS THROUGH WHICH
00:50:56.243 --> 00:50:58.211
THE FATHER'S INHERITANCEFLOWS TO US AS JOINT
00:50:58.311 --> 00:51:01.314
HEIRS WITH CHRIST BECAUSEAT 30 WHEN HE WAS
00:51:01.414 --> 00:51:03.750
BAPTIZED, HE CAME INTOHIS DAD'S INHERITANCE.
00:51:03.850 --> 00:51:06.119
SO TOO I WANT TO TELL YOUYOU HAVE BEEN PREDESTINED
00:51:06.219 --> 00:51:08.622
TO THE ADOPTION OF SONSWHEREBY YOU RECEIVE A
00:51:08.722 --> 00:51:12.559
HOLY, HIGH AND HEAVENLYINHERITANCE, SO WE HAVE
00:51:12.659 --> 00:51:15.629
NO CAUSE TO BE DEPRESSED.
00:51:15.729 --> 00:51:18.999
- BEN, I'M SOSTOKED THAT YOU ARE NOW
00:51:20.667 --> 00:51:22.169
PARTNERING WITH TBN.
00:51:22.269 --> 00:51:24.504
YOU HAVE A SHOW ONTHURSDAY NIGHTS AT, I
00:51:24.604 --> 00:51:27.674
THINK IT'S AT 4:30 HEREIN CALIFORNIA I THINK.
00:51:27.774 --> 00:51:30.177
- IT'S ACTUALLY THURSDAYAFTERNOON, BUT WE'VE BEEN
00:51:30.277 --> 00:51:32.779
ON FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS.
00:51:32.879 --> 00:51:34.247
- WHAT DID I SAY?
00:51:34.347 --> 00:51:35.482
- YOU SAID THURSDAYNIGHT BUT IT'S AFTERNOON.
00:51:35.582 --> 00:51:37.284
CLOSE ENOUGH. BUT HONESTLY,
00:51:37.384 --> 00:51:38.518
WE'VE BEEN ON FIVE MONTHSAND I'M LOVING IT.
00:51:38.618 --> 00:51:40.687
I LOVE WHAT TBN IS DOING.
00:51:40.787 --> 00:51:42.489
TO SEE WHAT GOD IS DOINGTHROUGH THIS MINISTRY,
00:51:42.589 --> 00:51:45.458
IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE MYTEAM KNOWS EVERY TIME
00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:47.827
AFTER I'VE BEEN ONTBN, WE FEEL IT.
00:51:47.928 --> 00:51:49.763
LIKE, EVEN LAST NIGHTSPEAKING AT THIS EVENT,
00:51:49.863 --> 00:51:51.631
I ALWAYS SEEMINGLY HAVESOMEONE COME UP TO ME,
00:51:51.731 --> 00:51:53.967
I SAW YOU ON TBN, AND IT'SSO AMAZING THAT WE GET TO
00:51:54.067 --> 00:51:57.170
USE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLATFORMTO SPREAD HOPE TO PEOPLE.
00:51:57.270 --> 00:52:00.106
- AND IT'S GLOBAL.WE'VE BEEN ON,
00:52:00.207 --> 00:52:01.741
HOUR OF POWER HAS BEENON TBN NOW FOR 46 YEARS.
00:52:01.841 --> 00:52:05.245
- WHOA!
00:52:05.345 --> 00:52:06.313
- WHEN PAUL AND MYGRANDPA AGREED TO MAKE IT
00:52:06.413 --> 00:52:09.216
HAPPEN, IT'S BEEN SUCH APRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE
00:52:09.316 --> 00:52:11.318
WITH MATT AND LAURIEAND WITH TBN,
00:52:11.418 --> 00:52:13.286
AND WE'RE SO THRILLED.
00:52:13.386 --> 00:52:14.921
- I GOT TO BE ONWITH YOU LAST MONTH.
00:52:15.021 --> 00:52:17.123
- I KNOW. THAT'S AWESOME.BUT YOUR SHOW IS GREAT.
00:52:17.224 --> 00:52:18.825
IT'S CALLED HOPEGENERATION.
00:52:18.925 --> 00:52:20.327
IT'S AT 4:30. CHECK THIS OUT.
00:52:20.427 --> 00:52:21.995
- HEY TBN, I'M BENCOURSON, HOST OF HOPE
00:52:22.095 --> 00:52:23.630
GENERATION, AND I WANT TOINVITE YOU TO WATCH OUR
00:52:23.730 --> 00:52:25.765
SHOW EVERY THURSDAYAT 4:30 EASTERN.
00:52:25.865 --> 00:52:28.868
♪ ♪
00:52:28.969 --> 00:52:51.224
- WELL BEN, THANK YOU SOMUCH FOR BEING HERE.
00:52:52.525 --> 00:52:54.160
ANY OTHER WORDS OFENCOURAGEMENT FOR PEOPLE
00:52:54.261 --> 00:52:56.129
AT HOME. IT IS A TOUGHTIME FOR SOME FOLKS.
00:52:56.229 --> 00:52:58.665
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOINGFINE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:52:58.765 --> 00:53:00.734
ARE NOT, AND CHRISTMASIS AROUND THE CORNER,
00:53:00.834 --> 00:53:04.504
THANKSGIVING. ANY WORDSOF ENCOURAGEMENT?
00:53:04.604 --> 00:53:07.007
- I WANT TO ENCOURAGEYOU TO BE THANKFUL, AND I
00:53:07.107 --> 00:53:10.210
WANT TO ACTUALLY ADDRESSTHE CYNICS RIGHT NOW
00:53:10.310 --> 00:53:12.312
WHO ARE WATCHING THIS.
00:53:12.412 --> 00:53:13.880
AND YOU KNOW WHENYOU SAID IT CAN BE
00:53:13.980 --> 00:53:15.415
INGRATIATING, YOU'RE JUSTLIKE THIS IS GRATING ON
00:53:15.515 --> 00:53:17.817
ME, I DON'T WANT TOHEAR BEING THANKFUL.
00:53:17.917 --> 00:53:19.953
LOOK AT ALL THEHORRIBLE STUFF THAT HAS
00:53:20.053 --> 00:53:22.489
HAPPENED TO OUR WORLD.
00:53:22.589 --> 00:53:23.957
MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED DUETO THE CORONAVIRUS THAN
00:53:24.057 --> 00:53:26.359
ALL THE AMERICANS COMBINEDIN THE VIETNAM WAR.
00:53:26.459 --> 00:53:29.062
BEING THANKFUL,SPEAKING THESE WORDS,
00:53:29.162 --> 00:53:31.064
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN.
00:53:31.164 --> 00:53:32.766
I WANT TO TELL YOU THATWHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
00:53:32.866 --> 00:53:35.568
THERE IS POWER OF DEATHIN THE TONGUE, IT ALSO
00:53:35.669 --> 00:53:38.305
SAYS THERE'S POWER OFLIFE IN THE TONGUE.
00:53:38.405 --> 00:53:40.740
GOD SPOKE WORLDS INTOMOTION THROUGH HIS WORDS.
00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:44.377
IN FACT, THE PSALMISTSAID THAT HE BREATHED
00:53:44.477 --> 00:53:46.279
STARS INTO EXISTENCE.
00:53:46.379 --> 00:53:47.981
SO TOO AS MIRRORINGTHE IMAGE OF GOD, HIS
00:53:48.081 --> 00:53:51.251
CREATIVE ATTRIBUTES TOTHE WORLD AS HIS CHILDREN
00:53:51.351 --> 00:53:53.353
WHEN WE SPEAK WORDSHONORING HIS NAME, WORDS
00:53:53.453 --> 00:53:55.455
OF THANKFULNESS, IBELIEVE THAT WE CAN
00:53:55.555 --> 00:53:57.924
ACTUALLY CHANGEOUR REALITY.
00:53:58.024 --> 00:54:00.460
IF YOU LIKE PSYCHOLOGY,IT'S CALLED COGNITIVE
00:54:00.560 --> 00:54:02.662
RESTRUCTURING, AND IFYOU'RE GOING TO THE BIBLE,
00:54:02.762 --> 00:54:04.597
IT'S IN EVERYTHINGGIVE THANKS. BY THE WAY,
00:54:04.698 --> 00:54:07.634
THE SHORTEST VERSE IN THEBIBLE IS NOT JESUS WEPT.
00:54:07.734 --> 00:54:10.070
THE SHORTEST VERSE OF THEBIBLE IS REJOICE ALWAYS.
00:54:10.170 --> 00:54:12.972
THE ORIGINAL GREEK.IN THE ORIGINAL GREEK.
00:54:13.073 --> 00:54:15.375
SO IT'S NOT I'MJUST GONNA WEEP.
00:54:15.475 --> 00:54:17.744
NO, IT'S I'M GONNAREJOICE. IF BREVITY IS
00:54:17.844 --> 00:54:19.446
THE WIT OF GENIUS,THERE IT IS, REJOICE ALWAYS.
00:54:19.546 --> 00:54:22.382
- I LOVE IT. BEN,THANK YOU SO MUCH,
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AND WE'LL DO OURBEST TO REJOICE.
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WE'RE SO GRATEFUL YOU'REJOINING US, AND I WANT TO
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ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUTBEN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS.
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WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THATYOU JOINED US TODAY ON
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PRAISE, AND I JUST WANTYOU TO BELIEVE TODAY THAT
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SOMETHING GOOD IS COMING.
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WE MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABLETO PREDICT WHAT IT IS,
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BUT GOD IS A GODOF OVERFLOWING.
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AND MAYBE YOU'RE IN ASEASON IN YOUR LIFE WHERE
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YOU FEEL LIKE COMPLETELYSTUCK IN A PIT, BUT I
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THINK THE MESSAGE THATBEN AND I WANT TO GET
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ACROSS TO YOU IS AS WEBEGIN TO LOOK AT OUR LIFE
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RIGHT NOW AND JUST SAYLORD, I'M THANKFUL FOR
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WHATEVER IT IS, I'MTHANKFUL FOR MY CAT,
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THAT I GOT A PLACE,THANKFUL FOR MY SOCKS.
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I'M THANKFULFOR MY FRIENDS.
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I WANT YOU TO KNOW WEARE THANKFUL FOR YOU.
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WE WANT YOU TO KNOWGOD IS GONNA DO A
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GOOD THING IN YOUR LIFE.
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YOU'RE NOT WHAT YOU DO,WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT
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PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU;YOU'RE GOD'S BELOVED.
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JOIN US AGAIN. WELOVE YOU GUYS.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
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♪ ♪
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Praise | Ben Courson | November 24, 2020

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