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Backseat DJ's Part 2

Steven Furtick

September 15, 2019

27:30

Steven Furtick

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Backseat DJ's Part 2

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- Today God wants you
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to tell some of the things
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in your life
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that have been controlling
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your joy from the backseat.
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You are not my God,
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you are not my vine,
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you are not my source,
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and you don't hold my joy.
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Joy is something deeper
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than how I feel about it.
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I am setting joy before me.
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I'm resetting my priorities.
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Now when I do that,
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my joy flows
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not from what it is,
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- Joy is a focus
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before it's a feeling.
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And so while we're chasing
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a feeling called joy,
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God has given us the ability
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You ever tried to choose joy?
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I saw it on Pinterest,
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I tried it, it sucked,
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it didn't work.
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Then I felt guilty
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because I couldn't find joy
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and it made me feel less joy.
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So now I'm in a joyless pit
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of joylessness,
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in a cyclical joylessness
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It's the difference
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between choice and consequence.
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Joy is a choice, really?
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Cause some of the trials
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people go through
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are actual mental illness,
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and it's kind of hard for them
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to just feel happy
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cause they got
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a good parking space.
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And no matter how much
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you tell them to feel happy,
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be happy, you know.
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Be happy, feel happy,
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count your blessings.
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James doesn't say
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count your blessings.
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This isn't a nursery rhyme,
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it's a Bible scripture.
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He said count it all joy.
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He said learn how to flip.
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You might not know
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the statement,
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but there's a statement
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in financial terms, it's a,
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it's a income statement.
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It's got your income
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on one side,
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your expenses one another.
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James says, if you can learn
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to put some of the stuff
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in the income column
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that you thought was an expense,
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some of the stuff
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in the blessing column
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that you thought was a burden,
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if you can flip the flow,
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you actually have more joy
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than you're aware of.
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But you're not going to get it
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by praying for a feeling.
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You're going to get it
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by making choices.
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Joy is not a choice.
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In fact the worst way
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that I can get more joy,
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is to focus on getting more joy.
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The best way to stop being happy
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is to ask yourself
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the question, am I happy?
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And see I don't ever remember
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my grandparents
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talking about this.
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If they did I don't remember it.
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I never remember my grandmother
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what my grandfather
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talking about,
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are we really happy?
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They didn't think like that.
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There wasn't feeds
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and scrolling,
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there wasn't all this
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other stuff to make them
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feel unhappy
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at a moment's notice.
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There wasn't an infinite
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supply of unhappiness
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in their pocket
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in the form of the of a device.
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They didn't have that.
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So they focused on
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something else.
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What was it?
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What is it that brings joy
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if I focus on it?
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I know what it's not.
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It's not looking around.
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How are they doing?
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What do they think?
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Where did they go on vacation?
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Where did you take him?
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Where is he going?
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What's she wearing?
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What she have on?
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What do they think about me?
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That's not gonna do it.
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He said for the joy
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set before him.
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So I can't be looking all around
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and expecting to have joy.
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I can't be judging my situation
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according to other
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people's calling
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and expect to have joy.
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I can't be judging
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my gifts compared
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to other people's talent
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and expect to have joy.
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I know it's so cliche
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cause we say it every week,
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but nothing destroys joy
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The life you've got some of you,
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would be so enjoyable
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if only you didn't do this
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while you were living it.
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[applause]
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If only you didn't do this.
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I mean it's hurting my neck
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just to do it to illustrate,
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imagine what it's doing
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to your soul.
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You can't have joy that way.
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You're praying for more joy
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and yet you are destroying
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the joy God has given you.
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The joy of your salvation.
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The joy of your calling.
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The joy of your assignment.
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[applause]
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God give me more joy.
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Well, it's a decision.
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Not to have joy
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that's the worst way to get joy.
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The decision of what
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I'm going to focus on
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and I can't get it like this.
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And I definitely
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can't get it like this.
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Looking at what's behind me.
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I can't look back.
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Remember when God called Moses
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at the burning bush
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and He said His name,
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He said, I Am.
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Not I was.
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Remember He said I Am.
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Not I will be.
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There's something to that.
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There's something to that.
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It's echoed by David
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in Psalm 16.
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He says, "In Your presence
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is the fullness of joy."
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Presence.
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Everybody say
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that word presence.
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- CONGREGATION: Presence.
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- The gift of joy
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is found in presence.
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But that doesn't mean
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in church.
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That's not what it means
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to say in God's presence
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is the fullness of joy.
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Because God would never limit
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His presence to a building.
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It doesn't mean when
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you're doing everything right
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then you're gonna feel happy.
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Because God is not going
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to reward you
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based on behavior,
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that's not the good news
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of the Gospel.
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The Gospel is for sinners,
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the Gospel is for the weak,
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the Gospel is for the broken,
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the Gospel is for those
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who feel ashamed.
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That's not what it means.
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In your presence
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is fullness of joy.
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That means joy can only
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really come to my life
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when I am focused on what God
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is doing in this moment.
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[applause]
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is doing in this moment
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in my life if I'm consumed
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by what He's doing
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in somebody else's
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or if I'm still in regret
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and bitterness about
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what happened three years ago.
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Or three months ago,
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or even three minutes ago.
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A lot of our lack of joy
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is really not about possession,
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it's about position.
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What I mean is this,
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He set joy before Him
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it's not a question
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of God's presence.
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His presence is everywhere.
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It's not a question
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of God's presence.
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You don't have to ask Him
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to be with you, He already is.
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It's not about God's presence,
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it's about yours.
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Are you present
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in this moment?
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Are you present
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in this trial?
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Are you present
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in this worship service?
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[applause]
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Well if you are give Him
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We need the lesson friends,
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family, brothers, sisters,
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brethren, sistren,
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mothers, fathers,
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children we can't go
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to a concert anymore
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without trying to capture it.
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And I can't enjoy it
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because I'm too busy
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trying to post it.
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[applause]
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Kids do something cute,
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capture it.
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Well you can,
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but you're also gonna kill it.
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There is no quicker way
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to kill your kids cuteness
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than trying to capture it.
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I swear demons come out
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when you start trying
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to capture stuff to post it.
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God knows your heart
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and He sends something
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to your iPhone,
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I don't know and it shoots beams
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into your children,
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and they start...
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[laughter]
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Can I show you
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a picture real quick?
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I don't like to be too indulgent
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in the sermons,
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but and show my family off.
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But this is just a quick picture
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of us on vacation
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before Christmas.
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Look at that.
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Here's another picture,
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I'll show you a couple,
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just so you can see.
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[laughter]
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I'm gonna tell you something
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that you wouldn't see
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if I put them on Instagram.
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Go back to the first one
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again please.
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That one looks happy right?
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And go to the other one.
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And go to the other one.
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That one looks sad.
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Let me tell you something,
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that's not my sad face.
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That's my RBF,
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that's my resting Bible face.
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[laughter]
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That's my really blessed face.
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That's my focused face.
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That's when I was getting
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the sermon, "Flip the Flow,"
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at TGI Fridays,
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in the Miami
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International Airport,
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in the D Concourse.
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That's, I'm happy.
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The other one,
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put the other one up.
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I was so mad at Abby.
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[laughter]
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That was the 17th time
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I tried to take a selfie of us
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and I wanted to throw her
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in the ocean
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by the time it was over.
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Not in a playful way.
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[laughter]
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See, I'm just trying
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to get us in this series
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to start, take it down.
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Start looking beneath
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the surface at stuff.
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To stop looking at the surface
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of stuff and to stop,
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you know discerning.
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I found out that you can
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miss joy because
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you're looking all around.
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You can miss joy
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because you're looking
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behind you,
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but here's the thing
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you can also miss joy
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because you're trying
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to look too far ahead.
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It's an equal danger.
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And some of you
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while I was preaching
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the part about looking around
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you were like,
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"Na, I'm good bro.
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I'm like 53,
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I don't do that anymore."
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And when I was talking about
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looking back you're like,
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"Yeah I already dealt
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with my stuff back there."
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That's fine.
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But what you do
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is you look so far forward.
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Like I was doing the other day,
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driving that new car
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I told you about.
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And I can't get anywhere
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without a GPS.
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Would it embarrass you
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for me if I told you
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I was going to my mom's house
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in town and was following
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the GPS?
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That's how bad
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my sense of direction is.
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It's a true story.
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And, and I slammed
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into the back of another car
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because I was looking
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three turns ahead
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and not looking
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three feet ahead.
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And it might
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be destroying your joy,
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not that you're like comparing,
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not that you're regretting,
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but maybe you're just trying
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to get so far out there.
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You know like,
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my retirement is down.
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You're 24,
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it'll catch back up.
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[laughter]
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So let it time it.
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[laughter]
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You know for those of us
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that need the plan,
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He didn't say in your plans
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there's fullness of joy.
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And you can't even really affect
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the future from anywhere
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but the present.
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And it's all wasted energy.
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And so, this is my year
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of presence.
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I'm trying to figure out
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what it means to find
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fullness of joy
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in God's presence.
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And in order to find fullness
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of joy in His presence
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I have to bring my presence
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to my real life.
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Not my presence to some
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imaginary scenario,
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but the real life
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that God has given me right now.
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And you know
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what's great about it?
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Let's go to Psalm 16
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for just a moment and I promise
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I'll start closing this.
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Are you enjoying
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this teaching today,
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is this blessing your life?
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Touch somebody and say,
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"This is my happy face."
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- CONGREGATION: This is
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- Cause I was focused,
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I was happy cause I was focused.
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The other one I was trying
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to show something
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to the world that wasn't real.
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maybe I could get some likes
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on this and so I wasn't
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focused on what
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was right in front of me.
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But Jesus for the joy
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set before Him endured.
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He didn't enjoy the cross.
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He endured the cross
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because of joy set before Him.
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And now I wanna give you
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the whole sermon okay.
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Here's the sermon
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in a sentence.
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Haven't you been preaching
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for 35 minutes?
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Yeah, but I haven't said
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Here's the sermon
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in a sentence.
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You cannot choose joy,
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your priorities,
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and your priorities
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control your joy.
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You can't choose joy
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anymore than you can just,
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you can, you think
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you can just choose joy,
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it's like trying
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to choose the weather.
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What you can choose
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And your priorities
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will ultimately
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control your joy.
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Psalm 16 put it
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on the screen for me.
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The verse, where did
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I start, verse 5?
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Please.
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"The Lord
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is my chosen portion."
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See the word chosen?
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It means I have decided
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to make God the most important
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thing in my life.
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I don't want to leave that
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too abstract because
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what does that mean,
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read the Bible first thing
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every morning?
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Maybe, but it means
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more than that.
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His will is what I want.
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His ways are higher
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than my ways.
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So the Lord, Yahweh,
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The Great I Am,
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the ever-present help
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in time of trouble,
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He is my chosen portion.
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I've looked at everything else
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that this world
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offers me to enjoy.
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And yes I can enjoy things
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that aren't
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necessarily spiritual.
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But I do not need them
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to survive.
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And I will not attach my joy
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to a temporal pleasure anymore.
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Because I tried that.
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[applause]
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I tried that.
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I cheered for the Crimson Tigers
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and they were three and eight.
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And when they won
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the Second National Championship
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in the last few years
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people were coming up to me
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and saying congratulations.
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I was like, for what?
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I enjoyed the game,
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I watched the game.
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I liked it.
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I enjoyed the 44
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to 16 victory.
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But I didn't need college boys
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in spandex to give me
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a reason to live.
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That is not my priority.
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I can't invest my joy
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in what people I don't know
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do with an oblong object
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made out of pigskin
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converted into leather
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with some stitches
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for four 15 minute increments.
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It's the wrong priority.
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I enjoyed it,
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but my joy is not in it.
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Last week I told you
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something very powerful
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about your hearts.
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I said, when you know
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where it comes from,
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you know how it comes out.
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When you know
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where it comes from,
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you know how it comes out.
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This is what I want
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to tell you this week,
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where it comes from
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What's the source
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of your joy?
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The way you can know that is,
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what are my priorities?
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The psalmist said,
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"The Lord
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is my chosen portion."
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And here's something Jesus said
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that I've been thinking
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about all week.
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I've been meditating on this.
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He said, "Abide in Me.
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My words abide in you.
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You bear much fruit,
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but sometimes
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you're gonna get cut on,
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but you'll never be cut off.
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If you abide in Me
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and My words abide in you
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there will be a constant
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flow of joy.
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Like the vine
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and the branches
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you're going
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to have what you need.
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Joy is going to flow
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from a place of your rest
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and trust in Me,
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not in your own effort
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and not in just certain things
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that happen.
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If they happen
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then it's fine
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but don't confuse the icing
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with the cake.
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Abide in Me,
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My words abide in you."
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And then He says something
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in John 15:11.
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Please.
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"I have told you this
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so that My joy may be in you.
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And that your joy
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may be complete."
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The Lord said a lot of us
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are settling
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for partial joy.
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Partial joy.
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And we equate joy
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with the absence of sadness.
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Joy is not the absence
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of sadness.
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If it was Jesus
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could have had it on the cross.
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He said I want My joy
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to be in you.
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But you've got to own it.
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Because to just say,
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it doesn't really
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get to the heart of why
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we could know Jesus
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and still not know joy.
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Because it's a decision.
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When I give the wrong things
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too much priority in my life
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then those priorities
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control my joy.
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then recognition
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controls my joy.
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When people recognize me,
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I will feel happy about it,
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if my priority is recognition.
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If my priority is convenience,
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then when something
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is inconvenient,
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the inconvenience
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will steal my joy.
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But it really didn't steal
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my joy did it?
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Because I let it drive.
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And whatever is driving
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the car gets to DJ.
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So the Lord told me
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in preparing this message
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that we've got some
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back seat DJs
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that have been controlling
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our joy, our feelings,
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our finances,
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our bank accounts,
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our status, our standing,
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our situations,
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and today God wants you
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to tell some of the things
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in your life
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that have been controlling
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your joy from the backseat.
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You are not my God,
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you are not my vine,
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you are not my source,
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and you do not hold my joy.
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Joy is something deeper
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than how I feel about it.
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Joy is something deeper
00:19:00.030 --> 00:19:01.060
than what I post about it.
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Joy is something deeper
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than the way it feels right now.
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I am setting joy before me.
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I'm resetting my priorities.
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Now, when I do that,
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my joy flows
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not from what it is,
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but who God is to me.
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This is the duration of joy.
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And when my joy
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is running out.
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Give me my point,
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my last point.
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The duration of joy
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is because it's coming
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from the wrong place.
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Where it comes from
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determines when it runs out.
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And I wonder,
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where's your joy today?
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I had to study this hard
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because I struggle
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to enjoy my life.
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I really love my family.
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I really love my church.
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I love what I get to do,
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it's a blessing
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But I have to admit to you
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that sometimes
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I have been guilty
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of enduring something
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that God has given me to enjoy.
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And every time it happened
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it was because
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of my priorities.
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Your priorities
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control your joy.
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You can try all you want
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And the quick-hit stuff,
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the quick fix stuff,
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it'll get you through
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the next few hours.
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But where it comes from
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determines when it runs out.
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There is a well
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that never runs dry.
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There is a joy,
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there is a deep abiding
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sense of joy
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that is available to us,
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that we have not
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been accessing.
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And what we're praying
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for more of
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God is waiting for us
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to order our lives around.
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My joy is too important for me
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to leave it up to whether
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or not today goes well,
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or whether or not
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they speak to me,
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or whether or not
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it turns out well,
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it's too important.
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I can't afford,
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I'm getting older now.
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I'm not a 25 year old anymore,
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I'm a distinguished
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38 year old full of wisdom
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and I can't afford
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to just give my joy away,
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just any time.
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I can't afford to have these
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back seat DJs changing
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the temperature of my life.
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I can't afford to just
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let my emotions control my joy.
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So I wanna pray
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for people today.
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Play something more interesting,
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that's boring.
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I wanna pray for people today,
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it's just one chord.
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Pray for people today
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who have allowed your joy
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to be controlled
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by something other than
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the priority of God's presence
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in your life
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and you want me to pray
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for you to experience
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a vital connection to God
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in the coming six days
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until we meet again.
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Please stand if you want me
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to pray for you about that.
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I've been allowing my joy
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to be connected to things
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that can't sustain me.
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There's so much more
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that I wanted to share with you
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but I feel like
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I was able to present
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this word to you
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in a level that if you can
00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:10.200
just receive that much of it.
00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.070
So flip it.
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Instead of going,
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"Lord, I need more joy,"
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like it's going to come
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raining down in the form
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of candy pellets.
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Ahhh.
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Instead of praying,
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God give me the wisdom
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to when things come
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into my life to count it joy,
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to consider it joy
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because I know that the testing
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of my faith produces patience.
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Teach me God to set joy
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before me like Jesus did.
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Like the psalmist did.
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He said "The Lord
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is ever before me,
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He is at my right hand,
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I will not be shaken.
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In Your presence
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is the fullness of joy."
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And watch this,
00:23:04.020 --> 00:23:05.270
"At Your right hand,
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pleasures forevermore."
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Not the kind that come and go.
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Not the kind that leave you
00:23:12.030 --> 00:23:13.040
feeling worse afterwards.
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Not the kind that leave you
00:23:13.270 --> 00:23:15.070
sick afterwards.
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Not the kind of make you
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feel bad about it,
00:23:17.030 --> 00:23:17.260
shameful about it afterwards.
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Perpetual pleasantness
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- Thank you so much
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for joining us today.
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Each week, we have such
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a short time together,
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and I'd love to take
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this conversation beyond
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a single TV broadcast.
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If you want more of
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you can call or go online,
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right now, to request
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exclusive resources
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from today's message.
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And, we'll get those to you
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with your gift of any amount
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to the ministry.
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But, there's another thing
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I wanna tell you about;
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did you know that we go live
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from our church,
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Elevation Church
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When you log on,
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you can worship with us,
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you'll get to hear a message,
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but even better than that,
00:23:56.170 --> 00:23:57.200
you can connect to
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a community of people
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from all over the world.
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We call it our "e-Fam",
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because it's like,
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our extended family.
00:24:03.190 --> 00:24:05.110
And it's our way to connect
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in an extended way,
00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:08.120
with those of you
00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.050
who love this ministry
00:24:09.050 --> 00:24:11.100
and want more of it.
00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.110
And, since it's Sunday,
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I'd love for you
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to join us live, today.
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If you recorded this,
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and you're watching it later,
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don't worry;
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you can join us next Sunday.
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All you need to do is visit
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StevenFurtick.com.
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All the details are there,
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you can find the times,
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and you can request
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the resources
00:24:26.070 --> 00:24:26.290
from today's message.
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So, go online right now,
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- When Moses
00:24:31.110 --> 00:24:32.030
had crossed over the Red Sea
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with the nation,
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he stretched his staff
00:24:34.270 --> 00:24:36.160
back over the sea
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and that sea collapsed
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on their enemies.
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So God said to tell you
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it's time for you,
00:24:42.270 --> 00:24:44.150
to flip the flow.
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Instead of concentrating
00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:47.040
on all the moments
00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:48.040
that didn't go your way
00:24:48.040 --> 00:24:49.100
this year,
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flip the flow.
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What went right?
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What did workout?
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Who did stay?
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How did He meet your needs?
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How did He come through?
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Did He come through for you?
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Let's flip it
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from what we went through,
00:25:02.150 --> 00:25:03.270
to why we went through.
00:25:03.270 --> 00:25:06.140
God said I'm about
00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.130
to flip everything
00:25:07.130 --> 00:25:09.020
that you have been through
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and it is now going
00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:12.000
to be to your advantage.
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If anybody flip
00:25:14.010 --> 00:25:14.240
the flow it was Jesus.
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Every need that you experienced
00:25:16.170 --> 00:25:18.080
in your life is pointing you
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to a deeper place in God
00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:21.260
that you can access.
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A deeper place of strength,
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deeper place of confidence.
00:25:24.190 --> 00:25:26.010
If your help comes from Him,
00:25:26.010 --> 00:25:29.000
you can predict in advance
00:25:29.090 --> 00:25:32.090
how this comes out.
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Even before I go through
00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:36.130
the trial,
00:25:36.130 --> 00:25:37.070
I know how this comes out
00:25:37.070 --> 00:25:39.120
because He who began
00:25:39.120 --> 00:25:40.270
a good work in me
00:25:40.270 --> 00:25:43.040
will be faithful
00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:44.210
to complete it.
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Come on, let's flip it.
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- ANNOUNCER: This could be
00:25:50.290 --> 00:25:51.180
the momentum shift you need.
00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.280
You're only one change away
00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:54.180
from the life you desire.
00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:56.040
Call or go online now
00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:57.100
to receive your copy
00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:58.090
- Your love is holding on
00:26:01.090 --> 00:26:03.030
And it won't let go, no
00:26:03.030 --> 00:26:06.000
I feel it breaking out
00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:08.040
Like an echo
00:26:08.040 --> 00:26:09.180
Echo in my soul
00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:15.140
So-o-o-o-oul
00:26:17.070 --> 00:26:20.070
So-o-o-o-oul
00:26:21.170 --> 00:26:24.170
When my mind says
00:26:28.250 --> 00:26:30.150
I'm not good enough
00:26:30.150 --> 00:26:33.140
God, You're enough for me
00:26:35.020 --> 00:26:38.020
I've decided
00:26:38.020 --> 00:26:39.180
I'm not giving up
00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:42.240
'Cause You won't give up
00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:44.030
On me
00:26:44.030 --> 00:26:45.060
Your love is holding on
00:26:47.190 --> 00:26:49.180
And it won't let go
00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:52.050
I feel it
00:26:52.050 --> 00:26:53.000
Breaking out
00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.070
Like an echo
00:26:54.070 --> 00:26:56.230
Your love is holding on
00:26:56.230 --> 00:26:58.170
And it won't let go, no
00:26:58.170 --> 00:27:01.130
I feel it breaking out
00:27:01.130 --> 00:27:03.030
Breaking out
00:27:03.030 --> 00:27:04.180
Your love is holding on
00:27:06.020 --> 00:27:07.240
And it won't let go
00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:10.170
I feel it
00:27:10.170 --> 00:27:11.150
Breaking out
00:27:11.150 --> 00:27:12.200
Like an echo
00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:15.090
Your love is holding on
00:27:15.090 --> 00:27:16.280
And it won't let go, no
00:27:16.280 --> 00:27:19.250
I feel it breaking out
00:27:19.250 --> 00:27:21.270
Like an echo
00:27:21.270 --> 00:27:23.100
Echo in my
00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.240

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