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Steven Furtick
September 6, 2019
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Steven Furtick

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Meant to Be Part 2

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  • - Whether you're married
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  • or single, the real gift is not
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  • the marriage or the singleness.
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  • That is a gift
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  • but it's not the greatest gift.
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  • The greatest gift that
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  • God gives is called grace.
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  • He says, "One person
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  • has one gift, one has another.
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  • But no matter which gift
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  • you have,
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  • here's what you really need.
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  • You're going to need grace
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  • - We're starting this series
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  • today, which I have boldly
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  • called -- well the title is
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  • "Meant to Be" but the subtitle
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  • says, "It's the Bible's
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  • Best Kept Secrets About Sex,
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  • Marriage, and Being Single."
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  • 1 Corinthians 7:1-7.
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  • "Paul says, 'Now for the matters
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  • you wrote about, it is good
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  • for a man not to have
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  • sexual relations with a woman.
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  • But since sexual immorality
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  • is occurring, each man should
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  • have sexual relations
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  • with his own wife and each woman
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  • with her own husband.'"
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  • The title of my
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  • message today, appropriately
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  • I think, is "It Is Good
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  • for a Man Not to Have
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  • Sexual Relations With a Woman."
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  • But in order to understand
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  • the text, you do have to
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  • understand the context.
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  • The first thing --
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  • I have four of these --
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  • that we want to talk about
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  • today is the tension between
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  • questions and issues.
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  • Now historically the church
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  • has been really good
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  • at answering questions
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  • that nobody is asking
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  • while being silent about
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  • the struggles that everybody
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  • is facing.
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  • I want to take five weeks
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  • with you and have conversations
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  • about real issues,
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  • because some of you,
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  • the questions that
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  • you're asking are not indicative
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  • of the real issues
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  • that you're dealing with.
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  • I want to talk for a second
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  • about suggestions and standards.
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  • Suggestions and standards.
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  • Paul says, "In the church
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  • there is sexual immorality
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  • that is occurring."
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  • That means there's
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  • still a standard.
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  • If there's such a thing
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  • as sexual immorality,
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  • there's such a thing
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  • as sexual morality.
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  • That means there's still
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  • a right way to do sexuality.
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  • And here it is.
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  • He defines it.
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  • We don't have to make this stuff
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  • up because the bible gives
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  • it to us straight.
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  • Here is God's sexual standard.
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  • It's so clear.
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  • Verse two.
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  • People ask us all the time,
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  • "What is the church's
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  • position on this....?"
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  • They say that all the time.
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  • That's exactly how they say it.
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  • [Mumbles]
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  • And so we say this.
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  • We say, "Okay.
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  • 1 Corinthians 7:2."
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  • I'm not making something up.
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  • Each man should have
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  • sexual relations
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  • with his own wife
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  • and each woman with her
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  • own husband.
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  • That's like what we believe.
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  • Let's read it again.
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  • Out loud together as a class.
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  • Each man should have
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  • sexual relations
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  • with his own wife
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  • and each woman with her
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  • own husband.
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  • "But I don't have a husband."
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  • Then you don't get
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  • to have sex yet.
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  • "I don't have a wife."
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  • Then you don't get
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  • to have sex yet.
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  • There's still a standard.
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  • This is not a suggestion
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  • and God does not impose
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  • standards on you to make
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  • your life more miserable.
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  • You know what fascinated me?
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  • A friend of mine told me
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  • this the other day.
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  • I never saw it before.
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  • He said, "Did you notice what
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  • God did in the garden to
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  • Adam before He gave him Eve?"
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  • I said, "No, I never thought
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  • about it."
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  • Well in Genesis 2:18,
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  • it says it's not good for man
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  • to be alone.
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  • But in Genesis 2:17,
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  • God shows the man the tree
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  • in the garden
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  • that he is not to touch,
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  • and he says,
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  • "You can eat of any tree
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  • except this one,
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  • for when you touch this one,
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  • you will surely die."
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  • And then in verse 18,
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  • He gives him Eve.
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  • So watch this.
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  • God sets the boundaries before
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  • He gives Adam the blessing.
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  • Because He knows if He gives you
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  • a blessing and doesn't give you
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  • any boundaries,
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  • it won't be a blessing anymore.
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  • And none of us in this church
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  • really believe that there should
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  • be no sexual standards.
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  • And all of us in this church
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  • have known someone who has been
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  • the victim of someone whose
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  • sexual passion created in
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  • a way a type of sick obsession.
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  • We've all known somebody who was
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  • touched inappropriately,
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  • violated inappropriately.
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  • It's not that anybody
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  • in the church thinks there
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  • shouldn't be any
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  • sexual standards.
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  • We just all want to define
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  • what they are.
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  • There's a real problem
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  • with that.
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  • And so there is a standard.
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  • There is a standard.
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  • There's still a standard.
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  • Each man should have
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  • sexual relations
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  • with his own wife.
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  • If she's your girlfriend,
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  • she's not your wife.
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  • And each woman
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  • with her own husband.
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  • Okay.
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  • I had my first person walk out.
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  • So I'm doing good now.
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  • I'm doing good.
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  • Have a good trip home.
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  • Amen.
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  • And I'm not ashamed to talk
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  • about these standards.
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  • Because when you go against
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  • God's standards,
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  • you don't break the standard.
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  • The standard breaks you.
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  • And so we need
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  • to raise a standard.
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  • We're going to do that
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  • in this series.
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  • There's still a standard.
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  • The next two words we'll talk
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  • about -- I only have four
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  • of these, so we're over
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  • halfway done with this
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  • uncomfortable sermon.
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  • Which is the least uncomfortable
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  • of all in
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  • the five-sermon series.
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  • See you next week.
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  • I'll talk about
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  • desire and duty.
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  • Desire and duty.
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  • Desire and duty.
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  • Look at verse three.
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  • Is it all right if I just teach
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  • you verse by verse like this?
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  • - CONGREGATION: Yes.
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  • Okay.
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  • He says, "The husband
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  • should fulfill his marital duty
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  • to his wife."
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  • He's talking in the context
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  • of sexuality.
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  • And he says, "Hey dude,
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  • you got a job to do at home."
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  • Now I know this isn't
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  • the romantic language
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  • in the world.
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  • How many of you women,
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  • when you used to fantasize
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  • about the man you would
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  • meet one day, you prayed that
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  • he would see you as his duty?
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  • Raise your hands please.
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  • "I just want a man that puts me
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  • on the same list as taking out
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  • the trash and washing dishes
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  • and paying bills."
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  • But he says here, "The husband
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  • should fulfill his marital,"
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  • let's say the word, "Duty."
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  • He doesn't say anything about
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  • the husband fulfilling
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  • his sexual desire.
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  • Why?
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  • Because desire is meant to be
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  • a byproduct in relationship,
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  • not a goal.
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  • He said, "The husband
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  • should fulfill his marital duty
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  • to his wife."
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  • This includes sexuality.
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  • This includes emotions.
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  • This includes
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  • physical provision.
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  • "And likewise the wife to
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  • her husband."
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  • Look at verse four.
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  • "The wife does not have
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  • authority over her own body
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  • but yields it to her husband."
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  • I just saw a lot of
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  • crossed female arms.
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  • But before all of you men
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  • go home and make magnets
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  • for your refrigerator
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  • with 1 Corinthians 7:4,
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  • like, "That's my verse yo!
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  • Now you're preaching."
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  • Before you do it -- because in
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  • a misogynistic society
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  • where men often saw women
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  • as their property,
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  • all the men in
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  • the Corinthian church
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  • were saying amen right here.
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  • But then Paul flips it and says
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  • something that would've been
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  • very controversial
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  • and uncommon in the day.
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  • He introduces a concept
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  • called mutual submission.
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  • Watch this.
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  • "In the same way, the husband
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  • does not have authority over
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  • his own body but yields it
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  • to his wife."
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  • And so if I could break it down
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  • in a contemporary version
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  • of what I think Paul is trying
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  • to say, it's not about you, boo.
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  • Inform the person next to you.
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  • It's not about you, boo, boo.
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  • It's just not
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  • in a biblical context.
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  • Like if you want to do what
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  • the world does, it's all going
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  • to be led by desire.
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  • So whatever you feel like,
  • 00:07:53.270 --> 00:07:54.250
  • whatever you want,
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  • you're going to take it.
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  • And then you're going to take it
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  • and then you're going to
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  • consume it.
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  • And then it's going to end up
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  • creating reactions in your life
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  • and habits and addictions
  • 00:08:00.220 --> 00:08:01.190
  • in your life because you're led
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  • by your desire.
  • 00:08:02.260 --> 00:08:03.270
  • But Paul doesn't talk about
  • 00:08:03.270 --> 00:08:04.290
  • desire here.
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  • Like desire is a good thing.
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  • We all have desire.
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  • Desire can light a fire
  • 00:08:08.270 --> 00:08:10.090
  • but only duty can
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  • keep it burning.
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  • Now I'm a fan of marriage.
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  • It is never a job to be
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  • married to Holly, ever.
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  • Ever.
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  • and she would say
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  • the same about me.
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  • But assuming I could relate
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  • to this verse,
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  • I'm trying to scare
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  • some of you off from
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  • your ideal of marriage.
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  • The other day we were looking
  • 00:08:41.020 --> 00:08:41.250
  • at some really cute pictures
  • 00:08:41.250 --> 00:08:42.170
  • of the kids and they were being
  • 00:08:42.170 --> 00:08:43.210
  • obnoxious in the house
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  • and I had this thought.
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  • Sometimes I like looking
  • 00:08:45.130 --> 00:08:46.090
  • at pictures of them better than
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  • actually being with them.
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  • You can pose them like
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  • you want to and go through
  • 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.220
  • the good ones and filter it.
  • 00:08:58.060 --> 00:09:01.080
  • A lot of you are in love
  • 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:02.040
  • with the picture of marriage,
  • 00:09:02.070 --> 00:09:05.070
  • the picture of relationships.
  • 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:09.080
  • But then we introduce
  • 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:10.050
  • a word like duty.
  • 00:09:10.050 --> 00:09:12.090
  • That word doesn't even sound --
  • 00:09:12.090 --> 00:09:13.180
  • that's like the most unromantic
  • 00:09:13.180 --> 00:09:15.010
  • sounding word
  • 00:09:15.010 --> 00:09:15.280
  • and it's the one Paul uses.
  • 00:09:15.280 --> 00:09:17.260
  • He said it's a duty sometimes.
  • 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:21.240
  • And we got all these people
  • 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:22.220
  • going into marriages based
  • 00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:25.040
  • out of desire and not knowing
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  • about the duty.
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  • Like if you're going to
  • 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.060
  • get married, you better be ready
  • 00:09:33.060 --> 00:09:34.270
  • to go to work some days.
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  • Not just go to work.
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  • You're going to go to work
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  • and do a job, then you're going
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  • to come home and do another job.
  • 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:43.260
  • Because it takes work
  • 00:09:43.260 --> 00:09:45.000
  • to make this thing work.
  • 00:09:47.250 --> 00:09:50.250
  • "My marriage isn't working."
  • 00:09:50.250 --> 00:09:51.270
  • Because you're not.
  • 00:09:52.280 --> 00:09:55.280
  • If you went to your job
  • 00:09:55.280 --> 00:09:57.070
  • like you came home,
  • 00:09:57.070 --> 00:09:57.280
  • you wouldn't have a job.
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  • Is this okay?
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  • - CONGREGATION: Yes.
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  • - We'll have plenty of
  • 00:10:05.290 --> 00:10:06.230
  • empty seats next week if you
  • 00:10:06.230 --> 00:10:07.260
  • want to bring a
  • 00:10:07.260 --> 00:10:08.250
  • first-time guest.
  • 00:10:08.250 --> 00:10:09.190
  • I know some of y'all are in
  • 00:10:09.190 --> 00:10:10.170
  • overflow today but we'll be able
  • 00:10:10.170 --> 00:10:11.160
  • to accommodate your friends
  • 00:10:11.160 --> 00:10:12.190
  • and family members next week.
  • 00:10:12.190 --> 00:10:14.110
  • I have a feeling
  • 00:10:14.110 --> 00:10:15.000
  • this is a space-maker.
  • 00:10:17.130 --> 00:10:20.130
  • But somebody needs to say this.
  • 00:10:20.280 --> 00:10:23.280
  • Somebody needs to tell you.
  • 00:10:23.280 --> 00:10:25.130
  • And sometimes you come home
  • 00:10:25.130 --> 00:10:28.050
  • and you have to do a drive by
  • 00:10:28.050 --> 00:10:29.200
  • before you pull in your driveway
  • 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:31.220
  • and just do a couple laps
  • 00:10:31.220 --> 00:10:33.170
  • before you can go inside
  • 00:10:33.170 --> 00:10:35.040
  • and face what's going on inside
  • 00:10:35.040 --> 00:10:37.200
  • because sometimes
  • 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:38.160
  • it's not pretty like a picture.
  • 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:44.200
  • Sometimes it's challenging.
  • 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:49.120
  • Yeah, sometimes it's difficult
  • 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:51.210
  • to go through different seasons
  • 00:10:51.210 --> 00:10:52.240
  • and you change and they change
  • 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:53.290
  • and maybe they change in a way
  • 00:10:53.290 --> 00:10:55.020
  • that you don't change,
  • 00:10:55.020 --> 00:10:55.270
  • and you've got to accommodate
  • 00:10:55.270 --> 00:10:56.220
  • each other.
  • 00:10:56.220 --> 00:10:57.110
  • and where are you now?
  • 00:10:57.110 --> 00:10:58.020
  • And I got to overlook offense.
  • 00:10:58.020 --> 00:10:59.080
  • I know what you look like
  • 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:00.090
  • when you first wake up
  • 00:11:00.090 --> 00:11:01.130
  • and you know what I look like
  • 00:11:01.130 --> 00:11:02.100
  • at the end of a hard day.
  • 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:03.090
  • And we're not fooling each other
  • 00:11:03.090 --> 00:11:04.210
  • anymore because we had
  • 00:11:04.210 --> 00:11:05.150
  • a whole lot of pre-memorize,
  • 00:11:05.150 --> 00:11:06.220
  • pre-programmed stuff that we did
  • 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:07.210
  • for each other during dating.
  • 00:11:07.210 --> 00:11:08.240
  • and all that crap's out
  • 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:10.020
  • the window now because it
  • 00:11:10.020 --> 00:11:10.280
  • just got real.
  • 00:11:10.280 --> 00:11:12.160
  • And without a sense
  • 00:11:12.160 --> 00:11:13.150
  • of commitment,
  • 00:11:13.150 --> 00:11:14.100
  • if you come in here
  • 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:15.110
  • to this marriage thing,
  • 00:11:15.110 --> 00:11:16.120
  • this relationship thing,
  • 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:17.250
  • this life thing, with
  • 00:11:17.250 --> 00:11:18.250
  • "What can I get out of it?"
  • 00:11:18.250 --> 00:11:20.280
  • You've missed the point,
  • 00:11:20.280 --> 00:11:22.250
  • Paul says.
  • 00:11:22.250 --> 00:11:25.010
  • He says come to it, whether
  • 00:11:25.010 --> 00:11:26.140
  • it's sexually, emotionally,
  • 00:11:26.140 --> 00:11:29.000
  • relationally, come to it not for
  • 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:30.220
  • what you can get
  • 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:31.260
  • but what you can give.
  • 00:11:32.070 --> 00:11:35.070
  • You are giving yourself away.
  • 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:39.220
  • And I think a whole lot of us
  • 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:41.010
  • want the gift of a relationship
  • 00:11:41.010 --> 00:11:43.210
  • without the giving of ourselves
  • 00:11:43.210 --> 00:11:45.000
  • in a relationship.
  • 00:11:45.230 --> 00:11:48.230
  • I think a whole lot of us
  • 00:11:48.230 --> 00:11:49.270
  • are messed up about this.
  • 00:11:49.270 --> 00:11:52.170
  • Marriage is the best thing
  • 00:11:52.170 --> 00:11:54.150
  • but it's not the easiest thing.
  • 00:11:54.150 --> 00:11:56.290
  • And if you go in knowing that,
  • 00:11:56.290 --> 00:11:58.140
  • you'll probably have
  • 00:11:58.140 --> 00:11:59.110
  • a blessed marriage.
  • 00:11:59.110 --> 00:12:00.170
  • If you don't,
  • 00:12:00.170 --> 00:12:01.040
  • here's what'll happen.
  • 00:12:01.040 --> 00:12:02.050
  • You'll go in with expectations
  • 00:12:02.050 --> 00:12:03.170
  • of romance and then you'll meet
  • 00:12:03.170 --> 00:12:05.100
  • a friend called reality.
  • 00:12:06.110 --> 00:12:09.110
  • Romance and reality
  • 00:12:09.110 --> 00:12:12.110
  • don't always get along.
  • 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.080
  • And then romance and reality,
  • 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:17.190
  • they get together and they have
  • 00:12:18.010 --> 00:12:21.010
  • a baby and the baby is called
  • 00:12:21.010 --> 00:12:24.010
  • -- romance, reality --
  • 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:28.080
  • then it's probably going to be
  • 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.080
  • resentment, which is
  • 00:12:30.150 --> 00:12:33.150
  • going to create rebellion
  • 00:12:33.250 --> 00:12:36.250
  • if you go into it looking for
  • 00:12:36.250 --> 00:12:38.030
  • what you can get.
  • 00:12:38.030 --> 00:12:40.050
  • Now I'm not just talking about
  • 00:12:40.050 --> 00:12:41.000
  • marriage anymore either.
  • 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:42.080
  • This is why some of you
  • 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:43.070
  • don't have any
  • 00:12:43.070 --> 00:12:43.210
  • deep relationships
  • 00:12:43.210 --> 00:12:44.220
  • in your life, because you go
  • 00:12:44.220 --> 00:12:46.290
  • into relationships so needy.
  • 00:12:47.040 --> 00:12:50.040
  • You're a taker, not a giver.
  • 00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:55.040
  • Paul says you got to
  • 00:12:55.040 --> 00:12:56.010
  • get past this.
  • 00:12:56.010 --> 00:12:57.030
  • A mature view of marriage,
  • 00:12:57.030 --> 00:12:58.100
  • a mature view of relationship,
  • 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:00.020
  • a mature view
  • 00:13:00.020 --> 00:13:00.240
  • of Christian living,
  • 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.020
  • being a follower of Christ,
  • 00:13:02.020 --> 00:13:02.260
  • looks like this.
  • 00:13:02.260 --> 00:13:03.200
  • Look at verse five.
  • 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.040
  • He says,
  • 00:13:05.040 --> 00:13:05.220
  • "Don't deprive each other."
  • 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:07.170
  • Don't deprive each other.
  • 00:13:07.170 --> 00:13:09.030
  • See, because when you go into
  • 00:13:09.030 --> 00:13:10.010
  • relationships led by desire
  • 00:13:10.010 --> 00:13:11.240
  • and you end up disappointed,
  • 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.000
  • the next step is depravation.
  • 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:15.270
  • Now because you didn't give me
  • 00:13:15.270 --> 00:13:16.290
  • what I expected, I'm going to
  • 00:13:16.290 --> 00:13:18.000
  • withhold from you what you need.
  • 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:19.230
  • and it happens in marriages
  • 00:13:19.230 --> 00:13:20.200
  • all the time.
  • 00:13:20.250 --> 00:13:23.250
  • Sexual depravation,
  • 00:13:23.250 --> 00:13:25.200
  • emotional depravation.
  • 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.120
  • He said stop depriving
  • 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:28.280
  • each other.
  • 00:13:28.280 --> 00:13:30.130
  • He said there's an exception.
  • 00:13:30.130 --> 00:13:31.210
  • he's speaking here specifically
  • 00:13:31.210 --> 00:13:34.080
  • about sex but he says,
  • 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.140
  • "If you want to agree together
  • 00:13:35.140 --> 00:13:38.020
  • for a time and devote yourselves
  • 00:13:38.020 --> 00:13:39.170
  • to prayer,"
  • 00:13:39.170 --> 00:13:40.070
  • look at verse five,
  • 00:13:40.070 --> 00:13:41.180
  • "then you can do it,
  • 00:13:41.180 --> 00:13:42.230
  • but make sure you come together
  • 00:13:42.230 --> 00:13:44.000
  • again so that Satan will not
  • 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:45.020
  • tempt you because of your lack
  • 00:13:45.020 --> 00:13:46.160
  • of self control."
  • 00:13:46.160 --> 00:13:47.190
  • Verse six, he said,
  • 00:13:47.190 --> 00:13:48.230
  • "I say this as a concession,
  • 00:13:48.230 --> 00:13:50.080
  • not a command."
  • 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:50.210
  • His expectation is in
  • 00:13:50.210 --> 00:13:52.150
  • a marriage, that if you're
  • 00:13:52.150 --> 00:13:53.290
  • coming to it for what you
  • 00:13:53.290 --> 00:13:54.210
  • can give, not what you can get,
  • 00:13:54.210 --> 00:13:55.170
  • and it's functioning in this way
  • 00:13:55.170 --> 00:13:57.110
  • where you're not going in
  • 00:13:57.110 --> 00:13:58.090
  • with a self-satisfying view
  • 00:13:58.090 --> 00:13:59.240
  • of sexuality and relationships,
  • 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:02.070
  • if you're going into
  • 00:14:02.070 --> 00:14:03.020
  • it this way,
  • 00:14:03.020 --> 00:14:03.230
  • he said there's going to be
  • 00:14:03.230 --> 00:14:04.150
  • a continual passion.
  • 00:14:04.150 --> 00:14:06.130
  • And he said it'll be so strong
  • 00:14:06.130 --> 00:14:07.270
  • that if you do take time off,
  • 00:14:07.270 --> 00:14:09.250
  • you'll have to agree together
  • 00:14:09.250 --> 00:14:10.210
  • to do it.
  • 00:14:10.210 --> 00:14:12.050
  • And he said it doesn't even have
  • 00:14:12.050 --> 00:14:14.080
  • to last that long.
  • 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:15.020
  • You can get right back to it.
  • 00:14:15.020 --> 00:14:16.220
  • He says you can take
  • 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.210
  • a little prayer break if you
  • 00:14:17.210 --> 00:14:18.280
  • need to and get some Gatorade.
  • 00:14:18.280 --> 00:14:20.290
  • Now listen, I know this sounds
  • 00:14:20.290 --> 00:14:21.260
  • way far off from the way a lot
  • 00:14:21.260 --> 00:14:23.110
  • of you see your marriage
  • 00:14:23.110 --> 00:14:25.010
  • but you'd be amazed what happens
  • 00:14:25.290 --> 00:14:28.290
  • when you stop seeking
  • 00:14:28.290 --> 00:14:29.270
  • to satisfy yourself.
  • 00:14:29.290 --> 00:14:32.290
  • the ways that God can bless you,
  • 00:14:32.290 --> 00:14:35.020
  • Paul says
  • 00:14:35.020 --> 00:14:35.270
  • it's a beautiful thing.
  • 00:14:35.270 --> 00:14:37.170
  • And we'll talk about it
  • 00:14:37.170 --> 00:14:38.110
  • in the weeks to come.
  • 00:14:38.110 --> 00:14:39.050
  • But I got to stop for today.
  • 00:14:39.050 --> 00:14:40.280
  • I want to show you
  • 00:14:40.280 --> 00:14:41.210
  • one more thing.
  • 00:14:41.210 --> 00:14:43.010
  • And I hope this'll speak to
  • 00:14:43.010 --> 00:14:44.050
  • the heart of this series
  • 00:14:44.050 --> 00:14:45.080
  • and God's intention for you.
  • 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:46.190
  • I want to close talking about
  • 00:14:46.190 --> 00:14:48.060
  • gifts and grace.
  • 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:50.040
  • Gifts and grace.
  • 00:14:51.010 --> 00:14:54.010
  • It's very interesting how Paul
  • 00:14:54.010 --> 00:14:56.210
  • closes this particular section.
  • 00:14:56.210 --> 00:14:58.140
  • he answers their first question.
  • 00:14:58.140 --> 00:14:59.190
  • He says, "Hey, if you're single,
  • 00:14:59.190 --> 00:15:01.100
  • it's good.
  • 00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:02.050
  • If you're married it's good.
  • 00:15:02.050 --> 00:15:04.110
  • It's how you approach either one
  • 00:15:04.110 --> 00:15:06.260
  • that determines what it'll be
  • 00:15:06.260 --> 00:15:08.030
  • in your life."
  • 00:15:08.030 --> 00:15:08.280
  • Look, verse seven,
  • 00:15:08.280 --> 00:15:09.160
  • he says, "Now I wish that all
  • 00:15:09.290 --> 00:15:12.290
  • of you were as I am."
  • 00:15:12.290 --> 00:15:14.230
  • Who says that?
  • 00:15:16.050 --> 00:15:19.050
  • Paul does.
  • 00:15:19.050 --> 00:15:21.220
  • And I find that striking
  • 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:22.230
  • in a culture where everybody
  • 00:15:22.230 --> 00:15:23.220
  • is all about getting married
  • 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:24.290
  • and finding the one.
  • 00:15:24.290 --> 00:15:25.290
  • Paul's like, "Hey look, it'd be
  • 00:15:25.290 --> 00:15:26.290
  • great if you were all content
  • 00:15:26.290 --> 00:15:28.290
  • enough in Christ that you didn't
  • 00:15:28.290 --> 00:15:30.140
  • have to get married, like me.
  • 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:33.220
  • It'd be great if you were
  • 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:34.250
  • all awesome like me."
  • 00:15:36.040 --> 00:15:39.040
  • "I wish you were all like
  • 00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:40.110
  • I am," because there is a way
  • 00:15:40.110 --> 00:15:41.290
  • in which he says,
  • 00:15:41.290 --> 00:15:43.080
  • "My singleness gives a focus
  • 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:44.030
  • to my life,"
  • 00:15:44.030 --> 00:15:45.220
  • and it's very complicated
  • 00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:47.140
  • to be in a relationship
  • 00:15:47.140 --> 00:15:48.150
  • with another human being
  • 00:15:48.150 --> 00:15:49.200
  • and become one.
  • 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:50.230
  • He says -- now this is
  • 00:15:50.230 --> 00:15:51.200
  • powerful -- he says, "But each
  • 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:54.180
  • of you has your own gift
  • 00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:55.160
  • from God."
  • 00:15:55.160 --> 00:15:56.160
  • Stop envying somebody
  • 00:15:56.160 --> 00:15:58.160
  • else's situation.
  • 00:15:58.160 --> 00:16:00.250
  • Each of you has your own gift
  • 00:16:00.250 --> 00:16:02.260
  • from God.
  • 00:16:02.260 --> 00:16:03.170
  • One has this gift.
  • 00:16:03.170 --> 00:16:05.200
  • Another has that.
  • 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.280
  • Usually when we talk about
  • 00:16:07.280 --> 00:16:08.240
  • spiritual gifts in the church,
  • 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:10.230
  • we talk about preaching
  • 00:16:10.230 --> 00:16:11.200
  • and singing and serving
  • 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:13.120
  • and that's what we talk about
  • 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:15.050
  • when we say spiritual gifts.
  • 00:16:15.050 --> 00:16:17.040
  • But Paul says,
  • 00:16:17.040 --> 00:16:18.240
  • "Look, if you're going to
  • 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:19.210
  • be married, you need to
  • 00:16:19.210 --> 00:16:20.150
  • have a gift.
  • 00:16:20.150 --> 00:16:22.120
  • If you're going to be single,
  • 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.130
  • you're going to need to have
  • 00:16:23.130 --> 00:16:24.180
  • a gift."
  • 00:16:24.180 --> 00:16:25.250
  • And some of you in this
  • 00:16:25.250 --> 00:16:26.290
  • season of your life,
  • 00:16:26.290 --> 00:16:28.270
  • you've been given
  • 00:16:28.270 --> 00:16:29.180
  • the gift of singleness.
  • 00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:30.170
  • I know, I know,
  • 00:16:30.170 --> 00:16:31.100
  • it wasn't on your registry.
  • 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:34.010
  • It's like, "God, can I please
  • 00:16:34.010 --> 00:16:34.240
  • exchange this gift
  • 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.170
  • of singleness?
  • 00:16:35.170 --> 00:16:36.180
  • This is not what I asked for
  • 00:16:36.180 --> 00:16:38.060
  • for Christmas."
  • 00:16:38.060 --> 00:16:40.010
  • Some of you have
  • 00:16:40.010 --> 00:16:40.240
  • the gift of marriage.
  • 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.070
  • I know, I know.
  • 00:16:43.070 --> 00:16:43.240
  • Some of you, when you opened up
  • 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:44.220
  • the package it didn't look like
  • 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:46.000
  • you thought it looked when
  • 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.290
  • you were looking at it when you
  • 00:16:46.290 --> 00:16:48.140
  • ordered it on Amazon.com.
  • 00:16:50.150 --> 00:16:53.150
  • But he says it's a gift.
  • 00:16:53.150 --> 00:16:54.130
  • Now watch this, it's deep.
  • 00:16:54.130 --> 00:16:55.260
  • The word gift in this passage
  • 00:16:55.260 --> 00:16:57.250
  • is a Greek word.
  • 00:16:57.250 --> 00:16:58.250
  • The Greek word is charisma.
  • 00:16:58.250 --> 00:17:01.190
  • Charisma in this sense does not
  • 00:17:01.190 --> 00:17:03.050
  • mean a personality type.
  • 00:17:03.050 --> 00:17:04.270
  • Charisma literally means
  • 00:17:04.270 --> 00:17:07.140
  • gift of grace.
  • 00:17:08.010 --> 00:17:11.010
  • Gift of grace.
  • 00:17:11.010 --> 00:17:13.250
  • He says, "Look.
  • 00:17:13.250 --> 00:17:14.200
  • There are some of you in
  • 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:15.150
  • the church and you're married
  • 00:17:15.150 --> 00:17:16.170
  • right now, and that's a gift."
  • 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:19.180
  • That's a gift.
  • 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.270
  • He who finds a wife
  • 00:17:20.270 --> 00:17:22.110
  • finds a good thing.
  • 00:17:22.110 --> 00:17:23.050
  • It's a gift.
  • 00:17:23.050 --> 00:17:24.170
  • He says, "Some of you are single
  • 00:17:24.170 --> 00:17:26.050
  • right now and that is also
  • 00:17:26.050 --> 00:17:27.280
  • a gift."
  • 00:17:27.280 --> 00:17:29.110
  • May not feel always like
  • 00:17:29.110 --> 00:17:30.150
  • a gift but it is a gift.
  • 00:17:30.150 --> 00:17:33.010
  • It's a gift.
  • 00:17:33.010 --> 00:17:35.130
  • But this is what blew my mind.
  • 00:17:35.130 --> 00:17:37.230
  • He said,
  • 00:17:37.230 --> 00:17:38.110
  • "Whether you're married
  • 00:17:38.110 --> 00:17:39.250
  • or single, the real gift is not
  • 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:43.180
  • the marriage or the singleness.
  • 00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:45.250
  • That is a gift.
  • 00:17:45.250 --> 00:17:47.200
  • But it's not the greatest gift.
  • 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:50.060
  • The greatest gift that God gives
  • 00:17:51.020 --> 00:17:54.020
  • is called grace."
  • 00:17:54.170 --> 00:17:57.170
  • He says, "One person
  • 00:17:57.170 --> 00:17:58.140
  • has one gift, one has another.
  • 00:17:58.140 --> 00:18:00.280
  • But no matter which gift
  • 00:18:00.280 --> 00:18:02.040
  • you have,
  • 00:18:02.040 --> 00:18:02.250
  • here's what you really need.
  • 00:18:02.250 --> 00:18:03.220
  • You're going to need grace
  • 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:05.230
  • to do this right."
  • 00:18:05.270 --> 00:18:08.270
  • If you're going to be married,
  • 00:18:08.270 --> 00:18:10.040
  • it's going to take grace.
  • 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:13.080
  • If you're going to come home
  • 00:18:13.080 --> 00:18:14.040
  • to the same person night
  • 00:18:14.040 --> 00:18:16.000
  • after night and year after year
  • 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.190
  • and good times and bad times
  • 00:18:17.190 --> 00:18:19.200
  • and lean times and fat times,
  • 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.240
  • it's going to take grace.
  • 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:24.130
  • Come on.
  • 00:18:24.130 --> 00:18:25.070
  • There are marriages
  • 00:18:25.070 --> 00:18:26.130
  • in our church today that need
  • 00:18:26.130 --> 00:18:27.210
  • grace if they're going to work.
  • 00:18:27.250 --> 00:18:30.250
  • We need grace to do this right.
  • 00:18:30.250 --> 00:18:33.030
  • It is not easy
  • 00:18:33.030 --> 00:18:34.140
  • to stay committed.
  • 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:35.140
  • It is not easy to be faithful.
  • 00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:37.160
  • It is not easy to be selfless.
  • 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:39.270
  • We need some grace.
  • 00:18:43.260 --> 00:18:46.260
  • And if you're single,
  • 00:18:46.260 --> 00:18:47.220
  • I know there are some times
  • 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:49.090
  • where you're crying at night
  • 00:18:49.090 --> 00:18:51.140
  • because there's nobody for you
  • 00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:52.190
  • to watch Netflix with right now.
  • 00:18:52.190 --> 00:18:55.150
  • I'm not trivializing it.
  • 00:18:55.150 --> 00:18:56.200
  • I'm just trying to bring it to
  • 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:57.170
  • a practical level.
  • 00:18:57.170 --> 00:18:59.150
  • It's not all the time some
  • 00:18:59.150 --> 00:19:00.180
  • deep thing is just like,
  • 00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:01.160
  • "Man, I'd like somebody to do
  • 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.280
  • something with on a Saturday."
  • 00:19:02.280 --> 00:19:05.220
  • But did you know that the same
  • 00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:07.120
  • grace that God gives to somebody
  • 00:19:07.270 --> 00:19:10.270
  • for marriage is the same grace
  • 00:19:10.270 --> 00:19:13.160
  • that He will give you as a gift
  • 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:15.020
  • in your singleness,
  • 00:19:15.020 --> 00:19:16.260
  • in your times of loneliness,
  • 00:19:16.260 --> 00:19:19.000
  • in your times of feeling like
  • 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:20.060
  • you're never going to
  • 00:19:20.060 --> 00:19:21.020
  • have somebody?
  • 00:19:21.020 --> 00:19:21.250
  • It's the same grace.
  • 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:27.220
  • So watch this.
  • 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.150
  • God told me to tell you
  • 00:19:28.150 --> 00:19:30.280
  • that the real gift is grace.
  • 00:19:30.280 --> 00:19:33.010
  • some of you are so focused on
  • 00:19:33.010 --> 00:19:34.090
  • the gift that you want from God
  • 00:19:34.090 --> 00:19:36.220
  • you're missing the grace
  • 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:38.030
  • that He's already given you.
  • 00:19:44.250 --> 00:19:47.250
  • I know some of you want a man,
  • 00:19:47.250 --> 00:19:48.270
  • some of you want a woman.
  • 00:19:48.270 --> 00:19:49.210
  • That's awesome.
  • 00:19:49.210 --> 00:19:50.140
  • It's good, it's good, it's good.
  • 00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:52.150
  • But don't miss the grace
  • 00:19:52.150 --> 00:19:53.280
  • because you're so focused on
  • 00:19:53.280 --> 00:19:55.100
  • the gift you think you want.
  • 00:19:55.110 --> 00:19:58.110
  • I know some of you have
  • 00:19:58.110 --> 00:19:59.030
  • some things in your marriage
  • 00:19:59.030 --> 00:20:00.000
  • right now, some real issues.
  • 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:02.170
  • But the real gift isn't that God
  • 00:20:02.170 --> 00:20:04.160
  • would fix all the issues
  • 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:05.240
  • about your spouse.
  • 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:07.060
  • The real gift is that God
  • 00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:08.040
  • would give you the grace
  • 00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:09.160
  • in the midst of the issues
  • 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.240
  • to trust Him and be faithful.
  • 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:13.030
  • The gift is grace.
  • 00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:16.080
  • And I don't think there's
  • 00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:17.100
  • anybody in the room today
  • 00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:19.060
  • who wouldn't say before
  • 00:20:19.060 --> 00:20:21.130
  • the Lord, "I need
  • 00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:24.220
  • this gift of grace."
  • 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:26.290
  • If we're going to do it right,
  • 00:20:26.290 --> 00:20:28.170
  • if we're going to do
  • 00:20:28.170 --> 00:20:29.100
  • it God's way,
  • 00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:30.050
  • it's going to take grace.
  • 00:20:30.050 --> 00:20:31.060
  • Anybody in this place who
  • 00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:32.020
  • needs the grace of God
  • 00:20:32.020 --> 00:20:33.100
  • for the season and situation
  • 00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:34.260
  • you're in today,
  • 00:20:34.260 --> 00:20:35.090
  • I want you to stand on your feet
  • 00:20:35.090 --> 00:20:36.080
  • right now at all of
  • 00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:37.030
  • our locations.
  • 00:20:37.030 --> 00:20:37.250
  • If you need grace.
  • 00:20:37.250 --> 00:20:39.140
  • If you don't need any grace,
  • 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:41.060
  • if you got it covered,
  • 00:20:41.060 --> 00:20:42.040
  • if you're good --
  • 00:20:42.040 --> 00:20:43.270
  • but if you need grace,
  • 00:20:43.270 --> 00:20:44.190
  • stand on your feet today.
  • 00:20:45.280 --> 00:20:48.280
  • Come on.
  • 00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:49.210
  • Grace for the temptations
  • 00:20:49.210 --> 00:20:51.050
  • that you're facing.
  • 00:20:51.050 --> 00:20:52.180
  • Grace for the parts of your past
  • 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:54.030
  • that keep catching back up
  • 00:20:54.030 --> 00:20:55.070
  • with you again.
  • 00:20:55.070 --> 00:20:56.040
  • Grace.
  • 00:20:56.040 --> 00:20:57.270
  • Grace.
  • 00:20:57.270 --> 00:21:00.050
  • God's great grace
  • 00:21:00.050 --> 00:21:02.290
  • is available today to everyone
  • 00:21:02.290 --> 00:21:05.120
  • who will receive it.
  • 00:21:05.150 --> 00:21:08.150
  • Grace.
  • 00:21:08.150 --> 00:21:09.230
  • Grace.
  • 00:21:09.230 --> 00:21:10.230
  • I know we talked about standards
  • 00:21:10.230 --> 00:21:12.050
  • but you need grace for the times
  • 00:21:12.050 --> 00:21:13.130
  • that you fall short of
  • 00:21:13.130 --> 00:21:14.210
  • the standard,
  • 00:21:14.210 --> 00:21:15.160
  • for all have sinned
  • 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.150
  • and fallen short of the glory
  • 00:21:16.150 --> 00:21:17.110
  • of God.
  • 00:21:17.110 --> 00:21:18.010
  • So the real gift is grace.
  • 00:21:19.020 --> 00:21:22.020
  • Grace.
  • 00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:24.170
  • Grace.
  • 00:21:24.170 --> 00:21:26.130
  • You're waiting on something to
  • 00:21:26.130 --> 00:21:27.080
  • change in your life right now,
  • 00:21:27.080 --> 00:21:28.230
  • to change in your home.
  • 00:21:28.230 --> 00:21:30.080
  • But in the mean time,
  • 00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.280
  • there's a gift called grace.
  • 00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:34.060
  • It's available to you.
  • 00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:36.170
  • It's available.
  • 00:21:36.170 --> 00:21:37.070
  • It's yours for the taking.
  • 00:21:37.070 --> 00:21:38.290
  • Right now.
  • 00:21:38.290 --> 00:21:40.040
  • Right here.
  • 00:21:40.040 --> 00:21:42.180
  • You don't have to wait till
  • 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.100
  • you have a relationship with
  • 00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:44.110
  • another person to have grace.
  • 00:21:44.110 --> 00:21:45.260
  • His grace is sufficient.
  • 00:21:45.260 --> 00:21:47.170
  • One time Paul had an issue
  • 00:21:47.170 --> 00:21:49.090
  • that he was praying about.
  • 00:21:49.090 --> 00:21:50.170
  • And he prayed about it
  • 00:21:50.170 --> 00:21:51.080
  • three different times.
  • 00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:53.100
  • He didn't even say what
  • 00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:54.250
  • the issue was.
  • 00:21:54.250 --> 00:21:55.220
  • He simply calls it the thorn
  • 00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:57.170
  • in his flesh.
  • 00:21:57.170 --> 00:22:00.100
  • I wonder if he didn't name it
  • 00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:01.060
  • because it was so humiliating
  • 00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:02.290
  • to him that he didn't want to
  • 00:22:02.290 --> 00:22:04.000
  • specifically say what it was.
  • 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.170
  • I don't know.
  • 00:22:05.170 --> 00:22:07.130
  • But whatever it was,
  • 00:22:07.130 --> 00:22:08.110
  • he asked God to take it away.
  • 00:22:08.110 --> 00:22:10.130
  • In other words, he asked God
  • 00:22:10.130 --> 00:22:11.110
  • to fix the situation,
  • 00:22:11.110 --> 00:22:13.060
  • and that's where we start.
  • 00:22:13.060 --> 00:22:14.060
  • Fix the situation, God.
  • 00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:15.050
  • Fix the situation.
  • 00:22:15.050 --> 00:22:18.030
  • And three times God said no.
  • 00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:21.080
  • Nope.
  • 00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:23.040
  • I'm gon' give you a gift
  • 00:22:23.040 --> 00:22:23.280
  • but not the one you're asking
  • 00:22:23.280 --> 00:22:24.230
  • for right now.
  • 00:22:24.230 --> 00:22:26.120
  • Because sometimes you don't know
  • 00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.110
  • what you need.
  • 00:22:27.110 --> 00:22:29.130
  • So I'm gon' give you a gift
  • 00:22:29.130 --> 00:22:31.180
  • and the gift is called grace.
  • 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:34.110
  • He said, "My grace is sufficient
  • 00:22:34.110 --> 00:22:36.150
  • for you, and my strength is made
  • 00:22:36.150 --> 00:22:38.170
  • perfect in your weakness."
  • 00:22:38.170 --> 00:22:40.280
  • So I came today not to offer you
  • 00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:42.060
  • in this series a lot of
  • 00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:43.080
  • easy solutions.
  • 00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:45.250
  • I don't know
  • 00:22:45.250 --> 00:22:46.270
  • how to lose a guy in ten days
  • 00:22:46.270 --> 00:22:48.030
  • or how to get a guy in ten days.
  • 00:22:48.030 --> 00:22:49.080
  • I don't know.
  • 00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:50.260
  • I don't know.
  • 00:22:50.260 --> 00:22:51.170
  • I don't know.
  • 00:22:51.170 --> 00:22:52.170
  • Seven easy steps to fix
  • 00:22:52.170 --> 00:22:53.130
  • your marriage by Monday.
  • 00:22:53.130 --> 00:22:54.080
  • I don't know.
  • 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:55.280
  • Read the magazine.
  • 00:22:55.280 --> 00:22:56.180
  • I don't do that.
  • 00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:58.280
  • I came today to offer you
  • 00:22:58.280 --> 00:23:01.170
  • the inexhaustible supply of
  • 00:23:01.170 --> 00:23:02.200
  • God's grace for whatever season
  • 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:05.040
  • and whatever struggle
  • 00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:06.070
  • you're facing.
  • 00:23:06.070 --> 00:23:07.090
  • If you want that grace,
  • 00:23:07.090 --> 00:23:08.190
  • would you slip your hands
  • 00:23:08.190 --> 00:23:10.040
  • in the air right now
  • 00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:11.070
  • if you want that grace?
  • 00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:14.100
  • And would you just say out loud
  • 00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:15.200
  • in this moment of ministry,
  • 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:17.230
  • "I need your grace Lord."
  • 00:23:17.230 --> 00:23:19.020
  • - CONGREGATION: I need your
  • 00:23:19.020 --> 00:23:19.270
  • grace Lord.
  • 00:23:19.270 --> 00:23:20.230
  • - Say it again.
  • 00:23:20.230 --> 00:23:21.150
  • I need your grace Lord.
  • 00:23:21.150 --> 00:23:22.190
  • - CONGREGATION: I need your
  • 00:23:22.190 --> 00:23:23.090
  • grace Lord.
  • 00:23:23.090 --> 00:23:24.030
  • - I need your grace Lord.
  • 00:23:24.030 --> 00:23:25.030
  • - CONGREGATION: I need your
  • 00:23:25.030 --> 00:23:25.260
  • grace Lord.
  • 00:23:25.260 --> 00:23:26.200
  • - With your hands still lifted
  • 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.130
  • high, now say, "I receive
  • 00:23:27.130 --> 00:23:28.050
  • your grace Lord."
  • 00:23:28.050 --> 00:23:28.290
  • - CONGREGATION: I receive your
  • 00:23:28.290 --> 00:23:29.230
  • grace Lord.
  • 00:23:29.230 --> 00:23:30.180
  • - I receive your grace.
  • 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.180
  • - CONGREGATION: I receive
  • 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.100
  • your grace.
  • 00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:33.040
  • - I receive your grace.
  • 00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:34.000
  • - CONGREGATION: I receive
  • 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.180
  • your grace.
  • 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.090
  • - In Jesus' name.
  • 00:23:35.090 --> 00:23:36.050
  • - CONGREGATION: In Jesus' name.
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  • - Now God, we thank you
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  • for great grace.
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  • We thank you for the great grace
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  • that breaks chains of addiction.
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  • We thank you that nobody in here
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  • today is dealing with a sexual
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  • dysfunction or a relational
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  • failure that is greater
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  • than your grace.
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  • We declare you grace is greater.
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  • Your grace is greater.
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  • Your grace is greater.
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  • Your grace is greater.
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  • Your grace is greater.
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  • The blood is stronger.
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  • The blood is stronger.
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  • The blood is stronger.
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  • Your name is higher.
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  • Your name is higher.
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  • Your name is higher.
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  • - Alright, let's interact
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  • for a moment.
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  • Just pretend like
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  • I'm there with you.
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  • Have you ever experienced
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  • a challenging relationship?
  • 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.280
  • Holly, do this, do this.
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  • Okay, be careful how you respond
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  • if you're sitting
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  • in your living room
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  • watching this with your spouse
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  • or someone that you love.
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  • the truth is relationships
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  • are challenging by design.
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  • It's how God grows us,
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  • but it's He's intention for you
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  • to do more than just survive
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  • your relationships.
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  • I believe He wants you
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  • to thrive in them,
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  • and He's Word
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  • gives us the tools
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  • to make that possible.
  • 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.220
  • So, today, I have special
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  • most requested resource
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  • that I want to send to you.
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  • It's called, "Meant to Be."
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  • It will show you
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  • some of the Bible's
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  • best kept secrets
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  • about sex, shh,
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  • marriage, and being single.
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  • - It's so good,
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  • and it's really not
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  • just a relationship series.
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  • This resource truly
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  • has the power
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  • to impact your life.
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  • We've heard stories of marriages
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  • that were restored,
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  • and single people that learned
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  • to embrace the season
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  • that they're in instead
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  • of focusing on the relationships
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  • that they don't have.
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  • I know that this series
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  • is going to help you
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  • like it has so many already.
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  • - And we want to help you,
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  • we're here to help to you.
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  • so, I'm going to send you
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  • this resource "Meant to be"
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  • with your gift of any amount
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  • to the ministry today.
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  • Just go online right now
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  • or call the number
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  • on the screen right now,
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  • and request your copy
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  • of "Meant to Be".
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  • Say, "I want it,"
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  • and we'll get it out
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  • to you right away.
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  • Here's some more info as well as
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  • some additional resources
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  • - ANNOUNCER: When it comes
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  • to seeking advice
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  • about relationships, marriage,
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  • and sex, we tend to look
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  • in all the wrong places.
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  • The world claims
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  • to have the answers,
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  • but maybe we've been focusing
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  • on the wrong problem all along.
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  • In our series, "Meant to Be",
  • 00:25:50.050 --> 00:25:51.260
  • Pastor Steven Furtick
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  • has open conversations
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  • to help us uncover
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  • the Bible's best kept secrets
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  • about sex, marriage,
  • 00:25:57.090 --> 00:25:58.130
  • and being single.
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  • - Most of the emphasis,
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  • when you talk about dating,
  • 00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:02.180
  • and marriage, and singleness,
  • 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.290
  • in culture seems to be
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  • on finding the right one.
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  • Most of the emphasis,
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  • when you come to the scripture,
  • 00:26:08.170 --> 00:26:09.260
  • tends to be on being
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  • the right one.
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  • - For your gift of any amount
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  • we'll send you
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  • the five-part
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  • Meant To Be series,
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  • which includes a message
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  • with Pastor Steven
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  • and his wife Holly,
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  • where they share
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  • personal examples
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  • and scriptural insight on how
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  • we can invite God to work
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  • in our everyday
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  • relationship challenges.
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  • Pastor Steven also explains
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  • the unnecessary complications
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  • that sidetrack us
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  • in relationships,
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  • and he shows us
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  • what is truly meant to be
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  • in our lives
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  • when we have Jesus
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  • as our foundation.
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  • - I've been told all my life
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  • to put Jesus first,
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  • but that doesn't work,
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  • because that separates him out
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  • from everything else.
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  • Live as if Jesus
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  • was not first on your list,
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  • but that He was
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  • the center of your world.
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  • - Visit us online
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  • at stevenfurtick.com,
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  • or call us at the number
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  • on your screen
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  • to get your copy
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  • - Ustoppable God
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  • Let Your glory go
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  • On and on
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  • Impossible things
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  • In Your name
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  • Unstoppable God
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  • Let Your glory go
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  • On and on
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  • Impossible things
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  • In Your name
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