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The Paradox of Progress Part 2

Steven Furtick

August 15, 2019

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Steven Furtick

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The Paradox of Progress Part 2

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- God's presence
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creates awareness.
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Awareness of your need.
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Awareness of His grace.
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Awareness of His greatness.
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Awareness of His glory.
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And you start to see
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that all have sinned and fallen
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short of the glory of God.
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And I don't have
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any judgment to give.
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And I don't have any hell
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to put anybody in.
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And I'm writing off
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all the things
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that I thought I knew
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to know the One who made me.
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The closer you get,
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the further you feel
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you have to go.
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This is the paradox
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- The title I wanna give
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this message
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is "The Paradox of Progress".
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The essence
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of the Gospel is paradox.
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And it's different
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than a contradiction.
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A contradiction is two things
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that cannot possibly
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be true at the same time.
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But with God we find paradox
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and that is that on the surface,
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it seems as if both
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cannot be true,
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but He's bigger than that.
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Nowhere is the paradox
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of the Gospel as played out
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in the practical implications
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of our everyday life
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more apparent than Philippians 3
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where Paul says,
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"I had ascended
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to the heights
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of the resume virtues
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of religion within Judaism.
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But now I've made a decision.
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I'm going to write
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all of those things off
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and I'm going to reach towards
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something better and bigger.
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And the thing about it is,
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as I am living in Christ,
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I am dying to self."
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It's a paradox.
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Because sometimes Paul shows us
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that what's most important
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is least impressive.
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Change your approach
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and stop trying to grow
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into stuff that is glamorous
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and noticed by people.
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Paul said,
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"I wanna know Christ."
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That's one of those
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little phrases
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that I don't think
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we really know what it means.
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It's like sort of.
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I wanna know Christ.
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You know what that means?
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Sort of.
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I've heard it before.
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It's like quoting Bible, right?
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Stop smoking stuff
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like that.
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Pray a lot.
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Missions trips.
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Like, yeah...
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"To know Him,"
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Paul said, "I had to go
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into partnership
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with His sufferings
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to experience closeness."
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And this is why Jesus
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was forsaken by those
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that He called,
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loved, shepherded, and taught,
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imparted into
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is because the closer you get,
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the further you feel.
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This is the paradox of progress
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and this is why
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you are growing in your faith
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at the same time
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that you're about
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to give up on it
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because it's a paradox
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of progress.
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The closer Jesus
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got to the cross,
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the more confused
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His disciples became.
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And sometimes the closer
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you get to God
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and the more you walk
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in His ways,
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the more questions
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you will have as you give up
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on the answers
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that were simple for one stage.
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But the closer you get,
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the more mature you become,
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the more progress you make,
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you find that the answers
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don't come so easy.
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You're no longer content
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with clichés
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because you wanna know Him.
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You wanna know
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who He really is.
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Now they loved Him
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on Palm Sunday.
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Remember?
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They put those
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palm branches down.
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I don't even know
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where they got it
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from because that was from
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the other festival.
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They didn't even use
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those at Passover.
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But whether or not
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it's two different accounts
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merged together,
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we'll never know.
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They put the palm branches down
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in this passage
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in all of the Gospels
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that recorded
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and they were like
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in a loud voice,
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"Hosanna.
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Hosanna.
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Blessed is He who comes
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in the name of the Lord.
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Hosanna."
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Here's what's weird
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about it.
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The Pharisees are like,
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"Shut 'em up."
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Jesus is like, "I can't.
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If they stop, the rocks
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will start shouting
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because who I am creates praise.
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Who I am creates expectation.
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When My presence shows up things
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have to change.
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Things have to change."
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If you're sitting next
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to somebody who doesn't like
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you clap then tell 'em,
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"If I don't do it,
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the chair will.
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Something's gotta praise God.
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Something's gotta glorify Him.
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It might as well be something
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with breath.
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So now, back to the text.
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He's going in
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and they're like, "Hosanna.
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Blessed is the King who comes
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in the name of the Lord.
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Peace in heaven,
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and glory..."
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Doxa.
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Doxa.
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Remember doxa, glory,
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doxology, doxa.
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"Glory in the highest..."
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Doxa.
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"Peace in heaven,
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glory in the highest."
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Some Pharisees were like,
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"Shut 'em up."
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He's like, "And the stones
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will cry out."
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But then what's crazy to me
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is this paradox.
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Remember, I love that word.
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I want you to love that word.
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I'm gonna preach on that word
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until you love that word.
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Paradox, it's like
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a contradiction
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only it happens to be true.
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And sometimes
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when you are frustrated
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with yourself
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because you feel like
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a contradiction.
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Right?
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I love God,
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but I love certain sins.
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I love God, but I still love
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this thing over here
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that I shouldn't love.
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It's not a contradiction,
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it's a paradox
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because His strength
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is made perfect in your weakness
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and His grace needs
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a place to operate.
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So He leaves a weakness
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in your life so that the King
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can ride in on a colt
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so that they won't celebrate
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what He rode in on.
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They'll celebrate Him
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Where was I at?
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Oh, Verse 41,
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"As He approached Jerusalem
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and saw the city..."
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You got it, 19:21.
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"He wept over it."
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Wow.
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They were shouting,
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He was weeping.
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They were cheering
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and He was crying.
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He wasn't on the cross yet.
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That's not why He was crying.
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He wasn't in the garden yet.
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That's not why He was crying.
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There was no physical pain.
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He was crying
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because He knew
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they were celebrating
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the wrong thing.
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He knew that they thought
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that He was coming to fix it
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and He was coming to fix them.
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They thought He was coming
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to change the situation
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and the kingdom
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would come at once.
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But what He was really coming
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to do was deeper.
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He said, "Jerusalem..."
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The name of the city
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means peace.
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City of peace.
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Jeru Salem.
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Salem, sounds
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like shalom, right?
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Peace.
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City of peace.
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You were supposed
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to be the city of peace.
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And look at Verse 42,
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"If you, even you,
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had only known on this day
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what would bring you peace,
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but now it is hidden
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from your eyes."
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What would bring you peace
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is at your gait
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and you will reject it
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because it comes riding
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on a colt looking common,
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looking ordinary.
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You will reject it
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because you do not
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understand the cross.
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And the closer Jesus
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got to His purpose,
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the further He got
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from their plan.
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Have your plans
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been disrupted lately?
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You might be getting closer.
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You know how we used to play
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closer, closer, closer.
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I always thought
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it was interesting how Paul
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was blinded
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when he first got converted
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by Jesus on the Damascus Road.
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And it must have been weird
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because he had never
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been closer to God
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than he was in that moment.
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He'd been close to religion,
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he had climbed that ladder.
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But now he can't see.
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And there's a sense in which
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when you really make progress
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in your walk with God,
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at first you think
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you know everything
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and now you've got the answer.
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But Jesus is the answer.
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What's the answer?
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Jesus is the answer.
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What's the answer
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for America?
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Jesus is the answer
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for America.
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What's the answer
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for our young people
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and the drug epidemic
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in the Appalachian?
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Jesus is the answer,
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you know.
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What's the answer
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for the inner --
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Jesus is the answer.
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What's the answer
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for alcohol?
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Jesus is the answer.
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But overtime you start asking
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better questions.
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And as you ask deeper questions,
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when you first start
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you think you're awesome.
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Like Elijah
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is making beats rights now
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and I'm so proud of 'em
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and they're good.
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The first one he made,
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he thought it was ready
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for radio.
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He was ready to send it
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to Punk, Uzi,
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all the other Lils
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that I don't really like
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to listen to.
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And he's like,
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"Dad, this is amazing.
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Listen to my beat."
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But then he messed around
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and got good enough
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to know how much better
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he needed to be.
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When you first started
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something, you know, --
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when I first started
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playing guitar,
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I told you about this last week,
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I thought I was amazing.
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When I first started preaching,
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I thought I was Billy Graham
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just waiting for a Tokyo
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crusade to call me.
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But today I stand before you
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and I understand that ever --
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more than ever before
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at this point
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that even the attempt
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to describe the ways of God
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is an exercise in futility
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so it took me getting
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good enough at it to know
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how good at it I was not.
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It took me getting
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just good enough at it
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to know I'm not good
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at it at all.
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Paul said, "The more that
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I press toward to the mark..."
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The more I realize
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that I have so far to go
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and so much to learn
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and so many things in me.
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You know, when you first start
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trying to walk with God,
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you get the mechanics down
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and you do this
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and you don't do that.
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But then God starts
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challenging your motives.
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And now it's no longer
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just about doing
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the right things
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and saying the right things
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and learning the right words
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and changing these protocols,
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now it's about something
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so much deeper.
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But the good news is
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if you feel like
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you've got so far to go,
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that is a good sign
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that you are actually
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getting closer to God.
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God's presence
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creates awareness.
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Awareness of your need.
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Awareness of His grace
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Awareness of His greatness.
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Awareness of His glory.
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And you start to see
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that all have sinned
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and fallen short
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of the glory of God.
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And I don't have
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any judgment to give.
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And I don't have any hell
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to put anybody in.
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And I'm writing off
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all the things
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that I thought I knew to know
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the One who made me.
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The closer you get,
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the further you feel
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you have to go.
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This is the paradox
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of progress.
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It's the paradox of Jesus
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hanging on the cross
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and He's never been
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more powerful
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and He's never
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looked weaker.
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So I wanna address
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what Paul said
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before we finish today
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'cause it always confused me,
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it always seemed like a paradox.
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Do you know what that means?
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Paradox?
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Sort of.
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[laughter]
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You know what I'm saying.
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Like the idea that God
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is sovereign,
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but I'm responsible.
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It's a paradox.
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That's what makes Him God.
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If I could explain it,
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I wouldn't have to have faith
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to believe it.
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I'm completely comfortable.
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How can you serve
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and love God when God --
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I'm completely comfortable
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with that.
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He's great big God,
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I'm little ole me,
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that settles it for me.
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I understand how His ways
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are higher than my ways,
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His thoughts are higher
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than my thoughts.
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So Paul says,
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"I wanna know Him,
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and the power
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of His resurrection..."
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I want some of that
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resurrection power.
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"And participation
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in the fellowship
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of His sufferings."
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At first, I thought he meant
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that he wanted to die
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for Christ and ultimately
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he was on house arrest
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at the end of the Book of Acts
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when he did suffer.
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Many imprisonments
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and eventual death
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for Christ.
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Right?
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But I read it differently.
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He said, "I wanna participate
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in His sufferings,
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in His death while I live."
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That's the paradox.
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Now watch this.
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Lord, help me deliver this.
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Paul's not saying I wanna die
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like Christ died,
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he's saying I wanna live
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like Christ died.
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And that means
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that I'm constantly
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going through cycles of death
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and resurrection.
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That means I'm constantly
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having to die
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to shallow desires
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so that He can give me
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the desires of my heart
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and do a new thing in me.
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And whatever I have to let go
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and whatever I have to write off
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and whatever I have
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to let you have --
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you know, some things
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are not worth me fighting
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for anymore.
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Whatever was gained,
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whatever I thought
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was important,
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I'm giving it up
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for something more important.
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I want to know
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connection with Christ.
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And I wanna live like He died
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so when people insult me,
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I wanna learn to let
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that go like He did.
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I wanna live like He died.
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You wanna die like He died?
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No, I wanna live
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like He died.
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And what it will look
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like sometimes,
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people will think I'm losing,
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but really I'm winning.
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It'll seem like
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and feel like I'm losing.
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Now the Lord told me
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it was really important
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to say this.
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Some of you have been convinced
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you're in a losing season
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right now because you feel
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very discombobulated
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on the inside.
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You're not so certain
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about certain things
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that are going on
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in your life right now.
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It is not a loss.
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In fact, it is a new level.
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It is actually you going deeper
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into the things of God
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to understand His heart
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at a level
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that you couldn't have before.
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So Paul said,
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"If I have to take an ill,
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if I have to go through
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some things
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that are painful for me,
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if I have to be a colt,
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if I have to look like a donkey,
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if I have to ride
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in looking ridiculous
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for the purpose of God
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to be fulfilled,
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I wanna live like He died."
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If I have to hang
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on a cross to bring forth
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"If I have to go to Jerusalem,
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and if I have to face the jeers
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and the taunts
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and the ridicule
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and the rejection,
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if I have to pray
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in the Garden of Gethsemane,
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nevertheless not my will,
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but Yours be done,
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I'm willing to do it.
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It's not a goal,
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it's a gift.
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What you're reaching for,
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is already yours.
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Paul said,
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"All I'm trying to do..."
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Don't sit down,
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I'm closing.
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[laughter]
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"Is take hold of that
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for which Christ
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already took hold of me."
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I'm not trying to arrive
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at a place
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where God loves me.
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I'm just trying to live
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out of the love
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that He has already demonstrated
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and express His glory, doxology.
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I'm trying to express
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His glory through my weakness.
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I'm trying to ride into town
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like a little donkey
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so I can carry
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the purpose of God in my life.
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And it might seem small
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and sometimes it feels like
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I'm going backwards
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and sometimes it feels like
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it'd be easier
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just not to come
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to church altogether
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and quit trying
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and just give
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into my tendencies.
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But the paradox
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of progress is this,
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it's already yours.
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The grace that you need
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to change is already yours.
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The grace that you need
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to go forward is already yours.
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The grace that you need
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to rise up is already yours.
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The grace that you need to do it
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in the face of adversity
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and uncertainty,
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it's already yours.
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What you are reaching for
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is already yours.
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And I wanna pray
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for some people today.
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Are you gonna play?
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I wanna pray
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for some people today
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who have been moving forward,
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but it's been a fight
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and it's been frustrating
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every step of the way
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and you are going to have
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to let go of some things
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to reach for your purpose.
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What I'm gonna pray today,
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the instruction
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that the Holy Spirit
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is giving me
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is that you would experience
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Philippians 3:16
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and live up to what
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you have already attained.
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Isn't that a beautiful verse
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to say, "I'm moving forward,
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but I already made it.
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I wanna be more like Christ,
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but not so He
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will love me more.
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I wanna move forward
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toward my purpose,
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but not to prove something.
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I just wanna carry
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the King into Jerusalem.
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I just wanna carry
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the purpose of God."
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You know what,
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I wanna raise those three kids
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God has given me.
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I wanna love my wife in a way
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that she can be proud
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to be my wife.
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I wanna pastor the church
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that He gave me in a way
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that would be honorable.
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I wanna preach messages
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that would help people.
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And I don't have to be anything
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other than what
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I am to do it.
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Jesus said,
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"I wanna ride on a colt.
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I wanna little donkey.
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I wanna little horse.
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I want a little thing.
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I want a little thing
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so I can ride in on something
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We celebrate
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the wrong stuff, y'all.
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We celebrate the wrong stuff.
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The Lord rejoices to see
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the plumb line in the hand
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of Zerubbabel.
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He rejoices to see
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the beginning of a thing.
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And the King
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comes riding in on a colt.
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We've gotta celebrate steps.
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We've gotta celebrate crosses.
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We've gotta celebrate
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even our sufferings,
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not because we're going
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through them,
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but because they achieve
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in us a glory, a doxa,
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that outweighs
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So God, help me celebrate
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what I see as a setback now.
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Help me celebrate
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what I see as confusion.
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Help me feel around
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in the darkness
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and find my way down
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the Damascus Road
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until I can see
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what you've called me to be.
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I wanna know Him
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in the fellowship
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of His suffering
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so that I can experience
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the resurrection power
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of the humbled King,
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the King of weakness,
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who is our strength.
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With your heads bowed
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and your eyes closed today,
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I declare that the devil
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has been lying to you.
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You are making progress.
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You are making progress.
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And progress isn't pretty.
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Um-mmm.
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Usually, yards
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are hard fought when you really
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wanna live for God,
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especially you've been doing
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it a little while.
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I mean it gets harder
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and harder and harder.
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That's the paradox of progress.
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This should be easy by now.
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How come I have to forgive
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this person
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for the 791st time?
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I thought I did it already.
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The paradox of progress
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is every time you do it,
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you do it deeper,
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and God is dealing
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with something different.
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I pray today that God
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would show you a glimpse
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of your progress.
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I really want you to see it
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because it's important
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that you know it on the inside
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even if people don't see it.
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You know, they might not notice.
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People will come up and say,
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"Oh, you've lost weight."
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But they won't say,
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"Oh, you've lost bitterness."
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[laughter]
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They don't know
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how to compliment that
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'cause usually
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what's the most important
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isn't the most impressive.
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But may the Lord give you
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the priorities today to know.
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I'll count it all loss.
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I'll write it all off
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what they think,
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what they say
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for the sake of being
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connected to Christ.
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That matters to me.
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That matters to me.
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For the sake
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of fulfilling my calling,
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that matters to me.
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Lord, I delivered Your Word
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like the donkey
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that I am today.
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Just one stumbling step
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after another to get it
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to the people.
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Now it's between You and them.
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Whatever You spoke to them
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in these moments, seal it.
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It's so important to me
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that today they sense Your grace
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and that they apprehend that
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for which You have
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apprehended them.
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Let 'em know
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that You've got them
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in Your grip.
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That they might be trying
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to hold onto something,
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but You're holding onto them
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so that as we take hold of that
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for which You took hold of us,
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we are not striving
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and straining,
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but trusting
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and believing.
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- Well, I don't know
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if you're like me,
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but it's easy for me
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to feel stuck.
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Stuck in a pattern,
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stuck in a way of thinking,
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even stuck in a mistake,
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and all of a sudden,
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it feels like
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all the progress I made
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was for nothing,
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my priorities
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are out of whack.
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And once you know you're stuck,
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it's difficult
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to find your way out, 'cause
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you've lost your momentum.
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And, I wonder if
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you find yourself stuck
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in an area of your life today?
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this new four-part message
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series, called, "Flip the Flow".
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It's one of my favorite
00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.030
titles of a serious, ever,
00:22:48.030 --> 00:22:49.290
but it's also some of
00:22:49.290 --> 00:22:51.040
my favorite teaching.
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We're talking about
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turning it around,
00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.230
getting your momentum
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headed in the right direction.
00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:57.060
This isn't just
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a collection of sermons,
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it's really a resource
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for change and I'm excited
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to see how God will use this
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to redirect your life.
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So, stop whatever
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you're doing right now,
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call or go online
00:23:08.230 --> 00:23:09.180
and request your copy of
00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:11.010
"Flip the Flow",
00:23:11.010 --> 00:23:12.020
here's a look at
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- When Moses had crossed over
00:23:14.070 --> 00:23:15.290
the Red Sea with the nation,
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he stretched his staff
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back over the sea,
00:23:19.130 --> 00:23:20.290
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
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to "Flip the Flow".
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Instead of concentrating
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on all the moments that
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it didn't go your way this year,
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"Flip the Flow".
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What went right?
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What did work out?
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Who did stay?
00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:38.020
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,
00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.120
from what we went through,
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to why we went through.
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God said, "I'm about
00:23:49.070 --> 00:23:50.060
to flip everything
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that you have been through,
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and it is going to now
00:23:53.210 --> 00:23:54.270
be to your advantage."
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If anybody flipped the flow,
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it was Jesus.
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Every need that you experienced
00:23:59.130 --> 00:24:01.100
in your life was pointing you
00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:03.080
to a deeper place in God
00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:04.240
that you can access;
00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.270
a deeper place of strength,
00:24:05.270 --> 00:24:07.120
a deeper place of confidence.
00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:09.050
If your help comes from Him,
00:24:09.110 --> 00:24:12.110
you can predict in advance
00:24:12.110 --> 00:24:15.040
how this comes out.
00:24:15.040 --> 00:24:17.290
Even before
00:24:17.290 --> 00:24:18.120
I go through the trial,
00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:20.110
I know how this comes out
00:24:20.110 --> 00:24:22.120
because He who began
00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:24.120
a good work in me,
00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:26.040
will be faithful to complete it.
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Come on, let's flip it.
00:24:29.030 --> 00:24:30.290
- ANNOUNCER: This could be
00:24:33.250 --> 00:24:34.140
the momentum shift you need.
00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:36.070
Your only one change away
00:24:36.070 --> 00:24:37.100
from the life you desire.
00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:39.070
Call or go online now
00:24:39.070 --> 00:24:40.090
to receive your copy
00:24:40.090 --> 00:24:41.090
- We sing
00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:44.150
Hallelujah
00:24:44.150 --> 00:24:47.140
Hallelujah
00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:50.100
We sing
00:24:54.030 --> 00:24:55.290
Hallelujah
00:24:55.290 --> 00:24:58.250
Hallelujah
00:24:58.250 --> 00:25:01.240
- Oh
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Oh, the broken people
00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:11.270
- "This telephone
00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.070
has too many shortcomings
00:25:40.070 --> 00:25:41.100
to be seriously considered
00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:42.250
as a means of communication.
00:25:42.250 --> 00:25:44.180
The device is inherently
00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:46.100
of no value to us."
00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:47.130
- Western Union
00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:48.070
internal memo, 1876.
00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:51.180
- "The horse
00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.010
is here to stay,
00:25:52.010 --> 00:25:52.260
but the automobile
00:25:52.260 --> 00:25:53.140
is only a novelty, a fad."
00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:56.040
- President of the Michigan
00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.260
Savings Bank
00:25:56.260 --> 00:25:57.180
- "Television won't last
00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.190
because people will soon
00:26:03.190 --> 00:26:04.180
get tired of staring
00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.170
at a plywood box every night."
00:26:05.170 --> 00:26:07.200
- Darryl Zanuck, movie producer,
00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:09.040
20th Century Fox, 1946.
00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:11.100
- -- entire family,
00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.040
we all wore royal blue.
00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:13.120
- "There's no reason
00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:14.140
for any individual to have
00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.290
a computer in his home."
00:26:15.290 --> 00:26:17.260
- World Future Society
00:26:17.260 --> 00:26:18.180
Meeting, 1977.
00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:22.060
- Narrator: Throughout
00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:22.220
the years,
00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.080
people have made some
00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.120
pretty inaccurate assumptions.
00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:27.100
Technologies that were
00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.070
only supposed to be
00:26:28.070 --> 00:26:29.010
an expensive fad
00:26:29.010 --> 00:26:30.120
have shaped an entire society.
00:26:30.130 --> 00:26:33.130
It is our main form
00:26:33.130 --> 00:26:34.290
of communication of connecting
00:26:34.290 --> 00:26:37.150
with like-minded people,
00:26:37.150 --> 00:26:40.020
of bettering ourselves,
00:26:40.020 --> 00:26:42.070
of bettering our communities.
00:26:42.250 --> 00:26:45.250
It connects us in ways no one
00:26:45.250 --> 00:26:47.160
- Hey, Daddy,
00:26:50.130 --> 00:26:51.030
welcome to my tea party.
00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:55.000
Hey, Daddy,
00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.180
welcome to my tea party.
00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:57.090
- Hey, Mom,
00:26:57.090 --> 00:26:57.250
[gasping]
00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:01.290
- Oh, my...
00:27:01.290 --> 00:27:02.100
- Narrator: We aren't
00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:03.000
just limited
00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.260
to physical locations anymore.
00:27:03.260 --> 00:27:05.230
- Take their first flight
00:27:05.230 --> 00:27:06.240
into space.
00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.230
-- aerodynamic structure
00:27:07.230 --> 00:27:09.030
- Industries thrive
00:27:11.290 --> 00:27:12.270
on the ability to utilize
00:27:12.270 --> 00:27:14.080
technology to connect
00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:15.080

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