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Steven Furtick | Yes You Part 2 | June 30, 2022
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- >> Do you have a little thing
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- >> Do you have a little thing in you that says not me?
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- in you that says not me? I do.
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- I do. Sometimes I hear somebody even
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- Sometimes I hear somebody even another preacher will be saying,
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- another preacher will be saying, "You're more than a conqueror."
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- "You're more than a conqueror." And my inner Simon is like,
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- And my inner Simon is like, "not you."
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- "not you." I think that's a good
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- I think that's a good place to start because
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- place to start because it puts you on your knees,
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- it puts you on your knees, like Peter at Jesus' feet which
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- like Peter at Jesus' feet which is something God can use.
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- is something God can use. But I think it's a bad
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- But I think it's a bad place to stop.
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- place to stop. And the Lord gave me a message
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- And the Lord gave me a message today to preach to somebody who
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- today to preach to somebody who feels stuck where you started.
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- feels stuck where you started. Stuck where you started.
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- Stuck where you started. Stuck in Simon.
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- Stuck in Simon. Stuck.
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- Stuck. "I'm a sinful man."
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- "I'm a sinful man." You are but He died for you.
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- You are but He died for you. So, that's what you were
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- So, that's what you were now you're a saint.
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- now you're a saint. A holy saint.
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- A holy saint. Still got some patterns
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- Still got some patterns that's called the flesh.
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- that's called the flesh. Simon never leaves you just
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- Simon never leaves you just have to tell him where to sit.
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- have to tell him where to sit. [applause]
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- [applause] I'm glad I learned this.
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- I'm glad I learned this. I thought if I had doubt
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- I thought if I had doubt in the car,
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- in the car, I couldn't go anywhere.
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- I couldn't go anywhere. I find out you can have
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- I find out you can have doubt in the car
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- doubt in the car just don't let it drive.
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- just don't let it drive. Just don't let it drive.
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- Just don't let it drive. Look at somebody and say:
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- Look at somebody and say: just don't let it drive.
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- just don't let it drive. I'm confiscating your
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- I'm confiscating your driver's license.
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- driver's license. All the lies you've
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- All the lies you've been telling yourself.
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- been telling yourself. All the limitations you've
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- All the limitations you've been telling yourself.
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- been telling yourself. All the labels that have
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- All the labels that have been given you.
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- been given you. All the sinfulness that
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- All the sinfulness that is keeping you from seeing!
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- is keeping you from seeing! [applause]
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- [applause] You can ride, Simon,
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- You can ride, Simon, but you can't drive.
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- but you can't drive. You can stay around but you
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- You can stay around but you can't tell me how far to go.
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- can't tell me how far to go. You can have a word
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- You can have a word but not the last word.
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- but not the last word. And see this is the season that
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- And see this is the season that some of us have been in we've
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- some of us have been in we've been stuck where we started.
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- been stuck where we started. But God said something very
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- But God said something very powerful to me He said,
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- powerful to me He said, "remind them you're not stuck
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- "remind them you're not stuck where you started you're
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- where you started you're stuck where you stopped.
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- stuck where you stopped. [applause]
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- [applause] Play my own organ, oh!
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- Play my own organ, oh! You are not stuck.
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- You are not stuck. "I'm a sinful man."
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- "I'm a sinful man." But Jesus said,
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- But Jesus said, "don't be afraid
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- "don't be afraid of what you were.
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- of what you were. That's what you were before
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- That's what you were before I stepped in your boat
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- I stepped in your boat knowing exactly what you are,
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- knowing exactly what you are, knowing exactly what you did,
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- knowing exactly what you did, knowing exactly
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- knowing exactly where you've been,
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- where you've been, knowing exactly what you're not.
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- knowing exactly what you're not. I want the boat
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- I want the boat belonging to Simon.
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- belonging to Simon. Yes you!
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- Yes you! [indiscernible]
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- [indiscernible] Yes you!"
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- Yes you!" [applause]
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- [applause] You're not stuck
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- You're not stuck where you started.
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- where you started. "I'm a sinful man."
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- "I'm a sinful man." Yeah, but you are also
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- Yeah, but you are also the righteousness of God
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- the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus 'cause
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- in Christ Jesus 'cause what happened on that cross
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- what happened on that cross was more than a physical act.
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- was more than a physical act. [applause]
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- [applause] It was a new name!
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- It was a new name! Woo!
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- Woo! Yeah!
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- Yeah! [applause]
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- [applause] You are only stuck
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- You are only stuck where you stop.
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- where you stop. I just gotta be me.
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- I just gotta be me. Well, there's a new me
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- Well, there's a new me I need to meet.
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- I need to meet. Oh man, Peter had
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- Oh man, Peter had so much potential,
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- so much potential, Simon had so much baggage.
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- Simon had so much baggage. Peter has so much purpose,
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- Peter has so much purpose, Simon has so many problems
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- Simon has so many problems and they're both
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- and they're both in the same boat.
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- in the same boat. So, all week I been
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- So, all week I been telling Simon sit down,
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- telling Simon sit down, Peter needs to pilot this boat.
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- Peter needs to pilot this boat. That's what Jesus called
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- That's what Jesus called him is Peter.
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- him is Peter. Okay, so Simon says,
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- Okay, so Simon says, "you are the Christ the Son
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- "you are the Christ the Son of the Living God."
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- of the Living God." And Jesus said,
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- And Jesus said, "flesh and blood did not
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- "flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, Simon -
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- reveal this to you, Simon - son of John.
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- son of John. But I tell you that you are
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- But I tell you that you are Peter, and upon this rock
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- Peter, and upon this rock I'll build my church."
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- I'll build my church." Let's clap that He gave
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- Let's clap that He gave him a new name.
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- him a new name. A new name, a new name.
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- A new name, a new name. [applause]
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- [applause] Alright, but y'all look
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- Alright, but y'all look in Matthew 16 later today.
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- in Matthew 16 later today. A minute later Jesus said,
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- A minute later Jesus said, "I gotta go to Jerusalem.
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- "I gotta go to Jerusalem. I'mma need about three days
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- I'mma need about three days for y'all to think everything
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- for y'all to think everything went wrong and then I'mma
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- went wrong and then I'mma get up outta the ground."
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- get up outta the ground." Peter said, "never Lord.
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- Peter said, "never Lord. This isn't gonna happen to you."
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- This isn't gonna happen to you." Jesus said something real weird
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- Jesus said something real weird now He's already called him
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- now He's already called him Peter just a minute earlier.
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- Peter just a minute earlier. But then He looked
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- But then He looked at him and said,
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- at him and said, "get behind me Satan."
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- "get behind me Satan." Oh God, we're going backwards.
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- Oh God, we're going backwards. [laughter]
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- [laughter] "This is the wrong
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- "This is the wrong direction I started as Simon,
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- direction I started as Simon, then I was Peter,
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- then I was Peter, now I'm Satan?"
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- now I'm Satan?" [laughter]
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- [laughter] "Lord this is going
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- "Lord this is going the wrong way."
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- the wrong way." You been feeling like you been
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- You been feeling like you been going backwards lately, right?
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- going backwards lately, right? Right?
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- Right? I'm speaking to somebody,
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- I'm speaking to somebody, maybe not everybody but
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- maybe not everybody but somebody, somebody, somebody.
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- somebody, somebody, somebody. I just feel like
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- I just feel like I'mma going backwards.
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- I'mma going backwards. Oh God, I'm feeling
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- Oh God, I'm feeling like more tempted now.
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- like more tempted now. Oh God, I'm feeling like
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- Oh God, I'm feeling like it's harder now,
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- it's harder now, I'm feeling less sure,
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- I'm feeling less sure, I'm feeling less certain.
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- I'm feeling less certain. I don't know what to do I used
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- I don't know what to do I used to know I don't know anymore.
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- to know I don't know anymore. You're not going backwards,
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- You're not going backwards, that's called the sifting.
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- that's called the sifting. The sifting.
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- The sifting. When Jesus got in Peter's boat,
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- When Jesus got in Peter's boat, He not only knew they were fish
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- He not only knew they were fish in that spot, where they
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- in that spot, where they weren't a little while ago.
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- weren't a little while ago. He knew about the sin that
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- He knew about the sin that was in Simon and Simon's
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- was in Simon and Simon's always speaking about the sin
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- always speaking about the sin He knows about.
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- He knows about. Jesus knows the future ones
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- Jesus knows the future ones you didn't even think
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- you didn't even think to include on your resume.
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- to include on your resume. And He still got in.
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- And He still got in. So, I wanna take you for
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- So, I wanna take you for a moment to Passover night
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- a moment to Passover night before Jesus goes to the cross
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- before Jesus goes to the cross to die for Simon, and James,
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- to die for Simon, and James, and John, and Judas,
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- and John, and Judas, and you too.
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- and you too. Yes, you.
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- Yes, you. "Well, no, see there preacher
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- "Well, no, see there preacher I've been going to church since
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- I've been going to church since I was about six years old
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- I was about six years old and Mama used to take me over
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- and Mama used to take me over there to the vacation Bible
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- there to the vacation Bible School I'm not really one
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- School I'm not really one of these sinners."
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- of these sinners." [laughter]
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- [laughter] You ever heard
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- You ever heard of self-righteousness?
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- of self-righteousness? [laughter]
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- [laughter] That's a pretty good sin too.
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- That's a pretty good sin too. Now you can't see it
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- Now you can't see it on the surface but if you let
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- on the surface but if you let down the nets far enough,
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- down the nets far enough, there's a Simon inside
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- there's a Simon inside all of us.
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- all of us. Don't let anybody make you feel
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- Don't let anybody make you feel inferior like you can't praise
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- inferior like you can't praise God, like you can't worship God,
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- God, like you can't worship God, like God can't use you.
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- like God can't use you. Don't you ever let them
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- Don't you ever let them do that to you.
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- do that to you. [applause]
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- And at the moment you
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- And at the moment you think Peter is so self-aware
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- think Peter is so self-aware he's seen miracles,
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- he's seen miracles, he's seen blessings,
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- he's seen blessings, he's seen healings.
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- he's seen healings. Jesus healed Peter's
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- Jesus healed Peter's own mother-in-law.
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- own mother-in-law. Did you know that?
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- Did you know that? That's why many scholars
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- That's why many scholars think Peter denied Him.
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- think Peter denied Him. [laughter]
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- [laughter] Okay, okay, okay,
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- Okay, okay, okay, it's just a joke,
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- it's just a joke, it's just a joke.
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- it's just a joke. Just checking you out.
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- Just checking you out. So, but He really did
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- So, but He really did He healed his mother-in-law.
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- He healed his mother-in-law. He saw Him heal blind people
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- He saw Him heal blind people by spitting in the ground,
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- by spitting in the ground, putting mud on their eyes other
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- putting mud on their eyes other times he'd see Jesus just
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- times he'd see Jesus just speak a word.
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- speak a word. Anyway, you put it Peter
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- Anyway, you put it Peter had seen a lot.
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- had seen a lot. Because God was drawing out
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- Because God was drawing out what was there all along.
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- what was there all along. Drawing out.
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- Drawing out. Ah, y'all it's a baby stay
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- Ah, y'all it's a baby stay with me stay with me just a baby
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- with me stay with me just a baby crying that's alright.
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- crying that's alright. [laughter]
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- [laughter] God was pulling out
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- God was pulling out what was there all along.
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- what was there all along. Now, this is a blessing of what
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- Now, this is a blessing of what God brings up out of you.
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- God brings up out of you. Here's something I never quite
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- Here's something I never quite saw it like this before till
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- saw it like this before till I was studying for this message
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- I was studying for this message called 'Yes You.'
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- called 'Yes You.' In Luke 22 --
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- In Luke 22 -- give me that real quick,
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- give me that real quick, Luke 22.
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- Luke 22. And I didn't mean to do a whole
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- And I didn't mean to do a whole series on Peter in one week
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- series on Peter in one week but that's what apparently
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- but that's what apparently what we're doing today.
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- what we're doing today. Jesus looks at Simon who has
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- Jesus looks at Simon who has been named Peter but He's still
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- been named Peter but He's still Simon and says,
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- Simon and says, do you remember last week?
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- do you remember last week? "Simon, Simon,"
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- "Simon, Simon," twice is covenant.
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- twice is covenant. "Simon, Simon,"
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- "Simon, Simon," who you were, your given name,
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- who you were, your given name, who you were before
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- who you were before I got in your boat.
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- I got in your boat. "Simon, Simon,
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- "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you."
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- Satan has asked to sift you." That means to tear apart
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- That means to tear apart to separate the useful
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- to separate the useful from the useless.
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- from the useless. To separate who was truly
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- To separate who was truly the followers of Jesus from
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- the followers of Jesus from those who were just the fans.
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- those who were just the fans. So, now let's be Peter
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- So, now let's be Peter for a moment.
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- for a moment. Peter, Jesus just says to you,
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- Peter, Jesus just says to you, "Simon, Simon,"
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- "Simon, Simon," first of all you're like,
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- first of all you're like, "who you talking to?
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- "who you talking to? "I'm Peter.
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- "I'm Peter. Remember you told me,
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- Remember you told me, Cephas, Peter,
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- Cephas, Peter, Dwayne Johnson, the Rock."
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- Dwayne Johnson, the Rock." He's still calling him
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- He's still calling him Simon because He's still Simon,
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- Simon because He's still Simon, you're still flesh.
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- you're still flesh. Strong faith still
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- Strong faith still has weak moments.
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- has weak moments. He said, "Satan asked
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- He said, "Satan asked to sift all of you."
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- to sift all of you." He's talking about the cross.
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- He's talking about the cross. He's talking about the testing.
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- He's talking about the testing. He's talking about those crises
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- He's talking about those crises of faith that we all have.
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- of faith that we all have. Do I really still believe
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- Do I really still believe that God is with me?
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- that God is with me? Will I really still follow even
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- Will I really still follow even through the Via Dolorosa
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- through the Via Dolorosa the way of suffering?
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- the way of suffering? "He asked to sift all
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- "He asked to sift all of you as wheat."
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- of you as wheat." And then I'm thinking
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- And then I'm thinking Peter, you're Peter,
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- Peter, you're Peter, you're like, "and you told
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- you're like, "and you told him no, right?"
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- him no, right?" [laughter]
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- "No, I didn't tell him no."
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- "No, I didn't tell him no." But look at verse 32,
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- But look at verse 32, oh that's beautiful.
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- oh that's beautiful. "But I prayed for you Simon,
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- "But I prayed for you Simon, I'mma let you go through
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- I'mma let you go through this season of sifting,
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- this season of sifting, but not alone, not alone.
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- but not alone, not alone. Just like I didn't leave
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- Just like I didn't leave your boat I'm not gonna
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- your boat I'm not gonna leave you now."
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- leave you now." You're gonna be sifted
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- You're gonna be sifted all of you.
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- all of you. But I prayed for your
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- But I prayed for your weak place, Simon.
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- weak place, Simon. There's one thing to pray for
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- There's one thing to pray for Peter but how many thank God
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- Peter but how many thank God that you have a Savior
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- that you have a Savior who will pray for Simon.
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- who will pray for Simon. [applause]
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- [applause] Now God said,
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- Now God said, you need to hear this,
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- you need to hear this, "I have prayed for you, Simon,
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- "I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail."
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- that your faith may not fail." But didn't it?
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- But didn't it? Didn't Peter deny knowing
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- Didn't Peter deny knowing Jesus three times?
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- Jesus three times? Didn't Peter look
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- Didn't Peter look at the servant girl and say,
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- at the servant girl and say, "I don't even know
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- "I don't even know what you're talking about.
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- what you're talking about. I'm not one of them."
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- I'm not one of them." "Yes, you."
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- "Yes, you." "Not me!"
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- "Not me!" "Weren't you one
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- "Weren't you one of His followers?
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- of His followers? "No, not me!
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- "No, not me! Not me!"
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- Not me!" He has gone from
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- He has gone from saying to Jesus,
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- saying to Jesus, "Even if everybody
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- "Even if everybody denies you, I won't."
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- denies you, I won't." So, they say,
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- So, they say, weren't you following this guy?"
- 00:11:27.650 --> 00:11:28.884
- weren't you following this guy?" "No not me!"
- 00:11:28.951 --> 00:11:29.618
- "No not me!" "Wasn't it your boat?"
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- "Wasn't it your boat?" "No, wasn't mine!"
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- "No, wasn't mine!" And yet Jesus says,
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- And yet Jesus says, "I prayed that your faith
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- "I prayed that your faith would survive the sifting."
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- would survive the sifting." Receive this word.
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- Receive this word. You will survive this sifting.
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- You will survive this sifting. [applause]
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- [applause] I'm not playing with you.
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- I'm not playing with you. I'm not playing with you.
- 00:11:52.341 --> 00:11:53.509
- I'm not playing with you. I'm prophesying to you.
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- I'm prophesying to you. You will survive the sifting.
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- You will survive the sifting. God said, "I'm not gonna
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- God said, "I'm not gonna stop it from happening,
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- stop it from happening, I'm going to allow it.
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- I'm going to allow it. But you will survive it."
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- But you will survive it." Oh God, I feel like we should
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- Oh God, I feel like we should just praise God right now
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- just praise God right now for what we're going to survive
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- for what we're going to survive and watch this, watch this,
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- and watch this, watch this, watch this.
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- watch this. [applause]
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- [applause] Who we're gonna
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- Who we're gonna be on the other side.
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- be on the other side. [applause]
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- [applause] 'Cause Jesus said,
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- 'Cause Jesus said, "after you have turned back,
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- "after you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
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- strengthen your brothers." [applause]
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- [applause] So, God said, "not only
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- So, God said, "not only are you gonna survive it.
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- are you gonna survive it. You're gonna have
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- You're gonna have strength to sow for it
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- strength to sow for it and I'm gonna use it.
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- and I'm gonna use it. [applause]
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- [applause] Yes Lord!
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- Yes Lord! I receive that.
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- I receive that. That's my word!
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- That's my word! That's my word, that's just
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- That's my word, that's just for you, Simon, Simon.
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- for you, Simon, Simon. I'mma get testimonies for this
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- I'mma get testimonies for this for months after I preach it.
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- for months after I preach it. I'm the Simon you were talking
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- I'm the Simon you were talking to, I'm the shaky one,
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- to, I'm the shaky one, I was being sifted.
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- I was being sifted. The devil was coming
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- The devil was coming after my kids,
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- after my kids, the devil was coming
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- the devil was coming after my mind.
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- after my mind. The devil was coming
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- The devil was coming after everything I ever
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- after everything I ever knew myself as.
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- knew myself as. The devil came after my career.
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- The devil came after my career. The devil came after my sleep.
- 00:13:09.685 --> 00:13:11.320
- The devil came after my sleep. The devil came after my sanity.
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- The devil came after my sanity. The devil came
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- The devil came after my memories.
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- after my memories. The devil came after
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- The devil came after everything I was carrying,
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- everything I was carrying, and I survived the sifting.
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- and I survived the sifting. [applause]
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- [applause] I survived the sifting.
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- I survived the sifting. This is the sifting
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- This is the sifting and if you survive the sifting
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- and if you survive the sifting Simon you can be Peter.
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- Simon you can be Peter. You can stand flat footed
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- You can stand flat footed and know that the rain fell
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- and know that the rain fell and the winds came
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- and the winds came and the streams rose
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- and the streams rose but the rock stayed solid
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- but the rock stayed solid and God is faithful.
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- and God is faithful. [applause]
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- [applause] I gotta make it through this
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- I gotta make it through this to find out who I really am.
- 00:13:52.428 --> 00:13:54.029
- to find out who I really am. I gotta make it through this
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- I gotta make it through this to find out who my kids can be.
- 00:13:55.865 --> 00:13:57.967
- to find out who my kids can be. I gotta make it through this
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- I gotta make it through this to set an example that you
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- to set an example that you can survive the sifting
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- can survive the sifting and come out solid.
- 00:14:03.572 --> 00:14:04.874
- and come out solid. You can survive the sifting
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- You can survive the sifting and come out praising.
- 00:14:06.909 --> 00:14:08.344
- and come out praising. You can survive the sifting.
- 00:14:08.410 --> 00:14:10.512
- You can survive the sifting. [applause]
- 00:14:10.579 --> 00:14:14.717
- [applause] How else would God reveal
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- How else would God reveal Peter if He didn't sift Simon?
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- Peter if He didn't sift Simon? And even if He had to use
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- And even if He had to use the enemy to do it.
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- the enemy to do it. "He who began a good
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- "He who began a good work in you," woo,
- 00:14:29.598 --> 00:14:33.702
- work in you," woo, "will be faithful."
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- "will be faithful." [applause]
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- [applause] All I'm trying to say
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- All I'm trying to say if He got in the boat
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- if He got in the boat He's not getting out.
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- He's not getting out. [applause]
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- [applause] That's all I'm trying to say.
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- That's all I'm trying to say. And after you have survived
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- And after you have survived the sifting, Simon.
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- the sifting, Simon. You know what's amazing?
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- You know what's amazing? From the moment Jesus saw
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- From the moment Jesus saw Peter's boat He knew about
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- Peter's boat He knew about everything that Peter
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- everything that Peter would go through.
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- would go through. And even at the worst moment
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- And even at the worst moment alright, maybe this word isn't
- 00:15:06.735 --> 00:15:07.903
- alright, maybe this word isn't for you right now,
- 00:15:07.970 --> 00:15:09.271
- for you right now, put it on standby,
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- put it on standby, put it on standby.
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- put it on standby. "I had a pretty good week.
- 00:15:12.675 --> 00:15:14.643
- "I had a pretty good week. I ate clean this week."
- 00:15:14.710 --> 00:15:16.145
- I ate clean this week." [laughter]
- 00:15:16.211 --> 00:15:17.579
- [laughter] I had a, you know -- I don't
- 00:15:17.646 --> 00:15:18.814
- I had a, you know -- I don't care abut this week 'cause I'm
- 00:15:18.881 --> 00:15:20.683
- care abut this week 'cause I'm telling you faith fluctuates.
- 00:15:20.749 --> 00:15:25.688
- telling you faith fluctuates. And one more thing, do you want
- 00:15:25.754 --> 00:15:27.156
- And one more thing, do you want this little teaching thing,
- 00:15:27.222 --> 00:15:27.990
- this little teaching thing, or you want me to go on
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- or you want me to go on to Atlanta and give it to them?
- 00:15:29.091 --> 00:15:30.359
- to Atlanta and give it to them? 'Cause I got one more
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- 'Cause I got one more thing I wanna show you.
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- thing I wanna show you. Alright, now I swear man I wanna
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- Alright, now I swear man I wanna be obedient to the Lord
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- be obedient to the Lord and there was one thing
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- and there was one thing He showed me that totally
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- He showed me that totally surprised me from 2 Peter 1.
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- surprised me from 2 Peter 1. Now what -- "so Pastor
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- Now what -- "so Pastor why you going to 2 Peter?
- 00:15:46.275 --> 00:15:48.043
- why you going to 2 Peter? 'Cause I wanna show you what
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- 'Cause I wanna show you what was in Simon even as he sat
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- was in Simon even as he sat by the fire and denied Jesus.
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- by the fire and denied Jesus. Now listen to Peter,
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- Now listen to Peter, not 16-year-old Peter,
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- not 16-year-old Peter, not shaky Simon,
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- not shaky Simon, senior citizen swag Peter.
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- senior citizen swag Peter. [laughter]
- 00:16:06.328 --> 00:16:08.297
- [laughter] Come on praise God like you're
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- Come on praise God like you're 83 and you already made it
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- 83 and you already made it through all your problems.
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- through all your problems. [applause]
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- [applause] Come on praise Him like
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- Come on praise Him like you got a bad hip but you live
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- you got a bad hip but you live like Jacob on into the promise.
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- like Jacob on into the promise. Ahh!
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- Ahh! [applause]
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- [applause] A lotta people that walk with
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- A lotta people that walk with confidence it looks like swag
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- confidence it looks like swag but it's really a limp.
- 00:16:26.115 --> 00:16:27.216
- but it's really a limp. [laughter]
- 00:16:27.282 --> 00:16:29.284
- [laughter] Alright, now when you've
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- Alright, now when you've been through enough you
- 00:16:31.754 --> 00:16:32.721
- been through enough you can say stuff like this,
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- can say stuff like this, "this is what God is doing
- 00:16:34.289 --> 00:16:36.125
- "this is what God is doing in me and you."
- 00:16:36.191 --> 00:16:37.026
- in me and you." I wanna make it really clear
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- I wanna make it really clear 'cause we're not just talking
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- 'cause we're not just talking about boats and fish
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- about boats and fish and nets and metaphors, ahh!!
- 00:16:40.129 --> 00:16:41.797
- and nets and metaphors, ahh!! I'm talking about character.
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- I'm talking about character. I'm talking about you.
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- I'm talking about you. Yes, you, not the stuff.
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- Yes, you, not the stuff. They didn't even eat
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- They didn't even eat the fish they caught.
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- the fish they caught. They left it on the shore
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- They left it on the shore and followed Jesus.
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- and followed Jesus. Wasn't about what was
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- Wasn't about what was in the water it was about
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- in the water it was about what was in them.
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- what was in them. [applause]
- 00:16:58.380 --> 00:17:04.386
- [applause] And here's Peter encouraging
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- And here's Peter encouraging a struggling church in 2 Peter
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- a struggling church in 2 Peter this letter that he wrote after
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- this letter that he wrote after he had been sifted as Simon.
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- he had been sifted as Simon. And after he had stood solid
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- And after he had stood solid as Peter he goes,
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- as Peter he goes, "for this very reason,
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- "for this very reason, make every effort to add
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- make every effort to add to your faith,"
- 00:17:23.172 --> 00:17:25.207
- to your faith," how many have faith?
- 00:17:25.274 --> 00:17:27.509
- how many have faith? I'm talking about even a little
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- I'm talking about even a little droppy, drippy, droppy faith
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- droppy, drippy, droppy faith a little like, "boop."
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- a little like, "boop." [laughter]
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- [laughter] You got "boop" faith?
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- You got "boop" faith? Okay.
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- Okay. If you got that much faith
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- If you got that much faith He said, "faith of a mustard
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- He said, "faith of a mustard seed size on that scale can move
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- seed size on that scale can move a mountain."
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- a mountain." And watch how it happens
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- And watch how it happens this is the word,
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- this is the word, this is the word,
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- this is the word, you're not stuck where
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- you're not stuck where you started, Simon,
- 00:17:48.497 --> 00:17:51.200
- you started, Simon, you're stuck where you stopped.
- 00:17:51.266 --> 00:17:54.002
- you're stuck where you stopped. Judas hung himself.
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- Judas hung himself. Peter preached on the Day
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- Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost.
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- of Pentecost. It is still not decided yet
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- It is still not decided yet what your life will accomplish.
- 00:18:01.610 --> 00:18:03.545
- what your life will accomplish. You have no idea,
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- You have no idea, you don't know anymore
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- you don't know anymore than Peter knew when he said,
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- than Peter knew when he said, "go away, I'm a sinful man."
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- "go away, I'm a sinful man." You don't know what's
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- You don't know what's under your boat.
- 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.554
- under your boat. You don't know.
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- You don't know. You don't know what God's
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- You don't know what God's gonna bring forth out of you
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- gonna bring forth out of you in a future season.
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- in a future season. That's why the enemy wants
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- That's why the enemy wants to kill you right now.
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- to kill you right now. [applause]
- 00:18:20.395 --> 00:18:21.730
- [applause] But Jesus prayed
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- But Jesus prayed for you, Simon.
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- for you, Simon. He prayed for you, Simon.
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- He prayed for you, Simon. He prayed for you, Simon.
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- He prayed for you, Simon. He prayed for --
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- He prayed for -- He prayed for Simon
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- He prayed for Simon to bring forth Peter.
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- to bring forth Peter. And Peter's looking back
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- And Peter's looking back on it and he's saying,
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- on it and he's saying, "I wanna encourage you make
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- "I wanna encourage you make every effort to add,"
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- every effort to add," everybody say: add.
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- everybody say: add. You're not stuck where
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- You're not stuck where you started.
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- you started. You're stuck where you stopped.
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- You're stuck where you stopped. "Add to your faith,"
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- "Add to your faith," now raise your hand if you need
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- now raise your hand if you need a little help with one of these.
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- a little help with one of these. I'mma list it: goodness.
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- I'mma list it: goodness. How many need a little
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- How many need a little more goodness?
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- more goodness? All the negative people like me
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- All the negative people like me who see the glass not half full
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- who see the glass not half full but wanna slap in the face
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- but wanna slap in the face whoever spilled it alright.
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- whoever spilled it alright. I don't see the glass half empty
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- I don't see the glass half empty I see it as spilled
- 00:19:07.910 --> 00:19:08.710
- I see it as spilled and I wanna know who did it.
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- and I wanna know who did it. I can be very negative
- 00:19:09.878 --> 00:19:10.812
- I can be very negative sometimes, but I need
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- sometimes, but I need some goodness.
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- some goodness. I am preaching deeper than
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- I am preaching deeper than y'all are shouting today.
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- y'all are shouting today. I need a shouting Simon on Him.
- 00:19:17.686 --> 00:19:23.559
- I need a shouting Simon on Him. I need some goodness.
- 00:19:23.625 --> 00:19:25.527
- I need some goodness. Alright, you need that?
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- Alright, you need that? It's in the water.
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- It's in the water. But it's gotta be drawn out
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- But it's gotta be drawn out 'cause he said if you got
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- 'cause he said if you got the faith if you got the faith
- 00:19:34.303 --> 00:19:35.170
- the faith if you got the faith you can get the goodness.
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- you can get the goodness. Give me the next one.
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- Give me the next one. This is just the Bible
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- This is just the Bible I didn't make this list up.
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- I didn't make this list up. "Add to your goodness,"
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- "Add to your goodness," go back to the other verse,
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- go back to the other verse, y'all, there's some more
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- y'all, there's some more in the other verse yeah, yeah.
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- in the other verse yeah, yeah. "And to goodness, knowledge."
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- "And to goodness, knowledge." How many of y'all did something
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- How many of y'all did something stupid in the last six days
- 00:19:47.916 --> 00:19:49.718
- stupid in the last six days since I last saw you in church?
- 00:19:49.785 --> 00:19:51.553
- since I last saw you in church? Something so stupid,
- 00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.888
- Something so stupid, I mean so stupid
- 00:19:52.955 --> 00:19:53.889
- I mean so stupid you don't even wanna think about
- 00:19:53.956 --> 00:19:55.057
- you don't even wanna think about it again it's like ahh!
- 00:19:55.123 --> 00:19:56.425
- it again it's like ahh! Trigger, trigger.
- 00:19:56.491 --> 00:19:57.092
- Trigger, trigger. Ahh!
- 00:19:57.159 --> 00:19:57.793
- Ahh! I did something stupid.
- 00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.493
- I did something stupid. You can get smarter!
- 00:19:58.560 --> 00:20:02.864
- You can get smarter! You can read the book
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- You can read the book you bought that's still
- 00:20:03.832 --> 00:20:04.866
- you bought that's still on your phone unopened.
- 00:20:04.933 --> 00:20:08.570
- on your phone unopened. Leave the verse up I wanna
- 00:20:08.637 --> 00:20:09.471
- Leave the verse up I wanna show you this from the Bible
- 00:20:09.538 --> 00:20:10.639
- show you this from the Bible I'm not just making it up.
- 00:20:10.706 --> 00:20:11.907
- I'm not just making it up. I'm not a motivational speaker
- 00:20:11.974 --> 00:20:13.642
- I'm not a motivational speaker I'm telling you what is in you
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- I'm telling you what is in you by the word of God the implanted
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- by the word of God the implanted word that's in you.
- 00:20:17.679 --> 00:20:19.214
- word that's in you. [applause]
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- [applause] But you gotta draw it out,
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- But you gotta draw it out, you gotta let down the nets
- 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.686
- you gotta let down the nets for a catch.
- 00:20:24.753 --> 00:20:25.520
- for a catch. It's down in you.
- 00:20:25.587 --> 00:20:27.022
- It's down in you. You can get more knowledge.
- 00:20:27.089 --> 00:20:28.257
- You can get more knowledge. You need more knowledge.
- 00:20:28.323 --> 00:20:28.924
- You need more knowledge. How many need more knowledge?
- 00:20:28.991 --> 00:20:29.791
- How many need more knowledge? I need more knowledge.
- 00:20:29.858 --> 00:20:30.492
- I need more knowledge. 'Cause I know God I don't even
- 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.693
- 'Cause I know God I don't even know what to believe anymore
- 00:20:31.760 --> 00:20:32.794
- know what to believe anymore on the news or anything
- 00:20:32.861 --> 00:20:33.729
- on the news or anything like that.
- 00:20:33.795 --> 00:20:34.263
- like that. I don't know what's true.
- 00:20:34.329 --> 00:20:35.464
- I don't know what's true. I don't know who did it.
- 00:20:35.530 --> 00:20:36.798
- I don't know who did it. I don't know who didn't do it.
- 00:20:36.865 --> 00:20:38.200
- I don't know who didn't do it. I don't know if they're
- 00:20:38.267 --> 00:20:38.934
- I don't know if they're about to do it.
- 00:20:39.001 --> 00:20:39.935
- about to do it. I don't know if Elon Musk
- 00:20:40.002 --> 00:20:41.003
- I don't know if Elon Musk is gonna fly a car over my house
- 00:20:41.069 --> 00:20:42.537
- is gonna fly a car over my house and drop a chem trail
- 00:20:42.604 --> 00:20:44.006
- and drop a chem trail I don't know anything anymore.
- 00:20:44.072 --> 00:20:45.407
- I don't know anything anymore. I don't know about any of it
- 00:20:45.474 --> 00:20:46.541
- I don't know about any of it but I need the knowledge.
- 00:20:46.608 --> 00:20:47.843
- but I need the knowledge. God said, "I'll put my spirit
- 00:20:47.909 --> 00:20:48.777
- God said, "I'll put my spirit in you and I'll give you
- 00:20:48.844 --> 00:20:49.745
- in you and I'll give you the knowledge but it's beneath
- 00:20:49.811 --> 00:20:51.079
- the knowledge but it's beneath the surface, Simon."
- 00:20:51.146 --> 00:20:52.414
- the surface, Simon." [applause]
- 00:20:52.481 --> 00:20:53.615
- [applause] Oh God!
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- Oh God! What else, Peter?
- 00:20:54.750 --> 00:20:55.217
- What else, Peter? What else, Peter?
- 00:20:55.284 --> 00:20:56.051
- What else, Peter? Peter's talking so mature now
- 00:20:56.118 --> 00:20:58.253
- Peter's talking so mature now and to knowledge self-control.
- 00:20:58.320 --> 00:21:01.957
- and to knowledge self-control. Is this Peter?
- 00:21:02.024 --> 00:21:06.495
- Is this Peter? What?
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- What? You mean you can be so reckless
- 00:21:08.297 --> 00:21:10.832
- You mean you can be so reckless that Peter just said everything
- 00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:12.301
- that Peter just said everything he ever wanted to say when
- 00:21:12.367 --> 00:21:13.735
- he ever wanted to say when he was walking with Jesus.
- 00:21:13.802 --> 00:21:15.470
- he was walking with Jesus. But watch this, you're not
- 00:21:15.537 --> 00:21:17.873
- But watch this, you're not stuck where you started.
- 00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:21.777
- stuck where you started. Peter said, "I used to have
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- Peter said, "I used to have no self-control.
- 00:21:22.711 --> 00:21:24.413
- no self-control. Jesus was praying on the Mount
- 00:21:24.479 --> 00:21:26.148
- Jesus was praying on the Mount of Olives and I was sleeping.
- 00:21:26.214 --> 00:21:29.318
- of Olives and I was sleeping. I ate the whole bag,"
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- I ate the whole bag," Peter said.
- 00:21:30.252 --> 00:21:31.353
- Peter said. [laughter]
- 00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:33.455
- [laughter] "I was just gonna have one
- 00:21:33.522 --> 00:21:34.456
- "I was just gonna have one I ate the whole bag."
- 00:21:34.523 --> 00:21:36.325
- I ate the whole bag." And stop saying stuff
- 00:21:36.391 --> 00:21:37.225
- And stop saying stuff like this by the way,
- 00:21:37.292 --> 00:21:38.327
- like this by the way, "oh, I'm just not a morning
- 00:21:38.393 --> 00:21:39.928
- "oh, I'm just not a morning person or I'm just not
- 00:21:39.995 --> 00:21:40.929
- person or I'm just not a night person or whatever."
- 00:21:40.996 --> 00:21:42.331
- a night person or whatever." They make caffeine
- 00:21:42.397 --> 00:21:43.265
- They make caffeine for that, y'all.
- 00:21:43.332 --> 00:21:44.232
- for that, y'all. [laughter]
- 00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.233
- [laughter] You can get up.
- 00:21:45.300 --> 00:21:47.636
- You can get up. Stop saying, "I'm a sinful man,"
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- Stop saying, "I'm a sinful man," that's where you started,
- 00:21:49.338 --> 00:21:51.707
- that's where you started, that's not where it stops.
- 00:21:51.773 --> 00:21:53.809
- that's not where it stops. That's not where it stops.
- 00:21:53.875 --> 00:21:55.377
- That's not where it stops. [applause]
- 00:21:55.444 --> 00:21:58.513
- [applause] I feel the Lord speaking to me
- 00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.548
- I feel the Lord speaking to me about that thing I been saying
- 00:21:59.614 --> 00:22:00.582
- about that thing I been saying lately I'm not an author,
- 00:22:00.649 --> 00:22:01.883
- lately I'm not an author, I been saying it again
- 00:22:01.950 --> 00:22:02.918
- I been saying it again it gets back in you.
- 00:22:02.984 --> 00:22:04.419
- it gets back in you. I'm not an author I can't write.
- 00:22:04.486 --> 00:22:05.887
- I'm not an author I can't write. I hear the Lord speaking to me,
- 00:22:05.954 --> 00:22:08.390
- I hear the Lord speaking to me, "it's not yours yet."
- 00:22:08.457 --> 00:22:12.194
- "it's not yours yet." Oh God.
- 00:22:12.260 --> 00:22:17.733
- Oh God. It's not yours yet.
- 00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:20.268
- It's not yours yet. You don't know it yet,
- 00:22:20.335 --> 00:22:22.037
- You don't know it yet, you haven't done it yet,
- 00:22:22.104 --> 00:22:23.472
- you haven't done it yet, you haven't broken it yet,
- 00:22:23.538 --> 00:22:25.107
- you haven't broken it yet, you haven't been
- 00:22:25.173 --> 00:22:25.741
- you haven't been consistent with it yet.
- 00:22:25.807 --> 00:22:28.944
- consistent with it yet. But if you wanna put your faith
- 00:22:29.010 --> 00:22:30.579
- But if you wanna put your faith in the water there's a Peter
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- in the water there's a Peter on the inside of Simon.
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- on the inside of Simon. I'm telling you there's a Peter
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- I'm telling you there's a Peter on the inside of Simon.
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- on the inside of Simon. [applause]
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- [applause] I'm not a good dad yet.
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- I'm not a good dad yet. I can't keep
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- I can't keep a relationship together.
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- a relationship together. Y'all are real slow to say what
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- Y'all are real slow to say what I'm telling you to say today.
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- I'm telling you to say today. [laughter]
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- [laughter] He said, "I've got
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- He said, "I've got some self-control,"
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- some self-control," and it would've been --
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- and it would've been -- this would've meant nothing
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- this would've meant nothing to me if John had said it.
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- to me if John had said it. I would've said yeah you are
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- I would've said yeah you are one of those Enneagram Nines
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- one of those Enneagram Nines or whatever it's called,
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- or whatever it's called, the peacemaker or whatever.
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- the peacemaker or whatever. But when Peter is talking 'bout
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- But when Peter is talking 'bout self-control I'm like okay.
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- self-control I'm like okay. I can get some too.
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- I can get some too. Yeah, you can get some too
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- Yeah, you can get some too just don't let
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- just don't let the sifting kill you.
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- the sifting kill you. Just don't stop here.
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- Just don't stop here. Just don't say,
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- Just don't say, "I'mma a sinful man.
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- "I'mma a sinful man. Get outta the boat."
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- Get outta the boat." Just let the grace of God
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- Just let the grace of God keep working in your life.
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- keep working in your life. [applause]
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- [applause] Can I say something
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- Can I say something to everybody in the room?
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- to everybody in the room? Keep coming.
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- Keep coming. [applause]
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- [applause] You did good to come.
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- You did good to come. You didn't come to church,
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- You didn't come to church, you came to fish.
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- you came to fish. God is pulling as I speak right
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- God is pulling as I speak right now He's pulling promises
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- now He's pulling promises that you buried down deep
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- that you buried down deep to the surface.
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- >> We're so thankful that
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- >> We're so thankful that you joined us today.
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- you joined us today. One of my favorite things
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- One of my favorite things about these sermons is how I
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- about these sermons is how I can take the word
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- can take the word and apply it immediately.
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- and apply it immediately. There are always connections
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- There are always connections that I can make,
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- that I can make, and ways that I can practically
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- and ways that I can practically process these teachings.
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- process these teachings. I could easily listen,
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- I could easily listen, and then walk away, and really
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- and then walk away, and really not do anything with it,
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- not do anything with it, but when I really do sit down
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- but when I really do sit down and apply this to my life,
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- and apply this to my life, I begin to feel a shift
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- I begin to feel a shift in my spirit.
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- in my spirit. >> Yeah, and you see changes
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- >> Yeah, and you see changes in your life when you accept
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- in your life when you accept and embrace the challenge.
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- and embrace the challenge. So, today, if you felt
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- So, today, if you felt challenged or encouraged,
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- challenged or encouraged, I have a resource I wanna
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- make available for you.
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- make available for you. It includes the sermon
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- It includes the sermon you just heard, and a few
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- you just heard, and a few other messages that'll
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- other messages that'll take you deeper,
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- take you deeper, strengthen your faith,
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- strengthen your faith, and really, really help you
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- and really, really help you in your relationship with God,
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- in your relationship with God, grow closer to Him,
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- grow closer to Him, and see what He has for you.
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- and see what He has for you. Today's resource is available
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- the gospel to others. All you have to do is
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- to people all over the world.
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- Thank you so much for your support.
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- for your support. We couldn't do it without you.
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- We couldn't do it without you. Oh, one more thing
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- Oh, one more thing before you go.
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- before you go. Did you know you can join us
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- Did you know you can join us live every weekend online?
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- live every weekend online? You can be a part of our eFam,
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- You can be a part of our eFam, our extended church family.
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- our extended church family. Visit us at StevenFurtick.com,
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- click the Live button, and I'll see you soon.
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- >> You oughta know
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- God chose you,
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- you oughta believe God chose you
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- and you oughta go through your
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- life with your head held high.
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- Jesus knew what would happen
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- to you before He called you
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- into this season of your life.
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- The you you knew before Jesus
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- showed up is not the only
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- you that you can be.
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- God said something
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- very powerful to me.
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- He said, "remind them you're
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- not stuck where you started.
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- You're stuck where you stopped.
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- Do not allow the devil
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- to diminish the gift
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- God gave you.
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- Do not allow the devil
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- to tell you your best years
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- are behind you.
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- I came to declare your blessed
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- days are still up ahead.
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- There is a gift inside of you
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- that man did not deposit,
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- it came from the master.
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- You only are responsible
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- to produce what's in you.
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- You are the one God has chosen
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- to do the thing that God
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- assigned for you to do.
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- 'Yes, You.'
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- >> God doesn't see someone
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- too broken, too messed up,
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- too far gone when
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- He looks at you.
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- He sees a child He loves.
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- A child created with purpose.
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- This new series from Pastor
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- Steven Furtick will help you see
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- yourself the way God sees you
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- and recognize that you are loved
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- and chosen exactly as you are.
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- Call or go online today
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- to request your copy
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- of 'Yes You.'
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> ♪ It might get loud ♪
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- ♪ It might get loud ♪
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- ♪ It might get loud ♪ ♪ Heavens coming down ♪
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- ♪ Heavens coming down ♪ ♪ Down down ♪
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- ♪ Down down ♪ ♪ And it might get loud ♪
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- ♪ It might get loud ♪
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- ♪ It might get loud ♪ ♪ Heavens coming down ♪
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- ♪ Heavens coming down ♪ ♪ Down down ♪
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- ♪ Down down ♪ ♪ And it might get loud ♪
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- ♪ When the saints ♪
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- ♪ When the saints ♪ ♪ Start praising ♪
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