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Better Together | Better Together - Episode 562 | April 5, 2022
- - LAURIE CROUCH: GOD'S PLANS
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- - LAURIE CROUCH: GOD'S PLANS FOR US ARE ALWAYS GOOD.
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- FOR US ARE ALWAYS GOOD. HIS LOVE AND HIS FAITHFULNESS
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- HIS LOVE AND HIS FAITHFULNESS REMOVE EVERY EXCUSE.
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- REMOVE EVERY EXCUSE. TODAY, WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO
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- TODAY, WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO TRUST GOD AND DO ALL HE HAS
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- TRUST GOD AND DO ALL HE HAS CALLED US TO DO.
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- COME ON -- LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
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- COME ON -- LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] - NONA JONES: ABOUT FIVE YEARS
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- - NONA JONES: ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS IN A JOB THAT I
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- AGO, I WAS IN A JOB THAT I LOVED.
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- LOVED. THOUGHT I WOULD BE IN IT FOR
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- THOUGHT I WOULD BE IN IT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
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- THE REST OF MY LIFE. I WAS WORKING WITH GIRLS WHO
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- I WAS WORKING WITH GIRLS WHO HAD A HISTORY OF TRAUMA AND
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- HAD A HISTORY OF TRAUMA AND ABUSE, AND, YOU KNOW,
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- AS SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT SAME
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- AS SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT SAME BACKGROUND, I THOUGHT I WAS IN
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- BACKGROUND, I THOUGHT I WAS IN MY MINISTRY, IN MY WORK.
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- MY MINISTRY, IN MY WORK. AND I WAS IN PRAYER ONE DAY --
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- AND I WAS IN PRAYER ONE DAY -- AND I'LL NEVER FORGET -- I WAS
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- AND I'LL NEVER FORGET -- I WAS IN PRAYER AND I WAS SEEKING
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- IN PRAYER AND I WAS SEEKING GOD'S WISDOM ON A DECISION THAT
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- GOD'S WISDOM ON A DECISION THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE, AND I HEARD
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- NEEDED TO BE MADE, AND I HEARD THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAY SO
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- THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAY SO CLEARLY: THIS ASSIGNMENT IS
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- CLEARLY: THIS ASSIGNMENT IS OVER.
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- OVER. AND WHEN I HEARD IT, I WAS
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- AND WHEN I HEARD IT, I WAS LIKE: I DIDN'T HEAR THAT
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- LIKE: I DIDN'T HEAR THAT CORRECTLY.
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- SO, I WENT BACK A FEW DAYS
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- SO, I WENT BACK A FEW DAYS LATER AND I PRAYED AGAIN.
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- LATER AND I PRAYED AGAIN. AND I HEARD THE EXACT SAME
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- AND I HEARD THE EXACT SAME THING: THIS ASSIGNMENT IS OVER.
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- THING: THIS ASSIGNMENT IS OVER. AND IT WAS SO CONFUSING.
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- AND IT WAS SO CONFUSING. IT DID NOT IN ANY WAY ALIGN
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- IT DID NOT IN ANY WAY ALIGN WITH WHAT I WANTED.
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- WITH WHAT I WANTED. IT DIDN'T ALIGN WITH WHAT I WAS
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- IT DIDN'T ALIGN WITH WHAT I WAS CONSIDERING AT ALL.
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- CONSIDERING AT ALL. BUT I KNEW THE VOICE OF GOD.
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- BUT I KNEW THE VOICE OF GOD. AND SO, I SAID, "ALL RIGHT --
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- AND SO, I SAID, "ALL RIGHT -- WELL, LORD, IF THIS ASSIGNMENT
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- WELL, LORD, IF THIS ASSIGNMENT IS OVER, THEN, WHAT WILL YOU
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- IS OVER, THEN, WHAT WILL YOU HAVE ME DO NEXT?"
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- HAVE ME DO NEXT?" AND, THE SPIRIT WAS VERY CLEAR:
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- AND, THE SPIRIT WAS VERY CLEAR: RESIGN AT THE END OF THE FISCAL
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- RESIGN AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
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- YEAR. NOW, MIND YOU, THAT WOULD HAVE
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- NOW, MIND YOU, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUNE 30TH, 2017.
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- BEEN JUNE 30TH, 2017. ALL RIGHT?
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- ALL RIGHT? THIS IS APRIL, 2017.
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- THIS IS APRIL, 2017. AND SO, I GO TO MY HUSBAND --
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- AND SO, I GO TO MY HUSBAND -- WHO'S ALSO A PASTOR, AND HE'S A
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- WHO'S ALSO A PASTOR, AND HE'S A MAN FULL OF FAITH -- AND I
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- MAN FULL OF FAITH -- AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, "HONEY, THE
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- SAID, YOU KNOW, "HONEY, THE LORD JUST TOLD ME TO RESIGN
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- LORD JUST TOLD ME TO RESIGN FROM MY JOB."
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- FROM MY JOB." AND HE SAID: "ARE THE BILLS
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- AND HE SAID: "ARE THE BILLS RESIGNING, TOO?
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- RESIGNING, TOO? [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE, THAT'S A PRETTY
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- BECAUSE, THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL PART OF OUR
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- SUBSTANTIAL PART OF OUR INCOME."
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- INCOME." - LAURIE: O MAN OF FAITH...
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- - LAURIE: O MAN OF FAITH... [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] - NONA: YEAH.
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- - NONA: YEAH. AND, I WAS LIKE: "WELL, BABE, I
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- AND, I WAS LIKE: "WELL, BABE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO KNOW WHAT
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- DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO KNOW WHAT THE LORD SAID."
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- THE LORD SAID." AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD
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- AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD LIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO, YOU
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- LIKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO, YOU KNOW, GET MY RESIGNATION LETTER
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- KNOW, GET MY RESIGNATION LETTER TOGETHER.
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- TOGETHER. AND, I WENT BACK AND FORTH SO
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- AND, I WENT BACK AND FORTH SO MANY TIMES DURING THAT PERIOD.
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- MANY TIMES DURING THAT PERIOD. BECAUSE I WAS LIKE: "LORD, THIS
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- BECAUSE I WAS LIKE: "LORD, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
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- DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE."
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- IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE." BUT HE NEVER WAVERED.
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- BUT HE NEVER WAVERED. I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ELSE.
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- I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ELSE. SO, FAST-FORWARD TO JUNE 30TH.
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- SO, FAST-FORWARD TO JUNE 30TH. YOU KNOW, I GIVE MY LETTER OF
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- YOU KNOW, I GIVE MY LETTER OF RESIGNATION TO MY BOSS.
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- RESIGNATION TO MY BOSS. AND, WE FINISHED TALKING THAT
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- AND, WE FINISHED TALKING THAT DAY -- IT WAS A FRIDAY --
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- DAY -- IT WAS A FRIDAY -- WE FINISHED TALKING AROUND
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- WE FINISHED TALKING AROUND 1:40 PM.
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- 1:40 PM. I GOT IN MY CAR, I WAS DRIVING
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- I GOT IN MY CAR, I WAS DRIVING HOME, AND, AT 2:05, MY CELL
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- HOME, AND, AT 2:05, MY CELL PHONE RANG.
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- PHONE RANG. AND, IT WAS A 650 AREA CODE.
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- AND, IT WAS A 650 AREA CODE. MIND YOU, I LIVE IN FLORIDA.
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- MIND YOU, I LIVE IN FLORIDA. THAT WAS A SAN FRANCISCO
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- THAT WAS A SAN FRANCISCO NUMBER.
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- NUMBER. AND SO, I THOUGHT IT WAS A
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- AND SO, I THOUGHT IT WAS A TELEMARKETER, AND I WASN'T
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- TELEMARKETER, AND I WASN'T GOING TO ANSWER THE CALL, BUT
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- GOING TO ANSWER THE CALL, BUT THE SPIRIT SAID: TAKE THAT
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- THE SPIRIT SAID: TAKE THAT CALL.
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- CALL. AND SO, I DID.
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- AND SO, I DID. AND, THIS WOMAN SAID, "HI, IS
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- AND, THIS WOMAN SAID, "HI, IS THIS NONA JONES?" AND I SAID,
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- THIS NONA JONES?" AND I SAID, "YES."
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- "YES." AND SHE SAID, "HI, I'M CALLING
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- AND SHE SAID, "HI, I'M CALLING FROM FACEBOOK!"
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- FROM FACEBOOK!" AND I SAID, "FACEBOOK DOESN'T
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- AND I SAID, "FACEBOOK DOESN'T CALL PEOPLE."
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- CALL PEOPLE." LIKE, "WHO IS THIS?"
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- LIKE, "WHO IS THIS?" AND SHE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME,
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- AND SHE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME, "NO, REALLY, I'M CALLING FROM
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- "NO, REALLY, I'M CALLING FROM FACEBOOK."
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- FACEBOOK." AND SHE TOLD ME THAT MARK HAD
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- AND SHE TOLD ME THAT MARK HAD CHANGED THE MISSION OF THE
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- CHANGED THE MISSION OF THE COMPANY TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY
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- COMPANY TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND SHE SAID THAT
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- BUILDING, AND SHE SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO BEGIN THINKING
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- THEY WANTED TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO SERVE THE FAITH
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- ABOUT HOW TO SERVE THE FAITH ECOSYSTEM GLOBALLY, AND MY NAME
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- ECOSYSTEM GLOBALLY, AND MY NAME HAD BEEN GIVEN AS SOMEONE TO
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- HAD BEEN GIVEN AS SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
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- TALK TO. AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, THEY'RE
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- AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE,
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- PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE, AN ADVISORY BOARD."
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- AN ADVISORY BOARD." THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IN MY
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- THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IN MY MIND.
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- MIND. SO, I SAID, "WELL, JUST SEND ME
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- SO, I SAID, "WELL, JUST SEND ME SOME INFORMATION, AND, I'LL
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- SOME INFORMATION, AND, I'LL LOOK AT IT OVER THE WEEKEND.
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- LOOK AT IT OVER THE WEEKEND. WELL, I GET HOME AND I OPEN MY
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- WELL, I GET HOME AND I OPEN MY EMAIL, AND THERE'S A LINK TO A
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- EMAIL, AND THERE'S A LINK TO A JOB DESCRIPTION.
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- JOB DESCRIPTION. AND I SAID TO MY HUSBAND, I
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- AND I SAID TO MY HUSBAND, I SAID, "HONEY, FACEBOOK IN
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- SAID, "HONEY, FACEBOOK IN CALIFORNIA JUST SENT ME A LINK
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- CALIFORNIA JUST SENT ME A LINK TO A JOB DESCRIPTION."
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- TO A JOB DESCRIPTION." HE WAS LIKE, "WHY WOULD THEY DO
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- HE WAS LIKE, "WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?"
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- THAT?" I SAID, "I HAVE...NO IDEA!"
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- I SAID, "I HAVE...NO IDEA!" BUT, TO MAKE A VERY LONG STORY
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- BUT, TO MAKE A VERY LONG STORY SHORT, I ENDED UP GETTING AN
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- SHORT, I ENDED UP GETTING AN OFFER LETTER FOR THE JOB THAT I
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- OFFER LETTER FOR THE JOB THAT I CURRENTLY AM IN, NOW, ON MY
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- CURRENTLY AM IN, NOW, ON MY BIRTHDAY -- LIKE TWO WEEKS
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- BIRTHDAY -- LIKE TWO WEEKS LATER.
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- LATER. AND I PRAYED ABOUT IT.
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- AND I PRAYED ABOUT IT. I WAS LIKE: "LORD, WHY ME?
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- I WAS LIKE: "LORD, WHY ME? LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A TECH
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- LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A TECH BACKGROUND.
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- BACKGROUND. HOW'D THEY EVEN HEAR ABOUT ME?"
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- HOW'D THEY EVEN HEAR ABOUT ME?" WELL, COME TO FIND OUT, AROUND
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- WELL, COME TO FIND OUT, AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT THE LORD
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- THE SAME TIME THAT THE LORD SAID, "THIS ASSIGNMENT IS
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- SAID, "THIS ASSIGNMENT IS OVER," A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS
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- OVER," A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS ON THE EXECUTIVE TEAM WAS IN A
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- ON THE EXECUTIVE TEAM WAS IN A MEETING WHEN THIS WAS BEING
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- MEETING WHEN THIS WAS BEING DISCUSSED.
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- DISCUSSED. AND HE MENTIONED MY NAME.
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- AND HE MENTIONED MY NAME. BUT HE SAID: "I DON'T THINK WE
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- BUT HE SAID: "I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET HER TO LEAVE HER JOB.
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- CAN GET HER TO LEAVE HER JOB. BECAUSE I KNOW SHE LOVES WHAT
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- BECAUSE I KNOW SHE LOVES WHAT SHE'S DOING."
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- SHE'S DOING." HE HAD NO IDEA THAT THE LORD
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- HE HAD NO IDEA THAT THE LORD HAD ALREADY TOLD ME TO LEAVE.
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- HAD ALREADY TOLD ME TO LEAVE. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME THIS
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- AND HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME THIS STORY UNTIL AFTER I JOINED THE
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- STORY UNTIL AFTER I JOINED THE COMPANY.
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- COMPANY. AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS
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- AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE I THINK, SO MANY
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- IS BECAUSE I THINK, SO MANY TIMES, WHEN GOD SPEAKS INTO OUR
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- TIMES, WHEN GOD SPEAKS INTO OUR LIVES, IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE
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- LIVES, IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE SENSE.
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- SENSE. LIKE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
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- LIKE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE: WELL, AH!
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- LIKE: WELL, AH! THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
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- THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS PLANNING TO
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- THAT'S WHAT I WAS PLANNING TO DO.
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- DO. WHEN GOD SPEAKS INTO OUR LIVES,
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- WHEN GOD SPEAKS INTO OUR LIVES, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE
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- IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE CONFUSING.
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- CONFUSING. BECAUSE HE SEES THE END AT THE
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- BECAUSE HE SEES THE END AT THE BEGINNING.
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- BEGINNING. HE SEES WHAT WE DON'T SEE.
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- HE SEES WHAT WE DON'T SEE. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS
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- AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS ONE PARTICULAR STORY, IN THE
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- ONE PARTICULAR STORY, IN THE BOOK OF 1 SAMUEL, CHAPTER 14,
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- BOOK OF 1 SAMUEL, CHAPTER 14, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SAUL
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- WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SAUL AND JONATHAN AND THE NATION OF
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- AND JONATHAN AND THE NATION OF ISRAEL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO
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- ISRAEL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIGHT AGAINST THE PHILISTINES.
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- FIGHT AGAINST THE PHILISTINES. AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE
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- AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WEAPONS ARE SAUL AND JONATHAN.
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- WEAPONS ARE SAUL AND JONATHAN. ISRAEL HAD TO WEAPONS.
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- ISRAEL HAD TO WEAPONS. BUT JONATHAN GOES BY HIMSELF TO
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- BUT JONATHAN GOES BY HIMSELF TO ATTACK A CONTINGENT OF THE
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- ATTACK A CONTINGENT OF THE PHILISTINES.
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- AND HE SAYS -- IN VERSE 6 OF
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- AND HE SAYS -- IN VERSE 6 OF CHAPTER 14 -- HE SAYS: "COME,
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- CHAPTER 14 -- HE SAYS: "COME, LET'S GO OVER TO THE OUTPOST OF
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- LET'S GO OVER TO THE OUTPOST OF THOSE UNCIRCUMCISED MEN.
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- THOSE UNCIRCUMCISED MEN. PERHAPS THE LORD WILL ACT ON
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- PERHAPS THE LORD WILL ACT ON OUR BEHALF.
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- OUR BEHALF. NOTHING CAN HINDER THE LORD
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- NOTHING CAN HINDER THE LORD FROM SAVING, WHETHER BY MANY OR
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- FROM SAVING, WHETHER BY MANY OR BY FEW."
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- AND MY PRAYER IS THAT NOT ONLY
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- AND MY PRAYER IS THAT NOT ONLY WILL THIS STORY ENCOURAGE YOU,
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- WILL THIS STORY ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THAT
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- IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THAT PLACE OF JUST NOT KNOWING --
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- PLACE OF JUST NOT KNOWING -- UNCERTAINTY -- BUT THAT THE
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- UNCERTAINTY -- BUT THAT THE WORD OF GOD WILL ENCOURAGE YOU.
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- WORD OF GOD WILL ENCOURAGE YOU. GOD WILL NEVER CALL YOU TO
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- GOD WILL NEVER CALL YOU TO SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER THAN
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- SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER THAN YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY FEEL
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- YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T CONQUER IT,
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- LIKE YOU CAN'T CONQUER IT, BECAUSE HE IS WITH YOU AND HE
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- BECAUSE HE IS WITH YOU AND HE IS FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN TRUST
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- IS FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN TRUST HIS WILL.
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- HIS WILL. BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS BEHIND HIS
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- BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS BEHIND HIS WILL.
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- WILL. SO, I WOULD LOVE FOR ANYONE
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- SO, I WOULD LOVE FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO'S HAD A SIMILAR
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- ELSE WHO'S HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO SHARE WHAT IT
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- EXPERIENCE TO SHARE WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU TRUST GOD FULLY
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- MEANS WHEN YOU TRUST GOD FULLY AND ACT IN FAITH.
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- AND ACT IN FAITH. - SHEILA WALSH: OBVIOUSLY,
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- - SHEILA WALSH: OBVIOUSLY, WITH COVID THAT'S BEEN GOING
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- WITH COVID THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, WE'RE NOT ALL ABLE TO DO
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- ON, WE'RE NOT ALL ABLE TO DO OUR USUAL INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
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- BUT MY LAST TRIP WAS
- 00:05:52.308 --> 00:05:53.342
- BUT MY LAST TRIP WAS TO PHNOM PENH, IN CAMBODIA,
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- TO PHNOM PENH, IN CAMBODIA, WHERE--
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- WHERE-- AS WELL AS CHRIS --
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- AS WELL AS CHRIS -- THROUGH LIFE OUTREACH,
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- THROUGH LIFE OUTREACH, WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED
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- WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED RESCUE LIFE, WHERE WE WORK WITH
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- RESCUE LIFE, WHERE WE WORK WITH GIRLS CAUGHT IN SEX TRAFFICKING.
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- GIRLS CAUGHT IN SEX TRAFFICKING. AND I MET WITH THIS PASTOR.
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- AND I MET WITH THIS PASTOR. AND I MEAN, HONESTLY, I JUST
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- AND I MEAN, HONESTLY, I JUST WANTED TO EITHER MY FAMILY MOVE
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- WANTED TO EITHER MY FAMILY MOVE IN WITH HIM OR BRING HIM OVER
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- IN WITH HIM OR BRING HIM OVER TO LIVE WITH US, BECAUSE,
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- TO LIVE WITH US, BECAUSE, HE'S THIS QUITE SHORT GUY,
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- HE'S THIS QUITE SHORT GUY, AND GOD TOLD HIM TO MOVE IN
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- AND GOD TOLD HIM TO MOVE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN
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- THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN PHNOM PENH -- SVAY PAK.
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- AND, CHRIS, YOU WOULD KNOW IT.
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- AND, CHRIS, YOU WOULD KNOW IT. IT'S ONE OF THE WORST.
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- IT'S ONE OF THE WORST. AND IT USED TO BE BROTHELS ALL
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- AND IT USED TO BE BROTHELS ALL DOWN ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
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- DOWN ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A
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- AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A HOTEL.
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- HOTEL. AND IT'S FOR MEN FLYING IN FROM
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- AND IT'S FOR MEN FLYING IN FROM AMERICA AND EUROPE.
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- AMERICA AND EUROPE. AND THEY WILL REQUEST, LIKE,
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- AND THEY WILL REQUEST, LIKE, YOUNG CHILDREN.
- 00:06:27.143 --> 00:06:29.846
- YOUNG CHILDREN. IT'S JUST-- I MEAN, IT'S
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- IT'S JUST-- I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY HELL ON EARTH.
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- LITERALLY HELL ON EARTH. AND GOD SAID TO THAT PASTOR,
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- AND GOD SAID TO THAT PASTOR, ONE DAY: I WANT YOU TO MOVE
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- ONE DAY: I WANT YOU TO MOVE INTO THAT AREA AND START A
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- INTO THAT AREA AND START A CHURCH.
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- CHURCH. AND IT WAS SO STRONG AND
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- AND IT WAS SO STRONG AND CONVINCING.
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- CONVINCING. BUT HIS QUESTION WAS: "LORD,
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- BUT HIS QUESTION WAS: "LORD, HOW ON EARTH DO I TELL MY
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- HOW ON EARTH DO I TELL MY WIFE?"
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- WIFE?" AND SO, HE WENT TO BED THAT
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- AND SO, HE WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT, THINKING, PRAYING,
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- NIGHT, THINKING, PRAYING, "LORD, IF I MISHEARD YOU, IF
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- "LORD, IF I MISHEARD YOU, IF THIS IS NOT YOUR WILL, IF THIS
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- THIS IS NOT YOUR WILL, IF THIS WILL PUT MY FAMILY IN
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- WILL PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER..."
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- DANGER..." AND, HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING
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- AND, HE WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND MADE HIS WIFE HER COFFEE,
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- AND MADE HIS WIFE HER COFFEE, EXTRA NICE.
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- EXTRA NICE. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:06:58.307 --> 00:06:59.208
- [LAUGHTER] PUT MORE SUGAR IN THAN NORMAL
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- PUT MORE SUGAR IN THAN NORMAL AND SAT DOWN AND SAID: "I HAVE
- 00:07:00.209 --> 00:07:03.112
- AND SAT DOWN AND SAID: "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH YOU.
- 00:07:03.179 --> 00:07:04.480
- SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH YOU. GOD SPOKE TO ME."
- 00:07:04.547 --> 00:07:05.348
- GOD SPOKE TO ME." AND SHE SAID: "IT'S OKAY.
- 00:07:05.414 --> 00:07:06.849
- AND SHE SAID: "IT'S OKAY. HE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT IN A
- 00:07:06.916 --> 00:07:07.416
- HE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT IN A DREAM."
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- DREAM." GOD REVEALED TO THE WIFE THAT
- 00:07:09.952 --> 00:07:10.853
- GOD REVEALED TO THE WIFE THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED
- 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:12.522
- THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.
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- TO BE. AND IT'S JUST-- I HAVE BEEN
- 00:07:14.223 --> 00:07:15.157
- AND IT'S JUST-- I HAVE BEEN BACK IN THAT AREA.
- 00:07:15.224 --> 00:07:16.626
- BACK IN THAT AREA. NOW, THERE ARE NO BROTHELS IN
- 00:07:16.692 --> 00:07:18.361
- NOW, THERE ARE NO BROTHELS IN THAT PART OF THE STREET.
- 00:07:18.427 --> 00:07:18.861
- THAT PART OF THE STREET. I MEAN, THEY WENT THROUGH A
- 00:07:18.928 --> 00:07:19.595
- I MEAN, THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT.
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- LOT. THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, FIREBOMBS
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- THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, FIREBOMBS THROUGH THEIR WINDOWS.
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- THROUGH THEIR WINDOWS. THEY HAD SO MUCH.
- 00:07:22.732 --> 00:07:23.733
- THEY HAD SO MUCH. BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE
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- BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WILL OF GOD, YOU
- 00:07:25.234 --> 00:07:26.202
- MIDDLE OF THE WILL OF GOD, YOU STAND.
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- STAND. AND WHEN I THINK OF THAT, I
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- AND WHEN I THINK OF THAT, I THINK OF THE STORY YOU FIND IN
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- THINK OF THE STORY YOU FIND IN 1 SAMUEL 17, WHERE THIS LITTLE
- 00:07:31.407 --> 00:07:31.974
- 1 SAMUEL 17, WHERE THIS LITTLE SHEPHERD BOY GOING UP
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- SHEPHERD BOY GOING UP AGAINST GOLIATH.
- 00:07:34.610 --> 00:07:35.878
- AGAINST GOLIATH. AND GOLIATH IS OVER 9 FEET
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- AND GOLIATH IS OVER 9 FEET TALL.
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- TALL. AND DAVID'S A LITTLE SHEPHERD
- 00:07:39.715 --> 00:07:40.283
- AND DAVID'S A LITTLE SHEPHERD BOY.
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- BOY. HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ARMOR ON.
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- HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ARMOR ON. THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD HAVE THE
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- THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD HAVE THE ARMOR THAT WOULD BE THE SAME
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- ARMOR THAT WOULD BE THE SAME AS GOLIATH WAS KING SAUL, WHO
- 00:07:46.155 --> 00:07:48.357
- AS GOLIATH WAS KING SAUL, WHO WAS-- EVERY OTHER MAN IN ISRAEL
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- WAS-- EVERY OTHER MAN IN ISRAEL CAME UP TO KING SAUL'S
- 00:07:49.425 --> 00:07:50.293
- CAME UP TO KING SAUL'S SHOULDER.
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- SHOULDER. THAT WAS THE TALLEST.
- 00:07:52.228 --> 00:07:52.662
- THAT WAS THE TALLEST. SEE, HE'S THE BIG GUY WITH ALL
- 00:07:52.728 --> 00:07:53.529
- SEE, HE'S THE BIG GUY WITH ALL THE ARMOR.
- 00:07:53.596 --> 00:07:54.597
- THE ARMOR. BUT HE IS TERRIFIED, AND DAVID
- 00:07:54.664 --> 00:07:55.665
- BUT HE IS TERRIFIED, AND DAVID IS NOT.
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- IS NOT. AND I WAS STUDYING THAT PASSAGE
- 00:07:58.401 --> 00:07:59.168
- AND I WAS STUDYING THAT PASSAGE LAST NIGHT.
- 00:07:59.235 --> 00:08:00.169
- LAST NIGHT. AND I'M LIKE, "LORD, WHAT WAS
- 00:08:00.236 --> 00:08:00.803
- AND I'M LIKE, "LORD, WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE?"
- 00:08:00.870 --> 00:08:01.604
- THE DIFFERENCE?" AND IT WAS LIKE: SAUL WAS NO
- 00:08:01.671 --> 00:08:03.205
- AND IT WAS LIKE: SAUL WAS NO LONGER IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
- 00:08:03.272 --> 00:08:05.174
- LONGER IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. - ROBYN WILKERSON: YEP.
- 00:08:05.241 --> 00:08:06.275
- - ROBYN WILKERSON: YEP. - LAURIE: COME ON.
- 00:08:06.342 --> 00:08:06.943
- - LAURIE: COME ON. - SHEILA: WHEN YOU'RE IN THE
- 00:08:07.009 --> 00:08:08.377
- - SHEILA: WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND THE LORD
- 00:08:08.444 --> 00:08:10.146
- PRESENCE OF GOD AND THE LORD ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING...
- 00:08:10.212 --> 00:08:10.947
- ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING... I MEAN, DAVID DIDN'T SAY TO
- 00:08:11.013 --> 00:08:12.481
- I MEAN, DAVID DIDN'T SAY TO GOLIATH, "I COME IN THE NAME OF
- 00:08:12.548 --> 00:08:13.349
- GOLIATH, "I COME IN THE NAME OF DAVID."
- 00:08:13.416 --> 00:08:14.684
- DAVID." HE SAID, "I COME IN THE NAME OF
- 00:08:14.750 --> 00:08:15.418
- HE SAID, "I COME IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS."
- 00:08:15.484 --> 00:08:18.521
- THE LORD OF HOSTS." SAUL WAS TERRIFIED, BECAUSE HE
- 00:08:18.588 --> 00:08:20.389
- SAUL WAS TERRIFIED, BECAUSE HE MOVED OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD.
- 00:08:20.456 --> 00:08:22.325
- MOVED OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD. DAVID WAS NOT AFRAID, BECAUSE
- 00:08:22.391 --> 00:08:24.327
- DAVID WAS NOT AFRAID, BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHT SMACK BANG IN THE
- 00:08:24.393 --> 00:08:25.595
- HE WAS RIGHT SMACK BANG IN THE MIDDLE.
- 00:08:25.661 --> 00:08:28.130
- MIDDLE. AND I KNOW EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN
- 00:08:28.197 --> 00:08:29.131
- AND I KNOW EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN ATTEST TO THIS: GOD LOVES TO
- 00:08:29.198 --> 00:08:30.399
- ATTEST TO THIS: GOD LOVES TO USE THE LEAST LIKELY AMONG US.
- 00:08:30.466 --> 00:08:33.869
- USE THE LEAST LIKELY AMONG US. WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, MY MUM--
- 00:08:33.936 --> 00:08:35.204
- WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, MY MUM-- WHEN I WAS ASLEEP, SHE WOULD
- 00:08:35.271 --> 00:08:37.239
- WHEN I WAS ASLEEP, SHE WOULD COME IN AND LAY HER HAND ON ME
- 00:08:37.306 --> 00:08:38.574
- COME IN AND LAY HER HAND ON ME AND SAY, "GOD, FOR THIS ONE,
- 00:08:38.641 --> 00:08:40.710
- AND SAY, "GOD, FOR THIS ONE, THIS LEAST LIKELY TO SUCCEED,
- 00:08:40.776 --> 00:08:41.444
- THIS LEAST LIKELY TO SUCCEED, TO TRAVEL, TO DO ANYTHING --
- 00:08:41.510 --> 00:08:43.946
- TO TRAVEL, TO DO ANYTHING -- I GIVE HER TO YOU."
- 00:08:44.013 --> 00:08:47.116
- I GIVE HER TO YOU." GOD LOVES TO DO THAT.
- 00:08:47.183 --> 00:08:48.918
- GOD LOVES TO DO THAT. AND, CHRIS, YOU KNOW THAT.
- 00:08:48.985 --> 00:08:49.485
- AND, CHRIS, YOU KNOW THAT. GOD LOVES TO TAKE THE ONE THAT
- 00:08:49.552 --> 00:08:50.686
- GOD LOVES TO TAKE THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD SAY,
- 00:08:50.753 --> 00:08:51.287
- EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD SAY, "WELL, NOT HER."
- 00:08:51.354 --> 00:08:53.489
- "WELL, NOT HER." - LAURIE: SURE.
- 00:08:53.556 --> 00:08:54.156
- - LAURIE: SURE. - CHRISTINE CAINE: I DO.
- 00:08:54.223 --> 00:08:56.125
- - CHRISTINE CAINE: I DO. A HUNDRED PERCENT.
- 00:08:56.192 --> 00:08:56.626
- A HUNDRED PERCENT. AND I'M THINKING OF THE WOMEN
- 00:08:56.692 --> 00:08:58.227
- AND I'M THINKING OF THE WOMEN WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW.
- 00:08:58.294 --> 00:08:58.761
- WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW. I LOVED WHAT YOU SAID.
- 00:08:58.828 --> 00:09:00.329
- I LOVED WHAT YOU SAID. I JUST WANNA KINDA RIFF A
- 00:09:00.396 --> 00:09:01.797
- I JUST WANNA KINDA RIFF A LITTLE BIT OFF THAT STORY WITH
- 00:09:01.864 --> 00:09:02.465
- LITTLE BIT OFF THAT STORY WITH DAVID.
- 00:09:02.531 --> 00:09:03.599
- YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A WORLD
- 00:09:04.233 --> 00:09:06.502
- YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE, SO OFTEN, WE THINK:
- 00:09:06.569 --> 00:09:07.069
- WHERE, SO OFTEN, WE THINK: "MAN, I'VE GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT
- 00:09:07.136 --> 00:09:08.270
- "MAN, I'VE GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT EDUCATION."
- 00:09:08.337 --> 00:09:08.771
- EDUCATION." "I'VE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT
- 00:09:08.838 --> 00:09:09.905
- "I'VE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS."
- 00:09:09.972 --> 00:09:10.840
- QUALIFICATIONS." "I'VE GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT
- 00:09:10.906 --> 00:09:11.540
- "I'VE GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS."
- 00:09:11.607 --> 00:09:12.108
- CONNECTIONS." OR, EVEN, YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
- 00:09:12.174 --> 00:09:12.742
- OR, EVEN, YOU'RE WATCHING THIS AND YOU'RE THINKING,
- 00:09:12.808 --> 00:09:13.542
- AND YOU'RE THINKING, SUBCONSCIOUSLY: "GOD, I'M
- 00:09:13.609 --> 00:09:14.777
- SUBCONSCIOUSLY: "GOD, I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY LISTENING
- 00:09:14.844 --> 00:09:16.412
- REALLY ENCOURAGED BY LISTENING TO THESE STORIES, BUT THEY'RE
- 00:09:16.479 --> 00:09:18.180
- TO THESE STORIES, BUT THEY'RE THE KIND OF WOMEN THAT GOD'S
- 00:09:18.247 --> 00:09:19.048
- THE KIND OF WOMEN THAT GOD'S GOING TO SPEAK TO.
- 00:09:19.115 --> 00:09:20.449
- GOING TO SPEAK TO. AND IT'S NOT ME, ON THE OTHER
- 00:09:20.516 --> 00:09:22.318
- AND IT'S NOT ME, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
- 00:09:22.385 --> 00:09:23.486
- SIDE OF THE SCREEN. I'M SITTING IN MY LIVING ROOM.
- 00:09:23.552 --> 00:09:24.587
- I'M SITTING IN MY LIVING ROOM. YOU KNOW, MY LIFE IS A MESS."
- 00:09:24.654 --> 00:09:27.289
- YOU KNOW, MY LIFE IS A MESS." BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW,
- 00:09:27.356 --> 00:09:28.858
- BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN DAVID WENT AND
- 00:09:28.924 --> 00:09:30.593
- YOU KNOW, WHEN DAVID WENT AND TURNED UP TO THE BATTLE, DON'T
- 00:09:30.660 --> 00:09:32.528
- TURNED UP TO THE BATTLE, DON'T FORGET -- HE TURNED UP WITH A
- 00:09:32.595 --> 00:09:34.730
- FORGET -- HE TURNED UP WITH A COUPLE OF SANDWICHES FOR THE
- 00:09:34.797 --> 00:09:36.632
- COUPLE OF SANDWICHES FOR THE BOYS, FOR HIS BROTHERS.
- 00:09:36.699 --> 00:09:38.200
- HE WAS NOT EVEN INVITED TO THE
- 00:09:39.168 --> 00:09:39.735
- HE WAS NOT EVEN INVITED TO THE BATTLE.
- 00:09:39.802 --> 00:09:41.070
- BATTLE. HE WASN'T THE COOL ONE.
- 00:09:41.137 --> 00:09:42.238
- HE WASN'T THE COOL ONE. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT KING SAUL.
- 00:09:42.304 --> 00:09:43.939
- I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT KING SAUL. YOU'VE GOT ELIAB, HIS BROTHER.
- 00:09:44.006 --> 00:09:45.808
- YOU'VE GOT ELIAB, HIS BROTHER. I MEAN, ALL THE COOL BOYS ARE
- 00:09:45.875 --> 00:09:46.609
- I MEAN, ALL THE COOL BOYS ARE THERE.
- 00:09:46.676 --> 00:09:48.144
- THERE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE COOL
- 00:09:48.210 --> 00:09:48.778
- AND IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE INVITED TO THE BATTLE.
- 00:09:48.844 --> 00:09:49.845
- KIDS ARE INVITED TO THE BATTLE. BUT ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE
- 00:09:49.912 --> 00:09:50.513
- BUT ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE FREAKING OUT.
- 00:09:50.579 --> 00:09:51.547
- FREAKING OUT. AND, DAVID, WHO HAS JUST BEEN
- 00:09:51.614 --> 00:09:53.783
- AND, DAVID, WHO HAS JUST BEEN DAVID WITH, YOU KNOW-- IN THE
- 00:09:53.849 --> 00:09:55.818
- DAVID WITH, YOU KNOW-- IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
- 00:09:55.885 --> 00:09:56.986
- PRESENCE OF THE LORD, WORSHIPING GOD, BEING OBEDIENT
- 00:09:57.053 --> 00:09:58.421
- WORSHIPING GOD, BEING OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL.
- 00:09:58.487 --> 00:10:00.356
- AND FAITHFUL. AND HERE IS THE CHALLENGE --
- 00:10:00.423 --> 00:10:02.058
- AND HERE IS THE CHALLENGE -- THE ANOINTING-- AND, YOU KNOW,
- 00:10:02.124 --> 00:10:03.726
- THE ANOINTING-- AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE THAT STORY, WHEN
- 00:10:03.793 --> 00:10:04.927
- JUST BEFORE THAT STORY, WHEN SAUL CAME TO ANOINT DAVID TO BE
- 00:10:04.994 --> 00:10:08.230
- SAUL CAME TO ANOINT DAVID TO BE KING OF ISRAEL, THE BIBLE SAYS
- 00:10:08.297 --> 00:10:09.298
- KING OF ISRAEL, THE BIBLE SAYS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME
- 00:10:09.365 --> 00:10:09.965
- THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON DAVID.
- 00:10:10.032 --> 00:10:12.234
- UPON DAVID. HE WAS ANOINTED -- JUST IN THE
- 00:10:12.301 --> 00:10:13.969
- HE WAS ANOINTED -- JUST IN THE CHAPTER BEFORE, 1 SAMUEL 16.
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- CHAPTER BEFORE, 1 SAMUEL 16. AND THE VERY FIRST VERSE OF
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- AND THE VERY FIRST VERSE OF 1 SAMUEL 17 SAYS: AND THAT DAY,
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- 1 SAMUEL 17 SAYS: AND THAT DAY, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD LEFT
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- THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD LEFT SAUL.
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- SAUL. SO, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN, LIKE,
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- SO, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN, LIKE, YOU FEEL THIS SENSE, BUT
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- YOU FEEL THIS SENSE, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS STILL GOT THE
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- SOMEBODY ELSE HAS STILL GOT THE POSITION, THE TITLE, THEY'RE
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- POSITION, THE TITLE, THEY'RE PART OF EVERYTHING, BUT THE
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- PART OF EVERYTHING, BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD'S NOT ON
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- SPIRIT OF THE LORD'S NOT ON THEM?
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- THEM? DAVID DIDN'T GET ON TWITTER AND
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- DAVID DIDN'T GET ON TWITTER AND START ARGUING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
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- START ARGUING ABOUT EVERYTHING. DAVID WENT BACK TO HIS SHEEP,
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- DAVID WENT BACK TO HIS SHEEP, BACK TO WORSHIPING THE LORD,
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- BACK TO WORSHIPING THE LORD, BACK TO BEING FAITHFUL, KNOWING
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- BACK TO BEING FAITHFUL, KNOWING THAT HE CARRIED THE PRESENCE
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- THAT HE CARRIED THE PRESENCE AND THE ANOINTING OF GOD, EVEN
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- AND THE ANOINTING OF GOD, EVEN IF EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAD SEEN
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- IF EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAD SEEN IT WAS NOT IN THE MOMENT GOING
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- IT WAS NOT IN THE MOMENT GOING TO AFFIRM IT.
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- TO AFFIRM IT. AND THEN, HE BROUGHT HIS LUNCH.
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- AND THEN, HE BROUGHT HIS LUNCH. HIS DAD SAID, "GO TAKE SOME
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- HIS DAD SAID, "GO TAKE SOME LUNCH TO YOUR BROTHERS," AND HE
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- LUNCH TO YOUR BROTHERS," AND HE DID.
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- DID. BUT BECAUSE HE WAS THEN UP,
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- BUT BECAUSE HE WAS THEN UP, RIGHT OUT OF HIS ANOINTING, HE
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- RIGHT OUT OF HIS ANOINTING, HE DIDN'T NEED POSITION, TITLE.
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- DIDN'T NEED POSITION, TITLE. HE DIDN'T NEED SAUL'S ARMOR.
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- HE DIDN'T NEED SAUL'S ARMOR. HE DIDN'T NEED ANYONE TO
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- HE DIDN'T NEED ANYONE TO RECOGNIZE HIM IN THE AUTHORITY
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- RECOGNIZE HIM IN THE AUTHORITY THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM.
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- THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM. SO, YOU, IN YOUR HOME, IF
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- SO, YOU, IN YOUR HOME, IF YOU'RE MARRIED, WITH YOUR
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- YOU'RE MARRIED, WITH YOUR CHILDREN, IN YOUR FAMILY, IN
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- CHILDREN, IN YOUR FAMILY, IN YOUR WORKPLACE, IN YOUR SCHOOL,
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- YOUR WORKPLACE, IN YOUR SCHOOL, IN YOUR COLLEGE -- YOU'RE
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- IN YOUR COLLEGE -- YOU'RE ANOINTED THERE.
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- ANOINTED THERE. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ME.
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- YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ME. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ROBYN.
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- YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ROBYN. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE LAURIE.
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- YOU DON'T NEED TO BE LAURIE. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE NONA.
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- YOU DON'T NEED TO BE NONA. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE SHEILA.
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- YOU DON'T NEED TO BE SHEILA. YOU, WITHIN YOUR REALM AND THE
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- YOU, WITHIN YOUR REALM AND THE ANOINTING THAT GOD'S PLACED ON
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- ANOINTING THAT GOD'S PLACED ON YOU -- YOU CAN, IN JESUS' NAME,
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- YOU -- YOU CAN, IN JESUS' NAME, TAKE DOWN ANY GOLIATH.
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- TAKE DOWN ANY GOLIATH. - ROBYN: ABSOLUTELY.
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- - ROBYN: ABSOLUTELY. - CHRISTINE: YOU DON'T NEED TO
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- - CHRISTINE: YOU DON'T NEED TO RUN A GLOBAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING
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- RUN A GLOBAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION.
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- ORGANIZATION. YOU DON'T NEED TO, YOU KNOW,
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- YOU DON'T NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE FACEBOOK CALL YOU.
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- HAVE FACEBOOK CALL YOU. WITHIN YOUR REALM, YOUR SPHERE,
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- WITHIN YOUR REALM, YOUR SPHERE, GOD HAS ANOINTED YOU.
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- GOD HAS ANOINTED YOU. AND, IN JESUS' NAME, THE SAME
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- AND, IN JESUS' NAME, THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST
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- SPIRIT THAT RAISED JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD, LIVES ON THE
- 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:38.654
- FROM THE DEAD, LIVES ON THE INSIDE OF YOU AND ME.
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- INSIDE OF YOU AND ME. SO, YOU CAN, THROUGH THE POWER
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- SO, YOU CAN, THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD, TAKE DOWN GOLIATHS AND
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- OF GOD, TAKE DOWN GOLIATHS AND WALK INTO THE FULLNESS OF WHAT
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- WALK INTO THE FULLNESS OF WHAT GOD'S WILL IS IN THAT MOMENT
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- GOD'S WILL IS IN THAT MOMENT FOR YOUR LIFE.
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- FOR YOUR LIFE. BUT IF WE TAKE THE WORLD'S
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- BUT IF WE TAKE THE WORLD'S METHOD --
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- METHOD -- "I'VE GOTTA HAVE POSITION,"
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- "I'VE GOTTA HAVE POSITION," "I'VE GOTTA HAVE TITLE,"
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- "I'VE GOTTA HAVE TITLE," "I'VE GOTTA HAVE CONNECTIONS,"
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- "I'VE GOTTA HAVE CONNECTIONS," "I'VE GOTTA HAVE,
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- "I'VE GOTTA HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT INSTAGRAM
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- YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT,"
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- ACCOUNT," "I'VE GOTTA HAVE A
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- "I'VE GOTTA HAVE A BLUE CHECKMARK" --
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- BLUE CHECKMARK" -- LISTEN, YOU WILL BE
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- LISTEN, YOU WILL BE PARALYZED FOREVER.
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- PARALYZED FOREVER. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU:
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- AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU: NO!
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- NO! THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED
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- THE SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD...
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- JESUS FROM THE DEAD... - LAURIE: AMEN.
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- - LAURIE: AMEN. - CHRISTINE: ...LIVES ON THE
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- - CHRISTINE: ...LIVES ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
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- INSIDE OF YOU. AND SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT
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- AND SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR: "MAN, ONE DAY, I'M GONNA
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- FOR: "MAN, ONE DAY, I'M GONNA DO GOD'S WILL!"
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- DO GOD'S WILL!" I'M LIKE: YOU CAN BE DOING IT
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- I'M LIKE: YOU CAN BE DOING IT EVERY DAY -- EVERY DAY, RIGHT
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- EVERY DAY -- EVERY DAY, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE NOW.
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- WHERE YOU ARE NOW. - SHEILA: ABSOLUTELY.
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- - SHEILA: ABSOLUTELY. - LAURIE: SO GOOD.
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- - LAURIE: SO GOOD. - SHEILA: LOVE THAT.
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- - SHEILA: LOVE THAT. IT'S SO GOOD.
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- IT'S SO GOOD. - ROBYN: AND NOT ONLY ARE YOU
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- - ROBYN: AND NOT ONLY ARE YOU DOING IT, WE NEED TO REMEMBER
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- DOING IT, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S HIS PLAN.
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- GOD'S PLAN IS WHAT'S ACTIVE IN
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- GOD'S PLAN IS WHAT'S ACTIVE IN OUR LIVES.
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- OUR LIVES. AND, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE
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- AND, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SIMPLY BEING CHOSEN, AND WE'RE
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- SIMPLY BEING CHOSEN, AND WE'RE GIVEN THE HONOR AND THE
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- GIVEN THE HONOR AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO HIS WILL.
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- OPPORTUNITY TO DO HIS WILL. SO, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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- SO, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, TODAY -- AND I APPRECIATE
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- HERE, TODAY -- AND I APPRECIATE WHAT CHRISTINE JUST SAID,
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- WHAT CHRISTINE JUST SAID, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TRUSTING HIS
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- BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TRUSTING HIS WILL.
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- AND, MY STORY IS THAT I SERVE
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- AND, MY STORY IS THAT I SERVE HERE IN MIAMI, AND I BROUGHT
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- HERE IN MIAMI, AND I BROUGHT OUR FAMILY -- MY HUSBAND--
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- OUR FAMILY -- MY HUSBAND-- ACTUALLY, MY HUSBAND
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- ACTUALLY, MY HUSBAND VOLUNTEERED ME AND BROUGHT ME,
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- VOLUNTEERED ME AND BROUGHT ME, 24 YEARS AGO, HERE TO MIAMI,
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- 24 YEARS AGO, HERE TO MIAMI, WITH OUR FOUR SONS, AND WE CAME
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- WITH OUR FOUR SONS, AND WE CAME TO THE-- WHAT WAS CALLED THEN
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- TO THE-- WHAT WAS CALLED THEN THE INNER CITY.
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- THE INNER CITY. NOW, IT'S COOL DOWNTOWN.
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- NOW, IT'S COOL DOWNTOWN. BUT BACK THEN, THAT WAS KIND OF
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- BUT BACK THEN, THAT WAS KIND OF A NEW IDEA THAT WE WOULD COME
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- A NEW IDEA THAT WE WOULD COME HERE.
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- HERE. AND IT WAS A SHOCK.
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- AND IT WAS A SHOCK. NOW, WHAT I WANNA SAY ABOUT
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- NOW, WHAT I WANNA SAY ABOUT THAT IS: I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE
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- THAT IS: I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THE LONG TERM.
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- THE ANSWER FOR THE LONG TERM. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR
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- I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR NEXT WEEK.
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- NEXT WEEK. AND, RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A FEW
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- AND, RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS THAT I THINK TO
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- PROBLEMS THAT I THINK TO MYSELF, "I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S
- 00:13:26.095 --> 00:13:27.263
- MYSELF, "I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT."
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- GOING TO WORK OUT." BUT I ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO
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- BUT I ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO TODAY.
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- TODAY. NOW, LAURIE AND I HAVE BEEN
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- NOW, LAURIE AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME
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- FRIENDS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME AND SHE'S NOT GONNA MIND THAT I
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- AND SHE'S NOT GONNA MIND THAT I TELL THE TRUTH, RIGHT HERE ON
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- TELL THE TRUTH, RIGHT HERE ON CHRISTIAN TELEVISION: I KNOW
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- CHRISTIAN TELEVISION: I KNOW WHAT HE WANTS ME TO DO TODAY;
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- WHAT HE WANTS ME TO DO TODAY; I JUST OFTEN DON'T WANNA DO IT.
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- I JUST OFTEN DON'T WANNA DO IT. [LAURIE LAUGHS]
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- [LAURIE LAUGHS] I WANNA DO WHAT I WANNA DO.
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- I WANNA DO WHAT I WANNA DO. - LAURIE: YEAH.
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- - LAURIE: YEAH. - ROBYN: I HAVE THE BIG IDEA
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- - ROBYN: I HAVE THE BIG IDEA OF HOW I THINK IT SHOULD GO.
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- OF HOW I THINK IT SHOULD GO. I HAVE THE BIG IDEA AS TO WHAT
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- I HAVE THE BIG IDEA AS TO WHAT I THINK IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE OR
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- I THINK IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE OR HOW GOD SHOULD ANSWER.
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- HOW GOD SHOULD ANSWER. AND, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT
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- AND, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THAT'S NOT HOW GOD'S WILL
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- THAT'S NOT HOW GOD'S WILL UNFOLDS IN MY LIFE.
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- UNFOLDS IN MY LIFE. INSTEAD, I REFER TO IT AS
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- INSTEAD, I REFER TO IT AS PROGRESSIVE REVELATION.
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- PROGRESSIVE REVELATION. IT'S LIKE HE UNPEELS THE ONION,
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- IT'S LIKE HE UNPEELS THE ONION, THAT, AS I'M OBEDIENT, LIKE--
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- THAT, AS I'M OBEDIENT, LIKE-- AND CHRISTINE JUST TALKED ABOUT
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- AND CHRISTINE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FACT IT'S WHEN YOU WERE NOT
- 00:14:30.459 --> 00:14:31.293
- THE FACT IT'S WHEN YOU WERE NOT THE FAMOUS,
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- THE FAMOUS, IT'S WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE
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- IT'S WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE BIG TWITTER ACCOUNT,
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- THE BIG TWITTER ACCOUNT, IT'S WHEN YOU WHEN YOU
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- IT'S WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WERE BUILDING, DAY BY DAY, ON
- 00:14:38.934 --> 00:14:40.502
- WERE BUILDING, DAY BY DAY, ON THE REVELATION THAT YOU HAD,
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- THE REVELATION THAT YOU HAD, AND YOU WERE OBEDIENT TO THE
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- AND YOU WERE OBEDIENT TO THE VOICE FOR NOW --
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- VOICE FOR NOW -- WHOOH!
- 00:14:50.145 --> 00:14:51.246
- WHOOH! THAT'S THE HARD PART IS THAT I--
- 00:14:51.313 --> 00:14:52.781
- THAT'S THE HARD PART IS THAT I-- SOME PEOPLE GET ALL INTO THIS:
- 00:14:52.848 --> 00:14:54.516
- SOME PEOPLE GET ALL INTO THIS: "YEAH, I'M GONNA BE THIS, OUT
- 00:14:54.583 --> 00:14:55.484
- "YEAH, I'M GONNA BE THIS, OUT THERE."
- 00:14:55.551 --> 00:14:57.519
- THERE." NO. LET'S JUST BE OBEDIENT,
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- NO. LET'S JUST BE OBEDIENT, HERE.
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- HERE. - LAURIE: YEAH. SO GOOD.
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- - LAURIE: YEAH. SO GOOD. - ROBYN: LET'S DO WHAT
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- - ROBYN: LET'S DO WHAT GOD'S CALLED US TO DO TODAY:
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- GOD'S CALLED US TO DO TODAY: 5 O'CLOCK.
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- 5 O'CLOCK. GET THE DINNER ON THE TABLE.
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- GET THE DINNER ON THE TABLE. HEY, MAYBE TOMORROW, GET UP AND
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- HEY, MAYBE TOMORROW, GET UP AND ACTUALLY GO TO THE GYM.
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- ACTUALLY GO TO THE GYM. UH-OH.
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- UH-OH. YOU KNOW, FOR ME -- I'M TALKING
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- YOU KNOW, FOR ME -- I'M TALKING TO ME, IN THAT I MUST OBEY AND
- 00:15:20.642 --> 00:15:23.712
- TO ME, IN THAT I MUST OBEY AND TRUST HIS WILL IN THE NOW AND
- 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:28.083
- TRUST HIS WILL IN THE NOW AND BE OBEDIENT WHERE I AM.
- 00:15:28.150 --> 00:15:32.021
- BE OBEDIENT WHERE I AM. AND MY BATTLE...
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- AND MY BATTLE... I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT
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- I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THAT GETS SOLVED AND I'M JUST
- 00:15:36.592 --> 00:15:38.494
- GETS SOLVED AND I'M JUST OBEDIENT, NOW.
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- OBEDIENT, NOW. BUT, NOW, I'M A GRANDMOTHER.
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- BUT, NOW, I'M A GRANDMOTHER. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
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- AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT? TODAY, I HAD TO GET UP AND I
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- TODAY, I HAD TO GET UP AND I HAD TO GIVE MY LIFE AND MY
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- HAD TO GIVE MY LIFE AND MY HEART ALL OVER AGAIN TO THE BIG
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- HEART ALL OVER AGAIN TO THE BIG IDEA OF MISSION AND CALLING AND
- 00:15:52.641 --> 00:15:55.911
- IDEA OF MISSION AND CALLING AND THAT THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WAY
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- THAT THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME AND MY
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- MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME AND MY PROBLEMS HERE TODAY.
- 00:16:02.451 --> 00:16:04.686
- PROBLEMS HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW WHAT?
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- YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S WHAT LIVING IN GOD'S
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- THAT'S WHAT LIVING IN GOD'S WILL IS -- IS TRUSTING THAT HIS
- 00:16:07.322 --> 00:16:09.858
- WILL IS -- IS TRUSTING THAT HIS BIG IDEA IS SO MUCH BETTER AND
- 00:16:09.925 --> 00:16:13.595
- BIG IDEA IS SO MUCH BETTER AND MORE FULFILLING.
- 00:16:13.662 --> 00:16:15.597
- MORE FULFILLING. AND IT IS!
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- AND IT IS! AND I HAVE HAD A LIFE AND
- 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:19.868
- AND I HAVE HAD A LIFE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN ABUNDANCE,
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- CONTINUE TO LIVE IN ABUNDANCE, IN A WAY THAT I NEVER COULD
- 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:25.374
- IN A WAY THAT I NEVER COULD HAVE DREAMED OF, BECAUSE I'VE
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- HAVE DREAMED OF, BECAUSE I'VE OBEYED, EVERY DAY, A LITTLE
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- OBEYED, EVERY DAY, A LITTLE BIT.
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- BIT. AND THEN, GOD FILLS IN THE BIG
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- AND THEN, GOD FILLS IN THE BIG STORY.
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- STORY. SO, I'M SURE YOU'VE EXPERIENCED
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- SO, I'M SURE YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THAT SAME THING -- RIGHT,
- 00:16:37.686 --> 00:16:39.021
- THAT SAME THING -- RIGHT, LAURIE?
- 00:16:39.088 --> 00:16:40.122
- LAURIE? - LAURIE: YEAH. YOU KNOW,
- 00:16:40.189 --> 00:16:40.989
- - LAURIE: YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT DAILY WALK OF FAITH --
- 00:16:41.056 --> 00:16:42.057
- THAT DAILY WALK OF FAITH -- EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THE BIG
- 00:16:42.124 --> 00:16:43.158
- EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE.
- 00:16:43.225 --> 00:16:43.959
- PICTURE. ONLY GOD KNOWS THE BIG PICTURE.
- 00:16:44.026 --> 00:16:45.561
- ONLY GOD KNOWS THE BIG PICTURE. HE SEES FROM THE BEGINNING TO
- 00:16:45.627 --> 00:16:47.196
- HE SEES FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
- 00:16:47.262 --> 00:16:47.996
- AND SO, HE ACCOMPLISHES HIS
- 00:16:49.932 --> 00:16:52.868
- AND SO, HE ACCOMPLISHES HIS SOVEREIGN WILL IN OUR LIVES, NO
- 00:16:52.935 --> 00:16:53.535
- SOVEREIGN WILL IN OUR LIVES, NO MATTER WHAT THAT IS.
- 00:16:53.602 --> 00:16:56.371
- MATTER WHAT THAT IS. OUR JOB IS TO DELIGHT IN HIM,
- 00:16:56.438 --> 00:16:57.439
- OUR JOB IS TO DELIGHT IN HIM, TO LOVE OTHERS,
- 00:16:57.506 --> 00:16:58.474
- TO LOVE OTHERS, WAKE UP AND DO WHAT HE
- 00:16:58.540 --> 00:17:00.576
- WAKE UP AND DO WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY TO DO.
- 00:17:00.642 --> 00:17:02.411
- IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR
- 00:17:03.011 --> 00:17:03.679
- IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR NEXT STEP IS, JUST KEEP DOING
- 00:17:03.745 --> 00:17:04.980
- NEXT STEP IS, JUST KEEP DOING THE LAST THING GOD TOLD YOU TO
- 00:17:05.047 --> 00:17:06.982
- THE LAST THING GOD TOLD YOU TO DO...(LAUGHS)...YOU KNOW, AND
- 00:17:07.049 --> 00:17:08.083
- DO...(LAUGHS)...YOU KNOW, AND BEING FAITHFUL IN THAT.
- 00:17:08.150 --> 00:17:10.853
- AND THE HARD PART OF THIS, YOU
- 00:17:12.020 --> 00:17:13.155
- AND THE HARD PART OF THIS, YOU GUYS, IS WHEN THINGS REALLY,
- 00:17:13.222 --> 00:17:14.723
- GUYS, IS WHEN THINGS REALLY, REALLY SEEM BAD.
- 00:17:14.790 --> 00:17:18.827
- REALLY SEEM BAD. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF EVIL.
- 00:17:18.894 --> 00:17:20.729
- I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF EVIL. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
- 00:17:20.796 --> 00:17:21.497
- THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO PEOPLE.
- 00:17:21.563 --> 00:17:23.832
- AND WE LOOK AND WE SAY,
- 00:17:24.533 --> 00:17:25.033
- AND WE LOOK AND WE SAY, "SURELY, THAT WASN'T THE WILL
- 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:26.335
- "SURELY, THAT WASN'T THE WILL OF GOD," OR "SURELY, GOD
- 00:17:26.401 --> 00:17:28.470
- OF GOD," OR "SURELY, GOD WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN."
- 00:17:28.537 --> 00:17:31.006
- WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN." YOU KNOW, I WAS READING-- WELL,
- 00:17:31.073 --> 00:17:32.407
- YOU KNOW, I WAS READING-- WELL, JUST LOOK AT THE LIFE OF JESUS.
- 00:17:32.474 --> 00:17:34.109
- JUST LOOK AT THE LIFE OF JESUS. YOU KNOW.
- 00:17:34.176 --> 00:17:35.944
- YOU KNOW. JESUS EVEN SAID, "GOD, IF THIS
- 00:17:36.011 --> 00:17:38.113
- JESUS EVEN SAID, "GOD, IF THIS CUP COULD JUST PASS FROM ME --
- 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:40.716
- CUP COULD JUST PASS FROM ME -- BUT NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL
- 00:17:40.782 --> 00:17:43.685
- BUT NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE."
- 00:17:43.752 --> 00:17:45.454
- BE DONE." GOD'S WILL WAS THAT JESUS DIED.
- 00:17:45.521 --> 00:17:49.324
- GOD'S WILL WAS THAT JESUS DIED. GOD'S WILL IS THAT HE TOOK ALL
- 00:17:49.391 --> 00:17:50.926
- GOD'S WILL IS THAT HE TOOK ALL THE SIN IN THE WORLD UPON HIM.
- 00:17:50.993 --> 00:17:54.196
- THE SIN IN THE WORLD UPON HIM. AND SO, HE HAD TO SHUN HIM.
- 00:17:54.263 --> 00:17:56.131
- AND SO, HE HAD TO SHUN HIM. THAT WAS GOD'S WILL TO HAPPEN.
- 00:17:56.198 --> 00:17:58.066
- THAT WAS GOD'S WILL TO HAPPEN. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, GOD'S
- 00:17:58.133 --> 00:17:59.201
- SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, GOD'S WILL IS-- IS--
- 00:17:59.268 --> 00:18:03.472
- WILL IS-- IS-- SOMETIMES, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
- 00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:05.707
- SOMETIMES, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND THOSE MYSTERIES,
- 00:18:05.774 --> 00:18:08.610
- THAT AND THOSE MYSTERIES, HOW GOD WORKS.
- 00:18:08.677 --> 00:18:12.314
- HOW GOD WORKS. - CHRISTINE: YOU KNOW, I THINK
- 00:18:12.381 --> 00:18:12.981
- - CHRISTINE: YOU KNOW, I THINK MOST APOLOGISTS OR EVANGELISTS
- 00:18:13.048 --> 00:18:14.550
- MOST APOLOGISTS OR EVANGELISTS WOULD KNOW THAT PROBABLY THE
- 00:18:14.616 --> 00:18:16.318
- WOULD KNOW THAT PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR PEOPLE,
- 00:18:16.385 --> 00:18:19.221
- EVEN COMING TO FAITH IN CHRIST,
- 00:18:21.089 --> 00:18:21.823
- EVEN COMING TO FAITH IN CHRIST, IS GOING: IF GOD WAS A GOOD
- 00:18:21.890 --> 00:18:24.293
- IS GOING: IF GOD WAS A GOOD GOD, AND GOD HAD A PERFECT WILL
- 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:26.595
- GOD, AND GOD HAD A PERFECT WILL FOR YOUR LIFE, WHY WOULD HE
- 00:18:26.662 --> 00:18:28.163
- FOR YOUR LIFE, WHY WOULD HE ALLOW SUFFERING, WHY WOULD HE
- 00:18:28.230 --> 00:18:29.231
- ALLOW SUFFERING, WHY WOULD HE ALLOW PAIN, WHY WOULD HE ALLOW
- 00:18:29.298 --> 00:18:30.432
- ALLOW PAIN, WHY WOULD HE ALLOW HEARTACHE?
- 00:18:30.499 --> 00:18:32.100
- HEARTACHE? AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY REAL
- 00:18:32.167 --> 00:18:33.569
- AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY REAL THING.
- 00:18:33.635 --> 00:18:34.670
- THING. AND I THINK, ULTIMATELY -- AND,
- 00:18:34.736 --> 00:18:36.738
- AND I THINK, ULTIMATELY -- AND, YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE UPFRONT --
- 00:18:36.805 --> 00:18:37.539
- YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE UPFRONT -- THERE IS JUST SO MUCH WE DON'T
- 00:18:37.606 --> 00:18:39.741
- THERE IS JUST SO MUCH WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
- 00:18:39.808 --> 00:18:40.542
- AND, YOU KNOW, I'M FINITE; GOD
- 00:18:41.143 --> 00:18:42.611
- AND, YOU KNOW, I'M FINITE; GOD IS INFINITE.
- 00:18:42.678 --> 00:18:44.246
- IS INFINITE. AND PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN A LOT
- 00:18:44.313 --> 00:18:45.047
- AND PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN A LOT OF BOOKS.
- 00:18:45.113 --> 00:18:46.081
- OF BOOKS. AND I JUST FINISHED, YOU KNOW,
- 00:18:46.148 --> 00:18:47.216
- AND I JUST FINISHED, YOU KNOW, A FOUR-YEAR, POST-GRAD DEGREE.
- 00:18:47.282 --> 00:18:49.518
- A FOUR-YEAR, POST-GRAD DEGREE. AND I THOUGHT: EVEN AFTER DOING
- 00:18:49.585 --> 00:18:50.786
- AND I THOUGHT: EVEN AFTER DOING ALL OF THAT, I'VE READ A LOT OF
- 00:18:50.852 --> 00:18:53.522
- ALL OF THAT, I'VE READ A LOT OF BOOKS AND STILL NOBODY
- 00:18:53.589 --> 00:18:54.590
- BOOKS AND STILL NOBODY REALLY KNOWS.
- 00:18:54.656 --> 00:18:55.624
- REALLY KNOWS. AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
- 00:18:55.691 --> 00:18:56.658
- AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE HOW COULD WE, WITH OUR
- 00:18:56.725 --> 00:18:58.727
- BECAUSE HOW COULD WE, WITH OUR FINITE MINDS, UNDERSTAND AN
- 00:18:58.794 --> 00:18:59.461
- FINITE MINDS, UNDERSTAND AN INFINITE GOD?
- 00:18:59.528 --> 00:19:00.829
- INFINITE GOD? WHAT DO I KNOW?
- 00:19:00.896 --> 00:19:01.330
- WHAT DO I KNOW? I KNOW FROM SCRIPTURE.
- 00:19:01.396 --> 00:19:03.098
- I KNOW FROM SCRIPTURE. AGAIN, THIS COMES BACK DOWN TO:
- 00:19:03.165 --> 00:19:03.966
- AGAIN, THIS COMES BACK DOWN TO: WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THE
- 00:19:04.032 --> 00:19:05.067
- WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF GOD?
- 00:19:05.133 --> 00:19:05.934
- CHARACTER OF GOD? I DO KNOW THAT IN PSALM 119 THAT
- 00:19:06.001 --> 00:19:09.538
- I DO KNOW THAT IN PSALM 119 THAT IT SAYS GOD IS GOOD AND THAT
- 00:19:09.605 --> 00:19:10.138
- IT SAYS GOD IS GOOD AND THAT GOD DOES GOOD.
- 00:19:10.205 --> 00:19:11.139
- GOD DOES GOOD. ROMANS 8:28, IT SAYS THAT GOD
- 00:19:11.206 --> 00:19:12.407
- ROMANS 8:28, IT SAYS THAT GOD WILL WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER
- 00:19:12.474 --> 00:19:14.309
- WILL WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR MY GOOD AND FOR HIS GLORY.
- 00:19:14.376 --> 00:19:15.911
- FOR MY GOOD AND FOR HIS GLORY. SO, THESE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT
- 00:19:15.978 --> 00:19:18.113
- SO, THESE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF GOD.
- 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:20.048
- THE CHARACTER OF GOD. SO, CAN I TRUST HIM, WHEN I
- 00:19:20.115 --> 00:19:22.117
- SO, CAN I TRUST HIM, WHEN I CAN'T TRACE HIM OR UNDERSTAND?
- 00:19:22.184 --> 00:19:24.353
- CAN'T TRACE HIM OR UNDERSTAND? AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'S,
- 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.420
- AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, TRUST IN THE LORD
- 00:19:25.487 --> 00:19:26.488
- YOU KNOW, TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND LEAN
- 00:19:26.555 --> 00:19:27.789
- WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
- 00:19:27.856 --> 00:19:29.291
- NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. THERE ARE THINGS IN MY OWN
- 00:19:29.358 --> 00:19:31.159
- THERE ARE THINGS IN MY OWN LIFE-- YOU KNOW, I WAS THE
- 00:19:31.226 --> 00:19:32.327
- LIFE-- YOU KNOW, I WAS THE VICTIM OF SEXUAL ABUSE FOR 12
- 00:19:32.394 --> 00:19:34.429
- VICTIM OF SEXUAL ABUSE FOR 12 YEARS.
- 00:19:34.496 --> 00:19:35.797
- YEARS. WELL, THERE'S NOTHING GOOD
- 00:19:35.864 --> 00:19:36.365
- WELL, THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THAT.
- 00:19:36.431 --> 00:19:37.299
- ABOUT THAT. THERE IS-- ABUSE IS NEVER OKAY.
- 00:19:37.366 --> 00:19:38.767
- THERE IS-- ABUSE IS NEVER OKAY. THERE IS NOTHING OKAY.
- 00:19:38.834 --> 00:19:40.902
- THERE IS NOTHING OKAY. NOW, HAS GOD REDEEMED PARTS OF
- 00:19:40.969 --> 00:19:43.305
- NOW, HAS GOD REDEEMED PARTS OF MY STORY AND ALLOWED MY PAST TO
- 00:19:43.372 --> 00:19:48.877
- MY STORY AND ALLOWED MY PAST TO GIVE-- HELP GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A
- 00:19:48.944 --> 00:19:50.646
- GIVE-- HELP GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A FUTURE AND A HOPE AND FIND
- 00:19:50.712 --> 00:19:51.313
- FUTURE AND A HOPE AND FIND FREEDOM.
- 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:52.481
- FREEDOM. YES.
- 00:19:52.547 --> 00:19:54.416
- YES. DOES THAT MEAN I WOULD EVER
- 00:19:54.483 --> 00:19:55.017
- DOES THAT MEAN I WOULD EVER WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME?
- 00:19:55.083 --> 00:19:56.385
- WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME? I'M LIKE: NO. UH...THERE COULD
- 00:19:56.451 --> 00:19:58.086
- I'M LIKE: NO. UH...THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER WAY FOR ME
- 00:19:58.153 --> 00:19:58.854
- HAVE BEEN A BETTER WAY FOR ME TO HELP PEOPLE.
- 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:01.823
- TO HELP PEOPLE. I WOULD NEVER WANT TO GO
- 00:20:01.890 --> 00:20:02.891
- I WOULD NEVER WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
- 00:20:02.958 --> 00:20:03.492
- THROUGH THAT AGAIN. BUT I REMEMBER TALKING TO
- 00:20:03.558 --> 00:20:04.593
- BUT I REMEMBER TALKING TO JOYCE -- MAMA JOYCE.
- 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.861
- JOYCE -- MAMA JOYCE. ALL ROADS GO BACK TO JESUS,
- 00:20:05.927 --> 00:20:06.962
- ALL ROADS GO BACK TO JESUS, AND THEN MAMA JOYCE.
- 00:20:07.029 --> 00:20:07.963
- AND THEN MAMA JOYCE. BUT MAMA JOYCE SAID TO ME,
- 00:20:08.030 --> 00:20:10.132
- BUT MAMA JOYCE SAID TO ME, ONCE, "CHRISTINE..." -- AND IT
- 00:20:10.198 --> 00:20:11.266
- ONCE, "CHRISTINE..." -- AND IT REALLY HELPED ME -- SHE SAID,
- 00:20:11.333 --> 00:20:14.703
- REALLY HELPED ME -- SHE SAID, "I NEVER WISH THAT ANYTHING" --
- 00:20:14.770 --> 00:20:15.504
- "I NEVER WISH THAT ANYTHING" -- THAT ALL THE ABUSE THAT
- 00:20:15.570 --> 00:20:16.772
- THAT ALL THE ABUSE THAT HAPPENED TO HER, HORRIFIC AS
- 00:20:16.838 --> 00:20:18.140
- HAPPENED TO HER, HORRIFIC AS IT WAS -- LIKE ALL OF US,
- 00:20:18.206 --> 00:20:19.074
- IT WAS -- LIKE ALL OF US, ANY SURVIVOR OF ANY FORM OF
- 00:20:19.141 --> 00:20:21.543
- ANY SURVIVOR OF ANY FORM OF ABUSE -- SHE SAID, "I NEVER,
- 00:20:21.610 --> 00:20:23.011
- ABUSE -- SHE SAID, "I NEVER, EVER WOULD WISH THAT THAT
- 00:20:23.078 --> 00:20:23.745
- EVER WOULD WISH THAT THAT HAPPENED."
- 00:20:23.812 --> 00:20:25.580
- HAPPENED." SHE SAID: "BUT I'VE STOPPED
- 00:20:25.647 --> 00:20:29.017
- SHE SAID: "BUT I'VE STOPPED WISHING THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
- 00:20:29.084 --> 00:20:30.686
- WISHING THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I'VE STOPPED LIVING MY LIFE IN
- 00:20:30.752 --> 00:20:32.621
- I'VE STOPPED LIVING MY LIFE IN THIS PLACE OF "IF ONLY THAT
- 00:20:32.688 --> 00:20:33.588
- THIS PLACE OF "IF ONLY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, IF ONLY THAT
- 00:20:33.655 --> 00:20:34.489
- DIDN'T HAPPEN, IF ONLY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN..."
- 00:20:34.556 --> 00:20:35.457
- DIDN'T HAPPEN..." AND IT'S LIKE A WAY OF GOING:
- 00:20:35.524 --> 00:20:38.460
- AND IT'S LIKE A WAY OF GOING: I CAN SEE HOW GOD HAS USED IT
- 00:20:38.527 --> 00:20:40.195
- I CAN SEE HOW GOD HAS USED IT FOR GOOD.
- 00:20:40.262 --> 00:20:41.129
- FOR GOOD. I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
- 00:20:41.196 --> 00:20:42.164
- I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE, OR
- 00:20:42.230 --> 00:20:43.465
- THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE, OR WHY IT HAPPENED.
- 00:20:43.532 --> 00:20:44.900
- WHY IT HAPPENED. THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT IT.
- 00:20:44.966 --> 00:20:46.234
- THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT IT. WE ONLY PUT IT DOWN TO THAT WE
- 00:20:46.301 --> 00:20:48.270
- WE ONLY PUT IT DOWN TO THAT WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD.
- 00:20:48.337 --> 00:20:49.905
- LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD
- 00:20:49.971 --> 00:20:51.340
- BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.
- 00:20:51.406 --> 00:20:52.674
- PEOPLE. OUR GOD IS GOOD.
- 00:20:52.741 --> 00:20:54.776
- OUR GOD IS GOOD. GOD ALLOWING SOMETHING IS VERY
- 00:20:54.843 --> 00:20:56.178
- GOD ALLOWING SOMETHING IS VERY DIFFERENT TO GOD CAUSING
- 00:20:56.244 --> 00:20:57.612
- DIFFERENT TO GOD CAUSING SOMETHING.
- 00:20:57.679 --> 00:20:59.314
- SOMETHING. AND SO, WE HAVE TO TRUST IN THE
- 00:20:59.381 --> 00:21:00.248
- AND SO, WE HAVE TO TRUST IN THE GOODNESS AND THE FAITHFULNESS
- 00:21:00.315 --> 00:21:01.016
- GOODNESS AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD AND GOD'S ABILITY TO
- 00:21:01.083 --> 00:21:02.384
- OF GOD AND GOD'S ABILITY TO REDEEM EVERY PAIN, EVERY HURT IN
- 00:21:02.451 --> 00:21:07.589
- REDEEM EVERY PAIN, EVERY HURT IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE LIFE TO
- 00:21:07.656 --> 00:21:08.190
- THIS LIFE AND IN THE LIFE TO COME, WHERE SOMETIMES WE DON'T
- 00:21:08.256 --> 00:21:09.925
- COME, WHERE SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE IT ALL THIS SIDE OF
- 00:21:09.991 --> 00:21:11.259
- SEE IT ALL THIS SIDE OF ETERNITY.
- 00:21:11.326 --> 00:21:11.660
- ETERNITY. BUT WE HOLD ONTO THE PROMISE.
- 00:21:11.727 --> 00:21:13.662
- BUT WE HOLD ONTO THE PROMISE. AND SO, MY THOUGHT WITH ALL OF
- 00:21:13.729 --> 00:21:17.399
- AND SO, MY THOUGHT WITH ALL OF THAT IS: I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
- 00:21:17.466 --> 00:21:18.700
- THAT IS: I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING, "WELL, YOU
- 00:21:18.767 --> 00:21:20.335
- ARE THINKING, "WELL, YOU KNOW..." -- ESPECIALLY, LOOK AT
- 00:21:20.402 --> 00:21:22.037
- KNOW..." -- ESPECIALLY, LOOK AT THIS SORT OF POST-PANDEMIC
- 00:21:22.104 --> 00:21:23.238
- THIS SORT OF POST-PANDEMIC WORLD.
- 00:21:23.305 --> 00:21:24.973
- WORLD. AND LOOK AT THE-- YOU KNOW, IT
- 00:21:25.040 --> 00:21:26.174
- AND LOOK AT THE-- YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S WAR AND
- 00:21:26.241 --> 00:21:27.309
- LOOKS LIKE THERE'S WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR, EVERYWHERE.
- 00:21:27.376 --> 00:21:28.243
- RUMORS OF WAR, EVERYWHERE. AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC
- 00:21:28.310 --> 00:21:29.444
- AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC CHALLENGES EVERYWHERE.
- 00:21:29.511 --> 00:21:31.279
- CHALLENGES EVERYWHERE. AND THERE IS ENVIRONMENTAL
- 00:21:31.346 --> 00:21:32.881
- AND THERE IS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.
- 00:21:32.948 --> 00:21:33.348
- CHALLENGES. AND THE WORLD HAS GONE
- 00:21:33.415 --> 00:21:34.282
- AND THE WORLD HAS GONE CRAY-CRAY -- WHEREVER YOU'RE
- 00:21:34.349 --> 00:21:35.851
- CRAY-CRAY -- WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING THIS.
- 00:21:35.917 --> 00:21:36.351
- WATCHING THIS. THE WHOLE WORLD HAS GONE
- 00:21:36.418 --> 00:21:37.486
- THE WHOLE WORLD HAS GONE CRAY-CRAY.
- 00:21:37.552 --> 00:21:38.954
- CRAY-CRAY. AND YOU'RE LIKE: "IF GOD IS
- 00:21:39.020 --> 00:21:39.721
- AND YOU'RE LIKE: "IF GOD IS GOOD, HOW CAN HIS WILL-- HOW
- 00:21:39.788 --> 00:21:41.289
- GOOD, HOW CAN HIS WILL-- HOW CAN HE LET ALL THIS HAPPEN?"
- 00:21:41.356 --> 00:21:42.424
- CAN HE LET ALL THIS HAPPEN?" AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT COMES
- 00:21:42.491 --> 00:21:43.658
- AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS FAITH.
- 00:21:43.725 --> 00:21:45.260
- DOWN TO IS FAITH. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M HERE
- 00:21:45.327 --> 00:21:47.562
- AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU -- THAT MY-- I'VE
- 00:21:47.629 --> 00:21:49.898
- TO TELL YOU -- THAT MY-- I'VE HAD BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO ME.
- 00:21:49.965 --> 00:21:50.499
- HAD BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO ME. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES,
- 00:21:50.565 --> 00:21:51.600
- I'VE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES, FROM THE TIME I WAS LEFT IN A
- 00:21:51.666 --> 00:21:52.934
- FROM THE TIME I WAS LEFT IN A HOSPITAL, UNNAMED AND UNWANTED,
- 00:21:53.001 --> 00:21:54.403
- HOSPITAL, UNNAMED AND UNWANTED, WHEN I WAS BORN TO SEXUAL ABUSE
- 00:21:54.469 --> 00:21:56.171
- WHEN I WAS BORN TO SEXUAL ABUSE TO GROWING UP IN THE POOREST
- 00:21:56.238 --> 00:21:57.806
- TO GROWING UP IN THE POOREST ZIP CODE IN MY STATE, IN
- 00:21:57.873 --> 00:21:58.874
- ZIP CODE IN MY STATE, IN AUSTRALIA, TO BEING VERY
- 00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:00.776
- AUSTRALIA, TO BEING VERY MARGINALIZED BECAUSE OF MY
- 00:22:00.842 --> 00:22:01.877
- MARGINALIZED BECAUSE OF MY ETHNICITY AND GENDER.
- 00:22:01.943 --> 00:22:03.178
- ETHNICITY AND GENDER. WELL, IN TODAY'S CLIMATE, YOU
- 00:22:03.245 --> 00:22:04.679
- WELL, IN TODAY'S CLIMATE, YOU KNOW, I FIT EVERY CATEGORY --
- 00:22:04.746 --> 00:22:06.381
- KNOW, I FIT EVERY CATEGORY -- TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK.
- 00:22:06.448 --> 00:22:08.049
- TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK. AND I COULD LIVE MY LIFE AS A
- 00:22:08.116 --> 00:22:09.785
- AND I COULD LIVE MY LIFE AS A VICTIM OF MY PAST.
- 00:22:09.851 --> 00:22:12.154
- VICTIM OF MY PAST. OR I COULD-- AND I COULD SPEND
- 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:13.288
- OR I COULD-- AND I COULD SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE FRUSTRATED, THIS
- 00:22:13.355 --> 00:22:15.257
- MY WHOLE LIFE FRUSTRATED, THIS SIDE OF ETERNITY: "WHY DID THIS
- 00:22:15.323 --> 00:22:16.525
- SIDE OF ETERNITY: "WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?"
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- HAPPEN?" AND: "IT'S NOT FAIR."
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- AND: "IT'S NOT FAIR." AND IT'S NOT FAIR, AND IT'S NOT
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- AND IT'S NOT FAIR, AND IT'S NOT JUST, AND IT'S NOT RIGHT.
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- JUST, AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET ANSWERS
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- BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET ANSWERS FOR ALL OF THAT.
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- FOR ALL OF THAT. AND BLAMING GOD IS NOT IN ANY
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- AND BLAMING GOD IS NOT IN ANY WAY GONNA MOVE IT FORWARD.
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- WAY GONNA MOVE IT FORWARD. BUT I KNOW THAT ALL THE
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- BUT I KNOW THAT ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE IN CHRIST
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- PROMISES OF GOD ARE IN CHRIST JESUS -- YES AND AMEN.
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- JESUS -- YES AND AMEN. SO, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND I
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- SO, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND I PLACE AT THE FEET OF THE CROSS.
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- PLACE AT THE FEET OF THE CROSS. AND THEN, I ALLOW THE
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- AND THEN, I ALLOW THE RESURRECTION LIFE OF CHRIST TO
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- RESURRECTION LIFE OF CHRIST TO BRING TRANSFORMATION -- TO
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- BRING TRANSFORMATION -- TO REDEEM MY PAST, GIVE ME A FRESH
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- REDEEM MY PAST, GIVE ME A FRESH HOPE TODAY, AND TO HELP ME STEP
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- HOPE TODAY, AND TO HELP ME STEP INTO THE FUTURE THAT HE HAS FOR
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- INTO THE FUTURE THAT HE HAS FOR ME.
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- ME. SO, LISTEN -- I AM A BIT OLD
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- SO, LISTEN -- I AM A BIT OLD SCHOOL, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE
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- SCHOOL, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR HISTORY HAS TO DEFINE
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- THAT YOUR HISTORY HAS TO DEFINE YOUR DESTINY.
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- YOUR DESTINY. I DO BELIEVE THE REDEMPTIVE
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- I DO BELIEVE THE REDEMPTIVE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE
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- WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS CAN TAKE EVEN ALL THE BAD
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- CROSS CAN TAKE EVEN ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO
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- THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU, REDEEM THEM FOR YOUR GOOD
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- YOU, REDEEM THEM FOR YOUR GOOD AND FOR HIS GLORY, AND THEN YOU
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- AND FOR HIS GLORY, AND THEN YOU CAN STEP INTO THE FULLNESS OF
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- CAN STEP INTO THE FULLNESS OF YOUR PURPOSE.
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- YOUR PURPOSE. AND THE PLANS AND THE PURPOSE
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- AND THE PLANS AND THE PURPOSE THAT GOD HAD FOR ME, FROM
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- THAT GOD HAD FOR ME, FROM BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
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- BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, WERE NOT THWARTED BY
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- WERE NOT THWARTED BY ABANDONMENT, ABUSE, ADOPTION,
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- ABANDONMENT, ABUSE, ADOPTION, MARGINALIZATION.
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- MARGINALIZATION. BECAUSE THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF
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- BECAUSE THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED AT THE
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- THE BLOOD THAT WAS SHED AT THE CROSS AT CALVARY, 2.000 YEARS
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- CROSS AT CALVARY, 2.000 YEARS AGO -- WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME
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- AGO -- WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME WAS BIGGER THAN WHAT ANYBODY
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- WAS BIGGER THAN WHAT ANYBODY ELSE DID TO ME.
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- ELSE DID TO ME. AND ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE
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- AND ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE IN CHRIST JESUS -- YES AND
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- IN CHRIST JESUS -- YES AND AMEN.
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- AMEN. SO, EVEN IF YOU ARE THINKING,
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- SO, EVEN IF YOU ARE THINKING, "I CAN'T STEP INTO GOD'S WILL,
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- "I CAN'T STEP INTO GOD'S WILL, BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT
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- BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE ME," I'M
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- HAPPENED BEFORE ME," I'M TELLING YOU: BECAUSE OF JESUS,
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- TELLING YOU: BECAUSE OF JESUS, YOU CAN STEP INTO THE FULLNESS
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- YOU CAN STEP INTO THE FULLNESS OF WHAT IT IS THAT GOD HAS FOR
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- OF WHAT IT IS THAT GOD HAS FOR YOUR FUTURE.
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- YOUR FUTURE. - LAURIE: AMEN.
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- - LAURIE: AMEN. - NONA: YES.
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- - NONA: YES. OH, MAN...THAT'S SO GOOD.
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- OH, MAN...THAT'S SO GOOD. I WANNA -- AS WE KIND OF CLOSE
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- I WANNA -- AS WE KIND OF CLOSE THIS CONVERSATION -- I WANT TO
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- THIS CONVERSATION -- I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU ALL.
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- PRAY FOR YOU ALL. BUT I THINK BEFORE WE DO THAT,
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- BUT I THINK BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO
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- I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SCRIPTURE.
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- SCRIPTURE. AND I WANT YOU TO JUST JOT DOWN
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- AND I WANT YOU TO JUST JOT DOWN PHILIPPIANS 1, VERSES 12-14.
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- PHILIPPIANS 1, VERSES 12-14. THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THIS
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- THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THIS WHILE IMPRISONED IN ROME FOR AT
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- WHILE IMPRISONED IN ROME FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
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- AND HE SAID: "NOW, I WANT YOU
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- AND HE SAID: "NOW, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
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- TO KNOW, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME
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- THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME HAS ACTUALLY SERVED TO ADVANCE
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- HAS ACTUALLY SERVED TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL.
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- THE GOSPEL. AS A RESULT, IT HAS BECOME
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- AS A RESULT, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
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- CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PALACE GUARD AND TO EVERYONE
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- PALACE GUARD AND TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT I AM IN CHAINS FOR
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- ELSE THAT I AM IN CHAINS FOR CHRIST.
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- CHRIST. AND BECAUSE OF MY CHAINS, MOST
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- AND BECAUSE OF MY CHAINS, MOST OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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- OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE BECOME CONFIDENT IN THE
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- HAVE BECOME CONFIDENT IN THE LORD AND DARE ALL THE MORE TO
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- LORD AND DARE ALL THE MORE TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL WITHOUT
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- PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL WITHOUT FEAR."
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- FEAR." IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR WOUNDS AND
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- IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR WOUNDS AND BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO US
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- BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO US THAT THE GLORY OF GOD IS MADE
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- THAT THE GLORY OF GOD IS MADE MANIFEST.
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- AND I WANNA JUST TAKE AN
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- AND I WANNA JUST TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY WITH ALL OF
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- OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY WITH ALL OF YOU.
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- YOU. FATHER, SO MANY PEOPLE WATCHING
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- FATHER, SO MANY PEOPLE WATCHING TODAY, MEN AND WOMEN, EVEN BOYS
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- TODAY, MEN AND WOMEN, EVEN BOYS AND GIRLS WATCHING TODAY,
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- AND GIRLS WATCHING TODAY, FATHER, ARE QUESTIONING IF
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- FATHER, ARE QUESTIONING IF THEY CAN TRULY PLACE THEIR
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- THEY CAN TRULY PLACE THEIR FAITH IN YOU, BECAUSE OF
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- FAITH IN YOU, BECAUSE OF PAIN, BECAUSE OF WOUNDS,
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- PAIN, BECAUSE OF WOUNDS, BECAUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENTS
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- BECAUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENTS AND DISCOURAGEMENT.
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- AND DISCOURAGEMENT. FATHER, I PRAY THAT, RIGHT NOW,
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- FATHER, I PRAY THAT, RIGHT NOW, GOD, YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE
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- GOD, YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY NEED TO
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- CONFIDENCE THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO
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- KNOW THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO YOUR WORD.
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- YOUR WORD. YOU WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER
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- YOU WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE
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- FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE YOU AND ARE CALLED, ACCORDING
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- YOU AND ARE CALLED, ACCORDING TO YOUR PURPOSE, FATHER.
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- TO YOUR PURPOSE, FATHER. YOU ARE A GOOD GOD.
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- YOU ARE A GOOD GOD. IT'S YOUR NATURE AND YOUR
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- IT'S YOUR NATURE AND YOUR CHARACTER.
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- CHARACTER. SO, EVEN IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND
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- SO, EVEN IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WE CAN RECEIVE THE HOW.
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- WHY, WE CAN RECEIVE THE HOW. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE
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- BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT KNOWS HOW TO
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- THE ONE THAT KNOWS HOW TO REDEEM THE HURT AND THE PAIN.
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- REDEEM THE HURT AND THE PAIN. WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR WHAT
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- WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IN THEIR LIVES.
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- YOU'RE GONNA DO IN THEIR LIVES. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE
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- AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE GLORIFIED THROUGH OUR
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- GLORIFIED THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION, GOD, AND WHAT WE
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- CONVERSATION, GOD, AND WHAT WE PUT INTO PRACTICE BECAUSE OF
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- PUT INTO PRACTICE BECAUSE OF IT.
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- IT. IN JESUS' NAME, I PRAY -- AMEN.
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- IN JESUS' NAME, I PRAY -- AMEN. - CHRISTINE: AMEN.
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- - CHRISTINE: AMEN. - SHEILA: AMEN.
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- - SHEILA: AMEN. - LAURIE: AMEN, AMEN...
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- - LAURIE: AMEN, AMEN... THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
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- THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. IF YOU HAVE A PRAYER REQUEST,
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- IF YOU HAVE A PRAYER REQUEST, PLEASE CONNECT WITH US ON
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- PLEASE CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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- OUR BETTER TOGETHER COMMUNITY
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- OUR BETTER TOGETHER COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS PRAYING AND IS READY
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- IS ALWAYS PRAYING AND IS READY TO STAND IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU.
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- TO STAND IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US
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- WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US TOMORROW.
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- TOMORROW. WE'LL BE HAVING A POWERFUL
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- WE'LL BE HAVING A POWERFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO MAKE
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- CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS GOD'S WAY.
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- YOU DON'T WANNA MISS IT.
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- YOU DON'T WANNA MISS IT. WE'LL SEE YOU, THEN.
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- WE'LL SEE YOU, THEN. BYE-BYE.
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- BYE-BYE. [MUSIC]
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