Rip Up Your List __ (Part 1) Relationship Goals Reloaded

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TC Nation, thank you for joining. Thank you for clicking
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on this sermon. And guess what? This week's a special week.
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My husband wrote a book. I'm so proud of you.
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Thank you. You're welcome. And we're so happy that you joined.
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And I want you to know that the reason we
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wrote this book, Relationship Goals, was to help you win
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in relationships. And today, we do believe this message is
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going to help you. All the content in this series,
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Relationship Goals Reloaded, is going to help you because we
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believe that you can win in relationships. No matter where
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you are, there is a brighter future for you. Maybe
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you just need to learn some things. So go... Get
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the book today at IamMikeTodd.com and enjoy this message as
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we all win in relationships. Well, good morning, Transformation Church.
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If you are here today, you are alive, you are breathing.
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This is the day the Lord has made and we
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will rejoice and be glad in it. Y'all, I am
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so hyped wherever you are right now. I am grateful
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that you are a part of what God is doing
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here at Transformation Church. I need to see where you're
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watching from right now. I got my phone up right now.
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I need y'all to tell me where you're watching from
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because I'm reloaded and I am ready for what God
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is going to do today. Come on, I see some
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people right now. This is how we connect right now
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in this moment. I see people watching from California. I
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see people watching from Florida. Come on, where are you
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watching from right now? I see Jessica is on here
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and Stephanie is on here and Chance is on here.
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Is that Chance the rapper? Is that you? I don't know.
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Come on. I see you. Everybody's typing in reloaded right now.
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I believe God has something so specific. Canada is on here.
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Tanzania is on here. Maryland is on here. Boston, Nigeria, Jamaica, Pittsburgh, Philly,
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the Philippines, Ohio, Hawaii, D.C., Chicago. Y'all, we are here
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from all over the world. And that means that God
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is where you are at. I feel this thing right now.
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The church... building is closed, but the church is what?
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Wide open. And I declare you to make your house,
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your car, your kitchen, a place where the presence of
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God can come meet you. Ah, I'm excited already, y'all.
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I don't even know what's about to happen today. Let
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me calm down. Woosah for everybody who's visiting. Hello, my
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name is Michael Todd. And I am the lead pastor
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of Transformation Church. And today, I believe God has a
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word for you. But before I get into this word,
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I got to say thank you. As many of you
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guys know that this past week, your boy released his
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first ever book called Relationship Goals. Y'all supported this thing
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so much. I mean, as I look at this, like,
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and I see what God has done because of your support,
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because of you sharing it and telling people about it
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and buying it for your kids and your grandkids and
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buying it for your whole group. This book was the
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number one book in the world this week. How in
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the world did that happen? Except it's deepening the thought
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that God gave us a long time ago. All you have,
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finish it. It's all you need. And I want to
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thank you for that, for those who joined us on
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the release party and those who are still buying it.
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Transformation Church here in Tulsa. I know a lot of
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y'all haven't been able to get the book. So your
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pastor's working on something where you can get the book
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this week. I just believe this is going to help
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people win in relationship. And at TC, we have a
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culture code of generosity. We give just to give and
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not to get. So I want to give some stuff
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away right now. I picked some people from Instagram, and
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I just want to shout you, if you're watching right now,
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the first thing I want to give away is a
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signed copy of this book to somebody right now. If
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you want it, put it in the comments. I want
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that book, okay? And the first person that I want
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to give something to, I believe it's on Instagram, at
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Bianca underscore Nolden. Bianca, this is your book. It's coming
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to you. Is that Bianca over there? Bianca, this book
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is coming to you. Okay, I want to give one
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more signed book away to I am Timothy Griffin. Timothy Griffin,
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if you're watching, Pastor Mike has a book with your, well,
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my name on it, and it's signed to you, okay?
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And then I want to take it up. I love generosity.
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We had some shoes custom made. Y'all know Pastor likes shoes.
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And we had some shoes custom made for our five-year anniversary.
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They were some custom blazers. Put it on the screen
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so the people can see what we're talking about. I
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want to give these shoes to somebody right now. And
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I picked somebody right now. Somebody's praying hard. I feel you.
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I see your spirit right now. Somebody is praying hard.
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These custom blazers right here, I want to give those
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to official underscore DeAndre Sanders. DeAndre Sanders, where you at, bro?
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These are coming to you, okay? And then I had
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some relationship goals, custom Nikes made. Now, somebody's sitting here,
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that is not religious. Shouldn't he be opening the scriptures
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right now? Excuse me while somebody gets blessed. Keep yourself
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yourself over there for a second. Let somebody else get blessed.
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You got one of them, throw one of them to me, okay?
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I got some custom-made relationship goals, Nikes, that I want
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to give to somebody. These aren't for sale. I'm giving
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to somebody. And I want to give these to I
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believe it is Makeda, M-A-K-E-D-A underscore Ty underscore. These are
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coming to you right now. I want you to have these.
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I want you to enjoy them. And then I want
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to give away one more thing. Here we go. Many
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of you don't know that this series went viral and
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people saw this example that I did with these orange
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golf balls. And me and Natalie thought it would be
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cool because we don't keep stuff like this to create moments,
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but we want other people to have moments where it
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transformed their life. So I took the jacket from that
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original thing, put all the orange golf balls in it,
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me and Natalie signed it, and I'm sending it to somebody, okay?
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Somebody get your prayer life up right now. God can
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change the name on the screen. The person that I
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want to send this to is at queen underscore B
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underscore seven. Queen B seven. That is coming to you.
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Come on, rejoice with everybody who won. Some of y'all
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salty right now. Take the salt off, okay? Get sweet. Today, again,
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I just want to say thank you. Thank you for
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not being a part of a moment. Thank you for
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being a part of a movement. God is doing something
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so extravagant through you. And remember, this is not the church,
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the organization. You are the church, the organism. And today,
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I just want to pray that God would speak to us.
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I've been listening to this song that says, Speak to
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my heart, Lord. Give me your holy word.
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If I can't hear from you, then I'll know what
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to do. See, I won't go alone.
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This is a little old school, but I'll never go
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on my own.
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Just let your spirit guide and let your word abide.
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Speak to my heart, Lord. Some of y'all got it. Hey,
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give me your holy word. If I can't hear from you,
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then I know what to do. I won't go alone.
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I'm in an arena by myself right now, so I'll
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never go on my own. I feel it.
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Just let your spirit guide, hey, and just let your
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word abide.
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One more time. Speak to my heart, Lord. I need
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y'all to be my choir right now. Give me your
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holy word.
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If I can hear from you, then I'll know what
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to do.
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Say, I won't go alone. God, I'll never go on
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my own.
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Just let your spirit guide and let your word abide.
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Speak to my heart. Father, I thank you that you
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would speak to everybody's hearts. Come on, hands lifted all
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over this building. God, speak to our hearts in the
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name of Jesus. Nobody knows how to get to our
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hearts like you do. And today, God, I'm asking that
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you would penetrate areas that have been locked up because
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of hurt, because of pain, because of frustration. Because Father God,
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maybe we didn't have instruction. Father, I'm thanking you that
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you will speak directly to people's hearts. Habits don't change
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if hearts don't change. And God, we need you to
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change our heart. We've been dealing with the symptoms and
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the fruit, but we need you to deal with the
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root today. So as we start, relationship goes reloaded. I
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thank you that you would speak to our hearts, God.
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Don't let us just feel good, God. Let us transform.
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Do a work on the inside of us, and we'll
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be careful to give you all the glory, all the honor,
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and all the praise. In Jesus' name, I dare you
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to clap your hands in your house, in your kitchen. Oh,
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magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt his name together. Hallelujah.
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I'm ready. All right. Are y'all ready? Put ready in
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the comments if y'all ready, because I'm telling you, I'm reloaded.
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I don't know. Every time I say reloaded, I feel
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like I have to do that sound. Like I'm reloaded.
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All right. And I want you to get out notes
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because we are starting week two of a series we're
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calling Help Me Relationship Goals Reloaded. You forgot the sound effects.
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I'm going to give you one more chance. Today, we're
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starting week two of a series we're calling Relationship Goals Reloaded.
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Help me. All right, there we go. I felt you.
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I felt you do it on that one. And I
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thought last week we learned about the principles of God
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being the guide for all of our relationships. We learned
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that if we're going to do what God has called
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us to do and have the relationship God's called us
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to have, we need to set the word of God,
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the manual, the maker's mind as the principal thing in
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all of our relationships. And the thing that I'm burdened
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with is that so many people want relationship goals, but
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they have no aim. And until we get aim, we
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can never reach the goals that God has intended for us.
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So this entire series, I don't care how you got here.
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If somebody sent you the link or your boyfriend was like,
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we can't date no more unless we listen to relationship goals,
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reload it together. Like whatever reason you're here right now,
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I want you to know it's on purpose. Because God
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wants to divinely aim you in the direction of the
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things that are real relationship goals. And last week, I
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didn't have no filter on. And I saw y'all on Twitter.
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They said we were Twittering. We were trending on Twitter.
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I'm all good with that. But are you transforming in
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real life? Like, I got to make sure that we're
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not just trending and we're not transforming. Because we can
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trend and type all the quotes, but if we don't
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get it in our heart and start applying some of
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these things and walking in knowledge. Remember what we talked
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about last week, that knowledge means light. Okay? And darkness
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means ignorance. And a lot of things in our life,
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we are walking in darkness in, especially when it comes
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to relationships. And nobody showed us. We don't have a playbook.
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We're watching celebrities and culture, and they're defining what relationships are.
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And they keep not working because it's done in darkness.
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But when we get lighted, When we get knowledge, and
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y'all remember Jesus is the light of the world. When
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we get his perspective or his principles or his mind
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on relationships, we start walking in light. It's harder to
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see when you're in the dark, but it's easy to
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look over and step over what may trip you up
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when you have light. And what we want for all
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of your relationship is the light to come on. For
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you to be able to see that, I'm about to
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call people's names. For you to be able to see
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that he or she may be something you're tripping over.
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That the goal of success that you think that you're
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supposed to have may be something you're tripping over. And
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you might be tripping just because you're in the dark.
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But through this series, by faith, we're going to shine.
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Everybody shout at me light. Come on, put some light
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bulbs in the comments. That's what we want. We want
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light to come on. We want you to win in
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relationship because lights are coming on. This thing keeps going
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to sleep. Kane doesn't stop the word today. And so
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this is what I'm encouraging everybody in this moment right now.
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It's that if you are in a place of relational darkness,
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because I don't know who you are and what's going on.
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But if you're in a place of relational darkness right now,
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I feel like God told me that he wants to
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change every relationship in your life because you chose the
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relationships in the dark. Listen to me. If you feel
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like you're in relational darkness right now, God told me
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to tell you that every relationship around you was about
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to change. Even the ones you call your besties and
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your buddy and all of those different things like that.
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It's about to change because you pick those relationships in
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the dark. And there's some people that are right now
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as you would be like, oh, that's good. I am
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married to you. I'm about to get rid of you. Nope,
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you're stuck. So everybody that's married right now, you don't
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get to choose another partner right now. You're going to
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change enough to be able to look at the situation
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differently and you're going to become what you want out
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of them. Oh, I just said a whole bunch. And
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God said that the light is coming on. I feel that, Charles.
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The light is coming on. And I begin to think
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about this concept of being transformed by the light of
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God's knowledge and making his principles the thing that are
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first in our life when it comes to relationships. And
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then I had this weird situation happen this week. You know,
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me and Pastor Natalie have been doing all these interviews
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and talking to people and being on national TV and
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all this other stuff like that, talking about relationship goals.
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And somebody asked her a question that kind of threw
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me for a loop. which is the infancy of the
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message today that I think is gonna change your life.
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They asked Pastor Natalie, oh my goodness, you guys have
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been married 10 years, and this, that, and the third.
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Was Pastor Michael everything on your list? Was he everything
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on your list? And I felt a hesitation in my
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wife's voice. I felt a little clearing of the throat.
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And I stepped back and I said, let me see
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what she about to say right here. Yes, Natalie, was
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I everything on your list? And you know, me and Natalie,
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we leave a hot relationship, humble, open, and transparent. And
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she said, no, he actually wasn't anything on my list.
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I said, this heifer done gone on national TV and
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told them that I wasn't her relationship goal. She said,
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I thought my list had somebody who was tall and
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muscular and more Hispanic, Puerto Rican, green. I said, you
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wanted to be married to, what's his name, Derek Jeter
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or A-Rod, huh? This what you got, baby. And I
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began to think about it. that the list she had
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was made up out of her imagination. And all of
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us have some type of list, a list for our relationship,
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the list for our business, the list for what time
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we should get married and when we should be able
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to build the house and when we're going to have kids.
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We have these lists. And what God told me is
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that I am not a God of your list. He
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told me, he said, Michael, many of my children are
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disappointed in relationships because they have made their list and
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they're asking me to be Santa Claus, to be the
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tooth fairy. Would you please, since I've been nice and
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not naughty, will you please give me my list? Uh-oh,
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I'm in somebody's house right now. And God says, I
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am not the God of the list. And so he
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gave me this title and I need everybody to buckle
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up right now because I'm going to say something very
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strong and very direct, but I think it's going to
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change your life. The title of today's sermon is Rip
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Up Your List. Every list you've made without God. Every
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list that came out of your imagination but had no
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faith attached to it. I'm telling you, today you have
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to decide to rip up your list. Oh, I feel
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this thing right now. See, we need a revelation of relationships.
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But the thing that's working against God being preeminent or
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the first in our lives is is that we've already
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made a life without him. We've already wrote down in
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our journal what we want and when we want it
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and how we want it. And it begins to work
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against what God has for us because he's thinking of
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the purpose he put us here for. And we're thinking
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of the pleasure we want to experience. And God says,
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your list and my list will never match. I know
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some people are frustrated. Don't log off right now because
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what you need to understand is the list you've made.
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And somebody's like, well, I've never made a list. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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There's lists in your mind, even if you haven't written
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them down, that you've said, I'll only work with people
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like this. You've put stipulations and circumstances. I'll only get
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married when this happens. We've made inner vows. We've told
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ourselves this is what we're going to do. This is
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how we're going to do it. This is the age
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we're going to do it by. And it is one
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of the greatest sources of frustration for people is because
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God does not line up with what he didn't line out.
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He didn't line out that course for your life. But
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you're frustrated now because your plan didn't line up with
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what's actually happening. And today, through the word of God,
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I'm going to encourage you to rip up your list.
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Let me give you the definition that I made up
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of the list. See, the list is the thing that, oh,
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I want him to be 6'6. I want him to
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have a job that pays him good. I want him
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to be able to take care of me, cook salmon,
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and be able to have at least a six-pack. That
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was your list. And you sitting there with Elmer Fudd. No,
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I'm just playing. But some of y'all, that's reality. Well,
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I want her to be able to laugh at all
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my jokes. And she likes sports, but also loves makeup.
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And she does this and does that. And we make
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all of these lists. And God told me today, he said,
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I would like to revise every list that has ever
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been made without me. I would like to call a redo.
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to the situation and to your life in relationship. Look
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at the definition of the list. It's a set predetermined,
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a set of predetermined self-fabricated ideals of a specific person
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a situation or outcome that was written down, continually thought about,
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or verbally communicated by which erroneous expectations become goals for achievement.
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Let me break it down. It's the stuff that we
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said was gonna happen with no grounding just because we
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felt it. I saw something on TV and be like, yo,
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I'm gonna build my dream house by the time I'm 24.
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And you start saying that over and over and over
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and over and over again to where it becomes an
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erroneous expectation in your life. And when it doesn't happen
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by the time you're 24, then you're looking at God like,
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I thought you said you was with me. I thought
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you said if you before me, then who can be
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against me? He said, I didn't plan that. You you
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made up and put that on your list and I
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was nowhere in that And that's where i'm coming to
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challenge you because some of you are discontent in the
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season You're in right now not because god stopped doing
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what he said he was gonna do It's because you
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thought you would be somewhere else that god never promised
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you would be Ah They don't want this. They don't
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want this today, y'all. But I'm going to give it
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to you anyway because I'm reloaded. And somebody is supposed
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to win in relationships. But if God's purpose for your
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life is going to be preeminent, you have to take
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away everything you built without him. Rip up the list.
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Somebody put it in the comments. Rip up your list.
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Come on. Let me give you a reason why you
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should rip up your list. You rip up your list
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because your list for you will never look like God's
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list for you. Your list of factors of what you want, like,
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let me break it down. When you make a list
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of how you want your relationships to be, your life
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to be, your family to be, your list factors in
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what you want. When God makes a list of how
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he wants your life to be, how he wants your
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family to be, how he has designed your relationships to be,
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he factors in what you need. And many of us
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never pick what we need, we pick what we want. See,
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Natalie wanted some Puerto Rican green-eyed something, but what she
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got was a fine tall of milk chocolate, you hear me?
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Not because it's what she wanted, I was what she needed.
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The job that you're working out right now, it may
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not be what you wanted, but your character needs to
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be developed some more. So God gave you what you need.
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Some of y'all are mad because you were born into
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the family that you were born into. But what I'm
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telling you is that may have not been the family
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you wanted, but something that was birthed in the pain
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that you went through was what you needed. For the
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purpose that God has called you to. I'm just getting started. See,
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when we make up fabricated standards based on our feelings,
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no prayer, no prophetic insight, no word from God, just feelings. Yeah,
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before I get turned 40, I'm going to be retired.
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Where did that come from? Where did you make that
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up at? Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm going to
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run my own business next year. And that was five
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years ago. And you're frustrated in this moment because you
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have personally fabricated up things and never went to God
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for it. The reason why I'm bringing this in the
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second week of relationship goals is because I think that
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this is one of the main reasons why relationships do
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not work out and why they break down. It's because
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of fabricated expectations of somebody else. You put it on
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your list that they would be athletic. You put it
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on their list that they would be emotional. You put
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it on your list that they would be able to
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understand your childhood scars and that y'all would like the
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same thing. And all these things you put on your
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list were made by you and not co-signed by God.
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And so God says, when I present to you what
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you actually need, you mad. You big mad. Because my
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way for you, the Bible says, is not the way
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you would choose. But that's where trust comes in. And
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that's why I believe some people have to rip up
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their list. And I see people right now. You're frustrated
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with where you are in life. I know you're frustrated
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with the relationships that you have. You're frustrated with the
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way that business is going. But I'm going to teach
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you something that changed my life. It's the formula of frustration.
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Can I tell it to you right now? Write this down.
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You don't want to miss this. This will change your
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children's children. The formula of frustration is fabricated expectations plus
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failed reality equals feelings of frustration. So you make up
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stuff you don't even tell nobody. Like you make up,
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like my 30th birthday is going to be the turn
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up of the century. I promise you we turning up.
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And you make this fabricated expectation. And then the reality
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is your birthday was in the middle of a pandemic.
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Let's be real, because that's the reality people are living
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right now. My birthday is going to be the turn up.
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I'm telling everybody I'm turning up. Oh, OK. And the
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reality is my birthday is in the middle of a pandemic.
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And now you have feelings of frustration. Not because you
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didn't have people around you who appreciated you and they
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did things for you and they sent you cards and
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they sent you text messages. And if you didn't have
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this fabricated expectation, you could have appreciated what was actually there.
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But instead, because you made something up that was not
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supposed to be there, now you're feeling frustrated and downtrodden
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in this thing. It's time for you to whip up
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the list. And I don't care what area of your
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life it is. It can be in relationships. This message
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is coming for everybody. It can be in your marriage.
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It can be in your business. It can be in
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any area. It's time to go back to what God
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is saying. Because too many people are feeling frustrated, but
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I need to let you know something about God. And
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this may be the thing you don't like, but it's
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the thing you need to hear right now. The reason
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you have to rip up your lips, take this down,
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is because God is more committed to your destiny than
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he is to your desires. He's more committed to the
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destiny he sent you here for than your own desires.
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And this is where people be like, I didn't like
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that Christianity thing anyway. I got to get out of here.
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But I wish somebody would have told me this. Because
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I spent many years of my Christian life quoting scriptures wrong.
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Because I know somebody's like, uh-uh, I'm looking it up
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right now. I know the Bible says that God will
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give you the desires of your heart. I know that's
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in there somewhere. Oh, baby, you heard somebody say that
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and you didn't actually read the scripture. Let me take
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you to the scripture and give you revelation. The Bible
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does say something like that, but let me give you
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the context. Psalms 37 verse 4. It says... Delight yourself
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in the Lord and he will give you the desires
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of your heart. Let me give you the passage remix, okay?
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When you choose to put yourself in the Lord, when
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you choose to put your plans in the Lord, when
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you choose to put your relationships in the Lord, when
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you choose to put your business plans in the Lord,
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then it says he will give your heart what it
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should desire. Not he's going to give you everything that's
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already in your heart that's ugly and is not like him.
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He's going to give you your heart's desire. He said,
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when you get surrounded by my will. My idea for
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you when you get an accountability and you know, because
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what's in our heart is bad. The Bible tells us
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that the heart is more deceitful than anything. The stuff
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I naturally want without God is selfish. It's self-serving. It's prideful.
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And God says, that's why you got to come out
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of yourself and you got to get in me. And
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when you delight yourself in the Lord, he says, I'll
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change the things in your heart and you'll start wanting
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the things I want for you. you'll go from wanting
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money and you'll want to be effective. You'll go from
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wanting to be impressive to impactful. See, he'll start to,
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how do you know, Pastor Mike? This is my life.
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When I was a younger man and I thought I
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was going to be Diddy or Kanye or somebody like that,
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I wanted it for what it made me feel like.
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If you would have told me that a million people
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would be following me on anything, that would have gone
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straight to my head. That would have gone straight to
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blow up this thing that I was doing. And so
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God said, let me take you the humble route. Let
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me get you in me. Let me transition you from
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the music industry and all this other stuff. And let
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me let you start off serving a bunch of youth
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who don't even know if they want God. Let me
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help you work with them through their 14 and 13-year-old problems,
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and you got to sit there for an hour and
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a half and really care about it and take it
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home and pray for them and then pray for their parents.
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Why don't you get in me? And when you get
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in me, I'll start to change your desires. I went
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from saying I'd never be on a platform to saying, God,
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Never ever want to be without a platform to be
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able to give your name glory. What was that? He
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was changing my heart's desires and giving me what to
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desire I don't know who I'm talking to right now
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But some of your stuff you've been desiring things that
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was not in the Lord and God saying rip up
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that list Tear that thing up because I'm telling you
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when you get my desires for you You will live
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the life that you're really searching for the reason why
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it's not working and you still feel Unfulfilled is because
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it was never meant to fill you up unless it
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came from the source Let me stop and that's why
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proverbs 19 21 says read this one it says many
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of the plans are In a person's heart. I mean,
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all of us got plans. All of us. Let me
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say it another way. All of us got lists. All
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of us got things we put in our calendar. By
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this time, I would have this and I'd be having
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this many kids by now. And me and my family
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would be doing this. We all got plans. But look
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what it says. But it's the Lord's purpose that prevails.
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I came to a place where I ripped up my list.
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Of being this world renowned music producer and having millions
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of dollars by the time I was 25 and doing
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I ripped up all of those lists because I was
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fighting a losing battle. He said, you can go ahead
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and keep doing all of that. But at the end
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of the day, my purpose will prevail. That's why you
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see all these rappers and artists at the end of
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their life. They all become Christians. No, come on, let's
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be honest. Everybody's VH1 behind the scenes is like, I've
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been running for God for 39 years, and today I'm
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a pastor of First Ebenezer Gangster Church. Why is that?
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Because at the end of the day, you can do
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all of this. And it takes from you. But the
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Lord's purpose will prevail. Somebody needs to hear that right now.
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Keep going and chasing all the kitty cat out there.
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Keep going and trying to get everybody to like you.
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But God says at some point you're going to get tired.
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And at some point it won't work for you no more.
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And at some point my purpose will prevail. Oh, somebody
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needs to hear me. Why are you talking that raw,
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Pastor Mike? Because I'm hoping to shake you out of
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those cycles you've been in. It's time for you to
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rip the list. I need somebody. If this is your list,
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it's time to rip the list. I need somebody to
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hear me. I don't care if it's in your relationship.
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I don't care if it's in your family. God is saying,
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I need you to trust me because I'm God. And
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at the end of the day, my purpose will prevail.
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That's why we rip up our list. Write this down.
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You need to rip up your list because a God
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dream is never created based on your preference. A God
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dream is created based on your purpose. So when God
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sits down to make you, he doesn't say, let me
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see what they want. Let me throw in some. He says,
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what have I purposed them for? Okay, so if I've
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purposed them to bring my name glory in this area,
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What is the path that I'm going to take them
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on and how am I going to get them there
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and what relationships do I need? And this is the
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thing God built within all of us. The greatest thing
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he gave us was choice. And that's why when we
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get a plan from God, we still have the choice
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to be able to obey the plan of God or
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to go our own way. And that's why I'm trying
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to encourage you right now because I wish somebody would
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have got up in front of me when I was
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a little younger and said, Mike, rip up the list.
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You don't want what's on that list. You want what
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God wants for you because in what God wants for
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you is true fulfillment. In what God wants for you,
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you don't have to strive for it. You can stride
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into it. In what God has for you, there's actual satisfaction.
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And a God dream is never created based on your preference.
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A God dream is created based on your purpose. And
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if you want to talk about dreams, there's no way
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we can talk about dreams without talking about Joseph. Let's
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look at Genesis chapter 37. Y'all remember Joseph with the
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coat of many colors? Some of us have missed this
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story because he had a dream or he probably had
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a list of how he thought his life was going
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to go because God gave him this very vivid dream.
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Look at it. It said Jacob loved Joseph more than
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any of his other children. Because Joseph had been born
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to him in his old age. So one day, Jacob
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had a special gift made for Joseph. It was a
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Versace jacket, a beautiful robe. But his brothers hated Joseph
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because their father loved him more than the rest of them.
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They couldn't say a kind word to him. One night,
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Joseph had a dream. The same way all of us
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have dreams. One night, Joseph had a dream. And when
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he told his brothers, he said, we were out in
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the field tying up bundles of grain. And suddenly a
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bundle stood up. And I don't know what this really meant,
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but it was like, and your bundles all gathered around
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and bowed low. Y'all dropped it low to my bundle.
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And his brother said, fool, so you think. You going
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to be our king? This boy lost his mind. You
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think we're going to bow to you? Do you actually
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think you will reign over us? And they hated him
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all the more because of the dream and the way
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he talked about him, talked about them. See, when I
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think about Joseph having a dream, he had a dream.
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that he was going to be a king or he
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was gonna be in the palace. And so I wanna
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show you this. This is like many of our lives.
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Joseph's list probably looks something like this. It's gonna be
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a dream that I have. And then I'm gonna get
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some parts from my family and my brothers and the
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people that are around me. And then, I mean, opportunities
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are gonna open up and this is how my list
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is gonna go. And then promotion is gonna come. And
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then I'm gonna end up in the palace. But if
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you read through the next four chapters of Genesis, what
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happens to Joseph is what happens to many of our lives,
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is that we have a list and a preferred way
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that we would want it to go and we made
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up for it to go, but then we have our
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list and then we have real life. And Joseph's real
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life was he had a dream, but then he was
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betrayed by his brothers. He was sold into slavery. He
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was thrown into prison, and then he still got the palace?
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Hold on, hold on, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I
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thought my dream was going to be something that everything
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in the dream was going to be easy and linear
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and promotion and up, up, up, up, up, and then
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I would reach the palace. But Joseph's real life didn't
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look like his real list. And some of y'all are
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in here and you're mad because your real life doesn't
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look like your real list. But I came to encourage
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you today. You can rip up the list because if
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God is with you and you are going through something
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right now, you still can reach your palace. Let me
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say it a different way because I need to talk
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to some people who feel like their dream has dropped. See,
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the reason we got to rip up our list is
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because Joseph started out with a dream. And again, then
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he went and he thought he was going to go
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to the palace. So I want you to picture like
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these two extremes, these highs, okay? And when we get
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these highs in our life and we think there's this
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thing that's about to happen and everything's going to go
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from glory to glory. But then the dream drops. And
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Joseph literally... goes from the dream to literally being thrown
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into a pit. His brothers sold him into slavery and
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threw him into a pit. And in the middle between
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the dream and the palace, he experienced betrayal, slavery, and prison.
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Pastor Mike, why are you talking about ripping up a
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list and being in the pit? Because this is where
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a lot of y'all relationships are and have been. And
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I came to encourage you today that just because your
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relationship is in the pit does not mean that it's over.
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Just because you've been divorced two times and now you're
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trying to start on another list without God. Baby, rip
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up your list because God has a plan for you
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that is bigger than this. What you need to know
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is the path to the palace many times passes through
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the pit. I'm preaching up here right now. So you
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started off with a dream and you started off with
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your list and you started off with the relationship that
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was supposed to last. That's what happened to me and
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Pastor Natalie, high school sweethearts. And I went through 10
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months of insanity and perversion and cheating and lying. And
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it took us being with God that still delivered us
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to a place of a palace where we were able
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to help other marriages. But we did not get there
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going some smooth route. The bottom dropped out of that thing.
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And when we had nothing else, we had to trust
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in God. We had to rip up our list. And
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there's people watching. I feel the presence of God right
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now that have been through divorces, that have been through infidelity,
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that have been heartbroken, that have been hurt, whose kids
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have walked away and business partners took advantage, and you
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are feeling stuck right now. Because you went through the
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betrayal and you went through the thing that seemed like slavery.
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And you went through the thing that feels like prison.
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But God says, if you rip up your list. I
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can use all of that to still deliver you to
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the palace, to the place where your purpose is fulfilled.
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And I think that some people need to hear this
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in the room right now. That's why Psalms 23, 4,
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David writes, Yea, though I walk through the valley of
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the shadow of death. See that pit? Put it back
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on the screen. The pit is available. valley. I was
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going good and then it dropped off. But God says,
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even when you're in the valley, I'm walking with you.
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Even when you're at the low place, I'm with you.
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You don't have to fear because I am with you.
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The truth is, Joseph wouldn't have picked betrayal. He had
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to rip up his list because what God was going
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to allow him to go through would not have been
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something he picked on his list. None of us would
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pick betrayal. None of us would pick COVID-19. Did anybody
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write that down on your year plan this year? Did
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anybody put that on your dream board? I want to
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start January off really strong, and then I want to
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get in the Word in February, and then I want
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to meet my man in March, and then I don't
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want to see him again till next August. Nobody picked it,
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but God's using it. He's using it to develop you.
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He's using it to expose what you really trust. He's
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using it. Come on, y'all. Somebody needs to put in
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the comments, he's using it. He's using it. He's using it.
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They wouldn't have picked. They wouldn't have put that on
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their list. Me and Natalie wouldn't have put autism for
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our son on our list. There's no way I would
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have wrote down what I want for my son is.
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So what happens when you get a dream and God
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gives you the son or gives you something and then
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the bottom drops out? I didn't put it on my list.
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I didn't want this, but I got it. And what
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happens when it doesn't look like what I thought? And
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many of you, I feel this so strong, you are
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so mad at God and he can't even speak to
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your heart anymore because you are so frustrated over a
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list you made that did not come to reality. It
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was fabricated. It was ideal. It was a fantasy. And
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when it didn't happen, it devastated you so much that
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now you can't hear when God's trying to heal your heart.
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And he's trying to bring people into your life to
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help you. And you're so jaded and so broken and
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so anti. And God's saying today, I'm begging you. I
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sent this big black man, sweaty and all black with
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his wife on his shirt to beg you to rip
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up your list right now. I want you to take
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everything that you put as a erroneous expectation and say, God,
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I'm ripping it up. This is no longer what I
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will hold myself. Are anybody else too? Can we rewrite
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what the purpose looks like in my life? Can we
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rewrite what success is in my family? Can we real,
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come on y'all, can we rewrite? Because I'm tired of
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being frustrated and I feel like I'm in the pit
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and I've been comparing myself to everybody else's Instagram feed
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and they're getting married and they're having a baby and
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they're moving into their dream home. And today I have
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been frustrated and discontent because I made a list. But
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by the power of the Holy Spirit, it's not going
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to be easy. But today I'm ripping up the list.
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I feel this thing right now. Somebody say rip it up.
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Somebody needs to rip up the list. Joseph now gets
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sold into slavery in Genesis 37 verse 23. And literally
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it says, so when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped. That's crazy.
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His brothers ripped off the beautiful robe. This was a
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metaphoric sign of what was happening to any list that
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he thought. That Bible will preach itself. You hear what
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I'm saying to you? They literally ripped off the path
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that he thought he was going to be, the thing
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that represented his favor. It said his brothers ripped off
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the beautiful robe he was wearing. Then they grabbed him
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and threw him into the pit. Put it back up there.
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I like that up there because somebody's seeing it right now.
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They ripped it off and they threw him in the pit.
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So when the Ishmaelites... who were Midianite traders came by,
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Joseph's brothers, verse 28, go to verse 28. It said,
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they pulled him out of the cistern. Now this messes
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me up every time. I don't have enough time to
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do this, but he gets thrown in by people. And
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then a few hours later, those same people come and
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they act like they're helping him out. What does it
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feel like to have the people who betrayed you betray you,
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come back and act like it's all good. But the
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only reason they were pulling him up out of the
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cistern was to sell him out again. They threw him in,
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they pulled him up, and look what it says, and
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they sold him for 20 pieces of silver and the
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traders took him to Egypt. Look at verse 36, drop down. Meanwhile,
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the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt where they sold Joseph
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to Potiphar. So he was sold again. An officer in
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Pharaoh came an officer for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
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Potiphar was a captain of the palace guard. Now, for
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most of us, this would be it. Our attitude would
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be so bad at this point. Where is God? He
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ain't real. He gave me a dream, and now I've
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been betrayed by the people who are closest to me.
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And y'all know that's where betrayal really happens. It's the
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people that are closest to you, the people who know
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who you really are, but they use that against you like,
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It's that. That's where the relationship holes are. See, we're
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talking about relationship goals, but a lot of us are
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dealing with relationship holes, and that's why we keep getting
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in wrong relationships, because we're expecting people that don't know
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us to fulfill things that happen to us from people
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who are supposed to love us. And the truth is,
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the only person that can fix it is not the
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offender or the person coming in. It's the God who
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created you. And so he comes into this point like,
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what in the heck? I I was just coming to
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help my brothers out. I got sold out and then
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sold into slavery. I got moved from what was comfortable
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into a foreign land. How is God using this? And
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that's where somebody is right now. But the reason why
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you want to take your little list of everything that
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you thought was supposed to happen and you want to
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just start slowly ripping it up is because every betrayal
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is not bad. Some betrayals are a blessing. You missed it. See,
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if the betrayal wouldn't have happened, Joseph wouldn't ended up
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in Egypt. Let me give it to you in a point.
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Rip up your list because the betrayal wasn't meant to
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break you. The betrayal was allowed to take you. It
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was allowed to take you to your next destination that
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you would have not gone to had it not been
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some hurt involved. Some of us are so comfortable, I'm
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talking to people right now, that God has to allow
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hurt to move you from your home. Some of y'all
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are so good with being in a mediocre relationship that
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God has to allow their true colors to come out
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for you to be put on blast enough to move
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out of that situation. God uses the pain of betrayal
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many times not as a thing that is supposed to
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break you. It's a thing that's supposed to take you.
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Take you to the place you wouldn't go on your own.
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What would have made Joseph leave his dad his favor
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and go to Egypt? Nothing because he was in a
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comfortable spot where he was favored. But God said your
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purpose for the purpose I have for you is so
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much bigger than being comfortable in this little space. I
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want to make you comfortable in a big space. Do
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you want it? Even if betrayal is a part of
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the plan. See, that's the thing. We don't want that
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on our list. We don't want people walking out on us.
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We don't want to be furloughed from our job. Do
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y'all know? I'm going to just go ahead and say it, Cordell,
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because I'm hearing, they listening. Some of y'all, corona was
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the thing God had to allow to get you out
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of that job. No, I know you don't. I know.
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For some of y'all, this pandemic was allowed and they
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furloughed you to see your kids again. No, no, no.
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I know you've been providing for them, but you haven't
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seen them. You don't know the stages of life they're
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in and what they're struggling with. And now that you're
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in their house and you see that their face is
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always down in the phone and you ask, what are
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you looking at? This is the first time you've seen
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your kids in 10 years. See, what God's trying to
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do is he's thinking about everything with your purpose in mind,
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not your preference in mind. And Joseph had to go
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through betrayal because many times the worst relational devastation is
846
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many times God's vehicle of transportation. And this is what
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I'm encouraging you to do because I've had a lot
848
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of failures. I know it looks like Pastor Mike be
849
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winning all the time on Instagram, but your boys had
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a lot of failures in my life over the past decade.
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And what I have learned to do, I'm about to
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give you a key to ripping up your list. You
853
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have to always look for God's favor in the failures.
854
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Look for God's. I know it hurts. I know you
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never thought this would happen. I know this was not
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a part of the plan. This wasn't a part of
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the dream. This wasn't on my list. But God says,
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I leave hints of my favor in every failure. Look
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look look what he did. He left hints of his
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favor in For Joseph in the failure. He's now sold
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to slavery in Potiphar's house. His brothers have sold him out.
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He ends up in Egypt. And look what happens in
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Genesis chapter 39 verse 2. It says, and the Lord
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was with Joseph. What? Hold on. I just got betrayed
865
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and put into slavery. And the first thing that the
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Bible records is God was with him. In the midst
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of the failure, God is with you. In the midst
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of the pain, God is with you. And see, many
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of us would rather to be in a good situation
870
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without God, but me, I'll take a bad situation with
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God any day of the week because my Bible says,
872
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if God be for me. Then who could be against me?
873
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And that's where some of you need to know that
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your advantage in the middle of a bad situation. The
875
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reason why you have to rip up your list, even
876
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though the last relationship didn't work, is because God is
877
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still with you. And when you realize that it's watch this.
878
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It says, so he succeeded. The Lord was with Joseph,
879
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so he succeeded. The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded.
880
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Put your name in there. The Lord was with Michael,
881
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so he succeeded. Do it one more time. The Lord
882
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was with, say your name, so he succeeded in everything
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he did as he, watch what he did, served. You
884
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mean I have to serve in a sucky situation? You
885
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mean I still have to actually serve? And be what
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God requires me to do and be even when it's
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not fair Joseph was in an unfair situation Mish and
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God still required him to do what was put in
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him to do and some of y'all are in an
890
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unfair situation Stuff that you didn't write on your list
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But God said rip the list up because if you
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would ever get your eyes on me and you would
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serve in Even in the sucky situation, it would change
894
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the trajectory of everything that's going on. Look at it.
895
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It says in everything he did, he was successful because
896
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he served in the home of the Egyptian master. Potiphar
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noticed that he noticed this and realized that the Lord
898
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was with Joseph. There are people that are watching you
899
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in your pit and they're going to realize that God
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is with you, even though it's a bad situation. He said,
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this please Potiphar. So he soon made Joseph, listen, his
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personal attendant. He got an upgrade in the midst of
903
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a pit. He put him in charge of the entire
904
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household and everything he owned. From the day Joseph was
905
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put in charge of the master's household and property, the
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Lord began to bless Potiphar's house. Watch this. For Joseph's sake,
907
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there are situations that are about to be blessed. Because
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you decided in the middle of the pit, when your
909
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list got ripped up, that you would still serve. You
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would still love. You would still forgive. You would still
911
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show up. You would still encourage in the midst of it.
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And God says, I'll promote you in the pit. Oh,
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he said all his household affairs ran smoothly and his
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crops and livestock flourish. So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility.
915
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This don't sound like a slave to me. This sound
916
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like a boss. People are going to label you slave
917
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and you're going to walk around with the authority of
918
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a boss. People are going to say that you're not
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enough and you're going to have the pen that strokes checks.
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People are going to say that you're too young and
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God's going to say, I put my hand on you.
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So whatever pitch you're in, I feel this right now.
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That's why you got to rip up your list. This
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is why you can't be stuck to what you thought
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it was going to be. You have to sell out
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to what God is saying it is. It says Potiphar
927
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gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With
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Joseph there, he didn't worry about a thing. Except was
929
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he gonna eat chick-fil-a or Popeyes? The reason you got
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to rip up your list is because faithfully serving the
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season always produces success I'll say it again Faithfully serving
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the season even if it doesn't look like what was
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on your list Well, I thought I would have kids
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by now, but you're still single stop wishing you were
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somewhere else and And faithfully serve this season. Rip up
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your list. Well I thought I would have a business.
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And I would be running stuff. And you're still mopping
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floors for somebody. And it does not feel like God
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is with you. What I'm telling you is. Forget where
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you thought you would be. And faithfully serve this season.
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Rip up your list. This is a prophetic sign right now.
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Somebody needs to get some paper in your house right now,
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and you need to write your list. You can be specific,
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but what needs to happen for you is you need
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to faithfully serve the season you're in. If you're in
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the season of singleness, faithfully serve that. If you're in
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the season of infertility, faithfully serve right there. If you're
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in the season, I know it's hard, and your marriage
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is not working, faithfully serve in that season. Because God
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says if you risk your list and stop comparing what
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is to what you wish it would be, He said,
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I can bring success to you in that very season.
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I am preaching up here. See, that's why you have
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to know that the relationship goal is not a person.
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It's God. That has to be the first relationship goal
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that you have. Joseph goes into this thing and he
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serves his season. I'm going to have to do a
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part two to this. Is it okay if I do
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part two? Put part two in the comments because I
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feel this thing is so strong. We're going to do
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a part two, but I got to give you a
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couple more. Y'all okay? If y'all okay, give me okay, pastor, okay?
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I'm seeing it right now in the comments. Joseph begins
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to serve his season. And that's so strong for somebody
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right now because even college graduates, you're trying to figure
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out what you're about to do and God says, serve
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this season. There's people right now that They lost a
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loved one. And now all their focus is going to
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grieving and hurting. There's a time and a season for that.
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But the enemy would love to keep you in a
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trap of that because that wasn't on your list. I
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never thought I would lose my father. I never thought
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I would lose granny. I never thought I would lose big,
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big mama. I never thought that this was going to happen.
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And it happened. And now I'm in a pit that
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wasn't on your list. I wouldn't have chosen that. But
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God is encouraging you. factored in everything that would look
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like a failure. I saw it when I called you.
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That's why I gave you the dream in the first place.
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You know, some nights I bet when he was in slavery,
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the only thing he could think about was the dream
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he had. That God gave him a dream. That you've
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seen yourself in a place that's not looking like relationally
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what you're in right now. And God's saying, I know
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you're frustrated because you sat Erroneous expectations that I wasn't in.
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And your list has been interrupted. But remember, I'm not
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committed to your desires. I'm committed to your destiny. And
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that's what God wants somebody to hear right now. Joseph
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goes through many more things. I'll tell you about one
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more today. Joseph doing his thing. Serving his season. And
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then out of the blue. I mean, if I was Joseph, like,
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and I thought I was going to be a slave
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and I'm a boss now, I'm just trying to keep
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everything cool. Just trying to do my job, stay out
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the way. And then he catches a case with a cougar.
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You can read the Bible. I mean, y'all got to
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read the Bible. The Bible is better than Maury Povich.
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It's better than Netflix. He catches a case with the cougar.
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I'm going to prove it to y'all because some of
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y'all be like, that is not the truth. Yes, it is.
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Look at it in Genesis 39 verse 6. Joseph was
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very handsome. and well-built, just like your boy. And Potiphar's
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wife soon began to look at him lustfully. You nasty
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little cuckoo. Come and sleep with me, son. That'd be
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disgusting if somebody says, sleep with me, son. That's horrible.
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She demanded, but Joseph refused to look. Now, I want
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you to see his commitment. I want you to see this.
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She said, sleep with me. He said, I'm not even looking.
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So many people are trying to figure out what the
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line of sin is, what the line is. And God says,
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I need you to rip up that list too. I
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want you to be above reproach. She said, sleep with me.
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He's not standing there naked like, are you serious? What
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do you mean? What do you mean? Like many of
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us would be sitting up in the room like, hold on,
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I don't know. Is this comfortable? Laying in the bed
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next to him. She said, sleep with me. Demanded it.
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He didn't even look at her. And some of the
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protection and the parameters you need for your relationship are
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going to be extreme. People are going to say, some
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of y'all need to cut off the DMs. Some of
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y'all need to change cell phone numbers. Some of y'all
1023
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need to get off of websites or have a software
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that lets your spouse know what you're looking at. Don't
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take all of that. Well, then you're going to fall
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to the trap of the cougar. And the cougar may
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not be an actual woman or a person. It may
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be a trap that the enemy set. The enemy had
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set this trap for Joseph. And look what happens. Joseph
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didn't even look at her. And he said, my master
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trusts me with everything in this entire household. Girl, I'm
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not messing that up for you. No one here has
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more authority than I do. He has held back nothing
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from me except your nasty tail. How could I do
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such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin.
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Watch this. Not against the master. It would be a
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great sin against God. See, many times we don't do
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things because of how it would make a person feel.
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And God says, how about how I feel? See, every
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time you sleep in with such and such because they
1041
00:59:46.420 --> 00:59:49.739
want it, you're thinking about how bad they would feel after.
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00:59:50.159 --> 00:59:53.179
But it makes me feel horrible when I saved you
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out of that last relationship and I brought grace to
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00:59:56.099 --> 00:59:58.880
your life. And all I'm saying is, am I considered
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in the situation? He said she kept on pursuing on
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Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with
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her and he kept out of her way as much
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as possible. Then she lies on him. She catches him
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01:00:16.710 --> 01:00:21.559
one day and nobody's around. Watch this. She rips off
1050
01:00:21.619 --> 01:00:29.280
his robe. There's a ripping that keeps coming up. She
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01:00:29.400 --> 01:00:32.909
rips off his robe. He runs out because he thought
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01:00:32.929 --> 01:00:35.150
he was going to be here forever. What happens when
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01:00:35.170 --> 01:00:38.369
God redeems your situation and puts you in a better situation?
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01:00:38.650 --> 01:00:40.050
And then he said, but this ain't the end of
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the ripping. What happens when he thought he had it made?
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01:00:45.219 --> 01:00:47.500
And God says, now I got to use this cougar
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to get you to where I need you to be.
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She lies. Oh my God, Joseph tried to rape me.
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01:00:57.050 --> 01:00:59.389
And Joseph was running back like this helpful. I know
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she did. Like I know he was mad. I know
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I just see things in movies in my mind. And
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when Potiphar found out, He threw Joseph in prison. Now
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01:01:14.179 --> 01:01:17.679
what happens y'all when I made a list for my
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01:01:17.719 --> 01:01:21.079
life and every step of the way God says he's
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01:01:21.139 --> 01:01:24.300
with me but I got a dream and then I
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01:01:24.340 --> 01:01:27.710
get betrayed by my brothers. I get thrown in slavery
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and then I get lied on in slavery and I
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01:01:31.070 --> 01:01:34.809
get put in prison. My whole list has been ripped
1069
01:01:34.869 --> 01:01:39.639
up and that's how many of y'all feel relationally right now.
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01:01:39.659 --> 01:01:44.849
But look what our loving God does. He takes Joseph's
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prison and he starts him on a trajectory for the
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place he was supposed to be all alone. He gets
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01:01:55.650 --> 01:02:01.469
this man to go from a foreign land, betrayed by
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his brothers, taken to Egypt in a guard's house that
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01:02:06.650 --> 01:02:12.110
works for the palace, gets thrown into the The palace
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01:02:12.179 --> 01:02:17.599
is prison because that's where he needed to be to
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eventually become the second most powerful person in all of Egypt.
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01:02:25.699 --> 01:02:28.739
What are you saying to us, Pastor Mike? That the
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reason you need to rip up your list is because
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01:02:32.489 --> 01:02:39.130
prisons can become platforms. Joseph went from a prison prison
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01:02:40.380 --> 01:02:45.800
to a platform because he faithfully served no matter what
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01:02:45.980 --> 01:02:49.860
season he was in. He didn't get mad and be like,
1083
01:02:49.920 --> 01:02:52.599
I lost my job and they left me for somebody
1084
01:02:52.659 --> 01:02:55.559
else and I can't stand this. And he didn't pout
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01:02:55.880 --> 01:03:01.539
and blame God. He says, if I'm here, if I'm here,
1086
01:03:02.579 --> 01:03:06.260
then there must be some reason and something you're doing.
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01:03:06.920 --> 01:03:09.519
I think the song says, even when I don't see it,
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01:03:10.139 --> 01:03:14.639
you're working. Even when I don't feel it, you're working.
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01:03:15.400 --> 01:03:20.039
You never stop working. And I came to encourage somebody
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01:03:20.079 --> 01:03:23.460
who's in a relational pit or who's frustrated about the
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01:03:23.559 --> 01:03:27.420
expectations and your list is not happening right for you. Today,
1092
01:03:27.579 --> 01:03:31.849
I ask you, rip up the list because the presence
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01:03:31.889 --> 01:03:34.369
of God is saying, I can take you from the
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01:03:34.449 --> 01:03:36.829
pit to the palace if you would trust me. Look
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01:03:36.869 --> 01:03:40.590
at it in Genesis 39, 21. Watch what it says again.
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01:03:40.949 --> 01:03:44.170
He's in prison. Look at it. But the Lord was
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01:03:44.800 --> 01:03:50.800
with Joseph. He was with them in the prison and
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01:03:50.820 --> 01:03:54.420
he showed him his what? Faithful love. Oh, I love God.
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01:03:54.920 --> 01:03:58.340
And the Lord made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden.
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01:03:58.380 --> 01:04:02.610
He had favor everywhere he went. Before long, The warden
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01:04:02.650 --> 01:04:06.110
put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and
1102
01:04:06.239 --> 01:04:09.260
over everything that happened in the prison. I'm telling you,
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01:04:09.300 --> 01:04:11.159
when the favor of God is on your life, can't
1104
01:04:11.199 --> 01:04:14.679
nothing stop it. Betrayal can't stop it. A bad relationship
1105
01:04:14.719 --> 01:04:17.760
can't stop it. Being lied on can't stop it. Prison
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01:04:17.800 --> 01:04:20.820
can't stop it. It said that, verse 23, the warden
1107
01:04:20.949 --> 01:04:23.869
had no more worries because Joseph took care of everything.
1108
01:04:24.389 --> 01:04:27.909
The Lord was with him and caused everything he did
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01:04:28.190 --> 01:04:34.530
to do what? Succeed. The reason I'm asking everybody to
1110
01:04:34.570 --> 01:04:38.449
rip up your list is because God's plan for your
1111
01:04:38.489 --> 01:04:40.949
life in the very beginning is for you to succeed.
1112
01:04:42.030 --> 01:04:45.829
His path there will never look like your path there.
1113
01:04:46.809 --> 01:04:49.409
The people there won't look like the people you would
1114
01:04:49.449 --> 01:04:54.320
choose there. Natalie did not choose me, but she needed me.
1115
01:04:55.920 --> 01:05:01.489
I did not choose Natalie, but I needed Natalie. And
1116
01:05:01.789 --> 01:05:05.730
my desires and her desires became God's desires. Next week,
1117
01:05:05.849 --> 01:05:08.329
I'm going to try to find a prophecy that we
1118
01:05:08.369 --> 01:05:10.530
got from prophetess Pam Vanette when we were in the
1119
01:05:10.590 --> 01:05:12.650
middle of all of our ish. And we had a
1120
01:05:12.710 --> 01:05:15.429
word from God, not a list we made up, but
1121
01:05:15.469 --> 01:05:18.929
a divine inspiration from God that our marriage would be glorious.
1122
01:05:19.170 --> 01:05:21.050
And we would go through a storm, but God would
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01:05:21.070 --> 01:05:23.179
bring us out and all this other stuff. And we
1124
01:05:23.280 --> 01:05:25.719
held on to that word. That was the only word
1125
01:05:25.780 --> 01:05:29.480
he gave us on his list. It wasn't our list.
1126
01:05:29.639 --> 01:05:32.570
It was his list. All I'm asking you to do
1127
01:05:32.610 --> 01:05:34.550
in this place, I feel the presence of God coming
1128
01:05:34.570 --> 01:05:36.630
into your house right now. I want you to rip
1129
01:05:36.710 --> 01:05:42.010
up your list and let God rewrite it. Come on.
1130
01:05:42.929 --> 01:05:44.690
If you got a piece of paper somewhere around you
1131
01:05:44.730 --> 01:05:46.230
right now, I want you to get it out. And
1132
01:05:46.349 --> 01:05:48.780
all week, I need y'all to get on social media
1133
01:05:49.039 --> 01:05:50.639
and I need you to put your list out there.
1134
01:05:50.659 --> 01:05:52.860
If you want to be specific and name people, because
1135
01:05:52.880 --> 01:05:57.340
some of y'all been naming people, some of Jerome, Travis, Vimonte,
1136
01:05:58.840 --> 01:06:01.730
put them on there. Some of you need to put success,
1137
01:06:03.769 --> 01:06:06.949
business partnerships with such and such. Come on, we've been
1138
01:06:06.989 --> 01:06:10.170
building lists that God was nowhere around, and we've been
1139
01:06:10.369 --> 01:06:13.590
frustrated having a house built. Maybe God said, I'm going
1140
01:06:13.610 --> 01:06:15.809
to have somebody give you a house. I'm saving you
1141
01:06:15.869 --> 01:06:19.489
for something. I'm not keeping you from something. I'm saving
1142
01:06:19.530 --> 01:06:21.460
you for something. But if you go off of your list,
1143
01:06:21.500 --> 01:06:23.860
you'll miss the blessings that I have for you. The
1144
01:06:23.920 --> 01:06:26.599
person you're supposed to be in relationship, the way you're
1145
01:06:26.619 --> 01:06:29.219
supposed to live, the purpose that I've called you to,
1146
01:06:29.559 --> 01:06:31.099
it's going to happen. You're going to make it to
1147
01:06:31.139 --> 01:06:33.840
the palace. Next week, I'm going to talk about all
1148
01:06:33.880 --> 01:06:36.329
the things that happen because I feel the presence of God.
1149
01:06:36.369 --> 01:06:39.789
Somebody's about to get a playbook to win in relationships.
1150
01:06:39.829 --> 01:06:41.679
But if we're going to go off the principles of God,
1151
01:06:41.920 --> 01:06:44.440
the second thing we have to do is rip. Up
1152
01:06:44.760 --> 01:06:46.250
our list. On the count of three, if you got
1153
01:06:46.289 --> 01:06:49.130
paper everywhere, I want you to rip up your list.
1154
01:06:49.170 --> 01:06:51.610
And I believe that the presence of God is going
1155
01:06:51.630 --> 01:06:53.590
to come in this prophetic sign right now. Come on,
1156
01:06:53.849 --> 01:06:55.969
get you a list. Get you a piece, a bill
1157
01:06:56.030 --> 01:06:58.090
that you already paid. Come on, we're going to rip
1158
01:06:58.139 --> 01:07:00.960
that up. Somebody get something out of a newspaper. Somebody
1159
01:07:00.980 --> 01:07:04.820
get a magazine and prophetically sit here in this moment.
1160
01:07:05.059 --> 01:07:07.360
And I want you to imagine everything that you built
1161
01:07:07.460 --> 01:07:10.539
without God. Everything that you wrote down, that you said
1162
01:07:10.579 --> 01:07:12.800
in your heart, that you've confessed out of your mouth.
1163
01:07:13.039 --> 01:07:14.739
And I want you to see this. And on the
1164
01:07:14.840 --> 01:07:17.929
count of three, I want you to rip that thing up. One,
1165
01:07:18.239 --> 01:07:21.369
we are making a decision to never live without God
1166
01:07:21.429 --> 01:07:25.590
writing our list. Two, today we stop being frustrated over
1167
01:07:25.650 --> 01:07:28.269
what has not happened. And we get in line with
1168
01:07:28.329 --> 01:07:31.269
what God wants to happen. Three, come on, rip the list.
1169
01:07:31.570 --> 01:07:34.710
I feel the presence of God in this place. I
1170
01:07:34.730 --> 01:07:37.610
need you to be joyful. Come on, somebody else got
1171
01:07:37.650 --> 01:07:40.480
another piece of paper. Rip the list. I feel the
1172
01:07:40.539 --> 01:07:43.039
presence of God. This is the time where we rip
1173
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the list. And we let God know that from now on,
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I'll let you rewrite it. Come on, hands lifted all
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over this place. People are about to find joy again.
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I know you thought the date that you were going
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to get married was this, but God said, I got you.
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You're still going to get to the promised land. You're
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going to have a glorious marriage. You're going to be okay.
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He said, but rip the list right now. Rip the list.
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Rip the list. I feel the presence of God. Rip
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the list. Father, I pray for every person, hands lifted
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all over the world. I pray for every person that's
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watching this live and watching it on rebroadcast. Your Holy
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Spirit is right there with us. And Father, I thank
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you for those who can't see anything right now because
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of so much hurt. I thank you by your Spirit.
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You're revealing to them the list that they've made, the
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things that they have said that they want and they
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have to have, and all this other stuff, Father God.
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And I thank you right now. By the presence that
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is in this moment that you are allowing them to
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see and they are ripping up their list. God, I
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declare that we are coming into a place where we're
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going to spend time with you and let you give
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us a dream. Father God, and I thank you that
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your dream, no matter if it goes to a pit,
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that you are with us in that. And I thank
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you that we will have the faith to believe. that
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the palace is coming. The palace is coming for our marriage.
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The palace is coming for our purpose. The palace is
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coming for our children. The palace is coming for our relationships.
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We declare it. We believe it. And we more than
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anything trust you, God, because you have a plan for
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us that is bigger than anything we've ever written down
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or said. God, I thank you that all people all
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over the world are going to be ripping up their
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list and coming back to you and saying, rewrite it,
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rewrite it. Tell me what I need to do. Show
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me what I need to say. Show me what I
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need to believe for. And I thank you, Father God,
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that we will win in relationships because we're getting a
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new relationship goal. Father, give us aim. We trust you.
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We believe you. And we thank you. In Jesus' name,
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we agree. In that same attitude right now, if you're
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here and you've never accepted Jesus Christ as your personal
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Lord and Savior, and you thought on your list that
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you were your God, you thought you could do it yourself.
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And the truth is you have a lot of relationship
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holes that only God can fill. Today, I don't care
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who's around you, who's watching with you, what you're smoking
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or drinking. I don't care who you slept with last night.
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I don't care about what business deal you made, how
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many zeros you have in the bank. The number one
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relationship goal you need is a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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And today, if you thought you were going to do
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it any way without him, I want you to rip
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up your list. And I want you to accept Jesus
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Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. And Transformation Church
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is a place that tells you, that all of our
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lists have been messed up by the love of Jesus. See,
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because I was someone who was addicted to pornography, I
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was a liar, I was a manipulator, I cheated, I
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did things that I never thought I'd do. And God says,
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when you rip up your list and you give me
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control of your life, I can take everything that looks
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like a mess and I can turn it into a message.
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And today, that's what God wants to do with your life.
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Some people, there are tears flowing right now. Other people,
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your heart is beating fast. This is your moment. Today
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is the day of salvation. And I want you to
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make this decision right now. There are people praying for
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you all over the world right now. And right now,
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if that's you, on the count of three, I want
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you to lift your hands. I don't want you to
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care about what any... Anybody would say about you and
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I don't want you to care about cleaning up and
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getting things, right? God tells us if we give him
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our heart, he'll help us change our habits right now
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one This is the best decision you've ever made to
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God is proud of you And so are we three
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hands going up all over the world? Come on hands
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going up. We're so proud of you Listen, you can
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put your hand down right now I'm about to pray
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for you because you said pastor include me in that
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prayer And at Transformation Church, we're a family. Nobody prays alone.
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So I want everybody watching this to pray this out
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loud with me. Everybody say, God, thank you for sending
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Jesus just for me. Today, I rip up my list
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and I ask you to be my Lord and Savior.
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I believe you lived and you died just for me.
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Take over. Change me. Renew me. Transform me. I'm yours
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in Jesus' name. Amen. Come on, if you just prayed
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that prayer, all of heaven is rejoices. I'm seeing praise
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hands in the comments. Heaven is turning up, and so
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are we. You have just started the number one relationship
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you need in your life, and now you're aimed. You're
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ready to win. Hey, listen, if you made that decision,
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I'm so excited. That's what all of this is for.
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And I want you to text the number on the
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screen right now. And when you text that number, we're
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going to send you some resources. We want to help you.
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Many of you that are watching right now need to
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get in community. You need to get in small groups,
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and we have tons of them. Go to the app
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and look at them. Some of you need to take
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the next step, and you need to give because your
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heart has been bound up because you've been your own provider.
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And God's saying, you've got to give something. You need
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to get out of your own control, and trust me,
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some of you need to do that. Others of you
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need to just invite all of your friends. I'm telling you,
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next week we're going to a whole other level. Part
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two of Rip Up the List is coming, and I'm
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telling you right now, you need to wear protective gear
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because what God has given me for next week is
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going to change the trajectory of our lives and help
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us win in relationships. I love you so much. I'm
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praying for you. I'm standing with you. No matter what
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weapon has formed. it won't work. No weapon formed against
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you will prosper. God is for you, and we know
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that God has a plan for your life that's bigger
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than the pandemic we're in right now. Father, bless your people.
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I thank you that this week will be the best
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week we've ever had. joy will overtake our household. You
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will speak and give us revelation and reveal to us
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how this message applies to us. And Father God, you
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are going to be our number one relationship goal. We
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trust you, we believe you, and we thank you. In
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Jesus' name. Somebody say, we agree. Amen. We'll see you
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next week. Live a transformed life. Thank you so much
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for watching this message. And if this has impacted you
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in any way, I'm asking you to do a couple
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of things. Number one, join Transformation Nation. Join us right
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here every Sunday. Gather your friends and your family and
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be a part of not just this moment, but this movement.
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The second thing I would ask you to do is share.
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Share this with your friends, your coworkers, people that are
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around you, because transformation is just one click away. The
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last thing I would ask you to do is partner
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with us financially. If this ministry is impacting your life,
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transforming you, I would ask you to consider, pray about
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what you could give to help us take this message
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to the whole world. I want you to know that
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we love you and your best days are right in
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front of you. This week, I want you to live
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a transformed life. See you next week.