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Define the We | What Are We | Pastor Scott Thomas
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then check out this message we are
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kicking off a series called what are we
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it's February it's relationship time and
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so we're going to talk about that how
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you know that's a loaded
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question if you never had anybody ask
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you that well then just take my word for
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it's a loaded question it it
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identifies and
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defines identifies and
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defines relationships
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every relationship needs to be
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defined if you don't know what the
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relationship is for then you put you you
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Verge on abusing that relationship
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you've got to identify it parental
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relationship sometimes you got to notify
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your kids Define that my goal is not to
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be your friend my goal is to raise you
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in the right way some days you will not
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like me that's okay I love you God bless
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you
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amen that eat your peas right so you you
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got to have the
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you got to Define friendships you you
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got to Define you got to define the
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authority you got to know the roles that
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you play certainly in dating certainly
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in marriage we need to know what those
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are it's a clarifying question it it
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gives purpose it gives Direction it
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defines roles that are to be played it
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creates expectations boundaries how
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we're going to communicate how we treat
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other
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people all of these things change based
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on the definition of of the relationship
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what are we when Caleb and Liz were
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dating Caleb had brought Elizabeth over
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to the house several times and we like
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we like fell in love with
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Liz and so I had a very clarifying
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conversation with my son and I said we
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need to
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talk and what's up and I said you need
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to understand something do not screw
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this up
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I had to notify him we have decided that
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we like her more than
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you if you mess this up we're moving you
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out and moving her in do you understand
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we just need to get all that clear right
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now we we had to clarify in fact it it
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is funny we I mean we did have that
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conversation by the way but but but all
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that being said they were over at the
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house had been I don't know how many
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times they'd been there but Liz was
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settling into our heart I think we were
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settling into her heart something like
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that we're like fungus we grow on people
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and so so she was settling in with her
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they were leaving the house one night
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got to the out to the vehicle and Liz
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looked at Caleb and she goes okay I need
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to know something what are we cuz she
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needed to know is this going any further
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how much am I to lean into this how much
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weight do I put on this that we're
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sharing what's your perspective I'll
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share with you mine it's crazy important
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to clarify your your relationships and
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your dating for dating couples and for
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married couples we're going to talk
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about this today three keys to
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identifying what are we it's important
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to have this but but before I get to the
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three keys I I I need to make sure that
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you
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understand that we need to understand
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the me before we try to handle the
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we I'll get to the what are we in just a
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minute but I need to ask you a question
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who are
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you because you got to get you defined
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before you try to get the wi defined cuz
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if you don't know the i in the middle of
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the wi that means somebody else is going
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to run your life for the rest of your
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life you got to know who you are and you
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need to know especially who you're not
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and this identification these I having
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these boundaries these borders these
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things set up are healthy for your heart
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and for your life if I don't get me
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right then I'll never get we right and
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so we've got to put this in in context
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because it's possible that if I don't
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have me down right I start making wrong
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expectations of
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you now because I'm not sure who I am
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I'm expecting you to make me happy I
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expected you to do this do
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this and I'm expecting things out of you
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that you were never intended to fulfill
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in my life and now here I'm crying I'm
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mad I'm pointing the finger I'm blaming
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there's all kinds of drama in the place
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and I'm the victim and like no you just
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crazy you just that's all you're just
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crazy cuz no one could do that you got
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to know you so that you can actually
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have some health going forward so here's
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the question why are you
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here why are you here what what is the
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purpose of you here in 2000 why weren't
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you born in the
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1700s oh can we just thank God that we
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weren't born in the 1700 like yeah why
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why were I was born in the 1900s but but
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what what why why here why now the Bible
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tells me you're you're you're made in
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the image of God you're fearfully and
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wonderfully made the Bible tells me in
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the book of Psalm chapter 8 that you've
Psalms 8 chapter mention
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been crowned with Glory and Honor you've
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got talents gifts and abilities that
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have been wired inside of you how you
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see things your perspective all of that
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is such a god-ordained thing and the
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world was missing something until you
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got
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here God saw a deficit and you were the
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answer he put up inside this world he
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didn't put you here to be common he
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didn't put you to here put you here to
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to be another he put you here to be
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unique and identifying who you are and
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where you're supposed to go and what
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you're supposed to do it's going to make
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you different on purpose you need to get
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used to being
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different this is God's word it has to
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do with purpose in your life purpose is
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the reason that something exists you
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need to identify that before you start
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asking questions of who are we I need to
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identify who am I that is foundational
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to this there's there's a lot of folks
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that have attempted to identify that
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purpose that reason for existence do a
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lot of things through through money
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through through notoriety I'll build
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I'll build my name in business we we try
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a lot of things in order to fulfill this
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empty spot but the truth is only purpose
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will fulfill that and that stuff is not
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purpose it's a byproduct of purpose it's
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not purpose itself nothing wrong with
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that stuff but if that's what you're
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looking at to fulfill you it's always
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going to come up empty do you know
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there's so many people that have the
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money they have the businesses they have
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the notoriety they have it all and
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they're still as empty as they can be
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they can't sleep at night the
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relationships are falling apart they
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would trade it all right now for one
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night's sleep do you understand that we
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need to look at their lives and let's
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learn something you don't have to make
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all the mistakes yourself you can
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actually learn from a
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mentor and so let's look at lives you
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want you want to go Bible the guy named
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King Solomon
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King Solomon this is David's son King
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David's
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son God approached Solomon one day and
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said Solomon what do you want from
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me how you like the idea of God giving
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you a blank check and asking you to fill
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that in or you just here here's a j what
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do you want Solomon I want
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wisdom so I can lead your people God
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said ding ding ding ding ding ding ding
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ding ding ding ding not only did you get
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behind the door number three he like he
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gave him every door I'll give you the
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and with it comes everything else and
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God loaded him down Solomon began to
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gain so many things he had this crazy
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Acumen for knowing how to run life
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business guy amazing he owned the entire
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international trade route throughout the
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Levant that goes around the
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Mediterranean all the way through Israel
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went up into Mesopotamia down through
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Egypt into Africa he set up toll booth
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stations through all of that area that
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if you're going to work this trade route
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with anything you have you got to pay
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the price on every location he was a m
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in well so that when he built God a
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temple he lined the walls with
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gold billions he put into building God a
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temple billions the man had money he had
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business Acumen he was over the top so
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much so that the Queen of Sheba she goes
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I got to go see this man hey and so she
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comes all the way up from Africa I got
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to go see this man's wealth I got to see
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how he does stuff and she was like Blown
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Away shocked looking at everything she
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said the half hasn't even been told
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how amazing this is he's got all this
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going King Solomon listen oh yo no it's
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just relation he had 700 wives in 300
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side pieces do you hear what I'm telling
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you he had
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a, women he was trying to keep up with
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that was not wisdom that was not wisdom
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right
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there I got one Puerto Rican y'all pray
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for your boy that's all I got to
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say BTO
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and I love you honey I love you she
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she's not here today because she were
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preaching in Atlanta she spoke this this
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past weekend in Atlanta so she didn't
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leave me that's why she's not here but
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I'm pray for your boy a thousand
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women do you understand how big that
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closet how the how many shoes We're
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talking
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about that was that was a mess Solomon
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had it all and watch
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this he comes to the end of his life and
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in the Book of Ecclesiastes which he
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wrote the last chapter the closing
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verse here's Solomon's assessment on
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life money business Fame
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women all of it here's what he says
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chapter 12:
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13 here now is my final conclusion help
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me with this fear God and obey his
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commands
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for this is everyone's
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Duty he said I'm going to take it all
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and boil it right down to one idea you
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want to know what your role your goal
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your mission your purposes in
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life honor God with your
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life and do what he said to do and
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everything else you desire will come
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with it you can get it on your own and
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you can pay the price because there is a
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tax that will be required on the other
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end or you can do it God's way and God
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said I know how to bless you and add no
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sorrow with it do it God's way get God's
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results it kind of sounds like seek
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first the kingdom of God and his
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righteousness and the stuff will be
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added you were designed you were created
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listen to me in God's image Genesis
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chapter one man you and I we were
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designed in God's image which explains
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exactly why your purpose cannot be
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fulfilled with aart from God you have to
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be connected to him to experience the
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fullness it's him that opens doors it's
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him that closes doors it's him that
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makes crooked places straight it's him
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that promotes your name it's him that
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gives right it's him that directs all of
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that ladies and gentlemen he can see
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down the road he knows who you need to
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be connected with and who you need to
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avoid like the
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plague and he has a way of leading
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shaping and designing all that knowing
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Jesus is a is essential in life because
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he decides my values my convictions he
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tells me when to say yes his word tells
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me when to say no there's some people
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that you need to say no to that you
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might have said yes to I've done that
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right there's some people that I said no
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to that I wish I'd said yes to He he'll
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he'll direct us in that there's
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boundaries that he puts in my life and
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that's how he directs and and and Jesus
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when he's involved like that he leads
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every are of your life because the word
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becomes primary and the wisdom of that
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word begins to direct your heart and
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holy spirit is inside that helper
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guiding and leading because I've made
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Jesus my focus now he's leading in the
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focus areas of my life My Career
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Education the interest that I'm involved
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in he leads with my friends the right
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one's in the wrong one's out I'm
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likeminded I'm aligned with them we have
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common goals together we're pushing my
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future my future my decisions my dreams
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the direction for my life he leads in
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all of those things and he is not one
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one who is limiting your life he is one
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that is setting your life up God has no
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problem with you having all kinds of
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amazing blessing flowing everywhere so
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that you can be a blessing but the way
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you get it the way I get it decides if
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we're living in purpose or
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not that purpose will save you from
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self-inflicted
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wounds now I'm no longer living in drama
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trying to act like it's all good I I'm
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no longer tripping in life taking hits
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that I never should have gone through
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sleepless nights that I never should
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have encountered because I'm doing it
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his way in fact let me just put it this
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way and I want you to say this loud with
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me say this loud with me here it is
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Jesus is the foundation of your entire
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life would you read that with me say it
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loud Jesus is the foundation of my
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entire life one more time Jesus is the
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foundation of my entire life you see
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then after I know who I am and the
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purpose I'm here to honor God and to
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fulfill his will and everything is going
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to come behind that once I know that now
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I'm ready for now what are
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we I got to establish that before I can
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go
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forward based on that I want to talk to
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you now about these three ways to
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identify that relationship or that
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situationship you're in whatever you
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want to call it I don't if it's if it's
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a marriage that's all good it's all good
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it's all where are the married folk in
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the place all the married folk let me
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see married folk okay there's some
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people loud and proud about that that's
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nice where the where the successfully
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sensationally single people were the
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sensationally single people yeah very
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good very good anybody engaged where
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these where the engaged folks some of
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y'all engaged you're no longer in
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neutral you're move okay that's good
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that's good yeah love that anybody just
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desperate thirsty like you just look
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like I'm don't don't raise your hand
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don't raise your hand don't raise your
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hand
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whatever the case may be I want us to
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get in here what are we how do I Define
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clarify this relationship number one we
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got to go in a hurry number one it's
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defined by that two people you and the
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one you're connected to actually have
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personal relationships with
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Jesus this is question number one and I
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can tell you now if you're in a in a
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relationship I don't care if it's if
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it's a business partner if if it's if
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it's a a spouse if it is a a dating
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relationship if the other person does
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not have a relationship with Jesus you
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got a messy situation on your
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hands that's not my opinion that's Bible
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life rule number one let's just lay this
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one out if you're looking for a new
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tattoo this is a good one right here put
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this one on here we go 2 Corinthians
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chapter 6:14 look at this here's what it
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says do not be yolked together with with
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unbelievers for what do righteousness
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and wickedness have in common or what
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Fellowship can light have with Darkness
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now let me lay something out
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here I got a lot of people in my life
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that don't know Jesus and I love them
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right we're we're we're not higher
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mightier better than anybody that's not
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what I'm
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saying but this is to I I I have a lot
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of acquaintances and people that I would
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do things for to help them
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but if I'm going when I talk about
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relationships I'm talking about that
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person that you have given access to
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your heart that has the ability to to
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move to shift to influence who you are
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and where you're going those are
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different and that's what this word is
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talking about when when when you're
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you're yolked together we're doing it
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side by side we're connected and we're
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to be going in the same direction I I
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want Cindy serving Jesus so he can fix
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[Applause]
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her it's my message I'll preach it like
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I want
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to I'm I'm so bold when she's not here
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she's coming back you know no no no no
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watch watch watch watch watch watch she
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wants me serving
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Jesus because when I get out of order my
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attitude goes sideways I get the
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priorities of Life mixed up and I put
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the church ahead of her put the church
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ahead of family I have a this thing
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called conviction where Holy Spirit runs
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through me and I feel like the lowest of
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lows like this is bad this is wrong you
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need to go repent to your wife you need
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to apologize you need to fix this and
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man whenever that hits you just can't
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you can't just shake that off he has a
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way of gnawing on you and he's like the
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The Hound of heaven and like he he's
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after you right he's always on you and I
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find myself going to C like Cindy look
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I'm I'm so sorry I'm so sorry my
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attitude this past week has just been
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horrible I know I've been difficult to
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be around she goes yes like don't don't
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amen me right now I'm trying to get this
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out I want her hearing from God she
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wants me hearing from God because he's
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only going to continue to strengthen the
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health of our relationship that's why
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it's important that we understand I I
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need a spouse who can look me in the
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face and say I know today's a big day
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I'm pray praying for you God is with you
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Scott God's going to give you wisdom and
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direction today you're going to make
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great decisions I need the one that I
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love that knows me the most to look me
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in the face and speak faith and life
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into me sir nothing like that in the
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world I I I know what it is I know what
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it is to go home after a you've got to
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be kidding me kind of day I've had news
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hit that was Heavy go home make it to
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the couch lay my head in my wife's lap
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and she lay hands on my head while I am
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crying and she's praying over
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me that ladies and gentlemen is a
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special
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place I need her knowing Jesus and she
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needs me knowing Jesus so that we can
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actually live and have this life I she
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wants my mind shaped by the Bible I want
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her to walk in the wisdom of Heaven I I
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I need I need her to be able to handle
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anger and pressure biblically
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you ever been around someone who didn't
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know how to handle it she doesn't need
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me putting holes in the walls she needs
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me breathing deep Breathe Stretch Shake
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let it go see she she need she needs
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sorry I I'm sorry she needs me she needs
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me handling that under the covering of
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God Holy Spirit lead me she she she has
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no problem following as long as I'm
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leading with him as the head of my life
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and the world word is directing this is
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how it works together honoring Jesus the
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attitude is good full of Hope joy we go
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through tough times but we have a hope
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that God is good going to bring us out
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you need that in your business
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relationships if you're in partnership
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with somebody you need a business
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partner who believes in Jesus like you
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believe in Jesus that we can walk this
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through together you need that in your
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friendships you need it in your dating
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life it's across every intimate
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relationship who are we you better know
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Jesus individually so that there's hell
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and there's power going forward this is
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fundamental this is fundament if you
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don't believe me ask somebody who has
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been married to a
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non-believer they love them tremendously
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and I I love that but it's it's tough
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when we have two sets of
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convictions Pastor Rick come come help
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me if you
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would don't be
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unequally yolked this is my brother if
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we're going into business together I
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need a dude that we're aligned we see
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the same thing we're praying over some
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stuff we still have some different
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decisions and different different
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opinions about it but we fight for that
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unity and we work it out doesn't mean
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everything is easy but we're fighting
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together we have the same conviction the
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same Bible the same Holy Spirit leading
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Our Lives if I get out of order I can
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repent to him he receives it because he
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knows what repentance is like we share
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that back and forth but if we're
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unequally
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yolked that means I'm pulling this way
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he's pulling that way ladies and
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gentlemen what kind of marriage is this
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all
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right what what what kind of yeah why
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are you dating at this level all
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right run forest
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run don't you get married in this no but
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he looks good he don't look that good he
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don't look that good
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[Applause]
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worship the Bible says how good and how
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pleasant it is for brothers to dwell
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together in unity there's a commanded
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blessing on
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Unity but when we're yoked
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unequally thank you that ain't
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glorifying God and it's causing pressure
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and heartache and pain on me and I'm
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praying prayers I never should have had
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to pray that's right and I'm stressed
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out over stuff I never should have been
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stressed
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over because I didn't know who I was and
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I walked into a place letting somebody
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else run my world I I can't go
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there ladies let me just kind of help
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you with this you got that guy and he
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looks good and I'm going to talk to the
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ladies about this because the Bible says
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that when a when when when a when a lady
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and a and a man are getting together
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that she is coming under the covering of
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the man's life that that that's Bible
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not my opinion that's Bible so don't get
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mad at me but but you got some questions
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you need to ask him start with this one
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um do you have a
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job that's probably a good place to
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start if you ain't got a job are you in
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school like you going
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somewhere do here's another one do you
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live with your
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mama follow-up question your
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Grandmama are you still married
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[Applause]
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I've lived in P County a minute I know
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what I'm talking
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about are you over your last
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situation are you a Cowboys fan I mean
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there there I'm sorry I shouldn't have
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gone there there's there are some things
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that are just
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like watch watch watch watch here's the
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first two questions here's the first two
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questions you got got to ask number
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one tell me about your relationship with
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Jesus right all right tell me what
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that's
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like do do you talk do do you know him
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when did you invite him into your life
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I'm not looking for a rock star you
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don't have to have the book of Hebrews
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memorized the Book of John is fine
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Hebrews is kind of difficult but but
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like
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like do you have a relationship with
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Jesus and then oh yeah because I'm
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telling you guys will tell you anything
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we we we'll tell you anything
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yeah yeah that's awesome that that is
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awesome uh what church do you go
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to second question oh I I I I go to Free
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Life Chapel cuz he drives by it on the
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way to work he knows what it looks like
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oh really tell me this what's the
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pastor's
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name that one right there that one
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stumps a lot of people they know a
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church name they just don't you want to
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find somebody who is
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legit again no rock stars there's no
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such thing as a rockstar believer we're
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all working it out we're all taking our
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steps there's no superstars in this but
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man just please be in the race just just
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be headed somewhere with him because
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that answer how he comes out determines
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if there's going to be a second date or
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not because why would I get stuck in a
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tug and pull situation when I know
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here's what's going to happen the only
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way for the stress to leave a situation
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where we're unequally yolked is for me
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to give up and follow follow
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you ladies and gentlemen you don't give
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up your purpose for anybody you don't
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walk away from who God made you to be or
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his plan for your life for
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anybody we hold on to that and by the
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way let me just put this out there this
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is important for marriages too it's
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important for marriages too we need to
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ask the question again what are we
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doing what are we doing been married for
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15 years we need to visit this question
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who are we what's this life about what's
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this marriage all about the kids are
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about to leave we're going to hit year
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20 of being married year 202 of being
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married kids are going to be gone you
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and me looking face to face who are we
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what's happening in us where are we
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going are we on the same page are we
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United you got to know that there's
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something you you got to have this
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conversation again and again and again
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don't let your home get stuck you got to
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keep talking about Jesus Don't Let Jesus
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be a weird Topic in your house no when
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it come time to pray don't have three
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kids fall over fainting because oh my
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God somebody's praying in the house that
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ought not be the situation like like
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we're we're we're moving we're we we we
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attend church we know what it is to pray
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we don't have it all together we have
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issues but man we're God conscious we're
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God aware and we're doing the best we're
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moving towards him is our marriage
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Christ honoring is it is it encouraging
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our faith is are are we living in that
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if it's not then repent and reset change
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it say from this day on there's some
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things that we got to reset number one I
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want to go really quick how do you know
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the question of what are we you got to
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are we both committed to Christ number
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two are we in pursuit of Christ
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together one thing to know Jesus another
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thing to be after
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Jesus are we pursuing him this is an
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important question you got to keep move
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keep your faith growing I'm glad that
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when you got married seven years ago
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that you were both Believers but we
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should be stronger Believers in year
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number seven than we were when we first
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started I should have found a place to
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serve in the church and our our
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conversation about Christ should be
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growing and I've got I've got I've got
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this this group I'm I'm I'm advancing my
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understanding with stronger men and
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stronger women make stronger families we
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should be getting better and stronger
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and advancing and my son should start
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his marriage to the place that I peaked
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out he gets on my shoulders and keeps on
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going so we keep dialing up every
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generation it gets better and gets
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better unequally yolked how how can how
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can two
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people be a part but still be pursuing
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the same thing unless Jesus is the goal
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Pastor Rick would you help me again I'm
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going to work you out
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today if you'll stand over there by the
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get to
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our now watch
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this the word of God this is the goal
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for my
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life and this is the goal for his life
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there it is wh there it is wh there it
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is I want to do business with this
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guy but as opposed to just pursuing him
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I've got to keep pursuing this
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word as opposed to pursuing me he's got
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to keep pursuing the word
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and as long as Jesus and his purpose and
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his word and his way and his character
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and his wisdom and his will is what is
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I'm after and what he's after it only
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advances both of us and it brings us
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together I need you to understand
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something thank you very much I need you
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understand
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something when you go into a dating
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relationship you might not be aware of
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this there's three of you all dating not
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two
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when you said I do it was really we
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do because you all got married in front
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of somebody and I don't know how big the
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crowd was if it was two people or if it
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was 2,000 people but they were witnesses
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as you all made vows to
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God and the three of you entered a
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covenant because the three of us are
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together I don't have the right or the
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authority to divorce my
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wife I made lifetime vows to that woman
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before him right he heard it and the way
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that this works is when his voice and
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his wisdom continues to guide lead and
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direct this house this wisdom doesn't
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come out of Scott this wisdom doesn't
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come out of Cindy this wisdom flows from
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him and as long as we keep our heads
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faed towards him he brings us closer
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together Jesus is not the problem in
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your
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relationships no no no no I know I know
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you got 99 problems but Jesus ain't
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one no so we keep moving towards him
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Ephesians chapter 2 says that we're Made
Ephesians 2 chapter mention
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Alive together with Christ in other
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words there should be something where
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I'm encouraging Cindy's walk she's
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encouraging my walk I'm a better
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Christian because of my wife she should
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be a better believer because I'm in her
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life all of this matters as we move
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forward here's the third and final
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Point how do I ask the question the
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clarifying question what are we number
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one the individuals in the relationship
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have to have a personal relationship
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with Jesus number two we mutually have
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to be growing together in that
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relationship that right there those are
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clarifying if you're not it's time to
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reset repent hit some new strides this
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third one how do you know what are we
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who are the people you're doing life
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with all right all
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right you need Christian friends the
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right friends in your life ladies and
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gentlemen voices determine choices right
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the voices in your life are planting
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thoughts and ideas that you would never
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have come up with you ever been doing
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really good until you got around that
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one person and they said it was a
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horrible idea they said something
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terrible and you asked what
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time some of yall will get that
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later that's terrible what time we doing
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that yeah let's go we there's there's
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some things that I wasn't even thinking
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about that all of a sudden
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dang I need Cindy right now Cindy right
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now she preached this weekend in a
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women's event and some of of her
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girlfriends from college they all still
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stay they're close friends they're
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they're married they all serve in Jesus
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families their kids we're aunts and
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uncles to all those kids
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Cindy's with those girls right now and
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she's having the time of her life and do
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you know why I'm good with that and why
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I encourage her to go see your girls cuz
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then ain't none of them tried to talk
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her into divorcing
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me they ain't know they none of those
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girls going oh girl I am done with this
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situation oh my God marriage ah I don't
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need my wife hearing that stuff I need
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somebody going that's my man herc ules
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Hercules I I need I need to like she's
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hanging with some girls who are all
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about their boo so she's loving this so
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when she comes home she goes where's my
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boo I'm like I'm right here girl I'm
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right here like like that's I want that
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in her
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life when when when I'm when I spending
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time with my boys I don't need to be out
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with guys who are jacked up and angry at
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marriage and oh my God these kids I
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can't believe this and dang look at her
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she looks good I don't need you
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attracting my attention to places it
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doesn't need to be I need the right
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people in my life the right guys in my
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life the people that surround you the
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people that you choose to influence your
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home your dating relationship your
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business relationships those voices are
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going to have massive
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impact on what your future looks like
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who are
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we do I know my
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purpose based on that I qu qualify and
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disqualify oh I like you you look good
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and you love Jesus
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H I'm going to serve him you serve him
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we'll walk this out together oh now
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we're going to serve him together and
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grow together I'm liking this let's get
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the right voices in our life and
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Surround ourselves with the right people
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so we're hearing these things that are
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encouraging and planting ideas of
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strength and repentance and love and
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humility and protection and honor are
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building inside this home so that I'm
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insulated in what is pleasing to God
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with my
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life the quality of your relationships
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determines the quality of your
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life relationships go sideways your life
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sucketh that's King James in case you're
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wondering there's nothing like being
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gutted by that you got to know you got
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the right voices in your life listen
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what the Bible says Galatians chapter
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6:2 read this out loud we're almost done
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here we go 1 2 3 help carry one
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another's burdens and in this way you
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will obey the
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law I'm here to serve you you're here to
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serve me stop trying to do life
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alone we're built for Community you were
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never meant to do Life by yourself do
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marriage alone that's why we put Aroma
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out there in the lobby that's not for
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you to buy a drink that's for you to get
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stuck in line so we can say Hi how are
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you what's your
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name it's a place of community we want
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to get to know you we want to do some
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life together there's something in you
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that's going to encourage us I hope
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there's something in us that will
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encourage you we need each other right
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it's about Community folks God blesses
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in community God leads in community God
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elevates in community we need each other
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relationships matter that's why we have
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to keep looking at who are we and make
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sure we're doing it in the right way
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Relationships by themselves bring enough
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tension but when we're making decisions
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that are honoring God based on his
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wisdom you can do it right and you can
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always come out on top would you stand
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to your feet in this room please come
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on listen I I've made some I've made
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some bad decisions in my marriage
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I I've I've gone sideways I've my
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attitude oh man I I I've gone through
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that and I've had to come back and
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repent and I'm
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sorry anybody else beside me anybody
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just hate repenting hate apologizing
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anybody besides me look at a bunch of
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liars in church won't even raise your
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hand it ain't like you love
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it I don't like it I don't like
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it but I've been there it's called
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relationship and when we enter into this
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like listen listen in a couple of weeks
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not next week cuz we're going to be da
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da da D we're going to be in that but
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but in two weeks Cindy's going to be up
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here with me and she's going to correct
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everything I got wrong and and and and
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then we're we're going to start talking
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real about some relationships and bring
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start laying some things out so we can
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who are we we're going to talk about
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that but but foundationally we have to
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know our purpose and then we got to be
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able to qualify where are we in this and
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once we get this running then we can
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expect every promise from God to flow
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into our life let's do it right father
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thank you thanks for your word thanks
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for your hope hope thanks for your joy
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that continues to lead our life we can
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so Jack things up but by your grace and
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your mercy your wisdom your conviction
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Holy Spirit you show us how to get it
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back on course again I pray for every
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relationship in this room the business
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relationships the dating relationships I
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I I I pray I pray for the the parent
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child relationships I I pray God for the
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marriage relationships that God you
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would help all of us in this room take
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steps forward in you if we need to
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things and reset things and move forward
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then God let's do that let us start
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conversations we've not had in years we
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want this home fresh we want it full of
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laughter we want it full of vision and
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dreams and plans and and and and scaling
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going to new levels I I want this
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Business Partnership to do what it's
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never done before God help us to have
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those conversations that it's built on
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the focus of you on your principles on
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what makes you smile we serve and live
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it your pleasure and as long as we do
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that everything else comes with it God
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help us to live this life that we can
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enjoy every blessing from the people you
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placed in our life help us to say yes
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help us to say no at the right times so
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that our lives are guided and led by you
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we worship you and we thank you for this
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in Jesus name amen we hope you enjoyed
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