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Crossing family. 
If you're excited, be a church 

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and you're thankful for Jesus, 
let me hear. 

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Yep. 
Yep. 

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Man. 
I love him. 

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Tell you what, why do we live 
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And I mean, this weather has 
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hasn't it? 
Just so thankful. 

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It's hard to. 
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I'll probably feel bad about it 
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Anyhow, it's been cold. 
God bless, you all for 

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surviving. 
You guys are survivors. 

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Okay, what I want to do, And 
welcome all of you joining from 

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all of our different locations. 
Those of you online inside 

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thankful that we get the 
opportunity to partner together.

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And what we're going to do is 
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for the last couple of weeks, 
I'm ask you all to stand 

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wherever you guys are joining 
from you guys. 

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Stand up, we're going to pray 
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today we're going to pray over a
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This might be one where it's 
tough for you to raise your 

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hands. 
So don't you don't have to raise

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your hand yet. 
Okay, what I want to do today is

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I want to pray for those who 
have either experienced a little

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bit of failure, are in the midst
of a little bit of failure. 

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If you're a Green Bay fan, this 
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guys. 
You'll know exactly what I'm 

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talking about. 
Oh, I was rooting for you. 

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But boy, did we mess that game 
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Okay, but all of us, we go 
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in our lives where we just feel 
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Perhaps it's in your marriage 
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maybe it's in your finances 
maybe it's in some of your other

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relationships. 
Ships and maybe you aren't the 

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person who's experiencing 
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somebody who is in the throes of
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Before we jump into that, I want
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of give you some context around 
failure, and then we're going to

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pray for you guys. 
The first one is Romans 3:23 for

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everyone, has sinned. 
Everybody's failed, God has a 

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perfect standard. 
Every single one of us have 

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failed and come in below God's 
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Every person has Add however 
God's grace covers our failures.

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Proverbs 24 verse 16 says for 
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righteous fall seven times. 
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were going 7, seems a little 
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I wish I had only failed seven 
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I wish that the, I wish that 
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And if you're a person like me, 
you're like, I wish that verse 

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said, 9999 for 2022. 
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And right now, you might be In 
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failures but the righteous will 
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Again those who cling to the 
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not stay there forever. 
They will rise again. 

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Don't count yourself out. 
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final because God has the power 
to help you rise and the power 

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to help you rebuild. 
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Claire's are declares in Psalm 
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I've waited patiently for the 
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And he turned to me, he Lifted 
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the mud and mire, he set my feet
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place to stand. 
He put a new song in my mouth. 

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A hymn of praise to our God. 
Many will see and fear the lord 

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and put their trust in him. 
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right now that you are standing 
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on. 
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you, that, you still feel like 
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lost the ability to sing a new 
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that situation. 
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you to raise your hand and say 
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things. 
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go or I know people that are in 
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Not going the way that they want
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you nonetheless. 
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If you're going. 
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That spot or I know somebody 
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Would you put your hand up and 
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God bless you for that if you're
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church home would you love on 
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them and pray for them if you're
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Yeah I don't want someone close 
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that go ahead and put your hand 
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Will pray for you anyway, from a
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But if I want people to know 
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that we care about them, we're 
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But you guys pray with me. 
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can redeem any and every 
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as long as you're in it, and 
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in the midst of the heartache 
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of failure. 
The god that you would bring you

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in your truth that you would 
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you would surround them with 
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We love you so much. 
You know, I pray, amen. 

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Would you guys? 
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while you're doing that, I'm 
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We're in a sermon series called 
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One, there has to be a place for
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obligation to everybody on this 
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from Jesus. 
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following Jesus for A long time 
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church, we have a spiritual 
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And we want to make it the 
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get to Hell from that many years
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Our kids and our grandkids and 
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will go. 
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place that gives people time. 
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quoted back at me so many times.
I wish I hadn't have preached 

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I've heard like six people go. 
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Well Okay, I don't need to hear 
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Okay, just but it is. 
We all how many of you guys have

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been realizing the truth of that
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Maybe that sermon was for me. 
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And sometimes, as Christians, we
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takes more time than we want for
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relationship with Jesus. 
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we are going to be a place that 
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cares, and prays for people to 
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need, because Jesus was patient 
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We are going to be patient with 
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about there has to be a place 
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A place for people to take their
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as a church, want to be there 
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as they take those Steps of 
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that were able to turn around 
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This is the title of my sermon. 
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tells people. 
It's not over. 

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Would you turn your neighbor and
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If your marriage was in a tough 
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thing to turn to your spouse and
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God bless. 
When I asked you guys, if you've

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been through things that are you
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Just so you know, I've failed a 
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I'm not taking you through all 
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much we love each other yet, but
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ones that I'm comfortable with. 
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Starting at a knife making 
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I bought a kiln and a And all on
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by a show of fingers, how many 
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Yeah, judging by the hands. 
You guys got it. 

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Perfect. 
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Zero I made zero knives. 
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I did recover my, the cost on 
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But, yeah, I was like, yeah, I 
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It'll be a fun little hobby for 
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a YouTube Trail on making knives
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this is me and I never even 
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I just like yeah. 
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We'll get rid of it. 
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cooking channel that inspired 
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I'm. 
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That didn't do that. 
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clothing. 
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horrible t-shirts, made on 
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crossing Holly was there for one
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When I was in college Ministry 
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getting ready to teach a sermon 
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college kids. 
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I'll do, I'll make a shirt that 
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And because I grew up with a 
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there's good bad and ugly kid. 
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shirt to you and you'll 
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this on this side. 
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letters. 
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said good, bad and ugly. 
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shirt and I thought that people 
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realized that no people don't 
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campus with the shirt that says 
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We all did, God bless you for 

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being? 
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shirt, that was another one of 
my dumb ideas and I apologize 

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for that one. 
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I've missed 75% of my New Year's
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I fail still, I'm a failure at 
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Is the right way. 
For those of you who know, you 

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know, God bless you. 
I I have failed multiple times 

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at running a bead of caulk 
around the shower and I have 

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holes in two different showers 
to prove that because after I 

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tried to do it, and didn't work 
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then I well, I punched a hole in
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there is pink duct tape where I 
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So, this morning when I got 
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from the last time I tried. 
Do any kind of that. 

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And so I'm the guy who has to 
call people over Be like yeah, 

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can you do the thing that 
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Because my wife is like, yeah, 
we can't afford to replace, you 

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know, Clayton sighs fist holes 
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And so like, that's another 
thing I failed at there are lots

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of other ways that I've failed, 
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I am acquainted with failure and
some of you are like me, and you

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think that failure is a great 
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How many of you across all of 
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Oh yeah. 
Failures are great teacher. 

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Oh, yeah, 100%. 
And you'd be right. 

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A quick look on your favorite 
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Search engine will. 
Show you that some of the most 

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successful people on earth have 
also failed in extravagant ways 

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that you learn from your 
mistakes and they'll talk about 

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failing forward. 
How many of you guys have ever 

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heard that catchy phrase? 
You got to learn how to fail 

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forward, man. 
I love that kind of stuff. 

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And in fact to be I can get a 
little nervous if I'm hanging 

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out with somebody who's never 
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Because more than likely, 
they've never tried anything of 

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significance. 
They've never, I would much 

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rather be around a group of 
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Right? 
And you guys are going, okay. 

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I get this. 
Well, the problem is, there is a

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I need you to listen to this 
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that need to hear this message 
that won't hear this message 

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because they're not here 
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They blew up and they may not 
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this message because you may 
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them it's not over. 
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What I need you to be able to 
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church for them. 
This is a church for people who 

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have messed up. 
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have failed, this is a church 
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this church. 
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says, it's not over. 
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loves to pounce on people when 
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they make mistakes and then 
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him or you. 
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doesn't care about you and he 
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that they not only can they not 
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they may be stopped showing up 
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spectacular ways or they used to
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to whisper to them. 
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because it'll be awkward, you 
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be, welcome. 
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never seen anybody grow 
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community. but like the biggest 
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in the people around me have 
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been a support system around 
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the highs and lows of life, but 
if Satan can get you isolated in

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an event, In a failure. 
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you were designed to live. 
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bit of a blessing and a curse 
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I hope you're hearing this from 
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and cares for you online, can be
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sick or you're traveling or 
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can be used by some of you to 
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the community of the church. 
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because Satan can convince you 
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enough, but realizing that 
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service, but that's other people
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Now, before I get into the meat 
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some of you right now. 
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people who are bad, And there's 
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It doesn't matter what I preach 
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completely different. 
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acknowledge a couple of things 
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don't want us to have a prideful
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three little warnings. 
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So if you think you're standing 
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fall. 
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you're actually going to see 
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I'm going to tell you later on 
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Look what it says in Proverbs 
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You guys know this one probably 
goes Before Destruction, a 

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haughty spirit before a fall. 
Paul warns us that this can 

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happen. 
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as his heart breaks for them. 
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He goes, you are running a good 
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you from obeying, the truth. 
What kind of persuasion are that

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kind of persuasion does not come
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little yeast. 
Works through the whole batch of

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dough, Satan can take just a 
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little bit of time off just a 
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can cut you off from running. 
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spectacular race? 
He can whisper just a few lies 

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and use it to slow you down and 
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the race completely. 
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starts on the very night that 
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finished eating with his 
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He is talking to them about what
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You are all going to Desert me 
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say about this Peter declared 
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Even if all fall away I will not
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I just said, Pride goes before a
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that have you are Listen. 
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Okay. 
Truly I tell you, Jesus answered

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today. 
Yes, tonight, before the rooster

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crows twice, you yourself will 
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But Peter insisted in fatica 
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you, I will never disown you and
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Then Jesus Is In The Garden of 
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and Peter pulls out his sword 
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cuts off the high priests 
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The servants name was malchus. 
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Peter pulls out, his sword cuts 
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laying on the ground. 
Check out how cool your Jesus 

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is, he turns to Peter goes, 
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handling it. 
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touches mouth kisses ear and he 
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getting ready to go and die. 
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Lost ear of a servant of the 
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everything to happen. 
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guards, that's carrying Jesus, 
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Let me put you in yourself as 
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Oh, my God. 
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We need more of these guys. 
This guy would be fantastic. 

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My wife's needs been killing 
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We got to keep him around. 
Can you imagine seeing that kind

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of raw power and here, just 
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And that's the dude you've got 
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arrested, then look what 
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Now, when we get ready to read 
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be reading in the Book of John 
and John never gives away his 

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name, but we know that it's John
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this thing going back and forth.
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you guys will see this in the 
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Just let you know that like 
Jesus's disciples were real 

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people just like you and me, 
have you guys ever had like a 

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little bit of one? 
I'm one-upsmanship with 

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somebody. 
Okay, you're going to love this.

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All right. 
Look what happens. 

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Simon Peter follow? 
Jesus as did another of the 

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disciples that's John that other
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high priest. 
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So he was allowed to enter the 
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Jesus. 
Simon or okay. 

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We'll keep going in the text. 
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gate. 
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he happens to know some people, 
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courtyard but Peterson's he 
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outside the gate. 
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disciple, who knew the high 
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Let me just mention who I know 
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Spoke to the woman watching at 
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Go ahead, Peter, I know people 
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Okay, let's keep going in the 
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The woman asked Peter, you're 
not one of that man's disciples 

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are you. 
How many of you guys have ever 

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been asked a question like that 
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You're not going to date her. 
Are you right? 

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You're not going to marry him. 
Are you you're not going to eat 

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that entire gallon of ice cream?
During this Chiefs football 

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game? 
This afternoon, are you? 

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Well, I was And some Doritos to 
be honest with you babe. 

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Okay, let's not get all judgey 
cash, you're not one of. 

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That means disciples. 
Are you Peter? 

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Check this out. 
The dude who said I will never 

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disown you, I will die for you. 
Even if everybody else leaves, I

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won't leave gets asked one 
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He's like no, you said, I'm not 
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That's one because it was called
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guards had made a charcoal fire.
This is one word in the Greek 

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but we tease it out here in the 
English charcoal fire, just put 

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this in the back of your head, 
we're going to come back to it. 

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This is this verse or this word 
only shows up twice in all of 

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scripture. 
This is the first time it shows 

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up They stood around it warming 
themselves and Peter stood with 

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them warming himself. 
Let's keep going. 

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Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was 
standing by the fire warming 

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himself. 
That ask him again. 

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You're not one of his disciples 
are you? 

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He denied it saying no, I'm not 
that's two, let's keep going in 

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the text. 
But one of the household slaves 

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of the high priest, a relative 
of the man, whose ear Peter had 

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cut off asked, didn't I see you 
out there in the Olive Grove 

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with Jesus, I to slow down there
because on Thursday night, I 

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said, Olive Garden. 
Real hungry, I guess, okay, it's

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important that I eat before 
church, right? 

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She's sitting there like, man, I
feel, I feel like I've seen you 

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before. 
I, I never forget a face, 

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especially the face of a dude 
who cut my cousin's ear off. 

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I remember all of those people. 
There's only been one. 

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It's your face. 
I've seen you before. 

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I know who you are. 
This isn't like months ago. 

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This was like hours ago, like, 
30 minutes ago. 

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Didn't I see you like with a 
little bloody so case. 

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Your sword is there blood on it?
Okay, let's keep going the text 

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again, Peter denied it and 
immediately a rooster crowed. 

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A couple years back, I had the 
opportunity to be in Israel and 

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I got to be on the Sea of 
Galilee and because of the time 

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change, my sleep schedule is all
backed out. 

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And I was out walking along the 
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really early in the morning and 
I was kind of, you know, just 

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having some chill time and I 
remember hearing a rooster crow.

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And I immediately thought of all
the times that I had denied 

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Jesus failed, Jesus, Let Jesus 
down. 

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Maybe you can think of some of 
the times that you've done it 

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too. 
Some have suggested that Peter 

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never heard the crow of a 
rooster for the rest of his life

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without shedding a tear. 
Peter is hitting rock, bottom. 

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Peter is overwhelmed by the what
I call used to be. 

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Have you ever experienced a 
little bit of used to be? 

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a husband and wife were getting 
ready one day and he had just 

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hopped out of the shower and he 
was in the bathroom and he was 

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booked himself in the mirror and
he's like, babe. 

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I just, I'm looking at myself 
and I'm just Old and fat and 

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wrinkly and out of shape, I just
need you to say. 

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Just I just need an encouraging 
word to help me get through this

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upcoming day. 
And his wife said, well, your 

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eyesight's darn near perfect. 
How many of you married a woman 

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like that? 
God bless you. 

451
00:23:59,100 --> 00:24:02,800
Used to be. 
You used to be skinny, you used 

452
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,500
to be athletic. 
You used to be smart, you used 

453
00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:12,800
to like, being around people. 
Yeah, used to be. well, Peters, 

454
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,800
dealing with an awful lot of 
used to be People might have 

455
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,700
looked at Peter and said, didn't
you used to be the one who was 

456
00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:24,600
the first person to say? 
You are the Christ, the son of 

457
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,200
the Living. 
God, didn't you used to be the 

458
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,600
one who walked on water? 
Didn't you used to be the one 

459
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,700
who helped with the feeding of 
the 5,000? 

460
00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:35,700
Didn't you used to be the one 
who was on the Mount of 

461
00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:40,100
transfiguration with Jesus? 
Didn't you used to be the one 

462
00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:43,000
who was gonna fight to the death
for Jesus? 

463
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:45,300
Didn't you used to be the one 
who said even? 

464
00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:52,200
If everybody else denies you, I 
never will you used to be Maybe 

465
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,900
some of you at all of our 
locations, there's a little bit 

466
00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:59,800
of used to be in you. 
You used to be on staff. 

467
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,300
For you used to lead or you used
to be in Ministry. 

468
00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:06,600
Used to build the kingdom. 
You used to be in the baptistry.

469
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,000
You used to teach the kids. 
You used to disciple, the saved.

470
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,600
You used to reach the lost, you 
used to be on the team you used 

471
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,600
to be. 
I've been putting this 

472
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,900
continuing him up on stage for 
every single week. 

473
00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:23,500
I want to say something, I need 
you to hear me say this. 

474
00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:26,400
God loves. 
Absolutely everybody on this 

475
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,900
continuum. 
He loves the plus 5s, and the 

476
00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,400
minus 5S. 
Equally. 

477
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,000
Equally there's a part of us. 
Some of us who are going man. 

478
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,200
If I could just become a plus 3 
in my faith then he would really

479
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,100
love me. 
No. 

480
00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:52,800
No parents. 
That's like having a teenager 

481
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,400
and a baby and go on man. 
As soon as this kid starts 

482
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,900
driving, I'm really going to 
love it. 

483
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,400
Do you love it? 
Fully in the moment that it's in

484
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,900
Jesus, no matter where you are, 
this isn't better or worse than 

485
00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:11,200
this is, just where you're at, 
in your faith and he loves you 

486
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,900
equally. 
But what Satan will get you to 

487
00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:16,500
do is to go, will you used to be
a five? 

488
00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:19,000
But now you're a three and you 
used to be a three. 

489
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,600
And now you're a .5 and you used
to be, you know what, you 

490
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,200
shouldn't even be a And he pulls
you away. 

491
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:30,700
He pulls you out of faith and he
pulls you out of community. 

492
00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:34,500
And then he gets you in 
isolation and then he never lets

493
00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:37,800
go. 
And maybe you've thought it. 

494
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,600
Maybe you've felt it. 
Maybe you've even uttered it. 

495
00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:48,600
That you used to be. 
And now, you can't because you 

496
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,900
failed. 
I'm not going to leave you in 

497
00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:54,100
this moment for too long because
this is just one of the million 

498
00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:56,600
reasons why I love Jesus. 
And I think it's one of the 

499
00:26:56,608 --> 00:26:58,500
million reasons why you will 
love Jesus. 

500
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,600
To look what happens. 
Look, what Jesus does. 

501
00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,800
John 21:1 later. 
Jesus appeared again, to the 

502
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,700
disciples beside the Sea of 
Galilee now, here's why I'm 

503
00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:11,300
telling you, this is because 
Jesus was killed in Jerusalem, 

504
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,700
and Galilee is 70 miles away. 
Now, you're 70 miles isn't that 

505
00:27:16,700 --> 00:27:17,700
far? 
Well, that's because you're 

506
00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,400
hopping in your car and driving 
70 miles an hour. 

507
00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:25,800
This was a multi-day, walk. 
Out of his way. 

508
00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:32,400
Jesus goes on a 70 mile hike and
look what our Jesus Does. 

509
00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:36,100
This is how it happened. 
Simon, Peter said I'm going 

510
00:27:36,100 --> 00:27:39,900
fishing will come to. 
They all said, so they went out 

511
00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,500
in a boat but they caught 
nothing all night. 

512
00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:45,400
Does anybody from week to 
remember anything? 

513
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,300
The Peter and his friends had 
been fishing all night and they 

514
00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:53,500
had caught nothing in Luke 
Chapter 5. 

515
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,000
Let's keep reading in the text 
at dawn. 

516
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,700
Jesus was standing on the beach,
but the disciples couldn't see 

517
00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:01,300
who he was, so he called out 
fellows. 

518
00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:07,500
Have you caught any fish? 
No, they replied sound familiar.

519
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,700
Okay, let's keep going. 
Then he said throw your net on 

520
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:14,100
the right hand side of the boat.
Okay let's just stop for a 

521
00:28:14,108 --> 00:28:16,200
second. 
Put yourself in the boat. 

522
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:21,700
Hey crazy man on the shore. 
I'm guessing the fish haven't 

523
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:27,100
been this far away all night. 
Oh, we've been fishing on the 

524
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:32,400
wrong side of the boat, okay? 
What like fish are just 

525
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,900
naturally gradual like going. 
Oh yeah. 

526
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,900
We swim on the right side of the
boats because they'll never 

527
00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:39,400
know. 
Right. 

528
00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:43,500
Imagine you getting this kind of
advice after fishing all night. 

529
00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:45,700
All the other side. 
Oh thanks. 

530
00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:48,600
We never even thought of that. 
Okay. 

531
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:54,700
So they did better than me and 
they couldn't haul in the net. 

532
00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:58,100
Because there are so many fish 
in it. 

533
00:28:59,100 --> 00:29:00,600
Does it sound familiar to 
anybody? 

534
00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:05,800
Remember, when Jesus called 
Peter to be his disciple, it was

535
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,300
after a night of catching no 
fish, and then they caught so 

536
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:10,800
much fish that they couldn't 
haul. 

537
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,900
It. 
All in the, let's keep going. 

538
00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:16,500
Then the disciple, then, the 
disciple Jesus loved said to 

539
00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:20,100
Peter, it is the Lord. 
When Simon Peter heard that it 

540
00:29:20,108 --> 00:29:22,400
was the Lord, he put on his 
tunic for, he had stripped for 

541
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,100
work. 
He jumped into the water and 

542
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:27,500
headed to shore, the others. 
With the boat and pulled the 

543
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:30,000
loaded net to the shore. 
For there were only about 100 

544
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,600
yards from Shore when they got 
there. 

545
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,700
They found breakfast waiting for
them. 

546
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,300
Fish cooking over a charcoal 
fire. 

547
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,500
Does this sound familiar to 
anybody? 

548
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,600
And some bread. 
There are only two times in all 

549
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:53,700
of scripture that a charcoal 
fire shows up one is where Peter

550
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,100
denied Jesus. 
And the second one is where 

551
00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:02,200
Jesus restored. 
Peter one was a fire of denial 

552
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,400
and the other one was a fire of 
Grace. 

553
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:09,400
Look what happens. 
When they had finished eating, 

554
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,600
Jesus said to Simon Peter count,
the questions that Jesus asked. 

555
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:16,800
Simon Peter Simon, son of John. 
Do you love me more than these? 

556
00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,100
Yes, Lord. 
He said, you know that, I love 

557
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:23,800
you. 
Jesus said feed my Lambs again 

558
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,200
Jesus said, Simon son of John. 
Do you love me? 

559
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,400
That's two. 
He answered. 

560
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,500
Yes. 
Lord you know that I love you. 

561
00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:33,900
Jesus said take care of my 
sheep. 

562
00:30:36,300 --> 00:30:40,000
The third time, he said to him, 
Simon, son of John. 

563
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:46,100
Do you love me and Peter was 
hurt because Jesus had asked him

564
00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:50,200
a third time. 
Do you love me? 

565
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,800
He said, Lord, you know, all 
things. 

566
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:59,500
You know that I love you. 
Jesus said feed my sheep very 

567
00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:01,300
truly. 
I tell you, when you were 

568
00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:03,900
younger, you dressed yourself 
and went where you wanted. 

569
00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:06,000
But when you are old, you will 
stretch out your hands. 

570
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,100
Someone will dress you and lead 
you, where you do not want to 

571
00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,800
go. 
Jesus said this to indicate the 

572
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,200
kind of death by which Peter 
would glorify God. 

573
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,100
Peter went on to be crucified 
upside down, someone dressed him

574
00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,900
and let him where he didn't want
to go a place to die, and they 

575
00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:24,600
stretched out his hands. 
And they crucified Peter, And 

576
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,300
then he said to Peter, follow 
me. 

577
00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:32,800
This is this is why I love 
Jesus. 

578
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:36,300
So stinkin much and why you 
should love him too. 

579
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,500
After Peter failed. 
He thought he could no longer be

580
00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:45,800
used to be a fisher of men 
anymore. 

581
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:51,400
He thought all I can do is fish 
and he goes back to fishing. 

582
00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:56,900
And Jesus shows up and recreates
the day that he called him into 

583
00:31:56,900 --> 00:32:00,200
Ministry, but he doesn't just 
recreate the day that he called 

584
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,900
him in a Ministry. 
He recreates the day that Peter 

585
00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,300
thought he could no longer do 
ministry. 

586
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,700
And every time he asks, Peter do
you love me? 

587
00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:14,600
He gives him a mission and feed 
my sheep, take care of my Lambs.

588
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:18,600
Peter's thinking, I can't do 
ministry anymore. 

589
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:23,700
I can't be used anymore. 
I'm a used to be and Jesus is 

590
00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:26,200
going. 
I've got a mission for you. 

591
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:28,400
There were three questions that 
led to denial. 

592
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,400
And there were three questions 
that led to Restoration. 

593
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:36,700
Peter, never visited those Nets 
again, he got done with that. 

594
00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:40,100
Charcoal fire with Jesus, and he
went on to preach the very first

595
00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,900
sermon and 3,000 people were 
baptized that day. 

596
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,500
He went on to heal people. 
He went on to to do in Deal 

597
00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:49,100
hardship for the gospel, suffer 
imprisonment, and he was never 

598
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:52,300
ashamed of Jesus or the gospel 
ever. 

599
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,500
Again, he went on to proclaim, 
the good news of Jesus Christ to

600
00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:58,500
the Gentiles, which is a really 
big deal because most of us 

601
00:32:58,500 --> 00:33:00,800
unless you're a Jew, are 
Gentiles. 

602
00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:04,400
Peter's failure. 
Wasn't the end of his testimony.

603
00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:09,000
It was the introduction to his 
testimony and his failure just 

604
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,100
showed how awesome and how 
extravagant God's love actually 

605
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:14,800
is and what I came to tell you 
today. 

606
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:20,500
Is there has to be a place. 
That tells people it's not over 

607
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:25,200
that they can still be used that
they can still be redeemed. 

608
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:28,700
That they God can restore you 
and repurpose you. 

609
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:34,900
That it is not over. 
Our Jesus go 70 miles out of his

610
00:33:34,900 --> 00:33:40,000
way to make breakfast over a 
charcoal fire for a dude who 

611
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:45,800
betrayed him. 
Abandon him denied, he even knew

612
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,300
him. 
Jesus goes 70 miles out of his 

613
00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:55,500
way to tell Peter. 
It's Not Over. 

614
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:02,800
And I want us to be a church 
that tells people the exact same

615
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,800
thing. 
There are people in your life 

616
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,199
and maybe you are in this spot 
right now that you think is 

617
00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:14,100
over, you think it's done. 
You think there's not a bright 

618
00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:17,100
future and we need to be the 
people that rally around them 

619
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:21,100
and say, no, it's not as long as
Jesus is in it. 

620
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:26,100
It's not over there has to be a 
place that tells people, it's 

621
00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:28,500
not over and I say that. 
This is here. 

622
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,000
I say that place is with us and 
I say it's now. 

623
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,000
Would you join me in that 
mission or move into a time of 

624
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:44,400
decision? 
There are some of you in here 

625
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,199
right now and you're going man, 
Clayton, that's a great message.

626
00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:53,100
But I don't think you were 
talking about me and what I'm 

627
00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:56,199
here to tell you that nothing 
could be further from the truth.

628
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,200
That every single person that 
I'm talking to you, whether you 

629
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,900
will admit it or not you are a 
spiritual failure. 

630
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,300
I gave that away at the very 
beginning of the message. 

631
00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:09,100
That's what Romans 3:23 tells us
every single one of us have 

632
00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:11,800
failed spiritually. 
Nobody in here is perfect. 

633
00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:18,200
If you were perfect. 
Jesus wouldn't have sent his, 

634
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,700
Our God wouldn't have sent his 
son Jesus, he would have sent 

635
00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:25,500
you. 
He sent Jesus for the express 

636
00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:29,800
purpose that we are failures. 
We have failed spiritually, but 

637
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:34,500
your failure doesn't have to be 
final that the biggest mistake 

638
00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:37,600
you can make is being in front 
of a perfect, Jesus. 

639
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,200
He's ready to cover for all of 
your mistakes and all of your 

640
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,100
inadequacies, and all of your 
sins, and cover it with his 

641
00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:45,200
Precious Blood and reject it and
go. 

642
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:50,000
Yeah, I'm just too messed up. 
The more messed up, you think 

643
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:57,000
you are the more you need Jesus.
The foot is the, if you grew up 

644
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,900
in church, some of you've heard 
this before, but the ground is 

645
00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:03,800
level at the foot of the cross, 
because all of us have sinned. 

646
00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:07,600
And while you might see, my sins
is better or worse than your 

647
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,100
sins. 
The bottom line is all sin needs

648
00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:14,200
to be atoned for and it was all 
atoned for by him. 

649
00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:18,200
And if you're in here today, and
you've never started an intimate

650
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,700
personal relationship with Jesus
Christ, you can, you can start 

651
00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:25,100
it today. 
There's no reason to put it off,

652
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,800
and if you have questions about 
what that is or what that looks 

653
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,600
like, there's going to be 
somebody over by the Baptist. 

654
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,500
Who would love to talk to you 
about what that is and what that

655
00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:35,700
looks like and begin answering 
some of the questions that 

656
00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:39,900
you're wrestling with. 
For the rest of you in here. 

657
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,700
You have a relationship with 
Jesus. 

658
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,300
You've been following for a 
while, but maybe you feel like 

659
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:52,200
you've never lived up to your 
spiritual potential, Maybe 

660
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,700
you're carrying the weight of 
like your Earthly father and you

661
00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:57,400
know you were supposed to be 
this and you never ended up 

662
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,400
being that and you kind of feel 
like that's how God looks at 

663
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,700
you. 
And I want you to hear me say 

664
00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:08,200
this, it's not over. 
It's Not Over. 

665
00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:11,600
You might be going. 
But Clayton I've blown up my 

666
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,000
Ministry or I blown up my 
marriage or I blown up my 

667
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,200
relationship with my kids. 
I've blown it up and I just want

668
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:23,800
you to hear me say this. 
It's not over. because I have 

669
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:31,000
seen situations that looked 
final that it looked like that 

670
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,500
situation was down for the 
count. 

671
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:40,300
I have seen situations where 
people would have said, all hope

672
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:48,200
is lost Then in a moment. 
In a Flash. 

673
00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:56,400
Somehow they allowed Jesus in to
the situation and he started 

674
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:02,800
taking ground little by little 
moment by moment day after day. 

675
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,700
And now they will look back and 
this is the testimony that they 

676
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:11,000
would share to you. 
That the best thing that ever 

677
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:15,100
happened to me, was the darkest 
moment of my life. 

678
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,000
I've been in marriage counseling
and they would say, I know this 

679
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,900
sounds crazy, but one of the 
best things that ever happened 

680
00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:24,900
to us, was that Affair and 
listen. 

681
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,300
That is the worst way to 
describe your marriage. 

682
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,500
That the best thing that ever 
happened was the affair, but 

683
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:32,200
they're not focusing on the 
affair. 

684
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:35,500
They're focusing on what God did
and what appeared to be an 

685
00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:40,100
unredeemable situation. 
And if I could beg those of you 

686
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:43,100
in this room or those of you 
online to do anything today, it 

687
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:47,200
would be that to get God right 
in the Little of the situation 

688
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,700
whether it is your success or 
your failure to go, God would 

689
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:52,500
you be right in the middle of 
it? 

690
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,300
Third thing, I'm asking this is 
the biggest ask. 

691
00:38:56,900 --> 00:39:00,500
There are some of you in here 
that, you know, people that used

692
00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:02,900
to serve with you. 
They used to sit next to you at 

693
00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:05,700
church, they used to be in your 
life group. 

694
00:39:05,700 --> 00:39:09,300
They used to do life with you 
and they're gone. 

695
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,900
And I need you to know that 
Satan might be using their 

696
00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:15,700
isolation to drive them further 
from God. 

697
00:39:15,700 --> 00:39:20,000
And I am asking you this week 
not just to come up to the steps

698
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,700
and pray for them before you 
leave. 

699
00:39:21,700 --> 00:39:25,200
I'm asking you to call him up. 
Take him out for lunch by him, a

700
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,200
meal and look across the table 
from them. 

701
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:35,000
And say it's not over. 
God could use God could use 

702
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,000
those three words. 
To resurrect a situation. 

703
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:45,100
And we've got to be people. 
We've got to be a place that has

704
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:48,100
those conversations of Jesus 
goes, 70 miles out of his way. 

705
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:52,300
On foot, we can buy a nice meal 
and give some people. 

706
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:54,300
Hope. 
I hope that's the kind of church

707
00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:56,100
we are. 
Would you stand with me? 

708
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:07,600
God, right now I am Personally. 
So hopeful. 

709
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,900
I'm believing that you are going
to use these next couple of 

710
00:40:13,900 --> 00:40:17,900
moments to bring about 
significant change, not just for

711
00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:21,000
the people in this room or the 
people that are watching online,

712
00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:24,000
but you're going to bring about 
significant change in the people

713
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,900
that we are going to take this 
message to God, I don't want 

714
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:31,000
this message and I don't want 
this theme to die at the doors. 

715
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,900
Got I want to make it. 
I want it to make it to the 

716
00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:38,300
edges of our reach. 
Does it there people that are 

717
00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:42,600
just hurting right now and they 
need hope they're people who 

718
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,700
think that the it's done and got
that need to know that you're 

719
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:50,700
not done. 
So, God uses us. 

720
00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:56,300
And that might be one of your 
most special. 

721
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:03,200
Aspects of Grace is that you do 
you use us? 

722
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:08,900
Unworthy messed up, broken 
people, you use us. 

723
00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:13,100
To be a part of your great 
mission. 

724
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,000
It's got we we thank you for 
that because we don't deserve 

725
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,500
it. 
And I pray that as we get down 

726
00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:24,700
on our knees, that we would 
experience you and draw closer 

727
00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:28,800
to you and be encouraged and 
equipped by you for what lies 

728
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,000
ahead in your name, I pray. 
Amen.