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PASTOR AARON BURKE: IF YOU
TAKE BETRAYAL PERSONALLY,
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YOU'RE ACTUALLY GIVING
YOURSELF WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT
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FOR YOUR OWN HOLINESS.
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BECAUSE JESUS HIMSELF,
WHO WAS PERFECT,
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DEALT WITH BETRAYAL.
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IF YOU DON'T HEAL FROM
PEOPLE THAT CUT YOU,
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THEN YOU'LL EVENTUALLY
BLEED ON A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
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WHO NEVER HURT YOU
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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YOU'RE BLEEDING ON THE
NEXT RELATIONSHIP
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BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEVER
GOTTEN HEALED
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FROM THE PAST ONE.
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HEY, GUYS, WELCOME BACK TO
THE REBECCA WEISS PODCAST.
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I'M HERE WITH
PASTOR AARON BURKE,
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FROM RADIANT CHURCH
IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
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THANKS FOR BEING
ON THE SHOW TODAY.
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YES.
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AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU.
YES.
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THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
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YES. YES.
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AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING
ABOUT YOUR NEW BOOK,
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THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE,
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TALKING ABOUT LESSONS
FROM THE LIFE OF JOSEPH,
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE
BIBLE CHARACTERS.
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ABSOLUTELY.
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IT'S AN HONOR
TO BE WITH YOU.
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I LOVE THIS, LOVE WHAT
GOD'S DOING THROUGH YOU
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AND THE MINISTRY HERE.
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AND SO I'M PUMPED,
PUMPED TO BE WITH YOU.
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SO I WAS GOING
THROUGH THIS BOOK
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AND I WAS SUPER
MOVED BY IT.
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AND BASICALLY WHAT
I'M GATHERING,
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PART OF THE PREMISE
OF THIS BOOK
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IS THAT WE ALL, FOR
PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE
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THEY'VE HAD, KIND OF
A HARD HAND IN LIFE.
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YEAH.
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HAVE BEEN HURT,
HAD PROBLEMS,
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REALIZING THAT GOD CAN
TAKE THESE THINGS
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AND ACTUALLY USE THEM
TO OUR ADVANTAGE
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IF WE ALLOW HIM TO.
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YEAH.
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THERE WAS A
GIRL THAT WAS,
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SHE'S OUR YOUNG ADULTS
PASTOR AT OUR CHURCH,
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AND SHE'S BEEN WITH
ME A DECADE, PLUS.
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AND I'VE SEEN THE TURMOIL
THAT SHE WENT THROUGH IN LIFE.
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HER PARENTS WENT THROUGH
A BRUTAL DIVORCE.
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SHE HAD BEEN OVERLOOKED,
MISTREATED,
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ABUSED, ALL THIS
KIND OF STUFF.
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AND I WAS PRAYING FOR
HER A FEW YEARS AGO
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DURING PRAYER AND FASTING,
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AND I'M TELLING YOU,
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER
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HAVE THOSE MOMENTS
WHERE YOU PRAY AND IT'S LIKE,
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YOU'RE CRYING, I MEAN THE
PRESENCE OF GOD IS THERE.
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IT'S ONE OF THOSE LIKE
BOO-HOO CRY MOMENTS.
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I'M PRAYING FOR HER AND
I'M SAYING THIS PHRASE
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OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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I WAS LIKE, IT'S UNFAIR.
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IT'S UNFAIR WHAT
YOU WENT THROUGH.
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IT'S UNFAIR WHAT YOUR
PARENTS PUT YOU THROUGH.
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IT'S UNFAIR THE REJECTION.
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IT'S UNFAIR THE BETRAYAL.
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AND AS I'M
PRAYING FOR HER,
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AS CLEARLY AS I'M
SPEAKING RIGHT NOW,
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I HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT
SPEAK TO ME AND SAID,
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AARON, IT'S UNFAIR BUT
IT'S FOR HER ADVANTAGE.
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AND IT WAS AT THAT
MOMENT I STOPPED,
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AND I WROTE DOWN
THE PHRASE,
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THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.
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AND THE PREMISE OF THE
BOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID,
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IT'S WHERE GOD USES ALL
OF THE UNFAIR THINGS
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THAT HAVE HAPPENED,
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THAT WE GO
THROUGH IN LIFE,
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FOR HIS ADVANTAGE,
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IF WE LEVERAGE THEM WELL.
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IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT
IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC.
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SO, YOU KNOW, THE
PHRASE THAT WE USE,
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IN ROMANS 8:28, YOU KNOW,
GOD TURNS ALL THINGS
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TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD,
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BUT THERE'S A LITTLE
CAVEAT TO IT.
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THE CAVEAT IS FOR
THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
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AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING
TO HIS PURPOSE.
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WHAT HE'S SAYING IS,
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GOD CAN USE EVERYTHING
YOU GO THROUGH
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FOR A GREATER PURPOSE,
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IF YOU LEARN TO
LEVERAGE IT RIGHT.
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SO WHAT I DID IS,
I WENT ON THIS DEEP DIVE
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OF THE PERSON WHO,
OTHER THAN JESUS,
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WAS MOST BETRAYED, MOST
REJECTED IN SCRIPTURES.
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AND IT'S THIS GUY BY
THE NAME OF JOSEPH.
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JOSEPH'S STORY
IS REMARKABLE
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BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A 17-YEAR-OLD
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WHO GETS A
VISION FROM GOD.
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AND THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO
HIM DON'T BELIEVE IN HIM.
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AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE
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LISTENING TO THIS
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AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED,
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THEY'RE LIKE, NOBODY ELSE
BELIEVES IN
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THE CALL OF GOD ON MY LIFE.
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NOBODY ELSE SEES IT.
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THAT WAS JOSEPH.
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SO HIS VERY FIRST
UNFAIR SCENARIO
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IS THE SIMPLE FACT THAT
HE'S OVERLOOKED
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AND NOT BELIEVED BY THEM.
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THEY DOUBT HIS DREAM.
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AND SO I WAS LIKE, WELL,
WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE IN THIS?
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THE ADVANTAGE IN THIS IS,
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THAT WE GET TO
BELIEVE AGAIN.
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WE GET TO TRUST
GOD AGAIN,
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EVEN WHEN THINGS DIDN'T
WORK THE RIGHT WAY.
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SO I WALKED THROUGH
THE LIFE OF JOSEPH
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AND I WALKED THROUGH
SEVEN DIFFERENT
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UNFAIR SEASONS THAT
JOSEPH GOES THROUGH,
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THAT WE ALL GO THROUGH.
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WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE NOT
BELIEVING IN YOUR DREAMS,
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PEOPLE REJECTING YOU,
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WRONGFULLY ACCUSING YOU.
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I MEAN, WE'VE ALL DEALT WITH
THIS KIND OF STUFF.
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WHAT ABOUT THE SEASONS
WHERE WE JUST FEEL LIKE
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WE'RE OVERWORKED
AND WE'RE UNDERPAID?
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THERE'S PROBABLY
A LOT OF PEOPLE
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THAT ARE FEELING THAT.
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AND YOU GO, WHAT
GOOD CAN COME OF IT?
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IF YOU'LL LEARN TO
LEVERAGE THAT SEASON
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FOR GOD'S GLORY,
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AND YOU'LL LEARN TO MAKE
THE MOST OF THAT SEASON,
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THEN GOD WILL USE
IT FOR HIS GLORY,
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AND YOU'LL SEE IT
AS YOUR ADVANTAGE.
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SO I'LL GIVE YOU
A COOL STORY.
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SO MY DAD, MY DAD IS
A CRAZY ENTREPRENEUR.
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HE SOMEHOW CAN SELL
ANYTHING TO ANYONE.
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AND I GREW UP,
WE WERE ALWAYS --
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WE HAD CAR BUSINESSES
GROWING UP.
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AND I REMEMBER ONE TIME I
CAME HOME AND HE'S LIKE,
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HEY, I BOUGHT SOME
DONKEYS TODAY.
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WE'RE LIKE, WHAT?
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HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
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HE'S LIKE, YEAH, YEAH,
WE BOUGHT DONKEYS.
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AND BASICALLY HE WOULD
TAKE ANYTHING ON TRADE
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FOR THESE USED
CARS THAT HE HAD.
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AND SO WE HAD
DONKEYS FOR A WHILE.
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IT WAS CRAZY
STUFF LIKE THAT.
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BUT HE MADE A LIVING
THROUGH BUYING AND SELLING.
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SO I ASKED HIM, I SAID,
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HOW DID YOU LEARN
HOW TO DO THIS?
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HE GREW UP SO
POOR IN MIAMI.
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AND HE GOES, ONE TIME MY
DAD TOOK ALL OF OUR MONEY
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AND GAMBLED IT AWAY,
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AND WE DIDN'T
HAVE ANY FOOD.
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SO I WENT UP THE STREET
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AND I PICKED AVOCADOS
FROM THE TREE,
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FROM A TREE IN,
LIKE, SOME PUBLIC PARK.
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AND THEN I WENT TO
THE STREET CORNER
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AND I STARTED TELLING THEM
FOR A QUARTER APIECE,
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OR FIVE FOR A DOLLAR.
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AND HE SAYS, SO I
LEARNED HOW TO SELL
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THROUGH THE
LACK IN MY LIFE.
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AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT
A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
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HE TOOK AN UNFAIR
SCENARIO,
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AND THEN LEVERAGED IT
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BY LEARNING A SKILL
THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY
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BE THE THING THAT PROVIDED
FOR ALL OF US GROWING UP.
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AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S SUCH
A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
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OF HOW GOD WORKS
IN OUR LIVES.
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HE DOES NOT PROMOTE US
THROUGH THE EASY SEASONS.
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I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS IT.
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YOU'RE LISTENING
TO US RIGHT NOW,
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YOU'RE LIKE, I'VE
SIGNED UP FOR EASY.
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IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
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AND YOU KNOW THIS.
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WE ALL GO THROUGH
PAINFUL, DIFFICULT SEASONS,
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BUT THAT'S GOD'S
SCHOOLING FOR US
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TO HELP US BECOME WHO
GOD'S CALLED US TO BE.
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IT'S ROUGH.
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AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS
HAVING A CONVERSATION
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WITH MY HUSBAND,
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINK
ABOUT THE DREAM JOSEPH HAD,
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HOW INCREDIBLE THAT IS.
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YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN GOD
FIRST CALLS YOU INTO MINISTRY,
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IF HE GIVES YOU A
PROPHETIC DREAM,
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OR YOU HAVE A VISION,
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AND IT'S JUST THIS
INCREDIBLE
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MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE.
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BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT
TO FOLLOW THROUGH,
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THROUGH THE HARD.
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AND I REMEMBER TALKING
TO MY HUSBAND AND I WAS LIKE,
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I DID NOT REALIZE THIS IS
WHAT I WAS SIGNING UP FOR.
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BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN IDEA,
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BUT JOSEPH HAD NO IDEA
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WHEN HE HAD THIS
INCREDIBLE DREAM
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THAT IT WAS GONNA
BE FOLLOWED BY
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HIS BROTHERS
BETRAYING HIM.
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YES.
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THROWING HIM
INTO A DITCH,
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SELLING HIM TO
SLAVE TRADERS.
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AND SO, LET'S GO THROUGH
ONE OF THE FIRST HURDLES,
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BECAUSE THIS IS WHY
I LOVE THE BOOK,
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AND I LOVE WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING,
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IS THAT WE HAVE BAD
THINGS HAPPEN TO US,
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BUT WE HAVE TO LEVERAGE
IT TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
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WE HAVE A DECISION.
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THERE'S A VALLEY
OF DECISION.
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SO WHEN WE HAVE PAIN OR
HARD THINGS GIVEN TO US,
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HOW ARE WE GOING TO REACT?
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SO HOW DOES
SOMEONE DEAL WITH
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BETRAYAL AND REJECTION,
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FROM THE PEOPLE
THAT -- YOUR FAMILY,
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I REMEMBER IN
JOSEPH'S SCENARIO,
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THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU?
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HOW DOES SOMEONE
REDIRECT THAT SITUATION?
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WELL, WE'VE ALL
DEALT WITH BETRAYAL.
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AND YOU KNOW WHAT,
IT'S INTERESTING.
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IF SOMEONE HURTS
YOU ONLINE,
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YOU'RE LIKE, EH, MOVE ON.
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WHEN IT'S FAMILY,
WHEN IT'S A FRIEND,
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WHEN IT'S A SPOUSE,
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THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE
LISTENING TO THIS
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AND A SPOUSE, WHETHER
THEY HAD AN AFFAIR
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OR SOMETHING,
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BETRAYAL IS THE WORST.
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WHAT I'VE REALIZED IS,
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OUR DECISION IN THE
MIDST OF BETRAYAL
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THAT MAKES BETRAYAL
BECOME OUR ADVANTAGE,
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IS TO REFUSE
TO GET BITTER.
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THAT'S THE NUMBER
ONE DECISION.
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THE NUMBER ONE DECISION
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH BETRAYAL,
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IS GOD CAN USE
THAT BETRAYAL
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TO DIRECT YOUR LIFE
INTO SOMETHING BETTER
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IF YOU REFUSE
TO GET BITTER.
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AS SOON AS WE BECOME
BITTER CHRISTIANS,
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WE BECOME --
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WE REMOVE THE ABILITY FOR
GOD TO USE THIS FOR OUR GOOD
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BECAUSE WE NOW
MAKE IT ABOUT --
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WE BECOME AS SICK AS
THE SITUATION'S BECOME.
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YEAH, WE GET TAINTED.
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WE GET TAINTED.
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WE GET FRUSTRATED.
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AND YOU'VE ALL MET
BITTER CHRISTIANS.
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LIKE, MY GOAL IN
LIFE IS TO GROW OLD
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WITHOUT GROWING BITTER.
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THAT'S MY GOAL, TOO.
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I DO.
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AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE
THE OLDER YOU GET,
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THE MORE PEOPLE HURT YOU.
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YEAH.
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AND I'VE DEALT WITH IT.
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I'VE DEALT WITH SOME
OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS,
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I MEAN, YOU KNOW THIS,
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THEY'RE GOING,
I'M RIDE OR DIE.
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WE'RE WITH YOU FOR LIFE.
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AND THEN THEY LEAVE.
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AND YOU'RE JUST
LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED?
00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:09.766
AND WHAT I KNOW IS, WHEN
I'M GOING THROUGH
00:08:09.866 --> 00:08:12.466
THOSE SITUATIONS,
I CAN ONLY --
00:08:12.566 --> 00:08:15.033
I DON'T HAVE TO
DEFEND MYSELF.
00:08:15.133 --> 00:08:18.267
JOSEPH DID NOT SIT THERE
AND MAKE A CASE FOR HIMSELF.
00:08:18.367 --> 00:08:19.600
HE'S LIKE, OKAY.
00:08:19.700 --> 00:08:21.766
HE GOES, I AM NOT
GONNA GET BITTER.
00:08:21.866 --> 00:08:23.566
WE DON'T SEE ONE TIME
IN THE STORY OF JOSEPH
00:08:23.666 --> 00:08:25.167
WHERE HE TRIED
TO GET REVENGE,
00:08:25.267 --> 00:08:26.267
COME BACK AT THOSE PEOPLE.
00:08:26.367 --> 00:08:27.733
LET GOD TAKE CARE OF IT.
00:08:27.833 --> 00:08:31.466
AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED
ABOUT YOUR HATERS IS,
00:08:31.566 --> 00:08:35.500
YOU CAN PAY THEM BACK
AND GET BACK AT THEM,
00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:37.100
OR YOU CAN LET GOD.
00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.567
AND I'VE REALIZED WHEN
GOD GETS BACK AT 'EM,
00:08:39.667 --> 00:08:41.000
IT'S WAY WORSE.
00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:42.400
LET GOD TAKE CARE OF THEM.
00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:43.566
EXACTLY.
00:08:43.666 --> 00:08:45.500
BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY TO
TAKE IT IN YOUR OWN HANDS,
00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:47.000
YOU ACTUALLY LESSEN
THE CONSEQUENCE
00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:48.667
BECAUSE YOU CAN
ONLY DO SO MUCH.
00:08:48.767 --> 00:08:50.700
SO I RELEASE MY HATERS,
00:08:50.800 --> 00:08:52.100
I RELEASE THE
PEOPLE THAT DID IT,
00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:53.500
AND I'M JUST GONNA
PROTECT MY HEART.
00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.267
I REMEMBER SOMEONE
TOLD ME YEARS AGO,
00:08:55.367 --> 00:08:56.833
YOU'VE GOT TO LIVE
WITH THICK SKIN
00:08:56.933 --> 00:08:58.667
AND A SOFT HEART.
00:08:58.767 --> 00:08:59.933
THICK SKIN AND
A SOFT HEART.
00:09:00.033 --> 00:09:03.267
LIKE I'M GONNA, I'M NOT
GONNA LET IT AFFECT ME,
00:09:03.367 --> 00:09:04.633
BUT KEEP A SOFT HEART.
00:09:04.733 --> 00:09:06.000
YOU ALSO DON'T WANT
TO BE THAT PERSON THAT GOES,
00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:07.534
I DON'T CARE
WHAT ANYBODY DOES TO ME.
00:09:07.634 --> 00:09:09.200
YOU'RE LIKE, OH,
YOU'RE SO CALLUSED,
00:09:09.300 --> 00:09:10.300
YOU'RE NOT
PASTORAL ANYMORE.
00:09:10.400 --> 00:09:11.567
YEAH.
00:09:11.667 --> 00:09:13.667
SO I'M CONSTANTLY
DEALING WITH THAT
00:09:13.767 --> 00:09:16.733
BECAUSE BETRAYAL,
WHICH BY THE WAY,
00:09:16.833 --> 00:09:19.533
IF YOU TAKE BETRAYAL
PERSONALLY,
00:09:19.633 --> 00:09:22.600
THEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY
GIVING YOURSELF
00:09:22.700 --> 00:09:25.200
WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT
FOR YOUR OWN HOLINESS.
00:09:25.300 --> 00:09:29.634
BECAUSE JESUS HIMSELF,
WHO WAS PERFECT,
00:09:29.734 --> 00:09:31.400
DEALT WITH BETRAYAL.
00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:32.533
SO IF YOU SIT
THERE AND GO,
00:09:32.633 --> 00:09:34.733
WELL, I GOT BETRAYAL
BECAUSE I'VE GOT ISSUES.
00:09:34.833 --> 00:09:35.933
NO.
00:09:36.033 --> 00:09:38.266
PEOPLE BETRAY US
BECAUSE THEY'RE CRAZY.
00:09:38.366 --> 00:09:40.100
BECAUSE PEOPLE
HAVE ISSUES.
00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.000
AND THEY'RE FALLEN
AND THEY'RE BROKEN.
00:09:42.100 --> 00:09:45.933
WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN PETER WAS SAYING,
00:09:46.033 --> 00:09:47.200
JESUS, WE'LL
NEVER BETRAY YOU.
00:09:47.300 --> 00:09:48.833
AND HE SAYS, JESUS
TURNED HIM AND SAID,
00:09:48.933 --> 00:09:50.533
GET BEHIND ME, SATAN.
00:09:50.633 --> 00:09:52.234
LIKE, THERE'S
SOMETHING DEMONIC
00:09:52.334 --> 00:09:53.934
WHEN PEOPLE ARE
BETRAYING YOU
00:09:54.034 --> 00:09:55.166
AND HURTING YOU.
00:09:55.266 --> 00:09:57.300
SO YOU RELEASE
IT TO THE LORD.
00:09:57.400 --> 00:09:58.867
AND I'VE REALIZED
IN MY LIFE
00:09:58.967 --> 00:10:01.033
THAT THROUGH ALL
THE REJECTION,
00:10:01.133 --> 00:10:03.100
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOD'S WAY
OF REDIRECTING MY LIFE.
00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:03.966
I AGREE.
00:10:04.066 --> 00:10:05.467
ALWAYS.
00:10:05.567 --> 00:10:08.234
AND SOMETIMES HE RESTORES
THE RELATIONSHIP
00:10:08.334 --> 00:10:09.767
AND SOMETIMES HE DOESN'T.
00:10:09.867 --> 00:10:10.333
YEAH.
00:10:10.433 --> 00:10:11.100
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:12.634
YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON.
00:10:12.734 --> 00:10:17.967
AND IF YOU DON'T HEAL FROM
PEOPLE THAT CUT YOU,
00:10:18.067 --> 00:10:20.300
THEN YOU'LL EVENTUALLY
BLEED ON A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
00:10:20.400 --> 00:10:22.333
WHO NEVER HURT YOU
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:10:22.433 --> 00:10:23.733
OH, THAT'S SO GOOD.
00:10:23.833 --> 00:10:26.433
SO THERE'S SOMEBODY
THAT IS WATCHING THIS,
00:10:26.533 --> 00:10:30.534
AND YOU'RE BLEEDING ON
THE NEXT RELATIONSHIP
00:10:30.634 --> 00:10:32.300
BECAUSE YOU HAVE
NEVER GOTTEN HEALED
00:10:32.400 --> 00:10:34.200
FROM THE PAST ONE.
00:10:34.300 --> 00:10:36.000
AND THAT'S WHY YOU
CAN'T HAVE
00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:38.533
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
00:10:38.633 --> 00:10:40.200
SO THE PERSON
REALLY HURTS YOU.
00:10:40.300 --> 00:10:41.667
I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY.
00:10:41.767 --> 00:10:44.067
YOU'RE BLEEDING ON
THE NEXT CHURCH
00:10:44.167 --> 00:10:46.633
BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS
CHURCH THAT DISAPPOINTED YOU.
00:10:46.733 --> 00:10:49.200
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ACTUALLY
DOING SUCH A DISSERVICE
00:10:49.300 --> 00:10:51.600
TO THE NEXT PEOPLE THAT
GOD'S PUT IN YOUR LIFE.
00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:54.966
SO JOSEPH, CRAZY STORY,
HE GETS BETRAYED.
00:10:55.066 --> 00:10:57.100
HE GOES INTO
POTIPHAR'S HOME.
00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:59.333
HE GETS PURCHASED
BY POTIPHAR.
00:10:59.433 --> 00:11:01.167
IF SOMEONE HAD A
REASON TO BE OFFENDED,
00:11:01.267 --> 00:11:02.467
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JOSEPH.
00:11:02.567 --> 00:11:04.334
BUT HE REFUSED
TO LIVE OFFENDED.
00:11:04.434 --> 00:11:05.234
THAT'S ONE OF MY
GOALS IN LIFE.
00:11:05.334 --> 00:11:07.167
I WANT TO LIVE AN
UNOFFENDABLE LIFE.
00:11:07.267 --> 00:11:09.000
HE GETS TO POTIPHAR'S
HOUSE AND THE BIBLE SAYS,
00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:11.634
AND HE WAS SUCCESSFUL
IN EVERYTHING HE DID.
00:11:11.734 --> 00:11:12.767
YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT SHOWS ME?
00:11:12.867 --> 00:11:14.800
THAT SHOWS ME HE DID
NOT SIT THERE
00:11:14.900 --> 00:11:16.067
AND TRY TO ESCAPE,
00:11:16.167 --> 00:11:17.367
I'M GETTING BACK
TO MY BROTHERS.
00:11:17.467 --> 00:11:19.467
I'M GONNA GET
EVEN WITH THEM.
00:11:19.567 --> 00:11:21.633
BY THE WAY, I'M SO ANGRY
00:11:21.733 --> 00:11:22.900
EVEN THAT POTIPHAR
BOUGHT ME
00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:24.200
SO I'M GONNA GIVE
HIM THE WORST PART.
00:11:24.300 --> 00:11:26.800
NO, HE GOES, THIS IS THE
NEW SEASON GOD'S GOT ME IN,
00:11:26.900 --> 00:11:28.667
I'M GONNA BE
FAITHFUL WITH IT.
00:11:28.767 --> 00:11:30.333
THAT SHOWS A LOT
ABOUT HIS CHARACTER.
00:11:30.433 --> 00:11:31.333
THAT'S A
REALLY GOOD --
00:11:31.433 --> 00:11:33.100
YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT
ABOUT THAT POINT,
00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:36.200
WAS THAT HE MADE THE MOST
OF HIS CIRCUMSTANCES
00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:38.633
AND CHOSE TO
BE A BLESSING,
00:11:38.733 --> 00:11:40.800
AND THAT'S HOW GOD WANTS
TO WORK THROUGH US.
00:11:40.900 --> 00:11:42.534
WHEN GOD PLACES
US SOMEWHERE,
00:11:42.634 --> 00:11:44.167
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE
CONSCIOUS DECISION,
00:11:44.267 --> 00:11:45.967
OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA
GET OFFENDED,
00:11:46.067 --> 00:11:47.334
AND I'M GONNA BE
A BLESSING
00:11:47.434 --> 00:11:48.300
TO THOSE AROUND ME,
00:11:48.400 --> 00:11:49.933
EVEN IF THIS IS NOT
THE CIRCUMSTANCE
00:11:50.033 --> 00:11:50.867
THAT I WANTED TO BE IN
00:11:50.967 --> 00:11:51.700
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:11:51.800 --> 00:11:52.766
YEAH, WE'RE ALL
IN SITUATIONS
00:11:52.866 --> 00:11:54.000
THAT WE DIDN'T
SIGN UP FOR.
00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:54.800
YEAH.
00:11:54.900 --> 00:11:56.733
YOU ALL GET HIRED
ON AT A SALARY
00:11:56.800 --> 00:12:00.300
THAT YOU DID NOT THINK
WAS, YOU KNOW, IS ENOUGH.
00:12:00.400 --> 00:12:02.200
WE ALL LIVE IN
THOSE LIVES.
00:12:02.300 --> 00:12:04.733
WHAT I'VE REALIZED IS
IT'S NOT ABOUT
00:12:04.833 --> 00:12:05.967
WHAT'S HANDED TO YOU,
00:12:06.067 --> 00:12:07.367
IT'S ABOUT
HOW YOU HANDLE IT.
00:12:07.467 --> 00:12:08.533
THAT'S TRUE.
00:12:08.633 --> 00:12:11.666
IT'S LIKE GOD IS VERY CLEAR
THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURES
00:12:11.766 --> 00:12:13.133
THAT HE CARES
ABOUT STEWARDSHIP,
00:12:13.233 --> 00:12:15.200
AND THAT'S NOT JUST
STEWARDSHIP OF MONEY.
00:12:15.300 --> 00:12:17.066
IT'S STEWARDSHIP
OF SEASONS.
00:12:17.166 --> 00:12:18.800
AND SO WHEN YOU
HANDLE WELL
00:12:18.900 --> 00:12:20.500
THE SEASON GOD'S
GOT YOU IN,
00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:22.667
WHETHER IT'S AN
UNFAIR SEASON OR NOT,
00:12:22.767 --> 00:12:25.867
I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE
GOD HAS HONORED ME MORE
00:12:25.967 --> 00:12:27.667
FOR MY STEWARDSHIP OF
UNFAIR SEASONS
00:12:27.767 --> 00:12:30.600
THAN EVEN THE
SUCCESSFUL SEASONS.
00:12:30.700 --> 00:12:31.533
OH, WOW.
00:12:31.633 --> 00:12:32.934
BECAUSE IT'S THE
SEASONS IN THE VALLEY,
00:12:33.034 --> 00:12:34.800
IT'S THE SEASONS
OF DIFFICULTY.
00:12:34.900 --> 00:12:37.534
SO JOSEPH GETS TO
POTIPHAR'S HOUSE
00:12:37.634 --> 00:12:38.966
AND THE BIBLE SAYS
HE'S SUCCESSFUL
00:12:39.066 --> 00:12:41.000
AND POTIPHAR PUTS HIM
IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING.
00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:42.633
THIS SHOWS ME A LOT
ABOUT HIS WORK ETHIC,
00:12:42.733 --> 00:12:45.234
THAT JOSEPH WAS NOT
WAITING TO GET TO
00:12:45.334 --> 00:12:49.600
THE FULFILLMENT OF
THE DREAM TO WORK HARD.
00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:50.666
AND I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE
00:12:50.766 --> 00:12:53.166
THAT ARE WATCHING THIS
OR LISTENING TO THIS.
00:12:53.266 --> 00:12:56.233
WE ALL SAY STATEMENTS LIKE,
WHEN I GET HERE,
00:12:56.333 --> 00:12:57.267
THEN I'LL BE FAITHFUL.
00:12:57.367 --> 00:12:58.600
AND GOD'S LIKE,
NO, I'M GOING TO SEE
00:12:58.700 --> 00:13:01.233
IF YOU'RE FAITHFUL WHERE
YOU'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
00:13:01.333 --> 00:13:02.900
SO, LIKE, YOU WANT
TO BE A MANAGER,
00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:04.900
BUT YOU'RE JUST -- YOU'RE AN
EMPLOYEE RIGHT NOW.
00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:06.966
WELL, ARE YOU FAITHFUL
AS AN EMPLOYEE?
00:13:07.066 --> 00:13:09.167
OR YOU'RE A MANAGER, BUT YOU
WANT TO BE AN EXECUTIVE.
00:13:09.267 --> 00:13:11.167
WELL, WERE YOU FAITHFUL
AS A MANAGER?
00:13:11.267 --> 00:13:13.300
LIKE, GOD CARES ABOUT
OUR CURRENT SEASON.
00:13:13.400 --> 00:13:14.600
AND YOU GO,
WELL, I DESERVE MORE.
00:13:14.700 --> 00:13:15.466
WE DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING.
00:13:15.566 --> 00:13:16.867
THE BIBLE SAYS,
WE DESERVE DEATH.
00:13:16.967 --> 00:13:18.200
SO FORGET THE I DESERVE.
00:13:18.300 --> 00:13:20.600
ENTITLEMENT HAS NO PLACE
IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:22.000
WE DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING.
00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:25.467
WE SERVE OUR WAY TO SUCCESS
IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:13:25.567 --> 00:13:28.600
SO JOSEPH SERVED
HIS WAY TO SUCCESS,
00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:31.567
AND AS HE SERVED HIS WAY,
GOD OPENED DOORS.
00:13:31.667 --> 00:13:34.100
AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR YOUR NEXT STEP,
00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:36.800
BE FAITHFUL WITH
YOUR CURRENT ONE.
00:13:36.900 --> 00:13:38.500
AND OUR CHURCH,
00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:40.833
WE STARTED THIS CHURCH AT
A SMALL, LITTLE RUNDOWN THEATER
00:13:40.933 --> 00:13:44.000
IN SOUTH TAMPA,
IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:45.800
AND IT WAS A
TERRIBLE BUILDING.
00:13:45.900 --> 00:13:47.700
IT WAS THE WORST PLACE.
00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:49.067
BUT WE MADE THE MOST OF IT.
00:13:49.167 --> 00:13:50.100
LIKE, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.133
LIKE A RUNDOWN
DOLLAR THEATER?
00:13:52.233 --> 00:13:53.866
LIKE, YOU WOULD SIT THERE
AND JUST LIKE,
00:13:53.966 --> 00:13:55.633
THERE WOULD BE SODA
ALL OVER THE FLOOR
00:13:55.733 --> 00:13:57.633
FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE FROM
PEOPLE WATCHING MOVIES IN THERE,
00:13:57.733 --> 00:13:58.867
AND POPCORN.
00:13:58.967 --> 00:13:59.500
BUT WE MADE THE MOST.
00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:00.634
WE CLEANED IT UP.
00:14:00.734 --> 00:14:01.500
I PUT SCENT MACHINES OUT.
00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:03.033
WE PUT PIPE AND DRAPE
EVERYWHERE
00:14:03.133 --> 00:14:05.066
BECAUSE IT WASN'T MY DREAM,
00:14:05.166 --> 00:14:06.900
BUT IT WAS WHAT
GOD GAVE US.
00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.567
AND A LOT OF YOU ARE,
00:14:08.667 --> 00:14:11.600
YOU'VE GOT THIS DREAM, BUT
YOU'RE HANDED THIS THING
00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:15.200
THAT GOD'S SAYING,
HANDLE THIS WELL.
00:14:15.300 --> 00:14:16.633
AND WE HANDLED IT WELL,
AND THEN WE WENT TO
00:14:16.733 --> 00:14:18.600
TWO SERVICES AND THREE
SERVICES AND FOUR SERVICES,
00:14:18.700 --> 00:14:20.366
AND WE LAUNCHED A
SECOND LOCATION.
00:14:20.466 --> 00:14:22.200
AND THEN WE HANDLED THAT
AS GOOD AS WE CAN DO IT.
00:14:22.300 --> 00:14:23.667
THEN WE DID A
THIRD AND A FOURTH.
00:14:23.767 --> 00:14:24.733
AND NOW WE'RE AT 11.
00:14:24.833 --> 00:14:26.100
AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE,
HOW DO YOU GET TO 11?
00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.266
I GO, YOU HANDLE ONE WELL.
00:14:28.366 --> 00:14:31.400
EVERY TIME YOU --
00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:33.300
STEWARDSHIP IS A PRINCIPLE
THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE
00:14:33.400 --> 00:14:34.600
THAT MATTERS.
00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:38.133
SO JOSEPH, IT WAS UNFAIR,
BUT IN AN UNFAIR SEASON
00:14:38.233 --> 00:14:40.600
HE WORKED HARD AND GOD USED
IT FOR HIS ADVANTAGE.
00:14:40.700 --> 00:14:41.667
YEAH.
00:14:41.767 --> 00:14:42.833
IT'S ALL THROUGHOUT
THE BIBLE.
00:14:42.933 --> 00:14:44.933
AND HE WAS WILLING TO SERVE
SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM.
00:14:45.033 --> 00:14:46.000
ABSOLUTELY.
00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:47.134
NOT JUST HIS OWN.
00:14:47.234 --> 00:14:48.733
THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE,
00:14:48.833 --> 00:14:51.433
THAT ARE DESIRING THE DREAM
TO BECOME FULFILLED
00:14:51.533 --> 00:14:54.033
WITHOUT EVER SERVING THE OTHER
PERSON'S DREAM IN THEIR LIFE,
00:14:54.133 --> 00:14:55.067
AND THAT DOESN'T WORK.
00:14:55.167 --> 00:14:56.934
GOD ALWAYS PUTS US
IN A PLACE,
00:14:57.034 --> 00:14:58.267
YOU KNOW WHY?
00:14:58.367 --> 00:15:01.700
BECAUSE GOD CARES ABOUT THE
SUBMISSION OF OUR HEART.
00:15:01.800 --> 00:15:05.167
AND IF HE GIVES YOU THE
PLATFORM YOU WANT RIGHT NOW,
00:15:05.267 --> 00:15:06.633
YOU'RE NOT PREPARED FOR IT.
00:15:06.733 --> 00:15:07.700
YEAH.
00:15:07.800 --> 00:15:09.800
YOU GET PREPARED IN
A SEASON OF SUBMITTING TO
00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:11.967
ANOTHER PERSON'S VISION.
00:15:12.067 --> 00:15:14.034
AND SO SIX YEARS BEFORE,
00:15:14.134 --> 00:15:17.300
FOR THE SIX YEARS
BEFORE I CAME TO TAMPA,
00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:20.066
I SERVED ANOTHER MAN'S
VISION AT A CHURCH
00:15:20.166 --> 00:15:22.700
THAT WAS REALLY
STRUGGLING.
00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:24.133
AND I'M TELLING YOU IF
YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME
00:15:24.233 --> 00:15:26.200
A YEAR AND A HALF
BEFORE I MOVED,
00:15:26.300 --> 00:15:27.667
DO YOU EVER WANT
TO START A CHURCH?
00:15:27.767 --> 00:15:29.800
I'M LIKE, NO, I'M
LIVING MY DREAM.
00:15:29.900 --> 00:15:32.700
I AM FAITHFULLY CONTENT
00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:34.800
AND SERVING
WHERE GOD HAS ME.
00:15:34.900 --> 00:15:36.000
I WAS LIVING THE DREAM.
00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:36.834
I JUST GOT MARRIED.
00:15:36.934 --> 00:15:37.867
IT WAS AWESOME.
00:15:37.967 --> 00:15:39.600
AND THEN GOD CALLED ME,
00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:41.500
AND THEN MY PASTOR
AFFIRMED THAT CALL
00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:44.000
AND ANOINTED ME AND
SENT US OUT.
00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.867
AND I THINK WE HAVE
WAY TOO MANY
00:15:44.967 --> 00:15:46.200
SELF-APPOINTED PEOPLE.
00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:46.833
YEAH.
00:15:46.933 --> 00:15:47.967
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:15:48.067 --> 00:15:49.733
AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH
YOUTUBE, BY THE WAY,
00:15:49.833 --> 00:15:53.333
IS YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF
SELF-APPOINTED EXPERTS
00:15:53.433 --> 00:15:55.233
THAT ARE ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS,
00:15:55.333 --> 00:15:57.433
MEANING THEY'VE NEVER
THROWN THE BALL,
00:15:57.533 --> 00:15:58.400
BUT THEY ARE
SITTING THERE,
00:15:58.500 --> 00:16:00.434
THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT
TAKE ON ANYTHING,
00:16:00.534 --> 00:16:02.200
BUT THEY'VE NEVER
BUILT SOMETHING.
00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:03.334
THAT'S SO TRUE.
00:16:03.434 --> 00:16:05.300
AND I'M LIKE,
LISTEN, BE CAREFUL.
00:16:05.400 --> 00:16:07.500
ANYBODY CAN BUILD A
PLATFORM WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.767
IF YOU'RE
JUST SAVVY ENOUGH.
00:16:09.867 --> 00:16:12.033
THAT'S NOT SUCCESS IN
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:16:12.133 --> 00:16:14.800
THE SUCCESS IN THE KINGDOM
OF GOD IS MAKING DISCIPLES,
00:16:14.900 --> 00:16:18.167
DOING THE HARD WORK BEHIND
THE SCENES OF LOVING PEOPLE
00:16:18.267 --> 00:16:19.467
AND BUILDING THE
CHURCH LIKE WE'VE DONE
00:16:19.567 --> 00:16:21.500
FOR 2,000 YEARS.
00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.933
SO I'M OVER THE CRITICS.
00:16:23.033 --> 00:16:24.600
I'M LIKE, LET'S BUILD
SOMETHING REAL.
00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:27.400
YEAH, SOMETHING
THAT'S REAL
00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.467
THAT'S GOING TO LAST.
00:16:28.567 --> 00:16:30.500
SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY
HELPS GOD'S KINGDOM.
00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:32.167
YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY
TO BUILD A PLATFORM
00:16:32.267 --> 00:16:34.700
OFF OF STUFF THAT'S
APPEALING TO THE FLESH
00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:35.967
AND IT'S SENSATIONAL,
00:16:36.067 --> 00:16:38.134
BUT THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY
CAUSING REAL CHANGE.
00:16:38.234 --> 00:16:40.367
ACTUALLY A LOT OF IT
CAUSES DAMAGE
00:16:40.467 --> 00:16:41.267
TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:16:41.367 --> 00:16:42.967
IT'S VERY DAMAGING.
00:16:43.067 --> 00:16:45.434
YEAH, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S
SO MUCH OUT THERE TODAY.
00:16:45.534 --> 00:16:47.000
YOU KNOW WHAT BOTHERS ME,
00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:49.000
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE
DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO,
00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:51.467
BUT WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THE --
00:16:51.567 --> 00:16:53.900
EVERYBODY'S GOT TO TAKE ON
EVERYBODY ELSE'S MINISTRIES.
00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.833
AND, LIKE, HOW DO WE
HAVE THAT MUCH TIME?
00:16:55.933 --> 00:16:57.933
I DON'T --
I DON'T KNOW HOW --
00:16:58.033 --> 00:16:59.433
IF HEAVEN AND HELL
ARE REALITIES,
00:16:59.533 --> 00:17:01.200
THEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TIME TO BE SITTING THERE
00:17:01.300 --> 00:17:02.833
AND POINTING THE
FINGERS AT EACH OTHER.
00:17:02.933 --> 00:17:03.567
LET'S GO.
00:17:03.667 --> 00:17:05.600
LET'S GO CHASE THE LOST.
00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.633
THAT'S SUCH A
GOOD POINT.
00:17:06.733 --> 00:17:07.967
LET'S GO REACH PEOPLE.
00:17:08.067 --> 00:17:09.867
LET'S GO, YOU KNOW,
TRANSLATE THE BIBLE.
00:17:09.967 --> 00:17:12.933
LET'S GO PLANT CHURCHES.
00:17:13.033 --> 00:17:16.167
I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE
IN THE MUD WITH EACH OTHER
00:17:16.267 --> 00:17:18.700
JUST FRUSTRATED ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT --
00:17:18.800 --> 00:17:20.800
DID YOU SEE WHAT
SHE WROTE AND WHAT HE DID,
00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:22.934
AND WHAT THAT GUY PREACHED,
AND THAT'S THE PERSON --
00:17:23.034 --> 00:17:25.800
AND I'M SITTING THERE GOING,
WHO HAS THAT MUCH TIME?
00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.834
YOU KNOW WHO HAS
THAT MUCH TIME?
00:17:26.934 --> 00:17:28.333
IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE
NOT BUILDING.
00:17:28.433 --> 00:17:29.934
WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING
THE CHURCH,
00:17:30.034 --> 00:17:31.834
YOU SAY THINGS LIKE
NEHEMIAH SAID
00:17:31.934 --> 00:17:33.467
WHERE HE'S JUST LIKE,
I CAN'T COME DOWN
00:17:33.567 --> 00:17:35.700
TO WHERE YOU'RE AT
BECAUSE I'M BUSY.
00:17:35.800 --> 00:17:37.800
I'M BUSY.
00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:39.533
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE,
ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE
00:17:39.633 --> 00:17:41.300
THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS,
00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.034
LIKE, DON'T MAKE
A MINISTRY OFF OF
00:17:43.134 --> 00:17:45.034
KNOCKING OTHER
PEOPLE'S MINISTRIES.
00:17:45.134 --> 00:17:46.667
THAT'S WEIRD.
00:17:46.767 --> 00:17:51.834
THAT IS A CHEAP WAY
TO USE A PLATFORM
00:17:51.934 --> 00:17:54.066
AND I REFUSE TO DO IT
ON MY PODCAST,
00:17:54.166 --> 00:17:56.266
I REFUSE TO DO IT
ON MY --
00:17:56.366 --> 00:17:58.900
ON MY PLATFORM FROM
SUNDAYS.
00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:02.967
TO ME, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
ANY WAY OF GOING,
00:18:03.067 --> 00:18:04.934
OF USING ANY OF
THAT ENERGY GOING --
00:18:05.034 --> 00:18:06.433
AND YOU KNOW WHO
DOESN'T CARE?
00:18:06.533 --> 00:18:07.866
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN
THERE THAT ARE GOING,
00:18:07.966 --> 00:18:08.667
I'M A SINGLE MOM.
00:18:08.767 --> 00:18:10.300
I'M TRYING TO
RAISE MY KIDS.
00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:11.934
I'M GIVING GOD
ONE MORE SHOT.
00:18:12.034 --> 00:18:14.333
SHE DOESN'T CARE
WHAT YOUR TAKE IS
00:18:14.433 --> 00:18:17.067
ON SUCH AND SUCH MINISTER
AT SUCH AND SUCH CHURCH.
00:18:17.167 --> 00:18:19.134
LIKE, JUST PLOW THE GROUND
GOD'S CALLED YOU TO,
00:18:19.234 --> 00:18:21.233
PREACH THE WORD.
00:18:21.333 --> 00:18:23.067
AND ANYWAY, I THINK --
00:18:23.167 --> 00:18:24.333
SO WE SEE IT
THROUGH JOSEPH'S LIFE.
00:18:24.433 --> 00:18:27.567
WE SEE FAITHFULNESS
AND SERVING.
00:18:27.667 --> 00:18:28.500
CAN I GIVE YOU THE NEXT ONE?
00:18:28.600 --> 00:18:29.633
IT'S REALLY CRAZY.
00:18:29.733 --> 00:18:30.500
YEAH.
00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:32.900
BECAUSE HE'S
FAITHFUL IN SERVING,
00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.100
IN SERVING POTIPHAR,
00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:36.133
AND THEN POTIPHAR'S WIFE
GETS A LITTLE THIRSTY.
00:18:36.233 --> 00:18:38.500
YOU KNOW, SHE MAKES A
MOVE ON JOSEPH,
00:18:38.600 --> 00:18:39.800
WHICH IS FUNNY.
00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:42.267
THE BIBLE'S SO INTERESTING.
00:18:42.367 --> 00:18:43.500
IF YOU'RE BORED
READING THE BIBLE,
00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:45.900
YOU'RE NOT READING IT WELL,
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH --
00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.500
IT'S THE BEST BOOK.
00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:47.667
IT'S PRETTY OUT THERE.
00:18:47.767 --> 00:18:49.367
IT'S AMAZING.
00:18:49.467 --> 00:18:51.000
AND SO SHE MAKES A
MOVE ON HIM
00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:56.333
AND HE MAKES THE DECISION
TO BE A PERSON OF INTEGRITY.
00:18:56.433 --> 00:18:57.533
SO I SAY IN THERE,
00:18:57.633 --> 00:19:00.534
THE UNFAIR THING
IS THAT WE'RE TEMPTED,
00:19:00.634 --> 00:19:03.266
AND IT'S UNFAIR HOW
BROKEN OUR WORLD IS.
00:19:03.366 --> 00:19:07.566
BUT HERE'S WHAT'S AMAZING,
IS THE ADVANTAGE IS INTEGRITY.
00:19:07.666 --> 00:19:10.266
THE ADVANTAGE IN
OUR WORLD TODAY IS
00:19:10.366 --> 00:19:13.300
IF YOU JUST DO
THE RIGHT THING
00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:15.800
WHERE NOBODY NOTICES,
00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:18.234
THAT GOD WILL PROMOTE
YOU IN DUE TIME.
00:19:18.334 --> 00:19:19.466
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO
00:19:19.566 --> 00:19:22.834
IN OUR WORLD TODAY IS
WE'RE TRYING TO,
00:19:22.934 --> 00:19:24.500
WE'RE TRYING TO GET
EVERYBODY TO NOTICE
00:19:24.600 --> 00:19:27.300
THE ONCE-IN-A-WHILE
MOMENTS OF FAITHFULNESS,
00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:29.100
AND GOD'S GOING,
00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:32.700
HEY, WHAT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
DOING ALL BEHIND THE SCENES?
00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:34.200
SO I WANT TO CHALLENGE
PEOPLE LISTENING TO THIS,
00:19:34.300 --> 00:19:35.534
LIKE JUST WORK ON
YOUR INTEGRITY.
00:19:35.634 --> 00:19:38.067
WORK ON DOING THE RIGHT
THING AT THE RIGHT TIME.
00:19:38.167 --> 00:19:40.433
MAKING THE HARD DECISION.
00:19:40.533 --> 00:19:43.200
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE
HOW YOU SPEND $1 MILLION.
00:19:43.300 --> 00:19:45.100
IT'S LIKE HOW DO YOU
SPEND $100?
00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.633
LIKE THAT TO ME MATTERS.
00:19:46.733 --> 00:19:48.100
AND WHEN YOU'RE
FAITHFUL WITH SMALL THINGS,
00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.600
GOD WILL BLESS
YOU WITH MORE.
00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:52.133
SO JOSEPH MAKES A
DECISION OF INTEGRITY.
00:19:52.233 --> 00:19:55.200
WHAT'S CRAZY IS HE MAKES
THIS DECISION OF INTEGRITY
00:19:55.300 --> 00:19:57.000
AND IT LANDS
HIM IN PRISON.
00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:58.300
YEAH.
00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.600
SO SOME OF YOU ARE LIKE,
00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:02.166
I'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING
AND I GOT THE WRONG RESULT.
00:20:02.266 --> 00:20:04.334
AND I FEEL LIKE I'M IN
LIKE THIS PERSECUTION
00:20:04.434 --> 00:20:05.400
BECAUSE OF IT.
00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:08.167
OF COURSE, THAT'S
WHAT HAPPENS.
00:20:08.267 --> 00:20:11.466
BECAUSE IT'S PART OF
THE PROCESS THAT THERE IS --
00:20:11.566 --> 00:20:14.200
THERE'S ALSO THIS SEASON WHERE
GOD BRINGS YOU INTO
00:20:14.300 --> 00:20:15.467
WHERE HE'S
WORKING THINGS
00:20:15.567 --> 00:20:18.967
OUT OF YOUR LIFE
THAT ARE DARK.
00:20:19.067 --> 00:20:21.434
AND I'VE SEEN IT ALL
THROUGH MY LIFE.
00:20:21.534 --> 00:20:23.066
I KNOW YOU'VE
BEEN THROUGH IT.
00:20:23.166 --> 00:20:25.667
WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH
DARK, DIFFICULT SEASONS,
00:20:25.767 --> 00:20:27.433
BUT THAT'S WHEN GOD
PREPARES US THE MOST
00:20:27.533 --> 00:20:29.200
FOR THE PALACE HE
HAS FOR US.
00:20:29.300 --> 00:20:31.567
YEAH. I MEAN, IN
THAT SITUATION,
00:20:31.667 --> 00:20:33.900
IT'S LIKE HE GETS DEALT
THIS BAD HAND,
00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.933
HE GETS SOLD INTO SLAVERY.
00:20:35.033 --> 00:20:36.400
THEN RIGHT AS THINGS
ARE GOING WELL,
00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:38.200
BOOM, ANOTHER BLOW.
00:20:38.300 --> 00:20:39.500
HE GETS LIED ABOUT,
BETRAYED.
00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:42.900
ONCE AGAIN, LANDS IN PRISON.
00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:46.200
AND SO HE HAD THIS
MOMENT ONCE AGAIN
00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:47.367
WHERE HE COULD
HAVE GOTTEN BITTER.
00:20:47.467 --> 00:20:49.267
YEP, HE COULD HAVE.
00:20:49.367 --> 00:20:50.434
AND HE DIDN'T,
00:20:50.534 --> 00:20:52.200
AND HE MADE THE MOST
OF A SITUATION
00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:53.600
IN A PRISON.
00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.433
CAN I TELL YOU
SOMETHING CRAZY
00:20:54.533 --> 00:20:55.467
ABOUT THE PRISON?
00:20:55.567 --> 00:20:57.300
SO I DID A BUNCH OF
RESEARCH FOR THE BOOK
00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:59.600
ON THE EGYPTIAN
PRISON SYSTEM.
00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:01.733
SO THIS IS 4,000 YEARS AGO,
00:21:01.833 --> 00:21:03.567
SO PRISONS WERE NOT LIKE
THEY ARE TODAY.
00:21:03.667 --> 00:21:06.300
PRISONS 4,000 YEARS AGO
REALLY DIDN'T EXIST.
00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:08.100
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.067
IF YOU DID
SOMETHING WRONG,
00:21:09.167 --> 00:21:11.167
THEY'D PUT YOU INTO --
00:21:11.267 --> 00:21:16.134
THEY'D PUT YOU INTO LIKE THIS
HOLDING CELL WITH TEACHERS.
00:21:16.234 --> 00:21:17.534
THEY WOULD PUT
YOU IN THERE,
00:21:17.634 --> 00:21:19.200
AND WHAT THEY WOULD
DO IS THEY'D GO,
00:21:19.300 --> 00:21:20.833
OKAY, SO YOU STOLE,
00:21:20.933 --> 00:21:22.766
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU
INTO THIS PROGRAM.
00:21:22.866 --> 00:21:24.300
WE'RE GOING TO
BRING A TEACHER IN
00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.833
AND WE'RE GOING
TO TEACH YOU
00:21:25.933 --> 00:21:27.466
WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE AN EGYPTIAN.
00:21:27.566 --> 00:21:30.300
BECAUSE AS AN EGYPTIAN
WE DON'T STEAL.
00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:32.734
SO THEIR -- LET ME
SAY IT THIS WAY.
00:21:32.834 --> 00:21:34.200
THEIR PRISONS WERE
MORE ABOUT
00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:36.333
REPROGRAMMING THE PERSON
THAN IT IS IN
00:21:36.433 --> 00:21:38.800
PUNISHING THE PERSON.
00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:42.867
SO SCHOLARS TELL US THAT
JOSEPH IS IN PRISON
00:21:42.967 --> 00:21:43.767
ABOUT A DECADE,
00:21:43.867 --> 00:21:46.800
SO IT'S 13 YEARS
FROM HIS 17TH
00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:48.766
TILL HE BECOMES
SECOND IN COMMAND.
00:21:48.866 --> 00:21:51.433
TEN YEARS OF THAT
HE'S IN PRISON IN EGYPT.
00:21:51.533 --> 00:21:52.500
WHY?
00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.800
AND THE LIGHT BULB
CAME OFF.
00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.834
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS
00:21:54.934 --> 00:21:56.166
FROM THE BOOK.
00:21:56.266 --> 00:21:59.067
IT'S THAT GOD PUT HIM IN
A PLACE WHERE HE WOULD BE
00:21:59.167 --> 00:22:01.467
TRAINED ON HOW
TO BE AN EGYPTIAN
00:22:01.567 --> 00:22:02.967
BECAUSE WHERE WAS
HE GOING TO LEAD?
00:22:03.067 --> 00:22:04.633
HE'S GOING TO LEAD EGYPT.
00:22:04.733 --> 00:22:07.367
FOR TEN YEARS, HE'S IN THERE
AND THIS IS LIKE PROVING
00:22:07.467 --> 00:22:11.267
THAT THE BEST TEACHERS,
LANGUAGE, ARTS, CULTURE,
00:22:11.367 --> 00:22:14.333
THEY WOULD COME IN AND
REPROGRAM THESE PRISONERS
00:22:14.433 --> 00:22:16.100
ON HOW TO BE EGYPTIANS.
00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:18.034
SO JOSEPH THOUGHT
HE WAS BEING PUNISHED,
00:22:18.134 --> 00:22:19.300
BUT HE WASN'T
BEING PUNISHED,
00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.100
HE WAS BEING PREPARED.
00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.966
WOW.
00:22:21.066 --> 00:22:22.733
GOD BRINGS YOU INTO
DARK SEASONS
00:22:22.833 --> 00:22:26.200
TO PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT
HE HAS FOR YOU NEXT.
00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:28.200
AND WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW
HE WASN'T PREPARED
00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:29.066
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW
THE LANGUAGE.
00:22:29.166 --> 00:22:30.066
HE DIDN'T KNOW
THE CULTURE.
00:22:30.166 --> 00:22:31.334
HE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO LEAD.
00:22:31.434 --> 00:22:32.967
NOW, HE GETS OUT OF THERE,
OUT OF PRISON,
00:22:33.067 --> 00:22:33.933
AND HE'S GOT ALL THAT.
00:22:34.033 --> 00:22:36.067
ALSO, IT'S IN THE
PRISON THAT HE MEETS
00:22:36.167 --> 00:22:37.500
THE CUP BEARER
AND THE BAKER
00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:39.900
THAT WOULD BRING HIM
OUT OF PRISON.
00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.200
IT'S IN YOUR DARK
SEASONS -- AND BY THE WAY,
00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:43.133
YOU'LL KNOW WHO YOUR
FRIENDS ARE
00:22:43.233 --> 00:22:44.333
IN YOUR DARK SEASONS.
00:22:44.433 --> 00:22:45.334
THAT'S TRUE.
00:22:45.434 --> 00:22:45.900
YOU'LL KNOW WHO THE
PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP
00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.866
AND DON'T SHOW UP.
00:22:46.966 --> 00:22:48.133
THOSE ARE THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE --
00:22:48.233 --> 00:22:49.433
ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE
THAT'LL STAY WITH YOU
00:22:49.533 --> 00:22:50.433
FOR THE LONG HAUL.
00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:52.066
YOUR GREATEST
RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT IN
00:22:52.166 --> 00:22:53.500
YOUR DARK SEASONS.
00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:55.333
YOUR GREATEST --
00:22:55.433 --> 00:22:57.834
GREATEST REVELATION OF WHO
GOD IS AND KNOWING GOD
00:22:57.934 --> 00:23:00.100
IS BUILT IN DARK SEASONS.
00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.267
SO JOSEPH IS DEVELOPED
FOR TEN YEARS
00:23:03.367 --> 00:23:04.634
IN THE DARK SEASONS.
00:23:04.734 --> 00:23:06.933
DON'T EVER DESPISE
THE DARK SEASONS.
00:23:07.033 --> 00:23:10.100
THE DARK SEASONS ARE
NOT GOD PUNISHING YOU.
00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:13.900
IT IS GOD PREPARING YOU
FOR YOUR ULTIMATE CALLING.
00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.334
SO I'VE LEARNED TO
ACTUALLY EMBRACE HIM
00:23:15.434 --> 00:23:16.733
A LITTLE BIT.
00:23:16.833 --> 00:23:18.667
LIKE, I WANT TO GET TO A
PLACE LIKE PETER SAYS,
00:23:18.767 --> 00:23:20.533
TO REJOICE
IN HARD TIMES.
00:23:20.633 --> 00:23:21.667
I'M NOT THERE YET,
00:23:21.767 --> 00:23:23.800
BUT I'VE STILL GOT
A LITTLE BIT OF
00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.133
SPIRITUAL MATURITY TO DO.
00:23:25.233 --> 00:23:28.133
BUT I WANT TO EMBRACE
THE DARK SEASONS GOING,
00:23:28.233 --> 00:23:30.200
OH, THINGS AREN'T
GOING WELL.
00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:33.000
WOW, GOD'S GOING TO
TEACH ME SOMETHING GREAT.
00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:34.767
HE'S GOING TO FORM
SOMETHING GREAT IN ME.
00:23:34.867 --> 00:23:38.300
HOW DOES SOMEONE NOT
ALLOW THE DREAM TO BECOME
00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:41.400
ALL-CONSUMING WHERE
IT BECOMES AN IDOL?
00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:44.134
OOH, THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION.
00:23:44.234 --> 00:23:45.134
YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:23:45.234 --> 00:23:46.700
I THINK THERE'S A
BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN --
00:23:46.800 --> 00:23:50.533
THE AMERICAN CULTURE IS
FOLLOW THE DREAM.
00:23:50.633 --> 00:23:53.567
GOD'S CULTURE IS YOU
FOLLOW THE DREAM GIVER.
00:23:53.667 --> 00:23:54.867
AND WHAT I HAVE FOUND,
00:23:54.967 --> 00:23:56.333
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT WAS LIKE FOR YOU.
00:23:56.433 --> 00:23:58.434
I REMEMBER BEING CALLED IN
THE MINISTRY AT 16 YEARS OLD
00:23:58.534 --> 00:24:00.633
AND THERE WAS THIS IDEA
THAT WAS PUT IN MY MIND.
00:24:00.733 --> 00:24:03.433
AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T --
I'M NOT SEEING THAT NOW,
00:24:03.533 --> 00:24:07.500
BUT IT WAS THE IDEA
THAT WAS FROM THE LORD
00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.900
THAT GOT ME THIS
CONNECTION WITH THE LORD
00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:11.900
THAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO
SHAPE MY LIFE EVER SINCE.
00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:14.234
SO I WOULD SAY DON'T
FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAM;
00:24:14.334 --> 00:24:15.934
FALL IN LOVE WITH
THE DREAM GIVER.
00:24:16.034 --> 00:24:18.433
FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ONE
WHO DEPOSITS THE DREAM
00:24:18.533 --> 00:24:22.033
IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE
HE MIGHT BE USING THAT DREAM
00:24:22.133 --> 00:24:25.300
TO LURE YOU SOMEWHERE
TO ACTUALLY GIVE YOU
00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:27.733
SOMETHING BETTER THAN
YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
00:24:27.833 --> 00:24:28.600
BECAUSE EVEN
THOUGH RIGHT NOW
00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:30.700
I'M NOT SEEING
WHAT I SAW AT 16,
00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:32.434
I'M ACTUALLY
SEEING IT'S BETTER.
00:24:32.534 --> 00:24:33.800
IT'S GREATER.
00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.733
MY FAMILY IS GREATER.
00:24:34.833 --> 00:24:36.467
WHAT I IMAGINED
FOR A FAMILY
00:24:36.567 --> 00:24:38.833
AND FOR LIFE
IS SO MUCH BETTER.
00:24:38.933 --> 00:24:41.634
SO I'M GLAD I DIDN'T CHASE
WHAT I THOUGHT THE DREAM WAS.
00:24:41.734 --> 00:24:42.933
I CHASED THE DREAM GIVER.
00:24:43.033 --> 00:24:44.200
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:48.100
AND JOSEPH, THERE'S ONE PHRASE
THAT THE LIFE OF JOSEPH
00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:50.400
THAT IS SHOCKING EVERY
SEASON HE WENT THROUGH.
00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:53.334
AND IT SAID, AND
THE LORD WAS WITH HIM.
00:24:53.434 --> 00:24:54.600
SO HE'S SOLD INTO SLAVERY.
00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.900
THE LORD WAS WITH HIM.
00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.567
AND HE'S PURCHASED
BY POTIPHAR.
00:24:57.667 --> 00:24:58.800
AND THE LORD WAS WITH HIM.
00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:01.833
HE'S INTO THE PRISON, AND
THE LORD WAS WITH HIM.
00:25:01.933 --> 00:25:02.967
THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT,
I CAN GO THROUGH
00:25:03.067 --> 00:25:05.133
DARK SEASONS AS LONG
AS GOD'S WITH ME.
00:25:05.233 --> 00:25:05.934
EXACTLY.
00:25:06.034 --> 00:25:07.567
LIKE, LEAN INTO THE LORD.
00:25:07.667 --> 00:25:11.167
DON'T MAKE THE IDOL --
THE DREAM THE IDOL.
00:25:11.267 --> 00:25:12.400
THAT'S NOT THE GOAL.
00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.566
THE GOAL IS THAT YOU LIVE
A LIFE WITH THE LORD WITH YOU.
00:25:14.666 --> 00:25:15.633
EXACTLY.
00:25:15.733 --> 00:25:17.300
THE GOAL IS NOT
GETTING TO THE DREAM,
00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:19.233
WHICH IS SO HARD NOT TO
GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT,
00:25:19.333 --> 00:25:21.533
THE GOAL IS
TO DO LIFE WITH HIM.
00:25:21.633 --> 00:25:23.400
HE WILL BRING THE DREAM
ABOUT IN HIS WAY
00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.300
AND HIS TIMING.
00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.233
ABSOLUTELY.
00:25:25.333 --> 00:25:26.300
AND IT'LL ALWAYS BE BETTER.
00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.867
I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE
THAT GOD'S TIMING
00:25:27.967 --> 00:25:30.267
IS NOT YOUR TIMING.
00:25:30.367 --> 00:25:31.800
IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER
THAN YOU WANT IT TO TAKE.
00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:33.500
IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER
THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:35.433
BUT IT'S GOING TO
BE WORTH IT
00:25:35.533 --> 00:25:37.233
BECAUSE YOU'RE
DOING IT WITH HIM.
00:25:37.333 --> 00:25:41.466
AND, AGAIN, THE PRIZE
IS NOT THE MINISTRY.
00:25:41.566 --> 00:25:43.567
THE PRIZE IS
NOT THE DREAM.
00:25:43.667 --> 00:25:45.433
THE PRIZE IS NOT
THE PLATFORM.
00:25:45.533 --> 00:25:47.733
THE PRIZE IS
NOT THE PALACE.
00:25:47.833 --> 00:25:52.433
THE PRIZE IS HIM, THAT
WE DO LIFE WITH HIM,
00:25:52.533 --> 00:25:57.100
AND REALIZING THAT'S THE GOAL
IN THIS WHOLE THING
00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.366
AND THAT'S WHERE
I WANT TO GET.
00:25:58.466 --> 00:26:00.566
I MEAN, IF WE -- YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH OUR CHURCH
00:26:00.666 --> 00:26:04.133
IF WE HAVE 20, 30 CAMPUSES AND
REACH TAMPA BAY AREA
00:26:04.233 --> 00:26:05.867
FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, GREAT.
00:26:05.967 --> 00:26:07.567
AS LONG AS I'M
DOING THAT WITH HIM.
00:26:07.667 --> 00:26:09.433
THAT'S THE BIGGEST GOAL.
00:26:09.533 --> 00:26:11.433
SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE CUP BEARER.
00:26:11.533 --> 00:26:12.667
YEAH.
00:26:12.767 --> 00:26:16.133
AND THE LESSON
IN THAT WITH JOSEPH.
00:26:16.233 --> 00:26:19.567
YEAH, THE CUP BEARER IS SO
WILD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
00:26:19.667 --> 00:26:22.633
HE'S THROWN INTO PRISON.
00:26:22.733 --> 00:26:25.666
THE CUP BEARER IS
SO CRAZY BECAUSE HE'S --
00:26:25.766 --> 00:26:26.600
WHO'S THE OTHER GUY,
A BAKER?
00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.433
A BAKER.
00:26:27.533 --> 00:26:28.533
OKAY.
00:26:28.633 --> 00:26:30.567
SO THE CUP BEARER
AND THE BAKER, THIS IS CRAZY.
00:26:30.667 --> 00:26:33.233
I DIDN'T PUT THIS IN THE
BOOK AND I SHOULD HAVE.
00:26:33.333 --> 00:26:34.300
SO EXCLUSIVE HERE, FOLKS.
00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:36.333
THIS IS EXCLUSIVE
RIGHT HERE.
00:26:36.433 --> 00:26:38.000
SO THE CUP BEARER
AND THE BAKER,
00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:40.000
MANY TIMES WE THINK WE'RE
JOSEPH IN THE BIBLE
00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:41.066
BECAUSE WE LOOK
AT IT AND WE GO,
00:26:41.166 --> 00:26:43.667
JOSEPH IS THE ONE THAT
THAT'S BEEN MISTREATED
00:26:43.767 --> 00:26:44.834
AND LOOK WHAT HE DID.
00:26:44.934 --> 00:26:48.300
BUT JOSEPH IS A
TYPE OF CHRIST.
00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.900
YOU SEE IT ALL THROUGHOUT
THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:52.500
ALL THESE -- THEY
WERE ALL LIKE TYPES,
00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:54.600
THEY WERE
SHADOWS OF JESUS.
00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:57.300
SO JOSEPH IS
A SHADOW OF JESUS.
00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:59.900
AGAIN, BETRAYED BY HIS BROTHERS
WRONGFULLY ACCUSED.
00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.233
DID NO WRONG
00:27:02.333 --> 00:27:04.167
BUT WAS THE ONE THAT
WAS THROWN INTO THE PRISON,
00:27:04.267 --> 00:27:06.367
INTO THE DARK PLACE.
00:27:06.467 --> 00:27:07.433
AND THEN I
THOUGHT ABOUT IT,
00:27:07.533 --> 00:27:09.067
I GO, YOU KNOW, IT'S
ACTUALLY THE CUP BEARER
00:27:09.167 --> 00:27:10.267
WAS THE ONE THAT'S LIKE US.
00:27:10.367 --> 00:27:11.433
WE'RE THE CUP BEARER
IN THE STORY.
00:27:11.533 --> 00:27:14.600
THE CUP BEARER'S THE ONE
THAT SINNED AGAINST PHARAOH.
00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:16.733
SO THE CUP BEARER
DESERVED DEATH.
00:27:16.833 --> 00:27:18.000
SO THE CUP BEARER
AND THE BAKER
00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:20.600
WERE BOTH IN THERE BECAUSE
THEY DESERVED DEATH.
00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.733
SO WE'RE THE CUP BEARER.
00:27:21.833 --> 00:27:23.366
LET'S REMIND OURSELVES WHO
WE ARE IN THIS STORY.
00:27:23.466 --> 00:27:25.633
WE'RE NOT JOSEPH, THE ONE
THAT DID NO WRONG
00:27:25.733 --> 00:27:26.534
AND WENT INTO PRISON.
00:27:26.634 --> 00:27:27.767
THAT WAS JESUS.
00:27:27.867 --> 00:27:29.833
HE DID NO WRONG AND
WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH.
00:27:29.933 --> 00:27:33.867
WE ARE THE ONES THAT DID WRONG,
SHOW UP IN PRISON,
00:27:33.967 --> 00:27:35.833
BUT GUESS WHO ALSO
SHOWS UP TO THE PRISON?
00:27:35.933 --> 00:27:36.700
JOSEPH DOES.
00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:38.467
AND THAT'S
WHAT JESUS DID FOR US.
00:27:38.567 --> 00:27:42.267
JESUS SHOWS UP IN
THE PRISON WITH US,
00:27:42.367 --> 00:27:44.033
THE ONE THAT DIDN'T
DESERVE PRISON,
00:27:44.133 --> 00:27:44.800
TO DO WHAT?
00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.334
TO RESCUE US OUT OF IT.
00:27:46.434 --> 00:27:48.733
AND THE CUP BEARER
GOT OUT OF THE PRISON
00:27:48.833 --> 00:27:50.100
BECAUSE OF JOSEPH.
00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:52.367
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
PICTURE OF THE GOSPEL.
00:27:52.467 --> 00:27:53.534
I WISH I WOULD PUT
IT IN THE BOOK.
00:27:53.634 --> 00:27:55.166
I DIDN'T THINK
ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER.
00:27:55.266 --> 00:27:56.700
I NEVER HAD ANYONE MAKE
THAT CONNECTION BEFORE.
00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:58.167
THAT'S SO INTERESTING.
00:27:58.267 --> 00:28:00.067
I WISH I WOULD'VE WROTE
ABOUT IT BECAUSE I LITERALLY,
00:28:00.167 --> 00:28:03.133
I PREACHED ABOUT
THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO,
00:28:03.233 --> 00:28:04.300
AND I STARTED STUDYING
ABOUT THE CUP BEARER.
00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:06.033
AND I WAS LIKE, I MISSED THIS
WHOLE PART OF THE STORY,
00:28:06.133 --> 00:28:07.667
WHICH IS WHY THE BIBLE
IS SO AWESOME.
00:28:07.767 --> 00:28:09.667
THE BIBLE'S SO RICH.
00:28:09.767 --> 00:28:11.367
AND SO ANYWAY, THEY --
00:28:11.467 --> 00:28:12.400
SO WE'RE THE CUP BEARER.
00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:15.500
SO UNDERSTAND THAT
THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME.
00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:19.067
JESUS STEPS INTO OUR
SCENARIO AND HE BRINGS US
00:28:19.167 --> 00:28:21.767
OUT OF THE PRISON WE'RE IN,
00:28:21.867 --> 00:28:23.833
AND HE DOES IT
BECAUSE OF HIS GRACE
00:28:23.933 --> 00:28:24.967
AND BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE.
00:28:25.067 --> 00:28:25.933
LIKE I JUST --
00:28:26.033 --> 00:28:27.433
I THINK IF YOU LOOK
AT IT THAT WAY,
00:28:27.533 --> 00:28:31.067
YOU JUST GET A FRESH,
JUST JOY OF THE GOSPEL
00:28:31.167 --> 00:28:33.533
OF THE FACT THAT
NONE OF US DESERVE THIS.
00:28:33.633 --> 00:28:35.100
BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY
A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:37.734
WATCHING RIGHT NOW OR
LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW
00:28:37.834 --> 00:28:38.967
THAT ARE REALLY
FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
00:28:39.067 --> 00:28:40.334
THEY'RE NOT LIKE JOSEPH.
00:28:40.434 --> 00:28:42.133
THEY'RE LIKE, I WISH I
WOULD HAVE CHOSEN PURITY.
00:28:42.233 --> 00:28:43.167
I DIDN'T.
00:28:43.267 --> 00:28:44.767
I WISH I WOULD
HAVE NOT GOTTEN BITTER,
00:28:44.867 --> 00:28:45.766
BUT I DID.
00:28:45.866 --> 00:28:47.033
GREAT, YOU'RE IN
YOUR PRISON
00:28:47.133 --> 00:28:48.700
BECAUSE YOU MESSED UP.
00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:49.534
THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME.
00:28:49.634 --> 00:28:50.833
WOW.
00:28:50.933 --> 00:28:53.133
AND HE RESCUED US OUT OF IT AND
HE GIVES US A FRESH START.
00:28:53.233 --> 00:28:54.333
YEP. AND SO
IT'S SIMPLE.
00:28:54.433 --> 00:28:56.200
IT'S JUST SAYING,
GOD, I REPENT.
00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:57.333
I DO. YEAH.
00:28:57.433 --> 00:28:58.766
I SUBMIT
MY LIFE TO YOU.
00:28:58.866 --> 00:28:59.767
YEAH.
00:28:59.867 --> 00:29:00.600
AND I THINK IT'S IN THAT,
00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:02.333
SUBMISSION TO GOD'S PLAN,
00:29:02.433 --> 00:29:04.233
AND THAT'S WHAT -- I MEAN,
THE CUP BEARER IS JUST LIKE
00:29:04.333 --> 00:29:05.967
OH, JOSEPH, THAT'S
WHAT YOU SAY.
00:29:06.067 --> 00:29:06.800
I'LL DO THAT.
00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.766
AND HE DOES THAT
AND WHAT HAPPENS?
00:29:07.866 --> 00:29:09.300
HE GETS OUT.
00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.167
AND THAT'S THE GOSPEL.
00:29:10.267 --> 00:29:11.267
THE GOSPEL IS JUST SAYING,
00:29:11.367 --> 00:29:12.233
OKAY, JESUS, IF THAT'S
WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO,
00:29:12.333 --> 00:29:13.300
YOU WANT ME TO
GIVE YOU MY LIFE?
00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:15.533
I'LL GIVE YOU MY LIFE.
00:29:15.633 --> 00:29:17.134
AND THROUGH THAT
THAT'S WHERE
00:29:17.234 --> 00:29:17.766
SALVATION IS FOUND.
00:29:17.866 --> 00:29:19.333
SO GOOD.
00:29:19.433 --> 00:29:20.800
SO THE CUP BEARER
GETS OUT, BUT HE FORGETS
00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.467
ABOUT JOSEPH AND
HE'S IN THE PRISON.
00:29:22.567 --> 00:29:23.300
HE FORGETS ABOUT JOSEPH.
00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.334
AND DON'T WE ALL DO THAT?
00:29:24.434 --> 00:29:26.000
WE ALL GET OUT AND
WE FORGET ABOUT THE ONE
00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:27.566
WHO SAVED US.
00:29:27.666 --> 00:29:29.300
AND IT'S A GOOD
CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US.
00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:31.200
HE STAYS IN THERE
ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.200
BUT THE CHALLENGE
FOR ALL OF US IS
00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:33.500
DON'T FORGET ABOUT JESUS.
00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:35.766
DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE
ONE THAT BROUGHT YOU OUT.
00:29:35.866 --> 00:29:38.866
DON'T LIE
TO YOURSELF TO THINK,
00:29:38.966 --> 00:29:41.500
WOW, I REALLY GOT MYSELF
OUT OF THAT SITUATION.
00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:43.000
YOU DID NOT.
00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:45.400
NONE OF US ARE THAT GOOD.
00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.266
YEAH. YOU'VE GOT TO
STAY HUMBLE
00:29:46.366 --> 00:29:47.433
AND REMEMBER
WHAT HE DID FOR US.
00:29:47.533 --> 00:29:49.066
STAY HUMBLE.
00:29:49.166 --> 00:29:50.200
STAY LOW IN THIS
THING AND REALIZE, MAN,
00:29:50.300 --> 00:29:53.300
IT'S BY THE GRACE OF
GOD THAT ANYTHING GOOD
00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:55.933
WE HAVE IN OUR LIFE IS
BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
00:29:56.033 --> 00:29:58.066
AND SO JOSEPH HAD
TO LEARN THAT WHAT HE THOUGHT
00:29:58.166 --> 00:30:01.566
WOULD BE HIS WAY OUT,
THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO TRUST
00:30:01.666 --> 00:30:03.067
THAT GOD WOULD BE
THE ONE TO LEAD HIM OUT,
00:30:03.167 --> 00:30:03.633
IT WOULDN'T BE A PERSON.
00:30:03.733 --> 00:30:04.600
YEAH.
00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.733
IT WOULDN'T
BE A PERSON.
00:30:05.833 --> 00:30:06.900
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
THAT WHERE WE THINK, OKAY,
00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.767
THIS PERSON'S GOING
TO BE THE CONNECTION.
00:30:08.867 --> 00:30:09.733
THIS PERSON'S GOING TO BE
THE ONE THAT BRINGS ME
00:30:09.833 --> 00:30:11.067
THE BREAKTHROUGH.
00:30:11.167 --> 00:30:12.233
IT'S NOT.
00:30:12.333 --> 00:30:14.167
NORMALLY THOSE PEOPLE
YOU'LL GET REALLY FRUSTRATED
00:30:14.267 --> 00:30:15.333
AND THEY'LL LET
YOU DOWN, BUT YOU REALIZE
00:30:15.433 --> 00:30:16.900
IT'S NEVER A PERSON
THAT DOES THIS.
00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.433
THIS IS ALL GOD.
00:30:18.533 --> 00:30:21.067
YEAH.
00:30:21.167 --> 00:30:23.166
SO GOD PROMOTES HIM,
AND IT'S CRAZY.
00:30:23.266 --> 00:30:25.666
THE LAST PART OF THE BOOK
IS CALLED THE LIMITED LEADER,
00:30:25.766 --> 00:30:28.634
WHERE JOSEPH IS PROMOTED,
BUT HE'S ONLY GIVEN ONE TASK.
00:30:28.734 --> 00:30:30.267
LIKE, HEY, PREPARE
FOR THE FAMINE.
00:30:30.367 --> 00:30:31.967
IF I WAS JOSEPH, I'D BE
LIKE, BUT I SAW
00:30:32.067 --> 00:30:34.033
THE WHOLE NATION
WORSHIPPING ME.
00:30:34.133 --> 00:30:36.033
WHY IS THIS?
00:30:36.133 --> 00:30:38.800
AND PART OF BEING
THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:40.800
IS KNOWING THE FACT
THAT YOU'RE LIMITED.
00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:43.233
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU
CAN DO AND IT'S YOUR ADVANTAGE
00:30:43.333 --> 00:30:45.633
TO RECOGNIZE THE
SEASON GOD'S GOT YOU IN
00:30:45.733 --> 00:30:47.900
AND NOT TRY TO DO ANYTHING
OUTSIDE OF THAT SEASON.
00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.967
WOW.
00:30:49.067 --> 00:30:50.834
I REMEMBER MY PASTOR,
I TOLD HIM ONE TIME,
00:30:50.934 --> 00:30:52.500
I SAID I'VE GOT
TOO MUCH GOING ON.
00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.833
MY LIFE IS TOO BUSY.
00:30:53.933 --> 00:30:55.033
IT'S TOO CHAOTIC.
00:30:55.133 --> 00:30:56.334
I JUST DON'T HAVE
TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
00:30:56.434 --> 00:30:58.200
HOW DO I HAVE TIME
FOR EVERYTHING?
00:30:58.300 --> 00:31:01.733
HE SAYS IF THERE'S MORE
THINGS ON YOUR SCHEDULE
00:31:01.833 --> 00:31:02.900
THAN YOU HAVE TIME FOR,
00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:05.900
THEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING
OUTSIDE OF GOD'S WILL.
00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.000
I SAID, YIKES.
00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:08.734
HE GOES, GOD WILL GIVE YOU
ALL THE TIME YOU NEED
00:31:08.834 --> 00:31:11.067
TO DO EVERYTHING
HE ASKED YOU TO DO.
00:31:11.167 --> 00:31:12.734
BUT THE FACT IS WE'RE
LIMITED PEOPLE
00:31:12.834 --> 00:31:14.400
AND WE'RE TRYING
TO DO WAY TOO MUCH.
00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.533
THAT'S TRUE.
00:31:15.633 --> 00:31:17.500
SO LEAN INTO THE FACT
THAT WE'RE ALL LIMITED.
00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:19.200
GOD'S GIVEN YOU
A CERTAIN ASSIGNMENT.
00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:21.000
BE FAITHFUL WITH
YOUR ASSIGNMENT,
00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:22.967
AND IT'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
00:31:23.067 --> 00:31:24.700
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
TESTS WHERE JOSEPH
00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:26.134
HAS TO FACE HIS FAMILY AGAIN.
00:31:26.234 --> 00:31:28.100
NOW, HE'S PROMOTED.
00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:30.700
HE'S HELPING, YOU KNOW,
THE NATION OF EGYPT
00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:32.233
WITH, YOU KNOW, FOOD,
00:31:32.333 --> 00:31:34.100
AND JOSEPH'S FAMILY
COMES BACK.
00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.600
YEP.
00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.834
HE COULD HAVE
GOTTEN BACK AT THEM.
00:31:36.934 --> 00:31:38.734
HE COULD HAVE HAD
FINALLY, A MOMENT.
00:31:38.834 --> 00:31:39.434
A PERFECT SETUP.
00:31:39.534 --> 00:31:40.834
GOT THE SETUP.
00:31:40.934 --> 00:31:42.300
HE'S IN SOME KIND OF
DISGUISE WHERE
00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:44.900
THEY DON'T SEE HIM
AND HE HAS TO MAKE
00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.400
A DECISION AT THAT MOMENT,
00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.467
TO JUST LIKE
FORGIVE AND MOVE ON,
00:31:48.567 --> 00:31:49.766
AND I THINK THAT'S VITAL.
00:31:49.866 --> 00:31:52.567
I THINK THERE IS A MOMENT
WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
00:31:52.667 --> 00:31:54.900
TO JUST BITE THE
BULLET AND GO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:59.667
THIS PERSON HURT ME,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S OKAY.
00:31:59.767 --> 00:32:01.333
WHAT THE ENEMY
MEANT FOR BAD,
00:32:01.433 --> 00:32:02.534
GOD TURNED AROUND
FOR THE GOOD.
00:32:02.634 --> 00:32:04.966
THAT'S GENESIS 50:20,
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS VERSES
00:32:05.066 --> 00:32:07.467
IN ALL THE BIBLE.
00:32:07.567 --> 00:32:08.567
AND I HAVE
LEARNED IN LIFE
00:32:08.667 --> 00:32:10.633
THAT THE PEOPLE
THAT MOST HURT ME,
00:32:10.733 --> 00:32:12.267
THEY MEANT IT FOR BAD,
A LOT OF THEM WERE USED
00:32:12.367 --> 00:32:15.400
BY THE ENEMY, BUT GOD
HAD A BIGGER PLAN.
00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:17.367
YEAH.
00:32:17.467 --> 00:32:19.467
I WANTED TO ACTUALLY
GET A SHIRT MADE,
00:32:19.567 --> 00:32:21.467
HATERS MADE IT HAPPEN.
00:32:21.567 --> 00:32:22.333
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
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LIKE, HATERS
MADE IT HAPPEN.
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IT'S ACTUALLY THEIR HATE
AND THEIR HURTING ME
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THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS
GOING TO HURT
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THE CALL OF GOD AND IT
ACTUALLY MADE THE CALL OF GOD
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HAPPEN IN MY LIFE.
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WOW.
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IT WAS THE DYSFUNCTION.
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IT WAS THE CRAZINESS.
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IT WAS THE OPPOSITION THAT
ACTUALLY PUSHED ME FORWARD
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TO WHAT GOD HAD FOR ME.
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SO I HOPE PEOPLE WILL
LISTEN TO THIS,
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ARE ENCOURAGED, BECAUSE
IT IS THAT MOMENT
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WHERE YOU RECOGNIZE IT
LATER ON IN MATURITY,
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I NEEDED THAT PERSON
TO ATTACK ME
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TO GET ME TO THIS NEXT LEVEL
THAT GOD HAS FOR ME.
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THAT'S SO GOOD.
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ANY LAST CLOSING
THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK?
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DON'T MAKE IT ABOUT
YOUR HATERS.
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DON'T MAKE IT ABOUT THEM.
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THEY COME AND GO.
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KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE FACT
THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU,
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HE'S WITH YOU.
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AND I LOVE THIS PODCAST.
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I LOVE THE WAY THAT EVEN US
HAVING THIS DIALOGUE,
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AND I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE
THAT ARE REALLY HURT.
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I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE
THAT ARE SO FILLED
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WITH RESENTMENT
TOWARDS THESE PEOPLE,
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AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW,
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WHEN YOU LOOK BACK,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
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A GENESIS 50:20 MOMENT
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WHERE YOU LOOK BACK
AND YOU GO,
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THEY MEANT TO HARM ME, BUT
GOD MEANT IT FOR THE GOOD.
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AND YOU COULD GO, WELL, THEY
ARE HARMING ME RIGHT NOW.
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THAT'S HOW JOSEPH FELT.
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BUT WHEN HE LOOKED BACK,
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YOU LIVE LIFE FORWARD WHEN YOU
UNDERSTAND IT BACKWARDS.
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AND WHEN YOU
LOOK BACKWARDS,
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I'M TELLING YOU, YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE HOW GOD USED IT
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FOR THE GOOD.
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AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,
YOU'LL CONFRONT THAT PERSON
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IN YEARS TO COME
AND YOU'LL SAY THIS.
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THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU.
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IT WAS YOUR HATRED TOWARDS
ME AND ATTACKS TOWARDS ME
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THAT PUSHED ME TO THE NEXT
LEVEL TO WALK INTO
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THE CALL OF GOD
FOR MY LIFE.
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MAYBE, JUST MAYBE.
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CAN YOU JUST CLOSE WITH A
PRAYER FOR ANYONE
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WHO FEELS LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARD?
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YES. YES, LORD.
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WE COME TO YOU AND I
KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.
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I KNOW IT'S BETRAYAL,
IT HURTS SO MUCH.
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AND YOU DEALT WITH IT, GOD.
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YOU DEALT WITH PEOPLE
CLOSEST TO YOU
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BETRAYING YOU AND YOU
STILL DEAL WITH IT.
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YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR
HUMANITY AND YET PEOPLE
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STILL BETRAY YOU AND TURN
THEIR BACK ON YOU.
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AND, LORD, HELP US TO WALK
FREE FROM OFFENSE.
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I PRAY EVEN RIGHT NOW FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH
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JUST THE BITTERNESS
IN THEIR HEART,
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THAT THEY WOULD
RELEASE IT TO YOU,
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AND THAT YOU WOULD TRULY
TURN THE SITUATION AROUND.
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LORD, LET US TRULY GET
TO A GENESIS 50:20 MOMENT,
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WHERE WE SAY, GOD, WHAT THE
ENEMY MEANT FOR BAD,
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GOD, YOU TURNED IT
AROUND FOR THE GOOD.
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AND WE TRUST YOU.
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WE BELIEVE YOU FOR IT.
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LET US LIVE AN UNOFFENDABLE,
BITTER-FREE LIFE.
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IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
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AMEN.
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AMEN.
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AND FOR ANYONE WHO'S
WATCHING AND YOU FEEL LIKE
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YOU'RE IN THAT PIT LIKE JOSEPH,
AND YOU'RE THINKING,
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I HAVE THIS HUGE
HILL IN FRONT OF ME,
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HOW AM I GOING TO GET TO
THE PLACE THAT GOD
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HAS CALLED ME,
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YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THAT
VALLEY OF DECISION
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AND I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO
FORGIVE AND PRESS FORWARD,
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THAT GOD IS GOING TO TAKE YOU
WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO.
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AND DON'T GIVE UP,
THAT'S THE KEY.
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OKAY.
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WELL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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HONORED. IT'S SO FUN
BEING WITH YOU.
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AWESOME.
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WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
PASTOR AARON BURKE.
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AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
THE REBECCA WEISS PODCAST.